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pawn endgame -can black save it?


  • 3 years ago · Quote · #1

    spyros_


    [Event "rated standard match"]
    [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
    [Date "2009.01.03"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "goodgamez"]
    [Black "dragongr"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "C24"]
    [WhiteElo "1327"]
    [BlackElo "1579"]
    [PlyCount "89"]
    [EventDate "2009.??.??"]

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 d6 6. Nd5 Be6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8.
    Be3 Bb6 9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Kb8 14.
    d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16. Nb5 Rhd8 17. Qc3 Ne5 18. Qa3 a6 19. Nc3 Nc4 20. Qb3
    Rc6 21. Rhe1 Rdc8 22. f4 Nxb2 23. Kxb2 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Kxc3 Kc7 26. f5
    e5 27. h4 Qd7 28. g4 h6 29. Rd5 Qc6+ 30. Kb2 b5 31. Red1 b6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33.
    Rxd6 Kxd6 34. Kc3 {can black defend this pawn endgame ?} Kc5 35. Kd3 Kb4 36. Ke3 Kc3 37. Kf3 a5
    38. g5 1-0

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #2

    ChessByBook

    36. Ke3 Kc3 37. Kf3 a5 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. f6 b4 41. f7 Kxc2 42. f8=Q Kb2 43. Qd6 b5 44. Qc5 Kxa2 45. Qxb5 b3 46. Qxa5+ Kb1 47. Qb4 b2 48. Qc5 Ka2 But maybe white can squeak out the win with sacing the queen for the pawn and then winning in a king race.

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #3

    Slav55

    Here's a diagram of the game

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #4

    spyros_

    white can create a  free pawn on queenside. any ideas for black ?

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #5

    Robin_Hood

    Black is lost here, but there are two nice tries you can try in a game:

    But white makes later in the game a big fault when black can draws (I have no chesspc here, so it's possible I made a fault.). I'm not going to say that variation because I think that you can find it after reading this post. (who want a hint can pm me)

    The first and best try is one, who destroyed the plan from whith (playing 2.g5). There is only one move who makes that move impossible and that is the tricky move 1...h5!? When white have to look out, but anyway black loses to accurate play.

    a) 2.g5? (a try to lose) fxg5 3.hxg5?? (3.Kd3! saves a half point 3...g4! (after 3...gxh4 4.Ke3 Whith wins easy by walking to the h-line and taking the pawns. The black king is ugly because the defended f-pawn) and both sides has a defended friday pawn (is this the right word??) and because of that a draw)  3...h4 4.g6 ke7 5.Kd3 h3 6.Ke3 h2 and the pawn promote 0-1.

    b)2.Kd3? hxg4! 3.Ke3 Ke7 4.Kf2 Kf7 5.Kg3 Kg7 6.Kxg4 Kh7 7.Kg3 Kh5 8. Kh6 ends in a simple draw.

    but c) 2.gxh5!! Ke7 (only move) and now 3. Kg4 with following 4.f5 is completly winning

    The other try is playing 1...a5 (the whith king isn't allowed to visit the black camp) Now has white only a few useful moves, if white does nothing I play on the next move 2...h5!! and black draws easily (the line from 1...h5 isn't winning any more because 1...a5). But white has at least one win:

    2.g5! (best) Ke7 (after 2...fxg5 3.hxg5 hxg5 (of h5) the white king is on time to prevent promotion an the defended f-pawn is to strong. and after 2...h5 3.g6 Ke7 we follow the game) ) 3.g6 h5 4. Kg3 Kf8 5.c4 (a5 bxa5 6.Kxa5 Kg7 7.Ka4 with plan Kb5 and c4-c5 also wins) b4 and 6.a3!! (Ka4 Kg8 7.Kb5 Kg7 8.Kxb6?? a5 and black wins) and a easy win for white.


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