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Garry's king steams up the board ready to dislodge the knight on g6, and so force through one of the pawns to the queening square. The knight has performed sterling work in holding the pawns, but it will not be able to defend when the king arrives on the scene. There is only one thing to be done for Black: keep going on the other side of the board.

I find Garry's last move, 45 Ke4, intriguing from a psychological viewpoint. Let me try to explain why. For quite a few moves now, it has been clear that this race of the king and pawns will result in a queen and pawn ending; but along the route of this race, both sides have options which would give rise to slightly different kinds of ending.

Let me give a couple of examples by continuing from the current position:-

45...Kc2 46 Rh1 d3 47 Kf5 Nh8 48 g6 d2 49 g7 d1(Q) 50 Rxd1 Kxd1 51 gxh8 (Q) b1 (Q) +. That is one possible queen and pawn ending at the end of the race: White has a far advanced h-pawn, Black must keep checking in the hope that he can force a draw -or else White will get another queen.

Returning to the current position, another possibility is 45...Kc2 46 Rh1 d3 47 Kf5 b1 (Q) - rather than 47...Nh8 in the variation above - 48 Rxb1 (Q) Kxb1 49 Kxg6 d2 50 h8(Q) d1 (Q). Another queen and pawn ending, but this time White has a g-pawn, which can shield the king from checks better than an h-pawn, but is not as well advanced.

There are also other possible queen and pawn endings which can be reached, slightly different from these two. Note that it is The World which can make the choice here of which type of ending to go for. And that is why I find Garry's last move intriguing, because, if he had wanted to, he could have FORCED the form of ending in the last variation with 45 Rb1, instead of his move 45 Ke4. Does that mean he is dissatisfied with the 'g-pawn ending'?

Whatever the reason, very shortly the World is going to be presented with the difficult decision of which kind of queen and pawn ending to play into. There are good drawing chances in most of them, but which one offers the best is hard to say. As we get nearer to that point, the choices will become clearer.

For the moment though, support the b-pawn!

Danny

Kc2 to Kasparov's Ke4

My move is 45...Kc2

I do not know another good move. The World can attack the rook on d1 with its king to win more time as we move toward a queens' endgame.

Kc2 to Kasparov's Ke4

Right now, The World shoud consider advancing its king on c3 to c2 in order to support the "b" pawn to queen, win tempo by attacking the rook and prepare the way for the "d" pawn. White is forced to move his rook before advancing his king on f5; so White's most probable move would be 46.Rh1 After that, The World could respond by pushing the "d" pawn further with 46...d3. After 47.Kf5... b1Q 48.Rxb1... Kxb1 49.Kxg6... d2 50.h8Q... d1Q the game will become a queens' endgame in which White's chances are slightly better than The World's because of his advanced "g" pawn.

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Kc2 to Kasparov's Ke4

I recommend the World plays the move 45...Kc2 (King on c3 to c2)

The World Champion revealed his intent with his last move (45.Ke4) - to break the blockade of his kingside pawns by marching his King to f5 to attack our Knight. With the move 45...Kc2, we in turn attack the White piece that has been delegated the responsibility of fighting against our passed pawns.