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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #18 - 01/06/09 at 18:08:07
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Hi John,

composers try to hide the solution and even strong chessmasters like you (or in some cases even computerprogramms) cant find the complete solution from the initialposition. But there are many gamelike studies which show pretty ideas in (seemingly) clear positions with few pieces.
I think they are useful and fun for every tournament player. I hope you like (i am sure you solve) the next study.

Solution to te previous study:

1. Rg7!             Kf3
2. Rc7              Rh5
3. Kd4              Rc5
4. Rxc5             bxc
5. Kd3!             b1 Q (R) stalemate 
 
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #17 - 01/02/09 at 11:34:50
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Gunter, thanks for these. Personally I liked the last one because it isn't often I see a study I can actually solve. That's the advantage of studies from that era to my mind. Once they get hard rather than pretty I lose interest; feeble-minded of me, no doubt.
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #16 - 12/30/08 at 16:14:46
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That ending is quite cute, but the dearth of plausible alternatives does rather nudge one towards the solution.   

Well, maybe that's just a quibble; not sure if that is considered a major drawback among study afficionados?
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #15 - 12/30/08 at 15:15:55
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I enjoyed the last Knight puzzle.  It was very similar to (or perhaps even the same as) an old puzzle I remember from years ago.  

This Rook ending seems trivially easy, which means I must be missing something major.

Yep, I missed something major!  1.Rc7?? Rh5+ followed by 2...Rc5 ruins white's Christmas, which means there may be only one other way to slow down the pawn from queening.
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #14 - 12/29/08 at 21:08:57
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F. Lazard

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White to play and draw.

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Reply #13 - 12/28/08 at 15:17:29
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That's very nice, and pretty tough!
Quite naturalistic setting too...
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #12 - 12/22/08 at 20:02:49
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Solution to the previous study:

1. c5!   (Blocking the a3-f8 Diagonal)                   bxc5              
2. Ke8  (Ke7? Kg8)                                             Ng4
3. f6 (Kf8? Ne5! )                                               Nxf6
4. Nxf6                                                              e3
5. Kf8                                                                e2
6. Ng8! (Ne4? e1=Q 7.Nd6 Qe7! 8.Ke7 Kg8 =)       e1=Q
7. Nh6                                                               Qf1
8. Nf7                                                                Qxf7
9. gxf7 and white wins

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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #11 - 12/16/08 at 21:35:47
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The next study i want to show is one of myself:

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White to play and win

 
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #10 - 12/16/08 at 21:30:39
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Here follows  the solution to  the previous study:
1. Kb7!  Ne5! (1... Nd8 2. Kc7 Ne6 3. Kd7 +-)
2. Kc7   Nd3
3. b7     Nb4
4. Kb8!  Na6 (4... Ka6 5. Kc8 Nc6 6. Kc7 +-)
5. Ka7    Nb4
6. b8N!   Nd3
7. Nc6 mate
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #9 - 12/12/08 at 22:21:32
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Very nice ending; I had a lot of fun solving it.  Smiley
Must say, it took me quite some time , even though it is all quite logical.

  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #8 - 12/12/08 at 17:59:03
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Ask yourself a more interesting question: what would you play as Black after 1 Kb7?
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #7 - 12/12/08 at 14:14:23
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I would say Kb7-Kc8 since the others fail and this is the only thing that will bother the knigget. Though I cold be wrong.
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #6 - 12/11/08 at 23:59:44
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Thanks for so many interest and nice replies! I want to show some real nice practical studies here as a chesspuzzle. The solution will follow one week later. I hope many chessfriends enjoy the nice ideas in the positions.

Ok, lets start:

R.Brieger, 1984
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #5 - 12/10/08 at 23:13:15
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proustiskeen wrote on 11/19/08 at 04:28:01:
These are great - perfect practical training material!  Many thanks to you for providing them, and feel free to post more! Smiley



Agree 100%.  These are excellent.  Thanks for posting them.
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #4 - 12/10/08 at 14:27:03
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Since you are a study composer, I would welcome some of your own studies here as well!
  
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