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Gligoric-Euwe, Zurich 1953
Recently I received a copy of the new translation of Najdorf's book on Zurich 1953, and I became interested in the rook ending that arose in the 22nd round game between Gligoric and Euwe.  I went thro...

Started 06/12/12 at 06:19:12 by proustiskeen
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By: Matemax
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Chéron n. 392 and n. 392a revisited
g- and h-pawns versus b-pawn and a-pawn. Does it make a difference?  
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Kostic-Janosevic 1951
in Chéron, Handbuch, 2. edition, n. 392, p. 259-260.
The situation with g- and h-pawns ...

Started 07/08/12 at 07:42:37 by Poghosyan
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By: Poghosyan
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New findings in rook endings 4 vers 3 with a5 pawn
New findings in rook endings 4 versus 3 with the passed pawn on a5
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John_Hall has demonstrated very convincingly that in Krakops-Dautov 1999 (rev. col.) after 1.Ke4 Ra2 2.Kd4 the move 2...f6 draws. It is the only...

Started 05/11/14 at 13:36:34 by Poghosyan V
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By: Poghosyan V
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R+3P vs. R+2P
I recently won an endgame as White in this position:
W: Kc5, Rh8, a5, b5, h4
B: Ka7, Rg4, c7, g6
White to play.
I guess it shows that I need to work on my endgames, but I had some ...

Started 07/16/08 at 19:04:17 by HgMan
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By: Smyslov_Fan
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g- and h- pawns versus h-pawn
Part 1
In this pawn structure the attacking side has only small winning chances. The most important factor here is the position of the Black king. When it is not cut off then the exchange of the ...

Started 07/11/12 at 19:12:05 by Poghosyan
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By: Poghosyan
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Lucena postion - why 4th vs 5th rank?
This one's been bugging me for a while. I'm reviewing the early chapters of Silman's Complete Endgame Course, on my way to reading some of the later stuff that I never got to before, and I just came b...

Started 02/15/14 at 03:46:13 by Fromper
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By: Fromper
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Gelfand's 61 Rh7 ?? In playoff game 3.
I was sickened by this move, I thought Soviet trained top grandmaster would have this completely worked out, it just seemed so obvious even moving instantly that the only possible win was to move the ...

Started 05/31/12 at 09:16:25 by FischerTal
3 3423 Last Post 05/31/12 at 13:17:42
By: Stigma
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Endgame of the Week: Zhang-Ni R+P ending.
Hi all!
This week's endgame comes from China's Sanjin Hotel Cup.  I'm giving the complete game score below, but I want to focus on the pure R+P ending with four pawns each.  White ended up winnin...

Started 07/26/05 at 16:23:58 by Smyslov_Fan
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By: MNb
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R+3P vs R+2P Shen - Hilton, 2018 blitz
The following arose in a blitz game this weekend.
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Earlier black played ...a3-a2, and after the game commented that he should have left it on a3 and played for ...Kb2-a2...

Started 02/05/18 at 04:54:06 by an ordinary chessplayer
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e- anf f-pawns vers f-pawn rook endings
Part 1
This pawn structure is very important and, as J. Emms points out, is often reached via 4 vs. 3 and 3 vs 2 structures. Generally, as in other 2 vs 1 rook endings without a passed pawn, this...

Started 06/09/12 at 12:53:12 by Poghosyan
11 8307 Last Post 12/02/12 at 16:44:43
By: proustiskeen
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Rook Endgame Question
Can anyone please tell me what the main differences are between rook and pawn endgames and 2 rook and pawn endgames?  So this actually entails several questions:
a) I assume that in rook and pawn...

Started 07/27/06 at 08:48:36 by Dinomike100
5 4654 Last Post 07/27/06 at 19:51:00
By: Dragan Glas
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Krakops-Dautov (DEM 9-166 Notes) f4 lines
Akopian-Kir. Georgiev (DEM 9-166)
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After 1…Ra1?! 2.Ra6! Ra2 3.a4 Ra3+?! 4.Kd4 Ra2 5.a5 f6
Krakops-Dautov (reversed)
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Dvoretsky gives win 6.Ra...

Started 04/20/14 at 16:36:59 by John_Hall
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By: Poghosyan V
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g- and h-pawns versus g-pawn
In this pawn structure the attacking side has practically no winning chances when the defender’s king is on the king side. 
D. 1 is the critical position when the Black king is not cut off. <br /...

Started 07/25/12 at 07:41:51 by Poghosyan
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By: Poghosyan
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5 versus 4 Rook Endgame with passed a- and b- pawn
The rook endgame with a 5 versus 4 pawn configuration, involving passed a- and b-pawns (with attacking rook behind the passed pawn), is much more favorable to the superior side, than the analogous 4 v...

Started 06/17/24 at 09:50:04 by Poghosyan V
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c- and d- pawns versus h-pawn rook endings
I saw some nice studies about similar endgames here posted so thought that some people could be interested in my analysis built around a recent played game by myself.
[pgn][Event "c and d pawns aga...|/pgn]
Analysis were made by manually inserting some lines in 2 engines: Fritz, Rybka without having direct access to the tablebases. Tablebases were manually checked online. 
Any feedback on the correctness of the analysis is welcome. Not only to learn something about this type of endgame but also if my method of analyzing is trustful for such positions.

Started 06/09/12 at 22:16:00 by brabo
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By: brabo
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Kantorovich/Steckner (DEM 9-144) g5-g4 update
A few weeks ago I bought Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual (2nd Edition) and was intrigued by the innovations since Fine, particulary in Rook and pawn endgames with outside passed pawn and enemy Rook behind....

Started 04/20/14 at 15:39:42 by John_Hall
1 4859 Last Post 04/21/14 at 06:05:14
By: Poghosyan V
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Where is the thread „Carlsen – So (2021)”?
The thread „Carlsen – So (2021)” has disappeared. Why?

Started 07/31/24 at 05:31:41 by Poghosyan V
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By: an ordinary chessplayer
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Gelfand on Aronian vs. Nakamura (2016)
Gelfand on Aronian vs. Nakamura (2016)[center]

In Chapter 4 of his insightful book Decision Making in Major Piece Endings (First edition 2020 by Quality Chess UK Ltd, 2020; Russian edition, Moscow 2022), Gelfa...

Started 10/04/24 at 11:15:14 by Poghosyan V
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Rook ending (1)
I am making a new thread for this rook ending. We began discussing it in the "Endgame-play" thread.
I have another ending for everyone to consider: 
White has pawns on f2, g3, h4, a6. Ke3, R...

Started 07/11/05 at 01:18:08 by kevinludwig
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Critical position with the pawn on a4
Critical position with the pawn on a4

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As we have seen (thread „Carlsen – So (2021)”), with Black to play this ending should be a draw with correct play. White to play the position is won. White...

Started 06/18/24 at 05:49:50 by Poghosyan V
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