Mikhail Chigorin

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

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown123"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/ppp1qppp/1b4b1/8/2nN4/1PQ1P3/PB3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nc6 ( { White can try: } 1. Qxc4 Rfe8 { With equal chances. } ) ( { White can
also try: } 1. Nf5 Qe5 2. Qxe5 Nxe5 3. Ne7+ Kh8 4. Bxe5 Rfe8 5. Nxg6+ hxg6 6. Bc3 { With equal chances. } ) 1... Qf6 ( { Black dare not try: } 1... bxc6 2. Qxg7# ) 2. Ne7+ Kh8 3. Qxf6 gxf6 4. Bxf6# 1-0