Rook Endgames: Phildor drawing method 2

Hi guys, 

I'm going to be showing you a way to draw an endgame where your opponent is up a pawn. This is called the Philidor drawing method. There are two phildor drawing methods; the active philidor and the passive philidor method. Active philidor works for every pawn from A to H file, Passive philidor only works for the A,B,G and H pawns.

This is the active philidor it works for every pawn: 

Philidor Passive method

In Conclusion: The passive philidor works only with Knight pawns, As I demonstrated it doesnt work with C,D,E,F pawns. The Active method works with all pawns.

I hoped that this helped you, I will come later with more posts and more content.

Take Care,

Aleks

Thanks.

maybe it is easier for beginners to understand by calling Philidor position the 6th rank defense - once the White advance the pawn to 6th rank, swing the rook back down to harass the White King with check. If not, then keep making waiting moves on the 6th rank (the rook and pawn alone cannot force mate or promotion, as you mentioned).

That said, i think on the 3rd diagram I would play 1...Ra6, instead of a8 as i think your "passive" method requires more calculation.