A. Rubinstein carried out the same plan of driving the king off from the pawn that we have seen in the previous example, and was successful with it. However it was later proven that White could have held the position with a precise defense.

60... Rf7 is what actually happened in the game. I. Maizelis found the answer to this endgame puzzle in 1963. It turned out that White should not drive the black king away from the corner. On the contrary, the king should be locked in the corner, with idea of putting Black in zugzwang. Let us study the analysis by Maizelis. 60... Kd3! 61. Bf4 Ke2 62. Bg5 Rf3+ 63. Kg2 Ra3 64. Be7 Ra4 65. Bd8 Rg4+ 66. Kh3 Kf3 67. Bc7 Rg1 68. Bh2 (If 68. Kh2 then 68... Rf1 69. Bd8 Kg4 70. Kg2 Rf5 71. Bg5 Rf8 72. Be7 Re8 73. Bg5 Re2+ 74. Kf1 Kf3 75. Kg1 Kg3! 76. Kf1 Re8! This is the decisive zugzwang - Black's goal in all the lines. White cannot maintain the h4-pawn. The resulting position is lost for him in spite of the safe corner, because the black pawn has not crossed the middle line.) 68... Rf1 69. Bg3 Rh1+ 70. Bh2 Ke4! 71. Kg2 Rd1! 72. Bc7 (The same is 72. Bg1 Kf4! 73. Bc5 Kg4 74. Be7 Re1 75. Bg5 Re2+ 76. Kf1 Kf3 77. Kg1 Kg3 78. Kf1 Re8) (72. Bg3 Kf5 73. Kf3 Rd3+ 74. Kg2 Kg4 75. Be1 Rb3 76. Bf2 Rb2 77. Kf1 Kf3 is also hopeless. ) 72... Rd7! 73. Ba5 (73. Bb8 Kf5 74. Kf3 Rd3+ 75. Kg2 Kg4) 73... Kf4 74. Bc3 Kg4 75. Bf6 Rf7 76. Bd8 Rf5 77. Bg5 Rf8! 78. Be7 Re8 79. Bg5 Re2+ 80. Kf1 Kf3 81. Kg1 Kg3 82. Kf1 Re8! I.Majzelis 1963 61. Bh6 Rf3+ 62. Kg2 Rd3? 62... Rf7! Kd3 63. Bg5 Kf5? He had to move the rook back: 63... Rf3! Now the white king breaks loose and the position becomes drawn. 64. Kf2 Kg4 65. Ke2!= 65. Kg2 Rc3 66. Kf2 Rc2+ 67. Kg1 Kg3 68. Kf1 Rc6 69. Kg1 Re6 70. Kf1 Re8 65... Rf3 66. Bh6 Kg3 67. Bg5 Rf8 68. Ke3 Re8+ 69. Kd3 Kf3 70. Kd4 Re6 70... Re4+ 71. Kd3 Rg4 72. Kd2 Kg3 73. Ke1 White defended himself against the exchange sacrifice in time. 71. Kd5? The decisive error! As B. Baranov proved in 1954, White should not be afraid of driving his king away by one more file, therefore he had to play 71. Kd3! Rd6+ 72. Kc3 Further driving-away actions will not succeed if White only avoids placing the kings on the same file. 72... Rd7 73. Kc4 (Upon 73. Kc2 there follows 73... Ke2 74. Kc3 Rd3+ 75. Kc4! (Rather than 75. Kc2? Rg3 76. Kb2 Kd1!) ) 73... Ke4 (73... Kg3 74. Kc3 Rd1 75. Bf6 Rh1 76. Kd2 Rxh4 77. Bxh4+ Kxh4 78. Ke2 Kg3 79. Kf1=) 74. Kc3 Rd3+ and now 75. Kc2!= B.Baranov 1954(Rather than 75. Kc4? Rg3 76. Bf6 (76. Kb4 Rxg5! 77. hxg5 Kf5) 76... Rg6 77. Be7 Rc6+) 71... Re4 72. Bf6 Kf4 73. Bd8 Kf5 74. Bg5 Rg4 R:g5 75. Be7 Rg7 76. Bf8 Rd7+ 77. Kc6 77. Kc4 Kg4 77... Rd4 A simpler way was 77... Rf7! Kg4 78. Be7 Ke6 Rc4+ 78... Kg4 79. Kc5 Rd3 80. Kc4 Rh3 81. Kd4 Rxh4 82. Ke3 Rh2 79. Kc5 Rd5+ 80. Kc4 Rf5! 81. Bd8 Kd7! 82. Bb6 82. Bg5 Rxg5 82... Rf4+ 83. Kd3 Rxh4 The outcome seems to be clear after the loss of the pawn, but both sides err in the remainder of the game. 84. Ke2 Ke6 85. Kf3 Rg4 86. Bf2 Kf5 87. Bg3 h4 88. Bh2 Rb4?? Correct was 88... h3 Rg2 89. Kg2 Kg4 90. Be5 Ra4 91. Bd6 Ra2+ 92. Kh1 Kh3 93. Bc5?? As we know 93. Kg1! Rg2+ 94. Kf1= would have lead to a draw. 93... Ra1+ 94. Bg1 Kg4 95. Kh2 Ra2+ 96. Kh1 Kg3 97. Bc5 Rh2+ 98. Kg1 Rd2 99. Kh1 h3 0-1