12 positions · Famous positions with one idea each.
The Saavedra study: underpromotion to a rook
Rook · White to win
ProRéti's study (1921)
Pawn · White to draw
Grigoriev 1930: two pawns, two skewers
Pawn · White to win
Grigoriev 1936: the long way round
Pawn · White to win
Grigoriev 1936: saving a lost race by stalemate
Pawn · White to draw
The Lasker trick: a king walk down the board
Rook · White to win
ProLasker–Reichhelm 1901: corresponding squares
Pawn · White to win
The classic 3 v 3 breakthrough
Pawn · White to win
Schlage–Ahues 1921: the broken route
Pawn · White to win
Alburt–Kasparov 1978: triangulation in practice
Pawn · Black to win
Panno–Najdorf 1968: race to the corner
Pawn · White to win
Gligorić–Fischer 1959: the only drawing square
Pawn · Black to draw