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