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So I'm playing in a tournament through my chess school. This is my game from Round 2. I won with no major mistakes, which was a refreshing change of pace. I had the black pieces, and the opening was Nimzo-English. It became Nimzo-Indian through tr... | Read More
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I found something interesting about the endgame 2 pawns vs Knight. I had played a game this weekend with this endgame (plus a few miscellaneous pieces on the edge of the board). That game drew so I put it into a endgame tablebase to see what the c... | Read More
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Beat my coach again! :)
I have been experimenting with different ways to play Black against d4. Since I don't play d4 myself I'm not very familiar with the defences Black can choose from. My criteria for selecting an opening is pretty straightfor... | Read More
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I played against my coach today, and for the first time I beat him. Of course, there were some mitigating circumstances. I asked him to play an opening (Benko Gambit Fully Accepted) which he wouldn't normally play. But he didn't pull any punches, ... | Read More
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I can't solve this problem. Any help?
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I just want to cover two other situations where underpromotion is necessary to avoid stalemate, one where it is required to promote to a Bishop, and one with a Knight.
First, the Bishop.
In this position we should examine the natural promotion... | Read More