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 "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown209"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5rk1/pR4pp/5p2/3p4/3n4/q2B1P2/P1PQ1K1P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qe3 Qc5 2. Rb5 Qd6 3. Qxd4 Qxh2+ 4. Kf1 ( { White can try: } 4. Ke3 Qg1+ 5. Kd2 Qxd4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { White can also
try: } 4. Ke1 Re8+ 5. Kd1 ( 5. Kf1 Qh1+ 6. Qg1 Re1+ 7. Kxe1 Qxg1+ { Black wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 5... Qh1+ 6. Kd2 Qe1# ) 4... Qh1+ 5. Qg1 Qxf3+ 6. Qf2 Qh1+ 7. Ke2 Re8+ 8. Kd2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0