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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Reshevsky"] [Black "Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "8/4k1p1/7p/1Q2p3/1P2q3/6PP/5P1K/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] { Reshevsky - Smyslov|White's passed pawn, protected king, and black's exposed king gives white a winning advantage. } 1. Qc5+ Ke6 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kd7 2. Qa7+ Kc8 3. Qxg7 Qxb4 4. Qxe5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Qc8+ Kf7 ( { Black can try: } 2... Kd5 3. Qg8+ Kd6 4. Qxg7 h5 5. Qh6+ Kd5 6. Qxh5 Qxb4 7. Qf7+ Ke4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 8. h4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Qd7+ Kf6 4. b5 Qf3 5. Qd6+ Kf7 6. Kg1 e4 7. Qd5+ Ke7 8. b6 Qd3 9. Qe5+ Kf7 10. Qc7+ Ke6 11. b7 Qd1+ 12. Kh2 Qf3 13. Qb6+ Kf5 14. b8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0