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 "Unknown551"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5rk1/p4pq1/1p2p2p/2n5/4Q3/2rB1P1P/P4P2/R4R1K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qh4 Qe5 ( { Black can try: } 1... Nxd3 2. Rg1 Rc1 3. Raxc1 Nxc1 4. Qxh6 Qxg1+ 5. Kxg1 Rc8 6. Qd2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Rg1+ Kh8 3. Qxh6# 1-0