Amberley excelled at chess - one mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown544"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/2k5/8/8/2N5/1pP1b3/1P1p4/1K1R2r1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Rxg1 ( { White can try: } 1. Nxe3 Rxd1+ 2. Nxd1 Kb6 3. Ne3 Kc5 4. Ka1 { Draw.
Neither white nor black can make any progress. } ) 1... Bxg1 2. Nxd2 Bf2 3. Nxb3 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 3... Kd6 4. Nd4 Bxd4 5. cxd4 Kd5 6. Ka2 Kxd4 7. Kb3 Kc5 8. Ka4 Kb6 9. Kb4 Ka6 10. Kc5 Kb7 11. Kb5 Kc7 12. Ka6 Kb8 13. b4 Ka8 14. b5 Kb8 15. Kb6 Kc8 16. Ka7 Kc7 17. b6+ Kc6 18. b7 Kc5 19. b8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0