During the third round game between Yi Yuan and Endre Ambrus at the Vikings weekender I noticed they had reached a RB v RB ending, but surprisingly Endre still had all of his 8 pawns on the board. I thought this was highly unusual and did some searching in Chessbase to try and find other examples. I discovered it was more common than I thought, and there are even plenty of examples where it is K+8p v K+8p. It was one of these examples which gets my vote as the "Most Boring Game Ever Played".
Fiori de Azevedo,P - Trois,F [C49]BRA-ch Salvador (8), 1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nd2 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qf3 Qxf3 13.Nxf3 Rb8 14.Rfb1 Be6 15.c4 c5 16.Rb3 Rb6 17.Rab1 Rfb8 18.Kf1 Bd7 19.Nd2 Ba4 20.Rxb6 Rxb6 21.Rxb6 cxb6 22.Nb3 Bxb3 23.cxb3 Kf8 24.Ke2 (D) ½-½
1 comment:
It would have looked more aesthetically satisfying had B next played Ke7 and W h3 and then they called it a draw (bore).
Denis J
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