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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown379"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/p3R2p/1p3k2/8/3r3P/6N1/6PK/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Rxh4+ 2. Kg1 Kxe7 ( { Black can try: } 2... Rg4 3. Re3 a5 4. Ne2 b5 5. Re8 a4 6. Nc3 a3 7. Ra8 b4 8. Nd5+ Ke5 9. Nxb4 Rxb4 10. Rxa3 { With a likely
draw. } ) 3. Nf5+ Ke6 ( { Black can try: } 3... Kd7 4. Nxh4 a5 5. Kf2 a4 6. Nf3 Kd6 7. Ke3 b5 8. Kd4 b4 9. Nd2 h5 10. g3 a3 11. Nb3 Ke6 12. Ke4 a2 13. Na1 Kf6 14. Kf4 Kg6 15. Nb3 Kf6 16. Na1 Kg6 17. Nb3 { Draw. } ) 4. Nxh4 a5 ( { Black
can try: } 4... Kd5 5. Kf2 a5 6. Ke2 Kc4 7. Kd2 a4 8. Kc2 b5 9. Nf3 b4 10. Ne5+ Kd5 11. Nd7 Kd4 12. Nf6 h6 13. g3 Ke3 14. Ng4+ Kf3 15. Nxh6 Kxg3 { With a
likely draw. Black cannot force his queenside pawns to promotion. } ) 5. Kf2 a4 6. Nf3 Kd5 ( { Black can try: } 6... a3 7. Nd4+ Kd5 8. Nb5 a2 9. Nc3+ Kc4 10. Nxa2 b5 11. Ke2 b4 12. Nxb4 Kxb4 13. Ke3 Kc5 14. Ke4 Kd6 15. Kf5 Ke7 16. g4 Kf7 17. g5 Kg7 18. Kg4 Kg6 19. Kh4 Kg7 20. Kh5 Kf7 21. Kh6 Kg8 22. g6 hxg6 23. Kxg6 { Draw. } ) 7. Nd2 Kd4 ( { Black can try: } 7... a3 8. Nb1 b5 9. Nxa3 b4 10. Nb1 Kd4 11. Ke2 b3 12. Kf2 b2 13. Nd2 Kd3 14. Nb1 Kc2 15. Na3+ Kc1 16. g4 b1=Q 17. Nxb1 Kxb1 18. Kf3 Kc2 19. Kf4 Kd3 20. Kg5 Ke4 21. Kh6 Kf4 22. g5 Kf5 { Draw. } ) 8. Nb1 Kd3 9. Na3 Kc3 10. Ke3 Kb3 11. Nb5 a3 12. Kd3 a2 13. Nd4+ Kb2 14. Nc2 h5 15. Kd2 b5 16. Kd3 b4 17. Nxb4 a1=Q { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } 0-1