Mikhail Chigorin

Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown001"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r5k1/5ppp/1p2p2n/3pP3/q1bP2P1/1N5P/rQ1N1P1K/R3R3 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rxa2 Qxa2 2. Ra1 Qxa1 ( { Black dare not try: } 2... Qxb2 3. Rxa8# ) 3. Nxa1 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0