So far I have won won and lost one league match, at the very civilised time-scale of 90 minutes + 30 s/move for the first 40 moves, then 30 mins + 30 s/move for the rest of the game. I ground out a win in a long ending in my first game, only to c...
I had White and had the following short game in our final league match of the season (Poitou-Charentes Division 1). The game was very short - I had lost as Black in the same opening trap. Here's the game Black can struggle on at move ...
I have discovered that I can use Game Explorer as a tool for quick analysis of over-the-board match games. You fire up Explorer, follow the book until your game leaves it, and input the variations manually. You can then paste the moves into a No...
...the following ending came up: Enjoy exploring the variations using this link, cheers, David
This interesting ending will end in a neat mate (with co-operation by Black at the very end). One move before checkmate, Black notes it is mate next move and decides to allow the prettiest mate. Thus mate with KNN versus bare King cannot be f...
An interesting ending which I misplayed. Black's main drawing chance is to barrier the Queen side (prevent the White King penetrating) with Pawns and Bishop, and meanwhile use the King to hold the fort on the King side, but that is easier said t...
Here (reposted from GM Walter Browne's orbituary page) are my notes of Browne's classic 1978 win against Bell Telephone Company's BELLE chess program which had been programmed with an endgame tablebase of the Q vs R ending. Browne's method...
This ending is harder than generally realised. Ending textbooks usually mention the Philidor position, and state that the stronger side (White) can win by driving Black to the edge of the board, but underestimate Black's defensive resources. The...
and Happy New Year! Joyeux Noel et bonnes fetes!
