Decisive Advantage? Update

When do you resign? Losing an exchange should not be sufficient cause for resignation. But, what if you are down an exchange and your oppone...

A Technical Win? Update

The annotations in Chess Informant 44/672 by Oscar Panno indicate that Black is in zugzwang . The game was Panno -- Leskovar, Buenos Aires ...

Rook versus Bishop Update

When I think that I understand something, I expect to be able to execute the maneuver in mere seconds. Sometimes, my understanding of the pa...

Zugzwang Update

Several of my students have seen this position this past week. None have succeeded. It is one that I use from Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual...