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Rook and knight and a perpetual

6/2/2020 – Rook and knight can be a powerful team. If well-placed this duo has saved countless bad or even lost positions with a typical perpetual that every chess player should know.

The perpetual - one way to draw

6/20/2017 – If you are in trouble it often helps to look for hidden tactical possibilities. E.g. for a perpetual. Particularly so in the endgame.

The ladies invite to a little dance

7/29/2014 – The rule that pawns that reach the first or the eighth rank can be promoted into a queen is simply wonderful. It adds spice to lots of positions and never fails to fascinate beginners. But before promoting a pawn it sometimes pays to check whether having two queens in the same castle is really such a good thing. Karsten Müller has a striking example.
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