One bad move nullifies forty good ones.
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[Event "Murfreesboro Chess"] [Site "Murfreesboro"] [Date "2019.02.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Hendricks, Scott"] [Black "Hayes, David"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "B01"] [FEN "rnb1k2r/pp2qppp/2pb1n2/4p3/1N1pP3/1QPB1N2/PP1P1PPP/R1B1K2R b KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1... a5 { Game over.|The knight falls or worse. } 2. Nc2 ( { White can try: } 2. cxd4 axb4 3. dxe5 Bxe5 4. Nxe5 Qxe5 5. Qxb4 Nd5 6. Qb3 Nf4 7. O-O O-O { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... a4 3. Qb6 ( { There is no escape for the queen.|For example: } 3. Qc4 b5 4. Qb4 Bxb4 5. Nxb4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... Nbd7 4. Qb4 Bxb4 5. Nxb4 Nc5 6. Bc2 Ncxe4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1