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!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 9/09/2020
Blow and counterblow. White to move and win (E. Pogosyants, 1961) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 27/08/2020
Black 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!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 24/08/2020
Sometimes less is more… White to move and win (F. Bondarenko, 1961) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 19/08/2020
How 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!)
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Q-443
And 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!
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R-299
When 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 […]
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RMP-596
Sometimes, 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.
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RMP-592
The poor position of black pieces sometimes allows for a quick win despite the threats of an advanced passed pawn (H. Rinck 1923).
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RMP-587
In 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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