Welcome to this active site. Each week I am going to present to you an endgame position for you to solve or to workout the best continuation. Computer analysis will also be considered. Some of these positions will come from actual historical games. Others will be composed endgame studies, but all the solutions will be relevant to the practical game. The new position will occur each SUNDAY and I will always be pleased to receive POSITIVE feedback about the positions and the analysis and I will try to acknowledge these where relevant.

 

This is a wonderful endgame study which leaves a deep impression on any aficionado who tries to unlock it's secrets. The solution consists of a number of different phases spread over a long series of moves. Each phase has a different material setting and a different theme. Firstly White meets the threatened queening of the b-pawn leading to a mating attack by the creation of two super Knights. Notice the intricate wheel movement of the Knights as the chase the Black King round the edge of the board. The finale consists of a lone Knight battling against a Queen to force a drawn position.