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 "Richter, Kurt"]
[Black "Kretzschmar, Willi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r5r1/pp4bR/4Q3/2k1P1p1/2Pq4/6B1/PP4P1/1K6 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Checkmate in 15 moves. } 1. Bf2 Qxf2 2. Qd5+ { The king hunt begins. } 2... Kb6 3. Qd6+ Ka5 4. b4+ Ka4 5. Qd7+ Kxb4 6. Qb5+ Kc3 7. Rh3+ Kd2 ( { Black dare not: } 7... Kd4 8. Qd5# ) 8. Qb2+ Ke1 ( { Black can try: } 8... Kd1 9. Rh1+ Qe1 10. Qc2# ) 9. Rh1+ Qf1 10. Qc1+ Kf2 11. Rxf1+ Kxg2 12. Rf5 Bh6 13. Qf1+ Kg3 14. Rf3+ Kg4 15. Qh3# 1-0