White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
1.g4 Kd5 2.f4 gxf4+ [2...Ke6 3.fxg5 (The most direct answer. Things can go haywire after 3.f5+ Ke5 4.Kf2 Kf6 5.Kf3 Ke5 6.Ke3 Kd5 7.Kd3 Ke5 8.Ke3 Kd5) 3...Kf7 4.Ke4 Ke6 5.Kf4 Kf7 6.Kf5 Kg7 7.g6 Kg8 8.Kf6 Kf8 9.g5 The tempo win regaining the opposition. 9...Kg8 10.g7 Kh7 11.g8Q+ A trick we have shown you before. Hope you remembered it. 11...Kxg8 12.Kg6 Kh8 13.Kf7 Kh7 14.g6+] 3.Kxf4 Ke6 4.Kg5 [4.g5 Ke7 5.Kf5 Kf7] 4...Kf7 5.Kh6 Kg8 6.Kg6 Kh8 7.g5 Kg8 8.Kh6 Kh8 9.g6 Kg8 10.g7 Another very important king and pawn ending to study.
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