Study Puzzle of the Day 24/1/2021
Complete disharmony all around. White to move and draw (L. Falk, 1990) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Category: N+P vs B
MP-901 (Horwitz, 1885.)
White’s prospects of winning are the best with a rook’s pawn since then the bishop has the least manoeuvring space. When the pawn is on the seventh, the black bishop does not have the short diagonal at all. White always wins provided he can prevent the enemy king from entering into the drawing zone […]
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MP-874
In similar positions with a pawn on the seventh rank, the task of the weaker side is much more difficult since the bishop lacks the necessary five squares on the shorter defensive diagonal, so it cannot alone prevent the promotion of the pawn into the queen. If the black king is too far away […]
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MP-872
In positions with a central pawn on the sixth rank, the winning motif does not consist only in “stalemating” the enemy king, but also in superiority of the centralized knight over the bishop. When the black king is far, the bishop can sometimes be shut out from play by bringing the knight into the […]
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MP-868 (Minor Piece Endings)
5. MINOR PIECE ENDINGS In this book, Minor Piece Endings, we will examine first all the elementary, and then some more complex endgames of knight versus bishop, in which are fully expressed values and tactical features of minor pieces. Bishop is most valuable in simpler positions with less material on board, while in more […]
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