Siegbert Tarrasch

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown303"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5p2/1k4p1/1p2Pp1p/1P1p1P1P/3K1P2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. e6 ( { White can try: } 1. Kxd4 Kc6 2. e6 f6 3. Ke3 Kd6 4. Kd4 Kxe6 5. Kc5 g5 6. fxg5 fxg5 7. hxg5 h4 8. Kxb5 h3 9. Kc6 h2 10. b5 h1=Q 11. b6 Qxf3+ { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... fxe6 2. Kxd4 Kc6 3. Ke5 Kd7 4. Kf6 Kd6 5. Kxg6 Kd5 6. Kxh5 Kc4 7. Kg6 Kxb4 8. h5 Kc4 9. h6 b4 10. h7 b3 11. h8=Q Kd3 12. Qe5 Kc2 13. Qe2+ Kc1 14. Qc4+ Kb2 15. Kf6 Ka3 16. Kxe6 b2 17. Qc2 Ka2 18. Qa4+ Kb1 19. Kxf5 Kc1 20. Qc4+ Kd2 21. Qb3 Kc1 22. Qc3+ Kb1 23. Ke4 Ka2 24. Qc2 Ka1 25. Qa4+ Kb1 26. Kd3 Kc1 27. Qc2# 1-0