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 "Unknown337"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/3p1pk1/2p1p3/KpP1P1PR/3P4/2P5/1r6 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rb2 ( 1... Kg5 2. Rh7 Kxg4 3. Rd7 Kf3 4. Rxd6 Ke3 5. Rxf6 Kd2 6. Kb5 Kxc2 7. Kxc5 b3 8. Kd5 b2 9. Rb6 Rh1 10. Kxe5 b1=Q 11. Rxb1 Rxb1 12. d4 Kd3 13. c5 Re1 14. c6 Rxe4+ 15. Kd5 Rxd4+ 16. Kc5 Rc4+ 17. Kb6 Rb4+ 18. Ka7 Kd4 19. c7 Rc4 20. Kb7 Rb4+ 21. Ka8 Rc4 22. Kb7 { Draw. } ) 2. Rh8 ( { White can
try: } 2. Rh2 b3 3. Ka3 Rxc2 4. Rxc2 bxc2 5. Kb2 Kg5 6. Kxc2 Kxg4 7. Kd2 Kf3 8. Kd1 Ke3 9. Kc2 Ke2 10. Kc3 Kd1 11. Kb3 Kd2 12. Ka4 Kxd3 13. Kb5 Kxe4 14. Kc6 Kd3 15. Kxd6 e4 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Rxc2 3. Rd8 Rc3 4. Rxd6 Ra3+ 5. Kb5 b3 6. Kxc5 b2 7. Rb6 Ra5+ 8. Kc6 Ra6 9. Rxa6 b1=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1