Nigel Short

If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Velimirovic"]
[Black "Gipslis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5rk1/pp5p/1n1qpb2/1B2nppQ/1P3N2/P6P/6R1/4K1R1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Brute force is sometimes all that is needed. } 1. Rxg5+ Kh8 ( { Black can try: } 1... Bxg5 2. Qxg5+ Ng6 3. Nxg6 Rf7 4. Ne5+ Kf8 5. Qg8+ Ke7 6. Qxf7+ Kd8 7. Rg8+ Qf8 8. Rxf8# ) 2. Qxh7+ Kxh7 3. Rh5# 1-0