The Endgame Academy Vol.2 - Theoretical Rook Endgames

Chapter 1 - Rook vs. Pawn

At first glance, the endgame of rook versus pawn may seem trivial, after all, shouldn’t the rook always win? Yet the very first examples prove otherwise.

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Contents

1 Introduction

2 Chapter 1 - Rook vs. Pawn 0/66

2.1 Stalemate defence

2.2 Bodycheck

2.3 Avoiding bodychecks

2.4 Bodycheck duel and zugzwang

2.5 Cut-off

2.6 Intermediate check

2.7 Stalemate defence with a rook's pawn

2.8 Riding the escalator

2.9 Training 1.1 0/36

2.10 Training 1.2 0/30

2.11 Play-Out Positions 1

3 Chapter 2 - Rook vs. Two Pawns 0/34

3.1 Two Separated Passed Pawns

3.2 Advanced Pawns

3.3 The Rook Must Fight for a Draw

3.4 The King Leads the Way

3.5 Changing the Leader

3.6 Additional Pawn for the Attacker

3.7 Do Not Promote Automatically

3.8 Training 2 0/34

3.9 Play-Out Positions 2

4 Chapter 3 - Rook and Pawn vs. Rook

4.1 Philidor position

4.2 Philidor Position – Knight’s Pawn

4.3 Lucena Position

4.4 Lucena Position – Preparation

4.5 Karstedt Draw Position

4.6 Defence on the Last Rank

4.7 Tarrasch Draw Position

4.8 Vancura Position

4.9 Vancura Position – Subtleties

5 Chapter 3 - Cut-Off 0/26

5.1 Cut-off Along a File – Part 1

5.2 Cut-off Along a File – Part 2

5.3 Cut-off Along a File – Part 3

5.4 Cut-off Across Two Files

5.5 Cut-off Across Two Files – Knight’s Pawn

5.6 Cut-off with Rook’s Pawn Across Four Files – Part 1

5.7 Cut-off with Rook’s Pawn Across Four Files – Part 2

5.8 Cut-off Along a Rank – Part 1

5.9 Cut-off Along a Rank – Part 2

5.10 Cut-off Along a Rank – Rook’s Pawn

5.11 Training 3 0/26

5.12 Play-Out Positions 3

6 Chapter 4 - Rook and Two Pawns vs. Rook 0/21

6.1 Two Connected Passed Pawns

6.2 Tortoise Advance

6.3 Horwitz Fortress

6.4 Two Rook’s Pawns

6.5 Rook’s Pawn and Bishop’s Pawn – Blocked King

6.6 Rook’s Pawn and Bishop’s Pawn: Free King

6.7 Rook’s Pawn and Bishop’s Pawn – Active Defence

6.8 Rook’s Pawn and Bishop’s Pawn – Last Line of Defence

6.9 Dvoretsky Study

6.10 No Rook’s Pawns

6.11 Doubled Pawns – Part 1

6.12 Doubled Pawns – Part 2

6.13 Doubled Knight’s Pawns

6.14 Training 4 0/21

6.15 Play-Out Positions 4

7 Chapter 5 - Rook and Pawn vs. Rook and Pawn 0/18

7.1 No Passed Pawns – Part 1

7.2 No Passed Pawns – Part 2

7.3 Adjacent Pawns

7.4 Passed Pawn vs Passed Pawn

7.5 Building the Umbrella

7.6 Rook Behind the Passed Pawn

7.7 Cut-off – Passed Pawn vs Passed Pawn

7.8 Rook Checks

7.9 Typical Mistake – Automatic Promotion

7.10 Checking distance is too short

7.11 Training 5 0/18

7.12 Play-Out Positions 5

8 Chapter 6 - Examples from Modern Top-Games

8.1 Cut-off Goryachkina - Kamalidenova:

8.2 The right path for the King: Yip - Dzagnidze

8.3 Do not rush: Munguntuul - Zhu

8.4 Batsiashvili - Avramidou:

8.5 Cut-off Festival: Nakamura - Mishra

8.6 Costa's King: Costa - Johansson