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==More pawns== {| align="right" |-valign="top" |+ | {{Chess diagram | tright | Fine & Benko, diagram 201 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |kd|pd|pd| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |kl| |nl|nl| | | | | | | | | | | | {{center|White to move wins in 96 moves.}} }} | {{Chess diagram | tright | [[Reuben Fine|Fine]], ECE #1778 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |pd|pd|pd|kd| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |nl| |kl|nl| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | {{center|White to move wins in 87 moves.}} }} {{Chess diagram | tright | Lomonosov Tablebases | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |kd| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |nd| | | | | | | | | | |pl|pl| | | | |pl | |kl| | | | | |nd | {{center|Black to move wins in 146 moves.}} }} |} Two knights can win in some cases when the defender has more than one pawn. First the knights should blockade the pawns and then [[capture (chess)|capture]] all except one. The knights cannot set up an effective blockade against four [[connected pawns]], so the position generally results in a draw. Five or more pawns usually win against two knights.<ref>{{Harvcol|Fine|Benko|2003|p=101}}</ref> {{clear}} ===Example from game=== {{Chess diagram small | tright | Motwani vs. I. Gurevich <!-- Program to generate diagrams: WikiChessDiagram 2.03 by Bubba73 --> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |kd| | | | | |kl|nd|pl|nd| | | | | |pl| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Position after Black's 72nd move }} In this 1991 game between Paul Motwani and [[Ilya Gurevich]], Black has blockaded the white pawns. In ten moves, Black won the pawn on d4. There were some inaccuracies on both sides, but White [[resign (chess)|resigned]] on move 99.<ref>{{Harvcol|Speelman|Tisdall|Wade|1993|p=114}}</ref> {{clear}}
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