Questions about the Rook Endgames poster

What’s on the Rook Endgames poster?

Lucena — winning against Philidor — drawing, side by side. Lucena — winning: You have a pawn on the 7th; Lucena — winning: Your king is in front of it; Lucena — winning: Their rook is checking from the side; Lucena — winning: Technique: build a bridge; Lucena — winning: Rook to the 4th rank, then interpose; Philidor — drawing: You are defending; Philidor — drawing: Their pawn is not yet on the 6th; Philidor — drawing: Rook on your OWN third rank; Philidor — drawing: When the pawn advances, drop the rook back; Philidor — drawing: Check from behind, endlessly; These two positions decide an enormous share of rook endgames. They are the highest-v…. The general rule: put your rook BEHIND the passed pawn — yours to push it, theirs to restrain it.

Who is the Rook Endgames poster for?

Rook Endgames belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning endgames can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Rook Endgames poster?

Rook endgames are drawish. Knowing Lucena and Philidor decides which way they go. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Rook Endgames belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Rook Endgames?

Basic Checkmates, Bishop Endgames and King Activity sit alongside Rook Endgames in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Basic CheckmatesBishop EndgamesKing Activity

Is the Rook Endgames poster free to download and print?

Yes. Rook Endgames downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Rook Endgames poster print at?

Rook Endgames is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Rook Endgames loses nothing.Printing guide