Andrew Soltis

You know you're going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose. -- on playing against Fischer.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Corr."]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belousenko"]
[Black "Pugacev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r1q1k/pQ3B1p/8/3R2p1/6b1/6P1/PP2r2P/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qb4 Qxb4 ( { Black can try: } 1... Re7 2. Qd4+ Qg7 3. Rxd8+ Re8 4. Rxe8# ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Rb8 2. Qxg4 Re7 3. Qd4+ Qg7 4. Rd8+ Re8 5. Rxe8+ Rxe8 6. Qxg7+ Kxg7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 7. Bxe8 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Rxd8+ Kg7 3. Rg8+ Kh6 4. Rf6# 1-0