making the most of your rook pawns

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1589901 You've got to learn to play the Hedgehog young man!

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2926523 How Erwin L'Ami handles the rook pawn push.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2941322 Ray Robson uses the H pawn at the very end to add the final nail to his checkmate threats.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1483938 The rook pawn in the King's Indian Attack.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=3002282 Using both rook pawns.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2998293 Making your rook pawns work for you in the endgame.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=3057735 Nicely done by Erdogmus (at age 14!) with the two bishops and eventually both rook pawns at the 2026 Tata Steel tournament.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=3056314

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026...ican-cup-day-8 In the showcase game between Carissa Yip and Alice Lee which ended in a draw you see great use of Alice Lee's rook pawns. It wasnt perfect play by any means but it was an exciting fight and showed the potential of the rook pawns.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012069 Alekhine - Rubinstein, 1921, One of the most famous all-time rook pawn games.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1139998 Oim vs Tal, Parnu 1971 The rook pawn survivors are instrumental in winning the game.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=3146023 Magnus making use of the rook pawns.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=3149352 Andy Woodward had the brilliant opportunity of two passed rook pawns but botched it. Do you see a way to win for Black?

[Hans Jung]

The computer suggests the mundane but important 52...Kd6 (instead of 52...h4) Why important? - because it costs the white king two tempos in the race back to the first rank as played in the game and therefore the black H pawn will have a chance to promote and Black will win the bishop and keep the knight. {referring to the Erigaisi-Woodward game in post 73}

[Hans Jung]

referring again to post 73 Erigaisi vs Woodward, surely 42...Qf4+, 43.Kh3, hxg6 threatening Ne2 and unstoppable mate must win?