Welcome to this active site. Each week I am going to present to you an endgame position for you to solve or to workout the best continuation. Computer analysis will also be considered. Some of these positions will come from actual historical games. Others will be composed endgame studies, but all the solutions will be relevant to the practical game. The new position will occur each SUNDAY and I will always be pleased to receive POSITIVE feedback about the positions and the analysis and I will try to acknowledge these where relevant.

 

International Grandmaster(1995). British player. Won the Grand Prix last year for the 3rd time. In 2002 came 1st at Hastings Challengers, Wrexham GM and Swansea; and 2nd at the Montpellier Open. Best result: 2nd at Hastings Premier on his debut. A conscientious and determined player who rejoices in long endings !!

White plays a long forcing combination which exposes the Black King. This combined with weak Kingside pawns and a Knight on the edge of the board leads to a lost ending for Black. But White has to play accurately because Black counterattacks with his advanced passed c-pawn. A very absorbing ending in all its phases:

1. Cumulative 2003 Prizes: 1st £100 or equivalent, 2nd £50, 3rd £30; 4th £20. (Total Prize Money=£200) Entries limited to 20 solvers. This event will run from 5/1/2003 to 22/12/2003 with a recess in July. Present rules apply but note the prizes will go to those participants who climb the ladder the greatest number of times during the year. The relative position of the solver's name on the ladder will decide the allocation of prizes.