Learn · master endgames · Won from an equal position
Max Euwe – Alexander Alekhine
World Championship 16th 1935 · Two rooks vs. rook and knight · 1-0
Start of the endgame, move 37
The story
From the 1935 world championship match, which Euwe won. After 37…♖f5 White is better, 38.♖e1 gives it back – then 38…h6 decides: the value jumps to more than +6. Euwe's e-pawn runs forward with 40.e6 and 42.e7, the knight escorting it up to 47.♘e4+.
The value along the endgame
↑ above: White better ↓ below: Black better
The moves from the start of the endgame
Values: Stockfish 19 at depth 24 with a time limit, for White in pawns; from five men or fewer the verdict of the Syzygy tablebase. A measurement that did not reach the depth does not count.