A well-known Zugzwang for both players, the Trébuchet Position should be a chess lesson that is learned more often. Try pronouncing it as "TRAY-boo-shay" and its more precise spelling is Trébuchet. "Whoever has the turn to move will lose the game" is the common description and the Exeter Chess Club has described it as a full-point mutual Zugzwang.

The side with the move needs to place its King too far away from its Pawn to keep it protected. Thus, that Pawn is lost and careful play should see to it that the other Pawn gets the Promotion and a trivial win.

There is also a Quasi-Trebuchet Position (the two Pawns are on the same rank), but its details and results are substantially different. HOW TO PLAY CHESS ENDINGS, by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, shows them both on page 13.

The vast majority of games I have found with these positions are not included in the ChessGames.com database, yet. :) More than 120 games are in my list so far by a few simple searches elsewhere. Therefore, it is not a rare position. Too many endgame books do not cover this tactic and those that do cover it only provide minimal coverage.

Some database search results show a game which ends with the Trbuchet Position as a draw, so a little care is warranted.

As I find more OTB Trebuchet Position games, I will append them here.

ChessCoachClark (CCC) originated this game collection and he updates it on occasion. This project is a work in progress, culling games from various sources, including several chess training books and personal research. The games are ordered by date (oldest first), not by importance.

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