We reached this ending after just 22 moves in Alek Safarian (2020) - Spanton (1851) |
But after 23.Rd7 it is clear White has the more active rook and king. Even so, Black should win with careful play.
However, AS soon felt justified in offering a draw.
White offered a draw after playing 32.Ke1-f1 |
I could find no way to get my king safely over to help promote my a pawn, so I eventually gave up the pawn to win White's h pawn, thinking my passed h pawn would give me an edge.
But soon the position was dead drawn - except that it was easier for White to find good moves.
Black has just played 41...Rb3-b6 |
42.f5 gxf5+
This is OK, but an even simpler draw is to be had by 42...h5+ 43.Kg5 gxf5.
43.Kxf5 h5 44.Kg5 Rh6?
The simplest way to draw is 44...h4! 45.Kxh4 Kg6 eg 46.Kg4 f6 47.f4 fxe5 48.fxe5 Rb4+ 49.Kf3 Kf5.
45.f4 h4??
Black seems to be still drawing after 45...Rg6+ 46.Kxh5 Rg1 eg 47.f5 Rh1+ 48.Kg5 Rg1+ 49.Kf4 Rf1+ 50.Ke4 Re1+ 51.Kd5 Rf1 52.f6+ Kg6, as there seems to be no way White can make progress, eg 53.Ra3 Rb1 54.Rg3+ Kf5 (analysis with Komodo9 and Stockfish9).
46.f5
Black is completely busted.
The remaining moves were:
46...h3 47.f6+ Kh7 48.Rxf7+ Kg8 49.Rg7+ Kf8 50.e6 h2 18mins less 51.e7+ Ke8 52.Rg8+ Kd7 53.e8Q+ Kd6 54.Qe7+ Kc6 55.Rc8+ 1-0
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