Study Puzzle of the Day 18/6/2021 – A.Cheron 1944
Very useful for practical play. White to move and win (A.Cheron, 1944) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Tag: Pawn on 4th (5th) Rank
De Feijter, 1940.
De Feijter study from 1940. Again, White simply advances his pawn. He only must move his king to the right square at the critical moment. ...
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Knight against Pawn, Cheron 1927.
A. Cheron’s study from 1927. contains some cooks. We will look at it anyway in order to repeat the drawing method. The drawing method and the knight’s barriers are already explained in examples N-261, N-268 and N-269. Black king must lose time by going around […]
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Selman, 1941.
Our theme of the month for November is Knight versus Pawn. These seemingly simple endings can hide amazing knight maneuvers. Although there are positions where the knight and king can checkmate the enemy king locked-in at the corner of the board, usually a knight has to stop the pawn and save the draw. The […]
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R-406
In case of the passive white rook, mate motifs are not the only source from which Black draws hidden saving possibilities. Perpetual check motifs combined with tying the enemy rook to defend the pawns appear much more often in tournament practice. This happens in situations where the white rook is awkwardly placed in front...
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RMP-590
When the black king is caught in “Philidor’s trap”, then the pawn has no special meaning because White can “ignore” it when leading a mating attack. We see such a case in the ending of the game Velikhanli-Vdovin, USSR 1970. ...
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RMP-589
The rook and pawn usually draw easily against the rook and the bishop. Only positions in which the black king is in an unenviable position and when the pawn interferes with his own pieces in achieving a theoretical draw position, are critical. When Black has or can achieve one of the basic draw positions,...
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RMP-541
An interesting case when the pawn first hinders White in performing a mate attack, and then makes it impossible for Black to defend with side checks, was shown by A. Mandler in a study published in 1927. ...
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RMP-540
We see a more complex case in Hasek’s study from 1929....
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RMP-539
A pawn can also be fatal when it interferes with a rook in performing the saving lateral or back attack. A simple case occurred in the game Chistyakov-Kremenetsky, USSR 1968. ...
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