[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin Lev S (RUS)"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky Alexander M"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kopayev / Poghosyan, Vardan "]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1r3kp1/2R5/4PK2/5P2/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

{With his pawns less far advanced, the stronger side again has chances of
success.} 1... Rb1 {But Black could have saved the game by switching his rook
to the rear of the pawns:} (1... Rb3 2. e5+ Ke6 $2 $18 ({VP} 2... Kg7 3. Rc7+
Kh6 4. e6 (4. Ke4 g5 5. Rc6+ Kg7 6. Rd6 Rb4+ $1 (6... Kf7 $2 7. Rd3 Rb1 8. Kf5
$18) 7. Kd5 g4 $11 (7... Rf4 $11)) 4... g5+ 5. Ke4 (5. Kf5 Rxf3+) 5... Kg6) 3.
Rc6+ Kf7 4. Rf6+ Kg7 5. Kg5 Re3 6. Rxg6+ Kh7 7. Rh6+ Kg7 8. f4 Rg3+ 9. Kh4 Rg2
10. Rh5 Kf7 11. Rg5 Re2 12. Kg4 {, and White soon won.}) (1... Ra6 {No better
is} 2. e5+ Kf7 $2 ({VP} 2... Ke6 $1 3. Kg5 Ra1 4. f4 ({VP} 4. Rc6+ Kxe5 5. f4+
Ke4 6. Re6+ (6. Rc4+ Kd5 $11 (6... Kd3 $11)) 6... Kf3 $1 7. Rxg6 Rg1+ $11) 4...
Rg1+ 5. Kh6 Kf5 6. Kg7 Re1 7. Kf7 Kxf4 $11) 3. Kg5 Ra3 ({VP} 3... Ra1 4. Rc7+
Ke6 5. f4 $18 {cf. Kopayev n. 644}) 4. Rc7+ Ke6 5. Rc6+ Kxe5 6. f4+ Ke4 7. Re6+
(7. Rc4+ $2 Kd5 $11 (7... Kd3 $2 8. Rc6 $18)) 7... Kd5 (7... Kf3 8. Rxg6 $18)
8. Rxg6 $18) ({VP} 1... Rb2 {draws in the same way as by 1...Rb1.}) ({VP} 1...
Rb4 $11) ({VP} 1... Rb7 $11) 2. Rc6+ Kf7 3. e5 Re1 4. Rc7+ Ke6 5. Rg7 Rg1 {! =}
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