White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
Rook and Pawn endings are always good to review. This one requires White to take advantage of the Black king’s awkward position.
It was an actual game and went this way: Lange-Spitze, 1965: 1.Ra8+ Ra6 2.Rb8 Ka4 [2...Ra7 3.Rb1 Ka6 4.Kxc6] 3.Rb1 Ra5+ 4.Kc4
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