The power of the triple pawns – more endgames from Plovdiv

Opposite colored bishops favor the attacker

Pure opposite colored bishop endings have a very large drawish tendency. However, when more pieces are on the board matters are completely different:

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The duel rook against bishop

Usually a rook is much stronger than a bishop in a technical endgame, but if the bishop has targets to attack matters may be different:

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Deadly Tripled Pawn

Usually it is of course better to have a healthy pawn structure, but in chess there is no rule without exception:

Areshchenko's Attack

Queen endings sometimes look confusing for humans due to the many possible queen moves and checks:

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