Chess doesn't drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1k6/8/1P1P4/8/6p1/7p/7K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ A King and 2 Separated Passed Pawns.|This king and pawn endgame lesson
demonstrates how two pawns that are separated by 1 or more squares can tie up
a lone king, and in some cases win. Here we see the white king tied up
defending the progress of two connected black pawns.|The two white pawns,
despite being separated, have the black king in a similar bind. } 1. d6 { Pawns
lust for promotion. } 1... Kb6 { The black king cannot deviated from b6 and b7. } 2. Kg2 { The white king must not deviate from g1 and h1. } 2... Kb7 { Forced. } 3. Kh1 { Likewise forced.|Both kings can now just move only between their two
respective drawing squares. A draw is the result of accurate play. } 3... Kc8 { Black makes a losing error. } 4. b6 { An opposing king cannot stop the
promotion of a pawn when two pawns are separated by one or more files on the
6th rank. } 4... Kb7 5. d7 Kxb6 6. d8=Q+ { White wins with a large material
advantage. } *