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.

Russian Endgame Composer. Prolific composer for over five decades. His studies have won many awards. Sometime member of F.I.D.E. Commission of Chess Compositions. Judge for International Solving Championship of Russia.

White has a material advantage of a Knight for two pawns. But the Black a- and h-pawns are very dangerous for they are not far from promotion. The White Rook plays a wonderful role in defending against the passed pawns on both flanks. The a-pawn particularly needs to be dealt with straightaway so White's first move is not difficult to find. It is important to remember that White is fighting for a draw here.