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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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!)
Continue ReadingComposed after Chekhover’s study from 1949. White to move and draw (V. Korolkov, 1950) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingHow 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!)
Continue ReadingDon’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!)
Continue ReadingWhat 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!)
Continue ReadingFind 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!)
Continue ReadingIf 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!)
Continue ReadingFunny little study from S. Kozlowski. White to move and win (S. Kozlowski, 1931) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingEvent: “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, […]
Continue ReadingLet 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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