Viswanathan Anand vs Markus Ragger (2014)

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Viswanathan Anand vs Markus Ragger
Bundesliga (2013/14), Solingen GER, rd 9, Feb-22
King's Indian Defense: Normal. King's Knight Variation (E60) · 1-0

White to move.

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rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1

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Feb-23-14		DcGentle: Ragger could have created a fortress: Position after <57. Kd7> click for larger view Black to move played <57... Rf5?>. By <57... Rg6!> White would have lacked any way to make progress, for example: <58. Qe7> (Of course Black's pawn must not be taken) <58... Kg7> and we have this: click for larger view White to move has no way to get his king closer to pawn f7, because it will be driven away by a rook check immediately. So Anand was lucky to win here. Ģ

Feb-23-14		iM4: DcGentle, I'm not sure if you are looking at the correct position, but <57... Rg6> allows <58. Qxf7+>.

Feb-23-14		John Abraham: Good game Anand, now let's see you do that against Magnus :)

Feb-23-14		DcGentle: <<iM4>: DcGentle, I'm not sure if you are looking at the correct position, but <57... Rg6> allows <58. Qxf7+>.> <57... Rg6 58. Qxf7+ Rg7> looks like this: click for larger view White to move will lose his queen. Draw. Greetings, <DC>

Feb-23-14		Sally Simpson: Good spot DCG. Slight surprise Ragger missed it, but there again I don't know the time situations. I say 'surprised' because he knew the fortress theme. (I'm sure all good player's do, but knowing and then putting it into action what you think you knew into an OTB game are two different things.) Ragger went for it as Black in his game v Tadej Sakelsek in 2005 but the conditions were not right. Sakelsek - Ragger, Young Masters 2005. (Black to play) click for larger view Black cannot quite set-up a fortress. He played 104...Kh6 ready to answer 105.Qxf7 with 105...Rg7 (just as you show above, but of course White played 105.Kxf7. So we have KQ v KR. I had to that once in a crucial OTB game, I did it, but my opponent made a tactical slip. It's not easy v a good player. (especially with a sniggering crowd looking on thinking I'm going to blow yet another theorectically won ending.) The proof is in this actual game. White finally mated Black on move 154! If my maths is correct (Endings and Maths are the bane of my life) that is just one move away from the 50 move rule. I may be wrong about the 50 move rule because FIDE (I presume to justify their existence) keep tampering with things and I know round about then because computers where finding better defences to certain endings the 50 move rule was shelved for a while. I don't know if the KQ v KR came into this category. The full game is not on here for some reason. You can get it here. http://chess-db.com/public/game.jsp...

Feb-24-14		Vdh: 31. . . Q×e5 would have given black a pawn.

Feb-24-14		shivasuri4: <Vdh>, yes, but Black would lose both his rooks for the White Queen after 32.Qxb8, ceding an edge.

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