WorksheetEvery click puts together 20 new positions of The quiet move 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.
The quiet move
A piece moves – no check, no capture – and exactly this move wins or holds. A rook behind the passed pawn, a bishop to the long diagonal, a knight to the right square: the quiet side of endgame technique. Positions: 4,971.
How the trainer works
In every position exactly one move wins or holds – the Syzygy tablebase says so. Find it; then the tablebase plays on, and you can play the solution through move by move. The players and the tournament lead to chesstoteles, where the whole game can be played through. More in the guide →
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White to move wins
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.
