[Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.03.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "peter"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/4kpp1/3p1b2/p6P/2B5/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 47"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "1998.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 064"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.06.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]} {In this position Black would like to play Kf5 and Ke4 but has to spend a tempo getting his bishop out of the way. If he moves the bishop to a normal square then White is in time to block the Black king by playing Kf2 and Ke3. So...} 47... Bh3 $3 {this gains a vital tempo} (47... Bg4 48. Kf2 Kf5 49. Ke3 { and White holds}) (47... Bc2 48. Kf2 Kf5 49. Ke3 {and White holds}) 48. gxh3 ( 48. g3 Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. Ke2 Bg4+ 51. Kd2 a3 52. Bxf6 (52. Kc2 d4 53. Ba1 Ke3 ) (52. Ba1 d4 53. Kc2) 52... d4 {blocking the diagonal and forcing the White king to give ground} 53. Kc2 Ke3 54. Bg5+ Ke2 55. Bf4 d3+ 56. Kc1 a2 57. Kb2 d2 {etc}) (48. Kf2 Kf5 {now} 49. Ke3 {loses to} Bxg2 {and Black will set up a third passed pawn and win easily}) 48... Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. Bxf6 d4 51. Be7 Kd3 52. Bc5 Kc4 53. Be7 Kb3 0-1