Black to move. How should Black proceed?
8/8/7R/8/8/4K1kp/8/8 b – – 0 0
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h2 draws.
1…Kg2 2.Rg6+ Kf1 3.Kf3 h2 4.Rh6 Kg1
5.Rg6+ Kf1 6.Rh6 K1 =
…h2 loses to Rg6+ Kh3 Kf2
…Kg2 draws
1…Kg2, the other moves lose. If 1…h2 then 2. Rg5+ Kh3 4. Kf3 wins.
Anonymous 12:07:00 said…
h2 draws.
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Nope, that is exactly what NOT draws.
h2 loses. Kg2 draws.
R takes the pawn would always draw. T
1. … Kg2 draws – the only move that does. That this is called a “painful lesson” tells me that Ray played something else.
1.Kg2 draws… (1.h2?? as played in the game, loses…)
Kg2 draws. h2 loses.
Main line of a draw study by the study collector Harold van der Heijden!
(Harold van der Heijden, Zadachi i Etudyi, 2003, Roslov Jubilee Tourney, prize)
And a variation in a study by TCL Kok (Kok, De Schaakwereld, 1940)
Examining the studies permits avoiding blunders in the endgame.