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Saturday, August 9, 2014

Two Distant Passed Pawns Easily Worth Piece in this Ending


The following ending arose from a Dutch Defense played at the Internet Chess Club or ICC. Matakay, who did not want anybody to know what country he is from since his flag is missing, just played Kc6 attacking the Black Bishop at c7.





Black could play Kd8 protecting the feeble looking Prelate, but then White would just push his pawn to h4 with Queening threats of his own.

Note that Black has a protected passed pawn at f4 which is currently mechanically blockaded by White Knight at f3. Try to find a dramatic win for Black! Remember that two distant passed pawns are difficult to stop with a single minor piece especially when the defending King is Offside. 

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