Learn · master endgames · Won from an equal position
Boris Gelfand – Anatoly Karpov
Candidates FIDE f1 1995 · Bishop and knight vs. bishop and knight · 0-1
Start of the endgame, move 52
The story
After 55.♘xf5+ 55…♗xf5 bishop against bishop remains, and for a long time both bishops shuttle back and forth – until 63.♔c1: after it Stockfish sees Black clearly ahead. Karpov pushes the d-pawn to d2 – 68…d4, 70…d3, 72…d2 – and takes the white pawns with 73…♗xa2 and 75…♗xf5.
The value along the endgame
↑ above: White better ↓ below: Black better
The moves from the start of the endgame
Values: Stockfish 19 at depth 24 with a time limit, for White in pawns; from five men or fewer the verdict of the Syzygy tablebase. A measurement that did not reach the depth does not count.