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Shereshevsky’s “Associative Thinking” Part 3 (2)
Shereshevsky’s “Associative Thinking” Part 3 (2)

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Goryachkina,Aleksandra - Harika,Dronavalli
FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) Douglas (11), 05.11.2023
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In the Russian...

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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 versus 3 Endgames with the d-Pawn (Part 1)
4 versus 3 Endgames with the d-Pawn (Part 1)
The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Chess Endings (ECE II: Rook Endings, Part 1, Goran Arsović, Zoran Petronijević, Branko Tadić,... includes several 4 vs. 3 r

Started 12/02/25 at 09:45:19 by Poghosyan V
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Who Really Discovered 1…Re1!
Who Really Discovered 1…Re1! 
A Reassessment of DEM 9-18 and de la Villa’s 100 Endgames You Must Know

Here, I examine the misattribution of the so-called “Karstedt method” in the Philidor position...

Started 11/24/25 at 17:15:54 by Poghosyan V
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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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Shereshevsky’s “Associative Thinking” Part 2
Part 2

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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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Shereshevsky’s “Associative Thinking”
Shereshevsky’s “Associative Thinking” on 5 versus 4 rook endings with passed a- and b-pawns
Part 1
Mikhail Shereshevsky is widely recognized as one of the top chess trainers in the world, renowned...

Started 09/27/25 at 11:02:50 by Poghosyan V
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Shereshevsky’s “Associative Thinking”
Shereshevsky’s “Associative Thinking” on 5 versus 4 rook endings with passed a- and b-pawns
Part 1
Mikhail Shereshevsky is widely recognized as one of the top chess trainers in the world, renowned...

Started 09/27/25 at 11:01:31 by Poghosyan V
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Sevian-Predke (2025)-4 vers 3 endgame with b6-pawn
Sevian-Predke (2025) - 4 vers 3 endgame with b6-pawn 

In the thread “Revisiting Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual, 5th Edition” (https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1750097322), under no. 4, Diagr..., I demonstr

Started 09/16/25 at 12:09:25 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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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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DEM 9-120 - Kopayev’s line with 10.f5 is winning
DEM 9-120 - Kopayev’s line with 10.f5 is winning

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This position has been well-known since Kopayev’s analysis of the game Capablanca – Yates (Hastings 1930/31). Kopayev believe...

Started 06/17/25 at 20:00:59 by Poghosyan V
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TN in the Endgame Korchnoi–Antoshin (1954)
This endgame is a classic, widely analyzed by numerous commentators. It was first examined by Kopayev in Shakhmatny Bulletin (No. 9, 1956, pp. 265–266), and later included in the first edition of S...

Started 06/15/25 at 13:15:52 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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Gelfand on Aronian vs. Nakamura (2016)
Gelfand on Aronian vs. Nakamura (2016)[center]

In Chapter 4 of his insightful book Decision Making in Major Piece Endings (First edition 2020 by Quality Chess UK Ltd, 2020; Russian edition, Moscow 2022), Gelfa...

Started 10/04/24 at 11:15:14 by Poghosyan V
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Spassky – Torre (1982)
Spassky – Torre (1982)

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The central pawns here too (like in Carlsen-So, 2021, after 3...e5) are fixed (e4-e5). As will be shown later, the position of t...

Started 06/24/24 at 05:33:35 by Poghosyan V
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Critical position with the pawn on a4
Critical position with the pawn on a4

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As we have seen (thread „Carlsen – So (2021)”), with Black to play this ending should be a draw with correct play. White to play the position is won. White...

Started 06/18/24 at 05:49:50 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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5 versus 4 Rook Endgame with passed a- and b- pawn
The rook endgame with a 5 versus 4 pawn configuration, involving passed a- and b-pawns (with attacking rook behind the passed pawn), is much more favorable to the superior side, than the analogous 4 v...

Started 06/17/24 at 09:50:04 by Poghosyan V
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How to study rook endgames
What is the best way of studying rook endgames? That is something I am asking myself right now.
I have Chess Endings made simple which covers rook endgames in only 21 pages. It has two parts and ...

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