Face to face chess is back in Canberra, and tonight was the first week back for the Gungahlin Chess Club. There was a healthy turnout of 20 players, and I assume that this number will grow during the rest of the year.
The last game to finish was a tricky king and pawn ending that had me fooled as a spectator. At first glance it seemed that White was clearly winning (due to an outside passed pawn), and when Black managed to draw the position, my first thought was that White went wrong somewhere. But when I fed it into Fritz, it turned out that the position was drawn all along. I thought White could gain a tempo somewhere, but not matter what he did, Black was able to trap the White king on the h file, leading to a book draw.
Korda Memorial, 02.11.2021
1... Rf4 2. Rb4 Rxb4 3. axb4 Ke6 4. Kf3 Kd5 5. h4 Kc4 6. Ke4 h6 7. h5 gxh5 8. gxh5 Kxb4 9. Kf5 Kc5 10. Kg6 f5 11. Kxf5 Kd5 12. Kg6 Ke6 1/2-1/2
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