Jon Speelman

... the initial position is decisive Zugzwang.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown015"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "5r2/p4rk1/Pp1p2p1/1PpPp1n1/2P1P1Pp/1N2RP2/6K1/5R2 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... h3+ 2. Kg3 Nxf3 { The only correct way to capture. } ( { Black can try: } 2... Rxf3+ 3. Rexf3 Nxf3 4. Kxh3 Ng5+ 5. Kg2 { Black can draw with: } 5... Ra8 { Draws. } ( { Would you go for the e4 pawn? } 5... Rxf1 6. Kxf1 Nxe4 7. Na5 Kf6 ( { Black dare not try: } 7... bxa5 8. b6 axb6 9. a7 Nf6 10. a8=Q { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 8. Ke2 Ke7 9. Nc6+ Kd7 10. Nxa7 Kc7 11. Nc6 Ng5 12. Ne7 Nh7 13. Nxg6 Nf6 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. g5 Ne8 16. g6 Nf6 17. g7 Kc8 18. d6 e4 19. Ke3 Kb8 20. d7 Kc7 21. a7 Kxd7 22. a8=Q Ke7 23. g8=Q Nxg8 24. Qxg8 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) ) 3. Rexf3 ( { White
dare not try: } 3. Kxh3 Ng5+ 4. Kg2 Rxf1 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 3... Rxf3+ 4. Rxf3 h2 5. Kxh2 Rxf3 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } 0-1