Alekhine

The combination is the heart of chess.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown58"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2b3k1/r5pp/2prp3/p3NpQ1/5P2/1Pqp2R1/P5PP/6RK w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qh5 { Black can try: } 1... Re7 ( { Black can try: } 1... Rd8 2. Rxd3 Qxd3 3. Nxd3 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... g6 2. Nxg6 hxg6 3. Qxg6+ Qg7 4. Qe8+ Kh7 5. Rh3+ Qh6 6. Rxh6+ Kxh6 7. g4 d2 8. Qh8+ Kg6 9. gxf5+ Kxf5 10. Qe5# ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... h6 2. Qe8+ Kh7 3. Ng6 Qf6 4. Qh8# ) 2. Rxg7+ Kxg7 3. Qg5+ Kf8 4. Qf6+ Kg8 5. Qxe7 Rd7 6. Qe8+ Kg7 7. g4 Qd4 8. gxf5+ Kh6 9. Qxe6+ Kh5 10. Rg5+ Kh4 11. Qh6# 1-0