George Bernard Shaw

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown501"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "1r2kb1r/p4ppp/2p1p3/q1Pp1b2/3Pn3/2N1P3/P2Q1PPP/R3KBNR w KQk - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nxe4 Qa3 2. Qc3 ( { White can try: } 2. Nc3 Rb2 3. Qc1 Bc2 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 Bd8 6. Bg2 Ba5 7. O-O Bxc3 8. Nxc3 Qxc3 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Rd2 Rfb8 11. Bf1 a5 12. h4 { With a likely draw. } ) 2... Qb2 3. Qxb2 Rxb2 4. Nd2 { Or Ng3 is good. White
wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0