Study Puzzle of the Day 6/12/2020
Don’t be scared, it’s just a pawn. White to move and draw (S. Kozlowski, 1938) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Tag: Cutting-Off
RMP-629
Positions with a “wrong” bishop are much more complex because there appears the motif of exchanging the rooks and reducing the material. But when the black pawn structure is weakened, and especially when his king is cut off on the eighth rank, White easily wins. To illustrate, let’s look at the ending of the […]
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RMP-624
When, in a similar position, the black king is cut off on the eighth rank, White wins even with a weakened pawn structure, with isolated pawns. The next position with reversed colors arose in the game Euwe-Fontein, the Netherlands in 1926.
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RMP-612
Sometimes, salvation can be achieved with the help of hidden stalemate motifs. The following example is taken from the game J. Votava- Luther, Schoeneck 1996.
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RMP-609
Black’s chance of salvation is much greater when White has an edge pawn and a “wrong” bishop. An example of how a sacrifice of an advanced passed pawn can enable the transition to a draw endgame with a “wrong” bishop, i.e. the endgame of a rook against rook and bishop, can be seen in […]
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RMP-607
In addition to distracting the enemy rook away from the promotion square, victory can sometimes be achieved with mating threats. We see a combination of these two motifs in A. Wotawa’s study from 1951.
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RMP-598
Problems in realization occur in positions with edge pawns only when White has a “wrong” bishop because he has to win the enemy pawn by not allowing the rooks exchange until he cuts off the opponent’s king’s path to the saving corner. All the difficulties that must be overcome on the path to victory […]
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RMP-594
Due to the poor position of the rook and the pawn, which prevents it from activating, Black loses in the next study (Sehwers 1909).
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RMP-592
The poor position of black pieces sometimes allows for a quick win despite the threats of an advanced passed pawn (H. Rinck 1923).
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RMP-540
We see a more complex case in Hasek’s study from 1929.
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