21 Apr 09
Originally posted by Romanticus"all rook endgames are drawn." 🙂
Seems easy enough,right?Well,three times now I had this endgame (me with the pawns) and each time I drew.I'm now practising it against fritz but without success so far.
Try it if you're up to the challenge 🙂
White to move
[fen]8/r7/6Pk/5R1P/8/6K1/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
21 Apr 09
Originally posted by RomanticusI'm terrible at endgames, but I'm ordering Silman's Complete Endgame Course tonight, I swear!!
Seems easy enough,right?Well,three times now I had this endgame (me with the pawns) and each time I drew.I'm now practising it against fritz but without success so far.
Try it if you're up to the challenge 🙂
White to move
[fen]8/r7/6Pk/5R1P/8/6K1/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
And now for my cheater, cheater, pants on fire routine... www.shredderchess.com calls this a win in 35. You can input the problem here:
http://www.shredderchess.com/online-chess/online-databases/endgame-database.html
Interesting! It seems that with correct play, neither the king nor the rook can take the h-pawn without letting the g-pawn run loose, forcing an eventual exchange of rooks. Honestly, I'd be S.O.L. in this position OTB.
21 Apr 09
had no idea how tough this was until i exchanged down in to what i had thought was a won position after a horribly complex (to me) rook ending. I did win but my opponent did miss a draw in the process. Game 6174697