Andrew Soltis

You know you're going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose. -- on playing against Fischer.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown256"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "8/1p1k4/8/1PP1p1pp/4Pp2/3K1P1P/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. h4 ( { White can try: } 1. Ke2 h4 { Draw. Neither side can make progress. } ) 1... gxh4 ( { Black can try: } 1... g4 2. fxg4 hxg4 3. h5 g3 4. Ke2 Ke6 5. Kf3 Ke7 6. h6 Kf6 7. c6 bxc6 8. bxc6 Ke6 9. h7 Kd6 10. h8=Q Kxc6 11. Qxe5 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Ke2 Kc7 3. Kf2 h3 4. Kg1 Kd7 5. Kh2 b6 6. c6+ Kd6 7. Kxh3 Ke7 8. Kh4 Kd8 9. Kxh5 Ke7 10. Kg5 Ke6 11. Kg6 Ke7 12. Kf5 Kd6 13. Kf6 Kc7 14. Kxe5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0