Monday 1 April 2013

Grandmasters' stalemate tricks

Stalemate is a resource or tactical weapon which can be used by the player with inferior position in order to save a game. Try to solve some puzzle those are taken from grandmasters' games. 






Puzzle 1 : Adams vs Dimitrov



Puzzle 2 : Evans vs Reshevsky




Puzzle 3 : Bernstein vs Smyslov

5 comments:

  1. For the last puzzle why not Rxb2, Re3+

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    1. ... Re3+ then Kf2 and white can easily convert it in Philidor position which is theoretical draw.

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  2. Then the king will move back and it will be a draw by perpetual.

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  4. Nice post !

    For people having trouble to understand what the stalemate rule exactly is, I suggest to have a look to the following blog post:

    chesstrainerapp.blogspot.com/2013/12/is-it-mate-or-stalemate-introduction.html

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