Stephan Gerzadowicz

Openings teach you openings. Endgames teach you chess!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown557"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "6k1/5p2/2p3p1/pp3pP1/2nP1P1P/P1P2K2/3N4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nxc4 bxc4 2. d5 ( { White can try: } 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. d5 c5 4. Kf3 Ke7 5. a4 Kd6 6. Ke3 Kxd5 7. Kf3 Ke6 8. Ke3 f6 9. Kf3 fxg5 10. hxg5 Kd5 11. Ke3 Kd6 12. Kf3 Ke6 13. Ke3 Kd5 14. Kf3 { Draw. Neither side can make progress. } ) 2... cxd5 ( { Black can try: } 2... c5 3. Kg3 Kf8 4. h5 gxh5 5. Kh4 Ke7 6. Kxh5 Kd6 7. Kh6 Kxd5 8. Kg7 Ke4 9. Kxf7 Kxf4 10. g6 Ke4 11. g7 f4 12. g8=Q { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Ke3 Kg7 4. Kd4 f6 5. Kxd5 fxg5 6. hxg5 Kf7 7. Kxc4 Ke6 8. Kc5 a4 9. c4 Kd7 10. Kb4 Kc6 11. Kxa4 Kc5 12. Kb3 { White
wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0