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 "Unknown26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5ppk/1p3P2/4P2K/2Q4P/8/p7/r7 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rg1 ( { Black dare not try: } 1... g6+ 2. Kg5 Rg1+ 3. Kf4 a1=Q 4. Qxf7+ Kh6 5. Qg7+ Kh5 6. Qh7# ) 2. Qxf7 ( { White can try: } 2. fxg7 a1=Q 3. Qd3+ ( { White can try: } 3. Qxf7 Qxe5+ 4. Qf5+ Qxf5# ) 3... Kxg7 4. Qe3 Qd1+ 5. Qe2 Qxe2# ) ( { White dare not try: } 2. Qxa2 g6# ) 2... a1=Q 3. Qxg7+ Rxg7 4. fxg7 Qg1 5. g8=Q+ Qxg8 6. e6 Qg6# 0-1