Guy 1938.
The solution should be simple when we know the drawing setup for a knight. White to move and draw. A 1938. study by Richard Guy. White has achieved basic drawing position as in example N-269.
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Tag: Pawn on 5th (4th) Rank
R-323A (Black king on the longer side)
When the white king is in front of the pawn on the fifth rank, White has some prospects to win only if the black king is on the longer side. The critical position with the rook behind the central pawn was examined by Kling and Horwitz long ago, in 1851. Evaluation of the position depends […]
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Study Puzzle of the Day 4/10/2019
Composed after Chekhover’s study from 1949. White to move and draw (V. Korolkov, 1950) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 23/5/2019
Find a way to coordinate White’s missplaced pieces. White to move and win (R. Reti, 1929) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Vidit-L’Ami
Event: “43rd Olympiad 2018” Site: “Batumi GEO” White: “Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi” WhiteElo: “2711” Black: “L’Ami, Erwin” BlackElo: “2639” Result: “1/2-1/2” One of the most interesting things about queen endings is that the queen with g and h pawns versus queen cannot win with the best defence. Of course, in practical game, various factors such […]
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RMP-245
Correctly positioned bishop – along the b1-h7 diagonal – draws even when the h-pawn is on the fifth rank! This has been known ever since the duel Morphy – Loewenthal ( London, 1858 ) . White to move cannot win since his h-pawn had gone too far! ← Basic EndingsBasic Endings →
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R-457
Let us examine how to lead defence and attack in a critical position with the f- and h-pawn that has been seen many times on tournaments, and was first recorded in the game Bondarevski – Keres, (the Match Moscow-Leningrad, 1939). Even though White achieved an optimum-attacking position by placing the rook on e6, the […]
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R-396
7.2. Rook and Two Pawns versus Rook Like in knight and bishop endings, the advantage of two pawns is usually sufficient to win, but the final decision is on pawn structure and the activity of pieces. Thus, we will devide these endings in three groups: a ) Connected pawns, b ) Isolated pawns, c […]
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R-336A
In case of cutting off along the file, in the positions with a central pawn, the important fact is whose side the black king is on, and how many files away from the pawn. If the king is on the shorter side, White wins only when it is cut off two files away from […]
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R-334
Cutting off along the sixth rank is even more efficient because the pawn is faster to avoid the opponent king’s control. White to move wins even when the black rook has already taken b-file. ← Basic EndingsBasic Endings →
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