White To Play And Draw (probably)

FATHER Kneipp is as honoured in Bad Wörishofen as it is surely possible for a man to be so honoured.
Virtually every hotel calls itself a Kneipp hotel and shops sell a huge variety of Kneipp products, from face creams to watering-cans.
The main shopping street is named Kneippstrasse, and naturaly leads to the Kneipp Museum.

Bad Wörishofen … home to all things Kneipp

My game in round four of Bad Wörishofen U2000 got down to an interesting rook-and-pawn ending.

White to make his 39th move in Eberhard Hager (1730) - Spanton (1890)

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39.Ree3
This natural-looking move loses in a fairly straightforward manner.
White had to try 39.e5+! when my main analysis engines, Komodo9 and Stockfish10, give 39...dxe5 40.Rf3+ Kg7!? (a major alternative is 40...Ke6 41.Rfe3 Raa2, with a slight edge for Black) 41.Rg3 Raa2 42.Rxe5 Ra1+ 43.Re1 Rxe1+ 44.Kxe1 e5, when White's king is cut off on the back rank and Black has the only passed pawn, but these factors do not seem to quite add up to a win.
39...Ra1+ 40.Re1 Rxe1+ 41.Kxe1 Ke5
Material is level for the moment, but White cannot defend all his weaknesses. The game finished:
42.Rf3 e6 43.g3 Kxe4 44.Rf6 Ke5 45.Rf7 Rxb3 46.Rxh7 Rxg3 0-1