Rook vs Bishop Articles * Chess Endgames Network

Study Puzzle of the Day 3/1/2021

January 3, 2021December 29, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic147

Value of the pieces is measured by their activity! White to move and win (A. Gulyaev, 1940) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 31/12/2020

December 31, 2020December 29, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic66

Against the unstoppable pair. White to move and draw (O. Duras, 1939) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 6/12/2020

December 6, 2020November 30, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic61

Don’t be scared, it’s just a pawn. White to move and draw (S. Kozlowski, 1938) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 25/11/2020

November 25, 2020November 13, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic99

Can White’s material advantage overcome Black’s superior activity? White to move and win (A. Akerblom, 1961) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 23/11/2020

November 23, 2020November 13, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic99

Lots of dangerous pawns to take care of. White to move and draw (A. Kotov, 1964) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 15/11/2020

November 15, 2020October 31, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic96

Simple, practical looking position. White to move and win (F. Richter, 1954) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 12/11/2020

November 12, 2020October 31, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic93

Strayed rook study. White to move and draw (P. Farago, 1935) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 3/11/2020

November 3, 2020October 31, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic91

Controlling the a-pawn turns out to be quite a problem. White to move and draw (O. Duras, 1925) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 28/10/2020

October 28, 2020October 16, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic98

It will not be easy to exploit the black king’s cramped position. White to move and win (AP Kuznetsov, 1973) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 18/10/2020

October 18, 2020October 16, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic112

How can white rook stop both black pawns? White to move and draw (A. Daniel, 1908) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Cookie	Duration	Description
PHPSESSID		This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed.
pmpro_visit		The cookie is set by the Paid Membership Pro plugin. The cookie is used to manage user memberships.
viewed_cookie_policy	1 hour	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Cookie	Duration	Description
__gads	2 years	This cookie is set by Google and stored under the name dounleclick.com. This cookie is used to track how many times users see a particular advert which helps in measuring the success of the campaign and calculate the revenue generated by the campaign. These cookies can only be read from the domain that it is set on so it will not track any data while browsing through another sites.
_ga	2 years	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, camapign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randoly generated number to identify unique visitors.
_gid	1 day	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages viisted in an anonymous form.
GPS	30 minutes	This cookie is set by Youtube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location

Cookie	Type	Duration	Description
_gat	0	1 minute	This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the colllection of data on high traffic sites.
YSC	1		This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.

Cookie	Type	Duration	Description
IDE	1	2 years	Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.
test_cookie	0	15 minutes	This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the users' browser supports cookies.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	1	5 months	This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.

Category: Rook vs Bishop

Study Puzzle of the Day 3/1/2021

Study Puzzle of the Day 31/12/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 6/12/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 25/11/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 23/11/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 15/11/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 12/11/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 3/11/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 28/10/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 18/10/2020

Lolli 1763. – queen vs c2 pawn

R-305 (Vancura)

R-226A (Lucena position)

Karjakin – Sevian

R-323A (Black king on the longer side)

P-58

Study Puzzle of the Day 22/9/2019

B-858 (Kotov-Botvinnik)

RMP-6

RMP-566

RMP-565

RMP-564

Study Puzzle of the Day 20/1/2021

Study Puzzle of the Day 19/1/2021

Study Puzzle of the Day 18/1/2021

Opposition in Pawn Endgames QUIZ

Lolli 1763. – 2P vs 3P

Lolli 1763. – queen vs c2 pawn

Study Puzzle of the Day 17/1/2021

Study Puzzle of the Day 16/1/2021

Chessendgames.net

SEARCH:

Subscribers