How to play knight vs. pawn chess endingsIn this type of endings the goal of the stronger side is to reach a draw. But if you play knight vs. pawn ending and your opponent has a pawn on a-column or h-column then you can get into serious troubles sometimes. Let’s look at some examples: [FEN [...]
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New poll: What kind of chess ending is the most difficult for you?
November 3rd, 2009 
petrs New poll: What kind of chess ending is the most difficult for you?In the previous poll on this blog, you have selected chess ending as something which most of you don’t like to study. But chess endings are also important phase of a game and this month I would like to ask you the following [...]
New book: Bobby Fischer The Career and Complete Games by Karsten Muller
November 2nd, 2009 petrs New book: Bobby Fischer The Career and Complete Games by Karsten MullerAre you a fan of former world champion Bobby Fischer? Some of us call him even the strongest chess player in the history. Now you have chance to go through all his competetive games and learn a lot from his legacy. Both weak player [...]
Weekend tactic #11
November 1st, 2009 petrs Weekend tactic #11Would you find the shortest way how to win the game? White to move:
