A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5k2/8/4R2P/1r6/8/6PK/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ Winning with Two Connected Passed Pawns.| } 1. Kh3 { The king and pawns must
work together as a team to win. They must stay in close contact as they march
down the board. } 1... Kf6 { Black's plan is to attack any lose pieces, and harass
white with checks to confuse and confound his progress. } 2. Ra5 { Moving the
rook far from danger. } 2... Rb1 { Black plans to check from the rear. } 3. g4 Rh1+ 4. Kg2 Rb1 5. Rf5+ { Driving black's king away from control of g5. } 5... Kg7 6. Kg3 { The king must stay with his pawns. } 6... Rg1+ { More harassing checks. } 7. Kh4 Rh1+ 8. Kg5 { The white king dodges checks by using his pawns. } 8... Ra1 9. Rb5 Kh7 { What else? } 10. h6 { An excellent move that prepares Rb7+ driving black's
king back. It also make h5 available for the king. } ( { White can also with
with: } 10. Rb7+ Kg8 11. h6 Ra5+ 12. Kg6 Ra6+ 13. Kh5 Ra5+ 14. g5 Rc5 15. Rg7+ Kh8 16. Re7 Kg8 17. Kg6 Rc6+ 18. Kf5 Rc2 19. g6 Rf2+ 20. Ke5 Re2+ 21. Kd6 Rd2+ 22. Kc5 Rc2+ 23. Kb4 Rc8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Rf7 Kg8 26. h7+ Kh8 27. g7+ Kxh7 28. Rf8 Kxg7 29. Rxc8 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 10... Ra6 ( { Black can try: } 10... Rh1 11. Rb7+ Kg8 12. Kg6 Kf8 13. h7 Rh3 14. g5 Rh2 15. Rg7 Rh3 16. Rg8+ Ke7 17. h8=Q Rxh8 18. Rxh8 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 11. Rb7+ Kg8 12. Kh5 Ra5+ 13. g5 Rc5 14. Kg6 Rc6+ 15. Kf5 Rc5+ 16. Kf4 Rc6 { Black resists g6 setting up a back rank mate. } 17. Rd7 { White repositions his rook to defend the white king's advancement. } 17... Ra6 18. Ke5 Ra5+ 19. Rd5 Ra1 20. g6 Re1+ 21. Kf4 { The white king begins a long march
to attack black's rook. } 21... Rf1+ 22. Ke3 Re1+ 23. Kf2 Re8 { Without any more
harassing checks, black is force to protect his back rank. } 24. Kf3 { The king
now returns to finish off black. } 24... Rb8 25. Kf4 Rf8+ 26. Kg5 Rb8 27. h7+ Kh8 ( { Black can try: } 27... Kf8 28. h8=Q+ Ke7 29. Qxb8 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 28. Kh6 Re8 29. g7# *