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 "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5p2/4p3/4P1k1/K5P1/8/5N2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ The Right Way.|White to move and win. } 1. Kb4 { Black will win one of the
two white pawns. This move delays the offer of the g-pawn until Black has
wasted a move or tempo. White uses this move to gain time and bring his king
into the fray. } 1... Kf4 ( { This no longer works: } 1... f6 2. Ne4+ Kxg4 3. exf6 Kf5 4. f7 Kxe4 5. f8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 5... e5 6. Kc4 Ke3 7. Qf5 e4 8. Kc3 Ke2 9. Qxe4+ Kf2 10. Kd4 Kf1 11. Qe3 Kg2 12. Ke4 Kf1 13. Qd2 Kg1 14. Kf3 Kh1 15. Qg2# ) 2. Nd3+ Kxg4 ( { Attacking the knight is
futile: } 2... Ke4 3. Kc4 Ke3 4. Nc5 Kf4 5. Nd7 Kxg4 6. Kc5 Kf5 7. Kd6 Kg6 8. Ke7 Kg7 9. Nf8 Kg8 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Kxe6 Kf8 12. Kd7 { The pawn cannot be
stopped. } ) 3. Nc5 Kf5 4. Nd7 { The knight on d7 is untouchable and protects
against all manner of counterplay. } 4... Kg6 5. Kc5 Kg7 6. Kd6 Kg6 7. Ke7 Kg7 8. Nf8 Kg8 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Kxe6 Kf8 11. Kd7 Kf7 12. e6+ Kf6 13. e7 Kf5 14. e8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } *