Arthur Conan Doyle

Amberley excelled at chess - one mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown217"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/np2bppp/p7/Bq1pPp2/3P4/Pb3N2/1P1Q1P1P/1R4RK w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qh6 ( { White can try: } 1. Rxg7+ Kxg7 2. Bb4 ( 2. Rg1+ Kh8 3. Qh6 Rg8 4. Bb4 Bd1 5. Rxd1 Qe2 6. Qe3 Qxd1+ 7. Be1 f4 8. Qxf4 Rc2 9. h4 Rxf2 10. Qe3 Rxf3 11. Kh2 Rxe3 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Qd7 3. e6 Qxe6 4. Re1 Bxb4 5. Qxb4 Bd1 6. Rxd1 Qe4 7. Rg1+ Kh8 8. Qb3 Rg8 9. Rxg8+ Rxg8 10. Qe3 Nc6 11. h3 Qxe3 12. fxe3 Rg3 13. Ng1 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 1... g6 2. Rg3 Qd3 3. Rh3 Qxb1+ 4. Kg2 Rfd8 5. Qxh7+ Kf8 6. Qh8# 1-0