Aaron Nimzovich

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Antosin"]
[Black "Rabar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2r2rn1/pp3p1p/5qpk/2p1Q3/3pPNP1/3P1R2/PPP4P/R5K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ An absolutely delightful combination... } 1. Ne6 Qxe5 ( { Black can try: } 1... fxe6 2. Rxf6 Nxf6 3. g5+ Kg7 4. Rf1 Rce8 5. Rxf6 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Qxf3 2. Qg5# ) ( { One
more try: } 1... Qxe6 2. Rh3# ) 2. Rh3+ Qh5 3. g5# { With two pieces hanging,
a lowly pawn advances for mate. } 1-0