easy endgame

... not meant for the higher rated players this one. White to play and win:



This is a study by the famous A.A. Troitski published in 1896

Originally posted by Mephisto2
... not meant for the higher rated players this one. White to play and win:

[fen]R7/P7/8/8/6K1/8/6k1/r7 w - - 0 0[/fen]

This is a study by the famous A.A. Troitski published in 1896

Originally posted by pootstick
For me, I don't find this so easy... White can cover the queening square simple enough. He has good opposition; any rook checks get him there faster, and any attempt to cut off the king with rook moves along a-file will see a check and protected promotion.

So 1.Kf4 Kf2 2.Ke4 Ke2 3.Kd5 Kc3 4.Kc6 Kc4 5.Kb7

Now what. Black has checks to kick out the kin ...[text shortened]... + 6.Kc6 Ra1 and even if white could reacha lucena position it should be drawing with an a-pawn.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
After Kd5 Kc3 wouldn't Rc8+ win?

Originally posted by Mephisto2
... not meant for the higher rated players this one. White to play and win:

[fen]R7/P7/8/8/6K1/8/6k1/r7 w - - 0 0[/fen]

This is a study by the famous A.A. Troitski published in 1896

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Maybe...maybe this works:

1.Kf4 Kf2 2.Ke5 Ke3 3.Kd6 Kd4 4.Kc6 Kc4 5.Rc8! Rxa7 6.Kb7+ 1-0

Yay, nay?

Well done! White 'dragged' the kings to the c-file, allowing the white rook to leave square a8 with a devastating tempo gain.

It does remind me of the following study of Rossolimo (dated 1927)
White to play and win:

I wonder which was first?
EDIT: I should learn to read before posting. Troitsky clearly wins by some 30 years.