Keres

The older I grow, the more I value pawns.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown253"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6p1/p2R2r1/4pk2/8/1P2KP2/P7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rxg6 Kxg6 2. Ke4 Kf6 3. Kd5 ( { White can try: } 3. b4 Ke6 4. a4 Kd6 5. b5 axb5 6. axb5 Kc5 7. Kxe5 Kxb5 8. f4 Kc6 9. Ke6 Kc5 10. f5 Kd4 11. Kf7 Ke5 12. Kg6 Ke4 13. Kxg7 Kxf5 { Draw. } ) 3... g5 4. b4 Kf5 5. a4 Kf4 6. b5 axb5 7. axb5 Kxf3 8. b6 g4 9. b7 g3 10. b8=Q g2 11. Qg8 Kf2 12. Qf7+ Ke1 13. Qg6 Kf1 14. Qf5+ Ke1 15. Qxe5+ Kf2 16. Qf4+ Ke2 17. Qg4+ Kf1 18. Qf3+ Kg1 19. Ke4 Kh2 20. Qf2 Kh1 21. Qh4+ Kg1 22. Kf3 Kf1 23. Qf2# 1-0