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 "Unknown408"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/1bqnbp1p/p3pnp1/1p4B1/3RP3/P1N2N2/1PQ2PPP/1B1R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nd5 Qxc2 ( { Black can try: } 1... Nxd5 2. Qxc7 Nxc7 3. Bxe7 Rdc8 4. Rxd7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Nxe7+ Kf8 3. Bxc2 Kxe7 4. e5 Bd5 5. exf6+ Nxf6 6. Rf4 Ke8 7. Bxf6 Rdc8 8. Be4 Rc4 9. Bxd5 Rxf4 10. Bc6+ Kf8 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Bxf4 Rxc6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0