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 "Berlin"]
[Date "1839.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carl Mayet"]
[Black "Tassilo Lasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/2p4p/3p1k2/pr1P3P/K3pPP1/1P6/3R4 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Pawn power! } 1... Rxd4 2. Rxd4 e2 3. Rf4+ Ke6 4. Rf8 Ke7 5. Rf4 e1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1