David Levy

I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sarychev & Sarychev"]
[Black "Study"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1pPK3b/8/8/8/5k2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kc8 b5 2. Kd7 b4 3. Kd6 ( { White can try: } 3. Ke6 Ke4 4. c8=Q Bf5+ 5. Kd6 Bxc8 6. Kc5 b3 7. Kc4 b2 8. Kc3 b1=Q { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 3... Bf5 4. Ke5 Bc8 5. Kd4 Ba6 6. c8=Q Bxc8 7. Kc4 b3 8. Kxb3 { Draw. } 1/2-1/2