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Theory/Pawn on the Seventh: Zugzwang, Not a Chase

Pawn on the Seventh: Zugzwang, Not a Chase

Your pawn is one step from queening, and Black guards d8 twice, with the king and the knight. The rule with the pawn on the seventh: first take away the knight's checks, then wait. The defender runs out of safe moves.

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