As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent.
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[Event "Capri"]
[Site "Capri ITA"]
[Date "1908.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich"]
[Black "Gorky, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[ECO "B03"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
{ This is a chess game between two of the most influential people in history,
Lenin and Gorky. Both were leaders in the Marxist and socialist democratic
movements in the early 1900s. Lenin was the founder and leader of an
authoritarian regime responsible for political repression and mass killings
in Russia. Gorky fled to the island of Capri in southern Italy in 1906 to
escape the increasingly repressive atmosphere in Russia.|Gorky met and played
chess with Lenin. Gorky won by making good use of pinning tactics. Gorky said
this about Lenin.|He looked awful. Even his tongue seemed to have turned
grey. } 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. Nh4 fxe5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Nd7 17. Kh1 { A move designed to avoid
pinning and winning the white queen by the next move. } 17... Bc5 18. Qd3 Qg5 19. Nb5 Rae8 20. Bf3 Re3 21. Qd2 Rf6 22. b4 Be7 23. Nxc7 Rh6 { Pinning the
h-pawn. } 24. Ne6 Qg3 { The defensive power of a pinned piece is purely
imaginary. } 25. h3 Bd6 26. Kg1 { Walking into a new pin to avoid mate on h2. } 26... Rxh3 { Lenin resigned here in light of the following threats. } 27. c5 ( { White
can try: } 27. Qxe3 Rh1+ 28. Kxh1 Qh2# ) 27... Qh2+ ( { Black can mate with: } 27... Rh1+ 28. Kxh1 Qh2# ) 28. Kf2 Rhxf3# { The pinned pawn on g2 is powerless to
save its king. } 0-1