Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:31am.
 I first saw an endgame study by Leonid Kubbel in a book on combinations by Irving Chernev during my student days.I still remember my sense of awe and wonder at the way in which the Black monarch was chased and how he was mated with a lone knight... Read more »
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Submitted by
OBIT on Sat Sep 5, 2009 9:52am.
In this article, we are going to look at positions where you are down to your last pawn, while your opponent still has a piece left. Facing a knight, bishop, rook, or even a queen, what are some of the positions where the lowly pawn can still lead... Read more »
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Submitted by
OBIT on Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:31am.
As all the chess.com members here surely know, any game that comes down to K+B vs K or K+N vs K is immediately declared "drawn due to insufficient material".  With just those three pieces left on the board, a mating position cannot be created e... Read more »
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Submitted by
spassky on Sun Aug 2, 2009 11:43pm.
We have all had games where we knew we were winning, but we couldn't seem to finish it off with a win. You play well enough to get to a position where you both know you are winning, but then he seems to play better or you play worse. You have... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:51pm.
Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics
Third, Improved Edition
New In Chess.2008
Edition:Large Paperback
Pages:480
I began* this article as a book review.But thanks to the interest of the readers it has become a practice session on the endgame.So her... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:15am.
Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics
Third, Improved Edition*
New In Chess.2008
Edition:Large Paperback
Pages:480
Winner of the ECF BOOK of the YEAR 2006 Award.
ChessCafe 2006 Book of the Year Award.
No, these awards really do not matter.So wh... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:42pm.
Alexei Shirov was born on July 4, 1972 in Riga, Latvia. He is known as an attacking player. Mikhail Tal said the young Shirov was not inferior to Tal in the calculation of complications. Shirov was the World Champion U-16 in 1988. In 1988, Shirov ... Read more »
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Submitted by
spassky on Tue Jul 7, 2009 11:14pm.
In this game, Black falters in the opening a little, but recovers in time to get to an endgame without too much damage. Just when it looks like we're in for one of those long rook endgames where both sides are trying to play offense and defense ... Read more »
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Submitted by
GeniusKJ on Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:00pm.
Here are some endgame/middlegame puzzles:
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Today I only had time to create 2 puzzles. I will ma... Read more »
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Submitted by
turkey_12345act on Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:19pm.
As I was buzzing around the forums, spreading useless and, in some very rare cases, useful information, I noticed several members of the community expressing their belief that a King + Rook vs. King Endgame is a difficult checkmate. That really sh... Read more »
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Submitted by
WIM energia on Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:41pm.
When and when not to trade into the endgame? We ask this question many times during our chess games. Usually trading into the endgame means exchanging one’s major piece- Queen. The following characteristics are common causes for one side to trad... Read more »
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Submitted by
isaacg227 on Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:57pm.
This is an amazing position, where white's pawn beats black's rook. Read more »
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Submitted by
aristeidis9 on Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:00am.
Rubinstein again.Study starts from move 40
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Submitted by
Ripper89 on Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:54pm.
When one side has just king and the other has king and a pawn ,the side with the lone king can still pull out a draw.Here is the trick:
From here on if you make a bad move you're dead.Here is what you should do:
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Submitted by
GeniusKJ on Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:15pm.
Hello everyone! In this article I will tell you some interesting facts (you probably know some of them) and show endgames in which there are 3 knights and king verses a king.
Facts :
1) You can't checkmate a lone king using a king and bishop onl... Read more »
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Submitted by
aristeidis9 on Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:10am.
Some tactics about how the a (or h pawn) at the 7th (or 2nd) can proceed to queen.Some of them take place very often at the chessboard and it's very useful to know them..
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Submitted by
GeniusKJ on Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:49pm.
Hello again! Unlike my previous articles, this one shows an ending in which it is king, knight and bishop verses a lone king.
* This is very hard to perform and also difficult to learn. The one secret I know is that to checkmate the opponent usin... Read more »
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Submitted by
khpa21 on Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:20pm.
Many of you are probably familiar with the principle that, when a bishop is on the board in an endgame, you want to push your pawns on the opposite color of that bishop and keep your opponent's pawns on the color of that bishop. So, for instance, ... Read more »
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Submitted by
GeniusKJ on Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:18pm.
So, do you want to learn the endgame? Well I'll tell you about checkmating your opponent using your rook and king or queen and king. The most important thing is enclosing the opponent into i tiny box without getting a stalemate. To do this, you mu... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:57pm.
Here is a truly well-played endgame by Fischer. It is part of his run to his historic match with Boris Spassky in 1972. He is able to get a small advantage from the opening and middlegame, which he translates into a bishop vs knight endgame. There... Read more »
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Submitted by
DavidWu on Mon Mar 9, 2009 5:22pm.
Look at this endgame, we are looking for a way to draw with white
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Submitted by
kann on Tue Mar 3, 2009 3:00am.
this possition is a pawn sacrificing way to victory and this is sure to help you Read more »
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Submitted by
MyNames on Sun Mar 1, 2009 1:52pm.
How important promotion is!! Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:16pm.
Here are a few endgames by Fischer showing important endgame concepts. Some are brilliant wins, others show how easy it is to go wrong in the final stage of the game.
Don't forget to show the move list so you can see the alternative moves and int... Read more »
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Submitted by
aristeidis9 on Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:08am.
Watch how Capablanca manages to win against Tartakower at this didactical (end)game (which starts about move #34).Annotations from Alekhine and Reti.
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