Andrew Soltis

You know you're going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose. -- on playing against Fischer.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown511"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "6k1/1rp2Qp1/7p/4N1q1/3Pb3/P3PP2/1r4PP/R1R3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Kh7 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kh8 2. Qf8+ Kh7 3. Qh8+ Kxh8 4. Nf7+ Kg8 5. Nxg5 hxg5 6. fxe4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Ng4 Rxg2+ ( { Black can try: } 2... Qxg4 3. fxg4 Rxg2+ 4. Kf1 Rbb2 5. Rc3 Rxh2 6. Ke1 Rh1+ 7. Qf1 Rxf1+ 8. Kxf1 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 4. Kf1 Bd3+ 5. Ke1 Qg2 6. Ra2 Qf1+ 7. Kd2 Qe2+ 8. Kc3 Qxe3 9. Rg1 Be4+ 10. Kc4 Qb3+ 11. Kc5 Qb5# 0-1