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 "Unknown602"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2r1r3/p3pk2/6p1/2p1R2p/5q2/2Q5/PP3P1P/6RK w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rg3 ( { White can try: } 1. Qd3 Rc6 2. Qd5+ e6 3. Qd7+ Re7 4. Qd3 Kf8 5. Re3 Rf7 6. Qxg6 Ke7 7. Rge1 Qxf2 8. Rxe6+ Rxe6 9. Qxe6+ Kf8 { With a likely draw. } ) ( { White can also try: } 1. Rxh5 gxh5 2. Qg7+ Ke6 3. Re1+ Kd7 4. Qg2 Qd2 5. Qe4 e6 6. Kg2 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... Rc6 ( { White can
try: } 1... Qh4 2. Qd3 e6 3. Qxg6+ Ke7 4. Qxe6+ Kd8 5. Qd6# ) ( { White can
also try: } 1... Qd4 2. Qf3+ Kg7 3. Re6 Rh8 4. Rgxg6+ Kh7 5. Qxh5# ) 2. Rf3 Rf6 3. Rxf4 Rxf4 4. Qxc5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0