Chess study 15 – Yochanan Afek study 2 in Chess Studies Chess Training on May 25, 2017 January 29, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Chess study 15 Yochanan Afek study 2 Pawn endgames are easy, they said? How does White convert his advantage here (the solution is far from obvious) . White to play and win [Event "2 Special Prize, Dvoretsky-60 JT Uralsk"] [Site "?"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Afek Y"] [Black "White wins"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1p6/8/P4k1p/2PK3P/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] {EG#16573} 1. Kc2 $1 {[pgndiagram] Only this paradoxical retreat wins. The idea is to reach b3 if Black plays Ke5, or to push c4 if Black plays Kg3} (1. c4 $2 Ke5 2. c5 $1 (2. Kc3 Kd6) 2... bxc5 3. Kc4 Kd6 4. Kb5 Kd5 $1 (4... Kc7 $2 5. Kxc5) (4... c4 $2 5. Kxc4) 5. a5 Kd6 $1 6. a6 (6. Kb6 c4) 6... Kc7 7. Kxc5 Kb8) (1. Kd4 $2 {Going the other way, fails due to check by the b pawn} Kg3 2. Ke3 (2. c4 Kxh3 3. c5 bxc5+ 4. Kxc5 Kg4 {[pgndiagram] And White even loses}) 2... Kxh3 3. Kf3 (3. Kf2 Kg4 4. c4 h3 5. c5 bxc5) 3... Kh2 4. Kf2 h3 5. c4 b5 $1 {[pgndiagram] Another key move, going for the stalemate} (5... Kh1 $2 6. c5) 6. axb5 Kh1 7. b6 h2) (1. Kd2 $2 Ke4 $1 (1... Kg3 $2 2. c4 $1) 2. Kc2 Kd5 $1 3. Kb3 Kc5 4. Ka3 Kc4 5. Kb2 Kd5 $1 6. Kb3 Kc5) 1... Kg3 (1... Ke5 {Allows the another idea; the advance of the king} 2. Kb3 Kd5 3. Kb4 $1 Kc6 4. Kc4) 2. c4 Kxh3 3. c5 {[pgndiagram] The rest is easy} Kg4 (3... Kg3 {Allows the check on b8} 4. cxb6 h3 5. b7 h2 6. b8=Q+) (3... bxc5 4. a5) 4. c6 $1 {Final nuance, going for the check on c8} h3 5. c7 h2 6. c8=Q+ {[pgndiagram] A very beautiful study, also instructive from the practical point of view} *your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts Chess studies Previous Post← Chess tactics 52 Chess tactics 52 Next PostFast checkmates → Fast checkmates You May Also Like Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 13 – Mihail Croitor study View Post Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 24 – Alexander Kuznetsov study View Post Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 38 View Post