K+P
Ed. Lasker vs Capablanca, 1915  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 0-1
K+P 2 Distant Passed Pawns Can't be Stopped
Capablanca vs A G Conde, 1919  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 46 moves, 1-0
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Capablanca vs W P Shipley, 1924  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 34 moves, 1-0
R+P,Best Ever?
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
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L Carranza vs Capablanca, 1911  (C46) Three Knights, 44 moves, 0-1
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Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0
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H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1
K+P 37. White To Move
R G Wade vs Korchnoi, 1960  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0
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J Stapfer vs Capablanca, 1913  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 0-1
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Duras vs Capablanca, 1913  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 75 moves, 0-1
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Capablanca vs Yates, 1930  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 87 moves, 1-0
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Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0
R+P Sacrifice a Pawn, Activate the King! 48. White to Move
Capablanca vs Eliskases, 1936  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 54 moves, 1-0
R+P 51... Black to Move
Tal vs Spassky, 1965  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 66 moves, 0-1
R+P Always Look to Sac the Rook!!
H Terrie vs E Tate, 2001  (A21) English, 32 moves, 0-1
R+P Activate the Rook & Push the Passed Pawn
Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0
Bishop Beats Knight
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1937  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
R+P Discovered Attack!
de Firmian vs Alburt, 1987  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 56 moves, 1-0
R+P Sacrifice Material and Push the Passed Pawn
Capablanca vs Kupchik, 1913  (C49) Four Knights, 68 moves, 1-0
K+P 38...Black to Move Extremely Instructive Pawn Breakthrough
A Pomar Salamanca vs J Cuadras Avellana, 1974  (D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 50 moves, 0-1
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Capablanca vs A Kreymborg, 1910  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0
40. White to Move (Always be Aggressive!)
Quinteros vs Tukmakov, 1973  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
Creative Sacrifice Yields Connected Passed Pawns
Tartakower vs R Domenech, 1934  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
One of the Alltime Classic Rook Endgames
Botvinnik vs Najdorf, 1956  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 73 moves, 1-0
Black can Draw by Activating his Rook with 46...Rc5!
Kasparov vs Short, 1993  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 52 moves, 1-0
Extremely Instructive Rook Endgame
Andersson vs Huebner, 1981  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 51 moves, 1-0
Deadly Connected Passed Pawns
C Storey vs M Hebden, 2009  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 51 moves, 0-1
Very Active White Rook
N Kosintseva vs A Bodnaruk, 2009  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 59 moves, 1-0
Alekhine's masterful endgame performance
Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1933  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 55 moves, 0-1
Black does not exchange his active Rook
Gligoric vs Larsen, 1977  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 65 moves, 0-1
The correct exchange allows lethal King invasion
Andersson vs M J Tempone, 1979  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0
Power of the Bishop Pair
Englisch vs Steinitz, 1883  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 0-1
Rook exchange amplifies the good Knight vs bad Bishop advantage
Sakaev vs J Meister, 2004  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 62 moves, 0-1
Typical Rook vs Rook and lone Pawn
M Gurevich vs V Malakhov, 2005  (A20) English, 78 moves, 1-0
White King condemned to the back rank.
I Naumkin vs Khalifman, 1984  (E92) King's Indian, 47 moves, 0-1
White plays the decisive 71.Rf2!! to prevent a Black body check
K Lerner vs Dorfman, 1980  (D94) Grunfeld, 76 moves, 1-0
White creates an umbrella with 53.g5!
N Huschenbeth vs Buhmann, 2011  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 72 moves, 1-0
35...Black to move, and force home a pawn.
R Bertholee vs Polgar, 1990  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 43 moves, 0-1
33. White to move.
Radjabov vs Kamsky, 2009  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
57. White to move.
H Ree vs Ftacnik, 1978  (D99) Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov, 77 moves, 1-0
Rook & Rook pawn vs Rook
T Ernst vs Bagirov, 1992  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 57 moves, 1-0
Rook interference
A Oberhofer vs G Flom (Battaglini), 2011  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 57 moves, 0-1
Andersson endgame.
M Narciso Dublan vs Andersson, 2001  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 35 moves, 0-1
Rook interference
A Muzychuk vs Ju Wenjun, 2010  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 58 moves, 0-1
Rook interference
E Torre vs S R Mannion, 2010  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 74 moves, 1-0
68. White to move
Savon vs Gligoric, 1989  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 70 moves, 1-0
King dominates the Knight
V Eingorn vs Beliavsky, 1986  (D99) Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov, 73 moves, 1-0
Activate the King with temporary pawn sac.
Smyslov vs M Fuller, 1980 (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Good/Bad piece exchanges
I Kan vs Capablanca, 1936  (C25) Vienna, 56 moves, 0-1
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