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A week ago we showed you a famous game, played between Siegbert Tarrasch and Akiba Rubinstein in 1911. It ended in a draw, and is given as a model example for an active defence in rook endings. However, that was not the clear conclusion to draw from the game, and we asked you whether you could find the mistakes in the game play strategy? Wolfram Schön provided a very deep answer.
Last week we asked you to help us solve <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/endgame-riddle-fischer-spassky-game-3">a historical riddle</a>. Game 3 of the 1972 match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky left many open questions and new discoveries to be made. Charles Sullivan, Wolfram Schön, Zoran Petronijevic helped Karsten Müller resolve the riddles — and it turns out that Spassky could have held a draw!
Magnus Carlsen defeated two of his strongest rivals on Sunday to keep his perfect score at the Champions Chess Tour Finals. The former world champion defeated Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura in consecutive rounds. Joining him in the lead is Wesley So, who got the better of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Alireza Firouzja. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio
Last week we presented a Computer Challenge. It's a position in which even the best chess engines will not find the solution — even if you run them for a very long time. Our readers were asked to come up with the logic and strategy of the solution themselves, and then confirm everything with the help of the computer. The result: success? Here is the full truth on the historical endgame puzzle.
The third leg of the Women’s Grand Prix finished last Thursday in New Delhi. Aleksandra Goryachkina, Zhu Jiner and Bibsara Assaubayeva tied for first place. As ever, GM Karsten Müller followed the action closely, looking for exceptional positions to share with us. Find here three thought-provoking endgames with instructive analyses. | Pictured: Kateryna Lagno taking a look at Aleksandra Goryachkina’s position. | Photo: Ismael Nieto