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An Immediate Vancura Setup in Kantorovich Position
An Immediate Vancura Setup in the Kantorovich Position
(Improving the Poghosyan–L’Ami Defence, DEM-VI, 9-196)
In the well-known Kantorovich position (DEM-VI, diagram 9-190), Black usually relies on a sequence...

Started 12/21/25 at 09:14:23 by Poghosyan V
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Shereshevsky’s “Associative Thinking” Part 3 (1)
Shereshevsky’s “Associative Thinking” Part 3 (1)
This part deals with some endgames with b-pawn. 
Polugaeyvsky - Vasiukov
URS-ch34 Final Tbilisi (9), 12.01.1967
The Polugayevsky - Vasiukov end...

Started 12/20/25 at 13:30:03 by Poghosyan V
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4 vs. 3 Rook Endgames with a Passed b6-Pawn
4 vs. 3 Rook Endgames with a Passed b6-Pawn
Key reciprocal zugzwang position in 4 vs. 3 Rook Endgames with a Passed b6-Pawn (Part 1)
In 2011–2012, I analyzed 4 vs. 3 rook endgames with a passed b6...

Started 08/08/25 at 14:35:38 by Poghosyan V
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Capablanca-Yates (Hastings, 1930) revisited
Capablanca-Yates (Hastings, 1930) revisited

Over ten years ago, I shared on this forum my analyses of Capablanca’s two classic rook endings with e, f, and g pawns versus f and h pawns: against Yates (1...

Started 11/27/24 at 07:37:40 by Poghosyan V
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Carlsen – So (2021)
Carlsen – So
(2021)
(Goldmoney Asian Rapid KO chess24.com INT (2), 30.06.2021)
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This position with reversed colours arose in the rapid game between Carlsen and So Goldmoney Asian Rapid KO chess24.com INT (2), 30.06.2021 after 32.Rx...

Started 06/17/24 at 11:10:18 by Poghosyan V
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Rook + 4 v rook + 4 or 3 with passed a-pawn
While I was analysing the end of the Gupta-Venkatesh game for this month's 1 d4 d5 update I came to the following position:
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At first I thought tha...

Started 05/12/14 at 20:15:31 by GMTonyKosten
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Gelfand's Déjà vu
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Black to play after 79.Ra1
Gelfand-Karpov, Reggio Emilia 1992 (1/2)
Black to play after 62.Ra1
Gelfand-Kramnik Amber (rapid) 2007 (1/2)
As John Emms states in his rook ending...

Started 03/25/07 at 19:43:34 by Ptero
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Botvinnik-Najdorf 1956 really a win for white?
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FEN:8/1r3kp1/5p1p/5K1P/4PPP1/8/R7/8 w - -
All sources I have on this endgame (Averbakh, Mueller, Emms) give this as a winning position for white. After breaking my head for several hours, I...

Started 12/03/06 at 22:42:03 by Ptero
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Khairullin-Inarkiev 2006
Some highly instructive stuff at the Russian championship today:
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8/8/1R6/5pk1/1p6/1r4P1/5K2/8 w - -
Khairullin-Inarkiev
46...? Black to play and win

Started 12/14/06 at 18:13:35 by Ptero
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Rook Endgame Question
Can anyone please tell me what the main differences are between rook and pawn endgames and 2 rook and pawn endgames?  So this actually entails several questions:
a) I assume that in rook and pawn...

Started 07/27/06 at 08:48:36 by Dinomike100
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By: Dragan Glas
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Shereshevsky’s “Associative Thinking” Part 2
Part 2

D. 6
Gelfand – Grischuk
Baku FIDE GP Baku (3), 04.10.2014
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Grischuk played 30...Ra8 which was criticized by Gefand. Gelfand analyses this endgame in Decision Making in Major Piece Endings (2020): "Grischuk chooses to ...

Started 10/16/25 at 09:54:37 by Poghosyan V
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f- and g-pawns versus f-pawn
This pawn structure is extremely favourable for the defending side. If the pawn exchange results in the attacking side being left with a knight pawn then the defendor can benefit from the back-rank de...

Started 07/17/12 at 08:25:57 by Poghosyan
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Karjakin-Topalov endgame (Corus, round 3)
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                           Karjakin-Topalov
                                Corus 2006
                               after 51...Kf8
During round 3, one point of discussion was whether Karjakin could have played on ...

Started 01/21/07 at 01:15:47 by OstapBender
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Alekhine’s Missed Win in Game 23 of the 1937 World
Alekhine’s Missed Win in Game 23 of the 1937 World Championship rematch - Revealed After 88 Years
The 1937 World Chess Championship rematch between Max Euwe and Alexander Alekhine ranks among the...

Started 07/19/25 at 13:55:28 by Poghosyan V
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e- and f-pawns versus e-pawn
In general, the positions with this pawn structure tend to be drawn provided the defender's king is near his pawn. 
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Ribli - Van der Sterren
Bundesliga 9900 Germany 2000<br...

Started 07/31/12 at 13:57:52 by Poghosyan
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Chéron n. 392 and n. 392a revisited
g- and h-pawns versus b-pawn and a-pawn. Does it make a difference?  
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Kostic-Janosevic 1951, 
in Chéron, Handbuch, 2. edition, n. 392, p. 259-260.
The situation with g- and h-pawns ...

Started 07/08/12 at 07:42:37 by Poghosyan
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Rook, f + h pawns -v- rook
Not sure I'm allowed to advertise rival sites, but it's not too much of a rival really.
Randomly googling and trying to find something else recently, I ran across across this site.
http://ou...

Started 09/06/06 at 11:59:50 by IMJohnCox
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Aagaard on Kantorovich / Steckner
There's a new blog post up at Quality Chess on the famous - due to the work done in this forum! - Kantorovich / Steckner endgame (DEM 9-144).  Aagaard thinks he has a new way to draw.  I'll put up a p...

Started 03/24/14 at 13:18:35 by proustiskeen
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By: Vandros
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f- and g-pawns versus h-pawn rook endings
Part 1 
In the thread Capablanca-Yates we have seen how important it is to evaluate precisely the ensuing rook endings with f- and g-pawns versus h-pawn. In diagrams 4, 6 and 8 of that thread we had an...

Started 05/23/12 at 14:24:09 by Poghosyan
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Levenfish/Smyslov n. 190 unsound
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Levenfish/Smyslov n. 190 (rev. fl.)
This position is given as drawn when it is Black`s turn to move. 
1...Ra6+ 2.Rc6
2.Kd7 is useless because after 1…Ra7+ 3.Kd8 Ra8+ White ha...

Started 12/24/12 at 17:28:52 by Poghosyan
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