Timeline for Is this endgame winnable for white? (Knight vs two connected passed queenside pawns)
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| Mar 4, 2020 at 17:26 | history | edited | PhishMaster | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2014 at 17:32 | comment | added | mounaim | Hi JiK have you seen the @AlwaysLearningNewStuff analyse of the game ? I think he is right it's definitely a draw ;) | |
| Jan 19, 2014 at 13:38 | comment | added | Tony Ennis | Note also that White does not have to gobble those Queenside pawns immediately - they cannot advance against the Knight. This gives White the possibility of attacking the e pawn by Kd4 as soon as Black's King clears the squares on its way to g5. | |
| Jan 19, 2014 at 13:31 | comment | added | Tony Ennis | A good start of an explanation. Thanks for noticing that Black is in Zugzwang. Note also, however, that White can move his h-pawn. This is a Zugzwang 'get out of jail free' card given Black is really bound up. And you're right, Black should abandon his Queenside pawns. | |
| Jan 19, 2014 at 11:19 | history | answered | JiK | CC BY-SA 3.0 |