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NM GreenLaser on Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:08pm.
The following game was played in Lone Pine, California. The Louis D. Statham Masters tournaments held there from 1971-1981 were directed by Isaac Kashdan. The illustration is from the Beverly and Jim Rogers Museum of Lone Pine Film History. The st... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:33pm.
A magnificent game by Rubenstein. Early in the game, Lasker sacs a pawn for complications, but he plays brilliantly on the defensive, first squashing all counterplay and then forcing his opponent into a lost rook & pawn ending.
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Submitted by
lotus_elise on Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:10am.
create your own solution or way to solve this game:) Read more »
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galion1 on Sat Sep 6, 2008 3:24am.
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Mon Sep 1, 2008 9:04pm.
Here is a game from the 1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open, IM Tu Hoang Thai - GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son with full annotations and commentary:
In this game we saw things quickly simplify into a endgame. Usually most players ... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:06pm.
A great game by Botvinnik, as he shows just how powerful a knight can be in the endgame. You have to notice his elegant sacrfice of the exchange, followed by his knight dancing rings around his opponent's rook.
(notes & title by irving chern... Read more »
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Submitted by
LYCAN148 on Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:30pm.
White mates in 3 moves
this is a puzzle I don't know how to solve.
does anyone know how to do it?
DO NOT allow a draw Read more »
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Submitted by
aareyes06 on Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:28pm.
No. 1
Howdy All!
A while back I came across an interesting position in the June 1972 issue of Chess Digest Magazine. In this particular position, the annotator Master Ken Smith claimed a draw. I had a different opinion but sought ... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:57pm.
The great Korchnoi had some dominating tournaments, including the 1962 USSR Championship. In this game, he crushes the great Tal with a deep strategy involving a king-march and two connected passed pawns.
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Submitted by
srn347 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:38pm.
In general, how much advatage do you need to have in the endgame to force a win? There of coarse, is no right or wrong answer(please no ludicrous answers though). Read more »
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Submitted by
4arms on Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:00pm.
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Submitted by
JCoombs1972 on Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:35pm.
Ok all you endgame buffs, lets see what you make of this endgame situation.
In this endgame we shall se how one Grandmaster Nikolaevsky gains a draw against Grandmaster Taimanov in the USSR championship in Tbilisi in 1966.
So for all of those... Read more »
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polga on Mon Aug 4, 2008 7:19am.
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bluelion on Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:42am.
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Submitted by
sasha2 on Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:05am.
You are down significant material and you have check mate threat on you... However you you can checkmate him in 5 moves. Read more »
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Submitted by
JCoombs1972 on Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:26pm.
This puzzle should get you endgame buffs riled up for some more workouts on your endgame training, The title is triangulation which is a good weapon to use in the endgame to throw the turn to your opponent so you can make some headway into his/ he... Read more »
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Submitted by
davidetal on Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:31am.
I thought a King and pawn would win against a King, but I couldnt find a way in this game. Did I do something wrong or, as a matter of principle, can a King successfully fend off a King and pawn? Any help gratefully recieved, thanks!
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Bonsai on Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:50am.
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Submitted by
JCoombs1972 on Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:01pm.
(125) "King and Pawn v. King" "The ending of King and pawn v. king is not only a common place in endgames but a basic one at that. Any game in which one side is a pawn ahaead can, in theory, be simplified by exchanges to this three ... Read more »
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Submitted by
karibola on Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:07pm.
I'm not that particularly good at forcing the draw. This puzzle frustrated me to no extent. Good luck to you! See the move list that accounts for alternate play by black. Read more »
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