Study Puzzle of the Day 22/1/2021
Almost there! White to move and draw (H. Seyboth, 1899) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Tag: Pawn on 2nd (7th) Rank
Study Puzzle of the Day 6/12/2020
Don’t be scared, it’s just a pawn. White to move and draw (S. Kozlowski, 1938) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 27/10/2020
Reduced material doesn’t always imply an eventless finish! White to move and win (T. Gorgiev, 1966) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 13/10/2020
Fighting those two passed pawns will be a difficult task so White must be very creative. White to move and draw (N. Korolev, 1959) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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RMP-591
Even in the next position (Tero 1944), the existence of a pawn does not bring Black any relief.
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RMP-298
We will end the review of “chess wonders” in the endings of a rook against a bishop and two connected pawns with a study by F. Sackman from 1915 in which White wins by force.
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RMP-296
Sometimes a rook can do a “miracle” and find salvation in a seemingly lost position. The next brilliant study was compiled by V. Korteling in 1928.
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RMP-269
The cause of defeat can sometimes be a very clumsy position of the pieces. A rare example of the “burying” of pieces, culminating in zugzwang, is seen in Isenegger’s 1964 study.
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RMP-234
When the blocked central pawn stands on the second rank (Guretzky and Cornitz in 1863), the white rook has so much space in the rear that it breaks the blockade very easily.
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MP-989
When the stronger side has one pawn close to the promotion square, win is possible if the knight is able to defend the other pawn “from the back” or if the stronger side can transpose to the winning knight + pawn vs. bishop endgame. Similar motifs are elegantly shown in the Neustadtl study from […]
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