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    Endgame Corner

    Endgame
    Corner
    Karsten Mller

    Davies vs. Danish Dynamite
    In his recent excellent book, Play 1.e4 e5! (Everyman 2005), Nigel Davies
    recommends meeting the Danish and the Gring Gambit with Capablancas
    Defense, and he gives some fresh and interesting ideas for Black. So I decided
    to take a closer look at the resulting endgames.
    61.01 V.Bondarenko (2300) - E.Najer (2455)
    Alekhine Open, Moscow 1996 [C44]
    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.cxd4 Bg4
    7.Be2
    7.Nc3!? is also very interesting, as it gives
    Black the additional option 7...Bxf3, which
    is recommended by Davies. (7...Bb4
    usually transposes to the main line, but
    gives White the additional option 8.a3, for
    further details see Danish Dynamite, by
    Martin Voigt and Karsten Mller, Russell
    Enterprises 2003.) 8.Nxd5 Bxd1 9.Nxc7+
    Kd7 10.Nxa8 Bh5 11.d5 Nd4 12.Bd3 Bg6
    13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Kd1 Nh6 15.Be3 Nhf5:
    Now Davies gives only 16.Kd2? from
    Coleman-Westerinen, Gausdal 1991. But
    16.Rf1! is the critical test, as given in
    Danish Dynamite: 16...Nxe3+17.fxe3 Nf5
    18.Rf3 Bd6 19.e4 Nh6 20.Rb3:
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    Endgame Corner
    Here 20...Rb8!? may be best. (Danish
    Dynamite only mentions 20...Rxa8
    21.Rxb7+Kc8 22.Rb3 and White is
    slightly better.) 21.a4! (21.h3? is too slow:
    21...b5 22.Rc1 a6:
    Black has full control. White should try to
    avoid this, as without dynamic options the
    rooks lack prospects.) 21...Bxh2 (21...f5
    22.h3 fxe4 23.Rc1 Nf5 (23...Ng8 24.a5
    Ne7 25.Rc4 Nxd5 26.Rxe4 Rxa8
    27.Rxb7+Kc6 28.Rxg7) 24.Rc4 b6
    (24...e3 25.g4 Ne7 26.a5) 25.Nxb6+Rxb6
    26.Rxb6 axb6 27.Rxe4 Ne7 28.Rg4:
    with very interesting and complicated
    positions in all cases.) 22.g3! Rxa8
    23.Ke2:
    This complicated position seems to be
    more-or-less balanced. Any practical tests
    would be welcome.
    7...Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qc4
    10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qe2+ Qxe2+ 12.Kxe2
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    Endgame Corner
    The overall verdict of this endgame has
    always been that it is equal. Of course, I
    will not be able to overturn that opinon; I
    only want to arm gambit players with ideas
    to meet the challenge.
    12...Ne7 13.Be3
    13.Kd3!? is an interesting idea to
    centralize the king immediately:
    13...000 (13...Kd7 can now be met by
    14.Kc4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Ba3) 14.Kc4 Ba5 15.Bg5 f6 16.Be3 Bb6
    17.Rhd1 Nf5 18.Rd3 Rd7 19.Rad1 Rhd8 20.b4 Nd6+21.Kb3 Nf5:
    22.Kc4 (22.Ne2!? was an option to
    continue the fight: 22...c5 23.bxc5 Bxc5
    24.g4 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Bd6 26.Kc4)
    22...Nd6+and, in I.Dolgov-
    F.Fleischanderl, ICCF Email 2002, a draw
    was agreed.
    13...Kd7!? The start of an interesting
    concept to use the half open b-file.
    13...000 14.Rac1 (Other moves are not
    given by Davies, but I think that 14.Kd3 is
    called for, e.g. 14...c5 (14...Nf5 15.Kc4 Be7?! 16.Rad1 Bf6 17.Rd3 Rhe8
    18.Rhd1 Kb7 19.b4 Nd6+20.Kb3 Nb5 21.Na4 is better for White:
    21...Rd5 22.Nc5+Kc8 23.a4 Nd6 24.R1d2
    g5 25.Rc3 Nf5 26.Na6 Nxd4+27.Bxd4
    Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Bxd4 29.Rxc6 Re7 30.f3 h5
    31.Kc4 Bg7 32.Rc5 Be5 33.Rb5 c6 34.Ra5
    f6 35.Nc5 Bxh2 36.Ra6 Rc7 37.Ne6 Rd7
    38.Rxc6+Kb7 39.b5 Bg1 40.Kc3 Be3
    41.Nf8 Rd8 42.Ne6 Rd7 43.a5 h4 44.Nf8
    Rd8 45.a6+Kb8 46.Nh7 f5 47.Rg6 Rd5
    48.Nf6 Rd4 49.Rg7 Rd8 50.Nd7+Kc8
    51.b6 axb6 52.Ne5 Rd1 53.Nc6 Ra1 54.a7
    b5 55.Kb2 Ra6 56.Ne7+Kd8 57.a8Q+
    Rxa8 58.Nxf5 10, D.Zink-R.Stroeher,
    ICCF Email 2000) 15.Kc4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Nc6 17.Rad1:
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    Endgame Corner
    White is only slightly better, but the
    position should be drawn. (17.Be3 Ba5
    18.Rad1 Ne5+19.Kb3 Bb6 20.Bxb6 axb6
    and, in I.Dolgov-P.Schuster, ICCF Email
    2002, a draw was agreed.)
    14...Rhe8 15.Rhd1 Nf5 16.Kf3 h5:
    Now I think that 17.g3 is called for, e.g.
    17...Rd6 18.Rd3 (18.Na4!?) 18...Rf6
    19.Kg2 Rfe6 20.Kf3 Rf6=.
    14.Rac1?!
    14.Kd3 is not given by Davies, but seems
    worth a try, e.g. 14...Bxc3 15.bxc3 Rab8
    16.Rab1 Nd5 17.Bd2.
    14...Rab8 15.Kd3 Bxc3!? with the idea to
    play on the light squares. White must now be careful. 16.bxc3 Rb2 17.Rc2
    Rhb8

    18.c4?! The first step in the wrong
    direction. 18.Re1! Nd5 19.Bd2 a5 20.Re4
    Rb1 21.c4 Nb4+22.Bxb4 R8xb4:
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    Endgame Corner
    The position is equal.
    18...Nf5 19.Kc3 Rxc2+ 20.Kxc2 Nd6
    21.Kc3 a5 22.Rc1 Rb4
    23.c5? Conceding the light squares is fatal.
    After 23.Kd3, White should be able to hold
    the position. 23...Nb5+ 24.Kd3 Ra4
    25.Rc2 Ke6 26.Bc1 Kd5 27.Re2 Rxd4+
    28.Kc2 Rg4 29.Re7 Rxg2 30.Rxf7 Kxc5
    31.a4 Nd6 32.Be3+ Kd5 33.Rxc7 Nf5
    34.Bb6 Rxh2 35.Ra7 Nd4+ 36.Kd3 Rh3+
    37.Kd2 Nb3+ 38.Kc2 g6 39.Be3 Kc4
    40.Kb2 c5 41.Ra6 Rh2 42.Ka3 Nd4
    43.Kb2 Nf5 44.Re6 Nxe3 45.Rxe3 Rxf2+
    46.Ka3 Rf7 01
    Solutions to Last Month's Exercises
    E60.01 V.Ivanchuk (2748) - I.Cheparinov (2618)
    FIDE World Cup Khanty Mansyisk 2005
    Cheparinov missed his chance to activate
    his rooks: 60...Rc7?
    60...g5!! (Shipov on Chesspro.ru) 61.h5
    (61.Ra1 gxh4 62.Rh1 Rg4 63.Rxh4
    Rdg7+; 61.hxg5? Kf5 and White is
    mated.) 61...g4 62.Rxc6+Kf5 63.e6 Rb7
    64.e7 g3 65.Bh4 (65.e8Q Rxe8 66.Be5
    Rg8 67.Rf6+Ke4 68.c6 g2 69.Rf4+Ke3
    70.Rg4 Rxg4 71.cxb7 Rg8 72.Bh2 Re8
    73.Kg5 Rb8 74.Bxb8 g1Q+75.Kf6 Qb1
    76.Be5 Qxb7+; 65.Kh7 Re8 66.Bg7
    Rexe7 67.Rf6+Kg4 68.h6 g2 69.Rg6+Kh3 70.Rg5 Rb1 71.Rxg2 Kxg2
    72.Kg6 Rh1 73.h7 Re8 74.c6 Rc8 75.h8Q Rhxh8 76.Bxh8 Rxh8 77.Kf6 Kf3
    78.Ke5 Rh5+79.Kd6 Ke4+) 65...g2 66.Rf6+Kg4 67.Rf8 Rb8 68.Rxb8 Rxb8
    69.Bf2 Re8 70.Kg6 Rxe7 71.h6 Re6+72.Kg7 Kf3 73.Bg1 Re1 74.h7 Rxg1
    75.h8Q Rh1 76.Qf8+Ke3 77.Qe7+Kd3+.
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    Endgame Corner
    61.Kg5 Kf7 62.h5 gxh5+ 63.Kf5 Re8 64.Ra2 Rb7 65.Rg2 Kf8 66.Rh2 Rb1
    67.Rxh5 Rf1+ 68.Kg6 Rg1+ 69.Bg5 Kg8 70.Kf5 Rf1+ 71.Kg4 Rg1+
    E60.02 Ni Hua (2603) - A.Morozevich (2707)
    World Team Championship Beer Sheva 2005
    Morozevich stopped Whites initiative
    with a convincing counterattack: 51...g5!!
    52.dxe6
    52.fxg5 e5+; 52.Rxg5 Rxg5 53.fxg5 e5
    54.d6 Bc6 55.g6 f4+56.Ke2 e4+(Afek in
    Schach 12/2005) Black controls Whites
    passed pawns, and will sooner or later
    promote one of his own.
    52...g4 53.Kd4 Rh3 54.Rg1?!
    54.Re3 Kd8 55.Bc5 Kc7 56.e7 (56.Ke5 Rxe3 57.Bxe3 a3+) 56...Kd7 57.c4
    (57.Re1 g3 58.Rd1 g2 59.c4 b4 60.Ke5+Rd3 61.Ra1 a3 62.Kf6 Bf3 63.Kg7
    Ke8+) 57...b4 58.Bxb4 (58.Re2 g3 59.Ke5 g2 60.Rd2+Rd3 61.Ra2 Bc6+)
    58...g3 59.Be1 g2 60.Bf2 Rh1 61.Re2 Kxe7+.
    54...g3 55.Ke5 g2 56.Rd1 Rh1 57.Rd7 g1Q 58.Bd6 Bc6 01


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