H. E. Bird

Place the contents of the chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously, pour them on the board from a height of two feet, and you get the style of Steinitz.

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[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "dah"]
[Black "abris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[ECO "A46"]
[FEN "8/R7/8/8/8/pk1K4/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "180+7"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]

{ How does black draw the game? } 1... Kb2 { A king should lead his pawn down
the board. } ( { The game continued: } 1... a2 2. Rb7+ Ka3 3. Kc2 a1=N+ 4. Kc3 Ka2 5. Rb8 Nc2 6. Kxc2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Rb7+ ( { White can try: } 2. Kd2 a2 3. Rb7+ Ka1 4. Rh7 Kb2 5. Rb7+ Ka1 6. Kc3 { Stalemate. } ) 2... Kc1 3. Kc3 a2 4. Ra7 Kb1 5. Rb7+ Kc1 6. Ra7 Kb1 7. Rb7+ Kc1 8. Ra7 Kb1 9. Kb3 a1=Q 10. Rxa1+ Kxa1 { Draw. } 1-0