Aaron Nimzovich

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown346"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/b5pp/r3k3/p3P3/Pp1N1P2/1PpR2P1/6KP/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Bxd4 2. Rxd4 Rc6 3. Rd1 c2 4. Rc1 Kd5 5. e6 ( { Black can try: } 5. Kf2 Kd4 6. Ke2 Kc3 7. g4 Kxb3 8. Kd2 Kb2 9. f5 b3 10. g5 Rc8 11. e6 Rd8+ 12. Ke3 Kxc1 13. e7 Rb8 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Kd1 16. Ke4 c1=Q { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } ) 5... Kxe6 6. Kf3 Rc3+ 7. Ke2 Kf5 8. Kd2 Kg4 9. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 10. Kxc2 Kh3 11. Kd3 Kxh2 12. g4 Kg3 13. f5 Kxg4 14. f6 gxf6 { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1