Mark Pasternak

Chess is not like life ... it has rules!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Lautier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3rk2r/pR3ppp/2p1p3/3n3P/3q2P1/3BRP2/P1P2Kb1/2BQ4 w k - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. h6 { A quiet move. The best move. A hard to find move in this complex
position. } 1... gxh6 ( { Black can try: } 1... Nxe3 2. Bxe3 Qe5 3. Qd2 Bxf3 4. Kxf3 Qf6+ 5. Kg3 gxh6 6. Qb4 a5 7. Qc5 Rd5 8. Rb8+ Kd7 9. Qa7+ Kd6 10. Bb6 Rxd3+ 11. cxd3 e5 12. Qc7+ Ke6 13. Qxc6+ Ke7 14. Bc5+ Qd6 15. Qxd6# ) ( { Black can
also try: } 1... g6 2. Bxg6 Ne7 3. Qxd4 Rxd4 4. Rxe6 O-O 5. Rexe7 hxg6 6. Kxg2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Bg6 Qxd1 ( { Black can
try: } 2... Qf6 3. Bxf7+ Kf8 4. Ba3+ Kg7 5. Bxe6+ Ne7 6. Bb2 Rxd1 7. Rxe7+ Kg6 8. Bf5+ Kg5 9. Bxf6+ Kxf6 10. R3e6+ Kg5 11. Rg7+ Kf4 12. Re4# ) 3. Rxe6+ Kf8 4. Bxh6+ Kg8 5. Bxf7# 1-0