Learn · master endgames · Won from an equal position
Boris Spassky – Anatoly Karpov
Candidates sf1 1974 · Rook and bishop vs. rook and knight · 0-1
Start of the endgame, move 39
The story
From the 1974 candidates semifinal, which Karpov won. After 46.♗xe5 46…fxe5 a rook endgame remains, and up to 48.♖d4 it is balanced – after it Stockfish sees Black clearly ahead. Karpov takes with 49…axb4 and collects the far advanced d-pawn with 52…♖xd7.
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.