Study Puzzle of the Day 28/12/2020
Black has two strong passed pawns, but his king is in danger. White to move and win (E. Pogosyants, 1981) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Category: Rook+N+Ps vs Rook+Ps
Study Puzzle of the Day 7/12/2020
Essential theoretical knowledge required! White to move and draw (L. Kubbel, 1934) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 15/10/2020
Sometimes ordinary positions require out of the ordinary treatments! White to move and win (A. Gulyaev, 1926) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 6/09/2020
That d2-pawn… White to move and win (E. Pogosyants, 1977) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 24/07/2020
Second player really neglected his development here…but still, White’s task is far from easy! White to move and draw (E. Somov Nasimovich, 1938) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Rapport – Jones
At first glance I thought this is easily winning endgame. White has many ideas: Black king is not safe, White always has mating motifs. Probably the main idea is to sacrifice rook on f7 and White wins if after Rf7, Nf7 Kf7 he can play Kd5! with the winning pawn ending. Also black rook […]
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