Comments on: The Rook pawn http://chessteacher.110mb.com/2007/06/27/the-rook-pawn/ Chess Lessons & Exercises Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:32:12 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: likesforests http://chessteacher.110mb.com/2007/06/27/the-rook-pawn/comment-page-1/#comment-137 likesforests Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:46:48 +0000 http://chessteacher.110mb.com/2007/06/27/the-rook-pawn/#comment-137 By "wins" I meant "gets the best result". By “wins” I meant “gets the best result”.

]]> By: likesforests http://chessteacher.110mb.com/2007/06/27/the-rook-pawn/comment-page-1/#comment-136 likesforests Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:44:45 +0000 http://chessteacher.110mb.com/2007/06/27/the-rook-pawn/#comment-136 I wrote a tutorial and exercises for this endgame, very useful for anyone trying to master it. http://blog.chess.com/likesforests/final-moves-2 White's king is 3 tempi from b7, while Black's king is 3 tempi from c8. So whoever moves first wins. To solve complex endings, one must first learn to solve simple ones near-instantly. I wrote a tutorial and exercises for this endgame, very useful for anyone trying to master it.

http://blog.chess.com/likesforests/final-moves-2

White’s king is 3 tempi from b7, while Black’s king is 3 tempi from c8. So whoever moves first wins. To solve complex endings, one must first learn to solve simple ones near-instantly.

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