[Event "World Youth Girls U18"]
[Site "Mamaia ROU"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "10.14"]
[White "Matus, Nastassja"]
[Black "Galvan Cipriani, Viviana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[Annotator "WGM Sabina Foisor"]
[Variant "From Position"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[FEN "8/3r4/8/3P4/2P3PR/1pk3K1/5P2/8 w - - 0 55"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/pezImEqh/YHjKfNyB"]
[Orientation "white"]
{ Nastassja played a beautiful game agaist her stronger opponent, reaching this
endgame with three extra pawn. However, White has to be careful as Black's
passed b-pawn is more advance than any of the white pawns. }
55. Rh1?? { Believe it or not, Black can now hold! } (55. g5! { , with the game likely continuing } 55... b2 56. Rh1! { (only now!) } 56... Kxc4 (56... Kc2 { would be too slow for Black, i.e., } 57. Kg4 b1=Q 58. Rxb1 Kxb1 59. g6 Kc2 60. f4 Kd3 61. f5 Kxc4 62. f6 { and the rook can't stop the connected white pawns }) 57. Rb1 { This is an important move, depriving Black of counterplay. If White
wins the b-pawn, victory with the connected, passed f- and g-pawns is simple.
After } 57... Rb7 (57... Kc3 58. f4 Kc2 59. Rxb2+ Kxb2 60. g6 { White's pawns
are again much faster. One continuation is } 60... Kc3 61. f5 Rxd5 62. Kg4 Rd1 63. f6 Kd4 64. f7 Rf1 (64... Rg1+ 65. Kh5 Rf1 66. g7) 65. g7 Rxf7 66. g8=Q { and White wins. }) 58. d6! Kd5 59. d7 Rxd7 60. Rxb2 { White wins. }) 55... Kc2?? { Now White has four pawns to be stopped, and Black's king is too far away
to help. } (55... Kxc4! { by nabbing
the d-pawn and keeping the b-pawn for counterplay: } 56. g5 Kxd5 57. Kg4 Rb7 58. f4 (58. g6 Ke6 59. Kg5 b2 60. f4?? (60. Rb1 Rb5+ 61. Kh6 Kf6 62. g7 Kf7 63. f4 Rb3) 60... b1=Q 61. Rxb1 Rxb1 62. f5+ Ke5) 58... b2 59. g6 b1=Q 60. Rxb1 Rxb1 { and with the black king close to the pawns, White has to play } 61. Kf5 (61. f5?? { would lose after } 61... Rg1+ 62. Kf4 Rf1+ 63. Kg5 Ke5 64. g7 Rg1+ 65. Kh6 Kf6) 61... Rg1 62. Kf6 Ke4 63. g7 Kxf4 { with a draw. }) 56. f4 b2 57. g5 Rh7 58. Rf1 Ra7 59. f5 Ra3+ 60. Kg4 Rd3 61. f6 Rd4+ 62. Kh5 Rd1 63. Rxd1 Kxd1 64. f7 b1=Q 65. f8=Q Qh7+ 66. Kg4 Kd2 67. Qf5 Qh1 68. Qf4+ Kc2 69. d6 Qg2+ 70. Kf5 Kc3 71. Kf6 Qh3 72. g6 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0