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 "Unknown"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6K1/5PP1/1k4n1/7p/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ No Time for Checks.| } 1. Kh6 { The knight must be driven away from is
defensive position. } ( { White can try: } 1. f7 h3 2. f8=Q Ne6+ 3. Kf7 Nxf8 4. Kxf8 h2 5. g7 h1=Q 6. g8=Q { Draw. } ) 1... h3 2. Kxg5 h2 3. f7 h1=Q 4. f8=Q { Imagine you are playing this game after an hour or more of difficult play.
Your pawn gives you a winning position. You have only minutes left on your
clock. Black will check you repeatedly hoping for a mistake born out of
frustration. It is black's only hope. If your flag falls, then you lose. } 4... Qg2+ 5. Kh6 Qh3+ 6. Kg7 Qd7+ 7. Qf7 Qd4+ 8. Kg8 Qd8+ 9. Qf8 Qd5+ 10. Kh8 Qe5+ 11. Kh7 ( { White can try: } 11. g7 Qh5+ 12. Kg8 Qd5+ 13. Qf7 Qd8+ 14. Kh7 Qh4+ 15. Kg6 Qg3+ 16. Kf6 Qf3+ 17. Ke7 Qa3+ 18. Ke8 Qa8+ 19. Kd7 Qa7+ 20. Ke6 Qa2+ 21. Kf6 Qa1+ 22. Kf5 Qb1+ 23. Kg4 Qg1+ 24. Kh3 Qe3+ 25. Kg2 Qe4+ 26. Qf3 Qg6+ 27. Qg3 Qc6+ 28. Kf1 Qc1+ 29. Ke2 Qb2+ 30. Ke3 Qb3+ 31. Kf4 Qf7+ 32. Ke4 Qc4+ { Draw. White is simply unable to shake the checks. } ) 11... Qh5+ 12. Qh6 Qf5 13. Qh4 Qd3 14. Qf4 Qh3+ 15. Kg7 Qd7+ 16. Kf6 Qc6+ 17. Kf5 Qc8+ 18. Kg5 Qc3 19. Qe4 Qg3+ 20. Kf5 Ka6 21. Kf6 Qc3+ 22. Qe5 Qf3+ 23. Ke6 Qg4+ 24. Kf7 Qd7+ 25. Qe7 Qd1 26. g7 { At long last, the pawn makes progress. } 26... Qh5+ 27. Ke6 Qh3+ 28. Ke5 Qe3+ 29. Kd6 Qa3+ 30. Kd7 Qa4+ 31. Kc7 Qc2+ 32. Kd7 Qa4+ 33. Ke6 Qg4+ 34. Ke5 Qg3+ 35. Kf5 Qf3+ 36. Kg6 Qg4+ 37. Qg5 Qe4+ 38. Qf5 Qe8+ 39. Kg5 Qe3+ 40. Kf6 Qc3+ 41. Qe5 Qf3+ 42. Ke6 Qh3+ 43. Ke7 Qh7 44. Qe6+ Kb5 45. Kf8 Qd3 46. g8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage.|Did you have time on your
clock to find all these moves and the remaining moves? } 1-0