Jeremy Silman

If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a draw.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown241"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r7/1bp4p/2qp2k1/1p4r1/p3p1Q1/P7/B1P3PP/3R3K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Bf7+ Kxf7 2. Rf1+ ( { White can try: } 2. Qxg5 Qc4 3. Qf5+ Ke7 4. Qxh7+ Qf7 5. Qh4+ Kd7 6. Qg4+ Kc6 7. Qxe4+ Kb6 8. Qd4+ Ka6 9. h4 Rg8 10. Rg1 Qf5 11. Qd3 Qg4 12. Qf1 Qh3# ) 2... Kg6 ( { Black can try: } 2... Kg7 3. Qxg5+ Kh8 4. Qf6+ Kg8 5. Rf5 Qe8 6. Rg5+ Qg6 7. Rxg6+ hxg6 8. Qxg6+ Kh8 9. Qh5+ Kg8 10. Qxb5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Qe6+ Kh5 ( { Black can try: } 3... Kg7 4. Rf7+ Kh8 5. Qh6 e3 6. Qxh7# ) 4. Rf6 Rg6 ( { Black can try: } 4... Re5 5. Rh6+ Kg5 6. Qf6+ Kg4 7. Rh4# ) 5. Qh3+ Kg5 6. Rf5# 1-0