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 Study Composer. Born in England but emigrated to New York in 1921. Endgame Editor for the American Chess Quarterly 1961-65. Composed over a hundred endings, many of which were of a high standard. 

 

The secret of understanding (Rook) endings is to know the basic positions. Nearly all endings will eventually resolve themselves into these building blocks. I cannot emphasise enough how important it is to know these positions if you want to improve your endgame play. Fortunately there is a nice way to learn and understand these basic theoretical positions. This is by attempting to solve endgame studies. The above ending will not make much sense unless you know and appreciate the Lucena position.

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 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.