tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post3625516728611042488..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: From the opening into the rook endgameTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-83081019751471001092013-02-02T13:15:31.103+00:002013-02-02T13:15:31.103+00:00There's that famous bishop ending in the Rb1 G...There's that famous bishop ending in the Rb1 Grunfeld of course, with someone - Novikov? - 'improving' on move 35 against someone else - Tukmakov? And then someone else - Marin was it? - 'improving' again twenty years later and showing that Black can draw anyway. Warms the cockles of the heart.John Coxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-39415517530722258472013-02-02T09:15:34.180+00:002013-02-02T09:15:34.180+00:00The famous Fischer-Euwe game below probably gets e...The famous Fischer-Euwe game below probably gets enough pieces off the board for Jonathan to be happy.<br /><br />A lot of games retain 2R+B v 2R+B, which is more material than the criteria. But 13... Qd7 nd5 qd5 qd5, with or without Bg5 is a line with hundreds of Gm games.<br /><br />http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008400Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-13962202945786979822013-02-01T21:26:33.698+00:002013-02-01T21:26:33.698+00:00If Kasparov-Short game five from the 1993 match (h...If Kasparov-Short game five from the 1993 match (<a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070677" rel="nofollow">here</a> had gone on just a few moves longer it could have reached a double rook ending after 20 moves. As it is they called it a day at move 18 with a minor piece each and queens on the board too.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-26291820421370924222013-02-01T12:56:37.065+00:002013-02-01T12:56:37.065+00:00It doesn't quite fit your bill but there's...It doesn't quite fit your bill but there's a position in the Yugoslav Attack (starting with 9.0-0-0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Qa5) that leads to a king and pawn endgame (6 pawns each) after white's move 23. It's been much analysed (NIC, "Experts vs the Sicilian") but I'm not sure it's been played much at GM level.<br />However, surely no debate on openings and endgames is complete without some reference to the Berlin, as commendably described by your occasional contributor John Cox? As a team-mate of Parker, Ferguson and Cox, I have spent more time than I care to mention watching the Berlin in action (?) on neighbouring boards. I am assured the time John fell fast asleep on move 4 was due to a long day at work rather than his enthusiasm for the impending endgame.Matt Pipernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-54943392863439418692013-02-01T12:32:34.506+00:002013-02-01T12:32:34.506+00:00If you search a database for Rook and Pawn endings...If you search a database for Rook and Pawn endings, defined as both players having one or two Rooks with no other pieces, you usually find at least 10% of the games selected. If you then look for games where the rook and pawn ending is reached, there are a number where the move number is really low.<br /><br />An example which might be regarded as "theory" is this one.<br />http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1494169<br /><br />In this game, White offered to reach the Rook and Pawn ending and Black declined the offer. <br /><br />I think Black retains equality by keeping the queens on as not demonstrated in this game, the point being that the White King will be less able to become active.<br /><br />http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1628749<br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-66808834076653277492013-02-01T11:10:45.109+00:002013-02-01T11:10:45.109+00:00I'd play the Tarrasch ending in the French for...I'd play the Tarrasch ending in the French for sure but the fuckers never go 3 ... c5 any more. It's all ... Nf6 and all that other crud.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-23287688878857215412013-02-01T09:57:36.282+00:002013-02-01T09:57:36.282+00:00Leonard Barden's 1975 How To Play The Endgame ...Leonard Barden's 1975 <i>How To Play The Endgame In Chess</i> has a chapter on "Endgame Openings" all with early Q exchanges. He gives: the Exchange Spanish; QGD Exchange variation; and some lines in the French Tarrasch, KID Samisch; and in the English and Sicilian.<br />More ammunition for JB's opening repertoire?Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-5370295753375167182013-02-01T08:27:15.209+00:002013-02-01T08:27:15.209+00:00I'm having this as one of my 52I'm having this as one of my 52Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.com