Pebble in the Sky

The correct answer to the question I asked below was Isaac Asimov in his novel 'Pebble in the Sky' (which was answered correctly by at least one person). Why I thought it an interesting quote was that the novel was first published in 1950, and certainly predated the popularity of 'Fischer Random' and pre-dated Fischer's chess career as well.
If you haven't read the story, Asimov also includes a full chess game in one of the chapters (describing it in the text, rather than listing the moves). Rather than invent something himself, he instead used a game from the 1924 USSR Championships, played by Grigory Levenfish. The only difference between the book and the game score I have been able to find is that the last few moves in the book were 28.Kg2 Qg3+ 29.Kh1 Qh3#

Verlinsky,Boris - Levenfish,Grigory [C84]
URS-ch03 Moscow (15), 1924

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3 O-O 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Ne1 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Bd2 exf4 17. Nd4 Rg5 18. Nf3 Rg4 19. h3 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Qe2 Qg3 23. Qg2 Nxf3 24. Bc3 Nd4 25. Qxb7 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Ne2+ 27. Kf2 Qe3+ 28. Ke1 Nxc3# 0-1