[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.10.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Attacking R in front of pawn, Drawn"] [Black "Lateral defence"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "peter"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/k7/P6R/8/6rP/4K3/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.10.09"] {[%evp 0,34,198,200,200,198,203,200,200,203,200,200,200,203,200,207,213,232,235,246,252,246,258,258,258,258,258,258,258,258,258,265,258,258,258,258,261]} {[#]} 1. Kf3 (1. h5 Rg5 {preparing to use the same defensive method}) 1... Rc4 {It is essential that Black keeps attacking the h-pawn to stop the white rook escaping from in front of it. If the white king approaches the h-pawn to free the white rook then black will check the white king from the side. This is why occupying the c-file rather than the b-file is logical; Black can play Rc7+ but cannot play Rb7+ in response to a later Kg7 by White.} (1... Rb4 {also draws but this 1...Rc4 seems the most logical to me}) 2. Kg3 {White now tries to get his king to a position where it can defend the h-pawn and free the White rook. Black laterally checks to prevent this.} Rc3+ 3. Kf4 Rc4+ 4. Kg5 Rc5+ 5. Kg6 Rc6+ 6. Kg7 Rc7+ {This seems most logical, driving the king away from the corner} (6... Rc4 {is also OK}) 7. Kf8 Rc8+ 8. Ke7 {White prevents further lateral checks} Rc4 {White has prevented lateral checks but now the white king is too far from the h-pawn to support it so Black goes back to pinning down the white rook to its defence.} (8... Rc7+ $2 {the white king is too close to continue with the lateral checks.} 9. Kd6 Rc4 10. h5 {and Black cannot play Rc5 and Rh4 loses} Rh4 11. Ke7 Re4+ (11... Rh1 12. Kf7) 12. Re6 $18) 9. h5 (9. Kd6 Rb4 10. Kc5 Rg4 11. h5 Rg5+ 12. Kd6 (12. Kd4 Rb5 $11) 12... Rb5 $11 13. Rh8 Rg5 14. h6 Rg6+ 15. Kd7 Rxa6 (15... Rb6 $11) 16. Ke7 (16. h7 Rh6 $11) 16... Rb6 $11) 9... Rc5 10. Rh8 (10. Kd6 Ra5 11. Rh7+ (11. Rh8 Rxa6+ {the White king is too far from the h-pawn} 12. Ke7 Ra5 13. Kf6 Rb5 $11) 11... Ka8 12. a7 (12. h6 Rxa6+ 13. Ke7 Rb6 $11) 12... Ra6+ 13. Kc5 Ra5+ 14. Kb6 Ra6+ $11 (14... Rxh5 $11)) 10... Rb5 $11 {Black goes to the b-file for a while but will move back to the c-file as soon as possible} (10... Kxa6 $2 $18 11. h6 Rc7+ (11... Ka7 12. Rf8 $18 (12. h7 $11)) (11... Rc6 12. h7 Rc7+ 13. Kf6 (13. Kd6 Ra7 $11) 13... Rc6+ (13... Ka7 14. Ra8+) (13... Ra7 14. Kg6 $18) 14. Ke5 Rc7 15. Ra8+) 12. Ke6 Rc6+ 13. Kd5 Rc7 14. Rf8 Rh7 15. Rf6+ Kb5 16. Ke5 Kc5 17. Kf5 Kd5 18. Kg6 Rh8 19. h7 Ke5 20. Rf1 $18) 11. h6 (11. Kf6 Rc5) 11... Rb6 12. Kf7 (12. h7 Rh6 {once the White pawn reaches h7 Black can use checks from behind as h7 is not available to the Black king.} 13. Kf7 Rh1 14. Kg6 Rg1+ 15. Kh5 Rh1+ 16. Kg4 Rh2 17. Kg3 Rh1 18. Kg2 Rh4 19. Kf3 Rh1 $11) (12. Kd7 Rxa6 $11) 12... Rc6 {preparing to laterally check} 13. Kg7 (13. h7 Rc7+ 14. Ke6 (14. Kg6 Rc6+ 15. Kg5 Rc5+ 16. Kf4 Rc4+ 17. Ke5 Rc5+ 18. Kd4 Rh5 $11) 14... Rc6+ 15. Kd7 Rh6 $11) 13... Rc7+ 14. Kg6 Rc6+ 15. Kf5 Rc5+ 16. Ke6 Rc6+ 17. Kd5 Rxa6 $11 (17... Rb6 $11) *