Study Puzzle of the Day 26/12/2020
Piece of cake … so that you can save your energy for tomorrow’s heavy one 🙂 White to move and draw (F. Richter, 1952) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 4/10/2019
Composed after Chekhover’s study from 1949. White to move and draw (V. Korolkov, 1950) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 3/10/2019
How to prevent the double threat of 1…Bd5+ and 1…f1Q+ ? White to move and draw (V. Yakimchik, 1966) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 6/9/2019
Don’t get misguided by the first promising idea you see! White to move and win (J. Hasek, 1929) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 2/6/2019
What to do when your opponent stubbornly refuses to lay down his weapons? Play precisely till the very end! White to move and win (V. Korolkov, 1951) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 23/5/2019
Find a way to coordinate White’s missplaced pieces. White to move and win (R. Reti, 1929) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 17/5/2019
If only I could win just one game this way… White to move and win (L. Prokes, 1938) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 11/5/2019
Funny little study from S. Kozlowski. White to move and win (S. Kozlowski, 1931) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Blomqvist-Svidler
Event: “34th ECC Open 2018” White: “Blomqvist, Erik” WhiteElo: “2499” Black: “Svidler, Peter” BlackElo: “2756” Result: “0-1” When I first saw this ending, at first glance I thought Black was winning. White rook is very passive and he has no future, and also the white king is cut off along e-file. But the truth, […]
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R-457
Let us examine how to lead defence and attack in a critical position with the f- and h-pawn that has been seen many times on tournaments, and was first recorded in the game Bondarevski – Keres, (the Match Moscow-Leningrad, 1939). Even though White achieved an optimum-attacking position by placing the rook on e6, the […]
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