December 16, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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A couple of months ago, I wrote a series of articles on King, Rook and Pawn vs King and Rook. In this article, I want to examine a couple of positions that show the practical application of the knowledge we learned. The practical value of building up a body of easily retrievable knowledge on K,…
October 28, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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While flicking through Alekhine’s collection of his Best Games, I came across this game against Euwe from the latter part of the 1937 World Championship Match. After an early exchange of queens, Alekhine won a pawn fairly quickly and I was intrigued to know where Euwe had gone wrong. As always, there were a couple…
August 11, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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After a quick win in the 1st round, the 2nd round at Haarlem was a considerably tougher struggle against the Dutch FM Rene Tiggelman. We join the game after 10 moves. Via a transposition, we have reached a tabiya of the 4.e3 Nimzo-Indian. 10…Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qh5 I’ve played the White…
August 4, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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My last round game at Haarlem against the Dutch GM Erik van den Doel was far and away my best effort of the tournament. It was played on board 1 when Erik, IM Quinten Ducarmon and I were tied in 1st place with 4,5/5. Van den Doel,Erik – Sadler,Matthew D Haarlem Nova College 03.07.2016…
July 22, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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In the last part of our examination of the theory of King, Rook and Pawn against King and Rook, we look at endings involving a rook’s pawn (a/h). We shall examine 3 basic scenarios for rook’s pawns The White king supports the pawn with the aim of shepherding it to a queen. The White rook stands…