10/17/25

A Tactic and then an Imbalance

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10/10/25

Symmetrical English Opening

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9/19/25

Why You Never Know What to Do in the Middlegame: Imbalanced Bishops

Note that opposite color bishops are drawish in the endgame, but in the middle game favor the side that is attacking.

9/12/25

Slav Defense (Instructive Game)

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6/30/25

Endgame Training: White to Play and Win

Start your endgame studies with the Important King and Pawn Endgames! section on the right hand side.


6/20/25

Black to Play

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Black to Play

6/11/25

Black to Play and Win

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6/10/25

White to Play and Win

Black to Play and Win

How Does White Win this?


Solution below...

















White overwhelms Black with the pawns.

This gets trickier if Black tries to defend with his king...
















 
The check with g6+ is necessary to give White the tempo necessary to capture the c5 pawn before Black can play e4.

6/09/25

White to Play and Draw

Click here for 43... g6.

6/06/25

White to Play and Draw

6/05/25

Black to Play and Win

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Click here for 37... f5?? 38. g4!

6/02/25

Black to Play

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6/01/25

Familiar Endgame

I have reached this king and pawn endgame three times, twice online and once in a tournament, so I studied it.  I show this endgame in my chess lessons.

5/01/25

Black to Play and Win

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White to Play and Win

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8/25/22

White to Play and Draw

Black to Play and Draw

How to Study the Games on This Site

The games can be viewed using the controls below the diagrams.   Some positions have the words "White to play" or "Black to P...