Endgame positions without any pawns on the board are rare to occur. But when they happen, it is important to play precisely without wasting even a single move. Read more details on Wiki, also Click Here for some more positions. Play though this collection on Chessgames: Link1, Link2
Below are a series of instructive articles by IM Jeremy Silman on Chess.com. In his own words, When discussing great games, many chess fans always think of slashing attacks and outrageous combinations. While every world-class player tossed out more than a few epic combinations at some point in his career, positional masterpieces are far harder to find. In this series, I’ll take a look back at the classic games that affected me profoundly, and those games were almost always positional in nature. Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part6, Part7, Part8, Part9, Part10, Part11, Part12, Part13
1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3. Bf1-c4 Nc6-d4?!better move is Bf8-c5 4. Nf3xe5?correct move is d2-d3 or 0-0Qd8-g5!attacking both Ne5 and g2 pawn at the same time 5. Ne5xf7 Qg5xg2 6. Rh1-f1if Nf7xh8 Qg2xh1+ followed by Qh1xe4 wins for BlackQg2xe4+ 7. Bc4-e2 Nd4-f3#a beautiful smothered mate! 0-1 Play through this on my Lichess study page
The Goring gambit is a good choice for beginners to play attacking chess. 1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3. d2-d4 e5xd4 4. c2-c3 d4xc3 accepting the gambit pawn. It is also possible to decline with 4..... d7-d5 5. Nb1xc3 Bf8-b4 6. Bf1-c4 d7-d6 7. 0-0 White is ahead in development and has open lines for attack. Plan for White will be to attack the f7 pawn by Ng5, Qb3, etc. Click here to read an introduction to the gambit Click here to Play through a Master Game
