Michael Stean

The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown359"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5pkp/4p1p1/PR1p4/8/1P1K4/6rP/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rb4 e5 2. a6 ( { White can try: } 2. Ra4 e4+ 3. Kc3 e3 4. Kd3 d4 5. Kxd4 e2 6. Ra1 Rxh2 7. Re1 Rh4+ 8. Kc5 Re4 9. a6 Re6 10. Kb5 Re5+ 11. Ka4 Re6 12. Ka5 Re5+ 13. Ka4 Re6 14. Ka5 Re5+ 15. Ka4 { Draw by repetition of position. } ) 2... e4+ 3. Kd4 Ra2 4. Ra4 Rd2+ 5. Ke3 ( { White can try: } 5. Kc3 e3 6. a7 Rd1 7. a8=Q e2 8. Qe8 e1=Q+ 9. Qxe1 Rxe1 10. b4 Kf6 11. b5 Rb1 12. Rb4 d4+ 13. Kc4 Rxb4+ 14. Kxb4 d3 15. Kc3 Ke5 16. Kxd3 Kd5 17. b6 Kc6 18. Ke4 f5+ 19. Ke5 Kxb6 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 5... Rd3+ 6. Ke2 Rxb3 7. a7 Rb2+ 8. Ke3 d4+ 9. Kxd4 Rd2+ 10. Kxe4 Rd8 11. a8=Q Rxa8 12. Rxa8 { White wins with
a large material advantage. } 1-0