Quality Chess has added the first review of Sharp Endgames on their homepage.
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Sharp Endgames Book Review
Category: Endgames
Book Presentation at the Marshall Chess Club
Don’t miss my book presentation of Sharp Endgames at the Marshall Chess Club next Tuesday, December 5, at 7pm.
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Solutions to Giri-Rapport 2017
I have added a new page to the blog with positions and solutions from the 3 exercises presented earlier this week, all stemming from Giri-Rapport 2017.
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Weekly Endgame Column #2
This week: introduction to the endgame 2N vs. pawn. We shall learn two basic steps: 1) change the front and 2) release the reserve knight to attack and mate the king.
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Sharp Endgames From Giri-Rapport, Fide GP 2017 (1)
Round 1 of the ongoing Fide Grand Prix in Palma de Mallorca saw an interesting endgame between two world class players. I have worked with the endgame to show how I used and created material for my recent book on Sharp Endgames.
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Weekly Endgame Column #1
From this day on, I will post a weekly endgame column on my blog. The positions are from new and old games, and endgame studies are included as well.
This week: The knights inability to lose a tempo, and how to compensate for that.
V. Bron 1948: White to move and win.
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An Endgame from New York International
This position arose in Lund – Yedidia, New York International 2017 (8). The game contains interesting DEB material as well as typical N vs. B endgame ideas.
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Sharp Endgames
The work on Sharp Endgames is moving forward, and Quality Chess has added a description on their homepage. The book is to be released later this summer.
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Foreword by GM Lars Bo Hansen
My coming book on Sharp Endgames will be published later this year on Quality Chess. Danish GM Lars Bo Hansen has written an excellent foreword that does the book justice. You can read it here.
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Game from the Danish Championship 2017
The Danish Championship is ongoing with the 5th round being played today. Mads Andersen looks like the clear favorite and is also leading the table with ½ point – this young GM is a complete player and is set to cross the 2600 barrier at some point.
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