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Chess Endgame: Rook + 2 vs. Rook - Fila

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Uploaded by on Aug 16, 2009

This is an endgame study by Fila (position 113 in Levenfish + Smyslov's Rook Endings manual)

White to play and win. Rook and two pawns vs. Rook.

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  • After Rh1 Kd6 You can just play Ra1 with the advantage of having the two pawns, making it easier to play if you know the main line with just one.

  • To be honest the actual study is for BLACK to move in the initial position but I made it White to play and win (Rh1!)  One of the moves Fila considered was 1...Ke6 (where 2.Ra1 isn't legal)

    I guess the sequence 1.Rh1 Ke6 doesn't make much sense. Good catch.

  • Glad I was able to entertain you

  • Tricky, tricky.  That's an interesting study.

  • Yep! Black's pieces are on good defensive squares. White only wins because the e pawn is one square from queening. Move everything down a rank and I'm pretty sure it's a draw.

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  • End game is very different from middle game and opening. Different rules apply. Almost like another type of game.

    I get the idea that many people like myself don't like end game. I hope to finish the game in middle game, but i have suffered a few end game horrors already in matches.However if i would practice end game, i might actually start to like it and work my way to a favourable end game in the middle game.

  • Great analysis. Enjoyed and learned a lot.

  • you can say it's boring but this is very helpful !!

  • I would rather do Rook f8 for a draw by king v. king.

  • me to

  • Q vs R is just too hard for me.

  • These are very informative videos, definitely worth remembering these rook and pawn studies for endgames. I should probably recap the first of these kind of videos to see if I actually learnt anything yet.

  • This is one of the best videos I've ever seen

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