Ali Gattea vs Andrei Istratescu (2002)

Ali Gattea vs Andrei Istratescu
Bled Olympiad (2002) · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Variation (E34) · 0-1

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Dec-02-04		Gregor Samsa Mendel: An unusual case where having a doubled pawn is advantageous in the endgame. Black's separated b-pawns provide the extra tempo that allows black to gain the opposition: 38...b6. I'm no great shakes as a chessplayer, but I once managed to steer a game into an ending similar to this one. Upon losing, my opponent was outraged, saying I should have lost because of my doubled pawns. He then subjected me to a torrent of verbal abuse that, sadly, is all too common on Yahoo! chess.

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