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 "Unknown342"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5r2/p1p4k/2p5/2bp1N1P/PP5P/2P5/3K1p2/5R2 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rxf5 2. bxc5 Kh6 3. Ke3 Kxh5 4. Rxf2 Rxf2 5. Kxf2 Kxh4 6. Kf3 Kg5 7. a5 Kf6 ( { Black can try: } 7... a6 8. Kg3 Kf5 9. Kf3 Ke5 10. Ke3 { Draw.
Neither side can make progress. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 7... Kf5 8. a6 Ke6 9. Ke2 Kf6 10. Kf2 Ke5 11. Ke3 { Draw. Neither side can make progress. } ) 8. a6 Kf5 9. Ke3 Kg4 10. Ke2 ( { White can try: } 10. Kd4 Kf4 11. c4 dxc4 12. Kxc4 Ke4 13. Kc3 Kd5 14. Kb4 Kd4 15. Ka4 Kxc5 16. Ka5 Kd4 17. Kb4 c5+ 18. Kb3 Kd3 19. Kb2 c4 20. Kc1 Kc3 21. Kd1 Kb2 22. Ke2 c3 23. Kd3 c2 24. Kd4 c1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 10... Kf4 11. Kf2 Ke4 12. Ke2 d4 13. cxd4 Kxd4 14. Kd2 Kxc5 15. Kc3 Kb6 16. Kb4 c5+ 17. Kc4 c6 18. Kb3 Kxa6 19. Kc4 Kb6 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1