Jon Speelman

... the initial position is decisive Zugzwang.

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[Event "U.S. Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "GM Alejandro Ramirez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/3R1K1k/2r2P2/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Ke7 Rc2 ( { Black can try: } 1... Rc8 2. Rd8 Rc1 3. f7 Re1+ 4. Kd7 Rd1+ 5. Kc7 Rc1+ 6. Kb6 Rb1+ 7. Kc5 Rc1+ 8. Kb4 Rb1+ 9. Kc3 Rc1+ 10. Kd2 Rf1 11. f8=Q Rxf8 12. Rxf8 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. f7 Re2+ 3. Kf8 Re3 4. Rd4 Rg3 5. Re4 Rb3 6. Rh4+ Kg6 7. Rf4 Rb8+ 8. Ke7 Rb7+ 9. Ke6 Rb6+ 10. Ke5 Rb5+ 11. Kd6 Rb8 12. f8=Q Rxf8 13. Rxf8 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0