Jon Speelman

... the initial position is decisive Zugzwang.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown656"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "r1br1bk1/2p5/4N2p/p3Ppp1/3q4/1Q1N2P1/PP4PP/2R1R2K b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... a4 ( { Black can try: } 1... Qxd3 2. Nxd8+ Qxb3 3. axb3 Bd7 4. Nb7 Bb4 5. Red1 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also
try: } 1... Qd5 2. Nxd8 Qxb3 3. axb3 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 2. Nxd4+ axb3 3. Nxb3 Rxd3 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } 0-1