Wesley So vs Timur Gareyev (2019)

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Wesley So vs Timur Gareyev
US Championship (2019), St Louis, MO USA, rd 2, Mar-21
Catalan Opening: General (E00) · 1-0

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Mar-21-19		Junbalansag: This king-queen and king-rook ending is quite instructive for chess enthusiasts like me.

Mar-21-19		HeMateMe: the game seems drawn after move 28. Symmetrical pawn structure, each side has 4 pawns on the same side of the board. I wonder why black upended his pawn structure?

Mar-22-19		ChessMan94: Why did Timur continue playing after Wesley promoted the pawn on move 56? Was he testing Wesley's ability to win the game? If so he got his lesson. :)

Mar-22-19		tpstar: After 82. Kh3: click for larger view White has created a winning Q vs R situation where every Rook move loses. Juniors and students should work this out for themselves. A classic Philidor Position would have the Rook on g2 featuring the same winning idea. Go Wesley!

Mar-22-19		parmetd: <ChessMan94> even though Queen vs R + P positions of this type are lost, they're not easy and many strong GMs even 2750+ routinely mess them up. Walter Browne was famous for taking the rook the side of this endgame and holding a draw against all GM comers for money in blitz games. Most GMs couldn't beat him.

Mar-22-19		Inocencio: Very instructive end game by Kabayan Wesley So.

Mar-22-19		Sally Simpson: * <"Why did Timur continue playing after Wesley promoted the pawn on move 56?"> Players are often asked to win a KQ v KR ending. It's so easy to screw up. The Queen player has two timers, the clock and the 50 move rule and must stay alert, one slack move, which in this ending is sometimes played just on the brink of winning after cornering the King, and they turn the Rook player into a hero. Black to play (White's last move was Kg4-Kf3) click for larger view Morozevich vs Jakovenko, 2006 *

Mar-22-19		Sally Simpson: * (White to play) click for larger view Lovely. It looks like a composed 'White to play and win' position. Apart from what happened in the game the idea has a double variation on the same theme of a passed pawn hitting a Knight. 47.Nf6 Rd8 48.Ng8+ Ke8 49.Rxd8+ Kxd8 50.Nxh6 *

Mar-22-19		wordfunph: Hirap na hirap sa batil. Haaay.

Mar-22-19		ChessMan94: <parmetd> <Sally Simpson> Thanks for your replies.

Mar-22-19		woldsmandriffield: click for larger view From here, I watched the live video link. Wesley So's his speed of play and technique were impressive but Garyev was rather cooperative. 75 Qc2+ Kf4 76 Ke6 Re5+ Most players would opt for this but it plays into So's hands. Much tougher to break down is 76..Rg8+ Natural moves are the 77 Qf2+ Ke4 78 Qf5+ Ke3 79 Qh5 when Black can return the Rook to proximity to the King or maintain distance: 79..Rg3 or 79..Rc8. Neither are easy to crack. 77 Kf6 Re3 78 Qf5+ Kg3 79 Kg5 Kg2 Ceding ground is rarely a good idea. 79..Rf3 is much more stubborn. 80 Kh4! (excellent move) Kg1? In conjunction with the previous move, this deserves a question mark. Did Black really think he could mount a first rank defense? The King can't go any further South so this placement gives White mating opportunities! 81 Qf4 Re2 82 Kh3! (using the King as an aggressive piece!) and now as tpstar notes above, all Rook moves lose in short order.

Mar-22-19		Sally Simpson: * Don't think we can be too harsh on Gareyev. When he played 80...Kg1. The TB's would have been giving mate in x moves. He chose to lose in another way. The only practical hope is stalemate (though the optimists among us would hope for a win with the Rook skewering the King and Queen.) To set up stalemate chances you get the King to the edge of the board so why not head there and either get one or end the misery. It does happen. click for larger view Black to play M Lorne vs N Vasovski, 2004 *

Mar-23-19		actinia: black self-destructed. after move 28 he went out of his way to create pawn weaknesses and passive pieces. gxf6 instead of rxf6 would have been much better. and f6 doesn't even need to be played. any pawn move is weakening. h5 instead of f6 would have made more sense. it secures f5 for the night. if white wants to kick out the knight with g4 it would then lead to a pawn exchange, bringing the draw closer.

Mar-23-19		woldsmandriffield: @SallySimpson true - but White was a 2150 whereas So is a bit better than that.

Mar-26-19		kbob: re Parmetd's comment about Walter Browne and this ending. I wonder if that came after Browne failed to defeat the first database at normal time control and then given a month to practice only managed to capture the rook on move 50. (Nunn, Secrets of Pawnless Endgames)

Mar-27-19		sfm: This position, after 61.Kg4, is lost click for larger view but it is worth noting that if we move it all back one row click for larger view it is an easy draw. The problem in the first position is, that the White queen has space to maneuver on the 8th row, attacking the black king from behind. However, against best defense 61.-,Rd5 it is still a difficult win. First it will take 19 moves to win the black pawn.

Apr-03-19		woldsmandriffield: Browne would have taken $50 every time from Gareyev given the technique he brought to the conclusion of this game. Black just allows himself to be caged!

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