[Event "Carc-Malamutt 45-45 Game Anotations: Endgame Study"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/S2X1FoOk/qTwvCpqV"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Malamutt"] [FEN "8/p1b1k2p/1p4p1/P1pPp3/2P1P3/8/2K3PP/2N5 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2017.07.31"] [UTCTime "20:31:17"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/S2X1FoOk/qTwvCpqV"] [Orientation "white"] 1. a6!! { The only winning move. White is able to combine threats on both wings to eventually get his king into blacks position } 1... Kd7 { Black has a couple defensive tries. The most resilient from a practical perspective is to not move the kingside pawns until he has to } 2. Ne2 Bd6 3. Kd3 Ke7 4. Nc3 Kf7 5. Nb5 { other plans work as well, but by imobillizing Black's bishop White gains the ability to put black in zugzwang } 5... Bb8 6. Ke3 g5 { already black is forced to give up the crucial f5 square } { [%csl Gf5][%cal Gb5c3,Gc3d1,Gd1e3,Ge3f5] } (6... Kf6 { attempts to avoid advancing the g-pawn lose quicker } 7. Kf3 h5 { now Black has to advance under threat of Kg4, but is too late to close the kingside } (7... Kf7 8. Kg4 Kf6 9. Kh4 { Zugzwang. White's plan is to advance h4 when h5 can be met by Kg5. Black is powerless } 9... Kg7 10. Kg5 h6+ 11. Kg4 Kf6 12. h3 Kf7 13. h4 Kf6 14. h5 g5 15. g3 Kf7 16. Kf5) 8. g4! h4 9. g5+ Kxg5 10. d6 Kf6 11. Kg4 g5 12. Nc7 { zugzwang }) 7. g4 Ke7 8. Kf3 Kf7 9. Kg3 Ke7 10. h4 { White forces h6 to give the knight a target from h5 } 10... h6 (10... Kf6 11. hxg5+ Kxg5 12. d6 { Black cannot allow an open line on the kingside here because the king cannot stop the white king and the d pawn at the same time } { [%cal Gg5d8,Bg3h4,Gd5d8] }) 11. h5 Kd7 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Nd1 Bf8 14. Ne3 Kd8 15. Nf5 Ke8 16. Kf3 { The King walk begins! Black's bishop is immobilized on f8 and a timely d6 with white's king on b5 will bring home the victory. } { [%cal Gf3b3,Gb3a4,Ga4c6] } 16... Kd7 17. Ke3 Ke8 18. Kd3 Kd7 19. Kc3 Kd8 20. Kb3 Kd7 21. Ka4 Kc7 22. Kb5 Kd7 23. d6 Bxd6 (23... Kd8 24. Kc6 Kc8 25. d7+ Kd8 26. Nd6 b5 27. Nb7+ Ke7 28. d8=Q+) 24. Nxh6 Be7 25. Nf5 Bf6 26. h6 Bh8 27. h7 Bf6 28. Nh6 Ke8 29. Kc6 Kd8 30. Kb7 b5 31. cxb5 c4 32. b6 { white queens first } *