Mikhail Chigorin

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

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crawford"]
[Black "Thacker"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5k1r/p1rq4/2n2pB1/2b3p1/6p1/2N3Q1/PPP2PP1/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ What is black to do with his queen hammered by the rook on d1? } 1... Qh7 2. Bxh7 Rcxh7 { Here white resigned, because only the great loss of material
will stop mate with Rh1#. } 0-1