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 "Unknown204"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2r3k1/pp2ppbp/3rb1p1/7P/q5P1/P2BBP2/1PPQ4/1K1R3R b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rc3 ( { Black can try: } 1... Bc3 2. Qe2 { White's position holds with
equal chances. } ) 2. Qc1 ( { White can try: } 2. bxc3 Qxa3 3. Qe1 Ba2+ 4. Ka1 Bc4+ 5. Kb1 Ra6 6. Bxc4 Qa1# ) 2... Rxa3 3. bxa3 Rxd3 4. Rxd3 Qb5+ 5. Rb3 Bxb3 6. c3 Bc4+ 7. Kc2 Bxc3 8. Kxc3 Qb3+ 9. Kd2 Qd3+ 10. Ke1 Qe2# 0-1