Wilhelm Steinitz

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r6r/p2R4/1p2pbkp/2n1q3/7P/5Q2/PP4P1/5R1K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qg4+ Qg5 ( { Black can try: } 1... Bg5 2. h5# ) 2. h5# ( { The tempting
capture of a queen for a pawn is still not enough to win. } 2. hxg5 hxg5+ 3. Kg1 Nxd7 4. Qxe6 Rad8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1-0