Velimir Kalandadze ( - 27 October 2017) was among the greatest Georgian composers of endgame studies. We will end our exploration of "baby studies" with two works from Velimir Kalandadze, with whose 2006 jubilee tourney we had started. Obviously the solution must begin with 1.c7 when Black has the tactical idea 1.-Rd5+ 2.Kc6 Rd8! How can the win be secured? The study is an interesting demonstration of the power of the knight. I believe "Molodoj Leninets" to be the magazine, but what is "Miru Mir"? This is especially strange as "Mir" means "World". The names of the sources sometimes are pretty difficult. Lars Falk, Miru Mir Molodoj Leninets (Kurgan) 1986, special prize.
Upon checking further, Yours Truly noticed that 25 of the entries are by him even, including the following one.
This is a lot more than your author expected. Using Chess Query Language to filter out only endgame studies with exactly five pieces in the initial position, 7410 matches out of 93839 endgame studies in the sixth database of Harold van der Heijden were found. They are known to your author in that way. The informal terms might not be widespread, so I might be mistaken about their usage. The term "minimal" usually is used when there is a big material imbalance, although technically studies with similar material can also be minimals, such as the Saavedra study. (Informal: Endgames with kings, rooks and pawns only - Georgian material).(Informal: If the material exists in endgame tablebases - tablebase material / EGTB material).White has only the king and one additional piece - minimal.The following list covers everyday usage: For me a miniature is when there are seven pieces not on the board." This brings us to the concept of naming different kinds of material balances. Gady Costeff, the task composer whose mighty works often include many many pieces, once quipped similar to: "For you a miniature is when there are seven pieces on the board. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > The ultimate chess experience every day, Pla圜 welcomes 20,000 chess players from all around the world – from beginner to grandmaster.Memorize it easily move by move by playing against the variation trainer. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Learn openings the right way! Build and maintain your repertoire.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Real Fun against a Chess Program! Play, analyze and train online against Fritz.Top authors like Daniel King, Lawrence Trent and Rustam Kasimdzhanov Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Thousands of hours of high class video training.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Sac, sac, mate! Solve tactical positions of your playing strength.Store your games, training material and opening repertoire in the cloud. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > My Games – Access your games from everywhere.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > 8 million games online! Updated weekly, our definitive database has all the latest games.