Why must I lose to this idiot?
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Vinkovci, Yugoslavia"]
[Date "1968.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer, Bobby"]
[Black "Gheorghiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5p1k/4b2p/8/1P1N4/4KP2/7r/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ Rooks Belong Behind Passed Pawns|We look at a game from history for this
lesson.|Here we witness a rare mistake by the legendary Bobby Fischer. Bobby
played b5 here and could only manage a draw.|Let's see how white should have
won. } 1. Nxe6 ( { The game progressed: } 1. b5 Rb2 { Black wastes no time putting
his rook behind white's pawn.|Rooks belong behind passed pawns; either your
or your opponent's passed pawn. } 2. Kd3 Bd7 3. Kc3 Rxb5 4. Nxb5 Bxb5 5. Kd4 f6 6. Ke4 Kg6 7. f4 Bd7 8. Rg1+ Kf7 9. f5 Bc6+ 10. Ke3 Bd7 11. Kf4 Bb5 12. Rh1 Kg7 13. Rc1 h5 14. Rc7+ Kg8 { Black will hold the draw. } ) 1... fxe6 2. Rb1 { Rooks belong behind passed pawns. } 2... Rc2 3. b5 Kg6 4. b6 Rc8 5. b7 Rb8 { Now
black's rook is passive while white's rook is active.|White will protect both
his pawns while waiting for an opportunity to grab one of black's
pawns.|Black's best defense will employ his king to protect his remaining
pawns.|Eventually, black's king will prove unable to defend all. } 6. Ke4 { Keeping black's king from advancing to threaten white's pawn on f3. } 6... Kf6 7. Rb6 h5 ( { Black can try to advance his h-pawn. } 7... Kg5 8. Ke5 h5 9. Rb4 h4 10. f4+ Kg4 11. f5+ Kg3 12. fxe6 h3 13. Rb3+ Kg2 14. Rb2+ Kg3 15. Kd6 h2 16. Rxh2 Kxh2 17. Kc7 Rh8 18. e7 Kg3 19. b8=Q Rxb8 20. Kxb8 Kf4 21. e8=Q { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 8. Kf4 Ke7 9. Kg5 e5 10. Kxh5 Kd7 11. Kg5 Kc7 12. Rb3 Kd6 ( { Black can gain no advantage by capturing the pawn. } 12... Rxb7 13. Rxb7+ Kxb7 14. Kf5 Kc7 15. Kxe5 Kd7 16. Kf6 { White's king is
on the 6th rank ahead of his pawn. Therefore, white will promote his pawn
with proper play. White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 13. Kf5 Kd5 14. Kf6 Kd6 15. Rb5 Kc6 16. Rxe5 { White abandons his advanced pawn to capture
on e5. } 16... Rxb7 { Now white moves to advance his f-pawn. Black can only delay
white's plans. } 17. Re6+ Kd5 18. f4 Rb1 19. f5 Rf1 20. Kg6 Rf2 21. Re1 { Black's king is effectively fenced off from approaching the white pawn. } 21... Rg2+ { Black can only harass white's king with checks. } 22. Kf7 Rf2 23. f6 Kd6 24. Kg7 Rg2+ 25. Kf8 Rf2 26. f7 Kd7 27. Rd1+ { An important move designed to
push the black king even further away from the white pawn. } 27... Kc7 ( { It may seem
strong to double attack the pawn. } 27... Ke6 { This move allows the white
king to step asside to a file that black cannot check, and threaten to
promote the pawn next. } 28. Ke8 Rxf7 { Otherwise the pawn promotes next. } 29. Re1+ { Not just a spite check. } 29... Kf6 30. Rf1+ Kg6 31. Rxf7 { White wins with a
large material advantage. } ) 28. Rd4 { Here we make strange looking move which
begins the Lucena technique. We will study this Lucena more in another
lesson. For now, just watch how white eventually escapes harassing checks and
promotes his pawn. } 28... Rf1 { Black temporizes waiting for the white king to
emerge. } 29. Ke7 Re1+ { The harassing checks begin. } 30. Kf6 Rf1+ 31. Ke6 Re1+ 32. Kf5 Rf1+ 33. Rf4 { Now we see the purpose of the strange Lucena move on
move 28. } 33... Rxf4+ { What else? } 34. Kxf4 Kd7 35. f8=Q { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0