The knight dance
In endings with a knight often tactics, bodychecks and domination play a major
role:
A light initiative weighs heavily
In endgames with rook and knight against rook and knight the defender often faces
unpleasant problems:
The hiding place
In a rook ending the attacking king often has problems to find shelter from the
rook checks. Creating an umbrella is one technique, often the attacking rook can
help and sometimes hiding places are available:
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