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Train/The Short Diagonal

The Short Diagonal

Black's king is almost perfectly placed, right beside the pawn, and he is still lost. This position teaches one rule: the ideal king placement is not enough on its own, because the draw fails if one of the defending bishop's diagonals is too short.

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