Walter Shipman

It began to feel as though you were playing against chess itself. -- on playing against Robert Fischer.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanovic"]
[Black "Rikman"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r3qrk1/3n2bp/3p2p1/3P4/1pP1NP2/1P4P1/P1QRB3/1K5R b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rxa2 2. Qxa2 ( { White dare not try: } 2. Kxa2 Qa8+ 3. Kb1 Qa1# ) 2... Qxe4+ 3. Qc2 ( { White can try: } 3. Bd3 Qxh1+ 4. Kc2 Nc5 5. Qb1 Qf3 6. Qf1 Qxg3 7. Qf2 Qxf4 8. Qxf4 Rxf4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... Qxh1+ 4. Qd1 Qe4+ 5. Bd3 Qe3 6. Qe2 Qg1+ 7. Qd1 Qxg3 8. Ra2 Nc5 9. Bc2 Qxf4 { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } *