{"id":11140,"date":"2015-06-24T06:27:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T06:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=11140"},"modified":"2015-06-24T06:27:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T06:27:08","slug":"chess-end-game-part-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/chess-end-game-part-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess:  end game, part 0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The tutor opens the discussion about the end game in chess.<\/h1>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yLrNC9Rskww\">Killegar Chess,<\/a> you can hear Sean Godley&#8217;s coverage of Aron Nimzowitsch&#8217;s <i>My System,<\/i> which is a leading resource for modern chess players.  I&#8217;ve listened to many chapters there.<\/p>\n<p>One of Nimzowitsch&#8217;s many points is that end game play distinguishes good chess players from great ones.  I understand his point.<\/p>\n<p>Against a computer at a reasonably challenging setting, the player likely faces a tough end game.  Concentration is paramount, since a subtle difference in position can be decisive.  Furthermore, many correct moves might be necessary in order to convert an advantage to a win.  While the player likely gets fatigued, the computer doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be discussing the end game in more detail in future posts.  For the home player against the computer, it can be daunting.<\/p>\n<p>Jack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tutor opens the discussion about the end game in chess. At Killegar Chess, you can hear Sean Godley&#8217;s coverage of Aron Nimzowitsch&#8217;s My System, which is a leading resource for modern chess players. I&#8217;ve listened to many chapters there. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/chess-end-game-part-0\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chess:  end game, part 0<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[801,181],"tags":[894,890,891,804,893],"class_list":["post-11140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chess","category-lifestyle","tag-aron-nimzowitsch","tag-chess","tag-end-game","tag-killegar-chess","tag-my-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11140"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11152,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11140\/revisions\/11152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}