Jose Raul Capablanca

A good chess player is always lucky.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shagalovich"]
[Black "Levin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r1kr1/1p2bppp/2p5/8/3B2P1/3R4/1PP2PP1/1K2R3 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Bc5 Re8 ( { Black can try: } 1... Rxd3 2. Bxe7+ Ke8 3. Bc5+ Kd8 4. cxd3 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { Black dare not try: } 1... Bxc5 2. Rxd8# ) 2. Bxe7+ Rxe7 3. Rd8+ Re8 4. Rexe8# 1-0