Endgame Study Puzzle – S. Afonin 1955.
Avoid two traps and the puzzle is solved! White to move and win (S. Afonin 1955.) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Category: K+2P vs K+2P
Study Puzzle of the Day 19/9/2021 – H. Adamson 1925.
Opposition and king activity. White to move and draw (H. Adamson 1925.) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 29/7/2021 – H. Adamson 1924.
Choose the right queen against pawn endgame. White to move and win (H. Adamson 1924.) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 23/7/2021 – E. Richter 1958.
Play on both wings. White to move and win (E. Richter 1958.) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 19/7/2021 – M. Aizenshtat 1931.
Simple and funny. White to move and draw (M. Aizenshtat 1931.) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 18/7/2021 – H. Adamson 1926.
Not so much a calculation, as a knowledge of a basic queen endgame! White to move and win (H. Adamson 1926.) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 28/6/2021 – A. Koranyi 1956.
Black king is closer to the pawns. What can White do? White to move and draw (A. Koranyi 1956.) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 9/1/2021
Beware the automatic moves! White to move and win (T. Kok, 1935) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 12/08/2020
I find this one easy but instructive. White to move and draw (H. Mattison, 1918) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 14/11/2019
You will have to be very precise here! White to move and draw (T. Gorgiev, 1950) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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