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Knights endgames

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  1. Let's get N+B out of the way
  2. Trapping a knight with bishop and knight
  3. Basic rook vs knight: essential position to learn
  4. 3 squares away
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Basic endgame trainer - Part 1 (rook and pawn)

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  1. Rp-R (Easy)
  2. Rp-R (Easy)
  3. Rp-R (Easy the second time)
  4. Rp-R (Normal)
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Strategy toolbox

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  1. All tied-up in a winning position
  2. Breaking in the center
  3. Activity >>> pawns
  4. Passive-looking tidy-up move
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Rook + Bishop vs Rook

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  1. Philidor technique (with mnemonics)
  2. Same color squares trick
  3. Using forcing and waiting moves
  4. Szén position
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Learning the hedgehog (les leçons du hérisson)

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  1. Typical (dream) hedgehog
  2. X-ray trap (typical knight sac)
  3. It happens to FMs too!
  4. Again and again...
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Endgame strategy: "Vancura" structures

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  1. Vancura position (holding draw)
  2. "Locking" a Vancura
  3. The second "safe zone"
  4. Winning but trappy version (critical variation)
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Nc3 in the Nimzo-Larsen (wip)

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  1. To defend against a5-a4
  2. After castling long
  3. When e3 can be targeted
  4. When the long diagonal is blocked
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Queen vs Rook endgame

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  1. Zugzwang, 4th rank defense and Philidor
  2. Messy 4th to 3rd to 2nd rank defense
  3. Another 4th to 3rd - "artificial" method to know
  4. More 4th rank defense - start to finish
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Instructive positions for beginners & intermediates

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  1. Threat and reaction (quiz)
  2. Threat and reaction (analysis)
  3. Same again (quiz)
  4. Same again (analysis)
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Defensive moves

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  1. "Feel good" blunder
  2. Scary kingside attack (Ecclesiastic)
  3. King in the wind (supermaths)
  4. Just trade (Ehmeed)
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Bishop and pawn endgame

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  1. Bishop + pawn vs pawn
  2. Bishop + pawn vs Bishop (rook pawn)
  3. Stalemate trick
  4. Defense from behind (knight pawn)
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Rook + pawn vs Bishop

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  1. Rook-pawn vs "good" bishop (1)
  2. R-pawn vs "good" bishop (2)
  3. R-pawn vs "good" bishop (3)
  4. R-pawn vs "bad" bishop (1): pin
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Incorrect greek gifts

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  1. Speelman - Tal
  2. Colle - O'Hanlon
  3. Kasparov vs Deep Junior (2003)
  4. Bachmann (2652 Fide) - Levin (2507 Fide)
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Nimzo-Larsen \o/

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  1. c5-d5: typical plan
  2. Subtelties in the moves order
  3. Very instructive otb game
  4. Another highly instructive otb game
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Advanced Rook & pawn vs Rook

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  1. Simple warm-up tactic
  2. Lucena conversion: must-know double trap
  3. "Fake" version of same trap
  4. Roosted rook trap
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Basic endgame trainer - Part 2 (non rook and pawn)

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  1. Rp-N
  2. R-N
  3. R-N
  4. R-N
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