Ponomariov sacs the exchange for a bishop pair that runs amok Karjakin vs Ponomariov, 2006  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 56 moves, 0-1 Bu Xiangzhi liquidates into a complex winning K+P ending Bu Xiangzhi vs Jobava, 2005  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 57 moves, 1-0 56 ... Ke4!! 57 Kg2 Ke3 58 Kf1 gains a tempo, wins pawn endgame Anand vs Kamsky, 2006  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 57 moves, 0-1 The Roving Rook Pillsbury vs Showalter, 1897  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 66 moves, 1-0 The Most Instructive Rook and Pawn Ending Ever Played Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0 43 Rxc7!! transforms advanced pawns into connected passed pawns K Plater vs Sliwa, 1947  (E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 45 moves, 1-0 Widely separated passed pawns beat connected passed pawns H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1 80 - Ke6? loses, 80 - Kf7! draws in fight for key square g5 Fressinet vs Nakamura, 2006  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2 Anand shows great technique in a R+2P v R endgame Anand vs Shirov, 2004  (C42) Petrov Defense, 56 moves, 1-0 Ponomariov sacs two(!) pawns in order to penetrate with king Ponomariov vs Morozevich, 2006  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 53 moves, 1-0 One fast passed pawn draws against three slow passed pawns E Najer vs Ehlvest, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2 48 ... Ke8!! 49 Kxh8?? Kf8! zugzwang wins pawn endgame Shirov vs Aronian, 2006  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 58 moves, 0-1 Defending rook on long side draws, on short side loses Aronian vs Carlsen, 2006  (E15) Queen's Indian, 74 moves, 1-0 Svidler fails to convert queen versus rook! Gelfand vs Svidler, 2001  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2 Karpov wins R+3P v R+2P against Shirov Shirov vs Karpov, 1996  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 84 moves, 0-1 Janowski salvages draw using the Take My Rook stalemate trick Janowski vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A47) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2 38 a5! bxa5 39 b6! and the half-passed White d5-pawn promotes R Wade vs Korchnoi, 1960  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0 Outside passed pawn + deflection = win Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1911  (C45) Scotch Game, 39 moves, 0-1 39 ... Bc5! 40 Ra4 Bd4! controls a1-promotion square, wins Alekhine vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2 45 ... g7-g5?? 46 g4! sac frees half-passed White h4-pawn G Welling vs V Eingorn, 2006  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 1-0 59 ... Bxg5! sacrifice makes Q + h-pawn vs R + f-pawn fortress Radjabov vs Karjakin, 2007  (E15) Queen's Indian, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2 Averbakh builds queen + h-pawn versus rook + f-pawn fortress Averbakh vs Bondarevsky, 1948  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2 Korchnoi gives rook endgame lesson Korchnoi vs Reshevsky, 1968  (A14) English, 41 moves, 1-0 Larsen puts on a rook endgame clinic Geller vs Larsen, 1967  (A04) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 0-1 A passed pawn is meaningless with exposed king in Q+R ending E Canal vs L Schmid, 1953  (C01) French, Exchange, 58 moves, 1-0 Active king wins the endgame, assisting passed pawns promote Carlsen vs Morozevich, 2007  (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 68 moves, 1-0 61 Kd4! shoulder blocks the Black b4-king, wins pawn endgame V Malakhov vs E Najer, 2007  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2 47 Bc5 intercepts Black f2-bishop, frees passed White b5-pawn V Malakhatko vs J Shaw, 2007  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0 Outstanding endgame technique by Kramnik Kramnik vs Gelfand, 2007  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 51 moves, 1-0 Bologan wins R+B vs R just one(!) move shy of 50-move rule Bologan vs Rublevsky, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 124 moves, 1-0 Adams saves a half-point using the stalemate trick 69 Qh3+! Adams vs V Dimitrov, 1993  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2 Houska teaches her opponent how to play a knight ending T Borvander vs J Houska, 2007  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 68 moves, 0-1 Jakovenko vs Sutovsky, 2007  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 43 moves, 1-0 41 ... Nxb3!! leads to a won pawn ending position in 20+ moves! Maroczy vs Marshall, 1903  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 63 moves, 0-1 37 - Bb3+! Leko removes passed pawn blockader with mate threat M Gurevich vs Leko, 2007  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 53 moves, 0-1 Carlsen wins one of the most imaginative endgames of all-time Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007  (E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0 47 Rb5-d5+!! shows tactical opportunities in endgames Kramnik vs Naiditsch, 2007  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 47 moves, 1-0 Leko misses two winning moves in a rook endgame Leko vs Mamedyarov, 2007  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 107 moves, 1/2-1/2 Fischer puts on a clinic in a rook-and-pawn endgame Fischer vs Portisch, 1962  (B10) Caro-Kann, 68 moves, 1-0 Passed pawns + bishop pair = unstoppable combination Anand vs Topalov, 2007  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0 51 a5-a6! Black underestimates danger of passed a-pawn, loses A Galliamova vs E Paehtz, 2007  (A13) English, 77 moves, 1-0 Karpov's pawn structure can create pair of outside passed pawns Karpov vs Lutikov, 1979  (B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0 Capablanca and Fine both missed 40 h5! and the h-pawn promotes! Capablanca vs Fine, 1938  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2 Karpov uses zugzwang to win an opp-colored bishop ending Kurajica vs Karpov, 1976  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 57 moves, 0-1 Aronian's 36 h2-h4? turns a winning rook endgame into a draw Aronian vs Morozevich, 2007  (E17) Queen's Indian, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kramnik wins the rook on 8th in front of pawn on 7th endgame Kramnik vs Timman, 1999  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 1-0 52 h4-h5! is the winning move missed by Grischuk and Anand Grischuk vs Anand, 2007  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2 41 ... Rb7-c7 supports passed c-pawn, which cannot be stopped Tal vs Gligoric, 1968  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 46 moves, 0-1 Carlsen transforms opp-colored bishops into winning pawn ending Carlsen vs Z Almasi, 2007  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 82 moves, 1-0 34 ... Rd4-c4!! 35 b3xRc4 connected Black passed pawn beat rook A Yurgis vs Botvinnik, 1931  (A15) English, 37 moves, 0-1 Kasparov's 36 Bc3xNf6!!, 37 Re1-d1! simplify to won pawn ending Kasparov vs M Vukic, 1980  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 37 moves, 1-0 Ivanchuk knows that passed pawns must be pushed(!) Leko vs Ivanchuk, 2007  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 48 moves, 0-1 "Black is lost in spite of being up two whole pieces." (Marin) Aronian vs Anand, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 1-0 Kramnik gives Polgar a lesson in endgame technique Kramnik vs Polgar, 1996  (C01) French, Exchange, 55 moves, 1-0 Jakovenko shows us how to win an opposite-colored bishop ending Jakovenko vs Z Rahman, 2007  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 80 moves, 1-0 71 Rf4-f8! draws by using Philidor technique of endless checks Adams vs Dreev, 2007  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 73 moves, 0-1 20 Ra1-c1! trades center for flank pawn, outside pawn majority Kramnik vs Karpov, 1999  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 31 moves, 1-0 White b3-bishop pin gains a tempo, wins ending a la My System Mamedyarov vs Z Kozul, 2007  (E61) King's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0 Wang Yue gives Bu a lesson in rook + opp-colored bishop endgame Wang Yue vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2007  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 64 moves, 1-0 36 - g5-g4! creates outside passer, 39 - Rc4-c1!! promotes it Averbakh vs Korchnoi, 1965  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 39 moves, 0-1 84 f6-f7!! widely-spaced White a-,f-passers defeat rook,bishop! Carlsen vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2007  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 84 moves, 1-0 Bishops of opps ending, pawns on wrong color, defender loses Topalov vs Kasparov, 1999  (A15) English, 54 moves, 0-1 Euwe creates an outside passed h3-pawn which wins pawn endgame Euwe vs S Landau, 1938  (D68) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0 85 Ke7-f6 White gives back exchange for winning rook endgame Radjabov vs Anand, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 85 moves, 1-0 48 Kd5-c6 Magnus' active king leads to easy endgame win Carlsen vs Eljanov, 2008  (D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 54 moves, 1-0 Kramnik masterfully converts the f- and h-pawns rook ending Kramnik vs Aronian, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 110 moves, 1-0 47 ... Ne3xg4 makes k-side majority, not pawn-grabbing, losing Vaganian vs Short, 1989  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 53 moves, 0-1 72 Ra7xBe7+! returns exchange for simple winning pawn ending Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 72 moves, 1-0 39 Rb8-h8+! gives back a whole rook so that passes pawns rule Van Wely vs Carlsen, 2008  (A58) Benko Gambit, 49 moves, 0-1 Anand wins instructive R+P vs B+P ending versus Carlsen Carlsen vs Anand, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 59 moves, 0-1 70 Kd7-e7? stalemates Black g8-king, 70 ... Ra6xg6! is draw(!) A Blees vs Plachetka, 1985  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 70 moves, 1-0 Anand missed the only move 88 to draw difficult rook ending Grischuk vs Anand, 2007  (E17) Queen's Indian, 102 moves, 1-0 Magnus trades a center pawn to create a queenside pawn majority M Bartel vs Carlsen, 2008  (B30) Sicilian, 43 moves, 0-1 Unbelievable: Malakhov wins a dead equal two bishops ending V Malakhov vs Bareev, 2008  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 81 moves, 1-0 1-0 but us patzers think -Black- is winning this endgame easily Sutovsky vs L Pantsulaia, 2008  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 50 moves, 1-0 Kamsky gives yet another endgame clinic, this time to Adams Kamsky vs Adams, 2008  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 60 moves, 1-0 Evans annotates every move in American Chess Quarterly Vol 3 #3 Evans vs H Opsahl, 1950  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 81 moves, 1-0 Knight is stronger than bishop when Fischer has the knight Petrosian vs Fischer, 1970  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 66 moves, 0-1 51 ... Bf3-d1! wins as White lsb forfeits last chance at a2-sq Gelfand vs Wang Yue, 2008  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 54 moves, 0-1 Superbly played endgame by Jakovenko Jakovenko vs E Alekseev, 2008  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 1-0 Karjakin vs Radjabov, 2009  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 69 moves, 1-0 81 games