Zirik, Zinoviy
Labyrinths of Endgame




1.ab6!
[ 1.gh4 gf6 2.fg3 ( 2.fe3 de7 ; 2.de3 f:d2 3.c:e1 gf4 4.fe3 f:d2 5.e:c3 ef4 ) 2...de7 3.de3 f:d2 4.c:e1 gf4 5.ed2 cd4 6.dc3 d:b2 7.a:c1 fe3 8.bc5 d:b4 9.a:c3 ed6 10.cb2 dc5 11.ba3 cd4 12.cb4 fg5 13.h:f6 e:g7 ]
[ 1.de3 f:d2 2.c:e1 gf4 3.fe3 f:d2 4.e:c3 gf6 5.cd4 ( 5.gf4 e:g3 6.h:f4 de7 ; 5.gh4 ef4 ) 5...e:c3 6.b:d2 fg5 7.de3 gh4 8.gf4 de7 ]
[ 1.fe3 de7 2.gh4
[ 2.cd4 e:e1 3.g:e5 d:d2 4.b:f4 ( 4.b:b8 gf4 5.b:g3 e:h4 6.ab4 ) 4...dc1 5.fe5 cf4 6.e:g3 e:h4 ]
2...gf6 ]
1...c:a7
[ 1...c:a5? 2.de3 f:d2 3.c:e1 a:c3 4.ed2 c:e1 5.gh4 e:g3 6.h:f8 At least a draw - or a win! ]
2.gh4 gf6 3.fg3
[ 3.bc5 d:b4 4.a:c5
[ 4.c:a5 ab6 5.ab4 ( 5.fg3 bc5 6.dc3 cd4 7.cb4 de7 ) 5...de7 6.dc3 fe3! 7.f:d4 ed6 8.hg3 gf4 ]
4...de7! ( 4...cb6? 5.cd6 e:c7 6.fg3 ) 5.fg3 cb6 6.cd4 e:e1 7.g:g7 b:d4 8.h:d8 We are almost there! - but ab6! 9.d:a5 dc3 10.a:d2 e:h8 ]
3...cb6! 4.cd4
[ 4.ba5 bc5 5.ab4 ( 5.cb4 dc7 6.dc3 ab6 ) 5...c:a3 6.cd4 e:e1 7.g:g7 ab2 8.h:f6 bc1 9.gh8 ch6 ]
4...e:e1 5.g:g7 e:a5 6.h:f6 de5! 7.f:d4 de7 8.dc5
[ 8.gh8 ef6 9.h:e5 bc5 10.d:b6 a:f4 ]
[ 8.gf8 bc5 9.d:b6 a:c5 10.f:b4 a:e1 ]
8...b:d4 9.gf8
[ 9.gh8 de3 10.hg3 ac7! 11.gh4 cf4! can't let man on h4 move to h6 where it would be a draw 12.hc3
[ 12.hf6 e:g5 13.h:f6 ef2 14.fg7 ( 14.fe7 fd6 15.e:c5 fe1 16.cd6 eh4 17.ab4 hg5 18.ba5 gf6 19.dc7 fe5 ; 14.ab4 fg1 15.fg7 fe5 16.gf8 ed6 17.f:c5 g:b6 ) 14...fe5 15.gf8 fg1 16.fb4 ( 16.fh6 ab6 ) 16...ab6 17.be1 gh2 18.ab4 ( 18.eh4 ba5 an easy win from here ) 18...ba5 19.bc5 ec3 20.e:b4 a:c3 ]
12...ef2 13.cb4 if white king remains on the Mason then the ending is won for black fd6 14.hg5 ( 14.bd2 fe1 15.dg5 ea5 16.g:d8 dc7 17.d:b6 a:c5 ; 14.ba5 fe1 15.ad8 ef6 16.d:g5 dg3 17.h:f2 e:e7 ) 14...fe1 15.ba5 ( 15.gf6 e:a5 16.f:d8 dc7 17.d:b6 a:c5 ) 15...de5 ]
9...ef6 10.fh6 cutting man on d4 from kinging
[ 10.hg3 dc3 11.fh6 ( 11.fd6 cd2 ) 11...fg5 12.h:b4 a:h4 ]
10...ae1 11.hf4 dc3
[ 11...ab6? 12.hg3 e:h4 13.fe5= ]
12.fe3 eh4 13.eg5
[ 13.eh6 hf2 14.hf4 ab6 15.fh6 ba5 16.ab4 ( 16.hf4 fe3 17.f:b4 a:c3 ) 16...cd2 17.h:c1 a:c3 18.ca3 fe5 19.ac1 fh4 20.ca3 cd2 21.ab2 hf6 ]
13...fe5 14.ge3 now we need to push him out of the c1-h6 line he7 15.eh6 ed4 16.hg3
[ 16.hf4 ef6 17.fe5 fh8 18.ef4 ab6 19.fb8 de3 ]
16...ef6 17.hf4
[ 17.gf4 fh8 ]
17...ab6
[ 17...fh4 18.fh6 h:e1 19.hg7 ]
18.fb8
[ 18.fh6 ba5 19.gf4 fh8 20.hg5 cd2 ]
[ 18.fd6 de3 19.db8 fh8 ]
18...fg5!
[ 18...de3? 19.gf4 e:g5 20.ab4 c:a5 21.ba7= ]
19.bd6
[ 19.gh4 gh6 20.bg3 cd2 ]
19...ba5 20.db8
[ 20.gh4 gh6 21.de7 hg7 22.ef8 gh8 ]
[ 20.df8 gh6 21.fe7 hf4 22.g:e5 d:d8 ]
20...ge3! 21.bd6 cd2 22.df8 dc3! 23.fg7
[ 23.ab4 ed4 ]
23...ed4 24.gh8 dc1 25.gf4
[ 25.ab4 cb2 26.b:d2 ba1 ]
25...c:h6 26.ab4 hg7 27.b:d2 da1 0-2

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