How do you win a Queen and king vs king and rook endgame?

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BTMIllion

How does one get checkmate to ensue if you are presented with such an endgame. I heard it was a difficult win with best play but is there a certain method that should be followed like with the other endgames or is it just an endgame that has to be figured out.

nichster

what you should do is get king and rook far apart and then check king so he cannot hold on to his rook. :)

BTMIllion

May I have a clearer example please? I doubt it's that easy.

nichster

it is:

1.the trick is to keep checking him as that will cause him to move away from his rook then capture his piece.

2. you could take a draw

3. you could attempt checkmate

but my final idea is that you should ask a GM or an IM.

peepchuy

It is difficult, and even some grandmasters will draw having the Queen if they have not practiced it recently. My suggestion is to play it against a computer with tablebases. Even if it never appears in your games, you will gain a lot of understanding.

JamesColeman

In practice it's quite easy as you can usually rely on your opponent playing too passively and/or dropping their rook to a tactic. I wouldn't have a clue how to go about winning it against perfect defence. On the other hand, I've never had it in a serious game. Life is just too short to worry about some things...

FChopin99

Find a fork, skewer, or pin. Check the king until he is forced into a position that will give you one of these.

fuzzbug

GM Akobian has some ideas.

Start watching at 21:50 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsCt9sG6oig

Rivair96

 

goodplayer277
nichster wrote:

what you should do is get king and rook far apart and then check king so he cannot hold on to his rook. :)

What type of style are those pieces?

2718a

White's 78. Kf3 is a blunder because Black has 78... Rg3+!! 79. Kx93 stalemate.

Rivair96

In the book Elementary Chess Lessons by Capablanca he teaches how to deal with this endgame.

rexniebezpiecznik

My idea is easy, just check king that long how is possible and get rook

thegreatchessplayerrzz

On move 78 black can move the rook to g3, which forces a draw by stalemate or insufficient material.

NewPatzer

there's a free chessable course on this. but the idea is basically the attacker will force the defender to the 7th rank and the rook on the 6th after that force it the rook to relinquish the 6th rank to the 7th rank while the forcing the king to the backrank. then either fork the king and rook or if rook doesn't want to leave the king force it into philidor position and eventually the rook will leave the king then you'll be able to fork the king and rook.