Play continued 51.Kb7 Kf2 52.Kb6 Ke2 53.Kb5 and Black resigned. He should not have because the position is drawn. If you simply count moves from the starting position, in which it is obvious White must capture the P on a4, you will see it takes 4 moves (Kb7, Kb6, Kb4 and Kxa4). Where will Black’s King be in 4 moves? …Kf2, …Ke3, …Kd4 and …Kc4 reaching this position:
And White either has to allow Black to capture his P’s or a stalemate. Going back to the original position, it is a draw because White’s K can never get off the a-file without allowing Black to get in front of the P’s. With a little elementary endgame knowledge both players would have known this and Black could have saved a half point.
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