Learn From Bobby Fischer's Gratest Games
This technique of building a bridge is used in rook versus rook and pawn endgames. It is often necessary to shelter your King behind your rook so your pawn can promote. This endgame is taken from Fischer vs Sherwin at the 1958 Interzonal tournament in Portoroz, Slovenia.
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[FEN "8/8/4k3/7R/4r1P1/7K/8/8 w KQkq - 0 1"]
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1. Rf5 Ra4 2. Rf1 Ke7 3. Rf3 Ke6 4. Kh4 Ra8 5. g5 Rh8+ 6. Kg4 Ke7 7. g6 Rf8
8. Rf5 Rh8 9. Kg5 Rh1 10. Rf2 Rh3 11. g7 Rg3+ 12. Kh6 Rh3+ 13. Kg6 Rg3+ 14.
Kh7 Rh3+ 15. Kg8 Rh1 16. Rf4 Rh2 17. Re4+ Kd6 18. Kf7 Rf2+ 19. Kg6 Rg2+ 20.
Kf5 Rf2+ 21. Kg5 Rg2+ 22. Rg4
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