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55... Kxe5 56. d7
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and now white throws away another one. Ba3, protecting the pawn was called for. |
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56... Bxd7 57. Bb2+
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It is not a bad idea to check black. The last white pawn is doomed. However the position should be drawn. |
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57... Kd5 58. Bc3
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Keeping the king and bishop together is a good idea. |
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58... Bxa4 59. Bg7
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so moving it away is not a good idea. |
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59... Bb5+ 60. Ke3
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It doesn't matter what white does, the position should be drawn. |
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60... Bb6+ 61. Kf4
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Any king move is ok. |
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61... Bd7 62. Kg5
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Any king move will do again. |
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62... Bd8+ 63. Kh6
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Position should be drawn. |
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63... Ke4 64. Bh8
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It is still a drawn position. I can say that with certainty, as there are free endgame chess databases which which you can analyse endgames with 6 or less pieces. I am using one for these annotations. |
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64... Kf5 65. Kh5
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This should be a losing move! Black should play Bg5 and then Be8 is mate. See http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=127358 |
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65... Be8+
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But black plays the moves in the wrong order! |
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66. Kh6
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Kh6 is of course forced. |
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66... Bg5+ 67. Kh7
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It doesn't matter if the king goes to h7 or g7, this position should be drawn again. |
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67... Bg6+ 68. Kg7
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This is a dead draw. |
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68... Bf6+
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Now white comes up with a clever way of showing how drawn it is! |
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69. Kh6
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This moves looks silly, allowing black to take the bishop on h8, but... |
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69... Bxh8
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But white had cleverly spotted that if he takes the bishop, the final position is a stalemate. many thanks for reading this. I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave a comment or two and rate it on the star system. |
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