King + Rook vs King + Bishop
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[Event "EndGames"] [Site "www.masterchessopenings.com"] [Date "2015.01.04"] [Round "0"] [White "King + Rook"] [Black "King + Bishop"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [FEN "4kb2/8/8/8/8/8/8/4KR2 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rf5 Bd6 2.Ke2 Kd7 3.Ke3 Ke7 4.Ke4 Bg3 5.Rf3 Bd6 6.Kd5 Bb4 7.Re3+ Kd7 8.Rh3 Be7 9.Rh7 Kd8 { If } (9...Ke8 10.Ke6 { will force the issue } Bc5 (10...Bf8 11.Rh8 Kd8 12.Rxf8+ { wins }) (10...Bg5 11.Rh8#) (10...Kd8 11.Rxe7 { wins }) (10...Ba3 11.Ra7 Bc5 12.Ra8#) 11.Rc7 Bb6 12.Rc8+ Bd8 13.Rb8 { A witing move.. } Kf8 14.Rxd8+ { wins }) 10.Ke6 Bc5 11.Rf7 Be3 12.Kd6 Kc8 13.Kc6 Kb8 { the White King can not come right in front of the Black King and hence can not checkmate straight away. } 14.Re7 Bg1 15.Re8+ Ka7 16.Re1 Bf2 17.Ra1+ Kb8 18.Ra2 Be3 19.Rb2+ Ka7 { If } (19...Kc8 20.Re2 Bg5 21.Re8+ Bd8 22.Rf8 { again... that waiting move! } Kb8 23.Rxd8+ Ka7 { another quiet one } 24.Rc8 Ka6 25.Ra8#) 1/2-1/2
½-½
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Players
WhiteKing + Rook
BlackKing + Bishop
Game
Moves19
Opening
Result½-½
DateJanuary 04, 2015
Tags
Tournament
TournamentEndGames
Locationwww.masterchessopenings.com
Round0