Coordination is crucial
When two rook fight against a queen it is often extremely important whether
the rooks can coordinate or not:
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Ne8 10.Nd2 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.a4 Bh6 13.Bf3 fxe4 14.Ndxe4 Bxc1 15.Rxc1 Nf5 16.Nxf6+ Rxf6 17.Ne4 Rf8 18.Bg4 Qe7 19.Re1 Nd4 20.Bxc8 Raxc8 21.Nxd6 Nf3+ 22.Qxf3 Rxf3 23.Nxc8 Qg5 24.d6 Rf8 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Red1 cxd6 27.cxd6 Rd8 28.h3 Kg7 29.Rc8 Rxd6 30.Rxd6 Qxe7 31.Rcd8! Kh6 31...Qg5? 32.R8d7+ Kh6 33.Rc7+- 32.R8d7 Qf8 33.Re6 Qf4?! 33...Qc8!? 34.Red6! 34.Ree7? Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Qc1+= 34...Qc1+ 34...Qf8 35.b5± 35.Rd1 Qc2 36.Re1 Qxa4 37.Rxb7 a5 38.bxa5 Qxa5 39.Re4± 33...Qxb4?! 34.Rf7! Qxa4 35.Ree7 Qd1+ 36.Kh2 Qd6 37.Rxh7+ Kg5 38.Ref7 e4+ 39.g3+- 34.g3 Qxb4 34...Qe4 35.Rf7!+- 34...Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qb2 36.Rf7+- 35.Rxe5 Qxa4 36.Ree7 a5 37.Rxh7+ Kg5 38.Rdf7 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 39.Kh2 Qd2 40.h4+ Kg4 41.Rf4+ Qxf4 42.gxf4 b5 43.Rb7 b4 44.Rb5+- 1–0
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| Hole,O | 2383 | Thomassen,J | 2400 | 1–0 | 2011 | E97 | ch-NOR | 9 |
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The king attacks
Pure opposite colored bishop ending have a large drawish tendency, but matters
are completely different if both sides have an additional rook. Here the guideline
from the middlegame, that opposite colored bishops favor the attacker, gains
in importance. Usually blitz games should not be analysed, but I found the following
final so typical, that I just had to annotate it:
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.f4 d5 10.Qf3 Be7 11.Be3 0-0 12.e5 Nd7 13.Na4 c5 14.c4 d4 15.Bd2 Bb7 16.Qh3 g6 17.b3 Bc6 18.Nb2 a5 19.Bc2 a4 20.Nxa4 Bxa4 21.bxa4 Nb6 22.Qd3 Nxa4 23.Rfb1 Nc3 24.Bxc3 dxc3 25.Qxc3 Rfd8 26.a4 Rd4 27.g3 Bd8 28.Rb5 Qd7 29.Rf1 Bc7 30.a5 Rd2 31.Rf2 Rxf2 32.Kxf2 Qd8 33.Qd3 Qxd3 34.Bxd3 Bxa5 35.Be4 Ra7 36.Kf3 Bb4 37.Bc6 Ra3+ 38.Kg4 Rc3 39.Rb7! 39.Kg5? Kg7 40.Rb7 h6+ 41.Kg4 Kf8= 39.Rb8+? Kg7 40.Rb7 h5+ 41.Kg5 Ba5 42.Be8?? Bd8+ 43.Re7 Bxe7# 39...Kf8 39...Rxc4 40.Be8 Kf8 41.Bxf7 Rc2 42.Bxe6 Rxh2 43.Bc4 Rc2 44.Bb5 Rb2 45.e6 c4 46.Rf7+ Kg8 47.Bxc4 Rc2 48.Bb5 Rc8 49.Rb7+- 40.Kg5! Ba5 40...Kg7 41.Be8 h6+ 42.Kg4 Rxc4 43.Bxf7 Rd4 44.Bxe6+ Kf8 45.Bf7 Kg7 46.Be8++- 41.Kh6! 41.Kf6?? Bd8+ 42.Re7 Bxe7# 41...Rxc4? 41...Rd3 42.Rb5 Bc7 43.Rxc5 Rd8 44.Kxh7+- 41...Bd8 42.Rb8 Rd3 43.Kxh7+- 42.Rb8+ Ke7 43.Re8# 1–0
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| Hovhannisyan,R | 2553 | Andreikin,D | 2687 | 1–0 | 2011 | B46 | 1st ICC Open Final | 1.4 |
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