Study Puzzle of the Day 24/2/2021
An extreme solution for a simple problem. White to move and win (S. Kozlowski, 1931) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Category: Rook+B+Ps vs Rook+Ps
Study Puzzle of the Day 1/2/2021
Let’s try to make Black regret having the h-pawn. White to move and win (J. Gunst, 1925) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 9/12/2020
Not many options left! White to move and win (P. Farago, 1944) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 8/10/2020
Just make sure you use every single piece from the board in your solution. White to move and draw (V. Kovalenko, 2002) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 26/08/2020
Simple but impressive. White to move and win (J. Fritz, 1953) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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RMP-630
The most resistant is the setup with the f7-h5 pawn wall and the e6 pawn, which closes the way for the bishop towards the weak f7 pawn. It is interesting that neither in the tournament practice, nor in the analysis of the games, the exact path to victory has been recorded yet. The next...
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RMP-629
Positions with a “wrong” bishop are much more complex because there appears the motif of exchanging the rooks and reducing the material. But when the black pawn structure is weakened, and especially when his king is cut off on the eighth rank, White easily wins. To illustrate, let’s look at the ending of the...
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RMP-628
Of particular theoretical interest are the endgames with four against three pawns on the same wing. When White has the “right” bishop, he can usually easily “probe” the weakest point in the opponent’s pawn chain. An example of a flawless winning strategy can be seen in the ending of the game Leko-Topalov, Dortmund 2002....
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RMP-627
A critical case where Black can still defend himself in a similar position occurred in the game Romero-Izeta, Salamanca 1990. ...
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RMP-626
A similar position with h- instead of f-pawn is much more dangerous for Black, because the weak point f7 can then be attacked with a rook along the f-file, and not only along the seventh rank. At the start it is important to know that Black must defend actively, with the king on e7....
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