Maurice Ashley

Look at Garry Kasparov. After he loses, invariably he wins the next game. He just kills the next guy. That's something that we have to learn to be able to do.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerasimov, Kirill"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/1b3ppp/ppq1p3/4P3/N1P2bn1/PQ5P/1B3PP1/R3RBK1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rd3 2. Qxb6 ( { White can try: } 2. Qxd3 Bh2+ 3. Kh1 Nxf2+ 4. Kxh2 Nxd3 5. Re3 Nf4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Rxh3 3. Bd4 Bh2+ 4. Kh1 Bxe5+ 5. Kg1 Bh2+ 6. Kh1 Bc7+ 7. Kg1 Bxb6 8. Nxb6 Rh2 9. f3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bxf3 11. Bg2 Rxg2+ 12. Kf1 Nh2# 1-0