Nigel Short

If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown377"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "8/8/2p1k2p/pp4p1/P2P2P1/1P1K4/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. b4 ( { White can try: } 1. axb5 cxb5 2. Kc3 Kd5 3. h3 Ke4 4. b4 a4 5. d5 Kxd5 6. Kd3 Ke5 7. Kc3 Kf4 8. Kd4 Kg3 9. Kc5 a3 10. Kxb5 a2 11. Kc6 a1=Q { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... axb4 2. a5 Kd5 3. a6 c5 4. dxc5 Kxc5 5. a7 b3 6. a8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0