In several recent posts, I have already pointed out a number of inaccuracies in this widely respected classic. Here, I turn my attention to some specific errors found in the section
“The Rook in Front of the Pawn, with the Pawn on the Sixth Rank – A Knight Pawn” (pp. 229–234).
1. Diagram 9-199 (p. 231), Line 7.Rxf7 Rxb6 8.Re7 Rf6! 9.Re3 
In the line (b)
9...Rf5 10. f4 the reply
10...Rf6 loses after
11. Re5+! Conversely, if White plays
11. Kd3 instead (as in the text), the win is thrown away due to simple drawing moves like
11...Ra6,
11...Rb6, or
11...Rc6.
2. Diagram 9-200 (p. 232), Note (d): 9. Kd3 Back in 2011, during my analysis of this position (
https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1321345447, Reply #4 – 12/06/11), I suggested that
9...f5 was among several plausible drawing options (alongside 9...Rb5 and 9...Rb3+). However, deeper analysis reveals that 9...f5 actually loses after
10. g5! 3. Diagram 9-203 (p. 233) 
The manual claims that
16...Rf1 is hopeless, suggesting that Zviagintsev’s 16...g5 offers a draw. This is not entirely accurate. While 16...g5 is indeed the cleanest defensive resource, 16...Rf1 is not lost. Black still retains multiple drawing possibilities.
4. Diagram 9-204 (p. 234) In a departure from earlier editions, the 5th edition now claims that
3...g5!? is worth serious attention, comparing it to the defensive idea in the Kantorovich/Steckner position (Diagram 9-158): “3...g5!? 4. hxg5+ Kxg5 5. Rb8 (5. Kd1 h4 =) 5...Kf6 6. Kd1 Ke7.”
However, my analysis suggests otherwise—3...g5 is losing.
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Revisiting Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual, 5th Edition (Read 700 times)
