Study Puzzle of the Day 26/11/2020
I bet all of you will find the first move and most of you the second, but then… White to move and draw (F. Richter, 1935) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Category: Queen Endgames
Queen Endings
Queen endgames category contains all endgame positions where the queen is the strongest piece. Thus, there are many subcategories. We begin with “simple” endings of queen against pawns and queen against queen with pawns.
Queen against rook, with or without pawns are among the most interesting endgames. Endings of queen against various combinations of minor pieces are also here.
All of these endings are divided in corresponding subcategories. You can search positions through various categories.
Here you can also find some queen endings presented as puzzles. These puzzles are great to improve your understanding and they usually contain commented solution.
Study Puzzle of the Day 2/11/2020
Can two rooks outsmart black queen? White to move and win (A. Gurvich, 1960) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 16/10/2020
Quite difficult and somewhat messy but an entertaining study! White to move and win (L. Silaev, 1983) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 6/10/2020
With both kings in danger it seems more like the draw is the most improbable result here. White to move and draw (A. Akerblom, 1961) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 3/10/2020
Lots of draws, but only one win! White to move and win (J. Behting, 1907) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 15/08/2020
If only our king could be anywhere else… White to move and win (R. Reti, 1928) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 8/08/2020
What happens on the queenside stays on the queenside 🙂 White to move and win (E. Pogosyants, 1962) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 29/9/2019
One more for our collection of closed position studies. White to move and draw (J. Hasek, 1956) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 19/7/2019
This looks a lot like some middlegame attack gone bad, but we still have time to try something while black queen is offside. White to move and win (A. Wotawa, 1962) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 26/6/2019
Time to put your chess endgames fundamental knowledge to the test. Making use of the vast number of basic endgame positions we already learned is a skill we can develop with practice. White to move and draw (D. Gurgenidze, 2007) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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