Underpromotion Milestones in Endgame Study CompositionBy Harold van der HeijdenThe Babson taskThe American problem composer Joseph Ney Babson (1852-1929) is still well-know because in 1884 he proposed a task which became later known as the Babson task. Jan Rusinek (born 2nd December 1950) is the most prominent Polish endgame study composer of the last decades. Rusinek was endgame study editor of the composition magazine Szachy from 1971 to 1990. That is a very powerful tool to query the endgame study database of Harold van der Heijden (www.hhdbvi.nl) for anticipations. Here are both 75% Babson studies for you to replay and check:Both 75% Babson studies lacked the rook promotion.