Philidor

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