Friday, May 4, 2007

King and Pawn vs. King trick: Still Wrong

In an embarrassing earlier post, I said "once the pawn reaches the 6th rank, a draw is forced once the king reaches the queening square." WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG

White to move: DRAW
  • 1. e7+ Ke8 2. Ke6 =
  • 1. Kd5 Ke7 2. Ke5 Ke8 3. Kd6 Kd8 =
  • 1. Kd5 Ke7 2. Ke5 Ke8 3. Kf6 Kf8 =
  • 1. Kd5 Ke7 2. Ke5 Ke8 3. Kf5 Ke7 =
  • 1. Kd5 Ke7 2. Ke5 Ke8 3. Kd5 Ke7 =
  • 1. Ke5 Ke8 = as above
  • 1. Kc6 Ke7 2. Kd5 Ke8 3. Kd6 Kd8 =
  • 1. Kc5 Ke7 2. Kd5 = as above

Black to move: WHITE WINS, genius

  • 1. ... Ke8 2. d7 Kf7 3. Kd7 and 4. d8=Q 1-0

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