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Despite being so young, Pragg is already a very strong endgame technician. In this ending against Anish Giri, he immediately chose a technical solution when he got a chance.
Rook endings have a large drawish tendency, but races are different, as demonstrated by this position seen in a game between Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Levon Aronian.
Le Quang Liem had two extra pawns in a rook endgame against Aronian, but in this particular setup, precision is needed until the very end. How would you continue with White here?
The winning idea was 73.Ra8, improving the rook. Le’s 73.Kc5 gave Black a key tempo, and Aronian found the one reply that held the draw: 73...Rc2+
Find this game’s full analysis plus three more instructive endgames in the replayer below!
Magical Chess Endgames Vol. 1 & 2 + The magic of chess tactics
In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.
