Liquidation on the Chess Board by Joel Benjamin

Author:Joel Benjamin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New in Chess

Black is tripped up by the wrong rook pawn and bishop combination, though a little accuracy is necessary.

70.h6!

Not 70.Nxb4? Bxb4 71.Kd3 (71.Kxb4 Kxh5 72.Kc3 Kg4 73.Kd2 Kf3 74.Ke1 Kg2-+) 71…Kf4 72.Ke2 Bc5 73.Kf1 Kf3 and Black can win after very lengthy maneuvers. White must avoid ‘stalemate’, which would force his pawn to fatally advance to h6. Black will drive the king up the board and eventually take the h-pawn and win.

70…Kxh6

70…Bf8 71.Nxb4 Bxb4 72.Kxb4! Kxh6 73.Kc4 Kg5 74.Kd3 Kg4 75.Ke2 Kg3 76.Kf1=.

71.Nxb4 Bxb4 72.Kd3!

½-½

White’s king makes it to the corner.

Solution 5.5

Variation from Gelfand’s analysis of Gelfand-Adams

Paris/St. Petersburg 2013

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