Where an elephant may bathe, or a gnat may drink.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1k1r4/8/8/6K1/4P3/5R2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ The Fence. } 1. Rc2 { White moves to fence the black king away from the
action. } 1... Re7 ( { Black can try: } 1... Rc7 2. Rxc7+ Kxc7 3. Kf5 Kd7 4. Kf6 Ke8 5. e4 Kf8 6. e5 Ke8 7. Ke6 Kd8 8. Kf7 Kd7 9. e6+ Kd6 10. e7 Kd5 11. e8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Rc3 { The white rook
performs double duty as a fence and protector of e3. } 2... Re8 3. Kf5 Rf8+ 4. Ke6 Kb6 5. e4 Re8+ 6. Kd5 Rd8+ 7. Ke5 Re8+ 8. Kf4 Rf8+ 9. Ke3 Re8 10. Rc1 Kb5 11. Kf4 Rf8+ 12. Kg5 Rg8+ 13. Kf6 Rf8+ 14. Ke7 Rf2 15. e5 Re2 16. e6 Re3 17. Kf7 Rf3+ 18. Ke8 Re3 19. e7 Re2 { Black knows that retreating his king to b6 will
allow white to move his rook to the 5th rank behind his pawn, and win with
the Lucena position.|So how does white win when black's king is far from the
action? } 20. Rd1 { White simply seizes a file that his king can safely move
to. } 20... Kc5 21. Kd7 Re5 22. e8=Q Rxe8 23. Kxe8 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } *