TABLE HEPTATHLON
Kings & Pawn(s) Endgames
Kings & Pawn(s) Endings
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Kc4! Kd7 [1...Kf7 2.Kc5 Kg6 3.Kc6! Kg5 4.Kd7! Kf5 5.Kd6+-] 2.Kb5! Kc7 3.Kc5 Kd7 4.Kb6 Kd8 5.Kc6 Ke7 6.Kc7 Ke8 7.Kd6 Kf7 8.Kd7+-
O.Duras.
1906.
White to move and win.
1.Kc5! Kg6 [1...g5 2.b4 g4 3.Kd4! Kg5 (3...g3 4.Ke3 Kg5 5.b5+-) 4.b5 g3 5.Ke3 Kg4 6.b6 Kh3 7.b7 g2 8.Kf2 Kh2 9.b8Q++-] 2.b4 Kf7 3.b5 Ke7 4.Kc6! [4.Kb6? g5 5.Kc7 g4=] 4...Kd8 5.Kb7 g5 6.b6 g4 7.Ka7 g3 8.b7 g2 9.b8Q++-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and draw.
1...Kd4 2.Kf4 Kxc4 3.e5 Kb3! [3...Kd3? 4.e6 c4 5.e7 c3 6.e8Q c2 7.Qe3++-] 4.e6 c4 5.e7 c3 6.e8Q c2 7.Qe3+ Kb2 8.Qd2 Kb1=
George Walker.
1841.
White to move and win.
1.Ka3! [1.Kc3? Ka4 2.Kd3 Kb4!=] 1...Kb6 2.Kb2 Ka5 3.Kb3! Kb6 4.Kc3 Ka5 5.Kd2! Kling 5...Ka4 6.Ke3! Kb4 7.Kd3 Ka3 8.Ke4 Ka4 [8...Kxa2 9.Kd5+-] 9.Kd5 Kb4 10.a3++-
Schlage-Ahues.
Berlin, 1921.
White to move and win.
1.Ke6 Kc3 2.Kd6? [2.Kd5! Kb4 (2...Kd3 3.Kc6 Ke4 4.Kb7 Kd5 5.Kxa7 Kc6 6.Kb8+-) 3.Kc6 Ka5 4.Kb7 Kb5 5.Kxa7 Kc6 6.Kb8+-] 2...Kd4 3.Kc6 Ke5 4.Kb7 Kd6 5.Kxa7 Kc7=
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.d5 Kd7 [1...Kc5 2.Ke5 Kxb5 3.d6 Kc6 4.Ke6+-] 2.Ke5 Ke7 3.d6+ Kd8! 4.Kd4! [4.d7! Kxd7 5.Kd5 Kc7 6.Ke6+-] 4...Ke8 5.Ke4 Kd8 6.Ke5!
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and draw.
1...Kd8 2.Kd4 Kc8 3.Ke4 [3.d7+ Kxd7 4.Kd5 Kd8 5.Kd6 Kc8 6.Ke7 Kb8 7.Kd7 Ka8=] 3...Kd8 4.Ke5 Ke8 5.Ke6 Kd8=
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and draw.
1...e5! [1...Kf5? 2.d4 Kg6 3.Kf4 Kf6 4.Ke4 Kf7 5.Ke5+-; 1...Ke5!? 2.Ke2 (2.f4+ Kf5=; 2.d4+ Kd5=) 2...Kf4 3.d4 Kg5! 4.Ke3 Kf5=] 2.f4 [2.Kd2 Ke6 3.Kc3 Kd5=; 2.Ke4 Ke6=] 2...Kf5! [2...exf4+? 3.Kxf4 Ke6 4.Ke4 Kd6 5.Kd4+-] 3.fxe5 Kxe5=
Tattersall.
1910.
White to move and win.
1.Kb1! [1.Kc3? a3! 2.b4 (2.bxa3 Ke6 3.Kc4 Kd6=) 2...Ke6 3.Kb3 Kd6 4.Kxa3 Kc6 5.Ka4 Kb6=] 1...a3 [1...Ke5 2.Ka2 Kd4 3.Ka3 Kc5 4.Kxa4 Kb6 5.Kb4+-] 2.b3! [2.b4? Ke6 3.Ka2 Kd5 4.Kxa3 Kc6 5.Ka4 Kb6=] 2...Ke5 3.Ka2 Kd5 4.Kxa3 Kc5 5.Ka4 Kb6 6.Kb4+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.d4 Kc4 [1...Kd6? 2.Ke4 Ke6 3.d5+ Kd7 4.Ke5 Ke7 5.d6+ Kd7 6.Kd5+-] 2.Ke4 Kxb4 3.d5 Kc5 4.Ke5 b4 5.d6 b3 6.d7 b2 7.d8Q b1Q 8.Qc8+ Kb4 9.Qb7++-
Fahrni-Alapin.
Munich?, 1909?
White to move and win
1.Kd5 Kc8 2.Kc4 Kd8 3.Kd4! Kc8 4.Kd5! Kc7 5.Kc5! Kd8 6.Kd6 Kc8 7.c7 Kb7 8.Kd7 Ka7 9.Kc6+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Ke4! [1.f4? Kf5 2.Kf3 e5=; 1.d4? Kf5 2.Kd3 Kf4 3.Ke2 Kg5!=; 1.Kf4? e5+ 2.Kg4 Kg6=] 1...Kf7 [1...e5 2.f4+-; 1...Ke7 2.Ke5 Kd7 3.d4 Ke7 4.f4 Kd7 (4...Kf7 5.f5!+-) 5.d5!+-] 2.Ke5 Ke7 3.f4 Kd7 4.Kf6! [4.d4? Ke7=] 4...Kd6 5.d4 Kd7 6.Kf7 Kd6 7.Ke8! Kc6 8.Ke7 Kd5 9.Kd7 Kxd4 10.Kxe6+-