Position 1 · White to move
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- You
g4-g5 - Opponent
Ka2-b1 - You
g5-g6 - Opponent
c5-c4 - You
g6-g7
FEN: 8/8/8/p1p5/6PK/7P/k7/8 w - c6 0 40
Chess Moment · Puzzles
Pawn endings
Kings and pawns only, and every tempo counts. Twelve positions where the win is a single square rather than a combination.
The lesson behind it: Converting an advantage: trades and pawn endings
Position 2 · White to move
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- You
g3-g4 - Opponent
Kd6-d7 - You
g4-g5
FEN: 8/2p5/3k1K2/8/8/6P1/8/8 w - - 2 66
Position 3 · Black to move
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- You
b3-b2 - Opponent
h5-h6 - You
b2-b1=Q
FEN: 8/5K2/8/2k4P/8/1p6/8/8 b - - 1 81
Position 4 · Black to move
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- You
g6-g5 - Opponent
Kd3-d2 - You
g5-g4
FEN: 8/8/6p1/8/p7/P1PK1k2/1P6/8 b - - 1 66
Position 5 · Black to move
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- You
Kb6-b5 - Opponent
Kc2-c3 - You
a4-a3 - Opponent
Kc3-b3 - You
a3-a2
FEN: 8/8/1kp5/2P3p1/pP3pPp/5P1P/2K5/8 b - - 0 50
Position 6 · White to move
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- You
Kg4-g5 - Opponent
Kc4xc3 - You
Kg5xg6
FEN: 8/8/2p3p1/1p6/1Pk3KP/2P5/8/8 w - - 3 54
Position 7 · Black to move
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- You
e5xf4 - Opponent
Ke4xf4 - You
Kf6-g6
FEN: 8/8/3p1k2/1p1Pp2p/1P2KP2/6P1/8/8 b - - 0 54
Position 8 · Black to move
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- You
Kf7-f6 - Opponent
g4-g5 - You
Kf6-f5
FEN: 8/5k2/2p3pK/3p4/6P1/1P1P4/8/8 b - - 6 37
Position 9 · Black to move
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- You
Kg6-f7 - Opponent
Kb6-b7 - You
g3-g2
FEN: 8/4P2p/1K4k1/p1P5/P7/6p1/8/8 b - - 0 56
Position 10 · White to move
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- You
a4-a5 - Opponent
f7-f5 - You
e5xf6
FEN: 8/p4ppp/2k1p3/1p2P3/PP1K4/5P1P/6P1/8 w - - 0 42
Position 11 · White to move
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- You
b4xc5 - Opponent
Kd6-e6 - You
f4xg5
FEN: 8/8/p2k3p/2p2pp1/1P1K1P2/6PP/8/8 w - - 0 41
Position 12 · Black to move
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- You
e6-e5 - Opponent
g3-g4 - You
e5-e4
FEN: 8/8/3kp2p/p1p2p1K/P2p4/1P3PP1/2P3P1/8 b - - 1 31
Where these positions come from
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