May-21-25 J Straka vs S Williams, 2011
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] One more textbook 6-pieces rook ending
<70.Kf4 Ra4??> Mistake missing win! Right is 70....Ke2 71.Kg3 f2 72.Rf5 f1Q 73.Rxf1 Kxf1 74.Kf3 Ke1 75.e4 Kd2 76.Kf4 Kd3 77.e5 Re2 78.Kf5 Kd4 79.e6 Kd5 80.e7 Rxe7 etc. |
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May-21-25 P Boersma vs J Brenninkmeijer, 1986
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Textbook 6-pieces rook ending
<54....Rb8 55.Rg4!! (only move to win) Kh7 56.Rh4??> Mistake! Way to win is in single pawn rook ending - 56.Kg3 Kxh6 57.Kf3!! (only move to win) Kh5 58.Rd4 Re8 59.Re4!! (only move to win) Rf8+ 60.Ke3 Rd8 61.Rd4 Re8+ 62.Kd3 Kg5 63.b5 |
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May-21-25 P Campidelli vs D Legahn, 1991
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] One more 7-pieces K+R+P vs. k+3p ending, won for white <51....Ke6 52.g4??> too early! Wins 52.Rd7 h5 53.Kc7!! (only move to win) Kf5 54.Kd6!! (only move to win again) Ke4 57.Re7 Kf3 58.Kxe5! (only move to win) Kxg3 59.Kf6! (only move to win again) h4 60.Kg5! h3 ... |
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May-21-25 C Foisor vs N Ioseliani, 1998
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces ending for sure won for black.
<52.Nd6 Bd7??> Mistake! Wins only 52....Ba6!! 53.Ne4 Bc4 54.Nd6 Bd5 55.Ne8 Kh3 56.Nc7 Bc4 57.Kf3 Bb3 58.Ne8 Bd5+ 59.Kf2 Kg4 60.Nc7 Bc4 61.Ne8 h3 62.Nf6+ Kf4 63.Nd7 Bb5 64.Nf6 Kxe5 65.Nh5 Be8 66.Ng3 Kf4 67.Ne2+ Kg4!! ... |
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May-21-25 H T Tu vs A Wohl, 1995
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Very instructive 7-pieces K+Q+ vs. k+r+k+p ending! It won for white <78....Kc7 79.Qxh5??> It's attractive capture one more opponent's pawn but this is wrong way. Right is 79.Qe5+ Kd7 80.f5 h4 81.f6 Re6 82.Qb5+ Kd8 83.f7 Rf6 84.Qg5 Ke7 85.f8Q+ Kxf8 86.Qxf6+ Ke8 ... |
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May-21-25 L Shmuter vs A Greenfeld, 1996
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] <32....Qg5??> mistake, of course. 32....Kh7 or 32....Kf7 wins Analysis by Stockfish 070222:
1. -+ (-17.30): 32...Kh7 33.Qe1 Rbd8 34.h3 Rxd4 35.Rxd4 Rxd4 36.c3 bxc3 37.Qxc3 Qd7 38.b3 cxb3 39.axb3 Rd2 40.g4 e4 41.Kc1 Rd1+ 42.Kb2 f4 43.Qe5 Qd4+ 44.Qxd4 Rxd4 45.Kc3 ... |
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May-20-25 J Balin vs J Korsa, 2013
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Brightness position! <72.g5+??> mistake! Wins only 72.Kf2!! Ne4+ 73.Kf3 Nd2+ 74.Ke2 Ne4 75.Nxh5 Kg6 76.Ke3 Nc5 77.Kd4 Nd7 78.Kd5 Nb6+ 79.Ke4 Nd7 80.Nf4+ Kg7 81.g5 Nc5+ 82.Kf5 Nb7 83.Ne6+ Kf7 84.g6+ Ke7 85.h5 Nd6+ 86.Kg5 Kxe6 87.h6! (obviously only move to win) ... |
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May-20-25 Z Peng vs T Purnama, 2005
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Very instructive 7-pieces ending won for black.
<75....Qc5+ 76.Ka4 e3 77.Rb8 Qc2+ 78.Kb4 e2 79.Re8+ Kd6? 80.Nc4+ Kxc6??> Kd6 wasn't good move, best is 79....Kf7!, now it's mistake. Wins only 80....Kc7!! 81.Kc5 Qf5+ 82.Re5 Qxe5+ 83.Nxe5 e1Q 84.Kd4 Qh1 85.Ke3 Kd6 ... |
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May-20-25 L Shmuter vs N Tolstikh, 1994
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] <30.Qb4?> SF suggests 30.Nd4! with Nb5 threat Analysis by Stockfish 070222:
+- (8.30): 30.Nd4 Qxd5 31.Nb5 Qc5 32.Ra1 Nd6 33.Nxa7 Qxa7 34.Rc1 h6 35.Qa5 Qd4 36.Bf1 Bd5 37.Qc3 Qxc3 38.Rxc3 Ne4 39.Rxc7 Re8 40.Bd3 Nxg3 41.hxg3 Be4 42.Bc4 Rd8 43.a7 Kh7 44.f3 Ba8 ... |
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May-19-25 R Hendriks vs R van Wessel, 1997
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Handbook 7-pieces ending, white's right color bishop gives won for it. <48....Nd4 49.Bd1 Nc6+ 50.Kc4 Na5+ 51.Kd5 Nb7 52.Ke5 Nc5 53.Kf4 Nxa4 54.Kg4??> Only capturing - 54.Bxa4!! gives win despite on wrong color bishop!
Position definitely deserve the diagram
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