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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stepanov, G."]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1b2r2/p2p2kp/1pn1p3/8/1PP5/P2K4/2Q4P/R4B2 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Rf3+ 2. Ke4 ( { White can try: } 2. Ke2 Nd4+ 3. Kd2 Rf2+ 4. Ke3 Nxc2+ 5. Kxf2 Nxa1 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { White can also
try: } 2. Kd2 Rf2+ 3. Be2 Rxe2+ 4. Kxe2 Nd4+ 5. Kd3 Nxc2 6. Kxc2 { Black wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 2... d5+ 3. cxd5 ( { White can try: } 3. Kxf3 Nd4+ 4. Kf4 Nxc2 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... exd5+ 4. Kxd5 Be6+ 5. Kxc6 ( { White can try: } 5. Kxe6 Nd4+ 6. Ke5 Nxc2 { Black wins with
a large material advantage. } ) ( { White can try: } 5. Kd6 Rd8+ 6. Kc7 Rf7+ 7. Kxc6 Rc8+ 8. Kb5 Rxc2 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 5... Rc8+ 6. Kd6 Rxc2 7. Kxe6 Rxh2 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1