Pawn yoga means slow breathing, one square at a time, and this endgame is a long, patient stretch. It runs 58 moves, so settle in.
The pieces come off early. By move 39 the board is almost empty. Black’s b-pawn has walked the whole way down.
5k2/p3p3/2K5/7p/6P1/8/6PP/1q6 w – – 0 40
39…b1=Q. White has pawns too. Count the moves. Who gets there first, and does it matter once the first queen lands?
Black keeps breathing. The e-pawn walks down and becomes a queen. Then the a-pawn does the same.
5k2/8/K7/8/8/8/8/qqq5 w – – 0 59
58…a1=Q#. Three pawns became three queens. Nobody rushed. Push one square, check the board, push again. Keep going.
I wish you the best of luck!!
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[Event "?"]
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "2024.08.17"]
[White "Guest3890561098"]
[Black "Guest3264570200"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e3 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 g4 4.Ne5 h5 5.Nc4 c5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne5 cxd4 8.exd4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.Qe2 Qxd4 12.O-O-O Bxe5 13.Bh6+ Rxh6 14.Rxd4 Bxd4 15.Rd1 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Rb6 17.Ba4 Na6 18.Bb3 Nc5 19.Bxd5 Na4 20.Qe4 Rb1+ 21.Kxb1 Nxc3+ 22.Kc1 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Be6 24.Bd5 Rd8 25.Bxe6 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 fxe6 27.Kd2 Nf6 28.Kd3 Nd5 29.Kd4 Nb4 30.c4 Nxa2 31.Ke5 Nc1 32.Kxe6 Ne2 33.Kd7 Nd4 34.Kc7 b5 35.c5 b4 36.c6 Nxc6 37.Kxc6 b3 38.f3 b2 39.fxg4 b1=Q 40.gxh5 Qg1 41.g4 Qxh2 42.g5 Qxh5 43.g6 Qxg6+ 44.Kd7 Qd6+ 45.Kc8 e5 46.Kb7 e4 47.Kc8 e3 48.Kb7 e2 49.Ka8 e1=Q 50.Kb7 Qc1 51.Ka8 Qda3 52.Kb7 a5 53.Kb6 a4 54.Ka6 Qaa1 55.Kb6 a3 56.Kb7 a2 57.Kb6 Qab1+ 58.Ka6 a1=Q# {0-1}
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