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 "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1K6/8/5k2/8/8/4p1N1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ A Knight Holds the Line.|White to move and draw.|White has no winning
opportunities. So the question becomes, can black drive the knight away and
force the promotion of the pawn? } 1. Kc6 { The white king approaches the pawn
with the intent of capturing it, and in so doing forcing the draw. } 1... Ke4 2. Kc5 Kf3 3. Ne1+ Kf2 4. Nc2 { The pawn will not promote successfully.
Black's king cannot drive away the knight.|Both sides can agree to a draw.
The remaining moves force a draw. } 4... Kf3 5. Kd4 Kf2 6. Kd3 Kf1 7. Kd2 Kf2 8. Ne1 Kf1 9. Nd3 { The black king is forces to abandon his pawn. } 9... Kg2 10. Kxe2 { The game is a draw because neither side has sufficient mating material. } *