Author: Brian Katz
Date: 16:03:06 01/15/04
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There is an interesting way for Black to draw this position after 1...Kc7 Just willingly give up his a4 pawn. There now seems to be a number of ways for Black to draw this position. There is no one position for the Black pieces, as there are many squares that achieve the same goal. Overall, this is a wonderful position to analyze and learn from. If 1...Kc7 and then 2.Bd5... It seems that Black just gives up the a-pawn with 2...Kd6 3.Kxa5 Kc5! Then after 4.Ka6 Be1! Black maintains this King position while keeping his Bishop on the e1-a5 diagonal. In that position the White King will be stuck defending the a-pawn should it move to a5. The Black Bishop just stays on that diagonal. If White chooses not to advance his a-pawn to a5 and tries to run with his King to b7, Black simply places his Bishop on a5 keeping the White King stuck on the Queenside...Then if Kc8, the Black King goes to d6 again preventing the White King's access to d7 and d8. If White chooses to advance the a-pawn to a5 and then tries to run to b7 while giving up the a5 pawn to gain a tempo for access to the Kingside......After ...Bxa5 Kc8... then ... Kd6 keeps the White King off of d7 and the Black Bishop keeps the King off of d8. In fact Black doesn't even have to prevent the King's access at this point anymore. Black's King just stays on c5.....He can now lose his h6 pawn if he likes, and just be prepared to place the Black Bishop on h4 to defend the g5 pawn after the h6 pawn is taken. If White makes a Bishop move while the Black Bishop is defending his g-pawn on h4 he just moves his King back and forth keeping an eye on c5 or c7. Once the White King leaves the g5 pawn to go back to the Queenside, Black just places his King on c5 or c7 and then goes back and forth on the h4-e1 diagonal and no progress will be made. Too Bad for Svidler to resign in a drawn position. It happens. Brian
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