Wilhelm Steinitz

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown078"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/p7/7p/2p2Pp1/Pb1p4/1P3P1k/1N2K3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nc4 ( { White can try: } 1. f6 c4 2. bxc4 g4 3. fxg4 Kxg4 4. Nd3 Bf8 5. Ne5+ Kf5 6. Nd7 Bd6 7. c5 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Kxf6 9. Nb3 Ke5 10. Kd3 h5 11. Nxd4 Kd5 12. Nf3 Kc5 13. Kc3 a5 14. Ng5 h4 15. Ne4+ Kd5 16. Kd3 h3 17. Nf2 h2 18. Kc3 Kc5 { Draw. } ) 1... Bc3 2. Kd3 h5 3. f6 g4 4. fxg4 hxg4 5. f7 g3 6. f8=Q g2 7. Qxc5 g1=Q 8. Qh5+ Kg3 9. Qg5+ Kf2 10. Qxg1+ Kxg1 11. Ne5 a5 12. Nc6 Kf2 13. Nxd4 Bb4 14. Nc6 Be1 15. Kc4 Ke3 16. Kb5 Kd3 17. Nxa5 Bxa5 18. Kxa5 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } 1-0