
TABLE HEPTATHLON

Kings & Pawn(s) Endgames

Kings & Pawn(s) Endings V

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins .
1...Kf8 [1...g6 2.Kh6 Kf6 3.g5+ Kf5 4.Kh7+-] 2.Kg6 Kg8 3.h5 Kh8 4.h6 Kg8 5.g5!+-

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move cannot win.
1.Ke6 h6 2.g6 Kg8 3.Kf6 Kf8 4.g7+ Kg8=

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and draw.
1...Kf7 [1...Kf8=; 1...Kg8? 2.Kh6 Kh8 3.g5 Kg8 4.h5 Kh8 5.g6 hxg6 6.hxg6 Kg8 7.g7+-; 1...h6+? 2.Kf5 Kf7 3.h5!+-; 1...Kh8 2.Kf6 Kg8 3.g5 Kf8! (3...Kh8? 4.Kf7+-) 4.h5 Kg8=] 2.Kh6 [2.Kf5 Ke7 3.Ke5 Kf7 4.Kd6 (4.h5 Ke7=) 4...Kf6=] 2...Kg8 3.g5 Kh8 4.h5 Kg8 5.g6 hxg6 6.hxg6 Kh8=

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and draw.
1...Kg7 2.Ke6 Kf8=

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.Ke3 h3 [1...Kg5? 2.h3 Kf5 3.Kf3+-; 1...Kf5 2.Kf3 Kg5 3.Ke4 Kg4 4.h3+! (4.Ke5? h3! 5.g3 Kf3=) 4...Kg3 5.Kf5 Kxg2 6.Kg4+-] 2.g3 Kf5 [2...Kg5 3.Kf3 Kf5 4.g4++-] 3.Kd4! [3.Kf3?! Kg5 4.g4? Kh4!=] 3...Kg5 4.Ke5 Kg4 5.Ke4 Kg5 6.Kf3! Kf5 [6...Kh5 7.Kf4+-] 7.g4++-

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins .
1...Ke5 [1...Kg5 2.Ke4+-; 1...h4 2.g4+ Ke5 3.Ke3+-] 2.Ke3 Kf5 3.Kd4 h4 4.g4+ Kf4 5.Kd5 Kg5 [5...Kg3 6.g5+-] 6.Ke5 Kg6 7.Kf4 Kf6 8.g5++-

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and White wins .
1...Kf5 [1...h4+ 2.Kf3 Kf5 (2...h3 3.g3 Kf5 4.g4++-) 3.h3+-] 2.Kf3 Ke5 3.g3 Kf5 4.h3+-

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.c5! [1.Ke4? Ke6=] 1...b5 [1...bxc5? 2.a5+-] 2.a5! [2.axb5? cxb5 3.c6 Ke6=] 2...b4 3.Ke4 b3 4.Kd3+-

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and draw.
1...Kf4 2.Ke2 Ke4 3.Kd2 Kd4 [3...h3 4.g3 Kf3=] 4.Ke2 [4.Kc2 Ke3=] 4...Ke4 5.h3 Kf4 6.Kf2 Ke4=

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move cannot win.
1.Kf5 [1.h5 h6+ 2.Kf5 Kf7=] 1...Kf7 2.Ke5 [2.g5 Ke7 3.h5 Kf7=] 2...Ke7 3.g5 Kf7=

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
Black to move and draw.
1...Kc8! 2.Kd6 Kd8 3.c7+ Kc8 4.c6=

Paul Keres.
Practical Chess Endings
White to move and win.
1.f5! Ke5 2.f6 Kxf6 3.Kxd4 Ke6 4.Kc5 Kd7 5.Kxb5 Kc7 6.Ka6+