Ralph Charell

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown373"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "8/8/p3p3/2p2kpp/2P2p2/P2K1P1P/1P3P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. b4 cxb4 2. axb4 Ke5 3. Kc3 ( { White can try: } 3. b5 a5 4. b6 Kd6 5. c5+ Kc6 6. Ke4 a4 7. Kd4 e5+ 8. Kc4 g4 9. fxg4 hxg4 10. hxg4 e4 11. g5 e3 12. fxe3 f3 13. Kd3 a3 14. g6 f2 15. Ke2 f1=Q+ 16. Kxf1 a2 17. Kf2 a1=Q { Black wins with
a large material advantage. } ) ( { White can also try: } 3. c5 Kd5 4. Kc3 e5 5. Kd3 Ke6 6. Ke4 h4 7. Kd3 Kd7 8. Ke4 Ke6 9. Kd3 Kd7 10. Kc4 Kc6 11. Kc3 Kc7 12. Kd3 Kd7 13. Ke4 Ke6 { Draw. Neither side can make progress. } ) 3... Kd6 4. Kd4 Kc6 5. Ke5 Kd7 6. Kf6 g4 7. fxg4 hxg4 8. hxg4 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0