Mikhail Chigorin

Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown250"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6p1/1p1p1k2/p1pP1P2/P1P1KRr1/1P6/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Kg5 ( { Black can try: } 1... Rxf4+ 2. Kxf4 g6 3. fxg6 Kxg6 4. Kg4 Kf6 5. Kf4 Kg6 6. Kg4 Kf6 7. Kf4 { Draw by repetition of position. } ) 2. Rxg4+ Kxg4 3. Ke3 Kxf5 4. Kf2 Ke4 5. Kg3 Kd3 6. Kg4 Kc3 7. Kg5 Kxb3 8. Kg6 Kxc4 9. Kxg7 Kxd5 10. Kf7 c4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1