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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown45"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "A00"] [FEN "r1b2rk1/pp4pp/2p1p1qb/3NBp2/3P1n2/2N5/PPPQ1PPP/3RRBK1 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1... Nh3+ 2. Kh1 Bxd2 3. Ne7+ Kf7 4. Nxg6 Nxf2+ 5. Kg1 Nxd1 6. Nxf8 Bxe1 7. Nxd1 Kxf8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1