Was looking around some files and stumbled upon an Anderssen-Kieseritsky rook endgame from London 1851. I then found something that surprised me. When I finally understood, I thought it might be worth sharing. The following position is from analysis following White's 53rd move. Blacked erred in playing
53 … Kf4. Had he played
53 … Kxh4 the following position would have eventually been reached:
Anderssen-Kieseritsky
London, 1851 (m1.2)
What surprised me when I saw this position is that Black has one and only one winning move. I thought it was either a draw to begin with, or that any reasonable move by the Black rook on the c-file would win. Not so.
I will put the rest below the fold for those that want to work it out on their own.
