Kevin Pacey wrote on Wed, Nov 8, 2017 04:36 PM UTC:
@ H.G.:
Fwiw, a king can stop two isolated pawns more than a file apart at times, at least when one pawn is on a sufficently different rank from the other. How common such cases are I cannot be sure.
Otherwise, yes, there are many endgames where a king is diverted to the enemy half of the board to capture pawn(s). Is this the average case? Again, I am unsure..
@ H.G.:
Fwiw, a king can stop two isolated pawns more than a file apart at times, at least when one pawn is on a sufficently different rank from the other. How common such cases are I cannot be sure.
Otherwise, yes, there are many endgames where a king is diverted to the enemy half of the board to capture pawn(s). Is this the average case? Again, I am unsure..