Castle early and often.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown081"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/1kp4p/1p1pp2P/1P4P1/8/5r2/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Kxf2 c5 2. g5 cxb4 3. g6 b3 4. g7 b2 5. g8=Q b1=Q 6. Qg6+ Qxg6 7. hxg6 b4 8. g7 b3 9. g8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0