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Subject: Re: Endgame testpositions

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 13:42:32 12/26/05

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On December 26, 2005 at 16:00:24, Sune Larsson wrote:

>On December 26, 2005 at 15:15:05, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>Here are a few more possibilities ...
>>
>>5r1k/6p1/5p1p/3R1P2/1P6/5pPK/1BPP3P/4r3 w - - 0 1
>>r3k2r/p4ppp/4p3/3qQ3/1pN5/1K6/1P4PP/5B1R w kq - 0 1
>>2rn4/p4p1p/1p2k3/4P1p1/1N1Rp3/1P4P1/P4PKP/8 b - - 0 1
>>8/1p1k2r1/p1bppp2/8/1PB1P2R/8/PKP4P/8 b - - 0 1
>>8/5p1k/1p2p2p/p1b2p2/P1P1q3/1P4PP/3Q1P2/5NK1 w - - 0 1
>>2r2k2/2P1rp1p/1B6/PB3p2/3p4/5P2/3K1P1P/8 w - - 0 1
>>6k1/5p2/R4p2/1P5p/8/P3K3/7r/8 w - - 0 1
>>3r4/1p3k2/p5pp/5n2/5P2/P1B2K2/1P3P1P/4R3 w - - 0 1
>>k1b5/1p1p1p1p/1PpPpP2/2B5/8/2p1p2P/2PbP3/3K4 w - - 0 1
>>8/6k1/p4p2/P3q2p/7P/5Q2/5PK1/8 w - - 0 1
>>5q2/n2P1k2/2b5/8/8/3N4/4BK2/6Q1 w - - 0 1
>>r1b2b2/1p5p/p5k1/3r1p2/5Q2/2P5/PP3PP1/4R2K w - - 0 1
>>7k/2B2pp1/2n1b3/P2p2Pp/2p4n/4NP2/5K2/5B2 w - - 0 1
>>
>>I have the complete lines leading to these positions in pgn format if you're
>>interested.
>>
>>Regards
>>Dave
>
> Thanks! I will have a look at them tomorrow. Yes - if these positions come
> from games I would like to at least have the continuations - otherwise best
> lines.
>
> /S

Here are the lines in pgn. Two of them are from study positions, so the lines
are reconstructions. The remainder are from real games.


[Event "?"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman"]
[Black "Gligoric"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. a3 Nd5 15.
b4 Nb7 16. Bb2 Rae8 17. g3 a5 18. Nc4 axb4 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Nxd6 Qb6+ 21. Kg2
Nxd6 22. axb4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qh5 Qe6 25. Ra5 Bg4 26. f5 Bf3+ 27. Kh3 Qd7
28. Rxf3 exf3 29. Qg4 f6 30. Qxc4+ Kh8 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Re1 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik"]
[Black "Shirov"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 b5 16. axb5 Nb4+ 17. Kc3 cxb5 18. Rd1 Qc5 19. Qe5 Nd5+ 20.
Rxd5 b4+ 21. Kb3 Qxd5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson"]
[Black "Hansen"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Qe2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c5
15. Rad1 Nc6 16. Rd2 Qe6 17. Rhd1 Rfd8 18. Ng1 Rac8 19. Nh3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qf5
21. Bb2 Qe4+ 22. Qf3 Rc7 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Nf4 Kf8 26. Ba3 Rc8
27. Bxe7+ Kxe7 28. Rd4 g5 29. Nd5+ Ke6 30. Nb4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Herrera"]
[Black "Franco"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. f5
h5 15. Be2 Bh6 16. Qd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 h4 18. Rd3 Bg5 19. Rf1 Rh6 20. Rdf3 Bc6
21. Bc4 Kd7 22. Rd3 e6 23. fxe6+ fxe6 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Rg8 26. b4 a6 27.
Rh3 Rxg2 28. Rfxh4 Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Rg7 30. Kb2 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross"]
[Black "Blatny"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 a6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. c4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg5 Qe7
15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Be4 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qf3 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Bd4 20. Rd2 f5 21.
Ng3 O-O 22. Rad1 Bc5 23. Qf4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Kh7 25. h3 Rd8 26. Nf1 a5 27. b3
Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qf6 29. a4 Qe5 30. g3 Qe4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sharp"]
[Black "Bryan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nge7 8. d5
a6 9. Ba4 exd5 10. exd5 b5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 O-O 13. dxc6 Bxb2 14. Bd4
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Qc8 17. a4 Qe6+ 18. Kd2 Nf5 19. Bc3 d5 20. Re1 Qd6
21. Be5 Qb4+ 22. c3 Qa5 23. Qb1 d4 24. Qxf5 Qxc3+ 25. Ke2 Qxe1+ 26. Kxe1 gxf5
27. Bxc7 Rfc8 28. Bb6 Re8+ 29. Kd2 Rac8 30. c7 Re7 31. a5 Kf8 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest"]
[Black "Jiangchuan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]

1. a3 h5 2. b4 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Bd3 Bh3 5. Bxe4 Bxg2 6. d4 Bxh1 7. f4 g6 8.
Bxg6 Bg7 9. f5 Bxd4 10. f6 exf6 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qxc5 Ne7 14. Qxa7
Nxg6 15. Qxa8 Kf8 16. Qxb8 Kg7 17. Qxb7 Re8+ 18. Kf2 Qd3 19. Nc3 Qxc2+ 20. Kxf3
Qxc1 21. Qe4 Nf4 22. Qxf4 Re2 23. Nb1 Qxb1 24. b5 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Rxh2 26. Qc2
Rxc2 27. Rc1 Rg2 28. Rc6 Rh2 29. Ra6 Kg8 30. Ke4 Rg2 31. Ke3 Rh2 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov"]
[Black "Szabo"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]

1. a3 a6 2. e3 f5 3. d4 f4 4. exf4 h6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bxg8 Bxd4 8. Qxd4
Rxg8 9. Bd2 Kf7 10. Qxd7 Nc6 11. Qxc7 Nd4 12. Qxc8 Nf5 13. Qxa8 e5 14. Nf3 Qc7
15. Rd1 Qxc3 16. Qd8 Qxc2 17. Bc3 e4 18. Qd4 exf3 19. gxf3 Qe4+ 20. Kf1 Qxf3
21. Rd3 Qxd3+ 22. Kg2 Qxd4 23. Kf3 Qd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Re1 Rd8 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blathy Study 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]

1. h3 c6 2. d4 Qa5+ 3. Qd2 Qxa2 4. Nc3 Qd5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nf3 axb5 7. Nh4 Na6 8.
Rxa6 Kd8 9. Nf5 Kc7 10. Rxa8 g6 11. Ra4 gxf5 12. Rc4 bxc4 13. Qg5 e6 14. b4 Kb8
15. Be3 Qxg2 16. d5 Bh6 17. Qxg8 Qxh1 18. d6 Qg2 19. Bxg2 c3 20. Be4 fxe4 21.
Bc5 Bd2+ 22. Kd1 e3 23. f4 Rxg8 24. b5 Ka8 25. b6 Rg5 26. f5 Rh5 27. f6 Kb8 28.
Bd4 Rc5 29. Bxc5 Ka8 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "XEND14"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]

1. g4 g5 2. e4 a6 3. a4 e5 4. a5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxe4 6. h4 h5 7. Nxg5 f6 8. Ne6
dxe6 9. g5 Nxg5 10. Rg1 Nc6 11. Rxg5 Qd3 12. Rxe5 Nxe5 13. Qf3 Qxc2 14. Qxb7
Qxc1+ 15. Ke2 Qxb1 16. Qxa8 Qxa1 17. Qxc8+ Kf7 18. d4 Bc5 19. dxc5 c6 20. Qxc6
Nd7 21. Qxd7+ Kg6 22. Kf3 Qxb2 23. Qxe6 Rc8 24. Qxc8 Qc1 25. Bc4 Qxc4 26. Kg2
Qxc5 27. Qc6 Qb5 28. Qc3 Kg7 29. Qf3 Qe5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seletsky Study"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A10"]

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qd6 3. Qb3 Qxh2 4. Qxb7 f5 5. Qxc7 Nc6 6. Qxa7 Kf7 7. Qxa8 Bb7
8. e4 Na7 9. exf5 Bc6 10. d6 e6 11. Na3 Qxh1 12. d7 Nf6 13. d4 Qxg2 14. fxe6+
Kxe6 15. Qxf8 Qxg1 16. Qxg7 Ng4 17. Qxh8 Ne3 18. fxe3 Qg7 19. Qxh7 Qxd4 20. Nc2
Qxb2 21. Nb4 Qxa1 22. Nd3 Qxa2 23. Be2 Qb1 24. Qh1 Qxc1+ 25. Kf2 Qd2 26. e4 Qb4
27. Qf1 Qxe4 28. Qa1 Kf7 29. Qb1 Qe8 30. Qg1 Qf8 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "French Tarrasch"]
[Black "Open Variation"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 Nd5 19. Rad1 f5 20. Bc1 Bd6
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Bf8 23. Bf4 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 Rxd5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "thebaron"]
[Black "Amateur"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. a4 h6 10. d4 Bb6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bc2 Qa7
15. Nd4 O-O 16. Na3 b4 17. Nab5 Qa8 18. cxb4 Nxe4 19. Re3 Re8 20. Bb1 Bd5 21.
b3 Qb7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Kh1 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxb4 25. Bc2 Bb7 26. Re1 Ra8 27. Be3
Ra2 28. Bb1 Rb2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Nd5 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Bg1 Nf6 33. Bc2 Qa6
34. Qe1 Qa8 35. h3 Qa3 36. Nf5 Qb2 37. Ne3 Nc6 38. Qe2 Qe5 39. Qc4 Qa5 40. Bf5
d5 41. Qa4 Qxa4 42. bxa4 Ne7 43. Bd3 c5 44. Bh2 c4 45. Bf1 Nc6 46. Kg1 Bc8 47.
g4 Kh8 48. Kf2 Bd7 49. h4 Be6 50. Bc7 h5 51. g5 Ne8 52. Bb6 Nd6 53. Bc7 Nf5 54.
a5 Nxh4 {  White is two pawns down, both passers. As compensation, White has a
pair of bishops. Black can't hold on to the c4 and d5 pawns, so it's probably
a draw.  } *

Regards
Dave



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