Chess endgame strategy: two minor pieces Vs rook
Selection of chess endgames featuring two mionor pieces Vs rook tactics and strategies
Position where a single rook is stronger than two knights!
1.Nxa7+ Kb8 2.Nac6+ bxc6 3.Nxc6+ Kc8 4.Nxd8 Kxd8 5.Rad1+ Ke8 6.Kd3+ Ne7 7.Kc4 h5 8.Rd3 Nb8 9.Rde3 Nc6 10.b4 f6 11.f4 Kf7 12.a4 Rb8 13.c3 Rd8 14.Rd3 Rxd3 15.Kxd3 Ke8 16.a5 Kd7 17.a6 Nd5 18.Ra1 Na7 19.g3 c6 20.Ra4 Nb6 21.Ra5 g6 22.c4 Nbc8 23.Ra1 Nd6 24.Kd4 Ndc8 25.Kc3 Kc7 26.Re1 Nb6 27.Re7+ Nd7
White cannot prevent the black pawn from going forward!
1... Nb4 2.Bxa8 Nxa2 3.Be4 Nxc3 4.Rxc3 Rxc5 5.Re3 Rc1+ 6.Ne1 Rd1 7.Kf1 Rd2 8.Re2 Rd4 9.Bf3 Rb4 10.Rc2 Rxc2 11.Nxc2 Rb2 12.Bd1 a5 13.Ke2 a4 14.Kd3 Rb3+ 15.Kc4 Rb1 16.Be2 Rg1 17.Bf3 Rf1 18.Kd3 Rxf2 19.Be4 e5 20.Ke3 Rf6 21.Kd3 Rb6 22.Kc3 f5 23.Bd5 Rb1
Position where a single rook is stronger than two minor pieces!
1... Bxh4 2.Rxc6 Rxc6 3.Nxh4 Rxc1+ 4.Bxc1 Qa4 5.Qg4 Kh8 6.a3 Qc2 7.Qf4 Kg8 8.b4 Rc8 9.Be3 Qd1+ 10.Kh2 Qh5 11.g3 Rc3 12.a4 Rb3 13.Kg2 Rxb4 14.a5 Rb1 15.Qf3 Qxf3+ 16.Nxf3 b6 17.axb6 a5 18.Bg5 a4 19.Be7 Rxb6 20.Ne1 Rb2 21.Bc5 h5 22.Nd3 a3 23.Bxa3 Rb3
Position where a single rook is stronger than two minor pieces!
1.Bd5 Nxb5 2.Bxb7 Nbc7 3.Bxa8 Nxa8 4.Rc8 Nb6 5.Rg8 Kf7 6.Rh8 Nc5 7.Rb8 Ke7 8.b4 Nc4+ 9.Ke2 Nd7 10.Rg8 g5 11.a4 a5 12.bxa5 Nxa5 13.Ra8 Nc6 14.a5 Kd6 15.g3 h5 16.h4 gxh4 17.gxh4 Nc5 18.a6 Kc7 19.a7 Nb7
White forces a position where a single rook is stronger than two minor pieces!
1... Bh6 2.e3 Bxe3 3.fxe3 Nxe3+ 4.Kf3 Nxf1 5.Nxf1 Rxc1 6.Bxc1 Rc8 7.Bb2 Rc2 8.Bxf6 Ra2 9.Ke3 Rxa3 10.Nd2 b5 11.Ne4 b4 12.Kd4 a5 13.Kc4 Ra2 14.h4 Kc6 15.Bd4 Re2 16.Be5 Re1 17.Bf6 Rb1 18.Be7 e5 19.g4 Rc1+ 20.Kb3 Kd5 21.Bg5 Rb1+ 22.Kc2 Rh1 23.Kb3 Rh3 24.Nf6+ Kd4 25.Nxh7 Rxd3+ 26.Kc2 a4 27.Be7 Rc3+