Mark Pasternak

Chess is not like life ... it has rules!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown283"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6pp/2k5/p5PP/P3K3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Ke5 { White elbows out black's king. } ( { White can try: } 1. Kf5 Kd5 2. h6 g6+ 3. Kf6 Kd6 4. Kg7 Ke7 5. Kxh7 Kf7 6. Kh8 Kf8 7. Kh7 Kf7 8. Kh8 Kf8 9. h7 Kf7 { Stalemate draw. } ) 1... Kd7 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kc5 2. Ke6 Kb4 3. Kf7 Kxa4 4. Kxg7 Kb3 ( 4... Kb4 5. g6 hxg6 6. h6 a4 7. h7 a3 8. h8=Q a2 9. Kxg6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 5. Kxh7 a4 6. g6 a3 7. g7 a2 8. g8=Q+ Kb2 9. Qxa2+ Kxa2 10. Kg7 Kb3 11. h6 Kc4 12. h7 Kd5 13. h8=Q { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Kd5 Ke7 3. Kc5 Ke6 4. Kb5 Kf5 5. Kxa5 Kxg5 6. Kb6 Kxh5 7. a5 g5 8. a6 g4 9. a7 g3 10. a8=Q { White wins with a
large material advantage. } 1-0