Pawns are the soul of the game.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown164"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "r5k1/p3r2p/4b1p1/3PQp2/4p2N/2R5/P1Pq1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Nxg6 { A difficult move to find. Stockfish took a minute to find it. } ( { White can try: } 1. Rce3 Qxd5 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... Qxe1+ 2. Kh2 hxg6 3. Rh3 { The point. } 3... Rh7 4. Qxe6+ Kh8 5. Qf6+ Kg8 6. Qxg6+ Rg7 7. Qe6+ Rf7 ( { Black dare not try: } 7... Kf8 8. Rh8+ Rg8 9. Rxg8# ) 8. Rg3+ Kf8 9. Qd6+ Re7 10. Qh6+ Ke8 11. Rg8+ Kd7 12. Qc6# 1-0