Pawns are the soul of the game.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Luce, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4rrk1/1pp2pp1/p3qnnp/3pp3/4P2N/1P1P2NP/2P1QRP1/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ White's knights shred black's king side in this attack. } 1. Rxf6 gxf6 2. Nhf5 { White sets up a position where the coming attack cannot be stopped.
Let's see how it plays out. } 2... Ra8 ( { Black could try: } 2... Nf4 3. Rxf4 exf4 4. Qg4+ Kh7 5. Qg7# ) 3. Qh5 Qb6+ 4. Kh2 Qe3 5. Nxh6+ Kg7 ( { Black could try: } 5... Kh7 6. Ng4+ Kg7 7. Nf5+ Kg8 8. Nxf6# ) 6. Ngf5+ Kh7 7. Ng4+ Qh6 8. Qxh6+ Kg8 9. Nxf6# 1-0