Hiarcs-Jonny, WCCC 2015

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Hiarcs-Jonny, WCCC 2015

Post by jdart »

This had an interesting endgame, with Hiarcs having two minors for a Rook - normally that is an advantage, but Hiarcs had one of its Knights badly tied down. Still, it looks like it could have drawn with best play. Stockfish 6 seems to think White should have played Be2 here instead of Nb5:

[D] 6r1/8/3pp3/2k1p3/2P1P1np/p1N1P3/P5P1/3N1B1K w - - 0 75

[pgn]
[Event "WCCC 2015"]
[Site "Leiden, The Netherlands"]
[Date "2015.07.03"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Hiarcs"]
[Black "Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[Source "ChessPublishing"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:00"]
[BlackClock "0:11:59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d4 Qc7 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bc2
b5 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Qf3 Rg8 19. Nf1 Rg5 20. Ng3 Bxh3 21. Nh5 Be6
22. d5 Rf8 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Rf1 Nb7 25. Nxf6+ Kh8 26. Qh3 Qe7 27. Ng4 Rxf1+
28. Kxf1 Qg7 29. Nf2 Nc5 30. Qf3 Rg3 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Nf3 h5 33. Qd1 Nb7 34. b3
Qg6 35. Nh1 Rg4 36. Qd2 Qg7 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Ne1 h4 39. Bd1 Qf8+ 40. Nf2 Rg7
41. Bf3 Nc5 42. Qe2 Qb8 43. Qxc4 Qb5 44. Qe2 Qxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Rc7 46. Kd2 Kg7 47.
Bd1 Kf6 48. Nf3 Rh7 49. Be2 Rh8 50. Kc2 Ke7 51. c4 a5 52. Bd1 Kf6 53. Kd2 Kf7
54. Kc3 Ke7 55. Bc2 Rf8 56. Kd2 Rh8 57. Kd1 Rf8 58. Kc1 Kd7 59. Kd2 Rh8 60. Ke2
Ke7 61. Ke1 Rb8 62. Nd1 Rh8 63. Kf1 Rb8 64. Kg1 Rb4 65. Nd2 Rb8 66. Kf2 Nd7 67.
Nb3 a4 68. Nd2 a3 69. Kg1 Nf6 70. Nb1 Rg8 71. Kh1 Ng4 72. Nbc3 Kd7 73. Bd3 Kc6
74. Bf1 Kc5 75. Nb5 Nf6 76. Bd3 Kb4 77. Nc7 Rc8 78. Nxe6 Nd7 79. Ng7 Nb6 80.
Nf5 Rc7 81. g4 hxg3 82. Kg2 Nxc4 83. Kxg3 Nb2 84. Nf2 Nxd3 85. Nxd3+ Kc3 86.
Ne1 Rc6 87. Ne7 Rc5 88. Ng6 Rb5 89. Ne7 Rb2 90. Nd5+ Kc4 91. Nb6+ Rxb6 92. Nf3
Rb2 0-1
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