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Endgame challenges/Rooks/Winning rook endings

Winning rook endings

Rook and pawns against rook

Position 1 · Mate in 6

RacePositionsLearn

Lessons on this material

  • The Lucena Position
  • Cutting Off the King
  • The Lone f-Pawn Falls Short
  • Pawn on the Seventh: Building the Bridge
  • Where the Side Checks Run Out
  • King Trapped in Front of the Rook Pawn
  • Freeing the King From Its Own Rook Pawn
  • The Frontal Attack: A Pawn Short of the Mid-Line