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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown145"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/3b4/1p6/1p6/2k1K3/P1P4p/7R/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ A classic entrapment tactic. } 1... Bc6+ ( { Black can try: } 1... Kxc3 2. Ke5 Kb3 3. Rd2 Bc8 4. Rd8 Bg4 5. Rd3+ Ka2 6. Kf4 Be6 7. Ke5 Bg4 8. Kf4 Bc8 9. Kg3 Be6 10. Re3 Bb3 11. Re5 Kxa3 12. Rxb5 Bc4 13. Rxb6 Bf1 14. Rb1 Bg2 15. Rg1 Kb4 16. Rxg2 hxg2 17. Kxg2 { Draw. } ) 2. Ke3 ( { White can try: } 2. Ke5 Bg2 3. Kd6 Kxc3 4. Kc7 b4 5. axb4 b5 6. Kb6 Kxb4 7. Kc7 Kc4 8. Kd6 b4 9. Ke5 b3 10. Kf4 b2 11. Ke3 b1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Bg2 { The bishop and pawn entrap the rook. } 3. Kd2 Kb3 4. Kd3 Kxa3 5. Kc2 b4 6. cxb4 Kxb4 7. Kd3 b5 8. Kc2 Ka3 9. Kb1 b4 10. Ka1 Kb3 11. Kb1 Kc3 12. Kc1 b3 13. Kb1 b2 14. Ka2 Kc2 15. Ka3 b1=Q { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } 0-1