Study Puzzle of the Day 4/10/2020
How to tackle that far advanced a-pawn? White to move and draw (L. Kubbel, 1916) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingHow to tackle that far advanced a-pawn? White to move and draw (L. Kubbel, 1916) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingBlow and counterblow. White to move and win (E. Pogosyants, 1961) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingBlack army is disorganized but dangerous, so our hand is forced. White to move and draw (AP. Kuznetsov, 1955) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingSometimes less is more… White to move and win (F. Bondarenko, 1961) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingHow could such a misplaced knight be of any use to White? White to move and win (Platov & Platov, 1924) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
Continue ReadingAnd for the end of this chapter finally one position by V. Chekhover (1962) in which knight and two isolated pawns without a king’s help really draw against the queen!
Continue ReadingWhen the black king is for another file away from the pawn, then in a similar position, White can win by Lucena’s recipe if his rook is at least on the third rank. The next position is a mirror image of the situation, which could have arisen in the ending of the game Botvinnik-Najdorf […]
Continue ReadingSometimes, Black can win if his pawn can break through to the promotion square. We see such a case in a very beautiful study by L. Kubel from 1928.
Continue ReadingThe poor position of black pieces sometimes allows for a quick win despite the threats of an advanced passed pawn (H. Rinck 1923).
Continue ReadingIn a similar position with a pawn farther from the edge of the board, White wins because he can activate the bishop without losing a pawn. In that respect, the ending of the game Veličković-Velimirović, Vršac 1981, is instructive.
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