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 "Unknown07"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "6k1/p2b4/1p1q3p/3BNppQ/3Pn3/7P/P5PK/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Can black capture the bishop on d5 and win? } 1... Qxd5 2. Qg6+ Kf8 3. Qh7 Be8 ( 3... Ke8 4. Qh8+ Ke7 5. Ng6+ Kd6 6. Qb8+ Ke6 ( { Black dare not try: } 6... Kc6 7. Ne7+ Kb5 8. Nxd5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 7. Qg8+ Kd6 8. Qb8+ Ke6 9. Qg8+ Kd6 10. Qb8+ { Draw by repetition of
position. } ) 4. Qxf5+ Kg7 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1