Blaise Pascal

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown397"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/1p1B2p1/p1b3k1/2P5/5K1P/P7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Bxc5 bxc5 2. Ke4 Kh4 3. Kd5 g5 4. Kxc5 Kxh3 5. Kb5 ( { Black can try: } 5. Kd5 g4 6. c5 g3 7. c6 g2 8. c7 g1=Q 9. c8=Q+ Qg4 10. Qxg4+ Kxg4 11. Kc5 Kf5 12. Kb5 Ke6 13. Kxa5 Kd7 14. Kb6 Kc8 15. a4 Kb8 16. a5 Ka8 { Draw.  White
cannot promote the pawn. } ) 5... g4 6. c5 g3 7. c6 g2 8. c7 g1=Q 9. c8=Q+ Qg4 10. Qxg4+ Kxg4 11. Kxa5 Kf5 12. Kb6 Ke5 13. a4 Kd6 14. a5 Kd7 15. a6 Kc8 16. a7 Kd7 17. a8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0