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Chess strategy (1921)

Lasker, Edward, 1885-1981 · Philadelphia : David McKay · leaf 114

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ilethe Black King captures the White pa\vns. and with passedpawns on the Kings side might get winning chances. ^ W^en there is only one pawn left in endings of R againstR the weaker side maintains the draw, if the King can com-mand the queening square. Diagram 79 shows a positionfavourable to the… … Diag. 79* The chances of a draw are even greater in endings of Q against Q, as the King on the stronger side can seldom evade perpetual check. For the sake of completeness I will show a few cases in which Q or R cannot win against an advanced ^^Ti Diagram 80 White can still draw, for in five…

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