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The term "malyutka" - "baby" - is used for endgame studies with up to five pieces. The art of such studies is very old, but some modern composers extensively researched such positions. Obviously, endgame tablebases made composing such endgame studies easier in the late 20th century, and it seems that there can't be much variety with only three pieces apart from the kings. Yet, even with so few pieces, some interesting ideas can be found.| Photos: Pixabay

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Second virus wave pressures Sweden Analysts noted the unusually sharp tone of the message from the king, whose power is ceremonial and who typically refrains from commenting on political matters, with some calling it a rebuke of the Swedish strategy. © gcalin/123rf.com 107 days ago STOCKHOLM - Sweden, which has controversially relied on mostly non-coercive measures, struggled to contain an unexpectedly strong second coronavirus wave as the country's monarch on Thursday criticised the nation's failure to s...

UPDATES with court comment, number of hospitalisations, and PM quote Sweden, which has controversially relied on mostly non-coercive measures, struggled to contain an unexpectedly strong second coronavirus wave as the country's monarch on Thursday criticised the nation's failure to save lives. "I believe we have failed," Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf told broadcaster SVT in a preview for a programme summing up the year released Thursday. Analysts noted the unusually sharp tone of the message from the king, whose power is ceremonial and who typically refrains from commenting on political matte...

Sweden's king: 'We have failed' to manage the coronavirus pandemic Joel Gehrke © Provided by Washington Examiner Sweden’s idiosyncratic approach to managing the coronavirus has “failed,” according to the nation’s monarch. "I think we have failed,” Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf said during a year-end television program. “We have a large number who have died, and that is terrible.” Sweden’s approach to the coronavirus pandemic was characterized by a refusal to issue mandatory lockdown orders that made the Scandinavian nation an outlier from much of Europe and ...