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The important conclusions from the previous example could have saved Black in the following ending. This position (following the exchange of the rooks on b5) could have arisen in the game Almasi – Kozul, Mitropa Cup, Baden, 1999.
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When in a similar position the chess-board is “sufficiently wide” for Black, that is, when the pawn is at least two files far from the edge of the board, Black draws easily by taking the diagonal opposition. The following example is from the game Bagirov – Taimanov, USSR Championship, 1977.
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With regard to plans and strategy endings with blockaded connected pawns are very similar to endings where each side has one blockaded pawn. However, as a rule, the stronger side wins more easily if it has spatial superiority or the opposition, since capturing one pawn automatically results in getting the other pawn as well. […]
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The original S. Walles’s study reveals that the win is also occasionally possible if the white king has not yet managed to get in front of its passed pawn. The point of Walles’s idea is that by means of the tempo-move:
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The knowledge of the rule of opposition enables us to easily find the win in the following position. Notes: ← Basic EndingsBasic Endings →
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