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Writer's pictureJohn Hendrick

Geometry of the Chessboard: Reti Endgame Puzzle

Updated: Aug 1, 2021

It is white to move. It looks impossible to achieve a draw here. Black's pawn is way out of the white's king's range. It seems white has to either try to queen his c pawn, which looks impossible or chase down black's h pawn, which also looks impossible.

White to move and draw. Hint: Use the geometry of the chessboard to move two directions at the same time!

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realdivakarshenoy
Oct 15, 2019

yes. I cant tell the squares due to no numbers or letters. Could you add those in?

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John Hendrick
Oct 15, 2019

You mean Kg7? White’s pawns are going up and black’s are going down.

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realdivakarshenoy
Oct 14, 2019

Kb7

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