David Hayes

Real men don't castle.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown050"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "1r6/RP6/6p1/2p3p1/2P1K1Pp/p4P1P/1k6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kd5 a2 2. Kxc5 ( { White can try: } 2. Kc6 a1=Q 3. Rxa1 Kxa1 4. Kc7 Rf8 5. b8=Q Rxb8 6. Kxb8 Kb2 7. Kc7 Kc3 8. Kc6 Kxc4 9. Kd6 Kd4 10. Ke6 c4 11. Kf6 c3 12. Kxg6 c2 13. Kxg5 c1=Q+ 14. Kxh4 Ke5 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 2... a1=Q 3. Rxa1 Kxa1 4. Kb6 Rf8 5. c5 Rxf3 6. c6 Rxh3 7. c7 Rb3+ 8. Kc6 Rc3+ 9. Kd6 h3 10. c8=Q Rxc8 11. bxc8=Q h2 12. Qh8+ Kb1 13. Qxh2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0