Rook endgames are always drawn

by Karsten Müller
8/2/2022 – But over the board it is often difficult to defend them. In the diagram position White is a pawn down but he can draw. How?
Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well, so take the opportunity to enjoy and learn from some of the best endgames in the history of chess.
 
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1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 d6 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.Na3 Bf5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nf3 dxc3 10.Qxd6 exd6 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Nb5 Na6 13.Bf4 d5 14.0-0-0 0-0 15.Nfd4 Bg6 16.Rhe1 Bf6 17.Be5 Bxe5 18.Rxe5 Nc5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Rxf5 g6 21.Re5 a6 22.Nc7 Rac8 23.Nxd5 Nxb3+ 24.axb3 Nxd5 25.Rexd5 Rxc3+ 26.Kb2 Rfc8 27.R1d2 Kg7 28.h4 h5 29.R5d4 R3c5 30.Rf4 R8c7 31.f3 Rb5 32.g4 Re7 33.Kc2 Rc5+ 34.Kb2 Rb5 35.Kc2 Re6 36.gxh5 gxh5 37.b4 Rc6+ 38.Kd1 Rf6 39.Rg2+ Rg6 40.Rd2 Rgb6 41.Rdd4 Rf6 42.Ke2 Rxf4 43.Rxf4 Kg6 44.Kf2 Rd5 45.Kg3 f6 46.Re4 Kf5 47.Re7 Rb5 48.Re4 Rb6 49.Kf2 Rc6 50.Re7 b5 51.Kg3 Rc4 52.Ra7 Rxb4 53.Rxa6 Ke5 54.Ra8 Rc4 55.Rh8 Rc7 56.Rxh5+ f5 57.Rh8 Rg7+ 58.Kf2 Rb7 59.h5 b4 60.h6 b3 61.h7 Kf4 62.Ra8 Rxh7 63.Ra4+ Ke5 64.Rb4 Rh2+ 65.Ke3 b2 66.Rb5+ Kd6 67.Kd4 Kc6 68.Rb8 f4 69.Rb3 Re2 Rook endgames are always drawn But over the board it is often difficult to defend them. In the diagram position White is a pawn down but he can draw. How?
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Jones,G2671Volokitin,A26870–12022B22German Bundesliga 2021-227.9

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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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