The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "USSR"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rudakovskij"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "2r1r1k1/pp1b1ppp/1q6/3P4/7N/Pn1Q4/1P3PPP/1RB2RK1 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1... Nxc1 2. Rfxc1 Rxc1+ 3. Rxc1 Qh6 4. Qc4 Bb5 5. Qc5 ( { White can try: } 5. Nf5 Bxc4 6. Nxh6+ gxh6 7. d6 Bb5 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 5... b6 6. Qc7 Qxh4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1