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That in chess no “law” is absolute confirm next two examples in which David-the pawn on the sixth can win against Goliath-the rook. Following position is taken from the A. Troitsky study published in 1895.
Continue ReadingThat in chess no “law” is absolute confirm next two examples in which David-the pawn on the sixth can win against Goliath-the rook. Following position is taken from the A. Troitsky study published in 1895.
Continue Reading4.5.2. Bishop and Two Pawns versus Bishop Whilst in all other endings being two pawns up was generally sufficient for a win, in endings of opposite-coloured bishops the weaker side has real drawing chances. Taking into account the specific characteristics of these endings we may divide them into three main groups: a) Endings with […]
Continue ReadingSometimes not even the inevitable pawn promotion cannot guarantee a full point. In 1965. Myllyniemi made a study on that theme.
Continue ReadingRear are the positions when black pawn brings the full point. Knight and pawn can outsmart white rook only when the pawn is close to promotion which cannot be stopped. L. Prokeš study from 1941. is a simple case of this unfortunate geometry.
Continue ReadingInstructive is the study from Niessl (1966.), which shows an active defence if the rook has too little squares behind his pawn. White cannot make progress.
Continue ReadingThe weaker side draws, as a rule, against the c ( f ) -pawn on the third rank even when its king is very far since it will have sufficient time to seize the saving vertical opposition. But defence is by no means simple. A case in point is the ending of the game […]
Continue ReadingIn a similar position with dark-squared bishops, a problem of the “too long” defensive diagonal a5-d8 may surface. That is why that position can be won only by applying the method we saw in example 614, which means that the black king when entering the vertical opposition must lag behind by at least two […]
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Continue ReadingIn positions with the c-pawn and light-squared bishops one must be especially cautious. That is, sometimes it is not sufficient to ensure the advance of the pawn via the square c6, but also the king must be transferred to the shorter side in order to leave to the enemy bishop only one available square […]
Continue ReadingA very interesting situation occurred in the ending of the game Kurajica – Markland, (Hastings, 1971.).
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