Not allowing Black king to come to c4 or d4
Alexander Beliavsky :
and then trying to come to c7, obtaining the
Bodycheck
draw position.
2...Kb4 3.Kc6 Ka5 4.Kb7 1:0.
In chess every piece can match other, similar
Alekhine A. : Bogoljubow E.
one. But Kings fight is very specific, as
Wch (14)  GER\NLD 1929
Kings can not come close to each other. This
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wrongly in many cases, even by the greats. 9-+-tr-+-+0
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Even classics did not perform bodycheck
correctly!
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70...Kg4?
1...Kh5!
Only way was 70...Ke4 71.b7 f5 72.b8Q Rb8
Only winning move - it prevents White King
73.Rb8 f4 74.Re8 Kd4 75.Rf8 Ke3 76.Kd5
coming back to help own pawn or to attack
f3 77.Kc4 f2 78.Kc3 Ke2.
opponents pawn. Other two logical moves
71.b7 f5 72.b8Q Rb8 73.Rb8 f4 74.Kd5 f3
allows White to save the game. 1...Kh4?
75.Ke4 f2 76.Rf8 Kg3 77.Ke3 1:0.
2.Kg6; 1...f5 2.Kg6 f4, with draw in both
cases.
Manukovski : Pustovalov
2.Kg7 f5 ½.
Russia 1992
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1...Kf4!
1...Kf3? allowed 2.Kf5 with draw. Now
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black takes both Whites pawns. Because of
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bodycheck, opponent is in zugzvang.
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Rogers I. : Shirov A. White have to reach opposition coming to
Groningen 1990 b4, when Black King will capture on b6. But
it is necessary to avoid bodycheck on the
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2.Kf4 Kd3 3.Kf3 Kc4 4.Ke4 Kc5 5.Kd3 Kb6
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6.Kc4 Ka5 +.
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1...Kc2 2.Kf2 Kd2 3.Kf1 Kc3 4.Ke2 Kc4
5.Kd2 Kb5 6.Kc3 Kb6 7.Kb4 ½.
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4.Kg3!!
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attacking White pawn. So plan is simple -
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pawn goes to f6 and then White king comes
to attack pawn f7. But on the way Black
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King is prevented to come closer. 4.Kg5
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Kg2 5.f4 Kf3 6.f5 Ke4 7.Kf6 (7.f6 Ke5).
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4...Kg1 5.f4 Kf1 6.f5
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6.Kf3 Ke1 (6...f5! 7.Kg3 (7.Ke3 Kg2)
7...Ke2) 7.f5 Kd2 8.Ke4 Kc3 9.Kd5 Kb4 1...Kf2?
10.f6 Kb5 11.Kd6 Kb6 12.Ke7. It was necessary to come around with the
6...Ke2 7.Kf4 f6 King, avoiding bodycheck: 1...Ke2! 2.h6
7...Kd3 8.Ke5 Kc4 (8...Ke3 9.f6 Kf3 10.Kd6 Kd3 3.Ke5 Kc4 4.Kf6 Kd5 5.Kg7 Ke6
Kg4 11.Ke7) 9.Kf6. 6.Kh7 Kf7=.
8.Ke4 1:0. 2.Ke5 Ke3 3.h6 Kd3 4.Kf6 0:1.
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Ljubojevic Lj. : Browne W.
1929
Amsterdam 1972
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1.Kg3!
1...f5??
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Correct was not to allow Whites King to Urmancheev : Podolsky
return back: 1...Kd5!! 2.b4 (2.Kb4 Kd4 +) USSR 1972
2...f5 3.b5 f4 4.b6 Kc6! 5.Ka6 f3 6.b7 f2
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2.Kb4!= f4 3.Kc4 ½.
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Malakhov V. : Najer E.
Moscow 2007
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1.Kb6?
Automatic and wrong, as it allows opponents
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King to come closer. Correct was to block it:
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1.Kb4!!, stopping the Black King and
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winning time to move own pawn. 1...Kd4
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2.a6 Kd5 3.a7 Rh8 4.Kb5.
1.Ke5?? 1...Kc4 2.a6 Rh6 3.Kb7 Kb5 4.a7 Rh7
White chosed the shortest way to the 5.Kb8 Kb6 6.a8N Kc6 0:1.
opponents pawn, but correct was to block
opponents King first, then to push own pawn Gibbs Do. : Cannon Ri.
and just after preparation to go for pawn f7. Brighton 2010
1.Kd4! Kb5 (1...Kb3 2.f4 Kc2 3.f5 Kd2 4.f6
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Ke2 5.Ke5 Kf3 6.Kd6 Kf4 7.Ke7+ ) 2.Kd5!
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5.f5 Kd4 6.f6 Ke4 7.Ke7+ .
1...Kc5!
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2.f4 Kc6 3.Kf6 Kd5=.
2...Kc6 3.f4 Kd7 4.Kf6 Ke8 5.Kg7 f5!
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6.Kf6 Kf8 7.Kf5 Kf7 ½.
52.Ke5!
White tries to stop Blacks King to come to
the Kings flank.
52...Kc4?
White showed its bodycheck, so it was
necessary to go from the other side, where
bodycheck was not possible to be performed:
52...Kd2 53.h4 Ke3 54.h5 Kf3 55.g5 Kg4
achieving draw.
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53.h4 Kc5 54.h5 Bd1 55.h6 Bc2 56.g5 Kc6 Pancevski F. : Welz P.
57.Kf6 Kd7 58.g6 1:0. Rijeka 2010
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Lerner K. : Dorfman J.
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57...Rf8?
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The king must be brought closer as quickly
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as possible, in the same time preventing
This move is in reality prophylactics - opponents King to help its passed pawn.
preventing bodycheck from opp. King. 57...Kd4! 58.Kf5 Kd5 59.Kf6 Kd6 60.b7
19.Rf2! Rb8 61.Kg7 Ke7 +.
Wrong was immediate bringing King back 58.Ke5 Rf7 59.Kd5!
19.Kb7 Kf6 20.Kc6 Ke5 with Bodycheck Bodycheck!
and theoretical draw. 59...Kc3 60.Kc6 ½.
19...Kg6 20.Kb7 g4 21.Kc6 Kg5 22.Kd5 g3
23.Rf8 Kg4 24.Ke4 1:0. Mikhalchishin A. : Azmaiparashvili Z.
Tbilisi 1980
Kukovec B. : Podlesnik B.
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11.Ke6!
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It is necessary to stop opponents King.
53.Rh3? Losing was natural 11.f6 Kd5 12.Kg8 Ra8
Correct was not the materialism, but try to 13.Kh7 Ke6 14.Kg7 Ra7 15.Kg6 Rf7.
escape the bodycheck: 53.Kc4 Ke4 54.Kc3 11...Re1
Ke3 55.Kc2 f3 56.Kd1 Kf2 57.Rh3 Kg2 If other check, then 11...Ra6 12.Ke5!=.
58.Rh8 f2 59.Rg8 Kf1 60.Rf8 Kg2 61.Ke2. 12.Kd6 Rf1 13.Ke6 ½.
53...Ke4 54.Kc4 f3 55.Rh8 f2 ½.
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Korchnoi V. : Kasparov G. after 1...Kf3 2.c5 Kg2 3.Rh2 Rh2 4.c6 Kf3
London (m/6) 1983 5.c7 Rc2 6.Kd7) 2.Kf6 Kc4 3.Kg6 Rh8
4.Kf5 Kd3 5.Kf4 Ke2 6.Kg3 Rg8 7.Kf4!
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1...Rh6 2.Ke7 Kd5!
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Now white King is cahased from its pawn
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and it is too far from h2 pawn.
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3.Kf7 Kc5 4.Kg7 Rh3 5.Kg6 Kd4 6.Kg5
Ke3 7.Kg4 Rh8 8.Kg3 Rg8 9.Kh3 Kf2
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Huebner R. : Pfleger H.
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63.d5?
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63.Rd1! g2 64.Rg1 Ke4 65.d5 Rg6 66.Kf7=.
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63...Rg6!
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63...g2? 64.Rd4! Ke3 65.Rd1=.
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64.Ke7 g2 65.Rd1 Ke5! +
This was underestimated by Korchnoi, He
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help own pawn, but to attack his King.
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66.d6
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66.Rg1 Kd5 67.Kf7 Rg3 68.Kf6 Ke4.
66...Re6 67.Kd7 Rd6 68.Rd6 g1Q 69.Re6 White wrongly decided for pawn end:
Kf5 70.Rd6 Qa7 71.Kd8 Ke5 72.Rg6 Qa5 75.Kf6?? Kf4 76.Rf7 Rf7 77.Kf7 Kf5!!
73.Kd7 Qa4 74.Ke7 Qh4! 75.Kf8 Qd8 Driving White King into zugzwang.
76.Kf7 Kf5 77.Rh6 Qd7 0:1. 78.Kg7 g5 79.h5 g4 80.h6 g3 81.h7 g2
82.h8Q g1Q 83.Kf8 Qc5 84.Kg8 Qc8
Neishtadt : Volovich 85.Kg7 Qh8 86.Kh8 Ke5 0:1.
Moscow 1958
Zhu Chen : Sebag M.
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1.c5?
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Correct was immediately avoid attack of the
opponents King 1.Ke6! Kd4 (Easy draw is 45...Ke4!
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Longer winning method was 45...Kd4 Pachman L. : Trifunovic P.
46.Kf6 Ke4 47.Ke6 d4 48.f5 d3 49.f6 d2 Prague 1946
50.f7 d1Q 51.f8Q Qd5 52.Ke7 Qc5 53.Ke8
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57.Kc5 Ka2.
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46.Kf6 Kf4 0:1.
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½.
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Molina R. : Marrero Lopez Y.
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71.Rg8
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75.Rb1 Ka2 76.Rg1 a3 77.Rg2 Kb3 78.Rg8!
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71...a4 72.Rg3 Kc4 73.Ke5 Kb4 74.Kd4 a3
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75.Rg8 a2 76.Ra8 Kb3 77.Kd3 Kb2 ½.
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Zinar M.
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69.f6?
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Now Black is back in time. The amazing
retreat 69.Ke5!! gives Black a bodycheck,
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69...Ke3 70.f6 Kf3 71.f7 Be7 72.Kf5
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(Baburin) 72...Kg3 73.g5 Kh4 74.g6 Bf8
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75.Kf6 Kh5 76.g7+ .
69...Ke4! 70.f7 Bh6 71.Kf6 Kf4 72.Kg6 Bf8
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73.g5 Be7 74.Kh5 Kf5 75.g6 Bf8 ½.
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1.Ke2! Kg2 2.a4 Kg3 3.Ke3 Kg2 4.a5 Kf1
5.a6 Ke1 6.Kd4 Kd2 7.Kd5 Kd3 8.Kc6
Kd4 9.Kb7 Kd5 10.Ka7 Kc6 11.Kb8 1:0.
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