Siegbert Tarrasch

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hearst, Eliot"]
[Black "Franklin, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r2q1nkb/5p1p/p2r1Pp1/1p1Pp1B1/7Q/3B3R/PPP4P/5R1K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Bxg6 Nxg6 ( { Black can try: } 1... hxg6 2. Qxh8# ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... fxg6 2. f7+ Kg7 3. Qh6# ) ( { Probably the best defense attempt is: } 1... Bxf6 2. Bxh7+ Nxh7 3. Qxh7+ Kf8 4. Bxf6 Rxf6 ( 4... Qxf6 5. Rhf3 Qf4 6. Rxf4 exf4 7. Rxf4 Ra7 8. Qh8+ Ke7 9. Qe5+ Kd8 10. Qxd6+ Rd7 11. Qb8+ Ke7 12. Re4+ Kf6 13. Qe5+ Kg6 14. Rg4+ Kh7 15. Qg7# ) 5. Qh8+ Ke7 6. Qxf6+ Kd7 7. Qc6+ Ke7 8. Rxf7+ Kxf7 9. Rh7+ Kf8 10. Qh6+ Ke8 11. Qg6+ Kf8 12. Qf7# ) 2. Qxh7+ Kf8 3. Qxh8+ Nxh8 4. Rxh8# 1-0