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Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs Efim Geller
48th USSR Championship (1980), Vilnius URS, rd 12
Spanish Game: Open. St. Petersburg Variation (C82)  ·  1-0

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Mar-26-19  whiteshark: It's a lost ♙-endgame after <43.Rxc6 Kxc6 44.Na7+ Kxc7 45.Nxc8 Kxc8>


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White to move

1) +5.07 (33 ply) <46.Kf2 Kd7 47.Ke3 Ke7 48.Kd4 Kf6 49.Kc4 Kxf5 50.Kxb4 Ke6 51.Kxa3> f5 52.Kb4 h5 53.Kc5 f4 54.Kd4 h4 55.a4 Kd6 56.b4 Kc6 57.Ke4 f3 58.Kxf3 Kc7 59.Kf4 Kc6 60.Kg5 Kc7 61.a5 Kb8 62.b5 Ka7 63.Kg4 Kb8 64.Kf3

2) +0.54 (33 ply) 46.f6 g5 47.Kf2 Kd7 48.Ke3 Ke6 49.Kd4 Kxf6 50.Kc5 Ke5 51.Kxb4 f5 52.Kxa3 Kd4 53.Kb2 f4 54.b4 g4 55.b5 f3 56.gxf3 gxf3 57.b6 f2 58.b7 f1=Q 59.b8=Q Qe2+ 60.Ka1 Kc5 61.Qc7+ Kb5 62.Kb1 Qd1+ 63.Qc1 Qd3+ 64.Ka1 Qd6 65.h3 Qg3 66.Qb2+ Kc5 67.a4 Qd3 68.Qe5+ Kb4 69.a5 Qxh3

3) =0.00 (33 ply) 46.Kf1 Kc7 47.Ke2 Kd6 48.Kd3 Kd5 49.g3 g5 50.fxg6 hxg6 51.Ke3 Ke5 52.Kd3 Kd5

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Check after a.m. <46.Kf2 Kd7 47.Ke3 Ke7 48.Kd4 Kf6 49.Kc4 Kxf5 50.Kxb4 Ke6 51.Kxa3>


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Black to move

1) +12.12 (27 ply) 51...Kd6 52.Kb4 f5 53.a4 h5 54.Kc4 h4 55.a5 f4 56.Kd4 f3 57.gxf3 Kc6 58.b4 g6 59.Kc4 Kd7 60.b5 Ke8 61.a6 Kf8 62.Kc5 Kg8 63.a7 Kh7 64.b6 Kg7 65.b7

2) +12.13 (27 ply) 51...Kd5 52.Kb4 f6 53.a4 Kc6 54.Kc4 Kb7 55.Kc5 Ka7 56.b4 Kb7 57.a5 h6 58.b5 h5 59.Kb4 Ka7 60.Kc4 Kb7 61.Kc5 f5 62.a6+ Ka7 63.Kc6 f4 64.b6+ Kxa6 65.b7 Ka5 66.b8=Q

3) +12.42 (27 ply) 51...Kf6 52.Kb4 Ke5 53.a4 Ke4 54.a5 Kd5 55.Kb5 Kd6 56.Kb6 f5 57.Kb5 Kd5 58.a6 Ke5 59.Kc5 h5 60.Kc4 Kf4 61.a7 h4 62.Kc5 h3 63.gxh3 Kf3 64.a8=Q+ Ke2 65.Qd5

All 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 v010218

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