Aaron Nimzowitsch

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

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[Event "Moscow championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6p1/8/7K/8/kP1b4/P7/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Kb4 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kxa2 2. b4 Kb3 3. b5 Kc4 4. b6 Be4 5. b7 Bxb7 6. Kg6 Be4+ 7. Kxg7 { Draw. } ) 2. a4 Kc5 3. a5 Kd6 4. a6 Ke7 5. a7 Be4 6. a8=Q Bxa8 7. Kg6 Kf8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1