Some time ago a friend told me that learning rook endings is one of the most important things in chess. The reason for this is that rook endings are very common and if we put some energy in studying practical endgames we can get a lot in return. Here is an example of a game that I played in a correspondence tournament at Chessworld.net. After having been in trouble in the middlegame we reached a drawish endgame that I won because of a big mistake of my oponent.
July 22, 2007 at 11:14 am |
I lack the courage to play moves like c4 which leaves you basically with one pawn less.
July 23, 2007 at 6:16 pm |
c4 looks good but i have to study it a bit more to actually say that it’s indeed winning.
July 23, 2007 at 7:46 pm |
@logis,
I don’t say its winning. As I point out in the video, after c4 my opponent still could make draw but he missed the right line.
July 24, 2007 at 3:42 am |
I said it wrong, i ment even after missing the right line it may be a draw. But need more time to calculate to see if that is so.
July 24, 2007 at 5:26 am |
Okay, if you find something let me know.