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[Event "Stavenger"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/5p2/4p2k/4P3/6K1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ Here we find that white is down a pawn, and must play for a draw.|Black will
play every trick in the book to try to win.|What must white play here against
a World Champion? } 1. Kh3 { White seizes the opposition to prevent black's
king from winning white's pawn. } ( { White can try: } 1. Kf3 Kh4 2. Kf2 Kg4 3. Ke3 Kg3 4. Ke2 Kf4 5. Kd3 Kf3 6. Kd2 Kxe4 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 1... Kh6 2. Kh4 Kg7 3. Kg3 { Taking distant opposition is the only
way to hold the draw. } ( { White can try: } 3. Kh5 Kh7 4. Kh4 Kh6 5. Kg4 Kg6 6. Kf3 ( 6. Kh4 f5 7. exf5+ Kxf5 8. Kg3 Ke4 9. Kf2 Kd3 10. Ke1 e4 11. Kd1 e3 12. Ke1 e2 13. Kf2 Kd2 14. Kf3 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 14... e1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 6... Kh5 7. Kg3 Kg5 8. Kf3 Kh4 9. Kf2 Kg4 10. Ke3 Kg3 11. Ke2 Kf4 12. Kd3 Kf3 13. Kd2 Kxe4 { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } ) 3... Kf8 { Black threatens to make an end-run to
attack white's pawn from the other side of the board. } 4. Kf2 { Kf3 is also
good. } ( { White can try: } 4. Kg4 Ke7 5. Kf5 Kf7 6. Kg4 Kg6 7. Kh4 f5 8. exf5+ Kxf5 9. Kg3 Ke4 10. Kf2 Kd3 11. Ke1 e4 12. Kd1 e3 13. Ke1 e2 14. Kf2 Kd2 15. Kf3 e1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 4... Ke7 5. Ke2 Ke8 { Black tempts white into commiting his king to one side or the other. } 6. Ke3 { Ke1 is also good. } ( { White can try: } 6. Kd3 Kf7 7. Ke3 Kg6 8. Kf3 Kh5 9. Kg3 Kg5 10. Kf3 Kh4 { We see a now familiar process to win white's pawn. } ) ( { White can also try: } 6. Kf3 Kd7 7. Ke3 Kc6 8. Kd3 Kb5 9. Kc3 Kc5 10. Kd3 Kb4 { The same familiar process works on both sides of the board. } ) 6... Kd7 7. Kd3 { Swinging around to meet black's attack.|Kd2 is also good. } 7... Kd6 8. Kd2 { Distant opposition holds the draw. } ( { White lost after playing this natural
move. } 8. Kc3 Kc5 9. Kd3 Kb4 { The same familiar process wins. } ) 8... Kc5 9. Kc3 Kb5 10. Kb3 { Draw. Black cannot make progress. } 1/2-1/2