Archive for March, 2009

Possible Improvements on Dzagnidze - Zhukova

Previous post about an interesting Rook endgame caused a lively discussion in the comments. My thanks to all who contributed, here is a summary of suggested improvements.

Dzagnidze-Zhukova

52. Rg5 Re2
Rivair Miranda pointed an interesting alternative that appears to be better - 52…Kg7! The idea is to meet 53. Kf4 with 53…f6! and White pieces are losing coordination. Still possible is 53. Kh3, but then 53…Rf2 or 53…Ra3 should effectively prevent g4.

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Rook Endings - Books Say Draw, But…

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