TABLE HEPTATHLON
Kings & Pawn(s) Endgames
Kings & Pawn(s) Endings II
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Kf5 [1.Kg5? Ke5 2.f4+ Ke6 3.f5+ Ke5=; 1.Kg4? Ke6 2.Kg5 Ke5 3.f4+ Ke6 4.f5+ Ke5] 1...Kd6 [1...Kd4 2.f4 Kd5 3.Kg4! (3.Kg5? Ke6=) 3...Kd6 (3...Ke6 4.Kg5 Kd5 5.Kh6+-) 4.Kh5! Ke6 5.Kg5 Kd5 6.Kh6+-] 2.f4 Kd7 3.Kg4! [3.Kg5? Ke6=] 3...Ke8 4.Kh5! [4.Kg5?! Kf8 5.Kh6 Kg8 6.Kh5 Kh7 7.Kg5 Kg8 (7...Kh8 8.Kf5 Kg8 9.Ke5 Kf8 10.Kd6+-) 8.Kf5 Kf8 9.Ke5 Ke8 10.Kd6 Kd8 11.f5+-] 4...Kf8 5.Kg5! Kg8 [5...Ke8 6.Kh6 Kf8 7.Kh7+-] 6.Kf5 Kh7 [6...Kf8 7.Ke5 Ke8 8.Kd6 Kd8 9.f5! Ke8 10.Kc7+-] 7.Ke4! [7.Ke5? Kg6=] 7...Kh6 8.Kd5 Kg6 9.Ke5 Kh5 10.Kd6 Kh6 11.Ke7 Kg6 12.f5++-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Kd2 Kd4 2.Ke2 Ke4 3.Kf2 Kf4 4.Kg2 Ke4 5.Kg3 Ke5 6.Kf3 Kd4 7.Kf4 Kd5 8.Kf5 Kd6 9.Ke4 Kc6 10.Kd4 Kb5 11.Kd5 Kb6 12.Kc4+-
Paul Keres. Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins.
1...Kf4 2.Kf2 Ke4 3.Ke2! [3.Kg3? Kd3 4.d5 Kxc3 5.d6 Kb2 6.d7 c3 7.d8Q c2=] 3...Kf4 4.Kd2 Ke4 5.Kc2 Kd5 6.Kc1! [6.Kd2 Ke4; 6.Kb2 Kc6 7.Ka3 Kb5] 6...Ke4 [6...Kc6 7.Kd2 Kd5 8.Ke3+-] 7.Kb2 Kd5 8.Ka3+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins.
1...Kg3 2.Ke1 Kf3 3.Kd1 Ke4 4.Kc1 Kd5 5.Kb2 Kc4 6.Ka3!+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
2.Kd3 Kd5 3.Ke3 Ke5 4.Kf3! Kd5 5.Kf4 Kd6 6.Ke4 Ke6 7.Kd4 Kd6 8.Kc4 Kc7 9.Kc5 [9.Kd5! Kb6 10.Kd6 Kb7 11.Kc5+-] 9...Kb7 10.Kd5! [10.Kd6?! Kb6 11.Kd7 Kb7 12.Ke6! Ka7 13.Ke7+-; 10.b6?? Ka6=] 10...Kc7 11.Ke6 Kb6 [11...Kb7 12.Kd7 Kb6 13.Kc8+-] 12.Kd6 Kb7 13.Kc5+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move cannot win.
1.Kd1 Kb2! 2.Kd2 Kxa2 3.Kc2 Ka1 4.Kc1=
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Kd1 Kf3 2.Kc1 Ke3 3.Kb1 Kd4 4.Ka2 Ke3 5.Ka3! Kd2 6.Kb3+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins.
1...Kb3 2.Kd1 Kb4 3.Ke1 Kb3 4.e4! [4.Kf2?! Kc2 5.e4? (5.Ke1!) 5...Kxd2! 6.e5 Kc2 7.e6 d2 8.e7 d1Q 9.e8Q=] 4...Kc4 5.Kf2! Kd4 6.Kf3 Ke5 7.Ke3+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move cannot win.
1.Kd4 Kd6 2.Ke4 Kc6 3.Ke5 Kb7 4.Kd5 Kb8 5.Kd6 Kb7 6.Kd7 Kb8 7.Kc6 Kc8 8.b7+ Kb8=
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Ke4 Ke6 2.Kf4 Kd6 3.Kf5 Kc7 4.Ke6 Kc8 5.c7! [5.Kd6?! Kd8 6.c7+ Kc8 7.Ke5! Kxc7 8.Ke6 Kc8 9.Kd6 Kb7 10.Kd7 Ka7 11.Kc7+-] 5...Kxc7 6.Ke7+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and draw.
1...Kf3 2.Kd1 Ke3 3.Kc1 Kd4 4.Kb1 [4.Kd1 Ke3=] 4...Kc5 5.Ka2 Kb4=
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and draw.
1...Kd4 2.Kd2 Kc4 3.Kc2 Kd4 4.Kb3 Kd5! [4...Kd3? 5.g5+-; 4...Kc5? 5.Kc3+-; 4...Ke3? 5.g5 Kxf3 6.g6 Ke2 7.g7 f3 8.g8Q f2 9.Qg2 Ke1 10.Kc2! f1Q 11.Qd2#] 5.Kb4 Kd4 6.Kb5 [6.g5 Ke5 7.Kc5 Kf5 8.Kd5 Kxg5 9.Ke5 Kg6 10.Kxf4 Kf6=] 6...Ke3!= [6...Kd5!=]