The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown014"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "8/6pp/3k4/2p5/1PPpK3/8/6PP/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. bxc5+ ( { White can try: } 1. b5 g5 2. g4 h6 3. h3 Kc7 4. Kd3 { Each side has a passed pawn and can make no further progress with it. Draw. } ) 1... Kxc5 2. Kd3 h6 3. h3 g6 4. g3 h5 5. h4 Kd6 6. Kxd4 Ke6 7. Kc5 Ke5 8. Kb6 Ke4 9. c5 Kf3 10. c6 Kxg3 11. c7 Kxh4 12. c8=Q g5 13. Qc5 g4 14. Qg1 g3 15. Kc5 Kh3 16. Kd4 h4 17. Ke3 Kg4 18. Ke4 h3 19. Ke3 g2 20. Qh2 Kh4 21. Kf3 Kg5 22. Qg3+ Kf6 23. Kf2 g1=Q+ 24. Kxg1 h2+ 25. Kxh2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0