Paul Morphy

Checkers is for tramps.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown236"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/4k3/8/pKP2pp1/1p5p/1P3B1n/P7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. c6 g4 2. c7 ( { White can try: } 2. Bd5 Nf4 3. Bc4 Kd6 4. Kb6 Ng6 5. c7 Ne7 6. Kb7 h3 7. Bf1 h2 8. Bg2 f4 9. Bh1 f3 10. c8=Q Nxc8 11. Kxc8 f2 12. Bg2 h1=Q 13. Bxh1 f1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Kd7 3. Kb6 gxf3 4. Kb7 f2 5. c8=Q+ { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0