Examples
From Averbach| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | ||
| 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h |
With Black to move, White wins by first occupying a key square and then by getting two of the conditions above:
- 1... Kb5
- 2. Kd4 (key square) Kc6
- 3. Kc4 (opposition) Kb6
- 4. Kd5 (turning maneuver) Kc7
- 5. Kc5 (opposition) Kd7
- 6. Kb6
the white king is on the sixth rank (condition c) ahead of the pawn (condition a) and White can advance the pawn.
If White is to move, Black draws:
- 1. Kb3 Kb5 (opposition)
- 2. c4+ Kc5
- 3. Kc3 Kc6 (...Kd6 and ...Kb6 also draw)
- 4. Kd4 Kd6
- 5. c5+ Kd7
- 6. Kd5 Kc7
- 7. c6 Kc8! (if 7...Kd8 then 8. Kd6, taking the opposition, wins)
- 8. Kd6 Kd8!
and Black draws (Averbakh 1993:36–37).
Read more about this topic: King And Pawn Versus King Endgame
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