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 "Unknown376"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r5k1/5pp1/7p/pR3P2/1p1p2PP/1P1P4/PKP3R1/5r2 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Re8 2. g5 g6 ( { Black can try: } 2... hxg5 3. hxg5 g6 4. Rxa5 gxf5 5. Ra4 Rb8 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. a3 ( { White can
try: } 3. c3 dxc3+ 4. Kc2 Ra1 5. Rxa5 Ree1 6. d4 Red1 7. Ra8+ Kg7 8. gxh6+ Kxh6 9. Rh8+ Kg7 10. Rxg6+ fxg6 11. Rh7+ Kxh7 12. fxg6+ Kxg6 13. h5+ Kxh5 14. a3 Rac1# ) 3... Ree1 4. axb4 Rb1+ 5. Ka2 Ra1+ 6. Kb2 Rfb1# 0-1