P-227

  When the white pawns are shifted one rank further up the board, Black cannot avoid defeat by defending by “self-stalemate”. A case in point is a study by Ashurov published in 1955. For the benefit of making the comparison with the preceding example easier, we shall examine a mirror-image of the original  …

GM Vlatko Kovacevic

Vlado Kovacevic is a chess grandmaster and an endgame expert. He very successfully competed on the national team. From 2000 – 2004, he acted as selector of the Croatian Men’s national team. He is also a well-known chess author.