Lambert, Cooper (767) vs Shah, Neil (760)
1120177
[Event "Chess @ Noon - Challengers (500 - 800 R"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lambert, Cooper"]
[Black "Shah, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "767"]
[BlackElo "760"]
[FEN "8/5ppk/7p/5K1P/5P2/8/8/8 b - - 0 49"]
{As Black, what would you play here, and would you be expecting to win, lose,
or draw? The game should end in a draw, though it is Black who should be
trying to win as they have an extra pawn. White's king is in a good position
and White can force the trade os pawns which will lead to a draw.} 1...g6+
{Neil makes a passed pawn} (1...Kg8 {Trying to bring the king to the centre is
another strategy Black could try.} 2.Ke5 Kf8 3.f5 {This now makes it very
difficult for Black to ever play ..g6} Ke7 4.f6+ gxf6+ 5.Kf5 Kf8 6.Kxf6 Kg8
7.Ke5 Kg7 8.Kf5 {Black's king is stuck in the corner and can't get out unless
White makes a mistake with their king.}) 2.Kf6? {White might have thought
there was still a chance to win the game, but when we're material down, we
should be thinking about saving a draw!} (2.hxg6+ {When behind, trade pawns.}
fxg6+ 3.Kf6 {In the endgame we need to attack with our king} h5 (3...g5 4.fxg5
h5 {loses, as White's king helps his pawn to promote} 5.Kf7
{_MARK:g5->g6!,g6->g7!,g7->g8!_}) 4.Kg5 {A king has two jobs in the endgame,
help it's own pawns to promote, and stop the enemy pawns promoting.} Kg7 5.f5
{This forces a final exchange which will lead to a draw} gxf5 6.Kxf5 Kh6
{Although White can't win Black's pawn, Black can't force the pawn through
unless White makes a mistake. The important thing to remember is that a
defending king wants to be in front of an enemy pawn to stop it promoting.}
7.Kf4 Kg6 8.Kg3 Kg5 9.Kh3 h4 10.Kh2 Kg4 11.Kg2 h3+ 12.Kh2 Kh4 13.Kh1 Kg3
14.Kg1 h2+ 15.Kh1 Kh3 {Stalemate!}) 2...gxh5 {One trick we use is to count how
many moves it takes to get a queen vs how many moves our opponent will take
when we're in a "pawn race". It is easy to see Black takes four moves from
here. White's pawn takes 4 moves, but White first needs to take Black's
f-pawn, and move the king out of the way of their own f-pawn, so that will be
six moves.} 3.Kxf7 h4 4.f5 h3 5.f6 h2 {If White's king wouldn't be in the way,
both sides would promote at the same time} 6.Ke7 h1=Q 7.f7 Qb7+ 8.Kf8 {A good
rule is to NOT put your king in front of your promoting pawn.} Qxf7+ {Neil
Sacrifices his queen to stop his opponent ever getting a queen, and shows
Neil's safety first play. There was a quicker way to win} (8...Kg6 9.Ke8
(9.Kg8 Qxf7+ 10.Kh8 Qh7# (10...Qf8#) (10...Qe8#)) 9...Qxf7+ 10.Kd8 Qb7
{Black's queen forces White's king back towards the checkmate square} 11.Ke8
Qc7 12.Kf8 Qf7# (12...Qd8#)) 9.Kxf7 h5 {and Neil promoted this pawn and
checkmated with king and queen vs king!} 0-1
0-1
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Players | |
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White | Lambert, Cooper (767) |
Black | Shah, Neil (760) |
Game | |
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Moves | 9 |
Opening | |
Result | 0-1 |
Date | August 22, 2020 |
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Tournament | |
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Tournament | Chess @ Noon - Challengers (500 - 800 R |
Location | ? |
Round | 4.2 |