Weekly endgame study |
May 09, 2010 21:30
Weekly Endgame Study (168)
Every week 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!
D. Gurgenidze
1975
White to play and draw
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N. Kralin
1977
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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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Kasparov
1 year 9 months ago
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1.Rxa3 should still work. 1. Rxa3 Rd2+ 2.Kc6 Rc2+ 3. Kd8, e1(Q), 4. Ra1+, Rc1 and now 5. Ra2 ! and black queen has no secure way of giving check to white king Any other move and the white king can switch between d7-d8 sqaures
Sergio
1 year 9 months ago
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Rxa3 looks good to me. Black can't promote the other pawn then, and if black gives some checks you just make sure that black can't promote with check.
I am probably missing something, cause this looks easy, and the endgame studies never are.
sunya
1 year 9 months ago
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Rxa3 is a mistake after Rd2+ Kc5 Rc2+ Kb4 e1=Q White lose
Willem
1 year 9 months ago
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1.Rxa3 Rd2+ 2.Kc6 Rc2+ and black will queen the pawn, because Ra1+ fails to Rc1.
arale
1 year 9 months ago
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that's cool RXa3 it works
julio
1 year 9 months ago
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Looks right. Mutual zugzwang at the end: Rb1 Kd7! Rb7+ Kc8 Rb1 Kd7 Rc1 Kd8 the Q can never check.
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