Final position
Jakovenko impressively won this endgame. His opponent actually helped him with a few bad moves. Nevertheless, it was a nice win for Jakovenko.
GM Jakovenko (2710) – GM Almasi (2691) [C67]
30.11.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.h3 Be7 11.Rd1 Kc8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Rd2 c5 15.Ne4 b6 16.Ng3 Bc6 17.Nh2 Ng6 18.Re1 Nf4 19.f3 Kb7 20.Kf2 Rad8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Nhf1 g6 23.Ne2 Ne6 24.Ne3 Bb5 25.Nc3 Rd2+ 26.Kg3 Bc6 27.Rd1 Rd4 28.Kf2 Kc8 29.Ne2 Rxd1 30.Nxd1 Nd4 31.c3 Kd7 32.Ne3 Nxe2 33.Kxe2 Ke6 34.f4 g5 35.g3 Be4 36.Ng4 gxf4 37.gxf4 h5 38.Nf6 Bg6 39.Kf3 c6 40.Ne8 f5 41.Nd6 h4 42.a4 Bh5+ 43.Ke3 Bd1 44.a5 bxa5 45.c4 Bb3 46.Kd3 Bd1 47.Ke3 Bb3 48.Kd3 Bd1 49.Nb7 Bf3 50.Nxc5+ Ke7 51.Nb3 Bg2 52.Nd4 Bxh3 53.Nxc6+ Kd7 54.Nd4 Bf1+ 55.Ke3 h3 56.Nf3 Bxc4 57.Kf2 Bd5 58.Kg3 h2 59.Nxh2 Kc6 60.Nf1 Kc5 61.Kf2 Kd4 62.Ng3 Be6 63.Nh5 Kd3 64.Ng7 Bc8 65.e6 Kc2 66.e7 Bd7 67.Nxf5 Kxb2 68.Nd6 a4 69.f5 a3 70.f6 a2 71.f7 a1Q 72.f8Q Qa2 73.Qf6+ Kc1+ 74.Kg3 Qb3+ 75.Kf4 Qb4+ 76.Ne4 Qb8+ 77.Kg5 Qb5+ 78.Kh4 Qb4 79.Qf4+ Kb2 80.Qe5+ Kb1 81.Kg5 a5 82.Nc3+ Kc2 83.Nd5 Qb5 84.Kh6 a4 85.Qe4+ Kb2 86.Qd4+ Kc2 87.Ne3+ Kb3 88.Qd1+ Kc3 89.Nd5+ Kc4 90.Ne3+ Kc3 91.Qc2+ Kd4 92.Qd2+ Ke4? 93.Nc4 Qd5 94.Qe3+ Kf5 95.Qg5+ Ke4 96.Qe3+ Kf5 97.Qg5+ Ke4 98.Qg6+ Kd4?? 99.Nb6 Qh1+ 100.Kg7 Bc6 101.Qd6+ Ke3 102.Nd5+ White wins 1–0
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Jakovenko will be a wc for sure. He’s the best endgame player in the world.
OK, Did he win on time? I do not see how that last move wins, I think itloses. How is the knight protected? Am I blind to something obvious? Confused patzer.
Marc
DUH, I see it NOW!! white is about to promote his pawn. Now you know why I called myself a patzer..LOL
Marc
Jakovenko will never be WC. He is a just another standard Russian GM chess machine with no genius.
why not 32 cxd4 ?