My most insane head spinning endgame
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This innocent looking endgame was one from a real otb tournament. I played Rh1? and we accepted a draw since it's a fortress. However I later discovered a line after Ra7+ Kc6 Rg7? h3 g3? h2 Rh7 Rh4! and black wins. So the correct move after Ra7+ Kc6 Rh7!! The plan here is Rh5 and black can wait for it and be ready to play h3 g3? Rh4 g:h4 g4 Kf2 h2 Kg2 g:f3+ B:f3 h1=Q+ K:h1 B:f3+ and B:h5. And so we can deduce that the only try for a win is Ra7+ Kc6 Rh7 Kc5 Rh5 h3 R:h3. Here an unbelievably compicated endgame arises and even with the help of computer it's hard to grasp what's going