Two Passers on Opposite Wings

White to play and win

Play

A bishop with passed pawns on the b- and g-files. Split across the board, the two pawns overload a lone bishop, and precise play transposes into a winning single-pawn ending.

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Two Passers on Opposite Wings

Win against perfect defense

Waking the engine…

The theory

A bishop can blockade one passed pawn, but two passers on opposite wings pull it apart.

Stretch the defense. Pawns far from each other force the enemy king and bishop to choose, and they cannot stop both.

Convert cleanly. Use one pawn as a decoy, break through with the other, and transpose into a known winning position.

In this drill you must coordinate two threats. Keep both alive and steer into the won ending.

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