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When endgame strategy is decisive – Concepts every player must know · Road to GM, Game 361

September 9, 2024 NHaselton Uncategorized

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This game features concepts every skilled chess player should know in their sleep!

It was an instructive middlegame which transposed into a thematic endgame in which one side has a practical advantage, but there’s a way to hold with precise play. Endgame understanding is what ended up deciding the game. I hope you learn from it!

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