Bengal Chess Wizard : Practical Ending(40-41)ans                                      1
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Black is faced with the task of defending    To win, it should be Black's move. So
his pawn, while restraining White's from     that he can acquire the b6 square. The
advanceing. If it is Black's move, Black     technique to be take by White is the
will face a severe problem. If he release    trangulation. 1.Kd5 Kc8 2.Kc5 Kd8
his pawn then it will be captured, if he       [ 2...Kb8 3.Kb6 Ka8 4.Kc7 Ka7
wants to save his pawn white will              5.Kd7 Kb8 6.c7+ Ka7 7.Kc6 Ka8
advance his g pawn.                            8.c8Q+ Ka7 9.Qb7# ]
However, if it is White's move then          3.Kc4
directly white cannot achieve his goal. If     [ 3.Kb6 Kc8 4.c7 Kd7 5.Kb7+- ]
he advance any one of his pawn then it       3...Kc8 4.Kd5 Kc7
is draw.                                       [ 4...Kd8 5.Kd6 Kc8 6.c7 Kb7 7.Kd7
Now only action White has to be take,          Ka7 8.Kc6 ( 8.c8Q Stalemate )]
this is triangulation. 1.Kf2 Kg6             5.Kc5 Kc8 6.Kb6 Kb8 7.Kxa6 Kc7
  [ 1...Ke5 2.g6 Kf6 3.h5 Ke6 4.g7           8.Kb5 Kc8 9.Kb6 Kb8 10.c7+ Kc8
  Kf7 5.h6+- ]                               11.a6 Kd7 12.Kb7+-
2.Ke2 Kf5 3.Ke3 The same initial
position, but now it is Black's move. Ke5
4.g6 Kf6 5.h5 Kg7 6.Kxe4+-
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