Complex Endgames

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Complex Endgames

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This thread is to collect relative complicated endgame positions as whole.

[d]7k/p5p1/1pn4p/3R4/2P5/1P6/P6P/3K2b1 w - - 0 2

[d]5rk1/p1r2p1p/6p1/3B4/2p1N3/P5P1/4PP1P/R5K1 b - - 0 1

[d]8/p4kp1/1pn4p/2nR4/2P5/1PK5/P6P/8 w - - 0 1

[d]7k/1p3rp1/2b2n1p/4R3/5P2/1P4P1/1PP4P/2KR4 w - - 0 1

[d]5r2/r7/2pN2B1/2KpN3/4p3/2P3B1/2b5/7k w - - 0 1

[d]1rr3k1/p4ppp/5P2/2p5/2Pp4/P2R2P1/5PBP/5NK1 b - - 0 23

[d]r6k/6pp/p2b4/P1n2p2/1p6/8/1PP2PPP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1

[d]2r1bk2/pp4pp/1nn5/8/4P3/2N2P2/PP1R2PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 21

[d]3qk3/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPP2PPP/2N1KN1R b K - 0 1

[d]3qk3/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPP2PPP/2B1K1NR b K - 0 1

[d]8/p4kpR/1n3p2/2n1p3/4P3/P3KP2/1P4PP/8 b - - 0 1
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Re: Complex Endgames

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that is too complex for me.
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Re: Complex Endgames

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[d]1k1r2r1/pp3p2/2pP2pp/8/5q2/1NBQ4/PP6/K2R4 w - - 0 0

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Re: Complex Endgames

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[d]5r2/k1p3pp/1p1b4/p3p3/P1Qp4/2n5/5PPP/4RK2 w - - 0 35

[d]4r3/1b1k4/p1n1pQ2/1p1p1p2/2p5/P1P3Pp/1P6/5RK1 w - - 0 31

[d]4r3/pp4k1/2p1B3/6pP/1P1P4/2P1B1qP/P3R1P1/6K1 w - - 0 34

[d]3b4/3k2pp/p2rpp2/1p6/2p3P1/3b1P2/1P3QKP/3R4 w - - 0 35

[d]3b1k2/1p1P1ppp/p1r1p3/8/2p5/3b1P2/1P1R1QPP/6K1 w - - 0 28

[d]2r3k1/pp3pp1/1b2p2p/1b1pP3/6Q1/6P1/5PKP/1R6 b - - 0 27

[d]4k2r/pp1bnpp1/1b2p2p/1P1pP3/3P4/5B2/5PPP/Q4RK1 b k - 0 20

[d]2r3k1/pp3pp1/1b2p2p/1b1pP3/6Q1/6P1/5PKP/3R4 w - - 0 27
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Re: Complex Endgames

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[d]4Q3/p4pkp/1p4p1/6n1/3bp3/P4b2/5P1P/1R4K1 w - - 0 37

[d]4Q3/p4pkp/1p4p1/6n1/4p3/b4b2/5P1P/1R4K1 w - - 0 37

[d]8/5pkp/1R2b1p1/8/5P2/6Kn/7P/8 b - - 0 47
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Re: Complex Endgames

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[d]4r1k1/p4ppp/1p6/3Q4/5B2/1N2P1P1/q4PKP/8 w - - 0 26

[pgn][Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O (5. dxc5 bxc5 6. c4) 5... cxd4
6. Nxd4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 d5 $6 (7... g6 8. c4 Qc8 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 Nc6 $10 {
Tarrasch-Grünfeld/Breslau/1925}) (7... Qc8) (7... e6 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O {
Capablanca-Vidmar/New York/1927}) 8. c4 $1 e6 $2 (8... dxc4 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Nb5
(10. Qxc4 Qd5+ 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 $16 {@Golombek}) 10... Qc6+ $15 {/\ 11...
Nbd7 Alekhine} 11. Kg1 Nfd7 $3 $15 {Romanovsky/Löwenfisch} (11... Nbd7 12. Rd1
{/\Sd6} Rc8 13. N1a3 a5 14. b3 $40)) 9. Qa4+ Qd7 (9... Nbd7 10. Bg5 $1 (10. Nc6
Qc8 11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Qb5 a6 13. Qxb6 Nfd7 $17) (10. cxd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. e4
) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 {With a winning position. Golombek})) 10.
Nb5 $1 {/\ 11.Nc7+-} Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 $8 (11... Nxd5 12. e4 $16 {/\ Rd1} (12.
Rd1 $5)) (11... Qxd5+ 12. e4 $16 {/\ Rd1} Qd7 13. Rd1 Qb7 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Rc1
a6 16. Nc7+ $16 {Golombek}) 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rc1 {/\ 14.Nc7 Rc7 15.Bc7 Qc7 16.
Rc6 winning the exchange. mit Qualitätsgewinn.} Bc5 (13... Nh5 $145 14. Bc7 $1
a6 15. Qxa6 Rxc7 16. Nxc7+ Qxc7 17. Qb5 Bc5 18. b4 $18) (13... Ne4 $5 14. b4 $1
(14. Nc7+ $2 Rxc7 15. Bxc7 Nc5 16. Qf4 (16. Qb5 $2 Qxc7 17. b4 a6 $1 $19) 16...
Ne6 17. Qa4 Nc5 $10) 14... Bd6 $1 {Alekhine} (14... Bxb4 $1 15. Rxc6 {
Rabinovich}) 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. N1c3 d4 (16... Nxb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Nd4 Nb8 19.
Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Nf5 {Golombek: White wins a pawn. Weiß gewinnt einen Bauern.}) (
16... O-O $6 17. Nxd5 Nd4 18. Nxd6 Qxa4 $2 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nxf7+ {Golombek:
then mate. Nebst Matt.}) 17. Rd1 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd5+ (18... Rd8) 19. e4 Qxe4+
20. Kg1 Qd5 21. Rxd4 $18 {Golombek}) 14. b4 $1 Bxb4 (14... Nxb4 $142 15. Nd6+
Kd8 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 $16 {Lasker: Black still has prospects of a
draw. Schwarz hat noch Remisaussichten.}) 15. Rxc6 $1 (15. Nc7+ Rxc7 16. Bxc7
Bc5 $1 17. Bf4 O-O {Black still has prospects of a draw. Schwarz hat noch
Remisaussichten}) 15... Rxc6 (15... Qxc6 $6 16. Qxb4 {/\ 17.Nd6, 17.Na7}) 16.
Qxb4 Ne4 {/\Nc5, 0-0} 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 (18. Bxd2 $1 Qe7 19. Qb2 (19. Qxe7+
$143 Kxe7 20. Bb4+ Kf6 21. Rd1 $16) 19... Qe4+ 20. f3 Qxe2+ 21. Kg1 $18 {
/\ 22.Re1, 22.Qg7, 22.Nd4 Alekhine} O-O 22. Nd4 Qe5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Bg5) 18...
O-O 19. Rd1 {The first point of attack is d5. Das erste Angriffsziel ist d5.}
Rc5 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Nb3 Rcc8 22. e3 (22. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 23. Rxd5 Rxe2) 22... Qa4 (
22... Red8 23. e4 $1) (22... Rcd8 23. f3 Qe7 24. Nd4 $16 g5) 23. Qxd5 $1 Rc2 (
23... Qxa2 24. Ra1 Qb2 25. Rxa7 $18) 24. Rd2 Rxa2 (24... Qxa2 25. Qd7 (25. Qd8
Qa4 26. Qxe8+ $2 Qxe8 27. Rxc2 Qe4+ $19) 25... Rf8 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. Nd4 Qe4+ (
27... Qc5 $1 28. Nc6 $1 (28. Bd6 Qd5+) (28. Qxa7 g5 {Alekhine: White still has
difficulties. Weiß hat noch Schwierigkeiten.}) (28. Nf5 $1 {leads to 28.Nc6!
Führt zu 28.Nc6!}) 28... a5 (28... g5 29. Be5 $18) 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Bd6 $18 {
/\ 31.Ng6 +- Golombek}) 28. f3 Qa8 29. Nc6 $16) 25. Rxa2 Qxa2 26. Qc6 Rf8 (
26... Rd8 27. Bc7 Rc8 28. Qd7 Qa6 29. Bd8 h6 30. Nd4 {/\ Nf5}) 27. Nd4 Kh8 (
27... f6 28. Ne6 $18) (27... Rd8 28. e4 h6 (28... g6 29. Be5 $18) (28... f6 29.
Ne6 $18) 29. Be5 h5 (29... Qd2 30. Nf5 Qd7 31. Nxh6+) 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nf5+
Kg8 32. Qh6 $18) (27... h6 28. e4 $1 $16 {/+-} (28. Be5 f6 29. Bd6 (29. Ne6 $2
fxe5) 29... Rd8 30. e4 Qf7 $16)) (27... Qa6 28. Nf5 g6 (28... Kh8 29. Bh6 $1)
29. Qf6 $1 $18) 28. Be5 {/\ Bg7} f6 29. Ne6 Rg8 30. Bd4 h6 (30... Qa5 31. Nxg7
$1 Rxg7 32. Qa8+ Rg8 33. Bxf6#) (30... a5 31. Nxg7 Rxg7 32. Qxf6 Qg8 33. h4 b5
34. h5 $18) 31. h4 $1 {/\ 32.Ng7 Rg7 33.Qf6 Qg8 34.Qh6+-, 32... Kg7 33.Qf6 Kh7
34.Qf5 Rg6 35.Qd7 Kg8 36.Qe8 then mate. nebst Matt.} (31. Nxg7 $2 Rxg7 32. Qxf6
{If there is no P on h6, this manoeuvre wins by h4-h5-h6 Falls kein Bauer auf
h6 steht, gewinnt dieses Manöver mittels h4-h5-h6.} Qd5+ 33. Kg1 Qg5 $17) 31...
Qb1 32. Nxg7 $1 $18 Qg6 (32... Rxg7 33. Qxf6 Qe4+ (33... Qh7 34. Qf8+ Qg8 35.
Bxg7+ Kh7 36. Qxg8+ $18) 34. Kg1 Qb7 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qxg7+ Qxg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7
38. Kf1 $1 $18) 33. h5 Qf7 (33... Qxg7 34. Bxf6) 34. Nf5 Kh7 35. Qe4 (35. Qxf6
$2 Qxf6 36. Bxf6 Rf8 $17) 35... Re8 36. Qf4 (36. Qd3 $1 {Capablanca} Kh8 37.
Nxh6 Qg7 38. Nf5 Qb7+ 39. f3 Qc6 40. e4 a5 41. Qe3 $18) 36... Qf8 37. Nd6 Re7 (
37... Re6 $2 38. Qf5+) (37... Rd8 38. Bxf6 $1 {/\ Qf5 then Qg6 +- /\ Qf5 nebst
Qg6 +-}) 38. Bxf6 Qa8+ 39. e4 Rg7 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Nf5+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ {This
was Capablanca's best game of the match.} 1-0

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Lichess analysis - https://lichess.org/X2c0UQPW#50
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Re: Complex Endgames

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[d]5bk1/5p2/p5pp/1p6/2r5/8/PP3PPP/3Q2K1 b - - 0 29

[d]6k1/1p3pp1/p1bQ3p/8/8/P5PP/1P2rP1K/8 w - - 0 37

[pgn][Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5bk1/5p2/p5pp/1p6/2r5/8/PP3PPP/3Q2K1 b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

29... h5 30. g3 Rc6 31. b3 Be7 32. Qd7 Re6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Qd4+ Bf6 35. Qd3 Rc6
36. h3 Re6 37. f4 Rc6 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Kg8 40. Qd5 Re6 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. b4
Be7 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 Rh6 45. Qe5+ Kf8 46. a3 Rh3+ 47. Ke4 Rh4+ 48. Kd5 Rh6
49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qe8 Bf8 51. Qe3 Rd6+ 52. Ke5 Be7 53. Qg1+ Kf8 54. Qh1 Kg7 55.
Qg2+ Kf8 56. Qa8+ Kg7 57. Qe8 Bf8 58. Qxf8+ Kxf8 59. Kxd6 Kg8 60. Kd7 1-0

[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Notkin"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1p3pp1/p1bQ3p/8/8/P5PP/1P2rP1K/8 w - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Tajikistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TJK"]

37. Qd8+ Re8 38. Qd4 $16 {Hecht: To win this postion, White has to create a
black P-weakness. That's the reason, that he will push his pawns foreward.} (
38. Qd2) 38... g6 (38... f6 $5) 39. Qd2 h5 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kf8 42. Kg3 Ke7
(42... Kg8 $1 {Hecht} 43. f4 f5 $5 {nebst Te6 und evtl. Le4; oder 43...f6!?
Festung? - Analyse!}) 43. Qg5+ Kd7 (43... Kf8 44. Qf6 {/\Kh4-g5-h6/}) 44. Qf6
Bd5 (44... Re7 {Hecht} 45. Kh4 Ke8 46. Kg5 Re6 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. f4 $36) 45. Qd4
Kd6 46. Qf4+ Kd7 47. Qd4 Kd6 48. b4 Rc8 49. Qf6+ Kd7 50. Qe5 Kc6 (50... Be6 $5
{Hecht} 51. f4 Rc6 52. f5 gxf5 53. gxf5 Bc4 {Idee: b5}) 51. a4 Be6 (51... b5
52. a5 $18) 52. f4 b6 (52... Kb6 $5 {Hecht} 53. f5 gxf5 54. gxf5 Ba2 55. Qe3+
$16) (52... b5 $2 {Hecht} 53. axb5+ axb5 54. Qc5+ $18) (52... Kd7 {Hecht} 53.
f5 gxf5 54. gxf5 Bc4 55. Qd4+ Ke7 56. f6+ $18 Kf8) 53. Qe4+ Bd5 54. Qd3 Ra8 (
54... b5 {Hecht} 55. a5 Kd6 56. Qd4 Rc4 (56... Rc6 57. Qe5+ $18) 57. Qe5+ Kc6
58. Qb8 $18 Kd7) 55. b5+ Kd6 (55... axb5 {Hecht} 56. Qxb5+ Kd6 57. Qxb6+ Bc6
58. a5 $18) 56. bxa6 Kc5 (56... Kc5 57. Qb5+ $18) 1-0

[/pgn]
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Re: Complex Endgames

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SF agrees for the 2 first moves : 1.d7 b6
But for the next move, it prefers 2.Nd2! with a very good score ! +3.95 :

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FEN: 1k1r2r1/p2P1p2/1pp3pp/8/5q2/1NBQ4/PP6/K2R4 w - - 0 2

Stockfish_x64_modern-2017-08-21:
...
 39/54	01:03	 583.568k	9.164k	+1,97	2.a3 Rb7 3.Cd2 f6 4.Ce4 Tg7 5.Dc4 Dc7 6.Cd6+ Rb8 7.Ce8 Tgxd7 8.Cxc7 Txd1+ 9.Ra2 Rxc7 10.Fxf6 T8d5 11.Df4+ Rb7 12.Dxh6 g5 13.Dg7+ Td7 14.Dxg5 T1d6 15.Dg4 Td5 16.De6 Rc7 17.De8 Rb7 18.Dg6 Td1 19.Dg8 T1d5 
 39/78	01:03	 583.568k	9.164k	+3,95	2.Cd2 g5 3.Cc4 Txd7 4.Dxd7 Dxc4 5.Dd6+ Ra8 6.Dc7 Df4 7.Dxc6+ Rb8 8.Dxh6 Tc8 9.Dh1 g4 10.Tf1 Dc7 11.De4 Dc6 12.Dxg4 Td8 13.Df4+ Rb7 14.Dxf7+ Td7 15.Df5 a5 16.Rb1 Ra6 17.Df3 Dc4 18.Ra1 Td5 19.Td1 Txd1+
Nordlandia wrote:[d]1k1r2r1/pp3p2/2pP2pp/8/5q2/1NBQ4/PP6/K2R4 w - - 0 0

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Re: Complex Endgames

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[d]5bk1/pp3p2/5n1p/1B1b2p1/P2N4/8/5PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 29

[d]r4rk1/p2b2qp/2p1p3/4Bp2/n1B2P1P/1N2P3/P1QP4/2KN4 b - - 0 25

[d]4rrk1/7p/pp1p1p2/2p5/1PP2P2/3PBN2/P4PBP/6K1 w - - 0 31

[d]8/1b1nppk1/6pp/8/8/6P1/P3PP1P/5RK1 w - - 0 2

[d]3r2k1/p4ppp/1p2p3/8/2r5/4BN2/PR3PPP/5K2 w - - 0 4

[d]3r2k1/5ppb/n3p2p/p7/P2P4/2P3P1/4PP1P/R2R2K1 w - - 0 0
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Re: Complex Endgames

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Very Complex Endgames

[d]3q4/6kp/5q2/1PB5/4Q3/5P2/6P1/5BK1 b - - 0 56

[d]8/8/4qb1k/4p1np/4P3/6Q1/8/4Q2K w - - 0 71

[d]8/2k4p/8/8/8/3Q2PP/5P1N/2q1qBK1 w - - 0 64

[d]8/4Pk2/5p1p/2Pp4/6P1/1P2BNK1/2P4P/3q4 w - - 0 41

[d]6k1/5q1p/6p1/3P1p2/2P5/7P/4Q1P1/qN2R2K b - - 0 43

[d]Q7/5pkp/1p4p1/8/2r1nP2/4Q2P/1P4P1/3q2K1 w - - 0 49

[d]6Q1/kr6/pn2p3/4Qp2/8/6P1/5PK1/1q6 b - - 0 56

[d]5k2/5p1q/2pP4/4pR2/p1P1P3/1r4RP/6QP/3q2NK b - - 0 48

[d]8/7k/p4q2/2P2q2/2Q2P2/6P1/4RK1P/8 w - - 0 54

[d]8/2Q5/8/4Rppk/7q/2N2q2/1PK5/8 w - - 0 79

[d]2Q5/k1p5/np1r2p1/5p1p/2q1p2P/4P3/5PP1/Q5K1 b - - 0 57

[d]8/4R2p/kp3Q2/2q5/8/P6P/6PK/2q1B3 b - - 0 62

[d]2Q5/5bk1/7r/8/4Q2p/6P1/3q1P2/6K1 b - - 0 98

[d]1Q6/2R2p2/3p4/KB1P3p/2Pk4/8/1q6/6q1 b - - 0 69

[d]1n3k2/5pbp/1n4p1/8/2b5/5P2/PP3KPP/3R3R w - - 0 40

[d]k1b3n1/4bp2/2n1p2p/5P2/3RP3/2P5/P1P3PP/1K5R w - - 0 24

[d]8/p2bn1b1/6k1/3p3n/8/P2p2PP/5P2/2KR3R w - - 0 36

[d]6k1/5p1p/bb4p1/p1p1p1P1/3r4/3P2PQ/P4P2/4N1K1 w - - 0 41

[d]2r2rk1/5pp1/2n1p1p1/8/1PPB2P1/7P/5P2/4RBK1 w - - 0 31

[d]N5k1/1p2r1bp/p5p1/4pb2/8/8/PP3PP1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 25

[d]2r1k2r/5pp1/4pn2/P7/7p/1P1BB3/1KP3PP/7R b k - 0 24