Pin It, Castle Long, Strike

Verse 1

Pawn to e4, he plays c5 1.e4 c5

Knight to f3, he plays d6 2.Nf3 d6

Pawn to d4, his pawn takes d4 3.d4 cxd4

Knight takes d4, his knight f6 4.Nxd4 Nf6

Knight to c3, he plays knight c6 5.Nc3 Nc6

He wants the c-file, I want the d-file

Chorus

Bishop to g5, the pin's on f6 6.Bg5

He plays e6, queen to d2 6...e6 7.Qd2

He plays a6, I castle long and quick 7...a6 8.O-O-O

D-file is mine, the f-pawn comes through

Verse 2

Bishop d7, my king to b1 8...Bd7 9.Kb1

Knight takes d4, my queen takes back 9...Nxd4 10.Qxd4

Bishop e7, pawn f4, attack 10...Be7 11.f4

Bishop c6, pawn to f5 11...Bc6 12.f5

His queen a5, the storm's alive 12...Qa5

Shuffle the bishop and the storm's undone

Chorus

Bishop to g5, the pin's on f6 6.Bg5

He plays e6, queen to d2 6...e6 7.Qd2

He plays a6, I castle long and quick 7...a6 8.O-O-O

D-file is mine, the f-pawn comes through

Bridge

Bishop d7, I still play queen d2 6...Bd7 7.Qd2

He plays a6, and I know what to do 7...a6

Sharper than most, most games get won

The Rauzer bites till the fight is done

Chorus

Bishop to g5, the pin's on f6 6.Bg5

He plays e6, queen to d2 6...e6 7.Qd2

He plays a6, I castle long and quick 7...a6 8.O-O-O

D-file is mine, the f-pawn comes through

Outro

Bishop to g5, I pin on f6 6.Bg5

The d-file is mine, the f-pawn kicks

The whole Richter-Rauzer for White fits in one breath: pin the f6-knight with the bishop, queen to d2 and castle long, then let the f-pawn roll to f4 and f5 while the rook sits on the half-open d-file — and never waste the tempo on a bishop shuffle when the pawn can strike.