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Chess Endgame Study: Mikhail Zinar, Sozyura 120 MT 2018. White to move and win.
Youtube legacy video 10
Original publication: 13 May 2018
Original description:
Unfortunately it seems the new microphone has small audio issues, but I hope you still can understand everything.
EDIT: There is an audio desync also. But it still should be understandable, I hope, only the moves show up a bit too late in the reprise.
If you want, you can check out the following links mentioned in the video:
Entries for the MT (visible with JavaScript): http://didok.ru/%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%ba%d1%83%d1%80%d1%81-%d0%b2-%d1%81%d0%be%d1%81%d1%8e%d1%80%d0%b0-120/
Other studies with five knight promotions in the pawn endgame: http://matplus.net/start.php?px=1526229626&app=forum&act=posts&fid=tt&tid=1552
ARVES/EG: http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/
Harold van der Heijden's database "hhdbv": http://hhdbv.nl/
Chess Endgame Study: Mikhail Zinar, Cirtdan 2018, 1st honorable mention. White to move and draw.
Youtube legacy video 12
Original publication: 21 February 2019
Original description:
(Spoiler Warning: The full solution is at the end of the description prior to the info that is necessary for legal reasons. If you don't want to see it, don't click on "Show more..." or don't look too far down.)
If you don't want to hear the introduction and go directly to the solution, it starts at 0:17
wKb3 Pf6 - bKh1 Pb5 Pf7
Chess endgame study: White to move and win
Composer and source: Mikhail Zinar, Cirtdan 2018 (thematic tourney), 1st honorable mention
(see the link below for the full award)
Award (in Azeri language) for download or online view: http://ulvichess.az/chess-composition/882-cirtdan-2018-2-3-n.html
Mikhail Zinar is an endgame studies composer from the Ukraine. He is specialized in pawn endgame studies with promotion tasks, as well as classical pawn endgame studies. Together with Nikolay Grivoriev, Zinar is considered the greatest master in the composition of pawn endgames. As a great not only coinnosseur but real lover of pawn endgames, I am a great fan of the work of Mikhail Zinar and thus wanted to share this easy to understand but really beautiful composition with you quickly. I apologize for the occasional lengths in the video.
A quick video about the endgame study of Mikhail Zinar, 1st honorable mention at the Cirtdan 2018 thematic tourney. The tourney was for endgame studies with exactly five pieces (the usual term for this is the Russian "malyutka" for "baby"). The tourney was based on the Cirtdan fairy tale/legend, a type of David vs. Goliath story, from Azerbaijan. For further information, please search for "Jirtdan" and "Azerbaijan" in a search engine. Note that the spelling with J instead of C is more common.
As of 22 February 2019, the "Azeribaijan International" magazine and website offer one of those short stories about Jirtdan in English from their magazine here (no fees, i.e. just an article on the website): https://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/43_folder/43_articles/43_children.html
Note that while chess endgame studies might be copyrightable in some countries, there is no known case of a composer objecting to the re-publication of his works. If any composer does not want me to show his endgame study in a video, they are welcome to contact me and I will make the video private. If he thinks I misrepresent the solution, they also are welcome to send me suggestions and I can create a new video for that study.
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Solution: 1.Kb4 Kg2 2.Kc5!! b4! 3.K:b4 Kf3 4.Kc3! Ke4 5.Kd2 Ke5 6.Ke3 K:f6 7.Kf4=
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The following information is posted for legal reasons (for example licensing) and can be ignored by viewers. This is not paid or otherwise compensated advertising.
GUI: ChessBase (Deep Fritz 11, "Junior5" color scheme)
http://www.chessbase.com/
Video recording program: Movavi Video Suite
https://www.movavi.com/suite/
Chess Endgame Study: Jan Timman, 1st Armenia Cup 2017, Section B, 2nd prize. White to move and win.
Youtube legacy video 11
Original publication: 30 January 2019
Original description:
Endgame study: Jan Timman, 1st Armenia Cup 2017 (section B), 2nd prize. The full award is available on ARVES.
http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/awards/awards-replayable/1358-armenia-1st-cup-2017
Today I show an endgame study by Jan Timman, revolving about caging and capturing Qh1 and a surprising mutual zugzwang position. Sadly the final position is hard to evaluate for practical players.
Note: In the future (starting with this video) I use a different GUI and the video thumbnail will be the initial position of the study.
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The following information is posted for legal reasons ( for example licensing) and can be ignored by viewers.
GUI: ChessBase (Deep Fritz 11, "Junior5" color scheme)
Video recording program: Movavi Video Suite
https://www.movavi.com/suite/
Chess endgame study by Mikhail Zinar, Chervoni Girnik 1977, 2nd to 3rd prize. White to move and win.
Bad audio in the original video
Youtube legacy video 04
Original publication: 24 May 2008
Chess endgame that is like an endgame study: Larissa Volpert - Tatyana Zatulovskaya, USSR Championship 1960
Youtube legacy video 06
Original title: The Zatulovskaya Trial
Original publication: 7 June 2008
Chess endgame study by Kārlis Bētiņš (Karl Behting, Carl Behting), Bohemia 1906, 2nd to 5th prize. White to move and draw.
Youtube legacy video 05
Original publication: 26 May 2008
Chess endgames studies from the NONA JT 2008 with (at the original publication) partially bad audio
Youtube legacy video 08
Original publication: 2 August 2008
Chess endgame study by Gleb Zakhodyakin (Zachodjakin, Sachodjakin, Zakhodjakin), Tidskrift för Schack 1930, 1st prize. White to move and draw.
Youtube legacy video 09
Original publication: 22 August 2008
Chess endgame study by Filipp S. Bondarenko and Alexander Kakovin, Revista Română de Șah 1958. White to move and win.
Youtube legacy video 07
Original publication: 22 June 2008
Chess endgame study: Ernest Pogosyants, Pravda Severa 1969 thematic tourney, 1st prize. White to move and win.
Youtube legacy video 01
Original publication: 15 March 2008
Chess endgame study by Vladimir Bron, Rustaveli MT 1967, 3rd special prize. White to move and win.
Youtube legacy video 02
Original publication: 16 March 2008
Chess endgame study by Hillel Aloni and Yehuda Hoch, Thémes 64 1981, 1st/2nd prize. White to move and win
First includes the chess endgame study by Georges Emile Barbier & Fernando Saavedra, [Glasgow] Weekly Citizen, 1895
Youtube legacy video 03
Original publication: 17 March 2008
Chess videos, mostly endgame studies.
For now the 12 "legacy" videos from Youtube are here, more will follow. Note that the "legacy" videos were downloaded from Youtube and re-uploaded here, so their sound quality might be horrible.
Very hard to find the correct channel category. Chess studies are art. But chess is sport.