Carlsen was winning
Rook endings have drawish tendencies but not all rook endings are drawn. In the typical rook ending, in which both sides have three pawns on the kingside while White has an extra pawn on the queenside, White has good winning chances if his extra pawn is the c-pawn.
This ending occurred in the match between Magnus Carlsen and Daniil Dubov, and objectively Carlsen was indeed winning. However, finding a win in such an endgame in a rapid game with only seconds on the clock is not easy. But in the analysis after the game Zoran Petronijevic found a win for White:
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.0-0 Nxb5 6.Nxb5 c6 7.Nc3 d6 8.d4 Qc7 9.Bg5 Be7 10.a4 h6 11.Bh4N 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.d5 0-0 13.Qd3 Be7 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.a5 Rac8 16.a6 b5 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nxb5 Bxb5 19.Qxb5 Qxc2 11...Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.a5 Nf4 14.Ne2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 0-0 16.Rfd1 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Rad8 19.a6 b6 20.Ra3 exd4 21.Rxd4 Qe5 22.Rad3 c5 23.Rd5 Qxb2 24.Qe2 Rfe8 25.e5 c4 26.Rd1 Rc8 27.Rxd6 Qxe5 28.Qxe5 Rxe5= 29.Rd7 Rce8 30.Rxa7 Re1+! 31.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32.Kh2 Ra1 33.Kg3 b5= 34.Ra8+ Kh7 35.a7 Kg6 36.Kf4 b4 37.Rb8 Rxa7 38.Rxb4 Rc7 39.Ke3 Kf5 40.Kd4 Re7 41.Rxc4 41.g4+ Kg6 42.Rxc4 Re2 43.f4 Rh2 44.Rc3 Kf6= 41...Re2 42.g4+ 42...Kg5? 42...Ke6 43.Rc5++- Kf6 43...Kg6 44.c4 Rd2+ 45.Ke3 Rc2 46.h4 Kf6 47.Rf5+ Ke6 48.Rf4 Ra2 49.Kd4 h5 50.gxh5 Ra5 51.h6 gxh6 52.Kc3 Ra2 53.c5 Kd5 54.Rf5+ Ke6 54...Kc6 55.Kb4 Rb2+ 56.Kc4 Rc2+ 57.Kd4 Rd2+ 58.Ke5 Kxc5 59.Kf6+ Kd4 60.h5 Rd1 61.Kg7 Ke4 62.Rxf7+- 55.Rh5 Rxf2 56.Rxh6+ Kd7 57.h5 Rf1 58.Rd6+ Kc8 59.Kd4 Kc7 60.Ke4 Rf2 61.Rh6 f5+ 62.Kd5 f4 63.Rh7+ Kb8 64.Rf7 f3 65.Rf5 Rh2 66.Kc6! f2 67.Kb6 Kc8 68.c6+- 44.Rf5+ Ke6 45.c4 g6 45...Rd2+ 46.Kc3 Ra2 47.Kb3 Rd2 48.Rf3 f6 49.Kc3 Ra2 50.Kb4 Kd6 51.h4 Ra1 52.h5 Rg1 53.Rg3 Rf1 54.Rd3+ Kc6 55.Rf3 Kd6 56.Rf4 Rc1 57.Rd4+ Kc6 58.Re4 Kd6 59.Rf4 Ke5 60.Rf5+ Kd6 61.f3 Kc6 62.Rf4 Kd6 63.Re4 Rb1+ 64.Kc3 f5 65.gxf5 Rf1 66.Kd4 Rxf3 67.c5+ Kc6 68.Re6+ Kd7 69.c6+ Kc7 70.Ke5 Re3+ 71.Kf4 Rd3 72.Rg6 Rd5 73.Rxg7+ Kxc6 74.Re7+- 46.Rf3 Rd2+ 47.Kc3 47.Kc5 f5 48.gxf5+ gxf5 49.Kb4 Ke5 49...Rb2+ 50.Kc3 Ra2 51.Kb3 Rd2 52.c5 Rd4 53.Kc3 Rd1 54.Kc4 Rc1+ 55.Kb5 Rc2 56.Kb6 Kd7 57.Rd3+ Kc8 58.f3 Rf2 59.Ra3 Kb8 60.Re3 Rb2+ 61.Kc6 Rb4 62.Re5 Rf4 63.Re8+ Ka7 64.Re3 Kb8 65.Rd3 Kc8 66.Kd6 Ra4 67.Rd5 f4 68.Rf5 Rc4 69.Kc6 Kd8 70.Kd5 Ra4 71.Kd6 Rd4+ 72.Ke5 Rd1 73.Kxf4+- 50.Kc3 Ra2 51.Kb3 Ra5 52.Kb4 Ra2 53.c5 f4 53...Ke4 54.Rc3 Rxf2 55.c6 Rb2+ 56.Kc5 Rb8 57.c7 Rc8 58.Kd6+- 54.Kb3 Ra6 54...Ra8 55.Rd3 Ke4 56.Rc3 Rb8+ 57.Kc4 Ke5 58.Rd3 Rc8 59.f3 Kf5 60.h4 Kg6 61.Rd5+- 55.Rc3 Kd5 56.Kb4 Kc6 57.Rf3 Ra2 58.Rxf4 Rb2+ 59.Kc4 Rc2+ 60.Kd4 Rd2+ 61.Ke5 Kxc5+- 62.h4 h5 63.Rf5 Re2+ 64.Kf6+ Kd6 65.Rf3 Re6+ 66.Kg5 Re5+ 67.Kg6 Ra5 68.Re3 Ra8 69.f4 Rg8+ 70.Kxh5+- 47...Ra2 48.Kb3 48.Kb4 48...Rd2 48...Ra8 49.Kb4 Rb8+ 50.Kc3 Ra8 51.Re3+ Kd7 52.Kb4 Rf8 53.Rf3 Rb8+ 54.Kc5 Ke7 55.Rc3 Kd7 56.Re3 f6 57.Kd5 Rb2 58.Rf3 Rd2+ 59.Kc5 Ke6 60.Kc6 Rd6+ 61.Kb5 Rd2 62.c5 Kd5 63.Rb3 Rxf2 64.Rd3+ Ke5 65.c6 Rb2+ 66.Ka6 Ra2+ 67.Kb7 Rb2+ 68.Kc8 f5 69.gxf5 gxf5 70.c7 h5 71.Rc3 Rg2 72.Rc5+ Kd6 73.Rxf5+- 49.Kb4 f5 49...Rb2+ 50.Kc5 Rd2 50...f5 51.gxf5+ gxf5 52.Re3+ Kd7 53.Rd3+ Ke6 54.f4 h5 55.Kc6 Rf2 56.c5 Rxf4 57.Rc3 Rb4 58.Kc7 f4 59.c6 h4 60.Kc8 Kd6 61.c7 Ke7 62.Rd3 Ke8 63.Rd5 Ke7 64.Re5+ Kd6 65.Rh5 Ke7 66.Rxh4+- 51.Kc6 Rd6+ 52.Kb5 Rd2 53.c5 Kd5 54.Rb3 Rc2 55.Rd3+ Ke4 56.Rd6 Ke5 57.Kc6 Rc4 58.Rd5+ Ke6 59.Rd3 Ke7 60.Kb6 Rb4+ 61.Kc7 Rf4 62.c6 Rxf2 63.Kc8 Rc2 64.c7 Rb2 65.Rc3 Rb4 66.Re3+ Kf6 67.Kd7 Rd4+ 68.Kc6 Rc4+ 69.Kb6 Rc2 70.Rb3 Ke6 71.Kb7+- 50.Re3+ 50.gxf5+ gxf5 51.Kc3 Ra2 52.Kb3 Ra1 53.Rd3 Rc1 54.Kb4 h5 55.c5 f4 56.f3 Kf6 57.Rc3 Rb1+ 58.Ka5 Ra1+ 59.Kb5 Rb1+ 60.Ka6 Ke7 61.Rd3 Re1 62.Kb5 h4 63.c6 Re3 64.c7+- 50...Kd6 51.f3? 51.gxf5 gxf5 52.Rf3 Rb2+ 53.Kc3 Ra2 54.Rxf5 Ra3+ 55.Kd4 Rxh3 56.c5+ Ke7 57.Re5+ Kd7 58.Rd5+ Kc7 59.f4+- 51...Rb2+!= 52.Rb3 52.Kc3 Rh2 53.Kd4 Rxh3 54.c5+ Kc6= 52...Rh2! 53.Rd3+ Kc6 54.gxf5 54.f4 Rf2= 54...gxf5 55.Rd5 Rxh3 56.Rxf5 h5 57.Rf6+ Kd7 58.Kb5 h4 59.c5 Rh1 60.c6+ Ke7 60...Kc7 61.Rh6 h3! 62.Rh7+ 62.c7 Kd7 63.Rh7+ Kc8 64.Kc6 Rc1+ 65.Kd6 Rd1+ 66.Ke5 Re1+ 67.Kd4 h2 68.Rxh2 Kxc7= 62...Kd6 63.c7 Rc1! 64.Kb6 h2 65.Rh6+ Kd7 66.Rxh2 Rb1+ 67.Kc5 Kxc7 68.Rd2 Rc1+ 69.Kb4 Rc6 70.Rd3 Rf6 71.Kc5 Rf8 72.Kc4 Kc6 73.Kc3 Rf5 74.Kd2 Rd5 75.Ke3 Rxd3+ 76.Kxd3 Kd5 ½–½ - Start an analysis engine:
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Carlsen,M | 2862 | Dubov,D | 2699 | ½–½ | 2020 | C48 | Airthings Masters KO 2020 | 1.2 |
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