Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Lucena Position.

I present one of the two most important positions in Rook and pawn endgames. Why is this position so important to understand? Well, consider that rook endings are the most common in chess (accounting for nearly 60% of all endgames) and often a material imbalance of a mere pawn occurs which carries over to the endgame. Knowledge of this type of ending is essential to the practical chess player.

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