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000 - zur Wiedervorlage - resubmission / hold-fi 45 games, 1900-2025 000 The unbearable...R-endgames 7 Previously: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... Game Collection: 96e The Unbearable Lightness of rook endgames 5 Game Collection: 96d_The Unbearable Lightness of rook endgames 4 Game Collection: 96c_The Unbearable Lightness of rook endgames 3 Game Collection: 96b_The Unbearable Lightness of rook endgames 2 Game Collection: 96a The Unbearable Lightness of rook endgames 1 ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = ♖ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = zzz_Ostende 1937 || Ostend 11. Apr 1937 - 19. Apr 1937 Tournament book: Ostende Internationales Schachmeisterturnier 1937 by Emil Joseph Diemer http://www.mediafire.com/file/y9kbe... (pdf) 31 games, 1935-2025 000_-> Middlegames Opp col Bishops 3 31 games, 1912-2025 000_QR(R)-middlegames 04 formerly 98_A00 - 1.c3 - Saragossa Theme Tourmt 1922 & mo (15 games) The name Saragossa Opening is derived from the Spanish city of Zaragoza. In 1922 a theme tournament requiring the players to open with 1.c3 was arranged in <Mannheim> with <three> participants, Siegbert Tarrasch, Paul Leonhardt and Jacques Mieses, which Tarrasch won. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarago...) Im Juni 1922 lesen wir im "Deutschen Wochenschach", daß mit diesem Zug ein Turnier mit <vier>* Meistern stattfand. Kein geringerer als Tarrasch war damals dabei... Randspringer #66, S.148 * must be <three> Tarrasch....... xx | 1,= | 1,1 Leonhardt.... 0,= | x,x | 0,1 Mieses......... 0,0 | 1,0 | x,x <6 games> ♙ = ♙ = ♙ = ♙ = ♙ = ♙ = ♙ = ♙ click for larger view Opening Explorer ♙ = ♙ = ♙ = ♙ = ♙ = ♙ = ♙ = ♙ From Cyrus Lakdawala page: Mar-10-09 blacksburg: i've seen a few of this guy's games that aren't in the database. in a lot of those games, Lakdawala opens with <1.c3!?> as white, and seems to aim for some kind of reversed caro kann/slav setup, like a delayed colle system or something. it's weird. i've also heard <1.c3> referred to as the <Lakdawala Variation>. i have some experience in caro kann, pure slav, and scandinavian defences, so i might give it a try in blitz games. it can't be that bad, right? none of his games in the database start with <1.c3>, though, so maybe i'm wrong, but i swear i've heard about this guy and his silly <1.c3> move, and there's no other Lakdawala. anyone else here know what i'm talking about? or did i just have a weird dream about a bad opening move and a guy with a funny name? Mar-10-09 blacksburg: yeah, this must have been a weird chess dream. no respectable chess player would play this stuff right? <1.c3 e5 2.d4> - reversed caro-kann <1.c3 c5 2.d4 d5> - reversed slav Jun-03-09 blacksburg: <VERY> entertaining interview with Watson on ICC this week. much better than Watson's usual interviews, which i usually stop listening to half way through. in addition to making me laugh out loud several times, he clears up the 1.c3 question i had! apparently, someone named 1.c3 the <lakdawala accelerated> because after 1.Nf3 c5, instead of 2.e4?? <his question marks> trying to sucker him into a sicilian, lakdawala would play 2.c3, and try to play a reversed slav, since he plays the slav as black. ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 ♙c3 Check the comments on http://www.chess.com/opening/eco/A0... for LOLs :D and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA5F... GM database: http://www.redhotpawn.com/chess/gra... 25 games, 1515-2025 01 Neglected {RR} endgames II Collection of ♖♖ endgames ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ Whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are available, you should evaluate which rook to move and, once you have made up your mind... move the other one! -- Oscar Panno ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ If you are not prepared to be wrong — you will not come up with anything original. -- Sir Ken Robinson ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ http://akobia.geoweb.ge/studies/bas... ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ - ♖♖ Some tactical exercises: http://kaniaverlag.de/werbemappe/tr... 283 games, 1873-2023 01_RR endgames III 99_whiteshark's favorite games of 2017 check also coz I haven't Game Collection: 2017 games ; Game Collection: best games of chessgames 2017 ; Game Collection: Best games of 2017 ; Game Collection: OhioChessFan's favorite games of 2017 ; Game Collection: 0 ; 27 games, 2000-2025 02_QR endgames II continuation of Game Collection: 95a_QR endgames --> Heavy pieces in action 276 games, 1858-2023 03_Heavy pieces in action: pure QRR middlegames continuation of Game Collection: zz03_Heavy pieces in action: pure QRR middlegame (check there for the intro... ;) 105 games, 1885-2022 04_Q:RR <Jürgen Federau, Andreas Bachmann, Rainer Seidel> <Dame gegen zwei Türme im Mittelspiel und Endspiel> (Berlin 1993. ISBN 3-9801442-9-1) analysing and discussing only a small subject of Q vs 2R in middlegame and endgame. Very systematic and very good explained / in German only, <highly recommended>!! Juergen Manfred Federau Andreas Bachmann Link to Rainer Seidel as publisher: http://www.schachtheorie.de/pages/v... 136 S., mit 38 Partien, zahlreichen Diagrammen, Register, gebunden, ISBN 3-9801442-9-1, 1993, Verlag für Schachtheorie Berlin, EUR 14,50. cover: http://www.schachclubkreuzberg.de/I... Pressestimmen: - "… kommen die Autoren zu neuartigen Erkenntnissen, die für die Theorie des Mittelspiels und des Endspiels von Bedeutung sind", IGM Ralf Lau (Schach Magazin 64, 13/93). - "… Thema von enormer schachpraktischer Bedeutung, und großer Nutzen ist für alle Schachfreunde ohne Ausnahme garantiert – vom Lehrling bis zum Meister", Pit Schulenburg (Schach-Report/ Deutsche Schachblätter 7/1993). German wiki-page on heavy piece endgames: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwer... It only remains for me to add that it's a <Großbaustelle> (large area needing improvement) ... = = = 2009-02-27: added 23 new games, mentionend from user <hms123>: Glenn Fear (Practical Endgame Play--beyond the basics) has a chapter on <Queen vs two Rooks>. = = = "How about queen for two rooks? Although many authors talk about queen and pawn equaling two rooks, this is only close to true with no minor pieces on the board; with two or more minors each, the queen needs no pawns to equal the rooks. I recall a famous Portisch-Fischer game in which Portisch "won" two rooks for Fischer's queen right out of the opening, but Fischer soon won a weak pawn and went on to win rather easily, despite the nominal point equality. In fact Fischer's annotations severely criticized Portisch for making the trade; Fischer understood very well that with lots of material on the board, the queen is every bit as good as the rooks, so once he won a pawn he was effectively a full pawn ahead." http://home.comcast.net/~danheisman... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = <H. Rinck>, Sala Imperio, 1916 - <White to move <wins>> click for larger view = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Endgame Explorer: QPPPP vs RRPPP 290 games, 1864-2022 04_Q:RR (sequel) continuation of Game Collection: 04_Q:RR 2 games, 1996-2025 05a_extra passed a-pawn in R+4:3|| extra passed a-pawn in R+4:3|| aka <Randmehrfreibauernturmendspiel>. Spell it! <A new winning method for white is described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarras... <>> = = = FM Konstantin Kavutskiy Konstantin Kavutskiy teaches some basics on how to approach a rook endgame when you have an extra outside passed pawn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlK... Yeah, only basics but you have to show us how to play/evaluate the resulting Game Collection: 26b_Rook vs Pawns 145 games, 1896-2019 05b_extra passed b-pawn in R+4:3|| This is a another common endgame with 4 vs 3 situation of f-, g- and h-pawns plus extra b-pawn (and its mirror image). John Emms said it's having a 66% win ratio, <but I doubt it <<<<>> for methodological reasons>>> Model position from corr A Hollis vs T Florian, 1972 click for larger view Hollys Moly: http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yab... + http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yab... + http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2008... + http://www.chesscafe.com/text/muell... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarra... --> Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2008 115 games, 1883-2021 05c_extra passed c-pawn in R+4:3|| In comparison with similar endgames with extra a- or b-pawns, an extra c-pawn occurs less regulary (c-pawns are more likely to get exchanged in the opening or middlegame). 50 games, 1897-2021 05d_extra passed d-pawn in R+4:3|| What are the pros and contras that the extra pawn is located in the center (and near the rest of the kingside pawns). Does it make defence easier or more difficult? I've no idea... http://www.saidaonline.com/en/news.... Here are the rare examples I've found so far ... Leko vs Korchnoi, 2008 As you can see in the video Leko's king is on f4. So he'd moved <61.Kf4!>, needless to say the best move in the position. click for larger view And it was the final move! Korch resigned (in his typical way?), but they made a few more moves - kind of short post mortem line. Thus the confusion with the gamescore. SOLVED! 21 games, 1936-2016 09_Rook endgames with R+PPPPP.P.P.P. one side has a majority ∞ sometimes. Observe how they reduce the pawns... Additional games: Capablanca vs Kupchik, 1913 210 games, 1874-2016 10_R+P(4:3)|| on the same wing Game Collection: Rook endings with Pawns on just one side. : This type of endings when one player has an extra Pawn in Rook ending but all Pawns are on the same side of board is under normal condition (i.e. no trapped Rook or faraway and cut King) drawish and many players consider it as easy task. But in practice we can see that even super-GMs can slip and lose in this situation like Geller with Fischer in 1970 or Duras against Niemzowitsch (see Duras vs Nimzowitsch, 1912 and Geller vs Fischer, 1970). This collection should provide some material for study of this type of endings played by strong players through the chess history. 101 games, 1890-2022 11_R+P (3:2)|| on the same wing The rook endgame three versus two on the same flank is the little brother of 4 v 3. The difference favours the defender as there is one pawn less that in the similar endgame. These endgames are usually drawn and the defense is relatively easy. The good things remain good here as well, such as <the optimal set-up>. However, thanks to the fact that there are less pawns on the board, the weaker side can also adopt different defensive set-ups. Even a cramped position should not bother the defender, as long as they can liquidate into an endgame with small number of pawns (one or even two extra pawns for the strong side). These endgames are usually theoretical draws. <The defender's worst nightmare is called a "pawn endgame". <>> From the sample above one can easily figure out the second main danger. It is the king getting cut off from his pawns. In this case they will either be lost due to the combined efforts of the rook, king and pawns; or the defender will have to allow a pawn endgame. http://www.chess.com/article/view/b... 99 games, 1901-2024 12_R+P (5:4)|| on the same wing 6 games, 1912-2008 14_R+P (2:1) on the same wing - no passed pawn Recommended analysis: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/muell... 69 games, 1898-2021 15_R+P (2:1) on the same wing - 1 passed pawn 74 games, 1897-2022

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