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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Safonov"]
[Black "Kutepov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/pbpnqppp/1p2p3/4P3/3PN3/1PPB3P/P5P1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Nf6+ Kh8 ( { Black can try: } 1... gxf6 2. Qg4+ Kh8 3. Qh4 f5 4. Qxe7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Nxf6 2. exf6 Qd7 3. Bxh7+ Kxh7 4. Qh5+ Kg8 5. Qg5 g6 6. Qh6 Qc6 7. Qg7# ) 2. Nxh7 Qh4 ( { Black can try: } 2... Rg8 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qh6 Nf8 5. Nxf8# ) 3. Nxf8 Rxf8 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1