Pawn on 2nd (7th) Rank * Endgame Positions * Chess Endgames Network

22.1

Study Puzzle of the Day 22/1/2021

January 22, 2021January 13, 2021 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic84

Almost there! White to move and draw (H. Seyboth, 1899) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)

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6.12

Study Puzzle of the Day 6/12/2020

December 6, 2020November 30, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic117

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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27.10.

Study Puzzle of the Day 27/10/2020

October 27, 2020October 16, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic174

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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13.10.

Study Puzzle of the Day 13/10/2020

October 13, 2020October 5, 2020 GM, FT Blazimir Kovacevic126

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

June 8, 2020June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic73

Even in the next position (Tero 1944), the existence of a pawn does not bring Black any relief. ...

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RMP-298

June 4, 2020June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic77

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

June 4, 2020June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic81

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

June 3, 2020June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic71

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

June 3, 2020June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic74

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

May 1, 2020June 27, 2020 GM Vlatko Kovacevic92

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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