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I've seen this game in two or three books:
Borochow-Fine, Pasadena 1932:
1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 c4 Nb6 4 d4
Nc6? (4...d6) 5 d5! Nxe5 (5...Nb4 6 c5 N6xd5 7 a3 +-) 6 c5 Nc4 7
f4 1-0.
In one book, we are told that a famous Grandmaster once lost a game in seven moves, and then we are presented with the above game. How could Fine have been so careless? Well, the true story is that he intentionally went into the above loss, as a very risky gambit. And he actually won this game. He did not lose in seven moves.