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Endgame theory & discussion! (Moderators: trw, Jupp53)
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Error in Averbakhs endgame book: knight endgame.
As i have stated in previous posts,
analysis of knight endgames is quite difficult. There are few general rules, and the number of analysed positions in literature is quite limited. For inst... Started 05/03/13 at 12:05:06 by micawber |
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05/06/13 at 08:28:44By: Poghosyan |
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Knight Endgame 4 vs 3 on the same side
I just read Micawber's thread about Awerbakh which motivated me to look at my knight endgames. I came upon my (playing Black) following correspondence game (ICCF therefore with comp. assistence).<br /...
Started 05/04/13 at 17:51:37 by Matemax |
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05/05/13 at 06:16:15By: micawber |
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New Endgame book by Jonathan Hawkins
jonathan Hawkins , who made a remarkable improvement in his early Twenties from good club player to 2500 with 2 GM norms has. A book coming out with Mongoose where he ascribes his remarkable increase ...
Started 10/08/12 at 16:45:09 by FischerTal « Pages 1 2 all » |
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04/19/13 at 20:37:44By: WSS |
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Aronian - Kramnik Candidates round 12
Aronian put up an inspired defense to reach a drawn
endgame K+4p vs B+2p But just when the draw was in easy reach he committed a terrible blunder: Here white ha... Started 03/29/13 at 19:27:33 by micawber |
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03/29/13 at 19:27:33By: micawber |
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Endgame Study: 2 years, 6 books
My already intermittent chess playing career is about to go through another lengthy hiatus since I am embarking on some part time professional study over the next two years. So being a student, combi...
Started 01/16/13 at 22:17:39 by Antillian |
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01/17/13 at 20:54:13By: Jupp53 |
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Which mark dvoretsky endgame book to buy
I was planning on either buying Studies for Practical Players: Improving Calculation and Resourcefulness in the Endgame or Tragicomedy in the Endgame: Instructive Mistakes of the Masters. Since I am ...
Started 12/26/12 at 07:55:38 by Monstertactics |
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12/26/12 at 11:33:15By: Dink Heckler |
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Finalgen
Some endings, with seven or more pieces but only one major or minor piece per side can be solved using this tool: http://www.mtu-media.com/finalgen/home_ing.php.
Also, is is reported that seven m... Started 06/15/12 at 09:36:14 by d_d |
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06/18/12 at 17:04:40By: Poghosyan |
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Similar ending to Anand Gelfand playoff 2
I just happened to look at an old booklet about Spassky v PetrosianI by Kotov for Soviet Weekly on the bus to work this morning.
In game 1. Of their 1969 match they reached an ending with same m... Started 06/01/12 at 10:45:56 by FischerTal |
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06/01/12 at 12:12:47By: Vandros |
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A hard to play endgame ... help needed
Hi chess fellows,
I encountered this hard endgame problem as White and didn't find anything in well-known endgame books as Awerbach or Lamprecht/Müller. White... Started 05/05/12 at 14:49:41 by Caissafan |
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05/23/12 at 12:07:08By: Caissafan |
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When do players start learning "exotic" endgames?
Hello everybody,
I had a discussion with a club mate about which "exotic" endgames one should learn when improving. By this term I mean subjects like B + N vs. K (o.k., that's not very exotic), R + B v... Started 04/26/12 at 13:00:06 by Zwischenzugzwang « Pages 1 2 3 all » |
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05/04/12 at 09:30:28By: Zwischenzugzwang |
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2nd ed ECE vol I (pawn endings)
According to german distributor Niggemann there´s an announcement
by publisher sahovski for a new (second) edition of Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings Vol. I - Pawn Endings Alexander Matanovic, hard... Started 03/15/12 at 13:15:46 by tracke |
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04/21/12 at 19:49:38By: Zwischenzugzwang |
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Online presentation of Reti's studies
The legendary British studies impresario John Beasley has put together an online presentation of Reti's complete oeuvre, which can be found at www.jsbeasley.co.uk (hopefully Tony won't mind me pluggin...
Started 02/26/12 at 21:31:43 by IMJohnCox |
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03/06/12 at 07:50:26By: Dink Heckler |
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Botvinnik Variation ending
This is Nikolic,P (2635)-Timman,J (2635)/Rotterdam 1998.
The opening line in question is not terribly critical (Botvinnik Variation with... Started 02/05/12 at 05:35:41 by John Bartholomew |
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02/05/12 at 07:33:55By: Girkassa |
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How can FCE give so little time to multiple minor
...piece endings?
I'm really trying to understand this. They give four and a half pages to everything involving multiple minor pieces (that aren't a basic mate or in a highly unlikely queen endi... Started 02/05/12 at 02:40:36 by Uhohspaghettio |
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02/05/12 at 02:40:36By: Uhohspaghettio |
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Grivas Endgame Magic
I just had a look at
http://chessbase-shop.com/en/products/grivas_chess_expertise_stepby_step_vol4 and the sample video there. Does anybody here go that fast? This is the second product ... [color=#3333 Started 01/20/12 at 01:08:55 by ghenghisclown |
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01/20/12 at 23:15:37By: Konstriktor |
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Which endgame books to go from Beginner to Master?
Basically I'm trying to get together all the endgame books I would need to go from beginner to master strength (endgame-wise).
These are the current books I own on the endgame: Improve your ... Started 05/08/11 at 10:15:22 by LostTactic « Pages 1 2 all » |
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01/20/12 at 01:01:39By: Larsen_fan |
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"Just the Facts" has too many stupid mistakes?
On the Qualitychess blog, Jacob Aagaard says the very popular endgame book "Just the Facts" has too many stupid mistakes. Is this true?
Started 01/02/12 at 21:44:34 by Anonymous3 |
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01/03/12 at 17:10:22By: Jupp53 |
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Schneider-Kuzubov and Pinter's win.
In a 2009 Austrian League match I was sitting next to the Schneider-Kuzubov game where Black had been winning easily with queen v rook but had messed it up a bit (pushing his h-pawn unnecessarily) and...
Started 12/21/11 at 22:43:48 by GMTonyKosten |
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01/02/12 at 17:28:01By: Jupp53 |
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Good book to begin studying endgame
Hi friends: my ELO OTB is around 1900. My endgame knowledge is very shallow. Some rook endings (very few). Nothing on bishops or knights endings. A ton of opening books and none on endings. I need you...
Started 12/15/11 at 12:39:14 by Pingudon « Pages 1 2 all » |
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12/17/11 at 14:05:13By: Jupp53 |
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Organizing repertoire endgames with CB
Let's say, I have a beginner's "repertoire." Now, if I wanted to discover the set of endgames typical of each of the major lines of my "repertoire," would there be no more efficient way of doing it, ...
Started 10/25/11 at 04:28:28 by BrokenCipher |
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10/26/11 at 16:25:06By: proustiskeen |
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