We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer's nature.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown71"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r7/ppq3pk/4QB2/2bp3P/8/8/P5P1/5R1K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Bxg7 Qc6 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kxg7 2. Qg6+ Kh8 3. Rf7 Qd6 4. Qh7# ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Qxg7 2. Rf7 Rg8 3. g4 Be3 4. Rxg7+ Rxg7 5. Qxe3 Rxg4 6. Qxa7 Rh4+ 7. Kg2 Rxh5 8. Qxb7+ Kg6 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 2. Qg4 Qe8 ( { Black can try: } 2... Re8 3. Be5 Rxe5 4. Rf7+ Kh6 5. Qg7+ Kxh5 6. Qxe5+ Kh4 7. Rf4+ Kg3 8. Qg5# ) ( { Black dare not try: } 2... Rg8 3. Rf7 Qc8 4. Qg6# ) 3. Bb2 Qg8 ( { Black can try: } 3... d4 4. Qf5+ Kh8 5. Qxc5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 4. Qf5+ Kh6 5. Bc1+ Kg7 6. Qf6+ Kh7 7. Qh6# 1-0