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Posted by alberlie mailcafe.net 12/15/2005 15:31:38 Play online chess	Subject: Plan in queen vs. rook engame? Message: Hi, I keep messing this up - does anyone have a clear cut plan as in B+B vs. King or B+K vs. King how to win such an endgame?
Posted by wolstoncroft1 mailcafe.net 12/15/2005 17:22:49 Play online chess	Check out this site Message: -> www.grandmastercorner.com Under the chessboard there is place to select the type of endgame you would like to study. There are three examples of Q vs. R. Hope this helps Tom
Posted by ccmcacollister mailcafe.net 12/20/2005 18:35:09 Play online chess	hmmm Message: I'm not sure I'd win with the Q either ... my expertise seems to be in Holding those kinda positions }8-)) The plan seems kinda simple. You gotta win the rook or mate. (yeah I know) And if there are pawns with the rook and you dont have any, probly cant win anyways. I better go check out that site too ... Merry Holidays ——— Shirov in Sveshnikov — Vladimir Kramnik made his move in the eighth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee and defeated the US chess champion Hikaru Nakamura to join Magnus Carlsen in second place. Alexey Shirov remains half a point ahead with five to play and he tested Magnus Carlsen’s chess opening preparation by challenging him to repeat the line that decided last year’s MTel tournament when Carlsen lost badly. A fascinating game. In the Sveshnikov Sicilian Black often sacrifices pawns for activity. White is three pawns ahead at the end but cannot coordinate. ...
Posted by fmgaijin mailcafe.net 12/21/2005 03:09:47 Play online chess	One Plan and One Trick Message: The basic plan is simple: to put the K + R side in zugzwang, forcing the R to move away from the K and allowing it to be won by a series of checks. The final zugzwang is, for example, BK g8, BR g7, WK f6, WQ h5. Note that if it's White's move here, White creates the zugzwang by "losing" a move with 1.Qd5+ Kh7 2.Qh1+ Kg8 3.Qh5. The "trick" is Black's best defense: trying to set up a R "blockade" on the 3rd rank (or 6th or c/f file). The K + Q side can still win if one knows how to break the blockade with another zugzwang (using K and Q to cover all the squares on blockade line), but both this zugzwang and the final one can be difficult to find OTB, though I've managed to win it all 3 or 4 times I've faced it in my career. ——— Hikaru beats leader at Corus Chess Tournament — Let's start with an update to the Corus Chess Tournament, which is getting more exciting by the day. It had seemed that U.S. chess champion Hikaru Nakamura's bid to win the event might be slipping away. Coming into the seventh round Saturday, Hikaru had made three straight draws. He was tied for second place, 1.5 points behind the leader, Alexei Shirov of Spain. Not a bad showing, but the 22-year-old New Yorker has ambitions of winning the chess tournament and clearly establishing himself as one of the world's elite players. So for Hikaru, Saturday was crucial. He was paired against Shirov and had the advantage of playing the white pieces. Here was a chance to cut ...