Tag
#Intermediario
3 entries across 1 section of the encyclopedia.
Endgames
3- Endgame Bishop versus Knight
The minor-piece debate that has divided endgame writers for two centuries — when the bishop's range outperforms the knight's hops, when the knight's leap defeats the bishop's lines, and the practical heuristics that decide each case.
- Endgame Opposite-Coloured Bishops
The endings where two pawns up is often not enough to win and three pawns up is sometimes not enough either — the most paradoxical balance of forces in chess, and the practical rules that turn the paradox into useful conclusions.
- Endgame Triangulation
The technique for losing a tempo with the king — taking three moves to reach a square the opponent reaches in two, and using the spare move to force the opponent into zugzwang.