Endgame Studies Showing the WCCT8 Theme

• wcct8.pgn contains about 140 studies that match the theme.

• There are examples with both colors.

• The file is not comprehensive but it contains most of the pertinent examples.

From: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/8themes.htm

In a position in the main line of a win or draw study where an unprotected white or black piece A is directly attacked, White or Black instantaneously (right on the following move) places another piece B (of the same colour as A) en-prise (again unprotected and directly attacked). This thematic move resulting in the two white or the two black pieces A & B hanging, must be a quiet one, i.e. not a check, nor a capture. A and B may be any pieces except pawns.

The studies were extracted from the Harold van der Heijden database using a CQL script, wcct8.cql, originally written by Emil Vlasák.

You can find more information about endgame studies at EG.