Aaron Nimzowitsch

Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown283"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r3qrk1/2p3p1/p2pbpnp/1p5Q/4P1N1/1PN1PR2/P1P3PP/2K2R2 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nxh6+ ( { White can try: } 1. Nxf6+ Rxf6 2. Rxf6 gxf6 3. Qxh6 Qf7 4. Nd5 Bxd5 5. exd5 Rf8 6. e4 Ne5 7. Rf4 Qg7 8. Rh4 Qxh6+ 9. Rxh6 { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } ) ( { White can also try: } 1. Rxf6 Rxf6 2. Rxf6 Bxg4 3. Qxg6 Qxg6 4. Rxg6 Bh5 5. Rg3 c6 { A likely draw. } ) 1... gxh6 2. Qxh6 f5 ( { Black
can try: } 2... Bf7 3. Rh3 Ne5 4. Qh7# ) 3. Rg3 Rf6 4. exf5 Bf7 5. fxg6 Rxf1+ 6. Kb2 Bxg6 7. Rxg6+ Kf7 8. Qg7# 1-0