Learn · master endgames · Won from an equal position
Paul Keres – Vladimirs Petrovs
Warsaw ol (Men) 1935 · Rook and bishop vs. rook and bishop · 1-0
Start of the endgame, move 29
The story
After the exchange of rooks 30.♖xc8+ 30…♗xc8 bishop against bishop remains. After 33…f5 Stockfish sees White more than six pawns ahead. Keres takes pawns with 38.♗xg4 and 40.♔xd4, trades bishops with 45.♗d7 and wins the pawn endgame – from 52…♔xg4 the tablebase confirms the win.
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.