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The impossible chase

King geometry

Diagram 14 · White to move

White's king stands four moves behind the h-pawn and can never catch it. White's own pawn needs two moves to queen, but the black king is one move from stopping it. Both counts say White loses. Réti's king disagrees.
Study by Richard Réti, 1921
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Diagram 14

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