Mark Pasternak

Chess is not like life ... it has rules!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown456"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1pK1p3/q3k3/8/5QP1/5P2/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qc6+ ( { Black can try: } 1... Qd6+ 2. Qxd6+ exd6 3. Kb6 d5 4. Kc5 Ke5 5. g5 d4 6. Kc4 Kf5 ( 6... b5+ 7. Kd3 b4 8. f4+ Kf5 9. Kxd4 b3 10. Kc3 b2 11. Kxb2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 7. f4 Ke4 8. g6 d3 9. g7 d2 10. g8=Q d1=Q { With a likely draw. } ) 2. Kb8 Qd6+ 3. Qxd6+ exd6 4. Kxb7 d5 5. Kc6 d4 6. f4 d3 7. g5 d2 8. g6 d1=Q { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } 0-1