[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.10.07"] [Round "?"] [White "lateral pawns different ranks, insufficiently adva"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "peter"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r7/8/5k2/8/7P/PR4K1/8/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.10.09"] {[%evp 0,33,60,51,51,51,39,41,41,48,53,54,43,78,69,106,54,43,37,45,43,34,34,34,30,30,30,30,30,29,29,29,13,29,29,29]} {[#]} 1... Ra4 2. Rf3+ Kg6 3. Kf2 {there is no other way to make progress} Rxh4 4. Ke2 Ra4 5. Kd2 Ra6 {Black intends Rf6 in order to get his king to the queenside} (5... Kg5 6. Kc2 Kg4 7. Rd3 Kf4 8. Kb3 Ra8 9. a4 Ke4 10. Rd1 Ke5 11. Kb4 Rb8+ 12. Kc5 Rc8+ 13. Kb6 Rb8+ 14. Ka7 Rb2 15. a5 Ke6 $1 $11 {Black's last move was natural but was also the only move to hold the draw}) 6. Kc2 Rf6 7. Rd3 (7. Rxf6+ Kxf6 {is just a draw as the king can catch the pawn}) 7... Kf7 8. Kb3 Ke7 9. Kb4 Rd6 $11 {Smyslov and Levenfish call this a simple draw. Let's see why.} 10. Rc3 {The only reasonable attempt, trying to keep the black king cut off.} Kd7 11. Kb5 {to prevent Rc6 but now Black starts checking laterally} Rd5+ 12. Kb6 Rd6+ 13. Kb7 Rd4 {White can't advance the pawn without support from the king.} 14. Ka6 (14. Rh3 Kd6 15. Kb6 Kd7) 14... Rd6+ 15. Kb5 Rd5+ 16. Kb4 (16. Kc4 Rd6) 16... Rd4+ 17. Kc5 (17. Kb3 Rd6 18. a4 Rc6 $11) 17... Rd6 $11 *