William Napier

Of chess, it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown76"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "6k1/6bp/1p1pP3/2p5/2r4r/6K1/P3R3/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rxc4 Rxc4 2. e7 Rf4 { Why is this rook immune from capture? } 3. e8=Q+ { White wins with a large material advantage. } ( { White can try: } 3. Kxf4 Be5+ 4. Kf5 ( 4. Rxe5 dxe5+ 5. Kxe5 Kf7 6. Kd6 Ke8 { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 4... Kf7 5. Re3 Kxe7 6. Rb3 Kd7 7. Rxb6 Kc7 8. Rb1 Kc6 9. a4 c4 10. a5 Bd4 11. Ke4 Ba7 12. Rh1 d5+ 13. Kf3 Kb5 14. Rxh7 Bc5 15. a6 Kxa6 16. Rh5 Kb5 17. Rxd5 Kb4 18. Ke2 Be7 19. Re5 Bf6 20. Rf5 Bb2 21. Rf7 c3 22. Kd1 Kb3 23. Rc7 Ba3 24. Rb7+ Bb4 { Draw. } ) 1-0