Nimzovich

The passed Pawn is a criminal that must be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown534"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2k5/pp1r1p2/1n2p3/q5pQ/8/1BP5/P4BPP/2K1R3 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qxc3+ 2. Kb1 Rd2 3. Bxe6+ ( { Black can try: } 3. Rc1 Rb2+ 4. Ka1 Qxc1# ) 3... Kb8 ( { Black can try: } 3... fxe6 4. Qe8+ Kc7 5. Bg3+ Qxg3 6. hxg3 { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 3... Nd7 4. Bxd7+ Kxd7 5. Qxf7+ Kc8 6. Re8+ Rd8 7. Qe6+ Kc7 8. Bg3+ Qxg3 9. hxg3 { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 4. Bg3+ Ka8 5. Be5 Qc2+ 6. Ka1 fxe6 7. Qe8+ Nc8 8. Qxe6 Re2 9. Rb1 Qc5 10. Rb5 Re1+ 11. Kb2 Qxb5+ { Black wins
with a large material advantage. } 0-1