| Jan-24-12 | | bubuli55: Herezzz Chucky! |
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| Jan-24-12 | | Marmot PFL: An ending where one tempo makes all the difference. After 47...Rb7? the BK is one sq too far away than it would be if the trade happened on c7. |
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| Jan-24-12 | | bubuli55: Wonderful Game! |
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Jan-24-12
 | | Penguincw: In the end, Ivanchuk down a pawn still wins due to better king position. The h-pawn is just far enough to promote. If it were a g-pawn, black would win. 
click for larger view57.g6 ♔xe7 (eliminating one passed pawn) 58.g7 ♔f7 59.g8=♕+ ♔xg8 60.♔e5 [60.♔c3 (trying to chase the a-pawn) a2 61.♔b2 a1=♕+ 62.♔xa1 f3 63.♔b2 f2 64.♔c3 f1=♕ wins (see diagram 2)] 60...a2 61.♔xf4 a1=♕ 62.♔xf5 ♕d4 and mate to follow soon. Diagram 1
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| Jan-24-12 | | iking: 46. Rh6! deninished Giri's chances for a draw ....
Chucky! chucky! chucky! LOL .... |
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| Jan-24-12 | | iking: 52.f4 is a winner .... but Giri kept on moving to the end.... hoping Chucky will blunder .... |
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| Jan-24-12 | | roninmb: Funny again.
Black choose "complications" with 33...Rc7 instead of simplifying bxc6 and subsequently clearing Queen side which would be enough to equalize without any danger of losing the game. |
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| Jan-25-12 | | xthred: Why not 34...KxN? |
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| Jan-25-12 | | King Death: < xthred: Why not 34...KxN?> White takes the rook on d8. |
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| Jan-25-12 | | 4tmac: It looks like white's last 6 Pawn moves must be precise. |
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Jan-25-12
 | | Troller: It's difficult to imagine Anish didn't consider f4 when playing Rb7?? After gxf4 Black's king is obviously outside the square of White's h-pawn, while White sort of controls the Black passers. But Giri may have counted on White simply pushing the h-pawn and missed the zwischenzug e6!, eventually forcing Black's king to the 8th row, allowing White to queen his h-pawn with check. |
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| Jan-25-12 | | solskytz: doesn't 37. cxb7 win immediately? I mean, it looks like 37...Nxb7 is obligatory, and then 38. bxa6 would be a classical case of the pathetic knight on b7 trying to spot a prodding rook pawn on the 6th - here in an improved version, as it's also supported by a rook... what did I miss guys? |
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Jan-25-12
 | | Sastre: If 37.cxb7, Black is still alive after 37...Nxb5 38.Nxd5 (38.b8=Q Nc3+ 39.Kd2 Rxb8 40.Kxc3 Rc8) Nd6 39.Rxa6 Nxb7 40.Rxf6+ Kg7. |
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Jan-25-12
 | | HeMateMe: Black is "outside the square." |
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| Jan-25-12 | | solskytz: Oh I see... missed the discovered attack on the new queen... still, following your analysis, for some reason I like 37. cxb7 with the variation you give, better than the game continuation... |
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| Sep-11-17 | | clement41: OMG I just came across this much under-rated game.
What an endgame! Look at the number of critical moments and ending transpositions! A titanic fight.
37 cb is interesting, as 37...Nxb7? fails to 38 ba +- but 37...Nxb5 holds:
A 38 Nxb5 39 Rxb5 leads to a drawish rook endgame
B 38 b8Q Nc3+ 39 Kd3 Rxb8 40 Kxc3 (or Rxa6) Rc8 =
C 38 Nxa6 Nc3+ 39 Kd3 Nxa2 40 b8Q Rxb8 41 Nxb8 =
just to show a few lines.
But the true gem in this game to me is the position after black's 47th, or, in its purer form, after black's 53rd: 
click for larger viewWhite to move and win
As quite often in pawn endgames, the position is EXTREMELY tempo-based, extremely sharp (one slight inaccuracy and the advantage changes side), and here the move order is unique. This position stuns me quite a lot. |
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