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 "Unknown369"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "7r/p2k1ppp/2rb4/1Q1pq3/8/4B3/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rfc1 ( { White can try: } 1. g3 d4 2. Qxe5 Bxe5 3. Rad1 Rd6 4. f4 dxe3 5. fxe5 Rxd1 6. Rxd1+ Ke6 7. Re1 Rb8 8. Re2 Kxe5 9. Rxe3+ Kd4 10. Re2 Kd3 11. Kf2 { Likely draw. } ) 1... Qxh2+ 2. Kf1 Rc8 3. Rxc6 Rxc6 4. Rc1 Qh1+ 5. Ke2 Qxc1 6. Bxc1 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0