SO far I have covered those bishop-v-knight endings from my praxis that began with an equal number of seven, six, five, four or three pawns aside but did not end in draws (there were none starting with eight pawns aside).
The player with the knight won the seven-pawn endings by the narrow margin of 9-8, the six-pawn endings by the wide margin of 21-7 and the five-pawn endings by the narrow margin of 7-6.
The player with the bishop won the four-pawn endings 5-1, but the player with the knight won the three-pawn endings 3-0.
Taking all five sets of endings, the knight leads the bishop by 41-26.
I now move to bishop-v-knight endings from my praxis that had two pawns aside but did not end in draws.
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| White has just captured on g4 in F Müller (1644) - Spanton (2058), Liechtenstein 2001. Who stands better, and by how much? |
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The passed pawn, supported by the king, is decisive.
51...Ke2 52.Nf2 d3 53.Ne4 d2 54.Nc3+ Ke1 55.Kf3 Bb4 0-1
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