Examples From Master Games
The positions discussed above are somewhat idealized, but they are fundamental to practical play. Here are some examples of this endgame from master games.
Read more about this topic: Rook And Pawn Versus Rook Endgame
Famous quotes containing the words examples, master and/or games:
“In the examples that I here bring in of what I have [read], heard, done or said, I have refrained from daring to alter even the smallest and most indifferent circumstances. My conscience falsifies not an iota; for my knowledge I cannot answer.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“The right moment has come, which for men is the master of every deed.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)
“In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared. From then on the child played the same games as the adult, either with other children or with adults. . . . Conversely, adults used to play games which today only children play.”
—Philippe Ariés (20th century)