Last night I managed to steal a half-point after a middlegame attack went wrong and I was left with a lost ending.
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| Black to make his 47th move in David Pinch (1703/144) - Spanton (1900/171) |
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47...a3
Black is lost, but at least this enables me to get rid of White's dangerous e pawn, and maybe I will get a chance to test my opponent's ability to mate with knight and bishop.
48.Nxa3 Kd6 49.Bh3 Kxe7 50.Kg5?
Best seems to be 50.c5!, which looks like it puts the pawn on a vulnerable square, but the black king has a hard time getting at it. Other moves, eg 50.Ke4, probably also win but, as DP admitted afterwards, he did not think he would be able to claim the full point anyway if I gave up my bishop for his last pawn.
50...Kd6 51.Kxh4 Kc5 52.Be6 Bg6 53.Nb5 ½–½
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