TABLE HEPTATHLON
Kings & Pawn(s) Endgames
Kings & Pawn(s) Endings IV
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.c6+! Ke7 2.Ke5 Ke8 3.Ke6 Kd8 4.Kf7+-
Paul Keres.
1942.
White to move cannot win.
1.Kh1 [1.Kg2? f3+=; 1.f3+ Kh5=] 1...f3! 2.e3 Kg5! [2...Kf5? 3.Kg1+-] 3.Kg1 [3.Kh2 Kg4=] 3...Kf5! 4.Kf1 [4.Kh2 Kg4=] 4...Ke4 5.Ke1 [5.Kg1 Kf5=] 5...Kd3=
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins.
1...Kd6 2.Kd4 [2.f5 Ke7!=; 2.g5? Ke6=] 2...Ke6 3.Kc5 g5 4.f5+ Ke5 5.Kc6+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Ke6 Kg8 2.Ke7 Kh7 3.Kf7 Kh8 4.Kg6! [4.h6? Kh7!=] 4...Kg8 5.h6 gxh6 6.Kxh6+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move cannot win.
1.Kg2 [1.Kh2 Kf6=; 1.Kg3? f4+=] 1...Kf6 [1...Kg6? 2.Kf2 Kf6 3.Ke2 Ke5 (3...Ke6 4.Kd3 Ke5 5.Kc4 Kd6 6.Kd4 Ke6 7.e4!+-) 4.Kd3 Kd5 5.f4!+-; 1...f4 2.e4 Kf6 3.Kf2 Ke5 4.Kf1!+-] 2.Kg3 Kf7! [2...Ke6? 3.Kh4+-; 2...Kg6? 3.Kf2+-] 3.Kf2 [3.Kh4 Kg6=; 3.Kf4 Kf6=] 3...Ke6 4.Ke2 Kd5 5.Kd2 Kd6! [5...Ke5? 6.Kd3 Kd5 7.f4+-] 6.Kd3 Kc5! 7.Kc3 [7.f4 Kd5=; 7.e4 Kd6! 8.Kd4 fxe4 9.Kxe4 Ke6=] 7...Kd5 8.Kb4 f4! 9.e4+ Kd4 10.Kb3 Ke3! 11.e5 Kxf3 12.e6 Kg2 13.e7 f3 14.e8Q f2=
Paul Keres.
1942.
Black to move and White wins .
1...Kf5 [1...Kg5 2.Kh3 Kh5 3.Kg2 Kg4 4.Kf1 Kf5 5.Ke1 Ke5 6.Kd2 Kd4 7.f3!+-; 1...f3 2.e3 Kh4 3.Kg1 Kg4 4.Kf1 Kf5 5.Ke1 Ke4 6.Kd2+-] 2.Kg2 Kf6 3.Kf1 Ke5 4.Ke1 Kd4 5.Kd2 Kc4 [5...Ke4 6.Kc3 Kd5 7.Kd3 Ke5 8.e4! fxe3 9.Kxe3 Kf6 10.Kf4+-] 6.e4! Kd4 [6...fxe3+ 7.Kxe3 Kd5 8.Kf4+-] 7.f3 Kc4 8.Ke2 Kd4 9.Kf2 Ke5 10.Kf1!+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins .
1...Kd4 2.f4+- [2.Kd2?! Ke4 3.Kc3? g3 4.f3+ Ke3=]
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins .
1...Kg8 [1...g6+ 2.Kf6! gxh5 3.Kf7+-; 1...Kh8? 2.Kg6 Kg8 3.h6 gxh6 4.Kxh6+-] 2.Kg6 Kh8 3.Kf7! [3.h6? Kg8=] 3...Kh7 4.h6! gxh6 5.g6+
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and draw.
1...Kf6! [1...Kg6? 2.Kh4 Kh6 3.Kg3+-; 1...Kh6? 2.Kg2+-] 2.Kg2 [2.Kg3 Kf7!=; 2.Kh4 Kg6=] 2...Ke6 3.Kf2 Ke5 4.Ke2 Kd6 [4...Ke6? 5.Kd3+-] 5.Kd2 Kc6! 6.Kc2 Kd6 7.Kb3 Kc5! 8.Kc3 Kd5 9.Kb4 f4! 10.e4+ Kd4=
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.g5 Kf7 [1...Kd6 2.f5+-] 2.Kd5 Ke7 3.Ke5+-
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move cannot win.
1.Ke5 Ke7 2.Kd5 Kf7 [2...Kd7? 3.h6+-] 3.Kd6 Kf8 [3...Ke8 4.Ke6 Kf8 5.Kd7 Kf7=] 4.Ke6 Ke8! [4...Kg8? 5.Ke7 Kh8 6.Kf7 Kh7 7.h6 gxh6 8.g6++-] 5.Kf5 Kf7 6.g6+ Kg8=
Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Kf5 g6+ 2.Ke5! [2.Kg5? Kg7 3.Kf4 Kf6=] 2...Ke7 3.g5! Kf7 4.Kd6+-