4 Ideas to Squeeze a Win in an Equal/Drawish Endgame

February 23, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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♕ 4 Ideas to Squeeze a Win in an Equal/Drawish Endgame – https://goo.gl/qYwXbh

Winning an endgame that looks equal or drawish is not a walk on the cake. We have to push and squeeze hard to win such endgame positions.

It’s important to outplay our opponent with creative ideas, especially in such equal/drawish endgames. In this video, FM Marko Makaj will show you a couple of his games, where he squeezed a victory from equal-looking endgames. He will also share with you 4 concrete ideas on how to do this.

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