[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rusz, Arpad"]
[Black "Study 199"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Rusz"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/8/8/p2p4/P2p3p/K2P3p/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[GameId "2227353199829504"]
{This is my version of the famous Lasker-Reichhelm position.} 1. Ka2 $1 {Instead of opposition, the best strategy is to use "anti-opposition".} ({In this endgame, opposition fails completely.} 1. Kb2 $2 Kc8 $1 2. Kc2 Kd8 $1 3. Kd2 Kc7 $1 (3... Ke8 $2 4. Kd1 $1 Ke7 5. Kd2 Ke6 6. Kd1 Ke5 7. Kd2 $11) 4. Kc1 Kd7 5. Kb1 $5 (5. Kd1 {quickly loses after} Kc6 6. Kc2 Kd6 $19) 5... Ke6 (5... Kc6 $2 6. Kb2 $11) 6. Kc1 Kf5 7. Kd2 Kg4 $1 8. Ke2 Kf4 9. Kf2 Ke5 {and the queen-side cannot be protected anymore.}) 1... Kb7 2. Ka1 $3 (2. Ka3 $2 Kc7 3. Kb3 Kd7 4. Kc2 Kd6 $19) 2... Kb6 3. Ka2 Kc5 4. Kb3 Kc6 5. Kb2 Kc7 6. Kb1 $1 Kd6 7. Kc2 Kd7 8. Kc1 $1 Ke6 9. Kd1 ({or} 9. Kd2) 9... Kf5 10. Ke1 $1 (10. Ke2 $2 Kf4 $1 11. Kf2 Ke5 $19) 10... Kg5 11. Kf1 $1 Kg4 12. Kf2 Kf4 13. Ke2 Kf5 14. Ke1 $1 Kf6 15. Ke2 Kf7 16. Ke1 $1 Kg7 17. Kf1 $1 Kg8 18. Kf2 Kf8 19. Ke2 $1 ({Don't be tempted to step forward!} 19. Kf3 $2 Ke7 20. Kg4 Kd6 21. Kxh3 Kc5 22. Kxh4 Kb4 23. Kg5 Kc3 $1 (23... Kxa4 $2 24. h4 Kb3 25. h5 a4 26. h6 a3 27. h7 a2 28. h8=Q a1=Q 29. Qb8+ Kc2 30. Qh2+ Kc3 31. Qc7+ Kb3 32. Qb8+ $1 $11) 24. h4 Kxd3 $19) 1/2-1/2