Eduard Gufeld

For me, chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in one lifetime.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/7p/8/6pp/4N1Pk/5K2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Knight Mate 1.|White to move and win.|The black king is almost
smothered by its own pawns on the edge of the board. That fact is the key to
winning this game. } 1. Ng2 { White threatens to capture the pawn on h4, and
win. } 1... hxg3+ ( { Black loses with other moves: } 1... h5 2. Nxh4 Kh2 3. Ng2 Kh1 4. Nf4 h4 5. gxh4 Kh2 6. h5 g3+ 7. Kf3 g2 8. Nxg2 Kh3 9. h6 Kh2 10. h7 Kg1 11. h8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 11... Kf1 12. Qh1# ) 2. Kg1 h5 3. Kh1 { The white king will move as often as necessary between g1 and h1
until black smothers himself. } 3... h4 4. Nf4# *