Once again my newly gained endgame powers saved a game in which I messed up the middle game. Thank you, Josh Waitzkin! Great tutorial. I played the whole endgame through the 10 second Fisher time, since I was already down to 4 minutes at move 35.
[Event "rated standard match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2008.08.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Magnakai"] [Black "paveltherussian"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1699"] [BlackElo "1662E"] [ECO "C20"] [TimeControl "1800+10"] [CBBWhiteId "*"] [CBBBlackId "*"] [JsCom "startply 104"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. Nc3 N8e7 6. Bc4 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 c6 9. h3 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Be6 11. c3 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qb5+ Qc6 15. Qxc6+ bxc6 16. c4 Be7 17. g3 Bd8 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. h4 O-O 20. h5 Ne7 21. g4 Rfd8 22. g5 d5 23. Bc5 dxe4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxe5 $2 {Crafty (score -1.74 at depth 12) thinks this is not a good move} ({Crafty suggests:} 25. Bxe7 Rd7 26. gxh6 exf3 27. hxg7 Rxe7 28. h6 Re8 29. b4 Rb8 30. a3 Rd8 $11 {(score 0.10 at depth 12)} ) Bxe5 26. Bxe7 Re8 27. Ba3 hxg5 28. Ke2 Bf4 29. b3 Rd8 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 g4 32. Bc5 a6 33. Bd4 g6 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. a4 Kf7 36. b4 Ke7 37. b5 cxb5 38. cxb5 a5 39. Bb6 Kd7 40. Bxa5 Kc8 41. Bd2 g5 42. a5 Kb7 43. a6+ Kb6 44. Ba5+ Ka7 45. Bd2 Kb6 46. Be3+ Kc7 47. b6+ Kb8 48. Ke2 Kc8 49. Bc5 Kb8 50. Be7 Kc8 51. Bd8 Kb8 52. Bc7+ Bxc7 53. bxc7+ $4 {Crafty (score 8.22 at depth 16) thinks this is not the quickest way to win} ({Crafty suggests:} 53. a7+ Kb7 54. bxc7 Kxc7 55. a8=Q g3 56. fxg3 g4 57. Qxe4 Kd6 58. Ke3 Kd7 59. Qxg4+ Kd6 $18 {(score 11.50 at depth 12)} ) Kxc7 54. Ke3 Kb6 55. Kxe4 Kxa6 56. Kf5 Kb5 57. Kxg4 Kc4 58. Kxg5 Kd5 59. Kf4 Kd4 60. Kf5 Kd5 61. f3 Kd6 62. f4 Ke7 63. Kg6 Ke6 64. Kg5 Ke7 65. Kg6 Ke6 66. f5+ Ke7 67. Kg7 Ke8 68. f6 Kd7 69. f7 Ke6 70. f8=Q Ke5 71. Qf6+ $4 {Crafty (score 11.31 at depth 13) thinks this is not the quickest way to win} ({Crafty suggests:} 71. Qb4 Kf5 72. Qd4 Ke6 73. Kg6 Ke7 74. Qd5 Ke8 75. Kf6 Kf8 76. Qd8# {(score 327.56 at depth 11)} ) Ke4 72. Kg6 $4 {Crafty (score 11.31 at depth 12) thinks this is not the quickest way to win} ({Crafty suggests:} 72. Qc3 Kd5 73. Kf6 Ke4 74. Qd2 Kf3 75. Kf5 Kg3 76. Qe2 Kh3 77. Kf4 Kh4 78. Qg4# {(score 327.54 at depth 13)} ) Ke3 73. Qf5 $4 {Crafty (score 11.28 at depth 12) thinks this is not the quickest way to win} ({Crafty suggests:} 73. Qc3+ Ke4 74. Qd2 Ke5 75. Qd3 Kf4 76. Kf6 Kg4 77. Qe3 Kh4 78. Kf5 Kh5 79. Qg5# {(score 327.54 at depth 12)} ) Ke2 74. Qh3 Kf2 75. Kf5 Ke2 76. Qg3 Kd2 77. Qf3 Kc2 78. Qe3 Kb2 79. Qd3 Ka2 80. Qb5 Ka3 81. Ke4 Ka2 82. Kd3 Ka3 83. Kc2 Ka2 84. Qa6# {paveltherussian checkmated} 1-0At the latest after my move 52 it is obvious that I am winning. But there is a better way. After 52. ...Bxc7, how could I (white) have gained a queen faster?
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