Sunday 23 April 2023

How Drawish Are Opposite-Coloured Bishops (part two)?

I POSTED the first part of this series on March 29.

HERE is another opposite-coloured bishops ending I did not include in my earlier series Opposite Exceptions.
Black has just captured on g6 in Peter Szabo (141 BCF) - Spanton (147 BCF), Barbican (London) Major 1990
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Black is two pawns up and has the possibility of creating a queenside passed pawn to complement the e4 protected passer. Unlike in part one of this series, the advantage is enough for a win to be straightforward.
36.Kg2 Be3 37.Kg3
The king is tied to defending the f4 pawn, making Black's task even easier.
37...Kf6 38.a4 c5 39.Bb3?
This speeds the process of creating a second passed pawn, which is often decisive in this type of ending.
The game finished:
39...Bc1 40.Bd5 Bxb2 41.Bxb7 c4 42.Bd5 c3 43.Bb3 Bc1 44.Bc2 Bd2 45.Bb3 Ke7 46.Bc2 Kd6 47.Bb1 Kc5 48.Bc2 Kb4 49.Bd1 Ka3 50.Kh4 Bxf4 51.Kh5 e3 0-1

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