Adrian Mikhalchishin:

Rook and pawn against Queen

Of course, we understand the power of the

Queen, but there are many chances for side
with Rook a pawn to survive. The main plan
of play for the weaker side is to start building
fortress. But in many cases both sides are
making mistakes. Weaker side can not
complete the fortress properly and strongest
side does not know how to break through.
For the strongest side the plan is also simple:
try to use own (in most cases only) pawn as a
power full passed pawn. With this he is
forcing opponent to control the promotion
squares and to limit his activity.
As usually, mistakes of both sides are very
instructive and typical.
Timman J. : Nunn J.
Wijk aan Zee 1982

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It is one of the most important theoretical
draw positions, but in many cases evem GMs
can not hold it properly.
68...Qe4 69.Ka2??
According to analyse of Grigorjev from 1917,
correct is 69.Ra3=.
69...a3+
69...a3 70.Kb1 (70.Rb3+ Kc4) 70...Qe1+
71.Ka2 Qc1 72.Rb3+ Ka4 0:1.

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Rogulj . : Andres M.
Jugoslavija 1968

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1.Rf3?
Once more White does not know the correct
defence 1.Ra3! Qf6+ 2.Ka2 Qh6 3.Kb2! Qh1
4.Rd3 Qa8 5.Ra3!=.
1...a3+! 2.Ka2 Qc4+ 3.Rb3+ Ka4 4.Ka1 a2
0:1.
Socko B. : Krasenkow M.
Poland 2009

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55.Kg3 Rb3+ 56.Kf4??
Winning plan was necessary to conduct with
prophylactic, preventing opponents Rook to
come to g file. 56.Kf2! Rb5 57.h4 Rd5
58.Ke3 Rb5 59.Kd2 Rd5+ 60.Kc3 Rb5
61.Kc4+ and Black Rook has to leave fifth
rank.
56...Rb4+ 57.Kf3 Rg4! 58.Qh6 Rg6=
59.Qxh5 Re6 60.Kf4 Rf6+ 61.Ke5 Re6+
62.Kf5 Kg7 63.Qg5+ Rg6 64.Qd8 Re6 65.h4
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Rg6 66.h5 Re6 67.Qd4+ Kh7 68.Kg5 Rh6

Black correctly holds the position, which in
first two examples was mishandled.
69.Kf5 Re6 70.Qh4 Kg7 71.Qg5+ Kh7
72.Qg1 Rh6 73.Qh2 Kg7 74.Kg5 Kh7
75.Qc7 Kg7 76.Qc3+ Kh7 77.Qd4 Re6
78.Qc3 Rh6 79.Qb4 Kg7 Draw.
Akopian V. : Djukic Z.
Niska Banja 1991

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1.Qh4!!
Primitive capture led to draw: 1.Qxf4? Ra6=.
1...Rg3
Very complicated winning manoevre was
showed by Akopian: 1...Kg7 2.Qg5+ Kf8
3.Qd8+ Kg7 4.Qd4+! Kg8 5.Kd6 Ra6+
(5...Re3 6.Qxf4 Re6+ 7.Kd7+) 6.Kd7 Rg6
7.Qd5! Kg7 (7...Rg3 8.Ke7! Re3+ 9.Kf6
Re6+ 10.Qxe6 fxe6 11.Kxe6+) 8.Qe5+ Kg8
(8...Kh7 9.Qxf4 Rxg2 10.Ke7+) 9.Ke7!
Rxg2 10.Qb8++.
2.Qh8+! Rg8 3.Qh6+ Rg7 4.Kd6!
King comes closer to create mating threats.
4...Kg8 5.Ke7 Rg6
Other moves destroyed the dream basic draw
set up 5...f5+ 6.Kf6+; or 5...Rxg2 6.Qf8+
Kh7 7.Kxf7+.
6.Qf8+ Kh7 7.Qxf7+!
Beautiful transposition into winning pawn
end, but other way was possible either. But it
is real case, that even GMs prefer not to play
ends Queen against Rook. After 7.Kxf7 f3!
8.g4! (not 8.gxf3? Rf6+!= with classical
stalemate defence; 8.Qc5? Rg7+ 9.Kf6 fxg2=)
8...f2 9.Ke7+ White would win pawm f2.
7...Rg7 8.Kf6 Rxf7+ 9.Kxf7 Kh6 10.Kf6
Kh5 11.Kf5 Kh4 12.Kxf4 1:0.
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Kuzmin G. : Polugaevsky L.
USSR 1975

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Very important is to demonstrate how top
players know this certain theoretical position
and transfer the game into it.
42...Ra6!! 43.Bxb8?
43.Qe7! was still keeping the advantage.
43...Nxb8 44.Qxb8 gxh5= 45.Qxe5+ Kg8
46.Qb8+ Kg7 47.Qb2+ Kg8 48.gxh5
Now we have position from Grigorjev
analyse.
48...Re6+ 49.Kf3 Kh7 50.Kg4 Rh6 51.Kg5
Re6 52.Qh2 Rh6 53.Qf4 Kg7 54.Qxf7+
Draw.

Averbakh Y. : Bondarevsky I.
Moscow 1948

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60...Ke6?
It was necessary immediately to attack
opponents King: 60...Qg6+ 61.Kh2 Qf5
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62.Kg3 Qe5+ 63.Kf3 (or 63.Kh3 Qg5 64.Rg4

Qf5 65.Kg3 h5 66.Rh4 Qg5+ 67.Kh3 Qg1
68.Rxh5+ Ke4 winning) 63...Qg5 64.Rh3
Kd4 65.Rg3 Qd5+ 66.Ke2 Qh1 and pawn h7
will come like an express.
61.Rh3 Qe4+ 62.Kh2 Kf6 63.Re3 Qd5
64.Rg3 h5 65.Re3 Kg5 66.Rg3+ Kf4 67.Re3
h4 68.Rh3 Qb7
Once more we have Grigorjev position.
69.Re3 Kg4 70.Rh3 Qb1 71.Kg2 Qh7
72.Kh2 Qc7+ 73.Kg2 Qc2 74.Re3 Draw.

Dimitrov V. : Lautier J.
Adelaide 1988

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Here Black's task is not to allow Whites draw
set up-Rook on c3(a3) and King on b1.
52...Qc5+ 53.Rc4 Qe3+ 54.Kb4 Kd2+
55.Rc3 Qb6+ 56.Ka3 Qa6+ 57.Kb3 Qa5
58.Rc2+ Kd1 59.Rc3 Kd2 60.Rc2+ Kd1
61.Rc3 Qa6!
Finally zugzwang - White can not build the
draw fortress.
62.Kb4 Qa2 63.b3 Qa6 64.Rc4 Kd2 65.Rc5
Qb6+ 66.Rb5
Pawn will be lost after 66.Kc4 Kc2 67.b4
Qe6+ 68.Kb5+ Kb3.
66...Qd4+ 67.Ka5 Qa7+! 68.Kb4 Kc2
69.Kc4 Kb2 70.Kd5
70.Kb4 Qc7+.
70...Qc7! 71.Rb4 Ka2! 72.Rb5 Ka3 0:1.

Akopian V. : Garcia G.
New York 1994

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If Black will be able to transfer own Rook to
e6 or g6,the most basic draw position will
arrise. So,White task is to prevent
it,exploiting different double attacks on
opponents King and Rook.
11.Qe3! Rg2
To mating net led 11...Ke7 12.Kf5+ Kf8
13.Kf6+.
12.Kf6+ Kf8 13.Qa3+ Kg8 14.Qa8+
Final double attack. 1:0.
Kotov A. : Pachman L.
Moscow 1946

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It is very important position, but even top
players are making here terrible mistakes!
79...h4??
79...Qc2! Correct theoretical way would be
80.Kh1 Qd2 (Even nowsome players
managed to make mistakes 80...h4? 81.Rxh4

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Qf2 82.Rg4+!! (Or 82.Rf4 Qxg3 83.Rf5+ Kg6

84.Rf6+)) 81.Kg1 Qe2 82.Kh1 h4! 83.Rxh4
Qf1+ 84.Kh2 Qf2+ 85.Kh3 Qg1 winning.
80.Rxh4 Qf3 81.Rh2 Qd1+ 82.Kg2 Qd5+
83.Kf2 Qd2+ 84.Kg1 Qe1+ 85.Kg2 Qe2+
86.Kg1 Qf3 87.Rf2 Qd1+ 88.Kg2 Qe1
89.Rf4 Qe2+ Draw.
Zaric V. : Feher S.
Yugoslavia 1994

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66.Qf7 Rh1??
66...Rg5+!! Sometimes people know,
sometimes - not!
67.Kg5?
Better was 67.Df2 Kg7 68.Da7+.
67...Rg1+ 68.Kh6 Rh1+ 69.Kxg6 Rg1+
70.Kh5 Rh1+ 71.Kg4 Rg1+ 72.Kh3 Rh1+
73.Kg2 Rg1+ Draw.
Beliavsky A. : Boersma P.
Tilburg 1993

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72...Kg8??
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Terrible mistake. Much better would be draw

continuation 72...Rf8.
73.Qh6 1:0.
Legky N. : Zhelesny S.
USSR 1991

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10.Qb5+ Ka7 11.Ka4 Ra6 12.Qd5 Kb8
13.Qd8+ Ka7 14.Qg8! Kb6
14...Rc6 15.Kxa5 Ra6+ 16.Kb5 Rb6+ 17.Kc5
Rc6+ 18.Kd5 Ra6 19.Qd8 Rc6 20.c5 Ra6
21.Qd6!+.
15.Qb8 Ra7?
15...Kc6 16.c5+ (16.Qd8+).
16.Qd6# 1:0.
Szablewski M. : Radjabov T.
Rimavska Sobota 1996

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114.h7??
114.Qe7 was winning as there is no more
stalemate defence.
114...Tg5+!
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Rook is ready to sacrifice White King can

not cross the 6th rank.
115.Ke4 Tg4+ 116.Kd5 Tg5+ 117.Ke6
Draw.

5.Kf8 h5 6.Qf7+ Kh6 7.Qf6+ Rg6 8.Qf4+

Kh7 9.Qe5! Kh6 10.Kf7 h4 11.Qe4! 1:0.

Karpov A. : Istratescu A.
Bucuresti 2005

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There were three easy drawish lines!
59...Kg8??
59...Rg7=; 59...Rg1=; 59...Rg8=!
60.Qe6+ Kh7 61.Kf7 Rg8 62.Qf5+ Kh8
63.Qe5+ Kh7 64.Qe6
And Black resigned because of clear winning
plan of the opponent: 64.Qe6 Rg5 65.Kf8 h5
(65...Rg1 66.Qe4+) 66.Qf6 Rg6 67.Qe5 Kh6
68.Kf7 h4 69.Qe4 1:0.
Penrose J. : Hartston W.
Great Britain 1970

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1...Kh7?
1...Rg7!=.
2.Kf7+ Rg5 3.Qf6 Rg8 4.Qe6 Rg5
4...Rg7+ 5.Kf8 Rg5 6.Qe7+ Kh8 7.Qf7!+.
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Jaszczuk K. : Gniot T.
Szczecin 1949

1.Kh3??
There is no win after stalemate defence
1.Kh1! - in such cases it is necessary to use
selfstalemate motifs.
1...Qd2 2.Rg4 Qd7
Now Black conducts fantastic manoevre with
which he forces White King into dangerous
position.
3.Kh4 Qd3 4.Rg5 Qd8 5.Kh5 Qd4 6.Rg6
Qe3 7.Kg4 Qe4+ 8.Kh5 Qe8 9.Kh6 Qe5
10.Rg5 Qh2+ 11.Kg6 Qh7+! 12.Kf6 Qe4
Now White loses pawn or Rook.
13.Rg6 Qf4+ 14.Ke6 Qf7+ 0:1.
Zuidema C. : Hort V.
Oerebro 1966

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Now there are few important positions with
the passed pawn. It seems to be simple how to

handle such type of positions, but in many

cases procedure is mistaken.
93.Kg5?
93.Rf6 was threating to come to f7 and then
to push its own pawn.
93...Qd4 94.Rf6 Qe3+ 95.Kf5 Kh4 96.Re6
Qg5+ 97.Ke4 Kg4 98.Kd4 Kf3 99.Kc4 Qf5
100.Rc6 Qe5 101.Kb4 Ke3 102.Rc3+ Kd2
103.Rc6 Kd3 104.Ka4 Qd5 105.Rb6 Kc3
0:1.
Djingarova E. : Dworakowska J.
Istanbul 2003

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90.Rf8?
90.g6 was correct - the function of the passed
pawn is to go forward!
90...Kg4 91.g6 Qh2+ 92.Kg7 Kg5 93.Rg8
Qc7+ 94.Kh8 Kh6 95.g7 Qf7 0:1.
Jaffe C. : Chajes O.
Karlsbad 1911

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75.Rd8??
For draw was enough 75.Kb7 Qb5+ 76.Kc7
Qa6 77.Rd6+ Ke5 78.Kd7.
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75...Qb4+ 76.Kc7 Qa5+ 77.Kc8 Qa7 78.Rd1

Qa4 79.Rc1 Kd6 80.Kb7 Qb5+ 81.Kc8
Qa6+ 82.Kb8 Qb6+ 83.Ka8 Kc7 0:1.
Galkin A. : Timofeev A.
Kazan 2005

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51.Rf5?
51.Kf2 Qd1 52.Kg3 Qg1+ 53.Kh3! Qe3+
54.Kh4 Qf2+ 55.Kh3.
51...Qh1! 52.Kf2 Qh2+ 53.Kf3 Qh3+ 54.Kf2
Pity, because of mate after Kf4 White has to
give up its only hope-pawn g4.
54...Qxg4 55.Rf3 Ke4 56.Re3+ Kf4 57.Rd3
Qh4+ 58.Ke2 Qh2+ 59.Kd1 Qb2 60.Ke1
Qc2 61.Rd2 Qc1+ 62.Ke2 Ke4 63.Rd8 Qc4+
64.Kd1 Qa4+ 65.Ke2 Qb5+ 66.Kd1 Ke3
67.Kc2 Qc6+ 68.Kd1 Qb6 69.Rc8 Qb1+ 0:1.
Zueger B. : Kindermann S.
Muenchen 1989

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1.f3+?
There were few ways here, but White have
chosen the worst.
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1.Kg1? Qe1+! (1...Qxa2 2.f3+ Kd4 3.Rb4+)

2.Kh2 Qxf2 3.a3 Qe3!+; 1.a3! Qxf2 2.Rf3
Qe3 (2...Qxf3 3.gxf3+ Kxf3 4.a4=) 3.Rh3
Kd3 4.Rf3 (4.a4? Ke4) 4...Kd2 5.Rh3 Ke2
6.Rf3 Qe5 7.a4!? (7.Kg1=) 7...Qe3 8.a5=
(8.Rxe3+? fxe3 9.a5 Kf2 10.a6 e2 11.a7 e1Q
12.a8Q Qe5+ Qh5#).
1...Kd4 2.Kg1 Qe1+!
2...Qxa2 3.Rb4+ Re4=.
3.Kh2 Qa1! 4.Rb4+ Ke3 5.Re4+ Kf2 6.Kh3
Qg7 0:1.
Qin Kanying : Peptan C.
Moscow 1994

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This game is an example of many instructive
mistakes.
1...Qf8+!
1...Kf5? 2.Kh7! Tg7, h6= (2.Rg5+? Kf6
3.Rg6+ Kf7 4.Rg7+ Kf8 5.Kh7 ( h6=)
5...Qe4+ 6.Kh6 Qe5!+).
2.Kh7
2.Rg7 Ke5! (2...Kf5? 3.Kh7 h6=) 3.Kh7
Qf5+ 4.Kh6 Qd3! (4...Kf6? 5.Rf7+!=;
4...Ke6? 5.Rg6+= Kf7 6.Rg7+ Kf8?
7.Rg8+!) 5.Rg6 (5.Kg5 Ke6 6.h6 Qe3+ 7.Kh5
Kf6+) 5...Qh3! 6.Rg5+ (6.Kg5 Qe3++)
6...Kf6 7.Rg6+ Kf7 8.Rg7+ Kf8 9.Rg6 Qh4!
(9...Qf5? 10.Rg8+!=) 10.Rg5 Qf4 11.Kg6
Qf7+ 12.Kh6 Qf6+ 13.Rg6 Qe5!+.
2...Qf7+ 3.Kh6
3.Kh8 Qf5+.
3...Qf5
3...Kf5 4.Rg5+ Kf6 5.Rg6+.
4.Rg1 Qf8+
4...Qh3! ( f5) 5.Rg5 Qh4 6.Rg6 Kf5+.
5.Kh7 Qf7+ 6.Kh6 Qd5 7.Rg6
7.Rf1+ Kg4 8.Rg1+ Kh4+.
7...Qe5!?
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7...Qh1! f5+.
8.Rg8 Qf6+ 9.Kh7
9.Rg6? Qh8#.
9...Qf7+ 10.Kh6 Qf6+
10...Qxg8?=.
11.Kh7 Kf5?
11...Qf5+ 12.Kh6 Qh3!+.
12.Rg1?
12.h6! Qe7+ 13.Rg7 Qe4 14.Rg8 Kf6+
15.Kh8 Qh4 16.Kh7!= (16.h7? Qd4!+).
12...Qf7+ 13.Kh6 Qf8+
13...Qb7! 14.Rg5+ (14.Rf1+ Kg4 15.Rg1+
Kh4+) 14...Kf4! 15.Rg6 Qh1! f5+.
14.Kh7 Qe7+?
14...Qf7+ 15.Kh6 Qb7!+.
15.Kh6??
15.Rg7 h6=.
15...Qe3+ 0:1.
Yanofsky D. : Sosonko G.
Haifa 1976

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Transfer into winning pawn end happened
here.
1...Qd4! 2.Rc2
White cannot exchange: 2.Rxd4+ cxd4
Ke2+.
2...Qg1+ 3.Kb2 Kd4 4.Rd2+ Ke5 5.Rc2 Kd5
6.Ka2 Kc6 7.Kb2
7.b4 Qg8+ 8.Kb2 c4+.
7...Kb5 8.Rc4 Qf2+ 9.Kb1 Qe2! 10.Rc2
10.Kc1 Qa2+.
10...Qd3 11.Kb2 Qd4+! 12.Kb1 Kb4!
13.Rc4+ Kxb3!
13...Qxc4? 14.bxc4 Kxc4 15.Kc2=.
0:1.

Pismenny A. : Shwarz A.
Moscow 1968

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Here White wins just with the help of
fantastic, unusual transposition into pawn end.
1.Qf6!! Kf8 2.Kd8
Simpler was 2.Qh8+ Ke7 3.Dd8#.
2...Kg8 3.Kd7 Re1 4.g6 1:0.
Tzermiadianos A. : Inarkiev E.
Istanbul 2003

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66...Ka7?
Correct was to avoid pawn end 66...Kb6
67.Qb4+ Ka6.
67.Kxc7 c1Q+ 68.Qc6!!
Incredible idea!
68...Qxc6+ 69.Kxc6 Kb8
69...Ka6 70.Kd6 Kb5 71.Ke5 Kc4 72.Kf5
Kd4 73.Kg5 Ke4 74.Kxh5 Kf3 75.g4+.
70.Kd7
70.Kd5 Kc7 71.Ke5 Kd7 72.Kf6 h4 73.gxh4
Ke8 74.Kg7+.
70...Kb7 71.Ke7 Kc6 72.Kf6 Kd7 73.Kg5
Ke6
73...h4 74.Kxh4+.
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74.Kxh5 Kf6 75.g4 Kf7 76.Kh6 Kg8 77.g5

Kh8 78.g6 1:0.
Stefansson H. : Bjarnason S.
Seltjarnarnes 2002

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Position is draw.As White King is cutted and
can not help own Queen to attack.
57.Qc8+ Kh7 58.h4 Rg6 59.Qf5 Kg7
60.Kh3 Rg1 61.Qc5 Rg6 62.Qe5+ Kg8
63.Qf5 Rg7 64.Qe5 Kh7 65.Qe4+ Kh8
66.Kh2 Kg8 67.Qe6+ Kh7 68.Kh3 Rg8
Draw.
Tukmakov V. : Ornstein A.
Thessaloniki 1984

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Sometimes situation with two passed pawns is
not easy to handle.
59.Kd3?
Now Black kings comes to its pawn and
keeps a draw. Only possibility was 59.Qb7!
Rc5 60.Kd3 Re5 61.Kc3, with the idea to
penetrate Blacks position via b4a5b6+.
59...Kd5!= 60.Qb7+ Kc5 61.Qc7+ Kb4
62.Qxd6+ Kb3 63.Qa6 Kb4 64.Qa1 Rc8
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68.Qe7 Rc4 69.Qa7+ Kb4 70.Qa6 Rc5+
71.Kd4 Rc4+ 72.Kd5 Rc5+ 73.Kd6 Rc4
74.Kd7 Rc1 75.Qd6+ Ka4 76.Qf4+ Rc4
77.Qf1 Kb4 78.Qa1 Rc5 79.Qb2+ Ka4
80.Qa1+ Kb4 81.Qe1+ Ka4 82.Qd1+ Ka5
83.Qa1+ Kb4 84.Qb2+ Ka4 Draw.

83.Kc4 Re5 84.Kd3 Ke7 85.Qg6 Rd5+

86.Ke4 Rd4+ 87.Ke5 Kd7 88.Qb6 Rf4
89.Qe6+ Kc7 90.Qd6+ Kc8 91.Qxc5+
Black has no chances to save the game.
91...Kd7 92.Qd6+ Kc8 93.Qg6 1:0.

Gelfand B. : Ivanchuk V.
Belgrade 1995

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77...Ke6?
Correct way was 77...Kg4!? 78.Qf6 Rd5+
79.Ke3 Rd4=.
78.Qf3 Kd6
On g4 Black King would keep the position.
79.Kc4 Ke6 80.Kb5 Rf5
80...Kd6 81.Qf7 Rd5? 82.Qf6+ Kd7
83.Qc6++.
81.Qh3 Kf6
81...Ke5 82.Kxc5 Kf4+ 83.Kd4+.
82.Qh6+ Kf7
If Rook and King lose contact, then it is a
serious problem. 82...Ke5 83.Kxc5+ g4!?
a) 83...Kf4+ 84.Kd6!+ CQ (84.Kd4
Gelfand - 84...Kg3 85.Ke3 Rf3+ 86.Ke2 g4=)
84...Kg4 85.Qe6 Kf4 86.Qd7 Kg4 87.Ke7
Kf4 88.Ke6 Kg4 89.Qd1+ Rf3 90.Ke5 Kg3
91.Qg1+ Kh4 92.Qh2+ Kg4 93.Qg2+ Rg3
94.Qe4+ Kh3 95.Qe2 g4 96.Kf4 Rf3+ 97.Kg5
Rg3 98.Qf2 Rf3 99.Qh4++;
b) 83...Ke4+ 84.Kd6 g4 85.Qg6 Kf4 86.Ke6
Re5+ 87.Kf6 Ra5 (87...Re3 88.Qf5+ Kg3
89.Kg5+) 88.Qd3+; 84.Qg6+ (84.Qe3+
Kf6+ 85.Kd6 (85.Kd4 Rf3 (85...Kg6=)
86.Qe5+ (86.Qh6+ Kf5 87.Qh5+ Kf4
(87...Kf6 88.Qxg4+) 88.Qe5#) 86...Kg6
87.Ke4 Kh6) 85...Rf3 (85...Kg6!=)
86.Qh6+ Kf5 87.Qe6+).
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Stein L. : Hennings A.
Kislovodsk 1972

Here Stein found absolutely beautiful way

how to destroy Blacks fortress.
5.g3! Kh8 6.g4!! hxg4 7.h5 gxh5
7...Rxh5 8.Qf7+.
8.Qe6 Rf3 9.Qxe5+ Kg8 10.Qg5+ Kf8
11.Qxh5 Rf7 12.Qh8+ Ke7 13.Kg2 1:0.
Rapport R. : Krejci J.
2010

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Creation of the fortress on one flank with
pawn advantage is not easy, as stronger side
has different options for penetration with the
King.
50.h4 h5?
Correct was to penetrate Whites position with
the King first: 50...Kg7 51.Rf2 Kf6 52.Rc2
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Ke5 53.Rf2 Kd4 54.Ra2 Qc3 55.Re2 Kd3

56.Rf2 Ke3.
51.Rc7+ Kh6 52.Rc2 Kg7 53.Ra2 Qd3
54.Kf2 Qd1 55.Re2 Qh1 56.f4 g5?
Even here was possible to pl;ay much more
precise: 56...Kf6 57.Re5 Qh2+ 58.Kf3 Qg1
59.Rg5 Qf1+ 60.Ke3 Qg2 61.Kd4 Qf3
62.Kc4 Qe3 63.Kb4 Qd3 64.Kc5 Qe4 65.Kb5
Ke6+.
57.fxg5 Kg6 58.Re5 Qb1 59.Re2 Kf5
60.Kg2 Qb7+ 61.Kh2 Qf3 62.Ra2 Qe3
63.Ra5+ Ke6 64.Ra6+ Kd5 65.Rf6 Qe2+
Draw.
Danielsen H. : Marin M.
Reykjavik 2009

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41...Kf7
Wrong was 41...Qf1 42.Rf6!= and Black King
will be cutted.
42.Re3 Qf1 43.Rf3+ Ke6+ 44.Rf8 h6
Without help of the pawn win is unrealistic
44...Ke5 45.Re8+ Kd4 46.Rd8+ Ke4 47.Re8+
Kf3 48.Rf8+ Ke2 49.Re8+ Kxf2? 50.Rf8+
Ke2 51.Rxf1 Kxf1 52.g4=.
45.Rf4 g5 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Rf8 g4 48.Rf4
Ke5 49.Rxg4
Black threats to come to e2 and sacrifice
Queen on f2, transferring into winning pawn
end. White counterplay is unsufficient. 49.Rf8
Ke4 50.Rf4+ (50.Re8+ Kf3 51.Rf8+ Ke2
52.Re8+ Kxf2 53.Rf8+ Ke2 54.Rxf1 Kxf1+)
50...Kd3 51.Rxg4 (51.Rf8 Ke2 52.Rf4
Qxf2++) 51...Qxf2+ 52.Kh3 Qf5 53.Kh4
Qh7+ 54.Kg5 Qh3+.
49...Qxf2+ 50.Kh3 Qf5!
50...Qe2? 51.Rf4=.
51.Kh4 Qh7+ 52.Kg5 Qf5+ 53.Kh4 Qh7+
54.Kg5 Qh3 0:1.
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Cvetkovic S. : Jelen Iz.

Jugoslavija 1974

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1...h5?!
Looks natural, but better was try to stop
White King penetrating h6 square with h6!
2.Kh2 Kh7 3.Kg3 Kg8 4.Kf4 Kh7 5.Kg5
Ra6 6.Qb4 Kg7 7.Qb2+ Kf8
Much more stubborn was 7...Kh7 8.Qb7 Ra5+
9.Kf6 Rf5+ 10.Ke7 Kg7 11.Qb2+ Kg8
12.Qb8+ Kg7 13.Qf8+ Kh7 14.g4! hxg4
15.hxg4, g5, Qf7+, transposing into
winning pawn end.
8.Kh6 Re6 9.Qb8+ Re8 10.Qd6+
10.Qd6+ Re7 11.Qc5!+ Zugzwang 1:0.
Vitiugov N. : Roiz M.
Russia 2008

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37...h5?
It was necessary to try to build fortress with
the Rook on the fifth rank: 37...Rd8!? 38.g4
Rd5 39.Kg2 h5 40.f5! (40.g5 Kg7 41.Qc3+
Kg8=) 40...gxf5 41.gxh5 f4 42.h6 Rg5+
43.Kf2 Rg6 44.Qa8+ Kh7 45.Qf8 f5 46.Kf3
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the fortress.
38.Qd6!+
Now White starts plan to penetrate Blacks
pawn structure with the King.White place his
Queen in such way that Black can pot transfer
Rook to the fifth rank.
38...Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Rb1 40.Qd8+ Kg7
41.Qd3 Rb7 42.Kh3 Kh6 43.g3 Kh7 44.Kh4
Ra7 45.Qc3 Rd7 46.Kg5 Rd5+ 47.Kf6 Rf5+
48.Ke7 Kg8 49.Qc8+ Kh7
Incredibly lost is pawn end after 49...Kg7
50.Qf8+ Kh7 51.Qxf7+! Rxf7+ 52.Kxf7.
50.Kf8 e5 51.Qc3 g5 52.fxe5 g4 53.Qd3 Kg6
54.Kg8 Kg5 55.Qe3+ Kg6 56.Qb6+ Kg5
57.Kg7 Rf3 58.Qh6+ Kf5 59.Qxh5+ Ke6
60.Qxg4+ Rf5 61.Qxf5+ 1:0.
Jussupow A. : Eslon J.
Can Picafort 1981

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52...Kg8
Does not help another set up of the pawns
52...h5!?, as White King can not be stopped
from penetrating f8 square.
53.Qe4 g6 54.Kf2 Kg7 55.Ke3 Kg8 56.Kd4
Kg7 57.Kc5 g5 58.hxg5 hxg5 59.Kd6 Rf4
60.Qe3 Rf5 61.Ke7 Kg8 62.Qa3 Kg7
Does not help 62...Rxe5 63.Qa8+ Kh7
64.Kxf7 Rf5+ 65.Kxe6.
63.Qa8 Kh7
It was threat to check on f8 and than sacrifice
on f7 with winning pawn end.
64.Kf8 Rf4 65.Qb7 Kg6 66.Qb1+ Rf5
67.Kg8 1:0.

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