Lucena position

Pattern #49 This technique is explained in ebook Fundamental Chess Patterns

Basic endgame strategy, K+R > K+R+P. The side with the Pawn can win, if knows and remembers how to build a "bridge".
After the real games, where the losing player resigns, the last game shows the standard sequence to build a bridge.

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