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 "Unknown468"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1pk3p1/2p2p1p/p2r3P/P3K1P1/1RPP4/1P6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rb5 ( { White can try: } 1. d4 Rg5 2. Kf4 Rd5 3. Ra3 c5 4. Ke4 Kc6 5. dxc5 { Wi } 5... Rxc5 { With a likely draw. } ) ( { White can also try: } 1. c4 Rg5 2. Kf4 c5 3. Rc3 Re5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Rd3 Re2 6. b3 Rf2+ 7. Ke4 Rg2 8. Kf3 Rb2 9. Ke4 Rg2 10. Kf3 Rb2 11. Ke4 { Draw by repetition of position. } ) 1... Rd8 ( { Black can try: } 1... cxb5 2. Kxd5 bxa4 3. Kc5 Kd7 4. Kb6 Ke6 5. c4 Ke5 6. Kxb7 Kd4 7. Kb6 Kxd3 8. c5 Kc2 9. Kxa5 Kxb2 10. Kxa4 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Rxb5 2. axb5 cxb5 3. Kf5 b4 4. cxb4 a4 5. Kg6 Kb6 6. Kxg7 Kb5 7. Kxh6 Kxb4 8. Kg6 Kb3 9. h6 Kxb2 10. h7 a3 11. h8=Q a2 12. Qxf6+ Kb1 13. Qb6+ Kc1 14. Qd4 Kb1 15. Qb4+ Kc1 16. Qa3+ Kb1 17. Qb3+ Ka1 18. Qc2 b5 19. Qc1# ) 2. Rxa5 Kb6 3. b4 Kc7 4. Rc5 b6 5. Rc4 Re8+ 6. Kf4 Rd8 7. Rd4 Ra8 8. b5 cxb5 9. axb5 Ra5 10. c4 Ra2 11. Kf5 Rg2 12. Kg6 Rg1 13. Kxg7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0