Pawns are the soul of the game.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown09"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3k4/5R2/3K4/3B4/8/8/4r3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Rh7 { Forcing black's rook to either e3 or e1. } 1... Re1 ( { Black can try: } 1... Re3 2. Rd7+ Ke8 3. Rb7 Kf8 4. Rf7+ Ke8 5. Rf4 Kd8 6. Be4 Ke8 7. Bc6+ Kd8 8. Rf8+ Re8 9. Rxe8# ) ( { Black dare not try: } 1... Re8 2. Ra7 Re1 3. Ra8# ) 2. Rb7 { Forcing black to the c-file. } 2... Rc1 3. Bb3 { Forcing black to c3. } 3... Rc3 4. Be6 { Threatening mate in 2. } 4... Rd3+ 5. Bd5 Rc3 6. Rd7+ { Forcing the black
king to an unfortunate square. } 6... Ke8 ( { Black can try: } 6... Kc8 7. Rg7 Kb8 8. Rb7+ Kc8 9. Rb4 Kd8 10. Bc4 Kc8 11. Be6+ Kd8 12. Rb8+ Rc8 13. Rxc8# ) 7. Rg7 Rh3 8. Rg8# 1-0