George Alan Thomas vs Richard Reti (1925)

George Alan Thomas vs Richard Reti
Baden Baden (1925) · Budapest Defense: Adler Variation (A52) · 1-0

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Sep-10-04		Knight13: That's a tough ending.

Sep-10-04		suenteus po 147: <Knight13> If by tough you mean grueling in the precision required to place rooks, save and advance pawns, and then calculate queen/rook endings to avoid a draw, then yes, that WAS a tough ending. The saving grace is Thomas's king in front of his remaining pawn. He sets up a position to safely exchange queens and then promote his last pawn. If, on the other hand, Reti had somehow managed to trade queens before the white king ducked in front of its own pawn, then he could have drawn...theoretically. Of course he still would have needed to get his own king in front of the pawn first, but that at least would have been possible with queens off.

Sep-11-04		Gypsy: There is an interesting tactical relationship between the f and h pawns here. In the position after, say, 57.Kxb6, had all piecess except for those on the h-file been shifted one file left (up in alphabet), Black would have had a draw after 57...Rf7. Unfortunately, the analogous 57...Rg7 in the true position does not work.

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