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Endgames from the 2020 Candidates Tournament

March 26, 2020 NHaselton Hanging Pawns

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A new endgame episode is coming up every Thursday! To continue the series, I have decided to cover two immensely interesting practical endgames that were played at the 2020 Candidates Tournament, just a few days ago.

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Both of them were won in the end, and both of them appeared to be winning to the grandmasters analyzing them. I just couldn’t see it. Could you win?

I analyzed both extensively, and reached a closure on both!

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