Aaron Nimzovich

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown500"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/p3Bpnp/4p1pQ/2p1P1P1/3qB2P/3b4/P4P2/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Bf6 ( { White can try: } 1. Rbd1 Qxe4 2. Rxe4 Bxe4 3. Bxf8 Rxf8 4. h5 Nxh5 { Black wins with a large material advantage. (White's queen is useless.) } ) ( { White can also try: } 1. Bxf8 Rxf8 2. Rbd1 c4 3. Re3 Qxe4 4. Rxe4 Bxe4 5. h5 Nf5 6. hxg6 Nxh6 7. gxh7+ Kxh7 8. gxh6 Kxh6 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 1... Nh5 2. Bf3 Qxh4 ( { Black can try: } 2... Rb4 3. Bxh5 Qg4+ 4. Bxg4 Rxg4+ 5. Kh2 Rxh4+ 6. Qxh4 h5 7. gxh6 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 3. Bxh5 Qxh5 4. Qg7# 1-0