Jose Raul Capablanca

A good chess player is always lucky.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lipnicki"]
[Black "Boleslavski"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1p1n1k1r/2b1R1p1/p3pp1p/2P2N2/1P3B1P/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Bxc6 bxc6 2. Rd6 Ke7 { Black must protect the knight and attack the
undefended rook. } ( { Black can try: } 2... Ke8 3. Nxg6 Rh6 4. Rxc6 Nf8 5. Nxe5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Re6+ Kf7 4. Rd6 Ke7 5. Re6+ Kf7 6. Rd6 Ke7 7. Re6+ Kf7 8. Rd6 Ke7 9. Re6+ Kf7 { Draw by repetition
of position. } 1/2-1/2