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Rook Endgame
The most common endgame of all. Rook endings are notoriously drawish, and small technical details, whose rook is more active, who has the better pawn structure, decide most of them.
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How it's played
25…Rb1+ 26.Kf2 Rxh1 27.Rxa7+ Kf8
More lines
Rook Endgame
64…Re5+ 65.Kf1 Rxe6
Rook Endgame
45.Re8+ Kf5 46.Rxe5+ Kxe5 47.Kd3 Kd5 48.Kxe3 a5 49.Kf4 Kc4 50.Kxg4
Rook Endgame
64…Rxc3+ 65.Kxc3 Kxa4 66.Kb2 Kb4
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