10/8/2021 – There are so many endgame terms that Karsten Müller has decided to summarise them in a growing dictionary and explain them on video. He starts with the "Umbrella", which can help in bad weather but also in rook endings. In a video Karsten Müller explains what an "umbrella" is in endgame theory and shows why it is useful to know the term and its meaning.
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An umbrella is a pawn, which shelters the attacking king from the rain of checks of the defending rook. In a rook ending a typical winning technique is to lure an enemy pawn to an important file, so that the attacking king can hide behind it.
An umbrella is a pawn, which shelters the attacking king from the rain of
checks of the defending rook. In a rook ending a typical winning technique is
to lure an enemy pawn to an important file, so that the attacking king can
hide behind it.89...g4!?89...Kf4?!90.Rb4+Kg3?is refuted by a
stalemate trick:90...Ke3wins, e.g.91.Rb3+Rd392.Rxd3+Kxd393.Kf2Ke494.Kf1Ke395.Ke1f2+96.Kf1Kf397.h4g4-+91.Rg4+Kxh392.Rxg5Rg2+93.Kh1!f294.Rg3+=90.Rg8After90.h4Kf4-+ the king hides on g3.90...Ke390...gxh3?!wins as well
as the defending king is cut off on the first rank, e.g.91.Re8+Kd392.Rd8+Ke293.Re8+Kd194.Rf8h2+95.Kh1Ke296.Re8+96.Kxh2Ke1+97.Kg3f298.Re8+Re299.Ra8Re3+100.Kh2f1Q101.Ra1+Kf2102.Ra2+Re2-+96...Kf297.Kxh2Rd798.Rh8Rf799.Rh6Kf1100.Ra6f2101.Ra1+Ke2102.Ra2+Kd3-+91.hxg491.Rxg4Rd1+92.Kh2f293.Rg3+Ke494.Rg4+Ke595.Rg5+Kf6-+91.Rf8Rd1+92.Kh2f293.Re8+Kd294.Rd8+Kc295.Rc8+Kb396.Rf8f1Q97.Rxf1Rxf198.hxg4Rf399.Kg2Rc3-+ and Black wins
no matter where his king is due to the cut off.91...Kf492.Kf1Kg3
The king hides from the rain of checks behind the umbrella.93.Ke193.Re8Rd1+94.Re1Rxe1+95.Kxe1Kg296.g5f2+97.Kd2f1Q-+93...Re2+!?The zwischenschach is good typical technique.94.Kd194.Kf1Ra2-+94...Re794...Re795.Rf8f296.Kd2Re197.g5f1Q98.Rxf1Rxf199.g6Rf6100.g7Rg6-+0–1
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