Paul Morphy

Checkers is for tramps.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown407"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5p2/ppk2p2/3p1P2/P2P2p1/2P1K1P1/7P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... a5 ( { Black can try: } 1... b5 2. a5 Kd7 3. Kf4 Ke7 4. Kxg4 Kf8 5. Kh5 Kg7 6. g4 Kh7 7. h4 Kg7 8. g5 fxg5 9. hxg5 f6 10. g6 Kg8 11. Kg4 Kf8 12. Kf4 Kg8 13. Ke3 Kf8 14. Kd2 Kg7 15. Kc2 Kf8 16. Kb3 Kg7 17. Kb4 Kf8 18. Kc5 Kg7 19. Kxd5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Kf4 b5 3. axb5+ Kxb5 4. Kxg4 a4 5. Kh5 a3 6. g4 a2 7. Kh6 a1=Q { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } 0-1