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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker"]
[Black "Horowitz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pp3ppp/5n2/8/1nPN4/5N2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R b KQ - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Qa5 2. Nd2 ( { White dare not try: } 2. Qd2 Ne4 3. Nb3 Qb6 4. c5 Nxd2 5. cxb6 Nxb3 6. axb3 Nc2+ 7. Kd2 Nxa1 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 2... Qe5+ 3. Ne2 Nd3# 0-1