enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Rook and pawn versus rook endgame - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_and_pawn_versus_rook...

    Positions with two rook pawns are often a draw. A position with a rook pawn and bishop pawn on the same side of the board is usually a draw if they are not far advanced, but the defense is difficult. Overall, the rook pawn and bishop pawn win in 61% of games. [85] The rook pawn and bishop pawn almost always win if they both reach their sixth rank.

  3. Lucena position - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucena_position

    The Lucena position is a position in chess endgame theory where one side has a rook and a pawn and the defender has a rook. Karsten Müller said that it may be the most important position in endgame theory. [1] It is fundamental in the rook and pawn versus rook endgame. If the side with the pawn can reach this type of position, they can ...

  4. Pawn (chess) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_(chess)

    Alternatively, they can be referred to by the piece which stood on that file at the beginning of the game, e.g. "White's king bishop's pawn" or "Black's queen knight's pawn". It is also common to refer to a rook's pawn, meaning any pawn on the a- or h-files, a knight's pawn (on the b- or g-files), a bishop's pawn (on the c- or f-files), a queen ...

  5. Tarrasch rule - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrasch_rule

    If the pawn is held up before the fifth rank, the rook is better in front of the pawn. Often the rook is best protecting the pawn from the side if it is on the fifth rank or higher. [20] In the ending of a rook and pawn versus a rook, if the defending king is cut off from the pawn's file, then the best defence is with the rook on its first rank ...

  6. Wrong rook pawn - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrong_rook_pawn

    In a king and pawn versus king endgame with a rook pawn, the defending king only has to get in front of the pawn to draw the game. In contrast, in the endgame with a bishop and the wrong rook pawn, getting the defending king in front of the pawn will not necessarily draw. In this position from Edmar Mednis, White wins if it is their move. 1 ...

  7. Courier chess - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier_chess

    The pawn moves like the modern pawn, except that after reaching the farthest rank it must remain there for two moves before taking up its new career as a piece. Castling is permitted, if all squares between the king and the rook are vacant, the king has not been checked, the rook is not en prise , neither has moved, and no square between them ...

  8. Rook (chess) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)

    As well, a rook best supports a friendly pawn towards promotion from behind it on the same file (see Tarrasch rule). In a position with a rook and one or two minor pieces versus two rooks, generally in addition to pawns, and possibly other pieces, Lev Alburt advises that the player with the single rook should avoid exchanging the rook for one ...

  9. Prophylaxis (chess) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophylaxis_(chess)

    Many standard and widespread opening moves can be considered prophylactic. One common prophylactic idea is the advance of the rook pawn near a castled king, which can be done to provide luft and/or to prevent a pin; another is to transfer one's king to the b-file after castling queenside so as to protect an unmoved a-pawn, among other purposes.