Chess EndGames

Endgame R.Reti, 1921. Endgame M.Botvinnik and S.Kaminer, 1925. Endgame G.Nadareishvili, 1950. M.Botvinnik — H.-R.Capablanca, 1938.

Endgame R.Reti. Draw.

Endgame R.Reti. Solution 1. Kh8-g7 ... 1. ... h5-h4 2. Kg7-f6 ... 2. ... Ka6-b6 3. Kf6-e5! ... 3. ... h4-h3 4. Ke5-d6 ... 4. ... h3-h2 5. c6-c7 ... 5. ... h2-h1Q 6. c7-c8Q ... Draw.

Endgame R.Reti. Solution 2 1. Kh8-g7 ... 1. ... h5-h4 2. Kg7-f6 ... 2. ... h4-h5 3. Kf6-e7 ... 3. ... h3-h2 4. c6-c7 ... 4. ... Ka6-b7 5. Ke6-d7 ... 5. ... h2-h1Q 6. c7-c8Q+ ... Draw.

Endgame M.Botvinnik and S.Kaminer. White to play and win.

Endgame M.Botvinnik and S.Kaminer. Solution 1. g2-g4+ ... 1. ... Kh5-h4 2. Bc2-h6 ... 2. ... Qg7:h6 3. Qa2-h2+ ... 3. ... Kh4-g5 4. Qh2-d2+ ... 4. ... Kg5-h4 5. Qd2:h6+ ... Black resigns.

Endgame G.Nadareishvili. White to play and win.

Endgame G.Nadareishvili. Solution 1. g5-g6 ... 1. ... Kf5-f6 2. g6-g7 ... 2. ... Bc2-h7 3. e3-e4!! ... 3. ... Ne1-f3 4. e4-e5+ ... 4. ... Nf3:e5 5. Kh8:h7 ... 5. ... Ne5-f7 6. g7-e8Q ... 6. ... Nf7-g5+ 7. Qg8:g5+ ... 7. ... Kf6:g5 8. h5-h6 ... 8. ... c5-c4 9. Kh6-g6 ... 9. ... c4-c3 10. g6-g7 ... 10. ... c3-c2 11. h7-h8Q ... 11. ... c2-c1Q 12. Qh8-h6+ ... 12. ... Kg6-f5 13. Qh6:c1 ... Black resigns.

M.Botvinnik — H.-R.Capablanca, 1938. White to play and win.

M.Botvinnik — H.-R.Capablanca, 1938. Solution 30. Bb2-a3 ... 30. ... Qe7:a3 31. Ng3-h5+! ... 31. ... g6:h5 32. Qe5-g5+ 32. ... Kg7-f8 33. Qg5:f6+ ... 33. ... Kf8-g8 34. e6-e7 ... 34. ... Qa3-c1+ 35. Kg1-f2 35. ... Qc1-c2+ 36. Kf2-g3 36. ... Qc2-d3+ 37. Kg3-h4 37. ... Qd3-e4+ 38. Kh4:h5 38. ... Qe4-e2+ 39. Kh5-h4 39. ... Qe2-e4+ 40. g2-g4 40. ... Qe4-e1+ 41. Kh4-h5 Black resigns.

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