title: Knight to King 4: The Fischer-Kasparov Match
author:  Kenneth T Zemsky 
description: Kenneth T. Zemsky is one of the preeminent tax attorneys specializing in multistate taxation and has published in many technical journals. A lifelong chess enthusiast and unabashed admirer of Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov and Boris Spassky, Knight to King 4 is Kens first novel.
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  **Late Knight**
  
  
  **by Richard Forster**
  
  
  
  
  
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  **Absurd Moves**
  
  
  If there were a 'Move of the Year' award, this year's competition would
  probably be decided already by the following brilliant entry (apologies to all
  those of you who have seen the position a hundred times already!) : V. Topalov
  - A. Shirov,
  
  
  Linares 1998
  
  
  Diagram
  
  
  White:Kg1, Bc3; pawns - g2, h4;
  
  
  Black: Ke6, Bf5; pawns - a4, d5, f6, g6
  
  
  A typical opposite-coloured bishop endgame has arisen where, despite Black's
  two extra pawns, his victory is far from guaranteed. A king walk to the
  queenside doesn't hit the mark, e.g. 47...Kd6 48.Kf2! Kc5 49.Ke3 Kc4 50.Bxf6
  Kb3 51.Kd2
  
  
  Ka2 52.Kc1, and White's defence holds. Another try is 47...Bb1
  
  
  48.Kf2 Kf5 49.Ke3 a3 50.Bd4 Kg4 51.Bxf6 Kg3 52.Be7 a2
  
  
  53.Bf6 Kxg2 54.Bd4 Kg3 55.Bf6 Bf5 56.Kd2 Kf4 57.Bd4 Ke4
  
  
  58.Bb2 d4 59.Ba1 d3 60.Bb2 Kf4 61.Ba1 Kg4 62.Bf6 Kg3
  
  
  63.Ke3 Kg4 64.Kd2 a1Q 65.Bxa1 Kxh4, but White easily hol