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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown519"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "8/8/p2b4/1p1P4/1P4k1/P5p1/6K1/6B1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Bc5 Bc7 2. Be7 ( { White can try: } 2. d6 Bd8 3. d7 Kf5 4. Kxg3 Ke6 5. Kf4 Kxd7 { With a likely draw. } ) 2... Kf5 3. d6 Ke6 4. dxc7 Kd7 5. Bd6 Kc8 6. Kxg3 Kb7 7. Kf3 Kc8 8. Ke4 Kd7 9. Kd5 Kc8 10. Kc6 a5 11. bxa5 b4 12. a6 bxa3 13. a7 a2 14. a8=Q# 1-0