One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown331"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1p3pp1/pP2r1kp/2P5/4r1P1/4BK1P/5P2/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. c6 bxc6 2. Rb1 Re8 3. b7 Rxe3+ 4. fxe3 Rb8 5. Ke4 ( { White can try: } 5. Rb6 f6 6. Rxa6 Rxb7 7. Rxc6 { With a likely draw. } ) 5... Kf6 6. Kd4 Ke6 7. Kc5 Kd7 8. Kb6 c5 9. Kxa6 Kc7 10. Ka7 c4 11. Rb4 c3 12. Rc4+ Kd6 13. Kxb8 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } 1-0