37_N endgames

37_N endgames
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Simply 'Knight endgames'. Did you expect a long explanation ??? Keep on dreaming!

-- Since only a very few of you have probably ever been confronted with such a situation before, being at a complete loss in most cases, here is another extremely superfluous <Knight endgames> Collection that won't help you anyway. -- :D

and < Knight endgames. Probably random pick->

Lahno vs Z Peng, 2011

o.k., upon popular demand, here you are:

Knight endings are usually considered to be the closest to king and pawn endings, but the presence of knights still alters the position. The main characteristics of such endings are:

< 1. The knight's short range renders outside passed pawns especially strong.

< 2. Knights hate rooks' pawns! Knights are quite clumsy when fighting against passed pawns in general, but they are especially poor against a rook's pawn. This is because the edge of the board seriously restricts the knight's agility in a way that it does not always do to other pieces, certainly not to the same extent.

< 3. The knight is not able to lose a tempo by itself. This is often an important factor, and means that if some form of Zugzwang position arises, only the kings can use triangulation to lose a tempo and transfer the move.

< 4. As in many endings, king activity is a big factor in knight endings, as is space generally.

< 5. Finally, because of the knight's clumsiness in fighting against a passed pawn, a knight sacrifice, to deflect its opposite number and set a passed pawn decisively in motion, is often a common feature of such endings.

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Nimzowitsch vs Tartakower, 1925
(A06) Reti Opening, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
N2P vs 5P (56...Nxg4+ =)
J Diez del Corral vs Ivkov, 1970
(A56) Benoni Defense, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
NNN Well it's a {N} endgame, nothing special.
Benko vs K Darga, 1970
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2
NNN notyetanalysed
J Nogueiras vs Ljubojevic, 1989
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 45 moves, 0-1
NNN notyetanalysed
T Borvander vs J Houska, 2007
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 68 moves, 0-1
NNN notyetanalysed - --> {P}endgame
Maroczy vs Marshall, 1903
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 63 moves, 0-1
NNN ... like this one
Christiansen vs Ulf Andersson, 1997
(C11) French, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
aNother N by N
Grob vs Nimzowitsch, 1934
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
4:2 pawn islands
Ulf Andersson vs G Sigurjonsson, 1979
(E92) King's Indian, 50 moves, 1-0
N+pawns
J Rejfir vs L Alster, 1955
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 75 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs E Andersen, 1935
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 85 moves, 1-0
Tarta's best
Sultan Khan vs Tartakower, 1931
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 0-1
nya
E Najer vs A Rychagov, 2007
(C11) French, 54 moves, 0-1
T Siaperas vs Uhlmann, 1956
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 0-1
Von Scheve vs Chigorin, 1902
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi vs Mecking, 1974
(A09) Reti Opening, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Aronian vs Grischuk, 2009
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
B Rabar vs Rellstab, 1942
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 96 moves, 1/2-1/2
oops
S Megaranto vs J Plenca, 2009
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 0-1
Pillsbury vs Gunsberg, 1895
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
2:3||
D Lavin vs E Lawson, 2004
(E15) Queen's Indian, 91 moves, 0-1
technical win
Carlsen vs Naiditsch, 2009
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 1-0
J Nogueiras vs M Gongora, 2001
(A21) English, 84 moves, 1-0
Boleslavsky vs Fine, 1945
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0
QN --> N
Larsen vs Geller, 1983
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 89 moves, 0-1
2:1 same wing
B Grachev vs Carlsen, 2008
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 88 moves, 1/2-1/2
more active knight
B Grachev vs Radjabov, 1998
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 55 moves, 0-1
B Grachev vs A Gavrilov, 2005
(E14) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
E Inarkiev vs Ivanchuk, 2009
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 90 moves, 1/2-1/2
T Hansen vs J L Hammer, 2009
(A28) English, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
J L Hammer vs A Leniart, 2009
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
H Bastian vs R Stern, 2004
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Mainka vs R Stern, 2004
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 57 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951
(A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 66 moves, 1-0
I Cheparinov vs Kamsky, 2009
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1896
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0
E Paehtz vs A Stefanova, 2008
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 74 moves, 0-1
Zugzwang!
Timman vs H Ree, 1984
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 50 moves, 1-0
Nisipeanu vs A Komora, 2009
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky vs W Suesman, 1944
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 0-1
Keres vs J Teufel, 1968
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 62 moves, 1-0
A Skripchenko vs A Sharevich, 2008
(B40) Sicilian, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
E Alekseev vs D Khismatullin, 2009
(B53) Sicilian, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lasker vs Marshall, 1907
(C11) French, 52 moves, 1-0
Robson vs S Swaminathan, 2010
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 51 moves, 1-0
clumsy knights
Leko vs Short, 2010
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
Salov vs Ulf Andersson, 1991
(E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 61 moves, 1-0
I Carlsen vs M Hamer, 2010
(C42) Petrov Defense, 51 moves, 0-1
Ulf Andersson vs A Pomar-Salamanca, 1973
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 56 moves, 1-0
G Barcza vs Simagin, 1949
(A04) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 0-1
Boleslavsky vs Keres, 1941
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 90 moves, 1-0
NNN Classic Night lines
Lasker vs Nimzowitsch, 1934
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 65 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein vs Mieses, 1909
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0
A Timofeev vs E Najer, 2005
(B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 67 moves, 1-0
Stein vs Korchnoi, 1962
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1948
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
Dolmatov vs A Volokitin, 2004
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Muzychuk vs T Sarbok, 2010
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Solak vs A Hadzimanolis, 2005
(A36) English, 66 moves, 1-0
Short vs Smyslov, 1987
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 65 moves, 1-0
O Iljushina vs E Polovnikova-Atalik, 2010
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
N--> Q
A A Ivanov vs Ivanchuk, 2010
(B10) Caro-Kann, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2
Petrosian vs Bannik, 1958
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 61 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Spassky, 1985
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 90 moves, 1-0
Fine vs Najdorf, 1949
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 71 moves, 0-1
Many hounds soon catch the hare.
G Marco vs Maroczy, 1899
(C01) French, Exchange, 78 moves, 0-1
J Masculo vs Yusupov, 1977
(A06) Reti Opening, 74 moves, 0-1
K Mueller vs R Appel, 2009
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gelfand vs Wang Yue, 2010
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 82 moves, 1-0
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1946
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Speelmanns Lektionen
F Lamprecht vs Speelman, 2001
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 0-1
classical
Unzicker vs B Hoenlinger, 1949
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 63 moves, 1-0
Leko vs Naiditsch, 2010
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 60 moves, 1-0
til the end
Chekhov vs F X Minguell, 1984
(A15) English, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tarrasch vs Blackburne, 1914
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 67 moves, 1-0
M Matlakov vs S D Swapnil, 2010
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
S Sadek vs A Adly, 2009
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 75 moves, 0-1
K Arakhamia-Grant vs A Wagener, 2009
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 94 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs D Antic, 2006
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
E Moradiabadi vs M Mahjoob, 2001
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 80 moves, 0-1
shot
K Lie vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008
(B10) Caro-Kann, 42 moves, 1-0
2:1||
Z Banduka vs Lubomir Sokol, 2000
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 0-1
E Eliskases vs B Wexler, 1960
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 54 moves, 0-1
Y Meshkov vs Radjabov, 2010
(B30) Sicilian, 56 moves, 0-1
M Amanov vs S Chumfwa, 2010
(E15) Queen's Indian, 53 moves, 0-1
V Gashimov vs Radjabov, 1998
(C11) French, 51 moves, 0-1
R Kempinski vs O Moor, 2001
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 69 moves, 1-0
Yusupov vs D Hennig, 2001
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
O Nikolenko vs Epishin, 2004
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 88 moves, 0-1
Karjakin vs Bologan, 2004
(C28) Vienna Game, 51 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs Kiril Georgiev, 2010
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 87 moves, 1-0
A Sharevich vs A Muzychuk, 2010
(A80) Dutch, 60 moves, 0-1
E Tomashevsky vs Khalifman, 2009
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Smejkal vs Jansa, 1970
(A26) English, 68 moves, 0-1
Ljubojevic vs Beliavsky, 1991
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1937
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 68 moves, 1-0
A Planinc vs Maric, 1972
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 75 moves, 0-1
Hector vs M Bartel, 2010
(C02) French, Advance, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Petrosian vs D Taylor, 1978
(D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 70 moves, 0-1
Lahno vs S Ivanov, 2003
(C01) French, Exchange, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Janowski vs Capablanca, 1913
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0
4:3||
I Nepomniachtchi vs Ivanchuk, 2011
(B32) Sicilian, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nakamura vs Svidler, 2011
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 48 moves, 0-1
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2011
(E12) Queen's Indian, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
Na:B-; 4:4||
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1925
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 57 moves, 0-1
3:2||
Suba vs Adorjan, 1986
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Adly vs Sutovsky, 2006
(E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 47 moves, 1-0
Adianto vs A Wright, 1990
(E17) Queen's Indian, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov vs Adams, 1999
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 65 moves, 1-0
Adams vs Dvoirys, 1993
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 101 moves, 1-0
E Lobron vs Romanishin, 1983
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 65 moves, 0-1
||2:1 pp
A Pomar-Salamanca vs K S Ojanen, 1958
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 105 moves, 1-0
+2
C Lutz vs Uhlmann, 1991
(E97) King's Indian, 56 moves, 0-1
Miles vs Korchnoi, 1975
(A04) Reti Opening, 83 moves, 1/2-1/2
N Bojkovic vs S Dedijer, 2009
(A15) English, 114 moves, 1/2-1/2
A M Botsari vs D Ciuksyte, 2011
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 57 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963
(E17) Queen's Indian, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Wang Yue vs Radjabov, 2009
(E92) King's Indian, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Stupak vs V Gashimov, 2010
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 82 moves, 0-1
N Pogonina vs Yifan Hou, 2007
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 77 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky vs Alatortsev, 1939
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
3:2||
Timman vs Ulf Andersson, 1983
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 85 moves, 1/2-1/2
5:4||
Timman vs Ulf Andersson, 1987
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Vocaturo vs V Cmilyte, 2012
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 61 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2010
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bagirov vs I Bern, 1991
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Radjabov vs Aronian, 2007
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 65 moves, 0-1
Burn vs Breyer, 1912
(C11) French, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
corr mastery
G Wood vs J Balogh, 1950
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 66 moves, 1-0
H Max vs F Sulik, 1936
(C01) French, Exchange, 53 moves, 0-1
Keitlinghaus vs C Lutz, 1997
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keitlinghaus vs D Gross, 2003
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 62 moves, 1-0
E Paehtz vs D Brandenburg, 2012
(C11) French, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1938
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0
--> P
Nimzowitsch vs Chigorin, 1907
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Geller, 1965
(A39) English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Noakh vs Karpov, 1966
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 100 moves, 0-1
T Sanikidze vs Navara, 2011
(E12) Queen's Indian, 68 moves, 0-1
Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2008
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 70 moves, 1-0
K Bulski vs B Socko, 2012
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2
Una O'Boyle vs Jo-Yu Liao, 2010
(C45) Scotch Game, 97 moves, 0-1
Larsen vs Ulf Andersson, 1980
(A13) English, 73 moves, 0-1
Emms vs N Berry, 2002
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 66 moves, 1-0
Eingorn vs M Bartel, 2001
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
N Tovsanaa vs Eingorn, 2002
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 52 moves, 0-1
Korchnoi vs Suetin, 1967
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0
T Nabaty vs Ding Liren, 2011
(C11) French, 56 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs Anand, 1991
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 59 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2012
(C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 61 moves, 1-0
Tkachiev vs Topalov, 2012
(C01) French, Exchange, 81 moves, 1-0
from bad to worse to lost
Wang Hao vs Carlsen, 2012
(E15) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 0-1
V Laznicka vs Shirov, 2012
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bareev vs Karpov, 2002
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Yusupov vs Ulf Andersson, 1987
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Azmaiparashvili vs Ulf Andersson, 1998
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 67 moves, 1-0
a+h outsiders! (The Giants of Strategy by Neil McDonald)
R Illa vs Capablanca, 1911
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 68 moves, 0-1
a+b pp (The Giants of Strategy by Neil McDonald)
Karpov vs Browne, 1972
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 59 moves, 1-0
Ulf Andersson vs Kiril Georgiev, 1985
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 45 moves, 1-0
5:4||
J Gustafsson vs K Stupak, 2012
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 77 moves, 1-0
Zainab Asif Abdulah Al-Fayyadh vs J Leon Sandoval, 2012
(B06) Robatsch, 54 moves, 0-1
Leko vs Ivanchuk, 2012
(C11) French, 42 moves, 1-0
the long and winding road to draw
Mamedyarov vs Ivanchuk, 2012
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 110 moves, 1/2-1/2
ding dong
G Meier vs Ding Liren, 2012
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 64 moves, 1-0
instructive
Ponomariov vs Rublevsky, 2012
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 77 moves, 1-0
4:4||
Rublevsky vs Ponomariov, 2007
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
F Bindrich vs P Tregubov, 2012
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 61 moves, 1-0
Salov vs Timman, 1994
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
Eljanov vs A Yakimenko, 2012
(A38) English, Symmetrical, 61 moves, 1-0
h-pawn
M Lazarevic vs C Vreeken-Bouwman, 1963
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 83 moves, 1-0
Big Al missed the win
Alekhine vs J Van Den Bosch, 1936
(C48) Four Knights, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik vs Novotelnov, 1951
(E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 87 moves, 1-0
Sakaev vs Ulibin, 2000
(C13) French, 57 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Leko, 2009
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Kokarev vs U Bajarani, 2013
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 54 moves, 1-0
Yifan Hou vs G Nakhbayeva, 2012
(C13) French, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
N Guliyev vs D Seyb, 2012
(C10) French, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
und dann iwie platt
V Kovacevic vs Hecht, 1982
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 1-0
R Ribeiro vs S Chang, 2001
(A02) Bird's Opening, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Najdorf vs Reshevsky, 1953
(E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 91 moves, 1-0
Zugzwang! -+
Petrosian vs Schmid, 1968
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
N sac
Karpov vs M Wills, 1972
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 66 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2013
(D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Yifan Hou vs S Sjugirov, 2005
(B40) Sicilian, 94 moves, 1/2-1/2

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