Endgame Tricks -- Bishop Breakthrough
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Channel: Christofer Peterson · 2013 · Education
GM Magnus Carlsen regularly defeats super grand masters in innocuous and drawn endings. He does this by exploiting various deep endgame traps or by whittling down the opponents nerves and time. My endgame tricks video will explore some endgame tricks I used or were used against me in local tournaments.
Here is the full game from this video:
[Event "2012 Tri-Lakes Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baffo, Jeff"]
[Black "Peterson, Christofer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[WhiteTeam "10340195"]
[BlackTeam "12859076"]
1. Nc3 Nf6 2. f4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d3 h5 8. Bd2
c6 9. Nd4 Bg4 10. h3 c5 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Ne5 h4 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e4
dxe4 16. dxe4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bc3 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bxf3 21.
Rxf3 Rg8 (21... Rh5 22. Bxg7 f6 23. Re3 Kf7 24. Rd7 Rh7 25. Bxf6 Kxf6 $19) 22.
f5 Rd8 23. Re1 exf5 24. Rxf5 b6 25. Rg5 Kf8 (25... Rd1 26. Rxd1 Bxg5 $17) 26.
Rg4 f5 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Bxg7+ Kf7 29. Bh6 Bf6 30. c3 c4 31. Kg1 Rd5 32. Bf4
Ra5 33. a3 Rd5 34. Kf2 {Draw offered} b5 35. Ke2 Rd3 36. Rd1 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 Ke6
38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kf3 a5 40. Bc7 b4 41. Bxa5 Bxc3 42. Bxb4 Bxb2 43. Kf4 Ke6 44.
Ke3 Ke5 45. a4 Bd4+ 46. Kd2 Bf2 47. Ke2 Bg3 48. Ba5 (48. Be1 Kd5) 48... Kd4 49.
Kd2 Bf4+ 50. Kc2 Kc5 51. Be1 Bg5 52. Bc3 Bd8 53. Be1 Kd4 54. Bf2+ Kd5 55. Bg1
Ke4 56. Kc3 Kd5 57. Bf2 Bf6+ 58. Kc2 Bd8 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2
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