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 "Unknown430"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "7k/3r2p1/3P4/P1p5/2P2p2/5p1p/7P/3R3K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kg1 ( { White dare not try: } 1. a6 f2 2. Rf1 Rxd6 3. Rxf2 Rd1+ 4. Rf1 Rxf1# ) 1... Kh7 2. a6 g5 3. a7 Rxa7 4. d7 Ra8 5. d8=Q Rxd8 6. Rxd8 Kg6 7. Rc8 g4 8. Kf2 ( { White dare not try: } 8. Rxc5 g3 9. hxg3 fxg3 10. Rc8 f2+ 11. Kf1 h2 12. Kg2 h1=Q+ 13. Kxh1 f1=Q# ) 8... Kh5 9. Rxc5+ Kh4 10. Re5 g3+ 11. hxg3+ fxg3+ 12. Kxf3 g2 ( { Black can try: } 12... h2 13. Kg2 Kg4 14. c5 Kf4 15. Re1 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 13. Re1 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0