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Hans Niemann and the Fifth Endgame of the Apocalypse

by scribe | Jun 1, 2015 | current news, endings, people, tournaments

I’ve written before about the Four Endgames of the Apocalypse — the four rare endgames that all chess players dread, which occur just often enough (like once or twice a lifetime) that you really ought to know them. They are: K+Q vs. K+R K+B+N vs. K K+Q+RP...

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