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 "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown242"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/1q3p1p/3b1p2/p3N3/1ppPR3/2P5/PP1BQ2P/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qf3 ( { White can try: } 1. Qg2+ Kh8 2. Ng4 Rg8 3. Qf3 Rxg4+ 4. Qxg4 Rg8 5. Qxg8+ Kxg8 6. Rg4+ Kf8 7. Bh6+ Ke7 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) ( { White can also try: } 1. Rg4+ Kh8 2. Nxc4 Rfe8 3. Qf1 Qe7 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { White can also try: } 1. Ng4 Kh8 2. Nxf6 Rg8+ 3. Nxg8 Rxg8+ 4. Rg4 Rg6 5. Rxg6 hxg6 6. cxb4 axb4 7. Qxc4 Qf3 8. Bxb4 Bf4 9. Qc8+ Kh7 10. h3 Be3+ 11. Kh2 Qf2+ 12. Kh1 Qg1# ) 1... Qe7 ( { Black can try: } 1... Qc7 2. Rg4+ Kh8 3. Qxf6# ) 2. Ng4 Qd8 3. Nxf6+ Kh8 4. Rh4 Rg8+ 5. Kf2 Rg7 6. Qf5 Qg8 7. Nxg8 Rcxg8 8. Qf6 Bf8 9. Rxh7+ Kxh7 10. Qh6# 1-0