Strong king
Selection of chess games featuring a strong and active king
black is stuck while white brilliantly uses his king for a mate!
1.h4 h5 2.Kh2 Rc8 3.Kg3 Rce8 4.Kf4 Bc8 5.Kg5
white see a path where his king can help him win the game !
1.Kd2 Ng3 2.Kc3 f4 3.Kd4 Bf5 4.Rd2 Re6 5.Nc5 Rh6 6.Ke5 Bxd3 7.cxd3 Rxh4 8.Kd6 Rh6+ 9.Kc7 Nf5 10.Kb7 Nd4 11.Rf2 a5 12.Rxf4 Ne6 13.Rg4+ Kf8 14.Kxc6 Nxc5+ 15.Kxc5 Rf6 16.Kxd5 Rb6 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Ke7 19.Kc5 Rf6 20.Rd4 Rf5+ 21.Kb6 Rf6+ 22.Kc7 Rf5 23.Re4+ Kf6 24.Kc6 Rf2 25.g4 h5 26.gxh5 Kg5 27.b5 f5 28.Rb4 f4 29.b6 f3 30.b7
white has a better bishop but needs the king for the win !
1.Kf2 Kg7 2.Ke3 Qf6 3.Kd3 Nf7 4.Kc2 Qh4 5.Kb3 Qxh2 6.Ka4 Qh4 7.Kb5 Qd8 8.Bh3 g5 9.Kc6 gxf4 10.Kb7 Ne5 11.c5 bxc5 12.bxc5 Nd7 13.Qd4+ Qf6 14.Qg1+ Kf8 15.Bxd7 dxc5 16.Qxc5+ Qd6 17.Qxd6+
strong white king at the center for a win!
1... f6 2.Re6+ Kd5 3.Rxf6 Ke4 4.Rf7 Rc7 5.Rf8 Bc5 6.Rf6 Bd4 7.Rf8 Bg7 8.Re8+ Kf3 9.Re1 Bd4 10.b4 Kg4 11.Rd1 Bf2 12.Rd5 Rf7 13.Kc2 f4 14.Kd1 f3 15.a4 Bg3 16.Rd4+ Kh3 17.Be3 f2 18.Bxf2 Bxf2
strong and active white king will help to take the win!
1.Be6+ Nxe6+ 2.dxe6 Rxe6 3.Kd5 Re7 4.Kc6 Kg7 5.Rf2 Re4 6.Rc2 Re7 7.b5 Kf6 8.Ra2 Re4 9.Kxc7 Rxc4+ 10.Kxb6 d5 11.Ka7 d4 12.b6 Ke5 13.b7 Rb4 14.b8=Q+ Rxb8 15.Kxb8 d3 16.Kc7 Ke4 17.Kd6 Ke3 18.Ke5 d2 19.Ra1 Ke2 20.Kf6 d1=Q 21.Rxd1 Kxd1 22.Kg7