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52...Bd8
This was my sealed move in the adjourned
game in our match against Romania.
53.e4
And, of course, this was the move we
expected. With our trainer Dr. Minev we
analysed the position, but as hard as we
looked, we couldn't find a salvation here.
White has quite an easy way to advance his
pawns, and even if the opposite coloured
bishops often secure some drawing
chances and Black has two passed pawns
himself, we couldn't find a way to use
them. All the variations seemed lost.
Finally Dr. Minev told me better to get
some sleep, to be fresh tomorrow, as there
was also another game waiting ... But as I
continued to look at the position alone, it
finally dawned on me: Why did I have to
wait passively with my king?
53...Kc5!!
A surprising and beautiful idea: The black
king goes for a walk into the white camp to
hinder their natural advance and to force a
blockade! I remember the surprise on Dr.
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54.e5 Kd4! reaches the same position as
White has nothing better than 55.a4 here.
54...Kd4! 55.e5 Ke3!
So here is the king. Now that the pawn f4
is under attack Black threatens to play ...h4
and ...h3.
56.e6!?
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The best chance.
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56...Kd4!
But that's it: The black king has done his
job and returns, as the white pawns can
now be blocked!
Now 56...h4 doesn't work, because of
57.Kg4 h3 58.Kh3 Kf4 59.a5 and White
wins.
57.Bc2
After 57.a5 Kc5 58.a6 Kb6 59.Kg6 h4
60.f5 h3 61.f6 Bf6 62.Kf6 h2 63.e7 (or
63.Bd5 c2 64.e7 c1Q 65.e8Q Qf4)
63...h1Q 64.e8Q Qf3 Black secures the
draw.
57...Kd5 58.Be4
After 58.a5!? Kc5 59.Ke5 h4 60.f5 h3
61.f6 Bf6 62.Kf6 h2 63.e7 h1Q 64.e8Q
Black can play 64...Qc6! 65.Qc6 Kc6
66.Bd3 and now 66...c2 67.Bc2 Kb5=.
58...Kd6
Here Suba looked at me and proposed a
draw which I accepted of course. Those
were the days ... of adjourned games and
thorough endgame analysis. I must say that
I learned a lot from analyzing adjourned
games, especially from ones like the
above. Nowadays we often have to play
the endgame in a hurry, which makes the
analysis after the game even more
important. .
Skembris S. : Friedrich N.
Bad Woerishofen 2013
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Here it's a knight against three pawns
marching down the board. It's clear that
Black is fighting for a draw, but what are
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53...Kd6!
Of course Black has to defend the enemy
king from entering the position - never
make concessions which are not forced.
54.h5 Nd5! 55.h6
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60...Ke7!
Now after the black knight has reached f6
the black king returns where he belongs!
60...hg6 61.fg6+ is winning for White.
61.Kc5 Ne4 62.Kc6 Nf6 63.Kc7 Ne8
64.Kb6 Nf6 65.Kc6
It seems that White has put his opponent
into zugzwang, but Black still has a single
defense.
65...hg6!
Now this move is possible for tactical
reasons. 65...Kd8 66.Kd6+ is just lost.
66.fg6 Ng4!
This is the point! The tricky knight
controls everything in time.
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Here Black seems to be in trouble, as his
pawn on f4 is about to fall and the white
pawn d5 is quite dangerous. The defensive
ideas here are either to make the pawn c5
move forward quickly, or to exchange into
a pawn ending. Of course, this needs
careful calculation.
41...Qd4!
A move with many purposes: for the
moment the pawn f4 is defended, the white
d-pawn is stopped, and the black c-pawn
gets support.
42.Qe6
Of course not 42.Qd4?? cd4 43.Kf3 d3!
and Black is the one who wins. Also after
42.Kf3 Qc3 (but not 42...Qe4? 43.Ke4+)
43.Kf4 c4 Black has serious counter game,
as his c-pawn is quite fast - a very
important defensive weapen in queens
endgames.
42...c4! 43.d6
Now this pawn is a real threat and Black
has to find something else.
43...Qg7 44.Kf3 Qb7!
Now Black can offer the exchange of
queens even at the cost of a pawn.
45.Qe4
After 45.Kf4 Qf7! 46.Qf7 Kf7 47.Ke4 Ke6
48.Kd4 Kd6 49.Kc4 Ke5 Black gets an
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In the next game some general endgame
knowledge and understanding is very
helpful to find the right way. Erald
Dervishi, at that time a promising young
FM from Albania (nowadays a strong
GM), is fully up to this task. Here Rc4 is in
the air. If Black gets his rook to g4 and
plays b4, the position will be just lost, as
White will have no counter game. But is
there any way to stop this?
45.g4!!
A move which shows a very good
understanding of the position.
45...hg4
Now Blacks is threatening ...Rc4.
The point is that after 45...Rc4 46.Rc4 bc4
47.gh5 gh5 48.Ke4 c3 49.Kd3 Kf5 50.Kc3
Kg4 51.Kd2 Kh4 52.Ke1 Kg3 53.Kf1 the
white king reaches f1 just in time.
46.Re8
Of course not 46.Kg4 Rc4+.
46...Rc4 47.Kg3 Kf5
Even though White is two pawns down
now the active rook offers a very realistic
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counter game.
48.Rf8 Ke5 49.Rg8 Kf6 50.Rf8 Kg7
51.Rb8 Rb4
The best try, as 51...b4 52.Rb6 Re4 53.Rb7
Kf6 54.Rb6 Kf5 55.Rb5 makes the white
task easier.
52.Rc8 Kh7
52...Rb1 53.Rc7! Kh6 (53...Kf6 54.Rc6
Kf5 55.Rc5 Ke6 56.Rc6) 54.Rb7 b4
55.Kg4 b3 56.Kf3 b2 57.Kg2 Kh5
58.Rb4= reaches a similar position like in
the game.
53.Rc5 Kg7 54.Rd5 Kf6 55.Rc5 Ke6
56.Rg5 Kf6 57.Rc5 Kg7 58.Rd5 Kh6
59.Rc5 Rb1
The only try.
60.Kg4
Now it's the correct time for this!
60...b4 61.Rb5 b3
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62.Kg3
The white king quickly moves backwards:
If the black pawn goes to b2 it will have to
be on g2 or h2.
62...Kg7 63.Rb6 Kf7 64.Kg2 Rb2
After 64...b2 65.Rb4 Kf6 66.Rb5= it's just
a draw.
65.Kg3 Kg7 66.Kh3 Rb1 67.Kg2 Kf7
68.Kh2 b2
The last try but of course White defends
easily.
69.Kg2 Ke7 70.Rb8 Ke6 71.Rb3 Kd6
72.Rb6 Kc5 73.Rb8 Kd4 74.Rd8 Ke3
75.Rb8 .
Mastrovasilis A. : Skembris S.
Eretria 2011
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This was my position in the Greek Teams
Cup Final, when my team was leading 21:
A draw was enough for us to win the Cup.
At the first sight it looks hopeless for
Black, but I can still transform to a queens
endgame. Even though I'll be three pawns
down the activity of the queen makes it
worthwhile to calculate a bit further.
80...Rd6!! 81.h8Q Rg6 82.Kh5
Or 82.Kg6 b1Q 83.Kh6 (83.e4 Qe4 84.Kg7
Qe5 85.Kh7 Qh2= doesn't change
anything) 83...Qh1 84.Kg7 Qa1 85.Kg8
Qa8 86.Kh7 Qh1= with perpetual.
82...b1Q 83.Qh7
White has to take the rook back.
83...Kf8!
In the coming queen ending the White
pieces will be awkwardly placed.
84.Qg6 Qh1 85.Kg4 Qg2 86.Kf5 Qf2
87.Ke5
Of course not 87.Ke4?? Qc2+.
87...Qe3
With the second pawn the winning chances
are gone.
88.Kd5 Qb3 89.Kd4 Qd1 90.Ke3 Qe1
91.Kf3 Qf1 92.Ke3 Qe1 93.Kd4 Qb4
94.Ke3 Qe1 95.Kd4 Qb4 .