tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425345447397208455.post9095183573177987875..comments2023-03-23T10:38:43.870-05:00Comments on The Chess Museum: THE CHESS ENDGAME IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT!Bob Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974822175772021746noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425345447397208455.post-55032976931856828372010-05-15T10:35:10.801-05:002010-05-15T10:35:10.801-05:00So, is Glenn Flear's endgame book to be recomm...So, is Glenn Flear's endgame book to be recommended ? or are the Nunn or Grivas book to be preferred ?Signalmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16729072457754759564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425345447397208455.post-30250250368549665302010-05-03T14:21:44.818-05:002010-05-03T14:21:44.818-05:00So as not to edit my comment again: in the second...So as not to edit my comment again: in the second full paragraph it should say 'so they could NOT perform their usual mating magic'.<br /><br />Great game check it out at chessbase.com.<br /><br />--lazlazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133425804961947281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425345447397208455.post-47365950212013570092010-05-03T12:26:12.170-05:002010-05-03T12:26:12.170-05:00[slightly edited from my previous comment]
Hey! G...[slightly edited from my previous comment]<br /><br />Hey! Game 6 of the world championship is going on today' and it had a very interesting endgame; one that I had never seen before, involving Queen, Rook and extra Pawn vs Queen, Rook, Knight and Pawns. The material deficit side but dynamically superior side eventually won an extra but had traded the rooks, which petered out the attack against the king, however there was still plenty of life in the position.<br /><br />It was eventually drawn but it was hair raising nonetheless. You see the side with the extra pawns (2) had a protected passed pawn on the sixth rank, which eventually (just the passed pawn) made it to seventh, tying down the knight and queen so they could perform their usual mating magic (which if you know endgames is the reason why Q+N is a force to reckoned with).<br /><br />You would think that the Queen and Pawn could negotiate some kind of attack however with a Pawn on the seventh being pushed by the Queen behind it, one or the other piece has to blockade. If the Knight blockades he can no longer attack the pawn, if the queen blockades she can attack the pawn but now the king is at the mercy of the opposing queen's check. Also there was not too much freedom of action else as the two remaining pawns for the superior side were very far apart and easy target for the Queen to captures with check.<br /><br />Still I am sure both sides needed to remember their endgames as to what would happen with Q+N vs Q+2P or Q+3P and other possible scenarios as well Q vs Q and various remaining pawns.<br /><br />In the end, however due to the new "fighting" spirit or just poor sportsmanship inspired by Topolov of no draw offers, the game continued until threefold repetition unfolded.lazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133425804961947281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425345447397208455.post-43560241907014677802010-05-03T12:24:14.082-05:002010-05-03T12:24:14.082-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.lazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133425804961947281noreply@blogger.com