No. 187 – Vol. XVIII – January 2012 XIIIIIIIIY 9K+-+L+-+0 9+-+-+N+P0 9-+-zp-+-+0 9+-+-+k+-0 9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+q0 xiiiiiiiiy White to play and draw EG is produced by the Dutch-Flemish Association for Endgame Study (‘Alexander Rueb Vereniging voor schaakEindspelStudie’) ARVES http://www.arves.org EG WAS FOUNDED BY JOHN ROYCROFT IN 1965 Editor in chief Harold van der Heijden Michel de Klerkstraat 28, 7425 DG Deventer, The Netherlands e-mail :
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[email protected] Editorial HAROLD VAN DER HEIJDEN First of all, I wish all readers of EG a Hap- Another interesting book, in Dutch, was py New Year. On 2012’s calendar there are written by IM Hans Böhm and IM Yochanan many exciting endgame study related events Afek. It is the second part of a series dealing to look forward to. In January, for instance, with all chess pieces. This book is about the the Tata Steel Chess and Studies day will take rook (in Dutch: De Toren) and gives many place on Saturday 28th (see announcement in games, endgames studies and problems in this issue) in Wijk aan Zee as part of the fa- which that piece plays an important role.