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 "Unknown03"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/4k3/p2pP1p1/P1pP4/5K1P/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Ke8 { Ke8 or Kf8 also draw. } ( { This tempting move leads to a win for
white. } 1... Kf6 2. Kg4 Ke7 3. Kg5 Kd8 4. Kxg6 c4 5. h5 c3 6. h6 c2 7. h7 c1=Q 8. h8=Q+ Kc7 9. Qg7+ Kc8 10. e7 Qc2+ 11. Kf7 Qf5+ 12. Qf6 Qh7+ 13. Kf8 Qxe7+ 14. Qxe7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Kg5 Ke7 3. Kf4 Ke8 4. Kg5 Ke7 5. Kf4 Ke8 { Draw by repetition of position. } 1/2-1/2