Paul Morphy

Checkers is for tramps.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janowski"]
[Black "Samisch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pbq2pp1/1p1b4/4B2p/7P/2PBQ2R/PP3PP1/R3K3 w Q - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qh6 f6 ( { Black can try: } 1... gxh6 2. Rg3# ) ( { Black can try: } 1... Bxe5 2. Qh7# ) 2. Qh7+ Kf7 3. Bxd6 Qxd6 4. Bg6+ Ke7 5. Qxg7+ Kd8 6. Rd3 Bd5 7. O-O-O Rg8 8. Qh7 Rh8 ( { Black can try: } 8... Kc8 9. Rxd5 Qf8 10. Rd7 Rg7 11. Rxg7 a5 12. Bf5+ Kb8 13. Rb7# ) 9. Qxh8+ Kc7 10. Qg7+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Rxd5+ { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0