Games
[Event "FIDE Chesscom Grand Swiss 2021"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "8.53"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Reeh, Oliver"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Tiebreak "Cut1 Buchholz+Sonneborn-Berger (Swiss)"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. e4
Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nh2 Nc7 12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 f6 14. Ndf3 fxe5 15.
fxe5 Nb5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. a4 Nc7 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. h4 h6 21. h5 Bh7
22. g5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Bf5 24. Qg3 Nxe5 25. h6 Qf6 26. Ne4 dxe4 27. dxe4 g6 28.
Rae1 Rae8 29. exf5 exf5 30. Qb3+ Ne6 31. Qxb7 Rf7 32. Qb4 Ng5 {[%tqu "En","How
can White get the advantage?","Use some pins!","","h2g4","Excellent! White's
knight enters the fight, using the force of his rooks on the e- and f-file.
Black replies ...Ngf3+. Perhaps this is a good moment to pause once more and
calculate as far as possible (unless you have done that already, of course :-).
",3,"De","Wie kommt Wei?in Vorteil?","Nutzen Sie ein paar Fesselungen!","",
"h2g4","Ausgezeichnet! Der Springer zieht in den Kampf, unter Ausnutzung der
Kraft der wei遝n T黵me in der e- und f-Linie. Schwarz erwidert ...Sgf3+
Vielleicht ist dies ein guter Moment, erneut innezuhalten und so weit wie
m鰃lich zu rechnen (sofern Sie das nicht bereits getan haben, versteht sich :-)
.",3]} 33. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Ge1e8,Gf1f6,Rg5f3] 两重牵制} Ngf3+ (
33... Nxg4 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Rd1 $18 {白方获得物质优势}) (33... fxg4
34. Rxf6 $18) (33... Nef3+ {[%tqu "En","","","","g2f3","",3]} 34. Bxf3 $1 {
Stockfish 271221:} Qd8 ({Stockfish 271221:} 34... Nxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1
Qd4+ 37. Nf2 Kh7 38. Qe6 Qd7 39. Re3 Qxe6 40. Rxe6 c5 41. Rc6 Kxh6 42. Rxc5 g5
43. Nd3 $18 {白方获得明显的子力优势} g4 44. b4 Kg5 45. b5 Kh4 46.
Ne5 Rh7 47. Kg2 Rh6 48. a5 Re6 49. Kf2 Kh3 50. Rc8 g3+ 51. Kf3 Rh6 52. Rg8 Kh2
53. Rxg3 {[%eval 746,32] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) ({Stockfish 271221:} 34... fxg4 35.
Rxe8+ Kh7 36. Bg2 Nf3+ 37. Bxf3 gxf3 38. Qg4 f2+ 39. Kh1 c5 40. Re6 Qf5 41.
Qxf5 Rxf5 42. Kg2 Kxh6 {[%eval 769,31] [%wdl 1000,0,0][%cal Rf1f2]
白方获得子力优势}) ({Stockfish 271221:} 34... Nh3+ 35. Kg2 fxg4 36.
Rxe8+ Kh7 37. Qxg4 Nf4+ 38. Kh1 Qf5 39. Qxf5 Rxf5 40. Be4 $18 Rf7 41. Bxg6+
Kxg6 42. Re4 Kg5 43. Rf2 {[%eval 899,31] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) 35. Ne5 $18 {
白方拥有子力优势} Rc7 36. Rd1 Qf6 37. Nd7 Qe6 38. Qd4 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 Qxd4
40. Rxd4 Re6 41. Rfd1 Nf7 42. a5 Nxh6 43. Nc5 Re5 44. b4 Rce7 45. Rd7 g5 46.
R1d6 Nf7 47. Rxe7 Rxe7 48. Rxc6 Ne5 49. Re6 Rxe6 50. Nxe6 Kf7 51. Nd4 g4 52.
Bd5+ Kf6 53. c3 Ng6 54. Kg1 Nf4 55. Bb3 Ne2+ 56. Nxe2 Ke5 57. Kf2 f4 {[%eval
738,32] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) {[%tqu "En","The right capture?","","","g2f3","Good!
After ...fxg4 you'll have to deliver once more!",2,"f1f3","",0,"De","Der
richtige Schlagzug?","","","g2f3","Gut! Aber nach ...fxg4 m黶sen Sie schon
wieder liefern!",2,"f1f3","",0]} 34. Bxf3 {[%cal Rf5g4]} (34. Rxf3 $2 Nxf3+ $19
) 34... fxg4 (34... Nxf3+ 35. Rxf3 {[%cal Gb4e1]} Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Qd4+ 37. Nf2
$18) {[%tqu "En","There we are - what now?","","","f3d5","Clearing the f-file
and creating a new pin!",3,"f3g2","",0,"De","Da w鋜en wir - was nun?","","",
"f3d5","R鋟mt die f-Linie und schafft eine neue Fesselung!",3,"f3g2","",0]} 35.
Bd5 $1 {[%csl Ge5,Gf6,Gf7][%cal Gf1f6,Gd5g8,Ge1e8] 漂亮的双重攻击} (35.
Bg2 Nf3+) (35. Bxg4 $14) 35... Nf3+ {[%tqu "En","Once again - the right
capture?","","","f1f3","Yep - White keeps every vis-?vis open! Good thing
that 36...Rxe1+ can be met by 37.Qxe1!, , isn't it?",2,"De","Und noch einmal -
richtiger Schlagzug?","","","f1f3","Genau - Wei?h鋖t alle Visavis offen! Gut,
dass nach 36...Txe1+ 37.Dxe1! geht, was?",2]} 36. Rxf3 {[%cal Gf3f6,Gd5g8,
Gb4e1,Ye8e1]} (36. Bxf3 Rxe1 $19 37. Qxe1 {Stockfish 271221:} gxf3 ({Stockfish
271221:} 37... Qd4+ $2 38. Qf2 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 gxf3 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Rxf3 Rxf3+
42. Kxf3 Kxh6 43. b4 Kg5 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. c4 Ke6 46. Kd4 a6 47. Ke4 Kd6 48. Kf4
Ke6 49. b5 g5+ 50. Kg4 cxb5 51. cxb5 axb5 52. axb5 Kd7 53. b6 Kc8 $11 {[%eval
8,26] [%wdl 33,948,19]}) 38. Qe3 Kh7 39. Rf2 Qf5 40. a5 Qxa5 41. Kh2 Qd5 42. b4
Qd6+ 43. Kh3 Qxb4 44. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 45. Qxf3 Qc5 46. Qf7+ Kxh6 47. Qf4+ Kg7 48.
Qc7+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Ke5 50. Qd2 Ke6 51. Qd8 a5 52. Qg8+ Ke5 53. Qh8+ Ke4 $19 {
[%eval -539,26] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) 36... Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Gb4e1]}
Qd4+ (37... gxf3 {[%tqu "En","And the final move, please.","","","e1e8","...
and White wins the pinned Rf7.",1,"De","Und den Schlusszug, bitte.","","",
"e1e8","... und Wei?gewinnt den gefesselten Tf7.",1]} 38. Qe8+ {[%csl Rf7,Rf8,
Rg7,Rh8][%cal Gg8h7,Rd5g8,Re8g8]} Kh7 {Stockfish 271221:} 39. Qxf7+ Qxf7 40.
Bxf7 $18 g5 41. Kf2 Kxh6 42. Kxf3 Kg7 43. Bc4 Kf6 44. c3 Ke5 45. a5 Kf5 46.
Bd3+ Ke5 47. Kg4 Kf6 48. Bc4 {[%eval 1469,48] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) 38. Rf2 {
and Black gave up due to und Schwarz gab auf wegen} Qxd5 39. Qe8+ {[%cal Rf2f7,
Re8f7,Gd5f7,Gg8h7]} 1-0
[Event "chess.com (ol-rapid) 145/115"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Perunovic,Milos"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "146 Best Game"]
[Source "Chess Informant"]
[SourceDate "2020.12.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.12.09"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,58,19,31,19,-16,26,22,38,43,44,7,-6,3,30,9,26,24,29,17,29,31,10,9,11,
13,11,10,10,12,50,1,4,8,5,-66,-41,-76,-72,-90,79,-79,21,-68,5,-39,-59,-49,-42,
-145,-144,-144,-144,-270,-252,-236,-264,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2
Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 $6 (11... dxc4) 12. cxd5 cxd5 (12... Nxd5 {
- 86/381}) 13. Kb1 a6 14. Rc1 {Diagram [#]} Qb8 $146 (14... Qb6) 15. h4 (15. e4
$1 dxe4 16. fxe4 e5 17. Bc4 O-O 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. Bc6
Qxb3 22. axb3 exd4 $14) 15... b5 16. a4 O-O 17. a5 (17. axb5 $6 axb5 18. Bxb5 (
18. Nxb5 Ra6 $17 {[%cal Ra8a1]}) 18... Nb6 19. e4 Qa7 $17) 17... Rc8 18. Bd3 $6
(18. g4 Qg3 19. Be2 Rab8 20. Na2 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 $14) 18... Qg3 $1 19. Rcg1 Rc4
$5 (19... Nb8 $5 20. Ne2 Qc7 21. h5 g5 $13) 20. f4 $6 {Diagram [#]} (20. Bxc4
dxc4 21. Ne2 (21. Qc2 b4 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Rc1 Rc8 $44 (23... c3 24. Nxc3 bxc3
25. Bxc3 $13)) 21... Qc7 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 b4 $44) 20... Rac8 $6 (20... Rxd4
$1 21. Ne2 (21. exd4 Qxd3+ 22. Qc2 Qxd4 $17) 21... Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qg4 23. Nd4
Ne4 $15) 21. Qd1 (21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qd1 b4 23. Rh3 Qg4 24. Qxg4 Nxg4 25. Ne4
$16) 21... b4 22. Ne2 Qg4 23. Nc1 Ne4 $3 24. Be2 $2 (24. Qxg4 Nxd2+ 25. Ka1 (
25. Ka2 b3+ 26. Ka1 Ra4+ 27. Na2 Rxa2#) 25... b3 26. Bb1 Ra4+ 27. Na2 bxa2 28.
Bxa2 {Diagram [#]} Nc5 $3 29. dxc5 (29. b4 Ncb3+ 30. Kb2 Rxa2+ 31. Kxa2 Rc2+
32. Ka3 Nc4+ 33. Kxb3 Rb2+ 34. Kc3 Bxb4+ 35. Kd3 Rd2# {#}) 29... Rxa2+ $1 (
29... Rxc5 $19) 30. Kxa2 Rxc5 31. b4 Rc2+ 32. Ka3 Nc4+ 33. Kb3 (33. Ka4 {
Stockfish 271221:} Rc3 ({Stockfish 271221:} 33... Ra2+ 34. Kb3 Rb2+ 35. Kc3
Bf6+ 36. Kd3 Rd2# {[%eval -32759,22] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) 34. Rb1 (34. Ra1 Nb2#)
34... Ra3# {[%eval -32763,21] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) 33... Rb2+ 34. Kc3 Bf6+ 35. Kd3
Rd2# {#}) (24. Bxe4 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 dxe4 26. g4 Nf6 27. g5 Nd5 $13) 24... Qf5 25.
Bd3 Ndf6 26. g4 $2 (26. Nb3 Ng4 27. Rf1 Rb8 $17) 26... Nxg4 $1 27. Rxg4 {
Diagram [#] } Qxg4 $3 28. Qxg4 Nxd2+ 29. Ka1 (29. Ka2 b3+ 30. Nxb3 Ra4# {#})
29... Rxc1+ (29... Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bb1 Rxb1+ 32. Ka2 b3#) 0-1
[Event "FIDE Chesscom Grand Swiss 2021"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Reeh, Oliver"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Tiebreak "Cut1 Buchholz+Sonneborn-Berger (Swiss)"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 206"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,67,39,14,35,3,38,40,43,40,40,43,26,21,50,50,57,57,61,61,72,76,80,44,
32,-92,-99,-91,-77,-99,17,26,26,26,45,70,82,137,259,187,266,97,112,53,53,67,75,
55,120,108,113,0,0,2,0,43,34,50,70,86,151,174,159,184,446,464,611,611,644,667]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3
e5 9. d5 {[%tqu "En","Test your King's Indian IQ! How would you continue as
Black here?","","","c6d4","The most active! This is a standard motif in the
King's Indian with the white still king on e1. Black offers a pawn sacrifice
to open the game in the centre vs. White's uncastled king.",3,"De","Teste
Deinen K鰊igsindisch-IQ! Wie w黵den Sie hier als Schwarzer fortsetzen?","","",
"c6d4","Am aktivsten! Dies ist ein Standardmotiv im K鰊igsinder mit dem
wei遝n K鰊ig noch auf e1. Schwarz bietet ein Bauernopfer an, um das Spiel im
Zentrum gegen den unrochierten wei遝n K鰊ig zu 鰂fnen.",3]} Nd4 $5 {[%csl Re1,
Ge5][%cal Ge5d4] 第一次弃子，弃兵} 10. Nxd4 {[%tqu "En","Please play
10...exd4.","","","e5d4","The Bg7 now has an open diagonal, while Black also
can try to use the half-open e-file against the pawn e4 (and the king e1!).
Two ways for White to recapture on d4: 11.Bxd4 and 11.Qxd4, with a different
follow up for Black in each case ...",1,"De","Bitte spielen Sie 10...exd4.","",
"","e5d4","Der Lg7 hat jetzt eine offene Diagonale, au遝rdem kann Schwarz
versuchen, die halboffene e-Linie gegen den Bauern e4 (und den K鰊ig e1) zu
nutzen. Zwei Wege f黵 Wei? auf d4 wiederzunehmen: 11.Lxd4 und 11.Dxd4,
jeweils mit einer anderen Fortsetzung f黵 Schwarz ...",1]} exd4 {[%cal Gg7a1,
Ge8e1]} 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 {[%tqu "En","White has played 11.Bxd4. Please
crown Black's opening play.","Move the Nf6!","","f6e4","Black rips opens the
e-file, exposing a vis-?vis of Bg7 vs. Bd4. After this he is at least equal.
Two captures to calculate: 12.Bxg7 and 12.Nxe4.",3,"De","Wei?hat 11.Lxd4.
Bitte kr鰊en Sie das Er鰂fnungsspiel von Schwarz.","Ziehen Sie den Sf6!","",
"f6e4","Schwarz rei遲 die e-Linie auf und ein Visavis von Lg7 vs. Ld4. Dies
gibt ihm mindestens gleiche Chancen. Zwei Schlagz黦e zu berechnen: 12.Lxg7
und 12.Sxe4.",3]} Nxe4 $1 {[%cal Ge8e1,Gg7d4]
第二次弃子，弃马打开e线} 12. Nxe4 (12. Bxg7 {[%tqu "En","12.Bxg7 -
please show Black's point 1!","","","f8e8","... drohend ...Sxc3+ und Schwarz
steht gut!",2,"De","12.Lxg7 - bitte zeigen Sie Pointe 1 von Schwarz1!","","",
"f8e8","... threatening ...Nxc3+ and Black is fine!",2]} Re8 {[%csl Re1][%cal
Ge8e1,Gg8g7,Ge4c3] 1-0 (45) Belous,V (2520)-Van Foreest,J (2701) Chess.com INT
2021} 13. Be2 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Qf6 15. Qxf6+ Kxf6 16. Nxe4+ Rxe4 17. f3 Re7 18.
Kf2 a5 19. h4 a4 20. a3 Ra6 21. Rad1 Rb6 22. Rd2 Bd7 23. Rc1 Rb3 24. c5 Bb5 25.
Bxb5 Rxb5 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Rc4 Ra5 28. g4 Re5 29. Rcd4 g5 30. h5 Rb5 31. Rxa4
Rexd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Ke3 Re5+ 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Rb4 b5 36. Re4 f5 37. Rxe5+
dxe5 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. Ke3 e4 40. fxe4+ Ke5 41. b3 Kd6 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4
Kc5 44. e5 Kd5 45. a5 {1-0 (45) Belous,V (2520)-Van Foreest,J (2701) Chess.com
INT 2021}) {[%tqu "En","11.Nxe4 - please show Black's point 2.","Move the
queen!","","d8h4","Another move to remember! Pinning the pawn f2 and thus
preventing f2-f3, the queen exerts pressure against both white minor piece on
the 4th rank. Black regains his piece and is fine (see variation).",2,"De",
"11.Sxe4 - bitte zeigen Sie Pointe 2 von Schwarz.","Ziehen Sie die Dame!","",
"d8h4","Noch ein Zug, den man sich merken sollte. Another move to remember!
Den Bauern f2 fesselnd und so f2-f3 verhindernd, dr點kt die Dame gegen beide
wei遝n Leichtfiguren auf der 4. Reihe. Schwarz erobert seine Figur zur點k und
steht ordentlich.",2]} 12... Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4d4,Yf2f3,Gh4e1,Gg7d4,Gf8e8,Ge8e1]
} 13. g4 Re8 14. Bg2 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rh4e4]} 15. gxf5 $2 Rxe4+ $19 {
黑方得回弃子}) {[%tqu "En","White has taken with the queen, 11.Qxd4.
Please show Black's other idea.","Move the Nf6!","","f6g4","That's it!
Hitting the queen d4, Black intends ...Nxe3 liquidating White's dark-squared
bishop, with the typical compensation for the pawn (bishop pair with a monster
on g7, lever f7-f5 ...).",2,"De","Wei?hat mit der Dame genommen, 11.Dxd4.
Bitte zeigen Sie die andere Idee von Schwarz.","Ziehen Sie den Sf6!","","f6g4",
"Genau! Schwarz greift die Dame d4 an, beabsichtigend, mit ...Sxe3 den
schwarzfeldrigen L鋟fer von Wei?zu liquidieren, mit der typischen
Kompensation f黵 den Bauern (L鋟ferpaar mit einem Monster auf g7, Hebel f7-f5 .
..).",2]} 11... Ng4 {[%cal Gg7d4,Gg4e3]} {[%tqu "En","Changeover! Unwilling
to surrender the initiative - what would you play as White here?","","","h3g4",
"Bingo! This queen sac was White's novelty in the game Predke-Yakubboev, Riga
2021!",3,"d4g7","Right idea, but not the best version.",0,"d4d2","After ...
Nxe3 Black has good compensation for the pawn and the initiative.",0,"De",
"Seitenwechsel! Nicht bereit, die Initiative abzugeben - was w黵den Sie hier
mit Wei?spielen?","","","h3g4","Bingo! Dieses Damenopfer war die Neuerung
von Wei?aus der Partie Predke-Yakubboev, Riga 2021!",3,"d4g7","Richtige Idee,
aber nicht die beste Version.",0,"d4d2","Nach ...Sxe3 hat Schwarz gute
Kompensation f黵 den Bauern und die Initiative.",0]} 12. hxg4 $1 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Yg7d4] 白方弃子，弃后} (12. Qxg7+ $6 Kxg7 13. hxg4 Rh8 $1) (12.
Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 f5 {0-1 (22) Potapov,A (2399)-Goluch,P (2231) Pardubice 2014}
14. O-O-O a6 15. Bd3 b5 16. exf5 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf5 18. g4 Re8 19. Qg3 Be4 20.
Rhe1 Qf6 21. f4 Rab8 22. Rd2 Qxc3+ {[%csl Rb1,Rc2,Gd1][%cal Rc3c1,Rb8b1] 0-1
(22) Potapov,A (2399)-Goluch,P (2231) Pardubice 2014} 23. Kd1 Qxg3 ({Stockfish
271221:} 23... Qxg3 24. Rde2 Rxb2 25. Rxe4 Rb1+ 26. Kd2 Bc3+ 27. Kc2 Rb2+ 28.
Kd1 Qxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1# {[%eval -32753,35] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) ({Stockfish
271221:} 23... Bf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 25. Be2 Qe4 26. Kc1 Bxb2+ 27. Rxb2 Qe3+ 28.
Kb1 Rxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Qd2+ 30. Kb3 Rb8+ 31. Bb5 Rxb5+ 32. Kc4 Rb4# {[%eval -32747,
35] [%wdl 0,0,1000]})) 12... Bxd4 {[%tqu "En","Recapture and lean back!","","",
"e3d4","For the queen, White has two minor pieces + pawn, play on the h-file
and above a giant bishop on d4. A position to your liking!?",1,"De",
"Zur點knehmen und -lehnen!","","","e3d4","F黵 die Dame hat Wei?zwei
Leichtfiguren + Bauer, Spiel in der h-Linie und vor allem einen Riesenl鋟fer
auf d4. Eine Stellung nach Ihrem Geschmack!?",1]} 13. Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal
Gd4h8,Gh1h6]} Kh7 14. Be2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Rh5 {[%cal Rh5f5,Ge2d3,Rd3h7]}
Kg6 17. Kd2 fxg4 18. Rah1 {[%cal Rh5h6,Rh1h6]} Bf5 19. Rxh6+ Kf7 20. R1h5 Ke7
21. Nd1 c5 22. Bc3 Kd7 23. Ne3 Bb1 24. Bxg4+ Kc7 25. f3 Qe8 26. Rh1 Bg6 27. Re1
Rg8 28. Be6 Qf8 29. Reh1 Re8 30. R1h4 Rxe6 31. dxe6 Qe8 32. Nd5+ Kc6 33. Nf6
Qe7 34. Rg4 1-0
[Event "Minor piece endgames"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knight vs. pawn"]
[Black "Position 1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Helpless knight"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/6n1/8/7P/8/8/K7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
{[%mdl 4096][%evp 0,1,695,695] This position might occur if White's last move
had been a sacrifice of his knight with a check.} {[%tqu "En","","","","h5h6",
"Regardless of what Black answers, the moves will be 2.h7 and 3.h8Q. The
set-up of pawn and knight forms a PATTERN which will occur in other positions
and therefore should be remembered.",10]} 1. h6 {Regardless of what Black
answers, the moves will be 2.h7 and 3.h8Q. The set-up of pawn and knight forms
a PATTERN which will occur in other positions and therefore should be
remembered. } 1-0
[Event "Minor piece endgames"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knight vs. pawn"]
[Black "Position 2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Knight circuit"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2K5/8/2k5/8/p1N5/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
{[%evp 0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] The white king cannot join the
action; the knight has to cope with the pawn on his own.} 1... Kc4 2. Na2 Kb3
3. Nc1+ Kb2 4. Nd3+ Kc2 (4... Kc3 5. Nc1 Kc2 6. Na2 Kb2 7. Nb4 Kb3 8. Nd3 Kc3
$11) 5. Nb4+ Kb3 6. Nd3 $1 {[%csl Ya2,Yb4,Yc1,Yd3] The knight moves along the
RECTANGLE a2-c1-d3-b4. Black can make no progress.} a2 7. Nc1+ {[%cal Rc1b3,
Rc1a2]} Kb2 8. Nxa2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Minor piece endgames"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knight vs. pawn"]
[Black "Position 3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Knight from the back"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6K1/8/5N2/1p6/3k4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
{[%evp 0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nd6 $1 {The knight cannot approach the pawn from
the right side as the enemy king prevents this. He therefore has to take the
other side.} b3 (1... Kd4 2. Kf6 Kd5 3. Nf5 b3 4. Ne3+ Kd4 5. Nd1 Kd3 6. Nb2+
Kc3 7. Na4+ Kb4 8. Nb2 $11 {Black can make no progress.}) 2. Nb5 b2 {[%tqu
"En","","","","b5a3","",10]} 3. Na3 {[%cal Ga3b1]} 1/2-1/2