[Event "Latvis"] [Site "?"] [Date "1925.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mattison, Herman"] [Black "White wins"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Cy"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k2K/8/5Pb1/4P3/3P4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "1925.??.??"] {[%evp 0,9,742,972,992,1012,1032,1032,1493,1002,1455,1518] [#] It isn't just a couple of bug bites. It's a full blown rash on Black's position, since our three passed pawns overcome Black's king/bishop team, but only with the exact move order.} 1. e6 ({Failed attempts: a)} 1. d5 $2 Kf7 2. d6 Bf5 {with an iron blockade of the light squares.}) ({b)} 1. Kg7 $2 Bf7 {creates a drawing light squared blockade.}) 1... Kf8 ({a)} 1... Bf5 2. d5 Kf8 3. e7+ $1 {transposes.}) ({b)} 1... Bf7 {can be met with} 2. d5) 2. d5 Bf5 3. e7+ $1 (3. f7 $2 Bg6 $1 4. d6 Bxf7 5. d7 Be8 $1 6. d8=R (6. d8=Q {Stalemate.}) 6... Ke7 7. Ra8 Bh5 8. Ra6 Bg4 {Draw, since the e6-pawn falls.}) 3... Kf7 {[#] Exercise (planning): Work out White's winning plan: Answer: Step 1: Decoy.} (3... Ke8 4. Kg7 Be6 $1 5. d6 $1 {Zugzwang. White wins.} ({We must avoid the embellishment} 5. dxe6 $2 {Stalemate.})) 4. e8=Q+ $1 {Decoy.} Kxe8 5. Kg7 {Step 2: Our king occupies g7, seizing control over the promotion square and our f-pawn promotes.} 1-0