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The drawing chances in positions with the “right” bishop are much lower. Black can save himself by attacking the pawn from behind only when the passive positions of the white bishop allows a perpetual check. Such an example is shown in the next diagram (Averbakh).
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When the connected pawns have already arrived on the sixth rank, the situation changes dramatically and the queen has to save the draw with perpetual check. The next position could have occurred in the game Keres-Byrne, Moscow 1955, in which Black offered the draw too soon, though he could put his opponent to great […]
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When the white king does not have sufficient protection from perpetual check, the only chance of victory is to penetrate the king among the enemy pawns. Let’s see how the defense should be lead!
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In positions with g-pawn on the fifth rank, Black has a great chance of a draw when he is pinning the pawn diagonally and his queen is close to the pawn. He always draws if his king can reach the drawing area 135 (with a pawn in the sixth rank), or the “triangle of […]
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Pawn on the b (g)- file. Unlike the endings with pawn on the center or the c (f)- file, all of which were won regardless of the position of the opposing pieces, Black can sometimes defend in the endings with b (g) pawn on the seventh rank. If, with the active black queen, the […]
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Another exceptional position is presented in next diagram. If white king is too far away, somewhere on a- or b-file, or on squares from c6 to c8, there is no win!
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If only one pawn is already on seventh rank, White can draw easily but pawns must not seize the edge of the board. Let’s see the drawing method!
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If we shift position 75 one file to the left, here comes the surprise. White draws by means of perpetual in every case except if his king is especially badly placed. E.g. with white king on c7, White can draw.
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If white king is on g7 or g8, White can draw by taking away his king from “hot” g-file.
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