The following position is from Staunton-Williams 1851 London. It is white to move can he hold the draw or is it just dead lost.
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What a cool king pawn endgame.
amazing position with so few chess pieces can still be not so simple !
With correct play the White King can hold the Black King at bay, Black's only chance is to drag the White King away by running his h-pawn. Black in this way wins whites last pawn, the g-pawn, for his h-pawn. But lucky for white he can play Kg3 when Black takes white's g-pawn reaching a drawn K vs K+P position.
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What a cool king pawn endgame.
amazing position with so few chess pieces can still be not so simple !
With correct play the White King can hold the Black King at bay, Black's only chance is to drag the White King away by running his h-pawn. Black in this way wins whites last pawn, the g-pawn, for his h-pawn. But lucky for white he can play Kg3 when Black takes white's g-pawn reaching a drawn K vs K+P position.
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