[Event "White to play and draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Villeneuve, A."]
[Black "0300.20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/5P2/6KP/2k5/8/r7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
{We are taught that a King must cooperate with his "passed" pawns. Here, the
pawns, suddenly unbridled, will play 4 moves before the King puts in
his august self into motion.} 1. f6 $3 {More logical would seem to activate
the Rook-pawn, more difficult for the Black King to catch up with.}
(1. Kg5 $2 Kd4 $8 2. h5 Ke5 $8 3. Kg6
Rg1+) (1. h5 $2 Kd4 $1 (1... Rg1+ $1 2. Kf4 Kd4 $8)) (1. Kf4 $2 Kd4 $8) 1...
Kd4 (1... Rf1 2. h5 $1 (2. f7 $1) (2. Kg5 $2 Kd4 $1) 2... Kd4 3. h6 $1 (3. f7
$1 {: text}) 3... Rxf6 4. Kg5 $1 Ke5 5. h7 $8 Rf8 6. Kg6 $8 $11) (1... Rg1+ 2.
Kf5 $1) 2. f7 $3 {[#]} (2. Kf5 $2 Kd5 $8 (2... Rf1+ $2 3. Ke6 $8) 3. h5 (3. f7 Rf1+
$8) 3... Rf1+ $8 4. Kg6 Ke6 $8 $19) (2. h5 $2 Ke5 $1 3. f7 Rg1+ $1 4. Kh4 Rf1
$8 5. Kg5 Ke6 $1 6. Kg6 Rg1+ $1) (2. Kg5 $2 Ke5 $1 (2... Rf1 $1) 3. Kg6 (3. f7
Rf1 $1) 3... Rg1+ $1 4. Kf7 Rf1 $8 $19) 2... Rf1 (2... Ra8 3. Kf5 $1 Kd5 4. Kf6
$1 Kd6 5. h5 $8 $11) 3. h5 $3 {[#]The first infantryman has done his job, now
it is his teammate's turn.} (3. Kg5 $2 Ke5 $1 4. h5 Ke6 $1 $19 {as already seen})
3... Ke5 (3... Rxf7 4. Kg5 $1 (4. h6 $1) 4... Ke5 5. h6 $8 (5. Kg6 $2 Rf6+ $8
6. Kg7 Kf5 $8 7. h6 Rg6+ $8) 5... Ke6 6. Kg6 $8 {: text}) 4. h6 $3 (4. Kg5 $2
Ke6 $1) 4... Rxf7 (4... Ke6 $6 5. h7 $8 Rg1+ $8 6. Kf3 (6. Kf4 Rh1 $8 7. f8=Q
Rf1+ $8 8. Kg5 $8 Rxf8 9. Kg6 $8 $11) 6... Rh1 $8 7. Kg2 Kxf7 $8 8. Kxh1 Kg7 $8
$19) (4... Rg1+ $2 5. Kh3 $1 $18) 5. Kg5 $8 Ke6 6. Kg6 $8 Rf1 (6... Rf6+ 7. Kg7
$8) 7. Kg7 $8 Rf7+ (7... Rg1+ 8. Kf8 $8 Rh1 9. Kg7 $8 Ke7 10. h7 $8 Rg1+ 11.
Kh8 $8 $11) 8. Kg6 $8 (8. Kg8 $2 Kf6 $8 9. h7 Rg7+ $8 10. Kh8 Re7 11. Kg8 Re8#)
8... Ke7 9. h7 $8 Rf8 10. Kg7 $8 {A pawn sacrifice is also found in
Afek 2011 : Kb5, Pa5 & c4 / Kd4, Rh5 ; 1 c5!!.} 1/2-1/2
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