02 Dec 09
check this out-
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3547
Im not sure if this tactic has a name, but it is commonly missed in the endgame. First time I saw it was in a tactics book that supplied only a few of these situations (as much as perpetual check) and normally you wont even see this in a tactics book.
so for all the beginners out there trying to learn 100 openings I suggest watching the video.
02 Dec 09
Originally posted by Fat LadyIn Silman's complete endgame course we find:
To save everyone watching an eight minute video, here's the tactic:
[fen]8/1pp5/p7/P4kp1/1P6/5KP1/8/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]
Black to play and lose!
Solution (with White playing 1. g3 to start with to get round it having to be White's move in PGNs posted here):
[pgn]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "8/1pp5/p7/P4kp1/1P6/5K2/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
1. g3 b6 2. b5 axb5 3. a6 b4 4. a7 b3 5. a8=Q b2 6. Qa2 0-1
[/pgn]
Black to move wins:
White wins if he has the move, with b3, as well.
02 Dec 09
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Originally posted by heinzkatWow, that really is amazing! I'm going to print that article and study it every day for the next week until the tactic is burnt into my brain.
Old news - see item 321 (6 August 2006) & 322
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary_17.htm
02 Dec 09
Originally posted by Fat Ladythanks! the guy does ramble on and on.. and I have forgot how to put positions up
To save everyone watching an eight minute video, here's the tactic:
[fen]8/1pp5/p7/P4kp1/1P6/5KP1/8/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]
Black to play and lose!
Solution (with White playing 1. g3 to start with to get round it having to be White's move in PGNs posted here):
[pgn]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "8/1pp5/p7/P4kp1/1P6/5K2/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
1. g3 b6 2. b5 axb5 3. a6 b4 4. a7 b3 5. a8=Q b2 6. Qa2 0-1
[/pgn]
02 Dec 09
Originally posted by Fat LadyIs .... b5 the move to play?
To save everyone watching an eight minute video, here's the tactic:
[fen]8/1pp5/p7/P4kp1/1P6/5KP1/8/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]
Black to play and lose!
Solution (with White playing 1. g3 to start with to get round it having to be White's move in PGNs posted here):
[pgn]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "8/1pp5/p7/P4kp1/1P6/5K2/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
1. g3 b6 2. b5 axb5 3. a6 b4 4. a7 b3 5. a8=Q b2 6. Qa2 0-1
[/pgn]
02 Dec 09
Hans Kmoch's "Pawn Power in Chess" covers this kind of play in detail. This is old but forgotten, I suspect because opening study is the fashion.
Funky nomenclature notwithstanding, Kmoch's work is a classic, and well worthy of study. After reading the book, stuff like this will almost pop into your head automatically, even before you consciously calculate anything.
Paul
02 Dec 09
Originally posted by Paul Leggettnever read that, but it sounds great. I agree that this kind of stuff is forgotten with all hundreds and hundreds of opening books each year. players memorize tons of junk to get the "slight edge" but then dont know what to do with it.
Hans Kmoch's "Pawn Power in Chess" covers this kind of play in detail. This is old but forgotten, I suspect because opening study is the fashion.
Funky nomenclature notwithstanding, Kmoch's work is a classic, and well worthy of study. After reading the book, stuff like this will almost pop into your head automatically, even before you consciously calculate anything.
Paul
I will have to buy that book.
03 Dec 09
Originally posted by irontigranI highly recommend the algebraic version. He makes up lots of unusual terms to describe various pawn formations and conditions, and they detract a little from his message. To have to read it in descriptive on top of that is a little too much, IMHO.
never read that, but it sounds great. I agree that this kind of stuff is forgotten with all hundreds and hundreds of opening books each year. players memorize tons of junk to get the "slight edge" but then dont know what to do with it.
I will have to buy that book.
The plus is that he is very systematic about pawn structures and the tactics and techniques that go with them, and I promise that you will see the game in a whole new light.
Paul
03 Dec 09
Originally posted by orion25Now I am thoroughly confused. In the games where the pawns are on the 4th and 5th ranks, why do they always play hxg4, rather than gxh4?
In Silman's complete endgame course we find:
[fen]6k1/8/6P1/6K1/ppp5/8/PPP5/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Black to move wins:
[pgn]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/6P1/6K1/ppp5/8/PPP5/8 w - - 0 1"]
1. Kf6 b3 2. axb3 c3 3. bxc3 a3 *
[/pgn]
White wins if he has the move, with b3, as well.