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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2004.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Bakre, Tejas"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "2rr2k1/1bq1bppp/8/p2npNBP/1p2P1P1/3B4/PPP5/1K1RQ2R w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Bh4 Bxh4 ( { Black can try: } 1... Nf6 2. h6 g6 3. Nxe7+ Qxe7 4. Rf1 Rc6 5. Qf2 Rdd6 6. Bb5 Rb6 7. Rxd6 Qxd6 8. Be2 Nxe4 9. Qxf7+ Kh8 10. Qg7# ) 2. Qxh4 Nb6 ( { Black can try: } 2... Nf6 3. h6 b3 ( 3... Qc6 4. hxg7 a4 5. g5 b3 6. gxf6 bxc2+ 7. Ka1 cxd1=Q+ 8. Rxd1 Qc1+ 9. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 10. Bb1 Rdd1 11. Ne7# ) 4. axb3 Rxd3 5. Rxd3 Qxc2+ 6. Ka2 Qxd3 7. Qg5 Kf8 8. hxg7+ Ke8 9. Qxf6 Kd7 10. Qxf7+ Kc6 11. Rh6+ Kc5 12. Qe7+ Kb5 13. Qxb7+ Kc5 14. Qb6# ) ( { Black can also try: } 2... Nf4 3. h6 Ng6 4. Qh2 gxh6 5. Qxh6 f6 6. g5 Rf8 7. Rdg1 a4 8. Bc4+ Kh8 9. Qxg6 Bxe4 10. gxf6 Bxf5 11. Qg7+ Qxg7 12. fxg7# ) 3. h6 gxh6 4. Qf6 b3 5. Qg7# 1-0