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(2) Lopez,J - Lee,A
Part 2 - Game, 2004
[Andy Lee]
I went back to play a week later, confident that I had explored my chances to the fullest extent, with minimal electronic help and with few oversights. The sealed move, to my disappointment, was the one I had judged as the weakest: 1.Kf4 I continued as planned, 1...Kd4 2.Bb1 Bc7 only to find that white had one more surprise in store for me: 3.Ba2! and the more I looked, the more I realized that black cannot win. I played a few more moves to confirm my suspicions: 3...Bxe5+ 4.Kg5 Ke4 5.Bb1+! Kd4 6.Ba2! Rather than counterattacking, white has made due by holding onto his material; if I try to win the white bishop with my king, the c-pawn will deflect the black bishop from its defense of the soon to be lone g-pawn.6...Kc3 7.Kxh5 Kc2 8.c5 b1Q 9.Bxb1+ Kxb1 10.Kg6 Kc2 11.c6 Kd3 12.c7 Bxc7 13.Kxg7 and there is nothing left at all.
The moral of the story? Even the most alluring of opposite-colored bishop endings will often be drawn, but even when one's analysis does not prove to be a factor in the game, it can still prove its worth: rarely have I looked so deeply into a single position, and rarely have I learned so much about queen and pawn endings. 1/2-1/2
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