Aaron Nimzovich

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/p1p2pk1/1p3q2/r7/7R/2P3P1/4rPQ1/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ A } 1. Qa8 { A big move threatening Qh8+. } 1... Qg5 2. Qh8+ Kg6 3. Rh7 Qe7 4. Rh6+ Kf5 5. Qh7+ Kg5 6. Rh5+ Kg4 ( { Black dare not try: } 6... Kf6 7. Qh6# ) 7. Rh4+ Kg5 8. f4+ Kf6 9. Rh6# 1-0