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Chess Vibes | MARK S | Activity https://chessvibes.net/members/62f15b2d/activity/ Activity feed for MARK S. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:38:36 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 55928008a56822e8dab90250f571b4c2 MARK S posted an update: Nelson, thanks for the Breaking 1500 course, however you […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/2508/ Sun, 04 Aug 2024 16:05:25 -0600 Nelson, thanks for the Breaking 1500 course, however you did show (and prove to be wrong) an incorrect solution to the Lucena position (know to be winning for all but the flank pawns). You show the correct solution in your youtube video from three years ago (Rook Endings).

]]> 0 5ef21124148a6f4b3402020e0ae2666d MARK S posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/2305/#acomment-2494 Sun, 04 Aug 2024 01:54:56 -0600 Nelson has a video on Rook Endings from three years ago that says that you can win from the Lucena position and he shows the moves that I was talking about (which are the same moves as on Chessable courses and the same moves as on you tube videos, e.g., ChessDojo or GM Huschenbeth).

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]]> e986cb7891a0a9846d843f3afb48f522 MARK S posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/2305/#acomment-2488 Sat, 03 Aug 2024 19:29:42 -0600 This is not a rook vs rook ending, it is a rook + pawn vs rook ending, which is a forced win if you can reach the Lucena position (I believe this means non-flank pawns). The John Bartholomew youtube video on the Lucean position also shows how white wins if the black king comes forward to bother your rook. You no longer zig-zag and block with…

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]]> 0023896602155f66ca10a5dd238f8282 MARK S posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/2305/#acomment-2480 Sat, 03 Aug 2024 12:17:15 -0600 With the rook on e5, you can still create the shield, you just have to endure a couple of extra checks on your king while you zig-zag your king towards the checking rook (while keeping an eye on your pawn when it could be attacked), then you can move your rook over protected by your king. If black trades rooks now, the black king will be too…

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]]> 3c61bd547248fd1944a8f43844d13a4d MARK S posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/2305/#acomment-2479 Sat, 03 Aug 2024 12:00:39 -0600 The previous white move was incorrect also – the white rook should have gone to e2 (so that if could go to e5 on the next move) – thus keeping the black king away from the pawn that we are trying to promote.

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]]> 78af7f2ed0c4ddbdba0ea08453736e5c MARK S posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/2305/#acomment-2459 Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:43:15 -0600 Hi Nelson, thanks for your efforts in creating this great course. I’m hoping you can address and improve “Build the Bridge” in the coaching session. I believe that getting the white rook to e5 (instead of d5) is the correct and stronger “bridge” move (7:42 into module 8.5) – thus preventing the king from ever capturing the pawn that white…

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]]> d6e58703617b3b86312d14f459333b77 MARK S posted an update: Thanks for creating this course Nelson! I did, […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/2436/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:03:24 -0600 Thanks for creating this course Nelson! I did, however, find one small area for improvement (that could perhaps be corrected in the live coaching if I’m right). With regards to section 8.5, rook endings, building the bridge, I believe that this course shows how to build a [wood] bridge that only works (at promoting the pawn) if the…

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