Jon Speelman

... the initial position is decisive Zugzwang.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "7k/6p1/6Qp/2P2p1P/5N2/3Pr1P1/6K1/4q3 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qd2+ 2. Kh3 Qd1 3. Kh2 ( { White can try: } 3. Kg2 Qf3+ 4. Kh2 Re1 5. Ng2 Re2 ) ( { White can also try: } 3. Qxf5 Qh1+ 4. Kg4 Qf3+ 5. Kh4 Qxg3# ) 3... Qf3 4. c6 Re1 5. Ng2 Re2 6. Qe8+ Rxe8 7. c7 Kh7 8. c8=B Rxc8 9. Ne1 Qf2+ 10. Ng2 Rc2 11. Kh3 Qxg2+ 12. Kh4 Qh2# 0-1