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Without knights: easy win for White.
With knights: draw.
The visible weakness of g3 pawn must not
mislead anybody: sitting at the corner
Blacks king is threatened with mate or total
loss of pawns.
57...Ng8
For now this is one of two suitable
continuations. More straightforward line
FIDE Surveys - Viacheslav Eingorn
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The knight is a team player and with his
next move Black assembles all forces
together.
39...Kf7! 40.Ne5?
By playing 40.Nb2 Ke6 41.Kg2 Kd5 42.Kf3
White could try to establish the defense, but
he follows another plan.
40...Ke6 41.Nc6 Kd5 42.Na7 d3 43.Kf1
Now the special knight technics will be
demonstrated: nothing common with the
pawn endgames!
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43Nc3!
Black keeps his opponents knight away
from d pawn which is to be crowned.
44.Ke1 Kd4 45.Kd2 Ne4 46.Kc1 Nd6!
47.Kd2 Nc4 48.Kc1 d2 49.Kc2 Ke3 50.Nb5
Na3! 0:1.
3) The extra pawn may be useless in the
position with limited material.
Kasparov G. : Adams M.
Linares 1999
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Without knights: easy win for White.
With knights: draw.
Blacks position is difficult but not hopeless.
48...h5?
This is the right idea at the wrong time!
Correct line was 48...Kg7 49.g4 (or 49.Kg2
Kf6 50.Kf3 Ke5 51.Nc6 Kf6 52.Na7 h5
53.Ke3 b4 54.Kd3 h4 55.g4 Nd5 56.ab4 Nf4
57.Ke3 Nh3) Kf6 50.Kg3 Ke5 (driving
Whites knight away from attacking
position) 51.Nc6 Kf6 52.Nb4 (52.Na7 h5=)
h5.
49.h4?
Returning the favor. Black could face
insoluble problems in case of 49.Kg2! Kf7
50.Kf3 Kf6 51.Ke3 and 52.Kd3.
49...Kf7 50.Kh3 Kf6 51.g4 hg4 52.Kg4
Kg6
After the pawn exchange Black holds;
however, to do so he must play this ending
perfectly!
53.h5 Kh7
From the pure human view it looks safer to
keep the king out of the corner (53...Kf6
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Without knights: easy win for Black.
With knights: Black stands better.
Here we shall look at the evergreen
classics. Black has a distant passed pawn
and Nimzowitschs play in this ending is
close to perfection. But could he win against
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