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Lucena Position
The classic winning method for rook and pawn against rook, with your pawn on the 7th rank. Build a 'bridge' with your rook on the 4th rank to shield your king from checks, then walk the king up and promote.
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How it's played
1.Rd1+ Ke7 2.Rd4 Rc2 3.Ka7 Ra2+ 4.Kb6 Rb2+ 5.Kc6 Rb3 6.Rd7+ Ke6 7.Rd6+ Kf5 8.Rd5+ Kg4 9.Rb5 Re3 10.b8=Q
More lines
Lucena Position
1.Rd6 Ke7 2.Ra6 Rb1 3.Ra7 Kd6 4.Ra6+ Ke7 5.Ra7 Kd6 6.Kd8 Rg1 7.Ra6+ Kd5 8.c8=Q
Lucena Position
1.Rf1+ Kg7 2.Rf4 Kg6 3.Ke7 Re2+ 4.Kd6 Rd2+ 5.Ke6 Rd1 6.Rf6+ Kh5 7.Rf5+ Kg4 8.Rd5 Re1+ 9.Kd6 Rh1 10.d8=Q
Lucena Position
1.Re1+ Kd7 2.Re4 Rf2 3.Re5 Rg2 4.Kf7 Kc6 5.Re6+ Kb5 6.Rg6 Rf2+ 7.Ke7 Re2+ 8.Kd7 Rd2+ 9.Kc7 Ra2 10.g8=Q
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