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StartingOut:

endgames ChrisWard

rook

StartingOut:RookEndgames

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Contents

Bibliography ........................................................................... 4

Introduction ........................................................................... 5

Chapter1:TheBasics ............................................................. 7

Chapter2:RookversusPawn(s) ........................................... 21

Chapter3:RookandPawnvsRook ...................................... 35

Chapter4:IntroducingMorePawns ..................................... 55

Chapter5:TrickySituationsandAdvancedTechniques ........ 70

Chapter6:ApplyingPrinciplestoPracticalPlay .................... 86

Chapter7:TwentyQuestions ............................................. 104

Solutions ............................................................................ 112

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Bibliography

Books

BatsfordChessEndings,JonSpeelmanetal(Batsford1993)

EndgamePlay,ChrisWard(Batsford1996)

PracticalChessEndings,PaulKeres(Batsford1994)

ChessChoiceChallenge,ChrisWardandJohnEmms(Batsford1998)

Pandolfini'sEndgameCourse,(Fireside1988)

DatabasesandPrograms

Introduction

WhenIwasapproachedtowriteabookonrookandpawnendgamesIwasonlytoohappyto

oblige.Indeed,IwasreallypleasedthatIwasn’tgoingtohavetosortthroughthousandsof

recentgames,andthroughoutthebookIwouldn’tevenhavetoworryaboutlongdiagonalsor

‘L’ shapes! Yes, there’s no bishops, queens, or knights here (well, barring the odd cameo

performance!),andgenerallyspeakingthefactisthatendgametheorydoesn’treallychange.

Every now and then a computer analysis module working at a billion miles an hour and

consideringmillionsofpositionsintheblinkofaneyeoverturnsaconclusionofyesteryear,but

intruthsuchoccurrencesarerare.

Therehavebeenplentyofbookswrittenonrookendings,soIhearyouask:‘Whatmakesthis

onespecial?’Well,didIsayitwasspecial?Seriously,IliketothinkthatinthisbookIhave

coveredthemostrelevanttheoreticalpositionsandhaveusedeasyexamplestoillustratethe

mostimportantthemes.IhavealotofexperienceincoachingandIthinkIthatunderstandhow

lowerratedplayers(yes,I’mafraidIcouldbetalkingaboutyou,butdon’tworry–I’mtryingto

work on that!) tend to think when it comes to endgames. Thus I have tried to gradually

introducethereadertoeachthemeandideaandtheresultisStartingOut:RookEndgames.

Actually,thisisanappropriatetitlebecauseit’sfairtosaythatIdon’texactly‘finishoff’rook

endgames. However, this book is certainly not completely written at a basic level and

occasionallythereissomeprettyadvancedstuff.Ifyoucangetyourheadaroundthat,then

youarewellonyourwaytomasteringthetopic.

Thereisnodoubtthatrookandpawnendingsareausefulpartofthegameforeveryplayerto

gettogripswith.Ioftencriticizejuniorsforcastlingintheopeningbutthennotbotheringto

activatetheirrooksinthemiddlegame.Theirassumptionalwaysseemstobethattheminor

pieceswilldobattleearlyon,andifthegameisstillgoing,thentherookswillcomeouttoplay

later.Ofcoursetheyshouldbetryingtocreate‘pawnbreaks’fromtheopeningonwardsin

ordertoactivatethetenpointsworthoffirepower,butsometimesit’sliketalkingtoabrick

wall!PerhapsI’mbeingabitharsh,butthefactstillremainsthatatlowerlevelsrooksare

generallyunderachieversinthemiddlegameand,withthisnonconfrontationalapproach,they

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StartingOut:RookEndgames

arenaturallythesurvivors.Hencerookendingstendtobethemostcommonendgametypeto

arise.

By the way, that’s just single rook endings (or rook versus pawns). I haven’t said much on

doublerookendgames,partlybecausetheyaresorareandpartlybecausethesameprinciples

apply,buttwofold!Jokingaside,theoneassumptionIhavemadeforthisbookisthatthe

readerknowshowtodelivercheckmatewithakingandrookagainstabareking.Withtwo

rooksapiecethemaindifferenceisthatthepartnershipisabletodelivercheckmatewithout

the aid of its monarch. They provide twice as much firepower and thus frequently enjoy

doublingontheseventhrankandopenfiles.Regardingthelatter,that’swheremoretypically

onepairisexchangedoff,thusreturningtotherealmsofthisbook.

ThereisafamoussayingthatIhaverefrainedfromusinginthemainbodyofthisbookandthat

isthat‘allrookendingsaredrawn’.Thisgeneralizationishighlydubious,butasyouworkyour

way through the chapters you will begin to understand its basis. The fact is that, next to

oppositecolouredbishopendings,yourbestchanceforashareofthepointswhenyouarea

pawndownisinarookendgame.Indeed,thatisreflectedinthemanyexamplesthatIusein

whichthedefendersalvagesadrawthankstoactiveplayandoverallemploymentofthebasic

ideasIputforward.It’sprobablytruethatthemajorityofrookendingsdofinishasdrawsbut

it’sonething‘knowingthat’andanother‘knowinghowto’!

AndatthispointIsuggestthatyou‘getknowing’!Pleaseworkyourwaythroughthebookand

uponcompletionyouwillbearmedwiththerequiredtechniquestohandlerookandpawn

endgames.Thenyoucanstartoutinsomethingelse!

Goodluck!

ChrisWard,

Beckenham,

December2004

ChapterOne

TheBasics

The‘Monster’King

EveryKingShouldKnowitsLimitations

RooksbelongbehindPassedPawns

CheckingfromtheSide

ShoulderingofftheEnemyKing

PushingPassedPawns

KeepingyourDistance

CuttingofftheKing

TheSkewerTrick

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