Study Puzzle of the Day 24/12/2020
Free your mind from preconceptions and the impossible becomes possible. White to move and win (A. Akerblom, 1923) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Free your mind from preconceptions and the impossible becomes possible. White to move and win (A. Akerblom, 1923) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingPassive defense won’t work here. White to move and draw (P. Farago, 1935) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingOne motif useful for practical players. White to move and draw (AP Kuznetsov, 1965) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingSometimes simple solutions for simple positions are not enough. White to move and win (H. Rinck, 1906) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingThis simple looking rook endgame could be a tough nut to crack. White to move and win (V. Korolkov, 1954) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingAnother nice drawing idea for White. White to move and draw (M. Liburkin, 1958) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingBlack rook is imprisoned but can we use that fact? White to move and win (D. Gurgenidze, 2006) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingOur big trump, g6-pawn, is in grave danger, but we can still win this! White to move and win (A. Selezniev, 1915) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingWe will have to give up the rook, but can me capitalize our remaining pawns somehow? White to move and draw (D. Gurgenidze, 1987) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingEvent: “34th ECC Open 2018” White: “Blomqvist, Erik” WhiteElo: “2499” Black: “Svidler, Peter” BlackElo: “2756” Result: “0-1” When I first saw this ending, at first glance I thought Black was winning. White rook is very passive and he has no future, and also the white king is cut off along e-file. But the truth, […]
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