The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown18"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "8/p1p2pk1/1p3q2/r7/7R/2P3P1/4rPQ1/5RK1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] { A } 1. Qa8 { A big move threatening Qh8+. } 1... Qg5 2. Qh8+ Kg6 3. Rh7 Qe7 4. Rh6+ Kf5 5. Qh7+ Kg5 6. Rh5+ Kg4 ( { Black dare not try: } 6... Kf6 7. Qh6# ) 7. Rh4+ Kg5 8. f4+ Kf6 9. Rh6# 1-0