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Siegbert Tarrasch vs Mikhail Chigorin
Chigorin - Tarrasch (1893), St. Petersburg RUE, rd 9, Oct-24
Spanish Game: Open. St. Petersburg Variation (C82)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 11...Nxf2 12.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13.Kxf2 f6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Kg1 = 0.00 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.51 (23 ply) after 12.Bxd2 Qd7 13.b4 Be7 14.Nd4 g6 15.f4 Nxd4 16.cxd4 f6 better is 12...Bg4 13.Qd3 g6 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Rae1 Bf5 16.Qd2 Bxc2 = +0.33 (28 ply) ⩲ +1.03 (19 ply)better is 14.Kh1 Be7 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qe2 Nh4 17.a4 Qd7 18.Qd3 g6 ⩲ +1.05 (19 ply)= +0.33 (19 ply) 15.Qd3 h6 16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.Bf4 Bb6 18.Bg3 c5 19.a4 c4 ⩲ +0.71 (20 ply)= -0.14 (24 ply) after 15...Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.e6 Nf4 19.exf7+ 38...Rb2 39.h5 Kf6 40.Ra6+ Kg7 41.Kh2 Rb3 42.c4 bxc4 = 0.00 (33 ply) ⩲ +1.30 (37 ply) 40...a3 41.Ra5 Rb3 42.g3 Rb2+ 43.Kh3 a2 44.Ra6+ Kf5 ⩲ +1.14 (39 ply)= 0.00 (37 ply) 43...a2 44.h5+ Kf6 45.Kh4 Rc4+ 46.g4 Rc2 47.Ra8 Rb2 = 0.00 (39 ply)+- +4.68 (45 ply) after 44.h5+ Kf6 45.Kg4 Re2 46.Rxa3 Re4+ 47.Kf3 Re6 48.Kf4 Rc6 better is 50.Ra8+ Kf7 51.Ra7+ Kf8 52.h6 Rc1 53.Rxa2 Kg8 54.Kh5 +- +21.40 (28 ply) 50...Rc1 51.Rxa2 Kg8 52.Kh5 Rc5+ 53.g5 Kh7 54.Ra7+ Kh8 +- +5.71 (32 ply)+- +15.90 (27 ply)+- mate-in-11 after 61...Kf8 62.h7 Kg7 63.Rf5 Ra7 64.Rf7+ Rxf7 65.gxf763...Kh7 64.Rf8 Rxf8 65.gxf8=B Kg8 66.Bb4 Kf7 67.Kg5 Ke6 +- mate-in-121-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-22-04
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  Chessical: Could Chigorin have drawn the ending with <37...Rb2>?

<38.Ra5> Kf6 39.g4 b4 40.g5+ Kg6 41.Ra6+ Kh5 42.cxb4 a3 43.Rxa3 Kxh4 44.g6 Rxb4 =; or

<38.h5> 38...Kf7 39.Ra5 Rb3 40.Kf2 Rxc3 41.Rxb5 Kg7 42.Ra5 Kh6 43.g4 a3=

Aug-22-04  capanegra: You seem to be right, <Chessical>. But even after 37…♖c2 Chigorin could have saved the game. However, he did miss his drawing opportunity after 43…♖a2? That move violates one of the main principles of Rook endings –the worst way you can defend a passed Pawn, is putting your Rook in front of it. After that, the Black Rook lost his liberty, and couldn't fight the White Pawns.

As Maizelis demonstrated, the correct line was 43…a2! 44.h5+ (44.♔g4 ♖c4+) ♔f6 45.♔h4 (45.g4 ♖c5! 46.♖xa2 ♔g5!) ♖h2+ 46.♔g4 ♖b2 47.♖a6+ ♔g7 48.♔g5 ♖b5+ 49.♔h4 ♖b2! 50.g4 ♔f7 51.♖a7+ (51.h6 ♖b6!) ♔f6! 52.g5+ ♔f5 53.h6 ♖h2+ 54.♔g3 ♖h1! 55.♖xa2 ♔xg5 and draws.

Feb-01-12  King Death: <capanegra> The drawing method was known even before Maizelis as Kasparov wrote. Horwitz and Kling had given 43...Ra2 during the middle of the 19th century.

Chigorin chose not to test his opponent with one last trap in the final position as also noted by Kasparov, after 63...Kh7 64.Rf8 Rf8 White now wins by promoting to either minor piece.

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