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 "Unknown556"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/3pk1pQ/2pNpp2/2P5/3P2r1/q3nN2/7P/6RK b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Nd1 2. Rxg4 ( { White dare not try: } 2. Qh3 Nf2# ) ( { White can try: } 2. Qxg7+ Rxg7 3. Rxg7+ Kf8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ( 3... Kd8 4. Rg8+ Kc7 5. Rc8# ) ) 2... Qxf3+ 3. Kg1 ( { White can try: } 3. Rg2 Qf1+ 4. Rg1 Nf2# ) 3... Qf2+ 4. Kh1 Qf1+ 5. Rg1 Nf2# 0-1