Year: 2012
Genre: Chess
Developer: Chessbase
Publisher: ChessBase
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard
The software module: ChessBase 9 Reader
English
End: "rook against bishop"
"rook and knight versus two bishops"
"two rooks against a rook and a bishop"
"queen and rook and bishop against a queen"
"rook and knight against bishop and knight"
"rook against two elephants."
Author: Since 1988 grandmaster Dr. Karsten Mueller from Hamburg in favor of Hamburger Schachklub in the Bundesliga and in 1996 and 1997, he finished third in the German championship. As a world-renowned endgame expert he is the author of the endgame column in the ChessBase magazine and the author of the Endgame Corner column on ChessCafe.com.
Duration: 8 hours 26 minutes.
GM Karsten Müller - Endgames 11: Rook vs. Bishop
Introduction
Chapter 1: The theoretical endgame rook vs. bishop - Database
01: The pawnless endgame rook vs. bishop is usually drawn
02: Another defence of the bishop's side
03: Draw fortresses and hovels
04: Win according to Guretzki-Cornitz
05: Rook and pawn vs. bishop and pawn
06: Rook and rook pawn vs. bishop and rook pawn
07: Main draw fortress on the long diagonal
08: Elkie's winning position
09: White wins if Black does not get to play ...h7-h5
10: Manouevring against fortresses
11: Second main draw fortress
12: Kholmov's breakthrough
13: The sharp endgame weapon zugzwang
14: Line opening as winning motif
15: The bishop strikes back

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