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Krasimir Stefanov vs Jordan N Grigorov
Bulgarian Championship (1981), Sofia BUL, rd 1, Nov-??
King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense (A05)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Mar-21-24  Straclonoor:


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Position above looks like tablebase draw and it's tablebase draw ... half move long <60....Nc2??> Only 60....Kf7! keeps the draw. Now this ending TB-won for white

<61.Bd3 Nb4 62.Be4!! (only move to win) Na6 63.Bc6 Nc5 64.Bb5!! (only move to win) Nb7 65.f4 Nd8 66.Kd6 h5 67.gxh5! (only move to win) Nf7 68.Ke6 Nh6 69.Be2!! (only move to win) Nf7 70.Bg4 Nh6 71.Bf5 Nf7 72.Ke7 Nh6 73.Be6 Kh8 74.Kf6 Kh7 75.Bf5+ Kh8 76.Bd7 Ng8 77.Kg6 Ne7+ 78.Kg5! (only move to win) Kh7 79.h6 Kg8 80.Be6+ Kh8 81.Bd7 Kg8 82.Bf5??> Only here white commited fatal mistake, early were some non-optimal moves but position keeps won.

82.Bb5 Kh8 83.Bd3 Kg8 84.Bc2 Kh8 85.Be4 Nc8 86.Kf6 Nd6 87.Bd5 Kh7 88.Ke5 Nc8 89.Be6 Ne7 90.Kd6!! (only move to win) Ng6 91.Bf5! (only move to win) Kxh6 92.Bxg6 Kxg6 93.Ke6 Kg7 94.f5 Kf8 95.Kf6 Ke8 96.Kg7 Kd8 97.f6 Kd7 98.f7 Kc6 99.f8Q Kb5 100.Kf6 Kc4 101.Ke5 Kc3 102.Kd5 Kd3 103.Qf3+ Kd2 104.Kc4 Kc2 105.Qf2+ Kc1 106.Kc3 Kd1 107.Qf1#

Very instructive ending!

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