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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown259"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r2br1k1/pq4pp/1p2p3/2p2P2/3p1B2/1Q6/PPP3PP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Rxe6 Rxe6 2. Qxe6+ Kf8 ( { Black can try: } 2... Qf7 3. Qc6 Qxf5 4. Qxa8 Qxf4 5. Qxd8+ Kf7 6. Rf1 Qf6 7. Qd7+ Kg6 8. Rxf6+ Kxf6 9. Qxa7 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 3. f6 Bxf6 4. Bd6+ Be7 5. Rf1+ Ke8 6. Rf7 Rd8 7. Rxe7+ Kf8 8. Re8# 1-0