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Sam Shankland vs Vincent Keymer
Prague Masters (2025), Prague CZE, rd 3, Feb-28
English Opening: King's English Variation. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21)  ·  0-1

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Mar-01-25
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  offramp: There's a load of exchanges...


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...and we're suddenly in a rook + pawn ending.


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I have feeling that right from move 33 White didn't play well.
How did that black rook get to a2 by move 36? White must have been careless.
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Keymer could have won quickly with...


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37...Kc6!! That puts White in a bind (©R. Fischer).
Anyway, Black simply has to win the game all over again.
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I thought this looked like a close contest.


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But Black was winning by miles.
48...b3.
5 + 3 = WIN! (Fifth rank plus third rank; beats a rook).

Mar-02-25
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  Honza Cervenka: 39.c4 was correct.

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