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Saturday Quiz 30.11.24

By Yelena Dembo | November 30, 2024 - 06:14 |December 1, 2024 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 22. Rxg6+ Kxg6 23. Nf4+ 1-0

 

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Friday Quiz 29.11.24

By Yelena Dembo | November 29, 2024 - 06:25 |November 30, 2024 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Be5+ Kg8 36. Bxg6 Qe7 37. Qxh5 Be6 38. Qh8# 1-0

 

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Thursday Quiz 28.11.24

By Yelena Dembo | November 28, 2024 - 06:32 |November 29, 2024 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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Black to play

The solution is: 33… Rxb2 34. Kxb2 Re2+ 35. Kb3 Qd5+ 36. Ka4 Nc6 0-1

 

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Wednesday Quiz 27.11.24

By Yelena Dembo | November 27, 2024 - 06:09 |November 28, 2024 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 23. Bc5 Rxc5 24. Qa7+ Nb7 25. Qxb7+ Ke8 26. Rd2 1-0

 

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Tuesday Quiz 26.11.24

By Yelena Dembo | November 26, 2024 - 06:05 |November 27, 2024 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qf7+ Kh6 28. Rh1+ Kg5 29. f4+ Kg4 30. Qxg6+ 1-0

 

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    Send US$ 5 to [email protected] on Paypal and get 10 game fragments on middlegame/endgame every week. Studying these themes helps to find plans, ideas, build strategies 15-35 moves into the game. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan. Material can be sent in pgn, cbv, html, pdf formats.

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