Bruce Pandolfini

Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop him.

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[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/p6k/4p1p1/8/2p5/P1Ppq3/2r3QK/R6R w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ White resigned in this winning position. Can you find the winning moves? } 1. Rae1 Qf4+ ( { Black can try: } 1... Qxe1 2. Rxe1 Rxg2+ 3. Kxg2 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Rxg2+ 2. Kxg2+ Qh6 3. Rxh6+ Kxh6 4. Rxe6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Kg1+ Kg7 3. Qb7+ Kf6 4. Rf1 Rc1 5. Kg2 Rc2+ 6. Kh3 Rf2 7. Rxf2 Qxf2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1