Aaron Nimzowitsch

Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown023"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2r4k/prq3pp/8/3PP3/2Q2P2/6PK/P6P/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qxc7 ( { White can try: } 1. Qa6 Qxc1 2. Qxb7 Qf1+ 3. Kg4 Qe2+ 4. Kf5 Qh5+ 5. Ke6 Qg6+ 6. Kd7 Qe8+ 7. Kd6 Qf8+ 8. Kd7 Rd8+ 9. Kc6 Qd6+ 10. Kb5 Qxd5+ 11. Qxd5 Rxd5+ { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 1... Rbxc7 2. Rxc7 Rxc7 3. e6 ( { White can try: } 3. d6 Rd7 4. Kg4 Kg8 5. Kf5 Kf8 6. Ke6 Rb7 7. f5 Ke8 8. f6 a5 9. a3 gxf6 10. exf6 h5 11. h3 Rb3 12. f7+ Kf8 13. d7 Re3+ 14. Kd6 Rd3+ 15. Kc7 Rc3+ 16. Kb6 Rb3+ 17. Kc6 Rc3+ 18. Kb7 { Draw. } ) 3... Kg8 4. d6 Rc6 5. d7 Rxe6 6. d8=Q+ Kf7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0