B-624B
On the basis of the forgoing analysis we can easily conclude that Black loses if he has the move since he must move his king one file farther or spoil the ideal position of the bishop. ...
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B-624A
We shall conclude this chapter by examining an unusual position with mutual zugzwang with the rook’s pawn on the fifth rank and the enemy king very far. The following study was composed by J. Nunn in 1995. Believe it or not, White to play cannot win since the black bishop occupies the best position....
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B-623B
In previous position after third move, if it were White to play then following situation arises. ...
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B-623A
A brilliant study on the theme of how to prevent the king from reaching the “wrong” corner was composed by N. Grigoriev in 1931 ...
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B-622
In positions with a rook’s pawn and the wrong-cornered bishop, the easiest way for the weaker side to save the game is by getting into the “wrong” corner. But sometimes this clearly defined strategic idea cannot be executed in view of the awkwardly placed pieces. One such situation is shown in a study by...
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B-621
In a similar position with dark-squared bishops, the weaker side cannot save the game by getting to the front of the pawn since the promotion square is of the same colour as the bishop’s. Salvation is then possible only if the black is king sufficiently near to be able to seize the vertical opposition...
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B-620
With a blocked b(g) -pawn on the fourth rank a win is possible only when the king of the weaker side is very far. This case is shown in the ending of the game Janosevic – Ivkov, Yugoslav championship, 1972. ...
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B-619
In a similar position the weaker side can save the game by the horizontal opposition provided the bishop controls the square in front of the pawn. A study by Berger is a case in point. ...
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B-618
Of positions with the b(g) -pawn, we shall first examine a study by Taniev (1986) . The pawn has already ensured getting within the winning zone but the threat of the penetration of the enemy king to the front of the pawn makes White’s task more difficult. If Black were to move he would...
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B-617
The weaker side draws, as a rule, against the c ( f ) -pawn on the third rank even when its king is very far since it will have sufficient time to seize the saving vertical opposition. But defence is by no means simple. A case in point is the ending of the game...
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