Vladimir Putin

Chess makes men wiser and clear-sighted.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov"]
[Black "Hort"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1p1r1p2/k1p2Rpp/P6P/2PP2P1/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Karpov Hort } 1. g5 hxg5 2. h6 Kxa5 3. h7 Rd8 4. Rxf7 b5 5. cxb5 Kxb5 ( { Black
can try: } 5... cxb5 6. Rg7 Rh8 7. d5 b4 8. d6 Kb6 9. d7 Kc7 10. Rg8 Rxh7 11. d8=Q+ { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 6. Rb7+ Ka6 7. Rg7 Rh8 8. Ke4 Kb5 9. Kf3 Kc4 10. Rd7 Kd3 11. Kg4 Rxh7 12. Rxh7 Kxd4 13. Rd7+ Kc4 14. Kxg5 c5 15. Kxg6 Kc3 16. Kf5 c4 17. Ke4 Kc2 18. Kd4 c3 19. Rc7 Kd2 20. Rxc3 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0