lunes, 26 de noviembre de 2007

LATP 05


(Advanced)


Today we have a very interesting problem about how to reach the given position in 4 complete moves.

martes, 20 de noviembre de 2007

LATP 04


(INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)


After some delay here it is LATP 04. Today we have very special guest, Apple CEO Steve Jobs. We will see a classical game: Marshall-Capablanca, New York 1918, in which the great former World Chess Champion was able to prove the supremacy of his bishop over the knight from a balanced position.


martes, 13 de noviembre de 2007

LATP 03

(EASY)



Today we will consider completely different stuff. Calculation and combinative vision are the key concepts in chess tactics.


miércoles, 7 de noviembre de 2007

LATP 02


(INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)


Let's consider now how to reach Lucena's winning position when the pawn is still in the 5th rank and the defending king is not allow to stay in front of the pawn.

martes, 6 de noviembre de 2007

LATP 01

(INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)



In this first chapter we cover the two most important positions in rook endings. The Lucena's Winning Position and the Philidor's Drawing Position.