Showing posts with label Intuition in the Endgame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Intuition in the Endgame. Show all posts
Jun 9, 2011
Intuition as a means of avoiding errors
Intuitive decisions are very often necessary for transition from one type of endgame to another. Of course, in the majority of cases exchange can be assessed by analysis and your own intuition should first and foremost warn against failure. This is to some degree a kind of prophylactic intuition.
Jun 3, 2011
Sacrificing the exchange for an advantageous endgame
Anand possesses the ability to sacrifice the exchange for position, which is also standard method of playing, especially in the endgame. He is clearly familiar with Petrosian's favourite strategic device, as we see in the following game.
Pawn sacrifices in the endgame
The compensation received for a pawn in the form of either piece activity, possession of an open file or clearing the path for a passed pawn generally has no meaning in the endgame than in the middlegame.
May 28, 2011
The sacrifice of two pieces for a rook and pawn(s) Part 1
A typical intuitive endgame device is the giving up of two pieces for a rook and pawns. In the middlegame the advantage usually lies with two pieces, but in the endgame it is more often the other way around.
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