Author: Albert Silver
Date: 09:11:55 11/10/04
The following position was played in absolutely brilliant fashion by GM Averbakh. The endgame was showed by Yar (many thanks) and does provide a good test position to boot. [Event "URS-ch sf"] [Site ""] [Date "1973"] [Round ""] [White "Makarichev Sergey"] [Black "Averbakh Yuri L"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "C44"] [Annotator ""] [Source "EXT 2001"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2p5/5p1p/5Bp1/3k4/2p2PbP/4K1P1/8 b - - 0 45"] 45...Ke5 46.Bc2 Kf4 47.Bb1 Bh2 48.Kf2 Bg1+ 49.Ke2 Kg3 50.Kf1 Bf2 51.Bc2 f5 52.Bb1 f4 53.Bg6 Be3 54.Bc2 h5 55.Bf5 c5 56.Bg6 h4 57.Bf5 g4 58.hxg4 h3 59.gxh3 Kxf3 60.g5 Kg3 61.g6 Bd4 62.h4 f3 63.h5 Bg7 64.Ke1 f2+ 0-1 I doubt very much an engine can reach the key position, though it's possible, but the key position alone should provide a good endgame challenge for the engines: [D]8/8/8/2p2Bp1/5p1p/2p1bPkP/6P1/5K2 b - - 0 57 And the winning move is 57...g4!! Albert
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