Miguel Najdorf

Bobby just drops the pieces and they fall on the right squares.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ulrich"]
[Black "Spengler"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "k5r1/p5Qp/8/3q4/8/8/P4NPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ White is up a piece and pawn, but his queen is in serious jeopardy.|How can
white salvage a draw? } 1. Rb5 { If you capture my queen, then I will capture
yours. } 1... Re8 ( { The black queen cannot move. } 1... Qxa2 2. Qb7# ) ( { Black
cannot capture the rook. } 1... Qxb5 2. Qxg8+ Kb7 3. Qxh7+ Kc6 4. Qg6+ Kc7 5. h4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Rb1 { White retreats
to defend the back rank. } ( { White cannot afford the time to clear his back
rank. } 2. h4 Qxb5 3. Qxh7 { White will be hard pressed to hold the draw. } ) 2... Rg8 { Black has no better try than this move. } 3. Rb5 Re8 4. Rb1 Rg8 5. Rb5 Re8 6. Rb1 { Draw by repetition of position. } 1/2-1/2