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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Category: R+2P vs R+P
Study Puzzle of the Day 19/11/2020
Passive defense won’t work here. White to move and draw (P. Farago, 1935) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 16/09/2020
One motif useful for practical players. White to move and draw (AP Kuznetsov, 1965) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 8/09/2020
Sometimes 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!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 30/07/2020
This 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!)
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R-636
For the end of this chapter, we will also look at an exceptionally beautiful 1941 study by A. Wotawa, which unfortunately has a “hole.”
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R-635
When, in a similar position, Black has a-pawn, then he can easily draw. However, if White did not move forward with the h-pawn and could move the king along the h-file, black position could be very critical. The outcome is then decided by the speed at which Black can support the advance of his […]
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R-634
Knowledge of critical position 633. makes it much easier to choose the right plan in general positions with b2 pawn against connected passed pawns on the other wing. The next position was created in the game Kostic-Janosevic, Yugoslavia 1951.
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R-633A
Of great practical importance are similar positions with laterally defended b- passed pawn on the second rank. To understand them fully, it is first necessary to know the following marvelous position, which has not been particularly emphasized by the endgame theory to date (V. Kovacevic, 2003).
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R-632
Draw is also possible with pawns on the fourth rank, because Black can still make a timely pawn sacrifice to achieve a life-saving blockade. He just must not let both pawns to get to the fifth rank. You can see how the defense should be managed in the following example (Rudakovski-Tolush, USSR 1945 Championship.
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