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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/5N2/3p4/2k1pK2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ A Knight in Defense Part 2.|White to move and draw.|A king and knight
can usually stop two connected pawns.|Note that black's pawns offer the
only winning chances.|Can white stop them? } 1. Nxd3 { White captures the
correct pawn. } ( { The alternative capture is much worse: } 1. Nxe2 d2 2. Nd4+ Kd3 3. Nf3 d1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 4. Nh4 Ke4 5. Kg3 Qe1+ 6. Kg4 Qg1+ 7. Kh3 Ke3 8. Ng2+ Kf3 9. Nh4+ Kf2 10. Ng2 Qxg2+ 11. Kh4 Qg6 12. Kh3 Qg3# ) 1... Kxd3 ( { No better is: } 1... Kd2 2. Ne1 Kd1 3. Nf3 e1=Q+ 4. Nxe1 { Draw. } ) 2. Ke1 Ke3 { Stalemate Draw. } *