Baron Tassilo

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown140"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/7p/3P1p1P/2k3p1/ppP3P1/3K1P2/P7/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Kxd6 2. Kd4 Kc6 ( { Black can try: } 2... a3 3. c5+ Kc6 4. Kc4 b3 5. Kxb3 Kxc5 6. Kxa3 Kd4 7. Kb4 Ke3 8. a4 Kxf3 9. a5 Kxg4 10. a6 f5 11. a7 f4 12. a8=Q f3 13. Qe4+ Kg3 14. Qxh7 f2 15. Qf5 Kg2 16. Qxg5+ Kh1 17. h7 f1=Q 18. h8=Q+ Qh3 19. Qxh3# ) ( { Black can also try: } 2... b3 3. axb3 a3 4. Kc3 a2 5. Kb2 Kc5 6. Kxa2 Kb4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. c5 b3 4. axb3 axb3 5. Kc3 Kxc5 6. Kxb3 Kd4 7. Kb4 Ke3 8. Kc5 Kxf3 9. Kd6 Kxg4 10. Ke6 f5 11. Kf6 f4 12. Kg7 f3 13. Kxh7 f2 14. Kg7 f1=Q 15. h7 Qa1+ 16. Kg8 Kf3 17. h8=Q Qxh8+ 18. Kxh8 g4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0