The rook and pawn versus rook endgame is a fundamentally important, widely studied chess endgame. Precise play is usually required in these positions. With optimal play, some complicated wins require sixty moves to … 展开

Endings with rooks and any number of pawns are the most common type to occur in games, occurring in about 8 to 10 percent of all games. A majority of rook and pawn endings with … 展开

In his 1958 book Chess Endgames, Nikolay Kopaev gave these general guidelines for when the pawn is on the sixth or seventh rank: 展开

Often White will not be able to utilize one of the winning methods. Black has several defensive methods available, depending mainly on the position of the pawn and their king.
If the defending king is in front of the pawn and the attacking king … 展开

• In the following discussion and positions, assume that the side with the pawn is White. White will be attempting to win and Black will be attempting to draw.
• Ranks are counted from that player's side of the board. Thus, "the rook's third rank" would be the third … 展开

In order to force a win with the extra pawn, normally the black king must be cut off from the pawn by the white rook along a rank or 展开

Endings with a rook pawn arise frequently because they are more likely to be the last remaining pawn. If the pawn is a rook pawn, the chances of a … 展开