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ssctk

Is anyone aware of a book/DVD/online lectures on the topic of double rook endings?

Emm's rook endings book has a only few pages on this topic, I haven't been able to find much on this topic in other endgame books either. So far the best resource I've found is annotated games of Rubinstein but I'm looking for something that organises the material on this topic.

From what I've seen there's only one DVD/download by chessbase dedicated to this topic by Karsten Mueller, but I don't know if it's good, nor can I find reviews that actually discuss what's in there.

SwimmerBill

I've also searched for the same. What I've found: van Perlo's book has a section on tactics in them.

Mednis has a thin book on endgames , maybe 'Practical endgame lessons'

EDIT: the book is : Questions & Answers on Practical Endgame Play

[my copy is at home so I'm guessing] that has 2 short sections on them-one on going for a draw and one on going for a win.

Flear's book ' ... beyond the basics' has a section on them His book just has examples from GM games with light annotations without giving general rules.

I'll likely remember more later.

-Bill

ps-- After I studied them, I haven't had one in a game. I guess that is the way these things go!

Zachy42

Noice

SwimmerBill
ssctk wrote:

Is anyone aware of a book/DVD/online lectures on the topic of double rook endings?

Emm's rook endings book has a only few pages on this topic, I haven't been able to find much on this topic in other endgame books either. So far the best resource I've found is annotated games of Rubinstein but I'm looking for something that organises the material on this topic.

From what I've seen there's only one DVD/download by chessbase dedicated to this topic by Karsten Mueller, but I don't know if it's good, nor can I find reviews that actually discuss what's in there.

Did you buy the DVD? If you do please let me know what you think about it.

Today I was studying in the book 'Isolani Strategy' and it has a section on 4 rook endgames with an IQP. (Overall, it is a good book for 20$. Not as good as Baburin's book but still pretty good.) - Bill

ssctk

I haven't bought it, I don't spent money unless I have good reasons to believe I'll benefit from the product. If I see a good independent review then I'll consider it but otherwise I'll hold off

The Flores book on pawn structure also comments on isolani endgames and that in general a heavy piece endgame ( queens included ) favours the attacker.

ssctk

btw for isolani endgames (not just heavy piece isolani endgames), Shereshevsky is a great resource, he has a chapter on that.