TABLE HEPTATHLON
Kings & Pawn(s) Endgames
Kings & Pawn(s) Endings III
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins .
1...Kd5 2.Kd3 Ke6 [2...Kc5? 3.g6+-] 3.Kd4 Kd6 4.Kc4 Ke6 5.Kc5+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Ke5! [1.c6+? Kc8! (1...bxc6+? 2.Kc5 Kd8 3.Kd6! Kc8 4.Kxc6+-) 2.Kd6 Kb8! 3.c7+ Kc8=] 1...Kc6 [1...Ke7? 2.c6 Kd8 3.cxb7+-] 2.Kd4 Kd7 3.Kd5 Kc8 4.Ke6 [4.Kd6 Kd8 5.Ke6 Kc8 6.Ke7+-] 4...Kd8 5.Kd6 Kc8 6.Ke7 Kb8 7.Kd7 Ka8 8.c6 bxc6 9.Kc7+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins .
1...Kh8 2.g6 fxg6+ 3.Kh6! Kg8 4.Kxg6+-
Josef Kling.
1848.
White to move and win.
1.Kf2! [1.Kf3 Ke5 2.Kg3 Kf6 3.Kg2! Ke6 4.Kf2!+- Kling] 1...Ke6 [1...Ke5? 2.Kf3+-] 2.Kg2! Kf6 [2...Ke5 3.Kf3 Kd5 4.Kg3 Ke6 5.h4 gxh4+ 6.Kxh4 Kf6 7.Kh5 Kg7 8.Kg5+-] 3.Kg3 Kg6(.) 4.Kf3 Kf6 5.Ke4 Ke6 6.h3! Kf6 7.Kd5+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move cannot win.
1.Ke3 Ke5 2.Kd3 Kd5 3.Kc3 Ke5! [3...Ke4? 4.Kc4 Ke5 5.Kc5 Ke4 6.Kd6+-] 4.Kc4 Ke4 5.Kc5 Ke5 6.Kb6 Kd6! 7.Ka7 Ke7! 8.Kb8 Kd8 9.Kb7 Kd7 10.Ka6 Ke6! 11.Kb6 Kd6 [11...Kf6? 12.Kb5 Kf5 13.Kb4! Ke6 14.Kc4 Ke5 15.Kc5+-] 12.Ka5 Ke5! 13.Ka4 Ke4 14.Ka3 Ke5! 15.Kb3 Kd5=
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move cannot win.
1.Ke4 Ke6 2.Kf4 Kd6! [2...Kf6? 3.c5+-] 3.Ke3 Ke7!= [3...Kc5? 4.Kd3 Kd6 5.Kd4+-; 3...Ke5? 4.Kd3 Ke6 5.Ke4+-]
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.g6+! fxg6+ 2.Kg5 Kh8 3.Kh6+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Kf3 [1.f5+? Kg7 2.Kf3 Kf8 3.Ke2 Ke7 4.Kd3 Kd7=; 1.e5? fxe5 2.fxe5 Kf7 3.Kf5 Ke7=] 1...Kf7 [1...Kh5 2.Ke3 (2.e5? Kg6 3.Ke4 Kf7=) 2...Kg4 3.f5+-] 2.Ke3 Ke6 3.Kd4 Kd6 4.f5! Ke7 5.Kc5 Kd7 6.Kd5+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins .
1...Ke5 2.Ke3 Kf6 3.Ke4 Ke6 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.Kd5+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins .
1...Kc7 [1...Ke6 2.c5+-] 2.Ke5 Kd7 3.Kd5 Kc7 4.Ke6+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move cannot win.
1.Kg4 Kg6 [1...Ke5? 2.Kf3 Kf6 3.Kf4+-] 2.Kh4 Kf6 [2...Kf7! 3.Kh5 Kf6 4.Kg4 (4.Kh6?? Ke5-+) 4...Kg6=; 2...Kh6? 3.e5+-] 3.Kg3 Kg7! [3...Kg5? 4.Kf3 Kf6 5.Kf4+-] 4.Kg2 Kg8! [4...Kg6! 5.Kf2 Kf6 6.Ke2 Ke7 7.Ke3 Ke8! 8.Kf4 Kf8 9.Kf5 Kf7=] 5.Kg1 Kg7[] [5...Kf7? 6.Kf1! Kf8 (6...Ke7 7.Kg2 Kf8 (7...Kf7 8.Kf3 Kg7 9.Ke3+-) 8.Kf2! Ke7 9.Kg3 Kf7 10.Kf3 Ke7 11.Kg4+-) 7.Kf2 Kf7 8.Kf3 Kf8 9.Kf4 Ke8 10.Kg5 Kf7 11.Kf5+-] 6.Kf1 Kf7[] 7.Ke2 Ke7 8.Kd2 Kd7 9.Kc2 Kc7 10.Kb2 Kb8! [10...Kb6!=; 10...Kb7? 11.Kb3+-] 11.Kb3 Kb7 12.Ka3 Ka7!=
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move cannot win.
1.Ke4 [1.Kc3 Kc7 2.Kb3 Kb6 3.Ka4 Ka6 4.c5 Kb7=] 1...Ke6 2.Kf4 Kf6 3.c5 Ke6 4.Ke4 [4.Kg5? Kd5 5.Kf6 Kc4 6.Ke5 (6.Ke6? Kxb4 7.Kd6 Kb5-+) 6...Kxb4 7.Kd4=] 4...Kf6! 5.Kd4 Ke6 6.Ke4 Kf6= [6...Kd7? 7.Kf5+-]