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 "Unknown015"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "6k1/1b3p2/p1n1p1pP/4q1N1/8/1P1r4/P4PP1/R1Q3K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. h7+ Kf8 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kh8 2. Nxf7+ Kxh7 3. Nxe5 Nxe5 { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Kg7 2. h8=B+ Kxh8 3. Nxf7+ Kg7 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 2. Nxe6+ fxe6 3. Qh6+ Kf7 4. h8=Q Qxh8 5. Qxh8 { White wins with
a large material advantage. } 1-0