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| Black has just captured on d8 in Walter Cools (1766) - Spanton (1940), Malta (BuÄĦibba) 2018. Who stands better? |
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The position is dead-equal, according to the analysis engines Stockfish12 and Komodo11.01.
31.Kf1 f5 32.h3 Kf7 33.Kf2 Kf6 34.f3 exf3+ 35.Kxf3 Ke5 36.Bc2 h4 37.Bb1 g5 38.Bc2 Bc7 39.Bb1 Kf6 40.e4?!
This may be objectively OK but, assuming WC was happy with a draw, it makes White's task unnecessarily complicated as now the black king has a route via d4 to enter the queenside.
40...f4 41.Kg4 Bd8 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.Ke2!?
The engines slightly prefer 43.Kg4!? or 43.Bc2.
43...Kd4 44.Kd2
White was in zugzwang. The engines give best-play as 44.e5!? Kxe5 45.Kd2 Bf6 46.Bc2 g4!? 47.hxg4 f3 48.gxf3 Kf4! (48...h3 49.Ke3=) 49.Ke2 h3 50.Kf1 (50.Kf2 Bd4+) Kxf3 51.Bd1+, when White seems to be holding.
44...Bc7
44...g4! is winning, eg 45.hxg4 f3 46.gxf3 h3 etc.
45.Bc2
Again e5!? seems to hold.
45...Be5
45...g4!
46.Bb1
This time 46.Bd1! holds.
46...f3
46...g4!
47.gxf3 Bf4+ 48.Ke2 Kc3 49.e5! Kb2 50.e6 Bd6 51.Be4 Kxa2 52.Bc2 Kb2
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53.Kd3?
Any reasonable move draws, but Black's next puts White in terminal zugzwang.
53...Kc1 0-1
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