Reuben Fine

I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown151"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4qr2/8/p2Q4/4Pp2/3pkP2/P7/1P1K1b1P/R4R2 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qb5 { White dare not try: } ( { Black can try: } 1... Be3+ 2. Ke1 Rg8 3. Qxa6 Rg6 4. Qb7+ Qc6 5. Qxc6+ Rxc6 6. b4 d3 7. a4 Rc2 8. e6 Re2+ 9. Kd1 Rd2+ 10. Ke1 Re2+ 11. Kd1 Rd2+ 12. Ke1 { Draw. } ) 2. Rxf2 ( { White can try: } 2. Rae1+ Be3+ ( 2... Bxe1+ 3. Rxe1+ Kxf4 4. e6+ Kg5 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 5. b4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Rxe3+ dxe3+ 4. Ke1 Rc8 5. Qd1 Qxb2 6. Qf3+ Kd3 7. Qd5+ Qd4 8. Qxd4+ Kxd4 9. Kd1 { Black's advanced passed pawn wins. } ) 2... Qxb2+ 3. Ke1 Qxa1+ 4. Kd2 Qc3+ 5. Ke2 Rc8 6. Qxa6 Qc2+ 7. Kf1 Qd1+ 8. Kg2 Rg8+ 9. Kh3 Qh5# 0-1