May-04-25 R Dal Bon vs S Divic, 1966
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Rarely appeared 7-pieces ending K+N vs. k + 4p. Black could won this endgame. <61.Ke3 a5 62.Kxf2 a4 63.Ne3 a3 64.Ke2 Ka4 65.Kd2 Kb3 66.Kc1 a2 67.Nc2 draw??> Position still won for black. 67....Kc3 68.Na1 b5 69.Kd1 b4 70.Ke1 b3 71.Nxb3 Kxb3 72.Ke2 a1Q etc. |
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May-04-25 N McDonald vs J Mestel, 1994
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 6-pieces rook ending won for ... black
<48....g2??> Mistake! Win paradoxical move only - 48....Kg2!! 49. Rg6 Rb8!! (only move to win again!) 50.Rg4 Kh3!! (comeback! third only move to win in the row!!) 51.Rf4 g2 52.Kf2 Rd8 53.Rf6 Rd2+!! (only move to win!) ... |
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May-04-25 B Ingram vs J Brian Tomson, 1971
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Textbook 7-pieces same color bishop ending, won for white. <55.Ke5 h4 56.Kd6??> Mistake! Wins only 56.d6!! Kg4 57.Be4 Bc8 58.Bd5 Kg3 59.Bc6 Bg4 60.Be4 Bd7 61.Bf5!! (only move to win) Bb5 62.Bh3! (obviously only move to win) Ba4 63.Ke6 Bb3+ 64.Ke7 Ba4 65.d7 Bxd7 ... |
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May-03-25 A Neri vs F Arni, 1966
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Very instructive 7-pieces ending, won for black. <55.Kxe4 Ra6??> Wrong way, king should hold white's a-pawn sone time. Right is 55....Rf6! cutting off white king from black h-pawn. 55....Rf6 56.Bd4 Rf7 57.Be3 h5 58.Bg5 Kxa7 59.Bh4 Kb7 60.Ke3 Kc7 61.Ke2 Kd6 62.Ke3 |
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May-03-25 S Kagan vs O Borik, 1982
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Rarity case - 7(6)-pieces rook ending with f- and h-pawns won. <85....Kxg3! 86.Rxf7 h4 87.Rg7+ Kh2 88.Kd4 h3 89.Kd3 Re1!! (only move to win!) 90.Kd2 Rg1! (only move to win again!) 91.Rf7 Rg4??> Mistake! Right is 91....Kg2 92.Rg7+ Kh1 93.Rf7 h2 94.Ke3 Kg2 95.Rg7+ ... |
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May-03-25 R Messa vs B Belotti, 1986
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending won for black.
<48....g3??> Remarkable mistake! Win is 48....Kg5 49.Re5+ Kh4 50.Rc5 Rd2+!! (only move to win) 51.Ke3 Rd6! (only move to win again) 52.Rc4 Kh3 53.Ra4 g3 54.Ra1 g2 55.Kf2 c5 56.Rg1 c4 57.Ke2 Kh2 58.Rc1 g1Q 59.Rxg1 Kxg1 ... |
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May-02-25 D Markowski vs P H Nielsen, 1997
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces ending won for black, some accuracy needed. <51....b3??> Wrong way. Wins 51....Ne2 52.Bg7 Nxg3+ 53.Kg4 Ne4 54.Kf4 Nc3 55.Ke3 h5 56.Kd3 h4 57.Ke3 h3 58.Kf3 Kc4 59.Bf8 b3 60.Ba3 Ne4 61.Bb2 Kd3 62.Bc1 Kc2 63.Ba3 b2 64.Bxb2 Kxb2 65.Kxe4 h2 66.Kd4 h1Q ... |
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May-02-25 K L Kodinets vs A Potapov, 2004
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Very instructive 7-pieces knight ending!
<66.Nd5??> Fatal mistake! Wins only 66.Nd7!! c4 67.Nb6 Kd3 68.Nd5!! (now it's only move to win!) Ke4 69.Kc6 Ke5 70.Nb4 Ke4 71.Kb5 Ke5 72.Kxc4 Nd2+ 73.Kb5 Kd6 74.a5 Kc7 75.a6 Kc8 76.c4 Kb8 77.c5 Ne4 78.Nc6+ Kc7 79.Ne7 Nc3 ... |
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May-02-25 E Brestian vs K Opl, 1994
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces same color bishop ending won for white <45....Kh3 46.Kf5 Kg3 47.Ke6 Kf4 48.Bg2 Ke3 49.Kxd6 draw??> Position still won for white <49....Kd4 50.Kc6 Bb3 51.a6 Ke3 52.a7 Kf2 53.a8Q Kxg2 54.d6 Be6 55.d7 Bxd7+ 56.Kxd7+ Kg3 57.Qe4 Kh3 58.Ke6 Kg3 59.Ke5 ... |
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May-01-25 A Teters vs P Parr, 1971
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending for sure won for white. <57....Ke7 58.Rg5 Rf6 59.f5 Rf7 60.Rg6 Rxf5 61.Re6+ Kf7 62.Kxd6 Rf1 63.Re2 Ra1 64.Kc7 Rc1+ 65.Kd7 Rf1 66.d6 Rf3 67.Kd8 Rd3 68.d7 Rd1 69.Re5 Rd2 70.Kc7 Rc2+ 71.Kd6 Rd2+ 72.Rd5??> Wrong 'bridge' constraction! Wins ... |
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