Weekly endgame study |
April 04, 2009 18:09
Weekly Endgame Study (114)
Every Saturday we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving!
2007
White to play and win
Next week the solution.
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Author: Yochanan Afek
IM Yochanan Afek is a chess player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. His complete selection of studies can be found here.
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Harald
2 years 10 months ago
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Is it allowed to castle or not?
R.Mutt
2 years 10 months ago
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Yes, in studies castling is allowed if it's a legal move - unless it's made explicitely clear that it's not allowed.
Willem
2 years 10 months ago
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Only reasonable to me seems 1.Bd6+ Bf4 2. Bxf4+ Kxf4 Black will win two pawns.
I guess 3.0-0-0 is best, cuts off the black king. But is it enough? Not the suprising finale one hopes for in a study.
aaron
2 years 10 months ago
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The move, though not particularly flashy, is beautiful in its ruthless effectiveness. Clearly Ra3 or Bd6 is forced, but how does white trade off material without losing a few pawns?
Sergio
2 years 10 months ago
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If castling is aloud i think this one is easy. I agree with Willem's solution. But are we missing something? The weekly endgame puzzle is never this easy.
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