Of chess, it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Syracuse, NY"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Denker, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 { The gambited pawn.|Of course, there is no reason not to
take the pawn offering. } 3. dxe5 Ng4 { The knight moves to recapture the lost
pawn and menace white's kingside. } 4. e4 { White threatens to capture the
knight, and continues to free his development and control of the center. } 4... d6 { Black protects the knight and offers white the opportunity to keep the
gambited pawn in exchange for black's rapid development. } 5. Be2 Nxe5 6. f4 Ng4 7. Nf3 ( { White does not win the knight due to black's active queen. } 7. Bxg4 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qxg4 9. Qxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 { Black has a slight advantage due
to his bishop pair. } ) 7... Nc6 8. O-O Bd7 { This was the game losing move.|White's
advantage was significant due to his superior development and control of the
center, but black's last move takes away an important retreat square for his
knight on g4, and delays castling. } 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 { White kicks the
knight, so it must move yet again. } 10... Nf6 11. e5 { White rips open the center to
get at black's uncastled king. } 11... dxe5 12. fxe5 Ng8 13. Be3 f6 { Black struggles
to free his position, but weakens the pawns that protect his king. } 14. Bd3 fxe5 15. Ng5 ( { Another line wins also: } 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qxe5 Bc6 18. Qxh8 Qxd3 19. Qxg8+ Bf8 20. Qxf8+ Kd7 21. Rf7+ Ke6 22. Qe7# ) 15... Nf6 16. Rxf6 { White sacrifices a rook to remove the king's best defender. } 16... Bxf6 { White's remaining moves naturally play themselves out in an unstoppable
attack against black's uncastled king. } 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Bxg6+ hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Ke7 20. Bc5# 1-0