Wilhelm Steinitz

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gligoric"]
[Black "Szabo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r3bb2/p1q1N1kp/2P1p1p1/1pQ1p1B1/8/5P2/P5PP/3R3K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rd6 { An very difficult move to find. } 1... Bxe7 { Why not? } ( { Black can try: } 1... Kf7 2. Qxe5 Bxe7 3. Bh6 Bxd6 4. Qg7# ) 2. Rd7 ( { White can also play a
simpler winning line. } 2. Bxe7 Qxe7 3. Rd7 Qf7 4. Qxe5+ Kg8 5. Rxf7 Kxf7 6. Qxb5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Bxd7 ( { Black can try: } 2... Qxd7 3. Qxe5+ Kf7 4. Qf4+ Kg8 5. cxd7 Bxg5 ( { Black can try: } 5... Bxd7 6. Bxe7 Re8 7. Qd6 Bc8 8. Qc7 a5 9. Bf6 Bd7 10. Qxd7 Re7 11. Qxe7 a4 12. Qg7# ) 6. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 7. Qxg5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Qxe7+ Kg8 4. Bh6 Bxc6 5. Qxc7 Bd7 6. Qxd7 b4 7. Qg7# 1-0