This is a continuation of Thread 112699.
Our 31. ... Ne4+ was answered by 32.Rd4.
Here is the position now with us to move:
Here is the complete game up to this point:
We have already examined this position a bit in the previous threads.
Originally posted by GarnothWe don't need to centralize our king. Everything important for is will be on the king side anyway which is why we have a good chance for a winning rook ending even a pawn down 😲
The main problem I see with al these exchanges is that black's king can't be centralized very easily, so although our structure looks better, white will have a very active king in no time.
Originally posted by ChessJesterOur knight is en prise so the only move to make is 32...Nxf2. Since 32...Bxd4 34.Bxd4 and now two of our pieces are hanging and we can only save one. Besides, we are bringing our knight to f5 via f2-d1-e3 anyway so it fits in strategically and tactically (I already mentioned its forced)
how about saving our white bishop and taking his rook the next move?
We played 30...Ra4 to FORCE 31.Kb2 just so we could get our knight to d5 since after 30...Ne4+ 31.Rd4 Nxd2 32.R8xd7 Bxd4+ 33.Nxd4 Rc4! White can now safely play 34.Kb2 and our knight will never reach its post it will be stick at e3 until our rook moves (if we play 34...Nd1+) but the line is a draw after 34...e5 35.Nc6 Kg8 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Rd7 (after 36.Nd8 we have an interesting option here 36...Rxh4 and 36...Rf4!?) but that's all behind us. The point is the only move here is ...Nxf2 a vote shouldn't even be tallied here as there is no other move.
Originally posted by tomtom232I don't know about that, I see a big fat passed pawn on the c-file, could be me though 😉
We don't need to centralize our king. Everything important for is will be on the king side anyway which is why we have a good chance for a winning rook ending even a pawn down 😲
