Max Euwe

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown315"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/2p5/1pP1k3/2p3p1/p1P5/P1P2K2/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kg4 Kf6 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kd6 2. Kxg5 Kxc6 3. g4 b5 ( 3... Kd6 4. Kf6 c6 5. g5 b5 6. cxb5 cxb5 7. g6 b4 8. cxb4 cxb4 9. g7 bxa3 10. g8=Q { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 4. cxb5+ Kxb5 5. Kf5 Kc4 6. g5 Kxc3 7. g6 c4 8. g7 Kd2 9. g8=Q c3 10. Qd5+ Kc2 11. Qa2+ Kd3 12. Qb1+ c2 13. Qc1 c5 14. Ke5 c4 15. Kd5 c3 16. Kc5 Ke2 17. Qxc2+ Kf1 18. Qxc3 { White wins with
a large material advantage. } ) 2. Kh5 Kf5 3. g3 g4 4. Kh4 Ke4 5. Kxg4 Kd3 6. Kf5 Kxc3 7. g4 Kb2 8. g5 Kxa3 9. g6 Kb4 10. g7 Kxc4 11. g8=Q+ { White wins
with a large material advantage. } 1-0