Max Euwe

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown280"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/3r2p1/2pP3p/2P2P2/3K4/k7/rp4PP/1RN5 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nxa2 ( { White can try: } 1. Nd3 Rb7 2. Kc3 Rb3+ 3. Kc2 Ra1 4. Rxb2 Rxd3 5. Kxd3 Kxb2 6. Ke4 Kc3 7. g4 Re1+ 8. Kf4 Kc4 9. h4 Kxc5 10. g5 hxg5+ 11. hxg5 Kxd6 12. f6 gxf6 13. gxf6 Ke6 14. Kg5 c5 15. Kg6 Rg1+ 16. Kh5 Kxf6 { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... Kxa2 2. Rxb2+ ( { White can try: } 2. Rd1 Rd8 3. Ke5 Re8+ 4. Kf4 b1=Q 5. Rxb1 Kxb1 6. g4 Kc2 7. h4 Kd3 8. g5 hxg5+ 9. hxg5 Kc4 10. f6 gxf6 11. gxf6 Kxc5 12. d7 Rd8 13. f7 Kd6 14. Ke4 Kxd7 15. Kd4 Ke7+ 16. Kc5 Rc8 17. Kb6 c5 18. Kb7 Rd8 19. Kc7 c4 { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } ) 2... Kxb2 3. Ke5 Kc3 4. Ke6 Rd8 5. d7 Kc4 6. Kd6 Rxd7+ 7. Kxd7 Kxc5 8. Ke7 Kd5 9. Kf7 c5 10. Kxg7 c4 11. f6 c3 12. f7 c2 13. f8=Q c1=Q 14. Qf5+ Kd4 15. h4 h5 16. Qxh5 Qc7+ 17. Qf7 Qg3+ 18. Qg6 Qxh4 19. Qf6+ Qxf6+ 20. Kxf6 Ke4 21. g4 Kf4 22. g5 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 0-1