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Läufer gegen Springer (Varnusz) Egon Varnusz: Läufer gegen Springer im Endspiel mit Schwerfiguren, Verlag Harri Deutsch (1993) - ISBN 3-8171-1264-5 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 Thomas-Landau, Amsterdam 1937 - White to play click for larger view 1.Nc2 Be8 2.b4 Bd7 3.Nd4 Be8 4.a4 a6 5.a5!! Bd7 6.b5 cxb5 7.Kxd5 Be8 8.Nc2 Bd7 9.Nb4 Bc8 10.Kc6 Kd8 11.Kd6! Bb7 12.c6 Bc8 13.c7+ Ke8 14.Kc6 Kf7 15.Kb6 Ke7 16.Nxa6 Kd6 17.Nb4 1-0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 Capablanca - educative position: In this type of pawn formation Bishop is much better than Knight. click for larger view +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 19 Maric-Breyther, Bad Woerishofen 1985 - White to play click for larger view 1.b4! Kd7 2.a4 Ke7 3.Bb5! Nf7 4.Kc6 Ne5+ 5.Kb7 Kd6 6.Kxa7 Kc7 7.Ka6 g5 8.Be8 gxh4 9.gxh4 Nf3 10.Bxh5 Nxh4 11.b5! Ng2 12.Ka7 Ne3 13.Be2 1-0 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 24 Kr.Georgiev-Zlatilov, Plewen 1987 - Black to play click for larger view 1...Kd4 2.Ne2+ Kd3 3.Nf4+ Kc3 4.Ke4 Bd6! 5.Nxg6 Kb2 6.Kd5! Kxa2!! 7.Kxd6 Kxb3 8.Kc5 a4 9.Nf4 a3 10.Nd3 h4! 11.Kb5 Kc3 12.Nb4 b6! 13.c5 bxc5 14.Kxc5 Kb3 15.Kb5 Kc3 16.Ka4 Kd4 17.Kxa3 Ke3 18.Nd5+ Kf2 19.Nf4 Kg3 20.Ng6 Kxg2 1/2-1/2 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 27 R.Fine, Study 1941 - White to play and win click for larger view 1.Bd5 Nb8 2.Bg8! h6 3.Bd5 Nd7 4.Be4! Nf8 5.Kd5 Kd7 6.h4! h5 7.Bc2! Ke7 8.Bb1! Kd7 9.Ke4 Ke7 10.Ba2 Nd7 11.Kf4 Kf8 12.Bb1 Kf7 13.Bc2 Nf8 14.Bb3+ Kg7 15.Ke4! Nd7 16.Kd5 Kf8 17.Kd6 Nb6 18.Kc7+- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 28 Spielmann-Krejcik, Vienna 1930 - White to play click for larger view 1.Kf4 a6 2.Be2 b6 3.h4 Nf7 4.h5 Nh6 5.Bg4 Nf7 6.a4 Ne5 7.Be2 Nf7 8.Bd3 a5 9.Be2 Ne5 10.h6! Ng6+ 11.Kg4 Ne5+ 12.Kh5 Nf7 13.h7! Kg7 14.Bd3 Kf6 15.Kg4 Ne5+ 16.Kf4 Nf7 17.Be2 Kg6 18.Bf3! Nh8 19.Bg4 Nf7 20.Be6 Nh8 21.Bd7! Kxh7 22.Kf5 Kg7 23.Be8 Kf8 24.Bh5 Ke7 25.Kg5 Nf7+ 26.Bxf7 Kxf7 28.Kf5 1-0 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 51 Simagin-Zagorjansky, Ivanovo 1944 - White to play click for larger view 1.h4 gxh4 2.Rg4+ Rg6 3.Rxh4 Nc6 4.Be4 Rf6 5.g4! Ne7 6.g5! hxg5 7.Rh7+ Kf8 8.Rfh1 Ke8 9.Rg7 Rf7?! 10.Rh8+ Kd7 11.Bc6+!! Ke6 12.Rh6+ Rf6 13.Bd7+! Kxd7 14.Rxf6 1-0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 52 Judovich-Zagorjansky, Moscow 1949 - White to play click for larger view 1.Rc2 Rb7 2.Rec1 h6 3.Bf4 Kg7 4.Rc5 Na8 5.Rc8 Rbe7 6.Bd6! Rxc8 7.Rxc8 Nb6 8.Rb8 Rd7 9.Be5+ Kf7 10.Rh8 h5 11.Kh2! Re7 12.Kg3 Nd7 13.Bd6 Kg7 14.Ra8 Nb6 15.Rb8 Rd7 16.Be5+ Kf7 17.Kf4 Re7 18.Bd6 Rd7 19.Ke5 b4 20.g3 Re7 21.Rh8 Nd7+ 22.Kf4 Kg7 23.Ra8 Nb6 24.Rb8 Rd7 25.Ke5 Kf7 26.Rh8 Kg7 27.Rb8 f4 28.Bf8+ Kh7 29.gxf4 Rf7 30.Kxe6 Rxf4 31.Bd6 Rxf3 32.Be5 g5 33.Rh8+ Kg6 34.Rg8+ 1-0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 55 Seirawan-Groszpeter, Saint John 1988 - White to play click for larger view 1.Rcb3 Ra8 2.Rb7 g6 3.Kg2 h5 4.h3! Rd8 5.Rc7 Kg7 6.Rbb7 Rf8 7.g4! Ra2 8.Bf3 hxg4 9.hxg4 Ra8 10.g5! Ra3 11.Bg4 Ra6 12.Be6! 1-0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 76 Cvetkovic-Sribar, Yugoslavia 1983 - White to play click for larger view 1.a5! Ke7 2.e5! Kd7 3.b4! Kc6 4.g4 b6 5.axb6 Kxb6 6.h4 a5 7.bxa5 Kxa5 8.Ne4 Kb4 9.Nd6 Bg8 10.Kf4 Kb3 11.h5 Kc2 12.g5 hxg5+ 13.Kxg5 Kd3 14.Kf6 Kd4 15.Nxf7 1-0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 78 Averbakh-Panov, Moscow 1950 - White to play click for larger view 1.g5 Kg7 2.Kf3 Kf7 3.Kg4 Be7 4.Kf5 Bf8 5.Nf6 h6 6.gxh6! Bxh6 7.Ne4 Bf8 8.h6! Bxh6 9.Nxd6+ Ke7 10.Ne4 Be3 11.d6+ Kd7 12.Kxe5 1-0 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 86 Cabrilo-Murey, Belgrade 1986 - White to play click for larger view 1.Ng6! Bf7 2.Ne7 f4 3.gxf4 Bxh5 4.Kd5! Bf7+ 5.Kd6 Bxc4 6.Nc8+!! Kb5 7.c7 Kb4 8.Na7 Ba6 9.Kc6! Kb3 10.Kb6 Kxb2 11.Kxa6 a3 12.c8Q a2 13.Qb7 1-0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 94 Barbero-Littlewood, Wintherthur 1986 - Black to play click for larger view 1...h4 2.h3 Ke5 3.Ba4 Ne6 4.Kg2 Nf4+ 5.Kh2 Kd4 6.Bd7 Ke3! 7.Bxf5 Kxf3 8.Bc8 Kf2 9.Bd7 Ne2! 10.Bc8 Nd4 0-1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 129 Puc-Matulovic, Yugoslavia 1969 - Black to play click for larger view 1...g5! 2.h3 h5 3.Be2 h4! 4.Kg2 hxg3 5.fxg3 c4! 6.Qd2 f6 7.Qc1 Qa7 8.Qd2 Qa1 9.Bd1 Nd3 10.h4 Nc5! 11.Qc2 Kg7 12.hxg5 fxg5 13.Qd2 Nxe4 14.Qd4+ Nf6 15.Be2 Qb2 16.Qe3 Kf8 17.Qe6 Qc2 18.Qc8+ Kg7 19.Qe6 Qd2! 20.Qxe7+ Kg6 0-1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 130 Forintos-Pein, Metz 1984 - White to play click for larger view 1.f5! g5 2.Qf1 Qe4?! 3.Qh3+ Qh4 4.Qf3! Qxa4+ 5.Kb1 Qc4 6.Qh1+ Qh4 7.Qc6! g4 8.Qb7! Qe1+ 9.Ka2 Qe3 10.Qh1+ Qh3 11.Qa8! Bd4 12.Qf8+ Kh7 13.Ng5# +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 119 games, 1862-1990