Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/7p/8/8/7k/8/5K2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ Rook Pawn Exception Part 1.|This king and pawn endgame lesson
demonstrates a rook-pawn exception.|White can move and draw. } 1. Kg1 { White intends to move between g1 and h1 maintaining control over the
promotion square.|Black's king can do nothing to force white from this
plan.|Eventually, black will have to abandon his pawn or move into
stalemate. } 1... Kg3 2. Kh1 h5 3. Kg1 h4 4. Kh1 h3 5. Kg1 h2+ 6. Kh1 { Now, black
has a hard choice. Abandon his pawn or force stalemate. } 6... Kh3 { Stalemate
draw. } *