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Endgames - ChessPub Forum https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?board=endgame_brd Endgames - ChessPub Forum en-us ChessPub Forum Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:46:48 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 Editorial decisions were made here https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1744794785 ChessPub Forum/Endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1744794785 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:13:05 GMT <a href="https://www.newinchess.com/media/catalog/product/cache/d8e09cdef69dd873ff7ff5e76a338998/8/9/89003.jpg" rel="gb_image[nice_pics]" title="89003.jpg"><img src="https://www.newinchess.com/media/catalog/product/cache/d8e09cdef69dd873ff7ff5e76a338998/8/9/89003.jpg" id="post_img_resize" alt="89003.jpg" title="89003.jpg" /></a> (actually, the book looks pretty interesting) Bird's rule - Can somebody explain it? https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1628913814 ChessPub Forum/Endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1628913814 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:51:59 GMT Looking at the Batsford pawn endings book, which looks at critical positions, one can easily see that W pawns on g5 and h5 and B long on h8 is the critical position since g6 wins from this position. It doesn't matter how you get to the critical position. This is easier than memorizing a one time rule. 1 Schlechter - Walbrodt, Vienna 1898 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1708400669 ChessPub Forum/Endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1708400669 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 07:29:38 GMT Haha, humans are not supposed to calculate this to mate. <img rel=":-)" src="https://www.chesspub.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> Just finding a way to get in via one of the threats Fine mentioned (Nxc6 or Kg5) is good enough. I mentioned the engine only because 20 years ago it was no help at all and back then I had to figure it out on my own. Different today though. If you looked at the pgn, it's worth asking yourself why Fine gave 1.Kf3 Ke7! -- why the exclam? Let's see. 1.Kf3 Ke6 "?" 2.Nd3 Kf6 (2...Kf5 3.Nf4 and takes h5. 2...Ke7 3.Kf4 Kf6 4.Ne5) 3.Ke3 and we have the position where Walbrodt resigned. See the chessgames.com analysis for how to win that. Of course this means 1. Ke3 Ke7 is also "?" 2. Kf3 Ke6 3. Nd3 as above. So we have three related squares: (1) f4 vs f6, (2) f3 vs e7, (3) e3 vs e6. But white has maneuvering room on the second rank, whereas black does not, because the knight controls f7. Ergo, play the white king to the second rank and lose the needed tempo there (triangulation). We just have to do it in a way that black does not have a helpful check with the Bishop. Anyway, here is a short winning variation given by Roberto Grau (1940) Tratado General de Ajedrez, Tome IV. (I don't have this book, but I have a PGN from Christian Sánchez, Argentina.) 1. Kf3 Ke7 2. Kf2 Kf6 3. Ke2 Bg4+ (3...Kf5 4.Kf3 is simple enough, although the engine likes 4.Nf7. Pick one.) 4. Ke3 Bc8 5. Kf4 +- I doubt Grau used Stockfish.... Troitsky line? https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1668458060 ChessPub Forum/Endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1668458060 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:23:13 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1668458060/1#1">an ordinary chessplayer wrote</a> on 11/15/22 at 02:43:42: <div id="767375727979726321261700">Like all such summary lines on the chessboard, one line can't take into account every detail of analysis. </div> Thanks for your reply. That's exactly what I mean. I believe that every author or chess intructor who refers to the so-called 'Troitsky line' should be aware of and should mention the fact that it is only a guideline for the player and that it is not the whole picture of Troitsky's analysis. <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1668458060/1#1">an ordinary chessplayer wrote</a> on 11/15/22 at 02:43:42: <div id="767375727979726321261701">For example, Fine (1941) Basic Chess Endings, on page 86 gives *two* lines: No.109 for the black king in the corner, and No.110 for the black king in the center. </div> I wasn't aware of those two lines given by Fine. In the 2003 edition revised by Benko NO line appears on No.109 (numbered No.197, p.99). Only No.110(198) has a line (in fact there is no actual line drawn either but besides Pd4 there is a black dot on a4,a5,b6,c5,e4,f5,g6,h4,h5. On No.109(197) there are no dots nor line, just the 5 pieces). You probably have an older edition; in this case older means better (it seems this endgame has been left behind in the revised edition). How to Play Chess Endgames Müller vs Hellsten https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1661290410 ChessPub Forum/Endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1661290410 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:33:30 GMT Hello, was just wondering before purchasing if anyone can comment on the pros and cons of the two books How to Play Endgames and Endgame Strategy. Is it worth having both? Which is more accessible. Do they basically cover the same ground? I'm rated 2050 ELO. Would appreciate your thoughts. Many Thanks <img rel=":-)" src="https://www.chesspub.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> K and P endgame, Morphy vs Lowenthal 1859 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1645352721 ChessPub Forum/Endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1645352721 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:22:17 GMT Quote: <div>What would you have white do now? </div> Probably resign since he's just trapped himself and black will surely queen. So, I backed up to 5...d5 and try as I might nothing seemed to work for white. I ended up thinking white's king is doing a pretty good defensive job right where he is. 6.Kd4 seems to set up to shepherd a f pawn advance but black's b pawn can doom that in some variations. The f and h pawns begin with 4 diff choices between them and the black king has 5 possible responses to each and I saw nothing forced without a lot of co-operation from black and a draw at that. I have not cheated or peeked at your answer yet but feeling pretty stumped by the many f and h pawn choices and the even more possible responses by black. 6. Kd4 does set up some possible oppositions between the 2 kings but, ... Carlsen is human too https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1626467204 ChessPub Forum/Endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1626467204 Tue, 3 Aug 2021 14:37:29 GMT In the tiebreak, Magnus, under time pressure goes down in the endgame. Duda wins. He will face Karjakin in the final. Carlsen will fight for third versus Fedoseev. Controlled Vocabulary for endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1617887961 ChessPub Forum/Endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1617887961 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:57:54 GMT These are not the themes I am looking for. <a href="https://www.enotes.com/topics/endgame/themes" target="_blank">https://www.enotes.com/topics/endgame/themes</a> <img rel=":-)" src="https://www.chesspub.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> Pawns 3vs3 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1616950305 ChessPub Forum/Endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1616950305 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:57:55 GMT Instructive King play in a 3 vs 3 pawn ending makes me think Lasker - Tarrasch:<a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1271260" target="_blank">https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1271260</a>, albeit it doesn't meet all of OP's stipulations. Benko's Endgame Laboratory/Chess Endgame Lessons ? https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1609355472 ChessPub Forum/Endgames https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1609355472 Fri, 1 Jan 2021 21:15:18 GMT I have two volumes, entitled Chess Endgame Lessons ♦ one from 1990 (brown cover) and the other from 1999, Chess Endgame Lessons ♦♦. I have only ever dipped into them (shame on me) but I don't think there is any duplication of material. The material is indexed by opening (the full game is not always given) and type of ending. I'm sure this a goldmine of instruction for any student dedicated enough.