Jon Speelman

... the initial position is decisive Zugzwang.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown308"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/6kp/RP4p1/8/P4p1P/r7/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Ra4 ( { White can try: } 1. Ra6+ Kf5 2. Ra4 h5 3. b6 g4 4. hxg4+ hxg4 5. b7 g3 6. Rf4+ Ke6 7. Rxf3 g2+ 8. Kg1 Rb2 9. a4 Rxb7 10. Kxg2 Kd5 11. a5 Kc5 12. a6 Ra7 13. Rf6 Kb5 14. Kf2 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Kxa6 { Draw. } ) 1... Rb2 2. Rb4 Ra2 3. a4 Rc2 4. b6 Rc8 5. b7 Rb8 6. a5 h5 7. a6 Kf5 8. a7 Rxb7 9. Rxb7 g4 10. hxg4+ hxg4 11. a8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0