Counterplay With Your Own Passer
Black to play and draw
PlayYou face a dangerous a-pawn on the seventh, but you have a passer of your own. Instead of pure defense, you race: your g-pawn becomes the counterweight that forces the draw.
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Counterplay With Your Own Passer
Hold the draw against perfect play
Waking the engine…
The theory
Some rook endings are held not by fortress but by activity: your own passed pawn buys the tempo that saves the game.
Active defense. Rather than only stopping the enemy passer, push your own pawn to force the attacker to divide attention.
The transition. When your pawn runs fast enough, giving the rook for the enemy passer leaves a drawn rook-versus-pawn race.
In this drill you defend by counterattack, timing your passer to hold the balance against flawless play.