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 "Unknown743"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/2Q3pp/5nk1/4R3/4P3/3r2P1/5PKP/3q4 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rg5+ Kxg5 2. Qxg7+ Kh5 3. Qf7+ ( { White can try: } 3. Qxf6 Qg4 4. h3 Qg5 5. Qf7+ { With a likely draw. } ) 3... Kh6 4. Qxf6+ Kh5 5. h3 Rxg3+ 6. Kxg3 Qg1+ 7. Kf3 Qh1+ 8. Kf4 Qc1+ 9. Kf5 Qc8+ 10. Qe6 Qc7 11. Qe5 Qb6 12. Qe8+ Kh4 13. Qe7+ Kxh3 14. Qxh7+ Kg2 15. Qg6+ Qxg6+ 16. Kxg6 Kxf2 17. e5 { White wins with a
large material advantage. } 1-0