King and Queen vs King and Rook

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Avatar of sholom90

I sometimes practice endgame tactics on chesstempo, and I got into a situation where it was K&Q v K&R.  That was obviously a fail, I was supposed to get the rook before I promoted the pawn.  Nevertheless, I decided to try to win with K & Q.  I couldn't figure it out.

So then I turned to two endgame books I have, and I didn't see any chapters headings on Q v R.

Is it impossible to force a mate with K&Q v K&R?  If it is possible, can someone point me to some written material on it?

Thanks!

Avatar of Cupine

Kramnik once said he's not sure he'd win QvR against tablebase. Should give you some impression on how tough it can be.

Dvoretsky's book had a small chapter on QvR, you might wanna look there if you're interested. But it's likely you'll forget everything by the next time you'll encounter this endgame, it's pretty rare.

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