Savielly Tartakower

A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third when you know you're going to lose!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ogulcan Kanmazalp"]
[Black "Daniel Maroditsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "q6k/1b4pp/5p2/3Bp3/1b1pP2P/1P1QNPP1/6K1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ The threat of promotion will often squeeze a little more out of any
position, as we see in this position. } 1... dxe3 2. Bxb7 e2 { Black manages
to go up a piece in all variations. } 3. Bxa8 ( { White can try: } 3. Qb5 e1=N+ 4. Kf1 Qf8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { White can also
try: } 3. Qxe2 Qxb7 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... e1=N+ 4. Kf1 Nxd3 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1