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Garry begins the steady advance of his king up the board ready to support his passed pawns. We have a race on our hands: Black’s king is doing exactly the same on the other side of the board. The prize at the end of the race is a new queen, the most powerful chess piece on the board, so whichever side gets there first will have an enormous advantage.

Who is going to win this race? In such situations there is simply no substitute for exact calculation, guess work will not do. So let's begin with 42...b2, then White's king will advance, 43 Kf3, then Blacks king moves to support the b-pawn, 43...Kc3...Well, I don’t want to spoil anything for you... I'll let you continue the variation. Just remember one thing: every move counts, losing one move in the race could make the difference between drawing the game or losing instantly. Keep your eye on the main goal in the position, the promotion of the passed pawns.

By the way, there was a comment in my chat the other day: why was Kasparov’s 35th move Kh1 such a great idea if he is just having to move the king out to g2 now? Hasn’t he lost a move? The point is this: he would never have got into the present situation if it hadn’t been for the brilliant move 35 Kh1. Moving the king to g2 at that time would have led the game down a completely different path, one which Garry felt would not have been as good as the current position.

I'm rather busy this weekend, so I won't be holding the chat tonight: I'll be back there on Monday. Good luck!

Danny

b2 to Kasparov's Kg2

With his move Kg2, Garry centralized his king and cleared the square h1 for his rook. With Rd1-h1 he want to support his h-pawn. So, we don't have to lose time. With b3-b2 our pawn is ready for promotion and we have chances to hold the balance.

Elizabeth

b2 to Kasparov's Kg2

Right now, The World should advance the pawn with 42...b3-b2 in order to force White to give up his rook for the new queen. Afterwards, The World would get a queen from the "d" pawn as soon as possible, and play the resulting queen ending: 43.Kf3...Kc3 44.h7... Ng6 45.Ke4... Kc2 46.Rh1... d3. (45...b2-b1Q would have been too early, since the "d" pawn lacks the king's protection) 47.Kf5 and after 47...b2-b1Q White is forced to give up his rook. The position resulting from this line may be considered as equal, though White's "g" pawn is more advanced than Black's "d" pawn.

b2 to Kasparov's Kg2

Moves are still quite forced, and The World has to push 42...b2.

b2 to Kasparov's Kg2

I recommend the World plays the move 42...b2 (Pawn on b3 to b2)

Finally, we can advance our passed b-pawn to b2. Black must prepare to force White to give up his Rook for one of our advanced passed pawns, as White is preparing to penetrate with his King and assist with the advance of his own passed pawns.

Irina