Weekly endgame study | August 01, 2010 17:13

Weekly Endgame Study (180)

Weekly Endgame StudyEvery 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!



I. Bondar
2003

White to play and win

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G. Umnov
1999

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Martas

1 year 6 months ago

1.g4+ Kxg4 2.gxh6+ Kxh5 3.h7 Rxg7 4.h8Q

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JustBe

1 year 6 months ago

Black can give a series of check after 3.h7.

Bringing the white king to a5.

But then I think: Rxg7, h8 Q.

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xtreemmasheen3k2

1 year 6 months ago

Yeah JustBe, but Black will run out of checks eventually, leading to Rxg7 h8Q.

Then it becomes a matter of taking the pawn and it becomes a Queen vs. Rook endgame (my least favorite Endgame).

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