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chessboy1563

Is there 0, 1, or more than 1?

chessboy1563

White to play btw

Chocolate_strawberry

Move closer to the pawn to prevent it from promoting and then black will have no way to protect it

Chocolate_strawberry

Then the black side will probably move their king to a5 to take your pawn and to make way for their otherpawn

Chocolate_strawberry

Then move your pawn from h4 to h5 then they will proly take it or even if they dont you can take it

Chocolate_strawberry

And then find other moves yourself

Chocolate_strawberry

It will take many moves for their pawn to promote so you can promote it before them

Chocolate_strawberry

Srry if my english is bad

chessboy1563
Chocolate_strawberry wrote:

Srry if my english is bad

It's all good, but you could've put your 5 comments into 1 singular comment.

LupitaLupitaLupita
Impossible
RichColorado

1. Kf2

KieferSmith
RichColorado wrote:

1. Kf2

Wow! such an advanced and state-of-the-art concept! Brilliant move! omg my chickens all figured it out so ez

chessboy1563
KieferSmith wrote:
RichColorado wrote:

1. Kf2

Wow! such an advanced and state-of-the-art concept! Brilliant move! omg my chickens all figured it out so ez

Funny how you say that because that move leads to a draw by best play for both sides.

Laskersnephew

That's a very cute study, with a nice twist at the end!

magipi

I'm not good enough to figure this one out. I see some stalemate trap by black that can be countered, but that suggests that Kf1 / Kf2 / Kf3 all win, which clearly can't be the case.

1. Kf1 h2 2. Kg2 h1Q+ 3. Kxh1 b4 4. h5 b5 5. h6 b6 6. h7 Ka6 8. h8=Q a6 9. Qe5 dxe5 10. d6 e4 11. d7 e3 12. d8=N e2 13. Nc6/Nb7 mate.

thegreatchessplayerrzz

Its a dead draw. I used analysis.black has a stalemate trap

AustinAZX
only Kf1 wins,others draws
AustinAZX
others somehow allows a stalemate trap
magipi
AustinAZX wrote:
others somehow allows a stalemate trap

Okay, so what happens after Kf2 or Kf3 that can't happen after Kf1?

Rocky64

Nice study! Here's the solution (I used an engine). As others have mentioned, Black goes for stalemate by self-trapping the king on a5. To stop this plan, White queens the h-pawn and sac the piece on e5. After this capture, the black pawn on the e-file will check the king eventually, whether it's on f1, f2, or f3. But with the king on f1, Black must use an extra tempo to give this pawn check on e2 (instead of e3 or e4), and that leaves the h3-pawn unable to promote in time to prevent White's knight mate.