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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Study Puzzle of the Day 10/11/2020
Watch out for the hidden resources. White to move and win (V. Chekhover, 1956) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Overview of Basic Pawn Endgames
Basic rules and strategic ideas in pawn endings. Opposition. Diagonal Opposition. Distant Opposition. Key squares. Reserve Tempi. Triangulation. The Rule of the Square. Common Square. Pawn Breakthrough. Zugzwang. Mutual Zugzwang.
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R-85
In some positions White can save himself even though his king is not in time to control the promotion square. Brilliant idea of saving opposition is shown in beautiful A. Mandler study published in 1950.
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R-51
When, in similar position, the white king is far away from enemy pawns, they become much stronger than a rook and often bring a full point. White can save the game only in positions where enemy king’s bad placement can be used to approach the pawns with his own king and when by creating […]
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Opposition and Key Squares in King and Pawn vs King endings
Key squares and the opposition are the basic rules in king and pawn endgames. This video is recapitulation of positions P-12, P-13 and P-14 from Basic Chess Endgames by GM Vlado Kovacevic.
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Genov-Stevic
This is a study-like pawn endgame. The winning method is famous and that is one of very important motifs in pawn endgames and its name is shouldering or bodycheck! Event: German League 2018. White: Genov, Petar WhiteElo: 2428 Black: Stevic, Hrvoje BlackElo: 2588 Result: 1/2-1/2
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B-637A
We can easily conclude that White to move will win a similar position with the pawn on the c (f) -file since he will be able to reach the same position as in diagram 605 by applying the same strategy. Also this ending was defined by Y. Averbakh (1954).
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B-636
4.4.3. Bishop and One Pawn versus Bishop and One Pawn Given material equality, the most likely outcome in these endings is draw, whilst victory is possible only in some exceptional cases. In positions without a passed pawn the win is possible only if the enemy pawn can be captured with a transition to some […]
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B-621
In a similar position with dark-squared bishops, the weaker side cannot save the game by getting to the front of the pawn since the promotion square is of the same colour as the bishop’s. Salvation is then possible only if the black is king sufficiently near to be able to seize the vertical opposition […]
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