Kxc8 Kb5 Kb7 Ka4 Ka6 Kb4 b5 Kb5 Kd6 Kxb6 Kxe6 Be4 Bg8 Bf3 Be6 Ka6 Kb4 Kb6 Bd7 Bxd5 Kc4 White probably hoped for Kxd5 Kxb5 Kxd3 Kxb5 Ke4 Kc4 Kf5 b5 Ke6 b4 Kxd6 b3 Kc6 b2 Kxd5 0—1 Nielsen Istanbul ol Men The goalkeeper on d8 would have drawn this position as well: Kb4 Bc8 Ka5 f5 Kb4 Be6 Kc5 f4 e.
Bf3 Bc8 Kd5 Bxb5 Kxe5 a5 Kxf4 a4 Bd1 Bd5 Bd3 Ke5 Bb1 Bb3 Bc6 Bd5 Ka5 Bc8 Be4 Ke8 Bc2 Kc6 e4 Kc7 Qxb5 Kd5 e4 Kxe5 Bxc6 Ke5 Bh3 Bd5 Bg4 Be6 Be2 Kxf5 Bxb5 Ke4 a3 Kf4 a5 Ke3 Bc2 Kd4 Bb1 Kd4 Ba4 Kc5 Kg7 Kb4 Bd7 Ke5 Bf3 White wins the race now: Bxd5 Kxd5 a5 Ke6 a2 Be6 a3 Miles - L.
Comas Fabrego Mondariz zt 1. Normally the defender tries to exchange pawns to reduce the remaining winning potential, but in this position he has to restrict White's bishop with f5. Ke5 Ke7 Bg2 Bd7 Bf3 Be8 A fantastic shot! Tony Miles really had good technique and fighting spirit!
Ke5 cxd5 Bb5 works as well: Kd4 Be6 Ba4 Kd5 Kc8 Kd7 Kf6 Ba6 Kxg6 Kxd6 Kxf5 Kxc7 Kf6 Kd7 Kg6 Bd5 Ke5 Bf7 White has to make the right choice. Ba6 Kd5 Ke8 Kf6 Bb5 Kxg6 Ba6 Kxf5 Kxd6 Ke6 Kd8 Kf8 Kd7 After Kb6 Kd8 Be6 Kd4 Kd5 Ke7 Ke5 Kf7 Kb6 Bxd7 Kb7 Kd6 Kc8 Kd5 Kf7 Kc5 Ke5 Bb3 Kf6 Kc7 Kxg6 Kxc6 Kxf5 Kd7 Kf6 Ke8 Ke8 Kd4 Kf7 Kc5 Kd8 Kd4 Ke7 Kd6 Bxd7 Raphael H.
Kennicott USA— New York How to asses this position with White to move? White to move. Ivanovic M. Savic Croatian Cup Pula While playing through some bishop endings I found this very fascinating pawn ending. How to evaluate this position with White to move? Loifenfeld A. Illner German 2. Bundesliga West White has to act very precisely: Kb3 Ra5 b4 Rxc5 a2 Kb2 Ra5 b3 Ra5 Kb2 Kd3 Kd4 Kb3 Rh7 c3 Kd3 a2 Rh1 b4 Rf1 c2 Rc1 Ka3!
Kd2 Kd2 b4 Kd3 a2 0—1 E Hebbinghaus T. Ka3 Kc4 3. Ra1 Kxc3 4. Polzin E. Brestian Austrian Staatsliga The position is astonishingly difficult: Kf6 Rxf7 leads to a won endgame with the g-pawn: Rxc6 Rf6 Rc1 Kd6 Rf5 Rxg6 Ke8 Ke6 Rf8 Rh6 Rg8 Rxg6 Ke7 Kf4 Ra5 Kg4 Ra1 Kf5 Ra8 Rxf7 Rc6 Re7 Kg3 Kd7 Kd8 Re6 Rc8 Re1 Rg8 Kc8 Rc5 Rxf7 Ke8 Kg7 Ra6 Ke7 B1 Rf1 Rf8 f5 Rg1 Rxf7 Rxg5 Kf8 Re5 Rg4 Ra5 Rf4 Kxf7 Rb6 Ke5 Rf1 Kd6 f6 Anand A.
Kh4 Rf5 Rg5 All rights reserved. This column is available in ChessCafe Reader format. Click here for more information. All Rights Reserved. His third place finish in the German Championship together with his second place finish in the Hamburg Championship earned the grandmaster title. Away from the chessboard he is a mathematician and currently working at Hamburg University undertaking research towards his doctorate.
Siegbert Tarrasch. It certainly contains a lot of truth, but matters are of course not that easy and sometimes it only seems to apply when you are one or two pawns up. Nevertheless, a drawish tendency is inherent in many rook endings and in my first Chess Cafe column I want to look at Rook and h- and f-pawn vs Rook.
The general result is a draw, which has baffled me ever since I got to know it. Kg8 Rb1 2. Rh7 Kg8 5. So the general principle that active play is crucially important in rook endings is valid here as well. After 2. Kg6 Rf1! After 3. Kf6, another important moment arises.
To which side shall Black's King go? To the long or the short side of the pawn? White can gradually force the advance of his pawn: 4. Rh1 6. Kf7 Rh1 8. Kg8 Rh1 Kf8 Rf1 Ra4 Rg2 Rf8 Ra1! After 6. Rf8 Ra1 3. Re8 Rf1 4. Ke6 Kg7 and White can't make progress. If Black plays less accurately with Re7 Ra8 4. Re8 2. Ke7 Kg6 3. Ra6 is playable as well. All other moves lose.
Re6 Kh6 5. Re7 6. Kf8 Kg6! Ra8 7. Kg6 Ra6 [ Ra7 3. Rd8 Kg6 5. Kh7 6. Ra2 2. Kh7 3. Rf6 Re1 4. Rf2 Re3 5. Kf8 3. Kf7 Ra1 5. Kf8 followed by f7 and White wins the Lucena-type position. With Black to move, much more care is required: Ra6 3.
Rxf8 7. Rxf8 stalemate. Kh8 7. Kd8 Rf1 Ke8 Rf5 Kf6 Ra1 There are two major alternatives: A Rh1 4. Kh8 5. Ra6 7. Kh7 8. Kg6 9. Re8 Ra7 Kh7 Rf1 7. Ra7 Rg1 Rxf5 8.
Rg7 Rf2 Kg6 Rf1 Kf5 Rh1 Rxh8 stalemate] Ra8 still wins. Rf1 4. Kf8 5. Rg5 Rh1 6. Kg6 Kg8 7. Re7 Kg8 6. Ke6 Ra1 Kxh6 8. Kf7 Ra1 Re7 Ra2 Rh1 5. Rf2 7. Rf2 9. Ke8 Rf2 Re5 Kh7 Kf7 Ra2 Kxh6 Kh7 Ra2 But starting from a normal position, the attacker is usually not able to confine the defending King to the back rank.
Gligoric - V. Kf6 A The immediate Ra2 Rh1 [ Kh6 9. Rg5 Rb1! It can give check from the side or behind depending on White's winning attempts. Rc5 3. Kf5 Rh1 5. Rh5 Kg8 5. Kf3 Rh1 6. Ra5 Kg6 7. Kf6 4. Black's King is driven to the back rank: 5. Kf5 Rh1 7. Kf5 Ra1 7. Re7 Rb1 9. Re8 Kg7 Re5 Ra1 Rd5 Rf1 Rd4 Ra1 Kf5 Ra1 Rd6 Ra2 Kf6 Kxh6! Kg7 Re6 Rf2! Rd6 [ Re1 Ra2 Re6 Ra2 Kf7 Kh6 Re7 Ra8 Ra1 Rd7 Kh7 Rd6 Ra8 Rd4 Kg8 Ivanov - A. Kf7 Kxh6 Re7 Rb8 Kf7 [ Kf7 Rf1 Re2 Kg5 Kf7 Ra6 Rxh6 Kf8 Kxh6 Re1 Ra8 Kg5 [ Kf5 Rd6 Ke5 Ra6 Ke7 A Kg6 A1 Kf8 Rxh7 Ra8 Kc5 Rf6 Kf4 Rg1 Ke3 Kd5 Kxh7 Ke6 with transposition into the game after Ke6 Kxg5 Ke7 Kg6 Kf8 Rh1 Timman - N.
Rf4 Ke5 Kg2 Ra1 Rf8 Ke6 Rf4 Ra8 Kh3 Rh8 Kh5 Ke6 Kh6 Ra4 Rf7 Ke6 Kg7 Rxh5 Kxh5 Rb8 Rg2 Kf5 Rg2 Kh5 Rf6 Kh7 Rf6 Kg7 Ra1 Exercises Solutions next month E1. Bondarevsky - I. What about Black to move? Kotov - S. Sources: A. Auflage, Engelhardt Verlag, Berlin Dvoretsky, A. Yusupov, Technique for the Tournament Player, Batsford Speelman, J.
Tisdall and R. Wade, Batsford Chess Endings, Batsford If the defender manages to establish a firm blockade on squares the same colour of his bishop this is usually the end of the matter See Diagram : 2. Strobel - K. Bd3 Kf6 Be4 Kg5 Bd3 Kxh5 Be4 draw agreed as the plan king-march to g1 followed by h2-h4 g4xh3e. Kg1-h2 leads to nothing after Bd5 or e4 -f3 with the same ironclad fortress as after Kh4 Bf3 Kh4 Kd5 Kg5 Kc6 Kc5 3.
Bf3 Kd6 4. Kf5 Ke8 7. Ke6 Bg3 8. Bd5 Bf4 Kf5 Kd4 3. Ke6 Kc5 4. Kd7 Kb6 5. Be8 Bb8 6. Ke6 Kc5 7. Kf5 Kd4 8. Kg4 Ke3 9. Kramnik - G. Kg6 2. Bc7 Kf5 3. Kd4 Kg4 4. Ke3 Kh3 5. Ke4 1. The bishop has two squares on the b8-h2 diagonal so Black doesn't fall into zugzwang. So usually the best strategy to win with connected passed pawns is to keep the king in front of them See Diagram : 2.
Ke5 2. Bc1 Bd4 doesn't help either as White's king gets in front of the pawns: 2. Kc4 Ke5 3. Kb5 Kd6 [ Be1 5. Ke5 3. Kb4 Be3 [ Kd6 4. Ka5 Kd4 5. Ka6 Bb8 9. Be2 Ka4 Bc2 Bf4 Kc6 Ba7 Kb7 Kb5 Kc4 3. Ka4 Kc5 6. Bg2 Bd8 8. Kb5 Bd2! Ka4 Be1 7. See Diagram Against a- and b-pawns this formation is enough to draw as White's king can't penetrate on the queenside. Walther - R. Ka6 Kb8 Be4 Bc5 [ Ka7 Bc5 Ka4 Bg3 Be2 After Bd5 Be3 Be3 Kb3 Bd2 Ka4 Kc6! Khalifman A.
Ke3 Bxh5 Kf5 Kb5 wins as well, because Ka6 followed by b5-b6 and a4-a5 can't be prevented in the long run. Ke6 [ Bh6 Kd6 Kb5 Bh6 Kb6 [ Kb7 Kc5! Bf8 Kc6 Bb4 Kb6 Kd6 Kb7 Bd4 [ Kd5 Bxa7 But unfortunately it is not possible: Ka6 e4 Kb5 Bxa5 Kxa5 Kb7 Kb5 e3 Bxh5 Kc7 Kb5 Bd4 Be8 That positional considerations can be more important than material in opposite colored bishop endings is illustrated by the next two very famous examples See Diagram : 2.
Kotov - M. His king safeguards the passed b-pawn and his bishop protects the other pawns. But Botvinnik managed to land a fantastic blow: Bd6 [ Kxb3 h3 Bf5 Keeping the valuable b-pawn Ba3 This is an important principle in bishop endings! Kxh4 Kd3 Kxg5 Ke4 h4 A possible finish is Kf2 Kf4 Kg1 h3 Kh2 Be6 Topalov - A.
Kf2 a3 Ba1 Bh1 Ke3 Kg4 and now: A Be5 a2 Bb2 f4 Ke3 Be4 Kf2 Kg4 Be5 Kf5 Ba1 Kg2 Ke2 Bf5 Ke3 Kf1 Kd2 Be2 Kc1 Kg2 Kf1 Bc3 Bf5 See Diagram putting White in zugzwang Kf3 d4 Bxd4 Ke1 Kf2 Bb2 Kf3 Be5 Bb1 Ke1 Ke3 Bxf6 Kxg3 Ke2 a2 Bxd4 Kxh4 Ke3 Kg4 Ke2 Kf5 Ba1 Ke4 Kd2 d4 Bb2 Bf3 Ba1 d3 Bf6 Bg4 Ba1 Bf5 Bb2 Kf4 Bc3 Kg4 Bf6 a1Q Bxa1 Kxh4 Kf2 Kc5 Kf2 Kf5 Many interesting and beautiful positions are included, and there are test positions for the reader to solve.
The authors follow the rigorously logical conventions introduced by John Nunn in his famous series of endgame manuals. This has necessitated a phenomenal amount of new analysis of theoretical positions to assess precisely the merits of each and every move. He finished third in the German Championship in , and was runner-up in He is a noted authority on both practical and theoretical endgames. Frank Lamprecht is also from Germany, and is an international master.
He has been a chess trainer since Download a pdf file with a sample from the book. A good example of the book's versatility is the discussion of corresponding squares. The discussion is thorough, addressing everything one needs to know about the importance of corresponding squares in pawn endings.
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