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Rg6 check looks like the way to go
Rg6+. After Bxg6 we have a stalemate.
There appears to be only Rg6- everything else loses.
1.Rg2 Rxg2 stalemate.
1.Rg6+…Bg6 stalemate
1. Rg6 Bxg6
When Grischuk played Bg6 I thought he is going to lose the game, but after few seconds I saw the move ;]. Cute.
i have a question: is rook plus bishop against rook not won? if so, does it mean that a top gm like karjakin cannot demonstrate it in a real game?
The endgame was a nice demonstration of the second rank defense in R vs RB.
Every chessplayer should know this way to hold the draw.
I am afraid Rg2 Rxg2 is not stalemate as white has h7 available. Correct move is Rg6.
Rg6 draw!
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“i have a question: is rook plus bishop against rook not won? if so, does it mean that a top gm like karjakin cannot demonstrate it in a real game?”
No. The general case has long been known to be a draw. However, there are several winning positions (which may be reached because of inaccurate play or poor initial position), and some of the drawing lines are very complicated. Without seeing the rest of the game, there’s no way to tell if Karjakin was ever winning.
What is to stop white from refusing the capture and preventing the draw? King can move rather than capture.
“What is to stop white from refusing the capture and preventing the draw? King can move rather than capture.”
Of course that’s what Black should do, but how is he going to make progress? Neither 1. … Kf5 2. Rg5+ Kf4 3. Ra5 nor 1. … Ke7 2. Rg1 seems to be getting anywhere. R+B versus R is a draw /unless/ you can reach one of the special winning positions. Can someone find a way to do that from here?
Later: Hving seen the rest of the game, I can understand why Black agreed to a draw by taking the Rook. This was move 99, and Black had made no particular progress since the last pawn was taken at move 59. With only ten moves left, he wasn’t likely to.