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 "Unknown416"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "8/6pR/5k1P/5B2/2pbP3/6r1/8/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... c3 ( { Black can try: } 1... g6 2. Rc7 gxf5 3. h7 Rh3 4. Rxc4 Ke5 5. exf5 Kd5 6. Rc7 Ke4 7. f6 Bxf6 8. Kf2 { With a likely draw. } ) ( { Black can
try: } 1... gxh6 2. Rxh6+ Ke5 3. Rg6 Rb3 4. Ke2 Bc5 5. Rg5 Kf4 6. Rg4+ Ke5 7. Rg5 Kd4 8. Bh7 c3 9. e5 Rb2+ 10. Kf3 c2 11. Rg1 Ba3 12. Kf4 Ra2 13. Bxc2 Rxc2 14. Rd1+ Kc5 15. Kf5 Rf2+ 16. Ke6 Re2 17. Rd3 Bb2 18. Rd5+ Kc6 19. Rd6+ Kc7 20. Rd5 { With a likely draw. } ) 2. Rxg7 c2 3. Kd2 Rc3 4. e5+ Kxf5 5. Rf7+ Ke4 6. Rf1 Rc8 7. Re1+ Kf3 8. Rf1+ Bf2 9. h7 c1=Q+ 10. Rxc1 Be3+ 11. Kd3 Bxc1 12. e6 Bb2 13. e7 Bf6 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1