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.

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Black's best defence is to try and reach a theoretical draw with lone King against two Knights. The g-pawn will soon be lost and Black will use his advancing a-pawn to deflect the White King from the defence of the c-pawn. Black desires a swap of the pawns in order to draw. But White has a surprise in store for his opponent as he keeps hold of the c-pawn and allows the a-pawn to queen. A delightful endgame study.

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.