tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post9121349027421760638..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Random Rook Endings VIITom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-36394642764799492142013-04-23T23:30:08.137+01:002013-04-23T23:30:08.137+01:00Yes Magnus lost from here although how he got here...Yes Magnus lost from here although how he got here in the first place is also interesting.<br /><br />And, yes, your line is exactly how he lost (for those who don't know: to Aronian at Moscow in 2006).<br /><br />Perhaps I'll get on to this next week - Magnus' loss and the somewhat less impressive tale of how I won this ending against Angus in a coffee shop. Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-73887376743144101092013-04-23T15:28:47.848+01:002013-04-23T15:28:47.848+01:00Bet it's not Carlsen's favourite.
Anyway...Bet it's not Carlsen's favourite. <br /><br />Anyway, aren't you going to educate us about the tricks? I remember there's one with Rd6, met with some unique move which might be ...Kg6, unless that's the only move to lose. As you can see my knowledge of this position could use some revision, although I've known it since I was 16 or so and failing to grasp anything about it out of BCE.<br /><br />Neil Berry's your man - he once drew this in the 4NCL against Andrew Martin under the 50-move rule in spite of only having about two minutes on his clock at the start of the ending. I was the captain and deemed it my duty to hang about and watch. Tedious, and apparently not even educational (enough, anyway).<br /><br />Or at least tell us how Magnus lost it! I forget myself. Something to do with letting the king to the eighth rank somehow. I can't quite work out how you might do that in a way which loses. It surely wasn't 1 Rd6 Ra7+ 2 Ke8, was it? That's the whole point of 1 Rd6, so that now 2...Kf6 3 e7 is check. Is that right? Please advise.John Coxnoreply@blogger.com