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Rook Endings
Compiled by kenilworthian
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Some interesting rook endings, and some links to interesting articles on rook endings:

Basic Principal: Rooks belong behind passed pawns https://en.chessbase.com/post/endga...

R+K v R+K+2P
https://web.archive.org/web/2006062...

Positional advantage
D Levy vs P Mertens, 1966
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 52 moves, 1-0

Positional advantage
Wei Yi vs D Howell, 2015 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 87 moves, 0-1

D Howell vs Nakamura, 2015 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bogoljubov vs Maroczy, 1929 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 0-1

Burn vs Rubinstein, 1912 
(C01) French, Exchange, 64 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein vs A Selezniev, 1920 
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 70 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein vs Reti, 1928 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 57 moves, 1-0

H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1

Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1911 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 76 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein vs E Cohn, 1907 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs G Borisenko, 1955 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2

Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1941 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1-0

Unzicker vs E Lundin, 1954 
(B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0

I Lipnitsky vs Smyslov, 1952
(E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2

Szabo vs Ivkov, 1957
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0

L Prins vs Stahlberg, 1949 
(B40) Sicilian, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

Stahlberg vs Keres, 1950 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 61 moves, 0-1

4 v 3
Capablanca vs Yates, 1930 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 87 moves, 1-0

4 v 3
Gligoric vs Euwe, 1953 
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 78 moves, 1-0

4 v 3
Botvinnik vs Najdorf, 1956 
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 73 moves, 1-0

4 v 3
H S Cohen vs Timoshenko, 1999
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 63 moves, 0-1

4 v 3
I Sokolov vs Chernin, 1991
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 64 moves, 0-1

4 v 3
P Nikolic vs Ftacnik, 1997 
(D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 66 moves, 1-0

Duras vs Nimzowitsch, 1912 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 67 moves, 0-1

Petrosian vs Keres, 1951 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2

Korchnoi vs Antoshin, 1954 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 70 moves, 1-0

Piket vs Kasparov, 2000 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 50 moves, 1-0

Vidmar vs Menchik, 1929 
(A43) Old Benoni, 88 moves, 1-0

Euwe vs Stahlberg, 1953 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 67 moves, 1-0

The Basics
G Oskam vs Rubinstein, 1906 
(C01) French, Exchange, 63 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein vs Vidmar, 1926 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rubinstein vs Tarrasch, 1914 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rubinstein vs O Chajes, 1911 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0

Euwe vs Capablanca, 1929 
(E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2

Carlsen vs Adams, 2015 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 64 moves, 1-0

I Krush vs S Milliet, 2015 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 75 moves, 1-0

A Givon vs J Jirka, 2012
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 59 moves, 0-1

Bologan vs Kosteniuk, 2015
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 52 moves, 1-0

K Arkell vs A Mista, 2016
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 58 moves, 0-1

R+B v R+B
Navara vs Caruana, 2016 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 55 moves, 1-0

F Hallebeek vs G Welling, 1990 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 46 moves, 1-0

Winning against strong counterplay
Shankland vs A Chandra, 2016 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 63 moves, 1-0

converting a pawn up ending
Mamedyarov vs Giri, 2016 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 53 moves, 1-0

F de Carvalho vs P Trifunovic, 1953
(A43) Old Benoni, 68 moves, 0-1

multiple pawn strategy
Alekhine vs Spielmann, 1927 
(C13) French, 69 moves, 1-0

positional advantage - backward pawn
Andersson vs Huebner, 1981 
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 51 moves, 1-0

Tactics and a Rook Pawn Win
Keymer vs Bacrot, 2017 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 64 moves, 0-1

Transition to a winning K+P ending
Glek vs B Colias, 1990
(C46) Three Knights, 56 moves, 1-0

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