Jose Raul Capablanca

A good chess player is always lucky.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sumov"]
[Black "Vinaver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2r1kr2/pR6/2q5/3p4/Q3bP2/8/PP4PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ A classic pinning tactic. } 1. Rc1 { The black queen is pinned to both the
king and to a back rank mate. } 1... Rf6 2. Rxc6 Rfxc6 3. Rxa7 { White wins with a
large material advantage. } 1-0