Study Puzzle of the Day 2/12/2020
Simple and elegant. White to move and win (N. Rossolimo, 1927) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Tag: Pawns on Adjacent Files
Study Puzzle of the Day 17/11/2020
One to show at your next chess party 🙂 White to move and win (Kashdan & Horowitz, 1928) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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Study Puzzle of the Day 25/6/2019
Let’s have a brake from the hard ones … just play logically and you’ll sort this out. White to move and draw (E. Pogosyants, 1978) (First try to solve the study without moving the pieces!)
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B-527
A very instructive position also arose in the endgame Paulsen – Metger ( Nürnberg, 1888 ) . White was forced to place the bishop on a7 in order to prevent the penetration of the black king on a8, but he still has to complete the other half of the job. That is, he can […]
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P-38
If the enemy pawn is directed by a sacrifice to the edge of the board, the drawing prospects increase considerably. Exceptionally, the materially stronger side wins only if its king position is far better. ← Basic EndingsBasic Endings →
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P-36
2.3.2. Pawns on Adjacent Files Also in the case of pawns on adjacent files, a win is possible only if the enemy pawn falls and one of the critical squares along the passed pawn’s way to promotion is secured. As a rule, this occurs only when one of the players has a huge positional […]
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