Bruce Pandolfini

Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop him.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown209"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/2pk2p1/5pP1/pK1P1P2/P7/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Kd5 2. Kxa4 Kc4 ( { Black can try: } 2... Kxd4 3. Kb3 c5 4. a4 Kd3 5. Kb2 ( 5. a5 c4+ 6. Kb4 c3 7. a6 c2 8. a7 c1=Q 9. a8=Q Qxf4+ 10. Kb5 Qe5+ 11. Kb6 f4 12. Qa3+ Ke4 13. Qh3 f3 14. Qh1 Qxg5 15. Qb1+ Ke5 16. Qb2+ Kf5 17. Qc2+ Kg4 18. Qf2 Qe5 19. Kb7 g5 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 5... Kd2 6. Kb3 Kd3 7. Kb2 Kd2 8. Kb3 Kd3 { Draw by repetition of position. } ) 3. Ka5 Kxd4 4. Kb4 c5+ 5. Kb3 Kd3 6. Kb2 c4 7. Kc1 Kc3 8. a4 Kb4 9. Kc2 Kxa4 10. Kc3 Kb5 11. Kc2 Kb4 12. Kb2 c3+ 13. Kc2 Kc4 14. Kc1 Kd3 15. Kd1 Ke4 16. Kc2 Kxf4 17. Kxc3 Kxg5 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1