All Pawns on the Same Side
NOTE: With all other things being equal and all of the pawns on the same side of the board, one extra pawn is not enough to win.
Certainly the previous lessons showed how with careful defence, if the defending king is on the queening square then rook and pawn versus rook is a draw. With a liquidation to this simple ending usually being the aim, it also follows that 2 versus 1 and 3 versus 2 are also draws. The more pawns involved, however, the better the winning chances and the more active the defence needs to be.
Don't get me wrong, though. The defender must not get complacent, particularly if the attacker can keep his pawns together. Indeed, often a great deal of accuracy is required, as illustrated in the next case...
Hope you enjoyed the lesson. We are not even close on finishing this series of lessons on Rook Endgames. So see you next time.
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