Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Endgame Study 1
Former world chess champion Jose Raoul Capablanca was a great endgame closer. In his book Chess Fundamentals he even advocated that upcoming players should enjoy and to learn first chess endgames than the openings.
WHITE To move and Draws:
The key move is 1.Kc8!! and white saves the game...b5, 2.Kd7 b4, 3. Kd6 Bf5 forced otherwise white promotes, 4. Ke4 gains time by attacking the Bishop.. Bc8 or Kg4 then white has the Kd4 and draws the game...
WHITE To move and Draws:
The key move is 1.Kc8!! and white saves the game...b5, 2.Kd7 b4, 3. Kd6 Bf5 forced otherwise white promotes, 4. Ke4 gains time by attacking the Bishop.. Bc8 or Kg4 then white has the Kd4 and draws the game...
Anand-Gelfand World Chess Champioship 2012 g8
It took only 17 moves for defending World Chess champion GM Vishy Anand of India to level the score 4-4 against the championship contender GM Boris Gelfand of Israel. The blunder: the black Queen is a goner!
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