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White to move and mate in two #381 — Second Piatigorsky Cup [1]
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Date: 2023-07-20
International Grandmaster Chess Tournament Held in Santa Monica, California, August 1966
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At the first rounds of the tournament, Mr. Donner showed tremendous mastery and tenacity, forcing his frustrated opponents to call him a nut impossible to crack. Draw, draw, draw, one draw following another, building a suspense generally not associated with drawing games. However, things began to change with his losses. None of his many friends liked it. Some of the youngsters probably to camouflage their disappointment made silly jokes about Mr. Donner’s shirt while more serious people wished that his bad luck would inspire someone to write a treatise on brilliant games which ended in losses.
Every one gasped as Mr. Donner appeared at the final round in a marvelous new shirt.
The old discarded one was found in the hall under a table and is now kept in Los Angeles as a souvenir of a witty and unforgettable man.
There is an inscription: “Here rests a shirt of Mr. Donner. A man of charm, skill and honor.”
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