The wandering rook

by Karsten Müller
8/22/2017 – "Rooks belong behind passed pawns." Apparently, this rule goes back to Tarrasch who was known to be a bit dogmatic at times. Moreover, it's an old rule. But neither the one nor the other makes it less relevant.

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1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.c4 Qc7 7.b3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Be7 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.e3 b6 11.Rc1 Ba3 12.Rc2 Bb7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Nd5 exd5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Qd6 17.Bg2 Nxd4 18.Bxb7 Nxc2 19.Bxa8 Rxa8 20.Qxc2 Qc6 21.Qd3 a5 22.Bc3 Rc8 23.Bd4 b5 24.Qf5 h6 25.Re1 Bb4 26.Qg4 Bf8 27.h4 a4 28.bxa4 bxa4 29.Rb1 a3 30.Qe2 Qe4 31.Rd1 Rc2 32.Rd2 Rc1+ 33.Rd1 Qc2 34.Qxc2 Rxc2 35.Ra1 f6 36.h5 Kf7 37.Kg2 Ke6 38.Kf3 Bd6 39.g4 Be5 40.Bxe5 fxe5 41.e4 Kf6 42.Rd1 Ke6 43.Ra1 d5 44.exd5+ Kxd5 45.Rd1+ Kc6 46.Ra1 Kc5 47.Re1 Kd4 48.Re4+ Kd5 49.Ra4 Rxa2 50.Ra5+ Kc6 51.Rxe5 Rc2 52.Ra5 a2 53.Ke3 Kb6 54.Ra8 Kb5 55.f4 Kb4 56.Ke4 Rooks belong behind passed pawns.
Black to move and win.
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Neverov,V2472Alekseev,E26100–12017A3218th ch-EUR Indiv 20174.62

 

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Karsten Müller is considered to be one of the greatest endgame experts in the world. His books on the endgame - among them "Fundamentals of Chess Endings", co-authored with Frank Lamprecht, that helped to improve Magnus Carlsen's endgame knowledge - and his endgame columns for the ChessCafe website and the ChessBase Magazine helped to establish and to confirm this reputation. Karsten's Fritztrainer DVDs on the endgame are bestsellers. The mathematician with a PhD lives in Hamburg, and for more than 25 years he has been scoring points for the Hamburger Schachklub (HSK) in the Bundesliga.

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