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 "Unknown555"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/2k3p1/1pp1b3/p1P1P1P1/1P1KB3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. cxb6+ Kxb6 2. bxa5+ Kxa5 3. Kc5 { Bxc6 also wins. } 3... Bf7 4. Kxc6 Kb4 5. Kd6 Kc3 6. e6 Be8 7. e7 Kd4 8. Bc6 Bf7 9. e8=Q Bxe8 10. Bxe8 Ke4 11. Ke7 Kf5 12. g6 Ke5 13. Kf8 Kf6 14. Bf7 Kg5 15. Kxg7 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0