Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 05:51:47 02/28/01
[D]6k1/2p3np/1p1p2p1/3P4/1PPK1R2/6PB/7P/4r3 w - - 0 1
This is Gelfer-Manievich, Jerusalem 1985. The theme is about
central supremacy and active king in the endgame. The penetration
of the king into the enemy camp is many times decisive and often worth
a pawn. Gelfer bought a ticket for his king to the holy land, in a
very instructive way:
1.Be6+! Nxe6 2.dxe6 Rxe6 [The sacrifice has cleared a path for the
white king. 2.-c6 wouldn't do, owing to 3.b5!]
3.Kd5 Re7 4.Kc6 Kg7 5.Rf2 Re4 6.Rc2 Re7 7.b5 Kf6 8.Ra2 Re4 9.Kxc7 Rxc4+
10.Kxb6 d5 11.Ka7 d4 12.b6 Ke5 13.b7 Rb4 14.b8Q+ Rxb8 15.Kxb8 d3 16.Kc7 Ke4
17.Kd6 Ke3 18.Ke5 d2 19.Ra1 Ke2 59.Kf6 d1Q 60.Rxd1 Kxd1 61.Kg7 1-0
Test: The move 1.Be6+! should give a high +score for white. If a program
plays this move it recognizes the value of entering into the enemy
camp with the king. (Don't do that in the middlegame ;)
Sune
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