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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Bejing"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hao, Wang"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/4P3/1K6/pQ4q1/7k b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ The game ended in a draw here. How could black have won? } 1... Qg8+ 2. Kc2 ( { White can try: } 2. Kb4 Qb8+ 3. Kc3 Qe5+ 4. Kb3 a1=Q 5. Qxa1+ Qxa1 { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { White can also try: } 2. Ka3 Qa8+ 3. Kb3 a1=Q 4. Qxa1+ Qxa1 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Qc4+ 3. Kd2 ( { White can try: } 3. Kd1 a1=Q+ 4. Qxa1 Qf1+ 5. Kd2 Qxa1 { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... Qf1 4. Qxa2 ( { White can try: } 4. Qh8+ Kg1 5. Qd4+ Qf2+ 6. Kd3 Qxd4+ 7. Kxd4 a1=Q+ { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 4... Qf2+ 5. Kd3 Qxa2 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } 0-1