Michael Stean

The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r3k/p4Bbp/4Qnp1/2p1p3/3qP3/5PP1/Pr1B3P/R2R3K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ White appears to be in a bad place. White's bishop is triple attacked. If it
moves to say g5, then capturing on d1 is mate.|What to do? } 1. Be1 Qxd1 ( { Black can try: } 1... Rb7 2. Rxd4 cxd4 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 2. Rxd1 Rxd1 3. Qc8+ Ng8 4. Qxg8# 1-0