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 "Unknown533"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/p3p3/2Ppk3/8/4PpK1/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kxf3 a5 2. Ke2 Kf6 3. g4 a4 4. c6 Ke7 5. Kd2 Kd6 6. g5 Kxc6 7. g6 a3 8. Kc3 e5 9. g7 d4+ 10. exd4 exd4+ 11. Kb3 d3 12. g8=Q d2 13. Qg2+ Kc5 14. Qxd2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0