Plus piece vs passed pawn

by Oliver Reeh
12/30/2017 – In the diagram position the fork 38.Ne6+ forces Black's hand. 38...Qxe6 39.dxe6 Rxd3 40.e7 - which result is to be expected? A) White wins B) Black wins C) a peaceful ending
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Where rooks belong

"Rooks belong behind passed pawns!" (Siegbert Tarrasch) - who wouldn't know this classic endgame rule? Yet sometimes it's not so easy to get them there, like in this position following 38.Ne6+.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Bb3 c6 6.f4 Nxb3 7.axb3 exf4 8.Bxf4 d5 9.e5 Bg4 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.d4 Be7 12.0-0 Nf8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qd2 Ne6 15.Be3 0-0 16.Ne2 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Rae1 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Ng5 20.Bxg5 Bxg5 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.Qd3 Kg8 23.c4 Qe7 24.Rd1 Rd8 25.Kh1 Bf6 26.Qf3 Qf7 27.Qd3 dxc4 28.bxc4 c5 29.d5 Bxb2 30.Ng3 g6 31.Ne4 Be5 32.Nxc5 Qf4 33.g3 Qf2 34.Ne4 Qf5 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Rf1 Qd7 37.Nc5 Qe7 In the diagram position the fork 38.Ne6+ forces Black's hand. 38...Qxe6 39.dxe6 Rxd3 40.e7 - which result is to be expected? A) White wins B) Black wins C) a peaceful ending 38.Ne6+?? This loses the game. Qxe6 39.dxe6 Rxd3 40.e7
White threatens 41.e7-e8Q. How can Black stop the pawn?
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Jhunjhnuwala,K2340Mannion,S22940–12017C2827th World Senior Chess Championship 2011.6

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Oliver Reeh has been working for ChessBase for many years as a translator and presenter of the internet show TV ChessBase, and he also looks after the tactics column in ChessBase Magazine, for which he has also been responsible as editor-in-chief since 2019. The International Master has contributed to the CB "MasterClass" series and is the author of the DVDs "Strike like the World Champions" and "Master Class Tactics - Train your combination skills!" Volumes 1 & 2. Oliver Reeh lives in Hamburg.

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