If you are not big enough to lose, you are not big enough to win.
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[Event "Open"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.11.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cohn, E."]
[Black "Rubinstein, A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/pp2kppp/4p3/8/1P6/P3PP2/5P1P/2K5 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Kf6 { Black's more centralized king will attack h2.|White's doubled
pawns cannot coordinate their defense. Black's pawns have no such weaknesses.
Therefore, white's king must rush to defend h2. } 2. Kd2 Kg5 3. Ke2 Kh4 4. Kf1 Kh3 5. Kg1 b5 { Shutting down the queenside. } 6. f4 f6 7. f3 g5 8. fxg5 fxg5 9. e4 e5 10. Kh1 h5 11. Kg1 h4 12. Kh1 g4 { The pawn breakthrough begins. } 13. f4 exf4 14. e5 g3 15. hxg3 f3 16. Kg1 Kxg3 17. e6 h3 18. e7 h2+ 19. Kh1 f2 20. e8=Q f1=R# 0-1