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 "Unknown336"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "8/6pp/8/5P2/4k1P1/2K3P1/8/8 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1... h6 2. Kc4 Kf3 3. Kd5 Kxg3 ( { Black can try: } 3... Kxg4 4. Ke6 h5 5. Kf7 Kxg3 6. Kxg7 h4 7. f6 h3 8. f7 h2 9. f8=Q h1=Q { Draw. } ) 4. Ke6 Kxg4 5. f6 gxf6 6. Kxf6 h5 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1