An Instructive Chess Endgame Puzzle

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Puzzle FEN:
2kq4/8/1PPP4/8/8/4P3/8/3K4 w – – 0 1

Puzzle Details:
J. Silhan, 1977

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105 Comments

  1. d7+
    If black Qxd7 -> cxd7 Kxd7 and push your e pawn and your king because if black king moves one step right then you can just promote your b pawn
    If black Kb8 -> c7+ and if black moves their king away than cxd8=Q so you win
    So black must play Qxc7 then bxc7+ Kxc7 and you are in a winning KP endgame

  2. I got the right pawn but didn't think it through beyond the K+Q fork.

  3. I'm confused. Isn't e7 also works for black?

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