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Old 05-19-2009, 11:10 AM   #1 (permalink)
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The Endgame Group continues to meet every second Wednesday and now has a small core group of interested members. We welcome players of all strengths to the group to discuss endgames and to try to improve our endgame technique.

Next meeting, this Wednesday 20th May with a look at 2 endgame greats Rubinstein and Capablanca and whether either could have been said to have been the greater endgame player.
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Originally Posted by mowcop View Post
The Endgame Group continues to meet every second Wednesday and now has a small core group of interested members. We welcome players of all strengths to the group to discuss endgames and to try to improve our endgame technique.

Next meeting, this Wednesday 20th May with a look at 2 endgame greats Rubinstein and Capablanca and whether either could have been said to have been the greater endgame player.
Sounds like a cool idea. I wish I could attend.
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Old 05-31-2009, 03:08 PM   #3 (permalink)
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This Wednesday 3rd June, MCC Endgame Study Group will meet looking at some endgames of the great Rubinstein.

Whether endgames interest you, you are a great endgame player/theorist who may have some things to add to the group, or your endgames need some work, come along and discuss with like minded people.

The group meets at 7.30pm every second Wednesday, everyone welcome
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Old 05-31-2009, 07:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I'll be there ^_^
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I'll be there ^_^
Good stuff, the more the merrier
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Old 06-04-2009, 12:21 PM   #6 (permalink)
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We were lucky to have the presence of Stephen Solomon for a time, and he was very open with his comments about the endgames we were looking at. Also it was good to see strong players such as Michael Baron and Bill Jordan taking an interest and passing on their experience and judgement, so that the rest of us can learn from them.

We examined 2 of Rubinstein's classic endgames from the St Petersburg tournament of 1909. His great victory versus Lasker, and an exemplary king and pawn endgame against E Cohn. Both examples showed the importance of piece activity (including king activity) in the endgame, and we finished things off by setting up a position from the rook endgame that Rubinstein played against Spielmann, and trying to play the position in practice games. The position was set up after White's 41st move and we tried to win the position as Black a la Rubinstein
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A game from 1909? Aren't we too strong to spend time going over such an oldie?
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Originally Posted by Arrogant-One View Post
A game from 1909? Aren't we too strong to spend time going over such an oldie?
I'm not
Thanks for posting it mow, I couldn't find the win against Sarah? and Steven :\
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Originally Posted by Arrogant-One View Post
A game from 1909? Aren't we too strong to spend time going over such an oldie?
Anyone who is too strong to be going over the endgames of Rubinstein must surely be a great player.
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Originally Posted by Heartbreak Kid View Post
I'm not
Thanks for posting it mow, I couldn't find the win against Sarah? and Steven :\
Its not all about finding wins, its about practicing playing from positions that you normally wouldn't be looking at. Then when you get to a game situation you will be more comfortable at playing endgames. So as well as learning some theory, and some general principles of the endgame, a player needs to practice endgames in order to improve.
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Originally Posted by mowcop View Post
Its not all about finding wins, its about practicing playing from positions that you normally wouldn't be looking at. Then when you get to a game situation you will be more comfortable at playing endgames. So as well as learning some theory, and some general principles of the endgame, a player needs to practice endgames in order to improve.
These are good points. I am really enjoying the group so far and think it has helped my chess.
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These are good points. I am really enjoying the group so far and think it has helped my chess.
Thanks, and glad you are enjoying it Next time (17/6/09) we will look at a couple of Capa's endings with a position from which to play some practice games.

The session after I have some interesting endgames by Bill Jordan that need to be analysed.
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Originally Posted by mowcop View Post
Thanks, and glad you are enjoying it Next time (17/6/09) we will look at a couple of Capa's endings with a position from which to play some practice games.

The session after I have some interesting endgames by Bill Jordan that need to be analysed.
Hehe, "The Great Jordan"'s games are about to be analysed? :p
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Originally Posted by mowcop View Post
Thanks, and glad you are enjoying it Next time (17/6/09) we will look at a couple of Capa's endings with a position from which to play some practice games.

The session after I have some interesting endgames by Bill Jordan that need to be analysed.
Yes a couple of those looked interesting. I am looking forward
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