Fundamentals (part 12)

Spanton (147) - K Evangelous (145)
Middlesex League Division 1 1990

Black has just played 38...Kd7-c8 and offered his third draw of the game - should White accept?

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No - the pawn ending is won for White.
39.Qe8+ Kb7 40.Qxa8+ Kxa8 41.exf5!?
Black has prospects of creating a protected passed pawn after this. But even if he does, it will not do him any good as White will be able to create a passed kingside pawn to go with his passed queenside pawn, and the black king will not be able to stop both.
41...gxf5 42.Ke3 h5
If 42...d5 then 43.f4. And if 42...Ka7 43.f3 Ka6 then 44.g4 fxg4 45.fxg4 Kxa5 46.g5 Kb5 47.h4 Kc6 48.h5 Kd7 49.g6 hxg6 50.h6 (but not 50.hxg6?? Ke6).
43.f3 Ka7
If 43...d5 then 44.g4.
44.g4 fxg4 45.fxg4 hxg4 46.hxg4 Ka6 47.g5 Kxa5 48.g6 d5 49.g7 d4+ 50.Ke4 1-0