Monday, October 25, 2010

BK Academy of Chess - The Saavedra Position

The Saavedra position is one of the best known chess endgame studies. It is named after the Spanish priest Rev. Fernando Saavedra (1849–1922), who, while living in Glasgow in the late 19th century, spotted a win in a position previously thought to have been a draw (Wikipedia).

The following is a Black__Knight composition highlighting the Saavedra position.

“In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before
everything else, for whereas the endings can be studied and
mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening
must be studied in relation to the endgame”
(Jose Raul Capablanca).

8 comments:

Unknown said...

Thanks, it is a fantastic leason.
In particular the idea to get no squares to the black rook to catch the pawn.

Unknown said...

nice. i have been stuck in that exact position before and played it all wrong. thanks a lot

David said...

Fascinating end game. It's an amazing solution to a seemingly straightforward draw.

rockuout said...

a very intrigueing ending highly recommended to all chesswarriors

gjsgregskyplayer said...

This was an amazing awakening.Chess all comes down to pawns.I keep saying that and only a few ppl. understand. I thank you greatly for these great examples you have provided us....Greg...gjsgregskyplayer

Anonymous said...

brilliant! indeed chess is a great game and sport.

Julien394 said...

Very interesting. I'll have to review that one a couple more times. Thanks Black_Knight.

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