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 "Berlin"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grunfeld"]
[Black "Helling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2b2rk1/4ppbp/p2n2p1/p1BPpP2/2P1P3/2NB3P/1r4P1/R4RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. f6 Bxf6 ( { Black can try: } 1... Bh8 2. fxe7 Bg7 3. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Rxf6 ( { This line is also very
good for white: } 2. Bxd6 exd6 3. Rxf6 Rb3 4. Rc1 Rd8 5. c5 dxc5 6. Rc6 a4 7. Rxc5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... exf6 3. Bxd6 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } 1-0