Adrian Mikhalchishin:

Great gurus of endgame

We all know the names of great analytics
who developed theory of endgame in 20
century. There are Andre Cheron and
Nikolay Grigorjev. Plus Reuben Fine and
Yury Averbakh, who wrote a manuals on
endgame. But there are some names of
analytics who are forgotten, but they did
not less than some of the mentioned. For
example in Averbakhs manual most
important part on Rook ends was written
by unknown nowadays, but famous 50
years ago, master Nikolay Kopaev. He
spent his life in nice city of Chernivtsy on
the boarder of Ukraine and Romania. His
best achievements were 2nd and 3rd places
in Ukrainian Championship in 1948 and
1950, after great Efim Geller. My famous
trainer Viktor Kart remembers that in 60ies on Ukrainian Championships Kopaev
always gathered players and showed them
his last analysis. Among them the most
careful solver was nobody else as famous
Grandmaster Leonid Stein. His Rook
endgames analysis are extremely deep and
important for the Rook ends theory. n
reality he was a King of the Rook!
Additionally it was Nikolay Kopaev, who
made the final redaction of famous
Troitzky analysis 2N against P.
t is very instructive to see and evaluate the
best and deepest analysis of Kopaev which
are still very useful today.
Kots Y. : Kopaev N.
Kiev 1955

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Sometimes Kopaev had study like ideas

even in his games.
52.Kb5??
Now we obtain study in a practical game.
Winning were both: 52.a6! or 52.Ld5!
52...La5 53.Ka5 Kc4 54.Kb6 Kd4 55.Kc6
Ke3 56.e5 Kf3 57.e6 Kg2 58.e7 f3 59.e8D
f2 60.De2 Kg1 61.De3 Kg2 .
Kopaev N. : Kvalchev J.
Ukraine 1951
Kopaev not just wrote articles and books
but also constructed few good studies and
this one won the Ukrainian Championship.

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1.Sc2!
1.Sc4? d5 2.Se5 Ke6 3.Sg4 Kf5 4.Sh6
Ke4.
1...Ke6 2.e4!
2.Ld4? Kd5 3.Kd7 (3.Lb6 Ke4 4.Kd7 Ld2
5.Ke6 Kd3) 3...Ke4 4.Kd6 Le3 5.Le3 Kd3.
2...Lf4!
2...d5 3.Sd4 Kd6 4.e5! Ke7 5.Kc7 Lf4
6.Sf3 Ke6 7.Kc6 Lg3 8.Sd4 Ke5 9.Se2.
3.Lg7!! d5
3...Le5 4.Sd4 Kd6 5.Lf8#.
4.Sd4! Kd6
4...Kf7 5.ed5 Kg7 6.Se6.
5.e5!! Le5
5...Kc5 6.Se6.
6.Lf8# 1:0.

Kopaev N.
Shakhmaty v SSSR 1950

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1.Sdc2 Sc2 2.Sc2 Kc3 3.Sa3 c6 4.Kg7
Kb3 5.Sb1 Kc2 6.Kf6 Kb1 7.Ke5 c5
8.Kd5 Kc2 9.Kc4!
Materialism was wrong here - 9.Kc5? Kd3
10.Kd5 Ke3. 1:0.
Kopaev N.
Shakhmaty v SSSR 1952

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1.Kd6! Kf6
1...Kg6 2.Ta1!; 1...Kf8 2.Kd7 Kg8 3.Kc7!
Te8 4.Kd7 Tb8 5.Ta1 Tb7 6.Kc6 Tb8
7.Kc7 Te8 8.Kd7 Tb8 9.Tg1 Kh7 10.e7
Tb7 11.Kd6 Tb8 12.Te1 Te8 13.Kd7.
2.Kd7! Kg7 3.Ke7!!
It is the most fantastic triangle manoeuvre
in chess.
3...Tb1
Now Black has to leave the last rank,
control of which is crucial in this type of
ends. 3...Tc8 4.Ta1 Tc7 5.Kd6 Tb7 6.e7
Kf7 (6...Tb8 7.Kc7 Th8 8.Kd7 Kf7 9.Tf1)
7.Tf1 Ke8 8.Tf8#. 4.Ta8 Tb7 5.Kd6 Tb6

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6.Kd7 Tb7 7.Kc6 Te7 8.Kd6 Tb7 9.e7

1:0.
Kopaev N.
Shakhmaty v SSSR 1952

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1...Ta1 2.Tb7!
It looks that it was possible to chose
another winning way: 2.Tc7 Ta6 3.Tc6
Ta7 4.Tb6 Kf7 5.Tb1 Ke8 6.Tb8 Kf7
7.Tc8 Ta2 8.Kd7 Ta7 9.Tc7 Ta8 10.d6 Tb8
11.Tc8 Tb1 12.Kc7 Tc1 13.Kd8 Th1
14.d7+-.
2...Ta6 3.Kc5 Ta5 4.Kc6 Ta6 5.Tb6 Ta7
6.Tb8! Ta6 7.Kb5 Td6 8.Kc5!
8.Tb6 Ke5.
8...Td7 9.Kc6 Ta7 10.d6 1:0.
Kopaev N.
Shakhmaty v SSSR 1951

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Kopaev tried to make more versions of
famous Emmanuel Lasker study.
1.Tf5!
1.Th8? Td3 2.Kc7 Tc3 3.Kd8 Tc2 4.Ke7
Te2 5.Kd6 Td2 6.Kc7 Tc2 7.Kb7 Td2

8.Th5 Ka4!! 9.Kc7 Tc2 10.Kb6 Tb2!!

11.Ka6 Td2 12.Th4 Ka3.
1...Ka4!! 2.Ta5! Kb4
2...Ka5 3.d8D Kb5 4.Dd5 Ka4 (4...Kb4
5.Dd2) 5.Da2.
3.Th5 Td3 4.Kc7 Tc3 5.Kd8! Tc2 6.Ke7
Te2 7.Kd6 Td2 8.Kc7 Tc2 9.Kb6 Td2
10.Th4 Ka3 11.Kc6 Tc2 12.Kb5 Tb2
13.Ka5 Td2 14.Th3 Kb2 15.Th2 Th2
16.d8D 1:0.
Kopajev N.
Dnepropetrovsk Chess Club 1967

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It is one the last Kopaevs study.
1.d7 Td4 2.Ke7 g2 3.Tg5 Te4 4.Kd6 Td4
5.Kc6 Tc4 6.Kd5 Tc2 7.d8D Td2 8.Kc6
Td8 9.Kc7
Simple but very elegant piece! 1:0.
Kopajev N.
Shakhmaty v SSSR 1946

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1.Td5!! Kc6 2.Th5 Kd7
Easy matters are after 2...b5 3.Ke7 Te1
4.Kf6 Tf1 5.Tf5.
3.Th8
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Preparing to fight the cut of own King and

to return it to the game.
3...b5 4.Tg8 Tf1 5.Tg6!
Preparing Kg8.
5...b4 6.Tb6!
Not winning yet is 6.Kg8 Ke7 7.Tg7 Kd6
8.f8D Tf8 9.Kf8 Kc5.
6...Tf4 7.Kg7 Ke7
Simple was 7...Tg4 8.Tg6 Tf4 9.f8D Tf8
10.Kf8 Kc7 11.Tg4 b3 12.Tb4.
8.Tb7 Kd6 9.Tb4 1:0.
Kopaev N.
Shakhmaty v SSSR 1949

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1.Ta4 Ta1 2.Ta5!
Incredibly difficult move. At the beginning
it is not clear why.
2...Kb6
2...a2 3.Tc5 Kd6 4.Tc2 Kd5 5.Tg2 Kd6
6.Kg8.
3.Tf5 Te1 4.Tf2!
Preventive move.
4...Kb5 5.Kg8 Tg1 6.Kh7 Th1 7.Kg7 Tg1
8.Kf6 1:0.
Kopaev N.
Shakhmaty v SSSR 1953

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One the remarkable endgame studies.
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1...Tc8 2.Ke7 Tc7 3.Kf6

3.Ke6? Tc8 4.Kd7 Ta8 5.Ta1 Tb8!
3...Tc6 4.Ke5!
4.Kf5? Tc5 5.Kg6 Tc6 6.Kh5 Tc5 7.Kh6
Tc6 8.Tg6 Tg6 9.Kg6.
4...Tc8
4...Tc5 5.Kd6 Tc8 6.Te1! Kg7 7.Te8. This
position was shown by IGM Ognjen
Cvitan to everybody and was betting that
even Gms wll not find the solution!
5.Tg6! Kh7
5...Ta8 6.Ta6 Tb8 7.Kf6.
6.Tc6! Ta8 7.Kf6 Tb8 8.Te6 1:0.
Kan I. : Lisitsin G.
Leningrad 1934

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Analize of this endgame appeared to be
competition between two greats gurus of
Rook ends Cheron and Kopaev.
73...Th8
In the game Black lost easily 73...Th4
74.Kd5 Th8 75.e4 Td8 76.Ke5 Te8 77.Kf5
Tf8 78.Kg6 Te8 79.Tc4 Kb6 80.Kf7 Kb5
81.Td4 Th8 82.e5 Kc5 83.Td1 Th7 84.Kg6
Th2 85.e6 Te2 86.Kf7 Kc6 87.e7 Tf2
88.Ke8 Kc7 89.Tc1 1:0.
74.Kf5 Tf8
74...Kb6 75.e4+-.
75.Kg5 Te8 76.Tc3 Kb6 77.Kf5 Tf8
78.Ke6 Te8 79.Kd6!
The most interesting moment is here Smyslov and Levenfis wrote that White
wins according to Averbach! 79.Kd7 Te5!!
(Cheron) 80.Tc6 Kb7 81.Te6 Td5 82.Ke7
Kc7 83.e4 Th5 84.e5 Th7 85.Kf8 Th5=.
79...Kb5
79...Kb7 80.Kd7 Te5 81.Tb3 Ka6 82.Kd6
Te8 83.Kd5 Td8 84.Kc6+-. White wins
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combining mating threats with the push of

the pawn.
80.Tc5 Kb6
80...Kb4 81.Te5 Td8 82.Ke7 Th8 83.e4
Kc4 84.Ta5 Kb4 85.Td5+- (Kopaev). Not
bad looks also 85.Tf5.
81.Te5 Td8

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82.Ke7+(Kopaev) 82.Ke6 Kc6 83.e4 Te8 84.Kf6
Tf8 85.Ke7 Tf4! Classical sticking
manoeuvre 86.Te6 Kc5 87.Kd7 (87.e5
Tf5=) 87...Tf7 88.Ke8 Ta7=.
82...Td3!=
This is sticking of Cheron.
83.Te6 Kc5 84.e4
Not possible to win after 84.Kf6 Td8
85.Kf5 Tf8 86.Tf6 Th8 87.e4 Th5 88.Kg4
Th8 89.Kf4 Th4 90.Ke5 Th5 91.Tf5 Th8.
84...Te3=.
Grigorjev
1929

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1.Kf2
It is refutation of the famous Grigorjev
study.
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1...b5! 2.Ke3
Or 2.d4 Kb6 3.Ke3 Kc6 4.Ke4 Kd6 5.d5
Kd7 6.Ke5 Ke7 7.d6 Ke8 (7...Kf7) 8.Ke6
Kd8 9.d7 b4 10.cb4 b5 11.Kd5 Kd7
12.Kc5 Kc7 13.Kb5 Kb7.
2...b4! 3.cb4 Kb5 4.d4 Kb4 5.Ke4 Kb5!
6.Kd5
Or 6.Ke5 Kc6 7.Ke6 Kc7 8.Ke7 Kc6 draw.
6...Ka4! 7.Kc5 b5 8.d5 b4 9.d6 b3 10.d7
b2 11.d8D b1D 12.Da8 Kb3
and King connects with his Queen - .
Cheron (1926), Kopaev (1958)

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1.Kc3 Tc8 2.Kb4 Td8 3.Kc5 Tc8 4.Kd6
Td8 5.Ke6!
5.Ke7 Td5! (Kopaevs move loses: 5...Td4
6.Tf6 Kg7 (6...Kg5 7.Td6 Ta4 8.Ke6 Kf4
9.d4 Ta8 10.d5 Te8 11.Kd7 Ke5 12.Te6)
7.Td6 Tf4 8.d4 Te4 9.Kd7 Kf7 10.d5 Td4
11.Kc7 Td1 12.Td8) 6.Ke6 (6.Tf6 Kg7
7.Td6 Te5 8.Kd7 Kf7 9.d4 Ta5 10.d5 Ta7
11.Kc8 Ta5) 6...Td8 7.Tg3 Kh5 8.Kf5 Kh4
9.Te3 Tf8 10.Ke5 Te8 11.Kd4 Td8 12.Kc5
Tc8 13.Kd6 Td8 14.Ke7 Td5 15.Ke6 Td8
16.Te4 Kg3 17.d4 Kf3 18.Th4 Kg3, with
constant attack of the Rook. 5...Kg5 6.Tf5
Kg6
6...Kg4? 7.Td5 Te8 8.Kd7 Ta8 9.d4 Kf4
10.Th5 Kg4 11.Te5+-.
7.Td5 Te8 8.Kd7 Te3!!
This move was found by Cheron in 1954,
when he changed and reviewed his analyse
from 1926 . 8...Ta8 9.d4 Kf6 10.Tc5 Ta7
11.Tc7 (11.Kd6 Ta8 12.d5 Td8 13.Kc7
Ke7=) 11...Ta4 (11...Ta5 12.Kd6 Ta6
13.Tc6+-) 12.d5 (12.Tc6 Kf5 13.d5 Ke5
14.d6 Kd5=) 12...Ke5 13.d6 Kd5 14.Tb7+9.d4 Kf6 10.Th5
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10.Td6 Kf5 11.Kc6 Ke4 12.d5 Tc3 13.Kd7

Th3=.
10...Te7! 11.Kd8
11.Kd6 Te6 12.Kd5 Te1 13.Th7 Td1
14.Td7 (14.Kc5 Ke6) 14...Ta1!
11...Ta7 12.Th6
12.d5 Ta8 13.Kc7 Ta7 14.Kb6 Ta1=.
12...Kg5 13.Tc6 Kf5 14.d5 Ke5 15.d6
Kd5 16.Tc7 Ta1 17.d7 Kd6 18.Tc2 Ta8
19.Tc8 Ta7 with draw.
Kopajev N., Sokolski A.
Shakhmaty v SSSR 1950

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Kopaev and his friend, famous trainer,
founder of the Lviv chess school Alexei
Sokolsky, lived 200 km from each other
and tried to arrange matches of their city
clubs twice a year to be able to meet and to
analyse. They played both correspondence
chess and were winners of the medals on
the First Soviet Championship in 1947,
plus had time to create some studies. 1.Ke2
b3 2.Kd3 Ka2!
Or 2...Kb1 3.Kc4 b2 4.Kb3 d3 5.Th7 Ka1
6.Ta7 Kb1 7.Ta2.
3.Kc4! b2 4.Ta7 Kb1 5.Kb3 d3 6.Ta2 d2
7.Tb2 Kc1 8.Tc2! Kd1 9.Kc3 1:0.

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Shakhmaty v SSSR 1953

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Kopaev was the greatest specialist in the
World in not so rare area of ends - ROOK
against PAWNS. He improved practically
all book of the famous specialist Ilia
Maizelis. Kopaevs work in this area was
respected so much, that one special
manoeuvre bears his name.
1.Tg3 Kc2 2.Tg4!
Wrong is check 2.Tg2? Kb3 3.Tg3 c3
4.Kd7 Ka4.
2...Kc3 3.Tg3! Kb2 4.Tg4! Kb3 5.Kd7!
c3 6.Kc6 c2 7.Kb5! c1D 8.Tb4 Ka3 9.Ta4
Kb3 10.Tb4 .
Maizelis (1950), Kopaev (1958)
1958

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1...Td4!!
Check on the first move looks strange, but
main idea is that King attacks more
dangerous pawn and Rook attacks another
one. This is Kopaev manoeuvre. 1...Td1
2.g6 Te1 3.Kf4 Kd5 (3...Tf1 4.Ke5 Te1
5.Kd6 Tg1 6.g7 Kd4 7.Kc6 Kc4 8.Kd7
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Kd5 9.Ke8 Ke6 10.f7 is manoeuvre of

Tarrash) 4.g7 Tf1 5.Ke3 Tg1 6.f7.
Maizelis variation was 1...Td1 2.g6 Te1
3.Kf5 Tf1 4.Ke5! Te1 5.Kd6 Tg1 6.g7 Kd4
7.Kc6! Now we have another famous
manoeuvre of Tarrash. 7...Kc4 8.Kd7 Kd5
9.Ke8 Ke6 10.f7 Ta1 11.f8S.
2.Ke5
It is possible to lose, if King goes other
way 2.Ke3 Td3 3.Ke2 Td8 4.g6 Kd5.
Another possible classical escape is 2.Kf5
Kd5! 3.f7 (3.g6 Td1 4.g7 Tf1 5.Kg6 Tg1
6.Kf7 Ke5 catching the last pawn) 3...Td1
4.Kf6 Tf1 5.Ke7 Te1 6.Kd7 (6.Kf8 Tg1)
6...Tf1 7.g6 Tf6! 8.Ke7 Te6 9.Kd8 Td6
10.Kc8 Tc6 11.Kb8 Tb6 12.Ka7 Tf6.
2...Td5 3.Ke6 Tg5 4.f7 Tg6 5.Ke5 Tg5
6.Ke4 Tg1! 7.Ke5
Loses 7.f8D?? Te1 8.Kf5 Tf1.
7...Tf1
With the draw!
Kopaev N.
Shachmatnyj Bjulletenj 1966

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It is the most complicated human analysis
without any engine! There were real
heroes! If Black is on the move 1...Kd6
2.Td6 Kf5 3.Td5 Kf4 4.Td8 and win is
easy. But how to give back to opponent the
move? This process now is extremely
complicated and interesting.
1.Ke3 Ke5 2.Te8! Kf5
2...Kd6 3.Kd4 Kd7 4.Te5 Kc6 5.Tf5;
2...Kf6 3.Kf2 Kf5 4.Kg3.
3.Kf2!
Does not work 3.Kd4? Kg4 4.Td8 (4.Tf8
Kg3 5.Ke3 Kg2! 6.Tg8 Kf1 7.Tg5 d4
8.Kd4 Ke2) 4...f2 5.Tf8 Kg3 6.Ke3 d4
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7.Ke2 e3 and we obtain famous draw

position.
3...Kf6
Pseudo activity leads to zugzwang even
faster 3...Kf4 4.Te6 Kf5 (4...d4 5.Tf6)
5.Td6 Ke5 6.Td7! Ke6 7.Td8 Ke5 8.Ke3
Ke6 9.Kd4.
4.Kf1!
With the triangle. White gives Black the
move. Not winning was 4.Kg3? Kf5 5.Td8
Ke5!
4...Kf5 5.Kg1! Kf4
5...Kf6 6.Kh2! and after like in the main
line.
6.Kf2 Kf5 7.Kg3 Kf6

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8.Kh2!
It seems mistakenly that winning is 8.Kg4?
Kg7! 9.Te5 f2 10.Tg5 Kh6 11.Th5 Kg6
12.Th1 e3 13.Kf3 d4 14.Ke2 Kf5 and draw
position appears.
8...Kf5 9.Td8!
After 9.Kh3 Kf4 10.Td8 e3 11.Tf8 Ke4
12.Kg3 f2 13.Kg2 d4 14.Kf1 d3 15.Td8 d2
16.Ke2 Kf4 17.Tf8 Kg3 leads to draw - it
is Beliavskys variation from encyklopedia.
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Pawns tries are losing 9...e3 10.Td5 Ke4
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11.Td8 e2 12.Te8 Kd3 13.Kg3 Kd2

14.Kf2; 9...Kf4 10.Td5 Ke3 11.Te5! - once
more A. Beliavsky.
10.Kh3! Ke5 11.Kg3 Kd4
It is necessary to try forward as back is
losing: 11...Ke6 12.Kf2 Ke5 13.Ke3 Ke6
14.Kd4 once more zugzwang.
12.Kf2 Kc4
12...Ke5 13.Ke3.
13.Ke3 Kc5 14.Te8! Kc4
14...Kd6 15.Kd4 Kd7 16.Te5.
15.Tc8 Kb3 16.Kd4 Kb2 17.Td8 Kc2
18.Ke3!
Last exact move. It is possibility to fail
even here 18.Td5? Kd2! 19.Ke4 Ke2.
1:0.
Sax G. : Ivkov B.
Hilversum 1973

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Let us examine few modern examples as
lessons of Kopaev are remembered.
52...Tb2??=
In such cases material is not so important
as Kings activity. 52...Ke7! 53.b5 (53.Kc7
Tb2 54.b5 Tb4 55.b6 Tc4 56.Kb8 Kd7
57.b7 Tb4 58.h4 Th4+) 53...Kd8 54.b6
(54.Kb7 Tb2 55.b6 Kd7 56.h4 Tc2 57.h5
Tc4 58.h6 Tc8 59.Ka7 Th8 60.b7 Kc7
61.h7 Tf8+) 54...Kc8 55.b4 Tg6 56.Kb5
Kb7 57.c5 Tf6 58.h4 Tf1! 59.Ka5 Kc6!!
60.b5 Kc5 61.b7 Tf8+.
53.b5 Ke7??+Now King has to fight the back pawn of
White chain as Rook controls the most
dangerous one. 53...Ke5=.
54.b6 Ke6!
54...Kd8?? 55.b7+-.
55.b7 Ke5 56.h4 Kd4 57.c5??=
7

Now it was time to use secret weapon - the

h pawn 57.h5!+-.
57...Kc4! 58.h5
58.Kc7 Kc5 59.h5 Kd5! 60.h6 Tc2=.
58...Tb5!! 59.h6 Tc5 60.Kd6 Td5 61.Kc6
61.Ke7 Te5 62.Kf7 Tf5 63.Kg7 Tg5
64.Kf6 Tg8 65.h7 Tb8!=.
61...Tc5 62.Kb6 Tb5 63.Ka6 Kc5!
63...Tb2?? 64.Ka7+-.
64.h7 Tb3 65.Ka7 Ta3 66.Kb8 Th3
67.Ka8 Ta3
At the end study like draw! .
Heym S. : Ogaard L.
Norway 1977

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51...Kg5??
To keep draw it was necessary to control
central part with the King 51...Ke5=.
52.Td4 Kf5 53.c5 Ke5 54.Th4??
Now White miss the chance to cut
opponents King 54.Td8 Kf4 (54...f2
55.Ke2+-) 55.c6 Kg3 56.c7 Kf2 57.Te8+-.
54...Kd5 55.c6 Kc6 56.Th3 f2 57.Th1
Kd5 58.Ke2 Kd4 59.Ta1 Ke4 .
Polgar J. : Short N.
Novgorod 1996

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In such cases it is necessary to fight

opponents King and to activate own
48...Td8 49.Kc4 Ke4 50.b6 (50.a6 Tc8
51.Kb4 Kd5 52.a7 Kd6 53.Ka5 Tc2)
50...Tc8 51.Kb5 Tc2 52.b7 (52.a6 Kd5
53.a7 Tb2 54.Ka6 Ta2 55.Kb7 Kc5)
52...Kd5! 53.Kb6 Tb2 54.Kc7 Tc2 55.Kd7
(55.Kd8 Tb2 56.a6 Kc6 57.Kc8 Th2)
55...Tb2 56.a6 Tb6 57.Kc7 Tc6 58.Kd8
Td6 59.Ke8 Te6 60.Kf7 Tb6=.
49.Kd4 Kf5?
Once more it was necessary to keep the
procedure 49...Td8 50.Kc5 Ke5 51.a6
(51.b6 Tc8 52.Kb5 Tc2 53.b7 Kd5=)
51...Tc8 52.Kb6 Tc2 53.a7 Ta2 54.Kb7
Kd6= 55.b6 Kc5 and correct procedure
triumphs, as King attacks back pawn as
always.
50.Kd5 Td8 51.Kc6 Ke6 52.a6 Td6
53.Kb7 Td7 54.Kb6 Td6 55.Ka5 Td7
55...Td2 56.a7 Tc2 57.b6.
56.c4 Ke7 57.b6 Td1 58.b7 1:0.
Iuldachev S. : Hossain E.
Dhaka 2006

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68.c4??
In such cases it is most important to
activate own King! 68.Kb5 Tb7 69.Kc6!=.
68...Tb7 69.c5 Kf4 70.c6 Tb1 71.Ka5
Kf5!
71...Ke4?? 72.c7 Tc1 73.Kb6 Kd5
74.Kb7=.
72.c7 Tc1 73.Kb6 Ke6 0:1.

48...Kf4?
FIDE Surveys Adrian Mikhalchishin

Kovalevskaya E. : Zhu Chen

Moscow 1994

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66.f5??
66.Kg3 Lead to exact draw theoretical
position!
66...Kh7 67.Kh5
Or 67.Kf4 Tg1 68.f6 Kg6.
67...Th1 68.Kg4 Tf1 69.f6 Kg6 0:1.
Crouch C. : McShane L.
England 1999

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75.Kb2 Tg3 76.Kc2
Few young guys tried 76.Ka2?? Tc3
77.Kb2 Kb4 78.a5 Tc5 79.b6 Ka5 80.b7
Tb5 81.Kc3 Ka6 82.Kc4 Tb1 83.Kc5 Ka7
84.Kd6 Kb8 and Black King is just in
time!
76...Tg4
Not possible 76...Ta3 77.c7.
77.Kb3 Tb4 78.Kc3 Tb1 79.Kc2 Tf1
80.Kb3??
It was not difficult to keep the draw
80.Kb2.
80...Ta1 81.Kc4 Ta4 82.Kc5 Ta1 83.c7
Tc1 84.Kd6 Kb6 0:1.
FIDE Surveys Adrian Mikhalchishin