[Event "2019 Rwabushenyi Open"] [White "Gilruth, Peter"] [Black "Goretti, Angolikin"] [Site ""] [Round "2"] [Annotator "Peter Gilruth"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2019.11.28"] [PlyCount "137"] {The reason for offering this game to the Nairobi Chess Club is to underline the importance of study of basic R+P endings which are the most common endings. Black missed several opportunities to draw the game. My opponent is WFM Goretti who has played for the Ugandan Olympiad team and KCB in the Kenyan Chess League, 2018.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 (4. cxd5 {looks better.} )e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Ncxe7 10. 0-0 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Ng6 14. Qe3 Kh8 15. Rad1 f5 16. Bxe6 Bxe4 17. Rfe1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 f4 19. Qg4 Rf6 20. Bf5 Qd6 21. Bb1 { wanting to target the h7 square.} Raf8 22. Rd3 {looks nice, but the R has no future on the h file.} Ne7 23. Rh3 Nf5 24. Qe2 Nh6 25. Qe4 {White should be in control, but...} Nf5 26. Rf3 g5 27. h4 (27. g4 {should win, but I never considered it.} )R6f7 {White's lack of a plan now gets him in trouble. He is forced to trade Queens and lose a pawn.} 28. Qe5+ Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Nxh4 30. Rh3 Nf5 {giving a pawn back was not necessary.} 31. Rh5 h6 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxh6+ Kg7 {the ending is even.} 34. Rhe6 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Kg6 36. Re7 Rf7 37. Re8 Kf5 38. f3 Rd7 39. Kf1 c5 40. dxc5 bxc5 41. Rc8 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Rc1 43. Rxc5+ Kf6 44. Kd3 (44. a4 )Rg1 45. Ra5 Rxg2 46. Rxa7 g4 {Black should keep her K-side pawn with some advantage. Now White escapes.} (46... Rf2 47. Ra6+ Kf5 48. Ra5+ Kg6 49. Ra6+ Kh5 50. Ke4 Re2+ 51. Kf5 {with a probable draw.} )47. fxg4 Rxg4 48. Ke4 Rg3 49. Rc7 {the right decision. Although the game is a draw, the c pawn offers more chances than the a pawn.} f3 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Kxf3 Rxa2 52. Ke3 {in this basic chess ending position, all Black needs to do is put her King in front of the c pawn with 52.Ke6, and White cannot prevent that plan.} Ra4 53. Rd7 {the idea is to keep the Black king away from the advancing pawn.} Ke6 54. Rd8 Ke5 55. Kd3 Rh4 56. Kc2 Rc4 {the losing move, as White's King can now help the c pawn advance.} (56... Rh7 57. c4 Rh3 {and the White King cannot support the c pawn's advance.} 58. c5 Ke6 59. c6 Rh5 {and the pawn will fall.} )({the other path to the draw is} 56... Ke6 57. Kb3 Rh7 58. c4 Rd7 59. Rxd7 Kxd7 60. Kb4 Kc6 )57. Kb3 Rh4 (57... Rc7 58. c4 Rb7+ 59. Ka4 Ra7+ 60. Kb5 Rb7+ 61. Kc6 )58. c4 Rh7 59. Kb4 Rh6 60. Kb5 Ke6 61. c5 Ke7 62. Rd1 Rh2 63. c6 Rb2+ 64. Ka6 Ra2+ 65. Kb7 Rb2+ 66. Kc8 Rc2 67. c7 Ra2 68. Re1+ Kd6 69. Kd8 1-0