Games
[Event "Pawn endgames"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pawn endgames"]
[Black "Position 1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Opposition"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/2k5/8/2K5/2P5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
{[%mdl 4096]} 1. Kb3 Kb5 $1 {The black king prevents the advance of the white
king.} (1... Kd5 $4 2. Kb4 $18 {[%csl Rd4,Re4,Re5,Re6][%cal Yc2c7,Gd5d6,Gd5c6]}
Kd6 (2... Kc6 3. Kc4 Kb6 4. Kd5 Kc7 5. Kc5 Kd7 6. Kb6 Kd6 7. c4 Kd7 8. c5 Kc8
9. Kc6 (9. c6 $4 Kb8 10. c7+ Kc8 $11) 9... Kd8 (9... Kb8 10. Kd7 Kb7 11. c6+
Kb8 12. c7+ Kb7 13. c8=Q+ $18) 10. Kb7 Kd7 11. c6+ Kd8 12. c7+ Kd7 13. c8=Q+
$18) 3. Kb5 Kc7 4. Kc5 Kb7 5. c3 (5. c4 $4 Kc7 6. Kd5 Kd7 7. Kc5 Kc7 8. Kb5 Kb7
{[%csl Rb6,Rc6,Rd6]}) (5. Kd6 Kc8 6. Kc6 Kd8 7. c4 (7. c3 Kc8 8. c4 Kb8 9. c5
Kc8 10. Kd6 Kd8 11. c6 Kc8 12. c7 Kb7 13. Kd7 $18) 7... Kc8 8. c5 Kd8 9. Kb7
Kd7 10. c6+ Kd8 11. c7+ Kd7 12. c8=Q+ $18) 5... Kc7 6. c4 Kc8 (6... Kb7 7. Kd6)
{[%tqu "En","","","","c5c6","",10]} 7. Kc6 (7. Kb6 $5 Kb8 8. Kc6 Kc8 {[%tqu
"En","","","","c4c5","",10]} 9. c5 $1 $18) 7... Kd8 8. Kb7 Kd7 9. c5 Kd8 10. c6
Ke7 11. c7 Kd7 12. c8=Q+ $18) 2. c4+ (2. c3 Kc5 $11 {does not change anything.}
) 2... Kc5 3. Kc3 Kc6 4. Kd4 Kd6 5. c5+ Kd7 6. Kd5 Kc7 7. c6 Kc8 8. Kd6 Kd8 9.
c7+ Kc8 {finally the critical position has arisen. The situation is
characterised by mutual zugzwang. The right to move is a disadvantage for both
sides. If White has to move he must play 1.Kc6 leading to stalemate and a draw.
If Black has to move he has to play 1...Kb7 which is answered by 2.Kd7 and the
pawn will promote to a queen. White has therefore to aim for this position
with Black to move, whereas Black will strive for this position with White to
move.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Pawn endgames"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pawn endgames"]
[Black "Position 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Opposition"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7k/5K2/6P1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
{[%cal Gg5g6,Gf6f7][%evp 0,11,29965,29966,29963,29962,29963,29964,29979,29980,
29981,29982,29983,29974]} {[%tqu "En","","","","f6f7","White intends to keep
his king in front of the pawn.",10,"g5g6","would be a blunder",0]} 1. Kf7 {
White intends to keep his king in front of the pawn.} (1. g6+ $2 {[%cal Gh7g8,
Gh7h8,Rh7h6] would be a blunder} {[%tqu "En","","","","h7h8","",10,"h7g8","",0]
} Kh8 (1... Kg8 $4 2. g7 {[%csl Rf7,Rf8,Rh8][%cal Gg8h7]} Kh7 3. Kf7 $18) (1...
Kh6 $4 2. g7 $18 Kh7 3. Kf7 $18) 2. g7+ {[%csl Gg8,Rh7]} (2. Kf7 $11) 2... Kg8
{[%cal Gf6g6,Gf6g5,Gf6f5,Gf6e5,Gf6e6,Gf6e7]} (2... Kh7 $4 3. Kf7 $18) 3. Kg6
$11 {Stalemate.}) 1... Kh8 {[%tqu "En","","","","f7g6","",10,"g5g6","Stalemate.
",0]} 2. Kg6 $1 (2. g6 $2 $11 {Stalemate.}) 2... Kg8 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"g6h6","",10,"g6f6","does not spoil anything, but it is the wrong method.",0]}
3. Kh6 (3. Kf6 $6 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gg8h8,Gg8h7] does not spoil anything, but it is
the wrong method.} Kh7 (3... Kf8 4. g6 Kg8 5. g7 Kh7 6. Kf7 $18) (3... Kh8 4.
g6 Kg8 5. g7 Kh7 6. Kf7 $18) 4. Kf7 (4. g6+ $2 Kh8 (4... Kg8 $4 5. g7 Kh7 6.
Kf7 $18) 5. g7+ Kg8 $11) 4... Kh8 {now he got it} {[%tqu "En","","","","f7g6",
"",10,"g5g6","",0]} 5. Kg6 {[%cal Gg6f6,Gf6f7,Gf7g6]} (5. g6 $11) 5... Kg8 6.
Kh6 $18) 3... Kh8 (3... Kf8 4. g6 (4. Kh7 Kf7 5. g6+ $18) 4... Kg8 5. g7 Kf7 6.
Kh7 $18) 4. g6 {The pawn advance forces the black king to give up opposition.}
Kg8 5. g7 {[%csl Rh7,Rh8][%cal Yh6h7,Yg7h8,Gh6g7,Gg7g8,Gg8f7]} Kf7 6. Kh7 $18 {
[%cal Yh7g8] The white king controls the promotion square g8 and the his pawn
will promote to a queen in the next move.} 1-0
[Event "Pawn endgames"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pawn endgames"]
[Black "Position 3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Critical squares"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/8/8/8/8/2P5/8/3K4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
{[%evp 0,25,1016,1015,1015,1014,1015,1015,1015,1016,1022,1032,29961,29964,
29965,29966,29969,29970,29971,29972,29973,29974,29977,29978,29979,29980,29989,
29990]} {[%tqu "En","","","","d1c2","The only method to achieve a win.",10,
"c3c4","",0,"d1d2","",0]} 1. Kc2 $1 {The only method to achieve a win.} (1. c4
$2 Ke8 2. Kc2 Kd7 3. Kc3 Kc6 4. Kb4 Kb6 {[%csl Ra5,Gb4,Rb5,Rc5]} 5. c5+ Kc6 $11
) (1. Kd2 $2 Ke7 2. Kd3 Kd7 $1 {Black has the so-called 'distant opposition'.
} 3. Kc4 (3. Kd4 Kd6 4. Kc4 Kc6 $11) 3... Kc6 $1 4. Kd4 Kd6 5. c4 (5. Kc4 Kc6
6. Kb4 Kb6 $11 {[%csl Rb5,Rc5,Rd5]}) 5... Kc6 6. c5 $11) 1... Ke7 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","c2b3","",10,"c2d3","would be a blunder",0]} 2. Kb3 $1 (2. Kd3 $2 {
would be a blunder} Kd7 {The black king takes the distant opposition.} 3. Kd4 (
3. Kc4 Kc6 {1/2-1/2}) 3... Kd6 4. c4 (4. Kc4 Kc6) 4... Kc6 5. c5 Kd7 6. Kd5 Kc7
7. c6 Kc8 8. Kd6 Kd8 {1/2-1/2} 9. c7+ Kc8 10. Kc6) 2... Kd6 (2... Kd7 3. Kb4 (
3. c4 $4 Kc6 4. Kb4 Kb6 5. c5+ Kc6 6. Kc4 $11) 3... Kc7 4. Kc5 $18 {does not
change anything.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","b3b4","",10,"b3c4","",0]} 3. Kb4 (3.
Kc4 $4 Kc6 $11 {[%csl Rb5,Rc5,Rd5][%cal Gc4d4,Gc6d6,Gc4b4,Gc6b6]}) 3... Kc6 4.
Kc4 {Now Black is in zugzwang.} Kb6 {[%tqu "En","","","","c4d5","",10]} 5. Kd5
Kc7 6. Kc5 Kb7 7. Kd6 Kb6 (7... Kc8 8. c4 Kd8 9. c5 Kc8 10. Kc6 Kd8 11. Kb7 $18
) 8. c4 Kb7 9. c5 Kc8 10. Kc6 Kb8 11. Kd7 Kb7 12. c6+ Kb8 13. c7+ 1-0
[Event "II h Israel (ch)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ben Ari, Yannay"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Afek,Yochanan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2Rb2bk/2pP2p1/6Qp/1P2q2P/6P1/5P1K/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "148 Combinations Section"]
[Source "Chess Informant"]
[SourceDate "2021.06.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.06.13"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{Diagram [#]} {[%tqu "En","","","","d7h3","",10]} 1... Bh3 $1 {[%cal Re4g2,
Re4h1]} 2. f3 {[%csl Rf3]} (2. Kxh3 Qh1# {[%csl Rg2,Rg4,Rh2][%cal Rh5g4] #}) {
[%tqu "En","","","","e4f3","",10]} 2... Qxf3 {[%cal Rf3g2,Rf3h1]} {[%tqu "En",
"","","","c7g7","",10]} 3. Rxg7+ $1 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Kxg7 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"g5e7","",10]} 4. Qe7+ {[%cal Gg7g8,Gg7h8,Gg7h6]} Qf7 ({Stockfish 271221:} 4...
Kg8 5. Qe8+ Kg7 6. Qe7+ Kh6 7. Qg5+ Kg7 {[%eval 0,105] [%wdl 38,923,39]}) ({
Stockfish 271221:} 4... Kh8 5. Qe8+ Kg7 6. Qe7+ Kg8 7. Qe8+ Kg7 {[%eval 0,105]
[%wdl 38,923,39]}) ({Stockfish 271221:} 4... Kh6 5. Qg5+ Kh7 6. Qe7+ Kh8 7.
Qe8+ Kg7 8. Qe7+ Kh8 {[%eval 0,105] [%wdl 38,923,39]}) {[%tqu "En","","","",
"h2h3","",10]} 5. Kxh3 (5. Qxf7+ Kxf7 6. Kxh3 Ke6 $11) 5... Qxe7 6. dxe7 Kf7 {
[%tqu "En","","","","g3g4","",10]} 7. g4 Kxe7 $11 *
[Event "European Women-ch 2021"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "2021.08.20"]
[Round "11.20"]
[White "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Black "Schulze, Lara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[Annotator "Reeh, Oliver"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,61,38,39,39,35,25,17,12,-38,-22,-80,-69,-47,-6,-51,-8,-8,45,45,3,12,5,
9,-8,-22,21,1,31,20,53,-26,47,35,48,38,38,9,21,12,25,21,21,5,46,29,134,176,444,
631,600,656,656,653,653,671,671,660,680,301,301,295,295,251]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4
Nc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 d6 13. Bf4 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Bd6 15. Qe3 Bxf4
16. Qxf4 Be6 17. Rfe1 c6 18. Na4 Bd5 19. Nc5 b6 20. Na4 b5 21. Nc5 {[%tqu "En",
"How can Black seize the initiative?","The Nc5 is unprotected.","","a6a5","",0,
"d5g2","Excellent - you have recognized White's weak spot!",3,"De","Wie kann
Schwarz die Initiative ergreifen?","Der Sc5 ist ungedeckt.","","a6a5","",0,
"d5g2","Ausgezeichnet - Sie haben den wei遝n Schwachpunkt erkannt!",3]} a5 (
21... Bxg2 $1 22. Kxg2 {[%tqu "En","Continuation?","","","d8d5","A check,
attacking the unprotected Nc5. And 23.Ne4 is of course followed by ...",1,
"De","Fortsetzung?","","","d8d5","Schach, mit Angriff gegen den ungedeckten
Sc5. Und nach 23.Se4 folgt nat黵lich ...",1]} Qd5+ {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5g2,
Gd5c5]} 23. Ne4 {[%tqu "En","What now?","","","f7f5","... followed by 24...
fxe4 and Black is fine.",1,"De","Was nun?","","","f7f5","... nebst 24...fxe4
und Schwarz steht gut.",1]} f5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd5g2]} 24. Rad1 fxe4 {[%cal
Gf8f4,Gd1d5]}) 22. Re3 $5 {[%csl Rg3,Rh3][%cal Ga1e1,Ge3g3,Ge3h3]} Bxg2 $4 {
[%tqu "En","Changeover - position with a white rook on e3! Now Black's 22...
Bxg2?? was a blunder. Why so?","","","e3g3","Yep - this mobile rook makes all
the difference! White threatens both 24.Rxg2 and ...",2,"De","Seitenwechsel -
Stellung mit einem wei遝n Turm auf e3! Jetzt war 22...Lxg2?? von Schwarz ein
Bock. Wieso dieses??","","","e3g3","Genau - dieser mobile Turm macht den
ganzen Unterschied! Wei?droht sowohl 24.Txg2 als auch ...",2]} 23. Rg3 $1 {
[%csl Gg3][%cal Gg3g2]} (23. Kxg2 $2 Qd5+ {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5g2,Gd5c5]} 24.
Ne4 f5 $1) 23... Bd5 (23... Qd5 24. Rc1 {[%csl Rg2]} Bh1 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"f2f3","",1]} 25. f3) {[%tqu "En","Continuation?","","","f4h6","The mate
threat 25.Qxg7++ can be parried only by 24...g6.",2,"De","Fortsetzung?","","",
"f4h6","Die Mattdrohung 25.Dxg7++ l鋝st sich nur durch 24...g6 parieren.",2]}
24. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh6g7,Gg3g7]} g6 {[%tqu "En","And finally ...","",
"","g3h3","This rook again! Qxh7+ cannot be prevented - +-!",1,"De","Und
schlie遧ich ...","","","g3h3","Wieder dieser Turm! Dxh7+ ist nicht zu
verhindern - +-!",1]} 25. Rh3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh3h7]} Re8 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27.
Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qe5+ Be6 29. Nxe6 Qd6 30. Qxd6+ Kxd6 31. Nf4 1-0
[Event "EU-chT 05th Group4"]
[Site "Bamberg "]
[Date "1972.03.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Berg, Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1972.03.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]
{[%evp 0,51,27,25,70,51,51,31,31,31,32,55,100,71,71,51,71,39,43,7,33,21,14,10,
7,-2,-1,-31,-2,-2,13,4,122,126,123,128,133,-155,219,219,221,200,284,245,245,
253,266,247,261,283,281,281,887,895]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6
5. Nc3 d6 {Defending the slightly weak spot on d6 thus avoiding ideas
involving Ndb5 for White.} ({However} 5... Qc7) ({and} 5... Nf6 {are more
popular alternatives.}) 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Qe2 {Preparing for long
castling while White's queen also keeps an eye on g4 to avoid ...Ng4 from
Black.} a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 {Putting the bishop to a safer square while
wating for black's next.} b5 11. Nxc6 {A good moment to exchange on c6 as now
Black can no longer recapture with the pawn and strengthen his centre. This
also rules out moves like ...Na5 from Black which might be slightly annoying.}
Qxc6 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. Rhe1 {Defending the e4-pawn while also getting the last
piece into action.} Rc8 {Black delays castling for good reason but this was
not the best way to do it. After this Black's situation is already very
critical.} (13... Qc7 $5 {would have moved away from the exploited position of
the queen on c6. Now White would have to count on ...b4 coming up and Black is
also ready to castle short and complete his development. With that said White
is still to be preferred following} 14. a3 O-O 15. Kb1 {with a continous
initiative.}) ({The immediate and rather logical continuation} 13... O-O {
would similar to the game run into the tactic} 14. Nd5 $1 {after which White
is much better, e.g.} exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bg5+ ({or} 16... Qxd5 17.
Qxe7 $16) 17. Be3 $16) 14. f4 {Preparing e5 to open the centre. This
practically forces Black to castle or else an opening of the e-file would get
his monarch on e8 in serious trouble.} O-O (14... Qc7 $2 {is too slow now due
to} 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qc6 17. f5 $18 {with a crushing position for White.})
{[%tqu "En","","","","c3d5","A very nice tactical blow right in time before
Black is able to consolidate.",10]} 15. Nd5 $1 {A very nice tactical blow
right in time before Black is able to consolidate.} Qe8 (15... exd5 {is also
much better for White following} 16. exd5 Nxd5 ({Or} 16... Qd7 17. Qxe7 Rfe8
18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Kd2 $16 {with a pawn up and a distinct advantage for White.})
{[%tqu "En","","","","d4g7","",10]} 17. Bxg7 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re2e7]} Kxg7
18. Bxd5 Qc7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qxe7 Qxg2 $5 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rc8c2]} 21. Re2 ({
Stockfish 271221:} 21. Rd2 $5 Qg6 (21... Qg4) 22. Qb7 Qf6 23. Qxa6 Ra8 24. Rg1+
Kh8 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxa2 27. Rg2 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 b4 29. Rd4 Rb8 30. b3 Rh1
31. Ke2 f5 32. Kd2 Rf1 33. Rc4 Rh1 34. Rc5 Rd8+ 35. Ke3 Rc1 36. Rg5 Rh1 37.
Rgxf5 Rxh2 38. Rc7 Rh3+ 39. Ke4 Rb8 40. Rg5 Rh1 41. Rc4 Rd1 42. Ke3 Re8+ 43.
Kf3 Rf1+ 44. Kg4 Rg1+ 45. Kh4 $18 {[%eval 291,38] [%wdl 992,8,0]}) ({Stockfish
271221:} 21. Rg1 $4 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 Rxb2+ 23. Ka1 Rxa2+ 24. Kb1 Rb2+ 25. Ka1 $11
{[%eval 0,38] [%wdl 29,943,28]}) 21... Qg4 22. Qe3 {[%cal Gd1g1]} Kh8 23. Rxd6
$16) 16. Nxf6+ {White opens up the g-file in front of Black's king creating a
dangerous mating attack.} gxf6 17. f5 e5 {[%tqu "En","","","","e2h5",
"Intending Rd3-h3 with checkmate to follow. Black is now forced to give up
plenty of material just to survive.",10,"d1d3","",10]} 18. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Gd1d3,
Gd3h3] Intending Rd3-h3 with checkmate to follow. Black is now forced to give
up plenty of material just to survive.} ({Another route was} 18. Rd3 $5 Kh8 19.
Rh3 Rg8 20. Be3 Rg7 21. Bh6 Qg8 22. Bxg7+ Qxg7 23. Kb1 $18 {[%cal Rg2g4] when
White also is an exchange up resulting in a won position.}) 18... Kh8 19. Rd3
Rg8 {[%tqu "En","","","","b3f7","",10]} 20. Bxf7 Qf8 21. Bxg8 Qxg8 22. Bc3 d5 {
Black desperately searhces for counterplay but this merely helps White to
conclude a mating attack.} ({The active} 22... Qxa2 $4 {does not bother White
too much. Although he should be slightly careful it's rather Black that loses
an important defender of his king.} {[%tqu "En","","","","b2b3","threatening
the deadly Rh3.",10] A strong continuation is} 23. b3 $18 {[%csl Ra1,Ga3,Ra4,
Ra5,Rb2][%cal Gd3h3] threatening the deadly Rh3.}) 23. Rg3 Qe8 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8
25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Rxe5 $1 {A nice victory for White who made good use of his
development advantage, grabbing the timely opportunity of the tactical 15 Nd5!.
} (26. Rxe5 fxe5 27. Bxe5+ Bf6 28. Bxf6#) 1-0