One bad move nullifies forty good ones.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown392"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "6r1/pkpp2r1/4p2p/R3Qp2/1P1P1p2/2q2P2/5RPP/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Rxa7+ ( { White dare not try: } 1. Rfa2 Qc1+ 2. Kf2 Rxg2# ) 1... Kxa7 2. Ra2+ Kb6 3. Qa5+ Kc6 4. b5+ Kd6 5. Qxc3 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0