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Practice · win given away

WorksheetEvery click puts together 20 new positions of The missed win at random to print – or 10, 30 or 40, 10 a page, with a page of solutions if you like.As a PDF: choose “Save as PDF” in the print window of the browser.

Where did it turn?

The win was on the board – the tablebase knows the way – and one move gave it away: afterwards it was only a draw, or lost already. Can you find the move that would have kept the win? 2,365 positions.

Black to move keeps the win

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: Kf4, Ra8; Black: Kh1, Rd2, h31h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a

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 – 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 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 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 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 – 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 – 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 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 Alexander Alekhine – Leopold Jr Loewy · CSR tour sim, 1925: White to move keeps the win – White: Kg6, Rf6, f4; Black: Ke8, Re18a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Alexander Alekhine – Leopold Jr Loewy · CSR tour sim, 1925 Task from Oleg M. Romanishin – Viswanathan Anand · PCA-Wch Candidates m2, 1994: Black to move keeps the win – White: Kf6, Rh5; Black: Kd5, Ra8, e51h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Win thrown away Oleg M. Romanishin – Viswanathan Anand · PCA-Wch Candidates m2, 1994 Task from José Raúl Capablanca – Vera Menchik · Hastings 2930, 1929: White to move keeps the win – White: Kf7, Re7, f6; Black: Kh7, Ra68a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away José Raúl Capablanca – Vera Menchik · Hastings 2930, 1929 Task from P. D. Bolland – Max Euwe · Weston, 1924: White to move keeps the win – White: Kd6, Rh2, e5; Black: Kg7, Rc38a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away P. D. Bolland – Max Euwe · Weston, 1924 Task from Max Euwe – Walter Henneberger · Zuerich, 1934: White to move keeps the win – White: Ke5, Re6, d5; Black: Kf7, Ra18a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Max Euwe – Walter Henneberger · Zuerich, 1934 Task from Anatoly Karpov – George Trammell · St Martin simul, 1992: White to move keeps the win – White: Ke7, Qd4; Black: Kg3, Rh5, h38a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Anatoly Karpov – George Trammell · St Martin simul, 1992 Task from Ding Liren – Alireza Firouzja · FIDE World Cup 2019: White to move keeps the win – White: Ka5, Rb6, a4; Black: Kf5, Rd38a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Ding Liren – Alireza Firouzja · FIDE World Cup 2019 Task from Viswanathan Anand – Sergey Karjakin · 5th Norway Blitz 2017: White to move keeps the win – White: Ke6, Rd6, e5; Black: Kg8, Ra18a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Viswanathan Anand – Sergey Karjakin · 5th Norway Blitz 2017 Task from Viswanathan Anand – Wesley So · Tata Steel India Rapid, 2018: White to move keeps the win – White: Kh6, Qd7, g5; Black: Kc4, Qe38a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Viswanathan Anand – Wesley So · Tata Steel India Rapid, 2018 Task from Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Ding Liren · IMSA Blitz 2016: White to move keeps the win – White: Kf5, g4; Black: Kg78a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Ding Liren · IMSA Blitz 2016 Task from Vladimir Kramnik – S. Zhigalko · World Rapid 2015: White to move keeps the win – White: Kb1, Ra4, c3; Black: Kg8, Rg68a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Vladimir Kramnik – S. Zhigalko · World Rapid 2015 Task from Alexander Alekhine – Johannes Van den Bosch · Bad Nauheim, 1936: White to move keeps the win – White: Kb6, Nf4, a4; Black: Kg7, Nd68a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h Win thrown away Alexander Alekhine – Johannes Van den Bosch · Bad Nauheim, 1936 Task from José Raúl Capablanca – M. Gross · New York casual, 1916: Black to move keeps the win – White: Kh4, Bc6; Black: Kf7, Rd4, f41h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Win thrown away José Raúl Capablanca – M. Gross · New York casual, 1916 Task from Max Euwe – Karel Hromadka · Bad Pistyan, 1922: Black to move keeps the win – White: Kg1, Bd4; Black: Kg4, Ra2, h41h2g3f4e5d6c7b8a Win thrown away Max Euwe – Karel Hromadka · Bad Pistyan, 1922