Wilhelm Steinitz

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rashid Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Yuri Kotkov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r2q3k/pp1b1Q1p/3p1bp1/5p2/2B5/1P5P/P1PP1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Re8+ Qxe8 ( { Black can try: } 1... Bxe8 2. Qg8# ) 2. Qxf6# 1-0