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Topic: "Elegant Ending"

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razoman

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 a6 4. b3 d6 5. Bb2 e5 6. Nd5 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Qd3 Be7 12. c3 Nb5 13. a4 Nc7 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 f5 16. c4 Ne8 17. O-O f4 18. Rae1 fxg3 19. fxg3 Bf6 20. Be4 Qd7 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5 Qe7 23. Qf3 Bg5 24. Qh5+ Bh6 25. Qg6 Nf6 26. Bc1 Qf7 27. d3 Qxg6 28. Bxg6 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 b4 32. g4 Ra3 33. Rab1 Rfa8 34. g5 Nd7 35. Rb2 Nf8 36. Bh5 g6 37. Bg4 Ra1 38. h4 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Re1 41. Kf2 Rh1 42. Kg3 Ra1 43. h5 gxh5 44. Bxh5 Kg7 45. Rf2 Rg1+ 46. Kh4 Rh1+ 47. Kg4 Rg1+ 48. Kf5 Rb1 49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Kf3 Rg1 51. Rg2 Rxg2 52. Kxg2 Nh7 53. Kg3 Nxg5 54. Bg4 Kf6 55. Bd7 e4 56. dxe4 Nxe4+ 57. Kf4 Nc3 58. Be8 Ne2+ 59. Ke3 Nd4 60. Ba4 Ke5 61. Kd3 Kf4 62. Kd2 Ke4 63. Kc1 Kd3 64. Kb2 Kd2 65. Be8 Ne2 66. Bg6 Nc1 67. Bf5 Nd3+ 68. Ka2 Kc3 69. Bxd3 Kxd3 70. Kb2 Kd2 71. Kb1 Kc3 72. Ka2 Kc2 73. Ka1 Kc3 0-1

Raeth

That's amazing that it wasn't a draw. :-O

razoman

So rare a horse is stronger than a bishop in an open game. Earlier I thought it was a draw but when I used the think mode I saw I had a win by attracting his bishop to take the knight

Raeth

I would like to know the theory behind it because that was (should of been?) a textbook draw... ?:-(

razoman

Theory of Overconfidence as you see the white was so ahead in the early part of the game. :-D

Raeth

Yes, I was going to say "nice comeback" but I figured I'd give it a rest. :-(O)

Do you study Lasker much??

PS In fact there is a game just like it at chessgames.com (the game of the day today) where Marshall is playing Capablanca and wins in the endgame; without any sort of analysis, it appeared to me that Capablanca went for the win instead of accepting the draw and just pushed it a ply too far... As it was, Capablanca beat Marshall by a large margin of games.

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