[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.12"] [Round "2"] [White "01.04 Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/8/5K2/4p2R/5k2 b - - 0 74"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Next comes one example from a recent grandmaster game, which shows how difficult the defense is:[#]} 74... e1=N+ {"Obviously forced. Black has to promote the pawn with check in order to avoid getting mated. The ending with R vs. N is considered by theory to be easily drawn, but I know from my own experience that things are not that rosy in practice. After a while of moving around with the pieces, the defending side risks losing the automatisms and starting to fear ghosts. The further course of the game seems to sustain my point of view." (Marin in CBM 113)} 75. Kg3 Nd3 76. Rd2 Ne1 77. Rf2+ Kg1 78. Rf8 Ng2 79. Kf3 {[#]Now a very critical moment has come.} Kf1 $2 (79... Nh4+ $1 80. Kg3 (80. Ke2 Kg2 81. Rg8+ Kh3 $11) 80... Ng2 81. Rf2 Ne1 $11) 80. Kg3+ $2 { This time Kamsky does not seize his chance.} Kg1 81. Kf3 Kf1 $2 82. Rf7 $1 { [#]Now he is on the right track and Black is in zugzwang.} Ne1+ 83. Ke3+ Kg1 84. Ke2 Ng2 85. Rh7 Nf4+ 86. Kf3 Nd3 87. Rh4 {[#]And the knight can not return to the king.} Ne5+ (87... Ne1+ 88. Ke2 Ng2 89. Rg4 Kh2 90. Kf2 Kh1 91. Rg8 $18) 88. Ke2 $2 {Surprisingly this let's the win slip.} ({One sample line after} 88. Ke3 {runs} Kg2 89. Re4 $1 Nd7 90. Kf4 Kf2 91. Rc4 Nb6 92. Rd4 Ke2 93. Ke4 Kf2 94. Kd3 Kf3 95. Rd8 Kf4 96. Kd4 Kf5 97. Kc5 Na4+ 98. Kb4 Nb6 99. Kb5 $18) 88... Kg2 89. Re4 {[#]} Nf7 $2 {Now the knight can be hunted and caught.} ({After} 89... Nd7 $1 {the knight can come back to the king, e.g.} 90. Re7 (90. Rg4+ Kh3 91. Kf3 Ne5+ $11) 90... Nf6 91. Rg7+ Kh3 92. Kf3 Nh5 93. Rg8 Kh4 $11) 90. Re7 $1 Nd6 (90... Nh6 91. Rg7+ Kh3 92. Rh7 $18) 91. Rg7+ Kh3 92. Kf3 Kh4 93. Kf4 Kh5 94. Re7 (94. Rc7 $5 {shortens the win due to} Ne8 95. Re7 Nd6 (95... Nf6 96. Kf5 Ng8 97. Rh7+ Nh6+ 98. Kf6 $18) 96. Re5+ Kh4 97. Re6 Nf7 98. Rf6 $18 { (Marin)}) 94... Nc4 95. Re6 Nd2 96. Rc6 Nb3 97. Ke3 {[#]"It's all over now. The knight has been trapped and will perish without glory." (Marin)} Kg4 98. Rc4+ Kg3 99. Rc3 Na5 100. Ke4+ Kf2 101. Kd5 Nb7 102. Rb3 Nd8 103. Rb8 1-0 [Event "Thessaloniki (ol)"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "01.05 Karpov, An"] [Black "Ftacnik, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5R2/4K3/8/2n5/7k/8/8 w - - 0 84"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {B) Domination Distances There are many typical configurations, where one piece dominates another. They are very important and can easily be remembered due to their specific geometry. But many of them have no names. I think that they deserve one. Johan Hellsten calls such configurations "magic distance" in his excellent work Mastering Endgame Strategy (Everyman 2013). I like the idea to coin a term for this important phenomenon, but I like domination distance even more due to the double d and the more direct relationship to the domination configurations. I even want to suggest coining more terms in that direction: B1) Knight check shadow The German term Springerschachschatten sounds even better:[#]When the king is two squares away from the knight a typical constellation is on the board. As the knight needs at least 3 moves to give check it sounds good to call it knight check shadow.} 84. Rf3+ $1 Kg4 ( 84... Kg2 85. Rc3 Na5 86. Kd5 $18 {(Karpov in Informator 46/38)[#] B2) Karpov Distance This typical domination configuration, when the knight is three squares away from the king could be called Karpov Distance as Karpov was a real expert in knight hunting.}) 85. Rd3 $1 Kg5 (85... Nb2 86. Rd2 $18 { (Karpov)}) 86. Kd5 Nb6+ (86... Nb2 87. Rd4 {[#] B3) Rook in the knight check shadow Now White's rook completely dominates the knight:} Kf5 88. Kc6 Ke5 89. Kc5 $1 Ke6 90. Kb4 Kf5 91. Kb3 $1 Ke5 92. Kc3 $18 {(Karpov)[#]A very beautiful zugzwang configuration.}) 87. Ke5 Nc4+ 88. Ke4 Nb6 89. Rd8 {[#]The rook is in the knight check shadow.} Nc4 90. Rd4 Nb6 91. Ke5 Nc8 92. Ke6 {[#]Knight check shadow} Na7 93. Kd7 {And finally Karpov's king is in the Karpov distance and so Ftacnik resigned.} 1-0 [Event "GEO-ch (Women) 68th"] [Site "Anaklia"] [Date "2011.01.14"] [Round "5"] [White "01.18 Javakhishvili, Lela"] [Black "Khurtsidze, Nino"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D66"] [WhiteElo "2438"] [BlackElo "2436"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/7p/7P/1r2k1PN/6K1/8 w - - 0 60"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2011.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [EventCategory "6"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {D) Rook and Pawn vs Knight and two Pawns D1) Fortresses With close pawns the main theme is the creating of a fortress by the defender. The main attacking weapons are invading with king and rook, zugzwang and simplification into a won pawn ending. So the defender should seek a stable formation with move options and all inroads can be defended or the attacker is forced to defend the pawn passivly. Sometimes this choice is not easy:[#]} 60. Nf4 $2 {This is wrong as now Black's king can invade decisivly to f3.} (60. Ng5 $1 {covers the inroads via f3 and the king's road through the centre is so long that the knight can regroup:} Rb2+ 61. Kg1 (61. Kh3 $2 Kf2 $19) 61... Ra2 62. Kf1 Kd4 63. Kg1 Ke5 {[#]Now the knight must regroup:} 64. Nf3+ Kf5 65. Nh2 Ke4 66. g4 $11) 60... Rb5 61. Ne6 Rb2+ 62. Kh3 Kf3 63. Nf4 Rb1 64. Kh2 Rb5 65. Kh3 Re5 66. Nd3 Re3 67. Nf4 Re1 68. Kh2 Kg4 69. Kg2 Re3 70. Kh2 Ra3 71. Nd5 Ra2+ 72. Kg1 Kxg3 73. Ne3 Ra1+ 74. Nf1+ Kf3 0-1 [Event "7th Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2012.06.14"] [Round "6"] [White "01.26 Carlsen, M."] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2825"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1kpK4/2p5/1pPn4/1P1R4/8/8/8 b - - 0 56"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "2012.06.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {E) General Case As the rook is so superior and as we have dealt already with many typical cases , we have decided to be relativly short here in this subchapter. E1) Fortresses This is the main defensive weapon of the knight: [#]} 56... Nc3 (56... Ne3 {draws as well.}) ({However, not} 56... Nf6+ $2 57. Ke6 Nd5 (57... Ne8 58. Kf7 $18) 58. Rxd5 cxd5 59. Kxd5 Kc8 (59... c6+ 60. Kd6 $18) 60. Kc6 Kd8 61. Kb7 (61. Kxb5 Kd7 62. Ka6 Kc6 63. Ka7 $18) 61... Kd7 62. Kb8 Kc6 63. Kc8 Kd5 64. Kxc7 Kc4 65. c6 Kxb4 66. Kd6 $18) 57. Ke6 Kc8 58. Rd3 Nd5 ({Of course not} 58... Ne2 $4 {after which} 59. Ke5 {[#]seperates the knight from the rest of Black's forces and wins, e.g.} Nc1 60. Rd2 Nb3 61. Rb2 Nc1 62. Kd4 Kd7 63. Ke3 Ke6 64. Kd2 $18) 59. Rd4 ({Now the pawn endgame is only drawn:} 59. Rxd5 cxd5 60. Kxd5 {[#]} Kd7 61. c6+ Ke7 62. Kc5 (62. Ke5 Kf7 63. Kf5 Ke7 64. Ke5 Kf7 65. Kd5 Ke7 $11) 62... Ke6 63. Kxb5 Kd5 $11) 59... Nc3 60. Rd3 Nd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"] [Site "Kharkov"] [Date "2001.04.20"] [Round "3"] [White "01.44 Zubarev, Alexander1"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E63"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5p2/5P2/3K2n1/5kp1/1R6/8/8 b - - 0 57"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2001.04.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {In the next case also a dangerous passed pawn helps the knight to win:[#]} 57... g3 $1 {Passed pawns must be pushed!} ({Winning the white pawn with} 57... Kf5 $2 {spoils it due to} 58. Kd4 Kxf6 59. Ke3 $11) 58. Rb4+ Kf3 59. Rb3+ Kg4 60. Rb4+ Kh3 61. Rb3 Kh2 62. Ke5 g2 63. Rb2 Kh1 64. Kf5 g1=Q 0-1 [Event "Berlin"] [Site "?"] [Date "1920.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "02.02 Breyer, G."] [Black "Tarrasch, S."] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/5R2/6K1/8/8/4b3/8/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "14"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {The following set up is the main exception:[#]The attacker always wins, if the defending king is securely imprisoned in the dangerous corner:} 1... Bg1 2. Rf1 Bh2 3. Rh1 Bg3 4. Rh3 {[#]The rook forces the bishop to leave the shadow of the kings.} Bd6 (4... Bf4 5. Rc3 Kf8 6. Rf3 $18) 5. Rd3 Be7 (5... Bc7 6. Rc3 Bd8 7. Rc8 $18) 6. Rc3 {1-0 and Dr Tarrasch resigned due to} Kf8 7. Rc8+ Bd8 8. Rxd8+ $18 {This winning position was discovered by Kling and Horwitz in 1851.} 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.02.05"] [Round "?"] [White "02.05 Educative Example"] [Black "Pawn on h6"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/R7/7P/6K1/8/8/2b5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "4"] [EventDate "2017.02.05"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {With a rook's pawn it is as follows. When the bishop can control the promotion corner square than the rook wins easily as the rook's pawn can later even be given to reach winning position 02.02. When the bishop can't control the corner it is much more difficult. When the rook's pawn has crossed the middle of the board it is usually drawn due to the following fortress set ups: [#]Black's king stays on g8,h8 and h7 and the bishop on the b1-h7 diagonal:} 1. Kf6 (1. Ra8+ Kh7 $11) (1. Ra4) 1... Kh8 ({Even} 1... Bd3 2. h7+ Kh8 {draws.}) 2. h7 Bxh7 $11 * [Event "Rio de Janeiro"] [Site "?"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "02.21 Timman, J."] [Black "Velimirovic"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/4k3/2R5/7b/p2K4/P7/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "78"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {The following case is much deeper and human analysis in principle was confirmed by the tablebase:[#]Black can draw, if he keeps his king near f6 and does not allow a cut off on the edge:} 1... Bf6 2. Rc6+ Ke7 3. Ke4 Bb2 4. Kd5 Kf7 5. Re6 Kg7 $2 {Now White's king can come to f5 and then Black's king will be cut off on the edge.} (5... Ba1 {(Timman) defends, e.g.} 6. Re3 Bb2 7. Kd6 Kf6 8. Rf3+ Kg5 9. Kd5 Kg4 10. Ke4 Kg5 $1 $11) 6. Ke4 Kf7 7. Kf5 Kf8 (7... Bc1 8. Rc6 Bb2 9. Rc7+ $18) 8. Kg6 Bc3 9. Ra6 Bb2 10. Ra7 {[#]Cheron had proved, that White can win this position, but he needed more than 50 moves. Andersson and Timman were able to refine the process, so that Timman indeed managed to win the game within the 50 move rule.} Ke8 11. Kf5 Kf8 (11... Kd8 $6 12. Ke6 Kc8 13. Kd6 Kb8 14. Rd7 Kc8 15. Kc6 Bc1 16. Rd3 Bb2 17. Kb6 $18) 12. Ke6 Kg8 13. Rf7 Bc3 14. Rf3 Bb2 (14... Bb4 15. Rg3+ Kf8 (15... Kh7 16. Kf6 Bc5 17. Rg6 Bd4+ 18. Kf7 Bb2 19. Rc6 Bd4 20. Rc4 Bf2 21. Rc2 Bg1 22. Rc1 $18) 16. Rb3 Bc5 17. Rc3 Bb4 18. Rc7 Bd2 19. Rf7+ Kg8 (19... Ke8 20. Ra7 $18) 20. Kf6 Bc3+ 21. Kg6 Bb2 22. Rf3 Bc1 23. Rc3 $18) 15. Ke7 Kh7 16. Rg3 Kh6 17. Kd6 Kh5 18. Kc5 Kh4 19. Rg8 Be5 (19... Kh3 20. Kb4 Kh4 21. Kb3 Kh3 (21... Kh5 22. Rg2 Bc1 23. Rc2 Bb2 24. Rxb2 axb2 25. Kxb2 Kg6 26. a4 $18) 22. Rg6 Bc1 23. Rc6 Bb2 24. Rc4 Kg3 25. Ra4 Kf3 26. Rxa3 Bxa3 27. Kxa3 Ke4 28. Kb4 $18) 20. Kd5 Bb2 21. Kc4 Bf6 (21... Be5 22. Kb3 Bd6 23. Rg6 Bf8 24. Kc4 Kh5 25. Rg8 Be7 26. Rg2 Bd6 (26... Kh6 27. Kd5 Bf6 28. Rg3 Bb2 29. Kc4 Kh5 30. Kb4 Kh4 31. Rxa3 $18) 27. Kd5 Bb4 28. Rg3 Kh4 29. Rb3 Bf8 30. Rf3 Be7 31. Ke6 Bc5 (31... Kg4 32. Rc3 Bf8 33. Rc8 Bh6 34. Rc4+ Kh5 35. Kf5 $18) 32. Rd3 $1 Bf8 (32... Kg4 33. Rc3 Bf8 34. Rc8 Bh6 35. Rc4+ Kg5 36. Kf7 Kf5 37. Rc3 $18) 33. Kf6 Bc5 34. Kf7 Kg4 35. Rc3 Bd6 36. Ke6 Bf8 37. Rc8 Bh6 38. Rc4+ Kg5 (38... Kh5 39. Kf5 Bf8 40. Rc8 Bg7 41. Rc1 $18 ) 39. Kf7 Kf5 40. Rc3 $18) 22. Rg6 Bg5 23. Kd5 Bc1 (23... Kh5 24. Rc6 Bd2 25. Ke6 Kg5 26. Rc4 Kh6 27. Rc2 Be1 28. Rh2+ Kg5 29. Rh3 Bb4 30. Rf3 Kh5 (30... Kg4 31. Rb3 Bf8 32. Rb8 Bh6 33. Rb4+ Kg5 34. Ra4 Bf8 35. Ra5+ Kg6 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. Ra4 Kg6 38. Rg4+ Kh5 39. Kf5 Bc5 40. Ra4 Kh6 41. Kf6 $18) 31. Kf5 Kh6 32. Rg3 Bc5 33. Rg4 $1 Kh5 34. Rc4 Bd6 35. Rc8 Kh4 36. Ke6 $18) 24. Ke4 Bb2 25. Kf5 Kh5 26. Rd6 Kh4 27. Rd3 Bc1 28. Rc3 Bb2 29. Re3 Bc1 30. Re1 Bd2 (30... Bb2 31. Rg1 Kh3 32. Kf4 Kh2 33. Rg4 Kh3 34. Kf3 Kh2 35. Kf2 Bf6 (35... Kh3 36. Ra4 Bc1 37. Ke2 $18) 36. Re4 Bd8 (36... Kh1 37. Kg3 Bc3 38. Ra4 Bb2 39. Kf2 $18) 37. Re6 Bh4+ 38. Kf3 Bg5 39. Kg4 Bd8 (39... Bc1 40. Re2+ Kg1 41. Re1+ $18) 40. Re3 $18) 31. Rh1+ Kg3 32. Rd1 Bb4 33. Rd3+ Kf2 34. Ke4 Ke2 35. Kd4 Bc5+ 36. Kc4 Be7 37. Rh3 Bd6 38. Kb3 Bf8 39. Rh8 Bd6 (39... Bc5 40. Rc8 Bd6 41. Ra8 Kd3 42. Rd8 $18) 40. Ra8 1-0 [Event "Maotai Prince Cup Kings"] [Site "JinZhou CHN"] [Date "2009.09.19"] [Round "3"] [White "02.33 Ding Liren"] [Black "Bu Xiangzhi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2702"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5k2/4bp2/8/7P/4RK2/8/8/8 b - - 0 79"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2009.09.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {The following position on the other hand is a fortress, but it is not easy to hold:[#]At first Bu plays faultlessly:} 79... Ba3 $1 80. Kf5 Kg7 81. Rg4+ Kh6 82. Rg3 Bc1 83. Rh3 Bb2 84. Rb3 Bd4 85. Ke4 Bc5 86. Rf3 Bb4 87. Rf5 Bd2 88. Kf3 Kg7 89. Kg4 Bc1 90. Rf3 Bd2 91. Kf5 Bc1 92. Ke5 Bd2 93. Kd6 Bc1 94. Ke7 { [#]The critical moment has arisen.} Kh6 $2 {allows White's king to stay very well placed.} (94... f6 $2 {is also wrong:} 95. Rh3 Bg5 96. Ke6 Bd2 97. Kf5 Bc1 98. Rg3+ Bg5 99. Rc3 Kh6 100. Kg4 Bd2 101. Rc6 Kg7 102. Kf5 Bg5 103. Re6 Kh7 104. Kg4 Kh6 105. Rd6 Kg7 106. Rd7+ Kh6 107. Rf7 {and Black is in fatal zugzwang.}) (94... Bg5+ $1 {forces White's king to leave its comfortable chair and draws, e.g.} 95. Ke8 Kh6 96. Rh3 f5 (96... Kg7 {is playable as well.}) 97. Kf7 f4 98. Ke6 f3 99. Rxf3 Kxh5 100. Kf5 Kh4 $11) 95. Rh3 Kg7 (95... f5 96. Ke6 f4 97. Kf5 Be3 98. Kg4 Kh7 99. Rf3 Kh6 100. Rf1 Kg7 101. Re1 Kh6 102. Re2 Kg7 103. Kg5 $18) 96. h6+ $1 Kh7 (96... Bxh6 {runs into} 97. Rg3+ Kh7 98. Kxf7 $18) 97. Kxf7 Bb2 98. Ke6 Bc1 99. Rh1 Bd2 100. Kf5 Be3 101. Kf6 Bd2 102. Rd1 Be3 103. Rd3 Bc1 104. Rb3 Bd2 105. Rg3 Bc1 106. Rg2 Be3 107. Rh2 Bf4 108. Rh1 Be3 109. Kf7 Bd2 110. Rh3 Bg5 111. Rc3 Bd2 112. Rc6 Be3 113. Rg6 Bd4 114. Rd6 (114. Rg7+ $4 Kxh6 {spoils it.}) 114... Be3 115. Rc6 Bd2 116. Rc2 Bf4 117. Rc6 Be3 118. Ra6 Bd2 119. Rb6 Be3 120. Rb3 Bg5 121. Rh3 Bc1 122. Ke6 Bd2 123. Kf5 Bc1 124. Rc3 Bd2 125. Rc6 Be3 {[#]} 126. Rf6 {finally Ding Liren realises the right plan} Bd2 127. Kg4 $1 Bxh6 128. Kh5 Be3 129. Rf7+ Kg8 130. Kg6 Bg1 131. Rf3 Bh2 132. Rh3 Bg1 133. Rh1 1-0 [Event "American Continental 2nd"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "2003.08.26"] [Round "8"] [White "02.74 Monier, Raul"] [Black "Bitelmajer, Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A61"] [WhiteElo "2405"] [BlackElo "2230"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3k4/8/1P2PK2/2B5/7r/8/8/8 w - - 0 56"] [PlyCount "7"] [EventDate "2003.08.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {G) The bishop has the advantage To have chances to defeat the powerful rook the bishops needs strong compensation like dangerous passed pawns:[#]White can win, but must still be careful:} 56. e7+ $1 ({However, not} 56. b7 $2 Kc7 57. e7 Rh8 (57... Re4 $2 58. Bd6+ Kxb7 59. Be5 $18) 58. Kg7 Re8 $11) 56... Kd7 57. e8=Q+ {1-0 and Black resigned due to} Kxe8 58. b7 Rh6+ 59. Kg5 $18 1-0 [Event "Chakvi GEO, 16th EUR Women Ch"] [Site "Chakvi GEO"] [Date "2015.05.25"] [Round "7.7"] [White "03.14 Galliamova, Alisa"] [Black "Danielian, Elina"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2478"] [BlackElo "2458"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/3n2K1/R4p2/P3n3/4k3/8 b - - 0 72"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "2015.05.19"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {B3) Two Knights and Pawn vs Rook and Pawn The friendly pawn can be the rook's undoing:[#]} 72... f3 $1 {Mate in 90 moves.} 73. Rh4 Ng2 $6 {Now it is a draw, when the 50 move rule is taken into account.} (73... f2 74. Rh2 Nc4 75. a4 Na5 76. Kg4 Ke1 77. Rh1+ f1=Q 78. Rxf1+ Kxf1 {is mate in 83 moves and also won with 50 move rule.}) 74. Re4+ $2 (74. Rh1 f2 75. a4 Nb4 76. a5 Na6 77. Ra1 f1=Q 78. Rxf1 Kxf1 {is mate in 89 moves but drawn with 50 move rule.}) 74... Kd3 75. Re8 f2 76. Rf8 Ngf4 0-1 [Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "2010.06.13"] [Round "4"] [White "04.18 Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/p5pp/1p6/1B3p2/1P2r3/P5P1/6KP/2B5 w - - 0 29"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2010.06.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {B3) General Case If the bishops have control and potential targets they often win even a pawn down:[#]White wins in the long run as he will win on the queenside:} 29. Kf2 g6 30. Be3 Kf7 31. Bd3 Re7 32. a4 Rc7 33. a5 bxa5 (33... Rc6 34. b5 Rd6 35. Bc4+ Ke7 36. axb6 axb6 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. h4 Kd7 40. Kf4 h6 41. Ke5 h5 42. Bd5 $18) 34. bxa5 Kf6 35. h4 Ke6 36. a6 {[#]Short fixes the weakness on a7 in typical fashion.} Kd5 37. Be2 Ke4 38. Bf3+ Kd3 39. Bb7 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 1-0 [Event "BGN World Championship"] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.10.13"] [Round "?"] [White "06.06 Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Kasparov, Gary"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2849"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1kN2Rp1/8/P7/8/4r3/8/3K4 b - - 0 54"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2000.09.01"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Even fortresses can arise:[#]} 54... Re5 $6 {Surprisingly even like this.} ({ Miguel Illescas proved, that} 54... Kc6 $5 {leads to a drawn position.}) 55. a6+ $6 (55. Nd5+ Ka6 56. Nb4+ Kb5 57. Rf4 $11 {is a better try and given as winning by Kramnik, but it is only drawn.}) 55... Kb6 56. Rxg7 Ra5 57. Kd2 Ra1 58. Kc2 {[#]} Rh1 $2 {The black rook had to stay on the a-file.} 59. Kb2 $2 { Kramnik misses his chance.} (59. Rg8 $1 Rh2+ (59... Kxc7 60. a7 $18) (59... Ra1 60. Nd5+ Ka7 61. Nb4 $18) 60. Kd3 Rh3+ 61. Ke2 Rh2+ 62. Kf3 Rh3+ 63. Kg2 $1 { (van Os)} (63. Kg4 $2 Ra3 $1 $11) 63... Ra3 64. Nd5+ Kc5 (64... Ka7 65. Nb4 $18 ) (64... Kxa6 65. Ra8+ $18) 65. Rg5 Kb5 66. Rg6 Kc5 67. Nc7 $18) 59... Rh8 60. Kb3 Rc8 61. a7 (61. Kb4 Rxc7 62. Rxc7 Kxc7 63. Kc5 Kb8 $11) 61... Kxa7 62. Kb4 Kb6 63. Nd5+ Ka6 $1 64. Rg6+ Kb7 65. Kb5 Rc1 66. Rg2 Kc8 67. Rg7 Kd8 68. Nf6 Rc7 69. Rg5 (69. Rg8+ Ke7 70. Nd5+ Kf7 $1 $11) 69... Rf7 70. Nd5 Kd7 71. Rg6 Rf1 72. Kc5 Rc1+ 73. Kd4 Rd1+ 74. Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "5th Final Masters"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao BRA/ESP"] [Date "2012.10.08"] [Round "6"] [White "08.05 Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2843"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2r1r1k1/2b2pp1/1p5p/p7/P2B4/2P2KPP/5P2/1R2R3 w - - 0 29"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {8.2 Rook and Bishop vs Rook and Bishop with same colored bishops This endgame type might be called Carlsen Endgame. Traditional values like space advantage, good bishop, good cooperation and active king are often important. A) Active king [#]White is better as Carlsen's bishop is better and his king much more active:} 29. Re4 $1 g6 (29... f5 $2 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rb5 $18) 30. g4 { This typical advance marks Black's f- and h-pawns as weaknesses.} (30. Rb5 $5) 30... Kf8 31. h4 Rxe4 32. Kxe4 Re8+ 33. Kd3 Re6 34. Be3 Kg7 35. Rb5 Bd8 36. h5 $1 {[#]The typical undermining of Black's structure.} Rd6+ 37. Kc4 Rc6+ 38. Kd5 Re6 (38... Rxc3 $4 {runs into} 39. Bd4+ $18) 39. Bd4+ Kf8 40. f4 {[#]} Bc7 $6 { Without his king Caruana can't deal with the invasion in the centre.} (40... Ke7 {was more tenacious, but also also loose in the long run, e.g.} 41. c4 Kd7 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 Rd6+ 44. Ke4 Rc6 45. c5 bxc5 46. Rxc5 $16) 41. f5 $1 Rd6+ 42. Ke4 Rc6 {[#]} 43. Rb1 $1 {Magnus retreats his rook to be able to operate more quickly on both wings. This is a typical advantage of the attacker as his forces are quicker.} Ke8 (43... gxh5 44. gxh5 Rc4 {is met by} 45. Kd5 Rxa4 46. Kc6 Bb8 (46... Rc4+ 47. Kb5 $18) 47. Rg1 Rc4+ 48. Kxb6 $18) (43... g5 44. Kd5 Rd6+ 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Re1+ Kd7 47. Kb5 $18) 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. Rh1 $1 {The rook already operates on the kingside.} Kf7 46. Kd5 Rd6+ 47. Kc4 {[#]} gxf5 $6 { Normally the defender should exchange pawns, but here all pawns on the kingside will be exchanged.} (47... g5 $1 {is more tenacious, but doesn't defend in the long run, e.g.} 48. Kb5 Bd8 49. Re1 Bf6 50. Bxb6 Bxc3 (50... h5 51. gxh5 Rd5+ 52. Kc6 Rxf5 53. c4 g4 54. Rg1 $18) 51. Rc1 Bb4 52. Rc7+ Kf6 53. Rh7 Rd5+ 54. Kc6 Rd6+ 55. Kb7 Rd2 56. Rxh6+ Kf7 57. Rh7+ Kg8 58. Rc7 Rg2 59. Rc4 $18) 48. gxf5 Bd8 49. f6 $1 {This advance destoys the lines of communication in Black's camp.} Bxf6 (49... Kg6 50. Rg1+ Kf7 51. Rg7+ Ke6 52. Rh7 $18) 50. Rxh6 Be7 51. Rxd6 Bxd6 52. Kb5 Ke6 53. Bxb6 Kd7 54. c4 Kc8 55. Bxa5 Kb7 56. Bb4 ({Of course not} 56. c5 $4 Bxc5 57. Kxc5 Ka8 $11) 56... Bf4 57. c5 Ka7 58. c6 Kb8 59. a5 Ka7 60. a6 Ka8 61. Bc5 Bb8 62. Kc4 Bc7 63. Kd5 Bd8 64. Ke6 Bc7 65. Kd7 Ba5 66. Be7 1-0 [Event "Vancouver WCh Quaterfinal"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "08.12 Fischer, R."] [Black "Taimanov, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7r/1p1k1pp1/p4n1p/2p1R3/5P2/6P1/PPP3BP/6K1 b - - 0 24"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1971.05.16"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {8.4 Rook and Bishop vs Rook and Knight and the bishops plays for a win The endgame rook and bishop against rook and knight is called Fischer endgame, when the side with the bishop has the advantage due to the many instructive games of the American world champion. The following guideline shall help you too see, if the side with the bishop us better or not: 1) Rook and bishop usually cooperate as long range piece better together than rook and knight. Often they profit from an open position. Furthermore the rook somewhat compensates the blindness of the bishop on the other color complex. 2) Pawns only on one wing are often good for the slower knight. 3) Fluid pawn structures are often good for the bishop as it can then choose the way to use them to restrict the knight. Broken structures and weak color complexes can help the knight to find outposts. 4) The knight always wants to have control so that the knight has time for its slow manovers. 5) If the bishop has the advantage it will often use zugzwang, restriction methiods and exchanges to make progress. So often the pawns shall be placed to complement the bishop to restrict the knight further and so that the pawns are not in the way of the bishop. In the following famous classic Fischer give an instructive demonstration:[#]} 24... b6 $2 {This weaknes the light squares too much.} ({ Kasparov gives} 24... Kd6 $1 25. a4 (25. Re3 Rb8) (25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bxa6 Rxb2) 25... b5 26. a5 c4 27. c3 (27. Bb7 $2 Rb8 28. Bxa6 $2 {runs into} Nd5) 27... Rb8 {with good drawing chances.}) 25. Bf1 $1 {Fischer immediately exploits the mistake and increases the pressure on the light squares.} a5 26. Bc4 Rf8 27. Kg2 Kd6 28. Kf3 Nd7 29. Re3 Nb8 30. Rd3+ Kc7 {[#]} 31. c3 $5 {Fischer restricts the knight and complements his bishop - a typical attacking strategy. } Nc6 32. Re3 Kd6 33. a4 Ne7 {[#]} 34. h3 {Such a move in the do not rush style is strong psychologically. Black can only sit and wait.} Nc6 35. h4 { with the plan h5,g4,Kg3-h4,g5 followed by Kg4} h5 36. Rd3+ Kc7 {[#]} 37. Rd5 $1 {Fischer forces Taimanov to place more pawns on light squares} f5 38. Rd2 Rf6 39. Re2 Kd7 40. Re3 g6 41. Bb5 Rd6 {Taimanov's sealed move} 42. Ke2 {[#]} Kd8 $2 {This allows Fischer to simplify into a won bishop vs knight endgame.} ({ Andrew Soltis' suggestion} 42... Rf6 {is called for:} 43. Kd3 {[#] and now not} Kd8 $2 ({but} 43... Rd6+ 44. Kc4 Rf6 {when White should be winning in the long run, but matters are not easy (see analysis by Charles Sullivan in Endgame Corner 106 in the Archives of ChessCafe.com).}) 44. Bxc6 $1 Rxc6 45. Kc4 Rd6 46. Kb5 Kd7 (46... Rd2 47. Kxb6 Rxb2+ 48. Kxc5 Kd7 49. Rd3+ Ke7 50. Rd6 $18) 47. b3 Kc7 48. c4 Kd8 49. Ka6 Rc6 50. Kb7 Rf6 51. Rd3+ Ke7 52. Kc7 Re6 53. Rd7+ Ke8 54. Rd6 Re3 55. Rxg6 Rxb3 56. Rxb6 Rb4 57. Rb5 Rxa4 58. Rxc5 $18) 43. Rd3 $1 Kc7 44. Rxd6 Kxd6 45. Kd3 {[#] Black would have a fortress, if he could transfer his knight to d6, but as he does not have control he does not find the time for the regrouping.} Ne7 46. Be8 Kd5 47. Bf7+ Kd6 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. Be8+ Kb7 50. Kb5 Nc8 51. Bc6+ ({The hasty} 51. Bxg6 $4 {runs into} Nd6#) 51... Kc7 52. Bd5 Ne7 53. Bf7 Kb7 {[#] Now Fischer uses the sharp endgame weapon zugzwang again and again} 54. Bb3 Ka7 55. Bd1 Kb7 56. Bf3+ Kc7 57. Ka6 Nc8 ({ Activating the knight with} 57... Ng8 58. Bd5 Nf6 59. Bf7 Ne4 {does not help as the bishop is far superior in the coming fight on both wings, e.g.} 60. Bxg6 Nxg3 61. Be8 Ne2 62. Bxh5 Nxf4 63. Bf3 Ng6 64. h5 Ne5 65. h6 $18) 58. Bd5 Ne7 59. Bc4 Nc6 60. Bf7 Ne7 {[#] Now comes the final zugzwang:} 61. Be8 $1 Kd8 62. Bxg6 $1 Nxg6 63. Kxb6 Kd7 64. Kxc5 Ne7 65. b4 axb4 66. cxb4 Nc8 67. a5 Nd6 68. b5 Ne4+ 69. Kb6 Kc8 70. Kc6 Kb8 71. b6 1-0 [Event "IX Century"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "01.03 Al Adli"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/kn6/8/1K6/8/8/8/7R w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "9"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {The following is quoted from Mark Dvoretsky's excellent Endgame Manual:[#] "Several such endings were discovered in Arab manuscripts from the Middle Ages. At that time, the game was shatranj, a game which differed markedly from contemporary chess, although the kings, rooks and knights in fact moved the same as they do today. White can win in several different ways.} 1. Rd1 $1 { (Averbakh says this is the simplest)} Kb8 2. Ka6 $1 Nc5+ ({No better is} 2... Kc8 3. Rc1+ Kb8 4. Rb1 Ka8 5. Kb6 Nd6 (5... Kb8 6. Kc6 Ka8 7. Kc7 $18) 6. Rd1 $18) 3. Kb6 Na4+ (3... Nb7 4. Rd7 Ka8 5. Rh7 $18) 4. Kc6 Nc3 5. Re1 $18 { and the knight is soon lost."} 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1922.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "01.06 Berger"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1n6/1Pk5/8/3K4/1R6/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {B) Rook and Pawn vs Knight Rook and pawn against a knight is quite tricky, if the pawn is blocked and the attacking king can't protect the pawn easily. Usually the drawing chances are not bad: [#] Berger correctly evaluated the position as drawn, but he didn't give the right method of defense. It was found by Frink in 1927:} 1. Rb4 $5 Na5 (1... Nd6 $2 2. Ke5 Nb7 3. Ke6 Nc5+ 4. Ke7 Nb7 5. Rb1 Na5 6. Kd8 Kb7 7. Kd7 Nc4 {[#]was given by Berger but Cheron found} 8. Rb4 Nxb6+ 9. Kd6 Ka7 10. Kc6 Nc8 11. Kc7 $18 {winning the knight.}) 2. Ke4 (2. Ke5 Kc5 3. Rb1 (3. b7 Nc6+ 4. Ke4 Kxb4 $11) 3... Nc4+ 4. Ke6 Nxb6 $11) 2... Nb7 3. Ke5 Nc5 4. Kf5 Nd7 5. b7 Kc7 6. Rb1 Nb8 7. Ke5 Nc6+ 8. Kd5 Nb8 $11 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "02.25 Elkies 1993"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/1R5p/8/6PK/8/b7/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {If the attackler's pawn is on the 5th rank it is deep and different:[#]In the old days this set up was thought also to be drawn, but Noam Elkies found the win without the help of tablebases.The rook wins by using the method of dominating the bishop and a combination of the following plans: A) White's king penetrates via h6 B) White's king penetrates via f6 C) White plays g6 to reach the constellation white Kg6, Rf7 vs black Kg8, which wins regardless of the position os Black's dark squared bishop So let's see a few sample lines:} 1. Rb3 Bd6 2. Kg4 {the king goes backwards to be able to employ plan A and B quickly} Bf8 (2... Bc5 3. Rb5 {the domination game begins} Bd4 ({after} 3... Ba3 {White can use plan B as the bishop has no access to b2} 4. Kf5 Be7 5. Rb8+ Kf7 6. Rb7 $18 {Black can not break this eternal pin, so White's king will now switch to plan A and invade decisively via h6.}) 4. Kh5 {now plan A is right as after} Bc3 (4... Bg7 5. g6 h6 6. Rb8+ Bf8 7. Rxf8+ Kxf8 8. Kxh6 $18) 5. Rb8+ Kg7 6. Rb7+ Kh8 {White can switch to plan C with} 7. g6 h6 8. Kxh6 Bg7+ 9. Kg5 Bd4 10. g7+ Kh7 11. Rf7 Be5 12. g8=Q+ Kxg8 13. Kg6 $18) 3. Kf5 Bc5 4. Rd3 Bb4 5. Kf6 Ba5 6. Rb3 Bd8+ 7. Kf5 Ba5 {[#]} 8. Kg4 {White again threatens to realise plan A so} Bc7 {is called for} 9. Rb5 (9. Kh5 $6 {is met by} Bd6) 9... Bd6 {and finally plan B decides the day as the bishop is dominated:} 10. Kf5 Bc7 11. Rd5 Bb6 12. Kf6 Bc7 13. Rd7 Ba5 14. Rg7+ Kh8 15. Kf7 $18 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "02.61 Kholmov"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/6p1/3B1p1p/5P1P/4k1P1/1r6/5K2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2008.04.25"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {The following important winnong method is dealt with in detail in Y.Averbakh, Rook v. Minor Piece Endings, London 1978, p.80-85, J.Speelman, Endgame Preparation, London 1981, p.95-98 and Hübner inTwenty-Five Annotated Games, Edition Marco 1996, p.26-40:[#]} 1. Bc6 Rd2 2. Kg1 Rd6 3. Bb7 {[#]Now Black's pieces are ideally placed for the following fortress breaker:} g5 $3 4. fxg5 ( 4. hxg5 h4 5. gxh4 (5. Kg2 hxg3 6. Kxg3 Rd4 7. Kh4 Kxf4 8. Kh5 Rd8 9. Kh6 Rh8+ 10. Kg7 Rb8 $19) 5... Kxf4 6. Kg2 Kg4 7. Bc8 Rg6 $5 (7... Rb6 8. Kf2 Rg6 9. Kg2 Kxh4 $19) 8. Kh2 Rc6 9. Bd7 Rc2+ 10. Kg1 Kg3 11. Kf1 f4 12. Ke1 f3 13. Bb5 f2+ 14. Kd1 Rb2 15. Bd3 Rb1+ 16. Bxb1 f1=Q+ $19) 4... f4 5. gxf4 Kxf4 6. Kf2 Rd2+ 7. Kf1 (7. Ke1 Rh2 8. g6 Rxh4 9. Bc8 Kf3 10. Kd2 Rd4+ 11. Kc3 Rd1 $19) 7... Kg3 8. g6 Rd4 9. Bc8 Rf4+ 10. Kg1 (10. Ke2 Rf6 $19) 10... Rc4 11. Ba6 Rc1+ 12. Bf1 Rc7 13. Bb5 {[#]} Rg7 $1 {(Hübner)} 14. Be8 (14. Bd3 Kxh4 15. Kg2 Kg4 16. Be2+ Kg5 17. Bd3 Rd7 18. Be4 Kf4 19. Bb1 Rd2+ 20. Kh3 Rb2 21. g7 Rb3+ 22. Kh4 (22. Kh2 Rg3 $19) 22... Rxb1 $19) 14... Re7 15. Bb5 Kxh4 16. Kf2 Kg5 17. Bd3 Rd7 18. Bb1 Kf4 19. Kg2 Rd2+ 20. Kh3 Rb2 21. g7 Rb3+ 22. Kh2 (22. Kh4 Rxb1 23. Kxh5 Kf5 $19) 22... Rg3 $19 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "E07.01 J.Nunn"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k5/7R/8/3KB3/8/8/8/4r3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]White to move and win} 1. Rc7+ $1 (1. Ke6 $2 Rc1 $1 2. Rg7 Rc2 3. Bf4 Rc4 $11) (1. Kc6 $2 Rc1+ 2. Kd6 Rc2 $11) (1. Kd6 $2 Rc1 $11) 1... Kd8 2. Kd6 $3 Rh1 (2... Rxe5 3. Ra7 $1 $18) (2... Rd1+ 3. Ke6 $1 Rd2 4. Rc4 Ke8 5. Rh4 Rf2 6. Rh7 $18) (2... Re2 3. Rc1 Rd2+ 4. Ke6 $1 $18) 3. Bf6+ $1 Ke8 4. Ke6 $1 Re1+ 5. Be5 $1 Rd1 (5... Kd8 6. Rc2 Re4 7. Rh2 Kc8 8. Rb2 $1 $18) 6. Bc3 $18 * [Event "B -62"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "02.09 Longest win RP"] [Black "B"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6b1/R7/8/8/8/4P3/8/K2k4 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "124"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]} 1... Ke2 2. Re7 $3 Kd2 3. Kb1 $3 Bb3 4. Rg7 $1 Bc2+ 5. Kb2 $3 Be4 6. Rg3 $3 Bd5 7. Rh3 $1 Be6 8. Rh5 $1 Bf7 9. Rh7 $1 Bg6 10. Rh3 $1 Bf5 11. Rg3 $1 Bh7 12. Kb3 $1 Kd3 13. Kb4 $1 Be4 14. Kc5 $1 Bh1 15. Kd6 $1 Ke4 16. Rg1 $1 Bf3 17. Re1 $3 Bg2 18. Ke6 $1 Bh3+ 19. Kf6 $1 Bg4 20. Kg5 $1 Bd7 21. Kh4 $1 Kf3 22. e4 $1 Kf4 23. e5 $3 Be6 24. Kh5 $1 Kf5 25. Kh6 $1 Bd5 26. Kg7 $1 Bc4 27. Kf8 $1 Ke6 28. Ke8 $1 Bd3 29. Kd8 $1 Bf5 30. Re3 $1 Bg4 31. Ke8 $1 Bh5+ 32. Kf8 $1 Bg6 33. Kg7 $1 Bf7 34. Kh6 $1 Bg8 35. Kg5 $1 Bh7 36. Kf4 $1 Bg6 37. Rh3 Bb1 38. Rh6+ Ke7 39. Rh1 Bc2 40. Ke3 $1 Bf5 41. Kd4 $1 Bg4 42. Ke4 $1 Ke6 43. Rh6+ $1 Ke7 44. Ra6 $1 Bd1 45. Ra1 $1 Bc2+ 46. Kd4 $1 Bb3 47. Rb1 $1 Bf7 48. Rb7+ $1 Ke6 49. Rb6+ $1 Ke7 50. Ke4 $1 Bc4 51. Rb2 $1 Ke6 52. Kd4 $1 Bf1 53. Rh2 $1 Bb5 54. Rh6+ $1 Ke7 55. Kd5 $1 Bd3 56. e6 Bf5 57. Ke5 $3 Bd3 58. Rf6 $1 Bc4 59. Rf7+ $1 Ke8 60. Kd6 $1 Bb5 61. Rb7 Ba6 62. Rb8+ $1 Bc8 63. Rxc8# $1 1-0 [Event "B -99"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "02.36 Longest win RP"] [Black "BP"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6p1/8/8/1b6/2k5/6P1/3K2R1 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "198"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]} 1... Kd3 2. Rh1 $3 Bd6 3. Re1 $3 Kd4 4. Ke2 $3 Ke4 5. Kf2+ $3 Kf4 6. Rc1 $3 Be7 7. Rc4+ $3 Kg5 8. Rc6 $3 Kf4 9. Kg1 $1 Bf6 10. Kh2 $3 Kg4 11. Rc5 $3 {zz } Be7 12. Rc4+ $1 Kf5 13. Rc6 $3 Bh4 14. Kh3 $3 Be1 15. Rc1 $3 Bd2 16. Rc2 $1 Be3 17. Kh4 $1 Bg5+ 18. Kg3 $1 Bh6 19. Rc6 $1 Kg5 20. Rd6 g6 21. Rc6 Bg7 22. Kf3 Kf5 23. Ke3 Bh8 24. Kd3 $1 Bg7 25. Kc4 $1 Bh8 26. Kb5 $1 Be5 27. Kc5 $1 Bf4 28. Kd5 $1 Bh6 29. Rc3 Kf6 30. Kd6 $3 Bf4+ 31. Kd7 $1 Be5 32. Re3 $3 Bd4 33. Re7 $1 Bc5 34. Rh7 $3 Be3 35. Ke8 $1 Bf4 36. Rd7 Kf5 37. Rd5+ Kg4 38. Rd3 $3 g5 39. Rf3 Be5 40. Kf7 Bh8 41. Ke6 $1 Bd4 42. Kd5 $1 Bg7 43. Ke4 $1 Bh8 44. Ke3 Bg7 45. Ke2 $1 Bh8 46. Rd3 $1 Kf4 47. Kf2 $1 g4 48. Rd7 Bc3 49. Rf7+ $1 Kg5 50. Re7 Kf4 51. Rd7 $1 Be5 52. Rf7+ $1 Kg5 53. Rb7 $1 Bd6 54. Rb5+ $1 Kh4 55. Rb3 $1 Bc7 56. Ke2 $1 Bd8 57. Kd2 $1 Be7 58. Rd3 Bb4+ 59. Kc2 $1 Bc5 60. Kc3 Bf2 61. Kc4 $1 Kg5 62. Kd5 $1 Kf5 63. Rc3 Bh4 64. Rc4 $1 Bg5 65. Re4 $1 Bh4 66. Kd4 $1 Bg3 67. Ke3 Bf2+ 68. Kd3 $3 Bh4 69. Rc4 Bf2 70. Ke2 $1 Bh4 71. Rd4 $1 Bf6 72. Rd7 $1 Ke4 73. Rc7 Bh4 74. Rf7 $1 Bg3 75. Kd2 $1 Be5 76. Kc2 $1 Kd4 77. Kb3 $1 Kd5 78. Rf1 Bc7 79. Kb4 Bb8 80. Re1 Be5 81. Kb5 $1 Bd6 82. Rd1+ Ke5 83. Kc6 $1 Bb8 84. Rd8 $1 Ba7 85. Rf8 $1 Be3 86. Rf1 g3 87. Re1 Kf4 88. Kd5 $1 Bb6 89. Re4+ Kg5 90. Re5+ $1 Kg4 91. Ke6 $1 Bc7 92. Rf5 Bd8 93. Rb5 Bg5 94. Rb4+ $1 Kh5 95. Re4 $1 Bh6 96. Kf5 $1 Bd2 97. Re7 Bg5 98. Rg7 Kh4 99. Rh7+ $1 Bh6 100. Rxh6# $1 1-0 [Event "W +167"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "04.10 Longest win BBP-11"] [Black "R"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2B5/4Br2/K1k5/8/8/8/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "333"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Bb7+ $3 Kc7 2. Bh4 $3 Kd6 3. Kb6 $3 Ke5 4. Ba8 $3 Rf1 5. Bg3+ $1 Kd4 6. Bd6 $3 Rf7 7. Bc5+ $3 Ke5 8. Be3 $3 Rd7 9. Kc6 $3 Rf7 10. Kb5 $1 Kf5 11. Bf3 $3 Rc7 12. Bc5 $3 Rc8 13. Kb6 $3 Kf4 14. Bd6+ $3 Ke3 15. Bd5 $1 Rh8 16. Bc5+ $3 Kf4 17. Bf2 $1 Rc8 18. Bc6 $3 Rf8 19. Kc7 $1 Kg4 20. Bd7+ $3 Kf4 21. Ba4 $1 Ke5 22. Bc5 $3 Rf7+ 23. Kd8 $3 Kf4 24. Bf2 $3 Rh7 25. Bc6 $1 Rh8+ 26. Ke7 Rh7+ 27. Kd6 $1 Rh6+ 28. Kc5 $1 Rg6 29. Bf3 $1 Ra6 30. Bh4 $3 Ra3 31. Bc6 $1 Rd3 32. Kb6 $3 Rd6 33. Kc7 $3 Rh6 34. Be1 $1 Re6 35. Bf2 $1 Rh6 36. Bf3 $1 Rh1 37. Bd4 $1 Rf1 38. Bc6 $1 Re1 39. Bf2 $1 Re7+ 40. Kd8 $1 Re2 41. Bh4 $1 Rd2+ 42. Kc7 $1 Re2 43. Kd7 $1 Rc2 44. Bb7 Rb2 45. Bf3 $1 Rb3 46. Bc6 $1 Rc3 47. Kd6 $1 Kg4 48. Be1 $1 Rd3+ 49. Kc5 $1 Rd8 50. Bd5 $1 Kf4 51. Kc6 $1 Ra8 52. Bb4 $1 Ra6+ 53. Kd7 $3 Rg6 54. Be1 $1 Ra6 55. Bf2 $1 Ra5 56. Bc6 $1 Ra6 57. Bb7 $1 Rf6 58. Bf3 Rg6 59. Ke7 $1 Ke5 60. Be3 $1 Rg7+ 61. Kf8 $1 Rh7 62. Bd2 $1 Kf6 63. Bc3+ $1 Kf5 64. Bg7 $1 Rh4 65. Kf7 $1 Ra4 66. Bf8 $1 Ra6 67. Bh5 $1 Ra4 68. Be7 $1 Rf4 69. Bf6 $1 Rb4 70. Be2 $1 Ra4 71. Bd1 Rb4 72. Be7 $1 Rd4 73. Bf3 $1 Rd7 74. Ba8 $1 Rd4 75. Bb7 $1 Rd2 76. Bc6 $1 Rd4 77. Ke8 $1 Kg4 78. Bd8 $1 Rc4 79. Bf3+ $3 Kf5 80. Kd7 $1 Rd4+ 81. Ke7 $1 Rc4 82. Bd5 $1 Rc3 83. Kf7 $1 Rc1 84. Bh4 $1 Ra1 85. Bc6 $1 Ra3 86. Be7 $1 Rd3 87. Ke8 $1 Rd4 88. Bc5 $1 Rd2 89. Bb4 $1 Rd4 90. Ba5 $1 Rc4 91. Kd7 $1 Rd4+ 92. Ke7 $1 Rc4 93. Kd6 $1 Rd4+ 94. Bd5 $1 Rd3 95. Kc6 $1 Rd1 96. Bb4 $1 Rc1+ 97. Kd6 $1 Rd1 98. Bc3 $1 Rb1 99. Be6+ $1 Kf4 100. Be5+ $1 Ke4 101. Bd5+ $1 Kf5 102. Bg3 $1 Rd1 103. Bh2 $1 Rd2 104. Kc5 $1 Rc2+ 105. Kd4 $1 Rd2+ 106. Kc4 $1 Rd1 107. Bb7 Rd2 108. Bf3 $1 Rd7 109. Bd5 $1 Rh7 110. Bd6 Rd7 111. Kc5 $1 Ra7 112. Bf3 $1 Ra2 113. Bf8 $1 Kf4 114. Kd5 $1 Ra5+ 115. Bc5 $1 Kg3 116. Kd4 $1 Ra4+ 117. Ke3 Ra6 118. Ke4 $1 Ra4+ 119. Bd4 $1 Rb4 120. Kd3 $1 Rb5 121. Ke3 $1 Ra5 122. Be4 $1 Rb5 123. Ke2 $1 Rg5 124. Kf1 $1 Ra5 125. Kg1 $1 Rb5 126. Bf2+ Kf4 127. Bc6 $1 Rg5 128. Bb6 $1 Rg6 129. Bc7+ $3 Kg5 130. Bf3 $1 Ra6 131. Kf2 $1 Ra7 132. Bd6 Rd7 133. Be5 Re7 134. Bb8 $1 Re8 135. Bd6 $1 Re6 136. Bc7 $1 Ra6 137. g4 $1 Ra7 138. Bb6 $1 Ra6 139. Bc5 $1 Re6 140. Kg3 $1 Re1 141. Bb6 $1 Re8 142. Bd5 Kh6 143. Bb3 $1 Kg5 144. Bc2 $1 Re1 145. Bd3 Re5 146. Bd8+ $1 Kh6 147. Kh4 $1 Kg7 148. g5 $1 Re6 149. Bc7 Re3 150. Bf5 $1 Kf7 151. Bb6 Rb3 152. Bg1 $1 Rb5 153. g6+ Kf6 154. Bd3 $1 Rd5 155. Be4 $3 Rd6 156. Bf2 Rd7 157. Bb6 Rd6 158. Ba5 $1 Re6 159. Bc3+ $1 Ke7 160. Bc2 $1 Rb6 161. g7 Kf7 162. Kh5 $1 Rb8 163. Bd4 Rb7 164. Bd3 Rc7 165. Bb1 $1 Rd7 166. Ba2+ $1 Ke7 167. g8=Q 1-0 [Event "B -169"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "04.17 Longest win BBP-11"] [Black "RP"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3B4/3p4/8/3B4/8/3P4/6kr/2K5 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "338"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]} 1... Kh3 2. Bc7 $3 Rf2 3. Bb6 $3 Rh2 4. Bf3 $1 Kh4 5. Bd8+ $3 Kh3 6. Bh5 $1 Ra2 7. Bb6 $3 Ra6 8. Bf2 $3 Ra5 9. Bd1 $3 Ra2 10. Be1 $3 Ra1+ 11. Kc2 $1 Ra2+ 12. Kb1 $1 Ra8 13. Kb2 $1 Rc8 14. Bh5 $1 Rh8 15. Bg6 $1 Kg4 16. Bd2 $3 Rc8 17. Be4 $3 Kg3 18. Bb4 $3 Kf2 19. Bd6 $3 Ke2 20. Bb7 $3 Rg8 21. Kc3 $3 Rg6 22. Bc5 $1 Rg5 23. Bb4 $1 Ke3 24. Bd6 $1 Rf5 25. Be4 $1 Rh5 26. Ba3 $1 Ke2 27. Bf8 $1 Rg5 28. Be7 $1 Ra5 29. Bd6 $1 Ke3 30. Bf8 $1 Re5 31. Bh6+ $1 Ke2 32. Kd4 $1 Rh5 33. Bf4 $3 Ra5 34. Bd6 $3 Ra4+ 35. Kc3 $3 Ra5 36. Be7 $1 Ke3 37. Bg6 $1 Rd5 38. Ba3 $1 Ra5 39. Bc1+ $1 Kf3 40. Be4+ $3 Kf2 41. Kb4 $1 Ra7 42. Bf4 $3 Ra6 43. d4 $1 Re6 44. Bd3 $3 Kf3 45. Bg5 $3 Re1 46. Bf5 Rg1 47. Bd2 $1 Rd1 48. Kc3 $3 d5 49. Kd3 $1 Rb1 50. Be6 $1 Rb3+ 51. Bc3 $1 Rb5 52. Bg8 $1 Kg3 53. Be1+ $1 Kg4 54. Bd2 $1 Kf3 55. Bf7 $1 Rb3+ 56. Bc3 $1 Rb5 57. Be6 $1 Kg3 58. Bd7 $1 Rb6 59. Bd2 $1 Rb3+ 60. Ke2 $1 Rf3 61. Bc6 Rf6 62. Ba4 $1 Re6+ 63. Kd3 $1 Rb6 64. Bd1 $1 Rb1 65. Ke2 $1 Rb7 66. Ke3 $1 Re7+ 67. Kd3 Rb7 68. Bg5 $1 Rb1 69. Ke2 $1 Ra1 70. Be7 $1 Ra6 71. Kd3 $1 Kf4 72. Bb4 $3 Rb6 73. Bd2+ $1 Kf5 74. Ke3 $3 Rb2 75. Bc1 $1 Rb4 76. Ba3 $1 Rb7 77. Bd6 $1 Rb6 78. Bf4 $1 Ra6 79. Kf3 $1 Ra2 80. Bc1 $3 Ke6 81. Bg5 $3 Ra1 82. Be2 $3 Ra4 83. Ke3 $3 Ra2 84. Bg4+ $1 Kd6 85. Bf6 $3 Ra1 86. Be2 $3 Ke6 87. Bh4 Kf5 88. Bd3+ $1 Ke6 89. Bb5 $1 Ra5 90. Be2 $1 Kf5 91. Bd3+ $1 Kg4 92. Be7 $3 Ra7 93. Bc5 $1 Rf7 94. Be2+ $3 Kf5 95. Ba6 $1 Rc7 96. Bd3+ $1 Ke6 97. Kf4 $1 Rf7+ 98. Kg5 $1 Rf2 99. Ba6 $3 Rg2+ 100. Kf4 $3 Rf2+ 101. Kg4 Rg2+ 102. Kf3 $1 Rc2 103. Bc8+ $1 Kf6 104. Bh3 $1 Rc3+ 105. Kg4 $3 Ke6 106. Bg2 $1 Rc1 107. Kf4 $1 Re1 108. Bf8 $1 Re2 109. Bh3+ $1 Kf7 110. Bc5 $3 Kf6 111. Bb4 $1 Rf2+ 112. Kg4 Re2 113. Kf3 $1 Re4 114. Bc5 $1 Re8 115. Bd6 $1 Re4 116. Bb4 $1 Re8 117. Bf1 Ra8 118. Bg2 $1 Ra4 119. Bc5 $3 Ra2 120. Bd6 $1 Ra4 121. Ke3 $1 Ke6 122. Bb8 $1 Ra2 123. Bh3+ $1 Kf6 124. Bd7 $1 Ra1 125. Be5+ Kg5 126. Bf4+ $1 Kf6 127. Kf3 $1 Ra7 128. Bc8 $1 Ra4 129. Be3 $1 Ra8 130. Bb7 $1 Rd8 131. Bf4 Ke6 132. Kg4 $1 Rg8+ 133. Bg5 $1 Rf8 134. Ba6 $1 Kd7 135. Bb5+ $1 Kd6 136. Bh6 Rf7 137. Be8 $1 Rf2 138. Bf4+ $1 Ke6 139. Bg6 $1 Rg2+ 140. Bg3 $3 Kf6 141. Bh7 $1 Re2 142. Kf4 $1 Re8 143. Bh4+ $1 Ke6 144. Bf5+ $1 Kf7 145. Bg5 $1 Re2 146. Bd8 $1 Re8 147. Bc7 $1 Kf6 148. Be5+ $1 Ke7 149. Bg4 $1 Rf8+ 150. Kg5 $1 Rg8+ 151. Kf5 $1 Rf8+ 152. Kg6 $1 Rf2 153. Kg5 $1 Rf8 154. Bc7 Rf7 155. Bb8 $1 Rf8 156. Ba7 $1 Rf2 157. Bc5+ $1 Kf7 158. Bd6 $1 Rd2 159. Be5 $1 Rc2 160. Kf5 $1 Rd2 161. Bh5+ $1 Ke7 162. Bg7 $1 Rg2 163. Bf6+ $1 Kd6 164. Be5+ $1 Kd7 165. Bf4 $1 Ra2 166. Bf3 Ra5 167. Bg2 Rb5 168. Ke5 $1 Kc6 169. Bd2 $1 Kc7 170. Bxd5 $1 1-0 [Event "W +181"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "05.32 Longest win BNP"] [Black "RP"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4p3/8/8/2K5/8/2N1PB1k/7r w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "361"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]} 1. Bh4 $3 e5 2. Kd3 $3 Rd1+ 3. Ke3 $3 Rc1 4. Kd2 $3 Rb1 5. Bf6 $3 Rb5 6. Na3 $3 Rc5 7. Nb1 $3 Kg3 8. Ke3 $3 {zz} Kg2 9. Kd3 $3 Kg3 10. Nd2 $1 Kf4 11. Bg5+ $3 Kf5 12. Bh4 $3 Rc6 13. Bg3 $3 Rg6 14. Bh2 $3 Rg2 15. Nf1 $3 Rg7 16. Ke3 $1 Rh7 17. Bg3 $3 Rg7 18. Kf2 $1 Rd7 19. Kf3 $1 Ke6 20. Ke4 $3 Rd4+ 21. Ke3 $1 Rg4 22. Kf2 $3 Rg6 23. Nh2 Rf6+ 24. Ke3 $3 Rf5 25. Nf3 Kd5 26. Be1 $1 Rh5 27. Ba5 $1 Rh7 28. Bd8 $1 Rf7 29. Bg5 $1 Rf8 30. Be7 $1 Rf4 31. Bh4 $3 Re4+ 32. Kf2 $3 Rg4 33. Bg3 $3 e4 34. Nh4 $1 Rg7 35. Bf4 $1 Rh7 36. Kg3 $1 Rg7+ 37. Kh3 $1 Rh7 38. Kg4 $1 Rg7+ 39. Kf5 $1 Rf7+ 40. Kg5 $1 Ke6 41. Be3 $1 Rf8 42. Kg4 $1 Rf7 43. Ng2 Rg7+ 44. Kh3 $1 Kf5 45. Bd4 $1 Rg8 46. Ne3+ $1 Ke6 47. Bc3 $1 Rc8 48. Be1 $1 Ke5 49. Bd2 $1 Rg8 50. Bc3+ $1 Ke6 51. Be1 $1 Ke5 52. Ng4+ $1 Ke6 53. Bg3 $1 Rh8+ 54. Kg2 $1 Rg8 55. Ne3 $1 Rf8 56. Be1 Rf7 57. Bd2 $1 Rd7 58. Nf1 $1 Rf7 59. Bc3 $1 Rc7 60. Be1 $1 Rf7 61. Ne3 $1 Rf6 62. Bc3 $1 Rf7 63. Kg3 $1 Rc7 64. Ba5 Ra7 65. Be1 $1 Rf7 66. Ng2 $1 Rf8 67. Bc3 $1 Kd5 68. Bg7 $1 Rf7 69. Ba1 $1 Kc4 70. Ne3+ $1 Kb3 71. Be5 $1 Rf8 72. Bf4 $1 Kc3 73. Ng4 $1 Rf5 74. Be3 $1 Kc4 75. Nf2 Kd5 76. Kg2 $1 Re5 77. Kf1 $1 Kc4 78. Ng4 $1 Re7 79. Bh6 $1 Rf7+ 80. Ke1 $1 Kc3 81. Nf6 $3 Kd4 82. Nh5 $1 Rh7 83. Ng3 $3 Kd5 84. Bf4 $1 Rf7 85. Bd2 $1 Ke5 86. Be3 Rh7 87. Bg5 $1 Rg7 88. Bf4+ $1 Kd5 89. Kd2 $1 Rf7 90. Bh6 $1 Rh7 91. Bf8 $1 Rb7 92. Nh5 Ke5 93. Ke3 $1 Rb3+ 94. Kf2 $3 Kf5 95. Ng3+ $1 Ke5 96. Bg7+ $1 Kd5 97. Nf5 Rb7 98. Ne3+ $3 Ke6 99. Bc3 $1 Rb1 100. Ng2 $1 Rb3 101. Bd4 $1 Rb7 102. Nf4+ $1 Kf5 103. Nh5 $1 Kg4 104. Ng7 $1 Kf4 105. Ne8 $1 Rd7 106. Bc5 $1 Rb7 107. Bd6+ $1 Kf5 108. Bh2 $1 Rb4 109. Ke3 $1 Rb3+ 110. Kd2 $1 Rh3 111. Bc7 $1 Ke6 112. Ba5 $1 Rb3 113. Bc3 $1 Ra3 114. Bd4 Kd5 115. Bf6 Rb3 116. Bc3 $1 Ke6 117. Ng7+ $1 Kd5 118. Nf5 $1 Rb7 119. Ne3+ $1 Ke6 120. Bd4 $1 Rh7 121. Ng4 Rh4 122. Nf6 Kf5 123. Nd5 $1 Rh7 124. Nc3 $1 Kf4 125. Be3+ $1 Ke5 126. Kc2 $1 Rb7 127. Na4 $1 Rg7 128. Bc5 $1 Rb7 129. Kc3 $1 Kd5 130. Be3 Rb5 131. Kc2 $1 Rb7 132. Nb6+ $1 Kd6 133. Kb3 $1 Rg7 134. Bf4+ Kc6 135. Na4 $1 Kd5 136. Be3 $1 Rc7 137. Nc3+ $1 Ke5 138. Kb4 $1 Rc8 139. Bc5 $1 Rd8 140. Kc4 $1 Kf4 141. Be7 $1 Rd7 142. Bf8 $1 Rd8 143. Bh6+ $1 Ke5 144. Be3 $1 Rc8+ 145. Bc5 $1 Rd8 146. Nb5 $1 Kf4 147. Bd4 $1 Rd7 148. Nc3 $1 Rd8 149. Nd5+ $1 Kg3 150. Bc5 $1 Rc8 151. Nc3 $3 Kf4 152. Kd4 $1 Rd8+ 153. Nd5+ $1 Kf5 154. Kc4 $1 Ke5 155. Bd4+ $1 Ke6 156. Nc3 $1 Rc8+ 157. Bc5 $1 Ke5 158. Nb5 $1 Rc6 159. Na7 $1 Rg6 160. e3 $1 Ra6 161. Kb5 $1 Rh6 162. Nc6+ $1 Kd5 163. Nb4+ $1 Ke6 164. Kc4 $1 Rh7 165. Nc2 Ke5 166. Bb6 $1 Rb7 167. Kc5 $1 Rd7 168. Nd4 $1 Rd5+ 169. Kc4 Rd7 170. Ne2 $1 Rb7 171. Kc5 $1 Kf5 172. Nd4+ Kg4 173. Kc6 $1 Rb8 174. Bc7 $1 Rc8 175. Kd6 $3 Kh3 176. Ne6 $1 Re8 177. Kd5 $1 Re7 178. Bb8 Rb7 179. Bd6 Rd7 180. Ng5+ Kg2 181. Nxe4 $3 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "13"] [White "E01.02 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Ringoir, Tanguy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2506"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/6k1/8/r7/5NK1 w - - 0 86"] [PlyCount "6"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]White lost the blitz game. What should he have played?} 86. Ne3+ $2 (86. Nh2+ Kg3 87. Nf1+ Kh3 88. Ne3 $11) (86. Kh1 $2 Kf3 87. Nh2+ Kf2 88. Ng4+ Kg3 $19) 86... Kf3 87. Nf1 (87. Nf5 Ra4 88. Kh2 Rf4 $19) 87... Ra1 88. Kh2 Rxf1 0-1 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1925.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "E02.01 Platov, V."] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/R7/8/4K3/7b/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "9"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]White to move and win} 1. Kf5 $1 (1. Rf7 $2 Kg8 2. Ke6 Bg5 $11) 1... Kg8 2. Ra4 $1 Be1 (2... Bf2 3. Kg6 Kf8 4. Rf4+ $18) (2... Bg3 3. Rg4+ $18) (2... Bd8 3. Ra8 $18) (2... Be7 3. Kg6 Kf8 4. Ra8+ $18) 3. Kg6 Kf8 4. Rf4+ Ke7 5. Re4+ $18 * [Event "YUG-ch"] [Site "Belgrade "] [Date "1998.03.17"] [Round "4"] [White "E03.01 Velimirovic, Dragoljub"] [Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B14"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2460"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4Rnk1/8/8/5PK1/6n1/8/8/8 b - - 0 80"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "1998.03.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#] Black to move and draw} 80... Nh2 $2 (80... Kf7 $1 81. Ra8 Ne5 82. Ra7+ Nfd7 $11) (80... Nf2 $2 81. Kf6 Ng4+ 82. Ke7 $18) 81. Kf4 Kf7 82. Re2 Nf1 83. Rf2 Kf6 84. Rxf1 1-0 [Event "Elekes Memorial"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "E04.01 Holzke, Frank"] [Black "Tolnai, Tibor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D76"] [WhiteElo "2395"] [BlackElo "2490"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1k6/3r4/P3K3/2B5/4B3/8/8/8 w - - 0 82"] [PlyCount "1"] [EventDate "1992.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [EventCategory "8"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]Find White's quickest winning move in DTM metric!} 82. Kf6 $5 {1-0 and Black is in deadly zugzwang and resigned.} 1-0 [Event "1st Alghero Open"] [Site "Alghero ITA"] [Date "2011.08.27"] [Round "2.1"] [White "E06.01 Sokolov, Ivan"] [Black "Collutiis, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2468"] [Annotator "Müller,Konoval"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k5/p2R3p/2P5/2r5/2N5/8/3K4/8 w - - 0 53"] [PlyCount "7"] [EventDate "2011.08.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "URME"] [Source "Russell"] [SourceDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]Sokolov found a nice finish. Can you do the same?} 53. Nd6+ Kb8 54. c7+ { and Black resigned due to} (54. Rb7+ Ka8 55. c7 {wins as well.}) 54... Rxc7 55. Rd8+ Rc8 56. Rxc8# 1-0