Tregubov - Akobian, Rook Endgame
The 2009 World Cup was a tough knockout tournament whose winner would be awarded the seat in the World Championship Candidate Matches. GM Boris Gelfand of Israel won the exhausting race.
The endgame of our interest occurred in the return game of the first round. Bellow are analysis by GM Valeriy Aveskulov, originally posted on Chessdom. Our next post will provide theoretical insights based on GM Jesus de la Villa’s fantastic book “100 Endgames You Must Know”.
Pavel Tregubov (2642) - Varuzhan Akobian (2624)
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (1.2), 22.11.2009
Comments by GM Valeriy Aveskulov
The first game of the match ended with a win by Akobian. He needed only to draw to qualify for the second stage.
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