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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown490"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r4r1k/pb1nq2n/1p5Q/3N4/2pP4/4PB2/PP3PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Qg5 ( { Black can try: } 1... Bxd5 2. Bxd5 Rac8 3. Qh3 Nf6 4. Be6 Rc7 5. Rad1 Ne4 6. d5 Ng5 7. Qh5 Qf6 ( 7... Nxe6 8. d6 ) 8. d6 Rc5 9. b4 cxb3 10. Bxb3 { With a likely draw. } ) 2. Qxg5 Nxg5 3. Bg4 Bxd5 4. Bxd7 Nf3+ 5. gxf3 Rg8+ ( { Black can try: } 5... Bxf3 6. h4 Rg8+ 7. Kh2 Rg2+ 8. Kh3 Rag8 9. Be6 R8g7 10. Bxc4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 6. Bg4 Bxf3 7. h3 Bxg4 8. hxg4 Rxg4+ 9. Kh2 Rag8 10. Kh3 R4g7 11. f3 Rh7# 0-1