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Theory/Do Not Put the King In Front of the Pawns

Do Not Put the King In Front of the Pawns

Two pawns are rolling toward you. Your bishop watches a8 from the long diagonal or attacks the pawns, and your king stays beside them. The rule: never run the king in front of the pawns, because White's own king then walks up and escorts them to promotion.

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