piece value advantage
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).
Can you find the answer for the puzzle...
You are down significant material and you have check mate threat on you... However you you can checkmate him in 5 moves.
Can a K and P win against a K???
I thought a King and pawn would win against a King, but I couldnt find a way in this game. Did I do something wrong or, as a matter of principle, can a King successfully fend off a King and pawn? Any help gratefully recieved, thanks!
White to Draw
I'm not that particularly good at forcing the draw. This puzzle frustrated me to no extent. Good luck to you! See the move list that accounts for alternate play by black.
Using the opposition
White to play and win, and the rook may only move once.
Rubinstein's King and Pawn Masterpiece: Revised
Before many of today's chess publishers were around, bookstores carried Dover paperbacks. One of those I bought is Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces 100 Selected Games. The book originally came out in 1941. Dover reprinted it in 1960 at a pr...
Rubinstein's King and Pawn Masterpiece
Before many of today's chess publishers were around, bookstores carried Dover paperbacks. One of those I bought is Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces 100 Selected Games. The book originally came out in 1941. Dover reprinted it in 1960 at a pr...
Queen versus Rook Pawn on the 7th
One of the many endgame positions that must be learned is the queen against a rook pawn on the 7th rank. Knowing specific endings helps players to plan in advance. Players of all ratings can learn simple endings, yet even grandmasters misplay them...
Constructing the Fortress
While looking through the "Endgame Articles" section, I noticed that there were no articles on the topic of fortresses. As I a fan of using fortresses, and they are relatively unheard of, I decided to write an article explaining them. A...
Problem-Like Finale
Hello everyone. I just got back from my one-week trip to the Florida Keys, which explains my long absence. I hope nobody got too worried... NOTE: ANNOTATIONS AND TITLE BY IRVING CHERNEV.
Baby Queen Lives Through the Blitz
Chess is learned with a variety of approaches. One of the variables is time. Over the board games with various time limits is one approach. Another is correspondence or postal chess which requires patience,fosters opening study, and allows suffici...
i think i did something good
shoot it
Symphony of Combinations
This delightful game is instructive in many ways. It includes a knight sacrifice to win a pawn, a quick transition to a rook endgame, and the win in combinative style.
3 Pawn Vs. 3 Pawn Breakout
An interesting technique: Notice that the enemy MUST be on the 6th or 7th rank.
Poisoned Pawn
I decided to share this position with the Chess.com community to highlight the dangers of greed and complacency. In this game I was a Bishop up and confident against a lower rated opponent. Unfortunately I decided to take the pawn, leaving m...
Greed Doesn't Pay (Part III)
In the following position, Black can win by playing the simple 1...fxe5, remaining with a superior position and a won game. Unfortunately, he sees an "attractive" combination that wins the exchange. Without any attempt to check the sound...
Queen vs. Pawn on 7th
Queen vs. pawn endgames are very important as they often arise in practice. Closely fought endgames can often simplify to a KPvKP endgame, where the outcome of the game depends upon which side is closer to queening. If the side ...
How to Play Endgames Brilliantly
When you finish this article, you will be able to see ten half-moves ahead, just like Josh Waitzkin did in the movie, "Searching for Bobby Fischer". Let's begin by looking at a K+P vs K+P endgame played brilliantly by GM Pavasovic la...
Simple and Ingenious
Here is a miniature endgame setting by the brilliant Bohemian M. Havel that is simple and ingenious. The winning idea is based on the recurrent position of the Black Bishop on e3.
Akiba Rubinstein defeats Lasker
I hope you will like this instructive game of two titans. Lasker couldn't resistRubinsteins strong ending. Containing Laskers notes. Enjoy!
