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Subject: Junior 9 (endgame weakness) part 4

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 01:02:14 01/09/05


[D]6k1/R7/6p1/4K3/5P2/1r5p/8/8 w - - 0 63
Junior 9 vs Ruffian 2.1.0 (11) 40'/40
Here an example where Junior 9 lost a drawish
rook ending with 63.Ra2? instead of 63.Kf6!
Kurt



[Event "Jun9_Ruf210  Ath 1.3/64  40'/40"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2004.12.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Junior 9"]
[Black "Ruffian 2.1.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "Utzinger,K"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Ne2 Nc6 {
Both last book move / Beide letzter Buchzug} 8. Nf4 Ba6 9. Qf3 Rc8 10. Rb1 O-O
11. a4 Na5 12. e4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. e5 Ne8 16. Ba3 d6 17.
O-O Qd7 18. Ne2 Rxa4 19. Rfc1 Nc4 20. Bb4 b5 21. Nc3 Ra6 22. Ne4 Rb6 23. Ra1 f5
24. Nxd6 Nexd6 25. exd6 a5 26. Bxa5 Nxa5 27. Rxa5 Rxd6 28. Qb3 Rb8 29. Rd1 Qc6
30. Ra7 Rbd8 31. Qg3 R6d7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. h3 Qd6 34. Qxd6 Rxd6 35. Rb1 Rb6
36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. g4 f4 40. g5 Kd5 41. Re1 b4 42. Re5+
Kd6 43. Kc2 Rc6+ 44. Kd3 Rc3+ 45. Ke4 b3 46. Rb5 Rxh3 47. f3 Rh5 48. Kxf4 h6
49. Rb6+ Kc7 50. Rxb3 Rxg5 51. Rb1 Kd6 52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Ra1 h5 54. Ra8 g6 55. f4
Rd5 56. Rg8 Kf7 57. Rh8 Rb5 58. Ra8 Rb3 59. d5 (59. Ra7+ Kf6 60. Rh7 {
and I can't see how Black should be able to make any further progress here /
und ich sehe nicht, wie hier Schwarz weitere Fortschritte machenkoennte}) 59...
exd5+ 60. Kxd5 h4 61. Ke5 h3 62. Ra7+ Kg8 63. Ra2 {? Not the right way to draw
this rook ending but 63.Kf6 would have saved the game / Nicht der richtige Weg,
um dieses Turmendspiel zu remisieren, aber 63.Kf6 haette die Partie gerettet} (
63. Kf6 h2 64. Ra1 Rb2 65. Rh1 Rg2 66. Ke5 Kg7 67. Ke4 Kf6 68. Kf3 Ra2 69. Rb1
Rc2 70. Rb6+ Kg7 71. Rb7+ Kh6 72. Rb1 {=}) 63... Kg7 64. Rh2 Kh6 65. Ke6 Kh5
66. Kf7 Kg4 67. Kxg6 Kxf4 68. Ra2 Kg3 69. Ra1 h2 70. Kf5 Rb2 0-1




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