Endgame studies are Beasts! It is totally frustrating to see those constructed positions with just a handful pawns and pieces and forsee that you will never be able to solve it and probably not able to understand most of the solution.
It was a pleasant surprise to almost solve a study that popped up during my morning Tactics Trainer drills at www.chess.com:
The problem above appears to be a study and it is both instructive and solvable. Is 2012 the Year of the Endgame?
Nice study.
ReplyDeleteIn the study it's as if 1. ... Kxe5 is the only move. But I wonder if there is a sideline that deals with what happens after 1. ... Rd7?
Yes, 2012 is the year of the Endgame. Afterall, according some calenders this is the last year the world excists. :-)