Questions tagged [rooks]
Questions relating to the Rook.
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Longest forced win with a rook
What is the longest forced checkmate where the winning side has only a rook? I know this position where White has a mate in 67:
[FEN "2K4k/7p/8/8/8/8/3R4/n7 w - - 0 1"]
1. Kd7 Nb3 2. Rb2 ...
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How can I implement a Magic Bitboard Generator in Java?
I am currently working on making a Chess Engine in Java and have tried to implement a Magic Number Generator. However, the generator always seems to get stuck on a certain index and can't get past it. ...
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I would like to find out the purposes of the move 9... Rf7 in the chess game attached
I would like to find out the purposes of the move 9... Rf7 in the chess game attached.
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[Event "AlphaZero vs Stockfish Games: Game 1"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/...
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Two Rooks v/s Queen End game
Is Two Rooks, King v/s Queen, King in the end game is a theoritical draw in chess?
No player can win by any tactics?
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Queen corner round trip
In "The Ink War", Hendriks "complained" that in some game,
during the Zukertort manouvre Q-e8-h8-a1-h1 the bQ didn't start at a8.
Do you know a game with a Q corner round trip in ...
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Only Rook endgame!
Is it possible to win (black or white) in this position?
[fen "2k5/5R2/8/4K3/r7/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
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Why is it better to control a vertical/horizontal than diagonal?
I'm trying to truly understand why Rooks are more valuable than Bishops. Yes, they control more squares. But why?
I understand that a rook forms a line that pieces cannot pass through, and this is ...
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Can a rook and King checkmate a bare King without zugzwang?
Can a rook and a king force a checkmate against a bare king that starts in the center if the opponent was allowed to pass?
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What happens in a King-Rook vs King-Bishop with a perfect play in a no pawn endgame?
Suppose both the kings are left in a fairly neutral positions with just rook at one side and a bishop at the other side. What is the outcome if both the sides play correctly?
Can a side with only ...
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Bishop and Knight exchange with opponent's Rook and pawn
Chess games statistics
In Chess, Are there advantages or disadvantages of exchanging your Bishop + Knight with opponent's Rook and Pawn in middle game?
Knight 3 points
Bishop 3 points
Vs
Rook 5 points
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Are bishops and knights more powerful than rooks on an 8x8x8 board given these rules?
Let's say that on an 8x8x8 board rooks can move any number of spaces, only moving through one dimension at a time. Bishops move the same number of spaces in exactly 2 dimensions at a time. Knights ...
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I don't understand why this scenario is checkmate. The black rook cannot move, as it's protecting black king. Can someone explain? See photo [duplicate]
So in this scenario the White Queen put the black king in check, which was then blocked by the black rook. So, how is it that the black queen moving to the position of F1 is considered checkmate? The ...
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Why is this rook move a mistake?
Recently I was playing a game on chess.com (300 rating) and after the game the engine showed that this move was a mistake, losing two points of material.
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1. e4 a5 2. d4 h5 3. f3 f6 ...
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Ulf Andersson vs Robert Huebner 1981 rook endgame: the mistake here is Rd8 right?
Click here for engine re position below
8/3r4/1kp2p1p/ppRp2pP/3PP1P1/3K1P2/PP6/8 w - - 0 1
From hanging pawns in The Principle of Two Weaknesses in the Endgame at 9:02 (the game is discussed from 0:...
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akiba rubinstein vs alexander alekhine 1911 rook endgame: the mistake here is Rxb5 right?
Current 4 follow-up questions for the answer (currently just 1 answer):
A - engine says Kf5 is a blunder. Did you mean Kf6?
B - engine says Kf5 Re7 is a blunder. Did you mean Kf5 Rd7? Kf5 Re7 blunders ...
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