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Viacheslav Eingorn:

Technical ending: Rook+Pawn
vs Bishop+Pawn on the same
flank

Concept

The complete study of such positions
became quite simple thanks to the help of
end-game tables. The defense strategy lies
here in creation of barrier (the pawn stays on
the square with colour opposite to the
bishop’s colour). The stronger side tries to
use superiority of the rook over the bishop
for the organization of king’s break, but the
success may be achieved far from always –
in particular, the win is often possible only if
pawn still stays on the initial square.

1) PP g2 – f7 (f5). White wins.

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With White’s pawn on g3 or g4 – draw.

1.Ke2 Kf6
The attempt of counter-attack also meets
with failure: 1...f5 2.Kd3 Le1 3.Kd4 Kg5
4.Ke5 Kg4 5.Tb3 Ld2 6.Tf3 Lc1 7.Ke6 Lf4
8.Tf2 Kg3 9.Tc2 Le3 10.Kf5 Lg1 (10...Lf2
11.Tf2 Kf2 12.g4) 11.Ke4 Lh2 12.Te2 Lg1
13.Kd3 and further Kc2-d1-e1-f1.
2.Kd3 Le5
Or 2...La1 3.Ke4 Ke7 4.Tb3 Ke6 5.Kf4 Kf6
6.Tb6. Depending on the move of the
Llack’s king, his White’s colleague takes the
other direction, approaching to the pawn f7:

a) 6...Ke7 7.Kg5 Lg7 8.Kh5 Kd7 9.Tb8

Ke7 10.Tg8 Ld4 11.Kh6

b) 6…Kg7 7.Ke4 Kf8 8.Kd5 Ke7 9.Tb7

Kf8 10.Kd6

3.Ke4 Lg3 4.Kd5 Ke7 5.Kc6 Lf4 6.Tb3
Ld2 7.Tb2 Lc3 8.Te2 Kd8 9.Te3 Lf6
10.Kd6 Lg7 11.Tb3 Lf8 12.Ke5 Lg7
13.Kf5 Ke7 14.Tb7 Ke8 15.Tb8 Ke7
16.Kg5 +-.

2) PP g2 (g3) – f6. Draw.

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1.g3 Le4 2.Ke3 Lf5 3.Tc4 Kg5 4.Tf4 Lc2
5.Kd4 Lf5 6.Kd5 Lc2 7.Ke6 Ld3
Only composure! It is bad to play 7...f5?
8.Ke5 Ld3 9.Kd4 Le4 10.Ke3 Ld5 11.Th4
with further Th8-g8 (or Th7-g7), whereupon
the white king finds himself on f4.
8.Td4 Lc2 9.Td8 Lb3 10.Ke7 Lc2=.

3) PP f2 – f7 (f5). White on move wins.

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With White’s pawn on f3 or f4 – draw.

If Black is on move, he can save himself:
1…f5! 2.Kf3 Kg5 3.Ke3 Lb2 4.f4
(otherwise Black simply waits in order to
attack the pawn f2 at an opportune moment)
Kg6=. With his initial move White can win

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– however, it demands colossal exertion. Let
us quote the beginning of this procedure.
1.Kf3 Lf6 2.Ke4 Lh4 3.Td6
But not 3.f3? Lf6! 4.Td1 Lc3=.
3...Lf6
The line 3…Kg7 4.Td2 Lf6 (4…Kg6 5.f3
Lf6 6.Tg2) 5.Td3 is similar to the main
continuation.
4.Kf4 Kg7 5.Td3 Lb2 6.Ke4 Kg6 7.Tg3
Kf6 8.Kd5 La1 9.Tf3 Ke7 10.Te3 Kf6
11.Kd6 Ld4 12.Tf3 Kg6 13.Kc6!
Draw attention to this sly maneuver! The
immediate 13.Kd7 Lc5 14.Ke8? f5 15.Kd7
Kf6 did not lead to the object, but now in
case of 13...Lf6 14.Kd7 Lg5 (14...Lh4
15.Ke8 f5 16.Kd7 Kf6 17.Kd6) 15.Ke8 f5
16.Kd7 Kf6 17.Tc3 Black cannot save
himself.
13...La7 14.Kd5! Lb6 15.Ke4 La5 16.Td3
Le1 17.Tg3 Kf6 18.Tf3 Ke6
After 18…Kg6 the line 19.Ke5 Kg7 20.Tf4!
Lc3 21.Kd6 Ld2 22.Td4- follows.
19.Tf5 Lc3
Or 19…Ke7 20.Kd5 Lc3 21.Tf3 Lb2 22.Te3
Kf6 23.Kd6-
20.Kf4 Ld2 21.Kg4 Lb4 22.f3 Le7
Defending himself from the invasion threat
(22…Lc3 23.Kg5).
23.Ta5 Kf6 24.Ta6 Kg7 25.Kf5 Lb4
26.Tc6! La3 27.Tc2!
The black bishop cannot return on the big
diagonal and White wins, although his
victory is still a very long way off.


4) Exercise: 1. ? =.

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5) PP f2 – f6. White wins.

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With White’s pawn on f3 or f4 – draw.

1.Kh2 Le4 2.Kg3 Lf5 3.Kf4 Ld3 4.Tc1
La6 5.Tc3 Lb7 6.Tb3 Lc6 7.Tg3 Kf7 8.Tc3
Ld5 9.Kf5 Le6 10.Ke4, and white king will
soon penetrate into the opponent’s territory.

6) PP f2 – g7 (g5). White wins.

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With White’s pawn on f3 or f4 – draw.

1…g5!
If White is on move the solution becomes
simpler: 1.Kh2 Le4 2.Kg3 Lf5 3.Kh4! Ld7
4.Ta5 Le6 5.Ta8 Lf7 (5…Ld5 6.Tf8) 6.Tb8
Kf5 7.Tf8 Kg6 8.Kg4 Kf6 9.Kf4 Ke7
10.Tb8 Kf6 11.Tb6 Le6 12.Ke4 Ke7 13.Ke5
Lс4 14.Tb7 Kf8 15.Kd6 La2 16.Tc7 Lb1
17.Tc3-
2.Kh2 Le4 3.Kg3 Lf5
Black has constructed the barrier, but it does
not withstand a systematic computer siege.
4.Kf3 Ke6 5.Ke3 Kf6 6.Kd4 Lg6 7.Tc6
Kf5 8.Tb6 Lh5 9.Tb8 Ld1 10.Tf8 Ke6
11.Tc8 Lg4
The following continuation reduces the
distance: 11...Kf5 12.Ke3 Lg4 13.Tb8 Ld1
(13...Lh5 14.Th8 Lg4 15.f3) 14.Td8 Lb3

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(14...Lg4 15.Td5) 15.Tc8 Le6 16.Ta8 Ld7
17.Ta7 Lc6 18.Ta5 Kg4 19.Ta6 Lb7 20.Tf6
Lg2 21.f3! Kh5 22.Tc6 Lh3 23.Ke4 Lg2
24.Tc2 Lf1 25.Tc1 La6 (25…Le2 26.Tg1)
26.Tc5 Lb7 27.Ke3. Now it is bad to play
27…Kg6 28.Kf2 with the subsequent Kg3-
g4, and in case of 27…Kh4 the move 28.Kf2
with the threat Tc7-h7 is decisive (28…g4
29.f4 g3 30.Ke3).
12.Tc5 Kf6 13.Ke4 Ld7
White has achieved quasi nothing, but,
nevertheless, the rook gains the upper hand
over the bishop.
14.Ta5 Lc6 15.Ke3 Le8 16.Ta8 Ld7
17.Ta6 Ke5 18.Tg6 Kf5 19.Td6 Lc8
20.Tc6 Le6 21.Ta6 Lc8
Or 21…Ld7 22.Ta7 Lc8 (22…Lc6 23.Ta5)
23.Tc7 Le6 24.Tb7 Lc4 (24…Lc8 25.Tb5
Kf6 26.Ke4) 25.Tb8 Lf1 (or 25…La6)
26.Kf3.
22.Ta8 Lb7 23.Ta7 Lg2 24.f3 Ke5 25.Ta6
Lh3 26.Ta5 Kf6 27.Ke4 Lc8 28.Tb5 +-.

7) Exercise: 1. ? =.

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8) PP f2 – g6. White on move wins.

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Here the unsuccessful disposition of pieces
puts Black in a spot – with his move he
easily makes a draw by the way of 1…Lc3;
1…Lh4; 1…Kf7 or even 1…Kf8 2.Td7 Le7
and 3…Kf7.
1.Td7! Kh6
Or 1…Kf8 2.Kg3 Ke8 (2…Le7 3.Kf4)
3.Tb7 Kf8 4.Kf4 Ld4 5.f3 Lf6 6.Ke4 Lc3
7.Kd5 Ld2 8.Ke5 Lc3 9.Ke6 Kg8 10.Td7
Lb2 11.f4 Kf8 12.Td1 and 13.Tg1+-.
2.Kf3 Lc3 3.Ke4 Kg5 4.Td6
Not letting the black king pass on f6 and
creating the threat f4, for example: 4…Lb2
5.f4 Kh5 6.Td2 Lc1 (6…Lc3 7.Th2 Kg4
8.Th6) 7.Th2 Kg4 8.Tg2 Kh5 9.Ke5 Le3
10.Tg5 Kh6 11.Kf6! Lf4 12.Tg6 Kh5
13.Kf5, achieving win even in the absence
of the pawns.
4…Kh6 5.Tc6 La1
After the move 5...Le1 the line 6.f4 Kg7
7.Ke5 La5 8.Ke6 Ld2 9.Tc7 Kh6 10.Ke5
follows.
6.Tc1 Lb2 7.Tc2 La1 8.Ta2 Lc3
Anyway there is no good square for retreat:
8...Lg7 9.Ta4 Kg5 10.Ta6! Kh6 11.f4
9.Kd5 Kg5 10.Ke6 Le1
Black king cannot advance: 10...Ld4 11.Ta5
or 10…Kg4 11.Ta4.
11.Te2 Lc3 12.Te4 with further f3 and Tg4,
achieving a success.

9) PP g2 – g6. Draw.

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This is a well-known theoretical position.
By keeping bishop on the big diagonal
Black makes a unassailable fortress.

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10) Exercise: 1…? +-.

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11) PP g2 – g7 (g5). Black on move makes
draw.

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Here the result of the game depends on the
Black’s possibility to play …g5 and in the
position on diagram he needs to hurry.
1…g5!!
There will be no other chance – for example,
1…Le4 (the line 1…La8 2.Tc8 Lb7 3.Tc5
g5 4.g4! is also bad) 2.Tc4 La8 3.Tf4 Ke5
4.Tf8 Lc6 5.g4 -
2.Kg3 Kg6!!
Again the only response. After 2...Le4 3.Tc4
La8 4.Ta4 Lb7 5.Tb4 Black dies:
a) 5…Lc8 6.Tb6 Kf5 7.Tb5 Kf6 8.Kf3 Lf5

9.Tc5 Kg6 10.Ke3 Kf6 11.Kd4 Le6
(11...Lb1 12.g4) 12.Ke4 Ld7 13.Kd5
Le6 14.Kd6 Lb3 15.Tc1 Kf5 16.Ke7 Kf4
17.Tc5 Ld1 18.Tc3 Lh5 19.Kf6 Le2
20.Ta3 Ld1 (20...Lh5 21.g3 Kg4 22.Te3)
21.Ta1 Le2 22.Ta2 Ld1 23.Td2;

b) 5...La8 6.Kh3! Ld5 (6...Kf5 7.Tb5 Kf6

8.Tb6 Ke5 9.Tb8 Lc6 10.Td8! Kf4
11.Td6 Lb7 12.g3 Ke5 13.Td8 Kf5
14.Tf8 Kg6 15.Kg4) 7.Tb6 Le6 8.Kg3
and further analogously to a).

3.Tc5 Le4 4.Tc4 Lb7

One can also play 4...Ld5 5.Tb4 Kh5.
5.Tb4 Lc8! 6.Tb6Kh5=.

12) Exercise: 1.? -+.

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13) PP h2 – g7 (g5). White wins.

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With White’s pawn on h3 or h4 – draw

1.Kf2 Ld3
Or 1...g5 2.Ke3 Lg2 3.Kd4 Lf3 4.Tc1 Lb7
5.Tg1 Kf5 6.Kc5 Kf4 7.Kd6 Kf5 8.Ke7 Le4
9.Ta1 Lc6 10.Kf7, etc.
2.Ke3 Lb1 3.Kd4 La2 4.Tc6 Kf5 5.Kc5 +-.

14) Exercise: 1…? =.

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15) PP g2 – h7 (h5). White wins.

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With White’s pawn on g3 or g4 – draw.

1.Kf2 h5!
Weaker line is 1...Lg5 2.Kf3 Lf6 3.Kg4 Ld4
4.Td5 Lf6 5.Td6 Kg7 6.Kh5 Lc3 7.Td7 Kh8
8.g4 Lb2 9.g5 Lc3 10.g6 -
2.Kf3 Lg5 3.Ke4 Ld2 4.Tc5
White must break co-ordination of Black’s
pieces and not allow the counter play against
his pawn.
4…Lb4 5.Td5 La3 6.Td1 Lb2 7.Kf4 Lb4
8.Tb1 Ld6 9.Ke4 Le7 10.Tb5 La3 11.Ke5
Le7 12.Tb8 Lh4 13.Ta8 Lg3 14.Ke4
The object is almost achieved, but Black can
try to construct a new line of defense.
14…Kg5!?
Or 14…Le1 15.Td8 Lh4 16.Tg8 Kh7 17.Tc8
Kg6 18.Tc6 Kg5 19.Kf3 Le1 20.Tс4 Kg6
(20…Kf5 21.Td4) 21.Td4 Lc3 22.Td6 Kf5
23.Td5 Kg6 24.Kf4.
15.Tg8 Kh4
Creating the stalemate motives. White has to
make additional efforts.
16.Kf3 Lc7 17.Tc8 Le5 18.Tc4 Kg5 19.Tc5
Kh4 20.Td5 Lb8 21.Td4 Kg5 22.g3! Kg6
The line 22…Le5 23.Td5 Kf5 24.Kg2 is not
suited well for Black. But now White’s
domination decides.
23.Tc4 Kg5 24.Tc5 Kg6 25.Tc8 +-.

16) PP g2 – h6. White wins.

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With White’s pawn on g3 or g4 – draw

The best defensible position on diagram lets
Black to put up a heroic resistance.
1.Ke5 Lc2 2.Ta6 Lb1 3.Tc6 Ld3 4.Tc3
Lb1 5.Ke6 La2 6.Kd6! Kf6
After 6...Lb1 the move 15.Te3! follows with
these variations:
a) 6…Lf5 (6...Lc2 7.Ke6) 7.Ke7 Lg4 8.Tg3

h5 9.Td3 Kg6 10.g3

b) 6...La2 7.Ta3 Lc4 8.Ke5 Kg6 9.Tg3 Kf7

10.Tc3 La2 11.Tc6 Kg7 12.Tb6 Lc4
22.Tb4

7.Tc1! Lb3 8.Kc5! Le6 9.Kd4 Lf5 10.Tf1
Kg6 11.Ke3! Kg5
The line 11...Lc2 12.Tc1 Lf5 13.Kf4 Ld3
14.Tc3 Lb1 15.Kg4 only precipitates events.
12.Th1! Kg6
It is weaker to play 12...Lg6 13.Kd4! Lc2
(13...h5 14.g3!) 22.Tc1 Lh7 23.Ke5.
13.Kf4 Ld3
Compare present situation with the initial
position. Here Black’s king stays badly on
g6!
14.Td1 Lc2 15.Tc1 Ld3 16.Tc3 Lb1
17.Kg4 Le4
Or 17...Lf5 18.Kh4 Le4 (18...Lb1 19.Tc6
Kg7 20.Kh5) 19.Tg3 Kh7 20.Kg4.
18.Tg3 Ld5 19.Kh4 Kh7 20.Kh5!!
After 20.Tg4 Le6! 21.Tb4 Ld5! White does
not get the object.
20...Lc6
The most stubborn move. It is weaker to
play 20...Lf7 21.Kg4 Kg6 22.Kf4 Kf6
23.Th3 Kg6 24.Td3.
21.Kg4 Kg6 22.Kh4! Kh7 23.Tg4! Ld5
The line 23...Ld7 24.Te4 Lf5 (24...Kg6
25.Te3 Lf5 26.g4 Ld7 27.Te7 Lb5 28.Te6

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Kg7 29.Kh5) 25.Te3 Kg6 26.g4 also does
not help Black.
24.Kg3! Le6 25.Td4 Kg7 26.Kf4 Lb3
27.Td2
The last stage of the battle begins.
27...Lg8 28.Tc2 Kf6
After 28...Lh7 29.Tc7 Kg6 30.Ta7 Lg8
31.Ta6 Kg7 32.Ke5 Lc4 (32...Lh7 33.Ta7
Kg6 34.Th7!) 33.Ta4 Lb3 34.Ta3 Lg8
35.Kf5 Lh7 36.Ke6 White wins.
29.Tc6 Kg7 30.Ke5 La2 31.Tb6 Lc4
32.Tb4 Lg8 33.Kf5 Lh7 34.Ke6 Lg8
35.Ke7 Lh7 36.Tg4 Lg6 37.g3+ -.

17) PP h2 – h7 (h5). White wins.

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With White’s pawn on h3 or h4 – draw.

1.Kg3
For instance, the line 1.h3? Kg5 (or 1...Kh5)
2.Kf3 Kh4 leads to a draw. But the neutral
move 1.Ta2 does not spoil a win: 1…Kg5
2.Kh3! h5 3.Ta5 Kg6 4.Kg3, etc.
1...Le7 2.Te2 Lg5 3.Te5 h5
Or 3...Lf6 4.Td5 Lg5 5.h4 Le3 6.Kg4 Lc1
7.Td6 Kg7 8.Kh5 Le3 9.Td7 Kg8 10.Kg4
Lh6 11.Kf5 Lc1 12.Td1 La3 13.Td3 Lb2
14.h5 Lc1 (14...Kg7 15.Td7 Kh6 16.Td6
Kg7 17.h6) 15.Td1 Le3 16.Kf6 +-.
4.Td5 Le3 5.Td6 Kf5 6.Kf3 Lg5 7.Td5
Kg6 8.Ke4 Lf6 9.Kf4 Le7 10.h3 Lb4
11.Tg5 Kh6 12.Kf5+ -.

18) PP h2 – h6. Black on move makes
draw.

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With White’s pawn on h3 or h4 – draw.

With bishop on d3 Black could relax but
here he has apply a very energetic measures
to survive.
1...Kg6!
The line 1...Lh5? 2.Ta7 Kg6 3.Ta6 Kg7
4.Kf5 is not suited.
2.Ta6 Kg5 3.Ta3
After 3.h4 Kh5! 4.Kf4 Le2 5.Ta5 Kg6!
Black is out of danger.
3...Le2 4.Tg3 Kh5 5.Kf6 Kh4! 6.Kg7 h5
7.Kf6 Lg4 8.Ke5 Le2 9.Kd4 Lg4 10.Ke3
Le2 11.Kf2 Lg4
11...Ld1? loses in view of 12.Tc3! Lg4
13.Kg2.
12.Kg2 Lf5 13.h3
Otherwise White cannot move Black’s king
back.
13…Le4 14.Kh2 Lc2 15.Tc3 Lf5!
It is bad to play 15...Lg6 16.Tc4 Kg5 17.h4.
16.Tc4 Kg5 17.Kg3 Le6 18.Tc5 Lf5 19.h4
Or 19.Ta5 h4. But now Black reaches the
well known theoretical position.
19...Kf6=.

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Exercises:

4) Marin,Irina Luiza - Crisan,Cristina
(Herculane, 1996)
41.Kf3! Ta4 42.Lc6 Ta3 43.Kg2!!
White is lost after 43.Ke2? Tc3!! (43…Kf4?
44.Kf1 Tc3 45.Ld5=) 44.Lf3 (44.Lb7 Kf4)
Kf4 45.Lg2 Kg4 46.Ld5 (46.Lb7 Tc2
47.Ke1 f4) Tc2 47.Ke1 Tc5! 48.Lb7 f4.
43...Kf4 44.Ld5 Ta7 45.Lc6 Tg7 46.Kf1
Tc7 47.Ld5 Ke5 48.Lf3 Kd4 49.La8 Kd3
50.Ld5 Kd2 51.Kg2 Tc3 52.Le6!
Let his pawn go! 52.La2 or 52.Lf3 is also
possible.
52...f4 53.Lg4 Ke1 54.Lh5 Tc2 55.Kf3 Tf2
56.Ke4 Kf1 57.Lf3 Tb2 58.Kf4=.

7) Barcza (1967)
1.Ke1!
The lines 1.Le1 f3 and 1.Kg1 Ta1 2.Kh2
Tc1 3.Ld4 Tc2 4.Kg1 Kg3 leads to defeat.
1...Ta1 2.Ke2 Tc1
Or 2...Th1 3.Le1 Th2 4.Kf1 f3 5.gf3 Kf3
6.Kg1 Tg2 7.Kh1!, and Black cannot win.
3.Kd2! Th1 4.Ke2 Th2 5.Kf1 f3 6.Kg1!
Tg2 7.Kf1=.

10)
1...Lf8
Black tries to transfer the bishop on the big
diagonal. After 1...La3 2.Tb7 Lc1 3.Ke5
Lg5 4.Ke6 Kf8 5.g4 Lh4 6.Tb5 Kg7 7.g5
White is winning.
2.g4!! Lg7 3.Tg7! Kg7 4.g5 +-.

12)
1.Le5!
The alternative 1.Lh4 Ta3 2.Lg5 Ta2 3.Kg3
Tg2 4.Kf4 Kg1 (Varlamov V. : Gleizerov
E., St Petersburg 1994) is weaker.
1...Td3 2.Lc7 Tc3!
It would be a fatal Black’s mistake to play
impatiently 2...Td2? 3.Kg3 Tg2 4.Kf4 Kg1
5.Kf5 Kf2 6.Kf4 Tg3 7.Ld8 or 7…La5 with
a draw.
3.Ld6 Tc6!
White’s bishop is banished from the best
squares d6 and с7.
4.Le5 Tc2 5.Kg3 Tg2 6.Kf4 Kg1 7.Kf5
Kf2 8.Kf4 Tg3 -+.
(8.Lf6 Tf3).

14)
Black’s bishop stays badly and only fortune
helps him to survive.
1...Lc5!
The line 1…Lg5 2.Ta7 Kh6 3.Ta5! is well
suited for White.
2.Td2 Le3!
All other continuations are bad, for example:
2…La3 3.Td7 Kh6 4.Kf7 Kh5 5.Td5!
3.Td7 Kh6 4.Kf7 Lf4
Or 4…Kh5 5.Td5 g5 =.
5.h3 Kh5!=.

Conclusion

Nobody can play such endings as good as
computer – however, even simple
acquaintance with the examples given above
helps to obtain an idea about the basic
methods of attack and defence in similar
situations. This knowledge may be very
important also in positions with a larger
quantity of pawns – however, it may be
theme for another review.