The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown00"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5K2/k7/4P1p1/8/8/8/4b3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ It looks like black will win because the bishop can stop white's pawn, but
white's king cannot chase down black's pawn.|Can white find a way to draw the
game? } 1. Ke7 g5 ( { Black can try: } 1... Bb5 2. Kf6 Be8 3. Ke7 g5 4. Kxe8 g4 5. Kf8 g3 6. e7 g2 7. e8=Q g1=Q { Material is even. Draw. } ) 2. Kd6 g4 ( { Black
can try: } 2... Bh5 3. Ke5 g4 4. Kf4 Kb7 5. e7 Kc7 6. e8=Q Bxe8 7. Kxg4 { Black has insufficient materal to checkmate. The game is a draw. } ) 3. e7 Bb5 4. Kc5 { The king gains a tempo attacking the bishop. } 4... Ka6 ( { Black can
try: } 4... Ba4 5. Kd4 { White's king enters the square of the black pawn. } 5... g3 6. Ke3 g2 7. Kf2 Bc6 8. e8=Q Bxe8 9. Kxg2 { Black has insufficient materal
to checkmate. The game is a draw. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 4... Bd7 5. Kd4 Kb6 6. Ke3 Kc5 7. Kf4 Kd6 8. e8=Q Bxe8 9. Kxg4 { Black has insufficient
materal to checkmate. The game is a draw. } ) 5. Kd4 g3 6. Ke3 g2 7. Kf2 Bc6 8. e8=Q Bxe8 9. Kxg2 { Black has insufficient materal to checkmate. The game
is a draw. } 1/2-1/2