Magnus Carlsen

One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown463"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/p2k3p/1p1p1pp1/3P1P2/P3K3/1P4PP/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. fxg5 hxg5 2. h4 gxh4 3. Kf4 Ke6 4. Kg5 a5 5. Kxh4 Kf6 6. b3 a4 7. bxa4 bxa4 8. Kh5 f4 9. Kg4 Ke7 10. Kxf4 Kf6 11. g4 Kg6 12. g5 Kg7 13. Ke5 Kg6 14. Kxd5 Kxg5 15. Ke6 Kf4 16. d5 Ke4 17. d6 Kd4 18. d7 Kc4 19. d8=Q { White wins
with a large material advantage. } 1-0