Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flohr"]
[Black "Petrov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1k3pp1/p7/3p3p/3P3P/4PKP1/1r3P2/R7 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ Flohr Petrov|If it were black's turn to move, then his king could move to b6
and begin to advance his outside passed a-pawn for at least a draw despite
his ugly pawns. } 1. Ra5 { Attacking the weakling on d5. This move is designed
to force black's rook from it commanding post on white's second rank. } 1... Rb5 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kb6 2. Rxd5 a5 3. Rd8 Kb7 4. Rd7+ Kb6 5. Rxf7 a4 6. d5 a3 7. Rf4 Kb5 8. Rf8 a2 9. Ra8 Kb4 10. d6 Rd2 11. Ke4 Rxf2 12. Ke5 Rd2 13. e4 Kc5 14. d7 Rxd7 15. Rxa2 Rd3 16. Rc2+ Kb6 17. Kf4 Rd1 18. Rc3 Kb5 19. e5 Rf1+ 20. Ke4 Re1+ 21. Re3 Rxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Kc5 23. Kf4 Kd5 24. Kf5 Kc5 25. Ke6 Kc6 26. Kf7 Kd5 27. e6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Ra2 { White's king is now free to move and attack black's kingside pawns. } 2... g6 3. Kf4 f6 { Trying to hold back white's king. } 4. g4 ( { White should have played
the stronger: } 4. f3 Kb6 5. g4 hxg4 6. fxg4 Rb1 7. Rh2 g5+ 8. Kf5 Rf1+ 9. Ke6 Kc6 10. h5 { White's h-pawn is a game winning monster. } 10... Rg1 11. h6 Rxg4 12. h7 Rh4 13. Rxh4 gxh4 14. h8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 4... hxg4 5. Kxg4 Rb1 6. Ra5 Rb5 ( { Black should have played for the draw. } 6... Kb6 7. Rxd5 a5 8. Rc5 a4 9. Rc8 Rh1 10. d5 Kb5 11. e4 a3 12. Ra8 Kb4 13. d6 Rd1 14. f4 Rxd6 15. f5 gxf5+ 16. Kxf5 Kb3 17. h5 a2 18. h6 Rd7 19. Kg6 Rd1 20. h7 Rh1 21. Kg7 Rg1+ 22. Kxf6 Rf1+ 23. Kg6 Rg1+ 24. Kf5 Rh1 25. e5 Rxh7 26. e6 Kb2 27. Kg6 Re7 28. Kf6 Rxe6+ 29. Kxe6 a1=Q 30. Rxa1 Kxa1 { Draw. } ) 7. Ra1 Rb2 8. Kf3 Rb6 9. Rg1 f5 10. Kf4 Re6 11. Rb1+ Ka7 12. h5 Re4+ 13. Kg5 Rg4+ 14. Kf6 gxh5 15. Kxf5 Rg2 16. Ke5 Rg5+ 17. Ke6 h4 18. Rh1 Rh5 { Now } 19. f4 { Now the f-pawn becomes a monster. } 19... Kb6 20. f5 Kc7 21. f6 Kd8 22. Rf1 Rh6 ( { Black dare not try: } 22... Ke8 23. Rb1 Kd8 24. Rb8+ Kc7 25. f7 Kxb8 26. f8=Q+ Kc7 27. Qf7+ Kb6 28. Qxh5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 23. Kf7 Kd7 24. Kg7 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 a5 26. Ra6 h3 27. Rxa5 Ke6 28. Kg6 h2 29. Ra1 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0