The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown556"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "8/5p2/2PKb1kp/4R1p1/8/5N2/1r5P/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Rxe6+ ( { White can try: } 1. Nd4 Bc8 2. Re8 Bg4 3. c7 Rxh2 4. c8=Q Bxc8 5. Rxc8 Rh1 { With a likely draw. } ) 1... fxe6 2. c7 Rc2 3. Ne5+ ( { White can try: } 3. Nd4 Rxc7 4. Kxc7 e5 5. Ne2 Kf5 6. Kd6 e4 7. Kd5 h5 8. Ng3+ Kg4 9. Kxe4 h4 10. Nf1 Kh3 11. Kf3 g4+ 12. Kf2 g3+ 13. hxg3 hxg3+ 14. Nxg3 { Draw. } ) 3... Kf6 4. Nc6 Rd2+ 5. Kc5 Rc2+ 6. Kb5 Rb2+ 7. Nb4 Rxh2 8. c8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0