Rudolf Spielman

We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer's nature.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown151"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1pk3pp/3bR3/5p2/5P2/4PKP1/r3B2P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rxe2 2. Kxe2 Kd7 3. Rxd6+ Kxd6 { Black's outside passed pawn wins. } 4. h3 h5 5. Kf3 Kd5 6. g4 hxg4+ 7. hxg4 fxg4+ 8. Kxg4 Ke4 9. Kg5 b5 10. Kg6 b4 11. Kxg7 b3 12. Kg6 b2 13. f5 b1=Q 14. f6 Ke5+ 15. Kg7 Qg1+ 16. Kf7 Qxe3 17. Ke7 Qg5 18. Kd7 Qxf6 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1