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| Jun-05-05 |
| arifattar: Well, here is the pgn. Is there anyway I could have won the end game? [Event "www.ChessWorld.net Tournament number #27454"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "6/4/2005 7:06:51 PM "]
[Round "NA"]
[White "arifattar"]
[Black "leelee2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "1392820"]
[Termination "Draw agreed"]
1. e2e4 c7c5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. d2d4 cxd4 4. Nf3xd4 Nc6xd4 5. Qd1xd4 Qd8a5 6. Bc1d2 e7e5 7. Bd2xa5 exd4 8. c2c3 b7b6 9. Ba5b4 Bf8xb4 10. cxb4 Ng8e7 11. b4b5 O-O 12. Nb1d2 d7d5 13. Bf1d3 Rf8e8 14. O-O Bc8b7 15. Rf1e1 Ne7g6 16. exd5 Bb7xd5 17. Bd3e4 Bd5xe4 18. Nd2xe4 Ra8d8 19. f2f3 f7f5 20. Ne4d2 d4d3 21. Kg1f2 Ng6f4 22. Re1xe8 Rd8xe8 23. Ra1e1 Re8e2 24. Re1xe2 dxe2 25. Kf2e1 Nf4xg2 26. Ke1xe2 g7g5 27. b2b4 Ng2f4 28. Ke2f1 Kg8f7 29. a2a4 Kf7e6 30. Nd2c4 Nf4d5 31. a4a5 Nd5xb4 32. Nc4xb6 Ke6d6 33. Nb6a8 Kd6d7 34. b5b6 axb6 35. Na8xb6 Kd7c7 36. Kf1e2 f5f4 37. h2h3 h7h6 38. Ke2d2 Kc7c6 39. Kd2c3 Kc6b5 40. Kc3d4 Kb5xa5 41. Nb6d5 Nb4c2 42. Kd4e4 Nc2e1 43. Nd5xf4 gxf4 44. Ke4xf4 Ka5b5 45. Kf4g4 Kb5c5 46. f3f4 Kc5d6 47. Kg4h5 Kd6e6 48. Kh5g6 Ne1f3 49. f4f5 Ke6e7 50. Kg6g7 Nf3e5 51. f5f6 Ke7e6 52. Kg7xh6 Ke6xf6 53. Kh6h5 Kf6f5 Draw agreed 1/2-1/2 |
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Jun-05-05
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| Chessical: <Arifatter> Thank you for sharing this interesting game; but if I may say so, I do not think that you were winning this endgame. If leelee2 had played <32...axb6>, I think that you would have been in a difficult position:
<33.axb6> (or 33.a6 Nd5 34.a7 Nc7) 33...Kd7 34.Ke2 Kc8 35.Ke3 Kb7 36.Kd4 f4 37.Ke4 Kxb6 38.Kf5 h6 39.h4 gxh4 40.Kxf4 Kxb5 41.Kg4 h3 42.Kxh3 Nd5 43.Kg4 Nf6+ 44.Kf5 h5 45.Kg5 Kc5 winning. Or did you have something up your sleeve? |
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| Jun-05-05 |
| arifattar: Thanks <chessical> As far as I can remember, I was looking for 33.a6. I overlooked the Nd5 and Nc7 manoeuvre. I don't know how. Perhaps, I thought I could bring my King over for some help.
Thanks for the analysis. |
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| Jun-14-05 |
| ArturoRivera: Brilliant!!!, white should have felt like the god chess by winning this.
Just imaging
After 80.-Kxa2, black was calm, -i got a draw at least, i must be good to have get out of this difficutl position i had-, finally he asked white: draw?. White stares at the position a while, maybe ten minutes, no answer, silence in the room, some spectators pass watching the games from those strong tournament boards, they dont even pass a minute with them, -a sure draw- they assume.
Then Nogueiras just laugh, calmy, impressed maybe by his own idea, perhaps Gongora dont know why, -draws are funny? he said, he smiled too.
after 2 more moves Gongora stop smiling, he is staring at the board, astonished, cant believe it, he seeks all probabilities, watch all variants and his smile suddenly dissapear.
his hand trembles, slowly directs to it, the clock stops, the room in silence... |
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Jun-14-05
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| TheAlchemist: <Arturo> Wow, it's almost as you had been there! :-) Really great story, although probably sci-fi, but still! :-) |
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Dec-25-05
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| Knight13: Ahh come on. First name "Jesus!!??" Yeah. "Holy night." The day Jesus was born. Makes sense. |
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| Dec-25-05 |
| makaveli52: one of my new favorite games, trully a masterpiece of an ending |
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Dec-25-05
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| kevin86: One lone,holy knight takes this one over a single,cursed pawn. The poor black pawn is forced to act as an enemy piece to trap his own king. This is very rare indeed,being over the board that it was. |
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Dec-25-05
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| OhioChessFan: Sometimes the beauty of chess is just overwhelming. Merry Christmas everyone. Noel |
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Dec-25-05
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| Richard Taylor: Do you know I didn't even notice his name - either names... I could see this one coming a long way off. Great to get it OTB. Inricate ending. Great play by both! |
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| Dec-25-05 |
| offramp: Well done Jesus. |
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Dec-25-05
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| dakgootje: '... and they all saw and believed Jesus could play chess.' Nice ending indeed |
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| Dec-25-05 |
| MaxxLange: I've only seen this mate in books, too. A nasty way to lose! |
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Dec-22-06
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| Peligroso Patzer: <ArturoRivera:> It is a wonderful narrative that you present (Are you a writer?), but the forced mate with Knight plus King versus King plus Rook-pawn advanced to the sixth rank is well-known, so both players may have realized that the position was winning for White (as it had been at least from move 75) somewhat earlier than you assume. |
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Dec-22-06
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| Peligroso Patzer: <maxundmoritz: <notsodeepthought>, according to Fritz (with hopefully correct tablebases), 75...Kf7 was the last chance to avoid the forced mate. >
The foregoing comment (originally posted Feb-08-05) may be of interest to those trying to figure out just where Black fell into a lost position. |
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Dec-22-06
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| Peligroso Patzer: <notsodeepthought: Beautiful ending. Still, I wonder whether black could have found a draw by playing, e.g., 77 ... Kd6, or any other move that would have forced the knight to make an extra move ***>
According to the following tablebase (for positions with six or fewer units, including Kings): http://www.k4it.de/index.php?topic=... , Black was lost as least as soon as he sacrificed his Knight for White's f-pawn (75. ... Nxf6). The point, I think, is that White will either be able to outflank Black’s King (using the Knight for tempo moves, if needed) and win the a-pawn (after which King plus Knight plus Rook-pawn versus lone King is an easy win) or make sure his Knight is on a light square at the time Black plays … Kxa2. Here are some representative variations: 77...Kd6 78.Nb8 Ke5 [78...Kc7 79.Na6+ Kb6 80.Nb4 Kb5 81.Nc2 Kc4 (81...Ka4 82. Kf4 and Black’s King must leave the defense of the a-pawn and allow 83. Nxa3) 82.Nxa3+ Kb4 83.Nb1  ] 79.Na6 Kd5 80.Kf5 Kd4 81.Kf4 Kd3 82.Ke5 Kc4 83.Ke4 Kb5 84.Nc7+ Kc6 85.Nd5 Kc5 86.Ne3 Kb4 87.Kd4 Ka4 88.Kc4 Ka5 89.Kb3 BTW, I missed this game when it was featured as GotD last Christmas, but what a terrific pun! |
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Dec-13-07
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| Peligroso Patzer: <Peligroso Patzer: <notsodeepthought: Beautiful ending. Still, I wonder whether black could have found a draw by playing, e.g., 77 ... Kd6, or any other move that would have forced the knight to make an extra move ***>
*** Black was lost as least as soon as he sacrificed his Knight for White's f-pawn (75. ... Nxf6). The point, I think, is that White will either be able to outflank Black’s King (using the Knight for tempo moves, if needed) and win the a-pawn (after which King plus Knight plus Rook-pawn versus lone King is an easy win) or make sure his Knight is on a light square at the time Black plays … Kxa2.***> Just took another look at this ending and realized that my above-quoted comment from approximately one year ago was imprecise in referring to White's being able to win by
"mak[ing] sure his Knight is on a light square at the time Black plays … Kxa2". It is NOT good enough for the Knight to be on ANY light square; it must be on one from which it can check the Black King (after it goes to the a1-square) in exactly two (2) Knight moves after Black plays ... Kxa2. Otherwise, after 1. ... Kxa2 2. Kc2 Ka1 3. N moves a2 4. [any move not giving check and not allowing the Black King out of the corner] stalemate. |
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Dec-13-07
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| Peligroso Patzer: Here are a few variations demonstrating White's winning method if Black had played 77. ... Kd6, which would have brought about the following position: 
click for larger view78.Nb8 Ke5 79.Na6 (getting away from harassing attacks from Black's King, but just two moves from the b3-square) Kd5 80.Kf5 Kd4 [80...Kc6 81.Nb4+ Kb5 82.Nc2 Kc4 83.Nxa3+ Kc3 84.Nb1+ ] 81.Kf4 Kc3 82.Ke3 Kb2 83.Kd2 Kb1 [83...Kxa2 84.Kc2 Ka1 85.Nc5 Ka2 (85...a2 86.Nb3#) 86.Nd3 Ka1 87.Nc1 a2 88.Nb3#] 84.Nb4 Kb2 85.Nd3+ Kb1 86.Kd1 Ka1 87.Kc1 Kxa2 88.Kc2 Ka1 89.Nc1 a2 90.Nb3# |
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| Jun-09-08 |
| mezzieh: In my poinion, by playing this endgame and winning it Nogueiras proved his skill is at least no worse than technique of mighty Akiba Rubinstein. However, Mr Gongora might have played stronger in the middlegame. The exchanges of his Bishops left him with pawn weakness and trading off the Queens seems to accelerate his downfall. Was 31...Qe8 possible? If White plays on dark squares shouldn't Black play on whities? |
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Oct-21-08
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| tpstar: This peculiar pattern with the King trapped in the corner by its own Pawn and mated by the lone Knight is called Stamma's Mate. It is very rare in practical play but shows up in endgame texts all the time. =) There's a dual with both Kings on the first rank:
click for larger view1. Nb4 a2 2. Nc2# |
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Dec-24-08
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| crawfb5: Despite it's rarity, I actually had the opportunity for one of these in a tournament game years ago, but my opponent decided to lose the nonpoetic way. :-)
click for larger viewL Crawford - SC 25.05.1974
65...Kf2 [65...Kh1 66.Kf4 Kg2 67.Ke3 Kh1 68.Nh4 Kxh2 69.Kf2 Kh1 70.Nf5 Kh2 71.Ne3 Kh1 72.Nf1 h2 73.Ng3#] 66.Ne1 Ke3 67.Kxh3 and eventually won the boring way. :-) |
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| Jan-17-09 |
| WhiteRook48: These puns are just too clever. |
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| Feb-15-09 |
| WhiteRook48: great game. Black would draw if his last pawn wasn't on the board |
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| Jul-17-09 |
| Dillon: very nice. |
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| Oct-07-09 |
| DiscoJew: Love this game! |
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