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 "Bruxelles"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lemaire"]
[Black "Thibaut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "n3brk1/4pp2/pq1p2pB/2nPbPN1/P1p1P1PQ/2N4P/1rB5/R4R1K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Bg7 Kxg7 2. f6+ { Closing the mating net. } 2... Bxf6 3. Qh7# 1-0