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Chess Position Worth Sharing 147!

Spent 27 minutes of my time this evening working out the solution to this beautiful endgame puzzle by Leonid Kubbel. It was time we’ll spent! White to move and win (Leonid Kubbel, 150 Endspielstudien, 1925). For those who are unfamiliar with Kubbel’s work, he composed many of the finest endgame studies of the early partContinueContinue reading “Chess Position Worth Sharing 147!”

Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 66

Some of my favorite endgame studies have the reader playing from a disadvantage with the goal being a draw. In tonight’s puzzle, White is down to a single bishop versus Black’s four pawns but still can draw with perfect play. Enjoy… White to play and draw (U. Venäläinen, 1st Prize in Suomen Shakki, 1969.)