Vladimir Putin

Chess makes men wiser and clear-sighted.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown144"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/2p5/8/3p4/3k4/PK6/1P6/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Ke3 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kd3 2. a4 d4 3. a5 Ke2 4. a6 d3 5. a7 d2 6. a8=Q d1=Q+ 7. Kb4 { Draw. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... c5 2. a4 c4+ 3. Kb4 Kd3 4. a5 Kc2 5. a6 Kxb2 6. a7 c3 7. a8=Q c2 8. Qa3+ Kb1 9. Kb3 c1=Q 10. Qa2# ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Kc5 2. Kc3 Kb5 3. Kd4 c6 4. b3 Kb6 5. a4 Ka6 6. b4 Kb6 7. a5+ Kb5 8. Ke5 Ka6 9. Kd4 Kb5 { Draw. Neither side can make
progress. } ) 2. a4 d4 3. a5 d3 4. a6 d2 5. a7 d1=Q+ 6. Kb4 Qd4+ 7. Kb5 Qxa7 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1