Larry Evans

Fischer is the strongest player in the world. In fact, the strongest player who ever lived.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "R7/P5k1/8/8/8/8/r7/3K4 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Rook and Pawn Blunders|Black can make mistakes.|The black king is very
limited in where it can move. } 1. Kc1 { White's rook is immobile, so white's
king approaches black's rook to chase it away. } 1... Kf7 { Black can make two
common mistakes. This is one of them. Black cannot approach and win the a7
pawn. } ( { Black can move his king only between squares h7 and g7. Any other
king move loses!|This is how black can hold the draw. } 1... Kh7 2. Kb1 Ra6 3. Kb2 Kg7 4. Kb3 Kh7 5. Kb4 Kg7 6. Kb5 Ra1 7. Kb6 Rb1+ 8. Kc7 Ra1 9. Kb7 Rb1+ { Draw. White can make no further progress. } ) ( { This is another common
blunder: } 1... Kf6 2. Rf8+ Ke7 3. a8=Q Rxa8 4. Rxa8 { White wins with a
large material advantage. } ) 2. Rh8 Rxa7 3. Rh7+ Kg6 4. Rxa7 { White wins with
a large material advantage. } *