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During the USA Championship Sherwin was in excellent form and won all his games up to a certain point. Reshevsky was in a serious danger of falling behind since he settled for two draws in the early rounds.
At that moment, he addressed Sherwin with the following words:
‘I see you are playing well. If you continue to do so, I will have to beat you.’
‘Oh, and what if I beat you?’
‘That can happen in a thousand years’
Naturally, in the last round, Sherwin beat Reshevsky in their individual encounter.
When they were signing the scoresheets, he merely remarked:
‘ You know, grandmaster, time flies really fa