Beauty of Chess

In Game 10 white wins the game as follows:

1 f6+ Kf7
2 Rh8   R*a7
3 Rh7+ K*f6
4 R*a7
or
1 f6+ K*f6
2 Rf8+  Ke7
3 a8(Q)
or
1 f6+ Kh7
2 f7

In Game 9 white wins the game by:

1 Bb7 Bf5
2 Bf3     Bc8
3 Be2 Zugzwang - White now controls all the white squares around the pawn and
          whatever black plays loses.
3        Kb4
4 Ba6 and the pawn will be promoted soon

In Game 8 white wins the game by:

1 f6 Kh7
2 f7        Qe5+
3 g5   White follows Blacks Queen sacrifice with a Queen sacrifice of his own!
3         Q*e6
4 f8+(Knight) and wins the Queen back and the game. 

In the seventh Game white saves the game by:

1 Kg7   h4
2 Kf6         h3
3 Ke7 and both queen at the same time

or

1 Kg7   h4
2 Kf6        Kb6
3 Ke5   K*c6
4 Kf4 and inside the square 

In the sixth Game white wins by:

1 f6 g*f6

2 K*g2   Kg5

3 a4       b*a3 e.p.

4 b*a3  Kf5

5 a4   Ke5

6 d6   c*d

7 c6   d*c

8 a5   Kd5

9 a6 

In the fifth Game black wins after Qg3 by:

1 h*g3  Ne2# or

1 f*g3   Ne2+
2 Kh1 R*R# or

1 Q*g3  Ne2+
2 Kh1 N*g3+
3 Kg1 N*f1
4 g*h3  and black ends with a piece up

In the fourth End Game white wins by:

1 Ke5   Kc6
2 Kd4   Kd7
3 Kd5   Kc8  (white achieved the opposition after using triangle movement with King)
4 Ke6   Kd8  (white achieved diagonal opposition)
5 Kd6   Kc8  (white achieved vertical opposition)
6 Ke7   Kb8
7 Kd7   Ka8
8 c6

Wrong would be:
1 c6?    Kc8!            Or   1 c6  b*c?
2 Kd6   Kb8!               2 Kc5 Kd8
3 Kd7   b*c=               3 Kd6      Kc8
                                    4 K*c6    Kb8
                                        5 b7 winning

In the third End Game white wins by:

1 Kf6    Kb5
2 Ke7   Kc5
3 Ke6

Black to move draws by

1 ….. Kb5
2 Ke4   Kc4
3 Ke3   K*d5
4 Kd3 with opposition and draws.

1 Rf4 loses.

1 Rf4    Kg5

2 R*R+ K*R

Black has the opposition which leads to a win.

See if you can win this position as black with a friend.

If

1 Rf4 R*R

2 K*R

White has the opposition which leads to a draw.

See if you can draw this position with white with a friend. 

1 Kc6 does not win although you can get back to the position with Ka6 and win.

1 Kc6 Ka7

2 Kc7 Ka8

3 b6 is stalemate!