George Bernard Shaw

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown208"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "8/6pp/8/8/p1pk2P1/Pp5P/1K6/1R6 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... c3+ 2. Ka1 b2+ ( { Black can try: } 2... c2 3. Rg1 Kc3 4. Rg3+ Kd2 5. Rg2+ Kc3 6. Rg3+ { Draw by repetition of position. } ) 3. Ka2 c2 4. Kxb2 cxb1=Q+ 5. Kxb1 { Black wins with a large material advantage. For example: } 5... g5 6. Kc2 Kc4 7. Kb2 Kd3 8. Kb1 Kc3 9. Ka2 Kc2 10. Ka1 Kb3 11. Kb1 Kxa3 12. Kc2 Kb4 13. Kb2 Kc4 14. Ka3 Kd3 15. Kxa4 Ke3 16. Kb5 Kf3 17. Kc5 Kg3 18. Kd5 Kxh3 19. Ke4 Kxg4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1