Conversion of an outside passed pawn (after 43. .. Ke6)
Ivkov vs Filip, 1971  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 59 moves, 1-0
Advantage, same side pawns (after 38. Kb4)
Stahlberg vs Fine, 1937  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Pawn majorities and an active King (following 30. .. Kxd8)
Tal vs B Djurasevic, 1958  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 41 moves, 1-0
Positional Advantage (after 38. .. Kb7)
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1928  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 66 moves, 1-0
Win for White after 38. .. Qe5
Shirov vs Kamsky, 1994  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 54 moves, 1-0
A win with opposite coloured bishops.
Korchnoi vs Pelletier, 2001 (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0
36. .. h5! draws for Black in opposite coloured Bishops.
Miroshnichenko vs A Romero Holmes, 2002  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 51 moves, 1-0
Great fighting by Judit with 77. g4!! in opposite bishop ending
Polgar vs Kramnik, 2003  (B33) Sicilian, 97 moves, 1/2-1/2
Delightful and Complicated Rook Ending
D King vs K Mueller, 2001  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov wins with great technique.
Morozevich vs Kasparov, 2001  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 57 moves, 0-1
A beautiful breakthrough after 29. Rd3.
Van der Wiel vs E van den Doel, 2001 (C67) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 0-1
After 51. .. Kxf5...KPP v. KP endgame that is drawn.
N Phan-Koshnitsky vs L Moylan, 2001 (A48) King's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
After 82. .. Kg7, Smyslov hangs on down 2 pawns in rook endgame
Gligoric vs Smyslov, 1947  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 115 moves, 1/2-1/2
65. .. Kd5 - An example of converting in a rook endgame.
Timman vs Short, 1993  (D36) Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2, 85 moves, 1-0
Bitter defense in a rook endgame by Baburin.
M Heidenfeld vs A Baburin, 1999 (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
One of the greatest Rook endings ever!
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0
Queen and Pawn v. Queen
Ed. Lasker vs Marshall, 1923  (C48) Four Knights, 104 moves, 1/2-1/2
A decisive Queen and Pawn v. Queen
Tal vs Taimanov, 1958  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 62 moves, 1-0
A Queen and Pawn v. Queen Ending (2 queens a side too)!
Leko vs Kasparov, 2003  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 87 moves, 1/2-1/2
70. .. Ke4! draws...even Super GMs need to work on rook endings
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1929  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 77 moves, 1-0
Fundamental R+P v. R+P draw
Keres vs V Mikenas, 1937  (D75) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
Excellent use by Capablanca of his King to force the win.
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
R+4P v. R+3P
V Akopian vs K Georgiev, 1999  (E12) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1-0
R+4P v. R+3P
Leko vs Anand, 2003  (C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 1-0
Nice play in the endgame by Ponomariov in R+4P v. R+3P.
F Vallejo Pons vs Ponomariov, 2003  (E17) Queen's Indian, 53 moves, 0-1
67. .. c4+! saves the day for Black.
Ljubojevic vs Gligoric, 1979  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 69 moves, 1-0
An endgame to be studied and memorized by all!
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0
Mate in Knight v. pawn
J Nogueiras vs M Gongora Reyes, 2001  (A21) English, 84 moves, 1-0
Black gets the extra tempo that he needs to mate with 2 knights
Bisguier vs A Matanovic, 1961  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 89 moves, 0-1
Brilliant fighting spirit by Capa to win from {24. .. Rxd4}
J Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1915  (C48) Four Knights, 89 moves, 0-1
Considered to be an instructive rook ending
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
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