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Avoiding a bodycheck

6/9/2020 – Rook endings have drawish tendencies and that should be reason enough to be very careful when you have a rook ending on the board - even if you think you are clearly better.

Where to go with the rook?

4/9/2019 – Rook endings are difficult to win and difficult to draw. The following position is a typical example.

A free path for the passed pawn

7/24/2018 – Rook endings require precision, rook endings with passed pawns even more. And precision sometimes requires to make moves that seem to be counter-intuitive, paradoxical, like retreating when you want to advance.
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