Endgame Test

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Avatar of xman720

Mato Jelic annotated a Carlsen vs. Kramnik match from Norway blitz and said "and we can stop here" in this position.

Well it's white to move and win. I wondered though if I actually had the technique to win this position. A knight should be enough, right?

It turns out I do! It took me 40 moves, I'm sure lots of improvements can be made. I would advise anyone to try out this position and see how many moves it takes for them to win against a strong engine (this was stockfish 6).

Here is the game, you are welcome to give me any tips as to how to speed up the win (other than the moves I repeated a little while into it)

Also, I would appreciate any other suggestions for technically won endgames that I should try. I may not be able to win it the first time (I'm no endgame expert) but I will do my best.

Avatar of mcmodern

You made things so much tougher for yourself, just lock the pawns on king side, then walk your king around using your N for tempos, soon you will pick off all black pawns.