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Nguyen Trung - Anon, May 1998
After 34...Be5

Trung lost a pawn earlier in the game, but his understanding of the importance of the more advanced king help him rescue a win from this position.

He plays 35.Kd3, bringing his king to the center as rapidly as possible.

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The game continued 35...Kc8 36.Kc4 Kd7 37.Kd5 h6 38.f4 Ba1
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  Now he repositions his bishop, to take over a critical diagonal.

39.Bc1 Bc3 40.Ba3 Bd2 41.f5 Bf4 42.Bf8 Bd2 43.Bxg7 Bg5
[Instead, Black should try trapping the bishop - 43...Ke7 44.Kc6 Kf7 45.Bh8 Bf4 45. Kd7 Be5 46. Kc8 Kg8 47. Bxf6 Bxf6 48.Kxc7 Kf7 with an unclear outcome]

44.Bf8 Ke8 45.Bb4 Kd7 46.Be1
[Clearer is 46.Bc3, restricting Black's bishop]
46...Kd8   [Yielding more space to White's king.]

47.Kc6 Kc8 48.Bg3 Kb8 49.Bxc7+ Kc8 50.a5 bxa5 51.Bxa5 Kb8 52.Bc3 Kc8 53.Kd6 Kd8 54.Bd4 Bf4+ 55.Ke6 Be5 56.Bxa7 Ke8 57.b6 Kf8 58.b7 Kg8 59.b8Q+ Bxb8 60.Bxb8 Black resigns

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