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The drawish RP and "indecisive" draw

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

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Game 4725353 (not a championship game)

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


...and Black resigned.

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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

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Maybe Black had the board upside down. 🙂

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

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How does white win in the original post?

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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....

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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

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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.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
Maybe Black had the board upside down. 🙂
ha. Ya that would be won for white.

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