Study Puzzle of the Day 5/2/2021
Symmetrical position of pieces but only one solution! White to move and draw (A. Selezniev, 1917) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Symmetrical position of pieces but only one solution! White to move and draw (A. Selezniev, 1917) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingOnly three pawns left for the race. White to move and win (E. Paoli, 1952) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingThe extended tail concept. White to move and win (S. Tarrasch, 1921) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingDoubled and dangerous times two. White to move and draw (U. Venolainen, 1968) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingWe better do something before black king comes into play. White to move and draw (H. Weenink, 1918) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingIt’s easy when you know what needs to be done, right? White to move and draw (V. Yakimchik, 1969) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Continue ReadingWhen the bishop is deployed in such a way that one of its diagonals intersects both pawns’ routes, we have “absolute blockade”. In absolute blockade pawns cannot make any progress on their own since the sacrifice 1.d6? Bxd6 would be pointless as it does not clear the path to the other pawn. Absolute blockade […]
Continue ReadingIn the battle against separated pawns bishop is much more efficient than knight since very often it can simultaneously control the routes of two very far-advanced pawns. Nevertheless, very much like knight, it can find itself in an unenviable situation, i.e. when it has achieved only a relative blockade. Just to remind you, relative […]
Continue ReadingLike knight, bishop can also easily immobilize the connected enemy pawns on the fifth rank and even more efficiently. The following example is a case in point. Although the white king is much closer to the pawns and can support the pawns on their path to the promotion square, Black to play draws by […]
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