Aaron Nimzowitsch

Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown295"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pp2bp1p/1qp3p1/3p1Q1P/3P4/3B1P2/PPP2P2/1K4RR b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Ba3 ( { Black can try: } 1... Qxd4 2. hxg6 fxg6 3. Qe6+ Kh8 4. Rxh7+ Kxh7 5. Qxg6+ Kh8 6. Qh7# ) 2. Bb5 ( { White can try: } 2. b3 Qxd4 3. c3 Qxc3 4. Rxg6+ hxg6 5. Qf6 Qxf6 6. Kc2 Qb2+ 7. Kd1 Rae8 8. Be4 dxe4 9. hxg6 Qd4+ 10. Ke1 exf3+ 11. Kf1 Qa1# ) 2... Qxb5 3. b3 Qf1+ { The only move that saves the day. } 4. Rxf1 gxf5 5. Rhg1+ Kh8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1