If you are not big enough to lose, you are not big enough to win.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/p2k4/P1p5/8/2K5 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ If only it were white's turn to move. Maybe triangulation is necessary.
Both black and white want to avoid moving to c4 and c2 respectively. } 1... Kd5 { Kc5 also allows for the necessary trangulation. } ( 1... Kc4 2. Kc2 { White takes the opposition and repels black's invasion. Black can make no
progress by direct assault. } ) ( 1... Kd3 2. Kd1 { White takes the opposition
and repels black's invasion. Black can make no progress by direct assault. } ) 2. Kb1 Kc5 3. Kc1 Kd4 { After the triangular set of moves by black's king,
we find ourselves back in the same position, but with white to move. } 4. Kc2 Kc4 5. Kc1 Kb3 6. Kb1 Kxa3 7. Kc2 Kb4 8. Kc1 Kb3 9. Kb1 c2+ 10. Kc1 a3 11. Kd2 a2 12. Kd3 a1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1