Fine wrote in BCE, "At first sight, White's win looks like child's play, but a little analysis shows what difficulties White is up against." Fine concluded that the position is drawn. But White wins here with the surprising
7.h3!!
[BCE gives 7.Ke4
Kb5
8.Kd5
g5!!
which leads to a draw]
7...Kd6
[An interesting footnote to the discovery that 7.h3 is the winning move is this statement in BCE: "White could not have won by the preparatory h3 at some earlier stage, since Black would then have exchanged everything by ...g5, ...h5, and ...g4." But after the suggested 7...g5
White has 8.Ke4
h5
9.Kf5
g4
10.hxg4
h4
11.Ke4!
and White wins. If 11...f5+
(or 11...h3
12.Kf3
) then 12.gxf5
h3
13.Kf3
and it's all over.]
8.Ke4
and now White's good king position and outside passed pawn decide. For example:
8...Kc5
[After 8...f5+
White must also play precisely: 9.Kd4
g5
10.a4!
(10.fxg5?
hxg5
11.a4
f4
and Black draws) 10...gxf4
(or 10...g4
11.hxg4
fxg4
12.a5
g3
13.Ke3
h5
14.Kf3
h4
15.f5
wins) 11.Kd3!!
h5
12.Ke2!
h4
13.Kf3
Ke5
14.a5
Kd5
15.Kxf4
wins; Still no help is offered by 8...g5
since 9.fxg5
fxg5
10.Kf5!
(10.a4?
h5
draws) 10...Kc5
11.Kg6
wins] And now Black's fate is sealed when White finds the next problem-like move:
9.Kf3!!
(All other moves only draw)
9...f5
10.h4
h5
11.Ke3
Kc4
12.a4
Kc5
13.a5
Kd5
14.a6
Kc6
15.Kd4
Kb6
16.Ke5
Kxa6
17.Kf6
g5
18.Kxg5
and White wins easily.
(Correction by Charles Sullivan, 2007) 1-0