Jon Speelman

... the initial position is decisive Zugzwang.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown047"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2r5/6kp/3RP1p1/3K1p2/8/5P2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. e7 ( { White can try: } 1. Rd7+ Kf6 2. Kd6 ( 2. Rf7+ Kg5 3. e7 Re8 4. Kd6 h5 5. Rf8 Rxe7 6. Kxe7 Kf4 7. Kf6 h4 8. Kxg6 Kxf3 9. Kxf5 h3 10. Rh8 Kg2 11. Kg4 h2 12. Rxh2+ Kxh2 { Draw. } ) 2... g5 3. e7 Re8 4. Rd8 Rxe7 5. Rf8+ Rf7 6. Rxf7+ Kxf7 7. Ke5 Kg6 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... Kf7 2. Rd8 Rxd8+ ( { Black can try: } 2... Kxe7 3. Rxc8 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 3. exd8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0