Paul Keres

In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown90"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4b3/8/5k2/3p3p/Pp1P3P/1Pp1P3/2B4K/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Bg6 2. a5 ( { White can try: } 2. Bxg6 Kxg6 3. a5 c2 4. a6 c1=Q 5. a7 Qc7+ 6. Kg2 Qxa7 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { White can
also try: } 2. Bd1 c2 3. Bxc2 Bxc2 4. a5 Bxb3 5. a6 Ba4 6. a7 Bc6 7. Kg3 b3 8. Kf3 b2 9. Ke2 b1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Bxc2 3. a6 Bg6 { Black must use his bishop to stop the checks from white after both pawns
promote. } ( { Black can try: } 3... Bxb3 4. a7 c2 5. a8=Q c1=Q 6. Qf8+ Ke6 7. Qe8+ Kd6 ( 7... Kf5 8. Qf7+ Ke4 9. Qg6+ Kf3 10. Qg2+ Kxe3 11. Qg5+ Kxd4 12. Qxc1 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 8. Qd8+ Ke6 9. Qe8+ Kf6 10. Qf8+ Kg6 11. Qg8+ { Draw. } ) 4. a7 c2 5. a8=Q c1=Q 6. Qf8+ Bf7 7. Qd6+ Kf5 8. Qf4+ Ke6 9. Qe5+ Kd7 10. Qf5+ Be6 11. Qh7+ Kd6 12. Qh6 { Black has found a
way out of constant checks.|Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1