Positions we cannot grasp are exactly those we must strive to understand. I assembled the top 25 such endgames and will highlight the errors.1. Alekhine-Tartakower, Hamburg 1910 1-02. Czerniak-Villegas, Mar De Plata 1943 1-0In his better days Beni... Read more »
While studying possible variations of the game Burmakin-Schmittdiel, Oberwart 2002 I happened across the following pawn endgame:Black to move. How could he have drawn this position?Attempts:Takchess took a stab at it. 1..Kf7 2.h5 h6 3.Ke5 Ke7 4.f5... Read more »
Vitaly Chekhover was a master on knight endings. He once wrote an entire book on the subject with the help of Yuri Averbakh.Black to move. In this composition, immediately pushing the f- or h-pawns obviously leads to failure. What's less obvio... Read more »
Wednesday, September 05, 2007 Knight vs Pawn If the knight is able to occupy or threaten any square in the pawn's path, except a corner squ... Read more »
King vs King & Pawn is a simple ending, so why am I covering it? Some fellow bloggers are just learning it. Also, some players rely completely on maxims such as:"In K vs. K+P endings move the defending King straight back and straight in f... Read more »
"The Curse of the Rook Pawn" Update 8/17/2008: Repaired images and diagrams. You may have to reload this page 1-2 times to get all 8 interactive diagrams to appear. Every Wednesday, visit my column to learn a new endgame. ... Read more »
"The Square of the Passed Pawn" Every Wednesday, visit my column to learn a new endgame. See what happens to players who don't know the secret I'm about to share with you? Suppose you have a passed pawn that you want to promote... Read more »
I love endings and helping others learn to play. I placed 5th in my section at the World Open, won a recent U1600 with a perfect score, and aim to one day be a chess master. :)