Good Knight, Bad Bishop Redux By Karsten Mueller In a pure endgame the knight is usually better than the bishop if it has full control. Then the knight has time for its slow maneuvers. A) Shirov's strong knight 165.01 Shirov,Alexei (2675) - Van Foreest,Jorden (2467) German Bundesliga (8.3), 31.01.2015 [FEN "2k5/1pp2b2/p4Ppp/2p5/6P1/1PN4P/P1P5/3K4 w - - 0 30"] Shirov stops Black dynamic options with 30.g5!? 30.h4?! allows 30...Kd7 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Ke6= and Black is too active and draws easily. 30.Ne4 gives Black the additional option 30...g5 31.Nxc5 b6!? 32.Nxa6 (32.Ne4 Kd7=) 32...c5 33.Kd2 (33.b4 Kb7 34.b5 Bxa2=) 33...Kb7 34.Nxc5+ bxc5 35.Ke3 Bg6 36.c3 Kc6 37.b4 Bf7 … [Read more...]