Charles Buxton

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown06"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "1n6/8/5P2/P1k5/2P4p/2K5/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. a6 { If the knight captures, then the f-pawn promotes. } 1... Kb6 { Nipping at the
heels of the black king. } 2. c5+ ( 2. a7 Kxa7 3. f7 Nd7 4. c5 Kb7 5. Kd4 Kc6 6. Ke4 Kxc5 7. Kf4 Kd6 8. Kg4 Ke7 9. Kxh4 Kxf7 ) 2... Kxa6 3. c6 { Blocking the
knight from stopping the f-pawn from promotion. } 3... Kb6 4. f7 Kxc6 5. f8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0