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This position illustrates an important rule of thumb: If the White king is on its sixth rank, the pawn must be advanced to the seventh rank without giving check. [20] (If White's king is on the sixth rank and the pawn checks the black king when it advances to the seventh rank, the black king can move in front of the pawn, resulting in a draw.
Since nearly all openings beginning 1.e4 have names of their own, the term King's Pawn Game, unlike Queen's Pawn Game, is rarely used to describe the opening of the game. Advancing the king's pawn two squares is highly useful because it occupies a center square, attacks the center square d5, and allows the development of White's king's bishop ...
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the attacking king (the one with the pawn) is on the queening square of its pawn; the attacking rook cuts off the opposing king from the pawn by at least one file; the defending rook is on the file on the other side of the pawn; A straightforward approach by White (in the position above) such as 1. Rd1+ Ke7 2. Kc7. gets nowhere.
In a king and pawn versus king endgame with a rook pawn, the defending king only has to get in front of the pawn to draw the game. In contrast, in the endgame with a bishop and the wrong rook pawn, getting the defending king in front of the pawn will not necessarily draw. In this position from Edmar Mednis, White wins if it is their move. 1 ...
A cross-check occurs from time to time in games. It is an essential tactic in winning endgames such as two queens versus one queen, or queen and pawn versus queen, where it is used to stop a series of checks from the opponent and force the exchange of queens.
Maróczy pawn structure In chess , the Maróczy Bind ( Hungarian: [ˈmɒroːt͡si] ) is a term alternately used to refer to an opening or its associated pawn structure , named for the Hungarian grandmaster Géza Maróczy .
The back-rank defense always works if the pawn is a rook pawn or knight pawn and the defending king is in front of the pawn. The defending king blocks the pawn and the rook is on the first rank preventing checks by the rook. In the diagram, Black draws. If 1.g7 then 1...Rb6+ draws, and if 1.Rg7+ then 1...Kh8 draws. White's best attempt is: 1 ...