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asampedas
This is the first time I have uploaded a game onto a forum...I apologise for any errors.
Anyway, please tell me if this game could have been won.
NM Reb
The final position is a draw if both sides play correctly. Neither king can force penetration into the other's camp and the pawns are all blocked and symmetrical.
franknstein
Black could have won if he played 39...dxe5 instead of ...Kxe5
er...franknstein, white would have had a passed pawn.
slish007
Move 32 instead of Kf6, the pawn is teh better option. Still a tight finish never the less :-)
39... dxe5 40 d6 and how does black win ?
which pawn?
Ricky_James_Fischer
u shudnt allow simplification to a pawn endgame which u cant win
NM OmarCayenne
First off, a note to the OP: 39 e5 was forced (anything else loses).
I believe that White may have been able to win the endgame earlier with the following rather intriguing possibility: 32 g5 hg 33 e5 de 34 Kf2. It looks like White can wobble his king back and forth between e3 and d3 until Black runs out of pawn moves, and then Ke4 will win the e5-pawn.
Tyzer
Wow, that is the first time I have seen a pawn endgame with so many pawns. Anyway, 39. e5 wasn't really losing White's advantage because it was the only reasonable move, leading to draw. Any other move would have lost for white as black would force away the white king and take the pawns.
EDIT: Ninja'd by tonydal.
DJHeilke
tonydal. I think you are right but you have to be ultra-careful. After 32. g5 hxg5 33. e5 dxe5 34. Kf2 is slightly imperfect. Following your plan, 34. .... g4 35. Ke3 g5 36. Kd3? g6! 37. Ke4 Kf6 and now white can't get through; for ex. 38. d6 Ke6 39. d7 Kxd7 40. Kxe5 Ke7! and the triple pawns are actually worth something!
Instead white should play 36. Ke4! as quick as possible to keep the triple pawns from making a side-wise wall. Better yet, white should 34. g4! at which point white gains the insurance policy of h3 later on, pretty much garaunteeing victory.
Some sample lines:
34. .... e4 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. h3! and white wins
34. ....Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Ke4 Kd6 38. h3! and again white wins
chiktom
why do u have to take the queen?why not try 28...qe8?
Yes, DJHeilke, that seems right. I don't remember why I rejected 34 g4 (but I shouldn't have).
wow, there seem to be other solutions in here, and those favour white!
anyway, is there any possible way, that in the middle game or endgame, i as black could have made a better move which would have changed the result of the game?
wpostma
By the 14th move , white could do Bd5+ instead of 0-0 ... also move 15. Rfd1 is not so strong, Rfe1 would be better. I think that white could win this game if he played it right!
hmm true that. But I think my opponent wanted to get a full attack in the centre with the rook and the queen on the d rank, which of course, never happened. The centre remained closed throughout the game, because I chose to attack the kingside, where the king was.
Anyway, are there any better moves for black?
I would do Nf6 instead of e4 , but that is very personal... but at the 9th move black is 1 pawn behind. So in the beginning black was behind... I think a draw is a win for black, he played wel the second part of the game!
It goes double again, no worries... See you by vote-chess, also good for learning!
Thanks! I already knew that since I was a pawn behind, I had to somehow get the pawns into a locked position, and my opponent fell for it.
The pawn loss was a mistake, so for me, I would be VERY glad for a draw.
Again, can someone please tell me if there are any good moves which I should have done, especially the opening?
5/25/2012 - Reshevsky-Ivanovic, Skopje 1976
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