Rob Sillars

Castle early and often.

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[Event "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/2P1k1N1/6b1/5p2/p7/P3K3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Can you find the move that white missed for the win? } 1. Nf8+ ( { In the game,
white played: } 1. Ne5 Bd8 { Leading to an eventual draw. } ) 1... Kd6 2. c7 Kxc7 3. Ne6+ Kd7 4. Nxg5 Kd6 5. Kf3 Ke5 6. Ne4 Kd4 7. Kxf4 Kd3 8. Nc5+ Kc2 9. Ke3 Kb2 10. Kd2 Kxa2 11. Kc1 Ka1 12. Kc2 Ka2 ( { Black can try: } 12... a2 13. Nb3# ) 13. Nd3 Ka1 14. Nc1 a2 15. Nb3# 1-0