Answers.Body: <p>Two connected pawns usually win, but with a+b pawns, there are some positions which are drawn. I do not know which game you're referring to, but here are some examples:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[fen "8/8/8/3k4/pr6/4R3/1p6/1K6 b - - 0 0"]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(Black to move, from Black's point of view - I forgot how to flip the board.)
  The black king is cut off on the third row, while the black rook is tied to the defense of the b-pawn.</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <pre><code>[fen "8/8/p7/rp6/6R1/3k4/1K6/8 w - - 0 0"]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(White to move)
  This one is even easier; white just keeps his king on b2 and his rook on the fourth row.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I don't know the game you have in mind, but the following is one example of such a drawn position in this ending (as can be verified with a <a href="http://www.k4it.de/?topic=egtb&amp;lang=en">tablebase query</a>):</p>
  
  <pre><code>[fen "8/8/1r4kP/6P1/2R2K2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>White has no winning way to break the blockade and make progress. If the blockade is one rank further up the board, though, it can be broken straightforwardly:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Event "?"]
  [Site "?"]
  [Date "????.??.??"]
  [Round "?"]
  [White "?"]
  [Black "?"]
  [Result "*"]
  [FEN "8/1r4kP/6P1/2R2K2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
  1.Kg5 Ra7 2.Rf5 Rb7 3.Rf7+ Rxf7 4.gxf7 *
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>I remember a recent(1-2 years) drawn (super)grandmaster game in which white had 2 connected pawns and a rook, while black had a rook. I later learned that it was a theoretical draw, which quite surprised me, since I had always though that two connected pawns should win. 
  Does anyone remember this game? Are their similar positions? </p>
  
Tags: <endgame><draw><rook-endgame>
Title: Drawn R+2P vs R endgame
ThreadText: # Drawn R+2P vs R endgame
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-20)
  
  I remember a recent(1-2 years) drawn (super)grandmaster game in which white had 2 connected pawns and a rook, while black had a rook. I later learned that it was a theoretical draw, which quite surprised me, since I had always though that two connected pawns should win.
  Does anyone remember this game? Are their similar positions?
  
  **Tags:** endgame, draw, rook-endgame
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-06-20. Score: 10 | Accepted answer
  
  I don't know the game you have in mind, but the following is one example of such a drawn position in this ending (as can be verified with a [tablebase query](http://www.k4it.de/?topic=egtb&lang=en)):
  
  ```
  [fen "8/8/1r4kP/6P1/2R2K2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
  ```
  
  White has no winning way to break the blockade and make progress. If the blockade is one rank further up the board, though, it can be broken straightforwardly:
  
  ```
  [Event "?"]
  [Site "?"]
  [Date "????.??.??"]
  [Round "?"]
  [White "?"]
  [Black "?"]
  [Result "*"]
  [FEN "8/1r4kP/6P1/2R2K2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
  1.Kg5 Ra7 2.Rf5 Rb7 3.Rf7+ Rxf7 4.gxf7 *
  
  ```
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-20. Score: 7
  
  Two connected pawns usually win, but with a+b pawns, there are some positions which are drawn. I do not know which game you're referring to, but here are some examples:
  
  ```
  [fen "8/8/8/3k4/pr6/4R3/1p6/1K6 b - - 0 0"]
  
  ```
  
  (Black to move, from Black's point of view - I forgot how to flip the board.)
  The black king is cut off on the third row, while the black rook is tied to the defense of the b-pawn.
  
  ---
  
  ```
  [fen "8/8/p7/rp6/6R1/3k4/1K6/8 w - - 0 0"]
  
  ```
  
  (White to move)
  This one is even easier; white just keeps his king on b2 and his rook on the fourth row.
  
  
  ---
  
  