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 "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown137"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/p1p2p2/1p3P1p/1P3KPk/2P5/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. g5 fxg5+ 2. Ke3 ( { White can try: } 2. Ke5 g4 3. f6 g3 4. f7 g2 5. f8=Q g1=Q { Black has an advantage. } ) ( { White can also try: } 2. Ke4 g4 3. f6 g3 4. f7 g2 5. f8=Q g1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { White dare
not try: } 2. Kf3 g4+ 3. Kg2 Kg5 4. Kg3 Kxf5 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 2... g4 3. f6 g3 4. f7 g2 5. Kf2 Kh3 6. f8=Q { White wins with a
large material advantage. } 1-0