Jul-18-04
 | | kevin86: This is a notorious case where R+2P only draw vs rook. If you have a bishop and rook pawn,you cannot win under these conditions. What I heard is that one pawn must be sacrificed to divert the king-and as the rook pawn is a hopeless case-it has to be the one to go. Alas,the bishop pawn only draws if the king is on the edge of the board.QED-it is a draw. |
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Jan-18-08
 | | chancho: Kramnik managed to win this type of endgame today:
Kramnik vs Aronian, 2008 |
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| Apr-01-08 | | Judah: Actually, Steinitz should have won this game. At move 79, he had a fairly easy win with c6: Black can't stop both pawns from Queening. |
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| May-02-08 | | Judah: 61...Kc7 is a subtle blunder. Black needs to prevent White's King from supporting the advance of the c-pawn. His plan is to control the squares in front of the c-pawn with his King and then play his Rook to the b-file, forcing White's King either to the a-file (where it is stuck doing nothing but blocking a pawn) or behind the c-pawn (where it is also doing nothing). Any time White tries to bring his King up to support the pawn, Black drives it off with a check from the Rook, and there is nothing White can do. ...Kc7 looks like a reasonable move in support of this goal, but it fails to Steinitz's 62.Kb5 63.Re7+. The check drives the Black King away, White's King is able to penetrate, and with careful play, White should win the game. To accomplish his goal, Blackburne needed to play 61...Kd7, still controlling c6 and c7, but preventing Re7+. This would have given him the time he needed to play ...Rh8 ...Rb8, successfully restraining Steinitz's King. |
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May-02-08
 | | Pawn and Two: Steinitz's last opportunity to win this game was at move 81. Nalimov tables show White's position to be winning with best play after: 81.Kd7 (23 moves); 81.Kd6 (27 moves); 81.Rd8+ (31 moves); 81.Rd7 (37 moves); 81.Rd3 (38 moves); 81.Rd2 (38 moves); 81.Kb6 (39 moves); or 81.Kb5 (39 moves). After 81.Kd7 Rh1 82.c6 Rh7+ 83.Kd6 Rh1 84.Re5 Rd1+ 85.Kc5 Ka7 86.Re4 Kb8 87.Kb5 Rc1 88.Rb4 Ka7 89.Rc4 Rb1+ 90.Kc5 Rb8 91.c7, and wins for White. |
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