Castle early and often.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sokolov"] [Black "Ruzhnikov"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "r1bk1r2/pp2R1p1/3p3p/2p3Q1/3N4/8/PpP2PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Rxb7+ Rf6 ( { Black can try: } 1... hxg5 2. Nc6+ Ke8 3. Re7# ) 2. Nc6+ Ke8 3. Re7+ Kf8 4. Qxg7# 1-0