This is about triangulation. Triangulation is a method in the endgame. You use it when it is a king vs. king and pawn endgame or similar endgame, when you have the advantage. You use your king to make a triangle (hence the name triangulation) and ...
In chess, there are a variety of matting patterns. All follow basic principles: limit the king from any square he can move to while threatening him without retaliation from the other pieces. Commonly found is the Anastasia's Mate, used frequentl...
General concensus is that I was losing, but hey, never say die... This is a trial article, but does show some of the traps that occur in an end game.
The coolest mate I've found. White to play mate in 4.
Here is a long mate I found. White to play mate in 5.
Hi everybody. I was messing around again. Here's the problem, White to play and mate in three. (There is another square black can move to, but it leads to checkmate in 2.)
I was messing around with my chessboard yesterday, and I came up with this puzzle. I had origionally thought it was mate in 3, but I saw a better mate. Just thought I would share it.
In this game, the Black player chose to be very agressive during the opening. There were four Checks against the White King until move fourteen. Besides, this player opted for developing a Bishop and the Queen, and a knight, after the former was c...
A puzzle i saw in a group i am in. I thought i would share.
vs This is one of the 100 endgame you must know, says GM Jesus de la Villa. It was also the subject of the first recorded chess endgame study by Al-Aldi in 842 AD. I. Evaluation & Principles 71% draws. Usually won if the knight ventures a...
Recently I had an endgame K+B+4P vs. K+6P. Despite of my expectations, the game ended in a draw. I was upset and decided to get to the root of it. Bishop equals three pawns, we learned that at the beginning of our chess careers. So, if in the e...
The following game was played in Lone Pine, California. The Louis D. Statham Masters tournaments held there from 1971-1981 were directed by Isaac Kashdan. The illustration is from the Beverly and Jim Rogers Museum of Lone Pine Film History. The st...
A magnificent game by Rubenstein. Early in the game, Lasker sacs a pawn for complications, but he plays brilliantly on the defensive, first squashing all counterplay and then forcing his opponent into a lost rook & pawn ending.
create your own solution or way to solve this game:)
Here is a game from the 1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open, IM Tu Hoang Thai - GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw things quickly simplify into a endgame. Usually most players ...
A great game by Botvinnik, as he shows just how powerful a knight can be in the endgame. You have to notice his elegant sacrfice of the exchange, followed by his knight dancing rings around his opponent's rook. (notes & title by irving chern...
White mates in 3 moves this is a puzzle I don't know how to solve. does anyone know how to do it? DO NOT allow a draw
No. 1 Howdy All! A while back I came across an interesting position in the June 1972 issue of Chess Digest Magazine. In this particular position, the annotator Master Ken Smith claimed a draw. I had a different opinion but sought ...
The great Korchnoi had some dominating tournaments, including the 1962 USSR Championship. In this game, he crushes the great Tal with a deep strategy involving a king-march and two connected passed pawns.
In general, how much advatage do you need to have in the endgame to force a win? There of coarse, is no right or wrong answer(please no ludicrous answers though).
