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...He has excelled in complex positions at Toronto, and his best win featured his queen and rook infiltrating White’s queen’s side before his mating attack against the white king on the other flank....
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...Her total of three out of nine, six draws and three losses, was slightly below par, but included two missed wins caused by moving too quickly in rook endgames which are normally her strength....
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...At the 1948 world championship, Keres lost his first four games to his rival as critics pointed out an elementary error in a rook ending, which was normally one of his specialties....
...Niemann has since resumed his over-the-board career, and comes to London after a success at Zagreb, Croatia, where his victory over an eminent veteran included a nine-move Odyssey by White’s king’s rook....
...The Frenchman sacrificed first a pawn, then an exchange, a second rook, and both bishops before checkmating with his queen. Puzzle 2553 White mates in three moves (by Fritz Giegold, 1950)....
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...Mishra’s was a classic positional game, with a touch of Fischer, demonstrating the strength of an active against a passive rook. Niemann’s victory against Sam Sevian was contrastingly wild....
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...The plan worked perfectly in the decisive third game of the first set, where So let slip a draw in an even rook and pawn ending, and in the final game of the second set, where Carlsen’s incisive finish concluded...
...If White finds the hidden key move and the right follow ups, all Black’s rook stopper routes are thwarted....
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