c-Pawn * Endgame Positions * Chess Endgames Network

Study Puzzle of the Day 23/07/2020

July 23, 2020July 19, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic158

The opponent’s moves will surely be quite obvious, real problem is to find ours 🙂 White to move and win (Platov & Platov, 1924) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 29/10/2019

October 29, 2019June 24, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic255

Interesting theoretical question. Can White draw such a material relation and how to do it? White to move and draw (J. Hasek, 1934) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 18/9/2019

September 18, 2019June 25, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic171

What to do against those dangerous black pawns? White to move and draw (D. Gurgenidze, 1982) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

Study Puzzle of the Day 4/6/2019

June 4, 2019June 27, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic200

One cute, simple position to warm up your little gray cells. White to move and win (L. Kubbel, 1934) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

P-72

March 27, 2019June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic67

The original S. Walles’s study reveals that the win is also occasionally possible if the white king has not yet managed to get in front of its passed pawn. The point of Walles’s idea is that by means of the tempo-move:

Q-Basic7

January 21, 2019June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic372

The most difficult in queen endgames is to realize minimal advantage. Queen and pawn can win against queen if the weaker side’s king is not in front of the pawn and if it is possible to prevent draw by repetition. The best chances to win are with the pawn on the seventh rank, and […]

Q-Basic4

January 21, 2019June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic260

In a similar position, White wins even with the king on g4, because he can realize the same mating picture from the other wing. ← Basic EndingsBasic Endings →

Q-Basic3

January 21, 2019June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic237

If his king is near enough, White may win in a mating attack after queening the pawn. ← Basic EndingsBasic Endings →

Q-Basic2

January 21, 2019June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic256

Without the king’s help, queen cannot win against the bishop’s pawn on the seventh rank either, because Black has stalemate to defend. ← Basic EndingsBasic Endings →

R-364

January 18, 2019July 2, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic248

As in the example with the b-pawn, White may win even when the black king is cut off only a file away from the pawn, provided that black pieces have not reached their optimum-positions Rc8 and Ke6, i.e. Ke5. The following position has been examined by J. Nunn in 1992. Black to move may […]

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Tag: c-Pawn

Study Puzzle of the Day 23/07/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 29/10/2019

Study Puzzle of the Day 18/9/2019

Study Puzzle of the Day 4/6/2019

P-72

Q-Basic7

Q-Basic4

Q-Basic3

Q-Basic2

R-364

R-305 (Vancura)

R-226A (Lucena position)

Karjakin – Sevian

R-323A (Black king on the longer side)

P-58

Study Puzzle of the Day 22/9/2019

B-858 (Kotov-Botvinnik)

RMP-6

Q-Basic7

Q-Basic6

Q-Basic5

RMP-566

Study Puzzle of the Day 21/11/2020

Rook and Bishop against Rook QUIZ

Study Puzzle of the Day 20/11/2020

Guy 1938.

Study Puzzle of the Day 19/11/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 18/11/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 17/11/2020

Study Puzzle of the Day 16/11/2020

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