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Practice · where did it turn?

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Where did it turn?

In these endgames the win or the draw was already on the board – until one move threw it away. Can you find the move that would have held it?

Black to move holds the draw

VideoEvery position plays its solution by itself, after a short pause the next one comes – to watch and learn.Click: start · again: stopStop the videoNo further position – a solution half played is taken back, the position stands to be solved.
Training position – White: Kg6, Qd7, e6; Black: Kc5, Qa11h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a

Where it turns most often

Of 5,714 turning points the tablebase found in our games: the endgames with the most.

EndgameWin thrown awayDraw lost
Rook vs. rook614883
Queen vs. queen490667
Rook and bishop vs. rook352664
Rook vs. pawns125133
Queen vs. rook126117
Pawn endgame104133
Rook vs. bishop8793
Rook vs. knight7777
Bishop vs. knight5587
Rook and knight vs. rook4693

Positions of the greats

Where it turned for great players – world champions, classics, 2700s. A click puts the position on the board.

Task from Alexander Alekhine – Goesta Stoltz · Salzburg, 1942: Black to move holds the draw – White: Kg6, Qd7, e6; Black: Kc5, Qa11h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Draw lost Alexander Alekhine – Goesta Stoltz · Salzburg, 1942 Task from Alexander Alekhine – V. Dolinek · Brno sim, 1933: Black to move keeps the win – White: Kf4, Ra8; Black: Kh1, Rd2, h31h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Win thrown away Alexander Alekhine – V. Dolinek · Brno sim, 1933 Task from Max Euwe – Alexander Alekhine · World Championship 16th, 1935: White to move holds the draw – White: Ke3, Rb8; Black: Kc3, Rh2, a48a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Draw lost Max Euwe – Alexander Alekhine · World Championship 16th, 1935 Task from Mikhail Botvinnik – Vladimir Simagin · URS-ch22, 1955: Black to move keeps the win – White: Kb4, Ne5; Black: Kg5, Nd2, h51h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Win thrown away Mikhail Botvinnik – Vladimir Simagin · URS-ch22, 1955 Task from Mikhail Botvinnik – Nikolay N. Minev · Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A, 1954: White to move keeps the win – White: Kg6, Qe6, g5; Black: Ka5, Qd48a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Mikhail Botvinnik – Nikolay N. Minev · Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A, 1954 Task from Bobby Fischer – James T. Sherwin · Portoroz Interzonal, 1958: Black to move holds the draw – White: Kh3, Rf3, g4; Black: Ke7, Ra41h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Draw lost Bobby Fischer – James T. Sherwin · Portoroz Interzonal, 1958 Task from Bobby Fischer – Arthur Bernard Bisguier · USA-ch, 1959: Black to move holds the draw – White: Kb3, b2, c4; Black: Kd3, b71h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Draw lost Bobby Fischer – Arthur Bernard Bisguier · USA-ch, 1959 Task from Boris Spassky – Anatoly Karpov · Hamburg TV-1pl, 1982: Black to move holds the draw – White: Kb5, Qa7, Nd3; Black: Kc7, Qe71h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Draw lost Boris Spassky – Anatoly Karpov · Hamburg TV-1pl, 1982 Task from Judit Polgár – Garry Kasparov · Dos Hermanas, 1996: White to move holds the draw – White: Kh8, Rd1; Black: Kf6, Rd5, Nd48a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Draw lost Judit Polgár – Garry Kasparov · Dos Hermanas, 1996 Task from Mikhail Tal – Nikolai V. Krogius · URS-ch sf, 1956: Black to move holds the draw – White: Kg4, Rg5, f3; Black: Kc6, Rc51h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Draw lost Mikhail Tal – Nikolai V. Krogius · URS-ch sf, 1956 Task from Mikhail Tal – Mark E. Taimanov · URS-ch25, 1958: White to move keeps the win – White: Kb6, Qc7, a5; Black: Ke8, Qb48a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Mikhail Tal – Mark E. Taimanov · URS-ch25, 1958 Task from Alireza Firouzja – Magnus Carlsen · 8th Norway Chess 2020: White to move holds the draw – White: Kd3, e4; Black: Kd6, e5, f68a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Draw lost Alireza Firouzja – Magnus Carlsen · 8th Norway Chess 2020 Task from Dmitry Andreikin – Magnus Carlsen · World Blitz 2018: White to move keeps the win – White: Kg7, h4, f7; Black: Kd5, Rc88a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Dmitry Andreikin – Magnus Carlsen · World Blitz 2018 Task from Magnus Carlsen – Vasyl Ivanchuk · World Rapid 2015: Black to move holds the draw – White: Kd5, Qd4, c5; Black: Kb3, Qf11h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Draw lost Magnus Carlsen – Vasyl Ivanchuk · World Rapid 2015 Task from Magnus Carlsen – Sergey Karjakin · GCT Rapid Paris 2017: White to move keeps the win – White: Kh2, Qh8, f4; Black: Kc6, Qb18a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Magnus Carlsen – Sergey Karjakin · GCT Rapid Paris 2017 Task from S. R. U. S. Grigoriants – Magnus Carlsen · World Blitz 2018: White to move keeps the win – White: Kf5, Qd5, b5; Black: Kf2, Qa38a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away S. R. U. S. Grigoriants – Magnus Carlsen · World Blitz 2018 Task from Magnus Carlsen – M. Gagunashvili · World Rapid 2021: Black to move holds the draw – White: Kc6, Rb4, Bc5; Black: Ka4, Rc11h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Draw lost Magnus Carlsen – M. Gagunashvili · World Rapid 2021 Task from Alexander Alekhine – Ratnovsky/Rosenberg/Shkaff · Paris sim, 1928: Black to move holds the draw – White: Kc7, Qc5, a2; Black: Kc3, Qf11h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Draw lost Alexander Alekhine – Ratnovsky/Rosenberg/Shkaff · Paris sim, 1928 Task from Magnus Carlsen – Peter Heine Nielsen · 13th Uva Rapid Open, 2014: Black to move holds the draw – White: Kf6, Re1, f5; Black: Kh6, Rh41h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Draw lost Magnus Carlsen – Peter Heine Nielsen · 13th Uva Rapid Open, 2014 Task from Magnus Carlsen – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave · 3rd Norway Blitz 2015: Black to move keeps the win – White: Ke7, f5; Black: Kc5, Rc61h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Win thrown away Magnus Carlsen – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave · 3rd Norway Blitz 2015 Task from Magnus Carlsen – Hikaru Nakamura · GCT Blitz Paris 2017: White to move keeps the win – White: Kg5, Rh6; Black: Kf7, Ng1, h38a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Magnus Carlsen – Hikaru Nakamura · GCT Blitz Paris 2017 Task from José Raúl Capablanca – B. Rakowitz · New York simul2, 1922: White to move holds the draw – White: Ka7, Nh5; Black: Kb2, Na2, b58a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Draw lost José Raúl Capablanca – B. Rakowitz · New York simul2, 1922 Task from Roland Schmaltz – Garry Kasparov · Internet blitz 5', 1998: Black to move keeps the win – White: Kc2, Be7; Black: Kc4, Rd3, b51h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Win thrown away Roland Schmaltz – Garry Kasparov · Internet blitz 5', 1998 Task from Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Magnus Carlsen · World Blitz 2018: White to move holds the draw – White: Kf5, Qf2; Black: Kc6, Qc4, a58a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Draw lost Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Magnus Carlsen · World Blitz 2018