Strange But Successful King Walk!

[Sean Evans]

20.Kf2 "I did not want to repeat moves, so I decided to advance my king. Analysis with the computer showed that White is not worse, although he does have to find some only moves".

Navara, David

2015.07.23

Wojtaszek, Radoslaw

Biel SUI

1-0

48th Biel GM 2015 (4.2)

[pgn]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 d5 10. ed5 Nd5 11. Bg2 Ne3 12. Qd8 Bd8 13. fe3 Bh4 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. Nc5 Bc4 16. Kg1 O-O-O 17. b3 Bg5 18. Re1 Bh4 19. Rb1 Bg5 20. Kf2 Bh4 21. Kf3 e4 22. Kf4 g5 23. Kf5 Rhe8 24. Rhd1 Re5 25. Kf6 Rg8 26. bc4 Rg6 27. Kf7 Re7 28. Kf8 Rf6 29. Kg8 Rg6 30. Kh8 Rf6 31. Rf1 Bf2 32. Rf2 Rf2 33. Rf1 Rg2 34. Rf8 Kc7 35. Nd5 Kd6 36. Ne7 Kc5 37. Rf5 Kc4 38. Nc6 bc6 39. Rg5 Rg3 40. h4 h6 41. Rg6 Re3 42. Kg7 Rg3 43. Kh6 e3 44. Kg5 Kd5 45. Kf4 Rh3 46. h5 c5 47. Rg5 Kd4 48. Re5[/pgn]

[zullil]

20.Kf2 "I did not want to repeat moves, so I decided to advance my king. Analysis with the computer showed that White is not worse, although he does have to find some only moves".

Navara, David

2015.07.23

Wojtaszek, Radoslaw

Biel SUI

1-0

48th Biel GM 2015 (4.2)

[pgn]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 d5 10. ed5 Nd5 11. Bg2 Ne3 12. Qd8 Bd8 13. fe3 Bh4 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. Nc5 Bc4 16. Kg1 O-O-O 17. b3 Bg5 18. Re1 Bh4 19. Rb1 Bg5 20. Kf2 Bh4 21. Kf3 e4 22. Kf4 g5 23. Kf5 Rhe8 24. Rhd1 Re5 25. Kf6 Rg8 26. bc4 Rg6 27. Kf7 Re7 28. Kf8 Rf6 29. Kg8 Rg6 30. Kh8 Rf6 31. Rf1 Bf2 32. Rf2 Rf2 33. Rf1 Rg2 34. Rf8 Kc7 35. Nd5 Kd6 36. Ne7 Kc5 37. Rf5 Kc4 38. Nc6 bc6 39. Rg5 Rg3 40. h4 h6 41. Rg6 Re3 42. Kg7 Rg3 43. Kh6 e3 44. Kg5 Kd5 45. Kf4 Rh3 46. h5 c5 47. Rg5 Kd4 48. Re5[/pgn]

Gutsy play by White. Looks like Black should have played 28...Reg7 here:
[d]2k2K2/1p2r2p/p1n3r1/2N3p1/2P1p1Pb/2N1P2P/P1P3B1/1R1R4 b - - 2 28

and needed to play 33...Re8+ before capturing the bishop here:
[d]2k4K/1p2r2p/p1n5/2N3p1/2P1p1P1/2N1P2P/P1P2rB1/5R2 b - - 1 33

But then White made several errors, and Black could still have drawn with 40...Rxe3. But it seems that 40...h6 loses.

[Vinvin]

2 other winning king walks in the opposite corner (and one from Chessmaster vs Shabalov !) :
[pgn]
[Event "Fifth Harvard Cup"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Chessmaster (Computer)"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.a3 a6 10.O-O c5 11.Bc2 Qb8 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.b4
Bd6 14.Bb2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bxh2+ 16.Kg2 Be5 17.Bd3 Nd5 18.Qb3 Qd8
19.f4 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Rc8 22.Qxg7 Nf8 23.Rfd1 Qd5+
24.f3 Ke7 25.Qxh8 Ng6 26.Qxc8 Nh4+ 27.Kg3 Qxf3+ 28.Kxh4 Qf2+
29.Kg5 h6 30.Kxh6 Qh4+ 31.Kg7 Qg4+ 32.Kh8 Qh4+ 33.Bh7 Qxh7+
34.Kxh7 Kf6 35.Qc5 1-0
[/pgn]

[pgn]
[Event "Frunze URS ch"]
[Site "Frunze URS ch"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7
7.Qd2 Rc8 8.f4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 e6 12.O-O-O
Bc6 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.exf6 Bc6 15.h4 Rg8 16.Bc4 gxf6 17.Rhe1 fxg5
18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Rxe6+ Be7 20.Rxe7+ Kxe7 21.Qe3+ Kf7 22.Rf1+
Kg7 23.Qe7+ Kh6 24.Rf7 Rcf8 25.Qd6+ Kh5 26.g4 Kxg4 27.Qe6+ Kg3
28.Qe3+ Kh2 29.b4 Qxb4 30.Qe5+ Kh1 0-1
[/pgn]