Knights are generally better than bishops in endgames where the pawns are all on one side of the
board, but here the rook gives the knight a hard time... |
1.Kg3 | Ke6 |
2.Ra3 | g5 |
Black tries to stop the White king's incursion, but it isn't easy |
3.Ra5 | Kf7 |
4.Kf3 | Kg6 |
5.Ke3 | Nh5 |
6.Ra6+ | Kg7 |
7.Ke4 | Nf4 |
8.Kf3 | |
Also possible was 8.Ra2 Kf6 9.h4 Ng6 10.h5 Nf4 11.g4 and, after a check, the king occupies
the pivotal f5 square. |
8... | Nh5 |
9.Kg4 | Nf4 |
10.g3 | Ne2 |
11.Re6 | |
The sequence 11.Rd6, 12.Rd2 and 13.Kh5 also works |
11... | Nd4 |
12.Re4 | Nb5 |
13.Kh5 | Nd6 |
14.Re7+ | 1-0 |
Horvath-Sherzer (1993) |