[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.09.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Waddington, Mike"] [Black "Jenks, Bruce"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Waddington,Mike"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4kb2/R7/1p1P1K1p/p1p5/2P2p2/PP5P/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2022.09.12"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] {This fascinating position was reached with both sides having about 3 minutes on the clock and illustrates the fine margins of winning, drawing or losing in a game of chess.} 1. Ra7+ $2 (1. d6+ $1 Kd7 2. Ra7+ Ke8 3. Re7+ Kf8 4. Kf6 Be8 5. d7 $18) 1... Kf8 $2 {a reciprocal and understandable error as you do not normally want to interfere with your bishop.However Ke8! draws.} (1... Ke8 $1 2. Ke5 f2 3. Ra8+ {but} Kd7 $1 ({And not} 3... Ke7 $4 4. d6+ Kd7 5. Ra7+ Ke8 { to defend Rxf7} 6. d7+ Ke7 (6... Kd8 7. Kd6 Bd5 8. Rc7 {mating.}) 7. d8=Q+ { winning.}) 4. Ra7+ Ke8 5. Ra8+ $11) 2. Kf6 $1 Be8 {And now how to attend to f2 winning?} ({Instead} 2... Bxd5 3. Rd7 Bc6 4. Rd8+ Be8 5. h4 $1 {sets up a zugzwang.} b4 $1 6. a3 $1 {and not letting black set up tricks of creating a passed pawn.} f2 {what else?} 7. Rd1 {with Rf1 and Rxf2 to follow.}) 3. Rh7 $1 {The only move but a winning one.} Kg8 4. Rg7+ Kf8 5. Rg3 Bf7 6. d6 $1 { threatening d7.} 1-0