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Craig Laird vs Janos Rigo
Hamburg Open (1981), Hamburg FRG, rd 5, Jul-??
Indian Game: Knights Variation. General (A46)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Mar-12-24  Straclonoor:


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Quite instructive 7-pieces endind! White wins but it's not easy.

<50....Kf6 51.Ke4!! (only move to win) Ke6 52.Rc6+! (only move to win again) Kd7 53.Rf6??> hard point of the game, wins only 53.Kd5!! Ke7 54.Ra6 Kf7 55.Ke5 Kg7 56.Kf5 Kf7 57.Ra7+ Ke8 58.Rg7 Kf8 59.Kf6 Ke8 60.Ke6 Kd8 61.Ra7 Kc8 62.Rf7 Kd8 63.Ke5 Ke8 64.Rxf4 Bxf4+ 65.Kxf4 Kd7 66.Ke4 d3 67.Kxd3! (only move to win) Kd6 68.Kc4 Kc6 69.c3 Kb6 70.Kd5 Kc7 71.Kc5 Kb7 72.Kd6 Kc8 73.c4 Kd8 74.c5 Kc8 75.Kc6 Kd8 76.Kb7 Ke8 77.c6 Ke7 78.c7 Kf6 79.c8Q Kg5 80.Kc6 Kf4 81.Kd5 Ke3 82.Qf8 Kd3 83.Qf3+ Kd2 84.Kc4 Kc2 85.Qf2+ Kc1 86.Kc3 Kd1 87.Qf1#

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