Walter Shipman

It began to feel as though you were playing against chess itself. -- on playing against Robert Fischer.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Felner"]
[Black "Bankroft"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1bq3k/pppp1Qp1/2n4p/4P3/2BP4/8/P4PPP/b1B2RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Bg5 hxg5 ( { Black can try: } 1... Qxg5 2. Qg8# ) 2. Qh5# 1-0