David Hayes

Real men don't castle.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown168"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/7p/3p4/2pk2P1/1p3K1P/1P6/P7/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Ke6 { White's advanced queenside pawns cannot be ignored. } ( { White can
try: } 1... Kd4 2. h5 Kc3 3. h6 Kb2 4. g6 hxg6 5. h7 Kxa2 6. h8=Q Kxb3 7. Ke4 c4 8. Qd4 c3 9. Qxd6 g5 10. Kd3 c2 11. Qc5 g4 12. Qxc2+ Ka3 13. Kc4 g3 14. Qb3# ) 2. h5 d5 3. h6 Kf7 4. Ke5 c4 5. Kd4 ( { White can try: } 5. bxc4 dxc4 6. Kd4 c3 7. Kd3 Kg6 8. a4 bxa3 9. Kxc3 Kxg5 10. Kb3 Kxh6 11. Kxa3 Kg5 12. Kb3 h5 13. Kc3 h4 14. Kd3 h3 15. Ke2 h2 16. Kf2 h1=Q { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 5... c3 6. Kd3 Kg6 7. a4 bxa3 8. Kxc3 d4+ 9. Kc2 d3+ 10. Kxd3 a2 11. Kc4 Kxg5 12. b4 Kxh6 13. b5 Kg5 14. b6 a1=Q 15. b7 Qa6+ 16. Kc5 Qxb7 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1