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Endgames with Koravi Chandrashekhar-Part 2.I am back with my endgames positions.I hope you like this video.Please dont forget to share and comment !! http://sh.st/ifKQz

                                                                                                            White to play This is a study by one of the famous composer Grigoriev and its White's move..Can you find out the winning  continuation ?                                                           

                                                                      White to play This is the position I was looking during my practice sessions.Its white to move and looks as if it should be winning.Your task is to  find the candidate moves as you do in the game and calculate all the lines possible till the end also try to evaluate the final position.If you know this position before try  to find why other moves are not working..I t could be a good exercise.Please don't tell me you got the correct answer on the first attempt.Its very hard unless you know the position or the correct idea..Try to post how and why your move is the best.All the best !! After making some videos in marathi.I made my first video in english.In this video series I will try to explain some position which I came across and found it intresting and instructive.I hope you like this videos -

How did Black respond to  26.Qxc5? Puzzle Answer 26...Nc3! 27.Nxd4  [27.Bxc3 dxc3 28.Nd4 cxb2+ 29.Rxb2 (29.Ka2 Rxa3+ with mate to follow.) 29...Rxb2 with mate to follow.]  27...Rxb2 28.Rxb2 Qa2+ 0-1  [28...Qa2+ 29.Rxa2 Rb1#]

What did Black have planned upon  21...Bxd4! 22.Rf3? Puzzle Answer 22...Qxf3! 23.gxf3 Bxc3! 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.f4  [25.Qxc3 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 Nf4+ 27.Kg3 Ne2+]  25...Rd4! 0-1  [26.Qxc3 Rd1+ 27.Kg2 Nf4+ 28.Kf3 Rd3+.]

How should White continue after  35.Bxf5 gxf5? Puzzle Answer 36.Qd6! Qe8 37.Nxd8 Qxa4 38.Qd3 1-0  If 36...Qxd6, Black must lose the bishop upon 37.exd6 Bb6 38.d7, etc. There is no perpetual check after 36...Qc7 37.Nxd8 Qc2+ 38.Ke1 Qc1+ 39.Qd1

White has just played Rf1 to c1 its Blacks move...What will you play with Black?

In which creative way did White respond to 35...Rc5 Puzzle Answer 36.Rxf8+! Qxf8 37.Qxc5! Bxc5 38.Bb7 1-0

From Lasker's Manual of Chess: "Let us assume that a master who follows a good method, say, the method of this book, strives to educate a young man ignorant of Chess to the level of one who, if conceded any odds, would surely come out the winner. How much time would the teacher need for this achievement? I think that I am correct in making the following calculation: 200 hours total: Rules of Play and Exercises: 5 hrs. Elementary Endings: 5 hrs. Some Openings: 10 hrs. Combination: 20 hrs. Position Play: 40 hrs. Play and Analysis: 120 hrs. "Even if the young man has no talent at all, by following the above course he would advance to the class specified. Compare with this possibility, the reality. In fact, there are a quarter of a million Chess amateurs who devote to Chess at least two hundred hours every year and of these only a thousand, after a lifetime of study, attain the end. Without losing myself in calculations, I believe I am safe in voicing the opinion tha

How should Black respond to  38.e5? Puzzle Answer 38...Bxc4 39.Bxc4 Qc7 40.Bb3 Bxe5 41.Qg4 h5 42.Qe4 Bxg3 0-1

How should White respond to  39...Kh6? Puzzle Answer 40.Rh4+ Kg5 41.Bf6# 1-0  [Source: Hanken-Haring, Berkeley 1981]

Find last move (mate) without board. From  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmates_in_the_opening   Tip - It is a lot easier if you have a picture of starting position to look at. 5 moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5?! Bc5 4.Bg5? Ne4! 5.Bxd8?? 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5 5.h3?? 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2 Ngf6?? 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5 4.Bg3 f4? 5.e3 fxg3?? 6 moves 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.b3?? Qh4+ 5.g3 Qxg3+ 6.hxg3 1.d4 f5 2.h3 Nf6 3.g4 fxg4 4.hxg4 Nxg4 5.Qd3 Nf6?? 6.Rxh7! Rxh7 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Bg4?! 4.Nc3 g6? 5.Nxe5! Bxd1?? 6.Bxf7+ Ke7 7 moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4?! 4.Nxe5!? Qg5! 5.Nxf7?? Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5 4.Bg3 f4? 5.e3 h5 6.Bd3!? Rh6?? 7.Qxh5+! Rxh5 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 f5?! 4.exf5! Bxg2 5.Qh5+ g6 6.fxg6! Nf6?? 7.gxh7+! Nxh5 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.g3? fxg3 5.Qf3 g2+ 6.Ke2 gxh1=Q?? 7.Qxf7+ Kd8 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.b3 Qh4+ 4.g3 fxg3 5.h3 g2+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Kf2 1.e

                 How should White follow up after  31.Qf5+ Kg8 ? Puzzle Answer 32.g3! Qxe4 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Qxe4 Rxb6 1-0  If 32...Qd8, White mates with 33.Qg6. [Source: Shabalov-Fishbein, Seattle 2003]