Dancing Knight

The first problem in the Basic Test in Jesus de la Villa, 100 Endgames You Must Know, 4th ed. (2015) inspired my search for instructive positions with which to build a lesson for my students this week. Naturally, a few games in Chess Informant gave me what I needed. These are the positions in the sequence I used.

Black to move

From Van Wely,L -- Epishen,V, Ter Apel 1995, Informant 63/437

Black to move

Variation from the previous exercise.

Black to move

From Bronstein,D. -- Podgaets, M., Soviet Championship 1974, Informant 18/646

Black to move

My composition

White to move

From de la Villa's test. Can White draw?

White to move

From da la Villa's test. Can White draw?

White to move

From Eingorn,V. -- Beliavsky,A., Soviet Championship 1986, Informant 41/555

White to move

From Varga,Z. -- Dinev,D., Novi Sad 2016, Informant 130 Endings.