Comments on: Training Notebook 8.13.07 http://beginchess.com/2007/08/13/training-notebook-81307/ Chess for Beginners Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: likesforests http://beginchess.com/2007/08/13/training-notebook-81307/comment-page-1/#comment-71 likesforests Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:12:11 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/2007/08/13/training-notebook-81307/#comment-71 Interesting endgame puzzle. I would say drawn due to 1.Kxf2 Kxh2 2.Ke1 g3 3.Ne2 g2. All these moves are relatively forcing. The king is in the square of the a-pawn and the knight blocks the g-pawn. Also, the knight is hard to approach and has several retreat squares. In K P vs K endings, one more question to ask is whether the king has reached the sixth rank--then the rules tend to change. Interesting endgame puzzle. I would say drawn due to 1.Kxf2 Kxh2 2.Ke1 g3 3.Ne2 g2. All these moves are relatively forcing. The king is in the square of the a-pawn and the knight blocks the g-pawn. Also, the knight is hard to approach and has several retreat squares.

In K P vs K endings, one more question to ask is whether the king has reached the sixth rank–then the rules tend to change.

]]> By: Blue devil knight http://beginchess.com/2007/08/13/training-notebook-81307/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Blue devil knight Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:13:40 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/2007/08/13/training-notebook-81307/#comment-70 Scratch my previous comment. I just re-read my post, and the point of the position I showed was that black having the opposition doesn't help. I have yet to see a K and 1P vs K in which this misaligned opposition helps the defender. Likeforests showed an example in which it helps with 2P versus 1P. But one crappy thing about Silman's treatment is that he shows ZERO examples in which it is used! He just defines it. That is true of all my endgame books. Still confused, but rereading that post and the comments actually is helping a little (except with the questions in this post). Scratch my previous comment. I just re-read my post, and the point of the position I showed was that black having the opposition doesn’t help.

I have yet to see a K and 1P vs K in which this misaligned opposition helps the defender. Likeforests showed an example in which it helps with 2P versus 1P. But one crappy thing about Silman’s treatment is that he shows ZERO examples in which it is used! He just defines it. That is true of all my endgame books.

Still confused, but rereading that post and the comments actually is helping a little (except with the questions in this post).

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