Irving Chernev

The sign of a great Master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown250"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5rk1/6pp/1Q2p1r1/8/P1p2q2/5R1P/1R4P1/7K b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qc1+ 2. Qg1 Qxg1+ ( { Black can try: } 2... Qxb2 3. Rxf8+ Kxf8 4. Qc5+ Kf7 5. Qc7+ Kf6 6. Qf4+ Ke7 7. Qc7+ Ke8 8. Qc8+ Kf7 9. Qc7+ Kg8 10. Qd8+ Kf7 11. Qc7+ { Black cannot stop the checks. Draw. } ) 3. Kxg1 Rxf3 { Black wins
with a large material advantage. } 0-1