In this position my opponent obliviously played a blunder and after the exchange of Rooks I am in a winning position but there was still a moment of crisis when I could have still lost so you've go t to be careful ..I am playing the black pieces...
A average players attempt to achieve a better level of chess play...After rediscovering the game in adulthood.
Saturday 8 October 2011
Friday 7 October 2011
IF THERES ONE ENDGAME YOU LEARN MAKE IT THIS ONE!!
THE LUCENA POSITION
The whole point about this position is that you get to learn how to win a position which is king and rook v king and rook plus one pawn ,the deal is to be able to convert your extra into a queen or force your opponent to trade his rook for your passed pawn thus winning.
As you can see from the diagram the black pawn is one move away from queening so how to finish this position of important to remember this technique can be used even if the pawn is further away from the queening square.
1..FIRST FORCE THE WHITE KING AWAY FROM THE PAWN..
2..NOW BRING THE BLACK ROOK TO THE FOUTH RANK
Very important to remember to bring the rook to the fourth rank as we plan to swap rooks off and
this is a essential component of the plan
3..After the white rook plays g8 to place itself behind the black pawn you simply play kf2 ,white will check on f8 then the king goes to g4 if g8 check then the black rook comes across the block the check.
Ideally you should end up in a position like this ....were the if the rooks are exchanged the white king will not be able to stop the black pawn from becoming a queen.
Its important to remember that your opponent can not easily deviate from the standard moves and if you practice this endgame against a engine you will be surprised at how good you become at it
and how much easier it becomes to understand some of the easier principles of chess,also you will be surprised at how many people do not know how to play a endgame like this properly
The whole point about this position is that you get to learn how to win a position which is king and rook v king and rook plus one pawn ,the deal is to be able to convert your extra into a queen or force your opponent to trade his rook for your passed pawn thus winning.
As you can see from the diagram the black pawn is one move away from queening so how to finish this position of important to remember this technique can be used even if the pawn is further away from the queening square.
1..FIRST FORCE THE WHITE KING AWAY FROM THE PAWN..
2..NOW BRING THE BLACK ROOK TO THE FOUTH RANK
Very important to remember to bring the rook to the fourth rank as we plan to swap rooks off and
this is a essential component of the plan
3..After the white rook plays g8 to place itself behind the black pawn you simply play kf2 ,white will check on f8 then the king goes to g4 if g8 check then the black rook comes across the block the check.
Ideally you should end up in a position like this ....were the if the rooks are exchanged the white king will not be able to stop the black pawn from becoming a queen.
Its important to remember that your opponent can not easily deviate from the standard moves and if you practice this endgame against a engine you will be surprised at how good you become at it
and how much easier it becomes to understand some of the easier principles of chess,also you will be surprised at how many people do not know how to play a endgame like this properly
Monday 3 October 2011
Grinding out a king and pawns endgame
I was playing white in this games and I was happy with the way I played I have included annotations with this game.
IMPORTANT POINTS
Lately like a lot of us who try to improve our chess I have started to try and understand one of silmans ideas where he said when you 're looking for tactics look for double attacks
I think all tactics are essentially double attacks of one kind or another and I think I did this when I move my queen down his side of the board on move 26 and with the following move by bringing my rook down also ...perhaps I should correct myself move a double threat then a double attack but the principle still applies I think...if you make two threats at once often times only one will be able to be defended adequately
IMPORTANT POINTS
Lately like a lot of us who try to improve our chess I have started to try and understand one of silmans ideas where he said when you 're looking for tactics look for double attacks
I think all tactics are essentially double attacks of one kind or another and I think I did this when I move my queen down his side of the board on move 26 and with the following move by bringing my rook down also ...perhaps I should correct myself move a double threat then a double attack but the principle still applies I think...if you make two threats at once often times only one will be able to be defended adequately
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