[Event "Hampshire v Dorset v Berkshire Team Batt"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.05.01"] [Round "?"] [White "charl1618"] [Black "mjwb43"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1632"] [BlackElo "1452"] [Annotator "Martin"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "600+5"] {This game is shown as it shows that not all simple rook and pawn endings are drawn or are they?} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Bxd4 exd4 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 c6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. Bb3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. a3 a5 15. Re1 a4 16. Ba2 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qe1 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bg4 20. Ne5 Be6 21. c3 dxc3 22. bxc3 Bd6 23. d4 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rc8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxc3 27. g3 Rxa3 28. Rxb5 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 a3 30. Ra5 a2 31. d5 Rd1 32. Rxa2 Rxd5 33. Re2 Kh7 34. h4 f5 35. Kh3 g5 36. h5 g4+ 37. Kh4 $2 Kg7 $2 ( 37... Rd1 $1 {and mate cannot be avoided.}) 38. Re3 $2 Kf6 $2 39. f4 Rd1 { The mating net has now been spotted by Matthew but White has an excellent drawing resource.} 40. Re2 $2 {Understandably it is not spotted.} (40. Re6+ $1 Kxe6 {and it would have been stalemate! This is a great drawing idea.} (40... Kf7 41. Re7+ $1 Kf8 42. Re8+ $1 {and Black's king cannot escape White's rook offering!})) 40... Rh1+ 41. Rh2 Rxh2# 0-1