It began to feel as though you were playing against chess itself. -- on playing against Robert Fischer.
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[Event "correspondence"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D'arruda"]
[Black "Hayes, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "unknown"]
[ECO "B01"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "unknown"]
1. e4 { B01: Scandinavian Defence } 1... d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. a3 Bg4 { To prevent Ne5. } 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qh5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxf6 { Now if 13... gxf6? 14. Bxd5 leaves white
in good shape. } 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qh6+ 15. Kb1 Qxf6 16. Bxd5 Nc6 17. Be4 O-O $2 { Other moves are better. 17... Rb8 discourages Bxc6 because the rook has an
x-ray attack on white's king. 17... h6 gives luft to black's king after it
castles. Black can force the win of a pawn, but at the expense of opening
lines of attack for black on the queen side. 17... Rd8 is also adequate for a
draw. } 18. Rd7 Rab8 19. Rhd1 Rfd8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qe5 { This move creates a
surreal kind of "Mexican standoff" which favors white in all lines. The side
that blinks first loses the most. The resulting endgame is hopeless for black
because of his weak queen side pawns. For example, 21... h6 22. Qxf6 Rxd7 23.
Rxd7 gxf6 24. Rxa7 clears the path for the a-pawn to run for the promotion.. } 1-0