Maurice Ashley

Look at Garry Kasparov. After he loses, invariably he wins the next game. He just kills the next guy. That's something that we have to learn to be able to do.

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[Event "U.S. Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/1p6/p3k1p1/1PP2n2/P2B4/3K4/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Nxd3 { Black's outside passed pawn is enough to distract white's king. } 2. Kxd3 a4 { An excellent move that preserves this outside pawn. } 3. c5 bxc5 4. bxc5 ( { White can try: } 4. b5 Kd5 5. Ke3 g4 6. b6 Kc6 7. b7 Kxb7 8. Kf4 { From here on we witness a comical spectical where two passed pawns can
advance without help. } 8... c4 9. Ke3 g3 10. Kf3 c3 11. Ke2 c2 12. Kd2 g2 13. Kxc2 g1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 4... Kd5 5. c6 { An attempt to
pull the black king as far away from a3 as possible.  Does white have enough
time to dispatch the g-pawn and return to save the queen-side? } 5... Kxc6 6. Kd4 ( { White can try: } 6. Ke4 Kc5 7. Kf5 Kc4 8. Kxg5 Kb3 9. Kf4 Kxa3 10. Ke3 Kb2 11. Kd2 a3 { The pawn will promote. } ) 6... g4 ( { Also effective is: } 6... Kb5 7. Kd3 g4 8. Ke4 Kc4 9. Kf4 Kb3 10. Kxg4 Kxa3 11. Kf3 Kb2 12. Ke3 a3 { The pawn
will promote. } ) 7. Ke4 Kc5 8. Kf4 Kc4 9. Kxg4 Kb3 10. Kf3 Kxa3 11. Ke3 Kb2 12. Kd3 a3 { The pawn will promote. } 0-1