Chess endgame strategy: rooks
Selection of chess endgames featuring rooks tactics and strategies
Evan in a basic position with few pieces you need to be carefull
1.Kc5 a2 2.c7 Ra5+ 3.Kb6 Ra6+ 4.Kb5 Ra5+ 5.Kc6 Ra6+ 6.Kd5 Ra5+ 7.Ke6 Ra6+ 8.Kd5 Ra5+ 9.Kc4 Ra4+ 10.Kb3 Ra3+ 11.Kc2 Rc3+ 12.Kb2
rook tactic to bring the two pawns together advantage
1.Ra5 Rb6 2.d4 Rb3+ 3.Kf4 Rb4 4.d5 Rb6 5.Rc5 Rb4 6.Rc7+ Kf8 7.Ra7
Classic ending with white white pawns structure advantage over black's seperated pawns
1.Kf3 h5 2.Rc7 a5 3.Kf4 Kf8 4.f3 Kg8 5.Ra7 Kf8 6.g4 hxg4 7.fxg4 Ra1 8.Kf5 Rf1+ 9.Kg6 Rf4 10.g5 fxg5 11.hxg5 Ra4 12.Ra8+ Ke7 13.Kh6
Black pressuring white to achieve victory!
1... Ke6 2.Rb3 Kd5 3.Rd3 f5 4.h3 h5
White's better pawn structure and rook tactics for a free pawn!
1... Rf7 2.Ke3 Kf6 3.h4 h5 4.Kf4 e5+ 5.Ke3 Kg7 6.g3 Re7 7.f4 exf4+ 8.gxf4 Kf6 9.Rd6+ Kg7 10.e5 Kf7 11.Ke4 Kg7 12.f5 gxf5+ 13.Kxf5