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An endgame I played last week posted on Kevin Spraggetts blog today.
An endgame I played last week posted on Kevin Spraggetts blog today.
Last week I had an interesting end game (Bishop versus 3 pawns) from a game I was playing against an opponent on the internet using an iPhone app called Social chess. It is included in Sunday's tactical chess quiz at https://kevinspraggettonchess.wordpress.com.
My game is number 6 in todays quiz, white to move and win. Enjoy!
Last week I had an interesting end game (Bishop versus 3 pawns) from a game I was playing against an opponent on the internet using an iPhone app called Social chess. It is included in Sunday's tactical chess quiz at https://kevinspraggettonchess.wordpress.com.
My game is number 6 in todays quiz, white to move and win. Enjoy!
Nicely played. I can usually figure out endgames like that. If they're on paper ... and I'm told there's a winning line. In real games I tend to just freeze-up and then find a way to turn a win into a draw (or worse). I play to survive the opening, struggle to get an advantage in the middle-game, and then pray I don't convert it to a loss in the endgame. Sometimes I just cut-out the middleman and lose in the opening.
To get back to seriousness, as I said, a nice win. What was the time control?
Re: An endgame I played last week posted on Kevin Spraggetts blog today.
Originally posted by Steve Douglas
I can usually figure out endgames like that. If they're on paper ... and I'm told there's a winning line.
And so?.... did you solve this one? ...Not just the first move but seeing it right to the end with all reasonable possibilities worked out.
Originally posted by Steve Douglas
To get back to seriousness, as I said, a nice win. What was the time control?
No time controls at all. It was a totally casual game played using an iPhone app on a social chess network. However, I would say that not more then five to ten minutes was used on any given move. Probably an hour total playing time. if interested below was the entire game. 41.g3 was the result of a finger slip on the iPhone and i actually meant to play k-g3 although it made no difference in the end.
I had actually calculated the whole line starting at move 55. k-g5 and to my amazement and delight my opponent played all the moves i expected. I initially thought the critical move was 62...B-e4 and was hoping he did not play 62...B-d3 although after looking again after 63 g5 B-e2 and 64 b5 I think he runs into the same problems.
Kevin told me he ran this thing using a computer program and the solution appears to be perfect.
Last edited by Sid Belzberg; Monday, 23rd May, 2016, 08:17 PM.
And so?.... did you solve this one? ...Not just the first move but seeing it right to the end with all reasonable possibilities worked out.
Yes and no. I didn't spend much time on it. But I did see the possibility of forcing a pawn promotion on the g-file if the Bishop could be moved "off side". I did see the first and second moves and then had to mull the best way to handle the g-file. Had I spent the time to see everything from beginning to end I likely would have got it.
I didn't spend a lot of time mulling 65. ... Ke7 but I remember thinking it was still a plus for White.
No time controls at all. It was a totally casual game played using an iPhone app on a social chess network. However, I would say that not more then five to ten minutes was used on any given move. Probably an hour total playing time. if interested below was the entire game. 41.g3 was the result of a finger slip on the iPhone and i actually meant to play k-g3 although it made no difference in the end.
I had actually calculated the whole line starting at move 55. k-g5 and to my amazement and delight my opponent played all the moves i expected. I initially thought the critical move was 62...B-e4 and was hoping he did not play 62...B-d3 although after looking again after 63 g5 B-e2 and 64 b5 I think he runs into the same problems.
Kevin told me he ran this thing using a computer program and the solution appears to be perfect.
Thanks for providing the game. I'll play it through when I get a chance.
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