Irving Chernev

The sign of a great Master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown67"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/p7/3kn2p/1K6/P5PP/5B2/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Nd4+ 2. Ka6 Nxf3 3. Kxa7 Kc7 ( { Black can try: } 3... Nxh4 4. Kb7 Nf3 5. a5 Ne5 6. a6 Nc6 7. Kb6 Kd5 8. Kc7 Kc5 9. Kd7 Kb6 10. Kd6 Nb4 11. Ke6 Kxa6 12. Kf6 Nd5+ 13. Kg6 Ne3 14. Kxh6 Nxg4+ { Draw. } ) 4. g5 Nxg5 5. hxg5 hxg5 6. a5 g4 7. a6 g3 8. Ka8 g2 9. a7 Kb6 10. Kb8 g1=Q 11. a8=N+ Kc6 12. Nc7 Qb6+ 13. Ka8 Qb7# 0-1