Author: Mike Hood
Date: 07:43:38 04/06/02
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On April 05, 2002 at 19:04:25, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>On April 05, 2002 at 18:03:42, Telmo Escobar wrote:
>
>>A very hard endgame has arised in this game:
>>
>>
>>[Event "Ladder 30m"]
>>[Site "Athlon-1200"]
>>[Date "2002.04.05"]
>>[Round "2.1.3"]
>>[White "SOS"]
>>[Black "TheKing"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>[TimeControl "40/1800"]
>>
>>1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Nxe4 c5 7. O-O-O Nc6
>>8. Nf3 O-O 9. Kb1 Bd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qg4+ Kh8
>>14. Rxd4 Qc7 15. Qh4 Rg8 16. Nxf6 Rg7 17. Nd5 exd5 18. Qxe7 Re8 19. Qb4 Bf5
>>20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rxg2 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Qxa7 b6 25. Qxc7
>>Rxc7 26. Rg3+ Rxg3 27. hxg3 Re7 28. Rd1 Re5 29. Kc1 Kf8 30. Kd2 Rf5 31. Ke3
>>Re5+ 32. Kd3 Rf5 33. f4 Rh5 34. Kc3 Ke7 35. a4 Kd6 36. Kb4 Kc6 37. Rd3 Rh2
>>38. Rc3+ Kb7 39. Kb5 d4 40. Rd3 Rxc2 41. Rxd4 Rc5+ 42. Kb4 Rf5 43. g4 Rf6
>>44. f5 Kc7 45. Rc4+ Kb7 46. Rc1 Rh6 47. Kb5 Rh3 48. b4 h5 49. Re1 hxg4 50.
>>Re7+ Kc8 51. Rxf7 Rf3 52. Kxb6 Rf4 53. Kc6 Rc4+ 54. Kb5 Rc7 55. Rxc7+ Kxc7
>>56. f6 Kd7 57. f7 Ke7 58. f8=Q+ Kxf8 59. a5 g3 60. a6 g2 61. a7 g1=Q 62.
>>a8=Q+ Ke7 63. Qb7+ Kf8 64. Qc8+ Kg7 65. Ka6 Qa1+ 66. Kb7 Qa4 67. Qc5 Qa3
>>68. Qe5+ Kg8 69. Qe6+ Kf8 70. b5 Qf3+ 71. Qc6 Qa3 72. Kc8 Qh3+ 73. Kb8 Qg3+
>>74. Qc7 Qa3 75. b6 Ke8 76. Qa7 Qd6+ 77. Ka8 Qd5+ 78. b7 Kd7 79. Qa4+ Kc7
>>80. Qc2+ Kd6 81. Qg6+ Kd7 82. Qg4+ Kc7 83. Qg7+ Kd6 84. Qf8+ Kd7 85. Qc8+
>>Ke7 86. Qc7+ Ke8 87. Qb6 Qa2+ 88. Qa7 Qd5 89. Qe3+ Kd7 90. Qb6 Qa2+ 91. Kb8
>>Qa4 92. Qa7 Qb3 93. Qa5 Qg8+ 94. Ka7 Qg1+ 95. Ka8 Qg2 96. Qf5+ Kc7 97. Qc8+
>>Kd6 98. Qf8+ Kd7 99. Qf7+ Kd6 100. Qf6+ Kd7 101. Qd4+ Kc7 102. Qc5+ Kd7
>>103. Qb5+ Kc7 104. Qc4+ Kd7 105. Qa4+ Ke7 106. Qa3+ Kd7 107. Qd3+ Ke8 108.
>>Qb5+ Ke7 109. Ka7 Qg1+ 110. Ka6 Qa1+ 111. Qa5 Qf6+ 112. Ka7 Qd4+ 113. Ka8
>>Qe4 114. Qg5+ Ke8 115. Qg8+ Kd7 116. Qf7+ Kd8 117. Qb3 Kd7 118. Qb5+ Ke7
>>119. Qc5+ Kd7 120. Qc8+ Ke7 121. Qc3 Qa4+ 122. Kb8 Kd6 123. Qf6+ Kd7 124.
>>Qh6 Qa5 125. Qg7+ Kd6 126. Qg6+ Ke7 127. Qg2 Qd8+ 128. Ka7
>>{Draw 50 moves} 1/2-1/2
>>
>> The game has many moments of interest. A crucial one is this, when SOS, in my
>>view, blundered exchanging rooks.
>>
>>[D] 2k5/2r2R2/8/1K3P2/PP4p1/8/8/8 w - - 0 55
>>
>>
>> An human player realizes how hard -if possible- to win will be an endgame with
>>queens, so he wisely plays 55.Rf8+ and 56.Rg8, which apparently wins fairly
>>easily.
>>
>> So the following position is reached:
>>
>>[D] Q7/4k3/8/1K6/1P6/8/8/6q1 w - - 0 63
>
>Nouvelle partie
>Q7/4k3/8/1K6/1P6/8/8/6q1 w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Gambit Tiger 2.0:
>
>1. +- (#50): 1.De4+
>2. +- (#51): 1.Db7+
>3. +- (#54): 1.Dd5
>4. +- (#58): 1.Dc6
>5. +- (#66): 1.Dc8
>6. +- (#69): 1.Df3
>7. +- (#71): 1.Da5
>8. +- (#78): 1.Da3
>9. = (0.00): 1.Da6
>...
>
>>
>> After some more or less natural moves this one arises:
>>
>>[D] K3k3/QP6/8/3q4/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 78
>
>Nouvelle partie
>K3k3/QP6/8/3q4/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Gambit Tiger 2.0:
>
>1. +- (#40): 1...Rd7
>2. +- (#39): 1...Re7
>3. +- (#33): 1...De4
>4. +- (#33): 1...Rd8
>5. +- (#33): 1...Rf7
>6. +- (#33): 1...Rf8
>7. +- (#25): 1...Dg2
>8. +- (#23): 1...Dc6
>9. +- (#21): 1...Dh1
>10. +- (#14): 1...Df3
>11. +- (#6): 1...Db3
>12. +- (#6): 1...Dxb7+
>13. +- (#6): 1...Db5
>14. +- (#6): 1...De5
>15. +- (#6): 1...Dd6
>16. +- (#6): 1...Dd8+
>17. +- (#5): 1...Dd4
>18. +- (#5): 1...Dd3
>19. +- (#5): 1...Dd2
>20. +- (#5): 1...Dd1
>21. +- (#5): 1...Dg5
>22. +- (#5): 1...Dd7
>23. +- (#4): 1...Da5
>24. +- (#2): 1...Dc4
>25. +- (#2): 1...De6
>26. +- (#2): 1...Dc5
>27. +- (#2): 1...Df5
>28. +- (#1): 1...Da2
>29. +- (#1): 1...Df7
>30. +- (#1): 1...Dg8
>31. +- (#1): 1...Dh5
>
>(, MyTown 06.04.2002)
>
>>
>> I don't find similar positions in the Yugoslav book (nor in Averbach's one).
>>The point is that Black king is unfavourably placed here: its ideal position
>>would be as far as possible from the battle, at h1 say. Yet, due to TheKing's
>>ability (or maybe due to SOS' inability), the game was eventually drawn.
>>
>> I don't know whether there are tablebases for this particular endgame.
>>
>> Telmo
Thanks. I was a bit confused until I realised the tablebase moves were notated
in French. What are the names for the chess pieces in French?
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