Where an elephant may bathe, or a gnat may drink.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DALL AVA"]
[Black "Study"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "k7/1R5p/8/3Bq3/p7/8/7P/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ Any discovered checks now will allow black's king to escape his confinement.
Instead, white's bishop must find a place where it and white's king are safe
from black's queen. } 1. Bf3 ( { White can try: } 1. Rb5+ Ka7 2. Ra5+ Kb6 3. Rxa4 Qxd5 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... Qh5 { A nice try hoping
for BxQ KxR where the Bishop is on the wrong colored square to force the
promotion of white's pawn. } ( { Black can try: } 1... Qe3 2. Rb3+ Qxf3+ 3. Rxf3 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Qf5 2. Rf7+ Qxf3+ 3. Rxf3 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Qa1+ 2. Rb1+ Ka7 3. Rxa1 { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Rf7+ ( { White can try: } 2. Bxh5 Kxb7 3. Kg2 { Black } 3... Kc7 { Black's king moves to control the h8 square. } 4. Kg3 Kd6 5. Kh4 a3 6. Bf7 Ke7 7. Bb3 Kf6 8. Kh5 Kg7 9. Bc4 h6 10. Bb3 Kh7 11. Bc2+ Kg7 12. Bb1 Kh8 13. Kxh6 Kg8 14. Ba2+ Kh8 15. Kg5 Kg7 16. Bc4 a2 17. Bxa2 Kh8 { Wrong colored Bishop draw. } ) 2... Qxf3+ 3. Rxf3 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0