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27... Bg4 28. Rxb8 Bxd1 29. Rxb7 c2 30. Rc7
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And now the question is: Am I winning?!
The c-pawn can go nowhere and now I have two choices which should lead to victory: 1) protect and push the d pawn; or 2) abandon it and exchange the knight for the bishop and c-pawn, giving me a won rook pawns v. knight pawns endgame.
Gm_dursley was off-line at this point which gave me time to play through both lines. In the end I chose the former, which I believe is the more difficult, but leads to the quicker win. |
 
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30... Ne6
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Kf6 was better here. |
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31. Rc4 Nd8 32. Nc8 f5 33. d7 Kf6 34. Kg1 Ke6 35. Nb6
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This is lost for Black now. His knight and bishop are completely inactive. |
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35... h6 36. Kf2 f4 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Kd2 g5 39. Rd4
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With the King guarding against c1Q, the rook is free to force the issue at the other end. |
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39... Nc6
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This may look strange, but otherwise White's knight will go to c8 , then the rook to d6, from where it can start mopping up Black's pawns. |
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40. Re4+ Kd6 41. Re8 Bg4
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And the rest is automatic. |
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42. d8=Q+ Nxd8 43. Rxd8+ Kc7 44. Rh8 Kxb6 45. Rxh6+ Kb5 46. Rg6
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An interesting game clearly highlighting the potential power of a passed pawn. All comments and queries are welcome. |
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