Won endgame for white !?

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Won endgame for white !?

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In SF selfplay (last developmental version against each other) with default contempt. White wins here.

[d]2b1k3/5p1p/1n1Rpp2/8/8/6P1/PPP4P/1K6 b - - 0 25

[pgn][Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b1k3/5p1p/1n1qpp2/8/8/6P1/PPP4P/1K1R4 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 25. Rxd6 Nd5 26. c4 {All was forced till now...} Ke7 $4 {Black should
move the knight instead, but I don't really know what black can oppose to
white passed pawns over the queenside....} (26... Ne3 {This ending can be
compared vs final position of the game Brodsky,M-Timoshchenko,G(see 19...Nxc4)
- black is up a pawn here comparing vs that ending, but black has pair of
bishops there and some counterplay as well. In both cases, white has chances
to win thanx to 3 passed pawns over the queenside;} 27. c5 Nf1 (27... Ke7 28.
b4 e5 29. a4 Nf1 30. a5 $18) 28. b4 Nxh2 29. b5 $16 {and white pawns are very
dangerous;}) (26... Ne7 {was possible too, but it is a bit passive;} 27. b4 Nf5
28. Rd3 (28. Rb6 Ne3 29. b5 Nxc4 30. Rc6 Nd2+ 31. Kc1 Bd7 32. Rc7 $16) 28...
Bb7 29. Kb2 e5 30. b5 $16 {and so on;}) 27. Rc6 $18 Bb7 28. cxd5 Bxc6 29. dxc6
Kd6 (29... f5 30. b4) 30. g4 $1 {Now black can advance his e-pawn maximum on
e5 to keep it protected by f-pawn, but white easily wins there by moving his
pawns to a5 and b5 and the king- to c5;} (30. b4 Kxc6 31. g4 $1 (31. a4 f5 $1 {
and black would get his passed e-pawn on e4;})) ({The following lines show how
white easily wins in that pawn ending:} 30. g4 Kxc6 31. Kc2 Kd5 32. Kd3 e5 33.
b4 Kc6 (33... e4+ 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. a4 $18) 34. Kc4 Kb6 35. a4 Ka6 36. a5 Kb7 37.
b5 Ka7 38. Kc5 Kb7 39. a6+ Ka7 40. Kc6 e4 41. b6+ Kxa6 42. b7 Ka7 43. Kc7 $18)
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Re: Won endgame for white !?

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I found this position by watching Kasparov's najdorf DVDs. White is much better but it's not clear if it's winning in the end.

[d]rn3b1r/2kn4/p7/1p1Q1Bpp/7q/8/PPP3PP/1K1RR3 b - - 0 22

[pgn][Event "https://lichess.org/pGSwa2se"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/pGSwa2se"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pol 12...Qe5 13.Bd3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 $6 {
(0.00 ? 0.60) Inaccuracy. Best move was Qb6.} (7... Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3
10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6) 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 {B96
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Polugaevsky Variation, Simagin Line} Nfd7
11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Qg4 Qxe5 $2 {(-0.03 ? 1.36) Mistake. Best move was Qb6.} (
12... Qb6) 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxe6 h5 16. Qh3 fxe6 17. Rhe1 Qf4+ 18. Kb1
Qxh4 $2 {(0.67 ? 1.85) Mistake. Best move was Be7.} (18... Be7) (18... Qg4) 19.
Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Bf5 Kc7 21. Nd5+ $6 {(2.53 ? 1.67) Inaccuracy. Best move was
Rxd7+.} (21. Rxd7+ Nxd7) 21... Bxd5 22. Qxd5 {Unterminated} *

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