The drawish RP and "indecisive" draw

From group 8 in the championship tournament. Black could not force in the rook pawn. He tried for several moves. Game drawn.

Game 4725353 (not a championship game)

After a battle royal. This position appeared....


...and Black resigned.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Game 4725353 (not a championship game)

After a battle royal. This position appeared....

[fen]8/1k6/8/1K6/P7/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
...and Black resigned.

of course he resigned. white has the opposition - lol

Maybe Black had the board upside down. 🙂

rp endings are the easy part.
if white has any other pawn than a rook pawn
it gets complicated as hell.

How does white win in the original post?

Originally posted by WeeDSteM
How does white win in the original post?

A lone king rarely wins 😉

It's a draw.Barring inconceivable blunders you cannot force promotion of a rook pawn when the enemy king holds the corner.But I have the feeling you already knew that....

Ok, no I didn't know for sure, just misinterpreted the tone of the original post as suggesting that it was winning for white. Should probably get a book and study these things..... Cheers for the response

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Game 4725353 (not a championship game)

After a battle royal. This position appeared....

[fen]8/1k6/8/1K6/P7/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
...and Black resigned.

Wow. What a gift to white.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Maybe Black had the board upside down. 🙂

ha. Ya that would be won for white.