One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown166"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6k1/BK5p/1P3pp1/4n3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Kc6 Nd2 2. b6 Nb3 3. Kb5 ( 3. b7 Na5+ 4. Kb6 Nxb7 5. Bxb7 Kf6 6. Kc5 Ke5 7. Kc4 g4 8. Kd3 Kf4 9. Ke2 Kg3 10. Kf1 Kh2 11. Bc8 g3 12. Bb7 h5 13. Bf3 h4 14. Bb7 h3 15. Ke2 g2 16. Kd3 g1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... Nd4+ 4. Kc5 Ne6+ 5. Kd6 Kf6 6. b7 Nd8 7. b8=Q { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0