Andrew Soltis

You know you're going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose. -- on playing against Fischer.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown149"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/p5p1/2p2Rp1/1p1qp3/3P4/2PQ2PP/PP4P1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... e4 ( { Black can try: } 1... gxf6 2. Qxg6+ Kh8 3. Qxf6+ Kg8 4. Qg6+ Kf8 ( 4... Kh8 5. Rxe5 Rd6 6. Rh5+ Qxh5 7. Qxh5+ { White wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 5. Rf1+ Ke7 6. Qg7+ Kd6 7. Rf6+ Qe6 8. Rxe6+ Kxe6 9. Qxe5+ { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Rxe4 gxf6 { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1