Extraordinary endgame

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Extraordinary endgame

Post by Nordlandia »

[d]6k1/pp3p2/2n3pp/5n2/8/5n1P/PP1Q4/5K2 w - - 0 1

Is white losing or is there chances for draw?

Three knights seems a bit clumsy :lol:

[pgn][Event "https://lichess.org/IbdvHXvC"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/IbdvHXvC"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "New game"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D98"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 {
D98 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation} 8. Ng5 Nc6 9. d5
Ne8 10. h3 Ne5 11. Qb3 Bc8 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15. Nf3 Nd6 16.
Rd1 Be6 17. Qa3 Nxe4 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bd2 Ne4 21. Be3 Nd6 22.
Rc1 Nf5 23. Bf4 Bd5 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 e5 26. Bg5 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 h6 28. Rc1
Rd7 29. Be3 e4 30. Ne1 Rad8 31. Bc5 Be5+ 32. g3 Rd2 33. Rc2 Bxg3+ 34. Kg2 Bxf2
35. Bxf2 e3 36. Qc3 exf2 37. Rxd2 fxe1=N+ 38. Kf1 Rxd2 39. Qxd2 Nf3 {
Unterminated} *
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