Level
3-Bishop
Chess Diagram
During the last few classes before the end of the school year we learned and practiced a few types of endgames. This summer puzzle is a good opportunity to practice what you have learned. In this King and pawns endgame white moves first; your tasks:
a) Can white play for a win? Explain your answer
b) Find the best line you can think of
Total available points for this puzzle is 20 and they will be considered for the September - December semester for all solvers. The answers will be published next time (in September) together with puzzle #281.
Puzzle #279 solution:
Game Em. Lasker – Tarrasch. The best answer has been put together by Aaron:
"a) Black stands better because
- White has doubled pawns
- Black's pawns are halfway across the board
- The pawns on the left (Queen side) are 3 vs 2
- Black's king is very close to the white pawns
Correct solutions:
Aaron - 17 points
Hyson - 14 points
Coco, Bradley - 10 points
Benjamin, Cody, Andrew - 5 points
Deryk, Yakov - 2 points
FINAL STANDINGS:
Coco - 248 points
Bradley - 220 points
Cody - 213 points
Benjamin - 187 points
Hyson - 184 points
Jalen - 179 points
Aaron - 136 points
Deryk - 130 points
Yakov - 124 points
Terry - 84 points
Uros - 26 point
Dheera - 14 points
Andrew - 13 points
a) Can white play for a win? Explain your answer
b) Find the best line you can think of
Total available points for this puzzle is 20 and they will be considered for the September - December semester for all solvers. The answers will be published next time (in September) together with puzzle #281.
Puzzle #279 solution:
Game Em. Lasker – Tarrasch. The best answer has been put together by Aaron:
"a) Black stands better because
- White has doubled pawns
- Black's pawns are halfway across the board
- The pawns on the left (Queen side) are 3 vs 2
- Black's king is very close to the white pawns
Correct solutions:
Aaron - 17 points
Hyson - 14 points
Coco, Bradley - 10 points
Benjamin, Cody, Andrew - 5 points
Deryk, Yakov - 2 points
FINAL STANDINGS:
Coco - 248 points
Bradley - 220 points
Cody - 213 points
Benjamin - 187 points
Hyson - 184 points
Jalen - 179 points
Aaron - 136 points
Deryk - 130 points
Yakov - 124 points
Terry - 84 points
Uros - 26 point
Dheera - 14 points
Andrew - 13 points
Opposition