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Loek van Wely vs Ognjen Cvitan
San Benedetto Open (1991), San Benedetto del Tronto ITA, Aug-??
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Bayonet Attack (E97)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jan-29-11  TechnoGuyRob: Beautiful stalemate trap!
Dec-22-23
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  Fusilli: Position after 53.Kc4:


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So, yes, black managed to get stalemated a few moves later, but was it really a draw?

Van Wely has a video on chess.com where he goes over this endgame.

In this position:


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Van Wely played 56.Kd4, falling for the stalemate trap. He doesn’t discuss 56.Kd3, and I was wondering if it would win. It doesn’t:

56. Kd3 d4 57. Kc4 d3 58. Kc5 d2 59. Kb6 Re8 60. Rd1


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And black draws with 60…Re6+. Black will keep checking and if the king moves to the c-file, black will get the rook behind the a-pawn and draw. If white brings the king down on the b-file, once the king is sufficiently far (Kb4) then black plays Re8, and after Rxd2, Ra8 and Rxa7 draws (with or without stalemate).

Van Wely does discuss 56.Kb5, which wins:


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It is fascinating:

54... e3 55. Kc6 d5 56. Kb7 Rxa7+ 57. Kxa7 d4 58. Re1 Kg7 59. Kb6 Kf6 60. Kc5 Ke5 61. Kc4 Ke4

This looks worrisome, but white wins by means of zugzwang.


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62.h3! d3 63.Kc3


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63…d2 64.Ra1 Kf3 65.Kd3


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65…Kf2 66.Rb1


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66…Kf3 67.Rf1+ Kg2 68.Ke2


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White wins.

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