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Re:How some common material imbalances affect your win-rate by littlestymaar on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:18AM (#36310585)
> Yeah. More commonly rook endings are notoriously hard to win.

Oh, so it's not just me.

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Re:How some common material imbalances affect your win-rate by mtlmtlmtlmtl on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:40AM (#36310892)
There's a famous saying in chess: "all rook endings are drawn".

Of course, this isn't actually true. But it's a useful rule of thumb to just assume it's a draw unless you're sure it's a win, because it probably is, fucking somehow.

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