Learn · master endgames · Won from an equal position
Alexei Shirov – Anatoly Karpov
Vienna Millenium 1996 · Rook and bishop vs. rook and bishop · 0-1
Start of the endgame, move 35
The story
With 35…♖xa2 Karpov wins a pawn, and White pushes his c-pawn with 36.c6 – Stockfish sees the position as balanced. Only 37.♖d1 tips the value towards Black; then Karpov's pawns march on the kingside: 39…h5, 40…g4.
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.