Erich Eliskases vs Paul Keres (1939)

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Erich Eliskases vs Paul Keres
Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-A (1939), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 1, Sep-01
Zukertort Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Variation (A04) · 1-0

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Sep-04-05		paladin at large: In commenting on Keres's sometimes shaky judgment, this is the game Capablanca said Keres blew by going for a win with an unjustified king excursion in a clearly drawn ending.

Sep-04-05		jcmoral: On what move was the draw offered?

Sep-04-05		paladin at large: I am not aware that a draw was offered.

Sep-04-05		WMD: Nazi-hunting in Argentina was always a tricky business.

Jul-14-07		Karpova: <Against Eliskases, also in that tournament, Keres had to choose between accepting a draw in a perfectly balanced rook ending and trying to force matters with a peculiar king excursion. He picked the latter and lost. Why? Because in circumstances where visual foresight is not sufficient, where accurate judgment is necessary, Keres is still not fully developed.> Jose Raul Capablanca http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Aug-07-09		birthtimes: Perhaps Capablanca was referring to Keres 22nd and 23rd move...

May-02-18		Mateo: I am not sure Capablanca was right. Of course, 23...Kd4!? was risky but Black got a strong counterplay. It seems that Black is lost after 34...gxf5? The two connected White pawns were too strong. Maybe 34...b4 was a better attempt.

May-02-18		Mateo: However, Stockfish gives a winning variation for White after 34...b4. It begins this way: 35.Kh3 Rd3+ 36.Kg4 Rd4+ 37.Kg3 (threatens f7) Rd5 38.Kf4. If 38...Rd4+ 39.Ke5! Rxh4 40.f7 Rh8 41.Kf6. Beautiful!

May-02-18		DrGridlock: <Mateo> in your line, isn't 37 ... gxf5 (instead of 37 ... Rd5) completely winning for black? Erich Eliskases - Paul Keres click for larger view Seems like an odd blunder for Stockfish to make.

May-02-18		WorstPlayerEver: -30... b5 31. cxb5 c4 = -30. Kg2 Rd6 31. Rxa7 Kd4 32. g5 Kxc4 33. f4 b5 34. f5 Rd4 = #dia1 click for larger view -31. g5 b5 32. cxb5 c4 33. Rc7 Kd3 34. Rc6 +- #dia2 click for larger view

May-03-18		Mateo: <DrGridlock> Sorry for this mistake. The real Stockfish variation was 35.f6 (threatens f7) Rd5 36.Kh3 ! Rd3+ 37.Kg4 Rd4+ 38.Kg3 Rd5 39.Kf4. As you can see I forgot to type 35.f6. Thus, you should read 39...Rd4+ 40.Ke5! Rxh4 41.f7 Rh8 42.Kf6.

May-04-18		DrGridlock: <Mateo> corrected version with the 35 f6 line does give a better computer eval for White, but I'm not sure the line is "winning." Using computers in evaluating endgames can be tricky, because there can arise situations with a material advantage for one side (producing a large computer eval for that side) which simply cannot be converted into a win. From this position: Erich Eliskases - Paul Keres click for larger view Play could proceed in this way: Black checks White's king, which marches up to f6 to support the pawn. Black gets the h-pawn, and then places his rook on the 8th rank to prevent the f-pawn from promoting. 35 ... Rd4 36 Kh3 Rd3+ 37 Kg4 Rd4+ 38 Kg3 Rd5 39 Kf4 Rd4+ 40 Ke5 Rxh4 41 f7 Rh8 42 Kf6 Erich Eliskases - Paul Keres click for larger view Now black puts his rook on b8, simultaneously supporting his b-pawn, and preventing the f-pawn from advancing. Black queens the b-pawn for which black trades his rook. Black now has a rook and pawn against White's two advanced pawns. 42 ... Rb8 43 Kxg6 b3 44 Ra1 Kd3 45 Rg1 b2 46 Kf5 b1Q 47 Rxb1 Rxb1 48 g6 Rg1 49 Kf6 Kf1+ 50 Ke7 Re1 51 Kf8 Erich Eliskases - Paul Keres click for larger view Eval here still strongly favors white (over +2). Now black advances his c-pawn while White queens his g-pawn. 51 ... c4 52 g7 c3 53 g8Q c2 54 Qg6+ Kd2 Erich Eliskases - Paul Keres click for larger view Computer evals of this position are interesting. They'll consistently give White's material advantage (queen and pawn versus rook and pawn) an edge (over +2 for white from Komodo), but there is simply no way for White to convert this to a win. Run a computer on this position, and you'll just find White's queen dancing around delivering checks. There's no way to prevent black from advancing and promoting his c-pawn, and trading his rook for White's f-pawn.

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