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Capablanca-Yates (Hastings, 1930) revisited
Capablanca-Yates (Hastings, 1930) revisited

Over ten years ago, I shared on this forum my analyses of Capablanca’s two classic rook endings with e, f, and g pawns versus f and h pawns: against Yates (1...

Started 11/27/24 at 07:37:40 by Poghosyan V
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Carlsen – So (2021)
Carlsen – So
(2021)

(Goldmoney Asian Rapid KO chess24.com INT (2), 30.06.2021)
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This position with reversed colours arose in the rapid game between Carlsen and So Goldmoney Asian Rapid KO chess24.com INT (2), 30.06.2021 after 32.Rx...

Started 06/17/24 at 11:10:18 by Poghosyan V
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Khairullin-Inarkiev 2006
Some highly instructive stuff at the Russian championship today:
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8/8/1R6/5pk1/1p6/1r4P1/5K2/8 w - -
Khairullin-Inarkiev
46...? Black to play and win

Started 12/14/06 at 18:13:35 by Ptero
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By: Ptero
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Complete and Comprehensive Rook Endgamesbook
What is a good book that is focussed exclusively on rook endgames, that can be useful for 2300+, going from the basic known stuff like Philidor and Lucena but also having complicated examples with roo...

Started 07/10/15 at 06:41:01 by DenVerdsligeRejsende
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Levenfish/Smyslov n. 190 unsound
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Levenfish/Smyslov n. 190 (rev. fl.)
This position is given as drawn when it is Black`s turn to move. 
1...Ra6+ 2.Rc6
2.Kd7 is useless because after 1…Ra7+ 3.Kd8 Ra8+ White ha...

Started 12/24/12 at 17:28:52 by Poghosyan
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TN in the ending Lerner-Dorfman
The game Lerner-Dorfman (1980) is well known in the endgame literature. It has been recently extensively dealt with also in Micawber`s excellent tutorial (see the thread “Bacrot-Robson; a few explanat...

Started 08/20/12 at 05:40:48 by Poghosyan
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Gelfand's Déjà vu
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Black to play after 79.Ra1
Gelfand-Karpov, Reggio Emilia 1992 (1/2)
Black to play after 62.Ra1
Gelfand-Kramnik Amber (rapid) 2007 (1/2)
As John Emms states in his rook ending...

Started 03/25/07 at 19:43:34 by Ptero
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Rook-endgame, Anand-Kramnik, Mexico City 2007
Diagram 1 Anand-Kramnik, Mexico city, 2007
Position after black’s 53rd move.

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Now M. Marin commentates:
“Decades ago, Kholmov has proven that even without the f5-pawn White can hold a draw. The o...
Suggesting that it

Started 11/18/07 at 17:32:43 by micawber
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Kantorovich position in the game Tal-Gipslis (1983
Kantorovich position in the game Tal-Gipslis (1983)
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Tal – Gipslis
Jurmala 1983
According to the Mega Database 2012 the position of Kantorovich (1989) has occured i...

Started 09/23/12 at 11:11:20 by Poghosyan
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Carlsen-Alekseev, Dortmund 2007
I will first walk through this rook-endgame, explain several decisions and indicate some positions that require deeper analysis.
We start with the positions after black's 30th move:
diagram I.
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6k1/5p1p/6p1/p5P...

Started 07/01/07 at 11:22:19 by micawber
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By: Smyslov_Fan
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Frontal attack/defence in rook endgames
Hello,
I recently had to evaluate a rook endgame that could arise in one of my OTB games : the position to evaluate at the end of a forced line was :
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I thought Bla...

Started 08/03/12 at 12:30:01 by hicetnunc
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By: Girkassa
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Rook, f + h pawns -v- rook
Not sure I'm allowed to advertise rival sites, but it's not too much of a rival really.
Randomly googling and trying to find something else recently, I ran across across this site.
http://ou...

Started 09/06/06 at 11:59:50 by IMJohnCox
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By: Lovuschka
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Bacrot-Robson; a few explanantions
[b]In this thread I will present a tutorial on rook endgames with a passed a-pawn on the 6th or 7th rank and the rook of the stronger side in front. In the presentation I will rather rely on verbal...
[b][u]P

Started 03/26/12 at 04:44:36 by micawber
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Material on a Specific Rook Ending
I've been studying some rook endings lately, and was wondering about a specific pawn configuration - is there any theoretical consensus or material I could check out on single rook endings that look l...

Started 08/26/14 at 23:28:19 by TonyRo
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a- and h-pawns versus h-pawn
Part 1
The structure a- and h-pawns versus h-pawn is generally favourable for the defender because losing the pawn does not lead automatically to a lost position. Liquidation to a drawn position ...

Started 07/06/12 at 17:22:09 by Poghosyan
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Alekhine-Bogoljubov ending revisited
In the same chapter in Cheron's Lehr-und Handbuch der Endspiele that contains the complicated #392 discussed previously in this forum there is an analysis of an ending that occurred in the 1934 world ...

Started 09/01/12 at 20:49:06 by mbourzut
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How to study rook endgames
What is the best way of studying rook endgames? That is something I am asking myself right now.
I have Chess Endings made simple which covers rook endgames in only 21 pages. It has two parts and ...

Started 05/14/10 at 16:16:26 by JhF
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Kraemer study correct (Girkassa)
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Kraemer 1949
Ado Kraemer (1898-1972) was one of the outstanding German chess problemists who created  – separately  and together  with his congenial friend  Eric(h) Ernest Zepler ...

Started 06/12/12 at 10:10:32 by Poghosyan
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Easy to understand rook endgame book?
I played in a recent 7 rounds tournament and got 2nd place and gained rating points but the tournament showed several weaknesses that I need to improve. While I did not lose a single game, I did not w...

Started 05/19/15 at 12:08:00 by bragesjo
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Botvinnik-Borisenko
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Botvinnik – Borisenko Mocow ch-USSR, 1955
This position has been considered by the theory as lost for White because the defending rook is in a pa...

Started 06/20/12 at 10:19:36 by Poghosyan
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