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.

Endgame Composer and Problemist. A German Jew who came to England in 1935. In 1957 he was awarded the title of International Judge of Composition by FIDE and in 1973 became an International Master of Chess Composition. He was an expert in the field of Electronics and in 1949 he became professor of this new emerging science at Southampton University.

The d-pawn advances and Black is forced to blockade the pawn with his King. His Rook has to eye the a-pawn and look after his own g-pawn. Otherwise White will win by taking his King to the queenside and shepherd home the a-pawn. After a clever tempo loss with White King, the Black Rook finally loses position and White wins by a neat tactical trick often seen in these type of endings.

1. Cumulative 2002 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 6/1/2002 to 22/12/2002 with a recess in July. Present CUMULATIVE COMPETITION 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.

2. Endgame Solving Tournaments 2002. They will be directed at new or intermediate solvers and will not be too difficult. No money prizes but a book prize for the highest placed newcomer. Events will take place at Easter, Summer and Christmas each consisting of 5 positions to solve. Present strict rules will apply; no computer analysis.