[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.10.07"] [Round "?"] [White "pawns far enough advanced"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "peter"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r7/5k2/8/7P/PR4K1/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.10.09"] {[%evp 0,36,112,112,112,112,105,105,117,117,119,139,157,165,126,222,247,248,248,240,240,240,240,277,279,280,323,497,507,507,507,507,507,527,527,527,527,527,547]} {[#]} 1... Ra5 2. Rf4+ Kg7 3. Kf3 Rxh5 (3... Kh6 4. Rh4 Kg5 5. Rb4 Kh6) 4. Ke4 Ra5 (4... Kg6 5. Kd3 Kg5 6. Rf1 $18 {and White is in time to defend the pawn with his king, leaving the black king cut off}) 5. Kd3 Kg6 (5... Ra6 6. Kc3 Rf6 {does not work any more as the a-pawn queens}) 6. Kc3 Kg5 7. Rd4 {only move to win but it is logical - we want to keep the black king as far away as possible} (7. Re4 $2 Kf5) 7... Kf5 8. Kb4 Ra8 (8... Ke5 9. Kxa5 $18) 9. a5 $18 {the only move to win but again logical} Ke5 10. Rd3 $1 {the only move to win - we will see in a second why it has to be this rather than Rd2 or Rd1} (10. Rd2 Ke6 11. Kb5 Rb8+ 12. Kc6 Rc8+ 13. Kb7 Rc1 14. a6 Rb1+ 15. Kc6 Rc1+ 16. Kb5 Rb1+ $11) 10... Ke6 11. Kb5 Rb8+ 12. Kc6 Rc8+ 13. Kb7 Rc2 (13... Rc1 {leads to the same}) 14. a6 Rb2+ 15. Kc6 Rc2+ 16. Kb5 Rb2+ 17. Ka4 Rb8 (17... Ra2+ 18. Ra3 {now the reason for 10.Rd3 is apparent} Rd2 19. a7 Rd8 20. Kb5 Ra8 21. Kc6 $18) 18. Ka5 Rb1 19. Ra3 $18 *