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 "Unknown066"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r4/1r4kp/3p4/4pp2/N1P5/1bR2P2/1P4PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rb4 ( { It is very tempting to try: } 1... Ra8 2. Ra3 Bxa4 ( { Black can
try: } 2... Rxa4 3. Rcxb3 Rxb3 4. Rxa4 Rxb2 5. Ra7+ Kf6 6. Rxh7 { Draw. } ) 3. b3 Kf6 4. Rxa4 Rxa4 5. bxa4 Rb1+ 6. Kf2 Ra1 7. c5 dxc5 8. Rc4 { Draw. } ) 2. Ra3 Bxa4 3. b3 Be8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1