Nimzovich

The passed Pawn is a criminal that must be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown278"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/p2pPkp1/P1pP4/5K1P/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kg4 ( { White can try: } 1. Ke4 Ke7 2. Kf4 Ke8 3. Kg5 Ke7 4. Kxg6 c4 5. h5 c3 6. h6 c2 7. h7 c1=Q 8. h8=Q Qc2+ 9. Kg5 Qd2+ 10. Kg4 Qxd5 11. Qg7+ Kxe6 12. Qg8+ Ke5 13. Qh8+ Ke4 14. Qc8 Qxa5 15. Qc4+ Ke5 16. Qf4+ Ke6 17. Qe4+ Qe5 18. Qc4+ Qd5 19. Qxa6 { Black has a lasting advantage, but will find it very
difficult to advance his extra pawn in light of white's withering checks. } ) 1... Ke7 2. Kg5 c4 3. Kf4 Kf6 4. Ke4 g5 5. hxg5+ Kxg5 6. e7 c3 7. e8=Q c2 8. Qc6 c1=Q 9. Qxc1+ { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0