Ralph Charell

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown136"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5k2/5P2/P1pK4/1p6/1P6/8/6b1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kc4 Bh2 2. a6 ( { White can try: } 2. Kxc5 Kxf6 3. Kxb4 Ke7 4. Kb5 Kd7 5. b4 Bg1 6. Ka6 Kc7 7. b5 Kb8 8. b6 Bf2 9. Kb5 Be1 10. a6 Bg3 11. Kc6 Bf4 12. a7+ Ka8 13. Kd7 Kb7 14. a8=Q+ Kxa8 15. Kc8 Bb8 16. b7+ Ka7 17. Kd8 Kxb7 { Draw. } ) 2... Bb8 3. Kxc5 Kxf6 4. Kxb4 Ke6 5. Kc5 Kd7 6. Kb6 Kc8 7. a7 Bxa7+ 8. Kxa7 Kc7 9. b4 Kc6 10. Ka6 Kc7 11. b5 Kb8 12. Kb6 Ka8 13. Kc7 Ka7 14. b6+ Ka6 15. b7 Ka5 16. b8=Q Ka4 17. Qb2 Ka5 18. Qb3 Ka6 19. Qb6# 1-0