[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.10.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Ellames, Roy"] [Black "Roger, Marsh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2027"] [BlackElo "1932"] [Annotator "peter"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6k1/4Bb2/8/p4Kp1/4n3/8/8 b - - 0 44"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.01"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] {[#]} {Roger is winning but it looks like it wil take quite a few moves to finish off} 44... Nc2 (44... Bd4 {was another choice to preserve the g-pawn}) 45. Bxg4 {Presumably expecting Nb4, a3 and a2 and then the tricky B+N mate, but this allows a quick finish} (45. Kxg4 {Was a better practical try and would have left Roger with a choice: either force the win of the bishop and then mate with B+N (not fun at speed) or drive the white king and bishop from the a1 corner and put then knight on b3 to force the pawn through, which looks quite fiddly to achieve.}) 45... Nd4 $1 {Very pretty! The knight dominates the bishop which despite the open board cannot get back to the a2-g8 diagonal in time.} 46. Bd1 a3 47. Ke4 a2 48. Bb3 a1=Q 0-1