CapaChess Daily - Apr.10

This series is an online chess magazine combined with chapters listed below:
A) Tactics
B) Master's game
C) Basic endgame theories.

A) Tactics
Theme: Playing for stalemates
Position 1

Position 2

Position 3

Position 4

Position 5

Position 6

B) Master's Game

Today we'll study a very ancient line in Queen's Gambit and how masters played in that line.

C) Endgame Theory

Same-color bishop - Bishop & pawn vs. Bishop

If the endgame is white to move, he can always chase the bishop in front of the pawn and then trade it. In another word, the idea is to drive off the enemy bishop and then interfering along the long diagonal.

However, if it is black to move, black can prevent white's plan by placing the king to c5.

So here there is a principle: King behind the king!

A special case:
If the weaker side does not have enough waiting move because of the short diagonal, even with the right king position, the draw is impossible:

Conclusion

This is the very first article of this online "blog magazine". This series will be uploaded every day. Follow us to improve our chess together!