The topic of today's article is piece sacrifice in bishop vs. knight endgames. The most typical scenario is to sacrifice a piece in order to get a passed pawn. This is common because in endgames the price of a passed pawn can be much higher than the worth...Read more »
by GM Melikset Khachiyan
GM Melik Khachiyan launches a new video series this weekend! This video lecture is designed to help the majority of our members reach a commonly shared goal: Become a chess expert! Each video of this Watch Video »
The International RSSU Chess Cup in Moscow (previewed here) ends on Sunday after a busy week, featuring many different competitions. The impressive chess festival has two separate round-robin competitions for 10 young men and women players, and also two ...Read more »
Before reading on, give yourself a few minutes to try and solve this problem : If you found it, congratulations ! I didn't. And I think this kind of position is extremely challenging, because you have ...Read more »
C50: Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Lucchini Gambit
Monier Raul vs. Ivanov Alexander (2003)
Knights vs Bishops
