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big_big_poo

hardest checkmate, not endgame

EnergeticHay

Yeah, i guess it's still an endgame though happy.png

EnCroissantCheckmate

Two knights vs pawn on 7th rank

EnergeticHay
KnightAttack1567 wrote:

Two knights vs pawn on 7th rank

True, but that's pretty hard to come by tongue.png

EnCroissantCheckmate

Pawn vs entire army

EnergeticHay

lol. Hardest Endgame to win hehe

duntcare

Well, R vs B + K is annoying.

duntcare

by K i mean knight

duntcare
MrOOF600 wrote:

hardest checkmate, not endgame

Well, the 8 dark bishop mate is pretty hard. 

EnergeticHay

Yeah, both King and Knight are annoying lol happy.png

duntcare

Notice dark, meaning no light-squared bishops, by book it's not possible but it is if your opponent has a pawn on the board 

EnergeticHay
duntcare wrote:

Notice dark, meaning no light-squared bishops, by book it's not possible but it is if your opponent has a pawn on the board 

Woah that's very interesting. Although not very practical hehe

EnCroissantCheckmate
KnightAttack1567 wrote:

Pawn vs entire army



EnCroissantCheckmate
duntcare wrote:
MrOOF600 wrote:

hardest checkmate, not endgame

Well, the 8 dark bishop mate is pretty hard. 

Imagine having 8 dark squared bishops (24 point advantage) only for you not to win

EnergeticHay

That would truly be sad.

EnergeticHay
KnightAttack1567 wrote:
KnightAttack1567 wrote:

Pawn vs entire army



Hehe. Not an endgame though sad.png

chuddog
EnergeticHay wrote:
GooDiTwoShoes wrote:

I wish someone would write an article on how to play rook and pawn end games especially under time pressure.

Good idea, I might write a blog post about that sometime soon!

Hopefully you both realize entire books have been written on rook endgames, let alone articles.

 

That said, here an issue of Chess Horizons magazine from ~3.5 years ago with my article on the topic, including some thoughts on playing such endgames in time pressure.

 

http://www.masschess.org/chess_horizons/articles/CHHolidays2016.pdf

EnergeticHay
chuddog wrote:
EnergeticHay wrote:
GooDiTwoShoes wrote:

I wish someone would write an article on how to play rook and pawn end games especially under time pressure.

Good idea, I might write a blog post about that sometime soon!

Hopefully you both realize entire books have been written on rook endgames, let alone articles.

 

That said, here an issue of Chess Horizons magazine from ~3.5 years ago with my article on the topic, including some thoughts on playing such endgames in time pressure.

 

http://www.masschess.org/chess_horizons/articles/CHHolidays2016.pdf

I don't see that as a reason not to write about this topic, even if there are others who have written about it as well. 

NikolaiSpongnikov
I always though the Lucena position was the hardest endgame I’ve ever seen
EnergeticHay
NikolaiSpongnikov wrote:
I always though the Lucena position was the hardest endgame I’ve ever seen

Yup, although it's not that bad once you've mastered it happy.png