Theme of the Month 01/21: Lolli's Endgames Articles * Chess Endgames Network

Lolli 1763. – Queen vs Rook

January 31, 2021 CM, FI Boris Sudar46

Giambattista Lolli has also found the winning idea in this important ending. This is another position form his 1763 book. White to move has to lose a tempo and achieve this setup with Black to move. ...

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Lolli 1763. – Queen vs Two Bishops

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 CM, FI Boris Sudar64

Lolli has studied numerous pawnless endings, among others endings of queen against two pieces. Queen usually wins against two bishop and this position is not an exception. Compare it to the position Q-467 where the white king is cut off. ...

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Lolli 1763. – 2P vs 3P

January 17, 2021 CM, FI Boris Sudar97

Giambattista Lolli has a few pawn endgames in his collection. This one is not too complicated, White to move wins. Lolli has demonstrated some pawn endgames principles

Lolli 1763. – queen vs a2 pawn

January 17, 2021 CM, FI Boris Sudar47

Another queen vs pawn ending from Lolli’s repertoire. Again, he maybe didn’t provide all the best tablebase moves, but the winning procedures he offered are very instructive. ...

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Lolli 1763. – queen vs c2 pawn

January 17, 2021 CM, FI Boris Sudar73

Here is another position that is well-known today. Lolli showed the winning technique in 1763.

Lolli 1763. – Rook sacrifice

January 11, 2021January 17, 2021 CM, FI Boris Sudar53

A simple trick that is useful in practical play, especially in blitz games. Lolli used this motif in few other endgame positions. ...

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Lolli 1763. – Protected passed pawn

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 CM, FI Boris Sudar145

This month we will look at some endgame positions by Giambattista Lolli. The Italian master has published his famous book back in 1763! Lolli has analyzed this position in his Osservazioni. White must sacrifice his f-pawn to make progress. He has to capture the black pawn and easily win with his king on the […]

Giambattista Lolli

January 3, 2021January 6, 2021 CM, FI Boris Sudar256

Giambattista Lolli (full name: Giovanni Battista Lolli) was Italian chess player, one of the best players and theoreticians of the 18th century. Several opening lines, as well as endgame positions, bear his name. Born in Nonantola, 1698. he belonged to Modenese school of chess, together with Domenico Ponziani and Ercole del Rio. The three […]

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Category: Theme of the Month 01/21: Lolli’s Endgames

Lolli 1763. – Queen vs Rook

Lolli 1763. – Queen vs Two Bishops

Lolli 1763. – 2P vs 3P

Lolli 1763. – queen vs a2 pawn

Lolli 1763. – queen vs c2 pawn

Lolli 1763. – Rook sacrifice

Lolli 1763. – Protected passed pawn

Giambattista Lolli

Lolli 1763. – queen vs c2 pawn

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