Answers.Body: <p>Ke6-f7-g8-h8 and then the black king shuffles between h8 and g8. If white pushes the pawn to h7, it will lead to stalemate. The pawn can't be promoted. This is basic endgame theory and very useful to know!</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>In these rook-pawn endgames the key rule is that if the defending king reaches the queening square (h8 in this case) then the game is a draw. If the attacking king manages to control it (but not occupy it), however, then it can be a win. You can see this by looking at the key positions</p>
  <pre><code>[FEN &quot;7k/8/6KP/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1&quot;]
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  <p>White cannot stop Black from playing ...Kg8-h8 <em>ad infinitum</em>, and h7 leads to an immediate draw by stalemate. Similarly if</p>
  <pre><code>[FEN &quot;7K/5k2/7P/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1&quot;]
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  <p>This position is also drawn because White cannot extract the king from in front of the pawn.</p>
  <p>In the game, Black to play goes ...Kf7, and White cannot stop Black from playing ...Kh8 eventually, reaching the first position. Hence the position is drawn.</p>
  <p>If it were White to play in this position, then 1. Kg6 wins. 1...Ke7 2. Kg7! (any other move allows 2...Kf8 and again Black reaches the first position) followed by h4-h5-h6 leads to a promotion that Black cannot stop.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: In the second one it would only take 2 or 3 moves to extract white's king from in front of the pawn. After white moves to Kh7, if black moves to Kf6 then white can move to Kg8, from which point they can continue moving left across the board or cut back right to Kh7 followed by Kg6. If black moves to Kf8 for some reason, then it would only take 2 moves for White to break out. Either way, black cannot move any closer than Kg6, allowing the pawn to move up to promotion and a win for white.
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Answers.Text: @TylerH I guess one can extract the king from in front of the pawn, but Black gets to play ...Kh8 and reach the position in the first diagram anyway.
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Body: <p>This position was reached in semi-final game 1 of FIDE world cup 2021. With black to play the players agreed to a draw. The white is up a pawn and looks to be winning? I am not able to figure out a drawing continuation for black.</p>
  <pre><code>[FEN &quot;8/8/4k3/6K1/8/7P/8/8 w - - 0 1&quot;]
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Title: Why is this position drawn?
ThreadText: # Why is this position drawn?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-08-01)
  
  This position was reached in semi-final game 1 of FIDE world cup 2021. With black to play the players agreed to a draw. The white is up a pawn and looks to be winning? I am not able to figure out a drawing continuation for black.
  [FEN "8/8/4k3/6K1/8/7P/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
  **Tags:** endgame, fide, pawn-endgame
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2021-08-02. Score: 22 | Accepted answer
  
  In these rook-pawn endgames the key rule is that if the defending king reaches the queening square (h8 in this case) then the game is a draw. If the attacking king manages to control it (but not occupy it), however, then it can be a win. You can see this by looking at the key positions
  [FEN "7k/8/6KP/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
  White cannot stop Black from playing ...Kg8-h8 ad infinitum, and h7 leads to an immediate draw by stalemate. Similarly if
  [FEN "7K/5k2/7P/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
  This position is also drawn because White cannot extract the king from in front of the pawn.
  In the game, Black to play goes ...Kf7, and White cannot stop Black from playing ...Kh8 eventually, reaching the first position. Hence the position is drawn.
  If it were White to play in this position, then 1. Kg6 wins. 1...Ke7 2. Kg7! (any other move allows 2...Kf8 and again Black reaches the first position) followed by h4-h5-h6 leads to a promotion that Black cannot stop.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: In the second one it would only take 2 or 3 moves to extract white's king from in front of the pawn. After white moves to Kh7, if black moves to Kf6 then white can move to Kg8, from which point they can continue moving left across the board or cut back right to Kh7 followed by Kg6. If black moves to Kf8 for some reason, then it would only take 2 moves for White to break out. Either way, black cannot move any closer than Kg6, allowing the pawn to move up to promotion and a win for white.  
  > **username_2**: @username_3 I guess one can extract the king from in front of the pawn, but Black gets to play ...Kh8 and reach the position in the first diagram anyway.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-08-01. Score: 6
  
  Ke6-f7-g8-h8 and then the black king shuffles between h8 and g8. If white pushes the pawn to h7, it will lead to stalemate. The pawn can't be promoted. This is basic endgame theory and very useful to know!
  
  
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