A rather shocking start for White, but the only one that works.
Chess.com's Weekly Study: October 2nd 2016
how to stalemate
No stalemates to be found in this study.
interesting, very interesting start indeed
dailypuzzle wrote:
Hello Chess.com!
Starting with 2016, we will be posting a Weekly Study, courtesy of Yochanan Afek, Grandmaster for composing endgame studies. These challenging positions are designed to stimulate (and improve upon!) your creativity, depth of calculation, pattern recognition and pure imagination.
A. Gulyaev, 1948
Enjoy!
Really good endgame study. I had some trouble with the 8th move.
dailypuzzle wrote:
Hello Chess.com!
Starting with 2016, we will be posting a Weekly Study, courtesy of Yochanan Afek, Grandmaster for composing endgame studies. These challenging positions are designed to stimulate (and improve upon!) your creativity, depth of calculation, pattern recognition and pure imagination.
A. Gulyaev, 1948
Enjoy!
That is a weird game
Starting with 2016, we will be posting a Weekly Study, courtesy of Yochanan Afek, Grandmaster for composing endgame studies. These challenging positions are designed to stimulate (and improve upon!) your creativity, depth of calculation, pattern recognition and pure imagination.
A. Gulyaev, 1948
Enjoy!