Free Course – Protected Passed Pawn

[Event "Protected Passed Pawn"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1pPk4/1P6/6K1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] 1. Kf5 {Normally a Passed Pawn protected by another pawn should win easily. You can push his king backward, move your king forward and win his pawn with your king followed by promoting your pawn. But in this case, it’s not so simple because black tries to make a stalemate.} Kc7 2. Ke6 Kc8 3. Kd6 Kd8 4. c7+ Kc8 5. Ke6 {With this pawn sacrifice, white will force black king to the corner – a8 and get the pawn on b6.} (5. Kc6 {is stalemate}) 5... Kxc7 6. Ke7 Kc8 ({If} 6... Kb7 {,} 7. Kd7) 7. Kd6 Kb7 8. Kd7 Kb8 9. Kc6 Ka7 10. Kc7 Ka8 11. Kxb6 Kb8 12. Ka6 Ka8 13. b6 Kb8 14. b7 Kc7 15. Ka7 {White wins.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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