[Event "Synergies (Das illustrierte Blatt)"] [Site "?"] [Date "1922.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gunst"] [Black "(Study)"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Nunn; AJ"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1NBk4/p2p4/8/3K4/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "9"] 1. Bb7 $1 (1. Ba6 Kc7 2. Kc5 $5 d6+ $1 (2... Kxb8 $2 3. Kd6 Ka8 4. Kc7 d5 (4... d6 5. Bb7#) 5. Bb7#) 3. Kd5 Kxb8 4. Kxd6 Ka8 5. Kc7 $11 (5. Kd7 Kb8)) (1. Bxd7 Kc7 $11) 1... Kc7 2. Ba6 $1 Kxb8 (2... d6 3. Nc6 $18) 3. Kd6 Ka8 4. Kc7 d5 5. Bb7# * [Event "Hidden point 1 (Russian Superfinals w)"] [Site "Chita RUS"] [Date "2015.08.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Lahno, Kateryna"] [Black "Girya, Olga"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2487"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2015.08.09"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh3 Nd5 16. g3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Rae1 Rd8 20. Bg6 Ba8 21. Nxf7 Qb7 22. Be4 Qxf7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxe6 Qf7 26. Qg2 Rd8 27. Qe4 Kg8 28. c3 Rd2 29. b4 {Diagram #} Rxf2 $1 (29... Rxf2 30. Re8+ (30. bxc5 Rxf1+ 31. Kg2 Qf2+ 32. Kh3 Qf5+) 30... Qxe8 $8 31. Qxe8+ Rf8+ {Counter-check!}) (29... Bf8 {is much less clear.}) (29... Bxf2+ $2 30. Kh1 Rd8 $8 31. Re7 $36) 0-1 [Event "Hidden point 2 (US Ch)"] [Site "New York, New York USA"] [Date "1957.12.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Sherwin, James T"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1957.12.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Nb1 Bd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. f3 Be7 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxc3 O-O 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Rxc6 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qb5 19. Rb6 Qe5 20. Bd4 Qg5 21. Qf3 Nd7 22. Rb7 Ne5 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Kh1 a5 25. Bd5 Rac8 26. Bc3 a4 27. Ra7 Ng4 28. Rxa4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 {Diagram #} 30. Rxf7 $1 (30. Bxf7+ Kh8 $132 (30... Rxf7 $4 31. Ra8+)) (30. Rc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 $11) 30... Rc1+ $2 (30... Rxf7 $4 31. Ra8+ ) (30... Rcc8 {almost defends, but:} 31. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 32. Rf5+ Kh8 33. Rxg5 $18) (30... h5 $8 $132 31. Rc4 $1 (31. Rf5+ $2 Kh7 32. Rxg5 Rc1+) 31... Rxc4 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qxc4 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kf1 Qf6+ 36. Ke1 Qa1+ 37. Kd2 Qb2+ 38. Ke3 Qf2+ 39. Kd3 Nf4+ 40. Kc3 Qe3+ 41. Kb4 Qb6+ 42. Ka4 Nxd5 (42... Qa7+ $6 43. Kb5 Qb8+ 44. Kc6) 43. exd5 Qa7+ 44. Kb4 Qb6+ 45. Kc3 Qe3+ 46. Kc2 Qf2+ 47. Kb3 Qe3+ 48. Qc3 Qb6+ 49. Qb4 Qe3+ 50. Ka4 Qa7+ 51. Kb5 Qb7+ 52. Kc4 $16) 31. Qf1 $1 $18 (31. Rf1+ $2 Kh8 $19) 31... h5 (31... Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1+ Qxd5 (32... Rf7 33. Ra8+) 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. exd5 $18) (31... h6 {is similar to the game.}) 32. Qxc1 $1 Qh4 (32... Qxc1+ 33. Rf1+ $18) 33. Rxf8+ Kh7 (33... Kxf8 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Qf5#) 34. h3 Qg3 35. hxg4 h4 36. Be6 1-0 [Event "Zugzwang "] [Site "?"] [Date "1925.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Grigoriev"] [Black "(Study)"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/7p/5Ppk/4KP2/8/8 w - - 0 2"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "1925.??.??"] 2. Kf2 $1 Kh3 (2... g3+ 3. Kg1 $22 g2 (3... Kh3 4. f5) 4. Kh2 $22) 3. Kg1 Kh4 4. Kg2 g3 5. Kg1 g2 6. Kh2 g1=Q+ 7. Kxg1 Kg3 8. f5 1-0 [Event "Mate (CSSR)"] [Site "?"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Wesely"] [Black "Antosch"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Nunn; AJ"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/6p1/6K1/p5P1/5N2/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "13"] 1. Kf7 $1 (1. Nd5 $2 a4 2. Nb4 a3 3. Kf7 Kh7 4. g6+ Kh8 5. Kf8 a2 6. Nxa2 $11) 1... a4 (1... Kh7 2. g6+ Kh8 (2... Kh6 3. Nd5 a4 4. Nc3 a3 5. Na2 $22) 3. Kf8 a4 4. Ne6 a3 5. Nd8 a2 6. Nf7#) 2. Ng6+ $1 Kh7 3. Ne5 a3 4. g6+ Kh6 (4... Kh8 5. Kf8 a2 6. Nf7#) 5. Ng4+ Kg5 6. Ne3 a2 7. Nc2 (7. Nc2 Kh6 8. Na1 $22) 1-0 [Event "Stalemate (Troitsky, Nunn)"] [Site "?"] [Date "1896.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Split pawns"] [Black "(one file exception)"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Nunn; AJ"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/N7/8/4k2p/4p3/1R3p1K/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "9"] 1. Nc5+ $1 Kf3 2. Rxf2+ $1 exf2 {Diagram #} 3. Ne4 $1 (3. Nb3 $2 Ke3 $1 (3... f1=Q $2 4. Nd2+ $11) 4. Kg2 h3+ 5. Kf1 h2 6. Kg2 h1=Q+ 7. Kxh1 f1=Q+) 3... Kxe4 (3... f1=Q 4. Nd2+ $11) (3... f1=N+ 4. Kh3 $11) 4. Kg2 Ke3 5. Kf1 $11 * [Event "Tricky pawn EG (Tata Steel)"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2019.01.22"] [Round "9.7"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "Peter Doggers; AJ"] [PlyCount "169"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteClock "0:01:43"] [BlackClock "0:20:43"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd2 e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e5 $146 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Na4 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Bd3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 O-O 18. O-O f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Be6 22. b3 Raa8 23. Qc2 g6 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Rfe1 Kg7 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Rd8 28. Qc2 Qd4 29. h3 Qb4 30. Re2 Bf7 31. Bf3 Rd4 32. g3 Qd6 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. h4 a5 35. Qb2 b6 36. Qc3 c5 37. Qe3 Qf6 38. Qc3 Qd8 39. Qe3 Qd6 40. Qg5 Kg7 41. Qe7 Rd3 42. Qb7 Qf6 43. Bc6 Kf8 44. Qb8+ Rd8 45. Qb7 Rd6 46. Bf3 h5 47. Qa8+ Kg7 48. Qb7 Kf8 49. Qa8+ Qd8 50. Qb7 Rd7 51. Qc6 Kg7 52. Qe4 Rd3 53. Qb7 Qd7 54. Re7 Qxb7 55. Rxb7 Rd6 56. Be4 Kf6 57. Kf3 c4 58. bxc4 Bxc4 59. a3 Ke5 60. Ke3 Bd5 61. f4+ Ke6 62. Rb8 Bxe4 63. Kxe4 Rc6 64. a4 Rc4+ 65. Kf3 Rc3+ 66. Ke4 Rb3 67. Rg8 Kf7 68. Rb8 Kf6 69. Rf8+ Ke7 70. Rg8 Rxg3 71. Ke5 Re3+ 72. Kd4 Rg3 73. Ke5 Kf7 74. Rb8 Re3+ 75. Kd4 Re6 76. Kd5 Ke7 77. Rg8 Rd6+ 78. Ke5 Kd7 79. Rg7+ $2 (79. Rb8 Kc7 80. Rg8 {was still equal.}) 79... Kc6 80. Rg8 Kc5 81. Rc8+ Rc6 {Now if White avoids the pawn endgame he will just lose a4.} 82. Rxc6+ Kxc6 83. Kf6 {Diagram #} b5 84. axb5+ Kd6 $3 (84... Kd6 {The point is} 85. Kxg6 a4 86. f5 a3 87. f6 a2 88. f7 Ke7 89. Kg7 a1=Q+ {and wins.}) (84... Kxb5 85. Kxg6 a4 86. f5 a3 87. f6 a2 88. f7 a1=Q 89. f8=Q $11) (84... Kd7 {would work just as well as Kd6, were it not for:} 85. Ke5 $1 $11) 85. Kxg6 0-1 Complete and Continue