Study Puzzle of the Day 1/3/2021
Two similar lines, but only one of them works! White to move and draw (R. Reti, 1931) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 25/12/2020
Composed after famous Reti’s study (R-39 in our theoretical section). White to move and draw (S. Isenegger, 1956) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 9/11/2020
Position is not complicated, but White must be precise. White to move and win (P. Benko, 2001) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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R-151
When the farthest advanced pawn is only in the sixth rank, then the rook usually wins, even when occupying a less favorable position behind the back of the pawns. A big mistake is hidden in the study of I. Majzelis from 1950, which was “faithfully transmitted” by Y. Averbakh in his “Chess Endings” and...
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R-169
Black has real chances to save the game if he can prevent enemy king’s penetration to the front of his pawns. A proof of this is the ending of the game Bajkov-Kuindzzi, SSSR 1970. ...
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R-168
When the black king is not in front of his pawns, rook usually wins if his king is not too far away. Sometimes, like the G. Amirjan study from 1964, White has to avoid some traps. ...
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R-167
The same idea but with somewhat unusual form is seen in L. Prokeš study from 1939. ...
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R-166
Black has some prospects to win even when only one pawn has reached the seventh rank, but the enemy king should be far away and doubled pawns no more than three files away from the isolated pawn. A.Wotawa has demonstrated such case in his study published in 1944....
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R-165
In these endings often happens the strange phenomenon that doubled pawns can be stronger than isolated because sometimes they can provide decisive help in a path towards promotion square. This is especially true for positions with all pawns on the same side. Typical example is taken from I.Maizelis study published in 1933. ...
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R-164
In similar position when white king is behind the pawns, and Black can support his most advanced pawn, then the only question is can the white king help his rook in time. Typical case of this kind is L. Shamkovich study from 1955. ...
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