Rook and Pawn Endgames with GM Ben Finegold

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GM Ben Finegold discusses five different games relating to rook and pawn endgames. This lecture was recorded on Sept. 19, 2017 at CCSCATL in Roswell, Georgia.
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[@Sletty73]

I am from the future. 6 years have passed and Jagger and Richards are still going strong. Meanwhile, rook endings are still always drawn, except for one thing.

[@filipsand3290]

Nice lecture, thanks Ben.

[@riwaaraafat4254]

Great lecture

[@timwoods3173]

Thank you

[@TheJunehog]

Nice lesson, well done! FWIW, the "w" in Tartakower is pronounced as a "v", so _Tartakover_ would be the way to say it.

[@TommyLikeTom]

You should try shogi or xiangqi, I would love to see that

[@efarmer385]

paused and successfully predicted the 3 things you want to do in the end game. Activate your rook. Push your pass pawns and move your king up.

[@martinjacobsen5073]

You should play in the candidates

[@jasonparker6138]

Movin' on up....🎶🎶

[@dashyz3293]

hey look, it's 5 minutes!

[@compassionate_badger]

i don't get the shoulders of giants / changing lightbulbs joke apart from the fact that its a strange combination of two different common figures of speech

[@holctomaz2562]

It appears that you get the joke

[@compassionate_badger]

meh... not his best@@holctomaz2562

[@MrCupidd]

They drink blood

[@Cobalt-Jester]

The Rook A8, Ben doesn't really explain it to well and is relying on previous lectures and a knowledge of Ben. lol.
For the new comers, putting the Rook on A8 means that not only are you trapping your ony major piece to the corner/side/back file/ you are playing for a perpetual draw. That's a boring and tedious way to play. Don't do that.
Develop your pieces where you can. Retreat if you have to. But, don't cower in a corner for a perpetual draw.
A perpetual draw is when players repeat the same move over and over and over.

[@MusicMan121]

Completely unnecessary political comment, and I'm not even American...

[@dLzzzgaming]

Wouldn't be a Ben Finegold video if he didn't cry about Trump at least once...

[@jeffw1267]

If he doesn't like Trump, he must be highly pissed about the disaster that is Biden's presidency.

[@singleplayerreview3238]

From europe down t care but yes to say donald trump is a good president you are crazy but to say Biden is a good one you have to have a mental ilness,truth hurts