Friday, 22 February 2013

Knighty Night

Courtesy of Richard James (co-author of  "The Complete Chess Addict") comes the following remarkable game played recently in the Czech Republic. As he says "The real fun starts at move 53", after white under-promotes, resulting in a 3Nv3P ending.  Even then Black has a couple of stalemate tricks, which White manages to avoid.


Granovskiy, A. - Grochocinska, U.
Marianske Lazne Open 2013 (1.8), 2013.01.19

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 a6 6. Bh6 O-O 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. O-O-O b5 9. f3 Bb7 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Nge2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4 Ne5 16. Bh3 Rc6 17. f4 Ncd3+ 18. Kb1 Nxb2 19. fxe5 Nxd1 20. Qxd1 Qa5 21. Nce2 dxe5 22. Qd5 Qc7 23. Qb3 Rc4 24. h5 a5 25. a3 a4 26. Qf3 Rxc2 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Bf5 Qc4 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Be6+ Qxe6 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. Qxf8+ Kh7 33. Kxc2 Qa2+ 34. Kd1 Qxa3 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qxg6 Qd6+ 39. Qxd6 exd6 40. Nc3 Bc6 41. Nd5 Kh7 42. Ne7 Be8 43. Ngf5 Bh5+ 44. Kc1 b4 45. Nxd6 a3 46. Kc2 Bd1+ 47. Kb1 b3 48. g6+ Kh6 49. Ndf5+ Kh5 50. g7 Bc2+ 51. Kc1 Bxe4 52. Ng3+ Kh6 53. g8N+ Kg5 54. Nxe4+ Kf4 55. Ngf6 Ke3 56. Nc5 b2+ 57. Kc2 Kd4 58. Nce4 Kc4 59. Ned5 Kb5 60. Ndc3+ Kb4 61. Na2+ Kc4 62. Nec3 Kd4 63. Nb1 e4 64. Nxa3 e3 65. Nb1 Ke5 66. Nd7+ Kf4 67. Kd1 Ke4 68. Ke2 Kd4 69. Nac3 Kc4 70. Ne5+ Kb3 71. Kd3 e2 72. Nxe2 Ka2 73. Kc2 Ka1 74. Nc4 Ka2 75. Nbd2 Ka1 76. Nb3+ Ka2 77. Nc3# 1-0

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