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 "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown279"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "7R/4k1p1/3pNq2/1p1Q2p1/1P1pP1p1/3Pb2P/6P1/7K b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qf1+ 2. Kh2 Bf4+ ( { Black can try: } 2... g3+ 3. Kxg3 Qf2+ 4. Kg4 Qxg2+ 5. Kh5 Qxh3+ 6. Kg6 Qxe6+ ( 6... Qxh8 7. Qb7+ Kxe6 8. Qf7+ Ke5 9. Qf5# ) 7. Qxe6+ Kxe6 8. Re8+ Kd7 9. Rg8 Ke6 10. Rxg7 Ke5 11. Rb7 g4 12. Rxb5+ Kf4 13. Rf5+ Kg3 14. b5 d5 15. e5 Kh2 16. b6 g3 17. Rh5+ Kg2 18. b7 Kf2 19. b8=Q g2 20. Rh2 Kf3 21. Rxg2 Kxg2 22. e6 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 3. Nxf4 ( { White can try: } 3. g3 Bxg3+ 4. Kxg3 Qg1# ) 3... g3+ ( { Black can try: } 3... Qxf4+ 4. g3 ( 4. Kg1 Qc1+ 5. Kh2 Qf4+ 6. Kg1 Qc1+ 7. Kf2 Qf4+ 8. Ke2 Qe3+ 9. Kd1 Qxd3+ 10. Kc1 Qc3+ 11. Kb1 Qxb4+ 12. Ka2 Qa4+ 13. Kb2 Qb4+ 14. Qb3 Qd2+ 15. Qc2 Qb4+ 16. Kc1 Qe1+ 17. Qd1 Qc3+ 18. Kb1 Qb4+ 19. Ka2 Qa5+ 20. Kb2 Qb4+ 21. Qb3 { White cannot evade the checks. Draw. } ) 4... Qf2+ 5. Kh1 Qf1+ 6. Kh2 Qf2+ { Draw by repetition of position. } ) 4. Kxg3 Qxf4# 0-1