Jan Timman vs Peter K Wells (2006)

Jan Timman vs Peter K Wells
Howard Staunton Memorial (2006) · Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Check Variation Intermezzo Line (E15) · 1-0

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Aug-15-06		Ron: The position after White's 37th move click for larger view I wondered why not: 37. ... RxR 38. NxR It seems that Black was in time trouble. However after 37. RxR 38. NxR I am inclined to think that with best play on both sides White can win the endgame from this line. I would be interested in seeing analysis.

Aug-15-06		Albertan: Hi Ron, I put the position into Shredder 8, and waited until the computer had analyzed at least 20 ply before going to the next move. At the end of the analysis the program was using endgame tablebases which confirmed the result as a draw. Here is the analysis Shredder 8 generated: 37... Rxd7 38. Nxd7 f6 39.Nb6 Bb4 40. Nc4 f5 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. g4 g6 43. g5 hxg5 44. fxg5 Kg7 45. Ke2 Bc3 46. Kd3 Be1 47. Ke2 Bb4 48. Kd3 Kh7 49. Kd4 Kg7 50. h3 Be1 51. Kd3 Kg8 52. Ke3 Bc3 53. Kf4 Kg7 54. h4 Be1 55. exf5 exf5 56. h5 gxh5 57. Kxf5 Bc3 58. Ne3 h4 59. Kg4 Bd2 60. Nf5+ Kf7 61. Nd6+ Ke6 62. g6 Bc3 63. Ne4 Bg7 64. Kxh4 Kf5 65.Nc5 Kxg6 66. Kg4 Kf6 67. Kf4 Ke7 68. Ke3 Kd6 69. Nb3 Kd5 70. Nxa5 Bf8 71. Kd3 Bb4 72. Nb3 Be1 73. Nd2 Kc6 74. Ne4 Bb4 75. Nd2 Kd5 draw

Aug-16-06		supertimchan: This ending is clearly drawn without checking with the computer.

Aug-16-06		Dr. Funkenstein: Saying something is clearly drawn (especially without any analysis to bakc it up) is a little fishy. There are a lot of "drawn positions" that look drawn to us, but for someone with excellent endgame skill they may not be. Checking with the computer in these types of positions after the game is very helpful.

Aug-16-06		NateDawg: According to Chessmaster 10, White can win this game anyways. Here is a line it provides: 40...f8 41. a7 d4 42. d6 g5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. f7+ g8 45. c7 g4+ 46. h4 click for larger view All attempts to hold on the pawn at g4 fail, e.g (46...d2 47. h5! xa4 48. g6 h6 49. c8+ f8 50. e8 f4 51. gxf4 h8 52. f6 a4 53. xf8#). Therefore Black must play 46...xd6 47. exd6 xd6 48. c5 f7 49. xa5 d4 50. g5 xa4 51. xg4 and White has obtained a won position. click for larger view

Aug-16-06		NateDawg: Play could continue 51...a2 52. h3 e5 53. g5 e6 54. h4 d5 55. h5 e4 56. h6 e3 57. h7 a8 58. h4 e2 59. h1 d4 60. g4 d3 61. g6 a6+ 62. h5 a8 63. g5 f8 64. g6 f1 65. h3+ e4 66. h4+ d3 67. h8= e1= 68. d4+ e2 69. e4+ f3 70. xe1 xe1 71. g7 e8 72. d5+ g3 73. g8=+ xg8 74. xg8+ and White wins.

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