Endgamepuzzle - Series 17

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. Ra8!! Rb2
2. Kc5! Rc2+
3. Kd4 Rb2
4. Ra5+ Ke6
5. Kc5 Rc2+
6. Kb5 Kd6
7. Ka6 Kc6
8. Ra1 Rc4
9. b7!! b4
10. Rc1+ Kd7
11. Rc8!

- Black resigned 1-0

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 16

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. f5!! gxf5
2. gxf5 Ra6
3. Rf4! b4
4. b3 Rf7
5. f6 Kd6
6. Kd4 Ke6
7. Rf2 Kd6
8. Ra2 Rc7
9. Ra6+ Kd7
10. Rb6

- Black resigned 1-0

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 15

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. Kg7!! Rd7
2. f6! gxf6
3. Kh6 f4
4. gxf4 Rd5
5. Kg7 Rf5
6. Ra4 Kb5
7. Re4 Ka6
8. Kh6 Rxa6
9. Re5 Ra1
10. Kxh5 Rg1
11. Rg5!! Rh1
12. Rf5 Kb6
13. Rxf7 Kc6
14. Re7!

- Black resigned 1-0

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 14

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. Rf7!! Rb5+
2. Kg6! Rb6+
3. Rf6+ Rb8
4. g5 Ra8
5. Rf5!! Kg8
6. Rd5 Rb8
7. Kh5 Ra8
8. g6 Kh8
9. Rf5 Rg8
10. g7+ Kh7
11. Rf8 Rxf8
12. gxf8=B! Kg8
13. Kg6 Kh8
14. Bg7+ Kg8
15. h7#

OR

1. Rf7!! Rb5+
2. Kg6! Rb6+
3. Rf6+ Rb8
4. g5 Ra8
5. Rf5!! Kg8
6. Rd5 Rb8
7. Kh5 Ra8
8. g6 Kh8
9. Rf5 Rg8
10. g7+ Kh7
11. Rf8 Rxf8
12. gxf8=B! Kg8
13. Kg6 Kxf8
14. h7 Ke7
15. h8=Q

- Black resigned 1-0

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 13

Black to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. ...Re1!!
2. Kf5 Kc3!
3. Rg4 a3
4. Rg3+ Kb2
5. Rg2+ Ka1
6. Rh2 Rb1
7. Ke4 Rb2
8. Rh1+ Kxa2
9. Kd3 Kb3
10. Rh7 a2
11. Rb7+ Ka4!!
12. Ra7+ Kb5!
13. Ra8!!

- Game drawn with agreement 1/2 - 1/2

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 12

Black to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. ...Re3!!
2. Kd5 Rd3+
3. Ke5 Rd1
4. Ke6 Re1
5. e5 Kd8
6. Ra8+ Kc7
7. Ra7+ Kd8
8. Kd6 Rd1+
9. Kc6 Re1

- Game drawn with agreement 1/2 -1/2 

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 11

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. Rh4!! Kd6
2. Rh6+! Kc5
3. Rh7 Re8
4. a7 Re1
5. Rc7+ Kd4
6. Kb6 Rb1+
7. Kc6 Rc1+
8. Kb7 Rb1+
9. Kc8 Ra1
10. Kb8 Rb1+
11. Rb7 Rg1
12. a8=Q Rg8+
13. Ka7 Rxa8
14. Kxa8 Kd5
15. Rd7+ 

- Black resigned 1-0

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 10

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. h4!! h6
2. Kh3 Rb4
3. Kg2! g5
4. hxg5 hxg5
5. Kh3 a5
6. Kg2 Rb3
7. Kh3 Kd7
8. Kg4 Ke6
9. Kh5!! Kd7
10. Kxg5 Rb4
11. Kh5 Rb8
12. g5 Kxe5
13. d7 Kf5
14. Kh6! Rb6+
15. Kh7 Rb7 
16. g6 Rxd7+
17. g7 Kf6
18. Rf1+ Ke5
19. Kh8 Rd8+
20. g8=Q Rxg8+
21. Kxg8 Kd4
22. Kf7 Kc3
23. Ke6 Kb3
24. Kd5 Kxa4
25. Kc4 Ka3
26. Kc3 a4
27. Rb1 Ka2
28. Rxb2+ Ka1
29. Rb4 a3
30. Rb8!! Ka2
31. Ra8 Ka1
32. Rxa3+ Kb1
33. Ra7 Kc1
34. Ra1#

- White won 1-0

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 9

Black to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. ...Rb3!!
2. Rd1 Rb2!
3. Rd3 Rb1
4. Rd4 Rb3
5. Rd2 Rb1
6. Rd3 Rb2
7. Rd1 Rb3
8. Rd4 Rb2
9. Rd5 Rb3
10. Rc5 Kd7
11. Rc1 Rb2
12. Rc3 Rb4
13. Rc1

- Game drawn with agreement 1/2 -1/2

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 8

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. Rc2+!! Kb7
2. Rc4! Rd1
3. Kf7 Rf1+
4. Ke6 Re1+
5. Kd6 Rd1+
6. Ke5 Re1+
7. Re4 Rxe4
8. Kxe4 Kc7
9. e8=Q

Or

1. Rc2+!! Kb6
2. Kd8 Re1+
3. Kc8 Re1
4. Rc7 Re6
5. Kd8 Re1
6. Rd7 Kc5
7. e8=Q

Or

1. Rc2+!! Kb7
2. Rc4! Kb6
3. Kd8 Rd1+
4. Kc8 Re1
5. Rc7 Re6
6. Kd8 Re1
7. Rd7 Kc5
8. e8=Q

Or

1. Rc2+!! Kb7
2. Rc4! Rf1
3. Kd7 Rd1+
4. Ke6 Re1+
5. Kd6 Re2
6. Rc5 Rd2+
7. Rd5 Re2
8. Kd7 Kb6
9. e8=Q

- Black resigned 1-0

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 7

Black to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. ...Rg6!!
2. Rh7+ Ke8!
3. e6 Rg1
4. Kd6 Rd1+

- Game drawn with agreement 1/2 - 1/2

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 6

Black to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. ...Kf6!!
2. Kg4 Rxa2!
3. h4 Rd2
4. Rf5+ Ke7
5. h5 Rd4+
6. Kh3 Rd5
7. Bh4+ Kd6
8. Bg3+ Ke7
9. Bh4+ Kd6
10. Bg3+ Ke7

- Game drawn with repetition 1/2 - 1/2

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 5

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. Kg3!! Kd5
2. Kf4! Ke6
3. Kg5 Kf7
4. Kf5 Ke7
5. Kg6 Kd6
6. f4 Ke7
7. f5 Kf8
8. Kf6 Kg8
9. Ke7 Kg7
10. f6+

Or

1. Kg3!! Kd5
2. Kf4! Ke6
3. Kg5 Kf7
4. Kf5 Ke7
5. Kg6 Kd6
6. f4 Ke7
7. f5 Kf8
8. Kf6 Ke8
9. Kg7 Ke7
10. f6+

- Black resigned 1-0

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 4

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. Kh5!! Kg7
2. Kg6! Kf7
3. Kf5 Ke7
4. Kg6 Kf8
5. Kf6 Kg8
6. Ke7 Kg7
7. f5

Or

1. Kh5!! Kg7
2. Kg6! Kf7
3. Kf5 Ke7
4. Kg6 Kf8
5. Kf6 Ke8
6. Kg7 Ke7
7. f5

- Black resigned 1-0

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 3

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. h5!! Kd6
2. g6! hxg6
3. h6 Ke6
4. h7 Kf7
5. h8=Q

Or

1. h5!! Kd6
2. g6! h6
3. g7 Ke7
4. g8=Q

- Black resigned 1-0

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Endgamepuzzle - Series 2

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. h4!! Ra2
2. h5 Nf2+
3. Kg1 Ne4
4. Nxe4 dxe4
5. g4 Rxa4
6. h6! Ra7
7. Rf5!! Kd3
8. g5 e3
9. Re5 e2
10. Kf2 Rf7+
11. Kg3 Rf5
12. Rxe2! Kxe2
13. Kg4 Rb5
14. h7 Rb4+
15. Kh5 Rb8
16. Kh6 Kd3
17. g6 Ke2
18. g7 Rb6+
19. Kg5 Rb5+
20. Kf4 Rb4+
21. Ke5 Rb5+
22. Kd6 Rh5
23. h8=Q

- Black resigned 1-0

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Endgame Puzzle - Series 1

White to move

GM_Knockout said ;

1. Bxb5!! axb5
2. Kd7 Kc3
3. fxe4+ fxe4

Or

1. Bxb5!! axb5
2. Kc2 Kf6
3. Ke3 f4+
4. Kc3

- Game drawn with agreement 1/2 - 1/2

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