Paul Morphy

Checkers is for tramps.

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[Event "Championship Showdown"]
[Site "St. Louis"]
[Date "2017.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Perez, Lenier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r2qrbk1/pp3pp1/2p2n2/3p2QP/3P4/2NB4/PPP2P2/1K4RR w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. h6 Ne4 ( { Black can try: } 1... g6 2. Bxg6 fxg6 3. Qxg6+ Kh8 4. h7 Bh6 5. Rxh6 Qe7 6. Qg8+ Rxg8 7. hxg8=Q# ) 2. Qf5 Qf6 ( { Again, black can try: } 2... g6 3. Nxe4 Re6 4. h7+ Kh8 5. Qxf7 Bg7 6. Qxe6 Qe8 7. Qxe8+ Rxe8 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Qh7+ Kxh7 4. hxg7+ Qh6 5. g8=Q# 1-0