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Friday, October 29, 2010

Chess endgame study: Can White win this?

Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010

Hello Everyone,

Get your coffee mug, turn up the music in the background, switch of your mobile phone and sit down to solve this endgame. You will need to focus undisturbed so as to be able to enjoy this endgame study! After all - undiluted chess pleasure without disturbance is what you owe to yourself.

You can run the solution in the flash player before after your thinking time. Enjoy.

H. Rinck
Basler Nachrichten, 1924
White to play and win


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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 30, 2010 at 4:41 AM

    ah this is kinda tough but i think White has to somehow trap one of the Black minor pieces with the Rook. Hmmm. Good night.

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  2. Saira Fernando, MadridOctober 30, 2010 at 5:13 AM

    Ok I found it but I am not telling. Heh Heh.

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  3. Smita Sarin, New DelhiOctober 30, 2010 at 5:17 AM

    Sorry it's too tough for me.

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  4. Amrit Puri, Knight Chess Academy, New Delhi, IndiaOctober 30, 2010 at 6:16 AM

    Damn good endgame study. I resist the temptation of scribbling down the answer so the others can still run the flash and see it. I ask for more.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 30, 2010 at 7:14 AM

    I thing it's a draw.

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