Castle early and often.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown223"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "6k1/pp3pp1/3P1q2/7p/5n2/P4N2/3QrPPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Qd4 ( { White can try: } 1. d7 Rxd2 2. Nxd2 Ne2+ 3. Kf1 Nxc1 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... Qxd4 2. Nxd4 Rd2 3. d7 Rxd4 4. Rc8+ Kh7 5. d8=Q Rxd8 6. Rxd8 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0