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Endgame technique: How to win with rook + g and h pawn vs rook?

The tablebase suggests it's a win for White, but I struggle to beat my phone. Black's rook seems to always be able to harass the white king to stop white make any progress. What's the technique to win this endgame? [fen "8/8/6k1/6r1/8/8/6PP/5RK1 w -…
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Is this endgame position a draw?

It’s white to move. [FEN "8/8/8/3k3p/3P3K/2P3R1/8/7r w - - 0 1"] I was white, and this was a blitz game which ended up as a draw because I didn't know what to do. My friend and I later analyzed this position, and he suggested that if I had played…
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Drawn R+2P vs R endgame

I remember a recent(1-2 years) drawn (super)grandmaster game in which white had 2 connected pawns and a rook, while black had a rook. I later learned that it was a theoretical draw, which quite surprised me, since I had always though that two…
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Is this rook endgame won for white?

In Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, 2nd Edition from 2006 the following important practical rook endgame with a distant passed pawn is analysed. The whole analysis (of the same position with white to move and black to move) is on pages 194-200. [Title…
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White to play and win - only moving the rook once

[Title "White to play and win - only moving the rook once"] [fen "k7/8/8/8/8/8/8/K1R5 w - - 0 1"] This is an exercise in using the opposition and outflanking from John Hawkins' Amateur to IM. Obviously your engine isn't going to help.
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How to win using Lucena position?

For the ones that never heard of the Lucena position, it a position where we have a KRP+KR ending, and the side with the extra pawn has his king in front of the pawn. The problem is that when you try to move the king out of the pawn's way, the enemy…
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Could White have won this double rook endgame?

I reached this position as white that led to a draw: [FEN ""] [White "Bad_Bishop"] [Black ""] [StartPly "61"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. e4 e5 10. g4 Bg6 11. dxe5 Nxe5…
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How defend against rooks in 7th rank?

I find it hard to defend against rooks placed in 7th rank. What are the possible defense options? Please share your knowledge. [FEN "r4rk1/p1pRR1pp/1p6/8/8/P6P/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rxg7+ Kh8 2.Rxh7+ Kg8 3.Rdg7#
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Is this endgame drawn after the rook sacrifice?

2R5/8/8/8/4Pp1P/3k1K2/2p2P2/1r6 w - - 0 46 In this position, the engine recommends 1. Rxc2 and evaluates the position as drawn. Is there a general rule in such positions or precise calculation is required to reach such a conclusion?
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Rook ending with single distant passed pawn

6k1/1R5p/6p1/p7/8/7P/r5P1/6K1 w - a6 0 33 Is it possible for White to hold a draw in this position? If so, what is the strategy? Typically I lose these ones and draw when it's me with the extra pawn...
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Is there a path to victory?

I played a game against my mobile AI, me playing white. At this point in the game I had to get off my train, and when I picked it up again I was a bit quick on the trigger, moving my e-pawn, which cost me my rook and the…
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Did black have a chance to save the rook endgame?

[Event "FIDE Women's World Chess Championship"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Natalia Pogonina"] [Black "Marie Sebag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] [FEN ""] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.…
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Fischer vs. Geller, Curacao Candidates 1962

I recently came across a very interesting rook and pawn endgame from one of the games between Fischer and Geller from the Curacao Candidates Tournament in 1962. More precisely, I am talking about the endgame from this game, appearing after 33. Rc4…
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Why is this king and two passed pawns vs. king and rook endgame not drawable?

I aways thought that the king and passed pawn vs. king and rook endgame was always drawn. But I had two passed pawns in the below game,with Black to move, I was unable to draw the game. Why is that? [FEN "8/1R6/8/5pp1/3K1k2/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
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Could white have won this game?

[Event "Fritz, 19Ply / 19Ply"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.04.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Stockfish 6"] [Black "Houdini 1.5a w32"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B42"] [PlyCount "292"] [FEN ""] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nge7 7.…
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