Philidor

Pawns are the soul of the game.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown107"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "8/6p1/1p6/pP1k1p1p/P1pPpP2/2K1P3/6PP/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. g3 { This move allows white many more temporizing pawn moves. } ( { White can
try: } 1. h4 g6 2. g3 Kd6 3. Kxc4 Ke6 4. d5+ Kd7 5. Kd4 Kd6 { Draw. White
cannot make progress. } ) 1... g6 2. h3 Kd6 3. Kxc4 Ke6 4. d5+ Kd7 5. Kd4 Kd6 6. h4 Ke7 7. Ke5 Kd7 8. d6 Ke8 9. Ke6 Kd8 10. d7 Kc7 11. Ke7 Kb7 12. d8=Q { White
wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0