[Event "Hastings Masters 2011-12"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Müller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 Nd7 10. c4 c5 11. d5 Bf6 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Qf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6
15. Bd3 Rg8 16. O-O f5 17. Rfe1 O-O-O 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Re3 Nf6 20. exf5 Ng4
21. Rae1 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 exf5 23. Bxf5+ Kb8 24. h4 h6 25. g4 h5 26. Ng5 hxg4 27.
Kh2 Rd4 28. Kg3 Bc8 29. Bxc8 Kxc8 30. Nf7 Rd1 31. h5 Rf8 32. Re7 Rd7 33. Rxd7
Kxd7 34. Ne5+ Ke6 35. Nxg4 Rd8 36. Kf4 Rd4+ 37. Kg5 Rxc4 38. f4 Rc1 39. f5+ Kf7
40. Ne5+ Kg8 41. f6 Kh7 42. Kf5 c4 43. f7 Rf1+ 44. Ke6 c3 45. Ke7 Kg7 46. h6+
Kxh6 47. f8=Q+ Rxf8 48. Kxf8 Kg5 {The knight dance  In endings with a knight
often tactics, bodychecks and domination play a major role:} 49. Ke7 $2 {Now
Black's king will surprisingly be quicker.} ({The knight must dominate Black
with} 49. Nd3 $1 {[%csl Gc1,Gf4][%cal Gd3f4,Gd3c1]} Kf6 {With this bodycheck
Black shows that he can play for domination as well, but the knight persists
with} 50. Nb4 $1 {[%csl Gc2,Gd5][%cal Gb4d5,Gb4c2,Gd5f6,Gd5c3]} Ke6 51. a4 {
and now White's king is always in time on the queenside, e.g.} a5 (51... Kd6
52. Na2 c2 53. Kf7 Kc5 54. Ke6 Kc4 55. Nc1 Kb4 56. Kd5 Kxa4 57. Kc4 b5+ 58. Kc3
$11) 52. Na2 c2 53. Ke8 Kd5 54. Kd7 Kc4 55. Kc6 Kb3 56. Nc1+ Kxa4 57. Kxb6 Kb4
58. Nd3+ Kc3 59. Nc1 a4 60. Kb5 a3 61. Ka4 Kb2 62. Nd3+ Ka2 63. Kb4 $11) 49...
Kf4 $1 {The king must come first as} (49... c2 $2 {runs into} 50. Nd3 Kf5 51.
Kd6 {and White is in time:} Ke4 52. Nc1 Kd4 (52... Ke3 53. Kc6 Kd2 54. Na2
c1=Q+ 55. Nxc1 Kxc1 56. a4 Kb2 57. a5 bxa5 58. Kb5 $11) 53. Kc6 Kc3 54. a4 Kb4
55. Kd5 (55. Kb7 $2 Kxa4 56. Kxa7 b5 $19) 55... Kxa4 56. Kc4 b5+ 57. Kc3 $11)
50. Nd3+ (50. Kd6 c2 51. Kd5 Ke3 {Domination!} 52. Nc4+ Ke2 $19) 50... Ke3 (
50... Ke3 51. Ne1 Kd2 ({Even} 51... Ke2 52. Nc2 Kd2 {wins:} 53. Nd4 c2 54. Kd6
c1=Q 55. Nb3+ Kc2 56. Nxc1 Kxc1 57. a4 Kb2 58. Kc6 (58. a5 bxa5 59. Kc5 a4 60.
Kb4 a3 $19) 58... Kb3 59. Kb5 a5 60. Kxb6 Kxa4 61. Kc5 Kb3 $19 {[%cal Ga5a1]})
52. Nf3+ Kd1 53. Nd4 c2 54. Nxc2 Kxc2 55. Kd6 Kb3 $19) 0-1

