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Weekly Endgame Study (16)

21 April 2007 10:00 AM

Yochanan AfekEvery Saturday an endgame study is published at Chessvibes, selected by Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published.

Babitch, P.
1st Prize, 1951

White to play and draw

Next week the solution.

Solution last week:

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11 Responses to “Weekly Endgame Study (16)”

  1. Tom Chivers on 21 April 2007 12:09 PM

    Hurrah. Solved another one. Haven’t done that for a while.

  2. Rik de Wilde on 22 April 2007 14:38 PM

    Be5

  3. Bootvis on 22 April 2007 17:02 PM

    Nice :)

  4. RossA on 22 April 2007 17:33 PM

    Sorry, guys, this one is too easy. No credit for getting it.

  5. Piet on 22 April 2007 22:19 PM

    :-)

  6. piet on 23 April 2007 8:26 AM

    IMHO, If you get excited by finding the solution you already got your reward or credit..

  7. Jaap on 23 April 2007 15:23 PM

    Ya Be5

  8. Javabean on 23 April 2007 17:21 PM

    Be5 is indeed not hard to find but in one line white has a nice stalemating combination which I only discoverd by actually moving the pieces… :-(

  9. Dante d. zuniga on 25 April 2007 12:28 PM

    Be5 Be5,Kd5 b2,Ke5 b1=Q,Be4+ draw

  10. piet on 25 April 2007 12:45 PM

    1. Be5 Be5 2.Kd5 Kf5

  11. Dante d. zuniga on 25 April 2007 12:56 PM

    Be5 Be5,Kd5 Kf5,Bc6 b2,Ba4 b1=Q,Bc2+ Qc2 stalemate


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