The Endgame Academy Vol.2: Theoretical Rook Endgames, Karsten Müller (English)

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CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Rook versus Pawn
• Stalemate Defence
• Bodycheck
• Avoiding the Bodycheck
• Bodycheck Duel and Zugzwang
• Cut-off
• Intermediate Check
• Stalemate Defence with a Rook’s Pawn
• Riding the Escalator
• Interactive video exercise
• Training 1
• Training 2
• Practice Positions
• Chapter 2: Rook versus Two Pawns
• Two Separated Passed Pawns
• Advanced Pawns
• The Rook Must Fight for a Draw
• The King Leads the Way
• Changing the Leader
• Additional Pawn for the Attacker
• Do Not Promote Automatically
• Interactive video exercise 1
• Interactive video exercise 2
• Training
• Practice positions
• Chapter 3.1: Rook and Pawn versus Rook
• Philidor Position
• Philidor Position – Knight’s Pawn
• Lucena Position
• Lucena Position – Preparation
• Karstedt Draw Position
• Defence on the Last Rank
• Tarrasch Draw Position
• Vancura Position
• Vancura Position – Subtleties
• Chapter 3.2: Cut-offs
• Cut-off Along a File – Part 1
• Cut-off Along a File – Part 2
• Cut-off Along a File – Part 3
• Cut-off Across Two Files
• Cut-off Across Two Files – Knight’s Pawn
• Cut-off with Rook’s Pawn Across Four Files – Part 1
• Cut-off with Rook’s Pawn Across Four Files – Part 2
• Cut-off Along a Rank – Part 1
• Cut-off Along a Rank – Part 2
• Cut-off Along a Rank – Rook’s Pawn
• Training
• Practice positions
• Chapter 4: Rook and Two Pawns versus Rook
• Two Connected Passed Pawns
• Tortoise Advance
• Horwitz Fortress
• Two Rook’s Pawns
• Rook’s Pawn and Bishop’s Pawn – Blocked King
• Rook’s Pawn and Bishop’s Pawn: Free King
• Rook’s Pawn and Bishop’s Pawn – Active Defence
• Rook’s Pawn and Bishop’s Pawn – Last Line of Defence
• Dvoretsky Study
• No Rook’s Pawns
• Doubled Pawns – Part 1
• Doubled Pawns – Part 2
• Doubled Knight’s Pawns
• Training
• Practice positions
• Chapter 5: Rook and Pawn versus Rook and Pawn
• No Passed Pawns – Part 1
• No Passed Pawns – Part 2
• Adjacent Pawns
• Passed Pawn vs Passed Pawn
• Building the Umbrella
• Rook Behind the Passed Pawn
• Cut-off – Passed Pawn vs Passed Pawn
• Rook Checks
• Typical Mistake – Automatic Promotion
• Checking distance too short: Gashimov - Stellwagen
• Training
• Practice positions
• Chapter 6: Examples from Modern Top Games
• Cut-off: Goryachkina - Kamalidenova
• The right path for the King: Yip - Dzagnidze
• Do not rush: Munguntuul - Zhu
• Batsiashvili - Avramidou
• Cut-off Festival: Nakamura - Mishra
• Costa's King: Costa - Johansson
• Bonus
• Analysis
• Exercises

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