Study Puzzle of the Day 15/11/2020
Simple, practical looking position. White to move and win (F. Richter, 1954) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Simple, practical looking position. White to move and win (F. Richter, 1954) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingCan two bishops deal with this far advanced pawn? White to move and win (A. Cheron, 1952) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingWhen the white king is in front of the pawn on the fifth rank, White has some prospects to win only if the black king is on the longer side. The critical position with the rook behind the central pawn was examined by Kling and Horwitz long ago, in 1851. Evaluation of the position depends […]
Continue ReadingCalculate your way to a draw here. White to move and draw (H. Mattison, 1924) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingIt’s all about good calculation here. White to move and win (Gurgenidze & Mitrofanov, 1987) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingOne frequently seen theme, so I’ll mark this as easy. White to move and draw (Platov & Platov, 1907) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingSimple position on an almost empty board, this should be easy for you. Just … don’t use tablebases! White to move and draw (L. Kubbel, 1921) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingIn case of cutting off along the file, in the positions with a central pawn, the important fact is whose side the black king is on, and how many files away from the pawn. If the king is on the shorter side, White wins only when it is cut off two files away from […]
Continue ReadingOf great importance for tournament play are the motifs of cutting off the black king from the promotion square. First, let us examine cutting off along the seventh rank, with an example from the study by A. Cheron ( 1944 ) . Black to move easily draws with 1…Rc8! blocking the white king’s passage […]
Continue ReadingWhen in similar positions, the black king is on the shorter side, White cannot win. As opposed to position where the black king is on f7 (example 323), here White to move cannot win because the black rook has enough space on his right side. ← Basic EndingsBasic Endings →
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