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The Philidor Position

Submitted by direwolfe on Sun Nov 9, 2008 1:33pm.

I found the explanation of the Philidor position in Seirawan's "Winning Chess Endings" a bit confusing and thought I would create a pneumetic to remember it by.       In the poisiton above, Black's easiest Draw is to move Ra6.  As the long... Read more »

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Fried Liver!

Submitted by direwolfe on Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:28pm.

Here is a game in which I played the main line of the Fried Liver Attack as White.  I fell behind in material early but was able to regain my material as I kicked his King from one end of the board to the other.  Lots of fun to play to s... Read more »

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A beautiful endgame

Submitted by direwolfe on Thu Mar 6, 2008 1:26pm.

 While doing a CM tutorial last night, I learned that the shown position is a dual-zugzwang.  If it's White's move, the position is drawn, if it's Black move, White wins.  I don't know why but I find this strangely ... Read more »

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Nuts he timed-out

Submitted by direwolfe on Wed Feb 6, 2008 6:54pm.

A win is a win - but when you're one move away from checkmate - in 17 moves, it's frustrating when you win by time or resignation.  I was particularly proud of the game I played here, and I kept checking the site to see if my opponent... Read more »

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