End Game : Bishops of Opposite Colors

This endgame was taken from the the book "Modern Chess: move by move" by Colin Crouch, published by Everyman Chess.

On page 310, I quote from the author "Through sheer stamina, and of course excellent chess understanding, Carlsen has somehow performed some magic in a "completely drawn game" opposite-coloured bishop endgame.

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[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Crete"]
[Date "2007.1.1"]
[Round "1"]
[White "M. Carlsen"]
[Black "S. Tiviakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1RR1b3/p3rkp1/1p2r3/4BpPp/5P1P/4P1K1/P7/8 w KQkq - 0 1"]

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1. Rd8 Kg6 2. Kf2 Kf7 3. e4 Kg6 4. Bd6 Rd7 5. Rxd7 Bxd7 6. e5 Bc6 7. Rc8 Be8
8. Ra8 Bf7 9. Rxa7 Re8 10. a3 Bd5 11. Ke3 b5 12. Kd4 Bg2 13. e6 Rxe6 14. Be5
Kh7 15. Rxg7+ Kh8 16. Re7+ Kg8 17. Rxe6 1-0

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