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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Evans, Larry"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2Q5/5Rpk/8/1p2p2p/1P2Pn1P/5Pq1/4r3/7K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Qg8+ { An excellent desparado move. } 1... Kxg8 2. Rxg7+ { The rook is immune. } 2... Kf8 ( { Black can try: } 2... Qxg7 { Stalemate. } ) 3. Rf7+ Ke8 4. Re7+ Kd8 5. Rd7+ Kc8 6. Rc7+ Kb8 7. Rb7+ Ka8 8. Ra7+ Kxa7 { Stalemate. } 1/2-1/2