20 Dec '11 12:55>2 edits
I have just finished and annotated an interesting game.
I am curious what the stronger players think about the endgame especially; bishop vs. knight.
cheers
I am curious what the stronger players think about the endgame especially; bishop vs. knight.
cheers
{[White "pedreatiger"] [Black "splinter111"] [WhiteRating "1691"] [BlackRating "1761"]} 1. b4 e5 2. Bc1b2 Bf8xb4 3. Bb2xe5 Ng8f6 4. Ng1f3 d5 5. e3 Nb8c6 6. a3 Bb4a5 7. Bf1e2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6xe5 9. Nf3xe5 Rf8e8 10. d4 Nf6d7 {c6 was a solid alternative} 11. Ne5f3 Nd7f6 12. Nb1d2 Bc8f5 13. Ra1b1 Ra8b8 14. Nd2b3 Ba5b6 15. Be2d3 Nf6e4 {! sneaky move, threatening Nc3} 16. Qd1e1 c6 17. Rb1c1 Bb6c7 18. c3 Qd8d6 {black is better here the goal is to get rid of the f3 knight who is the sole defender of h2} 19. Nf3e5 {taking drastic measures} f6 20. f3 fxe5 21. fxe4 Bf5xe4 22. Bd3xe4 dxe4 23. g3 Re8f8 {?! taking the pawn first?} 24. Nb3c5 Bc7b6 25. Nc5xe4 Qd6xa3 26. Qe1e2 {threatening Qc4+} Rb8e8 {? correct idea, but the wrong piece. after Qe7, black has an advantage.} 27. Qe2c4 Kg8h8 28. Ne4g5 {! move I missed, black is in trouble now.} Qa3e7 {finally the queen comes to e7} 29. Ng5f7 Kh8g8 30. Nf7xe5 Qe7e6 {black is in a tough position, but can still fight for the draw.} 31. Rf1xf8 Kg8xf8 32. Qc4xe6 Re8xe6 33. Rc1a1 Kf8e7 34. Ne5c4 Ke7d7 {forced; Nxb6 axb6 Ra7 and the b pawn is lost} 35. Ra1f1 {?! Kf2 would keep the advantage. the rook-maneuvering enables black to equalize} Bb6c7 {keeping the bishop} 36. Rf1f7 Re6e7 37. Rf7xe7 Kd7xe7 38. Kg1f2 {I was even hoping to win here. the bishop should be stronger than knight in this position. im not sure what theory says about this position} b5 39. Nc4d2 a5 40. e4 a4 41. Kf2e2 Ke7e6 42. Ke2d3 h6 43. Kd3c2 Bc7d6 44. c4 Bd6b4 45. cxb5 cxb5 46. Nd2b1 {white offered draw at this point as he can force the draw with Nc3, I accepted. a game full of turns, i guess a draw is a fair outcome.} 1/2-1/2