Schachendspiele 13 - Doppelturmendspiele improvers 409 The Milner-Barry Gambit

409 The Milner-Barry Gambit

but probably best known as an endgame study composer

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as the crowning finale

Schachendspiele 13 - Doppelturmendspiele improvers 409 The Milner-Barry GambitDouble rook endgames are common in practice and have a number of important differences to simple rook endgames. However, there is much less literature on them. This DVD is intended to help close this gap. Many rules of thumb remain valid, such as activity is the order of the day, the king likes to block passed pawns, the rook does not, and the rook belongs behind the passed pawns, whether they are your own or your opponent's. But there are also many