Magnus Carlsen

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 "Unknown336"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6pp/8/5P2/4k1P1/2K3P1/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... h6 2. Kc4 Kf3 3. Kd5 Kxg3 ( { Black can try: } 3... Kxg4 4. Ke6 h5 5. Kf7 Kxg3 6. Kxg7 h4 7. f6 h3 8. f7 h2 9. f8=Q h1=Q { Draw. } ) 4. Ke6 Kxg4 5. f6 gxf6 6. Kxf6 h5 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1