Muller: Endgames 2

Muller: Endgames 1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2015"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2015.01.28"] [Round "2.119"] [White "Aure, Anders Nilsson"] [Black "Holleland, Sigve"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1688"] [BlackElo "2116"] [Annotator "Karsten Muller"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/2p1k2p/2P4P/6K1/4P3/8 b - - 0 82"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2015.01.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 82... Ke4 $3 {[%csl Ge4]} (82... Kd4 $2 83. Kf4 Kxc4 84. e4 Kd4 85. e5 c4 86. e6 c3 87. e7 c2 88. e8=Q c1=Q+ 89. Kf5 $11) 83. Kf2 Kd4 $2 {[%csl Rd4] The wrong direction as the remaining h-pawn is not easy to convert.} (83... Kf4 $1 {wins the h-pawn first and the game later, e.g.} 84. e3+ (84. Kg2 Kg4 $19) 84... Kg4 85. e4 Kxh4 86. Kf3 Kg5 87. Kg3 Kf6 88. Kh4 Ke5 89. Kxh5 Kxe4 $19) 84. e3+ $2 {[%csl Re3] White misses the moment.} ({Admittedly, it is not visually obvious, but White's saving move involves going around his own pawn with} 84. Ke1 $1 Kxc4 85. Kd2 {draws, e.g.} Kd4 ({Attempts such as} 85... Kb3 { are no better.} 86. e4 Kc4 87. Ke3 $11) 86. e3+ Ke4 87. Ke2 Kf5 (87... c4 88. Kd2 $11) 88. Kf3 c4 89. e4+ Ke6 (89... Ke5 {changes nothing since after} 90. Ke3 c3 91. Kd3 c2 92. Kxc2 Kxe4 93. Kc3 Kf4 94. Kd4 {is an elementary draw.}) 90. Ke2 Ke5 91. Ke3 c3 92. Kd3 c2 93. Kxc2 Kxe4 94. Kd2 $11) 84... Kxc4 85. Ke2 (85. Kf3 Kd3 86. e4 (86. Kf2 c4 87. Ke1 Kxe3 88. Kd1 Kf3 $19) 86... Kd4 87. Kf4 (87. e5 Kxe5 88. Ke3 Kf5 89. Kd3 Kg4 90. Kc4 Kxh4 91. Kxc5 Kg3 $19) 87... c4 88. e5 c3 89. e6 c2 90. e7 c1=Q+ $19 {Check!}) 85... Kc3 $1 {[%csl Gc3] Another strong bodycheck, and the only winning move.} (85... Kb3 $2 {is met by} 86. Kd2 (86. e4 {is also playable.}) 86... c4 87. Kc1 Kc3 88. e4 Kd4 89. Kc2 Kxe4 90. Kc3 Kf4 91. Kxc4 Kg3 92. Kd3 Kxh4 93. Ke2 Kg3 94. Kf1 $11) 86. Kf3 c4 87. Kf4 (87. Ke2 Kb2 $19) (87. e4 Kd4 88. Ke2 Kxe4 89. Kd2 Kf3 (89... Kd4 $2 90. Kc2 $11 {is only drawn according to Bähr's rule as the passed pawn c4 has crossed the determining diagonal f2-a7.}) 90. Kc3 Kg3 91. Kxc4 Kxh4 92. Kd3 Kg3 93. Ke2 Kg2 $19) 87... Kd3 88. Kg5 (88. e4 c3 89. e5 c2 90. e6 c1=Q+ $19) 88... c3 89. Kxh5 c2 90. Kg6 c1=Q 91. h5 Qc6+ 92. Kh7 Qf6 (92... Qf6 93. h6 Qf7+ 94. Kh8 Kxe3 95. h7 Qf8#) 0-1 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2015"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2015.02.01"] [Round "6.26"] [White "Muzychuk, A."] [Black "Walton, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2129"] [Annotator "Karsten Muller"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/5rP1/8/5PR1/6K1/8/8/8 w - - 0 87"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "2015.01.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 87. Rg6 $5 {[%csl Yg6] A good try as} (87. Kf4 {is also met by} Rxg7 88. f6 Rxg5 89. Kxg5 Kf7 90. Kf5 Kf8 $1 $11) 87... Rxg7 88. Kg5 Kf7 $2 {[%csl Rf7] Black falls into the trap.} ({All was not lost though, and Black could have saved the game after} 88... Kf8 $5 89. Kh6 (89. Kf6 Ra7 $11) 89... Ra7 $11 { Black's rook breaks free.}) ({Obviously not} 88... Rxg6+ $2 89. Kxg6 $18 {and White wins easily.}) 89. Kh6 $1 {[%csl Gh6] Now Black's rook can not escape.} Rxg6+ (89... Rg8 90. Rxg8 Kxg8 91. Kg6 Kf8 92. Kf6 {Opposition} Kg8 93. Ke7 $18 ) 90. fxg6+ Kg8 (90... Kg8 91. g7 Kf7 92. Kh7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2015"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2015.01.30"] [Round "4.57"] [White "Georgiadis, N."] [Black "Galmandakh, Badrakh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2240"] [Annotator "Karsten Mueller"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3b4/8/5p1p/p1k4P/5PP1/1P6/2K2N2/8 w - - 0 63"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2015.01.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 63. g5 $3 {[%csl Gg5] The direct breakthrough is strong as the resulting passed pawn is very far advanced.} fxg5 (63... f5 64. gxh6 Bf6 65. Nd3+ Kd4 66. Ne5 Ke4 67. Ng6 $18) 64. fxg5 Kd5 (64... Bxg5 65. Ne4+ Kd5 66. Nxg5 hxg5 67. h6 $18) ({After} 64... hxg5 65. h6 {the h-pawn can not be stopped:} Kb4 (65... Bf6 66. Ne4+ $18) (65... Kd5 66. Ng4 Bb6 67. Nf6+ Ke6 68. h7 $18) 66. Ng4 Bb6 67. Kd3 Kxb3 68. h7 $18) 65. g6 (65. gxh6 {wins as well.}) 65... Bf6 66. Ng4 Bg7 67. Kd3 Bf8 68. Ke3 Ke6 (68... Kc5 69. Kd3 Kb4 70. Kc2 a4 71. bxa4 Kxa4 72. Kc3 ({Even} 72. Nxh6 $5 $18 {is playable.}) 72... Kb5 73. Kd4 Kc6 74. Ke5 Kd7 75. Kf6 Ke8 76. Nxh6 Bxh6 77. g7 $18) 69. Ke4 Bg7 70. Ne3 Bc3 71. Nf5 Bd2 72. Nd4+ Kf6 73. Kd5 Be3 74. Ne6 Bd2 75. Nd4 Bc3 76. Ne6 Bb2 77. Kd6 Ba3+ 78. Kd7 Bb2 79. Kd6 Ba3+ 80. Nc5 Bb2 81. Kd5 Kf5 82. Ne6 $6 {[%csl Ye6] Not most precise, but the position is still won, so maybe the result should be 1-0 ?} (82. Nb7 $5 {wins quicker, e.g.} Kg5 83. Ke6 Kxh5 84. Kf5 Kh4 85. Nxa5 Kg3 86. b4 h5 87. b5 h4 88. b6 h3 89. b7 Be5 90. Kxe5 h2 91. g7 h1=Q 92. g8=Q+ $18) (82. Ne6 $6 Kf6 83. Nd8 Bc1 (83... Kg5 84. Ke6 Kxh5 85. Kf5 Kh4 86. Nc6 Bg7 (86... h5 87. Ne5 $18) 87. Nxa5 Kg3 88. b4 $18) 84. Nc6 Bd2 85. Kc4 Be1 86. Kd3 Kg7 87. Nd4 Kf6 88. Nf5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2015"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2015.01.28"] [Round "2.69"] [White "De Haan, E."] [Black "Yu, Jonathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E42"] [WhiteElo "2299"] [BlackElo "2081"] [Annotator "Karsten Muller"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/2pB4/3b2p1/p2P2pp/P3k1P1/7K/8 w - - 0 59"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "2015.01.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 59. Be5 $2 {[%csl Re5] White chooses the wrong defensive diagonal.} ({After} 59. Bc5 Kf2 60. Bd6 {Black can not make real progress, e.g.} Kf3 (60... Be6 61. Bc7 $11) 61. Kg1 c5 (61... hxg3 62. Bc5 $11) 62. dxc5 Bc6 63. Kh2 Ke3 64. Be7 Kd3 65. gxh4 gxh4 66. Bxh4 Kc2 67. Be1 Kb3 68. Bb4 $11) 59... h3 60. Bf6 Kd3 61. Kg1 Kc4 62. Be5 {Now comes the fortressbreaker} c5 $1 63. dxc5 Kb3 $3 { [%csl Gb3] and the second black passed pawn decides the day:} 64. c6 Kxa3 65. c7 Bb7 0-1