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100 Endgames You Must Know
Any reviews of this book, yet ?

Started 07/04/08 at 14:44:32 by nyoke
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By: Dorado
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Three pawns and king vs only king
Hello there,
let us have the folloving situation: black is on the move and has 3 pawns and king. White has only king. Exists any placement of figures, where ending is a draw (ie. not win of black...

Started 05/11/15 at 12:37:22 by prcek
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By: prcek
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Queenside Pawn Majorities in the Endgame
Hello,
I'm searching for good examples for the power of queenside pawn majorities in the endgame for a training lesson I'm giving at my chess club. Since resources are limited we are self organis...

Started 04/13/15 at 13:53:39 by Pale Horse, Pale Rider
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By: Pale Horse, Pale Rider
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White to win this endgame?
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I had this ending as White in a long play match against a stronger player. I proceeded to botch my winning chances and get a drawish position in which I ove...

Started 03/15/15 at 10:12:13 by DrSuage (Ex Member)
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By: DrSuage - Ex Member
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50 moves rule cancelled in iccf when TB is reached
Today I read on http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=557 that they decided to cancel the 50 moves rule when a tablebase is entered. To be able to do that they even had to change the statu...

Started 09/18/13 at 10:02:08 by brabo
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By: Keano
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Endgame training online
In recent years, the amount of material available on the net has considerably increased. Added to the traditional articles, you have interactive websites to train your routine tactics (Chesstempo, ......

Started 07/08/14 at 16:52:09 by nocteus
14 11752 Last Post 12/16/14 at 02:20:25
By: tommyg
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is this checkmate? i am silver.
My last move was my rook near the brown king. He has no place to move to. If he does he is moving into a check postion. Is this checkmate

Started 12/09/14 at 23:55:51 by brucerryork
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By: HgMan
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Is this a win or a draw?
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Is This a win or a draw??
Both player were in time trouble...The game countinued
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Started 08/09/14 at 05:19:08 by chandrashekharkoravi
4 3509 Last Post 08/10/14 at 07:01:08
By: Vass
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Endgame classification
I was just looking for certain R + 4 v R + 4 endgames with a passed a-pawn, and couldn't really find it here. Apart from a lot of Poghosyan's threads it is difficult to know which endgames are discuss...

Started 05/10/14 at 22:30:29 by GMTonyKosten
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By: GMTonyKosten
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Endgame training - suggestions for further materia
Hello,
I've started some endgame training with a club friend. We do it ~ once per week for 2-3 hrs. Basically, we pick positions out of endgame books, pick a color at random and play the position...

Started 01/07/14 at 13:45:25 by hicetnunc
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Exotic Endgames
With my style in corr-chess , I get exotic endgames above average ,but I find no books to study them
How can I do ( I am IM ICCF )?
I am specially interested by the endings Q vs R+N , 
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Started 08/28/13 at 16:31:53 by vallescure
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By: brabo
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RR + 3 -v RB + 3
Does the panel think that in general R + R + fgh against R + B + fgh should be a win?
I had this in a recent game (something like W: Be3 Ra7 P f2 g3 h4 Kg2: B R c8 e8 Kg8 P f7 g7 h6).
As it ...

Started 04/17/13 at 23:57:08 by IMJohnCox
8 7460 Last Post 08/23/13 at 09:18:24
By: GMTonyKosten
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Mastering Complex Endgames by Naroditsky
Just bought this book, and am about to return it. I am sure it contains a lot of good analysis, but I have to confess frankly that I am unable to overcome my disgust at seeing certain things in a book...

Started 04/10/13 at 15:11:56 by ReneDescartes
8 12089 Last Post 08/12/13 at 05:04:32
By: Glenn Snow
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Pawn study by a ten year old
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Farid Aslanov
Agshin Masimov 50 JT 2012, honorable mention
White wins
This is a nice study of the over the board U9 world champion 2011. The judge...

Started 07/26/13 at 07:22:19 by Lovuschka
3 4270 Last Post 08/03/13 at 07:11:52
By: Lovuschka
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Benoni Endgame
I've been working through Marian Petrov's book on the Benoni and thought this was instructive.  Goes to show that White's e5 advance can still be strong in the endgame.  The moves are from an actual g...

Started 07/11/13 at 20:56:40 by LeeRoth
3 3720 Last Post 07/24/13 at 19:27:53
By: Benoniac
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Typical endgame structures
I have created a database to study typical endgame structure, but it is not that easy to find sources on it. On the contrary, there is plenty of books on theoretical endings with reduced material (Rvs...

Started 03/08/13 at 12:46:40 by nocteus
5 5126 Last Post 06/29/13 at 22:57:30
By: LeeRoth
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Chess Expertise Step by Step: Vol. 4, by Grivas
I did a review of this DVD for ChessCafe last month, and the author replied: 
http://www.chesscafe.com/cbcafe/cbcafe46.htm
I'm interested what people think about the question of who is quali...

Started 06/01/13 at 03:12:05 by DrKibzwang
1 3915 Last Post 06/01/13 at 05:42:04
By: fling
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That Reti study.....
I was recently reading 'Technique in Chess' by Gerald Abrahams, and two things struck me.
First, he says that the famous Reti study (W Kh8 Pc6, B Ka6 Ph5) arose in a game in Berlin in 1921, and t...

Started 12/18/12 at 10:23:26 by IMJohnCox
5 4984 Last Post 05/14/13 at 11:38:14
By: Plyo
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Practical Knight Endgame 4 pawns vs. 3
Knight endgames 4 pawns versus 3
Pawns on one side of the board.

1.Introduction
The theory of knight endgames involving two or more pawns on each side is somewhat limited. The best sources in my opinion ...

Started 12/23/10 at 23:01:10 by micawber
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By: chk
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Woman World Champion can't do knight + bishop mate
Women Fide Grand Prix is currently staged ...
Look at the game in round 4 Ushenina, Anna 2491 – Girya, Olga 2463 ½–½ D11Geneva WGP 20134.2 06.05.2013
roflmao

Started 05/08/13 at 08:02:55 by battleangel (Ex Member)
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By: chk
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