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Puzzle FEN:
8/8/4p3/8/8/1P6/7P/2K3k1 w - - 0 1

Puzzle Details:
Vitaly Halberstadt (Paris)
5th Commendation PROBLEM 1958-59

[derludditus]

This is the kind of exhaustive, comprehensive, full analysis I like, and it's rare outside this channel!

[daevydjae]

Learned something very important during the K+P vs K endgame - putting your King in front of your pawn to force your opponent to make a move then block their movement to get in front of your pawn.

[peterspa]

First time I watched a chess Youtube video. Very impressive how many possibilities you presented, you must run so many scenarios as a chess player!

[maurice]

This is again a really fascinating puzzle! Thank you for this Video! :)

[lutimstrickshots]

I found Kc2, but didn't pause for so long that I calculated all the way to after the queen trade and the KP vs K ending. Nice puzzle! Thanks for the video :)

[borisgo]

This puzzle only contains 2 against 1 pawn, still, it's a long puzzle with unique moves.

[malcolmdavis-zlxy]

Excellent! A clear explanation. Thank you.

[sergeyalexandrovich]

Even if you have only a King left against the opponent's King + Queen, never give up! There is a high probability that your opponent happily relaxes and moves themselves into a stalemate draw 🤣

[garyewart]

Maaan! You are the best explainer of complicated positions!! Thanks so much..

[daboffey]

What's wrong with 1. Kd2 Kf2 2. Kd3 Kf3 3. Kd4 Kf4, followed with a b-pawn v. e-pawn race, given that white would promote with check, so black doesn't make it in time?

[TheBinaryWolf]

Your videos are always informative and enjoyable. I also appreciate that you are concise (so many teachers tend to start be verbose).

[TheAntonio]

Nevermind there really is only one move to avoid a draw of both of them play perfectly

[toshironikko]

Just looking at the layout if white moves the king to block the pawn in the middle I don't see how black can do anything

[iivari]

You didn't cover why Kb2 is not the right move but I guess it's because the king will need to protect the queen when forcing the queen trades in the h pawn promotion variations

[xenaguy]

6:50 Actually, you *CAN* still get the Queen trade. The difference is, it takes place on g3 instead of f1, so now the hPawn is within reach of the Black King, making it a draw.
7:55 How is it that Qd8 does not force the Q trade here, when it does at 8:20 (same position)?

[ugottalovechess]

Great puzzle! One question, in the kg2 variation after white makes a queen and black makes a queen isn’t there qc3+ trading of the queens

[sankang]

Woah, this was more helpful than I thought.

[Graknorke]

the black king on g2 is just as vulnerable to Qg3, isn't it? the white queen is still defended by the pawn so the black king can't take it, if the black queen takes white then pawn takes for a trade, and if the king hides away then white just takes black's queen

[ddeboy]

simple king to the right and advance pawn...get queen move king to edge of board and pinch it.

[CravoneYT]

I would have played Kd2, but Kc2 would work. My idea would be to go after the black pawn, black would have to mirror, but once black's king is on f4, I would start pushing the b pawn, and then my promotion would end up being check. But, following through it seems that ends in a draw.