Philidor

Pawns are the soul of the game.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown441"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5p2/7P/3k1K2/7R/2p5/P5r1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... c2 2. Rh1 Rh2 3. Rc1 ( { White can try: } 3. Rxh2 c1=Q 4. h7 Qf1+ 5. Kg4 f5+ 6. Kg3 f4+ 7. Kh4 Qd3 8. h8=Q Qg3+ 9. Kh5 Qxh2+ 10. Kg5 Qxh8 11. Kxf4 Qa8 12. Kf3 Qxa2 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... Kd4 4. a4 Kd3 5. a5 Rxh6 6. Ke5 Kd2 7. Ra1 c1=Q 8. Rxc1 Kxc1 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } 0-1