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Le Quang Liem vs Anton Demchenko
World Rapid Championship (2018) (rapid), St Petersburg RUS, rd 15, Dec-28
King's Indian Defense: Kramer Variation (E70)  ·  1/2-1/2

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
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Jan-03-19
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  offramp: Pawn endings can be tough, especially in rapid games.


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52. Kd2▢ Ke5
53. Kd3▢ Kf6
54. Ke2▢ Ke6
55. Kd2▢ Ke5
56. Kd3▢ Kf6
57. Ke2▢ Kg5
58. Kf2 Kg6
59. Kf1 Kf7.


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Can you see the only move to draw?
60. Ke1!▢ Ke6
61. Kd2▢ Kf6
62. Ke2▢ Kg6
63. Kf1 Kg5
64. Kf2▢ Kf6
65. Ke2▢ Ke5.
And now at last someone probably claimed the repetition.

Le Quang Liem avoided many pitfalls at the end, and he did it at a fast time control. Kudos!

Jan-03-19  ChessHigherCat: <offramp> That pawn ending is beyond me but I can't believe black even made it to the end game with his crazy kingside pawn attack after white had castled queenside!
Jan-03-19  nok: This one's not that hard, but we've seen many a blunder in similar cases. White must guard both d4 and the kingside, so on ...Ke5 he must play Kd3, and on ...Kg5 go to the f-file.

So on Kf6 he must go to e2, and on Ke6, to d2. Both are threatened by Kf7 so he goes to e1.

Jan-03-19  ChessHigherCat: If anybody else was wondering why white didn't play 40. Nxc7 with the threat of pinning the queen if Rxc7, it's a good question:

1) +0.90 (21 ply) 40.Nxc7 Ng5 41.Ne6 Nxe6 42.dxe6

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