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 "Unknown511"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6pp/p2pp3/2p5/PPk1P3/4KP2/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. b5 axb5 2. a5 b4 3. a6 b3 4. Kd2 Kd4 5. a7 c4 6. a8=Q c3+ 7. Ke2 c2 8. Qa1+ Kc4 9. Kd2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0