Kopac 1972.
In the following study (Kopac, 1972), White wins by combining pawn promotion with mating threats.
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Tag: Mate
Lolli 1763. – queen vs c2 pawn
Here is another position that is well-known today. Lolli showed the winning technique in 1763.
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RMP-538
Rook and pawn usually draw easily against the rook and knight because in most cases this comes down to standard positions without pawns. But sometimes a pawn is an “aggravating circumstance” and is a major cause of defeat. Namely, when the black king is in a mate net, the existence of a pawn deprives...
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RMP-520
In a similar position with the knight on f5, Black usually draws easily, except when the awkward position of the rook prevents the king from escaping towards the middle of the board. We see such a situation in the following study (Assalini 1850). ...
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RMP-482
The cause of defeat sometimes lies in the poor position of the king. A beautiful mate motif was discovered by White in the game Moldojarov-Samochanov, USSR 1974. ...
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Q-350
Even more amusing is the next case in which a superficial observer might think that “Black is not threatening anything”. Black to move wins by queening his pawn with a tempo. ...
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Q-283
In the 1906. study by G. Rink, Black is a pawn up and has an outside passed pawn, but because of poor position of his pieces, he unexpectedly falls under a mating attack. ...
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Q-231
A somewhat more complex case of using mating motifs to conquer the pawn is seen in the ending of the game Averbakh-Suetin, Kiev, 1954. ...
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Q-207
Sometimes, due to the poor position of the opposing pieces, victory is also possible in a direct mating attack. A wonderful study on the topic of eliminating the stalemate defense was compiled by D. Jozef in 1922. Although White has a ready “battery” with a killer discovered check, the win is not easy because...
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Q-89A
QUEEN AGAINST QUEEN Though material equality in these endings suggests it is a dead draw, in endings with queen against pawns we saw many mating images after queening the pawn. Of course, it was consequence of very bad position of king and queen which had no space for saving checks. Along with these trivial...
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