2020
P Mithilesh – First ever National medalist from Nellore
P Mithilesh won Gold Medal in Western Asian Blitz U-6 Open Chess Championship 2019 held at New Delhi. Pride of Andhra Pradesh
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The Pawn Endings-3: Disconnected Passers
Here Black King doesn\’t dare to capture either pawn. White to play: 1.Kb2 Kf4 2.h4 looks like a connected passers, g4 and g5 are under white\’s control. 2… Kf5 If 2… kxf3 3.h5 queening. 3.Kb2 Kg6 4.f4 Kh5 5.f5 Kh6 6.Kc3 Kg7 7,h5 Kf6 8.h6 Kf7 9. Kd4 Kg8 10.f6 Kh7 11.f7 Kxh6 12.f8=Q+ white
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The Pawn Endings-3: Typical Pawn Structures: An Outside Passed Pawn
Outside Passed Pawn: A passed pawn which is far away from the main set of pawns is called an \’Outside Passed Pawn\’ In this example we can see that which as an extra pawn on queen wing. Actually, the position is equal but after exchanging the queen side pawns white will get an outside passer.
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The Pawn Endings-3: Typical Pawn Structures: Connected Passed Pawns
We have already learnt that the pawn protected by the second pawn which is also a passed pawn is called \’Connected Passed Pawn\’. Here we can see example of Connected Passed Pawns. Lets see this example, black has an unstoppable queening but white has connected passed pawns stopped by the black king. White to play:
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The Pawn Endings-3: Typical Pawn Structures: Protected Passed Pawn
Pawn Structures: 1. Protected Passed Pawn, 2. Connected Passed Pawn and 3.Outside Passed Pawn Today I\’m going to share about the different types of pawn structures in pawn endings. What is a Passed Pawn? A pawn that can\’t be hindered by an opponent\’s pawn on its way to the promotion square is called a \’Passed
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The Pawn Endings-2: The Opposition-2
In this position white can succeeds by playing close attention to the opposition. The reason is black is going to sacrifice the b pawn. White to play: 1.Kh4!! b3 2.cxb3 Kg6 3.Kg4 Kg6 4.Kf4 Ke6 5.Ke4 Kd6 6.Kd4 Kc6 7.Kc4 Kb6 8.Kb4 Kc6 9.Ka5 outflank wins for white (king on key square). 1.Kg3? draws 1… b3!
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Adithya and Bilal wins RCA Online Chess Tournament
We have completed our 1st and 2nd Online Chess Tournament for Roi Chess Kids held on 27 to 29th March on Academy Platform!It was great! Kids performed their best! Kids got good practice!We congratulate all the participants who takes part in it.1st RCA Online Tournament (for USA students) Winner is ADITHYA2nd RCA Online Tournament (for
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The Pawn Endings-2: Playing on two wings / Balancing
This is the best example to say that endgames are the best and very interesting to play. This position was played by Reti-1922, This is probably the most famous pawn ending study: the black pawn seems to be unstoppable but white can skillfully combine the fight against the black pawn by balancing the two pawns
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The Pawn Endings-2: Zigzag Method Example
In previous post we have seen winning for white in this type of position. A small change in this position, still the white king is ahead of his pawn. So, white has an advantage to capture the d5 pawn but after capturing the d5 pawn black manages to reach the d7 square to catch opposition
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