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| EG1 | July 1965 |
Editorial introductionA complete collection of E G will, over the years take the place of books of studies. | |
| Chess endgame study circle inauguration |
| EG2 | October 1965 |
EditorialOne of the first things that strikes the endgame study enthusiast is the fact that there have been no great British composers. | |
EditorialThe suggestion has been made that we use Forsyth notation in order to save space. This we shall never do. Forsyth notation is liable to all kinds of error, is very troublesome to check, and is, in our opinion, an insult to the composer whose position is Forsythed | |
EditorialWhy E G ... E G is very nearly egg. Analogies between the egg and the endgame study are not hard to find |
| EG3 | January 1966 |
EditorialWhat kind of organisation do study enthusiasts need? | |
Letter on studies [in French] by Andre Cheron.[quotes Keats A thing of beauty is a joy forever] |
| EG4 | April 1966 |
EditorialIn the collection of Russian studies entitled 'The Soviet Chess Study, published in 1955, there was included a general article on study composition entitled Chess Poetry, written by A. S. Gurvich. This deals at length with the difficult question of the aesthetic in chess studies. Gurvich rejects all that is mechanical, systematized or unnatural.. | |
The Modern Miniature by Adam Sobey.Whilst it is arguable that in the endgame study, where the restriction on the duration of the struggle is not relevant, the shades of force are more clearly be graded as miniatures, I have, nonetheless, restricted the total force on the board to seven men. | |
Symmetry by C.M. Bent.to present the study of symmetry as an aspect of chess every bit as important to the composer when searching for a theme as are his investigations into the elements of stalemate, Zugzwang, under-promotion, the settingiup of a fortress, or a perpetual check and so on. Few chess lovers can remain anattracted by the visually pleasing patterns of symmethical positions. | |
| Q: Why does E G use S for knight? |
| EG5 | July 1966 |
EditorialIn all debate between player and study-enthusiast, or player and prolemist, or player and fairy specialist, it is the implicit assumption of the player that his field - the game - is somehow in a position of priority and superiority. If this implicit assumption of superiority collapses then much of the player's side in the debate collapses also. Asall that we claim for studies is equality it is odd that players are unwilling to debate on these terms. |
| EG6 | October 1966 |
| The Technique of Study Composition by G.M. Kasparian.. |
| EG7 | January 1967 |
Ladislav Prokes: The Player's ComposerIf there is a single composer whose work is likely to make studies really popular, that composer is Prokes | |
The Classification of Endgames Studies by J.R. Harman.The purpose of indexing endgame studies is to facilitate retrieving those of like material or those of like idea...While useful, particularly for practical players, it is clearly of little value for correlating endgames of similar ideas, since the same idea can be realised with very different material |
| EG7-supplement | January 1967 |
| EG8 | April 1967 |
A note on 2 S's v. R+B by Roycroft.It needs a master player to devote a year to it before any conclusions can be drawn, and masters are naturally in general more interested in practical endings. | |
| Below is the score of a game found in A. D. Brunswick's rooms after his death under mysterious circumstances |
| EG9 | July 1967 |
| Romanian Composers by V. Nestorescu. |
| EG10 | October 1967 |
Editorial by Roycroft.apology for the endgame study | |
| Declining the double attack, as a study theme by G. Afanasiev and E. Dvizov. |
| EG11 | January 1968 |
Troitzky's 1910 Article by J. Selman.Russian theorists in the field of chess study composing have always considered the following article hy the famous Russian composer A. A. Troitzky (1866-1942) to be the very base of to-day's chess study theory | |
| Single-type Batteries by T. B. Gorgiev.. |
| EG12 | April 1968 |
Some aspects of composing by C. M. Bent.Only a fellow composer can share the tribulations and the satisfactions in creating a study oneself. | |
| Pawnlessness by A.J. Sobey. |
| EG13 | July 1968 |
The Phoenix Principle in the End-game by H. M. Lommer.We are told that, when his hour had come, the mythical Phoenix had the unique prerogative of self immolation on the funeral pyre only to rise agailn newborn from the ashes to fight another day. This very same principle applies also to the end-game when recurrent pawn promotions to the same piece are made, each of which until the very last sacrificing itself in battle so that a yet unborn generation may prevail | |
| Reti Manoeuvre or Marco Manoeuvre? by A. J. Roycroft.. | |
R and B v. 2 S's by A. J. Roycroft.[short note with Amelung studies] |
| EG14 | October 1968 |
The middle of the board from the point of view of endings by Carlos Alberto Peronace.I should like, through the medium of EG, to be as didactic as space will allow me, and make certain observations on the artistic effect which the solutions of some studies evoke in the enthusiast, pursuing the themes of struggle, encirclement, stalemate, threat of mate, snap mate etc. according as they are evolved in the corner, on the edge, or in the middle of the board | |
| Gallery of study composers: V.A. Yakovenko. by F.S. Bondarenko.. |
| EG15 | March 1969 |
| Chess endings: didactic and epicurean by Gerald Abrahams. | |
I like endings, but... by Walter Veitch.Of chess, I regret to say, I expected too much. I hoped for lasting satisfaction from ideas of growing depth, but after some years of dedication I had sadly to conclude that, while the technical difficulties of chess may be endless, its scope for ideas has by now been pretty fully explored and there is on the whole very little gain in the depth of ideas. |
| EG16 | June 1969 |
A note on the indexing of endgame studies by W.H. Cozens.The indexing of studies is a fascinating and, to composers and judges, a very important subject. Any method is likely to be laborious but once the initial work is done the index is in existence and available for use. Unfortunately it is probable that dozens or even hundreds of lovers of the study have started their own private systems, all duplicating one another's work and producing fragmentary indexes which cannot be combined. Fifty people who have each indexed a thousand studies could, if their work had been done to a master plan, have indexed fifty thousand studies in the same time. | |
A progress report by J.R. Harman.This note relates to Mr Harman's growing collection of studies organised to retrieve anticipations | |
| Improving studies by G. M. Kasparian.. |
| EG17 | August 1969 |
Computers [note] by Roycroft.Now ex-World Champion Botvinnik predicts...that in 1970 a computer will beat a grandmaster. ... Other experts remain unconvinced that such a great advance in computer chess is possible so soon. |
| EG18 | November 1969 |
S. Kozlowski by A. J. Roycroft.All the known studies by Kozlowski are given here. | |
Towards Perfection by C. M. Bent.Which composer having submitted a study to an editor has never had it returned with a polite note pointing out a flaw in its construction? Which composer has not eliminated this fault, only to have his revised version rejected again? This is perhaps not too surprising when you consider the improbability of the composer combining the skill of the analytical expert with his own creative talent. The composer may be up against an insuperable difficulty inherent in his task. Indeed a third and all subsequent attempts may fail. It is no good his saying, I'll eat my hat if this latest version isn't all right MOW. This is as bad for the digestion as it is for one's wardrobe. | |
| Pawn Mates by S. R. Capsey.. |
| EG19 | March 1970 |
| Spotlight: A multiple phoenix by W. Veitch and W. D. Ellison. | |
| Some lesser known Kasparyan studies by A. J. Roycroft. | |
At work with the J. R. Harman indexToday after more than four years of patient unremitting application the filing cabinets in the room where he works cover one of the walls to the extent of three men standing side by side. In every one of the forty eight cabinets are cards, each with a diagram, solution and notes and bearing coded tags of many colours. They lie closely packed together, mute symbols of the work of composers past and present the world over. Every definable area of composition has a section to itself, and if their compositions have a factor in common the names of the little known are juxtaposed with the immortals. |
| EG20 | August 1970 |
| Unpinning in studies by G. Afanasiev and E. Dvizov.. | |
| An artist has left us by Friedrich Chlubna. Obituary of Dr. Alois Wotawa.. |
| EG21 | Octobar 1970 |
All right then, so Black makes a queen by C. M. Bent.her massive presence makes her the instant target of the white pieces who, like ants rallying to repel an intruder will perform miracles of valour. So have pity for the black queen who in the realm of endgame studies plays a most disadvantageous role and is made to appear an ignominious figure. Where the white queen is often a heroine the black queen is invariably the villainess. No piece is more unpopular; no superior personage ever suffered such outrageous induces the most startling reactions from the affronted opposition. It is with some disdain, then, that on being confronted with such an without the support of her attendants, she may get fatally in the way of her own king, suffer the rigours of confinement, be made to appear overbearingly stupid in the performance of stalemate, and be generally hounded about all over the board. |
| EG22 | November 1970 |
| EG23 | February 1970 |
| EG24 | May 1971 |
| EG25 | July 1971 |
Study economy and grotesque positions by T. B. Gorgiev.Study composers, even more than problemists, are well aware of the principle of economy in composition. This principle, of course, is nothing new and is a basic artistic tenet for all aspects of art - literature, music, sculpture and so on. A definite economy of means of expression is characteristic of great works of art. | |
Workshop by C. M. Bent.So what I propose to do is to present a related series of studies with a common thread of continuity and from among these to scrutinize a few in detail to see how this composer, at any rate, sets about his work. |
| EG26 | October 1971 |
| Engineer Paul Farago, obituary. | |
| Discussion of endgame of two bishops of same color and knight against knight |
| EG27 | January 1972 |
| EG28 | April 1972 |
| EG29 | September 1972 |
| The codex for chess compositions by Walter Veitch.. | |
| Coincidence. G. M. Kasparyan. | |
| An excursion into the last century. by G. M. Kasparyan.. | |
| The zugzwang and the squeeze by David Hooper.. | |
| Review of Test Tube Chess by A. J. Roycroft. |
| EG30 | November 1972 |
Excerpts from review of Nabokov's Poems and ProblemsNabokov refuses to apologise for including chess problems in a collection of poems. They demand from the composer the same virtues that characterise all worth-while art: originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity and splendid insincerity. The composing of these ivory-andebony riddles (elsewhere in the review FW coins the phrase 'flawless and hermetic artefact') is a comparatively rare gift and an extravagantly sterile occupation; but then all art is inutile, and divinely so, if compared to a number of more popular human endeavours. | |
Judging studies by J.R. Harman.Memory is notoriously unreliable, at the best of times. As one ages, moreover, it is common experience that memory for recent events is not as retentive as for earlier. Judges tending to be older rather than younger, the danger of a poor award cannot be ignored. | |
| Comments on Richard Harman's Article by A. J. Roycroft.. |
| EG31 | April 1973 |
| EG32 | May 1973 |
| Boris Andreyevitch Sakharov obituary |
| EG33 | July 1973 |
| Cozio! Part 1 by A.J. Roycroft.. | |
The Wandering King by T. B. Gorgiev.Nowadays, many people, whatever their station in life, are interested, even passionately so, in travelling. It is much easier now to make even a round-the-world tour than in the days of Jules Verne. Curiously, the same interest in travel is shown by some pieces on the chess board. | |
| One thing leads to another: the first experiences of a novice composer. by J.D. Beasley.. | |
Newcomers' Corner by J.D. Beasley.An experiment in which we propose to examine a few studies in detail, taking the reader gently through the side variations and the motivations which are normally taken for granted. |
| EG34 | November 1973 |
The classification of studies by G.M. Kasparyan.Modern study composition has reached a stage of development where it is difficult to find one's bearings in the variety of works published. The qualitative, and in particular the quantitative dimensions of the modern study are rapidly increasing. If one assumes that at the present time some 25,000-30,000 studies exist, then the desire naturally arises to know what are all these studies, spread through many different publications throughout the world - in books, magazines and newspapers. | |
| Newcomers' corner by J.D. Beasley.. |
| EG35 | March 1974 |
| The study with the vanishing past by T.B. Gorgiev.. |
| EG36 | July 1974 |
| Newcomers' corner by J.D. Beasley. | |
| Retroanalysis and codex again by Walter Veitch. | |
From one edge to another[Note on title of earlier Gorgiev piece.] |
| EG37 | September 1974 |
| Necomers' corner by J.D. Beasley.. |
| EG38 | October 1974 |
| Schools and styles in the modern study. by E. Umnov.. | |
| Newcomers' corner 6 by J.D. Beasley.. |
| EG39 | February 1975 |
| Newcomers' corner 7 by J.D. Beasley.. | |
| In memoriam F.J. Prokop by Walter Korn. | |
| Story of a composition (No. 262 in EG8) by Andrew Miller.. |
| EG40 | May 1975 |
| A computer program for the ending wP v bB (4 men on the board) by A.J.Roycroft. | |
| A review of end-game studies embodying a Novotny-Plachutta by J.R. Harman. |
| EG41 | July 1975 |
Spotlight by Walter Veitch.Discussion of Umnov's article in EG 38 | |
The All-Union tourney of Komunisti, 1973 by M. Botvinnik and V. Neidze.The judges decided to evaluate the entries on a scale worked out by themselves. As such a scale had not been adopted for studies before, the judges proposed the following as an experiment |
| EG42 | October 1975 |
| EG43 | February 1976 |
| XVIII meeting of FIDE Commission for Composition by A.J. Roycroft.. | |
| Studies statistics from the FIDE albums (1914-1964) by A.J. Roycroft.. | |
| When the echo resounds by David Gurgenidze. | |
You don't need formulae. by G.M. Kasparyan.Recently attempts have been made to evaluate studies and judge tourneys using formulae with points scales. One of these systems is the notorious 15-point scale*. It has failed entirely to justify itself. Another, similar, system is suggested on pages 235-6 of EG41. This system has a scale of 11 points. Like all other attempts to evaluate studies on the basis of contrived formulae using points scales, this one, in my opinion, is also harmful. | |
| Newcomers' Corner 8 by J.D. Beasley.. | |
| Review of American Chess Art by A.J. Roycroft.. |
| EG44 | May 1976 |
| Newcomers' Corner 9 by J.D. Beasley.. | |
| Reflected or rotated diagrams by A.J. Roycroft.. |
| EG45 | July 1976 |
Promotion tasks with minimal force by J.D. Beasley.we shall consider legal positions where either W or Bl has a minimal force and where W can win or draw only by making a specified promotion. | |
| Brief notes on Georgia by A.J. Roycroft. |
| EG46 | November 1976 |
Themes, themes by G.M. Kasparyan.To be honest, I derived no real satisfaction from composing D223. Why? Because the artificiality of the set theme restricted the imaginativepossibilities, put barriers in the way of interpretation. Two set themes, both intended to inspire new and interesting compositions (leaving aside the competitive aspect). Eut, was that aim achieved? I think that the tournament produced little from the creative point of view. The competitors had to expend a great deal of time and energy but little of genuine value resulted. And another point. There is a multitude of study themes, and one can artificially devise new ones. But is it necessary to place such narrow restrictions on composers in such tourneys? It is much more pleasant for the composer to compose as he wishes, without limitations | |
| Note on the article King and rook against King by Donald Michie |
| EG47 | January 1977 |
| ASSIAC's 1400 New Statesman chess columns. |
| EG48 | July 1977 |
| Rook promotions in the defence. by A. Van Tets.. | |
| Variations on a pawn theme. by T.G. Whitworth.. | |
New books and reviews: Advances in computer chess 1Of the 7 papers in this fascinating collection, the most valuable for the endgame is 'Describing Pawn Structures7, | |
New books and reviews: The World Computer Chess Championship by Hayes and Levy by A.J. Roycroft.a full and highly informative account of the 1974 event won by the Soviet program KAISSA...it never fails to astonish me that computer chess is still so weak in the endgame. |
| EG49 | October 1977 |
A classic of study composition by Aleksander Sarychev.Tigran Borisovich Gorgiev belonged to the generation of composers which came to the fore in the late 1920s and played such a significant role in the development of the art. He is rightly called one of the classics of study composition. |
| EG50 | February 1978 |
| A basic idea (matrix) expressed in different ways (settings) by Jehuda Hoch.. |
| EG51 | June 1978 |
Editorial by Roycroft.We continue with our venture, despite three major blows | |
| Stalemate by pinning in the middle of the board by Jan Rusinek. |
| EG52 | July 1978 |
Endingburgh by Roycroft.Five out of nine papers presented at a two-day conference on Advances in Computer Chess related to some aspect of the endgame |
| EG53 | August 1978 |
| EG54 | October 1978 |
| Notes by Roycroft. |
| EG55 | April 1979 |
| AJR Notes by Roycroft. | |
Not an original study by G.M. Kasparyan.The study by A. Sarychev awarded 1st prize in the Gorgiev memorial tourney 1977 and reproduced as No. 3369 in EG53 is not original. | |
White minimals by G.M. Kasparyan.The degree to which the power of each piece is utilised is the main indicator of minimum economy of material. | |
| Birth of a Modern Endgame Study by Pal Benko. |
| EG56 | June 1979 |
| How the GBR Class 0103 data base was created (see EG52, p. 25) by Tim Niblett and John Roycroft. | |
| In the footsteps of Father Rinck by J. Vandiest. | |
| Castling in studies by E. Pogosyants. |
| EG57 | July 1979 |
| The 'Roycroft Jubilee' tourney of EG by Roycroft. |
| EG58 | November 1979 |
| Fide Albums by Roycroft. | |
| Alternating blockade by A.G.Kopnin. | |
| The ideal mate: a personal view by Andr6 ChSron. |
| EG59 | January 1980 |
| Both sides sacrifice queens (development of an idea) by Leonard Katsnelson. |
| EG60 | April 1980 |
A magician of the study: part I by Ya. Vladimirov, part II.G.M. Kasparian Vitol'd Vitol'dovich Yakimchik (1911-1977) belonged to the great galaxy of Soviet composers of the older generation. |
| EG61 | July 1980 |
| Logical studies by Vladimir Pachman. |
| EG62 | November 1980 |
| The presentation of artistic studies by S.T. Sahasrabudhe. |
| EG63 | February 1981 |
| Ten of the world's best studies, through the eyes of a composer (and a Computer!) by Velimir Kalandadze and John Roycroft. | |
| Harold Lommer (obituary) |
| EG64 | April 1981 |
| Let bygones never be bygones! by J. Vandiest. | |
A letter about Cheron by Yuri Averbach.Cheron was one of the first to conduct systematic, genuinely scientific and methodical exploration of the endgame... |
| EG65 | July 1981 |
| Memories of famous composers by A. Herbstman. |
| EG66 | November 1981 |
| EG67 | April 1982 |
| Soundness: the study composer's responsibility by T.G. WHITWORTH and Part II by Count Jean de Villeneuve-Esclapon. | |
| The theme of domination of the rook's cross by the bishop: Part I by Andre Cheron. |
| EG68 | May 1982 |
| Essay Competition Report by Roycroft. |
| EG69 | July 1982 |
| That EG essay competition by Roycroft. | |
| Memories of Henri Rinck by Dr. R. Rey Ardid. | |
| Kubbel - a case of lese majeste? by T.G. Whitworth. | |
Unique studies by Vazha Neidze.The publication of large collections (including the FIDE Albums, the books of Lommer, Rueb, Bondarenko and especially Kasparyan) have undoubtedly helped to establish a world museum of studies. But a museum catalogue is also needed. This can only come into being after work on the classification of studies is complete. |
| EG70 | January 1983 |
| Some special features of the endgame struggle rook and knight against 2 knights (GBR Class 0107) by A.G. Kopnin. |
| EG71 | April 1983 |
Professor Alexander Herbstman by Alexander Hildebrand.It was an article by Herbstman in Zadachy i Etyudy (probably in 1935) that my father gave me, that first drew me to studies ... | |
| Correcting unsound studies by John Nunn. |
| EG72 | May 1983 |
| Authorship and attribution in chess compositions by Alexander Hildebrand. |
| EG73 | July 1983 |
| The Szen position by IGM Jon Speelman. |
| EG74 | November 1983 |
| A prophecy fulfilled (BB-N) by Roycroft. |
| EG75 | April 1984 |
Two bishops against knight by Roycroft.Ofer Comay ... is also a champion solver and first class composer. Unknown to each other, Comay and Ken Thompson were working on the computer solution to the 0023 (GBR class) endgame at roughly the same time. |
| EG76 | April 1984 |
| EG77 | June 1984 |
| IGM Pal Benko comments on IGM Nunn's EG71 article ''Correcting Unsound Studies | |
| David Przepiorka by Alexander Goldstein. |
| EG78 | August 1984 |
| GBR Class 0011: a 33-move endgame by S.T. Dekker and H.J. van den Herik by This led to a running time of 28 min. 58 seconds for constructing the complete data base.. |
| EG79 | April 1985 |
| Variations on a theme by IGM Pal Benko. |
| EG80 | May 1985 |
My GBR class 0103 file by J.H. de Boer.If you want chess to become popular in your country the trick is to acquire a World Champion. | |
| Local and global study ideas or 'topographical range of logical manoeuvres' by Velimir Iosifovich Kalandadze. |
| EG81 | July 1985 |
| EG82 | January 1986 |
| EG83 | May 1986 |
Pure knowledge by Donald Michie.Thought, as every schoolboy knows, comes in two varieties, pure and impure. | |
| The programs that generate endgame data bases by Ken Thompson. | |
| GBR class 0002.01 by David Hooper. | |
| How to play the GBR class 0023 endgame - Part 1 |
| EG84 | July 1986 |
| How to play the GBR class 0023 endgame - Part 2 | |
| How to play the GBR class 0023 endgame - Part 3 |
| EG85 | September 1986 |
| Queen and Pawn against Queen ... Roycroft Five Man Chess Endgame |
| EG86 | October 1986 |
| Longest wins in RR-R and QQ-Q |
| EG87 | January 1987 |
| GBR class 1033 1006 1060 by Roycroft and Thompson. |
| EG88 | April 1987 |
| positional draws in GBR class 0310.01 with centre pawn on any rank by David Hooper and Alexey Kopnin. |
| EG89 | July 1987 |
| Five for computers but six for humans by IGM Jan Timman. | |
| Korolkov obituary | |
| Harman obituary |
| EG90 | November 1987 |
| The 'ECE' endings classification system by Paul Lamford. | |
| The evolution of an old idea by Edward A. Asaba. |
| EG91 | March 1988 |
| Analytical Notes 1 by David Friedgood.. | |
The USSR, the West, and 'What is to be done?' by A.J.Roycroft (?).Major differences between the USSR and western chess worlds arise when it comes to the more nebulous questions of facesaving and prestige. When SHAKHMATNY BULLETIN reprinted (vi. 87) David Hooper's weighty EG83 article an acknowledgement to EG was conspicuous by its absence. When the leading prizes in Georgia's GOLDEN FLEECE tourney looked like going to non-Georgian composers it was Georgian composers who were allowed drastically corrected versions of their faulty entries. In the West we have crazy happenings too: records are burnt (Argentina); a tourney is lost without trace (Lommer Memorial); a judge may pursue a personal vendetta... | |
| The word 'zugzwang' in non-chess writing. | |
| Sergei G. Zhigis by Gennady Novikov. |
| EG92 | May 1988 |
| GBR CLASS 0103.11 |
| EG93 | August 1988 |
| Fun with five! | |
| How to play the GBR class 0023 endgame part 4 | |
| Blockade yes! Fortress no? by Alexandr Manyakhin. |
| EG94 | February 1989 |
| The BSSR 'Zvyazda' column and G.V.Afanasiev (1909-1971) by Dmitry Naumovich NOI. |
| EG95 | April 1989 |
| EG96 | June 1989 |
| How a computer discovered an unusual draw, or the long story of a study by Michael Schlosser. |
| EG97 | July 1989 |
| Thematology - a book review by Roycroft. |
| EG98 | October 1989 |
In memory of a colleague by IM Velimir I. Kalandadze.The Georgian school of problemists suffered a heavy loss when in ix.88 during an All-Union congress of chess composers in the town of Sukhumi GM Iosif (Joseph) Krikheli died... | |
| Kestutis Stalioraitis (1909-1979) by Raimondas Senkus. |
| EG99 | January 1990 |
Editorial by Rocycroft.The French tradition responds to the question Is this exact?, while the German reacts rather to Is this true?, and the English to Does this work?. In pursuit of their respective goals the French achieve miracles of precision, the Germans plumb the depths of veracity, and the English get things moving (or used to). | |
Seek and ye shall find by A. and S. Manyakhin.Two knights against the queen, can this be study material? |
| EG100 | June 1990 |
| Operation Rescue! (see EG95) Competition report by Roycroft. |
| EG101 | July 1990 |
Editorial If EG is to go forward into 1991 and beyond, good features must be preserved and shortcomings made good. | |
| Check and Counter-Check by Amatzia Avni. | |
| How to play the GBR class 0023 endgame Part 5 (final): Phase 2 |
| EG102-Part 1 | June 1991 |
| EG102-Part 2 | May 1992 |
| EG103 | January 1992 |
| THE TAKE-OVER OF EG BY ARVES by Jan van Reek |
| EG104 | February 1992 |
| COMPUTERS AND THE ENDGAME STUDY by Jan van Reek. |
| EG105 | May 1992 |
| STUDIES IN THE FIDE ALBUM 1986-88 by Jan Rusinek. |
| EG106 | October 1992 |
| GRZEGORZ GRZEBAN 1902-1991 by Jan Rusinek. |
| EG107 | May 1992 |
| The Halberstadt Connection by J. Vandiest. | |
| XXXV FIDE PCCC Bonn (Germany) 22-29/viii/1992 by John Roycroft. |
| EG108 | March 1993 |
| QUEEN AND BISHOP AGAINST QUEEN by Aleksandr Manyakhin. | |
LEOPOLD ADAMOVICH MITROFANOV 2-7-1932 to 26-11-1992 by John Roycroft. Ballet has lost Rudolf Nureyev, studies have lost Leopold Mitrofanov. | |
| PAWN'S TASK by Harrie Grondijs. |
| EG109 | December 1993 |
| EG110 | December 1993 |
| POSITIONAL DRAW? by Jonathan Levitt. | |
| IN THE MASTER'S FOOTSTEPS by Sergei Tkachenko. | |
| XXXVIPCCC at Bratislava 28viii-4ix93 by John Roycroft. |
| EG111 | May 1994 |
Editorial by John Roycroft. Life plays tricks on us. My 'Farewell' in EG 102.2 in 1991 was premature. |
| EG111-supplement | May 1994 |
| FORMAL INTERNATIONAL TOURNEYS FOR ORIGINAL ENDGAME STUDIES by John Roycroft. |
| EG112 | September 1994 |
| Mutual Zugzwang Lists in Q-RN and Q-RB by John Roycroft and Ken Thompson. | |
| 37th FIDE PCCC Meeting, Belfort (France) - 23-30 July, 1994 by John Roycroft. |
| EG113 | September 1994 |
Editorial by John Roycroft. Alexander Hildebrand's brain-child, the prestigious match "USSR vs. the rest-of-the-World", was won by the now very much ex-USSR over-whelmingly: 1144 points to 210 in Theme 'A' and 1080 to 287 in Theme 'B' |
| EG114 | December 1994 |
| THE 6-MAN PAWNLESS ENDGAME ROOK AND BISHOP AGAINST TWO KNIGHTS WITH THE 223-MOVE WIN by John Roycroft. |
| EG115 | February/March 1995 |
| The 'Technology' of the Chess Study by Vladimir Korolkov. |
| EG116 | April 1995 |
| EG117 | July 1995 |
| An Enquiry into Excellence in Study Composing by Robert Pye. | |
| Towards a Typology of Duals in Studies by John Roycroft. |
| EG118 | October 1995 |
| A.A.Troitzky - founder of the contemporary chess study by A. Herbstman. |
| EG118-supplement | October 1995 |
| EG119 | January 1996 |
| Introduction by A. A. Troitzky. |
| EG119-supplement | January 1996 |
| EG120 | April 1996 |
| Genrikh Kasparyan (1910-1995) by John Roycroft. |
| EG121 | July 1996 |
| On laws, conventions, and codexes by John Beasley. |
| EG122 | October 1996 |
| Getting the data right by John Beasley. | |
| JOHN SELMAN AND SAAVEDRA - laying the story to rest! by John Roycroft. |
| EG122-supplement | October 1996 |
| EG123 | January 1997 |
Editorial
by John Roycroft. The chess study is close to the chess game because both study and game obey the same rules. | |
| 39th FIDE PCCC MEETING, Tel-Aviv 12-19x96 by John Roycroft. | |
| Interview with G.Slepyan of Belorussia by John Roycroft. |
| EG124 | April 1997 |
| PCCC Tel-Aviv 1996 by John Roycroft. | |
| Troitsky revisited by Timothy Whitworth and Paul Byway. | |
| Cooking the cook by Pal Benko. | |
| Make it good, make it better by Pal Benko. |
| EG124-supplement | April 1997 |
| EG125 | July 1997 |
Editorial
by John Roycroft. As I write, the 19 moves of Kasparov's loss in the crucial 6th and final game of his match against IBM's Deeper Blue are being sprayed across the hemispheres. | |
| Important defensive techniques in rook endgames by IGM Alexander Baburin. | |
| Harking back to a great study composer by N. Kralin and O. Pervakov. |
| EG126 | October 1997 |
| 40th FIDE PCCC Meeting held at Pula (Croatia) from 6th-13th September 1997 by John Roycroft. | |
| What is the difference? by A. Koranyi. | |
| The award in the 5th World Chess Composition Tourney 1993-1996 by John Roycroft. |
| EG127 | January 1998 |
| Groping towards the ideal Interview with Vitold Yakimchik. |
| EG128 | April 1998 |
| ATTILA KORANYI 18ii1934 (Debrecen) to 17xi1997 (Budapest) by Pal Benko and Peter Gyarmati. | |
| The study and the practical endgame L.Kubbel. |
| EG129 | July 1998 |
| Editorial by John Roycroft. | |
| David Vincent HOOPER by John Roycroft. |
| EG130 | October 1998 |
| 41st FIDE PCCC Congress St. Petersburg 25th July to 1st August 1998 by John Roycroft. | |
| My computerised collection by Harold van der Heijden. |
| EG130-supplement | October 1998 |
| EG131 | January 1999 |
| Memory Corner by Walter Veitch. |
| EG131-supplement | January 1999 |
| EG132 | April 1999 |
| EG132-supplement | April 1999 |
| EG133 | July 1999 |
| Thompson's CD-ROMs by Harold van der Heijden. |
| EG133-supplement | July 1999 |
| EG134 | October 1999 |
| USSR vs Rest-of-the-World by Lars Falk. |
| EG135 | January 2000 |
| WORLD CONGRESS OF CHESS COMPOSITION Netanya (Israel), 23-30x1999 by John Roycroft. | |
| TWO DIRECTIONS by T.Gorgiev. | |
| The 'Troitzky line' and the contemporary study by G. Ya. Slepian. | |
| DECISIVE MOVES BY THE QUEEN by I. Bondar. |
| EG136 | April 2000 |
| FOUR KNIGHTS BEAT THE QUEEN! by I. Bondar. | |
| In defence of a young study composer by V.Korolkov. |
| EG136-supplement | October 1996 |
| EG137 | July 2000 |
| THE FIGHT AGAINST THE BLACK QUEEN by I. Bondar. | |
| CALLING THE COMPUTER! by V. Vlasenko. | |
| A RECIPROCAL ZUGZWANG PARADOX by Gherman Umnov. |
| EG138 | October 2000 |
| Anatoly Grigorevich Kuznetsov (1932-2000) by J. Roycroft. | |
| The 43rd FIDE PCCC met at Pula (Croatia) 2-9ix2000 by J. Roycroft. |
| EG139 | January 2001 |
| On Dobrescu's treatment of the chess study as a multi-criteria system by J. Beasley. |
| EG140 | April 2001 |
| Zugzwang-based studies in the GBR 0001.nn range by D. Blundell. |
| EG141 | July 2001 |
| Gorgeous Grotesques by Boris Sidorov by B. Sidorov. |
| EG142 | October 2001 |
| World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC), Wageningen (The Netherlands) 28vii-4viii2001 by J. Roycroft. |
| EG142-supplement | October 2001 |
| One composer's art by A. Manyakhin. | |
| Monochrome troikas by I. Bondar. | |
| Queen against 8 pawns by A. Khait. |
| EG143 | January 2002 |
| 63 studies by van Tets, part I by J. Roycroft. | |
| The Porterfield Rynd affair by J. Roycroft. |
| EG144 | April 2002 |
| 63 studies by van Tets, part II by J. Roycroft. |
| EG145 | July 2002 |
| 63 studies by van Tets, part III by J. Roycroft. |
| EG146 | October 2002 |
| 45th WCCC and FIDE PCCC Portoroz (Slovenia) 31 viii-7ix2002 by J. Roycroft. | |
| Twins by I. Aliev. |
| EG147 | January 2003 |
| A.P.Kazantsev 6ixl906-14ix2002 by J. Roycroft. |
| EG147-supplement | January 2003 |
| EG148 | April 2003 |
| EG149 | July 2003 |
| Annotating interesting odb positions for studies — the moral stance by J. Roycroft. |
| EG150 | October 2003 |
| Minutes of the studies sub-committee by J. Roycroft. |
| EG151 | January 2004 |
| Study composing in the future by Per Olin. | |
| CQL - Chess Query Language by Gady Costeff. |
| EG151-supplement | January 2004 |
| EG152 | April 2004 |