Bill Hartston

Chess doesn't drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown116"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/ppp2k1p/7P/PPP2K2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. b5 cxb5 2. axb5 ( { White can try: } 2. a5 bxa5 3. c5 a4 4. c6 Ke6 5. c7 Kd7 6. Ke4 a3 7. Kd3 a2 8. Kc2 a1=Q 9. c8=Q+ Kxc8 { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 2... a5 3. c5 Ke6 4. cxb6 Kd7 5. Ke5 Kc8 6. Kd4 Kb7 7. Kc5 a4 8. Kb4 Kxb6 9. Kxa4 Kb7 10. Kb4 Kb6 11. Kc4 Kc7 12. Kd5 Kb6 13. Ke6 Kxb5 14. Kf6 Kc5 15. Kg6 Kd5 16. Kxh6 Ke6 17. Kg7 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0