[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Philidor 1777"]
[Black "Frink; Rabinovich 1926"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "V.Poghosyan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/7R/r7/5K2/4P3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.10.28"]

{[%evp 0,8,4,4,4,4,4,3,2,2,2]} {[#]} 1. e5 Rb6 ({2. variation of Philidor} 1... Ra1 2. Kf6 Rf1+ ({Karstedt - "Ich würde hier Ra1-e1 vorziehen". Fila 1930, p.4; Rabinovich 1936 -} 2... Re1 {Fila 1930 - prevents the danger of Rh8+ Kd7 e6+.} 3. Ke6 Kf8 ({Romanovsky 1937 in Levenfish 1937, p.} 3... Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:51]}) 4. Rh8+ Kg7 5. Re8 (5. Ra8 Re2 6. Kd6 Kf7 {Fila stops his analysis here} 7. Ra7+ Ke8 8. Ke6 Kf8) 5... Ra1 6. Rd8 Re1 7. Rd5 (7. Kd6 Kf7) 7... Kf8 8. Kd7 (8. Kd6 Ke8) 8... Kf7) 3. Ke6 Kf8 4. Rh8+ Kg7 5. Re8 ({Fila 1930} 5. Ra8 Re1) 5... Re1 {Karstedt and Berger thought that this move of Philidor loses} ({Karstedt} 5... Ra1 6. Rd8 Re1 ({Frink, CA, August 1926} 6... Ra6+ 7. Rd6 Ra1 8. Ke7 Ra7+ 9. Rd7 Ra1 10. e6 Kg6 $11) 7. Kd6 (7. Rd5) 7... Kf7) 6. Kd7 Kf7 $2 ({Frink CA, August 1926 6...Ra1 or even 6...Rd1+ draws} 6... Ra1 $11 {Levenfish 1937} 7. Rc8 Ra7+ 8. Rc7 Ra8 9. e6 Kf6 (9... Kf8) 10. Rb7 Kg6 11. Ke7 Kg7) (6... Rd1+ 7. Ke7 Ra1 $11 ({Fila 1930} 7... Re1 8. e6 Ra1 $1) {Rabinovich 1936} 8. Rd8 Ra7+ 9. Rd7 ({Tschechower 1937} 9. Ke8 Ra6 $1 (9... Kg6 $2 10. Rd6+ $1 Kf5 11. e6 Kf6 (11... Ke5 12. Rd7 $2 ({VP} 12. Rb6 $1) 12... Ra8+ $2 ({VP} 12... Ra1 {or Ra2, Ra3, Ra4}) 13. Kf7 $1) 12. e7+) 10. Rd7+ Kg8 $1 11. Ke7 Kg7 12. e6) 9... Ra8) 7. e6+ $1 Kg7 8. Ke7 $2 ({Fila 1930} 8. Ra8) 8... Re2 $2 ({Tarrasch 1906} 8... Ra1 $1 9. Rd8 Ra7+ 10. Rd7 Ra8 ({Tarrasch 1906 Not} 10... Ra6 $2 11. Ke8+ Kf6 12. e7 Ra8+ 13. Rd8 Ra7 14. Rd6+ Kg7 (14... Ke5 15. Kf8) 15. Rd1 Ra8+ 16. Kd7 Ra7+ 17. Ke6 Ra6+ 18. Rd6 Ra8 19. Rd8) 11. Rd8 ({Fila 1930} 11. Rb7 Kg6 12. Kd7 Kf6 13. Rc7 Kg7 14. e7 Kf7 $1 15. Rb7 Re8 16. Kd6 Ra8 $1 17. Rc7 Re8 18. Ra7 Rb8 $1) 11... Ra7+ 12. Kd6 (12. Ke8 Kf6) 12... Ra6+ 13. Ke5 Ra5+ 14. Rd5 Ra1) 9. Rd8 Re1 ({Tarrasch 1906 thought, that this move draws, but the poistion is already lost.} 9... Ra2 {Rabinovich 1936} 10. Ke8 $1 $18 Kf6 11. e7 Kg7 12. Kd7) 10. Rd2 (10. Rd6 Re2 (10... Ra1 11. Ke8 Ra8+ 12. Rd8 Ra7 13. e7 ({VP} 13. Rd7+) 13... Kf6 14. Rd6+ Kg7 (14... Ke5 15. Kf8) 15. Re6) 11. Ke8 Kf6 12. e7+ Ke5 13. Kd7) 10... Re3 11. Rg2+ Kh7 12. Kf7 Rf3+ 13. Ke8 Re3 14. e7 Rd3 15. Rc2 ({Fila 1930} 15. Rg4 Rf3 16. Kd7 Rd3+ 17. Ke6 Re3+ 18. Kd6 Rd3+ 19. Ke5 Re3+ 20. Re4) 15... Kg7 16. Rc7 Rd2 17. Rd7 Rb2 18. Rd1 Rb8+ 19. Kd7 Rb7+ 20. Ke6 Rb6+ 21. Rd6 Rb8 22. Rd8 $18) 2. Ra7 Rc6 (2... Rb1 $6 {Berger (1922) tried to prove that this move loses because the White rook is on a7 (and not on h7)} 3. Kf6 {Frink CA July 1926; Rabinovich, 16.05.1926 in Leningrad} Re1 $1 ({Berger 1922} 3... Rf1+ $2 4. Ke6 {Lasker analyses this position of Berger in his Lehrbuch 1925.} Kf8 (4... Kd8 5. Ra8+ Kc7 6. Ke7 {Lasker} Rf2 ({Grigoryev 1927} 6... Rh1 7. e6 Rh7+ (7... Rf1 8. Rf8 Re1 9. Kf7 Rf1+ 10. Ke8 Re1 11. e7 Kd6 12. Rf6+) (7... Re1 8. Kf7 Rf1+ 9. Ke8 Kd6 10. e7 Kc7 11. Ra7+ Kc8 12. Ra5 Kc7 13. Rc5+ Kb7 (13... Kd6 14. Kd8 Re1 15. Rc2) (13... Kb6 14. Kd7 Rd1+ 15. Kc8 Re1 16. Rc2) 14. Kd7 Rd1+ 15. Ke6 Re1+ 16. Re5) 8. Kf6 Rh6+ (8... Rh1 9. e7 Rf1+ 10. Kg5 Rg1+ 11. Kf4 Rf1+ 12. Kg3) (8... Kd6 9. Rd8+ Kc7 10. e7 Rh6+ 11. Kg5) 9. Kf7 Rh7+ 10. Kg6 Re7 11. Kf6) 7. e6 Rf1 8. Ke8 Rf2 9. e7 Rf1 10. Ra4 Rf2 (10... Rc1 11. Rf4 Rc2 12. Kf7) 11. Rc4+ Kb7 12. Kd7 Rd2+ 13. Ke6 Re2+ 14. Kd6 Rd2+ 15. Ke5 Re2+ 16. Re4) 5. Ra8+ Kg7 6. Ke7 Rf7+ ({Euwe 1927} 6... Rb1 7. e6 Rb7+ 8. Kd6 Rb6+ 9. Kd7 Rb7+ (9... Kf6 10. Rf8+) 10. Kc6 Re7 11. Kd6 Rb7 (11... Kf6 12. Rf8+) 12. e7) 7. Kd6 Rb7 8. e6 Rb6+ (8... Kf6 9. Rf8+ Kg7 10. e7 Rb6+ 11. Kc5) 9. Kd7 Rb7+ 10. Kc6 Re7 11. Kd6 Rb7 (11... Kf6 12. Rf8+) 12. e7) 4. Ke6 (4. Ra8+ Kd7) 4... Kf8 ({Rabinovich 1927} 4... Kd8 {This position arises in Frink, CA, July, 1926, n. 1326, after 1...Kc8-d8! 2.Kd6 Rd1+! 3.Ke6 Re1} 5. Ra8+ Kc7 6. Re8 (6. Kf6 Kd7) 6... Rh1 $1 {Rabinovich 1927 stops his analysis here} (6... Z0 {This position with White to move the chess literature attributes to Kling and Horwitz, 1851 which is wrong.} 7. Kf7 {Mieses in the 6. edition of the manual of Lasa, p. 417-418. Also in Mieses, Taschenbuch des Endspiels, 3. Aufl., Leipzig 1927, p. 48-50.} Kd7 (7... Rf1+ 8. Ke7) 8. e6+ Kc7 9. Ke7 Re2 10. Rf8 Re1 11. Rf2 Re3 12. Rc2+ Kb7 13. Kd7 Rd3+ 14. Ke8 Rd1 15. e7 Rd3 16. Rc4) 7. Rf8 ({Fila 1930} 7. Kf7 Rh7+ 8. Kg6 Rh1 (8... Kd7) {Rabinovich 1938} 9. Kf7 Rh7+ 10. Kg6 Rh1 11. Kf6 Rh6+ ({Cheron 1951} 11... Kd7) 12. Kf7 ({Euwe 1927} 12. Kg7 Rh1 13. Kf7 (13. e6 Kd6) 13... Rh7+ 14. Kg6 Rh1) 12... Rh7+ 13. Kf8 Rh8+ 14. Ke7 Rh7+ 15. Kf6 Rh6+ 16. Kg5 Rh1) 7... Re1 {Frink stops his analysis here}) 5. Ra8+ Kg7 6. Re8 {Karstedt Rf1-Ra1} (6. Kd6 Kf7) 6... Ra1 7. Rd8 Re1 ({Frink} 7... Ra6+ 8. Rd6 Ra8 9. Ke7 Ra7+ 10. Rd7 Ra1 11. e6 Kg6) 8. Rd5 Kf8 9. Kd6 Kf7 $11 (9... Ke8 $11)) 3. e6 Rc1 4. Kf6 Rf1+ $11 *

