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The Philidor position

Black to hold. Hold the draw a pawn down. Club players lose this every week.

White: rook a7, king d5, pawn e4. Black: king e8, rook b1. Black to move.

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philidor

The Philidor position: rook on the sixth

draw

Black to hold the draw

With the defending king in front of the pawn, put the rook on the third rank (from the attacker's point of view, the sixth) to keep the enemy king out; when the pawn advances to that rank, drop the rook to the back rank and check from behind.

Find the right plan. Every move is checked against perfect play.

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