Charles Buxton

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown039"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/4p3/3p1p2/1p3P2/1k1KP1P1/8/P7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kd5 Ka3 2. Kc6 ( { White can try: } 2. Ke6 Kxa2 3. Kxe7 b4 4. g5 ( 4. Kxf6 b3 5. g5 b2 6. g6 b1=Q 7. g7 Qb3 8. Kg6 Qg8 9. f6 Qe8+ 10. Kh6 Kb3 11. Kh7 Qf7 12. Kh8 Qxf6 13. Kh7 Qf7 14. Kh8 Qh5+ 15. Kg8 Kc4 16. Kf8 Qh6 17. Kf7 Qf4+ 18. Ke8 Qxe4+ 19. Kf8 Qf5+ 20. Ke7 Qg6 21. Kf8 Qf6+ 22. Kg8 Kd5 23. Kh7 Qf7 24. Kh8 Qh5+ 25. Kg8 Ke6 26. Kf8 Qf7# ) 4... fxg5 5. f6 b3 6. f7 b2 7. f8=Q b1=Q 8. Qa8+ Kb2 9. Kxd6 { With equal chances. } ) 2... b4 3. Kb5 Kxa2 4. Kxb4 Kb2 5. Kc4 Kc2 6. Kd5 Kd3 7. Ke6 Kxe4 8. Kxe7 d5 9. g5 d4 10. gxf6 d3 11. f7 d2 12. f8=Q d1=Q 13. Qc8 Qd4 14. Qe6+ Kf4 15. f6 Kg5 16. f7 Qb4+ 17. Qd6 Qe4+ 18. Kf8 Qf5 19. Kg7 Qc8 20. f8=Q Qc3+ 21. Qff6+ Qxf6+ 22. Qxf6+ { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0