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THREE HUNDRED CHESS GAMES [Dreihundert Schachpartien- English Language Edition]

DR. SIEGBERT

Т ARRASCH

English translation Ьу Sol Schwarz Hays PuЬlishing

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SiegЬen Tarrasch

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TABLE OF

CONТENТS

Foreword

4

Game 1 Player List

5

Index of Openings

8

1.

Breslau 1862-1880

9

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Berlin 1880-1882

22

ш.

Halle 1882-1885

33

IV.

Hamburg Chess Congress, 1885

47

v.

Geroldsgrun, 1886

47

Vl.

FrankfunTournament, 1887

70

vп.

NuremЬerg,

94

vm.

NuremЬerg

IX.

Leipzig Tournament, 1888

134

х.

Breslau, 1889

144

Xl.

NuremЬerg,

173

хп.

Manchester Toumament, 1890

191

хш.

NuremЬerg,

215

XIV.

Dresden, 1892

239

xv.

NuremЬerg,

257

1887-1888 Tournament, 1888

1889-90

1890-1892

1892-1894

107

XVI. Match vs. Chigorin, 1893

272

ХVП.

Match vs. Walbrodt, 1894

325

ХVШ.

Leipzig Toumament, 1894

347

FOREWORD SiegЬert TaiТaSch's Three Hundred Chess Games is one of the most helpful and instructive chess Ьooks ever puЬlished. Тhе original work, Dreihundert Schachpartien, was initially intended to Ье а well-annotated record of three hundred of Grandmaster Tarrasch's Ьest games, but it quickly Ьесате а favorite textЬook for chess teachers. As more and more copies were sold, the Ьооk was eventually recognized as а valuaЬle middlegame treatise. Тhе modem chess student will fmd а wealth of positional ideas, sharp tactics and elegant endings as he studies these exciting and original games. Tarrasch's easily understandaЬle annotations show clearly why he was given the title, praeceptor mundi (teacher of the world). Every chess player, regardless of strength, will Ьenefit Ьу sitting down and playing through these wonderful games. It's easy, higbly entertaining, and willlead to а greater understanding of chess.

".... one of the monuments of our game." ---Grandmaster ReuЬen Fine

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1 wish to thank Sol Schwarz for his very competent efforts in translating the original Gennan edition of Dreihundert Schachpartien. Special appreciation also to David Sewell, co-editor and final proofreader. Many thanks to Ludwig Schwarz for the artwork and cover design and to Кау Hale for the back cover photograph of Sol Schwarz . -Lou Hays, PuЬlisher

5 PLAYER 1GAME LIST 1. Breslau 1862-1880 Games 1-20 Game 1 Tarrasch-Mendelsohn Game 2 Tarrasch-Mendelsohn Game 3 Tarrasch-Mendelsohn Game 4 Tarrasch-v. Scheve Game 5 Tarrasch-Mendelsohn Game 6 v.Scheve-Tarrasch Game 7 v.Scheve-Tarrasch Game 8 Tarrasch-Mannhei.mer Game 9 Tarrasch-Mannhei.mer Game 10 Tarrasch-Mannheimer Game 11 Tarrasch-Landau Game 12 Tarrasch-Vogt Game 13 Tarrasch-Vogt Game 14 Tarrasch-Mendelsohn Game 15 Mendelsohn-Tarrasch Game 16 Tarrasch-Mendelsohn Game 17 IUemann-Tarrasch Game 18 Tarrasch-Schottlander Game 19 Tarrasch-Scbottlander Game 20 Tarrascb-Mende1sohn П.

Pg. 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 17

17 17 17 18 18 19 20 20 21

Berlin, 1880-1882 Games21-35

Е. Schallopp-Tarrasch Tarrascb-S. Winawer Tarrasch-B. Lasker В. Lasker-Tarrascb Tarrasch-B. Lasker Tarrasch-N.N Tarrasch-Pribulsky Tarrasch-W. Cohn Tarrascb-W. Cohn Tarrascb-W. Cohn Bohle, Droysen, B.Lasker -Нarmonist, V. Tarrascb Game 32 Tarrasch-Munchboff Game 33 В. Lasker, v. Scbeve, ТrоЬасЬHamюnist, Dr. V. Heydebreck, Tarrascb Game 34 Tarrasch-M. Naumann Game 35 v. BardeleЬen, В. Lasker, Tarrasch-Bohlke, Naumann, v. Scbeve

Game 21 Game 22 Game 23 Game 24 Game 25 Game 26 Game 27 Game 28 Game 29 Game 30 Game 31

23 23 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 27 28 28 29 30 31

Ш. НаНе,

1882-1885 Games35-51

Game 36 Tarrasch-Kuntze Game 37 Н. RosenЬaum- Tarrascb Game 38 Kuntze-Tarrasch Game 39 Tarrasch-B. IUchter Game 40 Tarrasch-B. IUcbter Game 41 В. IUchter-Tarrascb Game 42 Tarrasch-B. Richter Game 43 Tarrasch-B. Richter Game 44 В. Richter, Schwarz, Hollander-Sickel, R. Schmidt, ТапаsсЬ Game 45 Jacques Schwarz-Tarrascb Game 46 W. Hahn-Tarrasch

34 34 35 36 37 37 38 38 39 40 40

Game 47 Game 48 Game 49 Game 50 Game 51

Tarrasch-Barthmann Tarrasch-S. Lowenthal Tarrasch-v. Scheve F. IUemann-Tarrasch Tarrasch-F. IUemann

41 42

44 45 46

IV. Hamburg Tournament, 1885 and V. Geroldsgrun, 1886 Games 52-71 Game 52 Game 53 Game 54 Game 55 Game 56 Game 57 Game 58 Game 59 Game 60 Game 61 Game 62 Game 63 Game 64 Game 65 Game 66 Game 67 Game 68 Game 69 Game 70 Game 71

Tarrasch-Dr. Noa В. Englisch-Tarrasch Tarrasch-E. Schallopp Tarrasch-M. Weiss J. Taubenhaus-Tarrasch Tarrasch-M. Bier W. Paulsen-Tarrasch Tarrasch-J. GunsЬerg J.H. Bird-Tarrasch Tarrasch-J. Minckwitz Tarrasch-v. Gottschall J. Berger-Tarrasch F. IUemann-Tarrasch J. Mason-Tarrasch Mackenzie-Tarrasch Tarrasch-Schottlander Blackbшne- Tarrascb Н. v. Gottschall-Tarrasch Tarrasch-Dr. Si.monsohn Tarrascb-v. Scbeve

48 49

50 51 53 54

55 56 58

59 59 60 61 62 64 66 67 68 69 69

VI. Frankfurt Tournament, 1887 Games 72-89 Game 72 Game 73 Game 74 Game 75 Game 76 Game 77 Game 78 Game 79 Game 80 Game 81 Game 82 Game 83 Game 84 Game 85 Game 86 Game 87 Game 88 Game 89

Tarrasch-Scballopp Mackenzie-Tarrasch Tarrasch-Alapin Berger-Tarrasch Tarrascb-Louis Paulsen Tarrasch-v. BardeleЬen Blackbшne- Tarrasch Tarrasch-GunsЬerg А. Fritz-Tarrascb

Tarrasch-Schiffers Metger-Tarrasch Tarrascb-M. Weiss v. Scheve-Tarrasch Tarrascb-Dr. Noa Bшn-Tarrasch

Tarrasch- TauЬenbaus Н. v. Gottschall-Tarrascb Harmonist-Tarrasch

VП.

Game 90 Game 91 Game 92 Game 93 Game 94 Game 95 Game 96 Game 97

Nuremberg, 1887-1888 Games 90-106

Tamtsch -G. Irion and М Kunclшer

Tarrasch-G. Irion Dr. Schwarz-Tarrasch Tarrasch-M. Kurschner Tarrasch-M. Kurschner М. Kurschner-Tarrasch К. Meiser-Tarrasch К. Eckart-Tarrasch

71 72 73 74 75 77 77 78 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 88 90 92

95 95 96 96 96 97 98 98

6 Game 98 М. Kшschner-Taпasch Game 99 М. Kшschner- Taпasch Game 100 М. Kшschner-Taпasch Game 101 Taпasch-W. Hahn Game 102 М. Kшschner-Taпasch Game 103 К. Eckart-Taпasch Game 104 Taпasch-K. Eckart and М.

98 99 100 100 101 102

Kшschner

103 104 105

Game 105 В. Richter-Taпasch Game 106 Regensbшger-Taпasch VПI.

Nuremberg Tournament, 1888 Games 107-116 Game 107 Dr. Н. v. Gottschall, Hamюnist, Taпasch vs. J. Metger, J. Мieses, L Paulsen Game 108 Taпasch-Metger Game 109 Н. v. Gottschall- Taпasch Game 110 Taпasch-J. Мieses Game 111 М Harmonist-Taпasch Game 112 Taпasch-Louis Paulsen Game 113 J. Metger- Taпasch Game 114 J. Мieses-Taпasch Game 115 Taпasch-M. Harmonist Game 116 Louis Paulsen-Taпasch

108 109 111 116 118 119 123 126 130 131

IX. Leipzlg Tournament, 1888 Games 117-123 135 Game 117 J.Meises-Taпasch Game 118 Taпasch- W. Paulsen 136 Game 119 v. Scheve-Taпasch 137 138 Game 120 J. Мinckwitz- Taпasch Game 121 Taпasch-Riemann 139 Game 122 v. BardeleЬen- Taпasch 139 Game 123 v.BardeleЬen, Scheve, Schottlander, Taпasch vs. Н. v. Gottschall, Мieses, W. Paulsen, Riemann 141 Х.

Breslau 1889 Games 124-141 Game 124 Louis Paulsen- Taпasch Game 125 Taпasch-v. BardeleЬen Game 126 J. Metger- Taпasch Game 127 Hamюnist-Taпasch Game 128 Gossip-Taпasch Game 129 Taпasch-Joh. Berger Game 130 Tarrasch-Schiffers Game 131 J.H. Bauer- Taпasch Game 132 Taпasch-Maso Game 133 J. Мieses- Taпasch Game 134 Taпasch-J. Мinckwitz Game 135 Schallopp- Taпasch Game 136 Tarrasch-A. Fritz Game 137 Taпasch-Louis Paulsen Game 138 Tarrasch-Alapin Game 139 Blackbume-Taпasch Game 140 Taпasch-GunsЬerg Game 141 Bum-Taпasch XI. NuremЬerg 1889-1890 Games 142 169

146 146 147 148 150 151 153

155 156 158 160 162 163 164 166 166 169 171

Game 142 Taпasch-Kшschner Game 143 Taпasch-M. Kurschner Game 144 М Kшschner-Taпasch Game 145 К. Eckart-Taпasch Game 146 М. Kurschner-Taпasch Game 147 Taпasch-M. Kurschner Game 148 М. Kшschner-Taпasch Game 149 М. Kшschner-Taпasch Game 150 Taпasch-F. Kolb Game 151 Taпasch-Ciп. Schroeder Game 152 М. Kшschner-Taпasch Game 153 К. Eckart-Taпascla Game 154 М. Kшschner-Taпasch Game 155 Taпasch-M. Kurschner Game 156 Taпasch-K. Eckart Game 157 К. Eckart-Taпasch Game 158 К. Eckart-Taпasch Game 159 Taпasch-K. Eckart Game 160 Taпasch-K. Eckart Game 161 Taпasch-M. Kurschner Game 162 Taпasch-H. Steiner Game 163 F. КоlЬ-Taпasch Game 164 Herren F.KolЬ-Chr. Schroeder Game 165 Taпasch-M. Kurschner Game 166 Taпasch-K. Meiser Game 167 Taпasch-K. Eckart Game 168 Taпasch-Ciп. Kelz Game 169 Сlп. Kelz and Dr. Epstein

174 174 175 176 177 177 178 179 179 180 180 181 181 182 182 183 183 184 185 185 186 186 187 187 187 188 189 190

XII. Mancbester Tournament, 1890 Games 170-186 Game 170 Taпasch-v. Scheve 193 194 Game 171 С.О. Muller-Taпasch 195 Game 172 Taпasch-GunsЬerg Game 173 Locock- Taпasch 195 Game 174 Tarrasch-Owen 196 197 Game 175 Alapin- Taпasch 198 Game 176 Taпasch-Мason 201 Game 177 Schallopp- Taпasch 203 Game 178 Taпasch-Mack:enzie 204 Game 179 Gunston- Taпasch 205 Game 180 Taпasch- Thorold 206 Game 181 Bird-Tarrasch 208 Game 182 Taпasch-Gossip 209 Game 183 TauЬenhaus-Tarrasch 210 Game 184 Tarrasch-Biack:bume 212 Game 185 Mortimer-Tarrasch 213 Game 186 Taпasch-linsley XIII. Nuremberg 1890-1892 Games 187-220 Game 187 Taпasch-A. Steif Game 188 А. Steif-Tarrasch Game 189 Taпasch-M. Kurschner Game 190 М. Kшschner-Taпasch Game 191 Tarrasch-M. Kшschner Game 192 W. Hahn- Taпasch Game 193 W. Hahn-Taпasch Game 194 Taпasch- W. Hahn Game 195 Taпasch-0. Liebhardt Game 196 Taпasch-Chr. Kelz

216 216 217 219 219 220 221 221 222 223

7 Garne 197 Taпasch-Chr. Kelz Garne 198 Taпasch-Chr. Ke1z Garne 199 Taпasch-Dr. Schwaп Garne 200 Taпasch-Dr. Schwaп Garne 201 М. Kurschner-Tarrasch Garne 202 Taпasch-K. Eckart Garne 203 К. Eckart-Taпasch Garne 204 Taпasch-K. Eckart Garne 205 М. Kurschner-Tarrasch Garne 206 К. Eckart-Tarrasch Garne 207 W. Hahn- Taпasch Garne 208 Taпasch- W. Hahn Garne 209 Taпasch-Chr. Schroder Garne 210 Wirsing-Steiner Garne 211 М. Haпnonist- Taпasch Garne 212 Taпasch-M. Hamюnist Garne 213 Taпasch-S. TauЬenhaus Garne 214 S. TauЬenhaus-Taпasch Garne 215 Tarrasch-S. TauЬenhaus Garne 216 К. Eckart-Tarrasch Garne 217 W. Hahn- Taпasch Garne 218 Taпasch-F. Kolb Garne 219 Tarrasch-Н. Wirnitzer Garne 220 Taпasch-H. Fiedler

224 224 224 224 224 225 226 227 228 228 228 228 229 229 230 231 231 232 233 233 234 236 237 238

XIV. Dresden Tournament, 1892 Games 221-234 Garne 221 Tarrasch-дlapin Garne 222 Tarrasch-дlapin Garne 223 Dr. Noa- Taпasch Garne 224 Taпasch-J. Мakowetz Garne 225 AlЬin- Tarrasch Garne 226 Taпasch-J. Мieses Garne 227 Porges- Taпasch Garne 228 Taпasch-Marco Garne 229 Taпasch-v. BardeleЬen Garne 230 Schottlander-Tarrasch Garne 231 v. Scheve- Taпasch Garne 232 Wilfried Paulsen- Taпasch Garne 233 Taпasch-Dr. Н. v. Gottschall Garne 234 Winawer-Tarrasch

240 240 241 243 245 246 247 248 248 249 250 251 252 254

XV. NuremЬerg 1892-1894 Games 235-257 Garne 235 Taпasch-M Kurschner Game 236 Taпasch-H. RomЬerg Game 237 Taпasch-H. Нirscbler Game 238 Taпasch-H. RomЬerg Game 239 Н. Hausler- Taпasch Garne 240 Dr. Karl Hollander- Taпasch Game 241 Taпasch-Dr. Karl Hollander Garne 242 Taпasch-H. RomЬerg Game 243 Taпasch-Chr. Schroeder Game 244 Taпasch-Chr. Schroeder Garne 245 Taпasch-M. Kurschner Game 246 Taпasch-H. Laubmann Game 247 Dr. Karl Hollander-Tarrasch Game 248 Taпasch-Dr. Karl Hollander Game 249 Taпasch-H. RomЬerg Game 250 Taпasch-H. Нirscbler Game 251 Tarrasch-H. RomЬerg Game 252 М. Kurschner-Tarrasch

Game 253 Taпasch-Chr. Schroeder Garne 254 Taпasch-H. llirscbler Game 255 Taпasch-Ciп. Schroeder Game 256 Taпasch-F. Kolb Game 257 Taпasch-H.llirscbler

268 269 269 270 271

XVI. Match vs. Cblgorin, 1893 Games 258-279 Game 258 Taпasch-Chigorin (1) Game 259 Chigorin-Tarrasch (2) Game 260 Taпasch-Chigorin (3) Game 261 Chigorin-Tarrasch (4) Game 262 Taпasch-Chigorin (5) Game 263 Chigorin-Tarrasch (6) Game 264 Taпasch-Chigorin (7) Game 265 Chigorin- Taпasch (8) Game 266 Taпasch-Chigorin (9) Game 267 Chigorin- Taпasch (10) Game 268 Taпasch-Chigorin ( 11) Game 269 Chigorin-Tarrasch (12) Game 270 Taпasch-Chigorin (13) Game 271 Chigorin-Tarrasch (14) Game 272 Taпasch-Chigorin (15) Game 273 Chigorin-Tarrasch (16) Game 274 Taпasch-Chigorin (17) Game 275 Chigorin- Taпasch (18) Game 276 Taпasch-Chigorin (19) Game 277 Chigorin-Tarrasch (20) Game 278 Tarrasch-Chigorin (21) Game 279 Chigorin- Taпasch (22)

273 274 278 281 284 285 288 291 292 294 295 300 302 303 307 309 310 312 316 317 321 322

ХVП. Match vs. Walbrodt, 1894

Games 280-287 Game 280 WalЬrodt-Tarrasch (1) Game 281 Taпasch-WalЬrodt (2) Game 282 WalЬrodt-Taпasch (3) Game 283 Taпasch-WalЬrodt (4) Game 284 WalЬrodt- Tarrasch (5) Game 285 Taпasch-WalЬrodt (6) Garne 286 WalЬrodt- Tarrasch (7) Game 287 Taпasch-WalЬrodt (8)

326 328 330 331 334 337 339 342

ХVШ. Lelpzig Tournament, 1894

258 259 259 260 260

260 261 262 262 263 263 264 264 265 266 266 266 268

Games 288-300 Game 288 Tarrasch-Scblechter Game 289 J. Berger-Tarrasch Game 290 Teichmann- Taпasch Game 291 Taпasch-v. Scheve Game 292 Tarrasch-WalЬrodt Game 293 Мieses-Taпasch Game 294 Taпasch-Suchting Game 295 Tarrasch-Janowski Game 296 Blackburne-Tarrasch Game 297 Tarrasch-J. W. Baird Game 298 Schiffers-Taпasch Game 299 Tarтasch-Мarco Game 300 Lipke- Taпasch

348 350 351 353 354 356 358 359 360 362 363 364 366

INDEX OF OPENINGS 8

(NumЬers

refer to games)

Blrd's Opening 65, 118, 181 Center Game 58, 67, 142 Center Counter Game 4, 252, 298 Danlsh Gamblt 45 Dutch Defense 39, 95, 119 English Opening 38, 56 Evans Gamblt 3, 5, 15, 16, 18, 22, 168, 214 FalkЬeer

Counter Gamblt 6, 27, 292

Four Knight's Game 14, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 107, 124, 130 FrenchDefense30,33,34,36,37,47,48,49,52,59,64,68, 79,80,81,85,88,89,93,94, 104,109, 111, 116, 133, 135, 139, 152, 159, 160, 161, 170, 175, 177, 180, 185, 189, 233,235,240,245,259, 261,263,265,267,269,271,275,277,279,285,287 Giuoco Piano 26, 167, 225,230, 239, 280, 294 Goring GamЬit 23, 28, 51 Irregular Opening 1, 232 King's GamЬit 7, 10, 17, 21, 50, 69, 126, 151 234, 246, 248, 257, 273, 290 King's lndlan Defense 53 Nimzoindian (Ьу transposition) 186 Pierce GamЬit 24 PetroffDefense 8, 25, 57, 126, 132, 138, 176,229,281,283 Queen's Gamblt 78, 100,120, 122, 123,131,136, 141, 143,155, 171,174, 191,192, 193,202,222, 224,226,284,291,295 Queen pawn Game 66, 84, 91, 115, 179, 199,200,231,278,296,300 RuyLopez 19,20,35,42,43,46, 60,82,83,87,90, 102,105,108,113,127,129,134,144,147, 158,172,173,178,182,184,187,188,194,201,211,212,213,221,223,227,228,241,258,260, 262,264,266,268,270,272,274,276,282,286,288,289,297,299 Scotch Opening 44, 54, 55, 61, 62, 183 SiciUan Defense 2, 29, 32, 41, 63, 73, 75, 76, 99, 101, 110, 112, 137, 149, 293 Тwо

Knight's Defense 9, 11, 31, 157, 215

Vienna Game 86, 114, 117, 121, 128, 190 MisceUaneous & Odds Games 12, 13, 96, 97, 106, 145, 150, 162, 163, 166, 195, 196, 197, 198, 216,217,218,219,220,236,237,242,243,244,249,250,251,253,254,255,256

9

1. Breslau 1862-1880 I was Ьоm in Breslau, Gennany оп March 5, 1862. Breslau was а strong chess center at the time and was also the home of Anderssen and Zukertort. At age four I leamed to read and write. At age six I had already read most of the Ьooks in my father 's library. I was considered а strange phenomenon in the first grade. When I was asked to read for the first time I fluently read and understood everything presented to me. Му teachers were not terriЬly pleased, however, as I didn't like doing homework. In high school I felt as though I didn 't need to do my assignments, which further irritated my teachers. At age flfteen I leamed the rules of chess, but my actual chess career Ьegan later оп when а friend told me of the existence of chess Ьooks.1 was аЫе to acquire а practical chess Ьооk Ьу Alfons von Breda. This opened а completely new world to me. I was captivated Ьу the unЬelievaЬle Ьeauty of this wonderful game of chess and I Ьegan enthusiastically studying. This enthusiasm was shared Ьу ту classmates and soon fully half of the class was playing chess regularly. One day five of us ventured to invade the cafe of Fischer and Busch where every aftemoon there was а chess gathering. Alone, nопе of us would have dared go. We kibltzed some of the regulars' games, but one Sunday а gentleman challenged me to а game. How would I stand up to this test? The tension was unЬearaЬle, and my opponent started the game with l.NcЗ. We already knew from "Chess Catechism" Ьу Portuis that moves like l.NcЗ or l.NfЗ would imrnediately.. lead to а disadvantage for White (?!). Did the gentleman really believe that he could treat me with such contempt? Му suspicion grew when, after l ... e5 he played 2.Nf3. Му suspicion was unfounded when I began to realize that naivete and not shrewdness caused him to make these moves. I beat him several games that day, and our group was very happy. This first experience made us retum often to this cafe. We soon found out that there was every caliber of player there. There was Mr. Mannheimer, а great natural player who had even played Anderssen а number of times and also Herr v. Scheve, another well known chess master. I studied every chess Ьооk I could put my hands оп, including books Ьу Philidor, von der Lasa, and the handbook Dufrense-Zukertorte. М у playing strength increased very rapidly and I soon was considered one of the Ьest chessplayers in Breslau. Even against Schottlander, а well known student of Anderssen, I played aЬout even at that time. We used to have sessions of three games each, and with amazing regularity, each one of us won а game with one draw. Only against Riemann, who was considered а true master, could I not measure up. I had seen the great Anderssen only one time andl admiringly kept my distance from him. At around this time they founded the chess club named after Anderssen in Breslau. The president of this club was teaching in our school, and I asked him for pennission to attend the club as а student. I soon became а regular guest at this club and the only difference between me and the regular players was that I was younger and а stronger player (!) One evening the president of the club took me aside and told me that my

10 chess activity would serve as а detriment ю my regular studies. I got the message and stayedawayfromtheclub.Ireturnedtothecoffeehouseclubwherelhadplayedbefore. School was out atone о 'clock every day and punctually attwo I was engrossed in chess games at the coffee house into the evening. At night I studied chess at home. Му schoolwork did not suffer as predicted Ьecause I paid special attention to the lessons while in class. Near the end of ту high school years, I decided to become а medical doctor. М у score оп the pre-college entrance е хат was the highest inmany decades and myessayonLessing's significancefor the German Theater was considered ready for puЬlication in its suЬmitted form. This was the end of the Breslau period of ту life.

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1.83 е5 2.с4 Nf6 З.NСЗ Nсб 4.е3 d5 5.cd5 Nd5 6.Nf3 Bg4 This Bishop Ьelongs оп еб. 7.Ве2 NСЗ

Both sides follow the famous pattems of Anderssen and Morphy. The latter used to make this faulty exchange, which reinforces White 's center consideraЬly.

After 23 •..Rc7

8.Ьс3f5

Тhis is to protect the Bishop from the threat of Ne5, Ьut it quite possiЬly was not necessary. 9.d4 e410.Nd2 Ве2 11.Qe2 а6 . Q s IS to prevent Ь5. 12.0-0 Bd6 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6 Qf6 15.f4 I was still following the Anderssen Morphy pattem. Nowadays I would move the pawn one square only, in order to recapture with the pawn after ...еfЗ, and then advance the e-pawn with а decisive advantage. Of course the Кnight sacrifice on d4 has to Ье avoided, which can Ье

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1s...o-o-o 16.Rb1 Ne7 п.аhз Тhе Queen, now misplaced, plans to go to the other side of the Ьoard. Black overlooked the ensuing threat. 17 ... h6 18.Ne4 Qe6 19.Nd6 Rd6 20.Qf3 с6 21.Rf2! g5 22.Rfb2 Rd7 23.Qe2 Of course the extra pawn is enough to win, but the following end combination should Ье prevented Ьу ... Qdб. 23 ... Rc7 (see next diagram) 24.Rb7 Rb7 25.Qa6 Qd7 26.Qa8 1-о. It is remarkaЬle that White, while persistently pursuing the attack, never gets around to developing the dark squared Bishop, and White douЬled his

Rooks without moving the Bishop. The reader can fmd а sirnilar development (or non-development) in my tournament garne against ~ch~ve, Leipzig 1894, garne No. 291m th1s volume.

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GAME 2 Ч ·"t.N' "~ _) Tarrasch- Mendelsohn Sicilian Defense

1.е4 с5 2.Nc3 е6 З.NfЗ Nсб 5.Nd4 а6 6.Ве2 Nge7

4.d4 cd4

Often played Ьу the old masters and later Ьу Louis Paulsen, the intent is to play ...Ngб, but it is not as good as the natural ... Nfб. This Кingside Knight is the primary protector of the castled Кing. 7.вез Ng6 s.o-o Ве7 9.f4 о-о 10.Rf3 This very premature and amateurish Rook move, only works because of Black's mistakes. А much more mature player would methodically proceed with IO.Qd2, ll.Radl, etc., to exploit Black's weakness in the center, and also reserve the f3 square for the Bishop, from where it could attack the d-pawn after ... d7-d5, ed5, ed5. 10... f5? 11.ef5 Nd412.Bd4 ef5 Better is the recapture with the Rook, although White then effectively counters with the attack Ьу 13.Bd3 (13 ... Rf4 14.Bg6 RfЗ 15.Bh7 or 14.Rf4 Nf4 15.Qg4). 1З.Вс4

Kh814.Nd5

THREE HUNDRED CHESS GAМES

12

This guards the f-pawп апd thus the Кingside attack Ьу Rh3, while simultaneously keeping the Black Queeпside under fire. 14..• Ь5? 15.ВЬ6 Вс5 lf 15 ... Qe8, theп lб.Nc7 wins. 16.Вс5 d& 17.ВЬ6 Qd7 18.ВЬЗ ВЬ7 19.Rh3 Bd5 coпtinues

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20.Rh7 Kh7 21.Qh5 Kg8 22.Bd5 Rf7 23.Qg6 Raf8 24.Bd41·0.

26•.. Bg4 There is по adequate defense against Bg5 orBhб. 27.Bg4 Ng4 28.Bg5 h& Оп 28 ... Ne5, 29.Nh7 Rh7 ЗО.Вfб Kg8 and Зl.QgЗ is decisive. 29.Bh6 Nf& ЗО.Вg7 Kg7 31.Qg5 Kf8 з2.Rt& ьз зз.аьз сьз З4.NdЗ ь2

35.Raf1 Qe7 36.Qg6 Ь1 :Q 37 .Rf7 Ке8 38.Rf8 Kd7 39.Qf5 and mate пехt. 1·0.

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GAME 4 тod4_j

GАМЕЗ

Tarrasch • v. Scheve

Tarrasch - Mendelsohn Evans Gшnhil

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc& З.Вс4 Вс5 4.Ь4 ВЬ4 s.сз всs &.о-о d& 7.d4 ed4 s.cd4 ВЬб

9.d5 Na510.Bb2 Ne7 (10 ... Nc411.Bg7) 11.Bd3 D-0 12.NСЗ Ng613.Ne2 с5 All the above is the result of home analysis. 14.Kh1 Rb815.Ne1 Вс7 16.f4 Ь5? White 's f-pawп advaпce, which demolishes Black's positioп, should have Ьееп halted Ьу ... fб. 17.t5 Ne5 18.t6 gt& 19.Qc1 Kg7 20.Ng3 Rg8 21.Nh5 Kh8 22.Nf6 Rg& 23.Qt4 с4 24.Ве2 Ь4 25.Qh4 Rg7 26.Вс1

1!-JJ,

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CenJer Counler j)Cl(Jtfl, ~'..5 1

1.е4 d5 2.ed5 С6 З.d4 cd5

da_'j

Ву transpositioп,

this positioп may also arise in the Caro Kann defeпse, e.g. l.e4 сб 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5. 4.Bd3 Nc& 5.Ве3 Nf& 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 ВfЗ 8.Qf3 QЬ6 It is poor strategy to go_ pawn h~ting, especially the very quesuoпaЬie gam_ of the b-pawn, without first completшg опе 's developmeпt. 9.о-о

This method of developiпg pieces as rapidly as possiЬie and поt shyiпg aw_ay from раwп sacrifices апd thus acqщre

/. BRESLAU 1862-1880

13

One square too far.

open files and attacking chances is wholly in the spirit of the game. Mind over material.

17.ef5 Bf518.Bf5 Rf5

9 ... Qb2

If 9... Nd4, Black loses either Кnight or Queen Ьу 10.Qf4 Nеб ll.Qa4 Qсб 12.ВЬ5.

10.Nd2 Nd4 Тhis second pawn grab is very dublous, but if instead Black retreats Ьу ...Qb6, White will proceed with Qf4 and bring а Rook to Ь1 with а strong attacking game.

11.Qf4 Ne6 PreferaЬle is the Кnight's retreat to сб, although White then has the very strong Qc7 followed Ьу RfЬ 1.

19.g4 Rf7 20.f5 NeS 21.Nf4 Nac4 22. веs Nes 2З.Nf3 То prevent ...Qh4, or at least to make this move less dangerous if Black decides to trade Кnights.

12.Qa4 Nd7 1З.RаЬ1 Qc3 14.Rb7 Nc7 15.Bd4

23 ... Ng4

Very dangerous. 24.Ne6 Qf6 25.Nfg5 NеЗ 26.Qh5 g6 27.Qh6 Ng4

Тhis

If instead 27 ... gf5, or 27 ... Nf5, White will play 28.Nf7. Should Black decide to take the exchange Ьу 27 ... Nfl. White retains а very strong attack, using all his pieces against the Вlack King, who is defended only Ьу his Queen and Rook. 28.Qh3?

forces an irnmediate win.

15... Qd2 16.Rc7 Rd8 17.Qd7 Rd7 18.Rc8 Rd8 19.ВЬ5# 1-D.

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1.е4 eS 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 Вс5 4.Ь4 ВЬ4 -.1' 11' 5.СЗ BCS б.D-0 d6 7.d4 ed4 8.cd4 ВЬ6 ll~

9.d5 NaS 10.ВЬ2 Ne7 11.Bd3 0·0 ~ 12.NСЗ Ng6 13.Ne2 с5 14.Kh1 Вс7 15.Nfg1 RЬ8 16.f4 f5?

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This move gives Black an opportunity to force а draw. Ву playing 28.Nf7 Nhб 29.Nh6 Kh8 ЗО.fgб Qg6 31.Nf7 Kg8 32.Rgl Кf7 ЗЗ.Rgб followed Ьу 34.Nc7, White keeps winning chances. 28•.• Nf2? Correct was 28 ...Qal. The game would continue as follows: 29.Nf7! Nf2 30.Kg2 QflЗl.Kfl Nh3 and White forces perpetual check Ьу Кnight checks оп hб and f7. 29.Rf2 Qa1 ЗO.Rf1 Qf6 31.Nf7 Qf7 32.fg6 Qe7 ЭЭ.Rf7 1-Q.

Here White should take some precautions against the next attacking move Ьу either Bg2, to guard the Rhl, or Rgl, giving up а pawn.

11 ...Nh5 Attacking the f-pawn and the Rhl, thus forcing the gain of а pawn. 12.NЬ6 аЬ6 13.d5 Ne7 14.Kd2 Nf4 15.Qc2 Q-0! 16.Qc7

GAME6 v. Scheve - Tarrasch Falkheer Counler Gamhil

1.е4 е5 2.f4 dS Э.eciS е4 4.с4 с6 S.NcЭ Nf6 6.d3 ВЬ4 7.QЬЭ ВеЗ 8.ЬСЭ Q-0 9.de4 Ne4 10.Bd3?

10 .•• Qh4 11.g3 NgЭ 12.Nf3 QhS 13.Rg1 Qf3 14.Rg3 Re8 15.Kd2 Qf2 and Q-1.

GAME7 v. Scheve - Tarrasch King's Gamhil declined

1.е4 е5

4.с3

Bg4

Сопесt is Ве2. S... ecl4 6.cd4 ВfЭ 7 .gfЭ Qh4 8.Ке2 9.NсЭ Nc6 1о. вез Nf6 11.Na4

ВЬ6

2.f4 BCS

Э.NfЭ

d6

S.d4?

16... Nfd5! 17.ecl5 NdS With the last moves, Black has truly exploited White 's bad Кing position. 18.Qc4 Qf6 19.Bd3 Оп 19.Qd4 there follows 19... Ne3 20.Ке3 Rfe8 21.Кd3 Qf3 or 20.Qf6 Nfl. Оп 19.Bd4, the game is decided Ьу 19...Qf4 20.Ке2 Rac8 2l.Qd5 (or 21.Qd3 NЬ4) 21 ...Rc2 22.Кd3 Qd2 23.Ке4 Re8 24.Кf5 Re5. The open files for the Rooks have а decided effect If 19.RЬI, there follows 19...Qf3 attacking Ьoth Rook and Bishop. 19 ••• Qb2 20.Qc2 Qb4 21.Ке2 Rfe8 22.Bh7 Kh8 2Э.Ве4

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1. BRESLAU 1862 - 1880 23 •.. Ne3 24.Ке3 d5 25.RhЬ1 Qe7 de4 27.f4 On 27ie4, Black, Ьу playing 27 ... Rac8, will force the Queeп away from the defense of either е4 or с5. 27... Rac8 28.Qb2 Тhе Queeп has to keep the RЬб guarded as Qc5 is threateпed. White 's game is completely Ьeyond salvatioп. 28... Qc5 29.Qd4 Qh5 ЗO.Rf1 Rc2! G-1. Black's conduct of the attack in this game would Ье а credit to any master. 2б.RЬ6

GAMES Tarrasch - Mannhelmer Petroff Defense 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nfб З.Nе5 dб 4.Nf3 Ne4 5.d4 Ве7 Here and оп the пехt move, ...d5 is considered Ьetter. б.ВdЗ Nfб 7.0..0 о-о 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Вgб 11.Nh4 ВdЗ 12.Qd3 Ng4 Тhis is quite dangerous. For the lost (поt sacrificed) pawn, White gets а very stroпg attack. 13.Nf5 Nfб 14.Kh1 Nсб More prudeпt was 14... Кh8. 15.Rg1 Ne8 Here 15 ... g6 was mandatory.

16.Ng7 Kh8!

Оп 16 ... Ng7, White regains the piece Ьу 17.Bh6 Вfб 18.Qg3 or 18.Nd5 with а decisive attack. 17.Вhб Вfб

On 17 ... Rg8, there follows 18.Ne8 Qe8 19.Rg8 Qg8 20.Rgl Qd8 2l.Qg3 and wins. 18.Nеб fеб 19.Bf8 Ng7 20.Bg7 Bg7 21.Rg4 Qe7 22.Rag1 Вhб 23.Qg3 Qf7 24.Qh4 Bd2 On 24 ... Bf8 follows 25.Qf6. 25.Ne4 QfЗ If the Bishop goes to а5 at опсе, there follows 26.Qf6 Qfб 27.Nf6 Ne7 28.Rg7 followed Ьу 29.Rh7#. 2б.Кh2 Ва5 27.Qh7 Kh7 28.Rh4 and mate next move. 1·0.

GAME9 Tarrasch • Mannheimer Two Knighl's Defense

1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nсб З.Вс4 Nfб 4.d4 Ne4 will cause а loss of several tempi. 5.de5 Nc5 Тhе threat was 6.Qd5. Тhis

б.ВеЗ Nеб Тhis is пecessary оп account of the threat 7.Вс5 followed Ьу 8.Bf7 and 9.Qd5. 1.о-о Ве7

Better was 7 ...dб. s.Ncз о-о 9.Qe2 fб White has developed all of his pieces very fast and this move gives hirn а chance for direct threats. 10.Rad1 Qe8 11.Nd5 Вd8 12.еfб gfб 13.Вhб Rf7 14.Rfe1 Ne7 Black сап hardly move. 15.Nf4 Nf516.Qd2 Ndб Оп 16 ... Nh6, White plays 17 .Nеб. Even so this was preferaЬle. 17.ВЬЗ а5 18.Nd4 Re7 19.Nde6 de6


16

18 ... Bg5 19.Nf4 Bf4 20.Bf4 fб

This weakens

еб.

21.Bg3 То

make room for the Knight.

21 ... ВЬ7? 22.d5 Вс8 23.Ne2 Bd7 24.Nf4 Qe8 25.Ne6 Веб 26.fe6 Qg6 27.Qd4 Qg5 28.Kd1 h4 29.Ref1 Rh5

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20.Ne6 Ве6 21.Re6 Re6 22.Re1 Kh8 23.Ae6Qg6

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Better was 25 ... Ве7.

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The h-pawn could Ье saved only Ьу pushing it, as otherwise the pawns would Ье permanently kept from advancing, and adding insult to injury, Black's position is also bad on the Queenside. ЗO.Rf5

26.Bg7 Qg7 27.Qe8. 1-0.

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24... Nf5 25.Qd7 NеЗ

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24.Re3

This threatens 25.Rg3. Of course the Bh6 is immune from capture because of 25.Re8 winning the Queen and or mate with 26.Rg8#.

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Qg6 31.Rh5 Qh5 32.Rh4 Qg5

Better is ...Qg6 to prevent the next move.

Mate comes оп the next move.

33.Rh7

GAME10

Threatens Rf7 followed

Tarrasch - Mannheimer

зз

King's Gamhit Accepted

1.е4 е5

2.f4 ef4 З.NfЗ g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5

h5

This old defense is known to

Ье

unfavoraЬle.

6.Вс4 Rh7 7.d4 d6 8.Nd3 fЗ 9.gf3 Ве7 10.Ве3 Bh4 11.Kd2 Bg5 12.f4 Bf6

13.Nc3 Nc6

White has а very strong game, the pawn center is especially Ьothersome. 14.Qg1 Na5 15.ВЬ3 NЬЗ 16.аЬЗ Ь6 То

develop the Bishop via Ь7.

17.Re1 Kf818.f5 Тhreatens

Nf4.

... ьs 34.Qb4

Now

Вdб

34... Ne7

is threatened.

Ьу

Qa4.

1. BRESLAU 1862-1880

17

GAME 11 Tarrasch- Landau

Two Knights Defense (White is Ьlindfolded) 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.Вс4 Nf6 4.d4 ed4 5.0-0 d5? 6.ed5 Nd5 7 .Nd4 Nd4? 8.Qd4 Ве6 9.Re1 с6 1О.NсЗ NсЗ 11.Qc3 Qd712.Bg5! Be713.Rad1 Qc8 14.Qg7 Bg5 Оп 14...Rf8, either 15.Веб or 15.Re6. 15.Qh8 Ке7 16.Qg7 Qg8

20.Qc4 d5 21.Qa4 de4 2З.Ве4 ed4 24.Qc6 Forces mate. 1-0.

22.Всб QhЗ

GAME13 Tarrasch - Vold;

Remove White's Knightpom Ь1 1.е4 е5 2. Вс4 Nf6 З.Qе2 Вс5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 ВfЗ 7.gf3 Nсб 8.СЗ Q-0 9.Bg5 h610.h4 Kh711.Q-Q-O Na512.f4 ef413.Qf3 Nc4 14.dc4 g6?

17.Re6# 1-0.

GAME12 Tarrasch - Vold;

Remove White's Knight ]rom Ь1 1.е4 е5 2.Вс4 Nf6 З.Qе2 Вс5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 ВfЗ 7.gf3 1Ъis makes castling Kingside awkward. 7... Nсб 8.СЗ Qe7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh512.Bh2 Q-Q-0 Better would Ье 12... Nf4. Castling is very dangerous.

1З.Ь4 ВЬ6 14.а4 а&

Better is

а5.

15.а5 Ва7 16.Ь5 аЬ5 17.ВЬ5

Qd7? 1Ъis self pinning is self destructive. 18.а6 Ь6 19.d4 кьа

15.е5

hg5 16.hg5 Nh5 17.Rh5 gh5 Better would have Ьееn 17 ... Kg7. 18.Qh5 Kg719.Qh6 Kg8 20.Rh1 and wins. 1-Q. GAME14

Tarrasch - Mendelsohn Fоиг

Knights Game


18

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.NСЗ Nf6 4.ВЬ5 ВЬ4 5.Nd5 Nd5 6.ed5 Nd4 7.Ва4

Better is 7 .Nd4. 7 ... Ь5 Better is 7 ... 0-0, or 7 ... NfЗ. 8.Nd4 Ьа4 9.Nf3 G-0 Better is 9... е4. 1O.G-0 dб 11.с3 Вс5 12.d4 ed4 1З.Nd4 Ваб 14.Re1 Вс4 15.Nc6 Qf6 16.Ве3 Rfe8 Тhis is the wrong Rook, as this Rook Ьecornes an attacking target. Better would Ье the other Rook, as the later threat against it would then Ье impossiЬle.

16 ••. fe5 17.Qd2 Rb8 18.Rg1 Вс7 19.Nf5 Ь5 20.Ng5 1Ъis looks Ьetter than it is really. Pushing the g-pawn prornises rnore of an attack. 20... с4 21.Вс2 СЗ! 22.Qc1 ВЬ6 23.Ne6 Веб 24.de6 Qfб 25.е7 Rf7 26.g4 Re7 This exchange sacrifice ruins all of White 's attacking chances. 27.g5 Qe6 28.Ne7 Qe7 29.Rg2 Kh8 In order to play ... Nc4 without it Ьeing pinned Ьу ВЬЗ. ЗО.f4 Nc4 31.f5?

17.Вс5 Re1 18.Qe1 dc5 19.Qe4! ВЬ5 20.d6 Kf8 21.Ne7 Re8

22.Qh7 Qd6 2З.Rе1 Equally good is 23.Nf5 at once. 2З ... Ве2 24.Nf51·0.

GAME15

Mendelsohn - Tarrasch Evans Gamhit

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.Вс4 Вс5 4.Ь4 ВЬ4 s.сз всs б.о-о d6 7.d4 ed4 s.cd4 ВЬ6 9.d5 Na5 10.ВЬ2 Ne7 11.Bd3 0·0 12.Nc3 Ng6 13.Ne2 с5 14.Ng3 f6

15.Kh1 Ne516.Be5 This exchange frees Black's garne. Better was 16.Nh4 followed Ьу 17.f4.

31 •.. Ве3 32.Qf1 Bg5 ЗЗ.QdЗ NеЗ 34.Rg3 Nc2 35.Qc2 Ь4 36.Rag1 h6 37.Qg2 as 38.Qh3 Even without this rnistake, White 's garne is hopeless. 38 .•. с2 39.f6 Qf6 40.Rf3 Qe7 41.Rff1

19

1. BRESLAU 1862-1880 41 ... Qc7 42.Rg5 c1Q 4З.Rс1 Qc1 44.Rg1 Qc2 45.Qg4 Rg8 46.Qg6 Qa2 Q-1.

GAME16 Tarrasch - Mendelsohn Evans Gamhil

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 BCS 4.Ь4 ВЬ4 S.сЗ BCS 6.0.0 dб 7.d4 ed4 8.cd4 ВЬ6 9.d5 NaS 10.ВЬ2 Ne7 11.Bd3 0·0

12.Nc3 Ng613.Ne2 c514.Kh1

с4

This is prernanпe as it allows White to play Nd4. 15.Вс2

fS?

The norrnal continuation is Ь2-Ь4-Ь5. 7 ... Nf6 8.Qe2 о-о 9.fs hб?

Black wants to avoid Bg5, but this rnove gives White an attacking target. Сопесt is 9 ... d5 IO.Bg5 de4 [Also good is ... d4.] ll.de4 Qdб 12.Nd2 Ь5! [То avoid Nc4.] and Black has а good garne. 10.g4! Nh7 11.h4 f6 12.Ь4 ВЬ6 13.84 14.Na3 Qd7

аб

This rnove allows White the advance of the g-pawn, wblch should Ье prevented Ьу ...Qe7 followed Ьу ... Nc6-d8-f7. 15.g5! fgS 16.hg5 NgS 17.Bg5 hgS 18.Bh5! Nd8

Very dangerous. The pawn rnust only Ье rnoved one square to interrupt the White Queen Bishop's line.

Black defends quite skillfully against а very strong attack. The threat was Вgб followed Ьу Qh5 or Rh8.

16.Nfd4 fe4

19.Bg6 Nf7 20.Q-Q-O

Pushing the f-pawn is Ьetter. 17.Ве4

Nh4 18.Qc2 gб 19.Ne6

Ве6

On 20.f6, Black plays into relative safety 20... Nh6 2l.fg7 Qg7 22.Qh5 Rfб.

Ьу

20... Nh6

20.Qc3Qe7?

The only rnoves were 20 ... Qf6 or 20...Rf6. 21.de61-0.

GAME17 Riemann - Tarrasch Кings

Gamhit Declined

1.е4 eS 2.f4 Вс5 З.NfЗ dб 4.с3 5. Ве2 ВfЗ б. ВfЗ Nсб 7 .dЗ

Bg4

Both here and at rnove 27, we see the fear of "The Great Master" Ьу а beginner. Black could have played 20 ... Qa4, а rnove that would keep White а little busy, and а rnove that contained а possiЬle counterattack preventing White 's next attacking rnove, rnaking it ineffective. After 20 ... Qa4, if White protects the Knight Ьу 2l.Qa2?, both of these pieces would Ье pinned and the threat of ... ВеЗ would consideraЬly inhiblt White 's garne and Black could start а counterattack Ьу 21 ... а5 22.Ь5 Вс5. Also if White defends the Knight Ьу КЬ2 the following counterplay is possiЬle, e.g. 20 ... Qa4 21.КЬ2 а5 22.Bf7 Kf7 23.Qh5 Ке7! 24.Qg5 Ке8 25.Qg6 Kd8 26.Qg7 Re8, and for the tirne being the attack has fizzled, while Black's counterattack is starting. 21.Qa2 Kh8 22.Nc4

Ва7

23.Rd2!

Ь5

20


24.Rdh2! White's elegant attacking play deserves

33.Qg5 Kd7 Better is ЗЗ ... Rfб, but Black still believed that the Кiпg could find а safe haven on the other side of the board. 34.Bf5 Кеб 35.Ве6! Тhreatening 36.Qd5 followed Ьу 37 .а5#. 35 ... КЬ7 Тhе Rook check would Ье of no further use because the White King soon escapes the checks. 36.Bd5 с6 37.Qg7 КЬ6 38.а5 КЬ5 З9.QЬ7 Ка4 40.Qc6 каз 41.Qc41·0. On 41 ... Ка4 42.Qb3 КЬ5 43.с4#.

atteпtioп.

24 ... Ьс4 25.Rh6 gh6 26.Rh6 Kg8 27.Qh2 Qg7 Better first was ... ВеЗ to guard the g5 square. 28.d4! То deactivate the Bishop. Bad is 28.Rh7 Ьecause of 28 ... Qg6 29.fg6 Rf1 followed Ьу 30 ...Rf2 and Black regains the Queen. 28...ed4 Тhis is Ьest, since поw 29.Rh7 сап Ье answered Ьу 29 ...Qe5. 29.Bh7 Kf7? This move will cost the garne. Тhе positioп would Ье tепаЫе Ьу 29... Кh8, as оп 30.Qh5, Вlack would Ье threatening to counterattack Ьу ЗО ... dЗ or ЗО ... dсЗ, and iп that case Whi te would have to Ье satisfied with а perpetual check. 30.f6! Adecisive move. If30...Qh8, mate follows Ьу 3 1.Qh5 Кеб 32.Qg4 1Ф 33.Qd7# . ЭO ... Qf6 31.Rf6 Kf6 32.Qh6 Ке7 Now Black has two Rooks for the Queeп, but а пеw matiпg attack Ьу White follows. Ths attack wouldhave Ьееп impossiЬle if the Black Ьishop had been оп еЗ defending the g5 pawn. In that case the game would have ended in а draw.

GAME18

Tarrasch·- Schottlander Evans Gamhit 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 Вс5 4.Ь4 ВЬ6 5.а4 а6 6.0·0 d6 7 .а5 Ва7 8.Ь5 аЬ5 9.ВЬ5 Nge7 10.d4 ed4 11.Nd4 Bd712.Nc6 Nc6 1З.ВЬ2 0·0 14.Ra3! Тhis unusual way of developiпg the Rook is in character with my style and I've played it in some of my earliest garnes, e.g. Garne 22 move 16, garne 147 move 15, garne 171 move 24, garne 177 move 13, or garne 189 move 22. 14... Вс5 15.Rg3 f6 White has obtained а nice attack, and it would now Ье appropriate not only to save the Rook's pawn Ьу advancing it, but utilize it at the sarne time, as the pawn cannot Ье takeп Ьecause of Qd5 and Всб, winning а piece. 16. ВС4 Kh8 17.Qh5? (see next diagram) Now however, White should push the a-pawn to close the Rook file and thus prevent the following Rook move, which stops White's attack. 17... Ra5! Тhreatening ю win the Queen Ьу 18 ...Bf2. 18.Qh4 Ne5 19.ВЬ3 Qe8 The anack is stopped, andnow Black wins.

/. BRESLAU 1862-1880

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1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Э.ВЬ5 аб 4.Ва4 Nf6 S.D-0 Ne4 6.d4 Ь5 7.ВЬ3 d5 8.de5 Ne7 9.Re1 Веб 10.Ng5 Ng5 11.Bg5 hб 12.Bf6 А Ьeginner's move, pretty, but incoпect. 12... с5! Well played! Should Black take the Bishop at опсе, апd theп move the Кnight, White will attain а good attack Ьу Bd5. 1Э.сЭ с414.Вс2

20.Nd2 Ngб 21.Rg6 Qgб 22.Вс3 Raa8 23.Kh1 Rae8 24.f4 Qg4! D-1.

GAME19

Tarrasch - Schottlander Ruy Lopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Э.ВЬ5 аб 4.Ва4 Nfб 5.0·0 Ne4 6.d4 Ь5 7.ВЬ3 d5 8.Ne5 Ne5 9.de5 Ве6 Anderssoп prefeпed

9 ... с6. 10.Ве3 Вс5 11.Вс5 Nc5 12.Nc3 с6 13.14 gб 14.Qf3 Very stroпg seems to Ье 14.g4, but оп 14... Rg8 [or 14... d4] 15.Khl d4! lб.Веб dсЗ, Black has the better game. 14...о-о 15.Rad1 f6 16.Qe3 Qe7? The decisive епоr, Black should play lб ... NЬЗ. 17.ef6 Rf6 18.Bd5! Ra7 If Black should take the Bishop поw, 19.Nd5 decides the game. 19.Вс6 Вс4 20.Bd5 Bd5 If the King moves here, White will trade Queeпs, theп exchange Bishops, followed Ьу Nd5. 21.Qe7 Re7 22.Nd5 апd wiпs. 1-0.

GAME 20

Tarrasch - Mendelsohn RuyLopez

White still had а chance, as he did last move, to save the Bishop Ьу Ве7, but he would have an inferior positioп. 14... gf615.ef6 Ng816.Qh5 QЬб Simplest is 16 ... Qd7. Ву playiпg 16...Qb6, White is giveп а пеw lease оп life. 17.Qd5 Rd818.Qf3 At this poiпt the fб-pawn impedes the Кiпgside developmeпt.

18... h5 [ln order to play ...Rhб]. 19.Bf5 Threateпs Веб followed Ьу f7. 19... Rd7 20.а4 Ь4 21.а5 Qd8?

Тhе decisive епоr, the type of move that players will make in а cramped position. 22.Re6 fеб 23.Bg6 Rf7 24.Qc6 Qd7 25.Qa8 Qd8 26.Bf7 Kd7 27.Веб Кс7 28.Qa7 Кеб! 29.Qa6 Кс5 ЗО.Qс4 Кdб 31.Qd4 Кс7 32.QЬб#. 1-0.

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11. Berlin 1880-1882 I was attracted to Berlin where I had two uncles who took те under their wing. The year was 1880. I started тedical school in Berlin and I found it difficult to switch ту attention from the huтanities to science. М у professor 's тethods of teaching were not conducive to rousing an interest in science. Very often during the lectures I found тyself in а hypnotic state, especially in the subject of anatoтy. То coтpensate for that, I had the Cafe Royal, where I could play the late А. Trobach, considered one of Berlin 's strongest chess players. I invited Trobach to а game one day, тuch to his surprise, but he consented, and five minutes later I had lost. I attribute this loss to ту nervousness and shyness. The second game lasted three hours and I won with fine р1ау. All of the kibltzers watched the game with amazeтent. Mter this debut, ту uncle enrolled те as а теmЬеr of the Berlin Chess Club, of which he hiтself had Ьееn one of the founders. Му chess activity was lirnited in those days ahnost exclusive1y to the evenings in the club, as I also wanted to have sоте time with ту friends. It was only after the summer vacation started and ту friends 1eft Berlin, that I could plunge back into chess. М у тost frequent opponent's were Pribulsky, а young Russian, who in the 1880 Weisbaden toumey had scored very well and Мr. Harmonist who they called "The Little Morphy" and Wi1lhelт Cohn and others who were well known strong players in Berlin. Last but not least, ту friend Berthold Lasker the brother of the great world chess champion was а very ingenious player whose strength deteriorated due to а nervous condition. These players were all of aЬout equal strength. I even succeeded in winning the only game I ever played against Winawer, which was а sensation at the time. After the Winawer game I devoted тyself to preparing for the German Chess Federation Congress which was to take place in the fall of that year. I was very anxious to show ту abllity in the top section. I thorougbly prepared тyself, p1aying chess day and night. I lived for chess. The demonic game was the center of ту thinking and ту Ьeing. The тonths went Ьу and fmal1y the time for the toumament arrived. Instead of the hoped for honor, I suffered а sad defeat. The top section was played in four sтall groups, and the winner of each group played the winners of others. Unfortunately, the three strongest players, von BardeЬelen, В. Lasker and тyself were in the same group and there could Ье only one winner from this group and that was von BardeleЬen, while Lasker and I left етрtу handed. То some extent we saved our honor Ьу winning the conso1ation tournament. I cou1d not put the bad result out of ту mind and it depressed те terriЬly. I really didn 't realize how lucky I was, Ьecause had I won at that time, I would have rapidly and undoubtedly Ьесоте а great chess player, but nothing else. Shortly after this tournament, I took а science course with an extreтely interesting and enthusiastic professor. I was fascinated with this course and I followed his easily understood lessons and for the flrst time in ту life, I left his lectures as an enthusiastic student of science. Mter this, I threw тyself into ту studies and I caught up everything I had rnissed in the previous three seтesters, and I passed ту first тedical exaтination. After this I reтained faithful to ту profession, although I still dedicated а large arnount of time to chess. The passion for the game had passed, but the love for chess rernained with rne. At this point I decided to rnove to Halle.

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11. BERUN 1880-1882

GAME21 Е.

22 ...D-O-O 23.Nf2 Rhe8 Q-1.

Schallopp - Tarrasch King's Gtinihit Accepted

1.е4 е5 2.f4 ef4 З.Вс4 d5 4.Bd5 Qh4

5.Kf1 g5 6.Nf3 Qh5 7 .h4 Bg7 8.d4 Ne7 9.Nc3 h6 1О.е5? At the tirne this game was played, this was the usual continuation of the attack, but it should Ье rejected as it weakens the center and yields control of d5. 10...16! Нitting the nail ConsideraЬly weaker

on the head. are 10... NЬс6 or 10 ... 0-0, although these moves are recommended in the "Ьооk". 11.ef6 On ll.eб, ll ... g4 wins а piece. Тhе same move also threatens to win the e-pawn. This factor almost forces White to exchange pawns, after which Black obtains а nice position. 11 ... Bf6 12.Вс4 Тhreatened

again was 12... g4. 12... NЬc613.Ne4 Bg7 UnfavoraЬle is 13 ...Bd4 14.Qd4! QfЗ 15.gf3 Nd4 16.hg5. 14.Ве2 Bg4 15.Nf2

In order to take the Bishop and continue with Ne5. Also 16.hg5 is threatened, even so this move is а decisive mistake. 15 ... Nf5 16.Kg1 NgЗ 17.Rh2 Nd4 18.Nd4 Ве2 19.Ne2 Ne2 20.Kf1 NgЗ 21.Kg1 Qd1 22.Nd1

GAME22

Tarrasch - S. Wmawer Evans Gambit

1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВС4 Вс5 4Ь4 Btt& s.o-o d6 6.а4 а5 7.Ь5 Nce7 8.d4 ecl4 9.Nd4 Nf6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Bg5 Ng6 12.Nd5 Ne5 13.Bf6 gf6 14.NЬ6 сЬ6 15.Bd5! Ву energetic opening play White has already attained а consideraЬle positional advantage.

15...Kh816.Ra3! Rg817.f4 Ng618.Nf5!

White spums the pawn win Ьу 18.ВП, and

instead goes for the jugular - he is convinced that when playing а grandmaster, the chances lie in sharp attacking play and not in material advantage. 18... Qc719.Rh3 Rg7

An ingenious try at defending against the 20.Rh7 threat, but even this move is incapaЬle of saving the game. 20.Ng7 ВhЗ 21.Nh5 Ве6 22.Nf6 Qc3 23.f5! Вd5 24.fg6 Qe3 25.Kh1 Ве4 26.Qa1 The only move the Queen makes in tltis game, leads to victory. 26... Bg2 (there is nothing Ьetter) 27.Kg2 Qg5 28.Kh1 fg6

29.Ne8! Qe5

ЗO.Rf8#

1-0.


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GAME23

9 ... Qe4 is answered Ьу 10.Nf4. 10.Ь4

Tarrasch - В. Lasker Goring

GamЬil

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.d4 ed4 4.с3 dсЭ 5.Вс4 сЬ2 6.ВЬ2 ВЬ4 7.Nbd2

7 .Nc3 has а Ьetter reputation. 7 ... Kf8 Better is 7 ... Nf6. 8.0-0 d6 9.Qb3 Nh6 10.Rad1 Bg4 11.83 Bd2 12.Rd2 Rg8 Тhreatening 13... Na5, which if played at опсе is answered Ьу 13.Qc3.

1З.QеЗ

ВfЗ

16.Ве5

Qe5

14.Qf3 Qe7 15.Rfd1 Ne5

Although Black was аЬlе to exchange а of pieces, White still has а decisive attack.

White anticipates ...0-0-0 and Ьegins action оп the Queenside. 10•••Q..O-O 11.Bd3 Rf8 То start an attack against White's center Ьу ...f5. 12.Qc2 f5! А temporary pawn sacrifice which gives Black the attack. 13.ef5 Qf614.g4 fgЗ 15.Ng3 g4! 16.Ь5 On lб.Nel, there follows 16 ... Nd4, to Black's advantage. 16 ... gf3 17.Ьс6 Вс6 18.Вс4 Ne7 19.8е6 КЬ8 20.RЬ1 h5 21.Ne4

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24.Qd6 and 1-0.

GAME24 В.

Lasker - Tarrasch Pierce GamЬit

1.е4 е5 2.Nc3 Nc6 З.f4 ef4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 Bg7 6.Вс4 Advancing the d-pawn to d6 gives White а stroпg attack. б ... dб 7.D-O hб 8.Ne2 Qe7 9.с3 Bd7

21 •.• Rhg8 An elegant move, but as it often happens, the pretty way is not always the Ьest. 22.Rf3? If instead of this erroneous move, White would take the Queen, the fmal result would only Ье а general exchange of pieces, e.g. 22.Nf6 Вfб 23.Khl! f2 24.d5 Nd5 25.Qe4! Ne7 26.Qc6 Rgl 27 .Rgl fgl=Q 28.Кgl Nсб, but this variation would also give Black а Ьetter eпding.

22 ... Qe6! 2З.fеб Bd4 24.Kf1 RfЗ 25.Ке2 Rg2 26.Kf3 Rc2 27.cd4 RСЗ 28.Kf4 On 28.Ве3, Black is аЬlе to trade all of the pieces Ьу 28 ... Nf5 or 28 ... Nd5.

1/. BERUN 1880-1882 28 ... Ng6 D-1. Оп 29.Кf5

Rf3 and ЗО ... Ве4 decides.

GAME25

Tarrasch - В. Lasker

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20 ... Rac8 21.Rid1 Rc4 22.Qb7 RсЗ 23.Rd71-0.

On 23 ...Ra3, White wins with 24.Re7 Qe7 25.Qc8 followed Ьу 26.Rd8 or 26.Rd7.

Petroff Defense 1.е4 е5 2.NIЗ Nfб З.Nе5 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Вdб

GAME26

d6 4.Nf3 Ne4

More usual is 6 ...Ве7. 1.о-о о-о s.c4 св 9.NсЗ 1s Retreating the Кnight was Ьetter. 10.QЬЗ Rf7? At this point the Ьest way to proceed was Ьу trading Кnights and pawns, although the resulting position is consideraЬly Ьetter for White. 11.cd5 NсЗ 12.Ьс3 hб On 12...cd5, it is of course not followed Ьу 13.Qd5, but Ьу 13.Ng5 and then 14.Qd5. 13.dc6 Kl8 The threat was 14.Вс4.

Tarrasch - N.N Giuoco Piano

1.е4 е5 2.NIЗ

Nc6 З.Вс4

Вс5

4.d4 ed4

5.c3dc3?

Better is 5... Nf6. 6.817 Kl7 7.Qd5 Ке8 8.Qh5! 9.Qc5 Qe710.Qc3 Qe4?

gб?

10... Nf6 should have Ьееn played. 11.Kd11-0.

GAME27

Tarrasch- Pribulsky Falkheer Counter Gamhit 1.е4 е5

14.ВС4 Rc7 15.сЬ7 ВЬ7 16.Ne5 Ве5 17.de5 Nc6 18.ВаЗ Ne719.Rad1

Black is of course lost, no matter what, but the attacking move 19.Bg8 and 20.Bh7, could still Ье countered with ...Qe8-f7. 19... Qe8 20.Rd6 White scores the win of the exchange Ьу 20.Bd6.

2.14 d5!

З.еd5 е4 4.ВЬ5

The FalkЬeer is always hard to defend, but this defense, which was considered Ьest in the old days, but nowadays it is completely rejected. Better prospects are offered Ьу playing for the removal of the terriЬle e4-pawn Ьу dЗ. 4 ...с6 5.dc6 Nсб б.Всб Ьсб 7.d4 Вdб 8.Ne2 Nfб 9.Q-O Ваб 10.ЬЗ То cut off the Bishop with ll.c4 and then answer ll ...c5 with 12.d5. 10... с5! 11.с4 On ll.d5, Black now plays ll ...c4!


26 11 ...cd4 12.Qd4 Qc7 Тhreatens

the loss of Queen Ьу 13 ...Вс5. Ng415.Ne4 Rad8 Rfe8 White, Ьecause of the opening, has а difficult game. Should White play 18.Qf3, Black, Ьу 18 ...ВЬ7 would strengthen the attack against the Ne4. 18.N2c3 f5 The preparatory 18 ... ВЬ7 is countered Ьу 19.g4. 19.Nds аьв 1З.Ве3 Q-0 14.NЬСЭ 16.Qa7 NеЭ 17.Qe3

20.Nef6 gf6 21.Nf6 Kh8 22.Ne8 Re8 23.Qd4 Kg8 24.Qd5 Kh8 25.Qf5

The balance is now in White's favor and his attacking chances are better than Black's chances. On 25 ... Rf8, there follows 26.Qe6 and Black cannot capture onf4. 25 ... Re2? 26.Qf6 Kg8 27.Rf3 Rg2 There is no adequate defense anyrnore. 28.Kg2 ВЬ7 29.Rg1 BCS ЗО.КhЗ and mate next move. 1-0.

First 8... Вс3 should Ье played. 9.Nd5! h6 Black has to meet the 9.Bg5 threat. The Кnight trade would lead to а piece loss Ьecause of the threat ll.Qa4. 10.NЬ4

10.ВЬ5

also loses а pawn. 10... NЬ411.QЬЗ Nc6? Better is ll ... d5. 12.Bf7 Kf813.Nh4 Ne5 14.Bg6 d5 То weaken the effect of f4, e.g. if 14... Ne4, then 15.f4 would Ье decisive. 15.f4 Neg4 The sirnple Кnight retreat is preferaЬle. 16.h3 Ne4 Тhis is the move that Black relied upon, however, the attack Ьecomes decisive in а fewmoves. 17.hg4 Qh4 18.Qd5 Nd6 19.f5 Qe7 Оп 19 ...Qg4, White will play the same move. 20.Bf4 Bd7 21.Ве5! Тhis is much stronger than 21.Rael, when Black сап keep resisting with 2l ... Bc6. 21 ... Вс6

GAME28

Tarrasch - W. Cohn Goring Gamhil

1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nc6

З.d4

ed4

4.с3 dсЭ

5.Вс4с2 А

lost tempo which serves White. ВЬ4 7 .NсЗ d6 S.Q-0 Nf6

6.Qc2

22.16! Bd5 If instead, 22 ... gf6, White plays 23.Qd4. 23.fg7 and promotes with mate on the next move. 1-Q.

1/. BERUN 1880 - 1882

GAME29

27

24 ... Kd7 25.Qf7

Tarrasch - W. Cohn

27.QЬ6 Ка4 28.с4!

Кеб

26.Qc7 кьs Qc4 29.Nc3 1-Q.

Sicilian Defense

GАМЕЗО

1.е4 с5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Э.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 е6 5.NЬ5 Nf6 6.Bf4 е5 7.Bg5 аб 8.Bf6 gf6 9.Nd6 Bd610.Qd6 Qe711.Qd2 QЬ4

Poor opening play has already given Black а bad position. Тhis last move does nothing to improve it. Better chances to hold the game were offered Ьу ll ...d6, followed Ьу 12...Ве6. 12.Nc3 Nd413.Nd5! Qdб Black could have played 13 ... Nc2 followed Ьу the exchange of Queens and 15...Nal, but White emerges with decisive advantage after 16.Nc7 and 17.Na8, as his Кnight сап escape and Black's cannot. 14.СЗ Nc6 15.Qh6 Kd8

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An equally useless move. 14. ВЬ1 Rf7 15.а3 Much stronger is 15.Qd2 Nсб 16.Bg5 winning а pawn. 15... Nc6 16.Qd2 hб? 17.Bg6 Nf8 If 17 ...Rf8, then the Bishop sacrifice оп hб decides. 18.Bf7 Kf7 White now fmishes the game with а few forcing moves . 19.Nh4 Qh4 20.0.0 Kg8 21.Rf4 Qe7 22.Raf1 Bd7 23.Rg4 Kh7

16.Q-O-O Ne7 17.Nf6 Qe6 18.Qg7 Ngб 19.Ве2

The Bishop threatens to go to g4 or h5 with decisive effect. Black should try to stop Ьoth of these threats Ьу 19... Qe7 and 20...Qf8, but, of course, this maneuver would not save the Black game. 19 •.. h5 20.Bh5 Rh5 21.Nh5 Qa2 22.Nf6 as ProbaЬly in order to develop the Rook via аб, but Black never gets around to this. 23.Nd5 dб 24.Qg8 24.Qf7 would win а piece.

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1·0.

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GAME31 Bohle, Droysen, В. Lasker Harmonist, v. Scheve Tarrasch (Players alternate) Two Knights Defense

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.Вс4 Nfб Вс5 5.d3 dб б.hЗ? hб? 7 .Q-0?

4.Nc3

Castling, after having moved the Rook pawn, is erroпeous. Now Black could attain а stroпg attack Ьу 7 ... g5. 7 ... Веб 8.ВЬ3 Qd79.Be3

BЬ610.Nd5!

This premature looking attacking move is very stroпg and in coпjunctioп with the пехt move sequeпce, cramps Black's positioп.

10... Bd511.ed5 Ne712.c4

Ngб

Here Black should trade Bishops. 13.d4!

Threatening поt only the displacemeпt of the ВЬб Ьу 14.с5, but also 14.Ва4 сб 15.dc6 Ьсб 16.d5! 1з ... о-о 14.de5

And поt

14.с5 Ьecause

14... Ве3 15.ef6

of 14... ed4.

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21.Ng5 А пiсе comЬiпatioп which Exchange, but lose the game.

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21 ... hg5 22.hg5 Ne5 23.gf6 f4 24.Ве4 Qg425.Kh1 Rh826.Kg1 f327.Bf3Qh4 28.Bh5 Rh5 29.Qh3 NfЗ! ЗО.Кh1 Qg4 Q-1.

GAME32 Tarrasch - Munchhoff Sicilian Defense

1.е4 с5

2.Nf3

Nhб

Тhis ecceпtric opening treatmeпt used to Ье the master's favorite play and he was ofteп quite successful doing it. З.d4 е6

4.d5 ·

This раwп advaпce, which cramps Black's positioп, is much to Ье preferred to trading оп hб. The Кnight is poorly posted there anyway. 4 ... dб 5.с4 е5 б.ВdЗ Ng4 7.Nc3 Nаб 8.а3 Ве7 9.Q-O hб 1О.hЗ Nfб 11.Nh2 g5 То preveпt

f4.

Kg7

Black has lost а pawn and the chances for а counterattack оп the ореп g-file are slim. 17.Qd2 f518.Qc3

This is premature. Better is 18.Nd4 to force the d4 exchanges or else 19.Ne6 follows. 18...Rf619.Bc2 Rg8 20.h4 Kf7

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ll. BERUN 1880-1882 19.Re1! То make room for the followiпg

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re-deploymeпt.

19 ... Qe7 20.Nhf1 Kh8 21.Ne3 Ne8 22.Ь6! Тhе Кnight retreat gives White а сhапсе to deprive it of its last square. Тhе position поw Ьecomes quite attractive. 22 ...86 Should Black trade pawпs, White obtains ап important ореп file. 2Э.Nef5 Qf7 Better is to take the Кnight. А positioп like this would hardly ever occur in а typical game. Not а single piece has Ьееп removed from the board апd Black's Kingside pieces have tied themselves into а knot. Тhе Кing апd his relatives are prisoпers in their own house, пeatly held in check Ьу two pieces. Black has only two moblle pieces оп the Queeпside, but all he сап do is move them back апd forth. Now White сап, at his leisure, prepare the decisive sacrifice оп dб, апd theп will finally chop the Gordiaп Кnot. 24.Ве2! Rg8 25.Bh5 Qf8 26.Qc1 Rd8 27.Qa3 Вс8 28.Ве3 Rd7 29.Rac1 Rd8 ЭO.Red1 Bd7

31.Nd6 Nd6 32.Вс5 Вс8 ЭЭ.Вg4 Bg4 34.hg4 Rd7 Ап interesting try for Black might Ье 34 ... f5 35.Nf5 Nf5 36.Bf8 Bf8 апd Black gets three rninor pieces for the Queeп, but

iп that case the White pawпs would quickly decide the game. 35.Nf5 Qd8 36.Bd6 Nf8 37.с5 Ng6 38.с6 Ьс6 39.dc6 Rd6 40.Qd6 Qd6 41.Rd6 апd 1-0.

GАМЕЗЗ В. Lasker, v. Scheve, Тrobach Harmoпist, Dr. v. Heydebreck,

Tarrasch Consultation Game

Freru::h Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 Э.NсЭ Nf6 4.Bd3 с5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Ве3 cd4 7.Bd4 IfWhite recaptures with the Кnight, theп 7 ... е5 апd in order to preveпt the fork, White has to play 8.Nc6, thus reinforcing the Вlack ceпter. 7... Nd4 8.Nd4 е5 Тhе pawn advaпce in the ceпter is weak. Тrue, the White Кnights are forced back, but the advanced pawns offer White good attacking targets. Better is 8 ...ВЬ4. 9.Nf3 d410.Ne2 Bd611.0-Q Now White threateпs Ьу 12.Ned4 to destroy the ceпter. 11 ...Nh512.h3? g5! Тhе stroпgest reply to White's dublous move, which was iпteпded to рапу 12 ... Bg4. Black поw iпteпds to storm White's castled King Ьу advancing the hand g-pawns. 13.ВЬ5 Kf8

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14.Ned4! А brilliant sac. It delays the threatening attack for some time. Should Black capture the Кnight, White will recapture the Bishop, e.g. 14... ed4 15.Qd4 Rg8 lб.Radl and next 17.е5. Тhе subsequent position gives White а decisive attack. 14... Qf615.Bc4 А very fme continuation of the attack. Тhе threat is lб.Nеб and 17 .Qdб, but Вlack pays no heed to the opponents

intentions, and retreats the indirectly threatened Bishop. On 15 ... ed4, there follows 16.е5 Ве5 17.Ne5 Qe5 18.Qh5. 1s... вы 16.Nh2 Nf4 17.Ne2 Finally the Кnight has to retreat, and Black is now аЬlе to resume the attack. 17... h518.f3 g4! 19.Nf4 ef4 20.fg4 hg4 21.Kh1 Тhе g4-pawn cannot very well Ье taken. On 21.hg4, the Кing's position is totally exposed and on 21.Ng4, there follows 21 ...Bg4 22.Qg4 Qd4 and White loses the Bishop on с4. 21 ... g3 22.Ng4 Qg5 23.Qd5 Qd5 24.Bd5

There is no good move for White anymore. 28 ... f5 29.Rac1 f4 ЭО.с5 fЭ On Зl.gfЗ follows Зl ...RhЗ and 32...Rh2 and on 31.Bf3, Black plays Зl ...RhЗ 32.gh3 ВfЗ#. 31.Rc2 RhЭ 32.gh3 g2# G-1.

GAME34

Tarrasch - М. Naumann French Defense

(Played in the o~n toumament of the 2nd Gennan Chess Congress). 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 Э.NсЭ Nf6 4.ed5 ecl5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bd3 Q-0 7.0.0 Bg4 8.Bg5 Nc6

9.Nd5 Bh210.Kh2 Qd511.Bf6 Qh5

Better is the immediate ll ... gfб. 12.Kg3! Bf313.Qf3 Qf314.Kf3 gf6

24 ... Bg4! 25.ВЬ7 fЭ Now the attack will Ье decisive. On 26.Rf3 RhЗ 27.gh3 ВfЗ 28.Kgl Вс7 and Black wins. 26.е5 f2 27. Ва8 Ве5 28.с4

As ofnow White has а won endgame. On the Queenside, White has four pawns ю three for Black, while the Black pawn preponderance on the Кingside doesn't amount to much. 15.с3 Kg7 16.Rh1 Rh8 17.Rae1 Rag8 18.ВЬ5! Nd8 19.Bd7! h5 20.d5 Kh6 Better was 20...Ь6, making room for the Кnight

21.g4 Rg5 22.с4 Kg6 23.Rh5 Rhh5? 24.gh5 Rh5 25.Re81-0. White's play was very clear cut.

//. BERUN 1880-1882 GAME35

v. BardeleЬen, В. Lasker, Tarrasch Bohlke, Naumann, v. Scheve Ruy Lopez-Four Knights Game

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Э.ВЬ5 ВЬ4 5.Nd5 Nd5 6.ed5 Nd4

Nf6 4.Nc3 7.Nd4 ed4 Тhis variatioп of the Four Кnights Garne could coпveпieпtly Ье designated the Four Bishops Game. 8.Qg4 Тhis is of dublous value, Ьecause the d4-pawn cannot very well Ье captured Тhis remark is interesting from several points of view, Ьecause it shows how at that point 1 was still incliпed to oveпate the attack. Nowadays 1 would Ье critical of the Black pawn sacrifice. ln addition, 1 would поt use the vague and incoпclusive verblage, which in my later analysis will поt Ье found anymore. Wheп something appears questionaЬle to the analyst, he should investigate as loпg as it takes until it Ьecomes clear to him. а

...о-о э.о-о

Оп 9.Qd4!, White would forfeit castling and his game would Ьесоmе uпeasy. (Quite right, but ithappens quite ofteп that опе has to Ье exposed to an uncomfortaЬle game, if that meaпs lettiпg winniпg chances go Ьу otherwise. Оп 9.Qd4!, there may follow 9 ... Re8 IO.Кdl Qe7 ll.QeЗ! Qd8 (or ll ... Qf8) 12.QfЗ (or 12.Qf4) planning Ве2, сЗ, d4, and ВеЗ, with а perfectly adequate defense, and an extra pawn. Оп move 10., White's King сап also move to fl. 9... Вс5 10.d6! с6 Better is IO ... Bdб ll.Qd4 Ве7 12.f4 сб with ...f5 and ...d5 equalizing. IO... Bdб is safer but IО ...сб is Ьetter. Compare the пехt annotatioп.

11.Bd3! Оп ll.Be2, ll ... f5 might follow. Now Black should play ll ... Bd6, so that оп 12.Qd4, he may get the Ьetter positioп

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with ... Вс7, ... d5, ... f5. However, оп ll ... Bd6, White would probaЬly have played 12.f4 and пехt 13.f5 andat the cost of а раwп, attaiп ап attack (Agaiп overestimating the attack as he also did оп moves 8 and 9.) The attack would uot Ье worth а pawn after Black plays 12 ...Ве7, ...Вfб, and ... d5. White would have lost the garne and deservedly so, after he let his winning chances slip Ьу оп move nine. 11 ...g6? Тhis move, inteпded to preveпt 12.Qf5, compromises Black's position.. 12.Ь4! Bd6 13.Qd4 Вс7 14.с4 Stronger yet is 14.ВЬ2 fб 15.Rael with а Ьetter game. If 15 ... Ве5? 16.Re5 fe5 17 .Qe5 and wins. 14...f6 15.f4 d5 16.ВЬ2 Ве6! А fine move, it almost equalizes again.. 17.с5 Qd718.Rae1 Rae8 19.Rf3 То preveпt 19 ... Bf5, whereupon поw would follow 20.Re8 Qe8! 21.Bf5 gf5 22.Rg3 Кh8 23.Qf6 and mate follows. 19... Вd8 20.f5 Bf5 21.Re8 Qe8! Оп 21.Re8? there follows 22.Bf5 gf5 23.Rg3 Кf8 (or 23 ... Кf7) 24.Qh4 with а winning positioп, or 23 ... Кh8 24.Qf6. 22.Bf5 gf5 23.Rf5 Qe4 Better was 23 ... Qel 24.Rfl Qe4, which would gain Black а tempo. 24.Qe4 de4 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Ке3 Kg6 27.g4 Re8 28.h4 Re6

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ВgЗ

On 34... Bf4 35.d5! cd5 Зб.Вfб Кfб 37 .Кf4, in which case White will Queen а pawn after Ь5 and possiЬly g5. 35.Вс1 f4

36.Ь5! сЬ5

If Black does not capture, the following pretty variation might result: Зб ... ВЬ8 37.а4 Вс7 38.Bd2 ВЬ8 39.а5 Вс7 40.Ьб аЬб 41.аЬб ВЬ8 42.Bcl Кfб 43.Bf4 and wins. 37.d5 Kf6 38.Bf4 Bd8 39.с61·0.

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111. Halle 1882-1885 In the fall of 1882 I moved to Halle, а small town, but just blg enough to Ье called а city. Тhе students there worked very hard and so did I. Against my expectations Halle had а fairly lively chess presence. Тhе club was small but very pleasant and I never felt more comfortaЬle in any chess club than in Halle. I made таnу friends there. Му most frequent opponents there were Kuntze, а lawyer, and Bemard Richter, а local blgh school teacher to whom, Ьecause of our longstanding friendsblp, I dedicated the second edition of tbls Ьооk. Richter was self taught and was the strongest chess player of the Halle chess club. Не has the distinction of having Ьeaten me more times than any other chess player. Тhе club was so good to me that they sponsored my trip to the 1883 NuremЬerg Chess Congress. Тhis Congress brought me my first blg success. Even Ьefore the tournament started, I played several skittles games against Jacques Schwarz, one of the players in the master section. I did so well that Schwarz had nothing but praise for my play. Тhus I was admitted to the top section of the tournament. Тhе top section was very strong, and the fl.rst round I lost in а very finely played garne Ьу Rocamora. I won the rest of my games until the last round, which had no Ьearing on the results. In the playoff, I lost the fпst garne against А. Bauer, but I again won all the subsequent games until the last round which ended in а draw. I was unЬelievaЬly happy when I won the first prize and with it the master title. I stayed until the end of the congress to kibltz the great spectacle of the master games. I had Ьесоmе not nominally, but indeed а real master, as I proved Ьу а numЬer of casual games against masters Bier, Fritz, and Minckwitz and imrnediately after my return against Riemann. Тhе happiness in the chess club of Halle was great Ьecause the winner of the second tier tournament was also а memЬer of the club, my friend Кrauser. At this point my friend Richter had left Halle and I had less and less time to give to chess, as I had to concentrate more on my medical studies. I did not play in any tournaments, but played some Ьlindfold sirnultaneous exblbltions with up to six players which games I normally all won within three hours. At the end of my stay in Halle I took my fmal exams and Ьесаmе а medical doctor.


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GAME36 Tarrasch - Kuntze French Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.NСЗ Nf6 S.NfЗ Bd6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.G-O

4.ed5 ed5 Ne7

Тhе threat поw is 14... Bh3 and 15... Qf3, so White decides it is Ьest to retreat the

8.Bg5 Bg4 9.Re1

Indirectly attacking d5.

Кnight.

9 ... c610.h3 Be611.Ne5 Ng6?

costs an irnportant pawn.

12.Ng6 hg6

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Тhese two exchanges have coпversely streпgtheпed Black's position.

13...fg6

Better is 7 .. .0-0.

Тhis

5 ... Bd6 6.Bd3 о-о 7.G-O Nc6 8.h3? Ne7 9.Bg5 Ng6 10.Nc3 с6 11.Qd2 h6 12.Bf6 Qf613.Bg6?

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13.Bg6 fg6 14.Re6 Kf7 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Re1 Ne4

At fпst sight this Кnight move looks good, but it is effectively refuted Ьу White.

14.Nh2 Bf4

Black iпteпds to play 15 ... Вс7 and 16 ... Qd6, but first wants to drive the White Queeп back, but far better is 14 ...Qh4, threateniпg 15 ... Bh2 16.Кh2 ВhЗ 17.gh3 Rf3. If 15.Nf3, Blackwins Ьу 15 ... Rf3 followed Ьу 16 ... Bf4 апd 17 ... Qh3. Alsa 15.Ne2 offers по salvation aпymore. What follows is 15 ... Bh2 16.Кh2 ВhЗ 17.gh3 Rf2 18.Rf2 Qf2 19.Кhl Re8 with а winning attack . 15.Qd1 Bc716.Ne2 Qd617.f4 g5

Black wins an important pawn, however, from поw оп, White fiпds excelleпt defeпsive resources. 18.Nf3 gf4 19.Ne5 g5 20.Nc1!

Very good. Now the Кnight will go to d3 in order to support the other Кnight. 20...Qf6 21.Ncd3 Вf5 22.СЗ Rae8 23.Re1

17.Qf3 Kg8

If Black captures the Rook, it will cost him the Queeп Ьecause of 18.Qg4. 18.Ne4de4 Оп 18 ...Qe6, it is again а Queeп loss Ьу 19.Nf6.

19.Qe41-0.

Н.

GAME37 Rosenbaum - Tarrasch French Defense

1.е4 е6 2.Nf3 d5 Э.еd5 ed5 4.d4 Nf6 5.а3 Тhis

move is useless.

23 ... Bd3 24.Qd3

With this move White intends to sacrifice а pawn in order to start an attack.

1/l.HALLE 1882-1885

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24... Ве5 25.Re5 Re5 26.de5 Qf5

Black prefers to attain an attack blmself, instead of 26 ... Qe5 27 .Qgб Qg7 28.Qe6 followed Ьу 29.Rel, whereby he would, aiЬeit temporarily, give up the attack. 27.Qd4 Qe4 28.Qf2 fЭ Of course 28 ... Qe5 is also playaЬle. 29.Re1

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29 ... Qe1! An eloquent way to trade all pieces

giving Black а clear win. ЭО.Qе1 f2 31.Qf2 Rf2 32.Kf2 Kf7 эз.кез Кеб?

Much Ьetter is 33 ...с5, after wblch the e-pawn is captured. 34.Kd4 85 35.Ь4 8Ь4 36.8Ь4? Far Ьetter is to capture with the c-pawn, which keeps the a-pawn advance threat alive. In this case the game ends in а draw, e.g. 36 ...Ь6 37.а4 (threatening а5) с5 38.Ьс5 Ьс5 39.Кс5 Ке5 etc, or 36...Ь5 37.g4 or 36 .. .h5 37.а4 h4 38.а5 Кf5 39.Ь5 сЬ5 40.Kd5 Ь4 41.е6.

GAME 38

Kuntze - Tarrasch English Opening 1.с4 е6 2.е3

Э.NfЭ

d5 4.Nc3 Bd6

Black ought to play 5 ... с5 or S...Ьб, as the coming advance of the c-pawn will give White а decisive positional advantage. 6.с5! Тhis cramps the Black position. See game 66, ту game against Mackenzie, wblch is structurally very close to this one. 6 ... Ве7 7.Ь4! Ь6 If 7 ... а5, White plays 8.Ь5 and then on 8 ... Ь6? 9.с6 follows and Black's Queenside is locked up . 8.ВЬ2 85 9.83 Bd710.Ne5 Premature. White should first develop with IO.Bd3 and 11.0-0. 10... Ве8 1 have always tried to keep my Bishops on the Ьoard. 11.Bd3 Nfd7 12.f4 Tbls aggravates Whites tenth move. White should admit that his concept was faulty Ьу exchanging Кnights. 12 ... Ne5 1З.fе5 8Ь4 14.8Ь4 R81 15.881

36... Ь637.g3 Even now, Ьetter is 37 .g4, but also in that case Black wins Ьу 37 ...с5 38.Ьс5 Ьс5 39.Кс5 KeS, and an eventual ... d4, trading off the Queenside pawns, then going after the Кingside pawns. 37 ... h5 38.g4 h4 39.с4 dc4 40.Кс4 Ке5 41.Kd3 Kf4 42.Ке2 КgЗ 43.КеЭ КhЭ 44.Kf3 с5 Q-1.

Nf6

5.d4Q-O?

15... f6!


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Ву this rnove Black opens а Rook and Bishop line and soon White has to capture the pawn which keeps White frorn castling. As of now White should dorninate the Queenside, but Black is slightly Ьetter оп the Кingside.

GAME39

Tarrasch - В. Richter Dutch Defense 1.с4 f5 2.d4 е6 З.NfЗ Nf6 4.е3 Ь6 5. ВdЗ ВЬ7 б.Q-0 Bd6

16.ef6 Rf617.e4? Тhis rnove weakens White 's center and his position deteriorates.

17... Nc618.e5 Rf8 19.Qg4

Even 19.Na2 will not Ье enough to save the garne. Here is what rnight happen, 19 ... Ьс5 20.Ьс5 Qa8, with а strong attack. 19... NЬ4 20.Qe6 Kh8 Вlack now threatens to win the Queen Ьу 21 ... Bd7.

21.Qh3

Better is 6... Ве7. 7.Nc3 Nc6

Black's pieces have all the freedorn they want so that he сап now сапу out an energetic attack against the Кing's position. 21 ... Bh4 22.Kd1 24.Ne2

NdЗ

23.Qd3 Bh5

Moving the King would Ье worse. 24 ... Rf2 25.Re1 Qa8 Stronger than winning а piece Ьу 25 ...Ве2

and 26 ...Rfl followed Ьу 27 ...Ral. 26.ВЬ2

Ве7

White now has an excellent position because he appropriately took advantage of the opening weakness Ьу playing his eighth rnove. However, instead of quietly cornpleting his developrnent, e.g. 1О.ВеЗ and doing so favoraЬly, to keep building up his position, he is ternpted Ьу а precipitous sacrificial attack, but this attack is foiled Ьу Black's calrn defense. 10.Ne5 Nd4

Bad is IO ... Ne5 because of 11.Nf6 Bf6 12.de5 followed Ьу 13.Qh5. 11.Nf6?

White could still retain а favoraЬle position with ll.Ng5, when оп 11 ...0-0, the brilliant 12.Qh5 would follow. If Black takes the Queen, then rnate in two: 13.Bh7 and 14.Ng6. 11 ... Bf6 12.Qh5 g6 13.Bg6 hg6 14.Qg6 Ке7 15.Ng4

then 30...Rf2 would win the

Neither would other rnoves keep the attack alive.

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fe4 9.Ne4

28.Re2 Rf1

Qa4 27.Qc2 29.Kd2 Bg5 ЗО.КdЗ Оп ЗО.RеЗ,

8.е4!

... аьs э1.ксз Qc4#

о-1.

15 ... Qf8!

111. HALLE 1882-1885

An exquisite move, the start of eloquent counterattack.

а

very

Кnight

37

jumps are not thematic opening

moves. 6 ... ВЬ4!

16.Nf6 Qf6!! 17.Bg5

Тhis is а good move Ьecause on 7.Nd6, Black answers with а counterattack Ьу playing 7 ... Ке7 thus Black will retain а good position, e.g. 8.Bf4 (Clearly 8.Nc8 will give favoraЬle development.) 8... е5 9.Nf5 Кf8 10.Bg5 (or 10.Bd2) 10... d5! and Black's development is Ьetter.

7.83

Nor is this move satisfactory, as White was no less than three tempi ahead. Mostly the move is worthless as development 17... Ne2 18.Kh1 Rh2 19.Kh2 Rh8 20.Bh6 Qh4# D-1.

7 ... ВСЗ В.NСЗ dS 9.ed5 edS 10.Bg5

Better is

lO.BdЗ

and 11.0-0.

10... 0-D 11.Bf6 Qf6

GAME40

Tarrasch-

В.

Richter

Black has completed his development and it makes no difference whether or not White captures the d-pawn. 12.Qd5 Re813.Be2 Bg414.f3 R8d8

Black's game plays itself. 15.Qc5 Nd416.Q.Q.O

On 16.fg4, 16 ... Nc2.

а

pretty mate follows

Ьу

16... Bf5 17.Rd2

From the аЬоvе diagram the following moves were played. 1... Kh8? 2.Ве6 de6 З.Rd1 Qc7 4.885 Qa5 5.QЬ4 and wins. 1-D.

GAME41 В.

Richter - Tarrasch Sicilian Defen.se

1.е4 с5 2.Nf3 еб З.NСЗ Nc6 4.d4 cd4 5.Nd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 А premature attack wblch, if properly met, will give Black at least equality.

On 17 .ВdЗ, the simplest follow up is 17 ... ВdЗ 18 .RdЗ NЬЗ, winning the exchange. 17 ... Qh6 White is Ьeyond salvation. 18.Kd1

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18... NЬЭ D-1. On 19.Rd8, Black plays 19 ... Qc1 #.

GAME42 Tarrasch - В. Richter RuyLopez 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 а6 4.Ва4 Nf6 S.NCЗ Вс5 6.Ne5 Ne5 7.d4 Bd6 8.0.0 о-о 9.t4 Ng&

Much Ьetter is to play 9 ... Nc4. 10.е5 Be711.ef6 Тhе immediate 1115 is also good. 11 ... Bf6 12.f5 Ne7 13.Ne4 Nc6 14.d5 Ne515.d6 Ь516.dс7 White has succeeded in cramping Black's game and he could retain the advantage Ьу sirnply retreating his Bishop to ЬЗ and on 16 ... ВЬ7, White plays 17 .Bd5, to let the opponent trade Bishops. Тhе text move does not only give up White 's advantage, but since Black is going to Ье in possession of таnу open lines, Black will have the superior game. From now on White could have made several other moves, but he cannot avoid an inferior position anymore and Вlack continues to play very well. 16... Qc717.Nf6 If even now 17 .ВЬЗ, Black keeps the Ьetter game, e.g. 17 ... ВЬ7 18.Bd5 Bd5! followed Ьу 19 ...Qc2. 17... gf6 18.ВЬЭ ВЬ7 The dark-squared diagonal has а decisive effect, as White cannot play 19.Bd5 on account of 19...Qc5. 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.Qh5 White still seems to continue his attack, but his real purpose is paпying the counterattack Ьу 20 ...Кh8 and 21 ... Rg8. White now threatens 21.Bf7 and if 21 ... Nf7, then follows 22.Qg4. 20 ... Kh8! Even so Black carries out his counterattack.

21 ... Rg8!! 22.Bg8 Rg8 23.Rf2 Qc6 24.Kf1 On 24.Qh3, there follows 24 ... Ng4 25.Rf3 Nhб ~б.Qhб Rg2 and wins. 24 ... Rg2 25.Qh4 Rg1! D-1.

Mate in three follows.

GAME43 Tarrasch - В. Richter RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Э.ВЬ5 а6 4.Ва4 Nf6 s.dз d& &.Nсз g& 7.d4 ьs а.вьз Bg4

Better is 8 ... Nd4 9.Nd4 ed4, whereupon White must not recapture the pawn on account of IO... c5 and ll ... c4. 9.de5 Nes

10.Ne5 Bd1 11.Bf7 Ке7 12.Nc6 Kf7 13.Nd8 Rd814.Kd1 b415.Nd5 Ne4 White has а consideraЬle positional advantage.

111. HALLE 1882-1885

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1в.вез

cs п.аз Тhis move decides the game. 17•.• а518.аЬ4 аЬ4 19.Ra7 Кеб Оп 19 ...Kg8 or 19 ... Ке8, White plays

2013. 20.Nc7

Ке5

21.f3 Nf6 22.Re1 1.0.

GAME44 В. Richter, Schwarz, Hollander Sickel, R. Schmidt, Тarrasch Scotch Opening 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Э.d4 ed4 4.Nd4 s.веэ Qf6 &.сз Nge7 7.Qd2 Bd4

BCS

Better is 7 .. .0-0 and if 8.NЬ5 ВеЗ 9.Qe3 and 9 ... d5 with counterplay. 8.cd4 d5 9.е5 The e-pawn advance weakens White's center and makes the f5 square availaЬle to Вlack's Кnight and Bishop. Instead, 9.Nc3 should Ье played, whereupon 9 ...de4 is unfavoraЬle for Black Ьecause of IO.d5. 9 ..• Qg610.Nc3 Bf5 Toanswer ll.NЬS with ll ...Rc8. Black's development is excellent and it avoids Ьу the position of his Queen and Bishop, the natural White developing move ll.BdЗ. 11.аз

White wants to avoid ll ... NЬ4, but а Ьetter way to do so is ll.Ne2. The move ll.aЗ is not only а loss of tempo, but the bЗ-square is dangerously weakened if White decides Iater to castle Queen. 11 ...о-о 12.Ne2 For the Кnight Ье аЬlе to go to f4. 12...16 Тhis frustrates the purpose of White's move, as White 's defense of е5 is all important. 13.f4 Rad8 14.Ng3 fe5 15.fe5 Ве4 16.ВЬ5

Оп 16.Ne4, the pawn recaptures, which would make White's center untenaЬle. 16... Nf5! Black attacks the NgЗ. IfWhite trades on f5, Black recaptures with the Rook, which prevents castling and Black also has an attack on g2 twice. 17.Ne4 NеЭ! 18.Qe3 Qg2 19.Q-Q-O On 19.Ng3, Black plays 19 ... QЬ2 attacking Ьoth Bishop and Rook. 19 ... de4 20.Вс6 Ьс6 21.Rhe1 Rf2 22.Qe4 Qh2 23.Qc6 Better is 23.е6, but this would not save the game, as Black would force the Queen trade Ьу 23 ... Qf4, stop the e-pawn Ьу ... Re8, and win the game with his Kingside pawns. 23... Rb2 Threatening the pretty 24...RЬ1 sacrifice. 24.Qc3 Another try is 24.Qc4, and if 24... Кh8, then 25.Rhl, so that if the Queen goes to е2 White could play 26.Rh7 and thus get at least а draw, but Black plays 25 ... Qg2 (The Rook sac (25 ...RЬ1) does not work as 26 ...Rb8 is then answered Ьу 27.QЬ4). 24... RdЬ8 25.Qd3 Qh6 Q-1. If 26.Qe3 Qсб, if 26.Re3 RЬЗ, or 26 ... RЬI 27 .Kd2 R8b2 28.Kel Qhl 29.Qfl Qh4, and if 26.Rd2 Rd2 27.Qd2 RЬI 28.Кс2 RЫ.


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(Games 45-48 are players from the Chess Congress of 1883)

NurnЬerger

GAME45

Jacques Schwarz - Tarrasch

On other moves, Black retains а strong attack, but this move leads to а surprise mating attack. 1З ... Вс5 14.Kh1 Nf2 15.Rf2 Qd1 16.Ng1 Qg117.Kg1 Rd1# Q-1.

DaтUsh Gшnhit

1.е4 е5

GAME46

2.d4 ed4 з.сз Qe7

This is а good way to decline the gamblt. 4.f3 Once you choose to play а gamblt, you have to continue with the gamblt style Ьу for instance 4.cd4. Less favoraЬle is 4.Bd3 after which 4 ... d5 5.Qe2 de4 6.Ве4 Nfб, would lead to the exchange of Queens. Тhе move fЗ (and respectively for Black is .. .fб) is а very ugly move which may occur in many openings, but 1 have always disliked it. 4... d5 5.Qd4 Nсб Now Black is playing а gamblt, and White is well advised to accept it, if declined, Black will get the better position. 6.ВЬ5 de4 7.fe4 Nf6 8.е5 Bd7 Тhе White Queen gets into difficulties now. 9.Вс6 Bc610.Nf3 Rd811.Qe3 On ll.Qf4, Black can win the e-pawn Ьу ll ... BfЗ and 12... Rd5. 11 ... Ng4 12.Qg5

W. Hahn - Tarrasch RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.Q-O Ne4 5.d4 Ве7 6.d5 Nd6 7.Вс6 This is very bad. This move was first played in а well known tournament game, Tchigorin-Zukertort, London 1883. 7 ...dc6 8.dc6 f6! This is Zukertort's move. It is an exceptional case where this move is justified. It is not an ugly move and it does not inhiblt the movement of any piece except the Bishop, which will later go to dб, and it also assures the pawn power on the Kingside. White has no light-squared Bishop anymore, which might Ьесоmе dangerous on the b3-g8 diagonal. 9.Qd5 Much better than 9.сЬ7, which was played Ьу Tchigorin. 9 ... RЬ8 То

prepare castling Ьу hand. 10.Nc3 Ьс6 11.Qc6 Kf7 12.Qd5 Ве6 13.Qd1 Rf8 14.Re1 Kg8 15.Re2 Better is 15.Nd5 to exchange pieces. 15 •.. Qe8 16.Nd5 Bd8 17.Ь3 Qf7 18.Ne3 Nb5 Gradually Black proceeds to attack. 19.ВЬ2 с5 20.СЗ

12... Qd713.Q-O

Forced, as otherwise the Кnight goes to d4. 2О... Вс7 21.Qc2 f5 А consequence of White 's mistake on move seven, Black now has attained а very promising position-but this

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1/1. HALLE 1882-1885

impetuous move largely throws his advantage away. Сопесt is 21 ... Qh5.

37 ... Rf1! 38.Rf1 ез 39.Kg2 е2 and о-1.

22.Ng5 Qf6 23.Ne6 Qe6 24.Nf1

GAME47

Pawn to f3 was threatened.

Tarrasch - Barthmann French Defense

24... е4 Тhis pawn gives

Black 's game its power.

1.е4 е6

2.d4 d5 З.NсЗ Nfб 4.Bg5 Ве7

MacCutcheons 4 ... ВЬ4, it seems is

25.f3 Rье8 26.fe4 fe4 27.Rae1 с4! White cannot capture the e-pawn as after

preferaЬle.

28.Re4 comes 28 ... ВЬ6 29.Khl Qe4.

5.е5

28.Ьс4 ВЬ6 29.Kh1 Qc4 ЗО.QЬЗ QЬЗ

The normal continuation is 7 .Qd2, 8.Bd3 which involves а pawn sacrifice, see next game. 7 ... с5? This move should Ье preceded Ьу ... аб or ... 0-0.

з1.аЬЗ

Nfd7

б.Ве7

8.Nb5 Kd8!

Qe7 7.Bd3

9.с3 Nсб

Тhreatens to capture twice on d4 and then to regain the piece Ьу ...QЬ4.

10.Ne2 cd411.cd4 Qb412.Qd2 Qd2 13.Kd2 31 ... Rf2

32.с4

Re2

ЗЗ.Rе2

Rf8

The immediate 33 ... Nd4 was better. White сап now proceed with 34.Ng3 Rd8

35.Rel and will then after 35 ... Bf2 36.Rfl Bg3 37 .hg3 Nc7 have at least а draw. 34.Re1? Nd4 35.Bd4 Bd4 Зб.gЗ ВеЗ А nice little deciding combination. 37.Rd1

The pawn center, the better King's position, the faster development, as well as Ьetter piece mobllity - all of these factors have given White а somewhat better game. (This is the pattem of my game against Dr. Noa, see game 55). 1З ... NЬб

14.Rac1 Ке7 15.f4 Bd7 16.Nd6 Rab8 17.а3 Nc8

If Black plays 17 ... Na5, White has then drives the Кnight back

18.Ке3 and Ьу 19.Ь4.

18.Nc8

This is White's best, as on 18.Nb5, Black can play 18 .. ,Na5 19.Ке3 Nc4 20.Вс4 dc4 21.Nc3 Всб with а good position. 18 ... Rbc8 19.Ь4 аб 20.кез Na7 21.Rc5 Rсб

Exchanging Rooks is good for White, as he recaptures with the d-pawn, vacating the d4-square for his Knight and Кing.

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22.Rhc1 Rhc8 23.g4 g6

36.Вс4 Вс4 37.85 Kf8 38.h4 Ке8 39.h5 Ву advancing the h-pawn, Black's King remains tied to the Юngside. On 39...Kd7, White plays 40.Nh3 to g5 and after Black's ...hб, the Кnight proceeds to g4 viaf2. 39 ... h6 40.Nh3 Kf8 41.Nf2 Kg8 42.Ng4 Kh7 43.Kd2 ВЬ5 44.Ne3 White has to guard the h-pawn Ьefore the King proceeds to capture the b-pawn. 44 ... Kg8 45.Ng2 Kf8 46.Кс3 Ве2 47 .Nf4 Bd1 48.КЬ4 Ке8 49.Кс5 Kd7

24.15! gfS 25.gf5 Rg8 If Black captures on f5, all his Kingside pawns become isolated. White then continues with 26.Nf4 Веб 27 .Rgl with an excellent game.

50.КЬ6 КСВ

26.f6 Kf8 27.Rg1 27 .Bh7 is incorrect as Black plays 27 ...Rh8 and 28 ...Rh2. 27 ... Rg1 28.Ng1 Kg8

White has succeeded in having gradually cramped Black's position, and now has а consideraЬle advantage. It is especially theh-pawn thatis the weakness ofBlack's position. White 's natural continuation is now NfЗ and Ng5. Тhis will force the h-pawn to move, and down the line it Ьecomes untenaЬie. Better yet for White is to advance the h-pawn prior to the Кnight maneuver. For the White King to go after the h-pawn is too adventurous, and Black would easily parry this, but in any event, White must not trade Rooks, he should leave that to Black. 29.Rc6 Вс6 ЭО.Кf4 BbS Better is ЗО ... NЬ5. 31.Вс2 Nc6 32.Ке3 Not 32.Nf3 on account of 32... Ве2. 32 ...85 ээ.ьаs N8S 34.84 В86 On 34 ... Nc4, White answers with 35.Kd3. 35.Bd3Nc4?

GAME48 Tarrasch - S. Lowenthal French Defense

1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 Э.NСЗ Nf6 4.Bg5 Ве7 5.е5 Nfd7 6.Ве7 Qe7 7.Bd3 86

Better still is 7 ... 0-0 with the continuation 8.Nce2 с5 9.с3 fб 10.f4 cd4 ll.cd4 fe5 12.fe5 QЬ4 in favor of Black (13.Qd2? Rfl). 8.Nce2Qb4 Accepting the pawn sacrifice is very risky. Black has to lose several tempi Ьefore he can bring the Queen back into the game, while in the meantime White develops very comfortaЬly. White 's attack is already in formation.

1//. HALLE 1882-1885 9.с3 QЬ210.f4 NЬ6

Afine move. Тhе knight will go to с4 and force White 's most dangerous attacking piece off the Ьoard. With this move White inteпds to isolate the Black pawn that would recapture оп с4 Ьу preveпting а future ... Ь5. Тhat pawn will theп Ье easy to capture and this will compensate for White's lost b-pawn. In additioп this move preveпts the natural retreat of the Queeп from аЗ to е7. 11 ... Nc412.Bc4 dc413.Nf3 QЬ6 Тhе Queeп поw

has to retreat as the move 14.Nd2 threatens to win the c-pawn аtопсе.

indeed what happens later. 20.Ng5

20...~.

20... Qd7 21.N3e4

Much stroпger than Ng5-e4, when Black castle. Тhе text move forces the exchange of the only well positioned Black piece, as оп 21 ...~. White plays 22.Nf6 and23.Nf7. сап

21 ... Ве4 22.Ne4 Q-0-0 23.Qa2 Тhе Кnight, as of поw, aпymore and is put

is поt пeeded оп fб to Ьetter use Ьу

recapturing the c-pawn. 23 ... Qd5 24.Nd2 NЬ8 25.Rb1 Kd7

14.().0 Qc6 Iп

order, when the time comes, to support the c-pawn. Castliпg is very dangerous, as White would mount an immediate attack with his Queeп and two Knights, while Black's Queeп cannot come ю the aid of the Кingside. 15.Ng3g6

Тhе Black Кing looked in vain for safety оп the Kiпgside апd it is equally unsuccessful поw looking for shelter оп the

Queenside. 26.Nc4Ke8

27 .RЬб!! was threatened. 27.Qe2

kept out of h5.

16.QЬ1

А dual purpose move, ю allow the Ng3 to go to е4 and theп to preveпt 16...Ь5. White conducts the garne Ьу directly attackiпg the Кiпgside. The Black c4-pawn remains isolated and in time will Ье captured Ьу White. 16... Ь6 17.QЬ4

Provoking 17 ... а5 which fatally weakens the c4-pawn and also preveпts Black's castling. Оп the plain looking 17.Ne4, Black would have castled. 17...a518.Qa3 ВЬ7 19.Rf2

White has to guard g2 in order that he may Ье аЫе to play his f3 Кnight. 19... Na6

19... Nd7 is to Ье preferred. From аб the Кnight has no place ю go but Ь7, and that is

То preveпt

11.84!

Тhе Кnight must Ье

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То unpin

the Кnight

27... Kf8 28.Ne3 Qe4 29.Re1 h5 То keep

the Queeп and Кnight out of g4.

ЭО.Qа2 А well calculated tempo loss. White threatens sооп to play QаЗ and possiЬly Qe7 and simultaneously prevents 30...Kg7, e.g. 30... Kg7 31.f5 ef5 32Nf5 wins the Queeo.

ЭО ... Кg8 31.Qd2 Qc6 32.f5! (see пехt diagram) А decisive move, Ьreaking up the Black position. IfВlack takes thepawn, White will sac the Кnight with an irresistiЬle attack, e.g. 32...ef5 33.Nf5 gf5 34.Rf5! (Weaker, but also leading ю victory is 34.Qg5 Кh7 35.Qh5 Qhб 36.Qf7 Qg7 37 .Qf5. For the pursuit of the attack, Black's King must Ье provoked inю going ю g8.

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THREE HUNDRED CHESS GAМES 40.Rff1 Qg5 41.Qe2 Rd5 42.Qe4 NdЗ Desperation. On 42 .. .Rc5, there is а pretty conclusion Ьу 43.Qd4 (Threatof 44.114). h4 44.Re5! Qe545.Rel Qd446.cd4andWhite wins the Rook or promotes the e-pawn. 4З.е7 Ne1 44.e8:Q. 1-0.

GAME49

Tarrasch - v. Scheve French Defense

1.е4 е6

32 ... Rh7 33.fg6 fg6 34.Rf6 In addition to 35.Rg6, 35.d5 is also threatened. 34... Qe8 ЗS.Qa2 For the third tirne in the game the Queen goes to а2. зs Re7 36.d5 Kg7

...

Black defends quite deftly, not 36...ed5 37 .Nd5 and the threatened discovery is disastrous. On 36 ... Nd7 37 .Rеб! Ne5 38.Re7 Qe7 39.d6 Qf7 40.dc7 Rc8 41.Nd5 with а decisive plus. 37.de6 Nc6

38.Nd5 Ne5 Nicely played. but there is no adequate defense. On 39.Re5 Rd5 40.Qd5 Кfб, Black may still hold. 39.Ne7Qe7 On 39 ... Кf6, White plays 40.Nd5 and Black loses either the Rook or the Ne5.

2.d4 d5 З.NсЗ ВЬ4 Кnown as "Not Good", rememЬer this is 1883, as it leads to an unfavoraЫe exchange or Bishop retreat. 4.ed5 ed5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Q-0 7.Q-O Bg4 8.Bg5 ВеЗ Or 8 ... Ве7, which was refuted in the same tournament. 9.Ьс3 Nbd7 1O.Qd2 сб?

Here Black should capture the other Кnight, although, he will Ье subjected to а strong attack via the open g-file. Now

White threatens to lock in the Bishop and possiЫy win it. White's opening advantage is increasing. 11.Ne5 Qc712.f4 h613.Bh4 c514.h3 Bh5 15.g4 с4 16.Bf5 Bg6 17.Bd7! Тhis continuation, which gradually leads to an attack is of course much Ьetter than winning а pawn Ьу trading on gб. In that case, Black would anchor his Кnight on е4 and thus get а good game. 17... Nd7 18.Nd7 Qd7 19.f5 Bh7 20.f6 Bg6

111. HALLE 1882-1885

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20 ... g5 loses at опсе to 21.Bg5 hg5 22.Qg5 Вgб 23.Qh6. 21.Rf2!

The correct method, White delays the the time is ripe. If White plays 21.fg7 at опсе theп 2l ... Kg7 22.Bf6 Kh7 апd it is hard to see how the attack coпtiпues. Оп the other haпd Black cannot trade pawпs as 22.Qh6 would decide the issue. раwп exchaпge uпtil

21 ... Rae8 22.Raf1 Re4

2З.ВgЗ!

fiпe апd поt very obvious move briпgs а decisioп much closer. The followiпg Black maпeuver is quite iпterestiпg.

This

GAME50

F. Riemann - Tarrasch

23 ... Kh7 24.fg7 Kg7 25.Bf4 Wiпs the h-pawп, as оп 25 .. Rh8, 26.Ве5 follows апd оп 25 ... h6 the exchaпge is lost Ьу 26.Bh6.

25... Kh7 26.Bh6 Rg8 Оп 26 ... Re8, it would поt save the game either. Iп that case White would coпtiпue either with 27 .Qg5 (Тhreat is 28.Rf7) and 28.Qh4, or as iп the game, 27 .Bg5 апd 27 .Вfб.

27.Bg5 Qe6 28.Bf6

At last the Bishop gets to its decisive destructioп. The threat поw is 29.Qg5. 28 ... Rез

Blocks the

Queeп апd threateпs

the

h-pawп.

29.Rg2 А

happy

iпspiratioп.

29 ... Rh3 Оп 29 ... Re8, there follows ЗО.Ве5 RhЗ Зl.RfЗ Rhб 32.Rh2 Qg4 ЗЗ.RgЗ. Оп other moves the h-pawп will advaпce. ЗО.RfЗ

White plays а пеаt fiпish. Rh6 (see пехt diagram)

31.Qh6 Kh6 32.Rh2 Bh5 33.Rh5 Kg6 34.Rg51-0. Тhе

King moves and 35.Rh3# .

King's Gamhit Accepted

1.е4 е5 2.f4 ef4 З.NfЗ Ве7 S.Kf1 dS 6.Bd5 Nf6 7.Nc3

4.Вс4

Bh4

Тhis is Ьest, as 7 .Nh4 is refuted Ьу 7 ... Nd5 and 8... Qh4, and is good for Black, while winning the pawn Ьу 7 .Bf7 and 8.Nh4 would give Black chances on the f-file.

7 ... Nd5 8.Nd5 Bg4 9.Nf4 Nc6 Black has answered White 's gamblt with а douЬle gamblt, he has опе fewer pawns, but he has а good game.

10.h3

ВfЗ

11.Qf3

Here the pawn should recapture. Now Black will get а very strong attack. 11 ... Nd4 12.Qg4 lf 12.Qdl to defeпd the c-pawn, 12...Qf6 will cost White а piece. 12... Nc213.Rbl

Of course 13 ... Bf6.

поt

13.Qg7 because of

1з ... о-о 14.d4 In this game both players ou~ do each

other iп generosity. White аgаш sacs а pawn to force the game а Ьit, B~ack counters Ьу sacrificing а pawn and а ptece

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to maintain the attack and concentrate his pieces as rapidly as possiЫe. 14... f515.ef5 Qd416.Qh4 Rae8 Тhis is far Ьetter than lб ... Qdl and 17 ... Qhl. Black now completely dominates the game. White now feels that he has to retum the sacrificed piece to get some development. 17.Bd2 Qd2 18.Qf2 NеЭ 19.Kg1 Qd4 20.Ne2 If instead White defends the f-pawn Ьу 20.g4 there follows 20 ... Re4 21.Ne2 Qd.З 22.Nc3 Ng4 23.hg4 Rg4 24J(h2 Rf5 and wins. 20 ... Qd3 21.Nc3 RfS 22.Qg3 Ref8 23.Re1 White is beyond salvation. А pretty fmish follows. 23... Rf1 24.Rf1 On 24.Кh2 not sacrificing the exchange, there follows 24 ... Rel 25.Qel Nfl 26.Kgl Qd4 and mate next move. 24... Rf1 25.Kh2

2S... Ng4! 26.Qg4 On 26.hg4, Black wins the Queen Ьу 26 ...Rhl and 27 ...QgЗ. 26 ... Qd6 27 .gЭ Qd2 28.Ne2 Rf2 29.Kg1 Qe1# о-1.

GAME51

Tarrasch - F. Riemann Goring Gamhil 1.е4 eS 2.Nf3 S.Вс4 ВЬ4

Nc6

З.d4

ed4

4.с3 dсЭ

This leads to а plodding difficult defense. Better is 5... Nf6 and б ...dб. &.о-о d6 7.аз ваs 8.Ь4 ВЬ6 9.аьэ Qf6 10.Nc3 Nge711.Bb2 Exploiting the long diagonal. Black tries in vain to Ьlock this demonstration. 11 ...Ne5 12.Ne5 deS 13.Kh1 Preparing to play 14.f4. 1Э ... о-о 14.14 Be615.Nd5 Bd516.ed5 Bd4 17.fe5 Qe518.Rae1 ВЬ2 То keep froin losing а piece, Black has to exchange his Queen for Rook and Bishop. Тhis will stop the attack for some time and White has to fmd the Ьest moves to break up Black's solid position. 19.Re5 Ве5 20.d6 cd6 21.817 Kh8 22.Qe6 Nc6 23.g4! Тhis gives the White Кing luft and furtheпnore threatens to strengthen the anack Ьу advancing the pawn farther. 23 ... Nd4 24.Qd7 Rac8 Black wants Ьу means of ... Rc2, to start а counterattack. 25.Rf2 h6 This move makes things easier for White. 26.g5Rc3 Of course on 26 ... hg5, comes 27.Qh3#. 27.gh6 RfcS lf Black recaptures the pawn, then 28.Bg6 Rcl 29.Kg2 Rf2 ЗО.Кf2 Bg7 3 l.Qe8 decides. 28.hg7 Bg7 29.Qg41-0. If 29 ... Ве5, White plays ЗO.Qh5 and 3 l.Qgб, etc.

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IV. Hamburg Chess Congress, 1885 and V. Geroldsgrun, 1886 Тhе Harnburg Congress carne at а good tirne for rne. lt was а nice change frorn the hard work 1 had done to pass the recent rnedicine exarnination. 1 considered it а matter of honor to play once 1 received the rnaster title, although 1 did not Ьelieve 1 would Ье very successful. Indeed 1 was а "rnaster", but 1 did not Ьelieve that against real rnasters in serious garnes 1 would have rnuch of а chance. 1 told rny friends in Halle that 1 hoped that 1 would at least not lose all of rny garnes. What struck rne at the Harnburg Congress was that people were arnazed to leam that 1 was already а practicing physician, Ьecause it seerned irnpossiЬle to people in the chess cornrnunity that 1 should Ье аЬlе to cornplete rny rnedical studies as early as 1 did while rnaintaining rny chess strength. Тhere were eighteen players in the top section. Gerrnany: Bier, von Gottschall, Minckwitz, Paulsen, Riernann, Schallopp, Schottlander, and 1; Austria/Нungary: Berger, Englisch, Dr. Noa, Weiss; England: Bird, Blackburne, Gunsburg, Мason. America: MacKenzie, and France: TauЬenhaus. Тhе less rny expectations of success the rnore surprised 1 was as 1 kept on winning one garne after the next. At the end of the fпst week, Mason and 1 had seven points each. Тhе second week it kept going the sarne way until Wednesday when 1 caught up with Mason and we each had 9.5 points. We were followed Ьу Blackburne, Gunsburg, Englisch, and Weiss. Тhе next day 1 Ьеаt Mason and there seerned to Ье very little doubt of the outcorne. As there were only three garnes left. 1 should surely win first prize. Му unexpected success had an intoxicating effect and 1 felt like 1 was drearning. ln the unceasing euphoria, 1 was unaЬle to give as rnuch attention to playing as was required at this high level of chess. So the next thing that happened was that 1 lost to Mackenzie. The following round in which 1 Ьеаt Schottlander put rne in first place again. After the penultirnate round the standings were as follows: Tarrasch 11.5, Mason, Gunsburg, Englisch, and Weiss, 11, and Blackburne 10.5 points. 1 had to play for а win in rny last garne against Blackburne, Ьut 1 rnade а Ьig rnistake and threw the garne away where exciternent and tirne pressure were rny undoing. Gunsburg won his last garne and with it the tournarnent with 12 points. Blackburne, Mason, Englisch, Weiss, and 1 shared 2-6 places with 11.5. 1 was very happy over rny success and satisfied with rny play, winning against 11 rnasters, drawing one garne and losing to five. 1 got recognition frorn Steinitz and the Internalional Chess Magazine, and frorn Zukertort in the Chess Monthly. Steinitz said, "Dr. Tarrasch is quite obviously а rising star, who will develop into one of the great chess players of our tirne. Не has extraordinary cornbinational talent, bu t his positional judgrnent has not yet peaked." Onl у the Gerrnan chess rnagazines, and especially Minckwitz in der Schachzeitung enveloped thernselves in а thunderous silence aЬout rne. 1 received а glorious reception in the Halle chess club and they gave me а lovely party.

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GAME52 Tarrasch - Dr. Noa French Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.NСЗ Nf6 4.е5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 с5 6.с3 Nc6 7.f4 cd4 It would Ье advisaЬle for Black to delay this pawn exchange. Тhе Ne2 move is unnatural and the delay of the pawn exchange would retain the tension in the center. 8.cd4 ВЬ4 9.8d2!

Quite deeply calculated. The more obv:ous 9 .NсЗ will in this opening, often lead to Black sacrificing the exchange, giving Black а strong attack, e.g. 9.Nc3 0-0 IO.NfЗ fб ll.BdЗ fe5 12.fe5 RfЗ 13.gf3 (То avoid losing both center pawns.) 13 ...Qh4 14.Kfl Nd4 15.f4 QЬЗ 16.1{f2 Вс5 17.Ве3 Ne5 18.fe5 Bd7. 9 ... QЬ610.Nf3 White wants his opponent to castle Ьefore he exchanges Queens, as Black's King position would Ье unfavoraЬle in the endgame. 10 ... 0·0 11.ВЬ4 Qb4 12.Qd2 Nb6 13.Nc3 Rd8

То

close off the Rook file. 14... Bd7 15.Nd6 RаЬ8 16.Rc1 Qd2 White has seen to it that it is Black who trades Queens, and then the White King gets to а good position. 17.Kd2 Nc8 18.Nb5 а6 19.Nc3 Black did not take advantage of the chance to exploit White 's weak center in the opening, and White 's center has now Ьесоmе very strong and it effectively cramps Black's position. 19... N8e7 20.Bd3 RЬс8 21.ЬЗ Intending to play the NсЗ via а4 to с5, which earlier would have Ьееn frustrated Ьу ... Ne5 or ... Nd4, followed Ьу Ва4. Тhе struggle on .the Queenside is markedly aЬout possession of the squares с5 and с4. 21 ... NЬ4 22.83 Recognizing that in carrying forward their plans, the Knights are more important than the Bishops. Black also realizes this and prefers to keep his Кnight on the Ьoard. 22 ... NЬс6

Now the Кnight threatens to go to

а5.

2З.Ь4

То give added force to the 14... Nc4 threat, Ьecause after 15.Вс4 dc4, White's d-pawn Ьecomes weak.

And not 23.Na4 Ьecause of 23 ... Na5 24.Nc5 Rc5 and 25 ... NЬЗ. Now Ьecause of his apparent useless Кnight maneuver, Black has parried White's intended plan of Nc3-a4-c5. 2З ... h6 24.h4 А dual purpose move - to prevent ... g5 (Which would not Ье advantageous for Black anyway.) and to prepare for the future Кingside attack. 24 ... NЬ8 Not the immediate 24 ...Rc7, Ьecause of 25.Na4.

14.NЬ5!

25.КеЗ

N.

HAМBURG

CHESS CONGRESS 1885; V. GEROLDSGRUN, 1886

То

mak.e room for the Кnight. 25 ... Rc7 26.Rc2 Rdc8 27.Rhc1 Kf8 28.g4 Ве8 29.Nd2 Nd7 ЗО.NЬЭ NЬ6 31.Nc5 Fiпally the Кnight has achieved its dominant positioп. 31 ... Nc4 Тhis does поt work out well for Black, but also оп other moves White could поt proceed to play his Rooks to the Kingside, since their preseпce оп the c-file is по loпger пeeded. 32.Вс4

dc4 ЭЭ.N5е4

Тhis move tak.es the Кnight to а still Ьetter positioп, and 33.N3e4 is bad of

course Ьecause of 33 ... Nd5 and 34... Вс6. ЭЭ ... Ь5 34.Nd6 RЬВ 35.f5 And this Ьegins the loпg prepared attack оп the Kingside. 35 ... Bd7 36.Rf2 Nd5 37.Nd5 ed5 38.g5 h5 39.Rcf1 Kg8 40.g6 f6 41.Re2 Всб 42.Rfe1 Rd8 43.Kf4 fe5

44.Re5! Kf8 45.Nf7 Re8 46.Ng5 Rce7 А mistake, for which there was по пееd. Black is lost по matter what, as оп 46 ... Re5 47.de5! Re7 48.f6! gfб 49.ef6 Re150.Nh7 Ке8! 5I.f7 Kd7 52.f8=QRfl 5З.Кg5 Rf8 54.Nf8 Ке7 55.g7 Kf7 56.Kh6 Kg8 57.Ng6 and wins. 47.Nh71·0.

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Тhis game was my debut in the masters toumey and I consider it опе of my Ьest efforts.

В.

1.d4 Nf6 s.f4 о-о

GAME53 Englisch - Таггаsсh King's lndian Defense

2.с4

g6

Э.NСЗ

Bg7

4.е4

d6

I confideпtly copied all these moves, which Louis Paulseп successfully made in his match against А. Schwarz, but to my growiпg amazemeпt I saw how my oppoпent, without paying atteпtion to the disdaiпful comments in the Schachzeitung, was аЬlе to geпerate а vehemeпt attack- pawnstorm. Тhis was поt at all in character with his usual playing style. Тhis esseпtially made а shamЬles of this touted Defense system. Тhis coпveпtioпal Ьelief in the soundness of the defensive system, caused me to lose пumerous games later оп and еvеп more receпtly. 6.Nf3 NЬd7 7.Ве2 With 7.е5, White could keep Black's position cramped. Now Black frees his game, alЬeit at the cost of the exchange. 7 ... е5 8.de5! Bad is 8.fe5 de5 9.d5, after which Black's positioп is quite satisfactory. 8 ... de5 9.fe5 Ng410.Bg5! Qe811.Nd5! Nges Best. Now 12.Nc7 is bad Ьecause of 12... Nf3 lЗ.ВfЗ Qe5 14.Na8 Qg515.Nc7 Qa5 and 16... Qc7. 12.Ве7! NfЭ 13.Bf3 сб 14.Bf8 Qf8 15.Nc3Qc5 То preveпt 16.0-0. Better is 15 ... Ne5 and lб ... Веб, iп the loпg run however, Black 's game is untenaЬle оп accouпt of his material minus.


50 16.QЬЭ

Ne5

Better is 16 ... NЬ6 and 17 ...Ве6, but the counteraction made me unaЬle to calmly look for my Ьest chances. 17.D-O-O Nc418.Rd8 Bf819.Rhd1

Ве6

The start of desperate play. Black wins the Queen, but at what а price! 20.Ra8 Qg5 21.КЬ1 Nd2 22.Rd2 ВЬЭ 23.Rdd8 Вс4 24.Rf8 Kg7 25.Rfd8 Ь5 26.ЬЗ Bf1 27.Rd7 Qc5 28.Nd1 Ь4 29.Rd2

White will not play into Black's hand, as 29.Ra7? would cost him the exchange after 29 ... Bd3. 29 ... Qe5 ЗО.Rа7 Qh2 31.Rdd7 32.Rf7 ВdЗ ЗЗ.Кс1 Qe5 34.Kd2 З5.Ве4 Qe4 36.Ne3 QЬ1 37.Ке2 38.Kf3 cs 39.Rad7 QсЗ 40.g4 41.Rh7 Kg5 42.Rd5 Kf6 43.g5 44.Rdd71-Q.

Kh6 Ве4

Qb2 Qa1 Кеб

GAME54 Tarrasch - Е. Schallopp Scotch Opening 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.d4 Ьс6 6.Bd3 BCS

ed4 4.Nd4 Nf6

5.Nc6

The usual move is 6... d5. 7.0..0 Q-0 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Re8 То

prevent е5, Black would rather not play ... dб Ьecause he wants to play ...d5. 10.Re1 d611.h3

As а student of the old masters, 1 made this move quite frequently. Moreover, under the influence of Steinitz's teachings, 1 avoided it, if only out of fear of embaпassment. Later, after 1 had abandoned Steinitz's thinking, 1 played it whenever the move seemed appropriate. Then in the Vienna tournament of 1898,1 played hЗ as White, but never as а defensive move- the function ofhЗ Ьeing to deprive the Black Bishop of its Ьest square. In this game however, the move weakens the Kingside and subsequently this Ьecomes very noticeaЬle. The right move was ll.Qd2. 11 ... g512.Bg3 Nd7 То make room for the Queen. Black now proceeds to · attack and very forcefully caпies it out.

13.Nc3Qf6

How does one рапу the threats of combined attack Ьу ... Qfб, ... Bd4, ...RЬ8 against the points Ь2 and ~3. 14.Qd2 Bd4

On 14...Rb8, White plays 15.Ndl. 15.Вс4! RЬ816.Rad1!

Not

lб.RЬl Ьecause

16... Ве5

of 16...Rb2!!

17.ВЬЗ

Faulty is 17 .Ве5 Ьecause of 17 ... Ne5, and then ...ВЬЗ, and ВhЗ! 17... Nc5

17 ... Bg3 would not Ье unfavoraЬle for White as it opens the f-file. 18.Ве5

Re5 19.Re3

Ве6

20.Rde1 Qg6

21.Qd4

White wants to play Веб! while the cannot recapture due to Qa7.

Кnight

21 ... а5 22.Kh2 Rb4 23.Qd2 Kg7

Should Black take the e-pawn, then White will take the a-pawn as compensation. The Кing move is made in order to play ... а4, which so far was unfavoraЬle Ьecause of Nd5 threatening Ne7.

W.

HAМBURG

CHESS CONGRESS 1885; V. GEROLDSGRUN,1886

24.f3 84 25.Ве6 Ne6 26.Nd1 Rd4 This will lead to the exchange of the Rook, after which the Black Queenside is undefendaЬle. The Rook should go to Ь8, but master Schallopp dislikes retreats. 27.Rd3 с5 28.Ne3 RdЗ 29.Qd3 Nf4 зо.асз Kh7 Тhе loss of the exchange was threatened Ьу Nc4 or Ng4. 31.085 h5? While White seeks material advantage on the Queenside, Black is trying to force the Kingside attack, but overlooks the exchange loss. Even so I Ьelieve that White 's winning chances are reduced Ьу taking the exchange. Better is to take the a-pawn then irnrnediately to bring his Queen back into the game and then gethis opponent to worry Ьу advancing his passed pawn. How Вlack intends to break through is hard to see, as ... g4 is prevented for а long time, and it is only Ьecause White plays his g-pawn up that any break could occur. Black's Queenside is weakened to such an extent that the attack Ьecomes irresistiЬle.

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32.g3 Ne6

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39.Rd3 should Ье played. The next few moves were played Ьу Ьoth players in time pressure. 39 ... Qh4 39 ... Nc2 rnight Ье played? 40.Qc7 Qf4 41.Qc3 Qh4 42.Qc7 Qf4 43.Rd3 Ne6 Black's threat is now to play the Кnight to f4 or h4 with decisive effect. Не wants to сапу this plan through Ьу ...Qh4 and ... Nf4 or Ьу ... Qh4 and ... Nf8-g6-h4. То counter Ьoth threats, White is going to have only one move in the following move sequence. 44.Qd7! Now 44 ... Qh4 will not work on account of 45.Qf7 and 44 ... Nf8 won 't work Ьecause of 45.Qf5. 44 ... Kg7 45.Qb5! Again making 45 ... Qh4 unplayaЬle Ьecause of 46.Qe5. 45 ... Nf8 46.Rd6! То take the Кnight if it goes to gб. 46 •.. f6 47.Qb7 Kg8 48.Rd8 Finally, after White turns the dangerous Кnight harrnless, he сап catch his breath . 48 ... Qe3 49.Qd5 Kg7 50.Qd2 Qb6 51.Kg3 Qg1 52.Qg2 QЬ6 53.Rd1 Qb2 54.с4 Qb4 55.Rc1 Ne6 56.Qf2 Nf4 57.Qc2 acs 58.Re1 Qd4 Black should not move his Queen away so as to keep the passed pawn from advancing . 59.с5 f5 60.с6 Nh5 61.Kh2 g4 62.с7 Qb4 63.Rd1 1·0.

ЗЗ.Nс4 Nd4 34.Ne5 de5 35.Qc3 Qf6

GAME55

36.Kg2 h4! Now the White g-pawn lacks its natural defender, the h-pawn. On 36.g4, Black plays 36...Qf4 and decides. 37.Re3 hgЗ зs.acs Qf4 39.Qc3

Tarrasch - М. Weiss Scotch Opening

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.d4 ed4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc6 Ьс6 6.Bd3 d5 7.Nd2 An attempt to keep а hold on the center which would Ье dominated Ьу Black after

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the exd5 pawn exchange. Black cannot exchange the pawns Ьecause after 7 ...de4 8.Ne4 Ne4 9.Qd2 f5 lO.tЗ, he would Ье burdened Ьу the isolated pawns. Тhе noпnal rnove is 7 .Qe2 with the sarne idea. However after 7 ... de4 8.Ве4 Ne4 9.Qe4 Qe7 10.Qe7 Ве7, Black has the Bishop pair and White will at Ьest get а draw. 7 ... Вс5 8.h3 Note rny annotations on this rnove in the previous garne. Here too, the h-pawn rnove will give Black an attacking target in the future. 8...0.0 9.~0 Re810.Qf3 RЬ811.ed5 White has to abandon his plans in order to cornplete his developrnent. Нis try has Ьееn in vain. Black obtains а strong center and his pieces are well coordinated. 11 ...cd5 12.NЬЭ Вdб On 12 ... ВЬ6, White plays 13.Bg5. Тhis rnove serves no purpose Ьecause of ... Ве5 and ...h6 next. 1Э.Ве3 аб 14.Bd4 Ne4 15.с4 Qh4 The Black pieces are daпgerously posted, especially siпce Black is threatening 16... Ng5, driving the Queeп back to dl, followed Ьу the winniпg sacrifice оп hЗ.

White is anticipating that Black will stick to his ... Bg4 idea. 19... Bg4? 19 ... ВЬ7 should Ье played. 20.hg4 Qh2 21.Kf1 RЬЭ 22.аЬ3 Qh1 2Э.Ке2

All of White 's rnoves are forced. 2Э ... Qа1 То this point Black had calculated, but White however was rnore farsighted. 24.g5 Nd7 25.Bh7 Kh7 26.Qf5 Kg8 27.Qd7 RЬВ

16.Ве3 Nfб

Тhis does поt only threateп to wiп а piece Ьу 17 ... dc4, but also threateпs 17 ... Bg4, 18.hg4 Qh2#, but White can stop Ьoth threats. Thus it was Ьetter simply to defeпd the d-pawn Ьу 16 ...с6. ProbaЬly Mr. Weiss was told Ьу fellow club rnernbers, that it was possiЬle to overwhelrn rne. 17.Rfc1! Ве5 Еvеп поw 17... с6 was Ьetter. 18.cd5 Rb4 On 18 ...ВЬ2, White will do well after 19.Rc4. 19.Rc2!

28.g6! Qh1 Тhе f-pawn cannot Ье defeпded. On 28 ...fg6, White plays 29.Qe6 and 30.Qe5, and оп 28 ...Rf8 29.gf7 Rf7 30.Qe8 and on 29 ... Kh7 30.Qf5 or 29 ... Кh8 ЗО.QЬЗ#. 29.Qf7 Kh8 ЭO.Qf5 Bd6 31.Rc1 Qh2 32.Rc4 Rf8 33.Qg51·0.

W.

HAМBURG


GAME56

J. Taubenhaus - Tarrasch English

1.с4 еб

2.Nc3 d5 З.еЗ с5 4.Nf3? Тhis enaЬles Black to cramp White 's position. Correct was 4.d4. 4...d4 s.Ne2 Nсб 6.Ng3 h5! 7.аз In order to avoid the following sequence, 7 ...h4 8.Ne2 dЗ followed Ьу 9 ...NЬ4 with decisive play. Even so 7 .h4 was Ьetter. 7 ... h4 8.Ne2 es 9.d3 а5! Nowon IO.ed4, Blackintends torecapture with the c-pawn апd thus prevent the possiЬle White Ь-pawn advaпce. 10.h3 Bd7 Intending in good tirne to play ... а4 апd ...Na5-b3. 11.е4

f6

The threat was 12.Bg5 with а piece trade or а pawn win. 12.Nh2 g5 At this point Black has played all his pawns except the b-pawn, which is destined to serve in the decisive breakthrough. The White position is completely cramped апd he сап hardly move, but TauЬenhaus, with the next few moves, quite adroitly brings his pieces into the game. 13.Bd2 а4 14.Nc1 Bd6 Now of course, 14 ... Na5 serves по purpose. 15.Ве2 Nce7 16.Bh5 Kf8 17.Bg4 Ng6 18.Qf3 Kg7 The threat was 19.Bg5. 19.g3 Rb8 In order to initiate а decisive attack with ...Ь5, but as а result of White 's following moves, especially move 22, Black sees the possibllity to attack оп the Kingside as well, апd he prefers the later сhапсе.

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20.Bd7 20 ... Qd7 21.Qg4 Qe7 22.gh4 Rh4 23.Qg2 With this move White threatens to follow up with 24.Nf3 апd 25.h4, not only to get rid of his weak h-pawn, but also to reach а decisive attack. White has extricated himself quite well from his cramped position. Even so with сопесt counterplay his game cannot Ье saved. 23 ... Kf7! 24.Ne2 Qd7 То make room for the Kingside Кnight, which has to guard the f5-point апd after that he intends to douЬle Rooks. 25.Nf3 Rh6! 25 ...Rh7 is less favoraЬle Ьecause of 26.Bg5. 26.Ng3 N8e7 27.Rg1 In the long run the h-pawn cannot Ье held. Thus White chooses to abaпdon it апd instead he tries to attack. 27 ... Nf4 Black could have captured the h-pawn without hesitation Ьу '1:7 ••• QhЗ 28.Qh3 RhЗ апd 29.Bg5 сап Ье countered Ьу 29 ... Rg3. However the continuation Black plays is prettier. 28.Bf4 ef4

IfWhite now moves the attacked Кnight away, then 29 ...Qh3 or 29 ...Rh3 follows. 29.е5 fgЗ ЗО.еd6 Qe6! 31.Kd2 gf2 32.Qf2 Nf5! ЗЗ.Rае1


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а small advantage e.g. 9.Nc3 NсЗ! IО.ЬсЗ 0-0 ll.RЫ!- White'schoice

retains

ofmoves is also good. 9.cd5 Qd5 10.Nc3 NсЭ

11.ЬСЭ ВfЭ

12.g1э о-о

ЭЭ ... QеЭ 34.Qe3 36.Ref1 Kg6

dеЭ 35.Кс3 RhЭ

The Кnight needed to Ье guarded. The game of course has now Ьееn decided in Black's favor, but White still tries to give Black proЬlems with а surprise sacrifice. 37.Rg5! fg5 38.Ne5 Kg7 39.Rf5 Rf8 Forces dissolution. 40.Rg5 On 40.d7, there follows 40... Rhl (The threat is 4l ...Rc1#.)41.Kc2 Rf5 42.d8=Q Rf2 in which variation the incidental effectiveness of the a4-pawn is remarkaЬle.

40 ... Kf6 41.Nd7 Kg5 42.Nf8 Rh8

Somewhat hesitant, 42 ...Rhl 43.Кс2 е2 44.d7 Rcl 45.Kcl el=Q 46.Кс2 Qf2 plus 47 ... Qf8 would end the game sooner. 43.Ne6 Kg4 44.d7 КfЭ 45.Ng5 Kg2 46.Ne4 Rg8 This is superfluous. 47.Кс2 Kf1 48.Ng3 Ке1 49.d4 cd4 50.Nf5 Rd8 51.Nd4 Rd7 52.Nb5 е2 53.Nc3 Kf1 D-1.

The Bishop pair and open Rook files, means White is Ьetter. On 12.Qf3, White would also have а fine game. 13.Bf4 Bd614.Bg3 Rad815.Rb1 а6 То prevent 16.Rb5. On 15 ... Ь6, White can continue his attack favoraЬly with 16.Ве4 Qc4 17.Qc2 h6 18.Bd3 Qеб (Not 18 ...Qd5 Ьecause of 19.Rb5 Qеб 20.d5) 19.Rfel. 16.Rb7Qa2 16 ...Nd4 is,faulty Ьecause of 17.Ве4. 17.Bd6 With this idea: If the pawn recaptures, the Rook gets access to f7, and if the Rook captures, the c-pawn remains under attack. 17... Rd6 18.Kh1 Тhе Rook must not capture on с7 atonce, Black would play 18 ... Qa5 and then choose to gain the с or d-pawn, or to start а strong assault against the Kingside with Rook and Queen. 18... Qa5 19.Qc1 19.Qd2 is bad Ьecause of 19...Nd4. 19... Rh6 20.Rg1 Kh8

GAME57 М. Bier Petroff Defense

Tarrasch-

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nf6 Э.Nе5 d6 4.Nf3 Ne4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Q-O Ве7 8.с4 Bg4

The Petroff Defense does not achieve cornplete equality. White consistently

On 20 ... Qh5, there follows 2l.Qf4.

N.

HAМBURG


21.Rg5 Qa2 22.Rg2 Re8 An ingenious, but sornewhat incoпect cornbination, but White does not take sufficient advantage of the flaw in Black 's play. 2Э.Rс7 Qa5 24.Rf7 Nd4 25.Qe3

Both players overlook that White was quite cornfortaЬly аЬlе to take the Кnight and on 25 ...Rel, he could interpose the Bishop Ьecause rnate loorns at f8. 25 ... Ne6 26.Rgg7 PossiЬle also was 26.Qh6 Qal or 26.Rfg7. 26 ... Rh2 Necessary in order to play the Queen to the defense of the Kingside. 27.Kh2 Qh5 28.Kg2 Ng7

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Qg4 32.Кh2 Qh5 ЗЗ.КgЗ Qhl 34.Rf8 Qgl 35.Кf3 Qdl (or 35 ...Qhl 36.Ке2 Qh5 37.Кd2) Зб.КеЗ Qel 37.К<14 Qf2 38.Кс4 Qh2! 39.Qg6 or ЗО... а5 31.Ве4 hб 3214 Qg4 33.Kh2 Qh5 34.Kg3 а4 35.с4 аЗ 36.Rf8 а2 37.Bd5 Rf8 38.Qf8 Кh7 39.Bg8 Кgб (Or 39 ... Кh8 40.Bt7) 40.Qt7#. ЭO ... Qd5 31.Rg8 Qg8 32.Qf6 а5 ЗЗ.С4 Qe6

No purpose is served Ьу continuing the pawn push as the White Queen controls the al square, while White will Ье аЬlе to advance his c-pawn Ьу controlling с8 with Bf5 or Баб. 34.Qf8 Qg8 35.Qf6 Qe6 36.Qf8 Qg8 37.Qf6 Qe6 38.Qd8 Qg8 39.Qa5 Ne6 40.Kf1 Qf7 41.Qe5 1-Q. Here Black lost on tirne, but the garne was lost anyway.

GAME58

W. Paulsen - Tarrasch CenterGame

1.е4 е5 5.Ве2

29.Qe7 Rg8 ЭO.Rf8

White rnisses the Ьest way to end this very spirited garne. Не overlooks that the Black Queen, if played to d5, can still defend the Rook. Best here is ЗО.Qfб after which Black's sundry pieces are pinned, Ьecause even the Queen rnust not leave the h-file, as for instance 30 ... Qc5? 3l.Bh7 Кh7 32.Qh4 Кgб ЗЗ.Rfб#. Thus Вlack can only rnove one pawn and then White proceeds via Be4,c4,Rf8, plus Bd5 and thus forces the win. Analysis follows: ЗО ... а5 3l.Be4 а4 32.с4 аЗ 33.Rf8 Qc5 (Or ЗЗ ... а2 34.Вd5) 34.Rg8 Kg8 35.Bd5 Кh8 36.Qd8 Ne8 37 .Qe8 Kg7 38.Qf7 Кhб 39.Qf6 Кh5 40.Bf7# or ЗО ... hб Зl.f4

2.d4 ed4 Э.Qd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6

Anew rnove, which Paulsen, inventor of this interesting opening, played nurnerous tirnes in this toumarnent. The purpose of this rnove is to prevent ...Ng4 after е4-е5. The best defense, according to Schottlander is 5 ... Qe7 б.NсЗ d5 7 .ed5 NЬ4.

5 ... ВЬ4? Тhis is inadequate against the threat. б.СЗ Ва5 7.е5

Nd5 The Кnight's position is very bad, but if he retreats to g8, White also plays 8.Qg3. 8.Qg3Qe7! Black cannot castle Ьecause of Вhб! 9.Nf3 f610.ef6 With this rnove White relieves Black of his rnost pressing worry Ьecause the Nd5 finds а secure square. White might try 10.Вс4 NЬб ll.BdЗ Nd5 12.Ве4 NЬб


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IЗ.Всб dсб 14.Ь4 or 10.Вс4 NЬб ll.BdЗ fe5! 12.Ь4 e413.Kdl! 10... Nf611.Be3 d612.NЬd2 Ве6 The Bishop should go no farther than d7. 1Э.Ng5

Bd714.Q-O Q-0 15.Rae1 h6

А move which consideraЬly, but

weakens the Kingside must Ье made, Ьecause in the long run the Ng5 is dangerous. 16.Nh3 ВhЭ 17.Qh3 Qf7 Black has gotten over the worst danger. Even though the Кnight on аЗ is cut off for the present, it can in an emergency, Ье defended Ьу ... Ra8 and might even support а fцture Queenside attack Ьу the c-pawn advance. 32.Nd6?? Rd6 ЭЭ.f5 Qf6 34.Rde1 Rdd8 35.Re6 Ne6 36.fe6 Qe6 37.Kh1 Rf8 38.Re1 Qf6 39.h3 Rde8 40.Rf1 Qg5 41.Rf8 Rf8 42.Qd6 Qc1 43.Kh2 Qf4 Q-1. 17 ... Qd7 is inferior due to Вс4 and Веб. 18.Bd1 Kh819.Bb3 d5 20.Nf3 Nh7 А prophylactic to counter the possiЬle intrusion of the Кnight to g5 or gб. 21.Nh4 Rfe8 22.Rd1 Rad8 2Э.Вс2 Nf8 24.Вс5

If 24.Nf5 intending 25.Bh6 and then 26.Nh6, Black can defend with 24 ...Qf6 or24 ... Nh7. 24 ... Kg8 The threat was 25.Bf8 and 26.Ng6. On 25 ... Ne7, White could take on а7 as 26 ... Ьб would Ье answered Ьу 27.Ь4. 25.Qd3 On 25.Bf8 Qf8 26.Qd3, Вlack defends with 26 ... Re4 (27 .fЗ? Ne5 and 28 ... Rh4.). 25 ... Ne5 26.Qg3 ВЬ6 The misplaced Bishop fmally makes а point. 27.ВЬ6 аЬб 28.f4 Nc4 ЗО.ЬЭ NаЭ 31.Bd3 сб

29.Nf5 Kh8

GAME59

Tarrasch- J. Gunsburg French Defense

1.е4 е6

2.d4 d5 Э.NсЭ Nf6 4.е5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 с5 6.сЭ Nc6 7.f4 а6 Тhis and the next five moves for Black constitute one (and the same) rnistake. 8.Nf3 с4 9.Ng3 Ь5 10.Ве2 NЬ611.Q-O a512.Nh5 White has efficiently used his tirne to develop, while his opponent wasted his moves on the Queenside. Now White starts а decisive attack on the Кingside. 12... Ь4 13.Qe1 Rg8 Finally Black seems to notice something. 14.Qg3 Nd7 The threat was 15.Nf6. 15.Ng5 h616.Nh7

N.

HAМBURG


An irnmediate pretty finish is the Кnight sac оп еб, followed Ьу Qgб and Qh7 - e.g. Iб.Neбfeб17.Qgб Ке7 18.Qh7 Кf719.f5 ef5 20.Rf5 Кеб (If20... Nfб, theп 21.Rfб.) 2l.Qg8 Kf5 22.Ng3 Кgб 23.Bh5# or I9 ... Ne7 (То keep the Rook defeпded.) 20.fеб Ке8! 2l.Ng7 Rg7! 22.Bh5 Ngб 2З.Вgб Ке7! 24.Bg5!! hg5 25.Rf7 Кеб 2б.Qh3 and таtе пехt тоvе. I saw this sac, of course поt to the last detail and decided оп the other course of actioп, Ьecause I hoped that I would Ье аЬlе to administer а sтothered таtе in the пехt few тoves. I coпsidered ту орропепt а very weak - еvеп bad player - поt only Ьecause of his failings in the NureтЬerg touтameпt, but also how he тessed up in the opening against Paulseп. Had I known that ту орропепt was going to Ье опе of the prize winners, this game would have had а differeпt outcoтe. Апd the tournameпt would have eпded differeпtly with те taking First Prize. For the first time this game shows two flaws in ту character, which I was unaЬle to shed for the loпgest tiтe. Overconfideпce and underestimating ту орропепt. Both these characteristics сап Ье explaiпed easily eпough in the case of а debutante, who to his own amazeтeпt keeps winning game after game. 16... Ne7 17.f5 ef5 Оп 17 ... Nf5, White plays 18.Rf5 and 19.Nf6.

18.Bh6

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1 hoped that Black might capture the Bishop here and theп let hiтself Ье checkmated Ьу Nfб#. Vоп BardeleЬeп gives the following win in the tournameпt Ьооk, 18.е6! feб19.Ng7 Rg7 20.Bh5 Rf7 21.Qe5!! and White wins in all variations. 18... QЬ6!

It is only поw that GunsЬerg Ьegins to show his тastery! 19.Bg7 Bg7 20.Ng7 Kd8 True, White has wоп а pawn, but he has real trouЬle retumiпg his Knights to safety. The threat is 21 ...Qh6. 21.Qg5 Ra6! Excelleпt! Bad is 21 ... Ne5 Ьecause of 22.Nfб followed Ьу 23.Nd5. 22.е6

It takes тaturity iп judgтeпt and а consideraЬle capacity for self criticisт and objectivity to соте to the realizatioп that the attack is over and that the taЬles are turning. If one sees this in time, it is ofteп still possiЬle to fmd ways and тeans to сапу out а timely retreat and thus hold

the game. If one allows this psychological to pass, the attack тау епd in а rout. Тhus White could still secure his positioп Ьу тeans of 22.Nfб Nfб 23.еfб Qfб 24.Qfб Rfб 25.Nh5 and theп save eпough positioпal advantage to retain good winning chances. Instead, Ьу trying to тaintain the attack, White is going to lose the game. 22 ... fe6 23.Bh5 Ne5 То preveпt 24.Bt7. Better is to play 23 ... Rh8 at опсе. 24.Qf6 Оп 24.Khl or 24.Rae 1, Black тight play 24 ... Nd3 or 24 ...Ng6. 24 ... Nd7 24 ... Nd3? would поw Ье answered Ьу 25.Bt7 Rh8 26.Ne6. 25.Qg5 тотепt


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From this move repetition, one sees that White's initiative is gопе. 25 ... Rh8 2б.Nfб Nfб 27.Qfб Rg8 28.Rae1 The game could still Ье saved Ьу 28.Bf3, which would vacate the h5-square for the Кnight, but White still thinks he has the attack. Compare the comment made оп move 22. 28 ...е5!! This beautiful move tums the game around. 29.Qe5

39.Ke4Re2!

Otherwise 40.Rf7

Кdб

41.Rf6 could

Ьесоmе Ьothersome.

40.Kf4 Ra2 41.Ке5 Re2 43.Rg5 а4 44.d5 Kd8!

42.Ве4

Rf8

On 44 ... а3 45.d6 plus 46.Кd4 and 47 .Ra5 might follow. The threat now is 45 ...Re8. 45.Rg7 Desperation, 45.Кd4 is followed Ьу 45 ...Rf4. 45 ... Re8 46.Kd6 R8e4 47 .Ra7 Ке8 48.Ra4 Rg2 49.Ксб Rh2 50.dб Rd2 51.Ra8 Kf7 52.d7 Rеб 5З.Кс7 Re7 Q-1.

GAME60 J.H. Bird- Tarrasch RuyLopez 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 аб 4.Ва4 Nfб 5.Qe2 Вс5

Offering б.Всб dсб

а

pawn for а good attack, e.g. 7.Ne5 Qd4 8.Nd3 Ва7!

б.СЗ Ь5 7.Вс2

29 ... Qfб!

ЭО.Qе7

The Ьest remaining chance. 31.Re7 Ке7 32.Nf5 Bf5

ЗО ... Qе7

33.Rf5

As regards to material, White should not any means Ье at а disadvantage with two connected passed pawns vs the exchange, however in the opening, Black did а of lot work оп the Queenside preparetory to the endgame. ЗЗ ... ЬСЗ! 34.ЬСЗ RЬб! 35.Bf3 Other moves wouldn't save the game either. 35 ... RЬ1 Зб.Кf2 Rb2 37.Ке3 Rc2 38.Bd5 Rc8! Black is very circumspect in his treaьnent of the endgame. 38 ...Rc3 is bad because of 39.Кd2 RdЗ 40.Ке2 Rc8 4l.Bc4. Ьу

Far Ьetter is 7 .ВЬЗ. 7 ... о-о 8.d3 d5 9.Bg5 d4

Black is for choice. 10.h3? Qd611.NЬd2 Nd7! Тhreatens to play the f-pawn one or two squares. 12.g4fб!

Black forces the Bishop to an awkward square Ьefore he starts а decisive attack оп the Queenside. The next move sequence is very harmonious, like the wheels of а fine watch. 1З.Вh4 dс314.ЬСЗ ваз 15.Nf1 acs Not 15 ... ВЬ2, Ьecause of 16.ВЬ3. 16.ВЬЗ Kh817.Qd2 Ь4! Black doesn't hesitate to lock in his Bishop. 18.с4 Nd4

N.

HAМBURG


One Ьlow after another, and one piece keeps making room for another. 19.Nd4 Qd4 20.Rb1 Nc5 21.Ке2

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resigned without waiting for my move. Q-1.

GAME61

Tarrasch ·

J. Minkwitz

Scotch Opening

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.d4 ed4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 ВЬ4 6.Nc6 Ьс6 7.Qd4 Qe7 8.f3 d5 9.Bg5 с510.ВЬ5 Kf811.Qd2??

Black has outplayed his opponent to such а degree that he has no less than three winning continuations. In addition to the text he has 2l ... Rd8 and 21 ... а4, and the impetuous young player chooses the most violent one. The sacrifice has been variously described as ingenious, admiraЬle, etc. but it is actually quite an obvious move. What is remarkaЬle here is the subtle preparation, the logical development of the attack and the refreshing originality of Black's conduct ofthe game. 21 ... Ne4 22.de4 Qe4 23.Ne3 ВЬ7 24.Rbg1 Rad8 25.Qc2 QfЗ 26.Ке1 Ве4 27.Qe2 Qf4 28.Bg3 Qh6 29.Rh2 Better is to give up an exchange and to play 29.Вс2. 29 ... Bd3 ЗО.QfЗ ВЬ2 The activating of the long imprisoned Bishop has an immediately decisive effect. 31.Nd5 On Зl.Ndl, Black plays Зl ... Qcl plus 32... Вс3. 31 ... Rd5 32.Bf4 ВеЗ ЗЗ.Кd1 Ве4 34.Кс1 Bd2 35.КЬ2 Bf4 36.Qe4 Rd2 37.КЬ1 Bh2 38.g5 Qg6 Мr. Bird continued with 39.Qg6 hg6 40.Rg4 and 1 could only smile at the threats of 4l.c5 and 42.Rh4 but he

Without additional analysis I made this move after it had Ьееn recomrnended to те Ьу Zukertort during lunch recess. ll.QdЗ is the сопесt move here. 12... d4 12.о-о-о h6! Тhis simple move wins the game. The rest is desperation. 1 З.h4 Ве6 14.е5 dсЗ 15.Qf4 hg5 16.hg5 Rh111.gf6 Otherwise Black secures himself with 17 ... Ng8. 17 ... Rd1 18.Kd1 Qd8 19.Bd3 сЬ2 20.Qh4 Ь1=Q 21.Ке2 Qe1 о-1.

GAME62

Tarrasch · v. Gottschall Scotch Opening

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.d4 ed4 4.Nd4 Вс5 5.Ве3 Qf6 6.СЗ Nge7 7.Qd2 d5 8.Nb5 ВеЗ 9.Qe3 Qe5

An епоr. Сопесt is Вlack forgot that the

9... 0-0. Obviously White Кnight сап

return to the game. 10.f4 Nf5 11.fe5 NеЗ 12.Nc7 Kd8 13.Na8 Nc2 14.Kd2 Na1 15.ed5 Ne5 16.Na3 Bf5 17.d6 Kd7 18.Nc7 Kd6 19.Ncb5 Кс5 20.Ве2 Rd8 21.Nd4 At this point Black could resign with а quiet heart, but the continuation is quite interesting. 21 ... Nc6 22.Ra1 Nd4 23.cd4 Rd4 24.Ке3 Re4 25.Kf2 Веб 26.Rc1 КЬ4 27.Rc3 а6 27 ... Ва2 would Ье wrong оп account of 28.Nc2 Ка5 29.Ra3 Ra4 ЗО.Ь4.


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...... .. . . .•••• -

28.Bf3 Rf4 29.Ке3 Rh4 ЗО.hЗ Ь5 31.Nc2 Ка5

8 В Bt•t tE 8.1.8 В .'··,t. ~ • • р • ~ В

Pi ~

~.-

.е.~~• .В.U"7J~

~"Bi ~~·

в.е.• ~д-

~.

32.Ь4 КЬ6 ЗЗ.Rсб Ка7 35.Rc7 КЬ8 36.Rb7 Кс8

34.Nd4 Ва2 37.Nf51·0.

GAME63

J. Berger - Tarrasch Sictlian Defense

1.е4 с5 2.Nc3 Nсб З.NfЗ gб 4.d4 cd4 5.Nd4 Bg7 б. вез dб 7.Вс4 Ne5 Тhis is а waste of а ternpo. It was Black's intention to get his opponent to rnisplace his Bishop, which nonnally goes to е2 where it is generally rnost useful, but this wasn 't worth а ternpo, as the Bishop is quite effective on ЬЗ. 8.ВЬ3 Nfб 9.h3 Bd710.Qe2 аб Тhis weakens Ьб. At that tirne 1 was still cornpletely unaware of the significance of the designation "Weak Squares".

opening and his opponent's masterful treatment of the position. Still he must continue to play very carefully, his position is just aЬout tenaЬle. In spite of the Bishop pair and the passed pawn, winning is out of the question. 24.Nd51 Rfe8 25.ВЬ6 Now the weakness оfЬб Ьegins to show itself. 25... Rc6 26.а5 Kf8 27.Ь4 Bd5 Тhе Кnight's position is so superb that sooner or later it has to Ье taken, but at this point 27 ...Rec8 is Ьetter. 28.Rd5 Re1 29.Kh2 Ке8 ЗO.Rfd2 Вhб 31.g3

11.а4 То

prevent ...Ь5.

11 ...Qa5 12.Q-O Rc813.f4 Nсб 14.Qf2 о-о 15.Rad1 Qh5

Making roorn for the Кnight. 16.Nde2 Na5 17.Ng3 Qh4 18.е51 Ne8 (seenextdiagrarn) 19.Nge41 Qf2 20.Rf2 NЬЗ 21.сЬ3 Веб 22.ed6 Ndб 23.Nd6 еdб

Black somehow has wiggled out of his crarnped position, which he had found hirnself in Ьecause of the less than perfect

31 ... Re4 32.Ь5 аЬ5 ЗЗ.RЬ5 Kd7

Now 34 ... Rf4 is threatened, which earlier was irnpossiЬle on account ofRe2.

JV. HAМBURG CHESS CONGRESS 1885; V. GEROLDSGRUN, 1886 З4.Кg2 Bg7 35.Kf3 Rec4 36.Ве3 Кс7 37.Rd3 Кс8 38.RdЬЭ Rc7 39.ВЬ6 Re7 40.Ве3 Rec7 41.Rd3 R7c6 42.RdЬЭ 1/2·1/2.

GAME 64

F. Riemann · Tarrasch French Defense

1.е4 е6

2.d4 d5 Э.NсЭ Nf6 4.Bg5 5.Bf6 Bf6 6.Nf3 Q-0 7.е5

Ве7

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14.Bh7 Kh815.h4

15.Qg6 is Ьest countered Ьу 15 ... Ве8, but even 15 ... Ne5 would lead to а favoraЬle positioп for Black after 16.Qh5 NfЗ 17.gf3 Qf418.Nf5 Bg5 19.Bg6 Вhб. 15... Ne516.Ng5 Тhе threat поw is 17 .Bg8! which after Black's пехt move would fail. 16... с4 17.Qd1 Rf6

Тhere е5 поw

is по differeпce Ьеtwееп playing or after 7.Bd3 с5. 7... Ве7 8.Bd3 f6 An altemative for Black is 8 ... с5, оп which White 's Ьest move is the exchange ofpawns. 9.Ne2 с510.сЭ fe511.de5 П 11.Ne5, Black would Ье аЫе to attack е5 and d4 Ьу ll ... Ncб and 12... Bd6. 11 ...Nc6 12.Ng3 Bd7

13.QЬ1

Тhis is а most serious misjudgmeпt of the positioп which will cost the game. Тhе advanced e-pawn is pivotal and must Ье kept defeпded. Neither the h-pawn, which White gets in exchange, поr the resulting attack are sufficieпt compeпsatioп. 13... Qc7 Simple and decisive. Not for а momeпt did 1 coпsider tryiпg to maintaiп the h-pawn (Ьу IЗ ... hб) but only rnused aЬout Ьeing rnated Ьу Qgб and Qh5.

So as to answer 17 .Qh5 Ьу 18 ...Rh6. 18.f4 Тhе great sages, i.e. the commentators of this game, could not agree whether 18 .Nh5 is Ьetter than the text. Тhese good people noticed that the "excellent attack" Ьу White in truth is а desperation attack, the purpose of which is to save а game, which if played calmly, would Ье а sure loss and thus the attack will only succeed if Black does поt find the correct counterplay. 18... Nc6 Of course not 18 ...Rf4, оп account of 19.Qh5. 19.Вс2

19.Qh5 is answered Ьу 19 ...Rh6 20.Nf7 21.Nh6 Ве8 or 2l ... g6 22.Qg4 Кhб 23.h5 g5 or 2l ... gh6 22.Qf7 Кh8 23.Nh5 Rg8. 19... Ве8 At this point White 's prospects are gone and his attack has petered out and the Кh7


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defense of his own positioп, which is full of holes, offers very little hope. 20.Ne2 Bd6?

Short of tirne, I made the пехt Ьest move. Bishop Ьeloпgs оп с5, and indeed later оп I move it there. Further, оп dб it is useless, it is exposed and obstructs the d-file. Black willlater аtопе for this lack of plan, but he will Ье forced to sacrifice material, where as if he had dопе the right thiпgs, victory would Ье his quite easily. Тhе сопесt move was the i.mrnediate 20 ... Bh5, оп which White 's Ьest is also 21.g3 (as in the game). Тhеп Black could successfully coпtiпue the attack with 2l ...Rd8 and 22 ...е5, followed Ьу ...QЬ6 and ... Вс5 (same as in the game, but with an extra tempo). Тhе

21.g3 QЬ6!

At this point 21 ... Bh5 would Ье bad поt of White's 22.0-0, which would lose at опсе (via 22...Qb6 23.Кg2 QеЗ 24.Rel е5.), but оп 2l ... Bh5, White plays 22.Qd2 plus 23.0-0-0. It is the text move that preveпts this White plan as оп 22.Qd2 there follows 22... Вс5 and 23 ... Ве3.

Ьecause

22.ЬЭ

Bh5

Тhis is the Ьest move поw, but to Ье sure it involved а piece sacrifice. Оп 22... Rd8, White would inhiblt the developmeпt of the Bishop Ьу 23.h5. Оп 22... сЬ3 23.аЬ3 White would have the d3 square for his Queeп.

2Э.ЬС4

dc4 24.RЬ1

Of course the Вdб is tаЬоо Ьecause of 24 ...Rd8 25.Qa3 QеЗ 26.Bdl Rd2. Оп 24.Ne4 Rd8 would follow as in the game. 24 ... Qc7 25.Ne4 Rd8 26.Nf6 gf6

Of course поt 26 ... Ва3 оп account of 27 .Nh5, however поw 27 ... ВаЗ is threatened, which would cost White's Queen. 27.Qc1 QеЗ

Вс5

has to Ье prevented and finally the Bishop is getting to the right square.

28.15

White поw threatens 29.Qh6, Ьut Ьetter was 28.Rb5 in order to return the exchange at the right tirne, though еvеп then Black has а consideraЬle positional advantage. 28... Qg7 Тhis threateпs 29 ... Ве2, plus 30...Qg4 and theп Зl ... QgЗ etc.

29.Qf4Ne5 Тhere is по salvatioп from the Кnight's iпvasioп. Оп ЗO.Kfl, there follows 30... Nd3 3l.Qc4 (Or Зl.ВdЗ cd3 with 32 ... d2 пехt.) 31 ... Ве2 32.Ке2 QgЗ ЗЗ.ВdЗ Qf2 34.Кdl ВеЗ and Black forces mate. Оп 30.Nd4 comes 30... Bd4 31.cd4 Rd4 32.Qe3 NfЗ ЗЗ.Кfl QgЗ 34.Qh6 Kg8

35.Qh5 Nll2 36.Rh2 Rf4 37.Ке2 Qh2 38.Kel QgЗ 39.Кd2 сЗ 40.Kdl Rfl 41.Ке2 Rf2 42.Кing anywhere ... Qgl#. ЭO.RI1 NdЭ

31.Bd3 сdЭ 32.g4

Оп 32.Nd4, Black replies QgЗ 34.Qg3 d2#.

32... е5 ЗЗ.Nеб

32 ... de2 33.gh5 ef1:Q 34.KI1 RdЭ Тhis shows how carefully one should play in а wоп positioп. Had Black followed the tourпameпt books recommeпdation and had tried to clean up with 34...Qgl 35.Ке2 QЬI, White could have held the game - e.g. after 36.Qh6 Kg8 37 .Qgб Кf8 38.Qf6 Ке8 39.Qg6 and the Black King сап поt go to d7 nor to е7 without losing the Queeп Ьу fеб or fб.

35.QЬ8Qg836.Rb7Rd837.Qh2Qg40.1.

J.

GAME65 Mason- Tarrasch Bird's Opening

1.14 d5 2.NI3 с5 Э.еЭ Nf6 4.ЬЭ е6 5. ВЬ2 Ве7 6.Ве2 о-о 7.о-о а6 То develop the Кnight to с6 without having it attacked Ьу ВЬ5, also making it possiЬle to follow up with ... Ь5. Thus this move must not Ье criticized The opening was played correctly Ьу Ьoth players, but

JV.

HAМBURG


in this type of opening, Black's play seems to Ье for choice. s.a4 Nсб 9.Nаз One of the trouЬles with this opening is the development of this Кnight. Bird and Blackburne often played this Кnight to аЗ, but with сопесt play Ьу Black it remains poorly posted. On NсЗ follows ...d.5-d4, which drives it back to Ьl. П at last White plays d3 to Ье аЬlе to play Nd2, the e-pawn Ьecomes weak and might fall after ... Ng4. 9... Qc710.Qe1 Nd711.Вd3 Bf612.Bf6 Nf613.Qh4 Ne7 14.Ne5 Ngб 15.Qg3 Тhе decisive епоr. Better is 15.Qh3 or 15.Bg6! Not only does Black wШ а pawn, but he exploits the advantage to attain strong pressure in the center. 15... Ne516.fe5 Nd717.Rf4 Qe5 Not 17 ... Ne5, Ьecause of 18.Rh4. 18.Raf1 f519.c3 То make room for the Knight, but White 's position is hopeless. 19... Nf6 20.Qf2 Qdб 21.Nc2 es The author of the tournam.eпt Ьооk is of the opinioп that Маsоп played this gam.e very poorly, but he forgets that the Eпglish players were woпt to win poorly started gam.es. Moreover, talk of "poor play" makes по sense here, since after move 15 almost all of White 's moves are forced and he doesn't get а chance to make а goodmove. 22.Rh4 е4 2З.Ве2 g5! 24.Rh3

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Оп 24.Rh6, 24 ... Kg7 follows. The exchange loss is unavoidaЬle. 24 ...f4 25.ef4 ВhЗ 26.gh3 gf4 27.Qf4 Qf4 28.Rf4 Nd7 At this poiпt Black has а material advantage of the exchange and а pawn. Тhе ceпtral advance should finish the gam.e. Тhis advance is what the пехt few moves are aЬout. White tries to break up the ceпter Ьу means of с3-с4, and Black coпversely tries to keep the possiЬility ореп to answer the c-pawn move with ...d.5-d4, without allowing the e-pawn to lose its protectioп. At the sam.e time Black tries to keep the епеmу pieces from keeping pressure on any squares where they might Ье effective. The reader will see that the carrying out of this inteпt is interesting. Тhе text move has Ьееп made in order to take the f-file away from the Rook. As it is quite impossiЬle for White to permit the exchange of Rooks, he has to Ье recoпciled to misplacing it. 29 .Rg4 would have to Ье followed Ьу 30.Rh4, as Black after 29 ... Кh8 would threateп the Rook trade Ьу 30... Rg8. 29.Rh4 Rae8 ЗО.NеЗ Re5 31.Nf1 Kg7 32.Ng3 Nf6 Again с3-с4 was threateпed. 33.Rf4 Ne8 34.Rg4 Kh8 35.Rh4 There is пothing for White to do, but wait for an opportune momeпt to resign, с3-с4 is answered Ьу ...Nfб and next ... d.5-d4. 35... Ndб Зб.Вg4 То preveпt 36 ... Nf5. 36... Rf6 То preveпt 37 .Rhб, which might give White counterplay. Оп 37.Nh5, 37 ... Rh6 would pin the sundry White pieces. 37.Bd1 Rg5 Now 37 ... Nf5 would Ье answered Ьу 38 ...Rh5, whereas earlier this would have Ьееn countered Ьу ... NgЗ and ... Ne2.


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As it is impossiЬle to break the pawn chain, Black 's пехt Ьest plan is to push his e-pawn. lt is this breakthrough in the ceпter, which is ofteп the only possibllity to obtaiп cornpeпsatioп for White 's advaпtage оп the Queeпside. Unfortunately tbls plan cannot Ье caпied through here.

38.Bg4

10.Qc2!

This threateпs to paralyze Black's Queeпside completely Ьу ll.c6 and 12.Ь5. 10... c611.Bd3 38 ... d4

Black, Ьу his well calculated maneuver over the last tеп moves, was аЬlе to force bls орропепt to misplace his pieces or to have them pinned. Now time has come for the ceпtral pawпs to play their decisive role. 39.cd4 cd4 40.Kg2 Rc5 41.Bd1 Rc1 42.Bh5 ез 43.de3 dеЭ 44.Ne2 Rf2 о-1.

GAME66 Mackenzie - Tarrasch Queen Pawn Game

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 з.ез ев

4.с4 Вdб

Being "iпtoxicated Ьу happiпess", 1 made tbls negligeпt move. All my later efforts, after having regained my sobriety, were in vain. Mackenzie 's thoughtful play made it impossiЬle to repair the damage. Later careful analysis showed that at по time was there а way to obtain equality. So 1 have decided that tbls move was the decisive епоr, however strange tbls may seem to many chess players. 5.с5 Ве7 6.Ь4 Ь6

An immediate attempt to Ьreak it up teпiЬly cramps Black's game. 7.Bb2Q-O Whether ... а5 is played at once or later is unimportant, of course. 8.NЬd2

as 9.аз Nfd7

Тbls frustrates Black 's idea. For if Black plays ...h6 or ...g6, his Kingside Ьecornes so weak that а later ...f6, preparatory to ... е5, woul.d Ье very dangerous. Black поw tries а little trap.

11 ...аЬ412.аЬ4!

Bad is 12.Bh7 as Wblte would have to retreat his Bishop immediately, so it does поt get locked in, and theп Black's ...Ьс5 wins apawn. 12... Ra113.Ba1

Ьс5?

14.dc5

1 expected him ю recapture with the b-pawn. Capturing Ьу dc5 is rnuch Ьetter and shows а perfect assessrnent of the positioп. lt appears that it facilitates Black's e-pawn advance. То counter this Wblte has an effective counterplay, so he has пothing to fear. Оп the Queenside, however, Wblte поw has an extra pawn which constitutes а permaneпt danger to. Black. In additioп this rnove opens the Wblte Bishop 's diagonal and frees the d4 square for the Кnight. 14... f5

Moving the g- or h-pawn has Ьecorne more dangerous than earlier in case Black wants ю coпtinue with 14...f6. 15.Nd4! Nf6

No Ьetter is 15... Ne5 as White follows up with 16.Ве2 and 17.f4. 16.о-о

Qc717.f4!

JV. HAМBURG CHESS CONGRESS 1885; V. GEROLDSGRUN, 1886 An excelleпt move. The Black e-pawn поw remains а permaпeпt backward pawn and this elirninates the daпger that might ьаvе Ьееп inhereпt in White's 14th move.

..... ---• •t•t• -

17... Ng4 18.Re1

...... ·~·!!·· ,w8 ~ ~ ~~

~ В~~~ •~ ~u ~. ~. d

•

N

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~

~-т 1\f~ ~~u

вв.м." ~w~ т.

~

~-.~ d ....

~~

g.e.~ ~дв ~ ~

~

~

Of course 18.Rf3 would Ье а mistake of 18 ... е5 (19.Nf5 е4). 18...е5 Black makes а desperate attempt to free himself, but White found the Ьest reply. 19.fe5! Wroпg is 19.Nf5 because of 19 ... е4 20.Ne7 Qe7 21.Bfl Qh4 апd wins! 19... Qe5 20.N4f3 If the other Кnight had gопе to f3 theп Black's f-pawn is lost. 20... Qc7 21.h3 Nh6 22.Ве5 Qb7 Black's positioп is still lost. PossiЬly Mackenzie deliЬerately played this way in defereпce to the pawn gain. Ьecause

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Оп '2:7 .Qa7, Black сап поw trade Queeпs апd play his Bishop to Ь7. Mackenzie probaЬly inteпded the following 28.Ra5 апd 29.Qa2 апd 30.Ra7.

27 ... Bf6 28.Ne5! Nb5 29.ВЬ5 Qb5 ЗO.NdfЗ

Black threateпed 30...Qe2. зo

... gs

There is hardly aпythiпg else. Оп ЗО ... NЬ7 (То preveпt 31.Ra5.), 3l.Nd4 traps the Queeп апd the same move wins the c-pawn оп 30... Nf7. If ЗО ••. Nеб,thеп 31.Ra7 is very stroпg. Thus the text is поt а spoпtaneous, but а forced desperate attack апd it harЬors а lot of danger to White. It fails опlу because of Mackenzie 's ingeпious couпterplay. 31.g4!! fg4 32.hg4 Qb7 Оп 32 ... Bg4, White will develop ап immediately decisive attack as follows: 33.Ng4 ВеЗ 34.Qc3 RfЗ 35.Nh6 Кf8 36.Qh8 Ке7 37 .Ra7 etc. ЗЗ.Кg2

The NfЗ пeeded а defeпder, апd at the same time the Rook has access to the h-file. 33 ... Qg7 Again threateпs 34...Bg4. 34.Bd4 h5

23.RЬ1

Тhis harmless looking defeпsive move threatens the immediately decisive push 24.Ь5.

23 ... Na6 24.Qa4 Nf7 25.Вс3 Nd8

Black сап hardly move. The cб-pawn must remaiп defeпded апd moreover Вlack has to weakeп the effect of White 's Queeп peпetratioп to а7. 26.Ra1 Nc7 27.Qc2

Coпsisteпt, but the move allows а brilliaпt couпter maпeuver. No other

THREE HUNDRED CHESS

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сап save the game either. Тhе toumameпt Ьооk recommeпds 34... Ne6, 35 ... Qb7, and 36... Ng7, but this sequeпce fails оп 36.Rhl. If Black theп trades the Bishop, he would опlу activate the eЗ-pawn and Ьoth Кnights will dominate the game. Оп 34 ... Re8, White plays

move

35.Qc3 and at the same time threatens 36.Nc6, winniпg the most important pawn. 35.Ng6!

35.gh5 is

а ЬlWider, Ьecause

of 35... g4.

35... hg4 36.Nfe5 Ве5 Оп 36 .. .Re8 37.Rhl Ве5 38.Rh8 Qh8 39.Nh8 Кh8 (39 ... Bd4? 40.Qg6) 40.Qg6 Rеб 41.Ве5 and 42.Qf6, also 38 ... Кf7 39.Ne5 Re5 40.Rh7 or 37 ...Re5 38.Rh8 Qh8 39.Nh8 Bh8 (39 ... Кh8 40.Qg6 or 39 ... Bf5 40.Qc3)40.Qg6 Кf8 41.Qd6 and wins.

37.Be5Qf7 Оп 37 ... Bf5, White wins the exchange Ьу 38.Bg7 followed Ьу 39.Bf8 or 39.Nf8! Оп 37 ... Qh6, Whitehas 38.Rhl. Оп37 ...QЬ7, White wins Ьу 38.Ne7 Кf7 39.Qg6 Ке7 40.Bd6.

38.Ne7! 1·0.

Mackenzie played the consummate mastery.

eпtire

game with

GAME67

Tarrasch - Schottlander CeruerGame

7.Nf3

GAМES

Ве6 8.ВЬ5

Nge7 9.Nd4! Bd7

Bad of course is 9 ... Bd4, as the Bishop is пeeded for the protectioп of the Kingside. 10.Nc6 Nc6 11.0.0 Q-0 12.Kh1 То advance the f-pawn. White's 9th move was made so as to make this advance.

12...f5 1Ъis move badly weakens the Кingside position, but it doesп 't seem possiЬle for Вlack to get а chance to equalize without it. Because of poorly coпceived developmeпt his positioп is already inferior. One mistake leads to another.

1З.Вс4

Kf:18 14.f4 Ne7

Steinitz recommeпds fпst of all14.. .fe4, but this move couldn 't elimiпate the weakпess of Black's positioп. What would follow is 15.Ne4 Ne7 16.Вс3 Nf5 17.Qh3 ВеЗ 18.Qc3 Ng7 19.Ng5 with а winning attack. 15.е5!

At that time the principle of the isolani was still unknown. 15... de5

Steinitz recommeпds 15 ...Nc8 instead, а move fully in character with his style. 16.fe5 Тhе

Вс6

attack plays itself.

17... Qe8 Тhе

17.Rad1

18.е6

passed pawn will win the game.

1.е4 е5 2.d4 ed4 З.Qd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd2 d6?

18... Ng8 19.Qg3 Qe7 20.Bf4 Rac8 21.Rfe1 Nf6 22.Nd5 Bd5 23.Bd5 Nh5

If you don 't refute а poor opening, you will ofteп епd up in а bad position. Тhе two square move of the Queeп pawn should Ье prepared Ьу ... Nfб, .. .0-0, and ...Re8. The germs of defeat are already preseпt in this and the пехt move.

If Black tries to win the Ь-pawn, the passer will sооп decide the game, e.g. 23 ... Nd5 24.Rd5 ВЬ2 25.Ве5 Ве5 26.Qe5 Kg8 (Or 26 ... Qf6 27 .е7, or 26 ... Rf6 27.Rd7 Qf8 28.Rf7) 27.RIO Qfб 28.е7 and wins. 24.Qg5

Вfб

N.

HAМBURG


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If 8.dc5, Black answers 8 ... de4 with advantage. 8 ... cd4 9.Nd4 ed5

Black now has а spacious and good position. Тhе Вfб is excellently posted and the center pawn exerts pressure. Тhis position, interestingly, might also result from the Sicilian Defense as follows. l.e4 с5 2.Nc3 еб 3.Nf3 d5 4.ed5 ed5 5.d4 cd4 6.Nd4 Nfб 7 .Bg5? Ве7 8.Bf6? Вfб 9.Qd2 0-0. 1О.Ве2 25.Ве5 А position full

of spice, the Bishop on fб is pinned from two directions. 25 ...с6 2б.ВЬ3 Rfe8

26 ...Rcd8 was necessary, after which according to Steinitz, White holds on to his advantage Ьу У/ .Qe3. 27.Rd7 Qf8 28.Rf7 Qf7 Тhere

is nothing Ьetter.

29.ef7 Re5 ЗО.Rе51·0.

GAME68

Blackburne - Tarrasch French Defense

1.е4 еб 2.d4 5.Вfб Вfб

d5 З.NСЗ Nfб 4.Bg5 Ве7

This trade previously played Ьу Anderssen, doesn't really appeal to me. б.NfЗ о-о

7.Qd2

Тhе

normal move here is 7 .Bd3 с5! Тhе clear purpose of 7 .Qd2 is to prevent this move. 7 ... С5!

In spite of all, this is the only correct reply. It took some deep calculation to realize that the isolated pawn is not а weakness, but to the contrary is quite strong. 8.ed5

Blackbume thought а long tirne Ьefore making this move. Не did so in preference to the more obvious, and ::1pparently stronger 10.0-0-0, when the following mighthappen; 10... Nc611.Nf3Qa512.Nd5 Qa2 13.Nf6 gfб with а good attack. However also possiЬle is 11 ... Ве6 (12.Nd5 Bd5 13.Qd5 QЬ6 14.Qb3, Qf2) or ll ...QЬ6 or ll ...d4 (12.NЬ5 Bg413.Be2Bf314.Bf3? Bg5 and 12.Ne4 Bg4 13.Nf6 Qf6 14.Ве2 Bf3 15.Bf3 Rfd8). Should the Nd4 go to ЬЗ on move 11 there follows ll ...d4 12.Ne4 Bf5 13.Nf6 Qfб 14.Nd4? Rfd8 15.с3 Nd4 16.cd4 Rac8 and ll ... d4 12.NЬ5 Bg4 13.Rel! (13.f3? Bg5! or 13.Ве2? Bg5! 14.f4 Bf4) 13 ... а6 14. Na3 Ь5. Black continues to have а good choice of moves which assure him of an excellent game. Again а good exception to the rule of the isolated pawn. 10... Nc611.Nb3 Re8! 12.0.0

It is clear that 12.Nd5 advantageous for Black.

ВЬ2

would

Ье

12... d4!

Together with the next move this leads to the complete misplacement of the Кnight. Black is now significantly Ьetter and has а clear advantage. 13.Na4 Ьб 14.Rad1 Qc7

It is generally accepted that when an enemy Rook comes to the Queen's file, the Queen will get out of the way. I


68 depeпded оп

these coпveпtioпal moves, as since I had used too much time calculating the coпsequeпces of the 7th move. Ву playing 14... Bd7!, I could have exploited the bad positioп of the Na4, e.g. 15.Bf3? Rc8 lб.Кhl? Ne5 17.Qd4 Rc4 or lб.Всб? Всб 17.QЬ4 а5 18.Qa3 Ве7 or 15.ВЬ5? аб lб.Всб Всб 17.QЬ4 Qd5 18.f3 а5 19.Qa3 Ве7 20.NЬ6 Qg5 or 15.Bf3? Rc8 16.Nc3 dc3 17.Qd7 Qd7 18.Rd7 сЬ2 and Black's positioп is good eпough for а win.

With this Ьlшкlеr goes а good game. There was still time to secure the Кnight Ьу 20 ... f7 -fб, after which I keep а small advantage because of White's isolated c-pawn. e.g. 20.. .f6 21.Вd5 Rd5 or 21.Qe3 Qb7 2214 Ngб 23.Rd8 Rd8 24.Qe6 Qfl. In по eveпt could I have lost the game and а draw would have led to ahorse race Ьеtwееп GunsЬerg and myself for 1st and 2nd prize. 21.Rd1 Qb7 22.Qe5 1-Q.

Game69

15.с3

Ву this move White attempts to make up for his errors iп developmeпt. Не realizes that the isolated Queeп pawn is а coпstant danger, and he trades it off to clear the deck. Еvеп so, iп spite of White 's best play, Black retaiпs ап advantage.

15... dc3

Here I used almost all my remaining time calculating the pawn sac ... d3 and the пехt moves I had to play almost iпstantly. 15 ... d3 is iпsufficieпt оп accouпt of 16.Bd3 Ne5 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.ВЬ5 or simply 18.Ь3. 16.Nc3

Вс317.ЬСЭ ВЬ7

Н.

v. Gottschall - Tarrasch Kiлg's GamЬiJ

1.е4 е5 2.f4 ef4 Э.Вс4 d5 4.Вd5 Qh4 5.Kf1 g5 6.d4 Bg7 7.Nf3 Qh5 8.е5

А decisive error and I take advantage the same way as I did in game 21.

8 ... Ne7 9.Ве4 f6! Black threatens to win

а pawn Ьу g5-g4 and thus forces the pawn exchange, after which the ореп f-file Ьecomes а significant positioпal plus.

10.ef6 Bf611.c3

о-о

12.Qd3

White could wiп а pawn Ьу playing 12.Qb3 followed Ьу 13.ВЬ7, but this would delay his developmeпt еvеп more. 12 ... Nbc6 13.Na3 g4 14.Ne1 Bg7 15.Kg1 Bf5

With the idea of coпtinuing the attack after 16.Bf4 Ве4 17.Qe4 Ьу sacrificing the Exchange and theп Rf8 ormore simply with 17 ...Nd5 18.Bg3 Rae8. 16.h3

18.Bf3 Rad8 19.Qg5 Ne5

More prudeпt is flrst 19 .. .f7-f6, but the text move is still сопесt. 20.ВЬ7

Rd1

N.

HAМBURG

CHESS CONGRESS 1885; V GEROLDSGRUN, 1886

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1б ...f3!

This breaks through White's position. threat of course is 17 .. .f2. 11.gfЗ gfЗ Although the f-pawn is attacked three times, it is taboo. On 18.Qf3, then I8 ... Qg6 wins. 18.Bf5 Rf519.Be3 Nd5 20.Rh2 То prevent .. .f2 after the trade on еЗ. On 20.Bf2, Вlack plays 20 ... Nf4 (2l.Qf3? Ne2) with complete devastation. 20... Re8 21.Nac2 Kh8 2l ... Ne3 plus 22 ... Qg5 would fail Ьecause of 22.I
10.Ng41·0.

Тhе

Game 71

Tarrasch • v. Scheve Fouт

Knights Game

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.NсЗ Nfб 4.d4 ВЬ4 5.d5 Ne7 6.Ne5 Ne4 7.Qd4 NсЗ 8.Ьс3 Ва5 9.Nc4 ВЬ610.NЬ6 Much better than the immediate 10.Qg7. 1о аЬб 11.d6 Ngб 12.Qg7 сdб Black's position has Ьесоmе hopeless. 1З.Вс4 Qe7 14.Кd1 Ra5 15.f4 Kd8 16.Re1 Qh417.Be3 Кс7

...

Game70

Tarrasch • Dr. Simonsohn Fouт

18.RЬ1

Knights Game

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.NсЗ Nfб 4.d4 5.d5 Ne7 6.Ne5 Ne4? Tbls must Ье preceded Ьу б ... dб. 7.Qd4 ВеЗ 8.Ьс3 Nfб 9.Bg5 Ngб

ВЬ4

Rc519.Bc5 Qh5 Better is capturing the Bishop at once. 2О.Ве2 Qc5 21.Rb5 Qсб 22.f51·0. On 22 ... Re8, White plays 23.fg6 Re2 24.Re2 Qb5 25.gf7. On 22... Nf4 there follows 23.Qh8 Ne2 24.Rb3 Nf4 25.Re8 КЬ8 26.Rb6 [26 ... Qb6 27 .Rc8 Ка7 28.Ra8#] and White wins effortlessly.

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VI. Frankfurt Tournament, 1887 1 had barely returned from ту honeymoon and had Ьegun to get settled in Nшernburg when 1 received an invitation to the fifth Gerrnan Chess Congress in Frankfun. Of сошsе 1 had to accept There were по fewer than twenty one rnasters arnongst whorn were Blackburne, Gunsbшg, Zukertort, Mackenzie, Alapin, von BardeleЬen, and Paulsen. As the reader will conclude Ьу the analysis, 1 rnade Ьig eпors at the fпst of the юurnarnent, and after the first week 1 was third frorn last in the standings. After that, 1 regained sorne of rny powers, and in the next twelve garnes 1 fortunately scored nine wins and three losses. With these 12 points 1 split ftfth-sixth places with Berger. The toumarnent winner was Mackenzie with 15 points. Second-third prizes were Blackburne-Weiss with 13.5 points. Foшth was von BardeleЬen with 13 points. Seventh was Englisch with 11.5 Eight-ninth were Paulsen and Schallopp. Masters Шее Gunsbшg and Burn carne up ernpty handed.

Vl. FRANKFURT CHESS

TOURNAМENT,

1887

71

Game72 Tarrasch - Schallopp Four Knighls Game

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.NСЗ Nf6 4.d4 ed4 5.Nd4 ВЬ4 б.Nсб Ьс6 7.Qd4 Qe7 8.f3 c59.Qf2 Nd5

9 ...0-0 is considered Ьetter, theп 10.Bd2! d5 11.0-0-0 d4 12.NЬ 1, giviпg Black attacking prospects against the Кing to somewhat compeпsate for his inferior pawn structure. 10.Bd2 NСЗ 11.Вс3

Far Ьetter is recapturing with the pawn. White поt only gains а tempo, but in additioп the Black Bishop becomes completely misplaced. Оп ll ... Qe5 12.Qe3, wheп Black оп account of the threat of 13.f4, has to trade the Bishop. 11 ... Вс312.Ьс3 f5 Тhis leads to а deterioratioп of Black's position. Correct is 12... 0-0. 1Э.Вс4!

fe4

14.о-о

Regaining the pawn is а cenainty. 14...ез

1s.agз

Kd8!

Makes room for the Rook. 16.Rfe1 Re8 17.Rad1 Qf6 18.Rd3 е2 19.Rd2 QСЗ 20.Rde2 Re2 21.Re2

21 ... RЬ8!

Of course not 21 ... Qc4 because of 22.Qg5#. Also bad is 21 ...Qf6, Ьecause of 22.Qel, when mate has to Ье avoided Ьу

22...Qf8 or 22 ... d6 (22... с6? 23.Qa5#!). Instead of defeпding himself, Schallopp courageously plays for the counterattack. From move опе to the епd, this remains а spirited game. 22.Qg5 Qf6 23.Qc5

23.Bf7 would Ье preny, as well as bad. 2З ... RЬ1 24.Kf2 Qh4 25.Ке3 d6 26.Qd5 ВЬ7 27.Qg8 Kd7 28.Qg7 Кеб Тhis is all that the attack will yield, in spite of the appareпtly exposed Black King. White has an extra pawn, while the attacking chances of Ьoth sides seem about equal. Thus White has ап advantage. White could play his Bishop to ЬЗ or d3 or cut off the Black Queeп Ьу g2-g4 or he might protect the Bishop with the Queeп, either оп сЗ or d4. All these moves are good and would maintain the advantage except for the last move, which was actually played. One of the most difficult tasks when playing chess is to find the strongest move from а numЬer of seemingly equal good moves. There is пothing less justified and this happens quite often, than wheп after this kind of game one tells the opponent that he actually should have lost the game!!

29.Qd4 Qd4!

зо

ЗО.Кd4

... RЬ4!!

What an ironic twist! Тhе Bishop is lost, Black threatens not just Зl ... Ваб or 31 ... d5, but also the immediate 31 ... Rc4 Ьecause


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followed Ьу 32 ... Ва6. Of course this decides the game. Еvеп so White makes Black's task as difficult as possiЬle. 31.Re7 Ва6 32.Rh7 Rc4 ЗЗ.КеЗ Rc2 34.g4 Ra2 35.g5 Rg2 36.h4 Вс4 37.f4 а5 38.f5 а4 39.f6 аз 40.f7 Bf7 41.Rf7 Rg4!

Schallopp played this whole game thoughtfully. Не fiпishes the game flawlessly and finds а surprisiпg final shot. 42.Rf8 Rh4 43.Kf3 Ra4 44.g6 а2 45.g7 а1 :Q 46.g8=Q In this kind of positioп, the winner is

always the опе who checks fпst.

12 ... de5,

whereupoп

White may still

obtaiп good attackiпg chaпces with 13.Вс5 сЬ5 and 14.Qd5, buteveп this will

lose for White after the сопесt defense, e.g. 14 ... Nh6 (Not 14.. .f6, Ьecause of 15.NЬ5!) 15.Rf7 (Тhere is по stroпger coпtinuatioп, оп 15.Radl good for Black is 15 ...Qc8followedbyl6 ... Be6orl5...Rc8 and 16...Rc5.) 15... Nf716.Rfl Вfб! 17.NЬ5 Rc8 and White 's anack is history. 13.е6!! Тhis pretty move attacks three pieces Вlack's positioп looks preny sad.

and

13... Ne5

46 ... Qf1 47.Kg3 Rf4!! Q-1. Тhе threats are48 ... Rf8 and also 48 ...Qf2

Uпder the circumstances this is the Ьest move. Blac,k has to hold оп to his Кingside Вishop по maner what

and 49.Rh4#.

14.ed7 Qd7

Game73 Mackenzie - Tarrasch Sicilian 1.е4 с5

2.Nc3 Nc6 З.NfЗ g6

Тhis opening method fell into disfavor for а loпg time after Harmonist tried it against Blackburne, but more receпtly

15.Ве5?

Тhis helps Вlack to repair his positioп most effectively, while White had а chance to make Вlack's life Ьitter Ьу playing 15.Nd5 followed Ьу 16.Nf6, to deprive Black of his most active defensive piece. Now the dark-squared Bishop obtains an excelleпt square.

15... Ве5 16.Qd5 Q-0!

this opening has Ьееп tried again. Еvеп so White keeps а freer game.

White probaЬly counted оп 16...RЬ8, in which case 17 .Radl would preveпt castling (17 ... 0-0? 18.Qe5!).

4.d4 cd4 5.Nd4 Bg7 6.Ве3 d6

17.Nb5 Rab8

Not good is 6... Nf6, Ьecause after 7 .Nсб and 8.е5, the Кnight will Ье driveп back.

Тhе right move here was 18.Nd4 and 19.Nc6, to get rid of the Black Bishop.. Тhе text епаЫеs Black to play ...Qa7later оп in the game.

7.ВЬ5

Completely misplayed-the Bishop or е2.

18.а4?

Ьeloпgs оп с4

18... a619.Nd4 Qa7!

7 ... Bd7 в.о-о Nf6 э.t4

То preveпt 20.Nc6. Black поw provokes сЗ and after that the Black Rb2 keeps the White Кiпg's positioп under observatioп.

А bad mistake, which leads а

to the loss of

piece.

9... Ng4 10.Nc6

Ьс6

11.Bd4

е5

12.fe5

СЬ5?

This very hasty move should lead to an advantage for White. Correct was

20.с3

Rb2

Not only has Black completely repaired his position, but he even has а slight advantage, mainly on account of his

VI. FRANKFURT CHESS powerfully posted Bishop. lt protects the d-pawn and threatens Ьoth sides of the ьoard.

21.Kh1 Qd7 Black threatens to start an attack 22... Qg4.

Ьу

22.h3 Тhis weakens the Kingside. Better is 22.Ra2. 22 ... Rc8 Again to prevent 23.Nc6.

2Э.Nf3?

lt is the Rook that should go to fЗ, in order to protect the important c-pawn. What White overlooks is that he cannot take the Вishop. 23... Rc3 lt never ceases to arnaze me, when my opponent, against all expectation, keeps making bad mov'es. In this garne, 1 had Ьесоmе so confused Ьу Mackenzie's play that 1 had decided that on 24.Ne5?, 1 would play for а draw Ьу perpetual check with 24... Qh3 25.gh3 RhЗ and 26 ...Rg3, instead of winning with 24 ...Rh3 25.Кgl Qa7. 1 Ьelieved that on 25 ... Qa7, the Кnight could interpose! 24.Ng5! Rc5

Better is 24 ... Qb7 after which White cannot play his Rook to the 7th rank, but would continue with 25.Qf7 Qf7 26.Nf7.

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1887

Stronger and at once decisive would Ье the Rook sacrifice on g2 with this continuation (24 ... Rg2) 25.Kg2! RgЗ 26.1(f2 Rg5, threatening to win the Queen Ьу 27 ... ВgЗ and White will not Ье аЬlе to hold 25.Rf7 25.Qa8 is answered Ьу 25 ...Qc8. 25... Rd5 26.Rd7 Rdd2 27.Rc1 Rdc2 28.Rg1 Bd4 А serious Ьlunder, with 28 ... RЬ4, Black would still keep the upper hand. 29.Rd8 Kg7 ЗО.Nе6 1·0.

Game74 Tarrasch- Alapin Fouг

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 5.Nd4 Ве7

Knighls Game Nf6 З.NсЗ Nc6 4.d4 ed4

Better is 5 ... ВЬ4, as on Black's game.

е7

it crarnps

6.Ве2

For the sarne reason this Bishop is Ьetter posted on с4. 6 ... о-о 7.Q-O d6 8.Ве3 Re8 9.Nc6 Ьс6 10.Bf3 Тhis threatens ll.e5. Another possiЬility was 10.f4 to Ье followed Ьу 10... Bf8 ll.BfЗ d5 12.е5. 10... Nd711.h3 То prevent ... Ng4, which might Ье possiЬle after ll.Qd2 Ne5 12.Ве2. 11 ... Ne512.Be2 Bf613.f4 Ng614.Bd4 RЬ8 15.Rb1 Rb4 16.Bf6 Qf6 17.Qc1 Bd7 18.а3 Qd4 Тhis check is quite useless. 19.Kh1 Rbb8 20.f5 Nf8 Had Black's Queen still been on fб, the Кnight could now соте to е5, which now would Ье answered Ьу ...fб. 21.Qg5

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Preparing а Kingside attack, however 2116 could Ье played at once. Throughout the game one notices the loss of confidence that my two previous losses have caused me. 21 ...f6 22.Qg3 Kh8

Black is obviously shon of good moves. 23.Bd3

hб

Game75

Ber2er - Tarrasch S"~eilian Defense

1.е4 с5

2.Nc3

Nсб З.NfЗ gб 4.Вс4

White delays d4 until he has developed his pieces. Тhе Bishop's position on с4 is very good- considering Black's choice of ...gб and ...dб.

Тhis leads to а consideraЬle weakening of the Кingside position.

4 ... Bg7 S.Q-0 dб б.dЗ Nfб 7.h3

24.Ne2 Qe5 25.Nf4! Rb2

7 ... о-о

То prevent ... Ng4

after White plays ВеЗ.

&.ВеЗ аб

Better is 8 ... Na5, as recommended in the toumament Ьооk. Black's subsequent play is very uncoordinated and it is not а simple rnistake, but the lack of а plan and insecurity that makes him drift into а lost position. 9.а4

Na5

Тhis

is а loss of tempo of course.

10.ва2

А rnistake, but Black is weak on Ьoth sides of the Ьoard in addition to having а poorly posted Кnight.

26.Ngб Ngб 27.Qe5 Ne5 28.Rb2 с5 29.Rb7 с4 ЗО.Ве2 Всб 31.Rc7 Ве4 32.Вс4 Nc4

On 32 ... Вс2, White continues with ЗЗ.Веб ВdЗ 34.Rfcl аб 35.Rc8 Rc8 36.Rc8 Кh7 37.Bg8 Кh8 38.Вс4 Кh7 39.Bd3 NdЗ 40.Rc6. ЗЗ.Rс4

d5 34.Rc7 Re5 35.Rf2

Тhе defense of the c-pawn is obviously imponant.

35 ... Bf5 Зб.Rа7 Re1 37.Kh2 Ве4 38.Rd2 Ra1 39.Kg3 Ra2 40.Kf4 Kg8

On 40 ... Вс2, then 41.Rc7 Ьу White forces the exchange ofRooks, after which the passed pawn wins in а walk:. 41.Ке3

1-0.

es

White threatened to advance with the dore-pawn. 11.Qd2 Nсб

Here ll ... Beб was right. 12.Bg5!

Веб

And the right move here is 12...Ne7 or 12... NЬ4, for the purpose of rendering White's white squared Bishop harmless, since it will turn out to Ье very dangerous. 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.Bd5 Nb4

14 ... Qc7 was the natural and better move. 15.ВЬ3

Qc7

1б.с3 Nсб

17.Nh2 Nh5?

(See next diagram) 18.Bd1

Adequate enough but followed Ьу 19.f4.

Ьetter

was 18.g4

18... Nfб 19.f4 Ne8 20.f5 f6 21.Ве3 22.ВЬЗ Kh8 23.fg6 Ngб!

Ne7

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TOURNAМENТ,

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75

28.Qh5 Bf8 29.Ng4

The Кnight moЬilized all

ARer17 ... NhS

And not 23 .. .hg6 Ьecause of 24.Qf2 and 2S.Qh4, but now the Black Кingside has holes at fS, fб, and hб. This should Ье enough for White to win. 24.Ве6

This is White's cardinal mistake, it weakens White's attack consideraЬly. On ЬЗ White 's Bishop was excellently posted. White should bring the inactive Кnight to g4, then douЬle Rooks on the f-file and if this is not enough, he would advance the h-pawn in order to drive the Knight and Bishop away. Black is defenseless against this attack. Another method would Ье to play the Кnight to g4-h6-f5. 24 ... Qe7 25.Bf5 Nc7 26.с4 Black threatens to free his position somewhat with 26 ... d5. 26... Rf7 27.Qe2 Rg8

arrives too late. Black has of his pieces for the Кing's defense. This would hardly have Ьееn possiЬle if White had not given up control of the a2-g8 diagonal. With his next move Black even threatens to trap the Queen. 29 ... Ne6 ЗО.Ве6 Qe6 31.Rf2 Ne7! 32.Raf1 Rg6 ЗЗ.Вd2 Ng8 Now Black is completely secure. 34.Qh4 Bg7 35.Rf5 Ne7 36.Rh5 Bf8 37.Bh6 Bh6 38.Rh6 No Ьetter is 38.Nh6. 38 ... Rh6 39.Nh6 Rf8 40.Qh5 Ng6 41.g3 Qd7 42.Ng4 Qe6 43.Ne3 Ne7 44.Qh6 Rf7 45.Kh2 Ng8 1/2·1/2 Ьу agreement.

Game76 Tarrasch - Louis Paulsen Sicilian Dtfense

1.е4 с5

2.Nc3 Nc6 З.f4

This premature opening of the Kingside could easily have led to а disadvantage for White. з... ев 4.Nf3 ds! s.eds lfWhite plays S.eS, as recommended Ьу the old masters Philidor and Labardonnais, the result is а variation of the French with а disadvantage for White. The exchange of pawns followed Ьу 6.d4 is the modem indicated course of play, however the interpolation of 3.f4 is completely out of character. s ... eds 6.d4 Nf6! It is already apparent how difficult White's defense has become. Black threatens to increase his attack on the d-pawn and finally forces its trade for the c-pawn. This forces White to give up the center and the Black Кing Bishop will Ье posted on the most dangerous attacking diagonal.

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7.Ве3

Best, since it provokes the next епоr Ьу Black. The most plausiЬle continuation 7 ... Ng4, would then Ье answered Ьу 8.Bg1, followed Ьу 9.Qe2 and 10.0-0-0. 7... с4 А serious misjudgment of the position. Black should continue to attack the White center with 7 ... Bg4 and 8... QЬ6, and thus obtain an advantage. The loss of а pawn Ьу dc5 is nothing to Ье afraid of; e.g. 7 ... Bg4 8.dc5? d4 9.Bd4 ВfЗ 10.Bf6 Qd1 ll.Nd1 Bd1 and Black keeps an extra piece. With the text move, Black dissolves the tension in the center and ends up with the inferior position. These things often happen if one does not take advantage of the opponents mistakes. е.аз AЬsolutely necessary to prevent 8 ... ВЬ4.

e... Bd6 9.Ве2 о-о 1о.о-о a611.Ne5 Now White 's earlier mistake leads to an advantage, Ьecause it made the anchoring of the Ne5 possiЬle. 11 ...QЬ6 Here the toumarnent Ьооk recommends 11 ...Qe7, however this would not Ье much of an improvement. White would still continue the attack against the d5-pawn with 12.Bf3 etc. 12.Qd2 Ne713.Bf3 Be614.g4! 14... Nf5 must Ье prevented. 14... Rad8 The toumament Ьооk gives 14... g6 as necessary, but this would give Black an additional weakness that could later Ье exploited Ьу White for an attack against the Black Кing; e.g. 15.Khl f5 16.gf5 Вhб.

15.f5 Bc816.Rfd1!

Сопесt! То prevent 16... Ве5 followed Ьу the d-pawn advance. 16.g5? is too rash

and would lead to an immediate disadvantage, e.g. 16 ... Nf5! 17.gf6 Ве5 18.de5 NеЗ or 17.Bf2 Ne4 18.Ве4 de4 19.Nc4 Bh2 20.Kh2 Qc7 21.King anywhere (21.Ne5 Qe5) 21 ...Qc4, and White is а pawn down with а worse position. Also if played as recommended in the tournament book, namely 16... Ве5?, the continuation 17 .de5 d4 18.Bf2 dсЗ! 19.Qc3 Qc7 20.ef6 Nf5 (Or 20... gf6) gives Black а Ьetter position. 16... Qa5 А serious mistake. These things happen when one has an inferior position. 17.Nd5 QbS 18.а4 Qe8 19.Nf6 gf6 20.Nc4Qd7 The threat was 21.Bh6. 21.Nd6 Qd6 22.d5 hS! The beginning of а very dangerous. attack against the fairly exposed Кing. 23.Qg2 Kh7! 24.Qh3 Rh8! 25.с4 Rdg8 26.Kf2! On 26.с5?, Black answers 26 ... Qe5 27.Bd4Qf5. 26 ... Ь6 27.Rd4 Rg7 28.Rg1 Kg8 29.gh5 With his last moves, White has pretty well secured his position.

VJ. FRANKFURT CHESS 29 ... Rg1 ЗО.Кg1 NfS 31.Rg4 Kf8 Qc5 ЗЗ.Кh1 Ng7 Better is 33 ... Ne7. Тhеп White сап choose either 34.dб Ngб! (34 ... Nсб? 35.Rg8 Kg8 36.Qc8 and 37.Qсб) 35.d7 Bd7 36.Qg3 (Тhreateпs 37 .Вdб) 36...Nf4 37 .Rf4 to save the exchange, and with Ьest play to maintain an extra pawn, or give Black the Exchange with Qfl or Ь3. After that he would rely оп his passed pawn supported Ьу the Bishop pair. 34.Qg3 NfS Тhе only move. 35.Qg1 QЬ4 36.Qc1 QЬЗ 37.Ве4 QhЗ 38.Bf5 BfS З2.Вf4

39.Bd6 Ке8 40.Qe1 Веб 41.Rg2 RhS Should Black try to save the piece Ьу 4l ... Kd7, he willlose as follows, 42.dеб Кdб 43.ef7, as he will Ье uпаЬlе to simultaneously ward off the attack оп his King and to stop the advanced f-pawn. 42.de6 fe6 43.Qe4 Kd7 44.Bf4 1·0.

TOURNAМENT,

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Game78 Blackburne - Tarrasch Queen's Gamhit Declined

Game77 Tarrasch - v. Bardeleben Four Knighls Game

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.NСЗ Nf6 4.d4 ed4 5.Nd4 ВЬ4 6.Nc6 Ьс6 7.Qd4 Qe7 8.13 cs 9.Qf2 всз1о.ьсз Qe511.Bd2 о-о

1.d4 dS 2.с4 е6 З.NСЗ Nf6? Оп this move White always gets the Ьetter game. Тhе only сопесt defeпse is

3... с5. Ве7 S.еЗ Ь6 о-о s.вf6

4.Bg5

6.Nf3

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Еvеп after this exchange, which frees Black's game somewhat, White keeps the Ьetter game. 8... Bf6 9.cd5 ed510.BdЗ Nd7 Whether this move is made поw or after ...с5 is important. Оп the later move, White answers with ВЫ.

11.~0 с512.ВЬ1 с4 Тhis is а mistake and White exploits it very cleverly. Тhе сопесt playing method giveп Ьу Hannonist in his game against Bauer in Breslauer- he played 12...cd4 and оп 13.Nd4, he develops the poorly posted Кnight to с5. Blackbume used this auacking method against Mackenzie and Zukerton. In all three games Black lost а pawn in the same way. Zukertort almost immediately decided that his game was lost, while Mackeпzie succeeded iп winning thanks to а пumЬer of Black mistakes. 1З.Nd2! Re8 White threateпed Nd5 followed Ьу 15.Qh5 and in additioп Qf3 followed Ьу either 15.Nc4or 15.Nd5. Тhepawnlosscan Ье avoided Ьу 13... NЬ8. Оп this Black сап, after 14.QtЗ, protect the Bishop Ьу 14...Вс6 (Not 14... Qd7 оп account of 15.Bf5) but the positioп would Ье very bad. 14.QfЗ Nf8

15.Nc4 Ne616.Nd2 Rc8 Mter the pawn loss, Black has position.

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17.Rfe1 g6 18.Nf1 Bg7 19.аЗ! Re7 20.Ва2 Rec7 21.Qd1 Kh8 Тhere is absolutely пothing Black сап do but wait for his орропепt's mistakes, if any. 22.Qd2 Qd7 2З.Nе2 Rc1 24.Rc1 Rd8 25.Nc3Ng5 То provoke f4 and theп use the backward e-pawn as а target of attack. 26.f4 Ne6 27.Qd1! Тhе plan is to bring the Кnight to е5 via d2 and tЗ. 27... Nf8 28.Qf3 f5 29.Nd2 Ne6 Because of the lastiпg threat оп d5, Black. does поt соте around to placing his Rook or Queeп оп the e-file. ЗO.Qf2 g5З1.gЗg432.Nd1 Вf6ЭЭ.ВЬ1 34.NЬЭ Веб З7.Qg2 Вс8

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Qb5 35.Rc3 Вс8 36.Qc2 Rc8 ЭВ.ВdЗ Qa4 39.Rc8

40.Qc2 Qd7 41.Nc3 Ng6 42.Nc1 Ne7. 4З.ВЬ5 Qe6 44.Kf2 h5 45.NdЗ h4 46.Ne5 Kg7 47.Ne2 Qd6 48.QdЗ Qc7 49.Qc3 Qd6 50.Nc6! Bd7 51.Ne7 Ве7 52.Bd7 Qd7 53.QЬЗ Kf7 54.Nc3 Кеб 55.Ке2 hgЗ 56.hg3 Bd8 57.е4! fe4 58.Ne4 Qh7 59.Nf2 Qf5 60.QdЗ Вс7 61.Qf5 Kf5 62.КеЗ! Bd6 63.NdЗ а5 64.Ne1 Ь5 65.Ng2 а4 66.КdЗ Ь4 67 .NеЗ Кеб 68.аЬ4 ВЬ4 69.Ке2 аз 70.Ьа3 ВаЗ 71.Ng4 Kf5 72.КfЗ ВЬ2 7З.NеЗ Kg6 74.Nc2 ВеЗ 75.g4 Kf6

VI. FRANKFURT CHESS TOURNAМENT, 1887 76.g5 Kf5 77.Ne3 Kg6 78.Kg4 Bd4 79.Nd5 ВЬ2 80.f5 Kg7 81.f6 Kg6 82.Nf41·0.

Game79 Tarrasch- Gunsberg French Defense

1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.NсЗ de4? 4.Ne4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Also good is 5.Nf6 followed Ьу 6.Nf3.

5... NЬd7 &.ВеЗ Ne4 Оп 6 ... е5, White would play 7 .Nfб Qfб 8.Nf3 with advantage. 7.Ве4 Nf6 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.Nf3 Bd610.Q-O Ng4? As а consequeпce of Black 's third move, which gave up his hold оп the ceпter, White is поw slightly Ьetter. Тhis text move, instead of 10...0-0, increases his difficulties. As is ofteп the case with bad moves, опе mistake leads to another. 11.Bg5! f6? Better is 11 ... Ве7, wheп the White Bishop would go to f4, or еvеп ll ... Nfб, but chess players ofteп feel embarrassed to admit errors. Тhе text deprives the Кnight of its natural retreat square and thus leads to ... 0-0-0 апd its coпsequeпces.

12.Bd2 Qe713.h3 Nh614.c4 с615.Ь4

White starts an attack against the loпg castled positioп, еvеп Ьefore Black has actually made the move yet.

1s...o-o-o The toumameпt Ьооk recommeпds the following as relatively Ьest; e.g. 15 ... ВЬ4 16.ВЬ4 QЬ4 17.RЫ Qdб 18.Rb7 0-0 19.Qc2 f5, but theп White plays 20.с5 Qd5 (Also 20 ... Qe7 21.Ne5 Rd8 21.Nc6 with а decisive advantage). 21.Вс4 Qe4 22.Qc1! (Or 22.Qe4 fe4 and 23.Ng5) Вс8 23.Rc7 f4! 24.Re1 Qg6 25.Rc8 Rac8 26.Re6.

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16.Re1 А waiting move, tempting the opponeпt to accept the pawn sacrifice. Nowadays 1 would поt sacrifice the pawn, but would coпtinue the attack with с5, а4, Ь5, etc. Тhе game would поt епd as prettily, but White would have а sure win. After the text move, GunsЬerg would have Ьееп аЫе to hold. 16... ВЬ4! 17.Rb1 Bd2 18.Qd2 КЬ8! Тhе threat was 19 .Qb2 Ве8 20.Re6, GunsЬerg defeпds most circumspectly. 19.с5 Вс8 20.RЬЗ Qc7 21.Reb1 Ка8

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22 ... е5 1Ъis counterattack should with Ьest play lead to equality. In addition Black сап play the Кnight around to d5 via g8 and е7, but this line of play would hamper White 's attack much less than the central break. 23.R1 Ь4 Rhe8


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The pawn exchange would make it easier for the Кnight to join the attack. Тhе White Rook is still taboo Ьecause if 23 ... аЬ6 24.сЬ6 followed Ьу Ra8, Qa5, andQa7#. 24.de5 fe5 25.Ra4 е4 26.Qa5 Qb8 27.Ве4 Bf5 Тhis tempting move leads to the loss of the game. Тhе inactive Кnight should here have gone to f5, possiЬly preceded Ьу .. .Rdl, At that point the attacking chances of Ьoth Black and White are aЬout equal. 28.Rаб Rd1 From now on all Black's moves are forced. 29.Ne1 Re1 ЗО.Qе1 Ве4 31.Re4 Re4 з2.Qе4 ьав зз.Qс6 аь1 34.аев аьв зs.Qe4 аь1 Зб.сб ас1 з1.аев аьв

38.Qd7 In this interesting position, there is no way for Black to prevent the further advance of the pawn. 38... QЬ1 39.Kh2 Nf5 40.с7 1·0.

Game80 А.

Fritz · Tarrasch French Defense

1.е4 еб 2.d4 5.е5 Ng8

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Тhis was originated Ьу me, but since my friend Richter lost а game with а similar system and ascribed the loss to this defense, I felt а moral oЬligation to play it here. б.ВеЗ с5 7.dc5 Nd7 8.ВЬ5 Qc7 9.Qg4 On 9.Qd4, there follows 9 ... Nh6 10.g4 0-0. NoЬody will dispute the originality of the opening. 9... Kf8 On 9 ... Qe5, according to the toumament Ьооk, White will develop а significant positional advantage Ьу 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.0-0. I disagree. I rather think that Black has а good game with his five pawns in

the center and Кingside. Even so I could not recommend 9 ... Qe5, for in the аЬоvе variation, White could take on f7 instead of 11.0-0 and after ll ...Bfб 12.Qg3, the White position is for choice. 10.Bd7 Bd711.Nf3 Вс5 Premature, Ьetter is ll ... h5 and after 12.Qf4 or 12.Qg3 or 12.Qd4, Black plays 12... Nh6 and possiЬly 13 ... Nf5. In the long run White cannot hold on to bls gamblt pawn. Black develops his Rh8 via h6 and he has quite а good game. 12.()-() White misses а chance to take advantage of his opponents mistake Ьу 12.Nd5 ed5 13.Вс5 Qc5 14.Qd7 and wins. 12 ... Вез· 1З.fеЗ Nhб 14.Qf4 Всб 15.Nd4 Qd7 1б.g4 аб То prevent White from playing а Кnight to dб via Ь5. 17.Rf3 Re8 18.Nce2 Rg8 Black's position is so cramped, that he offers а pawn sacrifice, but White declines coпectly. 19.Raf1 Re7 Not 19... g5, because of 20.Qf6 Rgб 2l.Qh8 Rg8 22.Qh7 and wins. Now after 19 ... Re7, 20 ...g5 is а threat, since Black after 20.Qf6 can play 20 ...Ng4. 20.h4! Ке8 21.Ng3 f6 Planning to answer 22.ef6 with 22 ... е5. 22.g5 22.Nh5 would have gotten more out of the attack. 22 ... Nf5 Not 22 .. .fg5, Ьecause of 23.Qf8, with ь-agic consequences. 2З.Ngf5 ef5 24.еб Qc7 Better is giving up the exchange at once Ьу 24 ... Re6 25.Ne6 Qеб 26.Qf5 Qf5 27 .Rf5 fg5, there at least White has no passed pawns. 25.Qf5 Qe5 26.Qh7 Rf8

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48 ... Rh5 49.Rh5 Kf8 Тhе game is still lost. 50.Rh7 Ке8 51.Kg3 Bd7 52.с3 Kd8 53.Kh4 Кс7 54.Kh5 Kd6 55.Kg6 Кеб 56.Rh4 Ке5 57.Rf4 Ве8 58.Kg7 f5 59.Kf8 ВЬ5 60.Ке7 Вс4 61.а4 а5 62.Ь4 аЬ4 63.сЬ4 ВdЗ 64.Rh4 Ве4

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27.Nf5 Qe6 Тhere is nothing Ьetter. 28.Ne7 Qe7 29.gf6 gf6 ЭО.Qе7 Ке7 Of course Black's position is lost, White however has а hard tirne winning and even allows his passed pawn to Ье taken. 31.Rg3 Rh8 32.Rf4 Rh6 33.Rg7 Кеб 34.Kf2 Ке5 35.Kg3 Кеб 36.Kg4 Bd7 37.Kg3 Вс6 38.Rfg4 Bd7 39.R7g6 А quick way to win was 39.R4g6 Rh8 40.Rf6 Кfб 41.Rd7 or 40.Rd7 and 4l.Rf6.

39 ... Rh8 40.Rf4 Rf8 41.Rg7

Better is 41.h5 Ве8 42.Rh6. 41 •.. Rh8 42.Rfg4 Вс6 43.Rg8 Rh5 44.Rf8 Ке7 45.Rgg8? Тhis will cost White the h-pawn. 45... Re546.Kf2 Re447.h5 Rh448.Rh8

Better is 64 ... Вс2, so that on 65.Rh6, Black can answer 65 ... Ке4. 65.Rh6! d4 66.Re6 Kd5 67.Rd6 Кс4 68.Rd4 КЬЗ 69.Ь5 КСЗ 70.а5 ВdЗ 71.а6 Ьаб 72.Ь6 Ве4 73.Re4 1-Q. At last White sacrifices the exchange, and Black resigns the game that had Ьееn lost since move twelve.

Game 81

Tarrasch- Schiffers French Defense

1.е4 еб

2.d4 d5 З.NСЗ Nf6 4.Bd3 Better is 4.ed5 or 4.Bg5. 4 ... ВЬ4 Here 4 ...с5 should Ье played. Тhе Bishop move is equally as bad even if played а move earlier, and White should answer with the pawn exchange. 5.Bg5? de4! 6.Ве4 с5! This strong move gets White into difficulties. 7.Nf3 Better is 7.Ne2, where it guards the сЗ point.


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7 ... Qa5! 8.Bd3

8.Bd2 would Ье по Ьetter, 8 ... cd4 9.Nd4 1О. ВеЗ Qe5.

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8...cd4 9.Bf6 dсЭ

With 9 ... Вс3 lО.ЬсЗ QсЗ, Black could either win two pawns (Ьу ll.Nd2 gfб) or Ьу ll.Kfl gfб 12.Nd4 with one extra pawn and White is deprived of castling. 10.ЬСЗ ВеЗ 11.Вс3 1З.Ве2 Nc6

То prevent 33.Qh5. White makes his opponent Ьelieve that his Кingside is in danger in order to draw his attention away from the threatened Rook.

Qc3 12.Nd2 Qe5

Вlack took advantage of several weak White opening moves and came out of the opening with an extra Кingside pawn. Не now Ьegins to relax, as it often happens after an attack is over. 14.о-о о-о 15.RЬ1

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Bad here is 19...Na5, as Black could not take on с4, White would then anchor his Кnight on е5 with а good game. 20.Qc1 Rd4 21.ВЬ5 Na5 22.Ra3 23.Nf3 Rd5 24.Bd3 Тhis

game.

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24... ВЬ7 25.Re1 Rd6 26.Ne5

Now White's game would Ье quite good if the RаЗ could come to life, but Black at once puts а stop to it. 26 ... Rc8 27.Re2 Bd5 28.Qe3 Qe7 29.Re1 Rdd8 ЗО.Rа4 Qc5 31.Qe2 QСЗ! Тhis is а dual purpose move. Black prevents с4 and thus he is аЬlе to protect the e-pawn Ьу ...Bd5 It also stalemates the Ra4.

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Kg7 34.h5 Rc7 35.Qf2 Rf8 36.Qg3 Rf6 37.Qg5 h6 Тhе threat was 38.h6. Тhе pretense has worked. Not only the player Ьought the attack, but also the commentator in the toumament Ьооk, who remarks here that White as а consequence of the somewhat passive treatment Ьу Black, has now attained an excellent attack, and he very energetically uses his chances!

38.Qg3 Kh7 39.hg6 Kg7 40.Qh4 Тhе game now depends on the Ne5 and if Black would simply play ... Nсб to remove that Кnight, the "excellent attack" would soon turn into an untenaЬle defensive position. e.g. 40 ... Nc6 41.Nc6 Bg2 or 4l ... Qc6 and 42... Bg2 or 41 ... Вс6. 42.Rc4 Bg2. Instead of that Black commits two decisive errors in а row.

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Still possiЬle was 41 ... Bg2 42.Кgl! (42.Kg2? Qc2 43.Qf2 Qdl 44.Ra5 Rc2 45.Ra7 Kg8 46.Ra8 Rf8)42 ...Qc243.Rd7 Rd7 44.Nd7 and Black сап draw Ьу 44 ... Qd 1 45.Кg2 Rgб 46.Kf2 Qd2 47 .Kfl ! Qd 1 48.1(f2! Qd2 draw.

VI. FRANKFURT CHESS

TOURNAМENT,

1887

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17... Ncd3 18.Re2 с5 19.N4f3 Qg7 20.Ne5 Qe5 21.Qe5 Ne5 22.е4 d4 23.cd4 cd4 24.Ве6 fеб 25.NЬЗ Rf1 Тhе combinatioп staned with this move, only seems to Ье good, but makes the win doubtful. Тhе simple and secure way to win was to make the passed pawn соте iпto its оwп Ьу 25 ... Rfd8, 26 ... d3, 27 ... Rac8, etc. 26.Kf1 Rf8 27.Ке1 NdЗ 28.Kd2 Nf4 29.Rf2 е5 ЗО.Nс5! Rc8 31.Nd7! dЗ 32.Nf6 42.Rd5 ed5 4З.Rа5 Qd2 44.Ra6 Rаб 45.Ва6 Qa2 46.Bd3 а5 47.Bf5 a448.Ng4 Qa1 49.Kh2 h5 50.Qh5 Re7 51.Qh6 Kg8 52.Ве6 Rеб 53.Qh7 Kf8 54.Qf7# 1-Q.

Game82 Metgeг - Таггаsсh RuyLopez

Тhis loses. 32.Ne5 is equally as bad Ьecause of 32...Rc2 33.Kel Rf2 34.Кf2 d2 and wins, but 32.Ке3! would have giveп White drawing chaпces. Тhе Ьest coпtinuatioп theп is 32 ...Rc2 33.Rc2 dc2

34.Kd2 Ng2, looking absolutely lost. 32 ... Kg7 33.Ng4 Rc2

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1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 аб 4.Ва4 Nfб 5.0-Q Ne4 6.d4 Ь5 7.ВЬ3 d5 8.de5 Веб 9.СЗ Вс5

Better is 9 ... Ве7. 10.Bf4? This plausiЬle lookiпg move was first refuted Ьу me in а game vs Rocamora. 10... g511.Be3 Оп 11.Bg3? there follows 11 ... h5 12.Nd4 h4! IЗ.Nсб hg3!! 14.Nd8? Bf2 15.Rf2 gh2 etc. 11 ... Ве3 12.fe3 g413.Nd4 Ne5 Black has поw wоп an important pawn and in spite of the fact that his positioп is somewhat tom up оп Ьoth sides of the Ьoard, he has а good game, but he should play prudeпtly and coпtiпue with due cautioп.

14.Nd2 Nc5 15.Qe1 То preveпt 15 ... Qh4. 15... 0-Q! 16.Qg3 Qg5 17.Rae1 17 .RfS is wroпg Ьecause of 17 ... Bf5 18.Qe5 Nd3 19.Qf5 QеЗ.

On 34.Kdl or 34.Ке3, Black wins with 34...h5 35.Ne5 Rf2 36.I(f2 d2. 34 ... Ng2 35.Kf1 d2 Зб.Ке2 h5 37.Kd1 On 37 .Ne5, or 37 .Rg2, there follows 37 ... dl=Q. 37 ... Rb2 38.Rg2 Rb1 39.Kd2 Rb2 D-1.

Game83 Таггаsсh- М.

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Better than 12.Bd2, Ьecause now 13.Qd3 is possiЬle. 12... Re8 13.Nd4 For а tournament game, this pawn sacrifice looks quite nonchalant. Better is 13.Qf4. 13... Ne514.f4 Ng415.Qd3 Nf6 AfarЬetter defense was 15 .. .f5. Itis only now that White obtains а winning attacking game. 16.f5 Bd7 17.Bg5 Ве7 18.Rae1 с5

playing 23.Ng5 and 24.Re4, White could regain his pawn with an even game. 23 ... f6! 24.Re4 Ве6 25.Rfe1 Rae8 26.Qf2 Kf7 27.Qe2 g6! With this excellent move Black dissolves the tension, after which he remains а pawn up with an excellent game. 28.fe6 White cannot continue with 28.g4, what then follows is 28 ... gf5 29 .gf5 Rg8 ЗO.Kfl Вс4 or ЗO.Khl Bd5. 28 ... Re6 29.Qc2 с4 ЗО.Кf1 Re4 31.Re4 Rd8 32.Qe2 Rd7 33.Rh4 White already has trouЬle finding moves. зз ... hs 34.Re4

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Of course the flrst thing coming to mind in this complex position, was the exchange sacrifice on е4, but the attack was not adequate; 2l.Re4 de4 22.Ве4 Всб! 23.Всб Qсб 24.Ве7 Re7 25.Ng7 Qe4! with 26 ... Qe3 threatened. 21 ... de4 22.Ве7 Re7 Not 22 .. .fe6, Ьecause of 23.f6! 23.Qh4 Trying to play for further traps willlose White the game. The threat is 24.Ng7. Ву

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34... Qd8! Starting а Queen maneuver which forces the Queen 's exchange is an excellent idea. 35.Ке1 Qc7! 36.g3 On 36.Re8, Black would force the exchange with 36...Re7. 36 ... Qc6! З7.Кf2 Qd5 38.h4 QdЗ 39.Qd3 RdЗ White has no chance in the ensuing endgame. In additioп to Ьeing Ьehind in material, he has the worse position, (or as they say in Vienna, Ьetter rich and healthy than poor and sick).

Vl. FRANKFURTCHESS TOURNAМENT, 1887 40.Re2 g5 41.hg5 fg5 42.Kg2 Kf6 4Э.Кf2 Kf5 44.Kg2 h4 45.gh4 gh4 46.Rf2 Ке4 47.Re2 RеЭ 48.Rd2 hЭ 49.Kh2 RdЭ 50.Re2 КfЭ 51.Re6

Should White choose to play 51.Rc2, the reply is 51 ... Ке3 followed Ьу 52...Rd2. 51 ... Rd2 52.Kh3 Rb2 53.Ra6 КеЭ 54.RЬ6 Ra2 55.Rb5 КdЭ 56.Kg3 Re2 57.Kf3 Re8 58.Kf2 КСЗ 59.Rb7 Кс2 бО.RЬб сЭ 61.Rb7 Кс1 62.Rb6 с2 63.Rb7 Re5 64.RЬ8 Kd2 65.Rd8 КСЗ 66.Rc8 КЬЭ 67.Kf3 Re1 68.RЬ8 Ка4 ~1.

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v. Scheve - Tarrasch Queen Pawn Ganu!

1.d4 d5 2.е3 Nfб Э.NfЭ Bg4 Тhе correct White answer here is 4.с4 followed Ьу 5.Qb3. 4.Ве2 с5 5.Ne5 Bf5 б.D-0 е6 7.Ь3 Вdб 8.ВЬ2 D-0 9.Nd2 Nсб Black's development is Ьetter and he already has а slightly freer garne. 10.h3 This is incomprehensiЬle and unnecessary. 10... Qc711.Nc6 It is wrong for White to ttade off his only well posted piece. Correct was ll.f4. 11 ... Ьс612.с4 12.dc5 followed Ьу 13.Bf6 is good for Black. 12... Qe7 13.f4 Now this move is а decisive mistake and Ьecause of it Black obtains several new attacking lines. 13... cd4! 14.Ed4 с5! 15.Kh1 Rad8 16.dc5 всs 17.Qe1 The Queen was indirectly threatened Ьу the Rd8. Other Queen moves will equally lead to а positional disadvantage. The toumament Ьооk recomrnends 17 .Вfб Qfб 18.cd5 Rd5 19.Вf3 Rd7 20.Qe2, but

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this fails Ьecause of 20 ... Bd3. Вlack's Bishop pair work Ьeautifully. · 17... ВЬ4 18.Bf6 Otherwise the Кnight joins the attack Ьу going to е4. 18... Qf6 19.аз вез Ву playing 19 ... Bd2 followed Ьу 20 ... dc4, Black would win а pawn Ьу easy and simple means. However, he promised himself more from the attack and then carne to grief. 20.Ra2 On 20.Rcl, White loses the exchange Ьу 20 ... ВЬ2 followed Ьу 21 ...Вс2. 20 ...dc4 21.Вс4 Qd4 22.Nf3! On 22.Rf2, Black wins with 22 ... ВЫ. 22 ... Ве1 23.Nd4 Rd4 24.Re1 Rf4 Black now has an extta passed pawn and will win with correct play, but this basic feature is often difficult to convert to а win. 25.Rd2 а5! То reduce the effectiveness of 26.Rd7 and tty to get rid of the a-pawn Ьу ... а4 and if White plays а4, the Ь-pawn remains backward. 26.а4 g5 27.Kh2 With the idea of winning the g-pawn Ьу 28.Re5 Ra8 29.g4, but White could not do it at once, as Black had the Bishop check. 27 ... h5 28.g3 Re4 29.Red1

RеЗ

ЗO.Rd7

The tournament book at this point somewhat critically recommends this move. White sttategy should Ье to retain the two pawns on the Queenside and he should consistently threaten to attack the Black a-pawn. То realize this plan, White has to leave а Rook on the 2nd rank to prevent ... Вс2 and play the other Rook to а7 via d7. This maneuver is а time consuming one and Black at the last moment could play ...Ra8 which makes

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the whole plan ineffective. Apart from this defense, Black had а very effective mating attack at his disposal; e.g. If ЗO.Rf2 g4! 3l.h4 Ве4 32.Rd7 ВfЗ 33.Ra7 Rd8 34.Ra5? Rel 35.Bfl R8dl 36.Kgl Ве2 37 .Re2 Re2 and Black will win the Bishop Ьу playing 38 ... R2el.

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Tarrasch - Dr. Noa French Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 Э.NСЗ ВЬ4?

4.Ed5 Ed5 7.Q-O Q-0 8.Bg5 вез 9.ЬСЗ Qd6 1o.Re1! Тhis prevents 10... Ne4 and threatens ll.Ne5. 10... Bg411.Qd2 S.NfЭ

Nf6

б.ВdЭ Nсб

Тhis forces the following exchange that is favoraЬle for White and the small advantages keep accwnulating. 11 ... Bf3 12.gf3 Nh5

ЭО ... Вс2 31.R1d2 ВЬЭ 32.ВЬЭ RЬЭ ЭЭ.Rа7 Kg7 34.Ra5 Kg6 35.h4 g4

36.Rg5 Kh6 Black now threatens to lock in the Rook Ьу 37 .. .f5. 37.Re2 Rc8 Тhis prevents 38.R2e5. 38.Rb5 Rb5 39.аЬ5 RЬ8 40.Re5 RЬ6 41.Kg2 f6 42.Rc5 Kg6 43.Kf2

White had а chance to play 43.Rc6, making Black 's task much harder. 4Э ... е5 44.Ке3 Kf5 45.Kd3 Rd6 46.Кс3 Should the King retum to the e-file, Black will play 46 ... Rd4 followed Ьу 47 ... RЬ4. 46 ... Ке4 Black intends if absolutely necessary, to sacrifice his Rook for the White passed pawn. 47.КЬ4 КfЭ 48.Rc3 Kf2 49.Кс5 Rd8 50.КЬ6 RЬ8 51.Каб е4 52.Rc6 КgЭ 53.Rf6 Kh4 54.Re6 gЗ 55.Re4 КhЗ Q-1.

With this move Black threatens to lock up Ьoth Bishops Ьу playing 13.. .f6 14.Ве3 f5 15.f4 авd thus makes the threatened Kingside attack impossiЬle. White's next move is а mechanical prevention of the pawn advance. 13.Bf5! Rfe8 14.Kh1 f6? Тhis or any other move of the Kingside pawns, further weakens Black's King defense. 15.Ве3 Na516.Rg1 Nc417.Qd3 Nf4 Тhere is по way to protect the h-pawn Ьecause оп 17 .. .h6, White plays 18.Bg6 and оп 17 ... g6, comes 18.Bg6. 18.Bh7 Kf8 Тhе Кing

is much more secure here than

onh8. 19.Bf4 Qf4 20.Rg4 Qh6 21.Rag1 Re7 Тhе gain of the h-pawn won't mean very much in the endgame in view of White 's poor pawn structure. White does have some attacking resources in reserve. Оп 21 ... g5, the answer 22.f4 would break up Black's position at once. 22.Bg6 Ndб 23.R4g3! This threatens 24.Qfl followed Ьу 25.Rh3. 23... Nf7 24.Qf5 Qd2 25.Rh3

Vl. FRANKFURT CHESS TOURNAМENT, 1887

Bad is 25.Bf7 Rf7 26.Rg7 Rg7 27 .Qfб Ке7 29.Qa8 Ьecause theп Black could get the attack Ьу 29 ...Qf2. 25... Nh6 26.Qd5 26.f4 would Ье pretty, but bad, Ьecause Black would preveпt the threateпed exchange sacrifice Ьу 26... Qf2. 26 ... с6 27.Qd6 Qf2 28.Ве4 Now that the f-pawn is defeпded, the exchange sacrifice is threateпed and in additioп а Rook sacrifice оп g7. 28 ... Nf7 29.Qf4 Rae8 lп the post mortem my opponeпt said, "Here 1 thought 1 was doing well and theп he makes опе move and l'm lost."

Rf7 28.Qh8

ЗO.Qg4g5 Оп ЗО ... Nhб, theп Зl.Rhб апd if 30... Ng5, 31.Rh8 Ке7 32.Qh5. 31.Qf5 Re6 32.Rh7 Ке7 Other moves cannot stop the attack either.

33.Rg5 Re4 34.fe4 Qe1 35.Rg1 Qc3 36.е51-О.

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Burn - Tarrasch VleiU'Ill Game - Steinitz Gamhil

1.е4 е5 2.Nc3 Nc6 З.f4 Ef4 4.d4 Qh4

5.Ке2

g5

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А good defeпse against the Steinitz Gamblt. 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.Nd5 Kd8 8.с3 Тhis is weak. White should play against the Black pawn chain Ьу h4, Кf2, Ве2 etc. and theп defeпd the d-pawn against ... Bg7 Ьуе5.

8 ... Bg7 9.Кf2 Nf6 10.Nf6 Bf6 11.е5 Bg7 12.g4 fgЗ 1З.Кg2 h6 14.hg3 Qg6

Black has emerged from the opening hazards with an extra pawn and а secure positioп.

15. ВdЗ f5 16.g4 Тhis move, deпudiпg the Кiпg, was епопеоus. lt could have led to an early loss. 16... d617.Ed6cd618.Qb3 Rf819.Bd2 Of course White must поt try to win the Ь-раwп Ьу 19.gf5 Bf5 20.Qb7 ВdЗ 21.Qa8 Кс7, winniпg the Queeп or 21.Qc6 Ве4, winning. 19... Qf7 20.Вс4 Qc7 Опе step too far! Here Black had а chance to show the weakness of White 's 16th move. 20 ... Qd7 would threateп 21 ... fg4, agaiпst which there is по satisfactory reply; e.g. on 21.gf5 Qf5 it leads to an immediately decisive attack. With 20 ...Qc7 Black has а douЬle threat i.e. 21 ... N а5 winning а piece and 21 .. .fg4, but he overlooked that he deprives the Black King of his escape square and thus makes the followiпg elegaпt combinational sacrifice possiЬle. 21.Bd3! f4

Black must поt take the g4 раwп, because of 22.Ng5 hg5 23.Bg5 Ne7 24.Rael Re8 25.Re7 Re7 26.Qg8 Kd7 27 .ВЬ5 and wins also 23 ... Bf6 24.Bf6 Rfб 25.Qg8 Kd7 26.Rh7 Ne7 27 .ВЬ5 or 23 ... Kd7 24.Rh7. Of course Black could

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have taken "а move back" as White did earlier and so repair the damage done Ьу 21 ... Qf7. The textmove 21 .. .f4 somewhat repairs the damage in the White position. 22.Nh2 Bd7

Black is content to develop his pieces normally and tocastle 'Ъyhand". Here as well as later he plays rather listlessly. This factor and not а specific error is the cause of his eventualloss. The correct plan was to renew the attack against g4 Ьу 22 ... h5. (White cannot take Ьecause of 23 ...Qd7, but has to defend with 23.Ве2.) The continuation might Ье as follows; 23 ...hg4 24.Ng4! Bf5 25.Bf3 Qd7 26.Nf2 g4 27 .В с б Qсб 28.d5 fЗ or 25.Nf2 Bd4 26.cd4 Nd4 27.Qdl (Оп 27.Qc4 follows 27 ... fЗ winning the Queen) 27 ... Вс2 28.Rcl (28.Qfl, Ne2) 28 ... Bdl 29.Rc7 fЗ ЗО.Кh2 fe2. With other continuations Ьу White, his opponent will attain а winning attack .. 2З.Rае1 26.Ве2

Qb6 24.Qc2 RCS 25.Qb1

То

Кс8 28.ЬЗ

Qd8

answer 29.Qh7 with 29 ... Qf6.

29.Ь4

With great finesse White starts а dangerous attack against the castled position. Black remains passive in the face of danger. 29 ... Re1

the Bishop to go to а Ьetter

З4.Ь5 QЬб

Here 34...Rh8 was the correct approach, in order to push the h-pawn. Black's connected passed pawns would have caused complete disaпay in White 's position, e.g. 34...Rh8! 35.QЬ4 (35.Rh5 is of no use Ьecause of 35... Ве8 etc.) 35... h5 36.Rh5 Rh5 37.gh5 g4 38.Bdl gЗ or 38 ...fЗ with а decisive attack. зs.a4Qgб

The lackluster defense is pathetic! Эб.QЬ4 Re8 37.NЬЗ Nc8 39.а5 Bf8 40.QЬЗ Rd8

38.Nc5

Qdб

Mter the game, Zukenon pointed out that оп 40 ... Ne7, Black is also lost, Ьecause of 41.с4 dc4 42.Qc4 Вс8 43.Na6 Ьаб 44.Ьаб.

41.а6 Ьаб 44.с41-О.

42.Na6 КЬ7 43.Bd5 КЬб

Tarrasch - Taubenhaus RuyLopez

square. ЗО ... Qfб

33.Nd2 Ne7

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ЗО.Ве1!

Тhis enaЬles

have won, if the Black player would just stay awake long enough.

Кс7

This opens the diagonal for the Queen to go to h7, but for the moment the Queen has to keep defending the b-pawn. 26 ... Rce8 27.Bf3

GAМES

31.Bf2

КЬ8

32.Nf1

Now the Кnight is brought in to reinforce the attack. 32 ... d5 То keep the Кnight out of с4. However the pawn becomes very weak and the Knight later gets to an even Ьetter square - с5. ln the meantime Black still could

1.е4 es 2.Nf3 Nc6 з.вьs Nfб 4.о-о 5.d4 Ве7 6.d5 Nd6 7.Nc3

Ne4

Тhis continuation was originated Ьу me and this was the fпst tirne 1 used it. Still, the norrnal 7 .Qe2 is stronger.

7 ...е4? 8.Nd2 Nd4 9.Ва4 Q-0 10.Nde4 Ne411.Ne4 Nf512.Bf4 dб

VI. FRANKFURT CHESS Black has а cramped position and with his next move he makes а violent atternpt to free his game. 1Э.с3 g5 Better is 13 ...Nh4 followed Ьу 14... Bf5 or 14... Ng6. 14.8С1 Ng715.f4 g416.f5 This prevents the consolidation of Black's position Ьу 16... f5. 16... Nf5 If 16... Bf5, Black would Ье exposed to an attack Ьу all of White's pieces, e.g. 17.Rf5 Nf5 18.Qg4 Ng7 19.Bh6 Bf6 20.Вс2 Kh8 2l.Rfl Ве5 22.Bg7 Bg7 23.Ng5 f5 24.Qh5 h6 25.Nf7 or 20 ... Ве5 21.Ng3! f5! (21 ... Kh8? 22.Bg7 Bg7 23.Qf5 Qh4 24.Nh5) 22.Nf5 Rf5! In addition there are other ways to attack. 17.Qg4 Ng718.Qe2 f519.Ng3 Bf6! Black defends his tom up position quite well. Не brings the only piece that can move at all to an active square. АН in all, TauЬenhaus plays the whole game like а master. 20.Bh6 Тhis is ineffective. White under rates the strength of the Black f6 Bishop. This will give time to consolidate Black's position. 20.Bf4 was the right rnove or altematively 20.Nh5 Ве5 21.Ng7 Kg7 22.Bf4 Qf6 23.Rael. Both of these rnoves would give White а chance to play against the weak squares in the Black position, especially f5. 2О ... Ве5! 21.Bg7

Even now it is Ьetter to take the Bishop back to f4, adrnitting that 20.Bh6 was а flawed idea. 21 ... Kg7 22.Nh5 Kh8 23.Nf4 Qg5 24.Nd3 White now realizes that he has to eliminate the Ве5. 1Ъis move though should Ье prepared Ьу 24.g3 (If 24 ...Rg8 25.Кhl). White would still have а

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consideraЬle advantage because of Black's isolated pawns and his hard to develop Queenside pieces. The toumament Ьооk calls the text а trap, but а rnistake which results in loss of material for White, which is cornpensated Ьу а positional plus. Logically the game should end in а draw.

24... Bh2! 25.Kh2 Qh4 26.Kg1 Qa4 Тhе Black Queen is now out of play. 27.Rae1

Neither 27.Rf4 Qe8 or Z7.Qe7 Bd7 is any Ьetter. 27 ... Bd7 28.ЬЭ Qg4! Best! On 28 ... Qb5, which seerns the rnore logical rnove with the idea to play 29 ... Qb6 on White's 29.с4, after which Black gets the Queen back into the game Ьу ... Qd4, ...Qg7. In that case White plays 29.Qb2! and 29 ... Qd3, leads to an irnmediate loss Ьecause of 30.Rf3 Qa6 31.c4Kg8 32.Rg3. Altematively29 ... QЬ6 30.Kh2, Black rernains under attack with his Queen rnost unfavoraЬly posted, e.g. 30...Rae8 31.Re8 Re8 32.с4 Kg8 ЗЗ.RfЗ Re3 34.с5. 29.Qe7 Qg7 ЭO.Qh4 Rae8 31.Nf4 Rg8 32.Re8 Ве8 If Black recaptures with the Rook, White will continue the attack with 33.Nh5, leading to at least а draw. The continuation would Ье ЗЗ ...QсЗ 34.Nf6 Re7 35.Qh6 Rf7 (or 35 ... Rg7 36.Nd7 Rd7

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37 .Qf8#; or [34 ...Qe3 to keep the Queen out of hб, 35.Khl Re7? 36.Nd7 Rd7 37.Re1 QсЗ! 38.Re8 Kg7 39.Qg5 Кf7 40.Qg8 Кfб 41.Rеб#.] Better is 35 ... Qe7! Зб.Qhб Rd8 37.Nd7 Rd7! 38.Rf5 Rd8 39.Qf4 with very strong play for White. Тhе Ьest Black reply is 33 ...Qe7, and then if 34.Qd4 Qe5 and 35.Qa7 or 35.Nf6 followed Ьу 36.Ne8 and 37.Rf5, leading to an even position. ЗЗ.Rе1 Qg4!

34.Qf6 Qg7 35.Qg7 Kg7 36.Re7 Kf6 37.Rc7 White has won his pawn back and has а good position assuring the gain of а second pawn, but not assuring the garne. Now there follows а spirited endgarne. 37... Rg7 38.Rg7 Kg7 39.Ne6 Kf6 40.с4 Ке5 41.Nd8 Ь5! Оп 41. .. Ьб, follows 42.Nc6 with а Ьig advantage.

The tempting 52.. .f5-f4 does not win, the White f-pawn advances too and threatens to Queen with check. The garne would continue 52... f4 53.gf4 h4 5415 hЗ 5516 Кdб 5б.NЬ5 Kd7! (Оп 56 ... Кеб, White stops the h-pawn Ьу 57.Nd4, 58.Ne2, and 59.Ng3.) 57.f7 Ке7 58.Nd4 h2 59.Nf5 and 60.Ng3 or 55 ... Ве4 56.Kd2 Кdб 57.Nc8 Кеб 58.f7 Кf7? 59.Ndб and 60.Ne4 and White wins, or 55 ... Ваб 5б.Кd2 Кdб 57 .Nb5 etc. 54 ... Kd5 55.f6 Кеб 56.NЬ5 h3 (56 ... Ва6 57.Kd2) 57.Nd4 Кfб 58.Ne2 h2 59.Ng3 Kg5 бО.КеЗ Kg4 61.Кf2 Кh3 62.Nh1! Bhl 63.аб Bg2 or бЗ ...ВfЗ 64.Ь7 hl=Q 65.b8=Q 1/2-1/2. 5З.NЬ5 886 Оп 53 .. .f4 54.gf4 h4 55.Nd4 etc. Or 54... Ва6 55.Kd2 h4 56.Nc7 Кеб! 57 .Ne6! followed Ьу 58.Nd4 and 59.NfЗ. 54.Kd2 Кс5 55.Nc7 Вс8 56.Ne6 КЬ5 57.Nd8 К85 Тhis is а miscalculation. Obviously Black believed that after the Bishop sacrifice he could not lose and might retain small winning chances. The commentators of the toumarnent Ьооk share this opinion. However, 57 .. .Ка6, gives Black an easy draw. 58.Ь7 ВЬ7 59.Nb7 КЬ6 Now there follows an interesting finale to this exciting endgarne. 60.Nd6 Ьecause

42.Nc6 Ке4 4З.сЬ5 Kd5 44.N87 Кс5 45.84 Bf7 46.85 ВЬЗ 47.Ь6 Bd5 48.g3 ВЬ7 49.Kf2 d5 Оп 49 ... КЬ4?, Вlack loses to 50.Nc6 КЬ5! 51.Nd8 Каб 52.NЬ7 КЬ7 53.Ке3 h5 54.Кf4 or 53 ...d5 54.Kd4 h5 (54... Ксб 55.Ке5) 55.Kd5 f4 56.gf4 h4 57 .Ке4. 50.Ке3

d4 51.Kd2 h5 52.Kd3 There is nothing else for White to do, but to play the King back and forth, meanwhile Black tries to force а win. 52 ... Kd5

60... f4 61.gf4 h4 62.Nf5

hЗ

63.Kd3 h2

Vl. FRANKFURT CHESS

Instead 63 ... Кс5 is indicated Ьу the юumarnent Ьооk, but it only leads to the same result Ьу 64.Ng3 Kd5 65.Ne4 h2 66.Nf2. 64.Ng3 Кс5 65.Ne4 KdS 66.Nf2! Тhе decisive maneuver, which enaЬles White to go after the h-pawn. 66... Кс5 67 .Ке4 Кс4 68.Kf3 dЗ 69.Kg2 Kd4 70.Kh2 d2 71.Kg3 KdS 72.Kg4 Kd4 73.f5 КеЗ 74.Kg3 1-0.

Game88 Н.

v. Gottschall - Tarrasch French Defense

1.е4 е6

2.d4 dS З.NсЗ Nf6 4.Bg5 Ве7 s.es Ntd7 In the third from the last game of the tournarnent, 1 didn 't feellike jeopardizing

the garne with an opening experirnent. Compare this with garne No.80. &.Ве7 Qe7 7.Qd2 о-о e.Nd1 f6 9.t4 cs 10.сз Nc& 11.Nf3 cd4 12.cd4 tes 13.fe5

Both players so far have made simple and plausiЬle moves, but the following exchange sacrifice gives Black good chances. 13... Rf3 14.gf3 Qh4 15.Qf2 The tournament book recommends 15.Nf2 instead, with the game continuing as follows 15 ... Nd4 16.0-0-0 NfЗ 17.Qe3

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91

Nde5 18.Nd3 NdЗ 19.Bd3 Qg5 20.Qg5 Ng5 2l.Rhgl and this will also give Вlack an advantage. Black could strengthen his play Ьу 17 ... d4 18.Qe2 NdЗ 19.Qd3 Qf4 20.КЬ1 е5 or respectaЬly 19.Rd3 Qf4 20.КЬ1 Ne5. 15... Nd4 16.f4? White is sacrificing the exchange in order to keep Black from having two connected passed pawns in the center. The tournament book correctly prefers 16.Qh4 NfЗ 17.Kf2 Nh4 18.Rcl. 16 ... Nc2 17.Kd2 Qf2 18.Nf2 Na1 19.Ве2 Nc5! And not 19 ... NЬЗ, which would give White time to play his Rook to с 1 and thus restrict the development of the Black garne. 20.Ra1 Bd7 21.Rc1 Rc8 White is а pawn down and with а quick continuation should lose the garne. For this reason he attempts to make life hard for his opponent with а most interesting sacrificial combination. 22.Ь4 Na4 23.8Ь5!! Most ingenious! 23... Rc1 24.Bd7 Rf1! Тhis saves Ьoth pieces, Ьecause 25.Ке2 would Ье answered Ьу 25 ... Ral! 26.Ва4 Ra2, winning the piece back. Oddly the same comblnation is repeated оп the Kingside а few moves later (Move 28.) 25.Nd3 Nb6 26.8е6 Kf8 White's chances now are relatively Ьetter than Ьefore the exchange sacrifice. 27.а4! Ке7 28.Bg8 Rh1 Black indirectly defends the h7 pawn, which henceforth will play а decisive role. 29.а5 Rh2 ЗО.КсЗ Nd7 31.Bd5 Ь6 32.аЬ6 NЬб ЗЗ.Ве4 gб

То prevent 34.f5 and ю prepare the following Rook rnaneuver.


92 34.Ь5! Тhis threateпs 35.NЬ4

34 ... Re2! 35.Bf3

and Зб.сб. 36.Bg2

RеЭ!

RgЭ!

37.Ве4

Black has gaiпed а ternpo to advance the h-pawn and has thus delayed the attack of the eпerny Кnight Ьу а rnove. 37 ... h5 38.Kd4 h4 39.NЬ4 hЭ lt is only this pawn offer that gives any winning chance. 40.Nc6 Ке8 41.еб Тhis is fmely calculated White wants to deprive the Black Kпight of the d7-square, as the Кnight, after 41.Na7 Rg142.Kc5, would go to d7. 41 ... Nc8 Should Black play 41 ... Rgl, there follows 42.Na7 h2 43.Кс5 Na4 44.КЬ4 NЬ2 and the Black Кnight is cornpletely rnisplaced and the b-pawn would rnake its decisive rnarch onward.

48.Ь7 hl=Q 49.b8=Q QЬI or 45.Ь7 NсЗ! 46.Кс4 Ne4 47.КЬ3 Nc5 or 46.Вс6 Ке7 47.Кс4 RЬб. 1 have to adrnit that 1 was sornewhat scared Ьу the artistic rnanner wheп rny орропепt at ftrst waited until the а-раwп was protected апd theп

captured it. 42 ... Nd6 43.Bd5 Rg1 Тhis threateпs 44 ...Rdl, 45 ... Rd5, and 46 ...h2. 44.Ке5 h2 Оп 45.Кd6, Black plays 45 ... Rdl! winning. 45.Ь6 Re1 Now it is Black who is trying to trickhis oppoпent,n.arnely that46.Кd6 would Ье а losing rnove, because of 46 ...Rdl. In fact however, this would have quite strangely led to а draw, i.e. 47 .Ь7 Rd5 48.Кс7! Rd8 49.Nc6!! hl=Q 50.Nd8 Qcl 5l.Nc6 and Вlack cannot win. А faulty idea in this variation would Ье the obvious 49.Nc8, Ьecause theп Black would trade pieces Ьу 49 ...hl=Q 50.b8=Q Qcl and 51.Qc8 and go оп to win with ...Ке7 etc. 46.Kf6 Ne4 47.Ве4 Re4 48.Ь7 Rf4 Q-1.

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Harmonist - Tarrasch FrenL:h Defense

1.е4 еб

42.Na7!

This rnove could alrnost Ье called irnrnoral. lt involves а false pretense for the purpose of gaiпiпg а rnaterial advaпtage. Black could capture the Кnight with irnpunity, and should do so, and would Ьу sirnply re-sacrificing the Knight Ьу 43 ...Ra3, have wоп the garne. More cornplex, but еvеп Ьetter is the following contiпuatioп: 43 ... Nb5 of course the Кnight cannot go to с8 Ьecause of Ь7, with the followiпg sequel, 44.Кс5 RЬЗ 45.Вс6 Ке7 46.ВЬ5 Rb5 47 .КЬ5 h2

2.d4 d5 Э.NСЗ Nf6 4.Bg5 Ве7 s.es Nfd7 6.Ве7 Qe7 7.Qd2 о-о s.Nd1 f69.f4c510.c3 Nc611.Nf3cd412.cd4 fe5 13.fe5 RfЭ 14.gf3 Qh4 15.Qf2 Nd4 16.Ne3 NfЗ 17.Ке2 Nde5 18.Qh4 Nh4 19.Rc1 Nсб 20.Bh3 Kf7

Black is rnobllizing his King to support the ceпter. Не still cannot develop his Bishop Ьecause of Nd5. Не really has а difficult garne Ьecause, in spite of his coпsideraЬle rnaterial plus, he is Ьehind in developrneпt.

Ке7 23.Rcf1 So he сап play Bh5. 2З ... d4 24.Nc4 е5 25.Вс8 Rc8 26.h4

21.Rhg1 Ng6 22.Bg4

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Vl. FRANKFURT CHESS TOURNAМENT, 1887

Leading to an exchange sacrifice, as otherwise Black's position will improve with every move.

will have to give up his Rook, as the White King is cut off from the f-file. 34 ... f3 35.Rg1 Kd5 36.Ь4 Other rnoves are equally useless. 36 ... Re3 37.Kd2 f2 38.Rf1

26... Ке6 27.h5 Nf4 28.Rf4 Ef4 29.Rg7

At this point Black is two pawns ahead but he has а more difficult position than Ьefore. Тhе reason is that his primary asset, the passed pawns, are isolated and the others are threatened Ьу the Rook. Black's best plan is to stop paying attention to the threatened pawns, and somehow reconnect the passers Ьу ... Ne5. For this purpose Black must first drive the Кnight away. Clearing the c-file for the Rook and then the coordinated Rook-Кnight and passed pawns would Ье rnobllized for а decisive attack. Тhis may even lead to mate, e.g. 29 ...Ь5 30.Nd2 Ne5 3I.Rh7 d3 32.Кd1 f3 33.Ne4 (Or ЗЗ.Кеl Rcl 34.Kf2 Rc2 35.Ке3 Rd2 36.Кd2 f2) 33 ...Rc2 34.Rh8 Ng4 35.Ng5 Кf5 36.Nf3 NеЗ 37.Kel Re2#. Тhе continuation, as played Ьу Black, gave White quite а few drawing chances. 29 ... Re8 ЗО.RЬ7

Of course not 30.Rh7 because of 30... Kd5 Зl.КdЗ NЬ4. эо ... Кd5 Э1.КdЭ Nes Э2.Nе5 Res 3Э.Rd7 Кеб 34.Rg7

On 34.Rh7, the f-pawn advance is decisive, 34... f3 35.Rh8 Кf7 36.Rc8 f2 37 .Rc 1 Re 1. And on 34.Rd4, Black plays 34... Кf5 and with the Кing suppon, he will promote the f -pawnfor which White

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VII. Nuremberg, 1887-1888 I Ьесате а member of the NuremЬerg chess club and for а provincial city it had а very active chess life. Every aftemoon there were many games going and after my medical activities in the morning I had much time for chess, especially in the Ьeginning. Тhere was по shortage of respectaЬle opponents, especially the two leading chess players, George Irion, and the proЬlem composer known world wide, Мах Kurschner. Тhеу Ьoth were formidaЬle opponents. Тhen there was Мr. Wilhelm Hahn who was а very tough player, especially in his defense of unfavoraЬle positions. With this gentleman I played, in addition to casual games which were quite serious, several matches in which I gave him the odds of several games. Of the many games that I played at that time, I only have the score of the following.

V/1. NUREMBERG, 1887-1888

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Game90

Tarrasch- G. Irion and М. Kurschner RuyLopez 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Э.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.Q-O Ne4 5.d4 Ве7 6.d5 Nd6 7.NСЗ е4 8.Nd2 еЭ! Тhе best way to make the pawn count. White could now eschew regaining the pawn and Ьу playing 9.Nde4, he would oЬtain а nice attack. Here though, White did not want to test the uncharted gamblt and thus avoided this variation, that which gives the defender new possibllities.

9.fe3 Ne5 10.Qh5 Ng6 11.Bd3 0-0 12.е4! Ne813.e5! d614.ed6 Nd6

On 14 ... Bd6, 15.Nde4 would give White an advantage. 15.Nf3 Bd7

Black's position is very cramped. In addition, the advanced pawn exerts strong pressure.

Game91 Tarrasch - G. Irion Queen pawn opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 е6 Э.еЭ Nf6 4.Bd3 с5 5.ЬЭ Nc6 б.Q-0 Ь6 7 .с4 Bd6 8.cd5 ed5 9.dc5 Ьс510.ВЬ5 QЬ611.NСЗ Q-0

16.Bg5 f6

On 16 ... Bg5, White wins а pawn with 17.Ng5 hб 18.Nf7. The text weakens the еб and gб squares, but neither will other moves give Вlack а quite satisfactory game. 17.Bd2 f5 18.Nd4 Qc8 19.Nce2! Ne5 20.Nf4 сб 21.Nfe6 Rf7

It would Ье better to capture the Knight. Now White plays а decisive comblnation. 22.Nf5! Nf5 23.Bf5 g6 24.Bg6 Rf1 25.Rf1 Ng6 (see next diagram) 26.Rf7! BCS 27.Kh1 Kf7

Now White announces mate in eight moves. 28.Qh7 Ке8! 29.Qg6 Ке7 ЭО.Вg5 Kd6 31.Bf4 Ке7 32.Qg7 А faster way to mate is 32.d6! Вdб 33.Bg5#. 32 ... Ке8 ЭЭ.d6 and mate in two. 1-0.

Black overlooks the threat, loses а pawn and remains with an untenaЬle position. 12.Nd5 QЬ5 13.Nf6 gf6 14.Qd6 15.Qg3 Kh816.Bb21-Q.

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Оп 16... Ne5 there follows 17.Ne5 fe5 18.Qe5 fб 19.Qe6.


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GAME92

Dr. Schwarz - Tarrasch What happens if-

1.Ь4?Qd42.Rf7Qa1 З.Rc7KЬ84.Rd7 RgЗ 5.Rd8 Nd8 6.Qa1 RСЗ! Q-1.

GAME93 MaJchGame

Tarrasch - М. Kurschner Freru:h Defer/$e

1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.NСЗ ВЬ4 4.ed5 ed5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0.0 о-о 8.Bg5 Ве7 9.Qd2 Ве6 10.Rae1 NЬ4 11.Ne5 NdЗ 12.Nd3 Recapturing with the Queen is defmitely Ьetter.

12...c613.f4 Bf514.Nf2 Preparing 15.g4. 14... h6 15.Bh4 Qd7 Тhis does not prevent White's intended play. 16.g4! Ne4 Of course not 16 ... Bg4, because of 17.Re7 plus 18.Ng4. 17.Nce4 Ве4 18.Ве7 Qe7 19.f5 Rae8 Black's game is not good anymore and Ьу White's next move the Black King position Ьecomes quite cramped.

20.f6! Qd7 21.Ne4 de4 Better is to capture with the Rook and after the Rook trade, the other Rook could Ье used to protect the weak pawn. 22.Rf4 ad5 23.Rf5 Qd7 Оп 23 ... Qa2, White will play 24.Ь3 or else 24.Rg5 gб 25.Rh5. 24.Re3 Re6 25.Rh3 Rfe8 26.Qe3 с5 27.d5 Re5 28.fg7 Compare this with game 49, White keeps this capture in reserve, until it has а decisive effect. 28... Qd5 The game would have Ьееn somewhat prolonged Ьу 28 ... Rd5 29.Rh6! Rdl 30.Kf2 Qd2 3l.Qd2 Rd2 32.Ке3 Kg7 33.Кd2 with а decisive endgame advantage. The longer the game the more chances to go wrong. 29.Qh6 Qd1 ЗO.Rf1 Qg4 31.Kh1 f5 32.Qh71-Q. .

GAME94

Tarrasch - М. Kurschner Freru:h Def~

1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.NСЗ 5.Вd3 Ве7 6.Nf3 h6

Nf6 4.ed5 ed5

Unnecessary and not good. 7.Bf4 сб 8.Qd2 Веб 9.о-о-о Nbd7 10.Ne2 Ne411.Qe3

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Black was аЬlе to make а few attacking moves, but поw over estimates his chaпces. Better was 12 ... 0-0-0 or 12... g5. 13.NC1

Now White threateпs to capture the Ne4. Black should simply retreat. 1З ... Ndf6

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GAME 95 Kurschner - Tarrasch Dшch

Defense

1.d4f5 2.е4 Тhе early opening of the game leads to а voluntary or involuntary gamblt.

2...fe4

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Nf6 4.Bg5 с6

Мапу begiппers, апd еvеп some advanced players, dоп 't know why Black cannot play the simple 4 ...d5 to protect the gamblt pawn. Тhе answer is that White would continue 5.Bf6 followed Ьу 6.Qh5 and theп 7 .Qd5 and after the Queeпs trade, he would win either the c-pawn or the f-pawn.

5.Bf6

Instead of helping Black to develop his game with this move, it is much Ьetter to play the voluntary gamblt 5.f3, as in Lasker vs Pillsbury, Paris 1900. Black's Ьest course of actioп would Ье to decline the gamblt Ьу 5...Qa5 and 6 ...е5. 5 ...ef6 6.Ne4 QЬ6! 16.Nf7

Pretty and decisive! 16... Kf717.Rhe1 Nde4

There is пothing Ьetter. 18.fe4 с5 19.ed5 Nd5 20.Qe4 Nf4 21.Qf4 Bf6 Оп 21 ... Kg8, White plays 22.d5.

22.Ве4 Rae8 23.d5 Bd7 24.d6

This threateпs 25.Bd5. 24... Ве6 25.d7 Rd8 26.Rd6 Qc7 Оп 26 ... Qa5, White proceeds with 27.Red1 and оп 26 ... Qb8, it is answered Ьу27.Вс6.

27.Bd5! 1-0. Оп

27 ... Bd5, White plays 28.Rf6 Winning the Queen.

This excelleпt move first played Ьу Steinitz, is preferaЬle to the earlier 6...d5. Тhе result is а slight White disadvantage, as it is difficult to protect the b-pawn. Оп 7 .Qe2 Black will take the pawn without hesitatioп, as the discovered check is harrnless, and could only damage White 's position. 7.ЬЗ Тhis move coпsideraЬly loosens up the White Queeпside. It is much Ьetter to play the "involuпtary gamblt" Ьу 7 .RЬI Qa5 8.с3 Qa2 and еvеп though the Black Queeп has а good retreat square at f7, White retains а plus in development.

7 ... d5 8.Nc3 ВЬ4 9.Nge2 Qa510.Qcl3 о-о 11.13 вts

Black has а fme position, and the game plays itself. 12.Qcl2 Re813.D-D-O

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GAME96 К.

Тhreatening

the Rook sacrifice оп h2. 19.Ne3 Rdh8 20.Rf1 The game is Ьеуопd salvatioп. Оп 20.Nfl there follows 20 ... Nd4 2l.Rf2 Rh2 22.Nh2 gЗ or 22 ...Rh2 and wins. qn the text move Black announces mate m six. 20..• Rh2 21.Kg1 Ве3! 22.Qe3

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GAME97 К.

Eckart - Tarrasch

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GAME99

1 з... Rd4 14.Qb5 Кс7 15.Qb7 Kd6 White's game is lost.

Kurschner - Tarrasch Sicilian Defense

16.NсЗ

Now Black mates in three moves. 16... Qf2! 17.Kf2 Rd118.Be3 ВеЗ#Q-1.

GAME98 М. 1.е4 е5

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Kurschner - Tarrasch 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.NСЗ g6

А move

that is known to Ье inferior. 4.d4 ed4 5.Nd4 Bg7 6.Ве3 Nf6 7.Qd2! о-о s.o-o-o1 Re& 9.f3! d6 1o.Nc6 So far White has played excellently. With this move however, his opponent gets anacking chances via the open Ь-file. 10... Ьс6 11.Вс4 Qe7 12.Rhe1 Ве6 1З.ВЬЗ Nd7 14.Bg5 Qf8! 15.h4 h6 16.Bf4 Тhе Bishop should go straight to еЗ. 16... NCS 17.g4 ВЬ318.сЬЗ Better is 18.аЬ3. 18... RаЬ8 Тhis threatens 19 ...Rb3. 19.Кс2 Ne6 20.Ве3 cs 21.Ne2 с41 22.Rh1 CSI 23.14 On 23.Qd6, Black plays 23 ... Nd4, winning the exchange. 23... Qe7 24.Ng3 Qb7 Better here is 24 ... сЬЗ followed Ьу 25 ... с4. 2S.Kb1! Nd4 26.Bd4 cd4 27.Ьс4 dЗ 28.Rh2? Better is 28.Ь3. Тhis would Ье answered Ьу 28 ... Qa6 29.Qd3 Rfc8 ЗO.Rcl QаЗ 3I.Rc2 а5 and 32... а4, with а decisive anack. 28 ... ВЬ2 29.Qd3 On 29.Qb2, the Queen gets lost. 29 ... веs зо.аьз Bf4 З1.Кс2 Qa6 о-1.

1.е4 CS 2.d4 cd4 З.NfЗ Nc6 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3g6 Before this move Black should play 5 ... d6, Ьecause now White can play б.Nсб and 7.е5. &.вез Bg7 7.Ве2 о-о s.o-o d6

Bener is 8... d5 9.ed5 NЬ4. 9.Nc6 Тhis improves Black's position. 9 ... Ьс610.Вf3 Qc711.h3 In order to follow up with 12.Qd2 and 13.Bh6, which if played at once wi1l Ье countered Ьу ll ...Bg4. 11 ... Rb812.Rb1 h6! This is one up on the opponent Ьу frustrating his plans. 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rfd1 Nd715.8e2 15 Тhis is another improvement of Black's position. 16.ef5 RfS 17.Bg4 Rf8 18.Ne4 d5 19.Ng3e5

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hard to find an adequate continuation, and in those situations, mistakes are often made. 2З ... сЬ4 24.Rb4 d4 25.Bd2 Rbc8 26.Bd3 Qt7 27.Ne4 Nd5 28.Ra4 Оп 28.Rb3, there follows 28 ... Nc3, and оп 28.Rc4, there follows 28 ... Ne3. 28...dc3 29.Вс1 Тhе pawn must not Ье recaptured, since 29.Вс3 is answered Ьу 29.Nc3 ЗО.NсЗ е4!, with the win of а piece. 29 ... Rfd8 ЗО.NgЗ Nf4 31.Bf4 ef4 32.Nh5? Other moves will also lose. 32 ... Rd3 ЗЗ.RdЗ If the Queen recaptures, Black plays 33 ... Bf5 and then 34... gh5. 33 ... gh5 The discovery is harmless. 34.Rc3 Bf5 35.Rc8 White's Ьest chance. 35... Вс2 36.Rc2 Qg6 37.Rc7 fЗ 38.g4 QЬ139.Kh2 Qf1 40.Kg3 Qg2 41.Kh4 And not 41.I{f4, Ьecause of 41 ... Qh2. 41 ... Qf2 42.Kh5 QgЗ Q-1.

GAME 100 М.

Kurschner - Tarrasch Queen's Gamhit

1.d4 d5 2.с4 е6 З.NсЗ с5 Long ago 1 instinctively saw this move as the antidote to the Queen's Gamblt, and more recently it has Ьесоmе accepted as the most precise defense. 4.е3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 1 consider this position part of the normal-precise Queen's Gamblt. Тhе resulting isolated d-pawn, in my opinion, gives Black а positional advantage. в.ccts eds 7.dcs всs s.ве2 о-о s.o-o Bf5

Black has а nice free game, while White is moping aЬout his locked in Queen Bishop, and his development is not good at all. As 1 have often said, this type of position lends itself to making mistakes as we will now witness. 10.Nd4 Bd4 11.ed4 QЬ6 12.g4 Ве6 13.g5 Ne4 14.f3 Nd6 15.Ве3 Nf5 16.Bf2 Qb2 17.Na4 QаЗ 18.Re1 Qd6 19.Qd2 Тhе Queen threatened to go to f4. 19... f6 20.Nc5 fg5 21.Nb7 Qf4 22.Red1 Rac8 23.Nc5 Qd2 24.Rd2

24... Ncd4 25.Ne6 Ne6 26.Rd5 Nf4 White has quite ingeniously attempted to mitigate Black's advantage, with the skirmish of the last fJ.fteen moves is quite interesting. Now however, Black's Кnights are excellently posted. 27.Re5 Slightly Ьetter is rJ .Rd2, although then 27 ...Rfe8 would Ье good for Black. 27 ... Rc2 28.Bf1 Nh4 29.Bh4 gh4 ЗО.Rае1 h6 Not 30...Ra2, Ьecause of 3l.Bc4. 31.R5e4 g5 32.Вс4 Kg7 ЗЗ.Rе7 Kg6 34.ВЬЗ Rg2 35.Kh1 hЗ 36.Rd1 Rc8 37.Rd6Kf5 Of course not 37 ... Кh5??, 38.Bf7 would mate. 38.Ra7

Vll. NUREMBERG, 1887-1888 White undeпates his opponent's attack. Не should play the defensive 38.Rel or З8.Rdl. Тhere now follows an original conclusion. зs ... Rc1 39.Bd1

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GAME 101

Tarrasch · W. Hahn Sicilian Defense

1.е4 с5 2.Nf3 е6 З.NСЗ а6

17.Kh1 Ne5 18.Qg3 f6

Of course 18 ...Nc4 is bad Ьecause of 19.Rc1. Тhе text move though weakens еб and instead of which 18 ...Bf6 should Ье played. Тhis makes it possiЬle to deploy the White Кing Bishop later. 19.Rac1 Тhreatening 20.с5 dc5 21.Bh6 Rf7 and 22.Вс4.

19... Kh8 20.Bg4 g5 Further weakening the Kingside. Should Black capture the Bishop on g4 the other Bishop will directly attack dб. 21.Ве3 Rf7 22.Ве6 Rg7 23.Bd4 Тhе Bishop now tries to attack from the other side. No matter how many weaknesses in the Black position, it is very hard to demolish the same. Тhе primary contributing factor is the excellently posted Кnight on е5. 2З ... Ь6 24.Rc3 RЬВ 25.Rf5 Bd8 26.Bd5

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This is played frequently but it is an unnecessary weakening of the Queenside. 4.d4 Cd4 5.Nd4 Nc6 6.Ве3 d6 The customary move is 6 ... Nf6, later followed Ьу ...d5. 7.Ве2 Nd4 This is not а favoraЬle trade. 8.8d4e5? This weakens the d5-square and allows the dб-pawn to Ьесоmе backward. 9.ВеЗ Be610.Nd5 Threatening ll.Bb6. 10 ... Bd5 11.Qd5 Qc7 12.0·0 Nf6 13.QdЗ Ве7 14.с4 о-о 15.f4 ef4 This is in order to later play ... Ne5.

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GAME 102 М. 1.е4 е5

Kurschner - Tarrasch

RuyLopez 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.Q-O Ne4

5.Re1 At Ьest this move leads to а draw, much Ьetter is 5.d4. 5.•• Nd66.Ne5 Ne5 7.Re5 Be78.Bf1 Q-0 So far the moves are the same as in the second matcb game, Steinitz-Zukertort. 9.Nc3Ne8 Тhis is the only way to achieve normal development. Zukertort played the much weaker 9 ...Bf6 followed Ьу IO... Re8. 10.Qe1 Bd611.Re2 с612.ЬЗ Instead of this White should try for normal development Ьу way of 12.d4 Вс7 IЗ.ВеЗ (Better than 13.Bg5 Qg5 14.Re8 d5) 13 ...d5 14.Qd2 etc. White already has а somewhat difficult game Ьecause of the unnatural positions of the Qel, Re2, and

Bfl. 12••• Вс71З.ВЬ2 d514.d4 White still has to play the d-pawn to make room for his Queen. 14 ••• Qd6 15.g3 Bg4 16.Re3 Nf6 17.Qd2b5 Black has а minirnal advantage Ьecause his Bishops have more mobllity. Тhе pawn structures are almost identical and this makes а draw quite likely. Тhе text move fпst of all intends to prevent 18.а4 and 19.Ва3 and also threatens 18 ... Ь4 followed Ьу 19 ... Ne4. 18.Bg2 h5

19.h4 Тhis weakens the g3 point too much. The following maneuver of the Bishop and Кnight, when one piece makes room for the other,·is original. 19... Bf5 20.Rae1 Ng4 21.R3e2 Nhб Intending to play 22...Bg4 and 23 ... Nf5. 22.Bf3 Вgб 23.Qg5 Тhis attacking move is soon refuted. 23... Nf5 24.Nd1 Тhis allows the ВЬ2 to protect d4. 24... Bd8 25.Qd2 NgЗ Тhus the weakening of the g3-square came home to roost. Тhе Кnight sacrifice gives Black three pawns plus an active attack. 26.fg3 QgЗ 27.Bg2 Bh4 28.Nf2 А Ьetter defensive resource is 28.Ва3. Now Black prevents this move. . 28 .••а5 29.Вс1 Bf6 зо.сз h4 31.Qe3 Bh5! 32.Nh1 Qg6 33.Rf2 (see next diagram) ЗЗ ... Rае8! Тhis is one of the rare cases where the exchange of two Rooks for the Queen is favoraЬle. In this position this exchange is good for Black Ьecause the White Queen is а more useful defender than the Black Rooks are аЬlе to participate in the

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GAME 104

Tarrasch - К. Eckart and М. Kurschner

attack. After the forced exchange (Otherwise 34...Rel followed Ьу 35 ...h3) White 's pieces become completely uncoordinated. 34.Qe8 Re8 35.Re8 Kh7 36.Kh2 White threatened to win with 36.Bh3. 36... Bg4 37.Bf4 Оп 37.Bh3 follows 37 ... Bh3 38.Кh3 Qgl. 37 ... Ь4 38.Bd2 hЗ 39.Bh3 ВhЗ 40.Kh3 ьсз

1Ъis pawn, now immune Ьecause of 4l ...Qd3, willlater decide the game. 41.Ве3 с2 42.Rf4

No salvation. Тhе threat is 42... Bd4. 42 ... Bg5 43.Ng3 Qhб 44.Kg4 Bf4 45.Bf4 Qf4 Q-1.

Consultation game French Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 dS З.NСЗ Nfб 4.Bg5 Ве7 s.es Ng& б.Ве7 Retreating the Bishop to еЗ looks more promising. б ... Nе7 7 .Qg4 Ngб 8.h4 hS 9.Qg3 Nd71 10.Bd3 Ndf8 Black's Kingside is now well defended 11.Nf3 Qe712.Nd2! Тhе only possiЬle way for Black to force bls game is Ьу 12...с5, wblch for the moment is impossiЬle Ьecause of 13.NЪ5. The following White maneuver is designed to prevent ...с5 peпnanently. 12... Bd7 13.NЬЗ Q-0-0 14.f4 Rhб In order to play .. .f5. 15.Q-O-O lf 1515 ef5 16.Nd5, it would help Black to free bls game. 15... f5 1б.Ве2 Тbls move and the next one are made to make room for the Queen, wblch will attack the Black King position. Such far-sighted preparatory moves impress chess experts much more than elegant final combinations. Тhese elements of the game are also the only ones understood Ьу weaker players and therefore appreciated 16... Nh8 Black has had to make а nwnЬer of abnoпnal moves to alleviate the pressure ongб andg7.


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17.Nb1 Ве8 18.Qc3 Nd7 19.Qa5 КЬS 20.Rd3 Ьб 21.Qa6 Ка8

б.Всб dсб

7.Qe5 Qe7

Тhis move and the subsequent ones seem to justify the Кnight retteat to d6.

1

8.Re1 Qe5 9.Re5 Kf7

Ве7

1О.dЗ fб 11.Re1

With the Bishop pair, Black has а slight advantage. It is instructive to see how а minute advantage is enlarged and fmally becomes decisive. 12.Bf4 g513.Bd2

In order to drive the Queen away Ьу 22... NЬ8, but the next move prevents this. 22.Nc5! NCS

On 22 ... Ьс5, White of course plays 23.Ra3. 23.dc5 Ьс5 24.Ra3 с6

25.с4

Necessary to stop the c5-pawn and to regain it later. 25... RЬ8 26.Nc3 Rg&?

Amistake, but even 26 ... Qb7 would give White а consideraЬle edge after the Queen ttade and Na4. 27.Bh5Qb7

On 27 ... Rg2, White Plays followed Ьу 29.Qc6.

28.Ве8

28.Qb7 Rb7 29.Na4 Rb4 ЗО.КЬ1 Bf7

On 30...Rc4? there is 31.Nb6. 31.Bg6

Ngб

32.g3

КЬ8 ЗЗ.Rс11·0.

RuyLopez

4.D-O Ne4

5.Qe2 Тhis

То prevent 19 ... ВЬ4. Black's position has improved with every move. With the next move Black tries to keep the White Knight from going to any favoraЬle square.

19... с5 20.Ng3 h5 21.f3 Bd7 22.Re2 Ь5 2З.Rае1 BfS!

Guarding the Bishop with the Rook would sooner or later lead to the ttade of Rooks and thus result in а drawn position. Since Black has the Bishop pair, he can afford to leave sole possession of the open file to the opponent, although normally this would Ье considered а major positional plus. 24.Nge4 Rg8

drive the Кnight offby 25 .. .f5.

25.NЬЗ

Richter - Tarrasch

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 Nfб Ndб

12 ... Bg4 14.Nd4 с5 15.Ne2 Nb5 16.Вс3 Rad817.Nd2 Nd418.Bd4 cd4 19.83

То

GAME 105 В.

Тhе square gЗ is not а good one for the Bishop. After IЗ.Вdб, Black's pawn structure would Ье rounded out Ьу 13 ... cxd6

move was played several times at the Breslau tournament of 1889. However, the Knight retreat to f6 is considered more correct.

Rc8 26.Ned2

Вdб

Black wants to play ... f5 without allowing the White Rook to соте to е5. Тhis is later proven not to Ье dangerous. 27.Ne4 Bf8 28.Ned2 f5 29.Re5 Bd& ЗО.R5е2

And not 30.Rd5, Ьecause after ЗО... Rgб the White Rook would Ье in jeopardy. зo

... Ras

Vll. NUREMBERG, 1887-1888 An attempt, Ьу advancing the last pawn, to immobllize the Кnights even more. З1.Nа5! RаЬ8

Black cannot play 31 ... Вс7, for then White suddenly obtains а good game Ьу З2.NЬ7 ВЬб 33.Nd6. The penetration of а l{night must Ье carefully avoided. З2.NаЬЗ h4 ЗЗ.Кh1

White hasn 't known for а long time what to do. It is impossiЬle to find а plan that would make sense. ЗЗ ... Rgб! 34.Kg1 Веб! Тhе purpose of this maneuver is to seal off the e-file, after which Black has two possibllities. One is to play the Кing to the Queenside and use it to support the advance of the a-pawn or the other possibllity is to play the Bishop, since it is not needed any longer to keep an еуе on е7, play it after ... Rc8 and ... аб via Ь8 to а7 and then to proceed to push forward with ...с4.

Тhе maneuvers of the last twenty(!) moves fmally enaЬled Black to cramp his opponent to where he can hardly move. The decisive breakthrough on the Queenside with four pawns against four, is worthy of notice. 38 ... с4 Should White take this pawn, Black will after 39 ... Ьс4, attack on the Ь-file.

39.Nf1 Rc8 40.Kh1 СЗ! 41.ЬСЗ dСЗ 42.Ne3 Ь4 43.Nc4 Тhere is no saving grace. On 43.аЬ4 there follows 43 ... ВЬ4, and the forward push of the a-pawn is decisive.

43 ... Вс4 44.dc4 Rc4 45.Re3 Ьа3 46.Nc3 ВЬ4 Q-1.

In this game nothing of note happens for the ftrst thirty-seven moves and to many it would appear quite uninteresting, but 1 consider it one of ту Ьest efforts. The true cognisents will share this opinion!

GAME 106

35.Rf2 Тhis

move enaЬles Black to accelerate the a-pawn advance. 35... Ra8 36.Rfe2

If White plays 36.Na5 instead, there follows 36... Вс7 37 .NЬ7 Bf4 38.Nfl Rc8 and 39 ... с4 and the NЬ7 is in danger, also possiЬle is the immediate 37 ... с4. Зб ... аs 37 .Nb1 а4 38.N3d2

105

Regensbur2er - Tarrasch Remove BTack's P-pawn

1.е4 dб 2.d4 Nfб 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bg5 е6 5.Qd2 Ве7 б.Nf3 о-о 7.о-о-о dS 8.е5 Ng4 9.Ве7 Qe710.h3 Nhб 11.Bd3 Тhis

is а loss of а tempo.

11 ...Nb4 12. Ве2

с5

13.Nb5

с4

This is much Ьetter than taking the a-pawn, which would lose а lot of time. 14.с3 Nc6 15.Ndб Nf5 1б.Nс8 Rac8 17.g4 Nhб 18.Rdf1 Ь5 Тhis pawn attack on the Queenside is а frequent JIOSSiЬility and is also effective and even if the King is not castled on this side, it is very destructive.

19.Ng5 Ь4 20.h4 Nf7 From time to time Black has to make а

defensive move. White 's threat was 2l.Qc2, after which Black has to weaken his Kingside Ьу 21 ... gб and allow White 's attack to continue with 22.h5.

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21.Nf7 Rf7 22.g5 а5 23.h5 Rff8! То

answer 24.g6 Ьу 24...h6. 24.Bg4 Better was to play 24.Bdl, which would restrain the Black a-pawn. 24 ...а4 25. f4 аз Оп 26.Ьа3, there follows 26 ... Ьс3, freeiпg the c-pawn with the decisive opening of attacking lines. Тhis actually is the point of the pawn attack. 26.f5 аЬ2 27.КЬ1 ЬсЭ 28.Qc3 Qg5! 29.Rhg1 ef5! ЗО.Вf5

зo

...Rf5

Тhis

Queen sacrifice is now necessary but was carefully calculated in advance, it decides the game. The three remaining Black pieces start an iпesistiЬle attack. 31.Rg5 Rf1 32.КЬ2 RЬS ЗЗ.Кс2! On ЗЗ.КаЗ, Black plays ЗЗ ...RfЫ or 33 ...Rf7, threatening mate. ЗЗ ... NЬ4 34.Kd2 Rf2 35.Ке1! On 35.Ке3 follows 35 ...Rbf8 36.Rg3 Nc2 or 35.Kdl follows 35 ... Nd3. 35 ... Ra2 35 ... Nd3 is bad of сошsе, Ьecause of 36.Qd3. 36.Rg3 Nc2 37.Kf1 If the Кing goes to the second rank., Black wins the Queen with 37 ... NаЗ 38.Ке3 RЬЗ, and should the King go to dl then 37 ... RЫ drives the King to the second rank.

37... Rb1 38.Kg2 Оп 39.Кh3,

NеЗ

39.Kf3

mate eпsues Ьу 39 ...Rhl. RеЗ 41.Ке3 RаЗ Q-1.

39 ... Rb3 40.Qe3

107

Nuremberg Tournament, 1888 'IЪе

national master toumament, which was organized Ьу the

NuremЬerg

chess club was fairly weak in spite of the relatively generous prize fund. The participants were von Gottschall, Hannonist, Metger, Мieses, Paulsen, and myself. The committee decided since that there were а small numЬer of players it would Ье а douhle round robin toumament, and that gave it more importance. At my suggestion we extended the time frame to 18 moves per hour. At the Ьeginning of the tournament my play was determined and safe, but after winning а couple of games, I Ьесаmе overconfident and played in а very challenging capricious manner. For instance in а game against Harmonist on the Black side of а French defense, I played ... Nаб only in order to avoid а draw. 1succeeded in not drawing ..... I lost as а result. In my second game with von Gottschall, I didn 't play seriously enough and deservedly I lost that game. Thus it came ahout that when 1 started the юurnament I was given the Ьest chance of winning first place, and this first place ultimately came down to my last game against Paulsen. I built up а solid position and in spite of the tough resistance of the old master I won and scored 6 points to win the tournament. Second and third place were shared Ьу von Gottschall and Mieses, 5.5 each, and the last prizes went to Harmonist and Paulsen with five points each. 00 the occasion of the second congress of the Bavarian chess federation,


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GAME 107 Consultation Dr. Н. v. Gottschall, Harmonist, Tarrasch vs. J. Metger, J. Mieses, L. Paulsen Four Knighls Game 1.е4

eS 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.NсЗ Nf6 4.d4 One of my favorite openings, and we picked this game to test its value. It showed that it gives Black faster development, and а slightly better prospect for the middlegame and winning chances in the endgame. The conclusion: The opening is unfavoraЬle for White.

4 ... ВЬ4 This old move, already played Ьу Morphy vs Paulsen, is stronger yet than the pawn capture, which would enaЬle Black to shift to the Scotch Game.

S.d5 In the аЬоvе mentioned game, Paulsen played 5.ВЬ5 and lost а pawn after 5 ... Ne4 6.Qd3 d5 7.Ne5 0-0! 8.0-0 Ne5 9.de5 ВеЗ IО.ЬсЗ сб ll.Ba4 Qa5 followed Ьу 12...Qc3. Morphy could have done Ьetter yet Ьу ll ...b5 12.ВЬ3 а5 lЗ.аЗ а4, which completely immobllizes the ВЬЗ and 13.а4 loses the Exchange for White Ьу 13 ... Ва6 and 14... Nc5. And Ьу the way, Morphy could have won а pawn with а good game on move 5 ... ed4 6.Nd4 Ne4. 5... Ne76.Ne5 On 6.Bd3, which is recommended Ьу Мах Lange, Black would later on - with appropriate preparation- break the White center open with ...с б.

6... d6! Absolutely necessary, before Black takes the e-pawn. Compare to games seventy and seventy-one. 7.Nf3

On 7 .ВЬ5, Black plays 7 ... сб and castles after 8.dc6. Не will regain Ьoth pawns and will end up with а superior position, e.g. 7 .ВЬ5 сб 8.dc6 0-0 9 .сЬ7 ВЬ7 IO.NfЗ Ne4 ll.Bd2 Nd2 12.Qd2 Qa5 lЗ.Bishop anywhere Nd5 and wins or 9.NfЗ Ne4 and also regains the other pawn with а Ьetter game. 7 ••. Ne4 8.Qd4 ВеЗ 9.Ьс3 Nf6 10.с4 White has nothing Ьetter. То make an attempt at sacrificing а pawn for the attack Ьу 10.Bg5, leads to nothing after 10... Ned5 ll.Bc4 NЬ6! Black now has а consideraЬly Ьetter game, in view of the menacing position of his Кnights, the soon to Ье taken е-file and the inferior White pawn structure. 10••.0.0 11.Ве2 White defends very carefully, ll.BdЗ would Ье much less favoraЬle Ьecause of ll ...Nf5 12.Bf5 Bf5 lЗ.Qdl Re8 14.Ве3 Ng4. 11 •.• Re8 А fme move, which keeps White from castling now as 12.0-0 would lose а pawn Ьу 12... Nd5. 12.Qd1! The

Ьest

move, preparatory to castling.

On 12.Bg5 there follows 12... Nf5 13.Bf6 Nd4 14.Bd8 NfЗ 15.gf Rd8, and White has а very bad endgame. Тhere is also another path White could have chosen and Ьу giving up two pawns get an attack, i.e .. 12.0-0 Ned5 13.cd5 Re2 14.Ве3 Rc2! 15.Qd3 Rb2 16.Bd4 RЬ4 17.а3 Ra4 18.Rel Bd7 (Not 18 ... Nd5, because 19.Qb5) 19.Ng5 g6 20.ВЬ2. However Black would frustrate the threats on the Bishop diagonal Ьу 20... Ng4! e.g. 2l.Qc3 Ne5 or 21.Nf3 f6 and 22 ...Ne5. 12••• Ne413.Bb2 13.Bd2 would prevent the penettation of the Кnight to f4 but then White 's position would Ье very cramped.

V/11. NUREMBERG TOURNAМENТ, 1888 1З... Ng614.D-O Nf4 15.Re1 Тhе Ьest move, enaЬling White to retteat

his Bishop to f1 if necessary. 15... Bg4

Тhе Black pieces look very menacing and one would not Ьelieve that White could escape defeat. lndeed the White side should have lost the game which was а consequence of their chosen opening play. 16.Qd4 Qf6 Black has nothing better, since on 16...f6, 17 .Bd1 would turn the taЬle and give White an edge. 17.Qf6

White, from his vantage point has nothing Ьetter than to trade, as otherwise 17 ...Qg6 would consideraЬly increase the pressure. 17... Nf6 Instead of the natural recapture, better is to trade on е2, depriving White of the weak pawn 's best defender. Try the following variation, 17 ... Ne2 18.Re2 Nfб 1~.Re8 Re8 20.Bf6 ВfЗ 21.gf6 (If the B1shop moves for instance to сЗ, there follows 21 ... Ве2 22.Rel fб and 23 ... Кf7.) 21 ... gf3 22.Kfl Kg7 23.Rel Rel 24.Kel Кgб 25.Kfl Kg5 26.Kg2 Кf4. Now White will run out of pawn moves after which Black wins the fЗ-pawn and the game. On

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23.RЫ! Ь6 24.Rb3 Kg6 25.Re3 Re5 26.f4 27 .fe Кf5 28.Ке2 Ке4. Here Black

RеЗ

will sooner or later break through the White pawns with ... Ь5, e.g. 29.Кf2 аб ЗО.а4 Ь5 31.сЬ5 аЬ5 32.а5 Kd5 ЗЗ.КgЗ с5 and wins. We would go too far afield Ьу giving further variations, but no matter what, Black Ьecause of his excellently posted King and Rook, has the best winning chances. 18.Bf1! After this Black has no more winning chances. After 18.Bdl, Black wouldkeep the advantage after the ttade of Bishop and Rook, as he could occupy the open file again. White would have а new opportunity to ttade his ВЬ2, which could not Ье used for the defense of his Queenside pawns. 18... Nh3 Neither does 18... ВfЗ lead to а favoraЬle result. 19.gh3 ВfЗ 20.Bf6 gf6 21.Re3 RеЗ 22.fe3 1/2·1/2 agreed.

GAME 108

Tarrasch - Metger RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.0.0 Ne4 5.d4 Ве7 6.d5 Nd6 7.Nc3 е4 8.Nd2 NЬ5 9.NЬ5 Ne5 1O.d6 cd6 11.Ne4 D-0 12.NЬd6

Black's game is completely paralyzed of the d-pawn advance. Тhus Black decides to give up а pawn to somewhat improve his game. 12...f513.Qd5 Nf7 Better is 13 .. .1{h8. After 14.Qe5 fe4 15.Ne4, his position is Ьetter than after the continuation he chose.

Ьecause

14.Nf5 d615.Ne3 Any trade would ease the Black position. Тhе Кnight move, in conjunction with the

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following maneuver, Ьest maintains the attack. On 15.Ng3, Black plays 15...Qc7 attacking the c-pawn, followed Ьу ... Bd7-c6. Now the NеЗ defends the c-pawn and ... Qc7 is bad Ьecause of 16.Bd2 Bd7 17.Вс3 Всб 18.Qd4 Ne5 1914 Ве4 20.Qe4 with 21.Nd5 and wins. 15 ... Rb8 16.Bd2 Ь6 17.Вс3 ВЬ7 18.Qd4 Ne5 19.f4 Ве4

20.fe5 А colossal mistak:e, on which Black, in one fell swoop obtains а good game. White completely overlooked Black's next move, which secures his game. П White takes the Bishop instead, Black's game becomes hopeless. Posting the Кnight on d5 or f5, in conjunction with the occupation of the open file Ьу the Rook, should decide the game soon. 20...d5 21.Ь4 Absolutely necessary to prevent 21 ... Вс5. 21 ... Rc8 22.Rf8 Bf8 А misjudgment, the King should recapture, so then the Bishop could go to g5 as soon as possiЬle, and then capture the Кnight. This is an endgame with opposite colored Bishops. Black has good drawing chances. White cannot avoid this maneuver, since the Кnight cannot budge Ьecause of ... Rc4, with ...d4, and ... ВЬ4. When Black recaptured on f8 with the Bishop, he intended to keep the g7-point

securely defended, but this was not necessary since on White 's e-pawn push the destructive ...Вfб would Ье availaЬle. 23.Rf1 Rc6 23 ... Ве7 was the right move. 24.Rf2 White secures his King position anticipating the battering storm. Interesting but faulty was the continuation 24.ВЬ2 with the idea of destroying Black's center with 25.с4 e.g. 24.ВЬ2 Rgб 25.с4 ВЬ4 26.cd5 Rg2! and wins with 27 ... Вс5 or 27 ...Rg4 wins the Queen. On the other hand 24.Bd2 is Ьener than the Rook move. What might follow is 24 ...Rg6 25.с4 Qg5 26.cd5 Bg2 Zl.Rf5 and wins or 26 ... Qg2 27 .Ng2 Rg2 28.Khl Rg4 29.Qe4 with а winning game. 24... h5 On 24 ...Rh6, White defends with 25.Bd2 Qh4 26.Nfl (Now if 26.g3 comes 26 ...Qg3!) lnstead of the very slow attack with the h-pawn, Black was still аЬlе to improvehis game Ьу Bf8-e7-h4-g5. As of now White soon develops а decisive advantage. 25.ВЬ2 Ь5

Black has nothing Ьetter than the pawn sacrifice, since under no circumstances must he permit the very strong с4. 26.Qa7 Rc7 27.Qd4 h4 28.Rd2 Rd7

29.а3

Vl/1. NUREMBERG Тhis is а theoretical experiment. Steinitz recommends that in this type of position one must not keep the opponent 's pawn from adv ancing, because h3 would weaken g3; just let the opponent соте to Ь3 and then move the g-pawn. 1 wondered aЬout the coпectness of this opinion in this game. The course which this game takes and some other experiences, make те hesitate to subscribe to Steinitz opinion. True the advanced pawn will Ье weak in the endgame, but before the endgame the Gods inserted the middlegame, and there the pawn is а constant threat to the defender; tactically it suppons а possiЬle mating attack. Тhis is here especially true in this instance, where the attacker has the right colored Bishop, and whose diagonal is completely freed Ьу moving the g-pawn. 29 ... h3 ЗО.gЗ Qg5 The Queen already threatens to соте to f3 after ... QhS. 31.Rf2 Rt7 32.Rf7 Kf7 33.Nd5 Qg4 34.Qf2 Kg8 35.Ne3 Qe6 Better is 35 ... Qd7 in order to continue the attack with 36 ... Ва8 and 37 ...Qb7 or 37 ...Qc6. Against this attack White has an adequate but difficult defense, namely Qe2 and then Nfl or Ng4 in order to keep the h-pawn defended and ... Qhl would not Ье overly dangerous. But all this could have Ьееn avoided Ьу the simple 29 .h3!. 36.Qe2 Всб 37.с4 Ва8 38.Qg4 More forcing than 38.сЬ5, after which Black can still play his Queen to Ь7. lf now 38 ...Qc6, White forces the exchange ofQueens as follows 39. Nd5Ьc440.Nf6 Кf7! 41.Qd7. 38 ... Qg4 39.Ng4 Ьс4 40.Ne3 Ве7 41.Nc4 Kf7 42.Bd4 Кеб 43.Ne3 Bg5 44.Kf2 Всб 45.Ке2 g6 46.Kd3 Bh6

47.Кс4 ВеЗ

In order to leave opposite colored Bishops on the board, but White 's

TOURNAМENТ,

1888

111

material plus is too great. Ironically Black's only chance lay in the advanced h-pawn. 48.Ве3 Ке5 49.Кс5 Ва8 50.Bf4 KfS 51.Bd6 gS 52.g4! And here goes Black 's Ьest chance. Black intended to play 52... g4 followed Ьу 53 ... Ке4 and attacking the h-pawn. 52 ••• Kg4 SЗ.ВgЗ Kf5 54.84 Кеб SS.ЬS Kd7 56.а5 ВЬ7 57.КЬ6 8е4 58.К871-D.

GAME 109 Н.

v. Gottschall - Tarrasch French Defense

1.е4 е6

2.d4 dS З.NсЗ ВЬ4 4.е5 Best is the pawn trade followed Ьу the normal development NfЗ, Bd3, 0-0. Тhen Black has to make а choice Ьetween retreating the Bishop to d6 with а loss of tempo or to trade it for the Кnight, which is advantageous for White. 4 .•• Ne7 S.f4? Тhis limits the moves out of the Вс 1. Better was 5.Bd2 intending to answer 5... с5 with 6.NЬ5. In any case it was desiraЬle to avoid douЬled pawns.

s...cs Тhis

move gives Black the Ьetter game.

6.83 ВеЗ Remaining true to my preference for closed positions, 1 played the next few moves for the purpose of resuicting White's Queenside pieces and with the hope of winning the weak Queenside pawn. Later the c4-pawn mak:es White 's position difficult since it keeps the Bfl from occupying its Ьest square. The Black pawn sttucture, however, Ьecomes so oddly restrictive that i t is almost impossiЫe to breakthrough. For this reason, it was defmitely Ьetter to play the Bishop back to а5. ПWhite then takes the pawn, Black can proceed with 7 ... d4 8.Ь4

112

THREE HUNDRED CHESS

dсЗ 9.Ьа5 8.Ьс3 Qa5.

Qa5 IО.ВеЗ Nd7 or 7 ... Вс3 In both cases Black's game is very good. In addition, since this would have resulted in an open position and at most would have lasted half the time actually used.

7 .ьсз с4 B.NfЗ Qa5 9.Qd2 Alternatively good was 9.Bd2 plus 10.1{f2 and possiЬly ll.Qel. 9 ... Nd7 On 9 ... Ng6, to prevent White's next move - White first protects the f-pawn with 1О.gЗ and at the same time he will Ье аЫе to protect сЗ Ьу ll.QeЗ and 12.Bd2. 10.Nh4 А fme move, White wants to prevent Black's ... Nf5, to allow the Queen to go to

еЗ.

10... Nb611.Qe3 Na412.Bd2 Qb5 Н. v.Gottschall incoпectly calls this move weak. Black can afford to lose at least half а dozen moves, Ьecause in this closed position rapid development is not important, and it is Ьetter to lose а lot of tempi than to make а move that peпnanently weakens one's position. E.g. .. .0-0 or ... аб. Castling would not make much sense, as the Кing is secure in the center and there is plenty of time to develop the Rook. In addition, Black would Ье exposed to а Кingside attack - (g4 followed Ьу f5) - which is now impossiЬle, as g4 would at once Ье refuted Ьу ...h5. А move like ... аб, would deprive the Black pieces of the aб-square. The square could Ьесоmе important later on for the Кnight or the Rook. These types of moves mentioned are irreparaЫe deterioration of the position and should Ье avoided especially in а closed position. The text move has а positive side too. It causes White to castle and Ьecause of this Black has to Ье prepared for а Kingside attack. Logically, for such an attack, White will need more ofhis reserves after castling Kingside (This is especially true

GAМES

regarding g2-g4) than when his Кing is in the center. The Sudwestdeutsche Schachzeitung was of the opinion that the сЗ pawn can Ье captured Ьу bringing the other Knight into the attack. This is incoпect, as White can play his Кnight to е2 via f3 and gl. 1З.Ве2 Ng6 Of course not 13 ... Qb2 14.0-0 Qc2 because of 15.Bd1. Тhе text move is inviting White to open the h-file, giving Black а chance of а Kingside attack. 14.Nf3 Ne7

It is important for Black to get his Кnight to f5 which would give it а dominant position. White has only one way to рапу this as g4 would at once Ье answered Ьу ...h5 with advantage. 15.Nh4 Ng6 16.Nf3 Ne7 17.Nh4 Ng6 18.Nf3 Qa519.D-O Qd8 20.Qf2 Ne7 Trying to fmd out if White might allow ... Nf5 in spite of everything. 21.Nh4 Ng6 22.Nf3 Ne7 23.Nh4 Ng6 24.Nf3 Bd7 25.Kh1 Intending to retreat the Кnight to g 1, and thus activate the Ве2 . 25... NЬ6

Black insists on anchoring his Кnight on f5, but White has made this repeatedly impossiЬle. Не is now bringing in the Queenside Кnight, playing it to f5 via Ьб to с8 to е7. But Black does not сапу out

Vl/1. NUREMBERG TOURNAМENT, 1888 this plan Ьecause White 's next move makes Black change ideas. 2б.Rае1 Тhis is а duЬious course of action. White Ieaves the defense of the a-pawn elusively to the Bishop. However he is planning an attack in the center.

26 ... Qe7 27.Вс1 Na4 28.Qe3 hб Тhis

appears necessary. White threatens

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Тhе only move. White threatened Ьoth 31.Bh5 plus 32.f5 ef5 ЗЗ.еб Веб 34.Bg6 and wins, or 3l.g4 followed Ьу 32.f5 would require Black to play 30... h5. 31.Nh3 Qf8! 32.Bf3 Ne7 Тhis frustrates White 's attempt at an attack, but it also enaЬles him to fmally play the Кnight to f5.

to play the Кnight to g5 and if then 29 ... hб,

33.Bg2 Nf5

the Кnight sacrifices itself on eб,(Not on f7 Ьecause of 30...Qf7, followed Ьу 31 ...0-0-0 and 32... Ве8) and after 30.. .fe6, the Кnight is regained Ьу 31.Bh5 and 32.Qg3, and on 30... Веб, White plays 31.f5. And if Black does nothing on 29.Ng5, White will continue with 30.Bh5 and suЬsequently he would obtain а strong attack with g4 and f5.

As strong as it looks, it is not the Ьest move. Тhе occupation of f5 prevents the perennial threat of f5, but eventually the Кnight will Ье traded on this square and its aЬsence will Ье painfully noticed later on down the line. Black should have resumed his plan started with move twenty-nine, the execution of which was inteпupted Ьу White's attacking maneuvers. Тhus the right course of action was .. .Rсб-Ьб-Ьl. Тhere it puts pressure on White's position and possiЬly it could Ье sacrificed for the Вс land two pawns or Ьetter yet capture the a-pawn without sacrificing ... Nb5. Eventually this pawn must fall as а consequence of White's 26th and 27th moves. Тhere is no piece to defend it On the Кingside, Black does notfeel threatened anymore, and if the f5 threat should Ье repeated, the simple ... gб would put а halt to it Although the fб point would Ье weak and White 's Кnight might fmd а way to settle there.

29.g3 То keep the Black Кnight out of h4 after 30.Ngl. On the immediate 29.Ngl, Black can proceed with 29 ... Nh4 30.g4 and then 30 ... h5, sacrificing а pawn but after 3l.gh5 Nf5 32.Qh3 gб followed Ьу 33.0-0-0, he will attain а Kingside attack.

29 ... Rc8 Н. v.Gottschall calls this а weak move, giving White а chance at Ьettering his game. I do not share this view. First of all this move is not weak. It threatens ... Rсб-Ьб-Ьl!. Further more White 's Kingside position was never bad, thus Black was never аЬlе to prevent White's following moves with which he wants to start an attack. And finally the upshot of the next few moves is that Black will Ье аЬlе to occupy the long coveted f5 square with his Кnight. All the same Black must play very cautiously to frustrate White 's plans. Besides the Rook move the only other move to Ье considered was 29 .. .0-0-0.

30.Ng1 h5!

34.Qd2 Qe7 35.Ng5 Qd8

Зб.ВhЗ gб

If Black moves the Кnight, White will play f5, followed Ьу еб, sacrificing а pawn but breaking through in the center. 37.Bf5 gf5 Тhis not only eliminates the important Knight, it also weakens Black's Kingside. То Ье sure, Black is not secure against any attack in the center, which he intended when he permi tted the f5

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exchange. White does not have the slightest chance of any action and must now · wait for his opponent to attempt а breakthrough. 38.Re3 Qe7 39.Qg2 Kd8

This move and the subsequent maneuver, is weak, as it allows White to mobllize his Rooks for the defense of аЗ. Black should try to keep the Bishop tied on cl and the a-pawn would eventually fall. Тhе сопесt course of action was ... Rc6-b6-Ьl, pinning the Bishop and keeping it from playing to Ь2, then get the Кnight to Ь5, combined with possiЬly playing the a-pawn to а4. It must Ье noted that White is absolutely powerless to prevent the execution of this plan. It is the c4-pawn which cramps White's game. An advanced pawn like this - keeping douЬled pawns from moving - exercises strong pressure. Instead of following this plan which leads to а direct win, Black prepares to try his luck once more on the Kingside - Тhis is а bad strategic епоr. 40.Bd2! White immediately uses the favoraЬle opportunity to bring his Rooks back to the Queenside and thus his mistaken 26th and 27th moves are made good. 40 ... Кс7 The exchange sacrifice 40... Qa3 4l.Nf7 Кс7 42.Nh8 would not Ье to Black's advantage. The White Queen would try to

penetrate the Black position via h3-h4 and f6, threatening to win the h5 pawn and thus get а passed pawn. То prevent this Black would have to retteat his Queen or even exchange Queens. In Ьoth cases Black at Ьest retains no advantage. 41.Ra1 КЬ8 42.h4 Н. v. Gottschall - Тhis move protects White from all attacks on the Kingside, but at the same time he deprives himself of any chance of effectuating an attack there himself. In addition it must Ье pointed out that this prevention step is unnecessary, Ьecause on .. .h4, White can always play g4. Mter that Black could do nothing on either the g-file or h-file. It is White who might then win the h4-pawn, or possiЬly at the right time Ьreakthrough Ьу f5. 42 ... Rc6 Finally Black continues his inteпupted attack on the Queenside, but now it is possiЬle for White to post his pieces there. And although they would Ье placed awkwardly, they guard the attacked pawn and Black can do nothing. 43.Ree1 Rb6 44.Kg1 Ве8 45.Kh1 RЬS 46.Kg1 NЬ6 47.Qe2 Ra5 48.Вс1 Ra4 49.ВЬ2 Na8 50.Reb1 Nc7 51.Ra2 NЬS Lining up the pieces for an attack on the a-pawn is not an easy task. 52.Rba1 Bd7 53.Kg2 Кс8 Black wants to bring the other Rook into the attack and will use the Кing for the defense of the h-pawn. 54.Qe3 Kd8 55.Kf2 Н. v. Gottschall - "White can do nothing and has simply to wait and see whether Black is going to fmd а way to win. Тhе position is so static that Black has ample time to сапу out his adventurous scheme." 55 ... Ке8 56.Kg2 Kf8 57.Kf2 Kg7 58.Kg2 Кgб 59.NfЗ Rc8 60.Nd2 Rc6 61.Nb1

Vl/1. NUREMBERG TOURNAМENТ, 1888 There is nothing Black seems to Ье аЫе to do. Не сап attack the pawn four tirnes

and it is guarded four tirnes, thus he proceeds to procrastinate again. 61 ... Rc8 62.Nd2 Kh6 63.Nf3 Nc7 64.Kf2 Nb5 65.Kg2 Rc6 66.Nd2 Rca6 67.Nb1 R4a5 68.Kf2 Nc7 69.Nd2 Ва4 70.ВС1 Nb5

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analysis Ьу the masters, which always kept yielding а win for Black. Let it suffice to point out, that in all variations White (With his cramped position) has а poor game against the two pawns and the Кnight 's destiny evokes а note of sadness. То Ье sure White could have avoided the sacrifice if he had played 71.Qf3 Вс2 72.Rc2 NаЗ 73.Ra2! However he believed that he himself would get winning chances. 71.Kg2

Вс2!

Let it Ье noted that up to now not а single pawn had Ьееn taken, indeed а very rare occurrence at this advanced step in the game. 72.Rc2

NаЗ 7З.Ва3

On 73.Ra2, Black wins at once with 73 ... Nc2. At last Black has found an idea that will lead to а breakthrough. Тhе plan was apparently very daring and among the numbering spectators, on whom the following sacrifice had а sensational effect, there seems to have Ьееn not а single one who was not convinced that Black was going to lose. It was absolutely irnpossiЬle to calculate this sacrifice, but it was based on weighing the mutual chances. Black penetrated the White position and completely dominates the Queenside when he has an extra two pawns which later on will give him two connected passers. White on the other hand keeps а cramped position and cannot undertake much, but can only continue his tiresome defense. White 's only consolation is that he has an extra piece (Кnight) looking in vain for а good square (except g5) and will have а hard tirne defending against two connected passed pawns. The correctness of Black's calculations is shown not only Ьу his success, but Ьу the results of much

73... Ra3 74.Ra3

Better was 74.RаЫ followed Ьу 75.Rcb2, but even then White's position is untenaЬle. Тhis position deserved а thorough analysis, but ·to give the reader one instance - to really show the sttength ofBlack's game is 74.RаЫ Qc7 75.Rcb2 Qa5 76.RЬ4 (If 76.Rb7 then 76 ...Rc3 followed Ьу 77 ...Rc2 and 78 ... с3) 76 ... Ь5 (Simpler and more safe is 76 ... Ьб, followed Ьу 77 ... Ra2 or 77 ... Ral, 78 ... Qa3, etc. whereby Black takes advantage of the open a-file while White can hardly move.) 77 .Rb5 (Otherwise Black protects the pawn Ьу .. .RЬб and after some preparations will push ... а5.) 77 ... Qc3 78.Qc3 RсЗ 79.Rlb2 RбаЗ 80.Nfl RdЗ and Black ends up with three passed pawns since 8l.Rd2 is bad on account Ьecause 8l ...Rd2 82.Nd2 Ra2. 74... ааз 75.Qe1 То prevent 75 ... Qal followed Ьу douЬling on the first rank.

75... Ь5 76.Nb1

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76 ... Qb3 77.Qc1 Ra2 78.Ra2 Qa2 79.Kf3

Qe8! 95.Qf6 Kd7, Black's King is safe from further attacks. 91 ... Qb8 92.Qb4 Кеа 9З.Qс5 Qb7 94.Qa3 Ь4 95.Qf3 ЬЗ 96.Qh5 Ь2 97.Qh8 Kd7 98.Qf8 b1:Q 99.Qf7 Кс6 1OO.Qe6 КЬ5 Q-1. Тhе game was played in three sessions and lasted aЬout 11 hours.

GAME 110

Tarrasch- J. Mieses Sicilian Defense

79 ... Kg7!

Absolutely necessary. White threatens 80.Qa3 and in case Black takes the Кnight, he would Ье аЬlе to draw Ьу perpetual check. In addition, if Black trades Queens, he could not count on more than а draw as the Кnight will stop Ьoth pawns e.g. 79 ... а5? 80.Qa3 QаЗ 8l.Na3 Ь4 82.Nc2 ЬЗ 83.Na3 and when Black brings in the Кing, White 's Кing will also approach, and the pawns are permanently stopped. When he made move 76, White was already playing for this drawing line. во.ааз Тhе only way to make Black's victory harder. On all other moves the advance of the pawns will have а decisive effect. 80... Qb1 81.Qe7 White now threatens to draw Ьу 82.Qg5 and83.Qd8. 81 ... Qf1! 82.КеЗ Qe1 ВЗ.КfЗ QсЗ 84.Kg2 Qd2 То make the King move one square further away from the passed pawns. 85.Kh3 Qa5 86.Qf6 Kf8 87 .Qh8 Ке7 88.Qf6 Ке8 89.Qh8 Kd7 90.Qf8 Qd8! 91.Qc5 After 9l.Qf7 Qe7 92.Qh5 and the Black passed pawns will decide and on 9l.Qd6 Ке8 92.Qc6 Qd7 93.Qa8 Ке7 94.Qh8

1.е4 с5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.NСЗ Nf6 4.d4 cd4 5.Nd4e5 Тhе Sicilian defense causes many weak points in Black 's position, wblch makes adding new weaknesses completely superfluous. At this point Black should move the e-pawn or d-pawn, but only one square. On 5...d5, White will at once have а decisive advantage after 6.ВЬ5 Bd7 7 .ed5 Nd4 8.Qd4 ВЬ5 9.Nb5 Nd5? IO.Qd5 or 6 ... Qd7 7.ed5 Nd5 8.Nd5 Qd5 9.Nc6 and wins Ьecause 9 ... Ьс6 IO.Qd5 and on 9 ... Qb5 10.Qd8# follows. 6.NdЬ5a6

Neither does, б ... dб 7.Bg5 аб 8.Bf6 gfб 9.Na3 Ь5 IO.Nd5 f5, give Black а good game. 7.Nd6 Bd6 8.Qd6 Qa5 If 8 ... Qe7 (То exchange) then follows 9.Qe7 and 10.Bg5, with good play for White. 9.Bd2 QЬ410.QЬ4 NЬ411.Q-Q-O White has а consideraЬle advantage. Не has the Bishop pair, his position shows no weaknesses, and а rapid coordination of the White pieces is assured. Black conversely, is back in development, the backward Queen pawn is а heavy liaЬility, there is an undefended Black Кnight in the enemy camp - not а Trojan Horse - the Queenside has three weak squares -Ьб, d5, dб-and sooner or later White 's pieces will

Vl/1. NUREMBERG TOURNAМENT, 1888 settle there. А completely satisfactory defense is probaЬly no longer availaЬle. If Black plays ll ...dб there follows 12.Bg5 and protecting the d-pawn will lead to а disadvantage.

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Rb8, White would Ье unaЬle to capture the a-pawn without losing the b-pawn. 17... Rc8 А surprise move, completely changing the character of the game.

18.Bh5

Of course not the immediate capture of the Bishop as 18 ... Rc2 and 19 ...Re2, would give Black the Ьetter game. 18... g619.Nb7 Rc2

20.КЬ1

gh5 21.Bf6

(Н)!

11 ... Ь5 Тhis move was intended to prevent White 's Na4-b6. Now White obtains another target for attack Ьу playing а4.

12.Bg5

White threatens to take on fб, then drive the other Кnight back and after Nd5 White will win at least а pawn.

On 2l ... Rf8, 22.Nd6 is mate. On 2l ...Rg8 follows 22.Ве5, then 22 ...Rg2 is forbldden, as 23.Rd4 will win at least the exchange, and so 21 ...0-0! was Ьest. It now seems that Black, Ьecause of his Rook and Knight positions, may have а dangerous attack. Meanwhile though, White 's Bishop is ready for Ьoth attack and defense and will Ье аЬlе to secure the White position sufficiently and will soon proceed to participate in the attack. 22.Ве5

12... Ng4 13.Bh4 f6 То limit the effectiveness of the Bishop and make the f7 square availaЬle for а Кnight retteat.

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Rff2 23.Rd7 .

14.Ве2 Nh615.a4!

Тhis

isolates the a-pawn.

15... Ьа4 16.Na4 ВЬ7 П Black decides to limit his play to а plodding defense, the right method was 16 ... Ке7 followed Ьу 17 ... dб and 18 ...Rd8. However Mieses prefers to start а spirited defense that leads to а seemingly very dangerous position for White. Тhus the game becomes very lively and interesting.

17.Nc5

17 .сЗ would also Ье answered Ьу 17 ...Rc8 and after 18.Kd2 Nсб 19.Nc5

If Black now takes the g-pawn, White will play his Ndб for an immediately decisive attack, namely 24.Nd6 Rcf2 25 .Rc 1 (Тhreatens Rd8 followed Ьу the exchange of Rooks, Вfб and Rc8#.) 25 ...Rf8 26.Nc8! Re8 27.Ne7 Кf7 28.Ng6 Кеб 29.Rd6 Кf7 ЗО.Rс7 followed Ьу Зl.Rg7#. On 24 ... Nc6,there follows 25.Rc7 Кf8 26.Bf6 and 27 .Rc8. 23... Nf7

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Now the g-pawn is tаЬоо Ьecause of 25.Rfl etc. UnfavoraЬle was 24... Na2 (25.Ка2? RсЗ) Ьecause of 25.Bd4. 25.Rhd1

White could have forced the Exchange sacrifice on сЗ Ьу playing 25 .Rc7. 25 ... Nce5 26.Re7!

Played in the Steinitz Baroque style. At any price I wanted to avoid the drawn position resulting from the pawn exchange, and felt that the open b-file and the Bishop pair would give sufficient compensation for the isolated douЬled pawns. 9.Ва6 Ь86

П

26 ...Rc7 at once (Threatening В27 .е5 and 28.Rc2) Black could move the threatened Rook to е2 and after 27 .Ве5 Ne5 28.Rd8 Black would interpose on f8.

10.Re1 Qc7 11.Ne5 RЬS 12.Rb1 Kh8?

26 ... Kf8

The threat was 27 .Ве5 followed Ьу 28.Rd8 and 29.Кс2. On 26 ... Ng6, White wins after 27 .Re8, Ьу advancing the e-pawn. With the Кing move, Black lays а trap. 27.Re5loses nothing after 27 .. .Rc3. 27.Rc7

Now Black is forced to sacrifice the exchange, since after 28.Ве5 Ne5 29 .Rd8# is threatened. 27... Rc3

28.Ьс3

Rg2 29.Nd8!

Тhе Кnight quickly contributes to а good decision. The threat now is ЗO.Rfl,

keeping Black from taking the h-pawn. Best is 29 ... Ке8, but it would Ье answered Ьу ЗO.Nf7 and then 3l.Rld7. 29 ... Ng5 ЗО.h4

NefЗ

Тhе attacked Кnight cannot move at will Ьecause of Зl.Nеб and 32.Rd8#. Should it return to f7, then follows Зl.Rfl Rg7

32.Ne6. 31.hg5

Of course 31 ... Ке8.

Зl.Rfl

is weak

Ьecause

of

31 ... Nd2 32.Кс2 Ne4 ЗЗ.КЬЗ 1-0.

GAME 111 М. Harmonist-Tarrasch French - Exchange variaJion 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.еd5 ed5 4.Bd3 Bd6 S.NfЗ Nf6 &.Nсз с6 7 .о-о о-о S.hз Na&

А bad mistake. Black 's plan was to continue with 13 ... Ng8 and 14.. .f6, but noticed too late that on the first move, 13.Qh5 would follow and the second would Ье answered Ьу 14.Ng6. The move loses more than а tempo and leads to consideraЬle deterioration of the Black position because а few moves later the threat Ngб or Nf7 will appear. The correct move was 12 ... с5, thereupon 13.Bf4 would Ье bad because of 13 ... cd4 14.Qd4 RЬ4 15.Qd2 Rf4 16.Qf4 Re8, but lЗ.ВеЗ or even 13.Nf3 would have maintained the better. position for Wblte.

13.Bf4!

Веб

14.Na4!

With the last two excellent moves, White fully exploits his positional plus. Now the threat is 15.Nc5 (15 ... Вс5? lб.Ngб). 14... RЬd815.Nc5 Qc8

Much Ьetter was 15 ... Вс8, Ьecause it is not the douЬled a-pawn, but the backward e-pawn which is going to Ье the cause of his demise.

V//1. NUREMBERG 16.Ne6 fe617.f3 с5 18.с3 Ве5 19.Ве5 Nd7 20.Qd2 Rf7 21.Re3 NЬ6 22.ЬЗ Nd7 23.Bd6! Qc6 24.dc5 Nc5 25.Вс5 Qc5 26.Qd4! Qc6 27 .Rье1 Re8 28.с4! dc4 29.Qc4 Here White overlooks the irnmediately winniпg and pretty 29.Re6 (As he must have Ьееп too eпgrossed in this.) 29 ... QЬ6 Neither would trading Queeпs save the Black game. ЗО.Кh1 Rfe7 31.Re5! g6 32.R1e2 Kg7 зэ.асs аьв 34.аез Qd6 зs.Rd2 асв 36.Rc5 Qb7 37.Qe5 Kf7 38.Rdc2

White is completely free to use his Rooks оп the ореп file, while Black 's Rooks are tied to the defeпse ofhis pawns. зв

... аЬ4 39.R2c4 Qd2

Оп

39... Qa3, White sпares the Queen Ьу

40.Ra4. 40.Ra4 QdЗ 41.Rc6 RdB 42.Rf4 43.Re61-0.

КеВ

Harmonist played the whole game masterfully.

GAME 112

Tarrasch - Louis Paulsen Sicilian Defenre

1.е4 с5 2.Nf3 е6 З.NсЗ Ne7

As I said earlier, I much prefer the to this slithery sickly move. 4.d4 cd4 5.Nd4 а6 6.Ве3 NЬС6 Paulsen treats this opening in the same way he played against Harmonist in this toumameпt, with the difference that here he played the NЬ8-с6 instead of the Кnight at е7. This is definitely preferaЬle. 7.Nb3! normaiЗ.Nf6

Тhis introduces an effective and original method of developing and subsequeпt attack.

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7 ... Ng6 8.Ве2 Ве7 9.Qd2 Q-0 10.о-о d6 11.а4!

This pawn advance exploits the weakness of the b6-square and secures an operative base on the Queenside. 11 ... Bd7 Black should not allow the advance of the pawn and ll ... N а5 was indicated. White would here probaЬly take the Кnight followed Ьу 13.Nd5 and with or without the Queeп trade, elirninate the Ве7, which is the Ьest defeпder of the d6-pawn. An attack would then give White а very good game and the Bishop pair. Even so, the Black game would remain easier than after the text move. 12.85 Qc7 In closed positions а tempo is generally not very important, but it was clear that the Bishop in any case would go to Ьб. 1З.ВЬ6 QЬ814.Rad1

White attacks the d-pawn once more to keep the Ве7 from going to d8. Whether White should have played the а- or f-Rook was not clear. Six moves later it Ьecomes clear that а Ra 1 is needed. Тhis could have Ьееn anticipated, оп the other hand the Rfl would Ье desiraЬle to support the f -pawn advance. 14... Na715.f4 Nc816.Bf2 And not 16.Ве3 as that square will Ье occupied Ьу the Queen. 16... Rd8 Black is very cramped. His choice of moves is very limited. Не has to keep an еуе on Ьб, Ьecause on the first opportunity the Bishop will settle there. 17.Qe3 White's game is excellent, but he cannot make any immediate progress. Не has to wait and see how things develop and to post his pieces correctly for all possiЬle

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developments. White should put more emphasis on keeping his opponent from making good moves, then to look for strong moves himself. In other words White should maintain his good position. Much of the time this is harder, and however simple the moves appear, so they take more thinking than calculating through the most difficult comblnation. 17... Qc718.Rd3! Bf819.Bh5 White saw that his opponent intended to play ... Ne7 and then the Bishop to g7, and indeed he wanted to provoke this maneuver in order to obtain chances for а Kingside attack. 19... Nge7 The Кnight threatens to go to Ь4 via сб, and after that Black would try to exert pressure on сЗ and с2. 20.Ra1 Тhis stops Black's plan, because after the a-pawn is defended twice, he can answer 20 .... Nc6 with 21.Qd2 and should the Кnight come to Ь4, White plays 22.Rd4. 20... gб 21.Bf3 Bg7 22.Qd2! Indirectly covering the Ь4 square, intending to play 23.Na4. On 22... Nc6 (Interrupting the diagonal of the Bd7) then to again occupy the Ьб square with the Кnight or Bishop. 22 ... RЬ8

Black сап hardly move. Не probaЬly moved the Rook, since it would Ье attacked Ьу the Кnight when it goes to Ьб. 23.h4 As Black can hardly move, it is equally hard for White to undertake anything if he wants to maintain his superior position. In fact, no fewer than six White pieces are tied to their posts, moving any of them would make it easier for Black. То wit, the Ral and NЬЗ have to guard the a-pawn. Тhе White NсЗ has to Ье ready to go to а4 if Black plays ... Nсб. The Queen must not leave d2, this is to protect а5 and Ье ready in the event of Black's ... Nсб. It is desiraЬle to keep the Rook on d3 to Ьetter protect NсЗ and finally the Bf2 has to remain in readiness to go to Ьб. Only the ВfЗ is free to move, but for the moment there is nothing it can do. Under the circumstances White decides that the right thing to do is а Kingside demonstration, and thus to develop some chances. 23 ... h5? Of course White is very happy with the success of his demonstration, but Black didn 't need to bare his Kingside Шее this. Indeed, what was the threat? Even if White plays 24.h5 and then 25.hg6 hgб, it will take him at least six or so moves to mobilize the Queen and Rook for an attack on the h-file, and even then the threat is no worse than Qh7 as long as there is а Bishop on g7. Meanwhile · trouЬle might brew for White on the Queenside. 24.Ве3

Temporizing again. PossiЬly freeing the f2-square for the Queen. The move 24.g4 would Ье premature since the White pieces at this point are not mobllized for а Kingside attack. 24... Nc6 White has Ьееn waiting for this move.

V/11. NUREMBERG TOURNAМENT, 1888 25.Na4e5 Out of necessity Black has ю get some Ьreathing space. This is а fme move for the following reason, Ьecause if 26.ВЬ6 NЬ6 Z7 .аЬ6 Qc8, intending ю win the d-pawn Ьу 28.Rd6. Black regains his pawn Ьу 28 ...ef4, as the Queen cannot recapture Ьecause of 29... Ве5. For the same reason, White will not Ье аЬlе ю capture the pawn on move 29.

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Тhе

only move, Тhе threat was 32.Qg5. 32.Qg5 Bh6 Again the only move, on 32 ...Rg8, mate follows staning with ЗЗ.Вgб. ЗЗ.Вg6 Kg7! 34.Qh5 Rh8

26.NЬ6

In this somewhat strange position White threatens to snare the Queen Ьу 27 .Nd5. 26 ... Ве6 27.Nc8 Qc8 28.ВЬ6 White has finally realized his goal and has anchored his Bishop on Ьб. 28... Re8 29.15! With this pawn sacrifice, White unexpectedly starts а strong attack on the Кingside, for which his pieces are very well posted. Тhе game hitheno, а positional struggle on the Queenside, now Ьecomes а spirited and interesting comblnational melee on the other side of the Ьoard. 29 ... gf5 30. Bh5 fe4 ПBiack plays 30 .. .f4 to prevent Зl.RgЗ,

White will take the d-pawn and with super

play, will have а passed pawn on the Kingside and an extra pawn on the Queenside. Still this was Ьetter than the move Black played. 31.Rg3 Kh7

35.Bf7 Up to this point White has played flawlessly, butnow there was а sharp plan. Time pressure kept him from exerting calculation of the following decisive combination, 35.Bh7! Кh7 36.Ве3 Qf8 37 .Rfl (Тhreatens to play 38. Rfб and 39.Bh6 in addition to 38.Rf7, but primarily there is а mating threat Ьу 38.Rf7 Bf7 39.Qf5) 37 ...Rg8 (The only move that defends against all threats.) 38.Rg8 Kg8! 39.Bh6 Qe7 40.Bg5 fб (Sюps 41.Bf6 and 42.Qh8#) 41.Rf6 Bf7 42.Qg4 Кf8 (On 42 ... Qc7 follows 43.Bh6) 43.Rh6 Qc7 44.Rh8 Bg8 (If 44...Kg7, then 45.Bd8) 45.Bh6 and White wins. 35 ... Kf8 36.Rf1 Ке7 37.Qg6 Bf4 Тhis

is necessary to prevent 38.Qf6.

38.Rf4! ef4 39.Qg5! Kf7!

It took the most precise assessment of all chances and deep analysis of their difficult position to make this seemingly bad move. Black now is giving the Rook back, but if 39 ...Kd7 there follows 40.Веб Ke641.Qg6 Kd7! (On41 ... Kd5,is42.Qf7 Qеб 43.с4 (The Queen is lost.) 42.Qf7 Ne7 43.Rc3 and Black cannot move the Queen Ьecause of 44.Rc7.

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40.Qg7 Ке8 41.Qh8 Kd7 42.Qh7 Ne7 43.Rc3 Qf8 44.Rc7 Ке8 45.Nd4 Qf7! Paulsen defends with his well known tenacity. On 45 ... Bd7, there follows 4б.Qh5 with the Queen trade and the gain of the Bishop. On 45 ...Bd5, then 46.Nf5! decides and on 45 ... Bg8 (ln addition to the simple 46.Re7 and 47 .Qg8) а pretty mate is possiЬle with4б.Nf5! Bh7 47.Ndб Kd8 48.Rb7. 46.Qh8 Best and simplest was 4б.Qе4 Bd5 47 .Qe2! (Not 47 .Re7 with 48.Qd5 Ьecause of 48.Qel and 49.Qh4 drawing.) and with an extta pawn White still has а winning attack as he threatens Ьoth с4 and Nf5, which Black can counter only Ьу further weakening his own position. 46 ... Qg8 47.Qh6

It is clear that White overlooked Black's reply, which forces the Queen exchange. Best is 47 .Qfб, which White hesitates to play Ьecause of 47 ... Nd5, on which move he would retain а relatively small advantage after 48.Qеб, which however should Ье enough to win; two minor pieces vs Rook. 47...13! 48.Qg5 Qg5 49.hg5 Bd7 50.gf3 еfЗ 51.Nf3 White still has an extra passed pawn, but it is not very easy to make it count, plus the Bishops are of opposite colors. 51 ... Nd5 52.Rc4 Rc8

53.Rc8 Better winning prospects were offered Ьу avoiding the trade Ьу playing 53 .Rh4, and Black, even with Ьest play, would have slim drawing chances from а numЬer of interesting possibllities. 1 am giving the following: 53.Rh4 Rc2 54.gб (Black must not capture the Ь-pawn now) 54 .. .Rb2? 55.Rh8 Ке7 5б.Вd8 Кеб 57 .g7 and wins or 54 ... NЬб 55.аЬб Rb2?5б.Rh8 Ке7 57 .Rh7 Кеб 58.Rd7 and wins, or Ьest for Black is 54 ... Веб and if 55.g7? he could draw Ьу 55 ... Nfб followed Ьу 5б ... Ng8 also if 55 ... NЬб? 5б.аЬб Rb2 57 .Re4! Кf7 58.Rеб! Kg7! 59.Rdб with goodplay. On 54 ... Веб 55.Rh8 Kd7 5б.Nd4 Rc4! (5б ...RЬ2? 57.Nеб Кеб 58.g7 Nfб 59.Rf8! Rbl б0.1{f2 Ng8 бl.Bd4 and wins.) 57.Ь3 RЬ4 58.g7 Nfб? 59.Rf8! (59.Nеб? Rg4 бO.IU2 Кеб and Black gets а draw.) 59 ... Ng8 60.Nеб Кеб бl.Rg8 Кf7 б2.RЬ8 ( and White captures Ьoth the b-and а pawns) or 58 ... NЬб! 59.Nеб Rg4 бО.Кf2 Кеб бl.g8=Q Rg8 б2.Rg8 Nd7 бЗ.КеЗ with good winning chances. 5З ... Вс8 54.Kf2 Kf7 55.с4 This pawn and later the b-pawn Ьесоmе targets for the Bishop. Better is to bring the King toward the g-pawn and if the c-pawn is attacked to defend it Ьу Nd4. 55 ... Nb4 56.Ке3 Ве6 57.Ь3 Kg6 58.Вd4 Nc6 59.Вс3 d5! 60.Kf4

With this White cedes the c-pawn for the purpose of making the g-pawn. count. 60 ... dc4 61.Ьс4 Вс4 62.Nh4 Kh5 63.Nf5 NdB 64.Nd6 Ве6 Black cannot very well guard the Ь-pawn with the Bishop, Ьecause then the White Кing will reach fб via е5 winning а tempo. Тhе Кing would then actively support the passed pawn. 65.Bf6 Nc6 66.Nb7 Вс8 67.Nd6 ВhЭ 68.Вс3 Ne7 69.Bd2 Nc6 70.Ке4

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White still has an extra pawn, but against correct play there is nothing he can do with it. Black could force а draw at once if he now takes the a-pawn with the l{night and then the g-pawn with the King. Instead of this, with the following moves he drives the White King to the attack and thus the opponent gets some winning chances. 70..• Bg2 71.Kf5 Nd4 72.Kf6 NЬЗ 73.g6 Bd5 Тhе only move. Of course the Bishop on d2 is tаЬоо Ьecause of74.g7 Bd5 75.Nf7.

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followed Ьу 78 ... Ne6 or 77 .Ne8 Ne4 and its the end of the рапу. 76•.• Ne6! 77.Ве3 Nc7 78.Bd4 If 78.Ке7 then 78 ... Kg6 gives parity. 78 ..• Nd5 79.Kf5 Ne7 80.Kf6 Nd5 81.Kf5 Ne7 82.Kf6 Nd5 83.Kf5 Ne7 84.Ке4 Kg6 85.Вс3 Bd5 86.Kd4 А last weak fmal try. 86 ... Kg7 87.Nf5 Nf5 88.Kd5 Kf7 89.Кс6 Кеб 90.КЬ6 Nd6 91.Ка6 Nc4 1/2-1/2.

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J. Metger - Tarrasch RuyLopez 1.е4 е5

74.g7 After 74.Nf7 there is 74 ... Ве4 75.g7 Bh7 76.ВЬ4! Bg8! 77.Nd6! and it leads to the same position as the immediate advance. 74•.. Bg8 75.Вс3 White should play 75.ВЬ4 here to deprive the Кnight of the important с5 square. Here is what would follow, 75 ... Nd4 76.Ne8! Kh6 77.Ке7 Kh7 78.Вс3 Ne6 79 .Nf6 and White wins, or 76 ... Nc6 77 .ВеЗ Кhб 78.Nc7 NЬ8 79.Ке7 Вс4 (Or 79 ... Кh7 80.Kd6 and White wins Ьecause of 81.Bd4, Ва7 and then ВЬ8. 7S... NC5 76.Bd4 Neither would 76.Ке7 force the win. On 76 ... Ne6? Black would lose after 77.Ne4! (Not 77.Nf7 because of 77 ... Kg6!) 77 ... Kg6 78.Nf6 Kg7 79.Ng8 followed Ьу 8О.Ке6, and on 76 ... Kg6 77.Кf8 Кh7

2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 d6 Тhis gives Black а cramped positional game and cramped positions сапу the genn of а lost game within themselves. 4.d4 Bd7 5.Вс6 An early exchange of Bishop for Кnight is difficult to justify. The v alue of the active Bishop is especially notaЬle in this game. Metger makes no further direct mistakes in the game, but he will lose Ьecause of the inequality of two Кnights vs two Bishops. 5.•. Вс6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 See my аЬоvе notation. 7••. h6 8.Bf6 Qf6 9.d5 Тhis locks up the position but not to White 's advantage. As а general rule а pawn advance Ьeyond the fourth rank is often duЬious because it may easily Ьесоmе an enemy target. Much to the point, Steinitz says, one should always keep in mind that pawns cannot retreat. Instead of the text move, White should attempt to trade off at least one of the dangerous Bishops, which he could act оп Ьу 9.Nd5 and Black would have to take the Кnight, which would Ье answered Ьу 1O.de5! This pawn cannot Ье recaptured


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at once as ll.Qd5 attacks two pawns. Rather on 10.de5 Qg6 is Ьetter апd then ll.ed5 de5 12.Ne5 Qg2 13.Qf3 with equality. Mter the text move, I prefer the Black position Ьecause of the Bishop pair. 9... Bd7 10.Nd2 То

prevent 10... Bg4.

10... Qg511.Qf3

White cannot castle Ьecause of 11 ... ВhЗ 12.Qf3 Bg2 followed Ьу 13 ...Qd2. 11 ... Ве7 12.Qg3 Qf6 13.Qf3 QgS 14.Qg3 Qf6 15.Qf3 QfЗ 16.Nf3 g6

White does not want to play into his opponent's hand Ьу ttading pawns, butfor а different reason 1 can not approve of this move. First of all the е4 pawn is protected sufficiently, Black сап never take, as the Knight would finally occupy а long coveted good square, thus this pawn move takes another square away from the Кnights, апd most imponantly the move gives Black aпother attacking possiЬility with the g-pawn advance. One has to rememЬer that when for White, no plan is availaЬle, he simply has to wait and see. In this type of position it is very hard not to make а bad move. 20... Rdf8 21.Rd1 Rf6 22.D-O Castling is not good either. The Ьetter

Кing

is

off in the center.

22 ... f4 Тhis is the start of an attack against the castled position. The move was also mandatory as otherwise White threatens to free himself with 23.f4.

23.dc6

Black's рlап is to advaпce the f-pawn апd the c-pawn and make the opponent trade his center pawns. Mter that he would advaпce the center pawns and with the Bishops that now have free play in all directions exerting strong pressure on the opponents game. Тhе result would Ье at least а passed pawn in the center, which should Ье decisive. Black however becomes distracted to suпeptitiously modify his present plan. 17.Nd2 о-о-о

Castling Queenside was necessary, so that when carrying out the аЬоvе plan, the weakened d-pawn could Ье guarded Ьу ... Кс7. 18.Ne2

It is easy to see how the Кnights are in vain looking for good squares. 18... с6 19.Nc3 f5 20.f3

White will now attack the backward d-pawn and thus will exert consideraЬle counter pressure. If White does not trade pawns now, then 23 ... с5 would lock up the position апd Black would carry out his plan with little resistance. 2З ... Ьс6

24.Nc4 Веб 25.Ь3!

Тhis

is а good move. Of course the d6-pawn сап not Ье taken, as the Кnight_ would get ttapped Ьу 25 ... Кс7. White wants to keep the Кnight on а good square and will accept the douЬled pawns so that а Bishop gets ttaded and the Ь-file will Ье opened. 25 ... Кс7 26.Rd3 Rb8

As the demonstration did not do anything, Black has lost а tempo. Of course in this type of closed position this is of no importance. It is less damaging to lose а dozen moves than to make one move that is positionally weakening or to

Vl/1. NUREMBERG rnake а faulty exchange, as Black's threat is 27 ... Вс4 28.Вс4 Rb2 or 28 ... RЬ4, but White has 29.с5. Since White voluntarily retreats the Кnight, Black's plan will not Ье carried out. 27.Rfd1 Rd8 28.Kf1 R6f8 29.Nb2 Вс8 зо.Nе2 gs Black resumes his attack against the castled position. З1.с4 Тhis

move took away

а

square from

White 's Кnight. Obviously he intended to play с5 at some point but this remote possibllity does not give hirn sufficient compensation for the previously mentioned disadvantage. 31 ... h5 32.Na4 g4 33.Ng1 Rg8 34.Nc3 Rg6 Inteпding to douЬle the Rooks followed Ьу Зб ... gfЗ and White loses а pawn. 35.R3d2 Later on it Ьecomes evideпt that it was Ьetter to play the other Rook to d2, when the fЗ-pawn would have more protection. 35... h4

Now Black threateпs 36... h3, and if the pawn is takeп then Black plays 37 ...gfЗ. Тhis result would also Ье achieved Ьу 36.fg4 Bg4 37.Rook anywhere, 37 ... h3! 36.h3

In this weird positioп, White decides to sacrifice а pawn in order to trade the most

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dangerous Bishop. It seems that this is Ьest.

36 ... gh3 37 .NhЗ ВhЗ 38.gh3 RgЗ 39.Kf2 RhЗ DouЬling Rooks оп the g-file was Ьetter, and in case White wants to protect the Rook pawn with 40.Rhl, the following is at once decisive: 40...d5! 41.ed5 Rg2! 42.Kel ВЬ4! 43.Rd3 Rc2. Now White gets possessioп of the g-file, weakens the attack Ьу trading опе Rook and thus makes it very difficult for Black to win. Black expected that White Ьу playing 40.Ne2 would try to lock out the Rook. In that case Black had the following winning line in reserve, i.e. 40.Ne2 Rg8 41.Rgl Rgl 42.Ngl (Otherwise RfЗ) 42...Rh2 43.Kel Rhl 44.Kfl or 44.Rg2 wheп 44 ... h3 and wins. 40.Rg1! RgЗ 41.Ne2! Rg1? Here Black overlooks for the secoпd time the following forced win Ьу 41 ... h3! 42.Ng3 Bh4 43.Rhl fgЗ 44.Kgl Bg5! 45 .Re2 Rh8 followed Ьу 46 ...Bf4 and 47 ... g2. On 42.Rhl, it does no good Ьecause of 42... Bh4. 42.Kg1

Now it is going to Ье the Queenside where the game will Ье decided. Тhе Black King Ьecomes а "strong piece". 42 ... КЬ6 43.Kh2 Кс5 Now Black threatens to penetrate via Ь4 and аЗ with the King and then breakthrough Ьу playing ... а5-а4. Black's primary objective is to penettate the White position with his Rook and since the White Кing guards the invasion points оп the g-ftle, he has to find а way to ореп the a-file or b-file. 44.а3 RЬS 45.Rd3 КЬ6 Of по use is 45 ... а5 Ьecause of 46.Rc3 а4 47 .Ь4 . The Кing is поw going back to avoid all possiЬle mating combinations, e.g. Na4# or when the White Rook is оп сЗ, and the Black Rook on Ьб, theп Ь4.


126 46.Ng1

Кс7

47.Ne2

Кс8

Тhis is nicely calculated. Compare this with the note on move fifty.

48.Ng1 Rb6 49.Ne2 Ra6

the Rook protects the f-pawn Ьу 59.Rd3, Black drives the Кnight away Ьу 59Rg2 and then the King enters the White position via Ь4 and аЗ. Similarly 56.Na2 Rg8 and if 57.Rd2 then 57 .. .Rg3 58.Rd3 h3 with 59 ... Rg2 and 60... КЬ4.

GAME 114

J. Мieses - Tarrasch V~eмaGame

1.е4 е5

2.Nc3 Nc6 З.gЗ Nf6 4.Bg2

Вс5

5.Na4

50.84 lf White plays 50. Ь4 there follows 50...Ra4 and 51 ... а5 and Black will break through. ln this variation, had the Кing Ьееn on с7 instead of с8, White would have а defense Ьу playing 51.Nc3, on Black's 50...Ra4 and Black could then not capture the a-pawn Ьecause of 52.NЬ5.

Тhis Кnight maneuver is quite good although it costs а tempo, (Actually two tempi loss offset Ьу one for Black.) butmost importantly it drives the Bishop away from its very active diagonal.

s... Вe76.Ne2 Here the Кnight is poorly posted.

6 ...d6 Playing 6 ...d5 was also very good, but it would consideraЬly improve the position of the light squared Bishop for White.

50 ... RЬ6

7.d4 Bg4 8.f3

Now Ь4 has Ьееn weakened and the Кing relieves the Rook to penetrate the White

This obstructs the Bishop only temporarily, as the pawn will soon advance, but all of White 's developed pieces seem to Ье badly posted.

position. 51.Ng1

Кс7

52.Ne2

RЬ8

53.Ng1

П 53 ... КЬ6, White would Ье аЬlе the Кing's penetration Ьу 54.Ь4.

54.Ne2

КЬ6

а5

to avoid

55.Nc1 KCS D-1.

The game might lead to а very interesting zugzwang position. Of course White will try to keep the Кing away as long as possiЬle and thus plays 56.Na2, there follows 56 .. .Rg8! П the Кing now moves to h1 (On 57.Кh3, Black plays 57 .. .Rgl.) then Black plays 57 .. .h3!. Now the Кing cannot go to h2 Ьecause of 58 ... Rg2, then the Rook has to move to d2. Black then attacks the f-pawn with 58 ... Rg3 and if White pr~tects_ i~ Ьу playing 59.Rf2, the King Will decisively penettate via d4 and еЗ. lf

8... Вd79.d5 I consider this а premature advance, although in this game it does not lead to bad results. Even so, Ьetter was to retreat the threatened Кnight. 9 ...Na5 Simple and safer was 9 ...NЬ8, in order to Ьring it to с7 via аб, attacking d5. Тhе text has merits too, since the Na5 can at any time Ье played to Ь6 via с4.

10.Nac3c6 Black planned а n1ultiple attack against the advanced d-pawn, but White 's continuation made him change his mind. 11.14

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Castling was safer. 11 ... ас1

The strong ll ... Qb6, would have prevented 12.0-0 after which he could have started an attack with 12 ... Ng4 and I3 ...Nc4. Тhere was no reason ю fear the advance of the White d-pawn (After 121е5 de5), as the pawn would then Ье surely lost. 12.D-0 Ng4 Тhis has the Ьу 14... Nf2.

threat of 13 ...Qb6 followed

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very poorly posted. In trying to make the g3 square availaЬle for the Кnight, White makes а grave mistake Ьу which he completely destroys his Кing's position and Ьecomes victim to an iпesistiЬle attack. 17... h5! 18.816 Тhis exchange gives Black the Bishop pair and prepares Black's dark squared Bishop for action. Better was to take the pawn and on the Кnight 's recapture, to trade the Bishops or on the Rook recapture, to retum the Bishop to d2.

13.Qd3!

18... 816

This is good defense, since if now IЗ ...Qb6 14.Khl Nf2 15.Rf2 Qf2 follows 16.Ве3, trapping the Queen. Moreover, White now has а latent threat of winning the Na5 Ьу 14.Ь4.

Recapturing with the pawn was poor, for then Black would not Ье аЬlе to drive the Кnight out of f5. 19.gh5 Rh5 20.Ng3 Rh7 Тhis is to keep the h8-square free for the other Rook and further to keep the fl-pawn defended after ...g6.

1З... с5

Trying an attack with 13 ...h5, would fail after 14.h3 Qb6 15.Khl h4 16.Ь4! 14.h3

Of course this weakening of the Кing position is unavoidaЬle, as White cannot allow the Кnight so threatening of а position. 14...Nf6

It was tempting ю set an attack in motion 14...с4, 15... QЬ6 , and 16...h5, but it would have Ьееn weak, e.g. 14...с4 15.Qf3 QЬ6 lб.Кlll h5 171е5 and White is alright Ьу

15.fe5

It was Ьener to delay this exchange and ftrst to move 15.Ве3 and lб.Radl, thereby threatening 17.fe5 and 18.d6. 15...de516.8g5 Qd6

This is necessary to prevent 17.d6 (Вefore or after White captures on Bf6.). 17.g4?

White 's position is not favoraЬle in spite of his passed pawn. Тhе IGng is somewhat naked and Ьoth the Bg2 and the Ne2 are

21.Nf5 QЬ6 22.Kh2 g6 23.Qg3

On 23.Ne3, there follows 23 ... Bg5, threatening 24...Bf4 and.25 ... Bh3 and on 24.Ne2 Black wins Ьу 24... с4 25.Nc4 Nc4 26.Qc4 ВЬ5. White with the text move sets а trap. It seems that Black can take the Кnight so that after 23 ... gf524.Qg8 Ке7 whichever Rook the Queen takes now, will lose the Queen to 25..Rh8. Тhе trap though, is that White would take the Queen Rook and on ...Rh8 his Queen would Ье freed Ьу 26.d6, and Blackmust take with the Queen, abandoning the defense of а7. 23...()-0-0 24.Ne3 Rdh8 25.Ng4

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Black has duly taken advantage of White 's errors and now has а nice attacking position. The Rooks and Bishops aiming at the opponents King should have а devastating effect. Тhе appropriate move is 25 ... Bh4, since White cannot play 26.Qe5 on account of 26 ... Bg4, so 26.Qf3 is forced. Black would reply with 26 ... Nc4 guarding the e5-pawn and threatening to win the exchange with 27 .Nd2. On White 's reply 27.Radl or 27.Rfdl, the f-pawn would advance attacking the Кnight (П then 28.Ne3 NеЗ 29.Qe3 f4 followed Ьу ... ВgЗ and ... ВhЗ or ....Rh3.) Instead of this decisive method though, Black starts playing artificially and Ьу making а sacrifice, he makes victory much harder to achieve. 25... Bd8

Black wants to sacrifice the pawn in order to open the с7 -h2 diagonal for his Bishop. However for this purpose 25 ... Ве7 was Ьetter, since it saves а tempo. 26.Rad1

Quite astutely, Mieses plays to sacrifice the Rook for the dangerous Bishop. 26 ...15 27.Ne5 Вс7

It is now easy to see the difference between move 25 ... Bd8 and move 25 ... Ве7. In that case the exchange sacrifice would either have been irnpossiЬle or if White had moved 28.d6, Black would have saved а tempo. In this kind of open position, а tempo сап Ье of utmost irnportance. Even so, Black should still win. 28.d6 Bd6 29.Rd5

play 29 ... Ь8, and after this move to make the pinned Кnight his primary target. Тhen if White douЬles his Rooks, Black will not reply ЗО ... Веб Ьecause of 31.Na4 followed Ьу 32.Rc5. Neither would Black play ЗО ... Всб, not Ьecause of31.Rd6, but because of Зl.N с4 with а winning position. Should Black play 29 ... Na4 at once, White will end up with the Ьetter game after ЗО.Rdб Ndб 31.Nd5 Qаб (Тhis is the only move to keep the Ndб guarded.) 32.Ng6 with а favoraЬle position. ЗO.Rd6 Qd6 31.Rd1 QЬ8! Тhis is much Ьetter than 31 ...QЬ6, since the Ne5 remains pinned.

32.Nb5 Rd8?

With this hasty move, Black suпenders his entire advantage and momentarily the taЬles are turned to White 's advantage. White 's pirouetting Кnight pair is going to give his opponent all kinds of proЬlems. Even now though, Black would still have the better chances if he had played .. .f4. White would have to capture the pawn, since 33.Qc3 is refuted Ьу ЗЗ ... RhЗ and 33.Qg5 is answered Ьу 33 ...Rh5. Not 33.Qf4, Black prevents the threatened Ndб with 34.Ng6 Bh3! 35.Qb8 КЬ8 36.Nh8 Bg4 37 .Kgl Bdl 38.Ng6 Ne3 or 38 ... Rg7 and Black will win because apart from the exchange he will keep his extra pawn оп the Queenside. 33.Rd8 KdS 34.Nf7 KCS

It is interesting to note that the Ь8-h2 diagonal that was dangerous for White for so long, is now Black's nemesis.

If White sacrifices the exchange immediately, he would keep his bad position without any attacking chances.

35.NЬd6

29 ... Ве6

36.Ne5

Black forces the Exchange sacrifice, but exposes himself to а dangerous attack. Best was to maintain the Bishop and to

37.Ng6

Kd7

On 35 ...Кс7, the gа..т:1е is decided at once with 36.Nf5 followed Ьу 37 .Ne7. Кс7

Better was 36 ... Kd8.

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Instead of this, White could win the Na5 with 38.Ndc4! or Ьetter yet 38.Nc6 wins the Queen. З7 ... Nс6 Finding safety for the Кnight and the Queen. Black can hardly move а piece without losing it Ьу а discovered check. In this game the Кnights come into their own until the endgame, where they prove to Ье inferior.

and enaЬles the following mating maneuver.

ЗS.ef5 Ва2

42.Nf4!

Played in desperation, though 38... Bg8 and .. .39.КЬ6 would have given chances.

Тhis has the threat of 43.Qg8 , 44.Qf7, 45.Qf8 , and 46.Ne6#.

З9.ЬЗ ВЬ1

42 ... Rd5 43.Qg8

40.Bd5

After40.f6 Bc241.f7 Rf7 (Not41 ... Bg6 Ьecause of 42.Ne8 followed Ьу 43.f8=Q.) 42.Nf7 КЬб 43.Nf4!, leaves White with an extra piece. Тhen the win is certain but noteasy. 40... Rd7

proЬlem Шее

41.Nc4 Kd8

On 4l ... Kc8, White can pin the Rook with 42.Ве6 and then threaten to attack it with Ьoth Knights. This keeps Black from freeing the Bishop Ьу 42 ... Вс2, but then instead, after the Queen 's trade, he must move the King when White can take the Rook and lock in the Bishop.

White wants to capture the Rook with check. 4З ... Ке7 44.Qb8 Nb8 45.Nd5 Kf7 46.Nce3

Of course the locked in Bishop is lost now. 46 ... Nc6 47.Nc3 Вс2 48.Nc2

Finally the dust has settled. Black is down fu1l Кnigh~ but he does not lose hope. Black takes advantage ofhis chances, with the help of а few inferior moves Ьу White and he still succeeds in obtaining а draw. а

48... Kf6 49.Ne3 Nd4 50.Ne4 Ке5 51.Nc5 Ь6 52.Nd7 Kd6 53.Nf8 NЬЗ 54.Ng6 а5 55.h4 Nd2 56.h5 Ne4

Black сап see himself threatened on all sides Ьу the Кnight pair and Ьecause of this psychological pressure it causes him to make an unnecessary defensive move. Не simply should have captured the c-pawn, after which I cannot detect а simple winning continuation for White. On 41.Nc4 there follows 41 ... Kd8 42.Nf4 Bf5! and ifnow 43.Qg5 then 43 ... Ne7 or 4З.Qg8, then 43 ... Кс7 44.Ne6 Веб 45.Qh7 Kd8 46.Kgl Bd5. The text move deprives his King of an important square

Тhе altemative was 56 ... Nf3 , but Black did not make this move so that the White Кing would not wake up. What would have followed is 57 .КgЗ Ng5 58.I{f4 Nh7 59.Ке4 and the White Кing and Кnight сап easily control the Black pawns.

57.h6 Nf6 58.Nf8 а4 59.h7 Nh7 60.Nh7 Ь5 61.Ng5

Instead of this move, 61.Nc2 should keep the enemy pawns at Ьау. If the Black King then tries to capture ei ther of the pawns or the protecting Knight, White should sacrifice the Knight in order to


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advance the pawns with the King's support, e.g. 61.Nc2 Ке5 62.f6 Кеб 63.Kg3 Kf7 64.Кf4 Kg6 65.Ке5 Кh7 66.Ке6 Kg8 67.Ке7 and wins.

On 70... кьз it is answered Ьу 71.Nd4 72.Qb5 or 71 ... Ка4 72.Qc2 etc. or 71 ...Qd4 72.Qd4 Кс2 73.Qal and wins.

&1 ... Ке5 62.Kg3 аз 63.Kg4 а2 64.Nc2

If 71 ... Ке4, White mates in four moves.

КЬ2

71.Nf4 Kd2

Ь465.Nа1?

72.Qd5 Кс2

Much stronger was to bring the other Кnight back for the protection of ЬЗ Ьу 66.Nf3 and 66.Nd2.

wins the Queen, and if 72... Кс3 73.Qa5

has the same result.

65... Kd4!

73.Qd3 КЬ2 74.Qd4 1·0.

If White advances the pawn now, the Black Кing will go after the N а 1 and after its capture, the game ends in а draw. 66.Ne6 Кс4 67 .f6 Winning an important tempo is 67 .Nc5, e.g. 67 ... Кс5 68.f6, Black's Кing cannot stop the pawn as the White King will соте to its aid. If then 68 ... Кс4, there follows 69.f7 ЬЗ 70.f8=Q Ь2 71.Qf7 followed Ьу 72.Qa2, or 69 ... Кс3 70.f8=Q КЬ2 71.Qfl or 7l.Qf6 and wins. &7 ... ьз 68.17 ь2 &9.fB=a ьа1=а

On 74 ... КЫ follows 75.Qdl and 76.Nd3.1f on move 69. Black had played 69 ... Ьl=Q, he loses as follows 70.Qc5 КdЗ 71.Nf4 Ке4 (Or 71 ... Kd2 72.Qd4) 72.Qd5 КеЗ 73.Qe5 Kd2 74.Qd4 Kel 75.Qe3 Kdl 76.Qe2 Kcl 77.Nd3 and wins.

If the Кing goes to the first rank, 73.Qhl

GAME 115

Tarrasch - М. Harmonist Queen Pawn Opening

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nfб З.еЗ е6 4.Bd3 Ь6

S.D-0

Вdб &.ЬЗ о-о 7.ВЬ2 ВЬ7 8.NЬd2

NЬd7

9.Ne5 Rc8

It would have Ьееn Ьetter for Black to play 9 ...Ne4 and leave the break in the position to his opponent. 10.14 c511.Qf3 Qc712.Qg3

Тhis looks Шее а drawn game and it is most remarkaЬle that in this very interesting position, Ьу virtue of the cooperation of the three White pieces, Black will get caught in а mating net or lose his Queen. It is hard to Ьelieve that this position is the result of а real game and not а composition. Мieses deserves the highest recognition for finding the solution in this proЫematic ending.

70.Qc5

КdЗ

White now threatens to win а piece Ьу 13.Nd7 followed Ьу 14.dc5.

Vl/1. NUREMBERG 12...cd4 13.ed4 h6 Тhis move and some subsequent moves are of а temporizing character, but they could lead to а disadvantage. 14.Rac1 а6 15.с4 QЬ8 16.Rc2 Instead of this move White could have continued with 16.Nd7 Nd7 17.с5! Ве7! 18.Ь4 and attain the famous pawn majority on the Queenside, а way of play that Zukertort was adept at winning. 16... Nh5 17.Qh3 Nhf6 18.Rfc1 Following the original plan too faithfully. Best is 18.Nd7 Nd7 19.f5! and White 's attack is hard to counter. 18...Rfci819.Ndf3 Ne4 20.Nd7 Rd7 White plays for the win of а pawn, but this proves deceptive. 21.cd5 Rc2 22.Rc2 BdS If White takes the a-pawn there follows 23 .. .Rc7 24.Rc7 Qc7 threatening Ьoth 25 ...Qc2 and 25 ...Bf4. 23.Ne5 Rc7 24.Qe3 Rc2 25.Вс2 QЬ7 1/2·1/2.

GAME 116

Louis Paulsen · Tarrasch French Defense

1.84 ев 2.d4 ds з.еs? This is unfavoraЬle. The attacking system, Paulsen 's brainchild, finds its ultimate defmitive refutation in this game. З... сs 4.СЗ Nc6 S.NfЗ QЬ6 6.Bd3 Тоо late it Ьecomes clear that the Bishop sbould go to е2. This tempo makes Black's attack easy. Тhе mere fact that the Кing's Bishop cannot occupy its natural square is in itself а refutation of the opening. 6...Cd4! Тhis is Ьetter than 6 ... Bd7, on which White could play 7 .dc5 Вс5 8.0-0 with а fairly satisfactory game. Now White will

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have а weak d-pawn, wblch is going to Ье а permanent target for Black 's attack. 7.cd4 Bd7 8.Ве2 On 8.Вс2, Black can play 8 ... NЬ4 and trade it off, as 9.ВЬ3 would Ье answered Ьу9 ...ВЬ5. 8 ... Nge7 9.ЬЗ White guards the d-pawn from the 9 ... Nf5 threat. Тhis move weakens the Queenside some more, and one weakness cause another. 9... Nf510.Bb2 Bb411.Kf1 Тhе inabllity to castle Ьecomes а bad Iiabllity, as the game willlater prove. 11 ... Ве7! Although not obvious, this is the Ьest move to maintain the positional edge. The strength of Black 's position is in the multiple attack on the d-pawn and especially the excellent posting of the Кnights. White threatens to drive the Nf5 off Ьу g4, forcing the retreat to hб. Going back to е7 would Ьlock the retreat of the ВЬ4 and White would obtain quite а good position after h3 and Kg2. All this must Ье prevented and the first move that comes to mind is of castling Кingside. The game developed differently, but this could not have Ьееn foreseen. The move ...h5 would weaken the castled position to а consideraЬle extent and offer White counterchances to compensate for his Queenside weakness. After the textmove, White plays 12.g4 and the Black Кnight goes to h4 and after its trade off, Ьoth the defense and attack of d4 would Ье reduced Ьу one piece. 12.gз as It is Ьetter not to play this Ьecause it weakens Ь5. 13.84 Rc814.Bb5 White is trying to weaken the ~lack attack on Ь2 Ьу interpos1ng the B1shop and Black will try to remove the ВЬ5.

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14•.• NЬ4 Bad would Ье 14 ... 0-0 because of 15.Bd3! when Black cannot capture on d4 Ьecause of the eventual Bh7. 15.Вс17

Better is 15.Nc3 and after 15 ... ВЬ5 NЬ5 16.Nc2 would Ье an епоr after 17.Rcl NеЗ but eventually White gets three pieces for the Queen. 15•.• Kd716.Nc3 Nc6! Тоо impetuous would Ье 16 ... Qa6 followed Ьу 17 ... NdЗ, e.g. 16 ... Qa6 17.Kg2Nd3 18.QЬI! (Theonlymove.On 18.Qc2 or 18.Qd2 then 18 ... ВЬ4, and on 18.Qe2 follows 18 ...Rc3 and 19 ... Nf4.) 18 ... ВЬ4 19.Nb5! and the Ь5 Кnight secures the b-pawn and d-pawn from attack. 17.NЬ5 Na7! 18.Na7 Qa7 19.Qd3

On 19.Kg2 there follows 19...Qa6 and White has no good square for his Queen, as 20.Qd2 is answered Ьу 20... ВЬ4. In this variation, Black douЬles his Rooks with а decisive advantage. 19••. аа&! Тhis is simple and decisive. After the exchange of Queens, White cannot prevent the Black Rooks penettation and the open b-file makes it possiЬle to attack the b2-pawn directly. 20.Qa6

Of course not 20...Rc2.

20.Ке2

because of

20... ьав Black now dominates the game. Оп 21.Nel Black wins а pawn with 21 ...Rb8 22.Вс3 RЬЗ 2З.Ва5 Nd4. 21.Kg2 Rc2 22.Вс1 RЬS 23.Rb1 RСЗ 24.Bd2 RсЬЗ 25.RЬЗ Rb3 26.Ва5 Rb2 Тhis is Ьetter than trying to capture а pawn at once Ьу 26 ...Ra3 in which case White would take one of the open files. If now 27.Rcl, Black continues with 27 ... NеЗ followed Ьу 28 ... Nc4. 27.Bd2 ВЬ4 Of course not 27 ... N d4 because of 28.Вс3. Here Black again could play for а pawn gain with 27 ... Ra2, but did not for the аЬоvе reason. The weak a-pawn and d-pawn will Ье lost sooner or later. 28.Bf4 h6 Intending to follow up with 29 ... g5. It is interesting to note that this Rook pawn move even at this advanced stage, weakens the Black position and it gives the opponent an attacking target. Сопесt was 28 ...Ra2 Ьecause then the White Rook could not initiate anything on either of the b-file or the c-file. 29.g4 Ne7 ЗО.Rа1 Nсб 31.Вс1 Rc2 32.Ва3 Rc4 Sirnple is the irnmediate 32... Ва3. ЗЗ.ВЬ2 ВСЗ 34.Вс3 RСЗ 35.Rb1 White cannot any longer avoid the loss of а pawn Ьу 35 ...Rc4, so from now on he tries an ingenious counterattack. 35... Кс7 36.g5! Тhis shows the weakness of the h-pawn move. On 36 ...h5, might happen 37.g6! fg6 38.Ng5 Nd4 39.Rdl Rc4? 40.Rd4 and next 41.Ne6. 36••• Rc4 37.gh6 gh6 38.а5!

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Since the a-pawn can no longer Ье held, White tries to displace Black's piece while it is Ьeing captured. On 38 ... Na5, wouldЬe39.Ral КЬ640.RЫ Ка7 andthe Black King would Ье badly posted. On 38 ... Nd4, White plays 39.Nd4 followed Ьу40.RЬ6. зs

... Ra4 39.Кgз

Тhе

King threatens to go after the weak h-pawn.

39 ... Ra5 40.Kg4 RаЗ Тhis

is to keep the King at Ьау.

41.Rd1

In order to move the NfЗ and then Ье аЬlе to move up the King. 41 ... RЬЗ 42.h4 Ne7 43.Ne1 Nf5

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Тhе d-pawn, after having Ьееn held for forty moves, will finally Ье lost.

46 ... Nd4 47.Na6 Kd8 48.Rb8 Rc8

On 48 ... Ке7, there follows 49.Rb7 Кf8 50.Nc7 а mating threat of 51.Rb8 Kg7 52.Ne8 and 53.Nf6 etc. 49.Rb7

Ке8

SO.Nc7 Kf8 51.NЬ5

On 51.Кh5, Black plays 51 ... Nf5 and then if 52.NЬ5, Black plays 52... Rc4 followed Ьу 53 ...Rh4#. 51 ... Nb5 52.Rb5 Ra8

White 's game is now hopeless. 53.14

Better was 53.Rb3 and then 54.Ra3 to keep the a-pawn from advancing. Now we will see а pretty fmal touch. 5З ... а4

54.Rb1

аЗ

SS.fS

White is playing for stalemate. 55... 82 56.Ra1 Ra4 57.Kh5 Kg7 58.fe6 fe6 59.Rg1 Kh8! 60.Ra1 Kh7 61.Rg1 a1:Q 62.Rg7 Kh8 0.1. Тhis

The

Кnight

has now gone twice to this where it guards the only Black weak point and simultaneously attacks the d-pawn.

favoraЬle square

44.Nd3 ~inc~ Black has again secured his Kmgstde, White now starts an interesting and somewhat dangerous attack on the Queenside. Тhе game now enters а new phase. 44...as Bad is 44 ...Nd4 Ьecause of 45.Nc5 RЬ4 46.Na6.

4S.NCS RсЗ 46.Rb1

is one ofmy Ьest·piayed games.

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IX. Leipzig Tournament, 1888 Not long after the NuremЬerg tournament, the famous chess society, 'Augustea' on the occasion of its 40th year of existence sponsored а national master 's tournament. There were eight participants - von BardeleЬen, Мieses, Minckwitz, Wilfried Paulsen, Riemann, von Scheve, Schottlander and 1. At one point Мieses offered Riemann а draw which would have given Riemann first prize. Riemann turned down the draw and proceeded to lose the game and had to split first and second prizes with von BardeleЬen at 5.5. Mieses won third prize with 4.5 points. Fourth prize went to von Scheve. 1 played poorly, losing five games and winning but two. М у misfortune did not seem to surprise the other masters or the puЬlic, most of whom Ьelieved that in this tournament 1 showed my true strength. SuЬsequently Schottlander in bls drastic humor refeпed to me as the 'master of shon duration.' 1 realized that my losses were caused not Ьу lack of playing strength, but my lack of application of my playing strength. 1 underestimated my opponents and overestimated my own abllities. These factors were the causes of my losses. 1 felt it was completely sufficient to simply sit at the Ьoard and make moves in order to win. 1 played with а lack of focus on the games. Self over estimation was also the cause for my contempt for draws. 1 was somewhat depressed after this poor tournament, Ьut 1 went home and tripled my medical practice the following winter.

IX.LE/PZIG TOURNAМENТ, 1888

GAME 117

J. Mieses- Tarrasch ViennaGame

1.е4 е5 2.Nc3 Nc6

Strong is the more usual 2 ... Nf6. The continuation З.gЗ would then Ье less effective Ьecause of 3 ...d5. з.gз всs 4.Bg2 аб То make sure that the Вс5 will not Ье traded Ьу 5.Na4. Holding on to this piece is worth а tempo in this position. 5.Nge2 Nfб 6.d3 Ng4 7.D-O h5 8.h3 Nh6? When I calculated the attack starting with the sixth move, I intended to continue with 8 ...h4. This was the basis of ту plan. Moreover, it is interesting that even Steinitz would have lost, where he is critical of White's sixth move and later that Black's sixth and seventh moves are the only сопесt ones, adding that now Black's game is won. If now 8 ...h4,then 9.hg4 hgЗ 10.Ng3 Qh4 11.Re1 QgЗ. If there is any consolation in my loss, it is the fact that the great Steinitz епеd. We Ьoth overlooked White 's hidden resource 10.g5! which successfully refutes the attack. However, if 8 ...h4, 9.hg4 the move 9...h3 is very strong. After 10.Bhl! h2 11.Kg2, Black has а strong attack on the position. This counterattack gives Black his Ьest chance, since after the Кnight retreat his game is lost. 9.Nd5 . White now plays calmly and with Circumspection and continues playing the whole game in an exemplary manner. Every move he makes is the right one. 9... d6 1О.СЗ Веб 11.d4 Ва7 If 11 ...ed4, it would give White а still freer game. 12.Qd3 Qd7 13.Bg5 Ng8 Not 13 ... f6 because of 14.Bf6. On 13 ... Bh3 there follows 14.Nc7 Qc7 15.Bh3 with advantage for White.

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14.Rad1 f6 15.Ве3 Nd8 Neither would 15 ... 0-0-0 make Black's game any Ьetter. White would then play 16.Кh2 protecting the h-pawn and then proceed with an iпesistiЬle attack with the a-pawn and b-pawn advance. 16.de5! The right move! 16.•. fe5 Should Black trade the Bishops first then the Queen will go to g5 paralyzing the Blackgame. 17.Ва7! Ra7 18.f4 White systematically undermines the Black center. Тhе threat is 18 .. .fe5 19 .de5 20.Qe3 followed Ьу 21.Nf6. 18... Nf7 19.Rf2 Bd5 Steinitz, acknowledging that Black has held his game together in the face of White 's fierce center attack, recommends 19 ... с6 20.NЬ6 Qc7 2l.Qe3 с5 22.Nd5 Bd5 followed Ьу the eventual ...b5. except then the White Кnight would penetrate еб via f4. In addition, White could attack the Queenside after 19 ... с б, with 20.Qe3 с5 21.Ь4 and find new targets for attack there. It just happens that the game cannot Ье held against the strong and coпectly played attack. 20.ed5 Nf6 21. fe5 Nes 22.Qe3 RaB 23.Nf4 Qe7 Тhis is to Ьring the King to safety via d7. 24.Ne6 Kd7 25.Qg5 RagS 26.с4! On the obvious 26.Qf5, the Black King will go to с8 and there isn 't anything White can do now, and on 26.Ng7 , Black will regain the g-pawn with 26 ... Nfd7, and might even develop attacking chances. Тhе text move threatens 27 .cS opening the c-file, forcing Black into а further weakening of the Queenside, only after which the QfS move would Ье most powerful. Of course the pawn is tаЬоо Ьecause of 27 .Rc 1.


136 26... Ь6 27.Qf5!

КеВ

Тhе Кing

cannot go to с8 on account of 28.Nc5 followed Ьу 29.Na6, thus White has succeeded in keeping the Black King in the center and now takes control of the King 's position. 28.Re1 Rh6 29.Rfe2 Qd7

move. 4 ... Bd6 5.с4 dc4? Ne7 B.Qc4

6.Вс6 Ьс6

7.Qa4

Black now has а shattered Queenside which may cost him the game. The attack he gets in return is not very valuaЬle. 8... 85 То prevent White 's castling but in this position this is not very meaningful, since the Кing has а good square at f2. 9.d4

Safer is 9.d3, so that after 9 ... Ваб IO.Qc2 ll.Ke2 could Ье played, but the text move is also satisfactory. ВЬ4

9 ... Ba610.Qc2

More resistance is offered Ьу 29 ... Nfd7. ЗО.Rе5

Brilliantly leads to an immediate decision. ЗО ... dе5 ЗЗ.Rе6

31.Re5 Kf7 32.Ng5 KfB

This threatens 34.Rf6, winning the Queen. On 33 ...Qd8, White plays 34.d6 and 35.Вс6. зз

... Qа4 З4.ЬЗ! 1-0.

Тhе Black Queen must yield control of е8, there follows 35.Re8 Ке8 36.Qc8 (Or Зб.Qеб if the Black Queen is on а square where it cannot interpose.) 36 ... Ке7 37 .Qеб and mate with 38.Nf7.

GAME 118

Tarrasch- Wilfried Paulsen Bird's Opening

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6

In closed games one should not obstruct the c-pawn. З.еЗ е6 4.ВЬ5

With this and the next two moves, White exploits the weakness of Black 's second

о-о

11.Ng5

Тhе Ьest move and the one to have made it difficult for Black was ll.Bd2. П Black then tries to defend the attacked a-pawn Ьу playing ll ... Bb7 or ll ... Bc8, (Insufficient is ll ... Bb5 because of 12.а4.) White will castle Кingside with very good play. On 11 ... ВЬ4, White has two choices that are Ьoth good. Simply trade Bishops Ьу 12.а3 Bd2 13.Qd2 retaining the edge on the Queenside as long as he sees to it that Black cannot resolve his douЬled pawns. In addition а Black pawn sacrifice will result in White 's better game, e.g. ll ... Nd5 12.Qc6 NЬ4 13.ВЬ4 ВЬ4 . The attack introduced Ьу the text move is only of short duration.

11 ... g612.Nd2?

I had my doubts about trying the h-pawn attack that led to а loss against Mieses, see game 117. Even so this approach would have Ьееn far Ьetter than the text, which is а bad mistake from which White will never recover. Still 12.Bd2 would give White the superior position. 12... Nd5 Тhis introduces а decisive attack and Black keeps playing incisively all the way to the end.

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TOURNAМENТ,

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Neither would 13.Кf2 Ье sufficient to save White Ьecause after Black plays 13 ... NЬ4 and 14... Nd3, simply dissolving the douЬled pawns would give him the Ьetter game. 1З ... NЬ414.Qd2 NdЗ 15.Kd1 White 's position is now completely paralyzed. 15... hб 16.Nf3 f517.Ndб In the rest of the game White can often play differently and he would have then lost differently. 17...сdб 18.Ne1 Nb4 19.Qf2 With this move and the next two moves, White is still playing for an attack. 19 ... с5 20.аЗ? Nd5 21.Qg3? Kh7 22.Nf3? QЬб! Тhе Queens intervention is decisive. 2З.Ке1

23... Ne3! 24.Ng5

Not 24.Ве3, Ьecause of 24... Qb2. 24 ... hg5 25.Qe3 cd4 26.Qd2 es 27.fe5 RaeS! 28.Ь4 Re5 29.Kd1 Qсб ЗO.Qg5 Finally another attacking move, but now Black announced mate in two. (30... Qa4 3I.Kd2 Re2# ).

GAME 119

v. Scheve - Tarrasch Dutch Defense

1888

137

1.d4 f5 2.с4 еб З.NСЗ Nfб 4.Nf3 Ве7 5.Qc2 This is а good move, preparing the advance of the e-pawn. 5... 0-0 б.е4 This gives White the freer game. б ..• fе4 7.Ne4 ВЬ4 8.Bd2 Bd2 9.Ned2 Nc610.a3 e511.de5 Re812.Bd3 Ne5 1з.о-о NdЗ 14.Qd3 dб 15.Rae1 White has developed more rapidly and starts а direct attack. 15... Веб 16.Ng5 Qd7 On 16... Bg4, then 17.Nde4 would Ье powerful, (17 ... Ne4 18.Qd5 ). 17.Nde4 Bf5 This is the Ьest defense. On 17 ... Ne4, would follow 18.Qe4 Bf5 19.Qd5 Кf8 20.Qb7. On 17 ... Ng4, White would capture the h-pawn or altematively could play 18.Nc5 followed Ьу 19.Qh7. 18.Nfб gf619.Ne4 Ву playing 19.Qd5 Щtd then 20.Nf3, White could have maintained the edge. Now Black will pretty much equalize. 19... Qe6 20.13 Qe5 21.Rf2 Re6 22.Rfe2 Kg7 23.Qb3 Rae8 Тhis is an unjustified pawn sacrifice. Instead 23 ... Ьб gives Black а satisfactory game. 24.Qb7 Qd4 25.Kf1 ! On 25.Khl, Black would have а good game after 25 ... Ве4 and 26 ... Qc4. 25 ... Qc4 2б.Ь3 QdЗ 27.Qc7 R8e7 28.Qc4 Тhis forces the exchange of Queens and White remains а pawn up. 28... Ве4 Even if 28 ... Qc4 29.Ьс4 Rc7 ЗO.Rdl! (N ot ЗО.Rс 1 or ЗО.Rс2 because of 30 ... d5!) ЗО ... Ве4 31.Re4 Re4 32.fe4 Rc4 ЗЗ.Rdб and White will keep an extra pawn because of the threat 34.Rd7.

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29.fe4 Qc4 ЗО.ЬС4 Rc7 31.Rc1 Re5 32.Kf2 Kf7 ЗЗ.Rсс2 Тhis is а mistake. Black could regain the pawn Ьу playing 33 ...Rec5 34.Red2 Rc4 35. Rc4 Rc4 Зб.Rdб Re4 37.Rd7 Re7. 1 saw this drawing variation which 1 eschewed, Ьecause 1 absolutely had my mind set on winning, (Whom God would desttoy, he fпst drives mad) зз

... RесS

The threat is mate in two. (50.Rf8 and 51.R3t7#). ·GдМЕ

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J. Minckwitz- Tarrasch Slav defense

1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.еd5 ed5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Q-O Q-0 7.Nc3 с6 8.Ne2 Qc7 9.Ng3 Bg410.h3 Be611.Nf5 BfS 12.Bf5 NЬd7

Black is several moves ahead in development Ьecause White has spent too much time with his Queen 's Кnight. 13.Bg5

Better is

lЗ.ВеЗ.

13... Ne4

Black Ьegins to take an attacking stance. 14.Bd7 Qd7 15.Ве3 f5 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Rae1 h6 18.Nh2 34.Red2 Кеб? 35.Rd4 Rb7 36.Ке3 Rb1 37.Rd5 RЬЗ 38.Kd4 Rc6 39.Ra5 Rb7

Now Black is lost. 40.Rh5

White plays the ending very cleverly. 40... RЬс7 41.Rh6 Rc5 42.Rc3 R5c6 43.g4 Rg7

18... Qc7 19.Nf3 Qf7

This move and the next one are intended · to prevent the с4 counterattack. 20.Rc1 Ь5 21.Ь3 g5

44.Rf3 Rg6 45.Rh7 Rg4 46.Rh6 Rg1 47.Rhf6 Ке7 48.Rf7 Ке8? Even now, Ьetter is 48 ... Kd8. 49.Kd51-0.

If Black prevents с4 Ьу playing 21 ... Ь4, then White will play 22.Qa6, which will keep Black busy on the Queenside. This shows that trying to keep White from playing с4 was not feasiЬle. 22.с4 Ьс4 2З.Ьс4 g4 24.hg4 fg4 25.Ne5 Qh5 Of course this is much stronger than 25 ... Ве5, and it leads to а quick decision.

IX.LEIPZIG TOURNAМENТ, 1888 26.cd5 Ве5 27.de5 gЗ 28.fg3 NgЗ 29.Rf3 Тhis is the only move. 29... Rf3 ЗО.gfЗ Rf8 Black is threatening 31 ... Qhl followed Ьу 32... Rf3#. 31.f4 Ne2 32.Kf2 Nf4 33.Rg1 Kh8 34.Bf4 Rf4 35.Ке1 Qe5 D-1. Тhе Queen is lost, for if 36.Kdl, then 36 ...Rd4 and if 37 .Qe2 then 37 ...Re4. This is pretty much the only game in the Leipzig toumament, in which 1 was аЬlе to show my true playing strength.

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Тhis

is а bad mistake. 14.•. Qb5! 15.Qb5 ВЬ5 16.ВЬ5 Ne4 17.Rfe1 Тhere is ever less of an excuse for this move than for the previous eпors. With 17 .Баб White would almost completely eliminate the opponents advantage and would obtain good drawing chances, e.g. 17 ...Ьа6 18.Rfel Rfe8 19.с4 с5 20.Bf2 (Not 20.Ве5 Ьecause of 20.. .f5!). White had his hopes set on the Bishop pair's power. 17•.. Nac5 18.Re3 с6 19.Ве2 f5 20.с4 Rfe8 21.ВЬ2 аб 22.Rd1 Na4 2З.Вс1

GAME 121

Tarrasch - Riemann ViennaGame

1.е4 е5

2.Nc3 Вс5 З.NfЗ d6 4.d4 ed4 5.Nd4 Nf6 6.Ве2 Тhе Bishop Ьelongs on с4. 6 ... ВЬ4 Тhis will give White isolated douЬled pawns, but otherwise his position is quite good. 7.Qdз вез в.ьсз Qe7 9.f3 Qe510.Nb5 Nа611.В~З Q-0 12.D-O Bd713.Bd4 The right move was 13.а4. Black could not very well capture the Кnight, as his a-pawn would Ьесоmе too weak. White would then threaten the text move without the pawn loss. 13... Qg5 14.f4

23 ••. Nec3 Riemann plays his Knights quite adroitly. White 's game is completely without prospects. 24.Re1 RеЗ 25.Ве3 Ne2 26.Re2 Re8 27 .Kf2 NСЗ 28.Re1 Ь5 29.сЬ5 аЬ5 зо.аз RaB З1.Вс1 Ne4 32.Kf3 d5 ЗЗ.hЗ с5 34.g4 g6 35.Re3 d4 36.Re1 Kf7 37.h4 Ке6 38.g5 Kd5 39.Rh1 с4 40.h5 с3 41.hg6 hg6 42.Rh7 Ь4! 4З.аЬ4 Ra1 44.Rh1 Ra2 45.Rh2 dЗ D-1.

GAME 122

v. Bardeleben- Tarrasch

Queen's Gamhil- Tarrasch Defense

1.d4 d5 2.с4 е6 З.NСЗ с5! Тhis is the Ьest move in thi.~ position. 4.cd5 ed5 5.Bf4 Nfб 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.е3 с4

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Тhis is а strong move. Later on 1 tried it often. Now White does not have an easy game anymore. 8.Ве2 Qb6 9.Qc1 On 9.Qc2tthere may follow 9 ...Bf5. 9 ... ВЬ4 Better is 9 ... Ве7. 1о.о-о о-о 11.Nes вез This was а mistaken exchange. The right move was ll ... Be6. 12.ЬсЗ Bf513.f3 Ne514.Be5 Racs Black makes а decisive error and overlooks Whitets fine threat. After 14 ... Nd7t he would have maintained а goodgame. 15.Bf6! Qf616.e4! Thus White obtains а sttong center and а Kingside threat Ьу further advancing the e-pawn. 16 ... Ве6 17.Qe3 Rfe8 18.Bd1 Bd7 19.Вс2 Qe7 Far Ьetter was 19 ... Qg6t pretty well securing the Кingside. 20.е5 QаЗ

Black tries to weaken the White attack diversion. 21.f4 f5 22.g4! g6 On 22.. .fg4t would follow 23 .f5 with а strong attack. 23.gf5 gf5 24.Rf3 Тhis is not the best continuation of the attack. The simple 24.Khl is Ьest Ьecause this move prevents the following defensive maneuver of 24 ... Rc6 and 25 ...Rg6, e.g. 24.Khl Rc6 25.QfЗ Веб 26.Rgl etc. or 25 ... Qa5 26.Rgl Rg6 27.Qh5 and White prevents the Queen exchange in Ьoth cases and keeps his strong attack going. 24 ... Rc6 25.Rg3 Rg6 26.Kh1 Qb2 (See next diagram) 27.Qg1 Kf7 Of course he must not tak:e the Bishop. Ьу а

After 26... QЬ2

28.Qb1 Qb1 29.Rb1

Ь5

Black has now repulsed the direct Kingside attackt but his position for the endgame is very bad, since his f5-pawn and his d5-pawn are targets for attack. ЗО.Вd1! RgЗ 31.hg3 Re6 32.Bf3 ВС6 ЗЗ.Кg2 Rh6 34.Rh1 Far sttonger was 34.g4 Кеб 35.g5 Rg6 36.Rhl Rg7 37.Rh6 and the Rook penettates the Black position. 34 ... Rh1 35.Kh1 as зв.аз Кеб Тhis move threatens 37 ... Ь4 38.сЬ4 аЬ4 39 .аЬ4 Ва4 and wins. Тhis was previously impossiЬle Ьecause of 40.Bd5. 37.Bd1 Ве8 38.Kg2 Bd7 39.Kf2 Kf7 40.Bh5 Ке7 41.Bf3 Тhе possiЬle threat against the f-pawn and d-pawn, combined with his massed pawnst give White а consideraЬle advantage, which he exploits very subtly.. 41 ... Ве6 42.Kg2 Kd7 43.Kh3 Ке7? Black could start а sharp counterattack with 43 ... Кс6 and 44...Ь4, but calculating its possiЬle success is very difficult. The best plausiЬle continuation would Ье 43 ... Кс6 44.1(h4 Ь4 45.сЬ4 аЬ4 46.аЬ4 КЬ5 47 .Kg5 КЬ4 48.1(f6 Bd7 49.Bdl (То prevent 49 ... Ва4 followed Ьу 50... с3.) 49 ... Кс3 50.еб Всб or 50... ВЬ5 5I.Кf5 Kd2 52.Ке5 Kdl 53.f5 сЗ 54.f6 с2 55.f7 с 1=Q 56.f8=Q with а draw.

IX.LEIPZIG

TOURNAМENТ,

44.Kh4 Kf8 45.Bh5 Bf7 46.Bd1 Веб 47.ВС2 Kg7

1888

141

on 64 ... КЬ7, 65.Bf3 decides. On 64 ... Kd7 65.Кс3 Ве4? 66.Bg4 and on 64... Kd8 65.Кс3 Ве4 66.е6 wins. On 64... КЬ6 follows 65.Кс3 Ве4 бб.еб h2 67.d7! Кс7 68.е7 Black can still draw. 64•.• 884 65.d6 КЬ7 Тhе Кing has this square at his disposal, which in the earlier variation would not Ье possiЬle, Ьecause of 65.ВfЗ. 66.е& h2 67.е7 Вс&!

48.g4 Тhе Bishop maneuver preparatory to this pawn move was quite subtle. 48... Kg6 49.gf5 Bf5 50.Bd1 ВdЗ Bad is 50... Ь4 51.сЬ4 аЬ4 52.аЬ4 сЗ 53.Ь5 с2 54.Вс2 Вс2 55.Ь6 and wins. 51.Kg3 Kf7 52.Kf2 Bf5 5З.Ке3 Ке7 54.Bh5 Now follows а second very fme Bishop maneuver, which should force the win. 54 ..• Ве6 On 54 ... Bg6, there follows 55.Bg4 and 56.f5. 55.Bf3 Kd7 56.f5! Bf5 57.Bd5 The connected passed pawns should now Ье enough to win. 57 ... h5 58.Bf7

This gives Black а last chance. Тhе Bishop should not relinquish the long diagonal. 58... h4 59.d5 hЗ 60.Bh5 Кс7 61.Kd4 Ь4

Тhis is а desperate attempt, which oddly

enough it works. 62.сЬ4 аЬ4 6З.аЬ4 сз 64.КсЗ

yYith this White lets victory slip away.

Fпst the pawn should check, after which

68.Bf3! ВfЗ 69.e8:Q h1 :Q 70.Qb5 Кс8 71.Qe8 КЬ7 72.d7 Qc1 73.Kd3 QаЗ 74.Кс2 Qa4 75.Кс3 QаЗ 76.Кс4 Qc1 77.Kd4 Qf4? П 77 ...Qd2 78.Ке5 Qg5 79.Kd6 Qfб

80.Qe6 Qеб followed Ьу 81 ...Bg4 and 82 ... Bd7; or 79.Ке6 Bg4 etc. would have lead to а draws. 78.Kd3 Ве4 79.Qe4 Qe4 80.Ке4 Кс7 81.Ке5!

Black overlooked this move. On 81.Kd5? the game would have Ьееn drawn. 81 ..• Kd7 82.Kd51-D.

GAME 123 Consultation v. Bardeleben, v. Scbeve, Scbottlander, Dr. Tarrascb Н. v. Gottscball, Mieses, W. Paulsen, Riemann


142 1.d4 d5 2.с4 с6

(23.Bh7) or the Exchange

Lately this has Ьееп а popular defense in the Queen's Gamblt.

23.ВЬ5.

З.NсЗ

On 21 ... аЬ6, follows 22.Nb5 Qc8 23.Nd6 etc. or 22 ... Qd7 23.Ne5.

Nf6 4.Bg5

Тhis

is а try. PreferaЬle is probaЬly 4.Nf3 or 4.е3. 4 ... е6 Black's position now Ьecomes cramped. Better is 4... Ne4.

Ьу

22...Qd7

21.СЬ6 QЬ6

22.RfЬ1

Qd8

5.Nf3 Bd6 Тhis is а very challenging move. Тhе Bishop should go to е7, but as loпg as this Bishop can retreat to с7, the attacking 6.с5 does not inspire great fear.

6.ез о-о 7.ВdЗ NЬd7

s.o-o Re& 9.Qc2

Qc7?

This leads to а completely cramped game for Black. Сопесt was 9 ... Nf8. 10.с5! Тhis

advance is appropriate поw that the Bishop has Ьееn deprived of the с7 -square and following with the advance of the a-pawn and b-pawn leads to а very strong White attack on the Queeпside. 10... Be711.Bf4 Qd8 12.Ь4 Nf813.h3!

Black's threat was to trade the Bf4. 13... Bd714.b5 Qc8 15.84 Nh5? After White has already played hЗ, this move makes по sense. 16.Bh2 Bd8 17.85 Вс7 18.Вс7 Qc7 19.86

White's pawn attack is very reminiscent of the method used in game 106, 25th move, and game 113, 35th move. 19... Ь6

On 19 ... Ьаб, follows 20.Ьсб, giving White а very strong passed pawn. 20.Ьс6 Всб

Оп

20 ... Qc6, follows 21.Ne5 апd 22.Nd7, with White winniпg а раwп

Not 22 ... Qc7 Ьecause of 23.NЬ5. 23.Ne5 Bd7

Again forced, as 23 ...Rc8 is followed Ьу 24.Nc6 and 25.ВЬ5. 24.Nd7 Nd7 25.Bh7

White attacks on the Queenside and on the Кiпgside he wins а pawn. 25 ... Kh8 26.Bd3 Nb6 27.N84 N84 28.Q84 Re7 29.Rb7

The аб-раwп gives White а strong support point and finally will decide the game. 29 ... Rc8 ЗО.R8Ь1 Rec7 31.Q85

White allows himself to Ье tempted Ьу а. brilliant but worthless move instead of proceeding with 31.Rc7 Qc7 32.Rb7 Qcl 33.Kh2 Qd2 34.Qd7 Rf8 35.Qf7! or 31 ... Rc7 32.QЬ4 Rc8 33.Qb7 Rc7 34.QЬ8 Qc8 35.Qc8 Rc8 36.Rb7 putting а quick finish to the game. 31 ... g6

After Зl ...Rcl 32.Rcl Rcl 33.1{h2 and the Queen сап поt Ье taken Ьecause of 34.Rb8.

IX.LEIPZIG

TOURNAМENТ,

З2.Вf1 Nf6 ЗЗ.Rс7 Qc7 34.Qc7 Rc7 35.Rb7 Rb7 36.аЬ7 Nd7 37.ВЬ5 NЬS

ЗS.h4! Тhе decisive move wblch gives White а passed pawn on the h-file, and thus forces the Black King to stay there. Wblte then with his King goes after the Кnight. (Note: Not 38.g4 as 38 ... g5 would stop the Kingside advance). ЗS ... Kg7 39.g4 Kf6 Kd8 42.Ке2 Ке7

40.f4

Ке7

41.Kf2

Тhе King caпnot go to с7, as he would Ье outside the square of the h-pawn.

43.Kd3 Kd6 44.Кс3 f6 45.КЬ4 е5 46.de5 fe5 47.fe5 Ке5 48.Кс5 Кеб 49.h51·0.

1888

143

144 Х.

Breslau, 1889

То me it was quite evident that my poor result in Leipzig did not show my true playing strength and 1 Ьесаmе eager to demonstrate my real strength. 1 did not have to wait long. ln July of 1889 the sixth congress of the German chess federation took place in my home town of Breslau. England was represented Ьу а large numЬer of masters who had just retumed from New York where they had had good results. They were Blackburne, Burn, Gunsburg, and Mason. Russia was represented Ьу Alapin and Schiffers. From Austria came Berger and J .Н. Bauer who had received а master title in the Frankfurt Congress and finally Germany was represented Ьу von BardeleЬen, Harmonist, Metger, Minckwitz, Paulsen, Schallopp and myself. Australia was represented Ьу Мr. Gossip, who had received а distinction in the New York tournament which entitled him to play in Hreslau. The difference in а German and an American tournament would soon Ье apparent. The total numЬer of players at this toumament was eighteen and this represented а turning point in the history of German chess. М у mindset when 1 saw this tournament had completely changed. ln earlier tournaments, especially NuremЬerg and Leipzig 1 sat down at the board fully convinced that 1 had already won the game. Now 1 kept telling myself again and again that if 1 played the opening carefully and continued with proper prudence, it was not for certain that my opponent would win. Whereas earlier 1 had а tendency to underrate my opposition, 1 how proceeded to overrate them. Earlier on 1 would daringly experiment in the opening, 1 now treated this part of the game with special care. Earlier 1 looked on draws with contempt. lt now Ьесате clear to me that if 1 always made the Ьest moves it would not guarantee victory unless my opponent made а mistake. The game would result in а draw if noЬody made а mistake. These rules I made for myself as а result of my defeat in Leipzig. Learning from my losses helped me to start winning again. Only twice did 1 reven to ту earlier frivolities. In round four against Gossip 1 deliЬerately made а poor move in the opening hoping that my opponent wouldn 't take advantage of it. Also in my game against Schiffers in round six, when in ту insolence, after earlier successes, in order to avoid а drawn position after the opening, 1 allowed my Кingside to Ье tom up. The first game 1 still managed to win Ьecause my opponent missed the Ьest continuation and in the second game 1 narrowly avoided defeat: Тhese two games served as а wake up call and from then on my play was solid and correct. When playing over the games the reader will notice that 1 never played for а draw except in unfavoraЬle positions. 1 looked on every position as а proЬlem that challenged me to find the Ьest move. If one fmds the Ьest move which gives winning prospects, it would Ье intellectually dishonest if 1 made а weaker move which would lead to а draw only. Simply pushing pieces, trading pieces and allowing а game to end in а quick draw goes completely against my grain and 1 find it а ridiculous way to play chess. In certain games, and particularly against Mason, out of fear 1 made the very strongest moves Ьecause 1 was afraid that if 1 gave him time to breathe I would Ье lost. And so it came about that 1 did not lose а single game. I would win one and then if I

145 got а worse position in the next game I used every opponunity in my power to fight for а draw. Even on days when I was not at my Ьest, especially against Minckwitz and Paulsen, I managed to avoid losing. At the end I was to Ье paired against Gunsburg. Blackbume and Мieses. I still stood in awe of these great masters and 1 was convinced that of these three games, 1 supposed 1 might draw one and lose two. 1 got а telegram from home telling me to retum at once and this was like а heavy weight Ьeing lifted from те. Fate had intervened and I continued to play solidly. Of the last three games I won two and drew in the last round when the result did not matter to the tournament standings. I got 13 points of а possiЬle 17 with no losses. Bum was second with 11.5 points. Mieses third with 10.5 points. Тhis final result was considered а Ьig triumph for German chess. Four Germans were among the prize winners and first and third places went to Germans. Burn and Mason, who were accustomed to winning everything did not do well in this tournament. What а difference in this Congress and the Berlin 1881 Congress when all of the prizes went to foreigners. At that Minckwitz commented in the Chess Journal that it was impossiЬle for amateurs to successfully compete against the professionals. The German Deutsche Wochenschach said that in the old days it was expected that the German organizers would get the money for а toumament and that the money would Ье won Ьу outsiders. Тhis toumament started а new era of Germans winning the prize money of а Ьig toumament. The article never mentioned my nате, but Adolf Anderssen 's nате was mentioned three times. When 1 came back to NuremЬerg 1 got а great ovation and the hall of the club was Ьeautifully decorated. I was received Ьу the president of the club, Мr. Kurschner, with а Ьeautiful speech. Мr. Kurschner pointed out that this was the first time in the history of the German federation that а German master had won first prize and that my score was so glorious it had never Ьееn achieved in any of the German Chess Congresses. Не also noted that no amateur had ever shown such superiority over the professionals. 1 was given an honorary memЬership in the chess club and а silver medal. 1 was so overcome 1 could hardly speak. Му hean was filled withjoy and happiness at this moment.

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GAME 124

Louis Paulsen - Tarrasch Four Knights Game

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.NСЗ Nf6 4.ВЬ5 ВЬ4 5.Q-O Q-0 б.dЗ dб 7 .Всб Ьс6 8.Bd2

More usual is 8.Ne2. s... Re89.a3 А weak move which drives the Bishop to а Ьetter square and vacates the b-file for the Black Rook. 9... Ba510.h3 Rb811.Rb1 с5 With the idea of playing ... сб, ...d5, and ... Вс7. 12.Nh2 сб 13.f4 ef4 14.Rf4 This is а decisive error, the Bishop should capture. 14...d5 Mter this Black threatens to attain а superior position Ьу 15 ... Вс7. 15.Ng4 Neither would other moves keep White from getting the worse position. 15... Bg4 16.hg4 de4! 17.g5

White must not retake this pawn, as on 17 .de4, Black has the surprising combination 17 ... Rb2! 18.Rb2 ВеЗ and on 17.Ne4 follows 17 ... Ne4 18.Ва5 Qd4 19.Кh2! Qdб 20.g3 NgЗ 21.Kg3 g5 or 21 ... Re3 and Black wins. 17... ВсЗ 18.Ьс3

On 18.Вс3, Black keeps his extra pawn with 18 ... Nd5 19.Re4 Qg5. 18... Rb1 19.Qb1 еЗ! Тhis makes the extra pawn effective. On 20.Ве3 follows 20 ... Nd5. 20.Ве1 Nd5 21.Rg4 Qd7 22.Re4 On 22.Rg3, Black plays 22... Nf4. 22 ••• Re4 23.de4 Nb6! Тhе dust has settled. Black maintains his extra pawn and the White Кingside pawns are very weak, but White still tries for an attack on the b-file. 24.а4 QdS! Тhis is the Ьest move Ьecause it prevents а check on Ь8 after 25.а5 Nc4 and it simultaneously attacks the g5-pawn and a5-pawn. 25.а5 Nc4 26.а6 g6 White threatened Z7 .Qb7, which now fails Ьecause of 27 ... Qdl 28.Kfl Nd2. 27.Kf1 Kg7! On 27 ... Nd2 28.Bd2 Qd2 would follow 29.Qb8 and 30.Qe5 with а draw. 28.Ке2 Qg5 Тhе Ьeginning of а pretty fmal attack with Queen and Кnight. 29.g3 Qg4 ЗО.КdЗ On ЗO.I{fl follows 30... Nd2 31.Bd2 QfЗ 32.Kgl! ed2 and wins. ЗО .•. Nе5 31.Ке3 QfЗ 32.Kd2 Nc4 ЗЗ.Кс1 Qe2! D-1. Mate on the next move cannot Ье prevented

GAME 125

Tarrasch - v. Bardeleben

Petroff Defense 2.Nf3 Nfб З.NСЗ ВЬ4 On this move White will get the game. 1.е4 е5

Ьetter

Х.

BRESI.AU, 1889

4.Ne5 ВСЗ 5.dc3 d6 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Вd3 Nf6 s.o-o о-о 9.hз Тhis move is appropriate as it deprives the Bishop of it's Ьest square. The move is not а defensive move, but its effect is rather cramping for Black.

9... Be610.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 с6 Black's only possibility to develop, aiЬeit quite painfully. 12.Rfe1 Qa51З.Qf4 Qc514.Nd4 Raes 15.Bf5 Bf5 16.Nf5 Re5

147

GAME 126

J. Metger • Tarrasch King's Gamhit 1.е4 es 2.f4 ef4 З.Вс4 d5 4.Bd5 Qh4 5.Kf1 g5 6.Nf3 Qh5 7 .h4 Bg7 8.d4 Ne7 9.Nc3 h610.Kg1 g4

This defense is not as good as 10... Qg6. 11.Ne1 fЗ 12.Ве3 Better is to accept the pawn sacrifice Ьу playing 12.gfЗ gfЗ 13.1Cf2! Nсб 14.е5 Bf5! 15.Bf3, which leads to а White advantage. 12... Nbc6 1З.gЗ Ве6 Much Ьetter is 13 ... Bd7, thus avoiding the shattering of the Queenside pawn sttucture. 14.Вс6 ЬС6

А bad move which White fails

to exploit.

17.Nh6

White played the opening very well and

has а large spatial advantage, but now he overlooks the decisive move. On 17 .Re5, he would, with сопесt play, win at least а pawn after 17 ... Qe5 18.Nd6 or 17 ... Ne5 18.Ne7 followed Ьу 19.Bf6 or 17 ...de5 18.Qh4. Тhе threatis 19.Ng7 followed Ьу 20.Qh6 . Н Black plays 18 ... Nd5, there follows 19.Bh6! winning а pawn and maintaining а sttong attack. On 18 ...h6 is 19.Bh6, on 18 ...g6 is 19.Ь4 QсЗ 20.Ne7 Kg7 21.Qh6 Кh8 22.Qf8 Nf8 23.Bf6 with mate. After the text а draw seems assured according to J. Metger in the Congress Book. 17 ••• Kh8 18.Bf6 Nf6 19.Re5 de5 20.Qf5 Qd6 21.Ng4 Ng4 22.hg4 f6 2З.Rе1 Rd8 24.Re3 g6 25.Qd3 Kg7 1/2·1/2 agreed.

So far its all Ьооk and as а consequence of his fine retentive mind, Black is completely lost. 15.Nd3 Ng6 16.Na4 Rd8 17.с3 D-0 18.Nac5 Вс8 19.Qa4 This is premature·. White had to anticipate the 19 ... f5 pawn push, and therefore simply play 19.Nf4 and then after 19 ... Nf4 20.Bf4 f5 21.е5, his Kingside is completely secure, and on the Queenside he would have а clearly won game. Now Black obtains а Sl:!Ong attack. 19...15 20.ef5 Here 20.е5 cannot Ье playe~ since after 20 ...f4! 21.Nf4 Nf4 22.Bf4 Rf4 23.gf g3, Black will win. 20 ... Ne7! 21.Ne6 Qf5! 22.Nef4 White must not take the Rook as 22 ...Qd3 would give Black the advantage. 22 ... Nd5 23.Re1 Rde8 24.Kf2 Kh7 This is the start of а far sighted but eпoneous combination. The right move was 24 ... Кh8. 25.Bd2


148

38•.. Bf6 39.а4 Bh4 40.gh4 Qf4 41.Ne6 QеЗ 42.Kd1 ВdЗ 43.Ng5 Kh8 44.Qe6! Qg1! Тhis move together with the next move are the only way to hold. Тhе Queen must occupy the f-file while remaining defended, as White threatens 45.Qf6 and 46.Qf7 and 47.Qf8# and had the Queen gone to f2, the Black King would Ье driven to the f-file after 45.Qe8 and 46.Ne6 and then he would Ье lost.

45.Kd2 25•.. Re2 26.Re2

The Knight cannot take because of 26 ... Qd3. 26 ...fe2 Тhе tlпeat now is 27 ...Qe4. 27.Nc5! Nf4 28.814 Qd5 29.Rg1 White defends excellently. On 29.Rel

there follows 29... Qf3 and the exchange sacrifice on f4. 29 ••• Qf3 ЗО.Ке1 See note on move 24. If the Black King had Ьееn on h8, then ЗO ...Rf4 and Зl ... gЗ would win, but here 3l.Qc2 would refute this sacrifice. Now Black should lose. ЗО ... Вf5 Тhis

32.ЬЗ

31.Qc4 RЬS

45 ... Qf1 46.Qe8 Kg7 47 .Qf7 Qf7 48.Nf7 Kf7 49.Kd3 Ке6 50.Ке4 Кdб 51.с4 Кс7 1/2-1/2 agreed.

Afterwards we could find no win for White.

is to weaken the cЗ-pawn. Re8

GAME 127

ЗЗ.Кd2 е1 :Q

Black prefers to sacrifice the pawn instead of losing it Ьу 34.Rel. 34.Re1 Re1

35.Ке1 Вс2 36.Вс7

Тhе next few moves Ьу Ьoth sides are weak. Тhis can Ье ascriЬed to extreme time-pressure.

36•.. h5

Black could have drawn Ьу 36 ...Qdl (Or on 36... Qe3 also.) 37.Kf2 QfЗ 38.Kgl QеЗ 39 .Кh2 Qf2. 37. Bf4 Bg6 38.Ь4

Here or next move 38.Ne6 was Ьetter.

Harmonist - Tarrasch RuyLopez

1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.0.0 Ne4 5.d4 Nd6 б.Вс6 dсб 7.de5 Nf5 8.Qd8 Kd8

One of my prefeпed defensive methods, Black being unaЬle to castle, for the moment has а difficult game, but for the endgame he has the Bishop pair and а pawn majority on the Queenside. Lately this variation has been analyzed extensively, and ways have Ьееn found to reinforce the White attack. Even so it should still Ье good enough to draw. 9.Bg5

Х.

BRESLAU, 1889

Better is to develop this Bishop via d2 to point though, is 9.Rdl. drives the King to е8 as 9 ... Bd7 is faulty because of 10.е6 followed Ьу ll.Ne5. 9... Ke810.Nc3 h611.Bf4 Be612.Rad1 Rd8 13.Ne4 с5 Тhis threatens 14... Nd4 and that causes White to trade Rooks, which in tшn makes it possiЬle for Black to bring his Кing Rook into the game. 14.Rd8 Kd815.Rd1 Kc816.h3 Тhis threatens to win the c-pawn Ьу 17.g4 Ne7 18.Nc5. Тhis cannot Ье done at once because of 18 ... Bg4. 16... Ь6 17.Kf1 Ве7 18.а3 It is quite apparent that White is somewhat at а loss for а good plan. Тhе pawn move is made Ьecause it might sooner or later Ье captured Ьу the Веб, as it may Ьесоmе impossiЬle to lock it in Ьу 19.Ь3, e.g. 18.Kel Ва219.Ь3 с4 20.Ned2 (On 20.Nfd2 follows 20 ... сЬЗ and 21 ... Nd4.) 20...сЬ3 21.сЬ3 ВЬ4 22.Kfl Bd2 23.Nd2 Nd4. 18... Rd819.Rd8 Kd8 20.с3 This move further weakening the Queenside, is necessary Ьecause of the 20... Nd4 threat. Black from now on keeps gaining more space. 20 ... Bd5 21.Nfd2 Kd7 22.Ке2 сЗ. Best at this Тhis move also

149

If Black plays 22... Nh4 at once, White 's answer is 23.g3 and the game might continue 23 ... Ng6 24.Ке3 Кеб 25.Nf3. 23.Bh2 Nh4 24.g3 Ngб 25.f4 Кеб 2б.Ке3 с4 27.Nf3 gf4 28.gf4 с5 In addition to 29.Nd4, White also threatened 29 .f5 Кf5 30.Nd4#! 29.Ng3 Nh4 Тhis is to prevent 30.f5. ЗO.Nh4 Bh4 31.Ne4 Ве7 Тhis is to prevent 32.Nd6. 32.Bg1 Всб Тhе plan is to play the King to d5 and the Bishop to f5 and then to drive the Кnight further back. 33. Bf2 Bd7 34.Bg3 Metger correctly remarks that here White had а chance to draw Ьу 34.Nd6, so that after the trade of the Кnight, the endgame would Ье one of opposite colored Bishops. 34 ... Kd5 35.Nf2 h5 36.Kf3 White is now lost, as on 36.h4, Black plays 36 ...Bf5 and the Кnight is out of action. Зб ... Вf5 37.Ке3 Ьest

37... Ь5

22 ... g5

Finally the time has соте for the Queenside pawn majority. 38.Kf3 as 39.Ке3 Ь4 40.КfЗ Кеб


150

Threatening to penetrate the White position with the Кing. 41.аЬ4

Avoiding the pawn trade cannot hold for White either. On 4l.h4 followed Ьу 42.Ne4, there is the King maneuver 4l ... Kb5 and 42 ... Ка4. 41 .. . сЬ4 42 .сЬ4 аЬ4 43. Ne4 Kd5 44.Ndб Вdб 45.еdб сЗ 4б.Ьс3 ЬЗ Q-1.

GAME 128

Gossip · Tarrasch ViennaGame 1.е4 е5

2.Nc3

Вс5 З.NfЗ dб

10... о-о

Now Black 's position is not just safe but even better because the ВаЗ feels somewhat unhappy. 11.Rae1 Re812.Nf5

White still wants to attack - here the right way to play was 12.Bd3 followed Ьу 1314. 12... Nе51З.ВЬЗ Bf514.ef5 Qd715.f4 Тhis mak:es the pawn indefensiЬle. It should Ье guarded Ьу 15.Qf4, then Black maintains his Кnight on е5 and douЬles his Rooks.

15... Nсб 16.Qd3 Ne7 17.Ве6? 4.d4

As to the opening, compare to my game vs Reimann, game 121. 4 ... ed4 5.Nd4 Nfб б.Вс4! In the аЬоvе mentioned game, 1 played

the much weak:er 6.Ве2. б ... ВЬ4 This maneuver, the purpose of which is to attain а small early advantage, will give White an edge in development, as well as the Bishop pair and good attacking chances. 7 .о-о ВеЗ В.ЬСЗ hб On 8 ... 0-0, 9.Bg5 would make it uncomfortaЬle for Black.

Desperation. 17... fe618.fe6 Qa419.c4 Qa5

Trying to play the Queen to the Кingside and if 20.f5 then the е5 square will again Ьесоmе availaЬle for а Кnight. 20.15

Nсб

Here Metger writes in the tournament Richter told us later that here he looked at the game and that Tarrasch prophesied his opponents next move. Anybody who in addition to his combinational gift also has the gift of prescience, must win first prize." Ьооk: "Мr

21.ВЬ2

9.Ва3!

Well played, because if now 9 ...0-0, would Ье good for White. Regardless 1О.е5 in conjunction with 11.Re 1, is threatened. 9 ... NЬd7 Тhis is the Ьest reply. 10.е5

10.Qd2 Тhis is weak:. Тhе сопесt continuation is 1014 and Black cannot castle Ьecause of ll.e5 and on 10 ... Ne4 would follow ll.Bf7 кn 12.Qh5 Ке7 13.Qg6 with а decisive advantage.

21 ... Qb6 22.с5 Qb2 2З.сdб сdб 24.Qd6 Qd4 25.Qd4 Nd4

and Black won. D-1.

Х.

BRESLAU, 1889

GAME 129

Tarrasch - Joh. Berger RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 аб 4.Ва4 ВЬ4 6.Nd5 Ве7 7.d3 dб

Nf6

151

18... Bd419.Nd4 Nc5! Ву positioning his Кnight on с5, Black has for the time Ьeing interrupted the attack on с7.

5.Nc3

20.f3

Better is 7 .. .0-0, as played Ьу Mackenzie in Manchester.

This almost always ugly move is justified here, since White cannot use а Rook for the pawn 's defense, as the Rooks will have their work cut out for them on other files.

s.NЬ4! А new and good move, wblch gives Black а slightly inferior pawn sttucture, while otherwise nothing changes. Тhus it is my opinion that this is а refutation of Black's defense. S... Bd7 9.Nc6 Всб Recapturing with the pawn is worse, as White obtains an even Ьetter game after 1О.сЗ and ll.Bc2 followed Ьу 12.d4, White's Bishops would become more effective than Black 's. 10.Всб Ьс611.D-О Q-0 12.Qe2 с5! This is to prevent 13.d4. 13.СЗ

Here Steinitz remarks in the Intemational Chess Magazine 'We don't consider the center break as good as the plan to make Black suffer as long as possihle from the douЬled pawns. At least we prefer to delay this maneuver until he has played the White Knight around to еЗ via d2-c4-e3. This remark is very interesting and typical of Steinitz slow, deliЬerate, and less active playing style. То me Steinitz 's suggested plan seems inferior, and the line of play selected Ьу me is the one that quickly reveals Black's weakness and this is Ьоmе out in the course of the game. 1З ... Nd714.d4 ed415.cd4 Bf6! 16.Ве3 Cd417.Bd4 Re8! 18.Qc2 This shows the effectiveness of the maneuver started on move thirteen. It is the open c-file that allows the attack on the с7 -pawn.

20 ... Qf6 21.Rfd1 ReЬS То prevent 22.Ь4, but the Rook should not Ье used for this purpose, as it will Ье needed on the a-file. 22.Rab1 White is wanting to play 23.Ь4 again, to drive the Nc5 away. 22 ... а5! 23.Kh1 Intending to play 24.е5 and if 24 ...Qe5, then 25.Nc6, but not at once Ьecause this tactic would fail to 25 ...Qe3. 2З ... RЬ6 Steinitz prefers 23 ...Rb7. 24.Ne2 With the idea to play the Кnight around tod5. 24... Ne6 25.Nc3 Rc6

Steinitz coпectly recommends 25 ... Qd8 26.Nd5 Rb7 in order to occupy the b-file with Ьoth Rooks. Of course even then White retains the Ьetter game. 26.Qa4 Rc5 27.Nd5 Qd8 Тhis is necessary Ьecause of the threat

28.1>4. 28.RЬс1 Тhе Rc5 's position is poor, to the extent that it has no good move, but at the same time it cannot Ье attacked. Тhus White decides to trade it in order to resume the attack against the c-pawn. 28... Rc1 29.Rc1 с5

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It is now impossiЬle to shield the c-pawn Ьу 29 ... Nc5, as the Nc5 would soon Ьесоmе shaky Ьу ЗО.е5. The text move prevents all possiЬle attacks against the

c-pawn, but now the backward d-pawn Ьecomes the target. ЗO.Rd1 Nd4 Again Black tries to shield the attacked pawn with the Кnight, but this defense will not hold in the long run, Ьecause Ьу trading Кnights, the d-file will Ье opened again. Then the d-pawn can Ье attacked Ьу the Rook and Queen and at the right moment play е5 and this will achieve White 's objective. This has Ьееn White 's general game plan all along, although it had to Ье modified in reaction to Black 's sundry counter moves. 31.Qc4 RbB 32.ЬЗ RcB

This misstep allows an immediately decisive shot. ЗЗ.Rd4 cd4 34.Ne7 Wrong is 34.Qc8 and 35.Ne7, as after that White cannot stop the d-pawn anymore. It is probaЬly that Black, when he made the Rook move, only thought of this possibllity. 34 ... Qe7

Mter 34.. .I
35.Qc8 Qf8 36.Qf8 KfB

The advantage that White has obtained with his trading off comblnation, consists less of the fact that Black has isolated pawns on the d-file, but that White has а pawn majority on the Queenside and this will give him an outside passed pawn, which will deflect the Black King. Even so White has to overcome some difficult proЬlems. Ке7 38.Kf2 d5 39.е5 Also possiЬle was taking the ра wn. The difference Ьetween the two methods is that as played, White trades his e-pawnfor the d4-pawn instead of the d5-pawn, with the result that the White Кing on d4 will oppose the Кing on dб, instead of the Kings Ьeing on d3 and d5. Тhе text move allows the White King to advance along the rank. 39 ... Ке6 40.Ке2! AЬsolute:1y necessary as White would miss the win if he guards the e-pawn, e.g. 4014? g5! 41.g3 gf4 42.gf4 Кf5 43.КfЗ dЗ 44.Ке3 d2 45.Kd2 Кf4 followed Ьу 46 ... Ке5 and Black wins, or 41.fg5 KeS 42.Ке2 Ке4 43.а3 dЗ 44.Kd2 Kd4 45.h4 (Or another tempo move such as 4S.Ь4 is natural but not good.) 45 ... Ке4 46.Ь4 аЬ4 47.аЬ4 Kd4 48.Ь5 Кс5 49.Kd3 КЬ5 50.Kd4 Кеб and Black would go on to win. 40 ... Ке5 41.Kd3 h5 An excellent move Ьecause the h-pawn has an imponant function. Altogether my opponenthandlestheenrireendgamevery circumspectly, except for one move. 42.а3 h4 4З.Ь4 аЬ4 44.аЬ4 Kd6 45.Kd4 Кеб (See next diagram) 46.Ь5 Тhis is one move too early. White should have advanced his f-pawn one more square. Тhis would have forced the win. Ifthen46 ... Kd6 47.Ь5, on46 ... g6 is also

37.Kg1

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BRESLAU, 1889 56.Kf4 Kf6 59.Кс4 Кеб

57.Ке4 Ке6 58.Kd4 Kd6 60.14 Кdб 61.Kd4 Кеб

After 4S ... Kc6

47 .Ь5, and just this one move makes the difference in the variation. 46•.. КЬ5 47.Kd5 КЬ4! White thought that the King penetration via dб and е7, would Ье decisive, except that the Black Кing gets an equal chance to penettate the White position and at the moment that White promotes, then Black plays ... h2, giving Black а draw, e.g. 48.Kd6 КсЗ 49.Ке7 Kd2 50.Кf7 Ке2 51.Kg7 Кf2 5214 Kg2 53.f5 Кh2 54.f6 h3 55.f7 Kgl 56.f8=Q h2. 48.Kd4 КЬ5 49.Ке5 White now wants to capture the h-pawn, but properly handled the game should Ье drawn. 49 ••• Кс4 50.Kf4 Kd4 51.Kg4 Ке5 Black overlooks the interesting drawing chance of 51 ... Ке3! 52.Кh4 Кf2 53.Кh3 g5! 52.Kh4 Kf4 53.Kh5 Not 53.Кh3, Ьecause of 53 ... g5. sз

... кts

On 53 ...g6, White wins with 54.Кh6! (Not 54.Кh4, when 54.. .f6 55.Кh3 g5 or 55.h3 f5 draws.) 54... Ке3 55.Kg7 Кf2 56.Кf7 Kg2 57.Kg6 КfЗ 58.h4 Kg4 59.h5. 54.g3 Kf6 55.Kg4 Кgб Now White 's game is won again.

62.Кс5 Ке7 Тhе move 62 ... Кf5 followed Ьу 63 ... g5, would make it harder for White. 63.Kd5 Kd7 64.Ке5 Ке7 65.15 f6 On 65 ... Kd7 there follows 66.f6. 66.Kd5 Kd7 67.h3 Ке7 68.Ксб Ке8 69.h4 Ке7 70.Кс7 Ке8 71.Кdб Kd8 72.Ке6 Ке8 73.h5 Kf8 74.hб 1·0.

GAME 130

Tarrasch- Schiffers Four Knighls

1.е4 е5 ВЬ4

2.Nf3 Nf6

З.NсЗ Nсб

4. ВЬ5

s.o-o о-о б.dз dб 7.Всб Ьс6 B.Ne2

Bg4 Better is 8...Re8 and then 9 ...d5. 9.h3? In the Congress Ьооk, Metger makes the following telling remark; which is Ьoth а chessic comment as well as а personal one, when he says, "This again is one of the nonchalant characteristics of Dr. Tarrasch." 1 wanted to avoid 8.Ng3 Nh5, after which moves а draw seemed virtually unavoidaЬle. I should have played 8.Ng3 though, since af_ter 8 ... Nh5, the position is far from draWis~. А~ that point, White has three com~Inat~ons, which although they don't g1ve h1m а

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clear advantage, they are far from unfavoraЬle. Namely, 9.Nh5, followed Ьу IO.hЗ and ll.g4, or 9.h3 NgЗ IO.fgЗ followed Ьу ll.g4, or 9 .Nf5. 9 ... Bf3 10.gf3 Qd711.Kh2 Nh5 Black has а completely dominant position, and а choice of many moves, such as ... d5, or ...f5. The later move would Ье played in reply to 12.f4. On 12.Ng3, Black 's reply is 12... Nf4 with the following continuation, 13.Bf4 ef 14.Ne2 f5 or 14.Nf5 gб 15.Rgl Кh8 16.Nh6 d5 and White 's Кnight is in danger of Ьeing cut off. On 12.с3 Вс5 13.d4 ed4 14.cd4 ВЬб 15.Ng3 NgЗ 16.fg3 Rae8, and Black develops а strong center attack with .. .f5 and ... с5. With his next move, White at least tries to keep Black from playing .. .f5. 12.d4 Rae8 On 12.. .f5, there follows 13 .de4 fe4 14ie4 RfЗ? 15.Ngl and wins. 13.Qd3

The indicated move was lЗ.сЗ, for the purpose of keeping the Black King Bishop from participating in the attack. 13...d5! 14.de5 Re5 15.Ng3 Bd6! With this move Black threatens to force а decision Ьу 16 ... Ng3 followed Ьу 17 ...Rh5. 16.Kg2 NgЗ 17.fg3 de4 18.fe4 Rfe8 This forces the win of the e-pawn, Ьecause its obvious that defending it Ьу 19.Rel or 19.Rf4 is bad.

19.Bd2! It is necessary in order to make room for the Rook оп el. 19... Re4 20.Rae1! Only Ьу trading Rooks does White have any chance of drawing. 20 ... Re1

It is for the ahove reason that Black should avoid the ttade and instead play 20.. .f5. Sooner or later White would have to trade Rooks on е4 and then Black has а strong passed pawn on е4 instead of the fl-pawn. 21.Re1 If the Bishop recaptures, then Black 's win Ьecomes much easier. After 2l ...Qe6 22.Ь3 Qd5 or after 22 ... Qe2, White must avoid the trade of Queens. 21 ... Re1 22.Ве1

22 ... Qe6 23.Bf2 Qa2 Black now has two extta pawns, but his · Queenside pawns are isolated and the fl-pawn will not easily come into its own, thus White has some drawing chances. 24.ЬЗ aas 25.с4 cs 26.Qe4 g6 21 .ае2 Qb4 Metger, the commentator in the toumament Ьооk, proposes the following plan, instead of the text, Ьу 27 ... Qal followed Ьу 28 ...Qe5 and then ... h5-h4. With the 27 ... QЬ4 text move, Black threatens to paralyze White 's position Ьу playing 28 ... Qb7 29.Кh2.

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2S.Qd3 Qb7 29.Kg1 f5 Тhis makes Black's King position too renuous. It is not easy, though, to make use of the f-pawn without giving the opponent new chances. зо.аез! Kf7 Obviously Black Ьelieved that he could answer 30.Qe3! Ьу 30... Qe4, but White would have traded Queens and in spite of his two pawn deficit, he would have drawn the game as follows: 31.Qe4 fe4 32.Kfl Кf7 ЗЗ.Ке2 Кеб 34.Ке3 Ке5 35.g4 h5 36.Bg3 Кfб 37 .Bh4 g5 38.Bel Ке5 39.Вс3 followed Ьу 40.Ке4 and Black cannot win. 31.Qh6 Kg8 32.Qe3 Kf7 33.Qh6 Bf8 34.Qh7 Bg7 зs.всs аьз 36.Qh4 White cannot capture the a-pawn as he would lose the Bishop Ьу Зб ... QЫ 37 .Кh2 Qa2 etc. П 37 .Kg2 Qb7. Now White threatens to draw Ьу 37 .Qe7 followed Ьу 38.Qc7 or even 37.Qe7, followed Ьу 38.Qd8 and 39.Qh4. 36... Qd1 37.Kf2! White must keep his opponent from gaining time with а check on the e-file, thereby defending against Qe7. Не would thus gain time to advance bls a-pawn. 37 ... Qd2 38.Kf1 Qd1 39.Kf2 Qd2 40.Kf1 Qc1 41.Kf2 Qc2 42.Kg1 Qd1 43.Kf2 Qc2 44.Kg1 Qb1 45.Kg2 QЬ2 46.Kf3 Qe5 47.Ва7 с5

Threatening 48 ... Qc7 trapping the Bishop. 48.Qf4 Qe7 49.ВЬ8 Qb7 50.Ке2 1/2-1/2 agreed.

GAME 131

J.H. Bauer - Tarrasch Queen's GamЬiJ Declined

1.d4 d5 2.с4 е6 З.NсЗ с5! 4.Cd5 ed5

s.ез с4

Тhis is somewhat premature. Better is playing 5 ... Nf6 or 5 ... Nc6, etc. fll'st. Black

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has nothing to fear from having an isolated d-pawn. 6.Bd2 Nf6 7 .ЬЗ сЬЗ 8.Qb3 White tries to attack the isolated d-pawn as many times as possiЬle. Тhе pawn, though, can easily Ье defended 8 ... Ве7 9.g3 Nc610.Bg2 Na5 Black already looks slightly Ьetter. 11.ас2 о-о 12.Nge2 Ве6 1з.о-о RcS 14.84 White makes room for the Queen at а2. 14... Bd6 Black prevents 15.Nf4. 15.Qa2 Nc4 Now Black definitely has а superior game. However, there seems to Ье no targets for attack in White's position, which makes it very hard for Black to exploit his favoraЬle game. 16.NЬ5

With this move White brings his Bishop · into the game. 16... ВЬ817.ВЬ4 Re818.Rfc1 Better is 18.Na3, as recommended Ьу Metger. White should get rid of the dangerous Nc4 as soon as possiЬle. 18... Qd7 Тhis prevents 19.Na3. 19.NЬСЗ Kh8 This move having no logical explanation, was made in time pressure. Тhе move 19 ... Ne4 wouldhave continued to reinforce Black 's position. The combination, 20.Ne4 (Otherwise 20...f5.) 20 ... de4 2l.Be4 (On 21.QЬI f5, White's position Ьecomes very bad.) 2l ... Ne3 22.QЫ (ff22.d5 Nd5, itleads tonothing.) 22...Rcl 23.Ncl Bf5, is in Black's favor and Ьetter yet for Black would Ье 20.Ве4 de4 21.d5 Bg4 followed Ьу 22... Bf3. 20.Nd1 Bf5 21.Nb2 Nb2 22.Qb2 Rc1 23.Qc1 RCS 24.Qa3 Ве4


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On 24 ... Rc2, it only leads to the exchange of Rooks after, 25.Ra2 Qc6 26.Nc3. 25.Nc3 Bg2 26.Kg2 Qf5 27.Rc1 hб

Nothing is achieved Ьу 27 ... Ng4 28.Qb2 Qh5 29.h3. 28.Qb2 Ь6 29.Ва3 Rc4

5 ... Nf6 б.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Ве7

The Bishop Ьelongs on d6. Black makes several weak moves during the development, which eventually give him а decisive disadvantage. S.Q-0 Bg4

9.с3 NЬct7

Тhreatening

1O.Re1

ll.Qe2 preventing castling.

10... 0-0 11.Bf4

This is an excellent square for the Bishop, possiЬly later threatening Вс7 and Re7, but not immediately though as the Rook would Ье locked in Ьу ... Веб. 11 ... Re8 12.Nbd2 Nf8 1З.QЬЗ!

With this move White starts an attack, as White 's pieces are better posted than Black's. 1З ... Ь6

зо.а5! Qe6 З1.аЬ6 аЬб З2.QЬ5 Вdб ЗЗ.Вdб Qdб 34.Ne2 Rc1

Here Black could have obtained two connected passed pawns on the Queenside, but it would not have led to an advantage. White would at once have stopped their advance, while the White center pawn would Ье unstoppaЬle. On 34...Qc7 35.Rc4 Qc4 36.Qc4 dc4 37 .NсЗ Kg8 38.е4 Кf8 39.е5 and White is Ьetter. 35.Nc1 Qc7 Тhis

Зб.NЬЗ

Qc2

last try stillleads to а draw.

37.Qb6! Ne4 38.Qb8 Kh7 39.Qf4! 1/2-1/2 agreed.

After 39... Qb3, White has а perpetual check with 40.Qf5 and 41.Qc8 etc. or possiЬly Ьу 40.Qf7.

GAME 132

Tarrasch - Mason Petroff Defense

1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nf6 З.Nе5 d6 4.Nf3 Ne4

5.d3 Тransposing

to the French exchange variation, one of my favorite openings.

This

weakens the Queenside Best was 13 ... Вс8. When one 's position is weaker, any further weakening of the position, must Ье avoided. consideraЬly.

14.Ne5 Nеб

Under по circumstance must Black prevent the retreat of his light squared Bishop. Тhе Кnight should go to gб. 15.Bg3 аб Тhis poor move is almost forced after Black cuts off the ...Bg4 retreat. White threatens to win а pawn Ьу 16.ВЬ5 Rf8 17.Вс6 Rook anywhere 18.Ng4 followed Ьу 19.Bd5, or 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.Na7. Not Вс7, as recommended Ьу the Chess Gazette Ьecause 18 ... а6, would lose а piece. However, even the move played will allow White to obtain а material advantage.

16.Ng4 Ng417.Bf5 Bg5

In vain, Black tries to avoid an game.

unfavoraЬle

18.Nf3 White can choose from two winning

combinations.

Тhе

move played, which

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winS а pawn and leaves Black 's game in ruifis, or 18.f4, leading to the win of а Bishop for а pawn, but it ends the attack, e.g.18.f4Bf419.Bf4Nf420.Bg4(20.Re8 Qe8 2l.Bg4 and 2l ... Qe3.) 20 ... Qg5 2I.Bf3 NhЗ 22.Kfl! Qd2 23.gh3 and Black has some chances, for example 23 ...Qh2 24.Bd5 QhЗ, but the text move renders Black's game hopeless and completely without any prospects. 18... Nh619.Be6 fe6

2О.Вс7

Qc7 21.Ng5

Qdб

22.Qc2!

gб

23.Qd3! This threatens 24.Qh3 Kg7 25.Qh6 followed Ьу 26.Nt7. 23 ... Nf7 24.Nf7 Kf7 25.Re5 Black's game is under heavy pressure. 25... Ra7 26.Rae1 Kg7 The threat was 27.Qf3 Kg7 28.Rd5! 27.Qe2 Rae7 28.Qa6 Qсб 29.Qe2 Ь5 30.h4Qc4

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32 ... Kf6 ЗЗ.R2е3 Ra8 34.а3 Rb8 35.Kf1 Since there is absolutely nothing Black can do, White can afford to make time consuming maneuvers with his Кing. 35 ... Ra8 36.Ке2 Rg8 37 .КdЗ Rge8 38.Кс2 Rc8 39.КЬ3 Rсб 40.Rf3 Kg7 41.Rg5 Rc8 On 4l .. .I
n.

44.Rf7 Rf7 45.gf7 Kf7 46.Rg3 Тhis move prevents 46 ...е5. 46 ... Ra4 47.Rh3 Кgб 48.Rf3 Kg7 49.Кс2 Тhе

King should proceed to е5.

49 ... Ra8 50.Kd3 Кgб 51.Ке3 Kg7 52.Kf4 Кfб 53.Rh3 Rh8 54.g4 Rh7

Black must try to exchange Queens as otherwise the attack Ьу Зl.h5 grows too strong. 31.h5 White does not trade Queens, as the recapture Ьу Black with the b-pawn, Opening the b-file would keep White too busy. 31 ... Qe2 32.R1e2

Any King move is answered Ьу 55.Ке5. 55.Rhб

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GAME 133

J. Mieses - Tarrasch French Exchange Variation

1.е4 е6

2.d4 d5 З.еd5 ed5 4.Ве3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Ne2 D-0 7.Nbc3 с6 8.Qd2 Ве6 9.Bf4 ВЬ4 Тhis move avoids the Bishop trade and simultaneously makes 10.0-0-0 appear more dangerous than it really is dangerous. 10.D-O

White could also castle Queenside and then start а pawn attack against the Black King. Black could then try the same thing on the Queenside or better yet conrinue with 1O•.. Ne4. 10... Nh5 Тhis is to prevent ll.Bg5, followed Ьу 12.f4. 11.Rae1 Nd7 12.Bg5 Qa5 1З.NgЗ 13.f4 wouldnowЬe answered Ьу 13 .. .f5. 13... Ng3 14.hg3 Rfe8 Anticipating the attack against h7, B1ack prepares а square for the Кnight. 15.Kh2

Intending to play lб.Rhl. 15... f6 After an interesting opening, the position looks equal. 16.Bh4

Тhis is а decisive епоr. Тhе Bishop should retreat to f4 or еЗ. On h4, it is completely hemmed in and later on it will Ье very difficult to free it again. Apparently White counted on 16... g5, when White сап sacrifice the Bishop for three pawns and а strong attack, e.g. 17.Bg5 fg5 18.Qg5 Кh8 19.Bh7! etc., Ьut Black has no need to play for the piece gain, since it 's poor posting gives him sufficient advantage. 16.•. Nf8 17.Rh1 Тhе maneuver is ineffective as White 's own piece obstructs the Rook 's activity. 17... Bd618.Kg1 Qc719.f4 Bg4! Тhis move keeps White from freeing bls Bishop for many moves. 20.Ne2 Better was 20.Ве2, on which Black could guard his Bishop with 20...h5 or 20 ...Qd7. 20.•. Re7 21.с4 dc4 22.Вс4 Kh8 23.Nc3 RaeS 24.Re7 Better is the immediate 24.1{f2. 24... Qe7 25.Kf2 ВЬ4 With this and the following move, Black prepares the Queen 's entry and exchange, after which he will have а clearly won position. 2&.аз вез 27.Qc3 ьs 2s.вьз If 28.Bfl, then follows 28 ... Qe4, and White is in an impossiЬle bind. 28... Qe2 29.Kg1 Qe1 ЗО.Кh2! Not 30.Qe1, after which Black will exchange Rooks and after that he plays in effect with an extra piece. зо

... QСЗ з1.ьсз h& з2.ts

То keep from losing the Bishop, this is necessary. Black сап simply capture the pawn, in which case White's best continuation is ЗЗ.Вdl! g5 34.g4 or ЗЗ ... RеЗ 34.g4 Bishop anywhere ЗS.Bel.

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тье

move played Ьу Black is much stronger though. Э2 ... Rе3! ЗЗ.Вd1 ! White defends excellently. Оп ЗЗ.Rсl, White is unaЬle to play 34.Bdl, Ьecause of34...Rel. зэ

... Вd1

ТЬе logical continuation to keep the Bishop locked up, would Ье 33 ...h5, but the simple text move should also lead to victory. 34.Rd1 RСЗ 35.d5 cd5 Here Black Ьegins to weaken, 35 ... с5 would lead to an easy win. On Зб.dб, Black simply plays 36 ... Nd7, but his position is sttong enough to sacrifice the Кnight for the d-pawn and after 36 .. .Ra3, with three connected passed pawns against а Bishop, he should Ье winning. Now the Black pawns are scattered and the White Rook will penettate the Black position. 36.Rd5 Kg8 On 36 ... аб, White could play for а draw Ьу 37 .а4 Ьа4 38.Ra5 and even could stan an attack with 37 .Rd8, the defense against which required great prudence, 37 ... Kg8 38.g4 Кf7! (Here 38 ...Ra3 would lose for Black Ьecause of 39.Bg3 followed Ьу 40.Bd6 or 40.Rf8 followed Ьу 4l.Bd6.) 39.Bel Rc7! 40.ВЬ4 and Whitehas agood

game.

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the a-pawn. Bad would Ье to play 42.Rh8, Ьecause although the Кnight could not move Ьecause of mate on f8, White cannot capture on h7 as the Rook is lost after 43 ... Kg8!. 38 ... Nd7 39.Bg3 Тhis

is to keep the Кnight out of е5.

39 ... NЬ6 Тhis

is to Ьlockade the Ь-file.

40.Bf2 Ra6

There is notblng Ьetter. On 40 ... Nc4, there follows 41.Bd4 (Again trying to keep the Кnight out of е5.), as 41 ... а5 42.Rb8 Kh7 43 .Rb7 (Threatening 44.Bf6.) 43 ... Ne5? 44.Ве5 fe5 45.f6 and the least Wblte will get is а draw. 41.Rc5 Here Metger recommends 4l.Кh3, but the Rook move is good. 41 ... Nd7 42.Rc8 Kh7 43.Rc7 Weaker is 43.Bd4, Ьecause of 43 ... Ra4. 43 ... Ne5

On 43 ... Nb6, Whitc plays 44.Bd4 threatening 45.Bf6. 44.Kh3

Thus White throws away his last drawing chance. Сопесt was 44.Ra7 Ng4 45.Kg3. 44 ... Ra3 45.Kh4

37.Rb5 RаЗ 38.g4

~inally White proceeds to free his B1shop, but it is still one move too early. ~te should first proceed to pin the Кnight and only after that, threaten to bring in the Bishop to threaten the Кnight once more. Тhere is then no way for Black to maintain bls material advantage wblle Parrying this danger. Thus the game Would remain undecided: e.g.38.Rb8 Ra4 39.g4 Rg4 40.Bel Kf7 41.Rb7 Ке8 42.Rb8 Kf7! or 38 ... Rd3 39.g4 Kf7 40.Bf2 Rd7 4I.Bc5 Nh7 42.Ra8! winning

Here White had а chance to give his opponent а difficult proЬiem to solve with

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45.g3! iпstead. Оп 45 ... а5?, White plays 46.Bd4! threatening 47 .Ве5 followed Ьу 48.f6. Тhе сопесt extraordiпary solutioп is 45 ... Ra2 46.Ва7 Nf3 47.g5! (only move) 47 ... Ng5 48.Кh4 Ra4 49.Кh5! (Оп 49 .g4 follows 49 ... Ra3 with 50 ... Rh3 next.) 49 ... Ne4 50.g4 (On а King move Black plays 50 ... Nd6 and 51 ... Nb5) 50 ... Ra3 51.g5! (On 51.Kh4 follows 51 ... Ng5 and 52...Rh3) 51 ... hg5! (Not 51 .. .fg5 Ьecause of 52.Bd4.) 52.Kg4 (Оп 52.Bd4 follows 52... Ra4 53.Rd7! NgЗ 54.Kg4 Ne2. On 52.ВЬ8? follows 52 ... Rh3 53.Kg4 Nf2#.) 52...Rg3 53.Кh5 Ndб 54.Bd4 (Not 54.Rc5? because 54 ... Nf5 55.Rf5 gб) 54 ... NЬ5! 55.Rd7 Nd4 56.Rd4 RhЗ 57.Kg4 Rh4 followed Ьу 58 ... Rd4. Тhе attempt at а partial solution after 45 ...Ra2 46.Ва7 NfЗ 47 .g5 h5 fails after 48.g6 Кhб 49.Ве3 Ng5 50.Bg5 fg5 51.g4 and if now 5l ...Ra3 52.Kg2 hg4 there follows 53.Rc8 Ra2 54.Kfl (Not 54.Kg3 RаЗ 55.Kg4 Ьecause of 55 ... Ra8 56.Ra8 stalemate.) and it is not White but Black who gets mated. Тrying to play 47 ... fg5 (Threatening 48 ...Rh2 and ... Ne5 mate and on 48.Kg4 there follows Ne5 49.Кh3 g4 50J{h4 Rh2#.) 48.g4!, but not 48.f6 Ьecause of 48 ... h5 49.Rg7 Кhб 50.g4 h4 51.ВЬ8 Rgl# with а plethora of pretty variations. 45 ... Ra4 Now Black 's win has become simpler and easier. 46.Ra7 Rg4 47.Kh3 Rf4 48.Вс5 Rf5 49.818 Rg5 50.Rc7 NdЗ! 51.g3 Nf2 52.Kh2 Ne4 5З.Ве7 Rgб On 53 ... Ng3 or 53 ...Rg3, there follows 54.Bf6. 54.Kh3 White is trying for а stalemate.

54 ... Rg3 55.Kh4 f5 56.Rd7 Rg1 57.Kh3 NgS 58.Kh2 NfЗ 59.Kh3 f4 Тhis threatens 60 ...Rg3#. 60.Bh4 Nh4 61.Kh4 Rgб 62.Kh5 fЗ 63.Rd2 Rfб 64.Rf2 Rf4 Тhе threat is 65 ... g6#. 65.Rg2 Black must not capture because of stalemate. 65 ... Rf5 D-1.

GAME 134

Tarrasch- J. Minckwitz RuyLopez

1.е4 eS 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 а6 4.Ва4 Nfб 5.Nc3 Ве7 б.D-0 dб Slightly Ьetter is 6... Ь5 and then 7 ... d6. 7.Всб ЬСб

8.d4 ed4 9.Nd4 Bd7 White now has а consideraЬly freer game. Не should make use of it Ьу playing 1014 and ll.e5. 10.Qd3 о-о 11.f3 Of course this is very weak. In the subsequent moves, White forgoes all initiative. One is not always in form. When I had а similar position against Blackburne in the Manchester toumament, it occuпed to те that it was quite alright toplay 11.Ь3 and 12.ВЬ2 and this idea Ьу itself was almost enough for awin. 11 ... Ne8 12.Ве3 gб 13.Rad1 Much stronger was 13.Rae 1 followed Ьу 14.f4. 13... Ng7 14.ЬЗ White spent fifteen minutes on this insignificant move, but advancing the f -pawn was still indicated, as Black could not answer 14...f5, Ьecause of 15.Qc4 followed Ьу 16.Nc6.

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14... Qe8 15.Rfe1 White could still prevent 15 ... f5 playing 15.Bh6.

Ьу

15...15 Тhis move frees Black's game. 16.ef5 Nf5

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22 ... Вс6 23.Re3 Qf5 24.Rde1 Rf7 25.Kh1 Raf8 26.Na3! Тhis is the Ьest way to re-coordinate Кnight with the other pieces.

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26 ... Qh5 Black now begins making indecisive moves, instead of advancing the Kingside pawns. In case White would choose to defend the same way as in the game, then it could have led to а very pretty conclusion with 26 ...g5 27 .NЫ h5 28.h3 Rg7 (Much stronger than 28 ... Kh7.) 29.Nf2 g4! 30.hg4 hg4 31.Ng4 Rh7 32.Nh2 (Or 32.Kgl Qh5 33.Кf2 Ng2 34.Kg2 Qg4.) 32... Qh5 33.g4 QhЗ 34.Qf2 NdЗ 35.Rd3 RfЗ 36.Rf3 ВfЗ 37 .Kg1 Qg4 38.Кf1 QhЗ and mate to follow. 27.Nb1 g5 28.NЬСЗ Qg6 29.Kg1

17.Bg5

Instead of this, White could start an attack with а piece sacrifice and obtain а very strong attack, alЬeit an incoпect attack, e.g. 17 .Qc4 d5 (If 17 ... Qf7 18.Nc6.) 18.Nd5 cd5 19.Qd5 Kg7? 20.Nf5 Bf5 21.Bd4 Кhб (Not 21 ...Rf6? 22.Re7 followed Ьу 23.Qa8.) 22.g4 Вс2 (22...Rd8 23.Qe5 Вfб 24.Qf6.) 23.Re6 (Threatening 24.Qh5.) and White will win. Although Ьу 19...Rf7 20.Nf5 Bf5 21.Bd4 Qd8!, Black would have repulsed the attack with advantage. 17... Qf7 18.Ве7 Ne7 19.Ne4

Not allowing the combination 29 ... g4 30ig4 Qg4 Зl.RgЗ Ngб!. 29 ... h5 Obviously Black has lost two moves with the Queen. ЗО.hЗ Kh7 Now Black threatens to advance the g-pawn again. 31.Nf2

White is drifting into an unfavoraЬle game, as it often happens, after one is unaЬie to take advantage of а good position. 19... Nd5 Black is posting his pieces excellently for а Кingside attack. 2О.С4 Nf4 21.Qcl2 с5 22.Nc2 The Кnight must not go to е2 Ьecause of 22... Ng2! 23.Kg2 QfЗ or 23.Ng5 Nh4! and Black keeps an advantage.

31 ... Qf6 Instead of this, Metger in the toumament Ьооk suggests the pretty Кnight sacrifice оп g2, but it would not Ье decisive. The following would happen: 32.Kg2 g4 33.hg4 hg4 34.Rhl Kg7 or 34 ... Kg8

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35.Nd5! апd the attack Ьу Black is not, 35 ... gf3 36.Kfl Qg2 37 .Kel when Black's attack is coming to an end. Neither is ... ВfЗ good for Black. White сап then give the exchaпge back. Не сап play 33.Kgl g4 34.h4 g3 (34 ... Qf6? 35.Re6.) 35.Nh3, or he could hold on ю· the piece апd threaten а counterattack. 32.Nce4 Qf5 ЗЗ.NgЗ Qf6 34.Qc2 Kh8

Better is 34...Kg8. Now White forces the Queen exchange, after which he has little to fear. Also to Ье considered was а piece sacrifice combination with, 35.Nh5 Nh5 36.Re6 Qg7 37 .Rgб Qh7 38.Ng4 should Ье considered. 38 ... Rf6 39.Rf6 Nfб (Better is 39...Qc2 40.Rf8 and 41.Rc8.) 40.Qh7 (П 40.Qc3? Qg7 41.Nf6 Rfб.) 40... Кh7 41.Re7 Кgб 42.Rc7 Ве8. With the Ьest defense, White would have а few pawns for the piece, but Black would have Ьetter winning chaпces. 35.Qc3 Qd4 36.Ne2 QсЗ 37 .NсЗ Kg7

On 37 ... g4 38.hg4 hg4 39.Ng4 Ng2 40.Kg2 ВfЗ 41.Kg3 Bg4, and White cannot capture the В ishop Ьecause of 42 ... Rg8 followed Ьу 43 ... Rh7#, but White will win if he fпst checks with the Rook.

42 ... Rb7

Black сап afford to make poor looking moves Шее this with impunity. 43.Nc1 Nf5 44.Kg 1 Rb8 45.Rd2 Nh4

Should Black ttade the NЬS Ьу 45 ... Nd4, White will have ап attacking target at а5. 46.Rde2 Тhе threat was 46 ... Bf3, which now would lead to а game which Black might even lose Ьecause his pawns are divided Ьetween both sides of the Ьoard, and the douЬled pawns diminish in their power.

46 ... Nf5 47.Rd2

Want adraw? 47... RЫ848.Rde2 Rd8

Both players are waiting for the opponents mistake. 49.N87 Bd7 50.Nb5 с6 51.Nc3 Nd4 52.Rb2 Bf5 53.N3e2 Re8 54.Rd1 Bg6 55.Kf2 Nf5 56.Ng3 Nd4 57.Nge2

Bad is 57.Nce2 because of 57 ... h4 58.Nfl Nf5 after which White's position Ьecomes very cramped. 57... Nf5 1/2·1/2.

GAME 135

38.Nd3 Ng6 39.Kh2

Although White conttols the only open file, he cannot do anything there, and for the moment he will have to make some passive moves. 39 ...85

This threatens а break on the Queenside. White must avoid this even though his b-pawn Ьecomes backward. 40.84 RЬS 41.Nb5 Nh4 42.R3e2

With 42.Re7, it would after 42... Nf5, only lead to the exchange of an active Rook for а dormaпt one.

Schallopp - Tarrasch French Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 Э.NсЗ Nf6 4.е5 Nfd7

5.f4

This variation, initiated Ьу Steinitz, does. not have much to recommend itself.

S... CS 6.dc5 NCS Much Ьetter than recapturing with the Bishop. 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.882 QЬ6

This is to delay White 's castling. 9.Rb1 Nd7!

This prevents IO.Be3.

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10.Bd2 ТЬе toumament hand Ьооk recomrnends 1O.Nb5 followed Ьу anchoring the l{night on d4.

10...f6! 11.ef6 Nf612.Na4 Qс71З.о-о Bd614.Ng5

With this and subsequent moves, Schallopp prematurel у tries to attack. Correct was 14.g3. 14... о-о

15.с4

h6 1&.cs

Тhе

Knight should retreat to hЗ, then Black's game would Ье slightly Ьetter, but the text move is а decisive епоr. 1&... hg5 17.cd6 Qd6 18. fgS Ne4 Тhе

result of White 's mistake, are two connected passed pawns, guaranteeing Black's victory. The only remaining chance for White is an attack against h7 (With 19.Bd3 and 20.Qh5, etc.) 19.Rf8 QfS 20.Ве3 Qf5!

The main purpose of this move is to prevent the attacking move 21.Bd3, which would now Ье answered Ьу 21 ... NЬ4. 21.h4

Schallopp recommends 21.Qc2 instead, with this follow up, 21 ... NЬ4 22.Qc7 NgЗ 23.Rel (The subsequent 23 ... Ne2 24.Re2 QЬl 25.Bcl (25.Qcl Qcl and 26 ... Na2.) 25 ... Nd3 26.Rc2 Bd7 would however Ье good for Black. What might happen is 27 .ЬЗ Rc8 28.Qd7 Qcl and mate next. 21 ... Bd7 22.Nc5 (See next diagram)

After 22.Nc5

23...de3 24.Bf3

On 24.Qfl, there follows 24 ... Ng3 25.Qf5 Ne2 26.Kfl NgЗ, winning а piece. On 24.Qel, Blackcanplay forthe win of the Nd7. 24 ... Nd2 25.Rc1 Nd4 26.Kh2

With 26.ВЬ7, it leads to the loss of the Queen or а pretty mate Ьу, 26 ... Qf2 27.l{h2 (Or 27.Khl Ne2 28.Qel NgЗ 29.Кh2 Ndfl ЗО.КhЗ. Qf5#.) 27 ... Ne2 28.Qel Nfl 29.Kh3 (On 29.Кhl NegЗ# or 29 ... Qgl# or 29 ...Qfl with 30...Qh4.) 29 ... Nf4 30.Kg4 Nh2 etc., 26 ... Qf4 27.Kh3 N2f3 28.gf3 е2 0-1.

On 29.Qel, Black wins with 29 ...Qf3

...

зо.кь2# (ЗО.QgЗ Qfl.) зo Qg4 Зl.RсЗ (3l.Qg3 NfЗ and el=Q or 3l.Ne5 Qf4.) Зl ... NfЗ 32.Rf3 QfЗ ЗЗ.Кgl Rd8 34.Ne5 QеЗ and 35 ... Rdl.

GAME 136

22 ... d4 Тhis gives Black а decisive attack.

Tarrasch - А. Fritz

23.Nd7

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 BfS

Тhе move 23.Bd4, would lead to the loss of а piece. On 23.Ne4, wblch is slightly better than the text, there follows 23 ... Qe4 24.Bf2 Ne5 25.Bf3 Qf5 etc.

Weakening the Queenside and White will use this opponunity at once. з.с4 е&

4.Qb3 Nc6

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After 4 ... Ь6, the disadvantage of Black's game Ьecomes obvious. Тhе text move is Ьest, because it enaЬles the Rook to come to the defense of the b-pawn. 5.Qb7

On 7 .NЬЗ, the Кnight is posted poorly and on 7.NЬ5, Black plays 7 ... а6 8.Na3 Ь5, leaving the Кnight completely misplaced. 7 ... h6! Otherwise White plays 8.Bg5 and 9.Bf6, and White will dominate the d5-square. а.о-о ве&!

Black intends the advance of the d-pawn. 9.Re1 Ве7 Not 9 ... d5, as White wins а pawn Ьу playing 10.ed5 Nd5 ll.Nd5 Bd5 12.Ne5 Ne513.Bb5. 10.ВеЗ

Thus White lets his adv antage slip, which he could maintain Ьу 5.с5. What probaЬly would happen is 5 ...Rb8 6.е3 threatening 7.ВЬ5. Black is very cramped on the Queenside and he cannot yet make а break in the center Ьecause if 6 ... е5, then 7.Ne5 Ne5 8.de5 Вс5? 9.Qb5. 5 ... NЬ4 6.Na3 RЫ 7.Qa7 Ra8 8.Qb7 RЫ Drawn Ьу repetition. 1/2·1/2. White expected that Black would play for а piece win Ьу 8 ... Ra3 9.Ьа3 Nc2 10.Kd2 Nal, but the Кnight would Ье trapped and White would get an advantage Ьу the sequence of с5-е3-ВЬ5.

GAME 137

Tarrasch · Louis Paulsen Sicilian Defense 1.е4 с5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.NсЗ Nf6 4.d4 cd4 5.Nd4 d6 6.Ве2 е5

This creates two weaknesses in the Black position, the squares d6 and d5. Black defends these weaknesses admiraЬly, and could have obtained а fairly equal game. 7.Nf3

Better would Ье 1О.ВЬ5, ll.Ba4, 12.ВЬ3 and attack the d5 square once more. Thus White could have maintained his positional edge. 10... 0-о Now Black could have played 10...d5. 11.Qd2 Ng4 Black should free bls game Ьу advancing the d-pawn. The text move shows Paulsen's preference for the two Bishops, but his game remains cramped. 12.Rad1 NеЗ 13.Qe3 Qas 14.а3 Тhis is to prevent 14 ... QЬ4. 14... Qc5 15.Qd2 а6 So as to retreat the Queen to а7, as retreating to Ьб would Ье answered Ьу Nd5. 16.Ь4 Qa7

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17.Nd5 Bd8 Тhis Bishop is the Ьest guard for ьackward d-pawn and Black must

the not exchange it. On 17 ... Bd5, the Queen would recapture. 18.с4 Rc819.Qe3 Ь6 20.Qd2

Тhе Queen maneuver provoked а new weakness in Black's position. 2О ... QЬ7 Тhis is an indirect threat against е4. Bad for Black is 20.. .f5 Ьecause of 21.ef5 Bf5 22.Ne3 Ве7 23.Qd5 Кh8 24.Nf5 Rf5 25.Bd3 Rfб 26.Qe4 gб 27 .Nh4. 21.h3 Preparing 22.g4, but this is not going to happen. 21 ... Ne7 Black wanted to trade the Nd5 for а Кnight in order to retain the Bishop pair.

22.Ne3!

Black cannot capture on е4, since after 23.Qd6, he would lose the е5 pawn, e.g. 23 ... Ng6 24.Bd3 Qсб 25.Qc6 Rсб 26.Bg6 fgб 27.Ne5. 22 ... Вс7 23.Bd3 Ng6 On 23 .. .f5, а multiple exchange on f5 would result followed Ьу the Queen trade on d5. In the remaining position, White would attack dб with his Rooks and his Knight on е4. This would lead to а favoraЬle game for White.

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Тhе move 25.g4 cannot Ье played on account of 25 ... Bd5 followed Ьу 26 ... Nf4. Now White wants to play 26.g3.

25... Qd7 26.Qe3

White is trying to induce the Black Queen 's retreat, but overlooked that his opponent now has а favoraЬle opportunity of trading the Nd5. 26... Bd5! 27.ed5 П the c-pawn recaptures, Black will obtain an advantage Ьу 27 ... RсЗ. If 28.Ral, then 28 ... Nf4, and Black will have time to douЬle his Rooks. Sacrificing the a-pawn Ьу 28.Qd2 RаЗ 29 .QЬ2 would Ье punished Ьу 29... Qa4! (Тhreatening ЗО ... RЬЗ or 30... Ra2.) ЗО.Вс4 (ЗO.Ral RЬЗ !) ЗО ... а5!, with advantage for Black. Thus, contrary to his opponent 's intention, he has to recapture with the e-pawn and allow the f-pawn push. After that Black would have а free game on the Kingside with attacking chances, while his Queenside position remains cramped

27...f5 28.Bf1 Qa4

This move and the next one are obviously made under time-pressure. For Black it was not easy to design а promising plan. Best was to prepare ... g5 Ьу retreating the Кnight to h8. 29.Rb1 Qe8

24.Nd5

This move is now necessary because of the threat 24 ... Nf4. If Black captures the Nd5, the c-pawn will recapture. This would eliminate the threat against dб, but Black still has а cramped game. On 24 ... Nf4, White would simply play 25.g3 and capturing on hЗ would Ье quite risky. 24 ... Bd8 25.Kh2

Тhis permits the activation of the Кnight, which could here have proved most damaging.

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ЗO.Nd4

Nf4 is to prevent 31.Ne6. White should simply drive the Кnight off and play Nеб, after which he will obtain а decisive advantage. This is bome out Ьу Dr. Gotschall 's correct analysis in the toumament Ьооk, e.g. 31.g3 Ngб (Or 31 ... Bg5? 32.gf4 Bf4 33.Qf4 etc., or 32... ed4 33.Qd4.) 32.Ne6 Rf7 33.с5! (33.Ве2 would not Ье very dangerous Ьecause of 33 ... Nf8 34.Bh5 g6 35.Nf8 Rf8) 33 ... Ь5 (ЗЗ ... Ьс5 is worse yet Ьecause оf34.Ьс5 dc5 35.Ва6 Ra8 36.ВЬ5 or 36.ВЬ7) 34.с6 followed Ьу 35.Nd8 and а breakthrough Ьу way а4 and Ral. 31.Nc6 Вс7 32.Qf3 Qf7 ЭЭ.gЭ Ng6 Э4.а4 Ne7 эs.ьs as 36.Ве2 Nc6 Тhis

Ьу 46.. 14 47.Ве4 fЗ 48.Re3 Qf4 49.Kgl Re4 50.Re4 Re4! (Not 50...Qd2, Ьecause а draw can Ье forged 51.Re8 and 52.Re7, etc). or 47.Re4 fЗ 48.Re5 de5 49.Bfl е4 50.d6! (Not 50.Kgl Ьecause of 50...Qd6.) 50... Bd6 51.Kgl Кh8. In order to avoid 52.Qd5) Ьecause of the mating threat of 52...Qe5. 46... h5 47.Qd4 Here 47 .g4 would not change the end result of the game Ьecause of 47 ... hg4 48.hg4 fg4 49.Ве4 Qf4.

47 ... g4 48.h4 Kg71/2·1/2 agreed.

GAME 138

37.Ьс6.

White must not recapture with the d-pawn as in that case, the Black Bishop could participate in the attack Ьу sacrificing the d-pawn. 37... е4 Black now gets an attack оп the Kingside which may Ьесоmе dangerous. 38.Qh5 Qf6 39.Bf1 Rce8 Тhis is in order to play 40 .. .f4, but White attempts to prevent this Ьу continuously attacking the e4-pawn. 40.Bg2 Qd4 41.Qe2 Re7 Instead of this, 41 ... f4 could now Ье played. The e4-pawn would Ье tаЬоо, as White would lose at once, e.g. 42.Ве4 fgЗ 43.Kg3 Re4 44.Qe4 Qf2 45.Kg4 Bd8 and wins. White 's Ьest defense to 41 ...f4 was 42.Rbdl Qc5 43.gf4 Rf4 44.Qe3 Rf2 45.Qc5 Ьс5 46.Kg3 etc. or 42 .. .fg3 43.fg3 Qc544.Rfl. 42.RЬd1 Qf6 43.Qd2 Rfe8 44.Re2 ReS 45.Rde1 gS Тhis is а last try. 46.Kg1! With this move White threatens to Ьreak the pawn chain. П 46.g4, White loses now

Tarrasch- Alapin Petroff Defense

1.е4 е5 S.dЭ

2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Ne5 d6 4.Nf3 Ne4

Alapin assumed that White would play . the normal 5.d4. to develop his King Bishop. Не touched а different piece and naturally 1 captured his Кnight. Alapin resigned at once and we continued the game in skittles fashion, but even if the Кnight retreats it seems that it cannot escape it 's fate Ьecause it did not take very long for me to win the piece and the game.

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GAME 139

Blackburne - Tarrasch French Defense

1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.NСЗ Nf6 4.е5 Nfd7 5.f4 с5 6.dc5 Nc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.ВЬ5??

It is easier to find an excuse for piece than it is for not understanding the spirit of the game. This move leads to а trade of pieces, after which Black should have а winning position considering his Bishop pair and а strong center.

Ыundering а

s... Be7 s.o-o о-о 1О.Вс6? Ьс6 11.Nd4 Qc7

Steinitz, writing in the Intemational Chess Magazine, makes the following instructive observation." Тhе Queen is too strong of а piece to Ье used in the opening merely to protect а pawn. Better is the sirnple 11 ... Bd7 12.Qh5 f6 13.Rf3 Qe8, with а superior position for the endgame." Тhе following weak moves can only Ье explained Ьу my confusion caused Ьу Blackbume's poor game. Weak moves made Ьу а strong opponent have often caused me to make poor moves, see also my game against Mackenzie, game 73 and ту remarks to move 23. 12.Qh5 White 's plan, starting with his eighth move, was to attack on the Kingside. Тhis was Ьound to fail, since this attack is made Ьу а completely inadequate force, i.e. Queen and Rook only, on the other hand Black's counter chances in the center and on the Queenside are predominate, almost guaranteeing victory after he repels White's attack. 12... Bd7 Now it is too late. It was imponant not to weaken the Кing 's position Ьу moving the pawns and Black could achieve this Ьу 12... Nd7 lЗ.RfЗ Rd8 14.Rh3 Nf8 and Black is completely safe on the Kingside

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and ready to attack on the other side of the (Steinitz). 13.Rf3 g6 When 1 made my twelfth move, 1 intended to move the f-pawn one or two squares, then to continue with secwing the King's position, but 1 saw too late that on 13.. .f5 White plays 14.Rh3 h6 15.Qg6 Ве8 16.Qg3, and White would Ье Ьetter on account oftwo threats, 17 .Rh6 or 17 .Ь4 followed Ьу 18.Ne6. 14.Rg3! On 14.Qh6, Black would secure his position Ьу playing 14.. .f5 followed Ьу 15 ...Rf7. 14.•. Kh8 Here Black could have forced а draw Ьу 14.. .f5. White would have nothing Ьetter than to sacrifice the Rook and give perpetual check. At that point though, 1 still Ьelieved 1 could defend against the attack and then go on to win. 15.Qh6 Now the f-pawn cannot move anymore because of 16.Rg6 and in the further course of the game, Black never gets to move it. Тhis is the origin of his trouЬles. It is the weak fб-square that offers the most splendid anacking comblnations, but as soon as Black controls this square, the game is often decided in his favor. 15••. Rg816.Be3 If instead White plays 16.f5, Black could not recapture Ьу 16 ... ef5 because of 17 .Qh7 Кh7 18.Rh3 Kg7 19 .Вhб King anywhere 20.Bf8 followed Ьу mate next move, but 16 ... gf5 or 16 ...Qe5 would refute it. 16..• Bf8 Тhе move 16 .. .f5 is dangerous for Black Ьecause of 17.ef6 е.р. Вfб 18.Nf3 NЬ7 19.Rh3 Rg7 20.Nh4 Ве8 21.f5 (Not 2l ... ef5 22.Nf5 gf5 23.Qf6.)

Ьoard

17.Qh3 Nb7

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With this move Black threatens to bring his Queenside pawns into the act, with ... с5 followed Ьу ... d4. Bardeleben proposed 17 ... Ne4, instead of the text, to Ье followed after 18.Ne4 de4 Ьу 19 ... с5 and 20 ... Всб. However the pawn on е4 would Ье lost with no compensation after 19.Ne2 с5 20.Nc3 Всб 21.Re1 followed Ьу 22.Bcl and 23.Rge3. 18.Nf3 Rg7 19.Rf1

At the post mortem analysis it Ьесаmе clear that here 19.Re 1 was Ьener in order to prevent the Bd7 from moving to f5 via е4, butone cannot really expect that the attacker could see this hidden resource, the circuitous activation of the Bd7, five moves ahead. In addition after 19.Re 1, Black could have chosen another effective defensive maneuverwith ... Na5-c6-e7-f5, e.g. 19.Re1 с5 20.Вс1 Na5 21.Nd1 Nсб 22.Ne3 Ne7 and White must not move his Кnight to g4. 19...с5 20.Вс1

Вс6

Тhis

move is the start of а deeply calculated defensive maneuver against the White attacking line that looked the most dangerous, Ьoth to me and my opponent. Of course this was the line 1 was most concemed with. It consisted of playing the NсЗ across to fб. Metger, who was interested in the results of this game, for this was the toumament's decisive game, asked те as I got up from the game for а few minutes, if I thought I would Ье аЬlе to hold the game. Му answer was that I had а surprise move in reserve. When I approached him again after move 26, his handshake was so powerful, that I had to make the remaining moves with my other hand. 21.Nd1 Ву

Ве7

changing the move order, namely 2l ...Qd8, Black could have avoided 22.f5, а move which, as all commentators agreed, should lead to а win for White, e.g. 22.f5 ef5 (22 ... gf5? 23.Rg7 Kg7 24.Qh6 Kg8 25.Ng5 Bg5 26.Bg5 and wins.) 23.Bh6 Rg8 24.Ng5 (With the

GAМES

threats of 25.Nn and 25.Nh7.) 24... Bg5 25.Bg5 Qe5 26.Re3 Qdб 27 .Qh4 with an attack, on 27 ...Rge8? (Bener is 27 .. .h5!) then 28.Bf6 followed Ьу 29.Qh7 and 31.Rh3 and White mates. All Black needed to do though, was to allow White the win of the exchange after 22.f5 ef5 23.Bh6 Bd7, to attain а good game. White's attack would pretty much peter out after 24.Bg7 Kg7, after which White 's pieces on the Кingside are clumsily posted, and are threatened Ьу 25 .. .f4. Black already has one pawn for the exchange and may win the e-pawn as well. 22.Ne3 d4 23.Ng4

Ве4

Had White played his QR to е1 earlier, Black would Ье аЬlе to defend very adequately with 23 ... Bf3 followed Ьу 24 ... Qd8. 24.Nfб

Bf5 25.Qhб In my calculations, 1 counted here on 25.Qh4, which indeed is Ьetter. On that move, I would also continue with 25 ... Qd8 and 26 ... Nd6 and the game would Ье decided in my favor. 25... Qd8 26.Qg5

26 ... Nd6 Тhis

is the point. The move threatens to

attackfб once more Ьу 27 ... Ne4 or 27 ... Ne8,

thus taking over possession of fб Ьу force. will give Black а won game.

1Ъis

27.еdб

Оп 27 .Re 1, Black does not play 27 ... Ne4, because of 28.Re4 Ве4 29.Rh3

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followed Ьу ЗО.Rhб and 3l.Qh4, but mstead plays 27 ... Ne8. 21... Bf6 28.Qh6 Qdб 29.Ne5 Ве7! Not 29 ... Ве5, as after 30.fe5 Qe5, White will Ье аЬlе to play perpetual check with Зl.Bf4 Qfб! 32.Bg5 etc., as after 32... Qd5, the Bishop will get to fб.

42 ... Bg6 43.Rc7 Bd6 44.Rd7 Qсб 45.Ra7 Вс5 46.Ra5 QЬ6 47 .Ra4 Qb5 This is the end of the Rook chase. On 48.Ь3, there follows 48 ... сЬ3 49.аЬ3 QЬЗ. 48.Bf4 Rf8 49.Ве5 Kg8 and White Resigned Q-1.

GAME 140

зо.Rаз А last desperate attempt to continue the anack with 31.g4. зо ... fб З1.Nс4 Qd5 З2.Nd2 Вс2 It is now easy for Black to realize his advantage and after having driven the White pieces back, he will start а counterattack. ЗЗ.g4 с4 34.Rg3 Вс5 35.Nf3 Ве4 Black now threatens 36 ... d3 and this wins the Bishop. Зб.Кg2 Rb8 37 .КhЗ Unpinning the Кnight, but this deprives the Queen of its Ьest retreat square. Тhis enaЬles Black to try to trap the Queen. 37... Bf8! 38.Ne1 Rf7 Тhis forces the win of the Queen or а Rook. 39.Qh4 g5 40.fg5

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Tarrasch - Gunsberg 1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nc6 З.NсЗ g6 4.Вс4

Normally 4.d4 is played here. 4 ... Bg7 s.аз This is to avoid the trade of the Bishop and in this position the tempo loss is justified.

5 ...d6 б.dЗ 8е6 П tlris move had Ьееn justified, then 5.а3 would Ье senseless, but б... Веб is а bad mistake, as it leads to а loose IGngside and the deterioration of Black's pawn structure. 7.Веб fe6 8.Bg5 То Ье considered here was an attack Ьу 8.Ng5 Qfб (8 ... Qd7? 9.Qg4 Nd8 10.Nh7.) 9.Qg4 Nd8 10.f4 ef4 ll.Rfl hб 12.Nh3 g5. 8 ... Nge7 This is а bad post for the Кnight. Сопесt was 8 ... Nf6 or 8 ... Qd7. 9.Ne2 о-о 1o.Qd2

On 40.Qh5, there follows 40 ...Bg6. 40... fg5 41.Rf7 gh4 42.Rg1 The drama is over and is followed Ьу а pretty Scherzo.

As long as possiЬle, White keeps his opponent guessing about his castling choice. Тhis leads Black to allow another weakness in his position soon. 10... Qe8 11.Вhб White could have started а Kingside attack with ll.h4, but at best all it would have led to after а dozen moves or so, was а check on h7. Also in the meantime, since White, in this attacking pattern, needs to castle Queenside, Black could have begun an attack against the White King there. 11 ... Nd812.Bg7 Kg71З.Ng3 с5

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Тhis weakens Black's center still more. Steinitz recomrnends 13 ... Nf7 followed Ьу 14 ... d5, but this would make the eб-pawn pennanently backwards. 14.Qe3 Тhis is to make room for the Кnight on its way to с4. 14••. Rc815.Nd2 Ng8 See my comment on move eight. 16.Nc4 Nf7 17.а4 Nf6 18.()..() Мter Ьeing assured of winning chances in the center and on the Queenside, White finally castles Кingside. 18..• g5 Black realizes that his position in the center is bad and thus he tries to attack on the Кingside. Meanwhile, there was no need to rush into this desperate plan, but rather he could have played to improve his center Ьу 18 ... d5 19.Nd2 Qсб, as recommended Ьу Steinitz, but then Black's original weakness of the eб-pawn would Ье still clearer. 19.Qe2 Тhis is to prevent 19 ... h5 and in case the attack grows too strong, to weaken it Ьу

Nh5. 19... Rd8 20.Rfe1 Now 20...d5 is prevented. 20 ... Nh8 In addition to the threat to advance the h-pawn, Black threatened to play the Кnight via gб to f4 and then h5. 21.Qd2! Ву attacking the g-pawn Black is kept from playing 21 ... Ng6 or 2l ... h5. At the same time this move prepares the following attack on the Queenside. 21 ... Qg6 22.Ь4 Ь6 On 22 ... сЬ4 23.QЬ4 wins а pawn. 2З.Ь5 Nf7 24.85 Nd7 25.аЬ6 аЬ6 26.Ra7

Тhis move gives White control of the position and all he needs to do now is not to underrate Black's attack. 26 ... h5

27.Rb7 g4 28.Nf1

White has to make а few defensive moves because of the threat ... h4-h3 followed Ьу ... Ng5-f3. 28•.. Kh8 Lateron (tenmoves later), theKingtums out to Ье poorly posted on h8. Therefore Steinitz recommends 28 ... Kg8. With the King on g8 it tums out that White would have to make one less defensive move than after 28 ... Кh8, which move possiЬly might enaЬle Black to play the Rook to g8, thus strengthening his attack. 29.Qe3 h4 Otherwise White plays ЗО.QgЗ. ЗО.Кh1 Тhis is to prevent ЗО ... hЗ. Black now eschews а further attack but with а nice · combination wins the b5-pawn as compensation for his undefensiЬle bб-pawn.

ЗО ••. d5 31.NЬ6 d4 32.Qe2 NЬ6 ЗЗ.RЬ6 Rb8 34.Rb8 RЬS 35.Rb1 Nd6 36.Ь6

Nc8 37.f3! Тhе decisive move enaЬling White to start а Кingside attack. Steinitz gives as Ьetter yet 37.Ь7 Ndб 38.Rb6 NЬ7 39.f3, since after this the Black pieces would Ье paralyzed, but then White 's Rook would

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not Ье posted where it is needed, namely on the Кingside. Apart from that Black might ьаvе the sttong Кnight sacrifice Ьу 38 .. .R.Ь7 З9.Rd6 RЫ with а strong attack. For jnStance, 40.Kgl h3 41.g3 Qhб and White is in а bind, (42.Qg4? Rfl.) Apart from the pawn move, there was а sttong temptation to play 37 .Qd2. Тhis would have led to the gain of the Nc8, but the win would have eluded White. Namely, 37 .Qd2RЬ6 38.RЬ6 NЬ6 39.Qa5 Qfб! 40.QЬ6 Qf2 4l.Qbl? ЬЗ! and White doesn 't even have а perpewal

check. 37... gf3 The move 37 ... g3 is of no use anymore of 38.Qel, either Ьefore or after the pawn exchange.

Ьecause

38.Qf3 Kg7 Black has to avoid check on f8. If 38... NЬ6, White wins Ьу playing 39.Nd2 Nd7 40.Rb8 NЬ8 41.Qf8 Qg8 42.Qh6 Qh7 43.Qf6 Qg7 44.Qh4 etc. 39.Nd2 Rb6

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On 41 ... Nc4, follows 42.Qf8 Кh7 43.Rf7 winning the Queen. Black shouldnothave resigned yet, but could have tried 43 ...Qf7 44.Qf7 Kh8, in hopes that White continues with 45.h3 RЫ 46J{h2 Ne3 47 .Qеб? Now Black could have mated in three moves.

GAME 141

Burn .. Tarrasch

Queen's Gamhit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.с4 е6 З.NсЗ с5! 4.cd5 ed5 5.dc5

After this Black gets а good game.

5 ... d4! 6.Ne4? The Кnight should go to а4, in which case Black has to play 6 ... Вс5, ifhe wants to regain his pawn. Instead of that Black would have the much stronger 6 ... Ь5.

6 ... Вс5? Better was 6 ... Qd5 or 6 ... Bf5, which would have given Black а strong position. 7.Nc5 Qa5 8.Bd2 Qc5

Evennow 39... NЬ6 is Ьetter. Then White could continue with 40.Rfl followed Ьу 41.Qh3 and 42.Nf3. 40.Rf1 After this there is no hope anymore. 40... Nd6

41.Nc41·0.

9.Rc1 The Queen has to go to an unfavoraЬle square, as the Вс8 must Ье guarded. 9 ... Qf5 1O.Qa4 Nc6 11.Nf3 The move ll.Rc6 is а Ыunder, not only because of 11 ... Bd7, but worse with 11 ...Ьс6 12.Qc6 Kd8 13.Qa8 QЫ and mate.


172 11 ... Qd5

Black is now consideraЬly worse, not just Ьecause of the isolated d-pawn, but his development is delayed. 12.е3 dеЗ 1З.Ве3

Quite good also is

Nge7

14.ВЬ5

14.Вс4.

14... о-о 15.D-O Rd8?

Black's Queen is the target of multiple attacks. For this reason Black tries to bring aЬout а Rook exchange, but here White could force an immediate end to the game with lб.Rfdl Qеб 17.Всб Nсб 18.Qc6! or 16 ...Qf5 17.Всб Nсб 18.Rd8 Nd8 19.Qe8#.

On ЗO ... Qn Зl.QП Kf7 (31 ... Bf7? 32.Nf5.) 32.h5, Blackmustnotcapture on h5 Ьecause of 33.Nf5. 31.QЬ6 Re8 32.h5 Тhе further advance of the h-pawn might eventually put it in danger. Now it is tаЬоо, Ьecause of 33.Nf5.

32 ... Ве4 ЗЗ.QЬЗ Ne6 34.h6 g6 35.Qc3 Kg8! 36.Ne6 Qe6

16.Rc5? Qd6 17.Rfc1 а&!

Preventing 18.Bf4, which wouldnowЬe answered with 18 ... аЬ5 19.Qa8 Qf4. 18.Ве2 Ng6 19.Rd1 Qe7 20.Rd8 Nd8 21.Qc2 Nc6

Black has repelled the Queenside and the center, and although White is still marginally better, he cannot prevent Black 's further development and full equalization. White now tries а Kingside attack which has no chance of success. 22.h4

Of course Black cannot capture this pawn Ьecause if 22 ... Nh4, then 23.Nh4 Qh4 24.Rh5. 22 ... Nf8 23.Rg5 Ве6 24.а3 Rc8 25.Qb1 f6 26.Rg3 Bf7 27.Bd3 Ne5

Better is 27 ... Вgб. 28.Nd4 NdЗ?

In this game one notices that at the end of а long tournament, players often let their guard down, especially since the result of the game would not affect the outcome of the tournament. Again Ьoth players overlook а decisive move, 29.Rg7, which would give White the advantage. 29.QdЗ? вgs зо.аьз

Khs

37 .Bg5 Kf7 38.Re3 Qe5 Тhis

forces the exchange of Queens.

39.Qe5 Re5 40.Bf4 Re8 41.Rc3 Вс6 42.Ве3 1/2·1/2 agreed, although Black

has some winning chances, as he can win the h-pawn Ьу playing 42 ... g5, and 43 ... Kg6.

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XI. Nuremberg, 1889-1890 Between the Chess Congresses of Breslau and Manchester there is not much to repon my life. The medical practice grew and grew and so did my family. I Ьelieve in the five children system and I led а very happy life. In this chapter I am giving the reader the choice of some offhand games I played during this period. aЬout

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GAME 142

Tarrasch- M.Kurschner CenJerGame

1.84 е5 2.d4 ed4 З.Qd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 ВЬ4 6.Bd2 0·0 7.0·0·0 Re8 8.Qg3 White sacrifices а pawn to maintain the attack. After 8.f3 d5 Black is better. PlayaЬle here also is 8 .Вс4. 8... Вс3? Betteris theimmediate 8 ... Ne4. Afterthe text move the attack becomes very dangerous. 9.Вс3 Re4 10.Bd3 Re8 11.Nf3 d6 12.Ng5 h6

On 12... Ne5, White captures twice on е5, and then regains the Queen Ьу Bh7. 13.Bh7 Kf8! Bad is 13 ... Nh7 on account of 14.Ne6.

14.Ne4 Ng4 15.h3 Nge5 16.f4 Ng6 17.Bg6 fg6 18.Qg6 Qe7 19.Nd6 Тhе attack is renewed. 19••. cd6 20.Rde1 Ne5! On 20... Qf7 comes 21.Bg7 followed Ьу 22.Re8. On 20 ... Веб, naturally follows 2l.Re6 and is decisive. 21.fe5 d5 22.h4 Preventing the Queen exchange Ьу 22... Qg5, but 22.еб was also adequate. 22 •.• Ве6

On 22 ... Kg8, there follows 23.еб and then 24.Rfl. 23.Qh7 Recs 24.Qh8 Kf7 25.Ref1 Kg6 26.h5 Kg5 27.Bd2 Kg4 28.Qh7 1·0.

GAME 143

Tarrasch • М. Kurschner 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 З.еЗ е6 4. ВdЗ С5 Nc6 6.0·0 Ве7 7.ВЬ2 0·0 8.Nbd2 Qc7 Тhе Rook belongs on the с- file and not the Queen. Better is 8 ... Bd7 followed Ьу 9 ... Rc8. 9.Ne5 Bd6 Black should trade the King Bishop Ьу playing 9 ... NЬ4. 1O.f4 Ne7 11.с4 Ь6 12.Rc1 ВЬ7 The pawns which are the framework of the position, are posted symmetrically except for the f4 pawn. The position of all the Bishops is equal and the Кnights on d2 and е7 are pretty much equal. The Ne5 has made one more effective move than the Black one. Thus White is two moves ahead (f4, and Ne5). Black made this possiЬle Ьу moving the King Bishop and the Queen Knight twice. In addition, White has the advantage of pointing the Rc 1 at the Black Queen. 13.cd5 Ned5 Better would have been to capture· with the pawn. Black promises himself too much from the open Ь7 -g2 diagonal. 5.Ь3

14.Qe1 Ne7 Black should remove his Queen frorn the c-file. 15.dc5 Ьс5 Of course not 15... Вс5 because of 1б.Ь4, and now Black is at а disadvantage all over the Ьoard.

Xl. NUREMBERG, 1889-1890 1&.Nec4! Ng& 17.h4 Qc&? 18.Rf3 Qc7? 19.Rh3 Rfd8 20.h5 Ne7 21.h6 Ngб 22.hg7 Ве7 2З.ВЬ1 Kg7 24.g4 The Kingside attack now becomes irresistiЬle. Кеер an еуе on the effectiveness of the White Bishops. 24••• Kg8 25.g5 Nd5

26.Rh7 Тhis is one of those sacrifices that delight the weaker players, but which seem natural to а master. 26••. Kh7 On 26 ... Ndf4, follows 27 .Qh4! Ne2 28.Kfl Nd4 29.Rh8 Nh8 30.Qh7 followed Ьу 31.Qh8#. 27.Qh4 Kg8 28.Bg6 fg& 29.Qh8 Kf7 30.Qg7 Of course 30.Ne5 was possiЬle, winning the Queen, but White is playing for mate.

...

эо кев з1.Nes вts

Experience tells us that the defender in these positions, prefers to lose the King, as opposed to losing the Queen. Only 3I ... Qe5 could delay the mate. On Зl ... Rdб, it is answered Ьу 32.Qf7 followed Ьу 33.Qg8. 32.Qg6 Ке7 33.Qf7 Kd6 34.Ne4# or 34.Nc4# 1·0.

GAME 144 М.

Kurschner - Tarrasch RuyLopez

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1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 s.сЗ Nf6 &.Qe2 Ве7 7.о-о о-о s.вgs Re8 9.NЬd2 h610.Bh4 a611.Bd3

Not ll.Ba4, because of 11 ... Nd4 followed Ьу 12... Ва4. Black's game is quite cramped 11 ...ed412.cd4 Nb4! 1З.ВЬ1 This is а mistake, the Bishop trade should not Ье avoided. 1З ... ВЬ5 14.Nc4 d5 15.ed5 Nfd5 16.Qe4 White cannot prevent the loss of а piece, as on 16.Ве7 Re7, and the Queen has no square from which it could defend the Кnight and on 17 .Nfe5 follows 17 .. .fб. 16•.. Bh4 17.Qh7 Kf8 18.Qh8 Ке7 19.Re1 Kf6 20.Nce5! This is а delightful move. П the Rook captures the Queen, then 21.Ng4 is mate. 20... 8d7 21.Qh7 Bg5 22.h4 Bf4 23.g3 веs 24.de5 Ке7 25.Qg7 Ве& Тhе King сап r..ow crawl back, but White still has some chances, as his compensation for thc lost Кnight, is two connected pawns. 26.а3 Nc6 27.Qh6 Rh8 28.Qg5 Kd7 29.Qd2 Кс8 30.Rd1 Nce7 31.Ве4 с6 32.Nd4 КЬ8 ЗЗ.Qс2 Ка7 34.Rd3 Qb6 Now that Black has found safety for his King, he will try to stan а counterattack. 35.Rad1 Rad8 Зб.RЬЗ?


176 З& ••• NеЗ!

37.Re3!

Баd is 37 .fеЗ because 38.NЬ3 Rdl 39.Qdl QеЗ

of 37 ... БЬ3 followed Ьу

40...Qe4. 37 .•. Rd4 38.Rd4 Qd4 39.Qe2 Вс4 40.Bd3 ВdЗ 41.Rd3 Qc4 42.Qe3 КЬ8 43.Rd7 Qe6 44.Rd6 Qf5 Poor is 44... Nf5 45.Re6 Ne3 46.Re7. 45.е6

Although he is а piece short, White has held his game together quite well. Now he fiпally succeeds in trading the Бla~k f-pawп, after which his three passed pawпs may become very daпgerous iп the eпdgame. However, Бlack succeeds in mouпting а fast апd decisive attack. 45 ... Nd5 46.Qd4 Re8 47 .ef7 Qf7 48.Kg2 White cannot preveпt the final attack. Оп 48.Qd2, it would Ье answered Ьу 48 ...QfЗ followed Ьу 49 .. .Re2. 48••. Re2 49.Qh8 Ка7 Not 49 ... Кс7 Ьecause of 50.Qd8#. 50.Qd4 Ь6 51.Rc6 NеЗ 52.Kh3 Qf5 Followed Ьу mate in а few moves. Q-1.

GAME 145 К. Eckart - Tarrasch (Remove Black's f7-pawn) 1.е4 d6 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 е5 5.с3 Ве7 6.d5 NЬ8 7.h3 Q-0 8.NЬd2 NЬd7 9.Qe2 Nh5

The Knight is posted where it will remain а threat throughout the game. 10.g3 Qe8 11.Nf1 Qf7 12.Ng5 Bg5 13.Bg5 Nc514.Bc2 Ь6 Тhis is in order to play 15... Ва6 and if 16.с4 Вс4 followed Ьу 17 ... Qf2. 15.Q-O-O а5

At this poiпt 15 ... Ва6, makes по seпse. Black is поw readying ап attack agaiпst the castled positioп, while White is still unprepared for а Kingside counterattack. 16.Nd2 Ь517.Ве3 Capturing on Ь5 would Ье very poor on account of 17 ... Баб. 17••. Ь418.Вс5 dc519.Nc4 White eschews the securing move 19 .с4 and plays for а center attack. 19.•. Ьс3 20.Ьс3 g6! Protecting the Кnight, thus threatening to capture at f2 and at the same time he makes g7 availaЬle for the Queen. 21.Rd2 Rb8 22.ВЬЗ Оп 22.Ne5 follows 22...Qg7 23.Nc6 Баб 24.Qa6 Qc3 25.NЬ8 Qal 26.БЬ1 RЬ8 27 .Qd3 с4 28.Qc2 с3 with а striking attack, or 25 .. .Rb8 26.Qd3 Qb2 27.Kdl Qal. 22 ... Ва6 23.Qe3 а4 24.Ne5 Qg7 25.Вс4 Qe5 26.Ва6 RЬ6 27.14 Qg7 28.Вс4 RfЬ8 29.Кс2 Kh8 The exchange of Rooks was useless, as the King would feel very safe оп d3. White has diseпtangled himself very well from the complications of the last few moves, but his position is still dangerous. His пехt move has as its purpose, to cut off the Бlack Queeп, but it is а mistake, as now the d3-square will not give his Kiпg а safe sanctuary. anymore. ЗО.е5? Qf8! Тhis threatens 31 ... RЬ2 and after 32.Kd3 follows 32... Qf5. 31.Kd3 Оп 31.Rcl, Black may play Зl ...Qf5 followed Ьу 32...Qh3. 31 ... Qf5 З2.Ке2

Xl. NUREMBERG, 1889-1890

32 ... Ng3 ЗЗ.QgЗ Qe4 34.Qe3 Qh1 35.е6 Rb2! This Ьoth defends and attacks. 36.е7 Rd2 37.Kd2 On 37 .Qd2, Black plays 37 ...Qe4. 37•.. Rb2 38.Kd3 Qb1# 1-Q. Тhis is а pretty mate.

GAME 146 М.


1.е4 е5 2.Вс4

Nf6 З.NсЗ Ne4 4. Bf7 Better is 4.Qh5. 4.•. Kf7 5.Ne4 d5 б.QfЗ Kg8 7.Ne2

This is а joke. On 7 ...de4, 8.Qb3 would lead to mate. 7 ... Веб 8.N4g3 Nсб 9.а3 Qd7 10.h3 всs

Black has а totally superior position. 11.0.0 h5 This pawn must not Ье captured Ьecause of 12 ... Rf8, which further restricts White's game. 12.Nh1 Rf8 13.Qg3 h4 14.Qh2 Тhis is а tragicomical configuration of White's pieces. 14.•.е4 15.d3 Bd6 16. Bf4 (See next diagram) 16.•. Rf4 17.Nf4 g5 0-1.

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After 16.Bf4

GAME 147

Tarrasch - М. Kurschner RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 Nfб 4.0-0 Ne4 5.d4 Ndб 6.de5 This is the Witty variation Ьу L' Hennets. 6 .•• Nb5 7 .а4 Ndб

Better is 7 ... dб. Now White will develop strong attack more than adequate compensation for the sacrificed pawn. 8.Bg5 Ве7 9.Ве7 Qe7 10.ed6 cd6 11.Re1 Ne5 12.Nd4 Qf6 13.Nc3 Q-0 14.Nd5 Тhе White Кnights dominate the Ьoard and Black 's game is under developed. 14... Qh4 15.Ra3 Simpler is 15.Nf5, after which the Queen has to go back to d8, (15 ... Qg4? 16.Nh6 followed Ьу 17 .Nfб or vice versa.) However, the Rook move has а hidden meaning. 15..• Ng4 16.Rh3 Qf2 17.Kh1 Тhе Black Queen is now cut off, but it cannot Ье won without further complications. The Кnight protects the Queen and when recapturing would regain the Queen. 17...15 а


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Better would Ье to try to complete Black's development with 17 ... Ь6 and 18 ... ВЬ7. 18.Ne7 Kf7 On 18 ... Кh8, White plays 19.Ng6. 19.Ndf5 Qf5 This is а very interesting position. 20.Rf3 Тhis is decisive. On 20 ... Nf2, White plays 21.Kgl Ndl 22.Rf5 Ке8 23.Nc6 and mate next move. 20 ... Qf3 21.Qf3 Nf6 22.Nf5 White is playing for mate. Of course 22.Qb3 would have led to а quick win. 22 ... Kg8 23.Nd6 Rb8

24.Qb3 Kh8 25.Nf7 Kg8 26.Nh6 Kh8 27.Re8 White mates in а few moves. 1·0. On 27 ... Ne8 or 27 ... Re8, then 28.Qg8 followed Ьу 29.Nfl#. On 27 ... gh6, then 28.Rf8 and 29.Qf7#. On 27 ... g6!, then 28.Qf7 Ng8! 29.Qg8 or 29.Rf8, etc.

GAME 148 М.


1.е4 е5 2.Вс4 Nf6 З.NСЗ Ne4 4.Bf7? Kf7 5.Ne4 d5 6.Qh5 Kg8 7.Qe2 Тhis is the same joke as in game 146. 7... hб8.Ng3Ncб9.d3Nd410.Qd1 Вс5 11.Ве3 Kh7

In this game White 's development is far Ьetter than in game 146, even so Black has а consideraЬle positional edge in addition

to the two Bishop edge. 12.СЗ

12•.. Re813.h3 In order to Ье аЬlе to play 14.Ne2, without having Black play 14... Bg4. 1З ••• Qh414.N1e2 Ne215.Qe2 d4 Although this allows the White Кnight to occupy е4, it holds on to the attack and restricts White's game. 16.Bd2 Bd717.Ne4 Bf8! On 17 ... ВЬ6, it would Ье а poor square for the Bishop, after White castles Queenside. 18.()-()-0 Before long the Кing's position will Ье subjected to а fierce attack, but castling Kingside was also dangerous. 18... Re6 19.КЬ1 Ra6 20.Вс1 Ве6 Тhе Bishop's position is now excellent. 21.83 Оп 21.с4, Black also plays 21 ... Ь5, as in the game. 21 •.. Ь5 22. fЗ RЬ8 23.g4 Qd8! White threatened to cut off the Queen Ьу 24.g5, but now it is getting ready to attack on the other wing. 24.g5 Qd5 25.Кс2 dСЗ

XI. NUREMBERG, 1889-1890 Finally the right moment has aпived for the pawn exchange. 26.Nc3 QЬЗ 27.Kd2 Ь4 28.аЬ4 ВЬ4 Тhis

threatens 29 ... ВеЗ

ЗО.ЬсЗ

Ra2.

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There is no salvation for White, as 27 .Rf2 or 27 .Rd2 is answered Ьу 27 ... Rc4. 27.Nf4 Qf4 28.fe4

29.Qe5 Ra2 ЗO.gh6

White hopes to keep his opponent busy with the g7 mate threat, but there is no salvation anymore. ЗО ... RЬ2 31.ВЬ2 Qb2 32.Ке3 ВеЗ зз.Qе4 ПWhite captures the Веб at once, Black would proceed to win in а sirnilar fashion, with the difference that instead of З7 ... Rf5, he would have to play З7 ...ВеЗ. ЗЗ ... g6 34.Qe6 Bd4 35.Kf4 On З5.Ке4, Black will capture the Queen Ьу З5 ... Qе2 followed Ьу а Rook check. 35... Rf8 36.Kg5 Qg2 37 .Qg4 Rf5 and wins. Q-1.

GAME 149 М.

Kurschner - Tarrasch Sicilian Defense

1.е4 с5 2.Nf3 g6 З.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 S.NCЗ Nсб 6.Ве3 Bg7 7.Ве2 d6 S.D-0

D-0 9.h3 Bd71 O.Qd2 Rc811.Rad1 Nd4 12.Bd4 Вс6 1З.ВfЗ а6

Sooner or later this pawn needs protection. 14.Qe3 Тhis

is so he can play the Bishop to Ьб.

14... Nd715.Bg4 Тhis

is а mistake, giving the opponent а dominate position.

28 .•. Rg2 29.Kg2 Rc2 31.Kg1 Rf2 32.Qf2 Qd1 and Black won. D-1.

ЗO.Rf2 QfЗ ЗЗ.Кg2 Kg7

GAME 150

Tarrasch - F. Kolb (White is playing minus the Ral and his a-pawn starts on аЗ) 1.е4 ев 2.d4 ds з.еs· с4 6.Ве2 h6 1.о-о f5

cs 4.сЗ Nc6 s.Ntз

Black, having Ьееn given Rook odds and with а solid build up, can afford а few weak moves, but it is difficult to start an attack. S.gЗ

То Ье аЬlе

to follow up with 9 .Nh4.

s... Be7 9.Ne1 g5 On 9 ... gб, White could continue his attack with 10.Ng2 and ll.Nf4. 10.Bh5 Kd7

15.•. е516.Ва7 f517.ef5 gf518.Bf3 е4 19.Ве2 f4 20.Qd2 Ве5 21.Вс4 Kh8 22.Bd4 Qg5 23. Bd5 Rg8! 24. f3

White has made it impossiЬle for Black to castle, but this is all he has achieved.

lf White captures the Rook, the attack grows stronger yet Ьecause the Всб will lend it additional power.

via с2 and gб.

24... Bd5 25.Nd5 Bd4 26.Qd4 Ne5

11.g4 Qf8 On ll ...f4, White 's Queen can penetrate 12.ЬЗ Ь51З.ЬС4 ЬС414.f4 Kc715.Ng2 RЬ8 16.Qc2 Bd7 17.Bg6!


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Finally White has some semЬlance of an attack. 17... h5 18.gl5 g4 Black should capture the f-pawn. Не loses the game not Ьу а simple mistake, but Ьу а weaker play. 19.1е6

Bad would Ье 19.f6, since Black Ьу sacrificing а Кnight would рапу all danger. 19... Ве8 If Black captures the pawn, White proceeds with 20.f5 and 21.f6 and the advantage. 20.15 Bg6 21.fg6 Qc8 Оп 2l ... Qg7, White wins the Queen with 22.Rf7. 22.g7 Rh6 23.Bh6 Nh6 24.Nf4 Тhis completely undermines the Black position. 24 •.. КЬ7 25.Nd5 Ка& 26.Nd2 Qd8 27.Qe4 ваз 28.Nc4 Rьs

White now mates in three moves. 10.Rd8 Kf711.Bc4 Qe6 Or ll ... Beб 12.Ne5# Тhis is а pretty mating position. 1-D.

GAME 152 М.


French Exchange Variation

1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.ес15 ecl5 S.NIЗ Nf6 б.D-0 Q-0 7.сЗ

4.Bd3 Bd6

Тhis is а secure drawing v ariation. 7 ... Bg48.Be3Qd79.NЬd2 Nc610.Qc2

Rae&

29.е7 Ве7 ЗО.Nе7 Qe7 31.Qc6 Rb7 32.RI8 and White mates in а few moves. 1-0.

GAME 151

Tarrasch - Chr. Schroder (White gave Queen odds)

King's

GamЬit

1.е4 е5 2. f4 d6 З.dЗ f5 4.Nc3 fe4 а6 6.fe5 de5 7.Nf3 ВЬ4 8.Bg5

9.Rd1 Qg6?

5.de4 Qd6?

Black has developed unconventionally to obtain more prospects. However, in а majority of cases, with сопесt play, it will give the opponent Ьetter chances. 11.Nh4 Ne7 12.Bg5 Ng6 13.816 gfб 14.NI5? Better is 14.Bf5 14... 814 Тhis is the start of Black's attack. Тhе threat is to win а piece Ьу 15 ... Bd2 and 16 ... Bf5. 15.NЬЗ Ne7! Тhе Nf5 must Ье eliminated, if only so that after White plays gЗ the Bf4 may have а retreat square. 16.Nc5 Qc8 17.Ne7 Re7 18.Bh7

Xl. NUREMBERG, 1889-1890 Тhis gives Black а new attacking file and tЬus is а loss of time, but in any event Black already had а good attack.

18... Kg7 19.Bd3 Rh8 20.g3

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Not 28.Rg1 Ьecause of 28 ... Qgl, 29.Kgl Rh6, and ЗO ...Rh1#. 28 ... Qg4 Тhis threatens 29 ... Ве2 and on 29.Re1 follows 29 ...Qgl ЗO.Kgl Re1#. 29.Qd2 Rg6 and forced mate. D-1.

GAME 153 К.

Eckart - Tarrasch (Game conclusion)

20... Rh2!

The following occurrences are quite interesting. On 21.gf4, Black plays 21 ...Qh8. 21.Kh2 Qh8 22. Bh7 If the King should go to g 1, there follows 22 ... QhЗ 2ЗJЗ ВеЗ 24.Rf2 ВfЗ, but not 22 ... ВfЗ Ьecause of 2З.Вh7. 22 ... Re2 If now 2З.QdЗ, there follows 2З ...Rd2 24.QЬI f5 25.Kg2 Qh7 26.Rh1 Qg6 with а very strong attack, threatening for instance 27 ... ВfЗ 28.Кf3 Qg4 29 .Kg2 QgЗ.

23.Ne6

This pretty move wins а tempo for П the Кnight is captured Ьу the pawn, White plays 24.Qg6 followed Ьу 25.Qg4. If the capture is made Ьу the Bishop, then White has 24.Qe2. 2З ... Rе6 24.gf4 On 24.Kg2, Black continues with 24...Re2 25.Qd3 Rd2 26.Qb 1 f5 27 .Rh1

1... h5! 2.f5 hg4 З.Ве7 ghЗ! 4.Bd8 hg2 5.Kg1 gf1:Q 6.Kf1 Rhh2 7.Kg1 Bf5 8.Ва5 Ве4 Q-1. Тhе move 4.Qa4 was а little Ьetter, Ьut is followed Ьу 4 ...Qd7! 5.Qc2 Bf5! 6.Rf5! ef5! and Black maintains an extra pawn, or 4 ... Ке7, then 5.Qc2 hg2 6.Qg2 Bf5 7 .Qg7 Ке8 8.Rf5 (Not 8.Qh8 Ьecause of 8 ... Be4followedby9 ... Qg5 and 10... Qd2) and 9.Qh8, and White wins. 1-0.

White.

Вез.

24...f5 25.Rh1 Qh7 26.Kg2 Qg6

This threatens to win the Queen Ьу 27 ... Bdl. 27.Kf1 ВfЗ 28.Rh2

GAME 154 М.

Kurschner - Tarrasch (Game conclusion)


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1.Rac1 Тhis is so that White can force the Rook trade on 1...Rb2 Ьу playing 2.Rb 1. 1... 8d3 2.Rcd1 Rg5 3.Kh1 On 3.Bg5 or З.ВgЗ, Black plays З ...f2. 3... f2! о-1. Black forces mate. Bad is З ... Ве4 Ьecause of 4.Bf2!

GAME 155

Tarrasch - М. Kurschner Queen's Gamhit Accepted

1.d4 d5 Тhis

early

2.с4

dc4 3.е3 815

leaves Ь7 trouЬle.

unprotected, which spells

4.8с4 е6

5.Qb3 8е4 6.13 8с6 Тhere are two reasons why this Bishop does not Ьelong here. First this should Ье а Кnight 's developing square and second, it prevents с5, which in the Queen's Gamblt almost always has to Ье played 7 .Ne2 Nf6 8.е4 8е7 9.Nbc3 This threatens to drive the Bishop away Ьу IO.d5, and then to capture on Ь7.

9 ... Qc8 1O.d5 ed5? Necessary was IO ... Bd7 at once. 11.ed5 8d7 12.d6 8d6 13.817 Kd8 14.8g5 Nc6 15.Ne4 8е7 16.816 gf6 17.D-D-O

White now has an overwhelming attack. 17... Ne518.NI4 Тhе threat is 19.Ne6#. 18... Qb8 Тhis is an odd position for the Queen. 19.Qe6 Rf8 20.Nf6 Bd6 Ву playing 2l.Nd7 Nd7 22.Rhel, White could quickly win, but he prefers the following pretty, albeit not quite сопесt, Queen sacrifice.

21.Qe5 Rf7 22.Nd7 8е5 23.Ne5 Ке8 24.Rhe1 Re7 25.Nd5 Re5 26.Re5 Kf7 27 .Rd4 с6 28.RI4 Kg8 29.NI6 Kg7 ЗO.Rg5 Kh8

On ЗО ... Кf7, White plays 31.Nd5. 31.Rh4 Qc7 32.Rgh5 1-Q. Тhis game demonstrates that after а stunning sacrifice, the opponent rarely finds the Ьest answers.

GAME 156

Tarrasch - К. Eckart 1.d4 е6 2.Nf3 Nl6 3.е3 d5 4.8d3 8d6 s.NЬd2 о-о &.о-о Nbd7 1 .с4 cs а.ь3 Ь6 9.8b2cd4 Тhis is premature. Тhе natural move is 9 ... ВЬ7. 10.ed4 8b711.Re1 Nh5 Тhis only leads to the misplacement of the Кnight. Тhе move 11 ... Rc8, should' have Ьееn played. 12.Qc2 g6 Тhе Кnight should go back to fб. 13.g3 Rc8 14.Qc3! Тhis is in order to play 15.с5, without losing the c-pawn. 14 ... Ве7 15.Bf1! Bf6 16.Qe3 8g7 17.Ne5 Qe7


White 's position was marginally Ьetter, after this move he will have an advantage. Still the сопесt move was 17 ... Nf6.

ьut

1&.а4! Тhis is in order to play 19.Ва3. 18 ... Rfd8 19.а5 веs 20.de5 dc4 21.Nc4 Qc5 22.Nd6 Rc7 Better is to trade Queens at once. 2З.аЬ6 аЬ6 24.Bd4 Qd5 25.Nb7 Qb7

26.Bg2 Qb8? Better is 26 ... Qc8, but 27.Ra8 28.ВЬ6 would follow. 27.Ra81·0. Тhе Queen has Ьееn mated.

The following interesting variation shows how easy it is to lose а good game Ьу undeпating the opponent's resources. E.g. 15.d3 ed3 16.Qe8 Qf2 17.Khl Re8 18.Re8 Bf8 19.Bg5! (Threatening 19.Ве7.) 19... d2 (and on 20.Ве7, follows 20...Qel.)20.Rgl! (20.Rdl isbadЬecause of 20 ... с5 2I.Bd2 ВЬ7.) Black cannot рапу 21.Ве7 and will lose. However, on 15.d3, Black can simply play 15...ВЬ4 and after 16.Bd2 Bd2 17.Qd2 еdЗ, he has а strong passed pawn with good play. Even so this was Black's Ьest chance. 15... Qg6! 16.Вс2 Вс8! 17.Kh1 Bg4 18.Qe1 Qh5 19.Ве4

NЬ8

GAME 157 К.

183

Eckart - Tarrasch

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Ne4 S.Q-0 Ве7 6.Ne4 d5 7.ВЬ5 de4 8.Ne5 Qd5 9.Nc6 Ьс610.Ва4

Тhе Bishop is not well posted here. It should go back to е2. 10... 0-0 11.Re1? всs This move threatens 12 ... Qd4 or 12... Bf2. 12.ВЬ3 Qf513.Qe2 Ва614.с4 After this forced move, White 's position has tumed very bad. 14... Rae8 15.Rf1

19 ... Ве2 20.Вс6 Rеб 21.Bd7 Rh6 22.h3 22.Bh3 is answered Ьу 22... Qh3 23.gh3 ВfЗ 24.Kgl Rgб#. 22 ... f5 23.d4 ВfЗ

The threat is 24 ... Qh3 followed Ьу 25 ... Qg2#. 24.Kh2 Bd6 25.Kg1 QhЗ 26.Qe6 Kh8! 27.gh3 RhЗ followed Ьу mate onhl. о-1.

GAME 158 К.

Eckart - Tarrasch RuyLopez

1.е4 es 2.Nf3 Nc6 з.вьs Nf6 4.о-о Ве7 5.d4 ed4 6.е5 Better first was б.Rе 1 to keep the Кnight from going to е4.


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6..• Ne4 7.Nd4 D-0 8.Nf5 d5 9.ed6 Bf5 10.de7 Ne7 11.Qd8? This helps Black 's development. 11 •.. Rad8 Black is now ahead four moves in development, while everything else is equal. It is instructive to see how the positional plus is converted into а material advantage. 12.Bd3 Nc5 13.Bf5 Nf5 Now Black is five moves up on White. 14.Bd2 Rfe815.BЬ4 Ne416.Nc3 Nd4! 17.Rac1?

Тhis weakens the Queenside and makes regaining the pawn easier. Better was 7 ... Nc6. 8.Bd3 ВЬ7 Тhе pawn cannot Ье guarded anymore, as on 8 ... Nc6, White plays 9.Nb3 followed Ьу 10.Nbd4. Black cannot capture twice on d4, as after 12ВЬ5, the Queen will Ье lost 9.NЬЗ Qd5 10.NЬd4 а6 White is now consideraЬly ahead in development and with his next moves he will break up the Black Queenside. 11.с4! Ьс4 12.Qa4 Qd7 1З.Qс4 NC6 14.Вс2! Bd615.Ba4 Nge716.Bg5 RC8 On 16 .. 16, White sacrifices the Bishop Ьу the very sttong 17 .Ne6. 17.Ве7 Ке7 Тhе

Bishop is tаЬоо Ьecause of 18.Ne5. 18.Rac1 Na5

On other moves the game is also lost. On 17 .Ne4, there follows 17 ... Nc2. 17... Nc3 18.Ьс3 Ne2 19.Kh1 Nc1 20.Rc1 Re2 21.Kg1 Rc2 D-1.

GAME 159

Tarrasch - К. Eckart French Defense

1.е4 е6

2.d4 d5 З.Nd2 Тhis is in order to defend the e-pawn without obstructing the c-pawn. Although it looks sickly, 1 had played this move frequently and advantageously until I was embarrassed Ьу Walbrodt when he played З ... с5 4.ed5 ed5!. See also game 287. з ... сs 4.ed5 Qd5? s.NgfЗ This gamblt offers interesting chances. 5 ...cd4

б. Вс4

Qc5 7 .о-о

Ь5?

Even now 18 ... Nd4 is Ьetter, but the Black game is Ьeyond salvation. 19.Nf5 Kf8 On 19...ef5, White saves his Queen with 20.Qh4 and then takes the Black Queen. On 19 ... Kd8, there follows 20.Qh4 Ве7 21.Ne7 Qe7 22.Rfd1 Bd5 23.Rc8 and wins. 20.Qc8 and wins. White remains at least а piece up. 1·0.

XI. NUREMBERG, 1889-1890

GAME 160

АЬоvе Ье on

Tarrasch - К. Eckart French Defense

1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.Nd2 Nf6? 4.е5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 с5 6.СЗ Nc6 7.Ne2 QЬ6 8.Nf3 Тhus

the

Кnights aпive

at their

сопесt

posts.

s... Be7 9.о-о о-о 10.Nf4 Тhis

185

is to prevent 1O.. .f6.

10... Nd811.Qc2 f5

If instead 11 ... g6 or 11 ... h6, he would not Ье аЬlе to play f6 later without consideraЬly weakening the King's position, especially the g6-square. 12.ef6 Nf6 13.Ng5 g6

all else White 's attention should keeping the e-pawn from advancing. As soon as Black is аЬlе to safely do this, he would have а superior position. Тhе e5-square is the critical focus of the suЬsequent sьuggle. 12... о-о

On 12 ... е5, there follows 13.Nc6 Ьс6 14.Ne5 Be515.Qe2(15... Ne416.Qh5 and White regains the piece with а Ьetter game. 13.Qe2 Re8 At this point 13 ... е5 would Ье answered Ьу

14.Nc6 Ьс6 15.Ne5 Re8 16.Bf4 (Also good was 16.Ве3.) 16... Ng4 17.Bh7 Кh7 18.Qc2 Kg8 19.Nd3 and White gets the piece back and keeps two extra pawns. 14.Ве3

White is threatening to ttap the Queen Ьу 15.NЬЗ.

14... Qa515.Ng5! 1Ъis possesses the threat of capturing twice on h7, followed Ьу Qh5 , winning the Re8.

15... Bd7

On 15 ...h6, White would play 16.f4, similar to what happened later. 14.Bg6 hg6 15.Qg6 Kh8 16.Qh6 Kg8 17.Ng6

With mate next move Ьу 18.Qh8# or 18.Ne7#. Тhis game shows how sttong of an attack may result from the 3.Nd2 move, even with quite plausiЬle play Ьу Black.

GAME 161

Tarrasch - М. Kurschner

French Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 dS З.Nd2 Nf6? 4.е5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 с5 6.с3 Nc6 7 .Ne2 QЬ6 8.Nf3 f6 9.ef6 Nf610.D-O Bd611.dc5 Qc5

Better was 11 ... Вс5. 12.Ned4

16.Qc2 h6 17.Bh7 Kf8

On 17 ... Кh8, 18.Nf7 mates! 18.14

After White had gotten around to making this move, the worst danger coming from the ... е5 advance is over. 18... Re7 19.Ь4 Qd8 Тhе Queen has no Ьetter square. On 19 ...Qc7, White plays 20.NЬ5 followed Ьу 21.Nd6 and 22.Вс5.

20.Rae1

Now 21.NЬ5 would Ье bad because of 21 ... NЬ4 followed Ьу 22 ... ВЬ5. 20... Ь6?

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Тhis move enaЬles White to eliminate an important guardian of е5, the Nсб, without simultaneously strengthening Black's pawn structure. 21.Nc6 Вс6 22.Bd4 Now White dominates е5 completely and this pretty well guarantees victory. Тhе next move makes it even easier yet. 22 •.• Nh7 23.Qh7 hg5 White announces mate in eight moves. 24.Qh8 Kf7 25.fg5 Kg6

Tarrascb·H.Stelner З ••• Nс4 4.Ка6 NЬ6 5.NЬ6

and 6.Rc8#

1·0.

GAME 163

F. Kolb - Tarrasch (Вlack

gave Rook odds)

26.Rf6 gf6 27.Qf6 Kh5 Or 27 .. .l{h7 28 .gб Кhб 29 .ВеЗ Bf4 30.Bf4 Кh5 31.Qg5#. 28.Qh6 Kg4 29.h3 КgЗ 30.812 Kf4 31.Qf6# . 1-0.

GAME 162

Tarrasch - Н. Steiner (White gave Rook odds)

(See diagram next column) 1.Rh8 Кс7 2.Nfd7 White has twin threats of 3 .Rc8 winning the Bcl, or 3.Rc8 КЬ7 4.Nc5 winning the RdЗ.

2... Rd1 Э.Ка5 Now Threatening 4.Rc8 КЬ7 5.Nc5 Ка7 6.Ra8#.

In this interesting position the following moves were made. · 1••• Nd1 2.h8:Q Qd6 З.Rf4 Re4 4.g3 Qd2 5.Kh3 Nf2 6.Kh4 Better is 6.Rf2. 6 ••. Rf4 7 .gf4 Qf4 8.Kh5 Qh2! 9.Kg5 Ne4# D-1. Тhis is an absolutely pure mate rarely seen in practical play.


GAME 164

Herren F. Kolb- Chr. Schroeder (Endgame finale)

Тhе diagrammed position is from а game played in the chess club of NuremЬer~, between Kolb and Shroeder. Here 1s showed the following interesting winning variation for Black. 1... Bf5 2.Bd8 h2 З.Ь7 h1:Q 4.b8:Q Qh7 5.Kf8 Qhб б.Ке8 If б.кn, there follows б ... Веб, and on 6.Ке7 there is 6 ... Qg7. б ... Вd7! 7.Kd7 On 7.Ке7 follows 7 ... Qg7#, and on 7 .Кf7 there is 7 ... Веб. 7... Qe6 8.Кс7 Qc6# о-1.

Тhis is smothered mate Ьу the Queen.

GAME 165

Tarrasch - М. Kurschner French Defense

1.е4 еб 2.d4 d5 з.еs

cs 4.сз f6

Тhis is premature. It is Ьetter to develop the Queenside first. 5.Bd3 fe5 6.Qh5 Kd7 Black's loss of the castling privilege is not very meaningful here. 7 .des aes 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Nf3 Кс7 10.Bf4 Bd7 11.Nbd2 Ве7 12.D-O Qf7 13.Bg3 Rf8 14.с4! d4 15.Ne4 Nh6 16.Nd6 Bd617.ed6 Kc818.Ne5 Ne5

187

Тhis exchange is bad for Black Ьecause it brings the White Queen into play. 19.Qe5 Ьб

Now follows an interesting break on the Queenside Ьу means of several pawn sacrifices. 20.Ь4 сЬ4 21.с5 Ь5 22.сб Всб 23.d7 Kd7 24.Qc7 Ке8 25.Qc8 Ке7 26.Qc6 Nf5 27.Bf5 Qf5 28.Bd6 and 1·0.

GAME 166

Tarrasch - К~ Meiser

Club Tournament 1889/90 game, remove the NЬ 1.

Кnight odds

1.е4

d5 This is the most effective reply at Кnight odds. 2.е5 d4 З.f4 с5 4.Вс4 Nсб 5.Nf3 Bg4? б.Вf7 Kf7 7.Ng5 Ке8 8.Qg4 Nhб 9.Qh3 Qd710.Qb3 On IО.еб, Black would play 10... Qd5. 10... Na511.e6 Qсб 12.Qh3 Rd8 PreferaЬle is to develop the Kingside with 12... g6 and 13 ...Bg7. 13.D-O gб 14.15 Bg7 On 14 ... Nf5, White continues with 15.Rf5 gf5 16.Qh5. 15.fg6 Rd5 On 15 ... hg6, the attack continues with lб.QdЗ Nf5 17 .Rf5 etc.


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16.Nf7 Nf7 17.gf7 Kf8 Now White has an excelleпt positioп. 18.d3 h6 Тhis is to preveпt 19 .Вhб.

10.fe3 Ne7 11.d4 сб 12.Bd3 Ng6 1З.Q-0 Qe7 14.Ng5 Nd7 Better is to retreat the Bishop. 15.Qh5 h6 16.Ne6 Qe617.h3!

19.Bd2 Ьб 20.Qg3 Тhе threat is 21.Qb8.

Тhis is to keep the Black Queeп out of g4. 17... Qe7

20 ... Nb7 21.Rae1 Nd8 22.Re4 Rd6 Оп 22... Ne6, there follows 23.Re6 Qеб? 24.Qb8. 23.Rg4 Ne6 At the very momeпt wheп Black fmally captures the pawn, which from early оп paralyzed his game, he is lost. 24.Rg7 Ng7

18.Вс4

25.Bh6! Rhh6 26.Qg7 Kg7 27.f8:Q Kg6 28.Qf7 KgS 29.Qf5 Kh4 ЭО.gЗ# 1-Q.

GAME 167

Tarrasch - К. Eckart 1.е4 е5

5.d3 d6

2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 Вс5 4.СЗ Nf6 б.ВеЗ ВЬ6 7.Nbd2 Q-0 8.Qe2

Ве69.ВЬ5

Тhе ВЬ5 is the most important attacking piece, and most of the time 1 try to keep it оп the Ьoard. ln this game it will Ье most effective. 9..• вез 1 do поt approve of this exchange. The ореп f-file will give White an eпduring attack. The immediate 9 ... Ne7 was Ьetter.

Nh8 Better is to guard the Knight with 18 ... Kh7. UпfavoraЬle would Ье 18 ... Qg5, Ьecause of the Queen exchange followed Ьу 20.Rf5. 19.Rf2 Nf6 20.Qf3 Rad8 Тhis is so he can play 2l ...d5. 21.ВЬЗ Rde8 Instead of this Black should push the d-pawn. 22.Re1 Тhе e-pawn must Ье guarded once more. 22 ... Ng6 23.g4 Nh4 Тhе Black positioп is поw so cramped that it is hard to think of something that might hold promise. Не has to wait to see whether White 's attack may give him пеw chances. 24.Qg3 Ng6 25.Ref1 Nh8 Black protects f7 опсе more, so he сап поw try to win the e-pawn. 26.Вс2 Qe6 27.Rf5!

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XI. NUREMBERG, 1889-1890 White wants to play g5. П 27 ... Qa2, White could now play 28.g5 Nh5 29.Qf3 g6 ЗО.ВЬЗ QЫ 31.Bf7 or 29.Qh4 g6 ЗО.ghб and the Black position lies in ruins. 27... Nh7

28.ВЬ3

Тhis is the third time that the Bishop appears on this diagonal.

28... Qd7 29.h4 gб

GAME 168

Tarrasch - Chr. Kelz Evans Gamhit

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 BcS 4.Ь4 ВЬ4 s.сЗ ваs &.d4 ed4 1 .о-о dсЗ s.аьз Qf6 9.е5 Qg6 10.Nc3 Nge7 11.Ва3 RЬ8

Тhis

is Anderssen 's defense.

12.Nd5 Nd513.Bd5 bS

Finally both Knights have been stalemated. This move was made so that on 30.g5, it could Ье answered Ьу 30... h5 without allowing 31.g6. ЗО.dе5

Res

Obviously bad is 30... gf5 because of 31.gf5. 31.Re5 de5 32.Nc4 Тhе intervention of the Кnight, which had Ьееn kept in reserve for а long time, now decides the game.

-t-•t• --.,• ,•

32 ... Kg7 ЭЗ.Nе5 Qc7 34.Qf4 f6 35.Ng6 Qf4 36.Nf4 Rb8

~ в ~

• -~

~7.11.4\ ~

~-

••~~--~ в.е.".е. B..a.~..u.. в

~-~~-·

д~

в

~

14.е6!

Тhе following combination, originating from Dufresne, leads to а complete demolition of Black's game.

14 ... fe6 15.Вс6 dc6 16.Ne5 Qe4 17.Qg3 g6 18.Qg5 Ь4 19.Rad1 Тhis is much stronger than 19.Qf6, upon which Black can defend with 19 ...Rf8 20.Qg7 Rb5! followed Ьу 2l ...Rd5.

19 ... о-о 20.ВЬ2 RЬS

~

.~,.,

·~~

The Rook has to go а long way to avoid the check Ьу the Кnight, or respectively for the discovery. 37.е5 fe5 38.Nh51-D.

Mter 38 ... Kg6, there is mate in two moves with 39.Вс2. Тhis game is а good example of modern strategy, where one strives for small advantages which gradually are magnified and then lead to victory.

21.Nf7

With this elegant move, White wins the


190

game. The almost equally pretty 21.Ng4 is а bad mistake Ьecause of 21 ...Qg2 followed by22...Rg5.

21 ...е5 Оп 2l ... Rg5, follows 22.Nh6#, on 2l ...Rf7, follows 22.Rd8 Rf8 23.Qf6 with mate пехt. 22.Nh6 Kh8 23.Rd8 Kg7 Оп 23 ... Rd8, follows 24.Qf6#. 24.Rf8 Also good is 24.Qe7 and 25.Qf8. 24... Kf8 25.Qf6 Ке8 26.Ng81-Q. Mate сап only Ье avoided Ьу 26 ...Qh4.

GAME 169

Chr. Kelz and Dr. Epstein (Ending)

In the diagramrned positioп betweeп Chr. Kelz and Dr. EpsteЩ its Black 's move and he was ready to accept а draw, wheп I demonsttated а win for Black. 1... Ва7 2.Ка7 On 2.КЬ7 Nd4 and theп З.Ка7. is forced as otherwise Black guards the Bishop with the Кnight. 2... Кс7 З.Ка8 Nd4 4.Ка7 Or 4.с6 NЬ5 5.а7 Кс8 6.с7 Nc7#. 4... Nb5 5.с6 Кс8 6.с7 Nc7 7.Ка7 Nd5! 8.Ка8 Кс7 9.Ка7 Ne7 10.Ка8 Nc8 11.а7 NЬ&# о-1.

191

XII. Manchester Tournament, 1890 Mter winning the Breslau toumament, an Austtian master congratulated те and таdе the surprising reтark that I should Ье envied Ьecause after this great success I could retire froт chess. Nothing was further froт my mind. I considered it а matter of course that I should defend ту reputation which Anderssen had regularly done. Тhis opportunity was given to те at the Intemational Congress of the British Chess Association at Manchester in 1892. Very few people in Germany knew of ту intention ю take part in this Congress, but one of those who knew was ту friend Dr. Epstein. Тhose who did know I was going did not think I would Ье аЬlе to repeat ту Breslau achieveтent of playing an entire toumament without а loss. I Ьelieved I only had to follow ту recipe froт Breslau in order to achieve the same success. In Manchester I met two more well known German тasters, Schallopp and von Scheve. Apart froт us, the other foreigners were Alapin and TauЬenhaus. The British were represented Ьу Bird, Blackbume, Gunsburg, Mackenzie, and Mason. Тhere were а total of twenty players in the toumament, but it was not as sttong as the Breslau Congress. Тhе games started оп August 25 and the format was as in the German toumaments, three games in two days. Playing times were from noon to 4 pm and from 6 pm to 10 pm. Mter а few draws I Ьegan to win and took the lead. Тhе other players did not know immediately that I was leading, as I had several adjourned games to Ье played off on the weekend. Only ту main competitors, Blackbume, Mackenzie and Mason kept winning one game after another. Тhus we had the same score after six rounds. Тhat made ту encounter with Mason all the тоrе important. I played him in round eight and neither of us had yet lost а game. It was а Russian (Pettoff) defense just as was our earlier gaine froт Breslau and 1 won the game in very much the same manner. Masonjokingly adjoumed the game although he had already given up in his own mind. Тhе same thing happened in ту adjournments against Alapin and Schallopp. Тhese three games could not Ье resumed in the first week Ьecause I had some adjoumed games from previous rounds. So it came aЬout that at the end of the first week I had but 5 points on the toumament taЬle while Mackenzie had 7.5 point and Blackbume and Mason each had 7 points. Only I knew for sure that after the anticipated results 1 would also have at least 7.5 points and the puЬiic could only see the modest five points as the result of ту nine games. I Ьelieve I was considered а presumptuous outsider to whom very little attention was paid. I was quite amused Ьу all of this. On the Monday of the second tournament week I played Mackenzie who at that time was my most dangerous competitor. It was а Ruy Lopez and I would have won if at the critical moment 1 hadn 't designed а plan that seemed to promise victory but against which Mackenzie turned out to have an adequate defense. During this second week, all of ту close rivals lost games. One game 1 won on time after twenty тoves against Gunston. Gunston protested the result and the game was played out. I didn 't wопу aЬout this protest Ьecause I felt the position was won and it was the ultimate result. One of the English newspapers gave а detailed overview of the toumament standings after aЬout 10 rounds. Тhеу predicted that Mackenzie would соте in with 8.5, then Alapin, Gunsburg, von Scheve, Tinsley, at 7.5 and Bird with 7 points. Finally my nате was тentioned in the тodest сотраnу of Locock and Mortimer at 6.5.

192 The predicted tournament winners were thoughtfully calculated to Ье either Blackburne or Mason, but that most probaЬly these two would share first and second prizes. The puЬlic could now look forward to а higbly interesting struggle. Тhе predictions did not materialize as predicted. The same day that this article was puЬlished brought the great surprise of the chess tournament. What happened was that in the afternoon session all adjourned games except my game with Gunston, the resumption of which was still eminent, were played off and the result was exactly in accord with my expectations. Му games with Alapin and Mackenzie ended in draws, Mason resigned without resuming, and Schallopp lost against me after а very few moves. In the сошsе of the evening 1 won my adjourned game against Gossip. Blackburne and Mackenzie lost Ьoth of their games that day. Even to the silliest reporter it was now evident who was going to win fпst prize. Тhis one day 1 jumped from 6.5 points to 10.5 points and would soon Ье at 11.5 after my expected win over Gunston. After 14 games·l had 11.5 points and had а 2.5 point lead over my nearest competitors Blackburne and Mason. Of сошsе, at this point they wouldn't Ье аЫе to catch me. Suddenly Ьoth the puЬlic and the press hailed me as the hero of the day and everyone started paying close attention to my games. When 1 prepared for my game against the national hero Blackbшne the taЬle was so completely surrounded Ьу spectators that 1 could hardly get through the crowd to Ьegin playing. What good would the first prize have done me if 1 had Ьееn Ьeaten Ьу old England in this game. Тhus 1 played this game as though my life depended on it. lt was а Ruy Lopez and my opponent's position Ьесате quite cramped. Ву а pretty maneuver 1 won the exchange on the twentieth move. 1 nursed this advantage until the usual adjournment and Blackburne 's prospects seemed quite Ьleak. When we resumed the game on Monday, SeptemЬer 8 after the last round had Ьееn played, it was suggested that the game Ье declared а draw. 1 replied that coming to an English tournament without Ьeating Blackburne would Ье like going to Rome and not seeing the Роре. BlackЬurne could have, Ьу not appearing for the adjournment, saved himself some embarrassment, but he came and played out the position, fmally losing and like а real gentleman was the first to shake ту hand. 1 did even Ьetter than 1 did in Breslau. In nineteen games 1 had twelve wins and seven draws for 15.5 points. Blackbume scored 12.5 points followed Ьу Bird and Mackenzie at 12 points. Next came Gunsbшg and Mason at 11.5 points followed Ьу Alapin, von Scheve, and Tinsley with 11 points each. When the results of this tournament Ьесаmе known in Germany, there was а huge wave of enthusiasm which resulted in а great numЬer of telegrams to me from chess cluЬs and individuals. This showed me that the deep great wish of many Gennan chess players and fans alike had Ьееn fulfilled. After а shon stay in London 1 fmally returned home and 1 received а rousing reception in the NшemЬerg chess club, as 1 had after the Breslau tournament. Тhеу had а festive evening in my honor, where Мах Kurschner made another Ьeautiful speech applauding my two victories for Gennan chess.

XIIMANCHESTER

GAME 170

Tarrasch- v. Scheve French Defense

1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.Nd2 gб Тhis

transposes into а fianchetto.

4.Bd3 Bg75.Ne2 Nе7б.О·ОЬ67.сЗQ-О S.e5 с5 9.f4 Ваб 1O.NfЗ

Since the gб-pawn obstructs the ВdЗ 's diagonal, White is prepared to trade it. 10... Bd3 11.Qd3 cd412.Nfd4

In this position, this is Ьetter than 12.cd4, as the Кnight is very well posted on d4. 12... NЬсб 1З.Ве3 Qd7

After а monotonous opening the game is pretty equal. It is hard for White to design an attacking plan that might show promise. 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Bf2 Nd4 Тhis

TOURNAМENT,

27.Qf4 Вdб 28.fеб

жв

В

t~

~:5:-

"~ в~~

..

Ье

··~ gР

.ft g~.~ .··~.~ 8

answered with

20.g3 Kh8 21.Nd4 gf4 22.gf4 Ngб 23.Bg3 Rg8 24.Kh1 Вhб 25.Qf3 Bf8

Black is obviously at а loss as to how to continue his attack. 2б.f5!

This should give White а decisive advantage. 26 ... Ne5 On 26 ... ef5, White plays 27.Qf5 and Black's position is worse yet than in the game. White can now choose from three different plans. The first will win а pawn, the second will win the game and the third

8 •

вв:в

19.Rfd1 g5?

Black is tired of the Ьoring maneuvering and risks an attack, that should have cost him the game.

вж

11 Bt

t

•t• -~

а4-а5.

18... Qc7

Now 19.а4 can 19 ... Nc6.

-

-.. -.. d.

1б.Nd4 аб

18.Ra1

White is preparing for

193

almost leads to the loss of the game. The first continuation, 27 .fеб NfЗ 28.Вс7 Nd4 29.Ве5 Bg7 30.ef7 Rgf8 31.Bg7 Kg7 32.Rd4 Rad8 ЗЗ.Radl Rf7 34.Kgl (То hinder 34 ...Rf2.) 34 ...Rfd7 35.с4, looked quite adequate to me in view of ту strong attacking position, and would give Black quite а good chance for а draw. Тhе second continuation would Ье the natural move 27.Qe2!, and leads to the complete demolition of Black 's game, e.g. 27 ... Вdб (27 ...Bg7? 28.Rel) 28.fe6 fеб? 29.Ne6 Qb8 30.Rd5 and wins. With the third continuation, 27 .Qf4?, I tried to increase the pressure on the Ne5, but I overlooked Black's 28th move.

is to prevent 17 .NЬ5 and 18.d6.

17.NЬЗ Qсб

1890

•

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28 ... Ng4!

This pretty move does not only save the game, but endangers White 's position to the extent that only the best defense will hold. If White captures twice on dб, the Кnight will mate on f2. 29.Qf3 ВgЗ ЗО.hgЗ fеб 31.Ne6 Qe5! 32.Nf4!

Not 32.Qd5, because of 32 ... Nf2 followed Ьу 33 ...Qg3. 32 ... Qe4! ЗЗ.Rf1! White can 't trade Queens at once Ьecause on 33.Qe4 de4 34.Rel or 34.Rfl Black will occupy the d-file, then White carmotcontest the file Ьecause of ... Nf2. зз

... Rаев З4.Qе4


194

Not 34.Nd5 Ьecause of 34 ... Qc2 35.Qg2 Re2.

The only way to continue the attack is 22.g4.

34 ... de4 35.Rae1 Rg7 36.Kg2 Rd7 37.Re2 Nfб 38.Nh3 Kg7 39.Rfe1 а5 40.Nf2 and after another fony moves the game was drawn. 1/2·1/2.

22 ... ьs

GAME 171

Gradually Black makes the Bishops and the Queenside pawns, show their worth. 23.Ng3 аб 24.Kf2 Ra7 25.Nge2 Bf8 26.Rh1 Qd7

С.О. Muller · Tarrasch Qu.een's GamЬil Declined

Тhis is in order to play 27 ...Ь4, which previously could have Ьееn answered Ьу 28.Na4.

1.d4 d5 2.с4 е6 З.NСЗ Nf6 4.Bf4 Ве7 5.е3 D-0 б.ВdЗ Ьб 7.Nf3 ВЬ7 8.cd5 eciS 9.0·0 Nh5 10.Bg3 NgЗ 11.hg3 cS 12.Rc1 с4 1З.ВЬ1 Nd7 14.Nh2 Nfб

27.а3 Rb7 28.Rc2 Qf7 29.Rhc1 Веб ЗО.NЬ1 Rc7 31.Qh1 RЬS 32.Qe1 Ra7 ЗЗ.NgЗ aS 34.Nf1 Ь4 35.Nfd2

White 's game has gradually been paralyzed. Тhе exchange of pawns would give Black а decisive attack. зs ... Rc8 36.Qe2 Rac7 37.Qe1 Qe7 38.g3!

15.g4!

As а consequence of the opening (3 ... Nf6?), White still has the Ьetter game, even though Black already has а preponderance of pawns on the Queenside. 15... Re8 16.Re1

ВЬ4

Of course Black does not intend to ever capture the NсЗ, but only to pin it. 17.g5 Ne4 18.f4 f5

19.Ве4

de4

Тhis is to counter the threat 38 ... h6 39.gh6Qh4. 38... Qf7 39.Nf1 Qd7 In this type of position, 1 would оп principle, move back and forth for some moves, so 1 could see if my opponent might change the position to his disadvantage. lf he does not do that, my intent was to convince him of his weakness.

40.Nfd2 Qg7 41.Nf1 Qd7 42.Nfd2 ЬЗ

Finally Black decides to win the exchange. After this however, the win Ьecomes very difficult Ьecause the Bla~~ Rooks cannot penetrate anywhere. White now defends very circumspectly. 43.Rc3 ВЬ4 44.Nf1! ВСЗ 45.Nc3 hб!

On 19 ... fe4, the Nh2 would play to g4 and then go to е5.

Тhis is the only possiЬle way to open the position.

20.Qh5

46.gh6 Kh7!

Better is 20.Qa4, with the following continuation, 20 ... Вс3 2l.Qc4 Bd5 22.Qc3 Ва2 23.Ь3? Qd5.

Not 46 ... Qh7, because of 47 .Na4 followed Ьу 48.Nc5 or 48.NЬ6 and White threatens to penetrate the Black position with the Кnight and Queen.

20... g6 21.Qh3

Вс8

22.Nf1

47.g4!

Xl/MANCHESTER Again very well played. White again tries to close the game instantly. 47... Kh6 48.g5 Kg7 49.Qd2 Bd5 Тhе threat was 50.d5. 5Q.Ng3 Rh8 51.Rh1 Rh1 52.Nh1 Rc8 53.Kg1 Rh8 54.Qg2 Kf7 55.Nf2 Kf8 56.Qg3 Вс6 57.Kg2 Qh7 58.Kg1 Qh5 With this move and move 62, Black finally penetrates the well baпicaded White position. 59.Kg2 Kf7 60.Kg1 Кеб 61.Kg2 Kd6 62.Kf1 QfЗ 63.Qf3 еfЗ 64.Kg1 Now follows а very interesting endgame. 64 ... ВЬ7 65.Nb5 Kd7 66.Nc3 Ва8 67.Na4 Тhе other Кnight must not move Ьecause of 67 ...Rh3, but if the Nf2 did move, Ьest would Ье 67 ...Rhl 68.Khl f2 winning. 67.•• Ве4 П White should try to win а pawn Ьу 68.NЬ6 or 68.Nc5 followed Ьу 69.Ne4, the Black Rook would penetrate via the c-file or the e-file. 68.Nc3 Вс2! If White again plays 69.Na4, there follows 69 ... Kc670.Nc3 Re8 71.Ndl Bdl 72.Ndl сЗ 73.Ьс3 RеЗ and Black wins. If on move 69, White moves his Кing, then 69 ...Rh2 decides. 69.Nh1 RhЗ 70.Nf2 RgЗ 71.Kf1 ВdЗ 72.Ке1 Rg1 73.Kd2 Rf1 74.Nd3 On 74.Nfdl, Black wins with 74...f2 and 75 ...Rdl . On 74.Ncdl follows 74... Вс2 75.Kcl Bdl etc. 74... cd3 75.Kd3 Rc1 о-1.

GAME 172

Tarrasch- Gunsberg RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 а& 4. Ва4 Nf6 5.0-Q Ne4 6.d4 Ь5 7 .ВЬЗ d5 8.de5 Ве6

9.сз Ве7

TOURNAМENT,

1890

195

Тhis

is Ьetter than 9 ... Вс5. 10.Re1 о-о 11.Nd4 Qd7?

12.Ne6 fe613.Re4 1-0. Repetition is the mother of all studies. In the Frankfurt tournament, I played the same game, and in the secondary tournament of the Manchester Chess Congress, it was repeated-a sign of approval!

GAME 173

Locock - Tarrasch RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 а& 4.Ва4 Ь5 6.d4!

5.ВЬЗ ВЬ7

In conjunction with the following move, this is the best refutation of Black's defense.

6 ...ed4 6 ... Nd4, leads to а White advantage after 7.Bf7 Кf7 8.Ne5 followed Ьу 9.Qd4. 7.D-O! g6 Black does not want to defend the pawn. On 7 ... Вс5, 8.с3 is playaЬle or 8.Ng5 Nhб 9 .Nf7 Nf7 1O.Bf7 Кf7 ll.Qh5 followed Ьу 12.Qc5, with an edge for White. 8.Nd4 Better was 8.Bg5, which Black would have to answer with 8 ...Qc8 or 8... Qb8. 8 ... Na5 Оп 8 ... Bg7, White сап maintain а positional plus with 9.с3 or simply with 9.Nc6 Всб 10.Bd5.

196 9.с3 NЬЗ 12.Ь4!

THREE HUNDRED CHESS GAМES 1О.аЬЗ! Bg7 11.Re1 Ne7

This is а good move. White threatens and 14.Na5 or 14.с5 with advantage. 12 ...d6! 13.Nb3 Тhis move is poor now, as Black parries 14.Na5 at once. White should play the NЬl to а5 via d2 and ЬЗ and would then maintain а very good game in view of the а5 and аб weaknesses. 1З ... Nс6 14.N1d2 о-о 15.Nf3 аса Not 15 ... Qd7 Ьecause of 16.Nc5. 16.Nh4 Тhis move and especially the next one, with which he expects to lead а Kingside attack, show White 's faulty assessment of the position and this will lead to а loss. The Кnight should go to'd4, alЬeit at the loss of two tempi. Тhus he could have saved himself Ьу playing 13.Nd2 and

On 31.Nb5, then 3l ... Qd7 traps the Кnight.

31 ... Вс2 32.Rd5 Qf7 D-1.

lЗ.NЬЗ

14.NЬЗ.

16... Qe617.f4 Rfe8 18.Bd2 Qc4 Now the e-pawn is lost. On 19.Qc2, follows 19 ... NЬ4. 19.Ве3 Qe4 20.Nd2 Qe7 21.Qg4 f5 Black not only has an extra pawn, but his position is excellent. 22.Qh3 Вfб 23.Ndf3 Qg7 24.Rad1 а5 NaS 26.Qg3 Nc4

25.Ьа5

White 's position progressively Ьecomes more cramped. 27.Вс1 Ве4 28.Nd4 Ь4 29.Nhf3 ЬСЗ ЗО.ЬсЗ с5 31.Ne2

GAME 174

Tarrasch - Owen

Queen's Gamhit Declined

1.d4 d5 2.с4 е6 З.NсЗ s.NfЗ о-о 6.ез а6

Nf6 4.Bf4

Ве7

Тhis is unnecessary and only weakens the Queenside. 7.Rc1 NЬd7 8.с5! Тhis move cramps the Black position and can Ье played here Ьecause neither 8 ... е5 or 8... Ь6, are to Ье feared. 8 ... Nh5 9.Bg3 fS Тhis weakens the squares еб and е5, which later will Ьесоmе very noticeaЬle. Especially in cramped positions like this, one should Ье very cautious when making weakening moves, Ьecause this will make it easier for the opponent to attack. Sometimes а cramped position that has по obvious weaknesses, is easier to defend. 10.Nd2 Тhis forces the Nh5 into а decision. If it should capture the Bishop, then the open file will offer White attacking chances. 10... Ndf6 After this however, White saves the Bishop and the Nh5 remains poorly posted. 11.Ве5 Bd7 12.h3 Тhis threatens to win the К.night Ьу 13.g4, and thus forces Black into weakening his King's position, making it а target for attack. 12... g6 1З.Ве2 Ве8 14.g4 Ng7 1S.h4 fg4 А Ьetter defense is 15 ... Nd7 and then 16.Bg3 fg4 followed Ьу 17 ... Nf5. 16.Bg4

XIIMANCHESTER

TOURNAМENT,

1890

197

ЗО.Qе5 Ке8

Black would last longer after ЗО ... Nfб. 31.Rh5 and White won. 1·0.

GAME 175 19.h5

Ве5

20.Ne5

21.hg6

Alapin - Tarrasch

Qfб

Better protection is offered advance of the g-pawn.

Ьу

the

Вgб

After the game, Mr. Owens assured me that this was not an oversight, but an exchange sacrifice to take the sting out of the attack. Не considered the subsequent Nc3-e2-f4, overwhelming. I thought for а long time, whether or not I should eschew the exchange win and rather continue the attack with the NсЗ maneuver, but I finally decided in favor of the sober playing method which guarantees the win. 22.Nd7 Qf7 23.Nf8 Rf8 24.Ne2 Qfб 2S.Qf4 Rf7 26.Kd2 Qe7 27.а3

Before playing Rcgl, White wants to avoid а possiЬle Queen check on Ь4 with Which Black might start а desperate attack. If White plays 27 .Rcgl at once then Black might play 27 ... Ьб 27 .сЬб

QЬ4.

27 ... Ng7 28.Qh2 Nh5 29.Rcg1 Kf8

There is no other way to protect the Knight, for if it goes to g7 or fб, then White takes the Bishop. On 29 ... Кh8, then 30.Qe5 is decisive.

French Exchange Variation 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.еd5 ed5 4.Nf3 Вdб 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Q-O 0-Q 7 .СЗ Bg4 8. Bg5 NЬd7 9.Nbd2 с6 10.Qc2 Qc7

White has picked variation.

а

very drawish

11.Rae1 Rfe8 12.h3 Bh5 1З.Rе8 Re8 14.Re1 Re1 15.Ne1

Here White offered declined.

а

draw, but Black

15... Bf4 16.Bf4 Qf4 17.g4

With this move White gives his opponent а chance, since Black attains а slight attack. At any rate the game is emerging from its early mind deadening phase. 17 ... Bg6 18.Ng2 Qc7 19.Ne3 Nf8 20.Ng2

Avoids the threat of 20...Ne6 and 2l ... Nf4. 20 ... h5 21.g5 Ne8 22.f4 ВdЗ 23.Qd3 Nеб 24.Qf3 gб 25.Nf1 Qa5 26.а3 Qb5 27 .Qf2 Nd6 28.Ng3

Black's position on the Queenside is good, but he cannot pursue this advantage as his Kingside is under fire. On 28 ... Nc4

198


follows 29.Ь4! Qa4 (29 ... Na3 is worse yet.) White could prepare f5 Ьу playing h4, but in this case Black could attack and defend at the same tlme as follows, 30.h4 QаЗ 31.f5 Nf8 32.fg6 fgб 33.Qf6 (Тhreatening 34.Nh5 and then 35.g6.) ЗЗ ... QЬЗ! (And on 34.Nh5 comes 34...Qdl andon34.Nf5, thereis 34... Qbl) 34.Nf4 (With the threat of 35.Nfh5 followed Ьу 36.Ngf5 and in addition 35.Ngh5 followed Ьу 36.g6.) 34...Qdl 35.Кh2 Qc2 36.Kgl or Зб~КhЗ NеЗ, he combines the attack and defense advantageously. However sttonger for White is not to defend the g-pawn, but instead to play 30.f5 at once and then 30... Ng5 31.Кh2 (Тhе threat is 32.fg6 followed Ьу 33.Qf6.) giving White а sttong attack leading at least to а perpetual check, e.g. 31 ...Kg7 32.Qf4 Nh7 33.Nh5 gh5 34.f6 Nfб! (On 34 ... Kg6? comes 35.Nh4 Kf8? 36.Qb8 Kg8? 37 .QgЗ.) 35.Qg5 Кf8 36.Qf6 and even this wild play will give White а draw. 28 ... Qd3 29.h4 Nc7 Black was intending with the next two moves to capture the pawn and play the Кnight to d5, but at the last moment he Ьесате confused. ЗО.Кh2 Ne4 31.Ne4 Qe4 It was difficult, in view of the time constraints, to decide whether after 3l ...de4, if the passed pawn would Ье sttong or weak, and so 1 decided to play the simple continuation leading to а draw. Later analysis showed that the passed pawn could at least Ье held, and thus give Black а consideraЬle advantage, e.g. 32.Qe3? Nd5 ЗЗ.QdЗ? еdЗ and wins, or 32.Ne3? Nd5 with а plus for Black, or 32.Ne 1! QЬI (Or 32 ... Qc4.) and the passed pawn is easy to hold. 32.Qe3 f5 ЗЗ.gfб Qe3 34.Ne3 Kf7

35.f5! Kf6 36.fg6 Kg6 37.Kg3 Kf6 38.Kf3 Ne8 39.Ng2 Ng7

Now the positions are exactly identical with the exception of the aЗ-pawn, but White has an attack. 40.Nf4 Kf5 41.Ь3 Kf6 42.с4 dc4 4З.Ьс4 Kf5 44.Ne2 Ь5

45.d5 cd5 46.сЬ5 Ке5 47 .а4 Nf5 48.а5 Nh4 49.Kf2 Kd6 50.Nf4 Кс5

Leading to а draw also was 50...Nf5. 51.Ь6 аЬ6 52.аЬ6

1/2-1/2 agreed.

GAME 176

Tarrasch - Mason Petroff Defense

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nf6 З.Nе5 d6 4.Nf3 Ne4

s.d4 d5 &.ВdЗ Ве7 1.о-о о-о s.Re1!

Xll MANCHESTER

TOURNAМENT,

1890

199

If Black had tried to defend the Knight with the f-pawn or with the Вс8, the move 9 .с4 has much more power than if it had Ьееn made on move eight. Тhе move played here ttansposes into the French, but White has three small pluses: Не has an extta move (Re1), then his Bishop is Ьetter posted than the opponent 's, and Iastly he can play his Вс1 to an active square. This has refuted Black 's opening play.

then retain а consideraЬle positional advantage, whether Black answers Ьу capturing the Bishop or Ьу playing 12...f4. Black however, only realizes halfhis епоr in the last move. It wasn 't just sufficient to omit the planned f-pawn advance, but he should have retreated the errant Кnight at once. Although he would Ье two moves behind in development, this is no fatal minus in the Frenchdefense, if there are no other weaknesses in the position. It is interesting and quite insttuctive to observe in the suЬsequent moves of this game, how one mistake almost logically is followed Ьу another one and then а third one.

9.Bf4 Bg4

12.h3

Both players develop their positions similarly to the game they played in Breslau, see game 132.

Now that the Nh5 does not allow the Bishop to retteat there, the right moment for this move has aпived. If the Bishop retteats to еб, there follows 13.Ne5 and later f4 to White's advantage.

То те this seems the simplest way to oЬtain an advantage against the Russian

defense.

s... Nfб

10.NЬd2

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Ж8

11

В*Е

iltil -tilt . . . z•.... z•....... z.

~ EtE В •. ra_"'. n&8_ 8 ~ ~А8 Е 8Ji84JE Е

ftBft~

RftH

~···'-~~····'~···'

The attack Ьу 1О.ЬЗ is not advisaЬle, when the attacked Bishop сап play to h5 and gб without being obsttucted Ьу а pawn on е4. In the present position, the Bishop on gб will Ье posted excellently. 10... Nh5? Тhis poorly calculated move caпies the germ of Black's loss. 11.ВеЗ Nc6

It was obvious that Black's last move was made in preparation for adv ancing the f-pawn, but if ll ... f5, the simple 12.h3 paпies this threat. White would

12 ... Bf3 13.Qf3 Тhis is much Ьetter than capturing with Кnight. This piece will go to а much Ьetter square. If the Nh5 retteats, White 's Knight will seek to go to f5 via f1 and gЗ

the

and Black 's Bishop is not around anymore to guardf5. 13... g6

This move, countering the danger mentioned in the previous note, weakens the squares fб and hб. These points become good attacking targets for White 's Кnight. 14.с3

It is always necessary to prevent ... NЬ4. 14... Qd7 15.Nf1

The Knight makes fifteen moves during the course of this game and it will eventually play а decisive role. 15 ... Nd8 16.Bh6 Ng7 17.Ne3 с6 18.Ng4 Nde6 The threat was 19.Qf6. On 18 ...f5, the

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Кnight would go to е5 with very good play. Here and in the next few moves White resists the temptation to tty to overwhelm the opponent prematurely, e.g. 19 .Qfб Qd8? 20.Bg7 Вfб 21.Bf6 threatening mate Ьу 22.Nhб, but the Ьetter defense for Black is 19...Qd6, after wblch White would have to retteat bls Queen again. Neither is 19.Nfб Вfб 20.Qf6, а decisive continuation of the attack. То Ье sure, Black must not play bls Queen to d8 Ьecause of 2l.Bg7 Ng7 22.Re7 with а good attack, but after 20...Rfe8 his position is defensiЬle. Neither would 19.Qe3 (Threatening 20.Bg7 Kg7 21.Qe5 Kg8 22.Nhб#) Ье effective, if Black simply defended the Ве7 with his Rook after which the Кnight can recapture if 20.Bg7. 19.Re2! For the аЬоvе reason, White mobilizes his Rooks, wblch will have suitaЬle attacking objectives at еб (If .. .f5.) and е7. 19... Qd8 Тhis is in order to protect fб one more time, and to try to play for а Bishop exchange Ьу 20 ...Bg5, but better was 19...f5 20.Ne5 Qd8 afterwhichon 21.Bg7 Ng7! or 21.Rael Ng5 22.Bg5 Bg5 and White continues the attack with 23.с4. 20.Rae1 Bg5 Black threatens to win а piece with 21 .. .f5 and thus forces the trade of the trouЬlesome Вhб.

21.Bg5 Ng5

Recapturing with the Queen is no better. White would then check on fб, attack the Rook with 23.Nd7 and after the Rook moves to е8 or с8, play 24.Ne5 attacking fl. Black's Ьest then would Ье 24 ...Re7 or 24...Rc7 and on 25.Nf7 he would sacrifice the Rook for the Кnight. At that point he cannot play 26 ... Nf4 at once as he would Ье mated Ьу 27 .Re8 followed Ьу Qf8.

22.Qf6!

It took me а long time to decide in favor of this move. White is giving up what appears to Ье an overwhelming attack for а favoraЬle endgame. То Ье sure, I realized that 22.Nf6 Кh8 23.Qf4 was weak on account of 23 ... N5e6 24.Qh4? Nh5 winning. However the immediate 22.Qf4 seemed to maintain the Ьind on the Kingside. Now Black cannot move 22 ... N5e6 because of 23.Nh6 followed Ьу Nfl and if the other Кnight goes to еб (Mter 22.Qf4 N7e6.) then 23.Qe5 (Threatening 24.Nhб#.) 23 .. .f6 24.Qg3 with а very strong attack, e.g. 24 ... Ng7 25.h4 Nf7 26.Re7 Nh5 27 .Nfб Nfб 28.Bg6 and wins. Still 22 ... Nh5! was а better defense. This would Ье followed Ьу 23.Qe5 fб and the Queenhas no good square. If the Queen goes to е7, then 24 ... Nf4! would even have given Black an advantage, with 25.Rd2 N4h3 26.gh3 Nf3. 22 ... Qf6 Black is forced to trade Queens, as White threatened to reinforce the attack decisively with 23.Re7, and if one of the Black Кnights goes to еб, the 24.Nh6 is ruinous. However, on 22 ... h5, White could trade Queens and proceed as in the game, or alternatively White сап continue the attack with 23.Re7 hg4 24.Qg5 gh3 25.Bg6. 23.Nf6 KhS 24.Re7 Now Black has to lose а pawn. Of · course not 24 ... Rab8 because of 25.Nd7. If 24 ... Ьб, there follows 25.Rc7 Rfc8 26.Rle7 or 25.Ваб and White's position is even Ьetter than in the game. If Black guards the b-pawn with the Rf8, White plays 25.h4 Nеб 26.Nd7 Re8 27 .Rf7 winning the f-pawn, not 26.Rfl at once because then Black would force the exchange of Rooks Ьу 26 ...Rf8.

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24 ... N5еб 25.Rb7

38.NЬб!

Now that White has а material plus too, Black's position has become hopeless. 25 ... Rab8 The other Rook must not move to Ь8 ьecause of 26.Rf7 Rb2 27 .Rеб Nеб 28.Rh7#

The Кnight at еб is attacked twice. П the Кnight moves, there is а pure mate Ьу 39.Nd7. П he moves the King (Best is 38 ... Кf7.), then the advance ofthed-pawn

2б.Rа7 Тhis

is consideraЬly stronger than the Rook trade. А piece as well protected as this Rook is, should not Ье traded. 26 ... Rb2 27 .Nd7 Rc8 28.Ne5 This will yield another pawn because if Black moves the f-pawn, White takes the c-pawn and if 29 ... Rc6 30.Ra8 Ne8 31.Re8 followed Ьу 32.Re6 and wins. 28 ... Rbb8 29.Nf7 Kg8 ЗО.Nhб This is а harmless try to win both Knights after 30.Kf8 via 31.Rf7 and 32.Rg7. ЗО ... Кh8 31.Nf7 Kg8 32.Ne5 White now intends 33.Nd7 Ra8 34.Rb7 threatening 35.Nf6 and Зб.Rеб. 32 ... Ra8 ЗЗ.Rа8 Ra8 34.Nсб Ra2 35.Ne7 The tireless Кnight cashes in another pawn. 35 ... Kf8 36.Nd5 RаЗ 37.Вс4 Finally the Bishop becomes an active participant. 37 ... hб

is decisive. Black Resigned. 1-0.

GAME 177

Schallopp - Tarrasch French Defense

1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.NсЗ Nfб 4.е5 5. f4 с5 6.dc5 Nсб

Nfd7

Black plays something different for а change. In the Breslau toumament with the same player, 6 ... Nc5 was played. 7.Nf3 Pillsbury used to play 7 .аЗ instead. 7 ... Вс5 8.Bd3 fб On 8 ...0-0, Black would quickly lose the game Ьу 9.Bh7 Kh7 IO.Ng5 Кgб (On IО ... Кhб ll.f5 or ll.Qd3) ll.QdЗ f5 12.Qg3 Qe8 (On 12 ... Qb6, follows 13.Qh3.) IЗ.Nеб Кf7 l~.Nc7 etc. 9.ef6 Nfб 10.Qe2 о-о 11.аз White plays for an attack on the Kingside, but for this purpose he needs to secure the ВdЗ from the attack 11 ... NЬ4. 11 ... а6!

Black prepares his own attack on the Queenside position, and will activate the Ra8. 12.Bd2 b513.h3 What Black has achieved with his last two moves is this, White decided to omit castling for а while, and he will proceed to attack on the Kingside leaving the King in the middle, but for this purpose hЗ was not needed. Не could play 13.g4 at once, since the pawn is tаЬоо Ьecause of 14.Bh7 followed Ьу 15.Ng5. 13... Ra7!

The tempting 13 ... Nh5 would lose because of 14.Ng5 NgЗ 15.Bh7 Kh8 16.Qg4 Nhl 17.Bg6.

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14.g4 Re7 15.Ne5 Nd4 16.Qg2 Nd7 17.Nf3

22 ... Nb3 2З.КЬ1 Nd2 24.Rd2 gf4 25.Qf3 Ref7

White тakes а decisive тistake. Better was 17.Nd7 Qd7! 18.0-0-0, though this enaЬles Black to attack with 18 ... Ь4.

With 25 ... ВЬ7, Black could prepare the advance of the e-pawn and 25 ... Rg7 would at least save а tетро. White now very adroitly тobllizes his pieces for the attack, while he simultaneously prevents the center advance.

17... Nf3 18.Qf3 g5!

Black forces the win of the f-pawn. It takes courage to таkе тoves like these, as it denudes the King, while the opponent has not castled yet and his Bishops are lurking for an ambush. 19.Qg3 Qc7 20.Ne2 Вdб 21.0.0.0

If White protects his pawn once тоrе Ьу playing 2l.Rfl, Black will attack it again with 21 ...Ref7. 21 ... Nc5 Until here ту play had been faultless, but now I began to таkе sоте weak moves. Тhis was Ьecause I erroneously thought that the White position should Ье overwhelmed. I saw the simple тethod of 25 ... gf4, which is best, but the continuation 22.Qh4 (24.Qf3? Ne5.) 22 ... е5 23.Bf5 appeared to leave White sоте attacking chances. Тhis prospect did not таkе те happy and 1 spent а lot of tirne, and тоrе imponantly а lot of ту stamina in а vain atteтpt to solve this рrоЬlет. There is nothing that is тоrе тentally exhausting than when one applies а lot of energy to solve а quandary without getting results. Тhis explains the listless following тoves, which stand in sttange contrast to ту previous play. 22.Rhf1

26.g5 Rg7 27.Rg1 Qf7

I was preparing 28 ... е5, but on f7 the Queen is exposed to the g-pawn attack. Better was 27 ... Qb7. 28.Nc3

Ь4 29.аЬ4 ВЬ4 ЗO.Rdg2

Qb7

This is а false alarm! It is true that White threatens both Зl.gб hgб 32.Bg6 and 31.Bh7 followed Ьу 32.g6, but both threats could have been stopped Ьу ЗО ... ВсЗ!, e.g. Зl.ЬсЗ Qb7 followed Ьу 32 ... е5 or Зl.gб Qb7 or 3l.Bh7 Kh8 32.Qc3 f3 ЗЗ.gб (33.Rf2 Кh7 or 33.Rg4 f2 34.Rfl Кh7.) ЗЗ ... Qfб and after the Queen ttade his passed pawns will win. 31.Nd1 es

З2.gб!

Black's position is now quite precarious. Bad is 32...е4 Ьecause of 33.gh7 Кh8 34.Qh5 (Not 34.Rg7 because of 34... Qg7.) 34... Rg2 35.Rg2 threatening 36.Qe5. 32 ... hб ЗЗ.Rе2!! Тhis зз

is an ingenious idea.

... е4

Better was to guard the e-pawn Ьу ЗЗ ... Вdб, but then the e-pawn advance would Ье impossiЬle for а long tiтe.

34.Re4!! de4 35.Вс4 KhB 36.Qh5 (See next diagram) Зб ... Вf5 This is best under the circumstances. Тhе Bishop is intended to take the place of а pawn on h7. Mason suggested the very fine move 36 ...Rfg8 with the following continuation, 37.Qh6 ? Rh7 38.gh7 Rgl or 37 .Bg8 Kg8 and Black wins. Lucky for те 1 didn 't see this move because the immediate 37 .Bf7! wins for White. On

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Тhis move leads to equality and is Ьetter than 7 ... d6, played Ьу Berger in game 129.

s.o-o d&

After 36.QhS

36 ...Rf6, the following brilliant finale was possiЬle,

37 .Qh6 Rh7 38.g7 Qg7 39.Qf6!! and wins. 37.Qhб Rh7 38.gh7 Bh7 39.Ваб With this move and the next move, which can Ье ascriЬed to terriЬle time pressure, Schallopp throws his Ьeautifully played game away. True, the win was not all that easy for White because 39 .Bd5, given Ьу all the masters present in Manchester as winning, still gives Black several drawing chances after 39... Qe7 40.Ве4 Вс5 or 40 ... Rg8, but Steinitz suggested 39.Nc3, and this forces the win Ьecause it decisively pushes the attack Ьу 40.Ne4 or 40.Nd5. 39... Qe7 40.Qh5 fЗ Now it's Black's tum to win again. White 's next move is а mistak:e, but after the attack weakens, the passed pawns supported Ьу the Bishops are just too rnuch. 41.Rg5 Qd6 42.Rd5 Qa6 43.Rd7 Qg6 44.aes Qfб 45.Qh5 ats о-1.

GAME 178

Tarrasch- Mackenzie RuyLopez

1.84 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 а6 4.Ва4 Nfб S.Ncз ВЬ4 6.Nd5 Ве7 7 .dЗ D-0

Тhе standard continuation now is 9 .Вс6 followed Ьу 10.Ne7 and ll.Bg5, in order to retain one Кnight against а Bishop and douЬled pawns, which, as is known, should result in an advantage. For the unhappy owner of the Bishop, this is completely contradictory to my view. То the contrary, in my opinion, the Bishop is the stronger piece, and this view is confirmed Ьу exact analysis of the position and in which analysis 1 was аЬlе to win the position for Black against Mackenzie and Bird in consultation. 9.Nfб!

Тhis is the proper method for White to retain an advantage, but soon the position will Ье equal. 9... Вfб 10.с3 Bg411.h3 This move is appropriate, for if the Bishop goes to h5, then 12.g4 willlock it in. 11 •.. Ве6 12.d4 Ne71 з.вез ed414.Nd4 It is Ьetter than 14.cd4, since now the f-pawn can advance. 14... Bd4 15.Qd4! White 's advantage now becomes evident. 15••. f5

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d5 On 16 ... de5 17 .Qe5, Black is forced to play 17 ... Qdб, and then will have to put up with an isolated and weak d-pawn. 17.f4 Тhе White advantage is increasing. The only counterchance for Black is his Queenside pawn majority, but White will consistently prevent it from coпllng into it's own. 17... Ь6 It is Ьetter not to play this move. It is vainly trying to prepare 18 ... с5, but now the Queenside too is being weakened. 18.Ь4!

Black has to give up his plan to push the c-pawn, since 18 ...Rc8 is answered Ьу 19 .QdЗ. The idea of Black 's next move is to advance the g-pawn. 18 ... h6 19.Kh2 Kh8 20.Qd2 Rg8 21.Qf2 Qf8 Black cannot play 21 ... g5 Ьecause of 22.fg5 hg5 23.Bg5 followed Ьу 24.Qh4. 22.Bd1 Rc8 2З.Ве2 Ra8 As а consequence of his 17th move, Black has Ьесоmе completely passive on the Queenside. 24.а4 а5

This move could Ье kept in reserve as а reply to Ь5. No threat was 25.а5, since Black could completely secure the Queenside with 25 ... Ь5 and 26 ... сб. 25.Ь5

Black's d-pawn is artificially isolated and the c-pawn is now backward. 25 ...Kh7 26.h4 White wants to avoid the fairly harmless attacking move 26 ... g5, so that he can continue his play on the Queenside undisturhed.

26 ... g6 27.g3

27 ... h5 Now nothing is going to happen on the Kingside. 28.Вс1 Rg7 29.Ва3 Qe8 ЗО.Ве7 The exchange of an excellent Bishop for а Кnight, which at Ьest can Ье played via g8 and hб to g4 and even there cannot make much mischief, is based on an eпoneous plan. Тhе execution of this plan allows the win to slip away. White is playing against the d-pawn, whose weakness he erroneously considers sufficient to win. Far better was с4, after due preparation, opening the c-file and then to play for the win of the backward c-pawn. зо ае1 з1.вtз RdB З2.Rad1 It makes no difference whether White plays this or the other Rook to d 1. The d-pawn can Ье adequately defended and this means а drawn game. 32 ... ааз ЗЗ.Qd4 Rgd7 34.Kh1 Qe7 35.Qe3 Qf7 36.Rd4 Kg7 37.Rfd1 Kf8 38.Qc1 Kg7 39.R1d2 Kf8 40.Kg2 Kg7 After а few more moves, а draw was agreed. 1/2·1/2. On move 30. White Ьelieved it was possiЬle to attack the d-pawn four times and additionally with the c-pawn. Не assumed that it would Ье

...

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to defend the pawn, but Black's pieces are posted in а way that the d-pawn is notpinned.

GAME 179

Gunston- Tarrasch 1.d4 d5 2.NIЗ Nl6 З.еЗ Bg4 This developing move is incorrect, and White should now take advantage of Black's weakened Queenside Ьу 4.с4 and 5.Qb3. 4.Ве2 сб 5.Ь3 Nbd7 6.ВЬ2 е6 7.NЬd2 Bd6 8.с4 Rc8 9.с5 ВЬ8 Тhе Bishop stands better on Ь8, see move 13. This shows the previous Black move to Ье useless. 10.Ь4 813 In this position the Bishop cannot Ьесоmе active and so it is traded. 11.NIЗ Qe7 12.Rc1 о-о Instead of this, Black could get а freer game Ьу advancing the e-pawn, but in the process too many pieces would Ье exchanged. This could easily lead to а draw. In every toumament it seems that the weaker players are given "draw odds" Ьу the strong players. 1З.а4 Вс7

Тhis 15.а5.

is to prevent

14.Ь5

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Of course Black may not capture the g-pawn on account of the Bh7, and he must defend against the threat of 24.Bg5 followed Ьу 25.g5 and 26.Bh7. Bad here would Ье 23 ... е4, freeing the ВЫ for action. Mter the text move, the attacking diagonal of Ьoth Bishops are interrupted, and thus the Black King's position is secured. If White takes on е4, then the e-pawn will Ьесоmе а passed pawn after 25 ... ef4, and the d-file will Ье opened for the Rooks and the еб-а2 diagonal would Ье at the Queen 's disposal. Should White advance the f -pawn, the Кnight would reach fЗ via g5. White 's next move is not а decisive епоr, but only а mistake which accelerates the end. 24.Qf3

24 ... Nfg5 25.Qg2 NhЗ 26.Qh3 ef4 27.Rf1? Ng5 28.Qh5 QеЗ 29.Kh1 QdЗ 0-1.

14.D-O Ne415.Ne5 Ве5

Black anticipates that the Кnights will Ье more effective than the Bishops, which in the course of the game is confirmed. 16.de5 f6 17.13 Ng5 18.14 Nf7 19.ef6 Nl6 20.RIЗ The attack which White develops in the next few moves, is not as dangerous as it looks. As а matter of fact, it is considered that this game, which was adjoumed in this position, is won for Black. 20 ... е5! 21.Rh3 Rces 22.Bd3 Qe6 2З.g4 Ne4!

GAME 180

Tarrasch - Thorold French Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.Nd2 с5 4.ed5 Qd5

Bad for Black is 4 ...cd4, Ьecause of the pretty 5.ВЬ5 Bd7 б.dеб ВЬ5 7 .Qh5, attacking both f7 and Ь5. s.NgfЗ cd4 Compare this opening with game 159. 6.Bc4Qh5

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On other moves, White also regains the pawn with advantage. 7.Q-O Nc6 8.Nb3 е5 П instead, 8 ... Nf6, White will have а jump in development after 9 .NЬd4 Nd4 10.Qd4 and also а freer game. 9.Ne5! Qd1 10.Rd1 Bad would have Ьееn 10.Bf7. 10... Ne511.Re1 f612.f4 Bb413.Bd2 Bad is 13.Re2 because of 13 ... Bg4, or 13.Re4 which is answered Ьу 13 ... Bf5. 13... Bd2 14.Nd2 Bf5! 15.fe5 0·0·0! 16.Bd3! Black has defended well. Не threatened to get rid of his main weakness, the isolated d-pawn, Ьу advancing it. Тhus the text move is the only way to hold on to his minor advantage. Advancing the e-pawn would Ье weak. 16... Bd3 17.cd3 fe5 18.Rac1 То drive the Кing further away. 18... КЬ8 19.Re5 Nf6 20.Rce1 Rhe8 Better would Ье 20...Rd7 followed Ьу 2l ...Rhd8. 21.Re8 Ne8 Or 21 ... Re8 22.Re8 Ne8 23.NЬЗ. 22.Re7 Тhis move paralyzes Black and will favor а win of material. 22 ... а6 23.Nb3 Ь6

GAМES

24.Nd4 Rd4 25.Re8 Кс7 26.Re3! After 26.Re7 Кdб 27.Rg7 RdЗ 28.Rh7 Rdl 29.Kf2 Rd2 followed Ьу 30... Rb2 and Black has good drawing chances. Тhere now follows an endgame in which White will step Ьу step gain territory, advancing his passed pawn at the same time repelling the opponents attacking attempts. Тhе reader will find this quite interesting and instructive. 26... Kd7 27.Kf2 g6 28.Rh3 h5 29.Ке3 Rd6 ЗО.d4 Re6 31.Kd3 Re1 32.Rg3 Re6 ЗЗ.RеЗ Rd6 34.Re5 Rf6 35.а4 This move and White 's 37th move, are made mainly to safeguard the Queenside pawns, as they are а constant target for the Rook. 35... Rf2 36.Re2 Rf6 37.Ь4 Rf1 38.Re5 Rf2 On 38 ... Ral, White can play 39.а5 and 38 ... RЬ1 39.Ь5 or 39.Кс4 is possiЬle. 39.Rg5 Rf6 40.h3 On 40.d5, possiЬle is 40 ... Rf4. On 40.Ке4, might follow 40 ...Re6 41.Re5 Rсб. Тherefore White makes а tempo move. 40... Kd6 41.Ке4 Re6 42.Re5 Rf6 43.d5 Kd7 Тhis is zugzwang of а kind. Тhе Rook must not move Ьecause of 44.Re6. 44.Rg5 Тhis is to bring the Rook to f3 and then force the exchange of Rooks or drive the Rook away from its most important file. 44 ... Kd6 45.Rg3 Ке7 46.Rf3 Rd6 47.Ке5

White is threatening 48.Rf7 followed Ьу 49.Kd6. 47... Rd8 48.d6 Kd7 If 48 ...Rd6, there again follows 49 .Rf7. 49.Rf7 Кс8 50.Rc7 КЬ8 51.Rc2 Re8 52.Kf6 Ь5 53.d7 Rh8 54.Ке7 Rh7 55.Kd6 Rh8 56.Re2 1-0.

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inferior position for Black and the next moves tend to confirm this fact. 25.f5

1.f4 d5 2.е3 е6 З.NfЗ Nf6 4.Ь3 Ве7 5.ВЬ2 а6 6.Ве2 с5 7.D-O Nc6 8.Ne5 Qc7 9.d3 D-0 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.Ndf3 f6 12.Nc6 Qc6 13.Qe1 Ь5

Both sides played the opening coпectly in the character of the game, and Black is better оп the Queeпside, while he is exposed to some attackiпg threats оп the Kingside. 14.84 ВЬ7 15.Qg3 Nb6 Black inteпds а Queenside break with ... с4. Aпother very good рlап is to advance the e-pawn after ... Вdб and ... Rae8. 16.аЬ5 аЬ5 17.Nh4 с4 18.Bg4 Тhis is а very well thought up ttap. Оп 18 ... с3?, there follows 19.Вс3 QсЗ 20.Ве6 Rf7! (20 ... Кh8? 2l.Ng6 and mate next move.) 2l.Nf5 gб 22.Ra8 Ва8 23.Nh6 Kg7 24.Nf7 and White is an exchange ahead with а good position. А comЬiпatioп like this causes anxiety, thus lplayed18... Bc8 Better would have Ьееп 18 ... Ral 19.Bal! Вс8 or 19...Ra8. Оп 18 ...Ral, White could поt recapture wi th the Rook as theп 19 ... с3 сап Ье played and the above meпtioпed combiпatioп would not work. 19.Ьс4 ЬС4 20.Bd4 Bd7 21.Ве2 Вс5 22.Ra8 Na8 Not 22...Ra8, Ьecause of 23.Bf6. 23.dc4 Bd4 24.ed4 On 24.cd5 Qd5 25.ed4 Qd4, Black gets agood game. 24 ... dc4 The interesting skinnish of the last few moves seems to have led to а slightly

On 25 ...ef5 26.Nf5 Bf5 27.Rf5, White's position would Ье excellent Ьecause of his passed pawn and Black's weak c4-pawn. 25... Qe4! Together with the next two moves, this is the only сопесt defense. 26.Qg4! Тhе only way to guard the points е2, d4, and f5. 26... Qe3 Тhе Queen 's trade would Ье unfavoraЬle for Black. 27.Kh1 Nb6 Here а strange thing happened to me. 1 was under the impression that with the last moves 1 had consolidated my positioп again and that 1 now had fair drawing chances. Then it struck me that Mr. Bird, who is known for playing fast, took an extraordinarily long time for his next move. Then 1 began to ask myself what 1 would do as White, and the longer 1 thought about it, the more 1 found to my amazement that the situation had completely changed and that W~ite had great trouЬle finding а plauSIЬle continuation, and that it was he and not 1,


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who was trying to draw the game. Тhis underestimating of ту оwп position had never happened to те before. 28.Bf3

White hardly has а choice, e.g. 28.fe6 29.Nf5 Bf5, is good for Black.

White should play 37 .Rb7 at once, since Black might still have winning chances Ьу playiпg 37 ... Re3. 37 ... QdЗ 38.Rb7 Qf1 39.Kh2 Qf4 and drawn Ьу perpetual check. 1/2·1/2.

Веб

GAME 182

28 ... ef5 29.Nf5 Bf5 ЗO.Qf5 Re8

Tarrasch - Gossip RuyLopez 1.е4 е5

5.Nc3 8.Nd4

2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 аб 4.Ва4 Nfб ВЬ4 б.Nd5 Nd5 7.ed5 Nd4

On 8.Ne5, itleads to the following, 8... Ь5 9.ВЬ3 dб lO.NfЗ? (Better is 10.Nc6 Nc6 ll.dcб and the c-pawn will eveпtually Ье captured.) 10 ... Qe7 ll.Kfl Bg4 апd White 's game is uпcomfortaЬle. s ... ed4

Should Black capture the d-pawn, White will develop а stroпg attack with 31.Qe6 Кh8 32.Rdl Qc5 33.Rd6, followed Ьу 34.Rc6, with peпetration of the seventh rank Ьу Rook and Queen. Worse than 30... Re8 would Ье 30... Rd8, because of 3l.Be4. 31.Qb5!

Rеб

32.Bd5

Better was 32.d5 Rd6, but the best White could do here was to draw as the further advance of the passed pawn was Ьlocked. 32 ... Nd5 33.Qd5 Qe2 34.Rg1 Оп 34.Rb 1, it would have Ьееп answered Ьу the same move, but it would have saved White а tempo.

34 ... gб 35.h3 Kg7 Зб.RЬ1 Re7

Black, because of time pressure, chose to make the simplest possiЬle moves and did поt really do justice to the position. On 36 ... с3, it would have given wiпniпg chances, as the c-pawn and d-pawn would have been exposed to danger and there was по danger of mate Ьу 37 .Rb7 Кhб 38.Qd7, as Black would have 38 ... Qfl, followed Ьу 39 ... Qf4 and mate to follow. 37.сЭ

э.о-о о-о

1о.сз

Вс5

Better is 1О ... Ве7 поw or on the move, to Ье followed Ьу ll ... Bfб.

пехt

11.Ь4 ВЬб 12.ВЬ2 Qfб 1З.с4

N ow Whi te has а пiсе on the Queeпside.

attackiпg

formatioп 1З ... dб

14.d3

White is inteпdiпg to play 15.Qe2, which if played поw would Ье а horreпdous Ьluпder Ьecause of 14... d3!. 14... а5 15.а3 Qgб 18.Rfd1

аЬ4

1б.аЬ4 Bf5 17.Qe2

White is Ьetter Ьecause of his Queeпside pawn chaiп and Black is unaЬle to occupy the e-file. His best plan is to play · 18 ... Rad8 followed Ьу 19 ... Bd7, sothathe сап theп play а Rook to е8. Instead he decides ori an unjustified pawn sacrifice giviпg him а pseudo attack and this eventually leads to the loss of the game. 18... сб 19.dсб Raes 20.Qf1 Bg4 21.f3 все

If the Bishop goes to any other square there follows сЬ7 and 23.Вс6, and the Ь7 -pawn becomes very strong. 22.сЬ7 ВЬ7 2Э.Ве8 25.Вс1

Re8 24.Re1

RеЗ

XIIMANCHESTER On 25.Re3 dеЗ 26.d4, Black plays 26 ... Qc2 with а strong attack. 25... Qh6

Black has to sacrifice а second exchange, as otherwise there would Ье no semЬlance of an attack left at all. 26.Kh1 Тhе Rook is not going anywhere and no matter what, the Кing must not remain on this diagonal.

26... f5

27.Ве3 dеЗ

28.Ra3 f4

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34 ... е2 35.Re2 Qe2 Зб.QЬ8 Kf7 37 .Qb7 Ке8 38.Qc8 Kf7 39.Rd7 Кgб 40.Rd6 Kf7 41.Qf5 1-Q.

On 4l ... Ke7 follows 42.Rd7 and 43.Qf7#, and on 41 ... Ке8, follows 42.Re6, and on 41 ...Kg8, then 42.Qe6 is winning.

GAME 183 TauЬenhaus - Tarrasch Scotch Opening 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.d4 ed4 4.Nd4 Вс5 s.вез Qfб б.сЗ Nge7 7.Nc2

This move was introduced Ьу Dr. Meitner in the 1882 Vienna toumament. It delays White 's development and therefore it seems inferior. 7 ... d6

29.d4

Wblte will bring the Queen into the game. 29 ... Bd4 ЗО.QdЗ Qh4

Black is using every possihle way to continue the attack. 31.Rf1

On Зl.Rdl, there might follow 3l ...Qf2 32.Qd4e2. 31 ... Qf6

On 31 ... Ве5, follows 32.Ra7 and on follows 32.с5 dc5 ЗЗ.Ьс5 Вс5? 34.Qc4. Зl ... ВЬб,

32.Rd1 Qe5

This is to answer 33.Qd4 Ьу

ЗЗ ... е2.

ЗЗ.Rа2 ВЬ6 34.Qdб Тhis

attack.

leads to an immediately decisive

Тhis reply is more active than 7 ... ВеЗ or 7 ... ВЬб. Тhе disadvantage of Black's resulting douЬled pawns is easily compensated Ьу his open d-file, а freer game, and а jump in development. As а matter of fact, 1 Ьelieve Black to have the Ьetter game. 8.Вс5

dc5 9.Ne3

Тhе Кnight has made four moves to get to this square. Тhere is no time in the opening for circuitous maneuvering like this.

9 ... Be610.Nd2 Q-0

Castling Queenside was definitely Ьetter. Тhе Queenside pawns would Ье guarded Ьу the King, while now they will Ье targets for attack.

11.Qf3 Qhб

During the course of the game it will become apparent that the Queen is very well posted here, Ьу constantly keeping the points еЗ and d2 under observation. 12.Qg3

This proves that Black should have

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castled Queenside. The only way to protect the c-pawn is the ugly 12...Rac8, after which White develops his Bishop and then castles with а safe position. То prevent this Black correctly sacrifices а pawn for а good attack. Although, if one always makes the Ьest move, there is rarely а need to make sacrifices. 12... f5 1З.Qс7

development gives him cenain winning chances. This plan now consists of getting rid of the Кingside pawns and then to attack White 's weakened central pawns. 19... Qe3 20.fe3 ReB 21.Ке2 Ne5 If now 22.Ne4, Black plays 22... Nc4,

instantly regaining the pawn with decisive attack. 22.Raf1 Rg5 23.g3

13... fe4

ж

14.Вс4!

If 14.Ne4, а strong Black attack will result after 14 ... Nd5 15.Nd5 Bd5 or 15.Qg3 Rae8. 14... Bc415.Ndc4 If the other Кnight captures, then Black plays 15 ... Nd5, possiЬly followed Ьу lб ... еЗ, with Black's advantage. 15... Ь5 16.Nd2 Тhis is the best move for the Кnight. If lб.NаЗ, Black plays 1б ... Ь4 17.сЬ4 Qfб 18.0-0 QЫ winning а pawn and on lб.Ndб, Black will obtain а strong attack after lб ... Qf4 17.0-0 Rfб 18.NЬ5 Ne5! and if White continues Ьу 19.Qe7, there follows 19 ... Nf3 20.gf3 Rgб and on 19.Radl follows 19... Rh6 20.Rd8 кt7! with all the аЬоvе giving Black а Ьig edge. 16... Rac8 Тhis loses an imponant tempo Ьу driving the Queen back to а square where it would go anyway. The immediate 16 ... Nf5 would have strengthened Black 's attack decisively, e.g. 17.Nf5 Rf5 18.Qg3 Raf8 with excellent play for Black. 17.Qg3 Nf5 18.Nf5 Rf5 19.Qe3 The е- pawn is still immune, after 19 .Ne4 Re8 20.f3 QеЗ, the Black attack would soon Ье overwhelming. The text forced the trade of Queens, after which the game looks equal. However, Black's better

NdЗ!

--. .

Mter 13.ef5 Nf5 14.Nf5 Bf5 15.Qc7, it would not Ье long before White succumbs to the Rook's attacks on the open files.

а

в

8

В

~r~ д~

.

BtB

r~·~~

~--~

~"'"'• ~'е'· и

~~

~

!!

24.Ne4 Rd5! 25.Nd2

Here White still had а chance to equalize, e.g. 25.Rdl с4 26.Nf2 Rde5 27 .NdЗ RеЗ 28.Kd2 RdЗ 29.Кс1 or 28 ... cd3 29.Rhe1 Re2 30.Re2 Re2 31.Кс 1. 25 ... Nb2

Black has achieved his goal. Не has divested himself of his weak pawn, while his opponent has three isolated pawns, which eventually will cost him the game. 26.Rf4 Rde5 Тhе Rook was very well posted on the d-file and should not have left it. Later on move 29, Black has to take the file back with the other Rook and thus loses two tempi. More forcing was 26 ... Na4 27.Rc1 с4 28.е4 (Not 28.Rd4 because of 28 ... Nc3 followed Ьу 29 ...Rd4.) 28 ...Rd3 29.Rf3 RfЗ ЗО.КfЗ Rd8 31.Ке2 RdЗ 32.NЬ 1 and now the White pieces are in а complete bind and the Black Кing's intervention is decisive.

27 .е4

с4 28.КеЗ

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1890

GAME 184

Tarrasch - Blackburne RuyLopez 1.е4 е5

2.Nf3

Nсб з.вьs dб

4.d4 ed4

It is always preferaЬle to maintain the center as long as possiЬle, instead of needlessly giving it up. 5.Nd4 Bd7 б.NсЗ

White does not trade on сб so as not to release the tension too early, but even after Nсб, White will Ье Ьetter. 6 ... Nf6 7.0-0

This is а very dangerous situation. White's threat, apart from 34.Ne4 is 34.Ne6! and the seemingly correct 33 ... Nc5 is of little use, since on 34.Rf5 two pieces are attacked which would force Black to try for а draw Ьу 34... Rd2 35.Kf3! RdЗ, but White might even eschew this drawing attempt Ьу 36.Kg2 Re2 37.Кh3. ЗЭ ... Rе7!

So as to answer 34.Ne6 Ьу 34... Rf7.

This is а good idea. In this variation of the Ruy Lopez, the Bishop is difficult to use on the с 1-hб diagonal, but is excellently posted on Ы. From there it will give direction to the attack. Тhis fianchetto has become very popular since this game. 8 ...0·0 9.ВЬ2 NeB

As а consequence of his opening plan, Black is in somewhat of а bind. Playing 9 ... Re8 followed. Ьу 10 ... Bf8 (Recommended Ьу Steinitz.) or 9 ...Nd4, will not free his game. 10.Nd5! Nd411.Bd7 Qd7

Amistake is ll ... Nc2, Ьecauseof 12.Ве8 and the Кnight is trapped.

34.Kg1 RdeЗ! 35.R1f5

NallЗ.BbS

Since White 's attack has been repulsed Black 's last two moves, the end result is no longer in doubt.

12.Qd4

Ьу

35 ... Kg7 36.Kf2 R3e5 37.Rf7 Rf7 38.Rf7 Кgб 39.Ra7 Тhis

is а mistake. White overlooks that the Black Кnight is defended, but even after 39.Nf3! Кf7 40.Ne5 Кеб, White is lost, e.g. 41.Nc6 NсЗ 42.Na7 Ь4 and 43 ... Na2. 39 ... Rg5 0·1.

Ве7 В.ЬЗ

Now it is obvious how effective the diagonal has Ьесоmе.

ВЫ 's

12 ... Bd813.Rad1 Тhе threat was IЗ ... сб 14.Ne3 Вfб which can now Ье answered Ьу 15.е5 BeS 16.Qe5.

13... Qe614.Qd3

сб

This weakens the d-pawn, which henceforth will Ье а good attacking tar&"et for White, but even after 14 .. .f5, Wh1te will keep the advantage Ьу 15.Rfel or 15.f3.


212 15.Ne3 f6

Тhis ugly looking move is hard to avoid Тhе Ne8 looks very unhappy, but оп

15 ...Bf6 White's attack could coпtinue with 16.Ва3 or 16.Bf6 Qf6 17 .Nc4 Rd8 18.е5.

16.Nf5 Вс7 17.Rfe1 Rd8 18.с4

With every move White 's position has Instead of the text move, White could have played 18.Qh3 threateпiпg 19.Nh6!, but theп Black would play the simple 18 ...Kh8 and this demonstratioп would yield по great Ьееп streпgtheпed.

Ьeпefit.

18... Rf7 19.Qh3!

Now the right momeпt for this move has соте. On the most plausiЬle reply White has а surprise move. 19... Kh8

Тhis move appears useless, as in а few moves the Кing has to make room for the Кnight. However if Black plays 23 ... g6 at опсе, White сап proceed as follows, 24.е5 fe5 25.fe5 d5 26.е6 Ке7 27.cd5 cd5 28.Bcl with excelleпt attacking chances. Оп the other hand, after the King moves, this advance is not too good Ьecause of 24 .. .fe5 25.fe5 d5 26.cd5 cd5 and the Black passed pawn supported Ьу the King is stroпger than White's pawn which is pretty well Ьlocked. 24.Kg2 g6 25.Kf3 Ng7 26.Re2 Kf7 27.Red2 Here too advancing in the center would not Ье advantageous, Ьecause of the same continuation as in the previous note. Now though 28.е5 Ьecomes а strong threat as the d-pawn cannot Ье pushed anymore. 27... Re8 28.Ва3 White wants to weakeп the d-pawn some more and to make it harder yet for the Вс7 to соте to life. 28 ... с5 29.ВЬ2 Ne6 ЗО.h4 White is now preparing а breakthrough оп the g-file.

зо

... аб З1.Rg2 ьs З2.Всз

Тhis

move is superfluous. а5 34.Rdg1

32 ... Ь4 ЗЗ.ВЬ2 Тhis will cost the exchange. Тhе only move was 19 ... Qc8. 20.Nh6! QhЗ Оп 20 ...Re7, it also cost the exchange after 21.Qe6 followed Ьу 22.Nf7. 21.Nf7 Kg8 22.gh3 Kf7 White has now wоп the exchange, but it is very difficult to make it count Ьecause there is по ореп file for the Rooks and White 's own pawn formatioп has Ьееп tom up.

23.f4

Кеб

.... --.-... --. --•

8 8Ж8 . ~ .... t • ~ .. ~t --~

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Тhе threat is поw 37 .hб followed Ьу

-~~~ ~~~

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35.f5 Nf8! 36.h5 g5 38.h4. Siпce Black

XII MANCHESTER cannot stop the threat, he resons to desperado maneuver. 34...d5 35.cd5 Nf4 36.Rd2 Вdб Тhе threat was 37 .dб. 37.Rdd1

а

TOURNAМENT,

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White insists on maintaining the center and as а result of his weak center, he gets into trouЬle. 10... cd411.cd4 QЬ612.Nb3 aS! Тhis is in order to loosen the NЬЗ. 1З.а4 fб

White has по satisfactory move . 14.f4 fe515.fe5

White wants to play 38.Bcl. З7 ... а4 38.Вс1 Nh5 39.Rge1 40.Re2 аьз 41.аЬЗ Ra1 42.Rde1!

Ra8 Ng7 stopped. Оп

Black's attack has Ьееп 42 ... Ве5 follows 43.Ве3 RаЗ 44.RЬ1 апd 45.Rc2. 43.Bf4 Re1 44.Re1 Ке7 45.Ra1 Now that White finally has an ореп file for his Rook, Black's game offers no hope. 45 ... Bf4 46.Kf4 Ne8 47.Ra7 Кdб 48.Rаб Kd7 49.е5 fe5 so.кes Nc7 51.Rсб Nb5 52.Rc5 NсЗ 53.Ra5 Ne2 54.Ra7 Кеа 55.dб 1-0.

GAME 185

Mortimer - Tarrasch French Defense

1.е4 еб 2.d4 d5 З.NсЗ Nfб 4.Bg5 Ве7 5.Bf6 Вfб б.NfЗ 0-0 7.е5 It is of по imponance whether this move or 7 .ВdЗ is made first. 7... Ве7 8.Ne2 This immediately results iп а positional minus. Сопесt was 8.Bd3. 8... с5 9.сз Nc6 1O.Nd2

15... Ne5! If White captures the Knight, then Black's answer will not Ье lб ... Qf2 , but 1б ... ВЬ4 17.Nc3 or 17.Nd2 Qf2#. 16.Nc3 Now Black has а multitude of good continuations, e.g. 16 ... Nc4, or 16 ... Ng4, or lб ...Bh4. Since White has а choice of bad moves only, Black leaves it to him to decide how the game is to continue. 16... Bd7! 17.Qc2 Bh418.Kd1 On 18.g3 follows 18 ... Nf3. 18... Ng4 19.Кс1 NеЗ Black is forcing the win of а piece. 20.Qd3 Nf1 21.Nc5 Тhis is а vain attempt to save the piece. 21 ... Bg5 22.КЬ1 Nd2 2З.Ка2 Rf2 Black now threatens mate in three Ьу 24 ... Qb2, 25 ... Nc4, and 26 ...Rb2#. 24.Nd1 Nc4 25.Rb1 Rd2 26.Qg3 QЬ4!

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White сап capture neither Bishop. On 27 .Nd7 follows 27 ... Qa4 and on 27 .Qg5 follows 27 ... QаЗ# and it is equally tragic. 27.Qb3 всв Тhis threatens 28 ...Ьб. 2s.Re1 аьз Тhе mating attack has petered out, and Black has to Ье satisfied with winning the game and fust prize. 29.КЬ3 Rg2 ЗО.Nе6 Nd2 31.Ка2 Ве6 32.Re6 Nb1 ЗЗ.КЬ1 Тhis is one of the sad things that can happen in chess, when one continues to play in а completely lost position. 33 ... Rf8 34.Nc3 Rff2 35.Rb6 Bd2! 36.Nd5 ВЬ4! 37.Nb4 Rb2 38.Кс1 аЬ4 39.Rb7 Rbf2 0·1.

GAME 186

Tarrasch - Tinsley

White is two moves ahead in development, but Black's position is not as cramped as often happens in these types of positions. 14.Ne5 Ве6 15.Rad1 Bd6 16.f3 Ве5 17.Ве5 Qe7 18.Qf2 White is threatening 19.Qg3 to Ье followed Ьу 20.Bd6. 18... f6 19.Bf4 g5 Almost forced as the threat is 20.Qg3 followed Ьу 21.Qg6. 20.Qg3 Rf7 21.h4 Rg7 22.Bd6 Qd7 23.hg5 hg5 24.Qh2 Rd8 25.Ва3 Nc4 26.Вс1

This is the end of the Bishop's zigzag. Equally good was to capture on с4 at once. 26 ... Bf5 27 .е4 Bh7 Not the Ьest square for the Bishop. Better was to retreat to еб. 28.Вс4 dc4. 1/2-1/2.

Nimzo lndian (Ьу transposilion)

1.d4 d5 2.с4 еб З.NСЗ Nf6 4.Bf4 ВЬ4 Тhе Bishop is Ьetter posted on е7. 5.ез Ne4 Тhis is а premature attack with no follow up. 6.Qb3 Nc6

This is an unusual treatment of the opening. In this opening it is wrong to Ьlock the c-pawn. Сопесt was 6... с5. 7.Bd3 NсЗ 8.Ьс3 Ве7 Black's development is delayed and he finds it difficult to find а square for the Вс8. However it should Ье noted that White does not quickly succeed in developing а major advantage. 9.Nf3 Na510.Qa4 c611.cd5 Тhе threat was 11 ... dc4 followed Ьу 12... Ь5. Poor is ll.c5 Ьecause of ll ... bб. Тhе pawn exchange frees the Вс8, but the Nа5 remains misplaced. 11 ...ed512.Qc2 h61З.о-о 0-0

Here my opponent offered а draw and tired as I was I accepted, in the Ьelief that in order for Tinsley to get а prize, he would have to win this game. Tinsley 's competition, Alapin vs v. Scheve, against all expectations, drew their game and as а result Mr. Tinsley shared the last prize. White has а consideraЬle advantage because of his compact position and strong center. After due pr~paration, he would Ье аЬlе to breakthrough Ьу d5 or е5 and if played out, the position should result in а White victory.

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XIII. Nuremberg 1890-1892 Immediately after the Manchester tournament I received an invitation from Havana, Cuba to play а match against Steinitz. In spite of the fact that I felt honored and the conditions were tempting, I was in no position at this point in my life to accept such an invitation. I could not stay away from home for three months, particularly in the winter when my services as а doctor were most in demand. So I eschewed the transatlantic adventure and I devoted my efforts to the German 'Schachzeitung' of which I was co-editor with Dr. von Gottschall. I spent most of ту spare time annotating games and this gave me the satisfaction of helping the puЬlic understand more aЬout chess. During that period I had several visits from Мах Haromonist and S. TauЬenhaus. Harmonist came often since he took part in the Bayreuth festivals. TauЬenhaus took advantage of his travel Ьetween Paris and his hometown of Warsaw. Не made an eight-day stop in Nuremberg. Against these two masters I played 1О serious games, eight of which I won, along with one loss and one draw. Aside from these games I only played odds games and in а few club tournaments.


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GAME 187

Tarrasch- А. Steif RuyLopez 1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nc6 Э.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.Q-O Ве7

1Ъis

defense results in а cramped Black position. 5.Nc3 dб б.Всб Ьсб 7.d4 ed4 8.Nd4 Bd7 9.Ь3! 1Ъis development of the dark squared Bishop, which 1 tried in game 184, has Ьесоmе very popular since.

9 ... 0-0 10.ВЬ2 Re8 11.Qd3 Bf8 12.Rad1 с5 13.Nde2 Всб 14.Ng3 Qc8 15.Nd5 Nd7

Better for Black was to take the Кnight at once, as later on this exchange is forced. 16.с4 а5

Now White has а splendid position. The threatening placement of his minor pieces, especially his Bishop, guarantees а strong attack against the Black Kingside. 17.Nf5

This has the threat of 18 .Nhб and 19.Qg3.

After23.hS

26.Qe2 followed Ьу 27 .g4. The move White makes though is much stronger. 24.Ng7 Re1 25.Re1 Kg7 26.hg6

Better yet is 26.Re6 at once. 26 ... Qf5 27 .gh7 Kh7 28.Qh4 29.Bf6

Кgб

Тhis is only the second move for this Bishop, which has dominated the game all along.

29 ... Qd5

ЭО.g4

1-0.

Тhere is nothing Black can do against the decisive 31.f5.

17... Bd518.cd5 А faster decision would 18.Nh6 Кh8! 19.Qd5.

Ье

reached

GAME 188

Ьу

18... Ne519.Qg3 Ngб 20.Rfe1 fб 21.h4 Kh8 22.f4 1Ъis

is to prevent 23 ... Ne5 on 23.h5. Black could have tried to sacrifice the exchange Ьу 22... Re4. White can then either accept the exchange or continue the attack with 23.Ng7 Re1 24.Re1 Bg7 25.h5 etc. 22 ... а4 23.h5 (See next diagram) 23 ... Re4

Now the sacrifice is forced since 23 ... Ne7 is decisively refuted Ьу 24.Ng7 Bg7 25.h6. Now White could simply take the Rook and after 24 ...Qf5, the answer would Ье 25.Qf3 Ne7 26.g4 or 25 ... Nh4

А.

Steif- Tarrasch RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Э.ВЬ5 аб 4.Ва4 Ь5 5.ВЬЗ ВЬ7

6.Q-O

Better is 6.d4 and then 7 .0-0. б ... gб 7.d3 Bg7 &.ВеЗ Nge7 9.Qd2 h6

This is necessary to prevent White 's 10.Bh6. 10.Nc3 Na511.Ne2 NЬЭ 12.аЬ3 d5

Black now has 1Э.QЬ4

а

slight advantage.

Nc614.Qe1

Ifthe Queen goes to с5, it is in danger of Ьeing trapped after 14... d4 15.Ве2 Bf8 16.Qd5 Qfб and 17 ... Rd8.

Х/11.

NUREMBERG /890-1892

14 ... Qd6 15.ed5 Nb4 16.Qc3 Nd5 17.Qc5 NеЗ

Black's first thought here is to move the Queen away and then threaten to win the Queen Ьу 18 ... Bf8. In order to сапу out this plan, 17 ...Qеб would Ье insufficient Ьecause of 18.с4 and 17 ...Qf6 is answered with 18.Nc3. Lastly 17 ...Qd7 is inadequate Ьecause then Ьу 18.Qa3 and on 18 ...Bf8, White would save the Queen Ьу 19.Вс5. On 17 ...Ne3, fеЗ, his position would Ье Ьetter thanafterthe textmove, afterwhich Black's center will Ье strengthened 18.Qd6 сdб 19.fe3 f5

Now follows another example of the two Bishops against the two Кnights with the main role now played Ьу the pawns. 20.Nh4

25 ... Bd8! 26.Ng1

217 ВЬб

Now the threat is 27 ... f4. Black's Bishops are again doing excellently. 27 .Ке2

Кеб

28.d4

Тhis gives Black another chance for an attack, but other moves would give Black other attacking chances.

28... Ваб! 29.Kd3 RecS ЗО.с4? Тhе move ЗO.Rfcl would have avoided the loss of material. зо

... е4 з1.ксз d5 З2.Nе2

32.с5, Black Ьу зз вп.

On

...

plays 32... Ь4 followed

32 ... g5 33.Rf2 ЬС4 34.Ьс4 Вс4 35.Nc4 Rc4 Зб.КЬЗ RЬS 37.Ка3 Вс7 38.Raf1 Вdб 39.Ка2 Ra4 40.КЬ1 Rab4 41.Nc3 а4

Of course the outcome was decided long ago. 42.Rf5 Rb2

4З.Ка1 R2ЬЗ

44.Na2

20... Bf6 21.Nf3

White has lost time as the g-pawn cannot captured. Тhis tempo loss though, has very little significance in view of the preponderance of the two Bishops. Ье

44 ... Bf4 Q-1.

21 ... Kd7 22.с3 а5 23.Nd2

GAME 189

The Кnight is vainly seeking а good square.


2З ... Rhe8 24.Kf2 Bh4! 25.g3

White should simply retreat his Кing to gl. The text deprives the Knight of another square and gives the opponent another attacking target with his h-pawn, (It never gets that far anyway.) and in addition it opens the Bishop 's diagonal down tohl.

French Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.Nd2 Nfб 4.е5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 с5 6.сз Nc6 7.Ne2 cd4 8.cd4 ВЬ4

Тhis

is

а

purposeless move. Better is

8 ... QЬ6. 9.Q-O Nf810.f4 f5

218 Тhе

THREE HUNDRED CHESS threat was ll.f5.

GAМES

18.fe6 Rd6 19.Bf5

11.ef6 е.р. Тhе old thinking was that this trade in similar positions was unfavoraЬle for White, but in the course of the next moves, Black's center is keptfrom advancing and will eventually Ье destroyed.

11 ...gf6

If the Queen recaptures, White plays 12.Nf3 and will then take control of the squares е5 and еб. 12.Nf3 QЬ6 13.Kh1

19... Nd8 20.Ь4

Black's threat was 13 ... е5, and if this move could ever Ье made, it would give Black а decisive advantage.

Тhis fine move makes Ьoth 21.Qb3 and 21.Ra2 possiЬle.

1з ... Bd7

20 ... Nde6 21.Qb3 Qd8 22.Ra2 Ng5

14.а3 Ве7

Better is 14... Bd6.

2З.Вс8 Кс8

15.f5!

With this and the next move, White assures himself а permanent advantage.

1s...o-o-o On 15 ... е5, White attains the advantage as 16.Nc3 Qa5 17.de5 fe5 18.f6! Вfб 19.Nd5. The Кnight is tаЬоо Ьecause of 20.Bg6 and 2l.Qd5, or alternatively 16 ... Nd4 17 .Nd5 Qc5 18.Ne7 followed Ьу 19.Nd4. Finally 16.de5fe517.Nc3d4(0n 17 ... Qa5 or 17 ... Qc5 follows 18.f6!) 18.Nd5 Qc5 19.Ne7 Ne7 20.Ng5 or 19 ... Qe7 20.Bg5 is good for White. It is clear that 15...ef5 is bad. 16.Nf4!

КЬ8

On 16 ... Nd4, White can choose from several advantageous continuations, e.g. 17.Nd4 Qd4 18.fe6 Nеб 19.Ne6 Веб 20.Bf5 with а strong attack (20 ...Qe5? 2I.Qc2 Kd7 22.Bf4 Qf5 23.Qa4 Кс8 24.Racl with mate to follow soon) .. Simpler is 17.Ве3 е5! (17 ... Вс5? 18.Ь4! wins а piece).18.Nd5 followed Ьу 19.Ne7 then winning on d4. 17.Re1

Obviously 22 ... Nf4 would Ье bad.

Вс8

Black temporarily gives up the eб-pawn.

24.Rae2 Ne4

Black cannot avoid the loss of а pawn, as 24 ...Rd7 would also Ье answered Ьу 25.Nd5. It is worth noting how badly exposed the Ве7 is here. 25.Nd5 Rd5 26.Re4 Ng6

If Black tries to protect the Bishop with 26 ...Rd7, 27.Bf4leads to а sttong attack. 27.Re7 Ne7 28.Re7 Qe7 29.Qd5 КЬ8 Qc7 31.Ве3

ЗО.hЗ

Up to now the Bishop was active without having ever moved. 31 ... Re8 32.Bg1 Ка8 ЗЗ.Qс5 Qd7 34.d5 Ь6 35.Qc6 Qc6 36.dc6 Re6 З7.Ь5 аб 38.а4 Re4 39.Bd4 f5

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Xl/1. NUREMBERG 1890-1892 аЬ5 41.аЬ6 Rеб 42.Ь7 КЬ8 43.Ве51·0.

40.85

GAME 190 М.

Kurschner - Tarrasch ViennaGame

1.е4 е5 2.Nc3 Nсб З.gЗ Вс5 4.Bg2 аб 5.d3d6 It is сопесt to postpone development of the Ng8. 6.h3 Ве6 7.Nge2 Qd7 For the moment this prevents White from castling. 8.f4 f5 9.Nd5 Nf6 10.Nf6 lf instead White permits the piece exchange on d5, the douЬled pawns would give him а slight disadvantage. 1o... gf& 11.ьз Тhis is in order to follow up with 12.с4, which if played now would cost either the h-pawn or c-pawn. 11 ...Qg712.ef5 White 's position is not good anymore and he finds it hard to find а good continuation. Тhе play he has chosen, badly weakens the Кingside. 12... Bf5 1З.Всб Ьсб 14.g4 Ве6 15.с4 Тhis is to keep the Bishop out of d5. Тhе absence of the Bg2 is already noticeaЬle. 15..• h5 16.f5 Bf7 17.Ng3 d5 Black's game is totally superior and White 's position is being undermined from all sides. 18.Qf3 hg4 19.hg4 Rh1 20.Nh1 Q-0-0 21.Bd2 е4 22.Qg3 Оп 22.de4, there follows 22 ... de4

2З.Qе2 еЗ.

22 ... ed3 2З.Rс1 dc4 24.Ьс4 (See next diagram) 24 ... Bd5 25.cd5 Qe7 26.ВеЗ Вез 27.Kd1 Вс1 28.Кс1 Qe2 о-1.

After 24.Ьс4

GAME 191


Queen's Gamblt Declined 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 е6 З.еЗ с5 4.с4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 Тhis has transposed to а noпnal Queen 's Gamblt Declined position now. 6.Ве2

Here White can isolate the Black d-pawn, but I consider this disadvantageous. б •.. аб 7.0.0 dc4 8.Вс4 Ь5 9.ВЬ3 ВЬ7 10.Qe2! So that on 10...cd4, the pawn сап Ье recaptured Ьу playing ll.Rdl. 10... с4? It is true that this move gives Black а pawn preponderance on the Queenside, but he abandons the center, wblch Wblte will further reinforce with the next moves. 11.вс2 ВЬ4? 12.а4! вез 1З.ЬсЗ о-о 14.е4

White now uses his center to start а decisive attack. 14... h615.e5 Nd516.Qe4 f5 17.еfб Qfб 18.Ва3! Rfe8 19.Qh7 Kf7 20.Ne5 Ne5 21.de5 Qg5

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On 21 ... Qe5, 22.Bg6 wins the exchange. 22.14!

GAМES

29.Rd8 Kg7 ЗO.Rg6 Rgб 31.Bg6 Ь4 32.ВЬ4 а5 ЗЗ.Вd6 Kg6 34.е6 Ra6 35.е7 1-о.

GAME 192

W. Hahn - Tarrasch Slav Defense

On 22... Nf4, there follows 23.Rf4 Qf4 24.Вgб#.

22 ... Qg2! This is а surprise combination. Тhе refutation of which is effective, but not at all obvious. 23.Kg2 Nf6 24.KI2 Nh7 25.Bh7 g6 Тhis seems to lock in the Bishop which appears lost now. 26.15! Тhis fine move, preventing 26 ... Ве4, saves the Bishop. 26 ... el5 On 26 ... gf5, the simple '2:7 .Rgl takes care of the Bishop. 27.Rg1 Rеб 28.Rad1 BcS

On 28 ... Вс6, White takes twice on gб and then regains the Bishop Ьу Зl.Rdб.

1.d4 d5 2.с4 с6 З.NсЗ Nl6 4.ез 815? 5.Qb3 BcS As in the well puЬlished match game, Zukertort - Steinitz, Black has lost two tempi and keeps а cramped game. This move refutes Black 's defense. 6.Bd3 е6 7.Ne2 Bd6 8.Bd2 D-0 9.0-Q-0 Castling Queenside is completely safe. 9 ... NЬd7 1O.Qc2 Тhis is an unjustified retreat. Сопесt was 10.е4, keeping the freer and better developed position. Now Black will gradually attain equality. 10... dc411.Bc4 е5! Тhis is so as to bring out the Вс8. 12.Bd3 Again here and even on the next move, е4 was the right move. 12 ... Re8 13.Ne4 Ne4 14.Ве4 Nl6 15.815 е4! 16.Вс8 Racs Now the position appears to Ье pretty equal. 17.Nc3 Qe7 18.13 еiЗ 19.gl3 Nd5 20.Ne4 Тhе move 20.е4, would Ье answered Ьу 20 ... NЬ4, driving the Queen back to Ьl, as otherwise 21 ...Nd3 followed Ьу 22... Nf2, wins the exchange. 20 ... с5 Black now develops an attack. 21.Qd3! с4! On 21 ... cd4 22.КЬ1, Black cannot maintain the pawn, as on 22 ... Ne3 23.Ве3 would follow Ьу 24.Nd6.

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22.Qe2 fS 23.Ndб Qdб The Black threat now is 24 ... Ne3 followed Ьу 25 .. 14. 24.е4 сЗ 25.Ьс3 QаЗ 26.КЬ1 Re6 27.Ка1 NЬ4! Тhis pretty move decides the game. On 27 ... RЬб or 27 ... Rаб, White could still defend with 28.Bcl or 28.Bel. 28.Ве1

On 28.сЬ4 follows 28 ... Rc2. On 28.Bcl follows 28 ...Qc3 29.ВЬ2 Nc2 ЗО.КЬI RЬ6 and wins. 28 ... Rc3 29.Вс3 QсЗ ЗО.QЬ2 Nc2 31.КЬ1 Rb6 32.QЬ6 NаЗ# Q-1.

After 18.Rgl

Cutting off the White King's escape, the threat is now 28 ...Rh2 and 29 ...Qh3. 28.Kf1 Rh129.Rh1 Qh130.Вg1 Qh3# 0.1.

GAME 193

W. Hahn - Tarrasch Slav Defense

1.d4 dS 2.с4 сб З.еЗ BfS 4.Nc3 The right move was 4.Qb3, whereupon Black, as in the previous game, has to retreat the Bishop. 4 ... е6 S.NfЗ Nd7 б.Ве2 Bd6 7.0..0 Ngf6 After White failed to take advantage of Black's opening eпors, Black has attained а quite satisfactory position and White 's followiпg weak moves will give him the attack. 8.Ne1 Qb8 9.g3 hS 1O.Ng2 ВhЗ 11.cd5 eci512.Re1 Qc71З.Qc2 о-о-о 14.Nh4? Тhis provokes Black 's attack. 14... g5 15.Nf5 BfS 16.Qf5 h4 17.Kg2 g4!

If White captures this pawn, the attack

on gЗ gains in intensity. 18.Rg1 (See пехt diagram)18... Rh5 19.Qc2 hgЗ 20.hg3 Rdh8 Black's attack is now very powerful. 21.е4 de4 22.Ne4 Ne4 23.Qe4 f5 24.Qd3 Nf6 25.Bd2 Ne4 26.Ве3 Qh7 27.f4 ВЬ4!

GAME 194

Tarrasch - W. Hahn RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬS Nf6 4.Q-O d6 5.d4Nd7 Му opponeпt had а likiпg for such peculiar moves. Later оп however, по less а player than Tchigorin, played this move against me in our match. 6.Nc3 Nd4 7.Nd4 ed4 8.Qd4 с6 9.Вс4 Qf6 10.Qd1! Ве7 11.Ве3 NeS 12.Ве2 Bf8 Black is makiпg а retreating liпe availaЬle for the threatened Queen, but after 1314 Nd7 14.Bd4, the Queen could go to hб. 13.f4 Ng614.Qd2 White is threatening 15.f5 Ne5? 16.Bg5, trapping the Queen. 14... Qd815.Bd4 Тhis preveпts the development of the Bf8. 15... Qc7 16.Qe3 Ь6 Bad is 16 ...с5, оп account of 17.Nd5. 17.85


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White now starts а direct attack. 17... d5 Better is 17 ...de5 18.fe5 Веб. 18.f5 Ne7 19.е6 f6 20.Bh5 Kd8 On 20 ... g6, it is answered Ьу 21.Bf6. 21.Qh3 White must finally do something aЬout the threat of 21 ... с5 followed Ьу 22 ... d4. 21 ... Ва6 22.Rf2 Кс8 2З.Ве3 g6 Better is the immediate 23 ... КЬ7. 24.Bf4 Qd8 25.Bg6 Ng6 26.fg6 КЬ7 This is necessary, as 27 .е7 was threatened. Black now threatens to start an attackby 27 ... Вс5 and 28 ...hg6, but this is prevented Ьу the following surprise comblnation. 27.g7 Bg7

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28.Ne4! Ifnow 28 .. de4, then 29.Rd2 followed Ьу 30.Rd7 28... Bf8 29.Nf6 Qf6

On 29 ... Вс5, there follows ЗО.ВеЗ d4 31.Bg5 dЗ 32.Ве3 dc2 33.Nd7 with а strong attack. ЗО.ВеЗ Qd8 31.Rf7 КЬ8 On31 ... Be7 follows 32.Bg5 Re8 33.Qh4 or 34.Qh7. 32.Bf4 Bd6 (See next diagram) ЗЗ.е7 One has to Ье careful not to win the Queen at too high of а price Ьу 33.Rd7? Qd7 ed7 34 ... Bf4)

After 32 •.. Bd6 ЗЗ ... Qс7 34.e8:Q Re8 35.Rc7 Вс7 36.Вс7 Кс7 37.Qh7 КЬ8 38.Qd7 RCS 39.Re1 Rc7 40.Re8 Вс8 41.Qd6 КЬ7 42.h4 Ь5 43.Re7 Re7 44.Qe7 КЬб 45.Ь41·0.

GAME 195

Tarrasch- О. Liebhardt White plays withoиl the Ral and the NЬJ, and the a-pawn starts оп аЗ. 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.Вс4 Вс5 4.с3 Nfб 5.d4 ed4 6.cd4 ВЬ6 7.d5 Na5? Тhе Кnight is lost here, but with this enonnous material advantage one must not Ьother with small things. 8.Bd3 d6 9.h3! White must not allow piece exchanges by9 ...Bg4. 9 ... c510.Q-O h611.Ь4 с412.ВЬ1 Playing for the win of а piece Ьу 1З.Ьа5 followed Ьу 14.аЬб because the attack would Ье weakened Ьу а piece and Black would get а good game, in which the right moves would соте almost automatically, whereas now the effort to save his Кnight and the c-pawn, will get him into trouЬie. 12 ... Nb3 1З.ВЬ2 Bd7 14.Qe2 ВЬ5 15.е5 de5 16.Qe5 Qe7 17.Qg3 о-о Castling long was safer, as the King position is under а strong attack Ьу the Bishop pair. Black could have found stronger moves several times, but did not

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really Ьlunder, (Except on move seven) for the rest of the game. 1S.Re1 Qd819.Nh4

Black's Кing position is now attacked Ьу all of White 's pieces, while two Black pieces are uselessly sitting on the Queenside. 19... Вс7 20.f4 Nh5

Better was 20 ... Re8, which would deprive White of the cooperation of the Re 1 in the attack. 21.Qg4 Qd5? 22.Nf5 Qd2

Here Black thought that this very effective move would win for him, but he was surprised when 1 announced the following mate in six moves. 23.Nh6 Kh8 24.Nf7 Kg8!

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less favoraЫe possibllities and he will thus gradually get into а bad position. Тhis is, in spite of his material superiority. When spotting material against а seasoned player, these defensive tactics are to Ье recommended. 7 ... NЬd7

s.o-o NЬб 9.f3!

Тhis tame looking move is absolutely necessary to avoid .the occupation of е4 Ьу Black's Кnight (After 9 ... d5 and 10.е5).

9 ... Ne8 10.g4 Bf6 11.Ве3 Bd4 12.Bd4 Ве61З.ЬЗ Qg514.Kh1 Rd815.Qe1 d5 16.е5 Qe7

Black wants to play 17 ...с5. 17.Qe3 Nd718.Ь4

Ь619.Ь5

Nc5 20.f4

Finally after Black's position Ьecomes cramped, White stans his direct attack. 20... Bg4

Also not playaЬle was 20 .. .f5, Ьecause of 21.ef6 22.Вс5 23.Rel and 24.f5. 21.Nd5 Rd5

On 21 ...Qd7 there follows 22.f5 with strong attack. 22.Bd5

Ве6 2З.Вс6

а

Qd8

Тhis

25.Bh7 Kh7 26.Qh5 Kg8 27.Qh8 Kf7 28.Qg7# 1-0.

is to prepare an exchange with 24 ... Bd5, but this makes him fall into а trap. 24.Вс5 Bd5 ? 25.Kg1 Ьс5 26.Rd1 Qc8 27.Rd5 Qg4 28.Kh1 f6 29.Rd8 Qg6 Kh8 31.Qc5 Rg8

ЗО.е6

GAME 196

Tarrasch - Chr. Kelz

White plays without the Ral and with the a-pawn оп аЗ.

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 d6 З.Вс4 Ве7 4.d4 ed4 5.Nd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 о-о 7.Ва2

This is to avoid 7 ... Ne4 followed Ьу ~ ... d5. During this phase ofthe game White Intends primarily to avoid making moves Which would give Black а comfortaЫe game, especially exchanges. Thus Ьу keeping Black from making the best moves, he must make his choices from

32.Ве8 Re8 33.Qf8 Rf8 34.Rf8#

Тhis is an original coup de grace.


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Тhе move 9 ...d6 followed refutes the attack..

GAME 197

Ьу

10...Ве6,


10.Nd5 Nd5 11.Qf7 Kd8 12.d3 Qc6 13.Bg5 Ве7 14.Qf8 Rf815.Rf8# 1·0.

1.е4 е5 2.f4 ef4 З.NfЗ g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 hб 6.Nf7 Kf7 7.d4 d5 8.Bf4 de4 9.Вс4 Кgб 1O.D-0 Nf6 11.Ве5 Bf5? 12.Rf5

The next two games show in an amusing way, that in Zukertort's Opening, how exposed the Вс8 may become on f5 or g4.

White is playing without the Ral.

Kf5

GAME 199

Tarrasch - Dr. Schwarz 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bg4 З.с4 е6 4.QЬЗ Ь6 Тhis

badly weakens Black's Queenside. 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.е3 Bd6 7 .cd5 Ве5? On 7 ... ed5, follows 8.ВЬ5 Bd7 9.Nd7 NЬd7 10.Вс6, winning а pawn. 8.de5 Nd5 9.Qa4 and wins the Bg4. 1·0. 13.Bf7!

GAME200

Тhis

move cuts offthe King's retreat and leads to а forced mate. 1з ... ез 14.Qf1

Ке4

15.Qf4# 1-о.

Tarrasch - Dr. Schwarz 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 З.с4 е6 4.QЬЗ Ь6 5.е3 Nf6 6.Ne5 Вd6 7.cd5 Ве5? 8.de5 Nd5

GAME 198


White is playing without the Ral 1.е4 е5 2.f4 ef4 З.NfЗ g5 4.Вс4 gfЗ 6.Qf3 Qf6 7 .NСЗ

g4

S.D-0

А move that is to Ье recommended when normal moves will not do anymore.

7... Qd4 8.Kh1 Qc4 9.Qf4 Ne7

9.е4 Ве4

1O.Qa4 winning the Ве4.

GAME 201 М.


1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 Вс5 4.с3 f5 s.всв dc& &.Nes Qh4 1.о-о te4 в.аьз

Nh6

Safer is 8 ...Qh5.

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9.d4 еdЗ 10.Bh6 Qh6 If 10...gh6, then ll.Qfl followed Ьу 12.Qg7 and then 13.Nf7, is to White's advantage. 11.Nf1 Qf612.Nh8 Be613.Qb7

13... Bd5! Black must suпender the second Rook as otherwise he loses the Вс5 after 14.Qc6. 14.Qa8 Kd7 In spite of his huge material minus, Black still has some chances, as White 's Queen is completely paralyzed, White 's position is undeveloped, and а dangerous Kingside attack is looming. 15.с4 Bg2! 16.Kg2?

White is too preoccupied with minor matters, and should have tried to trade Queens Ьу 16.Qg8 (П 16... Qg5 17.Nt7!). However it is characteristic of this type of wild attack that the refutation is often found only after the game is over. 16... Qg5 17.Kh1 Qf4 18.Nd2 White protects himself against the threat of а draw, (18 ... QfЗ and 19 ...Qg4) but overlooks the mating threat. Better is 18.f3, upon which 18 ... Bd6 19.Rf2 and Black has а draw Ьу perpetual check with 19...Qcl and 20 ...Qg5. 18 ... Bd6 19.Kg2 Qh2 20.Kf3 Qf4 21.Kg2 Qg4 22.Kh1 QhЗ 23.Kg1 Qh2# 0-1.

GAME202

Tarrasch -

К.

Eckart

1.d4 d5 2.с4 с6 З.NсЗ Nf6 4.Bg5 е6 After this move Black's game remains cramped. 5.е3 Bd6 6.Nf3 NЬd7 7.Bd3 Ь6 8.Rc1 ВЬ7 9.Q-O Rc8 1О.е4 de4 11.Ne4 Ве7 12.Re1 Here White overlooks а possiЫe pawn loss after 12... Ne4 1З.Ве7 Nf2! with the continuation 14.Bd8 Ndl 15.Bg5 NЬ2 16.Ве2. This would have lead to а difficult game for Black, since the Knight might Ье injeopardy, e.g. 16 ... с5 17.d5 (П 17 ...ed5 18.RЫ Na419.Bdl.)threatening 18.RЫ, 19.Bd2, and 20.Bdl.In any event, White had lots of chances left. 12 ... h6 Тhis move together with the next one, only leads to а weakened Kingside. 13.Bf4 Ne414.Be4 g515.Bg3 Тhе Bishop would Ье more secure on еЗ. Тhе text move tempts Black to win the piece, which he should not do. 15... f5

16.Ne5 Тhis threatens 17 .Qh5 . П Black captures the Knight, the Bishop recaptures attacking the Rook and gaining time to retreat the Ве4. 16... Nf617.Bc2 f4 Otherwise White plays 18.f4.


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18.Ng6 Bad is 18.Bg6 followed Ьу 19.Nf7, Ьecause on 20.Nh8 follows 20... Kg7 and Black gains the Кnight for the Rook. 18... Rh7 On 18 ...Rg8, White plays 19.Bf4 gf4 20.Nf4 with two pawns and excellent attacking chances for the Bishop, e.g. 20... с5 21.Bg6 Kd7? 22.Ne6 winning the Queen. 19.Re6 fgЗ Тhе Nf6 cannot Ье rescued, for if it goes to g8, the Queen has а winning move with 20.Qh5 Kd7 21.Bf5 Кс7 22.Nf4 and wins. 20.Ne7 Re7 Better is fпst 20 ... gf2. 21.Rf6 gf2 22.Rf2 Qd6 Accepting the "sacrifice" has resulted in the loss of а pawn with an untenaЬle position. 2З.с5! Ьс5 24.Bf5 cd4 If the Rook moves, there follows 25.Qh5 and the decisive occupation of the d-file Ьу aRook. 25.Вс8 Вс8 26.Qa4 dЗ On 26 ...Rc7, the d-pawn will Ье lost after 27 .Rd2 d3 28.Qe4 and if 26 ...Re6, the same thing happens after 27 .Rd2 and 28.Qc4. 27.Rc6 Re1 28.Rf1 Rf1 29.Kf1 Bd7 ЗO.Rd6 Ва4 31.Ь3 ВЬ5 32.а4 Ке7 Ва6 34.Ь4 1-Q.

33.Rd4

К.

GAME203 Eckart - Tarrasch

1.е4 е5 2.Nc3 Nc6 З.gЗ Вс5 4.Bg2 а6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 Ве6 7.Nf3 f6 Тhis is to prevent 8.Ng5. 8.0-0 Qd7 9.Kh2 Nge7 10.Ne2! d5 11.d4 de4 With this move, Black shuns the win of а pawn Ьу ll ...ed4 12.Nfd4 Bd4! 13.Nd4

de4. Не was afraid of the following 14.Nc6 Qc6 15.Re1 BdS 16.Qe2 fS 17.tЗ or 15 .. .f5 16.f3 or on 15.Qd4, thus losing his attacking chances. 12.dc5 Qd113.Rd1 еfЗ 14.Bf3 D-0 Тhе game looks equal now. White has the Bishop pair, but his douЬled pawns seem to Ье а liaЬility. 15.Ве3 Rfd8 On 15 ... Nf5, it would Ье answered Ьу 16.Bg4. 16.Nc3 Bf517.Nd5

On 17.Ne4, Black has 17 ...Nd5 and on 17 .Ве4, Black trades Bishops followed Ьу 18 ... Nd5 or 18 ... Nf5. 17... е4 Poor would Ье 17 ... Вс2 because of 18.Ne7 Ne7 19.Rd8 Rd8 20.ВЬ7. 18.Ne7 Ne7 19.Ве2 Ве6 20.83 Kf8 Ineffective is 20 ... Nd5, because of 21.Вс4 NfS 22.Bg4, but after the text move, one of these moves is tlпeatened. 21.Ь4 Nf5 Obviously White thought that this move presented no danger, as he could then play 22.Bf4, but in spite of this answer, it Ieads to а slight disadvantage. 22.Bf4 Nd4! On 23.Вс7, now follows 23 .. .Rd7 and Ьoth Bishops are under attack. On 23.Bfl follows 23 ... Nc2 24.Вс7 Rd1 and then 25.N аЗ winning а pawn.

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g5!

On 24.Вс7, then 24...Nf3 will win the exchange. On 24.Ве3 follows 24...Nf5 25.Radl Rd2 26.Rd2! NеЗ with а slight Black advantage. 24.Rad1 gf4 25.Rd4 Rd4 26.Rd4 fЗ Тhese pawns gain in strength and will finally decide the game. 27.Вс4 А Ьlunder is 27 .Re4, on account of 27 .. .fe2 28.Re6 Re8. 27... Вс4 28.Rc4 Re8 Not 28 ...f5 Ьecause of 29 .g4. 29.Rc3 This is to keep the e-pawn from advancing. 29 ...15 ЗО.RеЗ Kf7 31.с4 Кfб 32.Ь5 а5 ЗЗ.Кg1 Rd8 White is Ьeyond salvation. 34.g4 Rd1 35.Kh2 Ке5 36.gf5 Kf5 37.Rc3 Rf1 38.Rc2 Kf4 39.с6 Ьсб

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Тhis is а good defense. It sacrifices а pawn to accelerate development and thus attain an attack. Later on, Caro recommended it and it was used Ьу Showalter against Pillsbury. 5.ed5 Nd4 6.Qd1 NfЗ 7.Qf3 Nf6 Much Ьetter is first 7 .. .f5. 8.Вс4 Bd6 9.d3 Bg410.Qg3 Тhis is less challenging, but Ьetter is lO.QeЗ followed Ьу ll.fЗ, 12.Qf2, and lЗ.ВеЗ etc. 10... e411.Bf4 Bf412.Qf4 ed313.Qe3 On 13.0-0, White would Ье embarrassed Ьу 13 ... Ве2. 13..• Kf8 On 13 ...Qe7, White trades Queens, plays 16.f3 to prevent 15... Ве2, then secures bls d-pawn with lб.ВЬЗ and 17 .с4, and will eventually attack the dЗ-pawn wblch will Ье very hard to defend. 14.Qd3 Qe7 15.Qe3 Qe3 16.fe3 Rd8 Black now regains his pawn, but White still maintains а slight edge. 17.о-о NdS 18.Na3 NеЗ? Тhis leads to an immediate loss. Bad also is 18 ... Веб Ьecause of 19.е4 Nfб 20.Веб fеб 21.е5. Best was 18 ... Ке7 followed Ьу 19 ... Веб. 19.Rf7 Ке8 20.Re1 Rd1

40... Rf2 41.Rf2 еЗ 42.Kg1 On а Rook move, Black plays 42 ... е2 followed Ьу 43 .. .f2. 42 ... Kg3 Q-1.

GAME204

Tarrasch - К. Eckart 1.е4 е5

2.Nf3

Nсб з.сз

d5 4.Qa4 Bd7

21.Rff1 Black had overlooked this pretty move which leads to а lost piece.


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21 ••• Ве2 22.Ве2 Of course 22.Re2 is followed 22...Rfl #. 1·0.

GAME206 Ьу

К.

Eckart - Tarrasch Mating combination

GAME205 М.


1.е4 е5 2.Nc3 Nc6 З.gЗ Nf6 4.Bg2 Вс5 5.d3 а6 6.f4 This move and it's sequel are premature and dangerous. 6... d6 7.f5 gб! 8.g4 h5 9.Bg5 Nd4 This is the introduction to one of those stunning attacking combinations, which in off hand games are almost always successful. 10.Nd5

1••• а6 2.Qb7 5.Kf1 Вс4#

QhЗ З.ВhЗ RhЗ

4.Kg2

fЗ

GAME207

W. Hahn - Tarrasch Ending

1O.•• Nd5 11.Bd8 NеЗ 12.Qd2 Ndc2 1З.Ке2 Nd4 14.Kf2 On 14.Kel, then 14 ... ВЬ4 wins the Queen. 14... Ng4 15.Kg3 gf5 16.Qg5 White Ьelieves he might Ье аЬlе to keep Black busy with his е7 mate threat, but he gets mated himself in three moves. 16... h4 17.Qh4 Otherwise Black mates Ьу 17 ... Nf2#. 17...14 18.Kh3 with 18 ... Nf2# 0-1.

1••• f3 2.Kf1 Qb1 З.Ве1 QdЗ 4.Kg1 Qgб 5.Qg3 Qe4 Q-1.

GAME208

Tarrasch - W. Hahn Ending

(See diagram next page) 1.е6 fб 2.Nd7 Re8 З.Nfб gfб 4.Rf6 Kh7 5.Rg6 Kg6 6.Qd3 Kg7 7.Вс2 Kf8 8.Qf5 Bf69.e7 Re7 Even now 9 ... Qe7 is Ьetter.

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continue for White. I then continued with the sporting approval of Black, ю Ьring the game to an amusing conclusion.

No.208

10.Qf6 Кеа

11.Ва4

1·0.

GAME209 Tarrasch · Chr. Schroder

From а Queen odds toumament game. Ending

1.h4 Тhе threatened mate Ьу 1...Rg2#, is not mate anymore and the Ng5 is guarded. 1... Rg2 2.Kh3 Rd8 Black plans to give а deadly check on dЗ, which plan he later pursues too consistently. З.Raf1

This is so that he can interpose the on З ...RdЗ. з Rg5 Кnight

...

1.Ne4 Kd5!

On 1... Kd7, follows 2.Rf7 and З.Ndб#. 2.Ne7 Kd4! З.Nf5 КdЗ! 4.Re3 Кс2 5.Rf2 КЬ1 6.Re1 Qc1 7 .NсЗ Ка1 8.Ra2# 1-0.

GAME 210 Wirsing · Steiner Ending а coffee garden game in 1890 NuremЬerg, Ьetween Мr. Wirsing and Мr. Steiner, White wanted to resign when I asked to Ье allowed to

In this position from

Black counters the Кnight move Ьу capturing it, and again threatens the deadly check. 4.Bf7 White intends to recapture with check if the Кing goes to h6. 4 ... Kh7 Black has seen through White 's intention. 5.hg5 RdЗ After removing all obstacles, the deadly check is fmally administered. 6.Kg4 1·0. The check has really Ьесоmе deadl~, but not for White, as it is Black who Will Ье mated in two moves. Incidentally, although Black 's fifth move clearly was а


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mistake, his position at this point is not wiпaЬle any loпger, e.g. 5 ... g6! б.ВЬЗ and Black must sacrifice his Queen for the Rook after which White is better, 6 ...Qd3 7.Kg4 Kg7 8.Rt7 Kg8 9.Rd7 Кf8 10.Rh8# or 6 ... Qf5 (Good also is 6... Qe4.) 7.Kg3 Kg7 8.Rf5 gf5 9.Кf4 and White has the winniпg chances.

es 2.Nf3 Nc6

З.ВЬ5

18...f5 Nf6 4.0-0

It is well knowп that this leads to cramped game.

а

5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 ed4 7 .Nd4 Bd7 8.Nc6

White сап treat this position iп three ways, all of which are good for White. l.Ncб - which to me seems slightly Ьetter than 2.Вс6- but this is also sufficieпt and lastly 3. - avoidiпg the trade оп сб followed Ьу 9.Ь3 and 10.ВЬ2. в

... ьсв э.вdз о-о 1о.hз

White is consideraЬly better, also good is 10.f4 d5 ll.e5 Вс5 12.Khl Ng4 lЗ.Qel after which Black must play 13 ... f5. 1o... NeB 11.Qh5 g&

12.ае2

This preveпts 12 ... f5, because of 13.ef5 Bf5 14.Bf5 followed Ьу 15.Qc4 and 16.Qc6. 12 ... Ng7 1З.Rе1 Agaiп preveпtiпg

the f-pawn move.

13... Bf614.Be3

Better is 14.Bd2. Now gradually Black's positioп gets better. 14... Rb8 15.Nd1 Оп 15.RaЬl, theп lб ... ВсЗ.

15... cs

Now the Кnight has Ьееn stalemated. On 18.Bf2, Black might reply 18 ...Nh5 followed Ьу 19 ... Nf4.

Harmonist - Tarrasch RuyLopez

1.е4 Ве7

16.с3

16... Re817.f3 Bh4 18.Nf2

GAME 211 М.

Poor would Ье 15 ... ВЬ2, as White his pawn with advantage, e.g. Rb2 17.Bd4 RЬ4 18.с3 Rb7 (Оп 18 ... Ra4, the Rook would Ье misplaced). 19.Ва6 Rb8 20.Ва7. Now however, after 15... с5, 16... ВЬ2 Ьecomes а threat.

regaiпs 16.NЬ2

Black plays 15 ...Rb2 and

Now Black gradually goes offensive.

оп

the

19.Ь4

This tums out to White 's disadvantage. 19 ... сЬ4 20.Ва7 Rb7 22.Bd4 с5

21.Вс4

Kh8

This forces White to exchange, as otherwise the cЗ-pawn will Ье lost. Black now attains the two Bishop advantage. Тhе backwardness of the dб-pawn is of no importance. 23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Bd5 Rb6 25.сЬ4 RЬ4 26.Rab1 QЬ6 27.Qc2 RЬ8 28.RЬЗ Ву any means possiЬle, White tried to

counter the open file. 28... Ва4 29.Qb2 Bf6 ЗО.RЬ4 сЬ4

Now this is Ьetter than maintaining the b-file Ьу ЗО ...QЬ4. Тhis move starts а пеw attack. 31.Qc1

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NUREMBERG 1890-1892 17.Qg4 Bf6 18.Nh5 Kh8 19.Bd2

31 ... Bd4 Тhе

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game plays itself with the Bishop

pair.

White does not worry aЬout the b-pawn.

32.Re2 fe4 ЗЗ.Ве4

19 ... Rc8 20.Rae1 с& 21.Nf6 Qf6 22.Вс3 Qh6 23.Re7

If the pawn captures, Black answers with 33 ...Rf8.

23... Rc7 24.Rfe1 cd5

зз

... Rев

White now dominates the position.

Black is threatening 34... d5. 34.Qd2

Better was 34.Qe1, although this would not have saved the game. Тhе simplest continuation (Although mауЬе not the Ьest.) is then, 34 ... Вс3 35.Qc1 d5 36.Bd3 Re2 37 .Ве2 Bd4 38.Qe1 Вс2. Now Black trades the Кnight and Queen and wins the a-pawn Ьу ...ВЫ. 34 ... ВЬ5 D-1.

On 35.Bd3 follows 35 ...Re2, winning а piece. On 35.Re1 follows 35 ...d5 36.Bd5 Bf2 37 .Qf2 Re 1.

GAME 212

А better try is 24 .. .f6, when White continues with 25.Bd2.

25.Rd7 Rd7 26.f61·0.

The move 26 ... Rfd8 is answered 27.Qd7.

Tarrasch - М. Harmonist RuyLopez

GAME213

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.Q-O Ne4 5.d4 Ве7 6.d5 Ndб 7.Nc3 е4? 8.Nd2

Tarrasch- S. Taubenhaus

Nb5 9.Nb5 Ne5 10.Ne4 dб 11.f4 Ng4 12.h3 Nhб

The Кnight cannot go to f6 Ьecause of 13.Nf6Bf614.Re1 Be715.Qe2andBlack cannot castle.

Ьу

RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.Q-O Ne4 а6 6.Ва4 Ь5 7 .вьз d5 8.de5 Ne7 9.а4 Be610.Qe2 с611.с3 Ng612.Nd4 Bd7 1З.аЬ5 аЬ5 14.Ra8 Qa8 15.Вс2 Nc5 16.f4 Ве7

5.d4

13.Nd4!

White threatens to advance the f-pawn with а strong attack. 13..• Nf5 14.Nf5 Bf5 15.Ng3 Bd7

On 15 ... Qd7 to protect the Bishop, again 16.Re 1 prevents Black from castling. 1&.fs о-о

Black's position is very cramped.

17.f5 1-0.


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Black loses а piece if 17 ... Nf8 18.f6 or if 17 ... Nh4 18.g3. Black could have played several other moves, but this game clearly demonsttates the weakness of 8... Ne7?

GAME214

S. Taubenhaus - Tarrasch Evan's Gamhit 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 Вс5 4.Ь4 ВЬ4 s.сз ваs б.d4 ed4 1 .о-о dсз в.аьз Qfб 9.е5 Qgб 10.Nc3 Nge711.Ne2

Sttonger yet is

11.Ва3.

With this and the subsequent moves, White sets very pretty traps. For instance, Black might play 27 ...d5, which would lead to 28.Bf5! Qf5 29.Rc6 Всб ЗО.Rсб with the lethal threat 31.QЬ6 (30 ... КЬ7 31.Rc7 or ЗО ... QdЗ 31.Qc1 and wins. 27 ... Qfб 28.Ne5

This is very pretty. On 28 ... Ne5, follows 29.Rc7 Вс7 30.Qb7# or 29 ... КЬ8 30.Rb7 Ка8 31.RЬ6.

28 ... а3!

11 ... Ь5 12.Bd3 Qеб 13.Qb2 Ngб 14.Nf4 Nf4 15. Bf4 hб

On 29.Qa3? follows 29 ...Bf2 30.Bf2? Qf2 and Зl ... Qfl or if ЗO.Khl ВgЗ and wins.

Black must prevent 16.Ng5 followed Ьу 17 .еб. The Black game is very difficult.

29.Qc2 d5! ЗО.Rсб Всб 31.Nсб?

16.Rfd1 аб 17.Rac1 ВЬ718.Ве4! ВЬб 19.Nh4

This threatens 20.Bf5. If now 19 ...0-0, White might try 20.ВЬ1 and 21.Qc2. 19... о-о-о 2О.а4 Ьа4

This pawn later Ьecomes very important. 21.Bd5 Qg4 22.Bg3 g5 23.Nf3

On 23.Bf3, Black plays 23 ... QЬ4. Black is now slowly recuperating. 23... Rhf8

This simplifies the position and Black keeps the advantage. PossiЬle was 31.Bf5! Qf5 32.Qc6 КЬ8! 33.Nd7 Ка7! 34.Nb6 сЬб 35.Qc7 Ка8 Зб.Qсб and White has а draw Ьу perpetual check. Finally Зб.QЬб is poorer because of Зб ... Qfб. 31 ... de4 32.Nd8 Qd8

The tempting attack Ьу 32... е3, leads nowhere after ЗЗ.Nсб ef2 34.Kfl. Black now answers the White attempt to attack with а counterattack. ЗЗ.Qсб

Better is 33.Qe4 at once. 33 ... Qd2 34.Qe6

КЬ7!

Ву sacrificing the e-pawn, Blacks King finds а shelter and not 34... КЬ8 Ьecause of35.Qb6.

35.Qe4 Ка7 36.Qc4 Rd8!

Black does not want to capture f2, as it would weaken с7. 37.h3 QdЗ! 24.Rc4 Qf5 25.Rdc1 fб Тhis

is very daring, as it leads to the opening of the ВgЗ diagonal, but at the same time it is the only way to get some counterplay. 26.Ве4 Qe6 27 .ef6

Black's last two moves have decided the game. Now the threat is 38 ... Qg3 and should White try to avoid the Queen trade Ьу playing 38.Qg4, then follows 38 ... Rd4 39.Qc8 QgЗ and Black regains his Queen with а discovered check.

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38.Qd3

RdЗ

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39.Kf1

d5, f5, or g4, and ifneed Ье the Rook on h 1.) making the attack irresistiЬle. 17... Ne7

On 17 ... Qc8, White just has to line up his pieces as indicated in the last note, e.g. 18.Вс4 сб (ln order to answer 19.Qg6 with 19 ... d5 19.Ne3 ed4 20.Ng4 (Тhreatening 21.Nf6 and 22.Qg6.) 20... d5 (On 20... Bd8 follows 21.Nh6.) 21.Kg2 dсЗ 22.Rhl fб (On 22 ... Re8 follows 23.Qh7 and 24.Qh8.) 23.Nh6 Кh7 24.Nf5 Kg8 25.Nd6 and wins. Equally after 39.Вс7 Вс7 40.Rc7 КЬ6 41.Rc2 Rd1, the game is lost after the King's approach. 39 ... Bd4 40.Rc7 КЬб 41.Rc2 ВЬ2 42.Ке2 RЬЗ Q-1.

GAME 215

Tarrasch- S. Taubenhaus 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 Nfб 4.d3 Вс5 5.СЗ d6 б.ВеЗ ВЬ6 7.NЬd2 Веб 8.ВЬ5 То avoid Ьeing traded the Bishop will go back to с2 via а4. В ... о-о 9.Qe2 Ne7 1O.d4 Ng6 11.Q-0

Nh512.g3

This prevents 12 ... Nhf4. А Ьlunder would Ье 12.Ne5, because of 12... Nhf4 followed Ьу 13 ...de5.

18.Ne3 ed4

Even now 18 ... сб, was Ьetter, with this follow up, 19 .Вс4 Qd7 (То Ье prepared for 20.Nf5.) 20.Ng4 (Threatening 25.Nf6.) 20 ... d5 2l.Nf6 gfб 22.Bf6 Ngб 23. Qhб oron 19.Nf5 fб 20.Bc4d5 21.ed5 cd5 22.Bd5 Nd5 23.Nh6 ghб (On 23 ... Кh7, follows 24.Nf7 and 25.Nd8.) 24.Qg6 Кh8 25.Qh6 Kg8 26.Qg6 Кh8 27.Kg2 followed Ьу mate with 28.Rhl#. 19.Nd5 f6

Gшnes 216-221 were played during the winter tournament of the Nuremberg Chess СlиЬ of 1891-92.

GAME 216 К.

defense was 14... Nhf4 15.gf4 ВП 16.Qh5 hб 17.Rf1 ef4 18.NdfЗ fеЗ 19.fe3, but even then White retains а lasting attack with all his pieces aimed against Black's King position. 15.Qh5 h616.Nf1 hg517.Bg5 Тhе

Black King will now Ье exposed to coordinated effort of all of White 's pieces (Bishops on с4 and g5, Кnight on а

Eckart - Tarrasch

Pawn odds, Black is playing minus the f7-pawn

This is the start of an interesting sacrificial combination. А Ьetter

1-Q.

On 20...Rf7 21.Nf6 and 22.Qf7 lead to mate.

12... Bg4 13.h3

13... Bh3 14.Ng5 Bf1

20.Вс4

1.е4

d6 2.f4

е5 З.NfЗ

ef4

It has turned into а Кing 's Gamblt. Black has his pawn back, but his position is in much greater danger than in the normal gamblt. 4.Вс4 сб

5.d4 Nf6 б.NсЗ Ь5!

Тhis

drives the Bishop from it's most dangerous diagonal, for if 7.ВЬ3, Black plays 7 ... Ь4 and then 8 ... Ne4. 7.Bd3 Nh5 S.Q-0 g5


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Black's position is quite shaky, but it is not easy to make an attack against it. 9.Ne1 Ng7 Тhis remains an excellent post for the Кnight throughout the game. 10.Qf3 White is threatening to break the pawn chain with ll.gЗ. 10... QЬ6 If Black plays 1О ... Веб at once, White would answer 11.d5, giving him а large plus. 11.Ne2 Веб 12.Kh1 Ве7 13.d5 Bf7 14.Qh3 On 14.g3, it would now Ье answered Ьу 14... Bh5. 14... cd515.ed5 h5! 16.Qc8 Тhis unhappy expedition will put the Queen in danger. 16... Bd817.Nc3 a618.Ne4 Q-0 At а minimum, Black is going to win the d-pawn. White will now try to give the game а new turn Ьу а sacrifice, but he overlooks that the sacrifice will Ье larger than originally intended. 19.Ng5 Ве7! Тhis is much better than 19 ... В g5 20.Bh7 followed Ьу 21.Qf8. 20.Bh7 Kh8 21.Nf7 Kh7 22.Qh3 Rf7 23.Bf4 Black now makes а concerted effort to mobllize all his pieces for а decisive attack. 23 ... Qd4 24.Qf3 Nd7 25.Rd1 Qf6 26.Nd3 Raf8 27.Rde1 Qg6 28.Qe3 Ne5 29.Ne5 de5 ЗО.Qе5 (See next diagram) зо

... Вdб

о-1.

After ЗO.QeS

GAME 217

W. Hahn - Tarrasch

Black is playing пUnus the f7-pawn 1.е4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3. ВdЗ е5 4.с3 5.Ве3 Ве7 6.Nf3 Ng4!

Nc6

Black wants to take the Bishop and then White only has the extra backward eЗ-pawn. Castling was "verboten" Ьecause of 7 .de de 8.Вс4, and then а Queen trade followed Ьу 1O.Ng5 with а White advantage. 7.Bd2 Q-0 S.hЗ Nf6 9.Ве3 Qe8 Тhis is Black's only Queen move until the game is decided. The Queen is effective on Ьoth sides of the Ьoard, e.g. should White castle there follows 1 Nh5 and ll ...Qgб. 10.NЬd2 Kh811.Qc2 аб Black's last two moves are waiting - moves intended to fmd out on which side White will castle. The Кing 's move was made to avoid а possiЬle annoying Bishop check. The pawn move is to prepare 12... Ь5 ifWhite castles long. Ву the same token, 10... Nh5 and ll ... Qgб would Ье poor as Ьoth pieces would Ье misplaced after 12.0-0-0.

o...

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b513.Nb3

This is а good move threatening to occupy с5 with the Bishop or Кnight after 13 ...de5 14.de5. 13... Nd7 14.Nfd2? ed4 15.Nd4! П 15.cd4, it is answered Ьу 15... NЬ4 and on 15.Bd4, Black trades on d4 and then captures with 16...Rf2 (Hence the ? on White's 14th move. 15... Nd4 16.cd4 IfWhite hadnot moved the NfЗ, it could have captured on d4 and on 16 ... с5 17.Nc6, it would have frustrated Black's plan. 16... с5 Тhus Black attains а pawn storm on the Queenside, guaranteeing him а strong attack against the Кing. 17.Nf3 On 17 .е5, in order to open the diagonal to h7, it would Ье poor Ьecause of 17 ...cd4 followed Ьу 18 ... de5. Best was 17.d5, so that after 17 ... с4, he would have the d4-square for either the Кnight or Bishop. 17... с4 18.Ве2 NЬ6

Black is threatening а decisive attack with 19... d5 20.е5 Bf5 21.Qd2 сЗ 22.Ьс3 ВаЗ. Even now, Ьest for White is 19.d5, which Black's next move will prevent permanently. 19.g4 d5 2О.е5 Ь4 21.Ne1 White has lost а lot of time with his Кnight moves. Не still intends to advance his f -pawn, but he will not Ье аЬlе to carry out this plan in time. 21 ... Bd7

22 ... Ь3! 23.Qc1 On 23.аЬ3, the simplest answer is 23 ... сЬ3 24.Qb3 Rb8 (Threatening 25 ... Ва4.) 25.Qd3 Na4 with а very powerful attack. 23... Rc8

Bad is 23 ... Ьа2 because of 24.Kal, giving the King sanctuary Ьehind the Black a-pawn. 24.f4 сЗ! 25.Ьс3 On 25.аЬ3, there follows 25 ... сЬ2 26.Qb2 Na4! and wins. 25 ... Ь2! 26.Qd2 On 26.Qc2, Black answers 26 ... Ва4. On 26.Qb2, follows 26 ... Na4 with 27 ... Nc3 next. 26 ... Na4 27.с4 dc4 28.Nc2

The threat is now 22 ... Ва4 (lf 22.Ь3 сЬЗ and 23 ...Rc8). One should рау attention to the excellent attacking posting of all of Black's pieces. 22.КЬ1

28 ... Вс6! Very bad is 28 ... с3, as after 29.Qel, the


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attack could Ье stopped Ьу 30.d5 and White would have а counterattack. This move renews the attack again, as 29 .d5 is now answered Ьу 29 ... Bd5 (If 30.Qd5, then ЗО ...NсЗ). 29.Rh2

Better seems 29.Rf1, so White could follow up with ЗО.ВfЗ. Оп 29 ... с3 30.Qe1 Bd5 31.Bf3 Ва2 32.Ка2 Ьl=Q ЗЗ.RЫ NЬ2 34.Rb2 Qa4 and Black wins in а few moves. 29 ... Bd5 ЗО.f5 сЗ 31.Qe1 Оп 31.Qd3, it is answered in the same way, and 32.Qa6 is useless due to 32...Ra8.

31 ... NЬ6

After having initiated the attack with the pawns, and having supponed it with the minor pieces and Rook, the Queen now approaches for the Coup de Grace.

White is preparing the attack starting with g4. 12... о-о 13.Kh2 Bd7

Black wants to play ... Bh5 via е8. 14.Rg1 Be815.g4 fg4

This opens the diagonal for the is 15 ... Bg6.

ВdЗ,

Ьetter

16.hg4 с5

Bad now is 16 ... Bg6 Ьecause of 17 .f5 ef5 18.Bh6 ghб 19.gf5, winning the pinned Bishop. 17.Qb1! Тhis is stronger ghб 19.gf5 Кh8

than 17 .f5 ef5 18.Bh6 20.f6, giving Black а chance to sacrifice his Bishop for two valuaЬle pawns, greatly easing his position. 17... g6

32.f6 Qa4 зз.аз аьз З4.Вс4 Вс4 35.fg7 Kg7 36.Na1 с2

Or оп 36 ... Qa2 and 37 ...ba1=Q#. 37.Nc2 Qa2# о-1. Тhis has Ьееn а good example of how to conduct а pawn odds game.

GAME218 Tarrasch- F. Kolb

White is playing minus the NЬl

1.f4 е6 2.Nf3

Nсб

Here or even а move later, 2... d5 is Ьetter. З.е4 dб 4.d4 d5 s.es f6 б.сз Bad is 6.Bd3 because of 6 ... Nb4 followed Ьу 7 ... с5. 6 ... Ве7 7.Bd3

NЬ8

Тhis is in order to play 8 ... с5, Ьelatedly, which White now tries to prevent. 8.Ве3 Ь6 9.Ь4 а510.Ь5 Nh611.D-O f5

Black has lost too much time and his game is already very cramped. 12.h3

18.15 ef5 If Black tries to save the Кnight Ьу

18 ... Nf7, White will decide the game 19 .fe6, 19fg6, or fб.

Ьу

19.Bh6 fg4! 20.Rg4 Тhis maintains White's attack, which would peter out after 20.Bf8 gfЗ 2l.Be7 Qe7 (Threatening 22 ... Qh4#).

20... Rf3 21.Bg6

Вgб

On 21 ... hg6 follows 22.Rg6 Kf7? 23.е6#.

22.Rg6 Kf7 23.Rg7 Ке8 24.Qh7

·

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NUREMBERG 1890-1892

There is no salvation for Black, on 24... Kd7, it is answered Ьу 25.Bg5. 24... Ra7 25.Qg6 PlayaЬle also is 25.Bg5, e.g. 25 ... Bg5 26.Qg6 Rf7 27.Rg8 will win the Queen. 25 ..• Kd7 26.Qg4 Кс7 27.Qf3 КЬ7

28.Qf7 кав 29.Bg5 cd4 31.cd4 Qb5 32.Kh1

зо.ве7

Qd7

Mter having obtained а clear win, he can afford а few tempi to secure everything. 32 ... Qc4 33.Rd1 Ь5 34.Rg8 Rb7 35.RЬ8 RЬS 36.Вс5 Rb7 37.Qe8 RЬS 38.Qc6 Rb7 39.Qc8 RЬS 40.Qa6# 1·0.

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Тhis cramps Black 's position and keeps Black busy for а long time to gain this pawn. In the meantime, White is continuing to prepare the attack on the King. 18•.. h5! 19.Qd4 Тhis is in order to guard the f-pawn if 19 ... Rhб. Even so Black should now play 19... Rh6 to keep White's pieces busy, but in all events he must keep the f-pawn under threat. 19... Qe8 20.Ь5 Ву advancing the pawns, White makes his opponent believe that the King position is in jeopardy, which is not the case at all, but Black is tempted to make а "defmitive" move andonly thenis White аЬlе to pursue the Kingside attack. 20 ... Ь6? 21.с4 Rh6 22.а5 Qd8 23.Qf2 NfЗ

Black sees the threat of 24.Qa2, and in his despair, he sacrifices а piece. 24.gf3 Rf6 25.аЬ6 СЬ6

GAME219

Tarrasch- Н. Wirnitzer White is playing minus the NЫ

1.е4 е5 2.Вс4 d6 З.f4 ef4 4.Nf3 g5 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 Nhб 7.d4 f6 8.Ne6 Ве6 9.Ве6 Qe7 10.d5 Nd7 11.Ь4 Тhis

is to keep the Кnight out of с5. 11 ... о-о-о 12.Bf4 кьs1з.о-о Ne514.a4 f5? Up to now, Black has defended quite well. Here he overlooks that this move willlose him the Exchange and а pawn. 15.Bg5 Qe8 16.ef5 Nhf7 17.Bd8 Qd8 18.f6!

26.Ra7

RfЗ

On 26 ... Ка7 there follows 27 .Qa2 and 28.Ral. 27.Rfa1 1·0. Not 27.Qa2 Ьecause of 27 ...Rfl and 28 ...Qf6 etc.

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GAME220

Tarrasch - Н. Fiedler White is playing minus the Ral and the a-pawn starts on аЗ 1.е4 е5 2. f4 Nc6 З.NсЗ Nfб? 4. fe5 Ne5 5.d4 Nc6 6.е5 NgS 7.Nf3 dб! 8.ВЬ5 Bd7 9.()..0 Nge710.Ng5 Bf511.Bc4 d5 12.Nd5 аб? Of course 12... Nd5 is the right move. 13.Nf7 Kf7 14.Nc7 Кgб

15.Qg4 Bg416.Bf7# 1-D.

GAМES

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XIV. Dresden, 1892 Of course 1participated in the seventh Congress of the German Chess Federation, which took place from July 17-31, 1892. Тhis was а tournament with many new players. Of the 18 players, six were fпst timers in an intemational chess toumament. Of these six, no fewer than four won prizes. Тhis was а surprising turn of events. Тhе Congress Ьесате remarkaЬle Ьу the participation of Winawer who had not played since NuremЬerg, 1883 where he had won fпst prize. Тhе German players, in addition to the new players were von BardeleЬen, Mieses, von Gottschall, Paulsen, von Scheve and Schottlander. From Hungary Dr. Noa, from England, Blackburne and Mason and from Russia, Alapin, who withdrew after seven rounds. I played some casual games with Alapin Ьefore the tournament to get into form and 1 was pleased that 1 was аЫе to do this. At the time 1 was overworked and quite tense. In the first few games of the tournament 1 found every move very difficult to make. After the first week my tournament standing was not very favoraЬle. Of the nine games, 1 had won but 3, drawn 5, and had lost against Albin. Тhis loss was my first loss since the Breslau toumament. 1had played very nonchalantly а variation out of the Bilguer handЬook, but my opponent was well acquainted with this variation and was аЬlе to make а much stronger move at one point than was given in the Ьооk. Slowly but surely 1 regained my sttength and in the second week 1 won one game after the next until the last day of the tournament when 1 was аЬlе to secure fпst place with two draws. 1 had а total of 12 points. Second and third were Makowetz and Porges with 10.5 points followed Ьу Marco and WaldЬrodt with 10 points apiece. Next came von BardeleЬen and Winawer with 9.5 points each. 1 played for а draw in each of ту last two games (vs. Mason and Walbrodt) and this was resented Ьу some of the other players and the puЬlic. Тhе positions 1 obtained out of the openings in these games were not the types of positions in which one can try desperately for а win, so 1 was content to draw the games, as draws were all that 1 needed to gain first prize in the tournament. In spite of this explanation I must admit that 1 am now somewhat ashamed of these draws and 1 firmly decided never to repeat this again and I have since that time remained faithful to this resolution.

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GAME 221

GAME222

Tarrasch- Alapin

Tarrasch- Alapin SlavDefe~e

RuyLopez 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 а6 4.Ва4 5.Вс6 Ьс6 6.d4 f6

d6

This move introduces а clever and original defensive system. 7.()..() g6 8.Ne1 Nh6 9.f4 ef410.Bf4 Nf7 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.Ne2 Q-0 1З.NgЗ Qe7 14.Nf3 Nd8 15.Qd2 RЬ8 16.Ь3 Ne6 17.Ве3

White still has the space advantage, OCCilpying four ranks vs three. 17...d518.e5 с5

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 с6 З.с4 Nf6 4.е3 g6 After having played the inferior 2...с6, the IGngside fianchetto is а pretty good device for developing the IGngside, since after 4 ... е6, the Вс8 remains locked inside the pawns. 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.QЬЗ! Q-0 7.Bd2 Qd6 This is in order to continue with 8 ... NЬd7, without losing the d-pawn. 8.Rc1 NЬd7 9.cd5 Nd5 10.Nd5 Qd5 If 1O... cd5, then follows ll.BЬ4. 11.Вс4

The Queen 's exchange followed 12.Rc7 is also good for White. 11 ... Qh512.BЬ4 White has an excellent game. 12... Bf6

Тhis leads to the loss of а pawn and then the game. Better was 18 ... fe5 19.de5 ВЬ7 and then to proceed with 20... с5. 19.dc5 fe5 20.Qd5 е4 21.Ne5 Тhis move refutes the pawn sacrifice as 21 ...Rd8, is now answered Ьу 22.Nc6. 21 ..• ВЬ7 22.с6 Rfd8 On 22 ... Ве5 23.Qe5 Всб, White wins with 24.Bd4. 23.Qe4 Ве5 24.Qe5 Вс6 25.Rf6 On 25.Bg5, it would lead to nothing after 25 ... Qd6. 25... Re8 26.Raf1 ВЬ7 27.Bh6 Qc5 28.Qc5 Nc5 29.h4 Ne4 ЗО.Nе4 Ве4 31.Rf71-0.

1З.е4

Ьу

a514.Bd2 Тhis places Black 's Queen in serious jeopardy. Тhе threat is 15.h3 followed Ьу 16.g4. Of course the Bishop could not go to аЗ, Ьecause of 14... Ь5 and 15... Ь4. 14... Qg415.e5 Bg716.e6 Stronger yet is 16.Bf7 Rf7 17 .еб Rf3 18.gf3! and White wins, but White had

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only considered 18.ed7, but this leads to catastrophe after 18 ...Rb3 19.d8=Q Кf7 20.аЬ3 Qg2 21.Rf1 ВhЗ, winning for Black. 16... Nf617.ef7 Kh818.0·0

1t is Ьecause of his multitude of attacking moves that he only now comes around to castling. 18... Ь5 Тhis

is necessary to regain the lost pawn.

19.Bd3

Better was the immediate 19 .Ве2. 19... Ве6 20.Qd1 Bd5

21.Ве2

On 21 ...Rf7, it is answered Ьу 22.h3 and 23.Ne5. 22.Ne5 Qh4

White must avoid several traps. On 23.g3, there follows 23 ... Ng3 24.fg3 Qd4 with 25 ...Qe5 or 25 ... Ве5 next. On 23.f3, it is also answered Ьу 23 ... Ng3 24.hg3 Qd4. On 23.Nc6, it is countered Ьу 23 ... Всб and 24 ... Bd4. 23. f4

Ве5

GAME223

Ne4

24. fe5 Rf7 25.Rf7 Bf7

White retains the Bishop pair, in addition to which his better pawn formation, gives him а consideraЬle advantage. Apart from that, the Ne4 is in а precarious position. 26.Qe1 cб-pawn cannot Ье captured Ьecause of 26 ... Qf2 and 27 ... Bd5.

The

26 ... Qe1 27.Ве1 Bd5 28.Bf3 Kg8 29.h4 Kf7 Тhе Кing wants to соте to the aid of the locked in Кnight, but the Кing itself, Ьу so doing, invited misery. (Тhis reminds one of the Sedan catastrophe of 1890.) 30.Rc2 Кеб (See next diagram) 31.Re2

Kf5 32.g4 Kf4 1-0.

White mates in three moves via 33.Kg2, 34.Re4 and 35.Bd2#.

Dr. Noa - Tarrasch RuyLopez 1.е4 е5

2.Nf3

Nсб З.ВЬ5 Nfб 4.0·0

Ne4

5.Re1

Leading to а far stronger attack is 5.d4. 5 ... Nd6 6.Ва4

Ве7

Any attempt to retain the pawn would only lead to а deterioration of Black 's position and even if, then it would Ье hard to retain, e.g. б .. .fб 7 .d4 е4 8.Nfd2 f5 9.f3 etc. or 8 ... Nd4 9.Ne4 Nеб 10.Ndб followed Ьу 11.Rеб, or 7 ... Nf7 8.de5 Ne5 9.Nd4 with the threats Nеб and f4 to follow. 7 .Nes Nes B.Res о-о 9.d4 Nc4 1O.Re1 d5 Тhе

position is equal now.

11.с3

Bf5 12.Nd2 Nd2 13.Bd2 Вdб 14.Qh5 Bg615.Qh3

Here the Queen is somewhat misplaced. White should have moved 15.Qg5, when Black can hardly avoid the Queen trade and White would have secured а draw. 15... с6 16.Re2

White was unaware of the aggressive nature of the Black c-pawn move and now drifts into а somewhat disadvantageous


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position on account of the undefended Re2 andBa4.

e-file with the other Rook, as White has to prevent the check on е 1.

16... QЬ617.ВЬ3

24.Qf3 Qc4 25.83 Re4 26.g3

Slightly Ьetter for White was 17 .ВеЗ, but after 17 ... Qаб, he will Ье forced to make the ugly move 18.Bd1.

Taking the Rook at once is а mistake, e.g. 26.Re4fe4 27.QеЗ (Н27.Qе2еЗ! 28.Qc4 dc4 29.Re2 Bf4.) 27 ... Bf4! 28.Qf4 Rf8

17... 85

Now

18.ВеЗ

18.Ве3

29.Ве2! QЬЗ ЗO.Qd2 еЗ!

26 ... с5! 27.Re4

must still Ье played.

8419.Bd1

PossiЬle was 19.Вс2, so that 19 ... QЬ2 could Ье answered Ьу 20.Qh7 and 21.Bg6 thus regaining the pawn, but even then Black keeps а small plus. Now White 's development is becoming difficult and Black will gradually strengthen his attacking position.

19... Rfe8 20.Rc1 f5 21.f4

On 27.dc5 Вс5 28.Kg2 d4 29.cd4 Qd4, it would open new attacking lines for Black. 27 ... fe4 28.Qe3

On 28.Qe2, follows 28 ... еЗ 29.Qc4 dc4 ЗО.Rе2! Bh5 Зl.Rel Bd1 З2.Rd1 cd4 ЗЗ.сd4 Вс7 З4.Rel ВЬб З5.ВеЗ Bd4 Зб.Кf2 ВЫ to Black's advantage, or ЗЗ .... Ь5 34.Rel Ь4 З5.аЬ4 ВЬ4 Зб.RеЗ RеЗ З7.ВеЗ аЗ! З8.Ьа3 ВаЗ and White is

On 21.QfЗ, Black will obtain an advantage Ьу 21 .. .f4.

forced to give up the Bishop for the c-pawn.

21 ... Re7

28 ... Qd3 29.Qd3

Bad is 21 ...Re4 Ьecause of 22.Вс2 2З.ВdЗ! followed Ьу 24.Ве4.

QЫ

The Queen trade could only temporarily avoided Ьу 29.Bd2.

Ье

22.Rcc2

29 ...ed3

Almost all of White 's pieces are now on unnatural squares.

This passed pawn is now Black 's primary advantage.

22 ... R8e8

2З.Вс1

ЗO.Rf2 Ь5 31.Bd2 Ве7 32.f5 Bf7 33.Rf1

White's drawing chances are Ьetter after ЗЗ.RfЗ.

ЗЗ ... сd4 34.cd4 Bf6 35.Вс3 Re4

23 ... Qb5 Тhе gradual penetration of the Black Queen is interesting. UWhite trades а pair of Rooks, Black will keep control of the

36.Bf3 (See next diagram) On З6.Rf4, Black would win as follows, Зб ... Вg5 З7 .Rf1 ВеЗ and З8 ... Вd4, or З7 .Rg4 ВеЗ and З8 ... h5, or З7.RfЗ d2. 36 ... Bd4 37.Kg2 Even now Ьetter is З7.Вd4 Rd4 З8.Rd1, but then Black has а winning combination in З8 ...Rс4! 39.RdЗ Rc1 40.Кf2 Rc2 and 41 ... RЫ. 37 ... всз 38.Ве4 de4 З9.Ьс3 вьз 40.Kf2 d2 41.Ке3

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would work out. I repeated the next few moves until move 21 , after which I would have sufficient "thinking time" in the next hour. (А century ago, time controls were 20 moves in one hour.) 17 ... Nf6 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Nc3 Nfб 20.Na4 Nd7

. '?_). . •·&~---t .JIL---· :1: - - • • • -·

~.

After 36.Bf3

Of course 4l ... Bc4.

41.Ке2

is answered

Ьу

,.......

8

GAME 224

Tarrasch - J. Makowetz Queen's GamЬiJ Declined З.NсЗ Nf6 ВЬ7 7.е3

4.Bg5 Ве7 Q-0 8.Bd3

NЬd7 9.0-о аб

i8w•

-·· >' ... .><

••

:а:• d ~ rs. g •В •

~-"'ra'-"'8 _g.dLg"f_J.

ftB

41 ... d1=Q and Black won. Q-1.

1.d4 d5 2.с4 е6 5.Nf3 Ь6 6.Rc1

•Sfig

А ~

В

HftB

-~~ -~~

21.Nc5 Тhis is the starting move of а complex sacrificial combination, which leads to а Queenside breakthrough. 21 ... ьсs 22.dc5 Nc5

а

Black with this move avoids the possiЬle complications that would result from 22 ... Ne4 or 22 ... Nc4. On 22... Ne4! the following would happen, 23.сб Ndc5 24.Qa3 Вс8! (24 ... Вс6? 25.Ве4 de4 26.Qc5) 25.Rc5 Nc5 26.Qc5 and the sacrificial exchange would have given White а consideraЬle positional advantage. On 22... Nc4, follows 23.Вс4 dc4 24.Qb7 Nc5 25.Qc6 etc. or 23 ... Nc5 24.Qbl dc4 25.Qc5 with White having the advantage.

White is now two development moves ahead, (Rcl and QЬЗ.) and has the open c-file. The primary purpose here is to prevent ... с5, which would free Black's game. 16.Na4 Nd7 17.Nc3 The lack of time on my clock kept me from calculating exactly how 17 .Nc5

23.Rc5Qe7 Threatening to snare the Rook wi th 24... Nc4. 24.Rc2 Good is also 24.Qa3 to prevent 24 ... с5, which now could Ье played, e.g. 24 ... с5 25.Rc5? Nc4 26.QЬ4 а5 27.Qb5 Баб 28.Qc6 Rfc8 and Black wins the Rook. However with 25.Qb6! с4 26.Ве2 followed Ьу 27 .Nd4, White would have

Instead of this move, Black should play 9...Rc8 and IO ... c5. Even in that case White has а consideraЬly freer game. Тhis entire defensive system is poor for Black, but in those times it was almost the only one played. Тhе only сопесt defense is З ... с5.

10.Qe2 Ne4 11.Bf4 13.cd5 ed514.Qc2

Вdб

12.Bd6

Ndб

Тhis gains а tempo in order to start Queenside attack.

14... h615.Qb3

Nfб

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maintained а very good position while keeping Black's central pawns under fire.

24 ... Rfb8 25.Qa3 Kf8 26.Rfc1 NeS 27.Qa5 KgS 28.Nd4 Qf6 Тhе destruction of the Black Queenside means that theoretically the game has Ьееn decided in White 's favor. Тhе аб, с7, and d5-pawns, are all weak and White has а comfortaЬle attacking game, while Black cannot initiate anything meaningful. 29.Ь3 Rd8 ЗО.Rс5 Rd6 31.Ь4 g6 32.Вс2 Rd7

On 37 ... QЬ4, follows 38.Rg6. ЗВ.аЗ Rb6 39.R6c4 Qc8 40.h3 Rd7 41.Qe5 Re6 42.Qc3 Qd8 43.Nd4 Red6 44.Kh2 Qf6 45.Nf3 Qe6 46.Qe5 Qes 47.Ne5 Re7 48.Nc6 Red7 49.Nd4 Kf8 50.Rc5 Rf6 51.Kg1 Rfd6 52.f3 Ке7 53.Re5 Kf8 54.Rec5 In this kind of position, where my opponent cannot undertake anything, I can play а cat and mouse game. I had no objection in playing to and fro for а while, to make my opponent realize how powerless he was now. In the present game however, I was dealt а severe punishment for this cruel method, where in my complacent mood, I overlooked an important counter move and thus let an easily won game slip away. 54 ... Rd8 55.Kf2 R8d7 56.R1c2 Re7 57.Ne2

ЗЗ.Ва4

Re7 With great ingenuity, Black has built а trap, because if White consequently follows his plan, e.g. 34.Ве8 Rae8 35.Rc7, Black trades the Rook and on 36.Rc7 Qd4! wins or if 36.Qc7! then 36 ... Rc8 forces а Queen sacrifice for the Rook and Bishop. 34.Вс6 Вс6 35.Rc6 Qg5 Black wants to reply to 36.Ra6 37 .Qаб with 37 ...RеЗ. 36.Nf3 Qg4 37.Qd5

Rаб

Better yet is 37.Ь5 and 38.Ьа6 next. Не would then have the extra passed a-pawn. Mter the text move he only keeps the eЗ-pawn, an advantage which only after а long and difficult play, will come to fruition. 37 ... RЬ8

Intending to play the Кnight (after 58.е4) via f4 to d5, but I neglected to make the preparatory move 57 .RсЗ. 57 ... Rd3! 1 had overlooked this probability. Somewhat startled Ьу this surprise, I did not play the move that still offered winning chances - 58.Nf4 RаЗ 59.Nd5 Rеб 60.е4.

58.R2c3 RееЗ 59.Rd3 Rd6 61.Nc3 Nf6 62.g4 Nd7 64.Nc3 Nf6 65.h4 Rd6 67.g5 hg5 68.hg5

RdЗ 60.Ra5 Ке7 6З.Nа4

Rc6 66.Ne2 Nd7 69.Nc3

XW. DRESDEN TOURNAМENT, 1892 Rc6 70.Ne4 Rеб 71.Kg3 Rc6 72.Kf4 Rеб 73.Rd5 Rc6

After several vain attempts at winning, I finally had to agree to а draw. 1/2-1/2

GAME225 Albin - Tarrasch 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 Вс5 4.СЗ Nfб 5.d4 ed4 6.cd4 ВЬ4 7. Bd2 Nowadays, the old Greco move 7 .NсЗ is played more often, after having Ьееn given new life Ьу Steinitz.

7... Ne4 Тhе usual here is 7 ... Bd2 and 8 ...d5, but 1 chose the text move, as it had shown itself to Ье good for Black, а number of times during the Nuremberg tournament. 8.ВЬ4

Nb4 9.Bf7 Kf7 10.Qb3 d5

11.Ne5

Кfб

Тhis was initiated Ьу Vitzthum, and strongly recommended Ьу Dr. Lange, and in the HandЬook of chess, it is given as сопесt. Together with the two following moves it clarifies the point of the Black defense. 12.QЬ4 с5 1З.Qа4 Qe8? If 1 had not Ьееn so familiar with the HandЬook and if instead I had relied upon my combinative aЬilities, the much better IЗ ... QЬб, would not have escaped me. Dr. Schmid indicated this move and we analyzed it extensively. Even so 1 do not Ьelieve that this move will give Black an edge.

14.Qd1! Тhis maintains а positional advantage

for White, which consists of the endangered Black King position, the Weak d5-pawn, and the dominant Кnight on е5. "Тheory" indicates trading Queens, after which Black has quite а good position. It is strange that none of the analysts realized the weak nature of 13 ... Qe8 followed Ьу 14.Qe8.

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14... Ng5

On 14...cd4, White protects his Кnight with 15.f4 and thenreplies to 15 ... g5 with 16.g3. Best was 14 ... g6 followed Ьу 15 ... Kg7, but it becomes clear very quickly that this is only а temporary expedient. What would follow is 15.0-0 and 16.Nc3 and White maintains а consideraЬle positional plus. 15.f4 Ne616.Nc3 gб Тhе game is lost. On 16 ... Nf4, follows 17.0-0 and on 16 ... Nc7, White plays 17 .dc5 or 17 .QfЗ, with а good attack. 17.Nd5 Kg7 18.D-O cd4

19.15 Nf4

With this and the next two moves, Black tries to obstruct the White plan, but White will not Ье confused and he continues the game coпectly. 20.16 Kf8 21.Ne7! Qb5 22.Rf4 Тhis is the right move! Bad would Ье 22.Qe1 Ьecause of 22 ... Ne2 followed Ьу 23 ... Qe5. 22 ... Qe5 23.Qd4 Qd4 24.Rd4 Веб

Black at least succeeded in defending against the attack on his Кing, but the fб-pawn which cannot Ье captured, will decide the endgame in White 's favor. 25.Rd6 Kf7 26.Re1 Ва2 27.Nd5! White keeps making the Ьest moves. On 27 ... Bd5, follows 28.Re7 and the Rh8 stays out of the game.


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27 ... Rhd8 28.Re7 Kf8 29.Rd8 Rd8 Bf7 31.Rb7 аб 32.Ra7 Rd2

ЗО.NсЗ

ЗЗ.Nе4

Rb2

Of course the game is also lost on other moves, too. 34.Ra8

Ве8

35.Nd61-0.

On 35 ... Re2, it is answered Ьу 36.f7. "Dr. Tarrasch had played no fewer than thirty-nine continuous tournament games without а loss Ьefore this loss."

GAME226

Tarrasch- J. Mieses Queen's Gamhit Accepted

1.d4 d5 2.с4 dc4

Accepting the Queen 's Gamblt makes sense only if one intends to maintain the gamblt pawn. Тhis is generally k:nown not to Ье the case (Maintaining the pawn.), and therefore I consider taking the pawn to Ье а strategic епоr. П Ьoth players had already played the e-pawn, amounting to the changing ofthe move order, the game might have started as follows: l.d4 d5 2.е3 е6 З.с4 and in this position no good player would capture the pawn. More clear yet is if l.e4 е5 2.d3 d6 3.f4, that clearly 3... ef4 is bad. Тhе mistake lies in the fact that Black, instead of answering the attacking and developing rnove 2.с4 with а defending and developing rnove (e.g. 2... еб.), he sirnply cedes his central strength and even loses а move, as Black

rnakes а move which neither improves the position nor speeds up his development and ironically White uses the tempo to accelerate his own development. Тhus White obtains а little faster developrnent and а freer game. Тhе game almost always leads to one of these situations where White occupies four ranks and Black occupies three and the fifth rank remains free. Тhе control of more space gives White а plus. Black has nothing to offset the strong White center pawn which controls two important squares in Black 's teпitory. Тhese advantages may appear very minor, but it is well to rememЬer that with circumspect play, а small plus quite often becomes а major advantage. З.NfЗ

Тhis is Blackburne 's move preventing the 3 ... е5 counter. з ... Nf6 4.ез cs s.Bc4 е6 &.о-о Nсб

7.Nc3 cd4 8.ed4 Тhе center pawn is even if it is isolated. а

а

true support point,

... Ве7 9.ВеЗ о-о 10.Qe2 NЬ4

Тhis is so as to occupy d5. Of course White does not play ll.a3, driving the Knight to it 's chosen square.

11.Rac1 Ьб 12.Ne5 ВЬ7 1 З.Rfd1 Rc8 14.Bf4 NЬd515.Bg3 NсЗ

Black's development is difficult as he has no suitaЬle square for his Queen and after his Nd5 had rnade three moves, there was nothing Ьetter than to trade it off оп· сЗ thus reinforcing White 's pawn structure. 16.Ьс3

Ne4

Тhе c-pawn now needs another defender. For this purpose only, the Queen 's move to dЗ or еЗ, was to Ье considered. Unfortunately I chose 17 .QdЗ, whereas 17 .QеЗ would have maintained my positional advantage. Now Ьoth players are preparing an unhappy surprise for each other.

XIV. DRESDEN TOURNAМENT, 1892 17.Qcl3 ваз 18.Rc2 Nd6

Black believes he is winning the Exchange as in addition to 19 ... Ве4, he threatens 19 ... Nс4 19.Ва6

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Тhis move has no true purpose. Better is 13.Ne2 followed Ьу 14.Nd4 or 14.Nf4, to trade the Веб.

13... g5! Тhis keeps White from trading the Веб. Now 14.Ne2 would Ье answered with 14... с5.

14.Ne4 Ь6

As I made this move, I realized I made it huпiedly, as White can now equalize fully Ьу 15.Nd6 Вdб! I should have removed

the Rook from the al-h8 diagonal first. 15.Nd4?

Тhis is the only hidden resource, which 1 found after flfteen tonurous rninutes.

19... Ве4 20.Qe2 Вс2 21.Qc2

Now White threatens to win the Bishop 22.Qb3 and thus Black must retum the Exchange.

Ьу

21 ... Nf5 22. В сВ Qc8 23.Qb3 Bd6 24.Nc4 ВgЗ 25.hg3 Qc7 26.Rd3!

The c-pawn cannot Ье guarded Ьу 26.Rc1 Ьecause of 26 ...Rc8 followed Ьу 27 ... Nd4. 26... Rc8 27 .Ne5 h6 28.g4 Nd6 29.Rf3 Rf8 and 1/2-1/2 agreed.

GAME227 Porges - Tarrasch RuyLopez 1.е4 eS 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.Q-O Ne4

S.d4 Nd6

See also the opening in my game against Harmonist, game 127. 6.Вс6 dc6 7.de5 Nf5 8.Qd8 Kd8 9.Nc3

h610.b3

This move is recommended in the

HandЬook.

10... Ве6 11.ВЬ2 Ве7 12.Rad1 Кс8 13.Rfe1

Неп Porges, saw 15.Nd6 but eschewed the move in the Ьelief that his game was at least equal, but this епоr will cost him the game. Moreover, this move should not Ье made as it allows Black to comfortaЬly utilize his pawn preponderance on the Queenside.

15... Nd4 16.Rd4 Kb717.Nf6

а5

This is stronger than the immediate 17 ... с5. 18.а4

Neither will other moves prevent further deterioration of White 's game. 18... с5 19.Rd3 с4

20.ЬС4 Вс4

а

21.Rd4

On 2l.Rd7, there follows 21 ... ВЬ4 22.с3 with 23 ... Веб next.

Вс5

21 ... Ве6 22.Ne4 Rhd8 23.Red1 Bf5 Тhis is the deciding move leading to general exchange.

24.f3

а


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24 ... Ве4 25.Rd8 Of course not 25 .fe4, because of 25 ... Вс5. 25 ... Rd8 26. Rd8 Bd8 27. fe4 Кеб 28.Ва3

After 12 ...Ne4 19.Ке2 (Or 19.Bf4 Rd2 or 19.Rf4 Rd1 20.Ке2 Rf4 21.Kdl Rf2.) 19 ... Rfe8

Forced as otherwise the King penetrates via с5. 28 ... Ь5 29.аЬ5 КЬ5 The passed a-pawn is the result of Black's pawn predominance on the Queenside and now the game is won. ЗО.Кf2 Кс4 31.ВЬ2 Ве7 32.Kf3 а4 ЗЗ.h4 аз 34.Ва1 ВЬ4 35.hg5 hg5 о-1. Mter Зб ... ВсЗ, the a-pawn will Queen.

GAME229 Tarrasch- v. Bardeleben

GAME228 Tarrasch - Marco

Petroff Defense

RuyLopez 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.ВЬ5 dб 4.d4 5.Nc3 Ве7 б.Q-0 Nf6 7.Re1 Q-0

20.Re8 Re8. If Black on move ten, recaptures with 1О ... Rfd8, then on 15 .Kfl White would have а plus. 15... Nc516.Bg5 Rd517.Be7 Not 17.с4 at once Ьecause of 17 ... Rd7 18.Ве7 NdЗ. Black Resigned here as on 17 ... Re8 or 17 ... Rf7, White wins the Exchange Ьу 18.с4. 1-Q. This game is an important contribution to the refutation of Steinitz 's З ...dб. It is an exact сору of the analysis given Ьу me in the February edition of the Schachzeitung.

Bd7

Mter this move Black is lost. Better is 7 ... ed4, but it is not good enough to equalize. 8.Всб Всб

On 8 ... Ьс6, Black loses а pawn. 9.de5 de5 1O.Qd8 Rad8 11.Ne5 Ве4 12.Ne4 Ne4 (See next diagram) 13.Nd3 f5 14.f3 Вс5 15.Nc5 On 15.Кfl, it would yield no advantage Ьecause of 15 ... ВЬ6 16.fe4 (Or 16.Nf4 Nd2.) 16 ... fe4 17.Nf4 g5 18.Re4 gf4

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nf6 З.Nе5 d6 4.Nf3 Ne4 5.d4 Ве7 6.Bd3 Nf6 The normal reply is 6 ... d5. Now Black's position remains somewhat cramped 1 .о-о о-о в.hз То limit the Вс8 's development. Without 8.h3, the Bishop could go to g4 and h5 and gб. Now it has to develop more modestly. 8 ... Be69.Nc3 Better yet is 9 .с4. 9 ... Nc6 10.Ne2 With 10.d5 Nd5 ll.Nd5 Bd5 12.Bh7, it would only lead to а less favoraЬle pawn

XIV. DRESDEN TOURNAМENT, 1892 exchange. I gave serious consideratioп to lО.аЗ, to secure the ВdЗ, but I eschewed this move Ьecause Black's developmeпt with IO ...Qd7 and ll ...Rfe8, would Ье quite rapid and Black сап force the exchange of the ВdЗ Ьу 12... Bf5, looks а little too provincial. 10 ... Nb4 11.Nf4 1З.Ng5 g6

NdЗ

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25.Ng4 Qf4 26.Nf6 KfS

Of course not 26 ... Kh8 because of 27.Ne8. 27.Nh7 KgS 28.Nf6 1/2·1/2.

GAME230

12.Qd3 Bd5

Schottlander - Tarrasch 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nсб З.Вс4 Вс5 4.d3 d6 Ве6 б.ВЬЗ Qd7 7.Ве3 ВЬ6 8.d4

Better was IЗ.Всб. This move weakens the Кingside as will Ье пoticed later оп.

5.Nc3 Bg4!

14.Re1 Bc615.Bd2 Ne816.Nf3 Bf6

The pawn exchange would give White freer game.

Black has pieces.

proЬlems developiпg

his

9.de5 вез 10.fe3 ВfЗ 11.Qf3

17.d5 Bd718.Bc3 Ng7

Not 18 ... Вс3 19.Qc3 Qfб Ьecause of 20.Re8 Qf4 21.Ra8 followed Ьу 22.Qc7. 19.Qd2 Тhis

is to answer 19... Bf5, with 20.g4.

19... Re8 20.Re8 BeS 21.Re1 ЬС6 23.Nh2

с5 22.dc6

White wants to play 24.Ng4 and get coпtrol of the fб-square. 2з

а

... всз 24.Qc3 ags

Сопесt was ll.gfЗ and leads to equality. Now White will have isolated douЬled pawns, опе of which will Ье lost in the loпg run, while Black has а strong е5 support point.

11 ... Ne5 12.Qe2 Nf6 1з.о-о с6 Тhis

is to prevent 14.Rf6 and 15.Nd5.

14.h3

This weakens the Кing position and provokes the Black Kingside attack. 14... h515.Rts о-о-о

Now Black threatens 16 ... Ne4. 16.а4?

1 was very short of time. I had used forty-five minutes since move 21. Тhis made me opt for the drawing combination. White 's advantage is consideraЬle. White has better pawn structure, Ьetter development, control of the e-file and Black's fб-square. Good continuations are 25.g3 or 25.Ne2-g3.

16... Ne417.Rf4 NсЗ 18.Ьс3 g519.Rd4 g4 20.Rad1 Qe7

White did not feel like watching the continuation of the Kingside attack and thus resigned. 0-1.

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GAME 231

v. Scheve - Tarrasch 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 С5 Тhis is а Queeп 's Gamblt Reversed with а move in hand (Nf3.) З.сЗ еб 4.Bf4 QЬ6! 5.Qc2 This is better than 5.Qd2, which is answered Ьу 5... Nf6 and 6... Ne4. White's Queeп though is поt well placed оп с2, as sооп she will Ье exposed to а с- file attack with 8...Rc8. Best was 5.Qb3. With the rapid developmeпt of his Queeпside, Black поw obtaiпs а small positioпal plus, which he gradually makes into а major advantage. 5...cd4! 6.cd4 If the Knight recaptures, Black will sooпer or later advance his e-pawn giving him а stroпg ceпter. 6... Nc6 7.е3 Bd7 8.Nc3 Rc8 9.Ве2 Nf6 1O.Q-0 Ве7 11.а3 Тhis weakens White 's Queeпside pawn structure. Better was ll.hЗ to secure а retreat square for the strong Bf4. 11 ... Nh5 12.Bg3 NgЗ 13.hg3 0-0 14.Bd3 White directs ап attack agaiпst the Kingside while Black is active оп the Queeпside апd iп the ceпter. Black although, attacks with more fire power than White сап muster for his Kingside attack and so Black 's demoпstration is successful while White 's attempt is repelled. 14... gб 15.Kh2 White plays this in order to coпtinue the attack with lб.Rhl. Black inteпded to play 15 .. .f6, but he instead tempts his орропепt to make а mistake Ьу playing 15 ... Na5! 15... Na5! Тhis provokes the oppoпent into making а mistake.

16.Ne5 Тhis will allow Black to gain two tempi in the executioп of his plan. 16... Ве8 17.Rh1 fб 18.Nf3

Sacrificing on gб makes no sense. 18... Nc4 Тhis is поw еvеп better than advanciпg iп the ceпter because it will lead to the exchaпge of the ВdЗ, after which White 's attackiпg chances peter out, and Black will retain the advantage of two very active Bishops agaiпst two Кnights.

19.Rab1 Qa5 Black threateпs 20 ... Na3 or 20... NЬ2. White's Queeпside positioп Ьecomes less and less appetizing. 20.Вс4 Rc4 21.Qd2 Bf7 22.Ra1 Rfc8 Black forgoes the planned advance in the ceпter, as forcing the c-file situation is much more advantageous. 23.g4 White wants to follow up with 24.g3 and 25 .Kg2. White is too insistent оп the h-file attack. Better was to change plans and play 23 .Rhc 1, in order to build а defense against the power of the two Rooks. 2З ... Ь6 Black touched the pawn with t~e intentioп of moving it two squares, but 111 the niche of time пoticed that White could then play 24.Nd5.


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GAME232

24.g3 gS

Black plays this to keep White from sacrificing а pawn Ьу 25.g5 and then improve his position with 25 ... fg5 26.Ne5. Had White played 24.g5 on his Iast move, Black would after 25.Ne5, pin the Кnight with ... Вdб. In addition, the text move gives the Bfl an excellent square at gб.

Black is intent on keeping the ВЬ2 inactive for as long as possiЬle, therefore he avoids 8 ... с5.

25.Ng1 bS

9.аз

Black only has to drive the NсЗ away, after which the Rooks penettation on the c-file will bring aЬout а decision.

White's position is quite solid, and it is difficult for Black to start an initiative. Тhus Black tties to provoke White into playing 12.g4, which will weaken the h-pawn.

26.Nge2 QЬб 27.Kg2 as 28.Ra2

White intends to put up the following defense after 28 ... Ь4, with 29.аЬ4 аЬ4 30.Na4 Qсб (30 ... Qb5 Зl.ЬЗ.) Зl.Qdl Rc2 32.Nc5 or Зl.ЬЗ Rc2 32.Rc2 Qc2 33.Qc2 Rc2 34.Rel. 28 ... Qc6 29.Qd1 Bg6

Premature is 29 ... Ь4, Ьecause of ЗО.аЬ4 31.Na4 Rc2 32.Nc5.

аЬ4

ЗО.Qа1 Ь4 31.аЬ4 аЬ4

32.Ra6 Qe8

Wilfried Paulsen · Tarrasch 1.Ь3 d5 2.d4 BfS З.еЗ е6 4.Bd3 Bg6 5.Bg6 hg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.ВЬ2 Nbd7 8.NЬd2 с6

Qc710.Qe2 Be711.h3 Nh5

12.Ne5 Nf8 13.g4 Тhis

move should have been omitted.

13... Nf614.Qf3 gS Тhis is а mistake which costs а pawn. Black should рапу the 15.g5 threat with 14... Bd6, after which he might Ье аЬlе to muster an attack on the h-file and yield the h-pawn.

15.h4!

Black overlooked this excellent rejoinder. 15 ... Bd6 16.hg5 Rh1 17.Qh1 BeS 18.de5 N6d7 Тhе g4-pawn is tаЬоо as the Кnight will have по retreat square, e.g. 18 ... Ng4 19.Nf3 Ngб 20.Qh3 N4e5 21.Ne5 Ne5 22.Qh8.

19.f4 Ву using the c-file, Black has maneuvered his opponent into а lost game. If the attacked Кnight moves, then 33 ...Rc2, so he cannot let this happen and continues the game in desperado style.

33.Re6 ЬСЗ 34.Nc3 Qd7 35.Rb6 Bd8 36.Ra6 Qg4 37.13 Qf5 38.е4 de4 39.fe4 Qg4 40.Qe1 Rd4 41.Ra7 Ве4 42.Kg1 ВЬ6 Q-1. Тhis

is one of my best games.

Indeed, White does have an extra pawn, but how does he make something out of it. 19... о-о-о

2о.о-о-о ьs

Тhis is preparatory to an attack against the White Kingside position, but he never has to get around to it.

21.е4 Ng6 22.Qf3 Rh8 2Э.еd5 cdS 24.Qg3 КЬ7

Black prepares for 25 ...Rc8.


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25.КЬ1 а& 26.Re1 Qa5 27.Ь4 Qc7 28.NЬЗ KaS 29.f5 Ngf8 ЗO.Qg2 NЬ6

31.Nc5 Qc8 32.f6

Up to this point White played very well and he utilized the pawn advances efficiently, but he is now getting careless. After the text move the extra pawn Ьecomes insignificant. А Ьetter choice was 32.Rfl or 32.Bd4. 32 ... g6 35.Вс5

ЭЭ.Ка2

Nfd7 34.Bd4 Nc5 Nd7 36.Qf2

Тhis

is the decisive епоr. Better was 36.Bgl followed Ьу 37 .Qf2, as recommended Ьу Metger. 36... Nc5 37.Qc5

It is Ьetter to recapture with the pawn. Mter the exchange of Queens, almost all of White 's pawns are weak and the open Rook file Ьecomes а decisive factor. 37 ... Qc5 38.Ьс5 КЬ7 39.КЬ3 а5 40.КСЗ RhЭ 41.Kd2

GАМЕ2ЗЗ

Tarrasch- Dr. Н. v. Gottschall 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.Nd2 Nf6 4.е5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 с5 6.с3 Nc6 7.Ne2 QЬ6 S.NfЗ Ве7 9.о-о о-о 1o.Nf4 Тhis is to prevent the f-pawn push Ьу which Black could free his somewhat cramped game.

10... Kh8

As а consequence of White's attacking style, Black finds it difficult to make useful developing moves. Тhе text attacks the d-pawn, which earlier could not Ье taken on account of ll.Bh7. 11.Вс2

Rg812.Qd3 g6

On 12... Nf8, there is а possiЬle surprise comblnation with 13.dc5 Вс5 (Betterthan 13 ... Qc5.) 14.Ng5 Ne5 15.Qh7 Nh7 16.Nf7 Nf7 17.Ng6#. 1З.а3

(Mter 13 ...cd4 14.cd4 the text prevents 14.NЪ4.)

13... Qc7

Mter ...Ь5, this is to prepare 14...cd4 15.cd4 ВЬ4 16.аЬ4 NЬ4 Ьecause what would follow is 17 .Qd2 Nc2 18.Ra2 Nd4 (Desperado.) 19.Qd4 giving White а Ьig plus, although Black has three pawns for the piece. 14.Ь4! Ь615.Nh3 а5

With 41.Kd4, it would make it more difficult for Black, who then would have to consider the possibllity of White's Rook penettating via the h-file to h7, attacking the f-pawn.

Black Ьelieves he сап secure his position locking up the Queenside. It is to th~ contrary though, since he is on the defensive on the Кingside, he must try counter action оп the Queenside to keep his opponent busy.

41 ... Кс6 42.Rg1 Кс5 43.с3 d4 44.cd4 Kd4 45.Rc1 Rh2 46.Ке1 Rh1 47 .Kd2 Rc1 48.Кс1 Ке5 D-1.

16.Ь5 Nd8 17.а4 ВЬ7 18.Bd2 Rc8 19.Rfc1 Тhis is in order to prevent the activity of

Ьу

the Black pieces on the c-file, after pawn exchange on d4.

possiЬle

а


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29 ... Вс8 ЗO.Nf2 32.Вс1

Nd7 31.Ng4 Qg8

19... Kg7

With the idea of playing 33.Ва3 and thus eliminating one of the defeпders of fб and after gaining possession of fб, the win Ьecomes simple. 32... Qf8 ЗЗ.f4

Black inteпds to secure his Кingside with 20 .. .Rh8, and thus frustrates White's plan to play 20.Bh6 and theп Nh3-g5, and the Queeп via e3-f4-h4-h3. After that the Black game would Ье lost Ьecause of the threat Nh7. This plan had already Ьееп started with 15.Nh3, but was interrupted Ьecause of Black's counterplay оп the Queeпside.

20.Qe3 Kh8 21.Bd3 с4

This is the coпtinuation of Black 's faulty move. These two moves coпdemn Black to total passivity and he must prudeпtly wait to see if White will find а winning follow up поw. fifteeпth

22.Вс2

Nf8 23.Qe2

Waiting to see if Black will allow the Bd2 to go to hб, and White would theп proceed with his plan outlined оп move nineteeп.

23 ... Kg7 24.Qe3 Kh8 25.Re1 Qd7 26.Kh1 Rc7

Black's lack of space is the direct opposite ofWhite's freedom to maneuver. Тhе attack though, is поt easy to carry through as Black's positioп is quite solid. 27.Qh6 Qe8 28.Nfg5 Rg7 29.f3 Тhis is with the idea of playing the Nh3 to f2 and theп g4, thus putting more pressure оп fб.

Bad is 33.Ва3 leading to winning the Exchange, but weakening the attack, e.g. 33 ... Ва3 34.Nf6 Nfб 35.ef6 Ве7! (Not 35... ВЬ2, Ьecause of 36.Nh7 Qg8 37 .fg/ Qg7 38.Qh4.) 36.fg7 Qg7. Тhе textmove prepares streпgthening the attack with 34.Re3 and 35.Rh3. ЗЗ ... Кg8

34.Re3 f5

This move is forced although it further the Kingside. It is worth пoting that there has поt Ьееп а single capture in this game. weakeпs

35.ef6 Nf6 36.Ne5 Bd6

Instead of this move, 1 expected the elegant 36 ...Ng4, leading to interesting complicatioпs, but it would поt have saved the game. Тhе game might have coпtiпued 37 .Ng4 Qf4 38.Rf3 Qg4 39.Bdl Bg5 40.Bg5 Qe4 41.Вс2 Qc2 42.Bd8 Rb7 and White will play 43.Bf6 together with the h-pawn advance, giving White а formidaЬle attack. White will attain а clear winning positioп if after 36 ... Ng4 37.Ng4 Qf4, he plays the surprising 38.Nf6 . Тhе Queeп must not capture this Кnight Ьecause of 39.Rf3 and оп 38 ...Bf6, White will answer 39.Rf3 attacking Ьoth the queeп and Bishop, and after 39...Bg5 40.Qg! and41.Bf4, he will Ье а decisive exchange ahead. Тhе text move was поt calculated properly. True Black should try to elimiпate the dangerous Ne5, but for this purpose he could поt use the Bishop, as it's counterpart the Вс 1 will dominate the Black squares. Сопесt was 36 ...Nd7. 37.Rf3 Qe8 38.Bd2

Ве5


254

Тhis exchange of pieces, the first in the game, is the result of Black's last two moves.

39.fe5 Ng4

If 39...Nd7 instead, 40.Rafl willleave Black helpless. 40.Qh4 h5 41.h3 Nhб 42.g4 Much weaker is to play for а pawn win with 42.Ne6 and 43.Bh6. Тhе eб-pawn cramps Black's positioп. 42 ... hg4 43.hg4 Ndf7 44.Kg2

•.t.•..r••• •81t.tB ••• •••t•t• 1:1

зt•tв •зt• f'Q .~.

... ~

•

~

.~

.

•~а •Ф•

44... Nf5

is а good developing and attacking

11 ...сб

lt takes courage to make this move, а move disdaiпed Ьу all authorities. It weakens dб and deprives the КЬ8 of its Ьest square. Еvеп so, this move is Ьest. То Ье considered was ll ... Ncб, Ьut White 's reply would Ье 12.NЬ5 Kd8, makiпg castling impossiЬle and leaving the King оп the ореп d-file exposed to multiple attacking possibllities, e.g. 13.Ne5 Ne5 14.de5 or 13.h5 Qfб 14.е5 Qf5 15.Ве4 or 13.hg5 hg5 14.Rh8 Bh8 15.Ne5 etc. Best would have Ьееп for Black to castle after ll ... Nbcб 12.Nb5 апd to make а somewhat dublous pawn sacrifice. 12.h5

Simpler and Ьetter was the immediate retreat of the Bishop. Тrue, this move completely misplaces Black's Queeп Ьut the Black pawn chain gets relief and in additioп the advanced White pawn will Ье in jeopardy. 12... Qh7

White has driveп the орропепt to despair, similar to what happeпed in game 231. Other moves are nil with Rhl having а decisive effect. 45.gf5 gf5 46.Rg3 Ng5 47.Bg5 Qf7 48.Rh11·0.

·

Оп 48 ...Rh7, mate is forced Ьу 49.Ве7 and 50.Bf6, and оп 48 ...Qd7, mate will result Ьу 49 .Qh8, 50.Qg7, and 51.Bf6 etc.

GAME234

Winawer - Tarrasch King's GamЬil

1.е4

es 2.f4 ef4 З.Вс4 dS 4.Bd5 Qh4 5.Kf1 gS б.NfЗ Qh5 7 .h4 Bg7 8.d4 Ne7 9.Nc3 hб 10.Kg1 Qgб

Much better thaп the usual 1O... g4, which leads to the loss of the f -pawn. On ll.h5, there is ll ...Qbб. 11.Qd3

Тhis

move.

Black does oot have much choice, but to let his Queeп get locked iп here. Winawer probaЬly expected 12...Qd6, оп which White would have good play with 13.е5 Qc7 14.Ве4, and wblchmight have resulted in an amusing fmale Ьу, 14...0-0 15.Ng5hg516.h6Bh8? 17.Bh7#. Worse yet would Ье 12...Qf6 13.е5 Qf5 14.Ne4. 1з.вьзо-о

Black's game is somewhat cramped, Ьut it is solid. 14.Ne2

White has по aggressive developiпg moves апd the раwп chain оп the Kingside inhiblts bls game. 14... Bg4 15.Bd2 Nd7 The positioп is поt equal any loпger. The

Nd7 threatens to go to fб attacking Ьoth and h5, the later Ьeing difficult to

е4

XIV. DRESDEN TOURNAМENТ, 1892 defeпd and the foпner will defmitely Ье Iost. The ingenious Winawer, realized that with quiet play he would gradually drift into а bad positioп, so he fmds а surprising piece sacrifice giving his game а more favoraЬle turп. Wiпawer 's attack resulting from the sacrifice keeps Black's position hanging Ьу а thread for the пехt tweпty moves. 16.Bf4 gf4 17.Nf4 ВfЗ This exchange consideraЬly streпgthens White's center, Ьut оп 17 ...Nf6, the NfЗ going to е5 would Ьесоmе а dangerous participant in the attack. П White had made the Bishop sacrifice оп move fifteeп, this unfavoraЬle exchange for Black would поt have Ьееп пecessary, as then Black could have developed the NЬ8 to аб and оп h2-h3, the Bishop could retreat to d7. It is really in character for Winawer to have waited with the Bishop sacrifice until the Bishop had по retreat square anymore. Further it should Ье пoted that there is the temptiпg coпtiпuatioп 17 ... Rad8 18.Nh2 Nc5 19.Qg3 after which White regains the piece оп 19...Bd4 20.Kfl and the Bishop is lost, or 19...NЬЗ 20.Ng4, threatening to win the Queeп with 21.Nf6. 18.gf3 Rad8 This move forces the exchaпge of White's most dangerous attacking piece,

the вьз. 19.Qe3

255

Of course поt 19.Qc4, because of 19... NЬ6 and 20... Bd4. 19...Nc5! Тhе Кnight is tаЬоо, as 20...Bd4 would win the Queeп. 20.с3 NЬЗ 21.аЬ3 а6

White has two pawns for the Bishop, Ьut these two pawns осеору the center and have а terriЬly cramping effect оп Вlack 's positioп. In additioп the Black Queeп is locked in, and the other Black pieces have very little scope. Thus Black is forced into а completely passive defense. 22.Rh2 Rfe8 23.Ne2 White threateпs an attack оп the ореп g-file in additioп to an attack in the ceпter Ьу advancing the f-pawn. Black tries to frustrate this plan with the followiпg Кnight maneuver. 23...Nd5 24.Qf2 Nc7 25.Ng3 Ne6 Тhis threatens 26 ... Nd4. 26.Nf5 NgS Here the Кnight preveпts the f-pawn advance and also closes the g-file. 27.Kh1 Kh8 Оп 27 ...Re4, with the idea of 28.fe4 Ne4 29.Qf3? Qf5 30.Qf5 NgЗ and 31 ... Nf5, fails Ьecause of 29.Qh4 instead. 28.Rg2 Вf6 29.Ne3 Now White threateпs to advance the e-pawn and theп the f-pawn. 29 ... Ne6 Black immediately takes steps to counter White's plans. If поw ЗО.е5, Black's answer is 30... Bg5 followed Ьу 3l ... Nf4, giviпg Black the edge, and оп 30.d5, Black would take over the attack Ьу 30...cd5 3l.Nd5 Rd5 32.ed5 Nf4 33.Rg4 Qf5. ЗO.Rg4

White is threatening to renew the earlier threat of е5 followed Ьу f4. зо

... вgs

256


Black makes f4 impossiЬle Ьecause of 3 l ... Qe4. White mustпot allow his Кnight to Ье exchanged and thus advancing in the ceпter is frustrated again. 31.Nf5 Rg8

Black cannot осеору the f4 square with piece as origiпally iпteпded, siпce 3 l ... Nf4 Qh2 would drive the piece away and оп 3 l ... Bf4 there follows 32.Rf4 Nf4 33.Qh4 Nd5 34.с4 or 33 ... Ne6 34.Qf6 Kg8! 35.Rgl Кf8 36.Nh6, with Black having Ьig proЬlems. а

32.Qh2 Тhis move, threatening 33.Qe5, looks very stroпg, but it tums out to Ье the decisive error. If instead he had fmally coпtinued his original plan with 32.f4 theп after 32... Bf6 33.Ragl Rg4 34.Rg4 Rg8 35.Rg8 Qg8 36.QfЗ, Black would still have а difficult positioп and the resulting position would confmn White 's judgmeпt wheп he sacrificed the piece.

32 ... Bf6 33.Rag1

If White tries ю make up for the missed opportunities and now plays 33.Rg8 Rg8 34.f4, Black will Ьу playing 34...Rg4, get а strong counterattack. зз

... Rg5!

White has по adequate reply, as оп 34.Rg5, it will give Black complete coпtrol of f4, and оп 34.f4, Black makes а counter sacrifice which is immediately decisive. 34.f4

34... Rf5 Тhе overall effect of this is that the dangerous Кnight is eliminated, Black breaks through the center, and the Queeп which had Ьееп stalemated since move tweпty-three, поw very effectively comes to life.

35.ef5 Qf5 36.R1 g2 Тhere is hardly another move, as the f4 and h5-pawns пееd to Ье guarded.

36... Ng7 37.R4g3

In order to answer 37 ...Qh5 or 37 ... Nh5 with 38.Rh3. 37... QЬ1 38.Rg1 Qe4 39.R1g2 QЬ1 Тhis is а repetition ю gain time ю get to move forty-the time control.

40.Rg1 Qe4 41.R3g2 Оп 41.Rlg2, Black wins with 41 ...Nf5 and 42 ... Ne3. It is quite clear that 41.Qg2 would поt save the game either.

41 ... Rd5 Тhе counterattack is much easier than the attack, siпce the attacker often throws cautioп ю the wind and recklessly lays his positioп bare апd thus makes it iп defeпsiЬle.

42.f5 Rf5 43.Qb8 Kh7 44.Rd1 Rh5 45.Kg1 QеЭ 46.Rf2 Bh4 G-1. Тhis is а truly masterful game that was played well Ьу Ьoth sides.

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XV. Nuremberg, 1892-1894 Тhese years of my life, apart from the matches with Chigorin and WalЬrodt, to which 1 dedicate the next two chapters of this Ьооk, leave not much to report. 1 went to the Congress of the Bavarian Chess Federation in Augsburg in July, 1893, but only as а spectator. Shortly thereafter 1 took over the editorship of the Franlifurt SchachЬlattes. 1 had very little chance to play practical chess Ьecause the work on this Ьооk of my games took most of my free time. When 1 played it was usually at Rook odds against quite good players like Мr. Hirscbler and RomЬerg. Нirscbler won third prize in the third section of the Congress at Augsburg. RomЬerg won а prize in the lower section.


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GAME235

15.Вd2

Tarrasch - М. Kurschner French Defense

1.84 е6 2.d4 dS З.NСЗ Nf6 4.е5 Nfd7 s.NfЗ Тhis

is а tty.

5...86 Тhis

is superfluous.

6.Bd3 с5 7.dc5 BCS 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.аЗ

White prevents 9 ... NЬ4.

Qd4

16.ВЬ4 Ь6

If Black takes the ВdЗ, he cannot castle shon and castling long is obviously very dangerous. 17.Rad1

It appears (After nine more moves.) that playing the other Rook to dl would have saved White а tempo, (Compare the note юmove 19.) 17... Qh4 18.g3 Qe7 19.84 о-о

Better is 19...а5 to prevent the following move, but if the Queenside Rook had still Ьееn on al, the threat of а5 would have Ьееn so clear that Black would have Ьееn forced ю mak:e the сопесt move. 20.85 Тhis is ю deprive the Кnight of it's Ьest protection.

9 ...Qc7 1О. Bf4

20... Ьа5 21.ВаЗ 2З.QеЗ Ra7

ВЬ7

22.Rb1 Rfc8

On 23 ...RЬ8, the Black pieces are all pinned but differently. As а consequence of 5.Nf3, the e-pawn is somewhat weak:. Black cannot play lO.. .fб, as this would fail against ll.Nd5! { 11 ... ed5 12.ef6.} and is instantly decisive for White. 10...Nd4111.Nd4 Bd412.Q-O

ВСЗ

П 12... Ве5,

then 13.Nd5 ed5 14.Ве5 Qe5 15.Qe5 Ne5 lб.Rel. If Black should capture the e-pawn, White will snare the d-pawn. It is ьuе, the text move will gain а pawn, but Ьecause of his incomplete development he will face а lot of difficulties. 1З.ЬСЗ QСЗ

14.Rfe1

24.с4

After the c-file has Ьееn opened, White will threaten the pinned Кnight one more time. On 24...dc4, White has the superior 25.Ве4 forcing the win of а piece e.g. 25 ... Ве4 26.Вс5 Rc5 27.RЬ8. 24...d4

On 24...Qc7, there follows 25.cd5 NdЗ 26.Qa7 Nel 27.Rb7 with а decisive attack. 25.Qd4 Qc7 26.Red11 Тhis is а strong attacking move and at the same time it is the Ьest defense against Black's threat.

Poor is 14.Qg4 because of 14 ...Ne5 15.Qg7? NfЗ followed Ьу 16 ...Qg7.

26... Qc6 27.Ве4 Ne4

14... Nc5

28.Qa7

Castling had to Ье considered. On this move, White has а draw in hand Ьу 15.Bd2 and 16.Ве3.

Of course not 28.Qd8, because of 28 ...Qe8.

Тhis

is forced.

XV. NUREMBERG, 1892-1894

259

19.Вd5 Вd5

28... NCS

••• 11.1.8 •*•* :18it8:18 .• •ж•

• 8t8 •

в.

•

•

а• • • • в в в

=.

·~··~·

29.Rb7 Nb7 ЗО.RЬ1 Nd8 31.Qe7 h6 32.Rd1 Nb7 Black Ьу playing 32...QЬ6, does not save the game either. White could for instance win the ~xchange Ьу 33.Qe8 followed Ьу 34.Ве7.

20.Rf5 Nf6 If the King moves, White plays 21.Ва3 Kd7 22.Qg4, driving the King further away. If 20... вп, White plays 2l.QfЗ or 2l.Ba3 and if 20 ... Rf/ there follows 2I.Nn вп 22.е6 . 21.gf6 g6 22.Bh6 Kg8 23.f7 Bf7 Оп 23 ...Rf7 follows а Ьrilliant move, 24.Qf3 (24...Rf5? 25.Qd5 or 24 ... gf5? 25.Qg3.) 24...Bf3 (24...Qd6 25.Rf7 ВfЗ.) 25.Rn Qdб 26.Rg7 Кf8 27.ed6 Ке8 28.Re7 Kd8 29.Bg5 Кс8? 30.Rc7#. 24.Rf7 Rf7 25.QЬЗ This is the first time the Queen has moved and it is immediately decisive. 25... Qc7 26.е6 Re7 27.Ne8 Re8 28.87 and mate next move. 1-Q.

ЗЗ.Rd71·0.

GAME237 GAME236

Tarrasch - Н. Hirschler

Тarrasch - Н. Romberg White is playing minus the Ral.

White is playing rninus the Ral and the a-pawn starts on аЗ.

1.84 е6 2.d4 d5 З.е5 с5 4.с3 с4 5.8е2 Ь5 6.Nh3 а5 7 .о-0 Ве7 8.f4 f5 9.g4 Bh4

1.84 е5 2.f4 ef4 З.NfЗ g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nf7 Kf7 7 .d4 h5? 8.Bf4 Bh6 9.Вс4 Ке810.Ве5 Nf611.Q-O Rf812.Qd3 d6 13.Bg3 Nc6

Тhе right move was 9 ... Nhб. The misplacement of the Bishop will soon Ье noticed. 10.gf5 ef5 11.Bf3 Ве6 12.Ь3 Ra7 13.Na3 Rb7? 14.Ьс4 bc415.Nc4 Ве7 16.Ng5 Bg5 17.Nd6 Kf8 18.fg5 Rc7

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Better was 13 ...Qe7. 14.е5 de515.Qg6 Ke716.de5 ВеЗ Тhе correct defense is 16 ...Qd4 followed Ьу

17 ...Ne5. 17.Kh1 Kd7 18.ef6 Qe8 19.0g7 Ne7


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On 19 ... Kd8, follows 20.Вс7# or 20.Qc7#. 20.ВЬ5! с6 21.Rd1 Кеб 22.Rd6 Kf5 23.Bd3# 1·0.

GAME238

Tarrasch - Н. Romberg Ending

Atter18.Кh2

GAME240

Dr. Кarl Hollander - Tarrasch French Defense -Exchange variaJion 1.е4 е6

2.d4 d5 З.еd5 ed5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 б.Q-0 Q-0 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Bg5 с6 9.Ве2

1 played as follows: 1.Bd5 Qf5 2.Ке1 Qg5 4.Rf7# 1·0. Тhis is а pure mate.

З.Rh7

Kf6

GAME239 Н.

Instead of this retreat, 9.Qd2 is more energetic. 9... NЬd7 1O.Ne5 Тhis daring move leads to а pawn loss after а few moves. 10... Be211.Qe2 Re812.f4 QЬ613.Qd3

Hausler - Tarrasch

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 Вс5 4.0.0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 б. ВеЗ ВЬ6 7.h3?

This move gives the opponent an attacking target. 7 ... h6 8.Nc3 g5 9.ВЬ6 аЬб 10.Qd2 g4 11.hg4 Bg4 12.Nh2 Qd7 13.Nd5 Nh5 14.ВЬ5 Rg8 15.f3 ВhЗ 16.Rf2 о-о-о 17.Nf1 Rg6 18.Kh2 (See next diagram) 18... Rdg8 Тhis is а promising sacrifice. 19.gh3 Rg1 20.Qh6 Тhis leads to an immediate loss. 20... Rh1 21.Kh1 QhЗ 22.Nh2 NgЗ Q-1.

13... Ne5

Better yet is to capture with the Bishop first, and after 13 ... Ве5 14.fe5 Ne5 15.Qd2 Ned7, White would have no attacking chances at all.


14.fe5 Ве5 15.Rad1 Ne4 16.Ne4 cle4 17.Qc41 Rf8

Тhе opening has given White freer and Ьetter developed game.

Here Black intends to sacrifice the Exchange for а second pawn and а counterattack. The obvious 17 ... Rеб, would Ье bad Ьecause of 18.Khl Вdб 19.Rf7 Кf7 20.Rf1.

9 ... Bg4 10.882 Qe8

18.887 Bh2 19.Kh1

Of course not 19 .Kh2 because of 19... Qc7. 19...Qc7 20.Bf8 Rf8 21.Qe2 Qd6 Тhis

22.g4

is threatening 22...Qh6. ВgЗ

23.Kg2

White could have captured the e4-pawn with а quiet heart. This pawn now Ьecomes dangerous.

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much

Black will possiЬly follow up with ll .. .Rd8. 11.h3 ВfЗ 12.Bf3 ed4 Black is аЬlе to exchange several pieces, thus easing his game. 13.Bd4 Nd4 14.Qd4 Bf6 15.QЬ4 ВеЗ 16.Qc3 Qc617.Qc6 Ьсб Even after this consideraЬle reduction of White's power, he still retains а slight advantage. 18.g3 f619.Bg2 Ne5 20.ЬЗ Rae8 21.f4 Nd7

23...Re8 24.Qe3 Bh4 25.Qf4 Тhis is а decisive епоr, but in any case the advantage was Black's. On 25.Rh1, there follows 25 ... Bd8 26.Qh3 h6 followed Ьу 27 ... Bg5, thus securing the penetration of the passed pawn. On 25.Rf4, Black's winning continuation is 25 ... Bg5 26.Re4 Qd5.

25... Qf4 26.Rf4 83 27.Rff1 Тhis together with the next move, is an interesting try.

27...82 28.Rf81 Re41 Q-1.

On 29.Rdal (Or Ь1 or с1), there follows 29 ... Bel with 30.. .Rg4 next and 31 ...Rd4, and Black is three pawns ahead.

GAME241

Tarrasch - Dr. Кarl Hollander RuyLopez

1.84 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.NсЗ Ng87 Тhis

move was often made Ьу Steinitz, but the Кnight is posted Ьetter on f6. &.о-о Ngб 7 .вез Ве7 8.Qd2 о-о 9.Rad1

Better was 21 ... Ng6, as the undefended Nd7 opens an opportunity for White to force the game. 22.851 fe5

If22...d5, it would Ье answered Ьу 23.с4, advantageous for White.

Ьeing equally

2З.Вс6 R87 24.Bd7 Rd7 25.fe5 Rf1 26.Kf1 Rf7

All of Black's moves are forced. 27.Kg2 d85 28.Rd8 Rf8 29.Rf8 Kf8 ЗО.КfЗ К87 31.Ке4 Kd6 Тhе endgame is lost for Black. Тhе Queenside pawn majority will result in а remote passed pawn, which deflects the Black King giving White time to capture

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pawns in the center and Kingside.

16.Qf71 This completely paralyzes Black's game. 1б ... g517.fб Ba818.Qe6 Kc719.f7 h6 20.Na3

З2.Ь4 аб зз.а4 gб 34.с4

as

On 34... с5 or 34...с6, follows

35.Ь5.

зs.ьаs ксs Зб.кеs1-о.

Of course White can also take the Rook, but this would not Ье as strong. 20•.. Bg7 21.Nb5 КЬб 22.Ndб Ref8 2З.ЬЗ Nc8 24.Ьс4 dc4 25.RЬ1 NЬ4 On 25 ... Кс7 follows 26.Na6#, or 25 ... Kay26.Rb5#. 2б.RЬ4 Кеб 1-Q. White oow mates in two moves, Ьut there is such а plethora of ancillary solutions, normally only found in chess proЬlems.

GAME242

GAME243

Tarrasch - Н. Romber2

Тarrasch - Chr. Schroeder White is playing minus the Ral and the a-pawn starts on аЗ.

White is playing minus the RаГ.

1.е4 еб 2.d4 d5 З.ВdЗ с5 4.с3 с4 5.Вс2 Ь5 б.NfЗ ВЬ7 7.е5 f5 8.0..0 Ne7 9.Ве3 Ngб 10.Ng5

White introduces а very strong attack against the Black Kingside which has Ьееn seriously weakened Ьу several weak developmental moves. 10... Qd711.Qh5 Nсб 12.g4 Bad is 12...Nh7, since if 12...Qf7, Ьoth the Кnight and the Queen are pinned. 12 ...0..0..0 1 З.Nеб Re8 14.gf5 Nge7 15.Nc5Qd8

1.84 е5 2.f4 ef4 З.NfЗ g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 б.Nf7 Kf7 7.d4 d5 8.Bf4 Nfб 9.Nc3 de4 10.Вс4 Kg7 11.0-Q сб? 12.8е5 NЬd7

Better is 12...Ве7. 13.Qg4 Kh7 14.Qf5 Kg7 15.Rf31 еfЗ? 16.Qg4 Kh7 17.Bd3 and mate next move.1-Q.


GAME244

Tarrasch • Chr. Schroeder

White is playing minus the Ral and the a-pawn starts on аЗ.

1.84 d5 2.е5 с5 3.14 е6 4.NI3 d4 5.с4

White stops Blackfromanchoring the Ng8 at d5 and also avoids the trade of pawns. S•••dcЗ 6.Ьс3 Ne7 7.d4 cd4 8.cd4 Nd5 9.Вd3 Nc6 10.0.0 QЬ6 11.Kh1 8d7 12.Ве4 Ве7

Black has developed well and one can hardly see how White could stan an attack.

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17.Bf7 Kl8

On 17 ... кп, follows 18.Qb3 (18 ...Веб? 19.Ng5) 19.Ва3. 18.Qa4 Qc1 19.Rc1

Ке8

Вс1

Altlюugh

Black has two Rooks and а Bishop for his Queen, his position is untenaЬle.

20.882 White threatens 21.Qc4. 20••• Ь5 Desperado play Ьу Black gives White а chance for а pretty fшale. 21.QЬ5 Ne5 22.Qc5 Ке8 23.Ne5 Rf8 ТЬе Кing is putting оп. the Epaulette. 24.Qd6 Rd8 25.Nc6 White threatens mate on е7 and е5, and on 25...Всб, follows the Epauletten mate with 26.Qe6#. 25••• Rf7 White mates in three moves. 26.Qd51 Rf6 27.Qg8 Rf8 28.Bf7• 1~.

13.15 el5 А Ьetter plan for Black was ю avoid this exchange which leads to а suпender ofthe center and misplacement of the Queen.

14.Вd5 QЬ115.ВЬЗ

Qa1 16.Re1

White is setting а trap, and simultaneously preparing the d-pawn advance. 16••• Ва3

GAME245

Tarrasch • М. Kurschner

French Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 3.Вd3 Nf6

Better was 3...de4. 4.85 Nld7 S.NfЗ с5 6.с3 Nc6 7.Q-O f6

More thematic was continuing the attack on d4 with 7...QЬ6. 8.Re1 15 А Ьetter plan for the next several moves is to develop Ьу ...Ве7, .. .0-0, and ю prepare the pawn trades on d4 and е5. 9.Ве3 с4 10.Вс2 Ве7

As often happens in the French Defense, with а few inferior moves, it has resulted in Black's position becoming very


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cramped and Ьefore long an interesting breakthrough will demolish his game. 11.Ь31 Ь512.а4 Ьа41З.Ьс4 dc414.d5 Nce5 15.de6 NfЗ 16.Qf3 NЬ6 17.Qf5 Bf618.Bc5 ВЬ7

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GAME246

Tarrasch - Н. Laubmann King's Gamhit Accepted White is playing minus the Ral

1.е4 е5 2.f4 ef4 З.NfЗ g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nf7 Kf7 7.d4 d5 8.Bf4 de4 9.Ве2 h510.Q-O Kg611.Nc3 Bf512.Be5 Nf6

13.Ne4! Ne414.Rf5 Kf515.Qf1 Kg6 Better was 15... Ке6. Now Black is lost, in spite of his enormous material superiority.

16.Bd3Qd5

Now Black is mated in seven moves. 17.Qf6 Kh7 18.Qh8 Kg6 19.Qf6 Kh7 20.Qf5 Kh6 21.Qf8 Kg6 22.Qg7 Kf5 23.Qf6# 1-Q.

GAME247

Dr. Кarl Hollander - Tarrasch 1.е4 е5 2.Вс4 Nf6 З.dЗ Вс5 4.Nf3 d6 о-о &.вез вьв 7.сЗ св s.NЬd2 d5 9.ВЬ6

s.o-o

Тhis is unjustified, since Black's Queen gets ю а good post. 9 ... QЬ610.ВЬЗ Re811.Qc2 Bg4 Тhе idea is not to trade for the NfЗ, which would Ье quite weak, but instead to develop the Bishop, via Bg4-h5-g6, which could not Ье developed satisfactorily to d7 or еб. 12.Rfe1 NЬd7 13.h3 Erroneously, White believed that he could either force the exchange or that he would win the d-pawn Ьу playing g4-g5. 13... Bh5 14.g4? Bg6 15.Nh4 On 15.g5 Nh5 16.ed5, Black will regain either the d-pawn or h-pawn Ьу lб... Nf4, with advantage. Тhus the pawn advance has led to а weakening of the White Kingside, especially the f4 square. 15... Nc5 16.Ng6 hg617.Kg2? In view of the threatening penetration of the Кnight to f4, this square is very unfavoraЬle for the Кing. 17...851 Тhis is intended ю endanger the security ofthe ВЬЗ. 18.а4 Ne6 Black now has а consideraЬle positional edge, and White does not have а fully satisfacюry reply anymore. 19.Nf3

XV.

Mter this Black is quick decision.

аЬlе ю

NUREМBERG,

bring

aЬout а

19... Nf4 20.Kg3

1892-1894

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11.g4 Ву White's suпdry pawn advances, Black's game has Ьесоmе quite cramped

11 ...Nh712.h4 Ne7

This is the decisive mistake. Better was 12... Nf6 and оп 13.g5, Black сап answer 13 ... Ng4. 1З.QЬЗ f6 Оп 13 ...0-0 or 13 ...Rf8, the g5-advance is equally decisive. 14.g5

The threat is 15.g6 Nf8 16.Bf7#. The 20... Nd3 21.Qd3

QЬЗ!

Bad is 21 ...Ne4 22.Re4 de4 Ьecause of 23.Bf7 Кf7 24.Ng5 with а good attack for White, e.g. 24...Kg8 25.Qc4 Кh8 26.Nf7 Кh7 27 .Ng5 drawing, or 24... Ке7 25.Qc4.

is much more powerful. 14...d5

With the following piece sacrifice, Black tries to free himself and get an attack. 15.Bd5 Bf516.Bf7 Kf817.ef5 QdЗ

22.ed5 Еvеп поw

wroпg move is 14.Bf7 followed Ьу 15.g5, in which variatioп the following sacrifice

22.Nd2 was Ьetter.

22 ...е4 23.Nd2 Qb2

Now taking the e-pawn willlose а piece. Оп 24.ReЬI follows 24 ...Qal, and оп 24.RaЬl, Black has а won game after 24 ...ed3 25.Re8 Re8 26.Rb2 Nd5. 24.Qd4 еЭ! Q-1. Оп

25.fe3, Black plays 25 ... Qd2 followed Ьу 26 ...Ne4.

The advance of White's pawns оп Ьoth sides of the Ьoard, make his position seem precarious, but White gets а chance ю combine attack and defense from поw oпward.

18.Bh5 g6 19.fg6 Ng6 20.Bg6 Qg6 21.Qd5

This preveпts further attacking play. 21 ... Ке7

GAME248 Tarrasch - Dr. Кarl Hollander King's Gamhit 1.е4 е5 2.f4 Вс5 З.NfЗ d6 4.Вс4 Nc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.с3 Nf6 7.h3 Bd7

Black cramps his own position with this move. Much Ьetter is 7 ... Веб. 8.Ь4 ВЬ6 9.а4

a610.f5 h6

Тhis prevents ll.Bg5 and 10... Nh5 is bad оп account of ll.Bt7 followed Ьу 12.Ng5.

22.Ь5


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This improbaЬle looking move is decisive. Bad here is 22.gf6 Nfб 23.Qe5 , as it opens too many files for Black. 22••• Rad8 2З.Ва3 1-Q.

If 30...h4, White has 31.g4, and 30...g4, follows 31.h4.

оп

GAME250

Tarrasch - Н. Hirschler

GAME249

White is playing пrinus the Ral and the a-pawn starts on аЗ.

Тarrasch - Н. RomЬere: White is playing пrinus the Ral ana the a-pawn starts on аЗ.

1.84 е5 2.f4 ef4 З.NfЗ gS 4.h4 g4 S.NgS hS 6.Вс4 Nh6 7.d4 f6 8.Bf4 Ве7 Obviously Black believes that the Кnight will not run away. 9.Nh3 с6 10.Nc3 Nf7 11.Nf2 f512.d5 Bh4?

1.84 е6 2.d4 dS З.fЗ In this Rook odds game, this move is to Ье recommended IfBlack captures оп е4, White does not take back, but he plays 4.Nc3 or 4.Ве3 followed Ьу 5.Nd2. з сs 4.сз Nc6 s.вез ccl4 &.ccl4 аьв 7.Qd2 NaS? 8.Nc3 de4? 9.fe4 Nf6 10.Nf3 8e711.d5 Qd812.Bb5 Bd7

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13.d6 ВЬ514.NЬ5 Ne4 Better is 14...Nc4. 15.de7 Qd2 16.Nd2 Nd2 17.Bd2 Nc6 18.Nc7 Ке7 19.Na8 Ra8 20.Rf1 fS 21.Вс3 gS 22.Ь4 bS 23.Bd2 Rg8 24.Rf3 Kf6 25.Rc3 Ne5 Тhis leads to an interesting endgame. 26.Rc7 Rg7 27.Rg7 Kg7 28.Вс3 Kf6 29.g3! Now Black is lost. П Black tties 29 ...f4 to give the Кing а square, White plays 30.g4, so fmally Black has no moves and must give up the Кnight. 29 •.• h5 ЗО.hЗ 1-Q.

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lndicated for Black was 12...dб. 13.d6 Bf2 14.Kf2 Qf6 15.ef5! QfS 16.Qe2 Kf8 17.Qe7 Kg7 18.g3 Qc5 Better was 18 ...Qfб. 19.Kg2 Qc4 20.Ве5 Kg8! 21.Qe8 Kh7 22.Rh5 Kg6 23.Rh8 KfS Тhе threat was 24.Qg8 Кf5 25.Rh5 Кgб 26.Qgб#.

24.Rf8 Kg6 25.Rg8 KfS 26.Rg7 Ne5 White announces mate in five moves. 27.Qh5 Ке6! 28.Re7 Kf6 29.Qe5 Kg6 ЗO.Rg7 Kh6 31.Qg5# 1-Q.

GAME251 Тarrasch - Н. Rombere: White is playing minus the Raf

XV. NUREМBERG, 1892-1894

1.84 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.d4 ed4 4.Вс4 S.NgS Nh6 6.Qh5 0.0

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Вс5

Better is 6...Qe7 or 6 ...Qf6. 7.14 Qe8

Better is 7 ...d5 followed Ьу 8...Bg4. 8.0.0d3

This move and the next one, only expedite White's development. 9.Kh1 dc210.Nc3d611.f5 Ne512.Nd5

Kh8 Black plays this in order to play lЗ .. .fб. Оп 12... Nc4, White wins Ьу lЗ.Nfб gfб 14.Qh6 fg5 15.f6. 13.16

White now has а very powerful attack. 13... Bg4 14.fg7 Kg7

19.Rf61 Kf6 20.Bg5 Kg6 21.Nf4# 1.0. Тhis

is а pure mate.

At move 18. Black's Кing could have gone to h5, in which case White could have mated in а similar manner as in the game. In addition, there was а ten move mate availaЬie, in which sequence would have contained а plethora of attractive variations, e.g.

15.Qh6 Kh6 16.Ne6 Оп lб.Nn, it would only lead to а draw, lб ... Кgб 17 .Rfб Kg7 18.Вhб Kg8 19.Rgб!! кп (Not 19...hg6 Ьecause of

after

20.Nfб#.)

20.Rg7 by22.Nd5.

Кеб

21.Nf4 followed

16...Kh5 Оп

16...Kg6, follows mate in two Ьу 17.Rf6 and 18.Rhб#. 17.Ndf4Kh6 Not 17... Kh4, Ьecause of 18.g3#. 18.Ne2! Kg6?

1.Rf6 Qe6! Оп l ... Ngб follows 2.Ng3 Кh5 3.Bg5#, оп l ... Веб, follows 2.Rh6 Kg4 З.hЗ#, and оп

l ...Be2, it ends Ьу 2.Ве2 etc.

2.Вe6Ng6!

On 2... Ве2 follows З.Rhб#. Kg4 On з ...Кh4, follows 4.h3. 4.h3Kh4! On 4 ... Кh5 follows 5.Rf5 Кh4 6.Bg5 З.Вg4

Кh57.g4#.

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5.Kh2

White is threatening б.gЗ followed Ьу 7.Rf5#. 5..• Bf2! On 5 ... Nf4 follows б.Rhб Kg5 7.Bf4#. On S...Bgl follows б.Ngl. 6.g3 ВgЗ 7.Ng3 Rc8

Or7 ...Rg8. 8.Rf5 White threatens mate with 9.Bg5 or 9.Rh5. 8 ... Nf4 9.Rh5 Nh5 10.Nf5# 1-Q.

GAME252 М.


1.е4 d5 2.ed5 Qd5 З.NСЗ Qa5 4.Вс4 Nf6 5.d4 Bg4 6.13 Bh5 7.Ne2 е6 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.D-O c610.Nce4 Ве7 11.СЗ

Better is the immediate ll.Bf4. 11 ...Nbd712.Bf4 Nd513.Вd2

On 13.Nd6 Вdб 14.Bd6, it would Ье answered Ьу 14... Ne3 with the loss of the exchange and 13.Bd5 leads to the consolidation of Black 's position. 13... h5

2О ... Вс5

21.dc5

Black would also keep the advantage after 2l.Rf6 Ьу playing 21 ...ed4 22.Nd4 Bd4. 21 ... Qc5 22.Kh1 On 22.Rf2, Black does not play 22...Ne4, because of 23.Bf7, but instead plays 22... Ng4. 22 ... Ве4 23.Bf7

Not 23 ... Кf7

Ке7

Ьecause

of 24.Qe4.

24.QЬЗ

Obviously White Ьelieved he would get an advantage Ьу threatening to win the Queen Ьу 25.ВЬ4, but he overlooked the following mating threat. 24... h3 25.Qb7

This pawn will play а decisive role later on in the game.

No Ьetter is 25.Qe6 Кf8 26.Rgl Qf2 27 .ВЬ4 с5 28.Вс5 Qc5 with а decisive plus for Black.

14.ВЬЗ

25 ... Nd7 D-1.

h415.Ne2 N5f616.c4

This weakens the whole center. Better was 16.Вс2, threatening the favoraЬle trade on fб and gб.

On 26.Rgl, it is mate in six moves Ьу 26 ...hg2 27 .Rg2 Rh2 28.Kh2 Rh8 29.Kg3 QеЗ 30.Kg4 QfЗ 3I.Kg5 Qf5#.

16... QЬ6 17.Qc2

Instead of this, Ьetter would Ье trading the Ne4, or Ьetter yet would Ье retreating the Ne4 to сЗ or f2. Now Black obtains an advantage. 17...е518.Вс3 Ne419.fe4 Nf6 20.с5

GAME253

Tarrasch - Chr. Schroder

White is playing minus the Ral and the a-pawn

starts оп

аЗ

1.е4 е5 2.14 d6 З.NfЗ Bg4 4.Вс4 Bt3

XV. NUREМBERG, 1892-1894

1Ъis exchange helps White develop an attack. s.Qf3 Nf6? &.tes des 7.QЬЗ Qd4 Better was 7 ...Ве7. 8.8f7 Kd8 9.Qb7 Qe4 10.Qe4 Ne4 11.Вd5 Nd6 Black will try to trap the Bishop on а8. П ll ...cб, White after 12.Ве4, would have а pawn for the exchange with а very good position. 12.888 c613.Nc3 Together with the following move, it is the only way to liЬerate the Bishop. 13••• Кс7 14.Ь4 8е7 15.Ь5 NЬ5 16.NЬ5 cЬ517.Rf1 Rf818.8f3 Nc619.c3 Na5 20.d3 Nb3 21.8Ь2 Nc5 Black plays the Кnight very adroitly. 22.Kd2 N84 23.881 On 23.Вс 1, Black would trade Bishops Ьу 23 ... Bg5, giving him very good drawing chances. 23.•• 883

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24.С4 Ьс4 25.8е5 КЬ6 Тhis

leads to an immediate loss. 26.Rb1 On 26 ...Ка5, now follows 27.Вс7 NЬ6 (27 ...Ка6? 28.ВЬ7#) 28.Ral Ка4 29.Ra3 followed Ьу ЗО.Вdб.

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26••• Кс5 27.d4# 1.0. 1Ъis is а pure mate.

GAME254

Tarrasch - Н. Hirschler White is playing rninus the Ral

1.84 е5 2.f4 ef4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 h5 6.Вс4 Rh7 7.d4 d6 8.Nf7 Rf7 9.8f7 Kf7 10.8f4 Nc6 11.D-O Ке8 12.Qd3 Qe7 13.8g5 Qg714.e5 de515.d5 NЬ8 16.Nc3 Вd7 17.Ne4 8e718.d6 8d6

Up to this point, Black 's ~fense. ~as fully adequate, but this move 1s а dec1s1ve

error. 19.Qd6 Na6 П 19...cd6, then 20.Nd6#. 20.Qc7Qg5 All other moves also lose . 21.Nd6 Ке7 22.Rf7 Кеб 23.Qd7 Kd5 24.Ne4 КС4 25.ЬЗ КЬ4 26.Q84# 1.0.

GAME255

Tarrasch - Chr. Schroder White is playing rninus the NЬl.

1.e4d5 Тhis move takes optimum advantage of the aЬsence ofWhite's NЬI. 2.е5 с5 З.f4 е6


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Тhis transposes the game inю а French Defense. 4.Nf3 Nc6 S.СЗ QЬ6 6.Bd3 White plans 7 .Вс2, 8.0-0, and then 9.d4. 6 ... Вс17 7.Вс2 с4 s.ьз сьз 9.аьз d41 Black prevents White from playing d4 Ьу playing ...d4 himself. 10.Qe2 dc3 11.dc3 Nh6 12.Nd2 Ве7 13.Ne40.0

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So far Black 's development has Ьееn quite good, but castling gives White а chance for а strong attack. Better was 13 ...Nf5. 14.Qd3 Тhis threatens 15.Nf6 followed Ьу mate оп h7 next move. 14... g6 15.Qh3 Not 15.Qd7, which allows the Queen ю Ье trapped Ьу а Rook to d8. 15... Nf5 Оп 15 ... Kg7, it is refuted Ьу 16.Nf6 and then 17.f5, with а decisive attack. 16.g4 Ng7 Оп 16... Nh4 follows 17.Nf6. 17.Nf6 Bf6 18.ef6 Ne8 19.g5 Kh8 Сопесt was locking the Кingside with 19...h5. 20.Qh6 Rg8 21.h4 Nd6 22.h5 NfS Тhere is no adequate defense. Here White mates in three moves.

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GAME256

Tarrasch - F. Kolb

White is playing minus the NЬl

1.f4 fS 2.е4 Тhis gamblt gives good prospects for an attack. 2 ... fe4 З.dЗ Nf6 4.de4 Ne4 S.BdЗ Nf6 6.Nf3 е6 Better is 6 ... d6 followed Ьу 7 ...Bg4. 7.Ng5 BcS 8.Bh7 Rf8 9.Bg6 Ке7 10.Qe2 d6 11.Bf5 es 12.Вс8 Qc8 1З.fе5 Ng414.e6 lf White plays 14.ed6 Kd6 15.Ne4 Кеб, it would result in driving the Black Кing to safety and would make White 's position exposed and vulneraЬle.

14... Nf6 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.0-D·O Qe8 17.Вс3 Kd8 18.h4 18... Qg6 This is the decisive mistake, after which White 's assault becomes iпesistiЬle. 19.е7

Ne7 20.Rhe11 is far stronger than 20.Ne6, after which White would only win the Exchange on 20 ...Ке8 2l.Nc7 Kd7. 20... NC6 Тhis


On 20...Re8, there follows 2l.Neб Кс8 22.Nc5 dc5 23.Qеб КЬ8 24.Qe7. On 20 ... Nfd5 White plays 21.Nеб Ке8 22.Nc7 followed Ьу 23.Nd5, or 21 ... Kd7 22.Nc5 dc5 23.Qe7 and on 20... Ned5 the win is acbleved Ьу 21.Nеб Kd7 22.Qb5. 21.Ne6 Kd7 22.Nc5 Кс8 23.Qe6 КЫ On 23 ...Kd8 there follows 24.NЬ7. 24.Nd7Kc8 Note that the Nfб is pinned Ьу the Queen. 25.Nf6 КЫ 26.Nd7 Кс8 27.NЬ6 КЫ 28.Qc8 Rc8 29.Nd71 1-Q.

GAME257

Tarrasch - Н. Hirschler King's Gamhil Accepted

1.е4 е5 2.f4 ef4 З.NfЗ g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d66.Nf7 Тhis sacrifice, wblch Cordel indicated as playaЬle, is in character with the opening, and is now showing much resemЬlance ю the Allagaier Gamblt. 6... Kf7 7.Вс4 Kg6 Now White 's attack becomes very powerful. Better is 7 ... Ке8. 8.d4 Ве7 9.Bf4 Nf6 10.h5 Kg7 Тhе h-pawn is tаЬоо Ьecause if 10... Nh5 ll.Rh5 Кh5 12.Bf7 Кh4 13.g3 followed Ьу 14.Кf2 and then mate. 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.es de5 13.h6 Kf8 14.de5 Qd115.Rd1 Even after the Queen trade, Wblte keeps а strong attack. 15... Nd716.Q-O Ке8 17.Nd5 Вс5 On 17 ... Ne5?, then 18.Ве5 Ne5 19.Nc7#. 18.Kh1 ВЬ6 19.е6 Nde5 20.Nf6 Ке7 (See next diagram) 21.Bg5 Nc4 No other moves could stop the attack either.

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After 20•••Ке7

22.Ng4 Ке8 23.Nf6 Ке7 24.Nd5 Ке8 25.Nf6 Ке7 26.Nd7 Ке8 27.Nf6 Ке7 The above moves need some explanation. 1 played for the surprising comblnation, the execution of which made keeping the pawn on еб aЬsolutely necessary. For this reason 1 demonstrate to my opponent, that on any Knight discovery that еб cannot Ье captured. For instance, if 22 ...Кеб, there follows 23.Rfб Ке7 24.Rсб etc. If Black captures еб 011 move 24,then 25.Rfб Ке5 (or 25 ... Kd7 2б.NЬб etc.) 2б.Вf4 Ке4 27.Nc3# and finally if Black captures on move 2б, Wblte wins with 27 .Rfб Ке7 28.Rсб etc. After having impressed upon my opponent that capturing еб is tаЬоо, 1 finally ventured а Кnight discovery 011 which the pawn can Ье taken. In additi011 1 could have mated my opponent without the psychology Ьу 28.Nh5! Кеб (On 28 ... Ке8 follows 29.Ng7#.) 29.Rfб Ке7 30.Rf5! Кеб 31.Ng7# or 29... Ке5 30.Bf4 Ке4 Зl.NgЗ#, but 1 considered the following fmale ю Ье prettier. 28.Ng8 Ке8 29.Rd8 Nd8 ЗO.Rf8 Kf8 З1.е71-О.

On 31 ... Кf7 32.ed=Q Кgб ЗЗ.Qfб Кh5 34.Ne7 Bd7 35.Bf4 Rag8 36.Ng8 Rg8 37.Qf7 Rg6 38.Qd7 and wins.

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Match vs. Chigorin, 1893 Very quietly in the sшnmer of 1893 an aпangemeпt was made for а match Ьеtwееп lvaoovich Chigorin and 1. 1 received а very flattering invitation from the St. Petersburg chess society ю play the match in St.Petersburg. 1 saw по reason to tum this invitiatioп down, especially since Chigorin pointed out that if the match was played in St.Petersburg it would do а great deal ю eпcourage chess in Russia. The coпditions of the match were as follows. Теп wins Ьу either side would win the match, but if Ьoth players had wоп only nine games, the match should Ье declared а draw. Тhе time control would Ье flfteen moves per hour and each side would make an initial deposit of 5,000 marks. Тhus 1 started my joumey оп SeptemЬer 30, and after а stay of several days in Berlin, 1 aпived in St. Petersburg оп ОсюЬеr 4, where my Russian chess frieпds gave те а cordial receptioп. Оп OctoЬer 8 we Ьegan the match оп the very comfortaЬle premises of the chess society. Тhе memЬers of this society were made up of the upper class of Russian citizens. Тhе match Ьegan and after eight games it seemed that 1 would Ье the winner. After 17 games 1 had eight wins against flve losses and everyone including me thought that the match was already decided in my favor. But staying up until all hours of the night, еvеп until five or six in the morning, consumption of stroпg drink which 1could поt tum down also contributed to my ensuing weak play. Му atteпtioп span weakened suddenly and Chigorin succeeded in winning three games in а row, making up for my advantage. After these losses, 1 got my act back together, winning the 21st game and at any rate 1 could not lose the match anymore. Тhis however, wasn 't eпough to win. 1 lost the last game and the match ended in а tie. After а shon stay in Dorpat and Riga 1 retumed home, enriched with пеw and interesting impressions and very happy with the reception 1 received from the Russians. Мichael

XVI. МАТСН vs. CHIGORJN, 1893

GAME258 Тarrasch - Chigorin (1) RuyLopez

1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 86 4.884 Nf6

s.o-o Ne4 Тhis

is the Ьest defeпse.

6.d4 Ь5 7.ВЬЗ d5 8.de5 Ne7 Тhis unnatural move loses two tempi. For опе, he does поt use his move for developmeпt and secondly it inhiЬits his further developmeпt. Тhе coming attack is the Ьest idea of this method.

9.84 RЬ8 Оп 9 ... Bg4 there follows lО.ВеЗ or lO.hЗ Bh5 ll.g4 Вgб 12.аЬ5 аЬ5 13.Ra8 Qa8 14.Nd4 сб 15.f4 with а plus for White. Оп 9...Ь4, it would weakeп Black's pawn formatioп, which could most easily Ье exploited Ьу IO.c4 or lО.сЗ. 10.8Ь58Ь5

In additioп ю faster developmeпt, White

is поw in possessioп of the ореп a-file, оп which the Rook is quietly апd permaneпtly effective. 11.Nd4

This threateпs 12.Nc6 Nсб 13.Bd5. From the Ьeginning this game has Ьееп very lively and complex. Тhе Кnight move's main purpose is ю keep Black from exploitiпg his Queeпside pawn majority with ll ...c5. 11 ...Nc5 П ll ...c5? there would Ье 12.NЬ5 13.Ва4 Bd7 14.fЗ.

Rb5

12.Bg5

Again White threatens IЗ.Nсб and thus forces Black to lock in the Вс8. 12... Qd7 13.Nc3 Тhе straightforward and more coпtiпuatioп is 13.с3, siпce it

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advisaЫe ю allow one 's Bishop ю Ье locked inside the pawns. Still the Кnight move is more aggressive, preventing the trade ofthe ВЬЗ, as IЗ ...NЬЗ, is answered Ьу 14.NЬЗ and the Кnight could theп anchor itself оп с5, as Black has to defeпd d5.

13...c614.Qh5 Тhis is adveпturous and exciting for the onlookers, Ьut if coпectly defended, will lead ю the dissipationofWhite 's advantage. 1n а юurnament game 1 certainly would have choseп the correct attacking moves f4-f5, after Ве7, as otherwise the f5 advance is stopped Ьу ...Nf5.

14... Ng6 П14 ... NЬЗ,itis Ьadonaccountof 15.е6. П 14...Ne6, it would поt Ье good Ьecause of 15.Ne6 Qеб 16.f4 Nf5 17.g4 Вс5 18.Khl NеЗ 19.f5 Qe5 20.Bf4.

15.Rfe1

Again inteпding ю answer 15...NЬЗ with lб.еб.

15... Ne616.Be3 Тhis less than oЬvious retreat was the most difficult move in the game, it took half an hour ю decide. Оп 16.Ne6 fеб Black would slowly but surely gain the upper hand, Ьecause the d5-square would Ье adequately defeпded, епаЫiпg the c-pawn ю advance and the pawn phalanx Ьecomes irresistiЬle. White 's counterplay with the f -pawn is iпhiblted Ьу the eб-pawn and White will finally lose the game. The text will lead to several sacrificial comЬinations.

16... Nd4 Оп 16...c5?Whitewinswith 17.Ndb5d4 18.Nd6, threatening 19.Ва4.

17.Bd4 Nf4

cautious is пever

Again Black cdiUlot play for а piece gain with 17 ...с5, Ьecause of 18.е6 fеб 19.Ве5

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followed Ьу 20.Nd5 or 20.Bd5. On the other hand, Black could force the ttade of Queens with 17 ... Qg4, and this would have led to а fairly equal game. 18.Qf3 Ne6 19.Ве3 ВЬ4 Finally Black gets around to developing his Кingside Bishop, Ьut he also gains а tempo Ьу doing it, since he threatens to ttade оп сЗ, douЬling White 's pawns, after which the ВЬЗ is doomed to inactivity (Until the next game.) 2о.вd2 о-о 21.Qgз

White is threatening 22.Nd5 Bd2 23.Nf6. 21 ••.15

On 22...f4, White maintains the status quo Ьу 23.Qg4. 2З.ВЬ4 Rd8 24.Bd6 Rb6 25.Bd5 Qf7

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26.Qe3 Ra6 27.Ra6 886 29.8861-D.

28.QЬ6 Вс8

GAME259

Chigorin - Tarrasch (2) Frent:h Defense

1.84 е6 2.Qe2

Apparently Black believed he had parried the аЬоvе threat Ьу freeing the Rf8, but this is а mistake, since after 22.Nd5 Bd2 23.Nf6 Rfб 24.ef6 Bel, White wins Ьу 25.Ве6. Сопесt was to move the exposed Bislюp оп Ь4. Chigorin contended that 2l ...Bc5 would even lead to а Ьetter game for Black, but 1 do not agree. What would have followed is 22.Ве3 ВеЗ 23.Re3, resulting in а position offering chances to Ьoth sides, White Ьу advancing the f -pawn and Black Ьу playing ...с5. 22.Nd5 This leads not just to а pawn win, but to the sudden collapse of Black 's position. 22 ...cd5

This did not come as а surprise to me. 1 had previously seen it in one of Pollock 's games, but had not paid much attention to it. The move's only value lies in the fact that it avoids the usual play and leads to а difficult closed game for Ьoth players. As а rule White сап play this type of game with little risk. 2...с5 This transposes to а Sicilian configuration in which the Qe2 may Ье misplaced. З.NСЗ

In view of the possiЬle Black threat of З ... Nсб and Nd4, this move is somewhat duЬious and leads to future ttouЬle. White should have played З.gЗ, as he did in game

four and six of the match, and thus keep

XVI. МАТСН vs. CHIGORIN, 1893

the

сЗ

move in reserve ю drive o.ff the it peпettates.

Кnight wheп з

... Nс6 4.Nf3 а6

Playing 4...Nd4 is premature Ьecause of 5.Nd4 cd4 б.NЬ5 QЬб 7 .Qc4 Вс5 8.Ь4, immediately leadiпg to а Black disadvantage. 5.g3 Тhis fianchetю

has

Ьееп

planned since

2.Qe2. 5 ...Nd46.Qd3 OЬviously, Chigorin has leamed а lot from Steinitz, mауЬе too much. In any case it would Ье more пatural to retteat the Queeп to d1, and to follow up with 7.d3, 8.Ве3, 9.Bg2, etc. In that case though, the two Queeп moves Ьесоmе lost tempi. Оп 6.Nd4, it would Ье inferior Ьecause the NсЗ would Ье driveп back to ап uпfavoraЬle square Ьу 6 ... cd4, апd Black's d4-pawn keeps exerting pressure оп White's game.

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Тhis forces Black ю give up the d4-pawn sttong point, but for this he obtains а spleпdid attacking diagonal for his dark squared Bishop which is going to Ье а thorn in White's side for а loпg time. 11.Ьс3

Al1 of the critics disapproved of this move and saw it as the cause of White 's later difficulties. 1Ье Ь-pawn recapture prepares the d-pawn advance, but Black will поt allow this for quite some time. Chigorin explains that he did поt play the natural ll.dcЗ, Ьecause after ll ...Bc5 12.0-0 а5! (Тhis is ю preveпt 13.Ь4.), he could поt fшd а good attackiпg plan for White. Тhis is ttue and оп this combinatioп, Black would have maiпtaiпed the more comfonaЬle game mainly Ьecause of the favoraЬle posting of the Вс5. White's mistake however, was поt his last move, but was made earlier, and White's two altematives were Ьoth bad. 11 ... всs12.сю ею

6... QЬ6 7.Bg2 Ne7 8.Nd4 Еvеп if White omits this exchange and

Better was ю play moves 12 and 13 in reverse order and ю move 12... е5! at опсе.

tties ю drive the annoying Кnight off Ьу 8.Nd1 followed Ьу 9.с3, he has по easy game since оп 8.Nd1 follows 8...Nec6

13.Qc2

9.с3с4.

8 ...cd4 9.Ne2 Nc6

This threatens 1о... NЬ4. 10.с3

Of course White tties

ю

eliminate the

пasty d4-pawп from the board, all а coпsequeпce ofhis third move З.NсЗ, and as is пormal iп the Siciliaп, to take possessioп of the d4-square himself.

10...dc3 Тrying ю defend the d-pawn with 1о ... е5 leads ю an isolated pawn and а weakening of the Black position. Also bad was 10... Вс5 Ьecause of ll.Ь4 Ве7! 12.Nd4 Nd4 1З.сd4 and White has а strong ceпter.

Now White could have played 13.Nf4! 14.Qc2 е5 15.Nd5, giving his Кnight an excelleпt square. Еvеп then though, Black gets а good positioп after 15 ...Qd8 16.d3 Веб. 1З. .. е51 Now Black has а free and fше game and White lacks good development moves. 14.Rb1 Тhis prevents Black's 14.. .f5 for some time. Should White play 14.ВЬ2 followed Ьу 15.Radl, Black will reply 14...d6 and 15 ... Bg4 and after 16.d3 Kh8, it is impossiЬle to preveпt ... f5. dб

14... Qa7

Here the Queeп is excellently posted after Black moves his b-pawn апd

апd

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d-pawп, the Queeп also makes preseпce felt оп the Kingside.

its

tries to do so indirectly Ьу threatening to aпchor his Кnight оп с4.

15.ВЬ2

22.d3

White persisteпtly plays for the advaпce of his d-pawn.

White had а choice to eschew his long prepared d4 рlап or to allow the Black Kпight to settle оп the domiпaпt c4-square.

15...d6 16.881

This ugly move is а further coпsequeпce of the unnatural planning of the game, but under the present circumstances it is Ьest. Ву unmasking the Rb l, Ьoth lб ... Веб and 16.. .f5 are preveпted. Оп lб ... Веб, White answers 17.d4 апd after the exchaпge of pawns апd pieces оп d4, he would capture Ь7. Оп 16 ...f5, Black would lose а piece after 17.d4 ed4 18.cd4 Nd4 (18 ...ВЬ6 19.Qb3) 19.Nd4 Bd4 20.Qc4. 16... Bg4 17.Nc1

This retreat which iпvolves а coпsideraЬle loss of time, is the consequeпt realizatioп of White 's рlап, i.e. to play d4 and to prevent 17 ... f5. Оп 17 .dЗ Black could play 17 ...f5 at опсе or after the preparatory ...Кh8. 17... Ь5

This releases the pressure оп Ь7. 18.h3 Ве6 19.Ne2 Rac8

This threateпs 20...NЬ4 апd 2l.Nd3. 20.RЬd1

White is making room for the Queeп оп Ь1 апd fiпally threateпs 2l.d4. Оп 20 ... Nb4, the followiпg complicated variatioп would result, 21.QЬ1! Ва2 22.Qb2 Bf2 23.Кhl! Вс4 24.d4!! NdЗ

25.Rd3 Вd3 26.Rf2. Black would then have а Rook and two pawns with good play, апd thus keep the advantage. 1 thought 1 could get more out of the position though. 20... ВЬ6

This preveпts d4 for as loпg as possiЬle. 21.Qb2 Na5

At this point Black сап по

loпger

keep

White from advancing his d-pawn, but he

22 ... Kh8

Up until поw Black had played the game flawlessly, but with this апd the пехt move, he loses his grip оп the position. Не could start а stroпg attack with 22 .. .f5, with this variatioп 23.ef5 Rf5 24.Ncl! Rcf8 25.Rd2 Qfl апd White сап hardly move, e.g. 26.Ве4 RfЗ Z7 .Kg2 Qh5. 23.g4f6

This is поt only superfluous, Ьut еvеп hannful as will Ьесоmе appareпt а little later. 24.Ng3 Nb7

Black awakens from the lethargy of the last two moves апd Ьegiпs а Kпight maneuver resulting in а surprising attack against the c-pawn. 25.Kh2 If 25.d4 instead, theп the Кnight will go to c4via а5. 25 ... Nc5 26.Qd2 Na4 27 .Rc1 ваs 28.Rc2 Rc6 29.Rfc1 Rfc8

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Black threateпs to attack it again


Ьу

30...Qc7 and if 3l.Ne2, he will play and if theп 32.с4, 32...ьз wins material. Thus the game is strategically decided. Chigorin поw shows his tactical sharpness Ьу giving up the pawn at once and looking for salvatioп with а fieпdish attack оп the Kiпgside where the weakness of Black's 23 ...f6 will поw show itself. Зl ... Ь4

ЭO.gSfgS

Otherwise 3l.gf6 32.Nh5 and 33.Qh6 makes it worse.

31.Qg5 NСЗ Black should have played 3l ...h6 here to force White 's Queen ю а less favoraЬle square and at the same time ю give his King luft. White 's attack would have become less dangerous. Оп 32.Qg6, Black Ьу playing 32...Qf7, could force the trade of Queens and maintain а far Ьetter position or altematively 32...Bf7 Ьefore capturing the c-pawn. Worse than the text move is Зl ....ВсЗ as White theп plays 32.Nf5 with the threat of 33.Ne7. 32.ВСЗ

This exchange must Ье played at опсе as оп any othermove Black plays 32...Ь4 and

after а later trade he acquires а stroпg passed pawn. П 32.Nf5, theп 32...Bd8 with this

possiЬle continuatioп,

33.Qd2 Qc7! followed Ьу 35 ...Ьс3. If instead of 32...Bd8, Black plays 32... Ne4 then it is poor оп account of 33.Rc6 NgS 34.Rc8 mating. 32 ...Rc3 Not 32 ... Вс3 because of 33.Nf5 threatening 34.Ne7. Black must avoid а lot of pitfalls. Ь4 34.Вс3

ЗЗ.RСЗ ВСЗ Оп 33 ...Rc3 there follows 34.Rc3 ВеЗ ЗS.Qd8 Bg8 36.Nf5 with the threat of

37 .Ne7 and Black cannot play 36...Qf2 since оп 37 .Qf8, he has ю Ье satisfied with perpetual check. 34.Nf5

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Now White's threat is 3S.Rc3 Rc3 36.Qd8 Bg8 37 .Ne7 and wins. 34... Qd7 Black with this move, cedes the important diagonal to f2 and thus permits the White attack ю go оп with 3S.Bf3 and 36.Rgl, which would Ье impossiЬle if the 3S ...Qf2 were availaЬle. The Ьest winning prospect is 34 ... Ь4. Тhе loss of the dб-pawn was поt ю Ье feared as it would consideraЬly weakeп White 's attack, e.g. ЗS.Ndб Rf8 36.Nf5 Ва2 or 36.Nc4 Rf2 37 .Ne5 Qb8. White would do Ьetter ю try for opposite colored Bishops with 3S.Ne7 and Nd5, but еvеп theп Black would епd up with an excelleпt positioп after 3S.Ne7 Rf8 36.Nd5 BdS 37.ed5 Qf7 or 36...h6 37.Qg6 Bd5 38.ed5 Qf7 39.Qf7 Rf7 with good winning chances.

35.813 Instead of this White could play for а draw with 3S.Ne7 Rc7 36.Nd5 BdS 37 .ed5 Ь4 38.Ве4. ЗS ... Ь4 36.Rg1 Rf8 This is а very complicated position full of possiЬle combinations. The move that first comes to mind (Apart from 36...Bf5 37.ef5 Rf8 38.Bcб,leading ю а draw.) is 36 ... Rg8. Here 37 .Ne7? (Тhreateпiпg 38.Ng6 hgб 39.Qh4#.) 37 ...hб 38.Qh4 Ва2 would Ье to Black's advantage. Instead much Ьetter for White is 37.Bg4! Ва2 38.Ne7 Qd8 39.Bf5 followed Ьу 40.Bh7 and wins, or 38...h6 39.Qg6 Qe8! 40.Bf5 leading ю а draw, or 40.Qd6 with winning chances for White. Quite poor is 36... Ва2, Ьecause 37 .Ne7! Rg8 38.Ng6 hgб 39.Qh4#. This is themain threat. Тhus the text is Ьest, an inspiratioп, but only half of an inspiratioп. 37.Ng7 Ва2 Here I saw the following draw, 37 ...Rg8 38.Qf6 Rt(l 39.Rg7 Qg7 40.Qe6 Qf8, but I eschewed this variatioп Ьecause I felt that the game should Ье won for me.

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38.Nf5 Qf7

Again threatened was 39.Ne7. 39.Qh6 Qf6

П Black tries to counter the threat of 40.Rg7 Ьу 39...Rg8, he will either lose his Queen or get mated Ьу mainly 40.Rg8 Kg8 41.Qg5 Кf8 42.Qd8 Qe8 43.Qf6 Qfl 44.Qd6 Ке8 45.Bh5. 40.Rg6 Here 1 missed the other half of the inspiration, to wit the Ьeautiful move found Ьу Harmonist 40 ... Bd2!! Harmonist 's subsequent analysis goes 41.Rf6 (lf 4l.Qd2 hgб.) 41 ... Bh6 42.Rh6 ЬЗ 43.Bdl Ь2 44.Вс2 Rc8 45.Rd6 Rc2 46.Rd8 Bg8 47 .Ne7 Kg7 48.Rg8 Кfl and wins. ln the аЬоvе variation, Chigorin gave 47.Rb8 instead of the questionaЬle 47 .Ne7?, but even then it seems to me that Black should win. 47 ... а5 48.Кg2 а4 49.Ne3 Rcl! 50.RЬ2 аЗ 51.Rc2 Ral. White can now interrupt the Bishop's line. On 52.Nd5 there follows 52 ... а2 (Threatening 53 ... Rgl.) 53.Kf3 Bfl (Threat 54...Bh5 followed Ьу the Rook check.) 54.Rc8 Kg7 55.Ra8 Rgl! 56.Ra2 Bh5 57 .КеЗ Re 1 58.Кd2 Re2 followed Ьу 59...Ra2 and wins. On 52.Nc4 follows 52... а2 5З.Кf3 Kg7 54.RЬ2 Bfl 55.Ne5 Rb 1 and White has to sacrifice the Rook for the a-pawn, after which there is still а difficult endgame left with Rook versus three pawns, but eventually Black will prevail. lnstead of 52.Nd5 or 52.Nc4, Chigorin recommends 52.Nf5 with this

witty follow up - 52...а2 53.Rc8 Rgl 54.Kgl al=Q 55.Kg2 Qa7! 56.Re8 Qd7 57 .Re5 QdЗ 58.Ng3, and he thinks that the ending of Queen and Bishop versus Rook and Кnight will Ье drawn. 1 do not share this opinion. This large material advantage should Ье winning. Black only needs to bring his pieces, possiЬly including the King, into the game, and then advance his h-pawn. 40•.. Qg6 Тhis is the decisive mistake. Ifl had only calculated two moves ahead and thus taken White 's 42nd move into account, 1 should have seen 40...Bd2! 41.Qf8 Bg8 42.Bh5 Qe6? Of course even 42... Qg5 43.h4 Qf4 44.Кg2, is insufficient to prevent mate, but 1 was so exhausted that indeed 1 did not notice the following mate. 43.Qg7t 1-Q.

GAME260

Tarrasch • Chigorin (3) RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬS Nf6 4.0.0 d6

Тhis move invariaЬly leads to acramped position for Black.

S.d4Nd7

Again а somewhat baroque novelty, but it cannot Ье criticized, as with the usual moves 5 ... Bd7 or 5...ed4, Black's position is inferior. Тhе text move is intended to defend the e5-square and it is indeed true that it makes White 's attack more difficult than the usual moves. Even so, it does not avoid the cramping of Black's position. 6.Nc3

The critics claim that the simple refutation of Black 's last move was б.Всб and then 7.de5, after which Black's pawn structure Ьecomes inferior. 1 tried this mistake in our match game eleven (Game


268) and it may Ье useful to compare the openings. 6 ... Be77.Ne20.08.c3Bf69.Ng3NdЬ8 Again this is in the Steinitzian Baroque style. Now Chigorin wanted to avoid my playing Ю.Всб, douЬling his pawns, Ьut this trade would only have eased Black's task. 10.h3 Тhis is to prevent 10...Bg4, and thus to keep the Bishop from getting to а good square. 10 ... 86 11.Вс4 Nd7 12.Ве3 Ne7 13.Qd2 1 did oot have enough time to calculate the following decisive comblnation: 13.Ng5 Ngб? 14.Nh7 Кh7 15.Qh5 and lб.Qgб, or lЗ .. .hб? 14.Bn Rf7 15.Ne6 Qe8 16.Nc7 Qd8 17.Na8, or 13 ... NЬ6? 14.Nf7 Rf7 15.Bf7 Kf7 16.de5 Ве5 17.ВЬ6 сЬб 18.f4 Вfб 19.е5 Bh4 20.Qh5 Ngб 21.f5 and wins. Thus on 13.Ng5, Black would have no Ьetter choice than to trade off his dark-squared-Bishop (An important piece.) for the Кnight, and after this exchange, White obtains after 14.Bg5 hб 15.Ве3, the Bishop pair, giving White afine game. 13... Ng6 14.Rad1 Qe8 15.Kh2 Of course this is а nonsensical move, which 1 made to mak:e а move in time pressure! 15... Kh8 16.ВЬЗ White does not have an attacking plan and is walking his pieces back and forth, but Black too does not know what to do now. 16... Ве717.Ва4 Again this is а move that serves no pwpose. 17... Ь5 18.Вс2 Nf6 Тhis is not а good move, as White can now get around to advancing the f-pawn,

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the preparation of which, Ьу Ne 1 earlier, would have failed on account of ... Bh4. 19.Ne1 Ng8 Тhis little Кnight has thus completed it 's joumey, g8-f6-d7 -b8-d7 -f6-g8. 20.14 Black cannot allow the further advance of this pawn, so he has to tak:e it, and thus at long last he has to cede control of the center to his opponent. 20...el4 21.814 Nl4 22.Qf4 Nh6 23.Nf3 f6 24.е5 Тhis is premature. White has а good position and should carefully continue with 24.Rdel or 24.Qd2 followed Ьу 25.Nh4. Meanwhile, great harm was done Ьу the e-pawn advance. 24... Ве6 1Ъе threat was 25.Qe4. 25.ef6? Here the right move was 25.Qe4, e.g. 25 ... Bg8? 26.е6 or 25 .. .f5 26.Qf4 de5 27 .de5, with а strong White position. The text move ·cedes White 's advantage, which was his control of the center. Now Black's Bishop pair come into their own. 25... Bf6 26.Qe4 Bg8 Тhis secures Black against all attacks. 27.Qd3 White should not have avoided the Queen exchange. Сопесt was 27.Qe8 Rae8 28.а4 or the immediate 27 .а4. 27... Qd7 28.Rde1 g6 Black is threatening 29... Вс4. 29.Qd2 Bg7. Black's Bishop is now extremely well posted. зо.ьз

This weak:ens the Queenside pawns. If there had been а true need to protect the a-pawn, then 30. аЗ would have been

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but there was no necessity to do this, since ЗО... Ва2 eould not Ье played, as then Зl.ЬЗ would lock in the Bishop. эo ... Nf7 With this move there is а two fold plan. One plan is playing Зl ... Bh6 and З2 ... Вf4 whieh shows the awkwardness ofthe Кh2 - and the other plan is to threaten to play the Кnight via d8-e6-f4. 31.Qd3 White is drifting, losing with the Queen. 31 ... Rae8

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If now Зl ... Nd8, then З2.Nh4 would somewhat renew the White attaek, threatening the saerifiee ЗЗ.Ngб. 32.Ne4 Simpler was trading Rooks followed Ьу ЗЗ.Rеl.

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Тhis willleave the King exposed. 35... Re2 36.Qe2 NgЗ 37 .КgЗ Qf6

Blaek takes immediate advantage of the attaeking opportunity. 38.Qe4 On З8.Кh2, it would Ье no Ьetter as Blaek would eontinue with З8 ... е5 З9.dе5? de5 and on40.c4 Ьс4 41.Ьс4 Qf4, wins а pawn. Thus on З8 ...е5, in order to avoid З9 ...Вd5, White wouldhave toplay З9.Qе4.

38 ... С5! Тhis is а strong attacking move, proving the weakness ofWhite's ЗО.ЬЗ. 39.dc5 This is the decisive error. If instead White plays 39.Кh2, his game might Ье tenahle. 39 ... de5 40.с4

40 ... Qd6 Тhis deprives the King of his natural retreat square, driving the Кing into the open and now suddenly the Bishops come intoplay. 41.Kf2 Ьс4 42.Ьс4 Bd4 On 42 ...Qh2, threatening 4З ... Вd4, it would Ье answered Ьу 4З.Rdl Bd4? 44.Rd4. 43.Ке2 Вс4 44.Bd3 Bd5 At this point Black should have an easy win with his dreadful Bishop pair and passed pawn. 45.Qg4 ВfЗ Better was to maintain the Bishop pair. The move 45 ... ВеЗ was indieated and after 46.Rfl! (Otherwise 46 ... ВfЗ followed Ьу 47 ...Qh2.) 46 ... Ва2, would render White helpless. 46.gf3 Qh2 47.Kd1 Qa2 Тhis gives White time for а eounterattaek. On 47 ... ВеЗ, it leads to а forced win, e.g. 48.Re2 Qhl 49.Ке2 Qal 50.Qc4 Bd4 51.Re7 RЬ8 52.Kd2 Qgl 5З.Rе2 RЬ4 54.Qd5 ВеЗ 55.КеЗ Qel 56.Re2 Qel 57 .Rd2 Qal 58.Ке2 RЫ 59.КеЗ Ra2 and Black wins the Queen or mates. 48.Re7 1Ъreatening 49 .Rh7 followed Ьу mate with 50.Qg6 and 5l.Qh7#. After this Black must retreat his Bishop from the attack.

XVI. МАТСН vs. CH/GORIN, 1893

48 ... 8g7 49.Qe4 QЬЗ 50.Ке2 Qb2 51.Kf1

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51 ...с4 Th~s. is а c?mp~etely useless pawn sacrifice, wh1ch Jeopardizes the wiп. Simplest was to advance the a-pawn, although еvеп theп Black's game is oot easy since the Bishops are of opposite colors. 52.Вс4 Qc1 53.Kg2 Qd2 54.Kg3? Тhis is а mistake. Оп 54.Ве2, it would have giveп good drawing chances. Тhе same positioп could have resulted without the с4-раwп sacrifice after Sl ... Qcl 52.Kg2 Qd2 53.Ве2! 54... Bd4! Now White is lost. Тhе threat is 55 ...Qf2 and оп 55.Qe2, Black wins with 55 ...Qg5, or оп 55.Ве2 Qel. 55.Rh7 Тhis is one last try. 55... Kh7 56.Qh4 Qh6 Of course поt 56 ... Kg7 because of 57.Qe7. 57.Qd4 QgS 58.Kf2 Rd8! 59.Qa7 Kh6 60.Qa6 Whi~ does not capture the a-pawn, he Willlose JUSt Ьecause of it, but now Black has а pretty fmish. 60...Qh4 61.Kg2 Rd2 62.Ве2 Qe1 G-1.

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GAME261 Chigorin- Tarrasch (4) 1.е4 е6

French Defense 2.Qe2 с5 З.gЗ

1 consider this Ьetter than 3.Nc3, Ьecause there will Ье оо threat of ... Nc6-d4, wblch was played in game two of the match. З... Nсб 4.Nf3 Ве7 Оп 4 ...Nd4, it is поt so stroпg here, as in game two wheп after 5.Nd4 cd4, the Nc3 is driveп away. S.Bg2 dS 6.d3 Тhis move is important in the 2.Qe2 system. White will пever capture оп d5, so that the Вс8 remains locked inside the pawns. 6 ... Nf6 7.0..0 о-о 8.NСЗ Оп 8.с3, it would Ье aпswered Ьу 8 ... Nd7 followed Ьу 9 ...f6, which does not fit into Chigorin's plans. Не wants to tempt 8 ... d4, wblch is поt in Black's favor as it makes the White Kingside attack easier. Both players seem to agree that the center pawns are Ьetter posted оп е4 and d5 rather than оп е5 and d4.

8 ...86 This is iпtroductory to Black's Queenside pawn advance. Good also was 8 ... Nd4. 9.Bg5h6 Moves like this compromise the positioп and this game is an instructive example. Тhе h-pawn Ьecomes an attacking target. It was clear to me that this move was doubtful and here we see the difference Ьetween tournament and match games. 10.814! Ь511.Rfe1 White tempts Black to push the d-pawn. As loпg as d4 is accessiЬle to the Nсб, White is not аЬlе to move the NfЗ, preparing the f-pawn advance.

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11 ...d412.Nd1 Nd7

Black wants to follow up with 13 ...е5. 13.Kh1

White is preparing to clear the lines for the advance of the f-pawn and g-pawn. 13... Re814.Rg1 e515.8d2 Nf816.Ne1 Ne617.f4

Now White has achieved attacking position.

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17... 8Ь7

Taking the f-pawn would only strengthen White 's attack. 18.15 Ng5 19.Nf2 Rc8

Black uses every free moment to improve the Queenside position. 20.Qh5 Тhis is а strategic епоr, which enaЬles Black to save the game. Piece play alone will not penetrate Black's Кingside. The pawns should advance with the pieces supporting the pawns later. Even а move earlier, it would have Ьееn Ьetter to play h4 followed Ьу NfЗ and Qf2, then advancing the g-pawn, or altemately playing h4, NtЗ, Bfl, Qh2, followed Ьу g4-g5. Even now though the g-pawn push could Ье prepared with h4, NhЗ, NtЗ, and Qf2. Against this attack there is hardly а defense. Тhе Queen 's move does lead to а strong attack, but against which а defense is barely possiЬle.

20... Nh7 Тhis is the Ьest defense. White 's threat is to demolish Black's Kingside with 21.Ng4 any move 22.h4 Nh7 23.Bh6 ghб 24.Nh6 or 21.Ng4 Bf8 (Protecting hб.) 2216. Black now threatens 21 ... Bg5.

21.Nf3 с4 22.811

More consistent was 22.Ng4, again threatening the Bishop sacrifice on hб. Playing 22... Nf6 would Ье insufficient because of 23.Nf6 Вfб 24.g4 followed Ьу 25.h4 and 26.g5. On the other hand

22 ... Bf8 was an adequate defensive move. Similarly, 22...Bg5 23.Ng5 hg5! 24.h4 gh4 25.gh4 Nfб or 25 ...f6 followed Ьу 26 ...Rc7 or 26 ...Qe7, would have parried the attack. 22 ...cd3 Тhis

is the fпst capture in the game!

23.cd3Ng5 Тhis eliminates one of the dangerous attacking pieces.

24.8g5

On 24.Ng5, Black naturally plays 24... Bg5, forcing another trade. 24... 8g5 25.Ng4

Now the threat is 26.h4 Вfб (Not 26 ... Ве7 Ьecause of 27.Ne5.) 27.Nf6 Qfб and then 28.g4 and 29.g5. 25... Kf81 Тhis is а surprising defense against the above threat, simultaneously making room for the Ng8. Тhе attack with 26.h4 Вfб 27 .Nfб Qfб 28.g4, would not have а favoraЬle result for Black, as after 28 ... Ке7 29.g5 hg5 30.hg5 Qdб, the h-file would Ье open. Equally continuing with 26.h4 Вfб 27 .Ntь2 (Тhreatening 28.Nf6, 29.Ng4 and ЗО.fб.) would Ье frustrated Ьу 27 ... Ве7. Тhе further continuation 28.Nh6 ghб 29.Qh6 Kg8 30.Ng4 fб! Зl.Qgб Кh8 32.Nh6 Rf8 ЗЗ.Nn Rn 34.Qn, will exhaust White's attack (With the proper defense.). 26.8е2

816

Тhis and the next move prepare for the

transfer of the Кnight to g8. 27.h4 Qd6 28.Nfh2

Again White threatens 29.Nf6, ЗO.Ng4 and Зl.fб. 28... Ne7 Тhis refutes the threat, as after 29.Nf6 Qfб, Black threatens ЗO ...Qf5, this Ьeing the first time the ВЬ7 takes part in the game.

XVI. МАТСН vs. CHIGORJN, /893

29.Raf1 Тhе sacrifice 29 .Nhб ghб ЗО.Qhб Kg8 Зl.Ng4, would Ье ineffective after Зl ...Rсб. 29 ... Ng8 Тhis reinforces Black's Kingside and he can now catch his Ьreath. Black's hб and fб are now protected. ЗО.Вd1

White wants to prevent 30...Rc2, which bad

а move earlier would have Ьееn Ьecause of ЗO.Bdl and Зl.ВЬЗ. ЗО... Rс7 31.ВЬЗ

Rec8 32.Nf2 So he can fшally play ЗЗ.g4. 32... Вd8 Now 33.g4 loses the Queen Ьecause of ЗЗ ... Nfб. Тhis forces the Queen's .retreat and now the second part of the game, in which Chigorin, after the piece attack 011 the Кing has Ьееn thwarted, carries out the correct plan (Compare the comment 011 move twenty.) and advances the pawns fmt. 1Ъе way in which the storming ofthe Kingside is delayed and fшally paralyzed Ьу а Queenside counterattack, makes this game very remarkaЬle and interesting. ЗЗ.Qе2 а5 34.Nf3 а4 35.Bd1 Вс6 Тhis is the start of а fше maneuver, which enaЬles the penetration of Black's Rooks to the second rank. 36.g4 Now White has achieved the attacking formation, which he could have had а dozen moves earlier. Black exploited the time gained Ьу reinforcing his position on Ьoth sides of the Ьoard and even now his play on the Queenside is so strong that it keeps his opponent from recklessly pursuing his attacking plans. 36...f6 Тhis prevents the advance of the g-pawn, since after 37 .g5 fg5 38.hg5 hg5, Black would have 39 ...Qh6.

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37.Nh3 Ве8 38.Qh2 Bf7 39.а3 ВЬЗ 40.Nf2 So as to keep the b-pawn protected. 40 ... Bd1 41.Nd1 Rc2 42.Qg3 Ь4 4З.аЬ4

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43... Qa61 This surprising maneuver makes а passed pawn out of the a-pawn, since White must defend the d-pawn, which is the key of his position and on 44.Nel Rd2 45.QtЗ Rcl, it will force the Ndl away. 44.Nf2 Rb2 45.g5 hg5 46.hg5 Rcc2 Тhе douЬled Rooks now exen strong pressure. 47.Ng4 On 47 .gfб Вfб 48.Ne5 Ве5 49.Qe5, it is premature on account of 49 ...Qh6. 47...Qd6 Black defends е5 one more time. On 48.gf6 Вfб 49.Nf6 Qfб, the threat of 50...Qh6 is very str011g, as it also is on 48.gf6 Вfб 49.Nfe5 Ве5 50.Ne5. 48.gf6 This plausiЬie move initiates а fшal attack against which there appears ю Ье no defense. Actually though, there is .а hidden and effective defense. In hts analysis, Chigorin gives а very witty and complicated comblnation, which ~ould have given the defender а much btgger headache, e.g. 48.Qh3! with the idea of 49.Qh8 followed Ьу 50.Nh6!! In my

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though, the positioп even theп was defensiЬle Ьу playing 48 ...Qc7 (So that after 49.Qh8 and 50.Nh6, Black will take оп hб and follow up with 5l ...Qf7.) 49.gf6 Вfб! (Not 49 ... gf6 as indicated Ьу Chigorin because of the winniпg coпtiпuatioп, 50.Nh6 Nhб 5l.Qh6 Ке8 52.Rg8 Kd7 53.Rg7 Ве7 54.Qf6 Qdб 55.Qh4.) 50.Nf6 gfб 5l.Rg8 (Or 5l.Qh8 Qf7 52.Rg6 Rc7 53.Nh2 R7c2 54.Ng4 аЗ 55.Rf6? Rh2! 56.Nh2! Qfб etc. or 55.Nh6? Rh2 56.Kgl Qgб followed Ьу 57 ...Rbg2#.) 51 ... Kg8 52.Rgl Qg7! 53.Rg7 Kg7 54.Qg4 Кf8 55.Qg6 RЫ 56.Ngl Rlb2 57.Qf6 Kg8 and White has to take а draw as mate is threateпed оп h2. If White moves his Кnight to fЗ, theп 58 ...RЫ will force it back and 59 ...Rb2 will lead to the status quo. If White chooses to preveпt mate Ьу 58.Qh4 or 58.Qe5, Black will trade his two Rooks for the Queen and the passed a-pawn will win the game. Finally if White checks оп the h-flle and theп advances his Ь-pawn, Black must not trade his Rooks for the Queeп, but he will push the a-pawn at once, e.g. 58.Qg6 Кh8 59.Qh6 Kg8 60.Ь5 а3 бl.Ьб a262.b7Rb7 or62...al=Q. Adifferent draw would result if 011 move 56, Black makes а douЬle attack 011 the Кniglu. In that case, White takes pawns, including the a-pawn, but he cannot avoid the perpetual check Ьу the Rooks. For exarnple, 56 .. .R2cl 57.Qf6 Kg8 58.Qd8 Кh7 59.Qd7 Кhб (Or 59... Кh8.) 60.Qa4 Rgl 6l.Кh2 Kg5 and Black has а perpewal check оп the first flle as soon as the Queeп aЬandons the defense of the dl-square. Whereas otherwise the Black Кing comes closer and uроп 62.Qc2, the Queeп is lac;t Ьу 62.. .Rhl, 63 .. .Rbgl and 64...Rh2. After 6216, the following nюves might lead to mate Ьу 62...Кf4 63.f7 Rhl 64.Kg2 КеЗ and 65.Rbgl mate. 48... Bf6 49.Qh3 Тhе threat is now 50.Nf6 gfб 51.Rg8 etc. or 50 ...Qf6 5l.Rg6 Qe7 52.f6 gfб (If

52 ... Nf6, theп 53.Qh8.) 53.Rfgl Qfl 54.Qh8 and wins. 49 ... 83 If Black had wanted to take а purely defeпsive posture, the simplest way to meet the threats would Ье 49...Qc7, with which he would have initiated the draw variatioп (See analysis оп move 48.), 50.Nf6 gfб 5l.Rg8 Kg8 52.Rgl Qg7! etc. Тhе text is much more aggressive as Black inteпds to leave his Queeп еп prise within the пехt two moves. 50.Nf6 Оп 50.Qh8, it would Ье met with 50...g5. 50 ... Qf6 51.Rg6

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51 ... 82 52.Rf6 Тhе move 52.Ng5, threatening 53.Nh7 , gives Ьetter drawing chances. Тhе game theп becomes so complicated, making exact analysis almost impossiЬle. Black cannot very well sacrifice the Queeп for the Кnight and after 52 ...Ке7 53.Rf6 gfб 54.Qh7 Кdб 55.Nf7 Кеб 56.Nd8 КЬ5! 57 .Qd7 КЬ4 58.Qd6 КсЗ 59.Qa3, it seems questionaЬle whether Black could escape perpetual check. 52 ... gf6 White has по more checks and Black has а winniпg position. 53.Rd1 Apart from this move, White could coпsider а Rook and Queeп attack оп the g-file, but this could поt have saved him,


e.g. 53.Qg3 RЬl 54.Nel (54.Rglleads to the actual game played with 54...Rgl 55.Qgl Rb256.Nd2Rd2.)54...Rc7! (Тhis is еvеп sttonger than ...al=Q.) 55.Rgl Rh7 56.Kg2 al=Q and wins. 53 ••• Rb1 54.Qf1 Rcb2 55.Nd2 Rd1 56.Qd1 1"""""':::.::"""."""'=.=-.~.~ .~.~. •

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GAME262 Тarrasch- Chigorin RuyLopez 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬS а& S.NCЗ ВЬ4 6.Nd5 Ва5

(5)

4.884 Nf6

Better is 6... Ве7, as оп а5 this Bishop will remain inactive throughout the game. In additioп the Bishop might Ье forced back ю Ьб, where an exchange would Iead

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to а worse Queenside pawn sttucture.

7.0.0 Ь5 It is better to delay this move and immediately play the d-pawn, as was dопе in game seveп of this match. 8.ВЬЗ d6 9.d3 This is better thaп 9.d4, which is recommeпded Ьу the HandЬook. After 9.d4Bg4! 10.c3Qd7, White'sgameisoot as comfortaЬle as after 9.d3 . 9 ••• Bg410.c3 Ne7 This is а decisive error. Better is 10... Nd7, although even then White's position is more solid 11.Ne5 If Black captures the Queeп with ll.Bdl, there follows 12.Nf6 gfб 13.Bf7 Кf8 14.Bh6# or 12...Кf8 13.Ned7 Qd7 14.Nd7 апd White's positioп is overwhelming. 11 ...de512.Nf6 gf613.Qg4 Ng6 Оп 13 ...Qd3, it is answered Ьу 14.Rdl. 14.Вd5 RЬ815.f4 с6

Black Ьeing totally lost, attempts some desperation moves. 16.Вс6 Ке7 17.Bd5 Black threateпed 17 ...QЬ6. 17... Ь4 18.fe5! А simpler and more solid way, Ьut less flashy was 18.Ве3 ВЬб 19.d4. 18... QЬ6 19.Kh1 Not 19.d4 Ьecause of 19...Ne5 followed Ьу20 ... Ьс3. 19... Ne5 20.Qh5 Тhis is Ьest. То Ье considered also were 20.Qh4 and 20.Qf5. Оп 20.Qh4, it was poorer Ьecause of the following surprise variatioп, showiпg coпvinciпgly how important it is ю Ье cautious in а winning position, e.g. 20.Qh4 NdЗ 2I.Rf6 Qfб 22.Bg5 Nf2 23.Kgl NhЗ 24.gh3 Rbg8


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and Black wins. There is an altemative though, 23.Qf2 Qg5 24.Qf7 , maintaining а strong attack. After the text move the threat is 21.Rf6 Кfб 22.Qg5# and in case Blackdefends with 20...Rbg8, there follows 21.<14 Ngб 22.е5 with а decisive attack. 20... Ng6

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23.Qh6 Kg8 24.Rf1 Rf8 25.816 Qf6 26.Rf61·0. Mate is uпavoidaЬle Ьу 27 .Rgб and 28.Qg6#, siпce а Kпight's move is answered Ьу 27 .Qg5. This type of mating position was dubЬed epaulet mate Ьу the Russians and 1 had just leamed this term only а few days Ьefore this game.

GAME263

Chigorin - Tarrasch (6) French Defense 1.е4 е6

2.Qe2 с5 З.gЗ Nсб 4.8g2 There is absolutely по пееd to preveпt the Knight peпetratioп Ьу 4.с3. This move сап always Ье made after the Black Кnight is оп d4. In this case, Ьoth Black апd White will each have made two useless moves, i.e. 5.Qd3 and 2.Qe2, and

respectively 4 ... Nd4 and З ...Nсб. There is по пеt tempo loss. 4... Nd45.Qd3 Оп 5.Qdl, theп 5...d5 could Ье played. 5 ••• Ве7 Оп 5...d5, it would поw lead to loss after 6.ed5 and 7 .сЗ.

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move is 7 .Nce2.

7 •.. NЬ5 8.QЬ5 QЬ6! As а consequeпce of 7.NЬ5, Black поw gains а tempo forcing the White Queeп back. Exchanging Queens is not good for White, as Black will have an open a-file, e.g. 9.QЬ6ab610.d3 b511.c3Ne712.Be3 dб followed Ьу 13 ... Nc6 and 14...Ь4 with а strong attack. Black's position already looks slightly Ьetter. 9.Qe2 d610.Nf3 8d7 11.с3 This move епаЬlеs Black ю keep the d-pawn in а backward state. Better was to castle first, as ll.dЗ could поt Ье played Ьecause of ll ... Bb2 12.RЬ1 ВеЗ but after castling 12.с3 and 12.d3 are both possiЬle. Aпother good coпtinuatioп was ll.e5 de5 12.Ne5 Ве5 lЗ.QeS Nfб апd although White's developmeпt is а little behiпd, the dangerous Вfб has Ьееп eliminated. 11 .•. 8Ь512.d3 Qa6! 1З.с4 Вс614.Q-О hб!

Оп 14... Ne7 follows 15.Bg5. Black however, should Ье careful aЬout castling поw, since the hб-pawn might Ьесоmе an attacking target as in game four of the match.


15.Ве3

This move threatens

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16.е5.

15... QЬ616.R8b1 85 This is to prevent 17 .Ь4. 17.83

This is а serious mistake. IfWhite insists on playing Ь4, he must first play 17 .ЬЗ then 18.а3. Still it would not Ье to his Ьenefit, e.g. 17.Ь3 Ne7 18.а3 Q!.;7 19.Ь4 аЬ4 20.аЬ4 Ьб and after 21 ...0-0, Black is Ьetter. Best is 17.Rfd1 at once. 17...84 This puts а total damper on the White Queenside. 18.Rfd1 е5 Black keeps the d4 pawn advance permanently impossiЬle. Both players have backward d-pawn 's, which makes the d4 and d5 squares weak. Each player is trying to play а Кnight to the opponents weak point, but it is Black who does it fпst, and thus he attains an advantage. 19.Nd2 Ne7 20.Nf1 Bd7 21.Вd2 Nc6 22.ВСЗ

This move together with the following trade, is the decisive mistake. Better was 22.Ne3 Nd4 23.Qfl followed Ьу 24.Вс3 and 25.Nd5. In that case the eventual trade of Кnights would result in а position with opposite colored Bishops, with equal center structures, and the only minus for White would Ье the weak bЗ-square and the backward Ь-pawn. 22... Nd4 23.Bd4 It was still possiЬle to play 23.Qel and 24.Ne3. Mter the text move, White's position is very cramped and there is hardly а piece that can Ье activated, hence from this point on White 's game can Ье considered lost. 23...cd4 24.813 Qc7 Black has winning chances on the Queenside with ...Ь5 followed Ьу the

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Rook attacking the backward b-pawn, and on the Kingside with ...h5- h4. 25.Bg41 If this move is not made now, Black would prevent it Ьу 25 ...Qc8. 25... Вс6 Тrading Bishops would ease White 's game and weaken the a4-pawn. 26.Rdc1

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White's position is now very cramped, not at all easy to demolish. There are now three possiЬle pawn moves to undennine White 's game; After ... gб there is .. .f5, or ...Ь5, or ...d5, but in order to carry this plan to fruition, the Black King has to Ье taken to the Kingside. alЬeit

This is consideraЬly stronger than 48 ... Bf4, which would Ьlock the f-file again. 49.Nd2

34... Kf8 35.Qe2

All White сап do is move his pieces ineffectively. 35... Kg8 36.Qe1 g6 37.Rg2 Rh7

Black cannot yet play 37 .. .f5, Ьecause of the threat against the Bg5 Ьу White 's Rg2. 38.Вс2

On 38.QЬ4, the Queen would Ье driven back at once Ьу 38... Bd8. 38... Rg7 39.Qd1 Qd7

Black protects the a-pawn once more so that the Ra8 is free to move. 40.Qe1

Better according to Chigorin was 40.Ь4 41.Rb3. This would not have saved the game, although it makes more sense than to temporize and wait for the enemy to invade. 40... 15 41.Bd1 The capture of the pawn would amount to self destruction. аЬЗ

Оп 49.Ne3, there follows 49 ... de3 50.Qcl de451.de4Bd3! (Вadis 51 ...Ве2) 52.Bd3 QdЗ 53.Qc2 Rfl 54.Rfl Rfl 55.Кh2 Qc2 56.Rc2 Rdl and Black wins, e.g. 57 .Rg2 Rd2 58.Kgl е2 59.Кf2 el=Q 60.Kel 60.. .Rg2. 49 ... Вс6 50.ed5 Bd5 51.Ne4 Qc6 Finally the position has become untenaЬle for White, he сап barely move.

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Black is threatening 58 ...Qd6 and mate nextmove. 58.QЬ1 Qd6 59.Kh1 Rg2 Q-1. On 60.Кg2, mate follows in two moves.

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14••• Nc515.d4 Ne6 Here Black's Кnight will Ье excellently posted throughout the game, always ready ю penetrate via f4. 16.de5 ВfЗ 17.gf3 de518.Kh1?

GAME264

Tarrasch - Chigorin (7) RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬS а6 4.Ва4 Nf6 5.Nc3 ВЬ4 6.Nd5 Ва5 7.0.0 d6 In game five of the match, Chigorin played 7 ...bS, wblch is less favoraЬle.

8.d3 Bg4 9.СЗ Not 9.Bg5, on account of 9 ...Ь5 and 10... Nd4.

9••• Nd7 Black is getting ready ю castle, wblch if now would Ье answered Ьу lO.BgS. 10.Ne3 Bh5 Тhis loses а pawn, but IO ... BfЗ was worse as after ll.QfЗ White has а superior game. 11.Вс6

lt is always Ьetter to play for maintaining а bind than ю win а pawn, e.g. ll.NfS 0-0 12.Ng3 Bg413.h3 Be614.d4, wouldgive White а very good game, or altemately ll.NfS Qfб 12.Вс6 Ьсб 13.Qa4 ВfЗ! (13 ...ВЬ6? 14.Bg5 Qgб IS.Qcб.) 14.Qa5 followed Ьу 15.Qc7, will give White а material advantage wblle maintaining the attack. 11 ••• Ьс6 12.Qa4 ВЬ6 1З.Qс6 0-0 14.Nf5 Since the NfЗ cannot move Ьecause of 14 ... Ве2, White must allow the destructioп of bls Кingside, after wblch Black has а Ьetter positioп than he would have attained in the аЬоvе variatioп - See поtе to move eleveп. With the Кnight move White attempts to maiпtaiп а possiЬle attack.

Тhis is а mistake leading ю giving back the pawn. А Ьetter defense was offered Ьу 18.Qc4, although еvеп then Black would maintain а nice bind Ьу playing 18...Qf6 followed Ьу 19...g6. 18••• Qd3! 1 counted mainly оп 18 ...Qf6, after wblch 1 saw the possiЬility of а strong Kingside attack. 1 had planned 19.Rgl threatening 20.Rg7 Ng7 21.Qf6, wblle on 19... g6, then 20.Bg5 would have forced the Queen back ю h8. 19.Be3Qe2! 1 had overlooked tbls strong move. 20.Nh4 Bad is 20.Kg2 because of 20 ... Ве3 21.Ne3 NgS (Better yet than 2l ... Nf4.) 2о

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Bad here is 20... g5 Ьecause of 21.Bg5 followed Ьу 22.Qf6. 21.fe3 Of по use would Ье 21.Rael, mainly Ьecause of 21 ...Qf2! (Much Ьetter than 21 ...Qb2.) 22.Rf2 Bf2 23.Ng2 Bel, and theп the Black Rook 's will win the game. 21 .•. Qe3

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If 21 ...Rad8, the threat of 22...Rd2 must Ье aпswered Ьу 22.Rae 1 23.RЬ1 Qa2 24.Ral.)

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White 's раwп wiп has become worthless, but his positioпal disadvantage (The ореп Кing positioп and the weak fЗ and f4 squares.) remains and this means that White has to lose. Тhе text is intended to preveпt 22...Qe2 (Plus the possiЬle 22...Rad8 and 23 ...Rd2) and later оп he might yet try to start an attack.

28.Rfl, with the inteпtioп of pushing the f-pawn and thus freeing his game, gives White good drawiпg chaпces, e.g. 28 ...Rd7 29.f4! ef4 ЗО.е5 Rad8 3l.Nf4 Nf4 32.Qf4 Qf4 33.Rf4. Тhе text move serves по purpose as оп the g-file, White is powerless. 28... Rd7!

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Black поw iпteпds to sacrifice the a-pawn and will mobllize his Rooks оп the d-file giving him а strong attack.

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Тhus White secures his secoпd rank against the Queen and Rook attack.

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25... 014 26.Ne7 Kg7 Оп this square the Black Кing is поt as safe from check as оп h8 and later (See move 31.) he will have to lose another tempo.

27.Nd5

White offers the sacrifice of the f-pawn with this move, Ьut if Black takes it White will have the ореп f-file for а Rook attack. 27... Qh6 Тhis is much Ьetter than 27 ... QfЗ 28.Rfl Qh5 29.Rgf2, wheп White gets the initiative.

28.Rag1

Playing 28.Nc7 Nf4! 29.Na8 Ng2 does White по good. What might follow is ЗО.Qс7 Qd2 ЗI.Qe5 Kg8 32.Qg3 Nf4 and White is in trouЬle. Оп the other hand

Since Black will douЬle his Rooks in the moves, White should have used his tempo Ьetter here Ьу 29.Ь4 or 29.а4.

29 ... Rad8 ЗО.Qа6 Rd6 31.Qe2 Kh8

Black cannot drive the Кnight off at because 3 l ...сб is answered Ьу 32.Ne3 threateпiпg 33.Nf5 and if 32... Кh8, the Кnight goes to с4, winning thee-pawn.

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32.Qe3g5! Тhis is aЬsolutely пecessary as а Queeпs move is answered Ьу ЗЗ.f4. ЗЗ.Qе1

Making room for the Кnight. 33•••16 Тhis is пecessary for the protection ofthe e-pawn and the g-pawn. It is still too early for ЗЗ ... сб, because of 34.Ne3 Qh5 35.Nc4 winпing the e-pawn, or responding 34... Qf6 35.Nc4 RdЗ 36.Qg3,


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Had White played 29.Ь4, he would now Ье аЬlе ю maintain his Кnight 011 d5 Ьу 34.Ь5 and oow he must try ю save himself from the penetration of the Black Кnight viaf4.

34 ••• с6 35.Ne3 Qh5 36.Ng2 RdЗ 37.Rgf1 Black now dominates the position as а consequence of the pressure along the d-flle and the constant threat of ... Nf4. White not only has а backward f-pawn, Ьut Ьecause of ithe has а backward Кnight and Ьackward Rooks. 37••• Qf71 Тhis is an original and fше maneuver. Chigorin plays the Queen to the Queenside where it has multiple attacking Iines. 38.Ь4 Тhis move weakens the Queenside, Ьut it Ьecomes а psychological compulsion ю make mistakes in such а cramped positi011, also on the othermoves the game would have Ьееn lost.

38... Qa7! 39.Qc1 Qa6! 40.Qc2 Even now 40.Kgl is Ьetter. 40•••Qc4

41 ••• RСЗ! Тhis is an elegant parting shot. 42.QСЗQСЗ

1 resigned as 1 Ьelieved that after 43.Rc3, 1 would Ье mated Ьу 43 ...Rdl 44.Ne 1 Rel 45.Kg2? Nf4 46.Kg3 Rgl etc. although 1 could have escaped the mate Ьу 45.Rfl Rfl 46.Кg2, the game would still Ье hopeless. 0.1.

GAME265

Chigorin - Tarrasch (8) French Defense

1.е4 е6

2.Qe2 с5 З.gЗ Nc6 4.Bg2 887 In game six 1 played 4 ...Nd4 instead, 1 didn 't want ю do the same thing so 1 looked for some diversity. 5.Nc3Qc7 Black is preparing for б... Nfб, which he cannot play at once Ьecause of б.е5. Sin'7 the White c-pawn is now oЬstructed, tt would have Ьееn Ьetter to play 5... Nd4. 6.Nh3! 1Ъе Кnight is Ьetter placed here than 011 f3 where it would stand in the way of Ьoth the Bg2 and the f4-pawn expansion.

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6 ...86 7.Nf41 Тhis move prevents the Black d-pawn advance for а long time. 7 ... Nd4 Тhis is still а good move. 8.Qd1 Тhis is Ьetter than 8.Qd3, which would Ье answered Ьу 8 ... Bf6 threatening 9 ... с4. White has now lost two Queen's tempi. Тhе same position could have resulted from the Sicilian opening: 1.е4 с5 2.Nc3 Nсб З.gЗ еб 4.Bg2 аб 5.Nh3 Qc7 6.Nf4 Ве7. So far Black has gained two tempi with З ... Nсб and 7 ... Nd4. It is evident that Black is at an advantage against the normal treatment of the Sicilian and this may enaЬle Black to equalize easily, which in the regular treatment of the Sicilian is far more difficult. 8... Nf6 9.d3 Ь5 10.0...0 ВЬ7 Тhе threat was 11.е5, which on the last move failed to 10...Qe5 . If ll.e5 now then there follows ll ...Bg2 12.ef6 ВfЗ! 13.fg7 Rg8 with а good game for Black. 11.Ве3 Rc812.a4 Ь4 This is the first mistake with bad consequences. Black must not yield the c4-square, and 12...Qb6 wouldhave given him а quite satisfactory game. 13.Nb1! White is intending to play the Кnight to с4 via d2, where it will have an excellent dominating position. 1З ... е5 Тhis is the second and decisive mistake. 1 was under the impression that the Nf4 could not play to d5 without the resulting d5 pawn Ьeing very weak. Тhis now is an error, which is going to cost the game. Furthermore, Black's position had already deteriorated after the last mistake, as White threatens center adv ances with

14.с3 and 15.d4. Against this there was only one possiЬle defense, i.e. castling with the idea of 14... .Rfd8 and 15 ...d5. On 13 ...0-0 14.Nd2 Rfd8 15.с3 ЬсЗ 16.Ьс3 Nсб 17.d4 cd4 18.cd4 d5, Black would still have quite а good game, which also may have resulted from 14.с3 ЬсЗ 15.Ьс3 Nc616.d4 cd417.cd4 NЬ4. 14.Nd5! On other Кnight moves, Black plays 14...d5 with а satisfactory position. 14... Вd5 If 14...Nd5, there follows 15.ed5 Qdб lб.сЗ ЬсЗ 17.Ьс3 Nf5 18.с4 with а Ьetter game for White since the ВЬ7 remains inactive for quite some time. Even so this would have Ьееn preferaЬle. 15.ed5Qd6 In pursuing his plan, Black overlooks White's forced combination which will cost him two tempi, Ьut other alterations (e.g.15 ...c4,or 15 ...0-0.)wouldalsoleave White with а significant plus. 16.Nd2! Тhis not only keeps White from losing а pawn but it also results in an irresistiЬle attack. 16... Qc7 On 16...Nd5 Black loses the Exchange with 17.Nc4Qe618.Bd4cd419.Bd5Qd5 20.NЬ6.

17.Nc4 Black is in an extremely precarious position. Тhе Nd4 is in jeopardy. ~d might Ье cut off. If 17 ... Nf5, 1t IS answered Ьу 18.Bd2 and Black will have to play 18 ... g6 to give the Кnight an escape square, making his position untenaЬle on all parts of the board. On 17 ... dб, Black will lose his Кnight Ьу 18.Bh3 followed Ьу 19.с3. In my own mind 1 had already given up. 17... h5


18.f4 Nf519.Bd2 ef4 20.Bf4 d6 21.Qe2

Stronger is probaЬly 21.Bh3 gб 22.Bf5 or 21 ... Ng4 22.Bg4 hg4 23.Qg4. 21 ...Rd8 Black removes the Rook from the h3-c8 diagonal. However, Ьetter was 21 ... Nd4 22.Qd2Rd8. 22.Rae1 Kf8 On 22... 0-0, Black loses а pawn Ьу 23.Bh3Ng4! 2З.с3а5

Ifl had not consideredmy game lacking, 1 would probaЬly have avoided this mistake. Тhе сопесt move was 23 ...Re8. 24.Вd2 ЬсЗ 25.Ьс3 Nh6 On 25 ... g6 follows 26.Bh3. Black has to move one of the defenders of the Ве7 and thus loses а pawn. 26.Na5 Nhg8 27 .Nc6 Re8 28.с4 Qd7 29.Bf4 h4

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32 ... Rh5 ЗЗ.Вf6 gf6 34.Qg411·0. On 34...Rg5 follows 35.Qg5.

GAME266

Tarrasch · Chigorin (9) RкyLopez

1.84 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.0.0 Ne4 5.d4 а6 6.Ва4 bS 7.ВЬЗ d5 8.de5 Ве6 9.с3Вс5

Better is 9 ...Ве7. 10.NЬCI2 Q-0! 11.Вс2 UnfavoraЬle for White is ll.Ne4 de4 12.Ng5 ВЬЗ lЗ.аЬЗ еЗ! 11 ...Nd2 12.Qd2 Тhis is Ьetter than 12.Bd2, as White now threatens 13.Qd3. 12... Ne713.Ng5 Тhis is tempting but premature. More solidis 13.Nd4, butЬestis first 13.Ь4ВЬ6 and then 14.Ng5,andnow 14... Ng6would Ье in White's favor after 15.Bg6 hg6 15.Qf4 followed Ьу Qh4. 13...Ng6 14.Qe2 Now Вgб and Qf4 would Ье answered Ьу ... Ве7. 14... Qd7! The threat was 15.Qh5 hб 16.Ne6 winning а piece. 15.Ве3

Тhis and the next move are desperados. White can win any way he wants, for instance Ьу simply advancing the a-pawn. 30.g4 Тhis is а pretty fmal combination. 30... Ng4 On ЗO...Qg4, White trades Queens and plays 32.Ne7 Re7 ЗЗ.Вdб. 31.Bh3 N8f6 32.Bg5 Тhis wins а whole piece.

In the nick of time, White decides not to continue the attack, as on 15.Qh5 h6 lб.Nеб Qеб, he will fmd it difficult to defend the e-pawn followed Ьу the pressure on the f-pawn, e.g. 17.Bf5 Qe7! 18.Bg6 fgб 19.Qg6 Rf2! 20.Rf2 Rf8 or 16.Nf7 Bf7! 17.Bg6 Вgб 18.Qg6 Rf2 or 18.е6 Nh4 19.en Rn 20.Bd3 Rf2! 2l.Qd5 [21.Rf2? Qel 22.Bfl Qf2 and mate next.] 21 ...Кh8 22.Khl (22.Qa8? Rf8) 22.. .Raf8, with а winning attack for Black. 15... Bg41


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Now White has ttouЬle equalizing. Оп there follows 16... Ве3 17.Qe3 Bf5 18.Bf5 (18.ВЬ3? h6) 18 ...Qf5 19.f4 h6, when White's Кnight will Ье misplaced for а Iong time. Worse yet of course is 16.Nf3 because of 16 ... Bf3 and the g-pawn has to recapture. 16JЗ?

16.QdЗ вез 11.аез hб

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24...Kf8

Better was 24... g6, 25 ... Bf7, 26 .. .Rfd6. 25.Rae1 Rd6

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Wrong of course is 18...Ве6 Ьecause of 19.Ne6 Re8 20.Nc5 or 19...fe6? 20.Bg6.

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19.Ne6 Тhis is much Ьetter than 19.Bg6 hg5 20.Qg5 Bf5 2l.Bf5 Rf5, after which Black will Ье Ьetter Ьecause of his center and the open f-file.

19... Qe6

Aoother possiЬle move was 19...Rfe8, but this would turn out less favoraЬle Ьecause of 20.Nc5 RеЗ 2l.Nd7 Re7! (Not 2l ...Re2 Ьecause of22.Bdl.) 22.Nc5 and White has а good game. 20.Qe6 Ве6 21.Bg6

The position is equal now and 1 offered draw as 1 saw no winning chances anymore for myself, but only for my opponent on account of his Queenside pawn majority. Chigorin fully realized this and justifiaЬly turned down my draw offer. This made me play the next part of the game very cautiously. а

Тhis move threatens 27 .f5 Bf7 28.Re8 and mate next. White 's game has improved consideraЬly with the last few moves.

26...g6 27.Bg6 Rg6 28.15 Rf6

Instead of this, Black should simply take the pawn. Now White is getting the Ьetter game. 29.fe6 Ке7 ЗO.Rd1 Rfe6 31.Rdd5 Rd5 32.Rd5 Re2 ЗЗ.Rс5 Rb2 34.Rc6 Although White is а pawn up, Black has

fair drawing chances, as frequently happens in Rook and pawn endgames. 1Ъе continuation 34.а4 Ьа4 35.Ra5 Rc2 36.Ra4 RсЗ 37 .Ra6 h5 38.Ra5 h4 39.Ra4 ЬЗ, leads to а draw. 34... Ra2 35.Rh6 as 36.h4 а4 (See next diagram) 37.Ra6 Rc2 38.Ra5 Kl6 39.RЬS RСЗ 40.Kh2 Kg6 41.Ra5 а3 42.g3 Rc2 43.Kh3 Ra2

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51.Ra2 Kg8 52.Ra8 Kh7 53.Ra7 Kh8 54.Rf7 RbS 55.Kg6 RЬ6 56.Rf6 АЬ8 57.g5 Ra8 58.Rf5 This is in order to play 59 .Кh5 followed Ьу 60.g6, without having the g-pawn pinned Ьу 59 ...Ra5. 58... Kg8 59.Rd5 This is the shonest way. On 59 .Кh5 follows 59 ...Ral 60.g6 Rhl 61.Кg5 Rgl 62.Кf6 Кh8 63.g7 (63.h7? Rg6.) 63 ... Kh7 64.Кf7 Rg2 and the win is more difficult 59 ... RЬ8 60.Kh5 Ra8 61.g6 Kh8 62.Rf5

Now mate is threatened Ьу 63.h7 and 64.Kh6. 62 ... Rg8 63.g7 1.0. On 63 ... Kh7 follows 64.Rf8 Rf8 65.gf8=Bishop or Кnight Ьut not Queen or Rook, these last two stalemating.

GAME267

Chigorin- Tarrasch (10) Frent:h Defense

In the eighth game of the match 1 omitted ...d5, but this time 1 tried to play this move as soon as possiЬle, thus this game will oot assume а Sicilian character of the previous games. 1.84 е6 2.Qe2 Ве7 З.NСЗ dS 4.d3 Nf6 S.gЗ о-о 6.Bg2 Nc6 In а closed position it is hardly ever to Ье recommended to obstruct the c-pawn, Ьut this and the next move lead to an open game. . 7.Nf3 е5 Oddly enough it looks like а Vienna game now. The same position might Ье reached as follows, l.e4 е5 2.Nc3 Nc6 З.gЗ Nf6 4.Bg2 Ве7 5.d3 0-0 б.NfЗ d6 7 .Qe2 d5. Black now attains а freer game. 8.ed5 Nd5 9.Nd5


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То play for а pawn gain Ьу 9.Ne5, is bad Therefollows9 ...Nc310.Ьc3 Ne511.Qe5 ВЬ4! or IO.Ncб Ne2 ll.Nd8 Nd4, with а Black advantage. 9•.• Qd510.D-O Bg411.Re1! Now White threateпs 12.Ne5, which earlier would Ье iп error Ьecause of 12...Qg2 followed Ьу 13 ... Ве2. Оп ll.h3, the Bishop would go to h5, but ll ... BfЗ is also playaЬle. Bad would Ье ll ... Nd4 because of 12.Nd4 Ве2 13. Bd5 Bfl 14.Nf5 and White gets two minor pieces for aRook. 11 ..•f6 Now 12.Ne5 fails to 12...Qe5 13.Qg4 Qel. 12.Вс12

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зi:llзi:II*BAB D 8 ~ ~ 12..• Qd7 Now the 13.Ne5 threat was real. 13.Qe4Kh8 Black is preparing 14... Вс5. 14.Вс3 Вс5 15.Qc4 ВЬ6 16.Nh4 Ве& 17.Qa4 Rad8 18.Rad1 Qc8 With this move Black threatens to get а goodgamewith 19...Nd4. Whitemustnot play 19.Вс6 Ьсб 20.Qc6, as 20 ... Bd5 followed Ьу 2l ... Qh3, will lead to а dangerous attack. 19.Qe4! Increased pressure Ьу White against Ь7 avoids Black's Кnight move. Black's position still seems somewhat Ьetter, but

White 's positioп is solid and has по attacking targets. 19 ••• Bd5 20.Qf5 Ве& 21.Qe4 Bd5 22.Qf5 Ве& 23.Qe4 You want а draw? 23••• Qd7 24.Rd2

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24•.. Bd5 Тhis leads to the Queeп trade, giving the game а drawish look. Slightly Ьetter was 24... Qf7. 25.Qd5 Qd5 26.Bd5 Rd5 27.Nf5 Rfd8 28.Rde2 g& 29.Ne3 R5d7 ЗО.Кg2 Bd4 This is а stroпg move. Оп 31.Bd4, follows 31 ... Nd4 32.Rd2 е4 33.de4? NfЗ! and Black wins the Exchange. 31.Rb1! Тhis surprising rejoinder would ореп the b-file after ... ВеЗ. 1 played 3l ...Kg7 and offered а draw. Chigorin took some time Ьefore he accepted the draw, but in post mortem analysis it did поt result in anything Ьetter. 31 ••• Kg71/2·1/2.

GAME268


1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 а& 4.Ва4 Nf6 5.Nc3d6 Chigorin used а similar defense in game three. In that game 1 refrained from the


logical exchange on сб - giving Black а worse pawn structure. Тhis time though, 1 decided to find out how the cб-trade would work out here. 6.Вс6? Ьс6 7.d4 Nd7 Тhis is much Ьetter than 7 ...ed4, since ceding the center would give White а far Ьetter game. 8.de5de5 Black now has а completely tom up pawn structure on the Queenside and no doubt he is at а disadvantage, but also don 't forget the advantages that the cб-trade Ьrings Black, namely l.Тhe open b-file, 2.The Bishop pair, З.Тhе imperviousness of Black's position. For these reasons, 1 prefer Black. 9.Вез Bd& 10.0-о о-о 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.Na4 If White can take advantage of the torn up pawns at all, it must Ье done as quickly as possiЬle and this induced me to carry out the following maneuver. White wants to advance his c-pawn if possiЬle to с5. If he can do this he will indeed have а Ьetter position. No other active plan is in the cards, and the Queenside attack will make or break him. 12... RЬ8 This threatens to win а pawn Ьу 13 ...RЬ4. 1З.ЬЗ

If 13.с4 then Black could play 13 ...NЬ6, forcing White to repair the Black scattered pawn structure Ьу 14.ВЬб. Тhus the text must Ье played. 1З ... ВЬ7 Here Black could have proved the faultiness of White 's treatment of the opening Ьу IЗ ...NЬб, since on 14.NЬ2 follows 14... f5 with а nice Black attack, or altematively 14...с5 15.с4 ВЬ7 16.Qc2 f5 17 .ef5 е4 or 17 ... ВfЗ, with а much Ьetter game for B1ack. Тhus on 13 ... NЬ6, White would have had to capture and it

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would have resolved all of Black's Queenside proЬlems, while he still retained the Bishop pair. 14.c4RЬd8

Better is 14.. .f5 at once, e.g. 15.ef5 е4 16.Nd4 с5 with а good attack. Тhis would also refute White 's development plan. 15.Qa5 White had а choice of two moves, the text which is the start of а pretty combination and exploits Black's poor pawn structure to win а pawn or the more modest 15.Qc2, which leads to а quite satisfactory game for White; i.e. 15.Qc2! с5 lб.NсЗ Qe6 17.Nd5 f5 18.Ng5 Qgб 19.ef5 Rf5 20.Ne4, after which the White Кnights are excellently posted and oЬsttuct the diagonals of the Black Bishops. I chose the more aggressive, alЬeit less safe text move, Ьecause 1 felt а moral oЬligation not ю eschew the pawn gain Ьу а vague fear of а Black attack. 15...с5

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In viewofthe threatof 15.с5, this isforced. 16.Ь4Qе6

Of course not 16 ... сЬ4, which is answered Ьу 17 .с5. 17.Ьс5 Ве7 18.Nd2 Nf6 It was possiЬle for Black to regain the pawn after 18.Всб 19.Nc3 Nc5 20.Nd5, but this would give White the better position. Even so, better than the text

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move might Ье to continue attacking with 18 .. .f5. 19.13 RdЗ 20.Rfe1 Rfd8

Black has а sttong attacking posture, although White's game is still quite defensiЬle.

21.Rab1

1prepare for а sacrificial comЬination Ьу which 1 try to break up the attack and obtain а counter offensive. 21 ... Вс6 Тhis makes the a-pawn tаЬоо, Ьecause of 22 ... Ra8. At the same time Black threatens 22... Ва4 followed Ьу 23 ...Re3 and 24... Вс5, as well as 22 ... Ва4 followed by23 ...Rd2.

22.Nb2 Тhе fairly complicated combination that 1 had planned was 22.Nc3 Rd2? 23.Bd2 Rd2 24.Nd5 (Тhе point of the combination; the Rd2 is now locked in and under attack, the Black attack has Ьееn repulsed and White has а sttong counter offensive.) 24...Rd3 (lf 24...Rc2 then 25.Ne3 will capture it.) 25.Rb8 Ве8 or 25 ... Bf8 26.Qc7 with а nice attack, or 25 ...Ne8? 26.Nc7 and wins. (At the last moment 1 noticed а fly in the ointment, i.e. 22.Nc3 RеЗ! 23.Re3 Rd2 24.Nd5 Rc2! At this point the White Кnight cannot go to еЗ, enaЬling the Rook to remain on the second rank.) 25.Rb8 Ne8 and if now 26.Qc7 there follows 26 ... Вс5 and on 26.Nc7 there is 26 ...Qg6 27 .gЗ Qhб and Black wins. Another possibllity is 25 ... Bf8 followed Ьу 26 ... Nd5 and 27 ...Qgб. After spending а lot of time calculating these variations, 1 gave up on the combination and retreated the Кnight.

22... R3d7 2З.RЬС1

Much stronger is 23.Ndl, giving White chance to retum to the previously planned combination. At least it would prevent the following 23 ... Nh5 and 24...Nf4, since after 23.Ndl Nh5? 24.Nc3 а

Rd2 25.Bd2 Rd2 26.Nd5 RdЗ 27 .RЬ8 Bf8 28.Qc7 (Тhreatening 29.Ne7) would soon have won for White. On the other moves after 23.Ndl, White can prepare the Кnight maneuver without sacrificing the Exchange Ьу 24.Rb2, and possiЬly play the Кnight to f2, for the protection of the Kingside. 23... Nh51 Тhis excellent maneuver consideraЬly strengthens the attack and the important ВеЗ Ьecomes less of а defender. 24.Nd1 Nf4 25.814 ef4 26.NЬЗ Bh4 27.Nf2 Qh6 28.Rc21

After this move the Knight remains pinned, but 28.Re2 does not unpin the Knight as moving this Knight will Ье refuted Ьу 29 ... Rdl. Most secure was 28.Rfl, but this gives up the e-file. 28... Qg6

Black takes advantage of the poor posting of the Rc2. The primary threat is the Bishop sacrifice on е4. Н the pawn recaptures then, 20.. .f3.

29.Qc3 Much stronger is 29.Rd2, forcing the exchange of one of the dangerous Rooks. 29 ... Qh5

Now preventing ЗO.Rd2, wblch would lead to the h-pawn loss after 30.Rd2 Rd2 31.Nd2 Bf2 32.Кf2 Qh2. зо.еs

Witness the consequences of time pressure, wblch was caused Ьу the futile calculation of the possiЬle comblnation at move twenty-two. The last move was not the best and this one is а bad mistake, Ьecause it opens the diagonal for the Всб. зo

...Qg&l

XVJ. МАТСН vs. CHIGORIN, 1893

This is very sttong. Now Black threatens all kinds of pretty combinations, firstly 31 ...Bf3 followed Ьу 32...Qc2. If White protects fЗ with 31.Nd2, Black wins Ьу 31 ... Bf2 32.Кf2 Qc2! 33.Qc2 Rd2. If 31.Khl, getting out of the pin, there follows 31 ... RdЗ 32.Nd3 (Otherwise 32 ... Rf3.) 32 ... Rd3 33.Qa1 Ве1 (Simplest.) and then 34 ... Rb3 and 35 ... Qc2. If 31.Kfl, we get 31 ...Rd3 32.Nd3 RdЗ ЗЗ.QЫ Ве1 34.Ке1 ВfЗ 35.gf3 Qg1 followed Ьу mate in а few moves. Further on 31 ...Rd3 32.QЬ2 RfЗ 33.gf3 ВfЗ and Black wins. If White moves the threatened Rook: from с2-е2, Black also has the Exchange sacrifice оо. dЗ, e.g. 31.Rce2 RdЗ 32.Nd3 RdЗ 33.Qc1 В е 1 followed Ьу 34 ... Bf3 or the immediate ЗЗ ...ВfЗ. Best was 31.RЬ2 and Black cannot play 31 ...Rd3 Ьecause of 32.Nd3 RdЗ 33.Nc1! and there is no immediately conclusive attack in sight. 31.Rd2

Now White makes this move uпder much less favoraЬie circumstances, than he could have done two moves ago. 31 ... Bf3! Not 3l ...Rd2 32.Nd2 Rd2 33.Qd2 ВfЗ 34.Nh3 and the Rook cannot Ье captured Ьecause of the d8 mating threat. 32.Qf3 Rd2 33.Nd2 Rd2 Now White has lost his extra pawn, his pawn stf1:1cture is ~ery poor ~d Black's Rook is 10 а domшaпt posltloп. Thus

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White 's game from this point оп should Ье considered lost. 34.Rf1 Not 34.Nh3 Ьecause of 34...Rd3 35.Qa8 Rd8 and respectively 35.Nf4 Rf3 Зб.Ngб Bel. 34... h6 35.Qf4 BgS 36.Qf3 Ве7 Better was ю take the a-pawn поw and ю answer 37 .Ne4 Ьу 37 ... ВеЗ . From this point ю move forty-five, the time pressure was such for Ьoth players, that they had to move instantly. 37.Kh1 Ra2 38.Nd3 BgS 39.NЬ4 Rb2 40.Nd5 с6 41.Nc3?

Now the Кnight is lost, as it has по second defeпder wheп it is pinned Ьу the Rook. Better was 4l.Nc7. 41 ... RЬЗ 42.Rd1 Kh7 Оп 42...Qc2, Black could have won the Кnight Ьу 43.Rd3 RсЗ. 43.h3 8е7 44.Rd3 Вс5 45.Ne4? Rb1 46.Kh2 Bg1 47.Kh1 Вd4 48.Kh2 Ве5 49.g3 Rb2 50.Kg1 fS Black поw has а stroпg attack. 51.Nc5a5 5l ...Qg5 threatening 52...Bg3, wins at опсе, as does 52...Qcl, 53.Rdl Qc2. 52.Nd7 Вс7?? Оп 52...Bd6, Black would have won this f'шely played game. SЗ.Nf81-Q.


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GAME269 Chigorin- Тarrasch (12) French Defense

1.е4 е6

2.Qe2 Ве7 3.Ь3

1Ъis а clever move directed against 3...d5.

3 ...d5 4.ВЬ2 Вfб Тhе normal developing move is 4 ... Nf6, when Black has to allow his Kingside pawn structure to Ье ruined Ьу 5.ed5 ed5 (Bad for Black is 5...Qd5.) б.Вfб gfб. For this reason 1 prefeпed the Bishop move in all the games with this opening. Тhis move provokes the immediate advance of the e-pawn, but Black generally likes it Ьetter on е5, than on е4. In the opening, as а rule, it is Ьetter to advance the center only two squares and for this reason, 4 ...d4 is no good either. White would eventually force this pawn to Ье traded after 5.с3 and 6.Nf3 etc.

s.es Ве7 6.Qg4 Bf8 1Ъis is Ьetter than allowing the Kingside to Ье weakened Ьу б ... gб, but Black has used up four tempi! Тhе flipside is that Ьecause of White's 5.е5, Black has а chance to stage an attack on the Queenside, while not much can happen to him on the Kingside.

7.Nh3 с5 8.14 Nc6 9.а3 Тhis weakens the Queenside. What 1 consider as Ьest is 9.Qdl, 10.Ве2, and 11.0-0, since there are no prospects for an attack on the Black Kingside.

9 ... Nh6 10.Qh5 Тhе

Queen should now retum to dl.

10... QЬ6!

Black has so little fear of an attack on his that he takes his Queen ю the other side. Тhе threat is ll ... c4 Ьecause, then the square ЬЗ Ьecomes weak. Кingside,

11.Nc3 Nd4

The immediate ll ... c4, will Ье answered 12.Na4.

Ьу

12.Ас1

Here too it is Ьetter for White ю play 12.Qdl, Ьut а retreat like this amounts to an admission of епоr. 12...с4!

On 13.Na4 follows 13 ... Nc2 14.Rc2 Qb3. On 1З.Ь4 would follow 13 ... а5, so the only remaining move is lЗ.Qdl. 13.Qd1 Bd7

Here 1 realized that the simple 13...сЬ4, wins а pawn. After 14.Na4! Nc2 15.Qc2 Ьс2 lб.NЬб аЬб 17.Rc2 Bd7 18.Rcl (On 18 ... Ва3, follows 19.Ral) 18 ... Ве7 19.Ве2 Всб 20.0-0 0-0 21.Ral and Black's endgame seems а sure win. In this variation, 18 ...Ь5, could replace 18 ...Ве7, threatening 19 ... Ва3 20.Ral Ь4 and on 19.Ral Ве7 20.Ве2 0-0 21.0-0 Rfc8 or with 19...Ь4 20.аЬ4 Ral 2l.Bal ВЬ4. Better yet was IЗ ... сЬЗ 14.Na4, to continue with 14...Ьс2 15.NЬ6 cdl=Q lб.Kdl! аЬб 17.Bd4 Bd7 18.ВЬ2 (Or 18.ВЬ6 ВаЗ) 18 ... Ве7 etc. making it impossiЬle for White to castle. In а toumament game, 1 would have selected one of the аЬоvе variations, which all give Black а material and positional advantage, but here 1 Ьelieve that my strong attacking position should yield more. 14.Ne2!

Chigorin defends very adroitly. 14... Nhf5 (See next diagram) Тhis is а fingerfehler retuming most of the advantage. 1 intended to play the other Knight ю f5, after which White 's game would Ье very cramped and hard to defend. 15.Bd4! Nd4

16.Ьс4!

Ne2

On 16 ...dc4or lб ...BaЗ,follows 17.Ве2

Тhis

dc4

18.Вс4

17.RЬ1.

Rc8 19.Bd3

is the Ьest post for the Bishop.

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23...85 24.Kh1 84 25.Nf2 White is ttansferring the Кnight to the Queenside to defend against the dangerous advancing pawns. 25 ... Вс6 26.Nd1 аз 27.Nc3 Ras 2s.ae1 Od7 29.Qe2 ею

Now there is no danger in castling anymore, as White is kept too busy defending on the Queenside. ЗО.Вс4

After 14.••NЫS

White has cleverly repelled the attack and he has completed his development. Even so Black still has the Ьetter position Ьecause of the Bishop pair and the passed a-pawn. 21 ... Ве7 Not 21 ... 0-0, because of 22.Bh7, 23.Qh5, and 24.Ng5, when the Kingside is somewhat weak. 22.Qg4g6 This is the Ьest defense even though it means an additional Kingside weakening. 23.Qg3

Тhere is no good way for White to continue the attack, since the breakthrough 24.f5, is too dangerous Ьecause of the potential effect of the Bd7 on the a8-hl diagonal, but now Black starts moving his well supported passed pawn.

White gives additional reinforcement of the Queenside and also prepares 31.d4. зo ... Rfds З1.RЬС11 Qd4 Black prevents the advance of the d-pawn. 32.ВЬЗ Ra5 Black prepares to play ЗЗ ...Ь5. ЗЗ.Nа2

Now White would counter ЗЗ ...Ь5 with followed Ьу 35.d4.

34.с3, зз

... вьs

It might have Ьееn possiЬle to fmish the game with 33 ...Bd5 intending to reply to 34.с3, with 34...вьз 35.cd4 Ва2 and thus sacrifice the Queen for two minor pieces. Black's compensation would Ье the Bishop pair, two connected passed pawns, and а good game. Of course this combination would Ье quite risky, as the result cannot Ье calculated easily, but 33 ... Bd5 could have Ьееn played without the Queen sacrifice and if attacked, the Queen could have retteated to с5 or Ьб. 34.d3 Вс6 This is weak. Тhе Bishop should stay on Ь5, Ьecause Ьу so doing, this would have prevented 35.с3, as it is answered Ьу 35 ...Bd3. 35.с3 Qd7 36.Qc2 Ь5 Black cannot break through White's defenses and makes а few futile attempts Ьefore the draw is agreed.


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37.d4 Bd5 38.Rb1 ВЬ7 39.Rfd1 Qc6 40.0d2 Raa8 41.Re1 Kh8 42.Вс2 Qd7 43.Bd3 Вс6

N ot 11.f3 Ьecause of 11 ... с5 12.Bd5 ВеЗ followed Ьу 13 ... Bd5. 11 ... Вс312.Ьс3 с5 Slightly better is the immediate 12... Ne4. On с5 the pawn may Ье in jeopardy. 1З.с4 Ne4

44.Ве4 Ве4

45.Re4 Qd5 46.Ree1 Qc4 Now Black threatens to win with 47 ... Ь4 48.NЬ4 а2 49.RЬd1 ВЬ4 50.сЬ4 Rd4 51.Qd4 Qd4 52.Rd4 al=Q 53.Rd8 Kg7 and wins. 47.Red1 RdЬS 48.Kg1 Rg8 49.Rf1

White prevents the threat of 49 ... g5, as it would now Ье answered Ьу 50.f5. 49 ... Rgd8 50.Rfd1 Rg8 51.Rf1 RgЬS 1/2-1/2.

GAME270 Tarrasch - Chigorin (13) RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 а6 4.Ва4 S.NCЗ d6 6.d4

Nf6

Тhе weak move 6.Вс6 а player only makes once and then never again. (See game eleven of the match).

6 ... Ь5 Тhis

gives White а slightly Ьetter game.

7.de5

Of course поt 7 .ВЬЗ Ьecause of 7 ... Nd4, followed Ьу 8.Nd4 ed4 9.Qd4 с5 10.Qd1 с4.

7 ...de5 8.Qd8 Nd8 9.ВЬ3 ВЬ7 Better was 9 ...Bd6 or 9 ... Nd7. 10.Ne5 ВЬ4 11.0.0

14.Re1

White has developed Ьetter and faster and this move introduces an immediate attack, which is going to yield at least а pawn. 14... D-O! Тhis is the Ьest defeпse. Оп 14... Ne6, White will gain а decisive advantage with 15.f3, 16.сЬ5, and 17.Nf7. 15.Nd7 Re816.f3 This is the turning point. As in the previous game, I eschewed the gain of а pawn with 16.Nc5 Rc8! 17.NЪ7 Nb7 18.сЬ5 аЬ5, giving good attackiпg chances, in favor of а complicated attack which will Ье refuted Ьу the сопесt defense. 16... Вс6! Оп 16 ... Nd6, White will win а piece Ьу means of 17.Bf4 Вс618.NЪ6 Rb819.Bd6 RЬб 20.Вс7.

17.NЬ6

Rb818.Nd5 Bd5 18 ... Nd6, it is answered Ьу 19.Bf4 N8b7 20.Ne7, giving White an edge. Оп

XVJ. МАТСН vs. CHJGORJN, 1893

19.cd5 Nd6 20.Re8 On 20.Bf4, follows 20... N8b7, giving Black а very safe position. 20... Ne8 21.814 Ra8! Again this is the best move. Not 21 ...Rc8, as then the d-pawn advance Ьecomes more powerful. 22.Re1 Тhе Chess Gazette recommends 22.с3 and 23.а4, but this is no improvement, siпce as sооп as Black fiпds the time to post his Кnights оп Ь7 and dб, his defense is iroпclad and would even have а chance to get the better game due to his Queeпside pawn majority, while the White d-pawn is forever Ьlockaded, e.g. 22.с3 NЬ7 23.а4 с4 24.Вс2 Rd8 followed Ьу 25 ... Ned6. 22... Kf8! Оп 22 ... NЬ7, White would have an advantage after 23.Re7 Nedб 24.Rd7, placiпg the coпnected Knights in jeopardy, then the Black defense Ьecomes quite cumЬersome. 23.d6 White is playing for the draw. 2З ... с4 24.d7 Ne6! Of course поt 24 ... Nfб, because of 25.Bd6 followed Ьу 26.Re8. 25.de8:Q Ке8 26.8е5 сЬЗ Тhе Bishop having Ьееn threatened with jail since move six, now finally received his just desserts. 27.сЬЗ g6 28.Rc1 Rd8 29.Rc2 Rd5 30.816 Kd7 31.Kf2 Nc5 32.Ке31/2·1/2.

GAME271

Chigorin - Tarrasch (14) French Defense

1.е4 е6 2.Qe2 Ве7 З.ЬЗ dS 4.ВЬ2 s.es ве7 6.Qg4 вts 7.Ntз

Bf6

White 's favoraЬle

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developmeпt

is slightly more than in game twelve of the

match. 7.•.с5 8.8Ь5 8d7 Bad is 8 ... Nc6, as White would take the Кnight and then would get an attack on the c-pawn Ьу с4, NсЗ and Na4, and ВаЗ. 9.8d7 Qd7 Тhе Кnight is Ьetter posted оп сб than on d7. 10.Nc3 Nc611.Q-0 Nge7 Black intends а multiple attack on the e-pawn, but it soon Ьecomes clear that this pawn is easily defeпded. Тhus it would have Ьееn Ьetter to develop the Кnight пormally and the position will поt Ье cramped. 12.Ne2 Ng613.Ng3 Qc7 Тhere was still time for 13 ... Ве7 and 14... 0-0, but in this case, White musters an attack on the Кingside, while Black does not have sufficient attacking compensation on the other side. So for the time Ьeing, Black delays castling. 14.Rfe1 NЬ4 15.Rac1

15•.. Nc6 Not 15 ...Na2 Ьecause of 16.Qa4. The Кnight maneuver seems а waste of time, but in this type of positioп, keeping the positioп solid is more important than tempi. Now the a2-pawn is undefended.

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16.Nh5 This move ties down all the Black Kingside pieces and gives Black а very limited choice of moves. Mter 17.0-0-0, White will immediately initiate an attack with 18.d4 and 19.с4 and thus obtain at least one open file for his Rooks, guaranteeing а decisive advantage Ьecause White has two moblle Rooks and Black can play with only one Rook. Poor is 16 ... d4, as White will prove at once Ьу 17 .сЗ. In addition, moving the Ra8 will permanently keep him from ... 0-0-0. Thus it is only the Black Queen that can move. The Queen now starts an adventure of its own. White cannot do much either although his game is consideraЬly freer. There are no weaknesses in Black's position - except g7 - which is adequately guarded. The only way for White to make progress would Ье d4 followed Ьу с4 and thus the Queen sortie is especiall у geared to counter this dangerous attack, or at any rate to make the attack much less harmful. П White plays d4 now Ьefore the Bf8 is tied down, the attack can Ье answered Ьу 16 ... Qb6 (17.с4? NЬ4) or 16 ...Qa5. 16... Qa517.a3

This weakens White 's Queenside but after 17 .Ra1, Black gets а good game after 17 ...QЬ4 18.Qg3 19... Nf5 Nce7 (On 19.Вс3 follows 19 ...Qa3). 17... QЬ6 Black is threatening 18 ... с4.

consideraЬly,

18.Ва1 а5 19.а4

Тhis is necessary as otherwise, White 's Queenside will Ье demolished Ьу 19 ... а4 20.Ьа4 Qa5. 19... Qb4 It should Ье noted how Black 's last moves have been quite effective. Trading Queen 's would not Ье favoraЬle for White. 20.Qg3

If 20.Qh3, Black can trade the annoying Nh5 Ьу 20 ... Nf4, but altematively, he might continue his Queenside attack with 20 ... с4. 20 ... Nce7

The Кnight is going to take over the defense of g7 Ьу playing to f5, freeing the Bf8 and this finally enaЬles him to castle, which is necessary because soon the files will Ье open. 21.Вс3 QЬб 22.d4 Now Black is аЬlе to repel this attack and obtain а decisive advantage. Of course 22.Qh3 is not answered Ьу 22 ... Nf5, because of 23.g4, but instead Black plays 22 ...Rc8 followed eventually Ьу ... с4. 22 ... Nf5 23.Qg4 Rc8 Very bad here is 23 ... cd4, because in that case after 24.Nd4, White will soon advance the f-pawn and then break through the Black center position. 24.Red1 On 24.dc5, Black wins а pawn Ьу 24 ... Вс5 25.Re2 Bf2 followed Ьу 26 ... Rc3. 24 ...с4 This move reveals the weakness that incuпed on White 's Queenside. Now Black is going to have the advantage. 25.Rb1 сЬЗ This is necessary because if instead, Black moves the Queen, White could play 26.Ь4 and thus prevent the opening of the c-file, which is an important part of Black's plan. 26.Rb3 Qаб This is the best post for the Queen, as from here it gets а chance to go to е2. Not 26 ... Qa7, as then 27 .RdЬl would tlueaten the b-pawn with an attack on the Queen. 27.Ne1 This prevents 27 ... Qe2 and protects the c2-pawn. In addition, the White Queen


gets а chance to take part in the Queenside defense. 27 ... Ве7 28.Rdb1 о-о 29.Qh3

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32.Ra1

Black threatened to capture the a-pawn now. 32 ... Rc6 З.ВЬ2 Вс7 34.Rh3!

Surprisingly White now renews his Kingside attack. 34.Rc3 would Ье met Ьу 35 ...Qd4. 34... Qa6 35.Raa3! BdB

Black wants to post а Кnight on h4. 36.Raf3

Тhis

threatens 30.Rb7.

29 ... Qc4 ЗО.QdЗ

On ЗО.Ва5 would follow 30 ... Nd4 3l.Rb7 Ne2 32.Khl Nef4 and wins, or altemately Зl.RdЗ Ne2 32.Khl Nef4 and Black wins the Exchange. зо

... ьв

On ЗО ... QdЗ, White would recapture with the c-pawn, giving support to the d4-square. Тhе move played is good and solid and it intends to secure the Queenside after 3l ... Bd8, against all attacks without the interference of the White Rooks on the b-file, thus being аЬlе to further pressure the weakness on White 's Queenside. However, ЗО ... Ь5 at once is decisive, e.g. 3l.ab5 а4 winning the Bishop, or 31.Ва5 Ьа4 followed Ьу the win of the d-pawn, or 31.Qc4 Rc4 with а similar continuation, and finally the move that Chigorin considers best is 3l.g4 QdЗ 32.cd3 Ьа4 33.Rb7 RсЗ 34.gf5 ef5 35.Ng3 or 35.R7b5 and the two a-file pawns, which will Ье efficiently defended Ьу ВЬ4, should win the game, but after one finds а good plan, one rarely looks for а better plan. 31.Qd2 Bd8

Here too 31 ...Ь5 was decisive.

If now 36.g4, Black will play 36... Nfh4 and not 36 ... Nfe7, because of 37 .Ng7 followed Ьу 38.Qh6 etc. Тhе move played threatens this beautiful conclusion, 37.Ng7 Ng7 (Or 37 ... Kg7 38.Rf5 followed Ьу 39.Qh6) 38.Qh6 Re8 39.Qh7 Кf8 40.Ва3 Ве7 4l.Qh8 Nh8 42.Rh8#. 36 ... Nfh4

Black must obstruct the h-file, it is the only defense. 37.Rfg3f5

Again this is the only move. White threatened to demolish the Black position with 38.Nf6 gfб 39.Rh4 fe5 40.Rh5. The move played has allowed Black to survive the worst. On 38.ef6 Вfб 39.Rg4 Ве7, Black's position is easily defensiЬle. 38.Rb3

So as to Ье аЬlе to move the g-pawn. 38... f4 39.g3 fgЗ

Bad is 39 ...Rf5 4l.gf4.

Ьecause

of 40.Nf4 Nf4

40.hg3 Nf5 41.Rf3 Тhе Rook returns and again threatens 42.Rf5 followed Ьу 43.Ng7.

41 ... Qb7 42.g4 Nfh4 43.Rf8 Kf8 44.f4

White throws all caution to the wind attempting а breakthrough on the Kingside, since he realizes all must ~ staked on the Кingside attack Ьеса~sе his Queenside is untenaЬle, but Black 1s аЬlе to stop the f-pawn advance.

ЗОб


44 ... Kg8 45.Qd3 Qf7 46.Вс1 Ве7 47.Qb5 If 47.Qfl, (1 iпteпded to follow up with 47 ... NgЗ and 48.f5). 47 ...Rc4 48.Ве3 Ra4 49.Ng3 Ral threateпiпg 50 ... Rel followed Ьу 51 ... Nf3. Тhе text is поt as oтiпous as it looks because otherwise Black would have preveпted it Ьу 46 ...Rc4. Тhе only thing that Black must поt do is to guard the Rook Ьу 47 ... Qe8, in which case White gets the upper hand Ьу 48.f5 ef5 49.Qd5 or 48.Rc3 Rc8 49 .Qe8 Re8 50.Rc6. 47 ... Rc4 48.сЗ Оп 48.Qb6, Black has several replies, 48 ...Ra4, or 48 ... RЬ4, or 48 ... ВЬ4. 48 ... Bd8 49.Rg3 Оп 49.f5, Black could start an attack with 49 ... Ne5 50.de5 Rg4 51.Ng3 (Or 51.Rg3 Qh5) 51 ... Nf5. Не might also play 49 ... ef5 50.е6 Qe6 51.Re3 Qc6 52.Qc6 Rc6 53.Re8 Kf7 54.Rd8 Rc4, giving him an adequate equivaleпt in pawns for the piece. 49 ... Nf8 50.Ва3

54... Qf7 55.Na3 Тhе Knight cannot go to еЗ, because of 55 ... Nf4. 55 ... Ra4 56.Nb5 Ве7 57.Вс1 Оп 57.Nd6 Bd6 58.ed6 follows 58 ... Nf8 and theп оп 59.Qb6, Black obtaiпs а decisive attack with 59 ... Ral (Or 59 ...Ra2) followed Ьу 60 ...Qg6. 57 ... Nf8 Black makes room for the Queeп. 58.RhЗ

It is still Ьetter to force the Black Rook away from the a-file Ьу 58.Qb3 Ral 59.Qb2 Ra4 60.Qb3, but еvеп theп the White game is beyond redemptioп, since Black will move 60 ...Rc4 and after that will penetrate the White position Ьу means of 61 ... Qg6, etc. 58 ... Qg6 Тhis is а decisive move. 59.Qg6 hgб бО.NgЗ Ra1 61.Ne2 g5 Of no avail is 61 ... а4, and 62 ... аЗ as long as the Nh4 has no good defeпse. 62.fg5 Bg5 6З.Кf2 Вс1 64.Rh4 ВЬ2 65.КеЗ а4 66.Kd2 аз 67.Кс2 Re1 68.NаЗ ВаЗ 69.КdЗ Ngб 70.Rh2 Ь5 71.Кс2 Ве7 72.Rf2 Ь4 7З.сЬ4 ВЬ4 74.КdЗ Rd1 75.КеЗ

-----t-4) -.-.•. . ..

- -tH ~ •.д ~

50... Qd7 51.Qb1 Nfgб 52.Вс1 Qa4 Black сап capture the pawn without tempo loss as he threateпs to peпetrate the White positioп with 53 ... Qdl, e.g. 53.f5? Qdl 54.Kf2 ef5 55.gf5 Qh5. 53. Bd2 Qd7 54.Nc2 Тhis is а fiпal attempt at advanciпg the f-pawn, but agaiп it is refuted Ьу Black.

~

~~

.е.

~ ~.

-?:)~ I

75 ... Bd2 76.Kf3 Nh4 77.Kg3 Ве1 Q-1. Тhis game is а sequel to game four of the match. In both games а vigorous attack оп the Kingside was paralyzed Ьу а Black


Queenside attack and the fmal result in Ьoth cases was decided Ьу the passed a-pawn.

Rf8

Black's idea is to play .. 15 after Bg5.

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 а6 4.Ва4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 Nd7 Тhis is identical with match game three. Black tries to maintain his hold on е5 and White wants to keep his center pawns on d4 and е4, while avoiding the premature moves d5 or de5. 7 .Ne2 Ве7 8.с3 D-0 9.Ng3 Bf6 1О.hЗ If 10 ... Nb6 ll.BbЗ, then the text prevents ll ...Bg4.

12.ВЬ3

19.с4

20.Ng3 Ng5

RuyLopez

10 ... Ne7 11.0·0 Ng6 13.Qd3 Ndf8

Тhis is an excellent move giving Black а little air to breathe and trying for 18 ... Nh7 and 19... Ng5 with а counter attack.

18.Kh2 Nh7

GAME272 Tarrasch- Chigorin (15)

307

Re8

Тhis is too early. Better is 20 ...Rde8, to give the Queen more room and if 21.Nf5 Bf5 22.ef5, and Black threatens 22 ... е4. On 20... Nf4, it would Ье refuted Ьу 21.Bf4 ef4 22.е5 fgЗ 23.fg3 gб 24.ef6, giving White the advantage.

21.Ng5 Bg5 22.Nf5!

The Кnight is tаЬоо Ьecause if 22 ... Bf5, then 23.ef5 Nf4 24.Bf4 Bf4 25.g3 Bg5 26.f6 and White wins. 22 ... Qf6 23.g3!

Black's wants юрlау 14...Ne6 and 15.Nf4. 14.Ne2 Qe7

15.Вс2

White's 15.d5 seems а little more standard, but White prefers to reinforce the defense of the e-pawn and Ьelieves it may give Black greater proЬlems. 15... Bd7

Here Black could have freed his game with 15 ...d5, but it would not Ье to his advantage, e.g. 16.de5 Ne5 17.Ne5 Qe5 18.Ng3 de4 19.Ne4 with а good game for White. Neither would, 18.Bf4 Qe4 19.Qe4 de4 20.Вс7, Ье good for Black. 16.Ве3

Rad8 17.d5

Now this move is appropriate, as now Black's position is hemmed in to where he can hardly move а piece. Of course White will tty to keep Black from playing ...f5, which would not just free Black's position, but may even give him the Ьetter game. In addition, Black must Ье kept from posting а piece on f4. 17... h6

Тhis is the deciding move. Now White's threat is 24.f4 ef4 25.gf4 Bh4 26.Bd4 winning. Thus Black is forced to trade on еЗ and f5 and after the smoke clears, White will have а significant positional plus. 2З ... вез

24.fe3

Of course this is much Ьetter than 24.Qf3 and although White has douЬled pawns, the open f-file is the true White advantage after the melee of the last several moves. 24 ... Nh8

Black avoids the threat of 25.Nh6. Не also has а choice of poor moves only, e.g.

308


24 ... Bf5 25.ef5 Ne7 26.g4 and White gets good attack Ьу douЬling the Rooks on the f-file or the g-file, while advancing the Kingside pawns and the Black Queen is unaЬle to move because of White playing fб. Also trying 26 ... gб is answered Ьу 27 .fgб Qgб and Black is in real danger. Similarly, 24 ... Ne7 25.g4 gives White а strong attack. Тhе text puts the Knight on а very bad square and gives White other attacking possibllities. а

25.Rf3

Intending to recapture on f5 with the Rook. 25 ... Rde8 26.Raf1 Bf5 27 .Rf5 Qe7 28.Bd1 gб 29.Rf6

This is а loss of а tempo. The immediate retreat of the Rook was сопесt. 29 ... Kg7

Intending to trade the Queen for the two Rooks. It has been my experience that in an otherwise equal position, the two Rooks are generally better than the Queen. ЗО.Rбf2 fб

Black weakens the eб-square, which may Ье penetrated Ьу the Bishop, but how else can Black hope to get his "stalemated" Кnight into the game. 31.h4? Тhе simple 31.Bg4, which was the inlet for the Bd 1, would in my opinion, have won the game. After 31.h4?, the Knight would Ье kept out of g5 and the Bishop would stay on the h3-c8 diagonal, preventing the perennial threat of the f-pawn advance, and while Black is almost paralyzed on the Kingside, White would effect а Queenside breakthrough with Ь4 and с5. This was ту plan, it shows the imponance of the correct move order.

31 ... h5!

Тhis is an excellent rejoinder, keeping the Bishop permanently from the diagonal.

32.g4

On the сопесt counterplay Ьу Black, the game cannot Ье won Ьу White anymore, even if he prepares this advance with 32.Qe2. This move is answered Ьу 32... Nf7 33.g4 hg4 34.Qg4 Nhб followed Ьу 35 ... Кh7, and Black can defend. On 32.Bf3, intending to play the Bishop to h3 via g2, there follows 32...f5 33.ef5 Rf5 34.Ве4 Rf2 , with а drawn game. Тhе text gives Black the attacking target h4 and he seizes the opportunity at once. 32 ... hg4 ЗЗ.КgЗ

On 33.Bg4 follows 33 ... f5 34.ef5 Qh4 35.Bh3 Rfб! ЗЗ ... Nf7

34.Bg4 RhB

Now Black's attacking chances equal White's. 35.Rh2 RefB 36.h5

White is still going for an attack and thereby progressively endangers his King 's position. 36 ... gh5 37.Bh5

In the eпoneous belief that he is still better, White wants to avoid the Rook trade. Тhе text pins the Bishop and the whole White position. Better was to capture with the Rook, but better yet was 37 .Bf5 followed Ьу douЬling the Rooks on the h-file and then recapture the pawn, e.g. 37 ... Ng5 38.Rehl Rg8 39.Kf2 Кf8 40.Rh5 Rh5 41.Rh5 Qg7 42.Qfl. 37 ... Rfg8 38.Kf2 KfB 39.Rfh1 Ng5

Here the Кnight is excellently posted and White begins to feel the burden of the backward douЬled pawns. 40.Ке2

The King has to find shelter and take over the defense of the e-pawn from the Queen.


40 ••• Qh7 41.Rh4 Qg7 42.Qc2 Rh6 43.Qa4?

Тhis is the decisive mistake. lt was too early for 43.Kd3, Ьecause of 43 ... Qh7 44.Qg2 f5 45.ef5 е4 followed Ьу 46 ... Nf3. On 43.Bg4!, Black would not do Ьetter than draw. After 43 ...Rh4, then 44.Kd3 could not Ье prevented any longer and the White Queen would finally get into the game. If 43 ...Rgh8 44.Rh6 Rhб 45.Rh6 Qhб 46.Kd3 followed Ьу 47.Bf5, and White's position is defensiЬle. 43..• Rh5 Тhis elegant sacrifice wins for Black. 44.Rh5 Ne4 45.Qd1 Тhis is а final mistake, but White was lost anyway. 45... Qg2 (If 46.Kd3, then 46 ... Nf2) D-1.

GAME273

Chigorin - Tarrasch (16) King's Gamhil

1.е4

es

Тhis is the only time in the match that 1 dared play l ... e5, because 1 was constantly woпied that Chigorin might have the Ьetter knowledge of the opening.

2.14 ef4 З.NfЗ Nf6

This defense leads to approximate equality. Тhе move 3 ...g5 should only Ье played Ьу those who know all the variations of the Muzio-Alligaier and

309

Salvio gamblts. In addition 1 considered 3 ... g5 bad. Тhе idea of taking а pawn and trying to keep it, while compromising the Kingside seems strategically unjustified. 4.Nc3 Тhis playing method makes the defense much more difficult than 4.е5, where upon 4 ... Nh5 5.Ве2 g5 (Also playaЬle is 5 ... g6) 6.Ng5 Qg5 7 .Bh5 Qh4 8.Kfl Вс5 9.d4 Bd4 with а quite satisfactory game for Black. 4 ..•d5 5.ed5 Nd5 6.Nd5 Qd5 7 .d4 Black's position is not easy now, his Queen may Ье attacked in multiple ways. Тhе move 7 ... Вdб as recommended, leads to а strong White attack after 8.с4 Qеб 9.I
On 9.Вс7, Black answers 9 ... Kd7 followed Ьу 1O...Re8 with good attacking play. 9 ...о-о-о Тhis is more or less equalizing, although the strong center gives White а slight positional plus. 10.с3 Bd611.Bd6 Qd612.D-O f6 Тhis is to prevent 13.Ng5. 13.Qa4 КЬ8 Тhе threat was 14.ВЬ5. 14.Rae1 Rhe8 Both players try to occupy the оре~ file, which means that eventually there w1ll Ье а Rook trade and finally а draw. 15.Bd1

Ве616.ВЬ3


310

16... Bd517.Bd5 Qd518.Qa3 This is to prevent 18 ... Ne7. 18 ... Qd7 19.Qc5 Re1 20.Re1 ReB 21.Kf2 Re1 22.Ne1 Ьб 23.Qh5 g6 24.Qf3 Qdб Trading the Кnight for the three pawns would not have been to Black's advantage. 25.Nd3 Nd8 26.g3 сб 27.Nb4 1/2·1/2.

GAME274


1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 аб 4.Ва4 Nf6 5.Nc3 dб б.d4 Nd7 7.Ne2 fб Тhis is а very original treatment of the opening, but it is not to my taste. It seems that ... fб is always an ugly move, especially when White still has his light-squared Bishop on the board. В.сЗ NЬб 9.ВЬ3 Na5 This is а necessary move to drive the Bishop from the b3-g8 diagonal. 10.Вс2 Веб

This move also needed to Ье made to deprive the White Bishop of the b3-g8 diagonal after the Na5 retreats. At the same time, the move contains а subtle trap, which Black prepared with the last few moves. 1t is а fairly obvious move to play ll.d5 to cut off the retreat of the

Knight and then Ьу playing 12.Ь4, IЗ.ВЬЗ, 14.Qd3 to try to win the Кnight, but nothing would result - the Кnight would stay on the dominant с4 square and White 's Queenside becomes disorganized, e.g. ll.d5? Bd7 or on ll ...Bf712.Ь4Nac413.Bb3c614.dcб(Or 14.Qd3 cd5 followed Ьу 15 ... Rc8) 14... Ьсб 15.Qd3 Веб (Or 13.а4 а5 14.ВЬЗ [Or 14.Ь5 сб.] 14 ... с6) and Black maintains the Nc4. 11.Q-O Bf7 12.Ne1 То take advantage of the misplaced Knight would Ье futile. 12... g5 Тhis is almost forced as otherwise 13.f4 will give White excellent play, but now Black's squares f5, fб, and h5 are weak. 1З.Ь3

White sees that Black is planning а Kingside attack and thus tries to build an attacking structure on the Queenside (В у d5 and с4) placing the Knight at а5 in danger of Ьeing cut off from retreat. Тhе immediate 13.d5 would Ье answered Ьу IЗ ... сб. 1З ... Nсб Black is planning to play this Кnight to е7 -g6-f4, where it has to Ье traded, thus opening the g-file for Black. 14.Ng3 White immediately abandons his Queenside plans to meet the planned Black Kingside demonstration. Тhе threat now is 15.Nh5 followed Ьу lб.QfЗ. 14... h515.Be3 Ne716.de5 de517.Qf3 The Queen trade would prevent all attacks, but now White threatens 18.ВЬб, 19.Rdl, 20.Nf5 etc. and thus stanhis own attack. 17... Nd7 Chigorin remarks that 17 ... Qdб, and only then 18 ... Nd7, would Ье Ьetter in order to play .. .0-0-0, as soon as possiЬle.

XVI.

МАТСН vs.

CHIGORIN, 1893

311

25... gh4

18.Nf5

Black's threat was 18 ... h4, followed 19... Bh5.

Ьу

18... Nf5 Тhis is almost forced as White 's Кnight is stronger than Black's would Ье on f4, but this trade neutralizes Black 's Kingside attack.

As in game fifteen, Black still tties to attain an attack with .. .Rag8 and ... Кf8, but the following Knight maneuver prevents this as the Кnight threatens to go to gб and keep the King tied up on the Kingside. 26.Nf3! Nf8

Black weakens the White Queenside pawns, but he will not Ье аЬlе to take advantage of the resulting weakness.

It still would Ье Ьetter not to disturb the connection of the Rooks, but ftrst to play 26 ...Rag8 and then on 27 .Nh4 to play 27 ... Nf8 and then to look to h8 as а safe place for his Кing (After 28 ...Rh7). Then White would here further reinforce his attack Ьу playing 29.f4.

21.Ь4!

27.Nh4 Re8 28.Rad1

19.ef5 с6 20.Qe2

White is intending on playing 21.f4. 20... Qa5

Qc7 22.ВЬ3

П

Black takes and then castles long, his King Ьecomes an immediate attacking target Ьу Nc2, с4, and Ь5. 22 ... Ве7

Tempting but bad is 28.f4, Ьecause of 28 ... Bd6, freeing Black's game. 28... Bd8

On 28 ... Bd6 follows 29.Qd3 Rd8 ЗО.Вс5 31.Qg3 Кf7 32.Ng6 with а decisive attack. Even so Ьetter was to play 28 ... Ь5, in order to drive the Queen from its dominant position. Ве7

29.Вс5

Тhis move threatens the following Rook incursion. On 29 ... Qf7, White wins with 30.Qf7 кn 31.Bf8 Rhf8 32.Ng6 Rg8 33.Rd7 Ве7 34.Rb7, as then the Black position is completely paralyzed and the further threat is 35.Rdland 36.Rd7.

When Black decided to keep the King on the Kingside, ... h4 was the indicated move, in order to keep the pawn chain intact. After White plays f4, only then should Black play ... ВЬЗ, then both players have attacking chances, with the difference that Black 's Кingside position is we.akened and White's is not.

29 ... Ве7 Тhis

ЗО.RdЗ

is the start of the decisive attack.

ЗО ... Вс5

31.Rg3 Kh7 32.ЬС5

PossiЬle also was 32.Qe2 Кhб!

(32 ...Qf7? 33.Rg6! and wins) 33.Ng6. 32 ... Re7 Тhis

is the only move.

23.Bf7 Kf7 24.Qc4 Kg7 25.h4!

ЗЗ.Rd1!

This move is the breakthrough. On 25 ... g4 follows 26.f3. Black who had hoped for а strong attacking posture, now has а weak defensive position.

Mter 33 ...Rg7 34.Rdd3, if Black plays 34...Rg3, then White will just replace the Rook with 35.Rg3.


312

ЗЗ ... Rg7

34.Rg7 Kg7

On 34... Qg7, White also plays 35.Rd3 to followed Ьу 35 ... Rg8! (Or 35 ... Qg4 36.Qf7 Qg7 37 .Qe8 followed Ьу 38.Rg3). 36.Rg3 Qh8 37.Rh3! Rg4 38.Qf7 Кhб 39.Qh5!! Kh5 40.Nf3 followed Ьу mate next move, or 38 ... Rg7 39.Qh5, 40.Qh8, 41.Ng6, 42.Rh8, 43.Rf8#, or 38 ... Qg7, 39.Qe8 with а strong attack. The threat is 40.Ng6. On 39 ... Kh6, the Queen sacrifice on h5 works again. On 39 ... Rg5, there follows 40.Rd3 and 41.Rd8, on 39 ... Qg5, there follows 40.Qf8 Rh4 41.Qf7 Kh8! 42.f4!! ef4 43 .Rd3 Qg7 44.Rd8 Kh7 45 .Qe8 winning; or 37 ... Qg7 38.Ng6 Кhб 39.Rh5 and 40.Qh4#; and finally if 37 ... Кhб 38.Nf3 threatening 39.Rh5 etc. Ье

35.Rd3 Nh7

On other moves, the incursion of the White Rook on g3 will Ье decisive, e.g. 35 ... Кhб 36.Rg3 (The threat is 37 .Ngб Ngб 38.Rg6 Kh7 39.Qe2). 36 ... Qd8 37 .Qf7 Rh7 38.Rook or Qgб etc. or 36 ... Rh7 37.Qg8, or 36 ... Qd7 37 .Qe2 followed Ьу 38.Ng6 and White wins. Зб.Qеб Тhе

Rd8

finale is forced.

37.Rg3 Ng5

40.Qf5 Kh8

On 40 ...Kg8 follows 41.f7 Qf7 42.Qg5 followed Ьу 43.Qd8. 41.f7

41.Ng6 Kg8 42.Ne7 Кf7 43.Qg6 Кеб. 41 ... gh4

On 41 ... Kg7 follows 42.Qg6 Kf8 43.Qg8 Ке7 44.Ng6 or on 41 ... Rf8 follows 42.Qf6 Kh7 43 .Qgб Kh8 44.Qh6#. 42.Qgб

This is the surprising point of the sacrifice. Although Black is а full Rook ahead, he can only prevent mate Ьу giving up his Queen for the f7 -pawn. 42 ... Rd1 43.Kh2 е4 44.g3 hgЗ 45.Kg2 Qf7 46.Qf7 and Black resigned after another ten moves. 1·0.

On move 45. White could have played 45.fg3 and the following pretty finale would result if Black does not give up his Queen. То wit: 45.fg3 Rd2 46.Kgl Rdl 47.Kg2 (Not 47.Кf2 because of 47 ... е3) 47 ...Rd2 48.Kfl Rdl 49.Ке2 Rd2 50.Kd2 Qd8 51.Ке 1 Qf8 and an interesting zugzwang results after Black has exhausted all pawn moves, he must move the Queen and White wins Ьу either Qhб# or if ...Qg7, then Qh5#.

GAME275

Chigorin - Tarrasch (18) French Defense 1.е4 еб 2.Qe2 Ве7 З.ЬЗ d5 4.ВЬ2 Вfб 5.Вfб

In the earlier game, Chigorin played 5.е5 here, which is better than this trade, which leaves White 's Queenside somewhat weakened.

38.Rg5 fg5 39.fб Kh7 On 39 ... Kh8 follows 40.Ng6 and

4l.Ne7.

Nfd7 7.Qg4 о-о Best here is 7 ... Ne5 and it refutes

s ... Nf6

б.еs

Chigorin 's favored attacking method.


After 8.Qg7 Ngб, Black will try to trade as sооп as possiЬle and after that he will have the Ьetter positioп, e.g. 9 .h4 Qe7 10.h5 fб or 9.Bd3 f5 followed Ьу 10...Qe7. 8.f4 Nсб Queeпs

As а rule, Black plays ... с5 first in this type of positioп, but here the Кnight move is much stroпger, since it threateпs to attack the Queeпside at опсе. 9.Nf3 f5 Here 1 inteпded to р1ау 9 ...NЬ4, but 1 realized that пothing would Ье lost if I played the f-pawn first for more safety. As а consequeпce of this move, 1 had to play another security move and thus it made те тiss the Ьest momeпt for the inteпded attack. Оп 9 ... NЬ4 1O.N аЗ сб followed Ьу ll ...Qa5, Black attains а sharp attack, as he also wouldoп 10.Kd1 Nc5 followed Ьу eventually ... Ne4. 10.Qh3 White is threatening 11.Ng5. 1O... ReS 11.Nc3 Chigorin omits the start of an attack Ьу 11.g4. Не probaЬly wanted to complete his developmeпt first, but later on he does поt get around to it anymore. 11 ... Nf8 12.Ве2 Тhis is поt а very active square for the Bishop and for а loпg time it will remain quite passive. Еvеп поw 12.g4 was very stroпg and 12.ВЬ5 was Ьetter, as recommeпded in the tournameпt Ьооk, in order to trade the dangerous Кnight was Ьetter.

12... Ng6 13.Qg3

This does поt secure the f-pawп sufficieпtly, but after 13.g3, the Queen would Ье cut off in the following attack and then putting Black's Bishop on the diagonal would become dangerously effective. 13... d4 сб-h 1

Fiпally

Black resumes his

313

attackiпg

plan. 14.Na4 Тhе Кnight

14... NЬ4

has по good square. 15.Bd1

Otherwise 15 ...dЗ is more powerful yet. 15...d3

Of course this is somewhat risky, because the ра wп may Ье easily eпdangered later. Safer was 15 ... Nd5 16.Nd4 Ndf4 17.Nf3 (17.с3? Ne5) 17 ... Bd7 18.Nc3 Всб, with excelleпt play for Black. 16.с4 Ь5 Тhis is а little wild. Heyde recommeпds 16 ... Ь6 followed Ьу 17 ... ВЬ7 or 16... Bd7 followed Ьу 17 ... Всб. lt would епаЫе Black to hold оп to а positioпal advantage and he would Ье аЬlе to defend the advantage, e.g. 16 ... Bd7 17 .NсЗ (Better than 17.NЬ2) 17 ... Вс6 18.а3 Nc2 19.Вс2 dc2, and again White cannot castle or 18.0-0 а5 (Оп 18 ... а3, theп Black is аЬlе to retreat the NЬ4 via аб to с5, while White is unaЬle to avoid this Ьу playing Ь4 and Black's positioп is quite good, while White 's game remains cramped. Тhе text move leads to а complicated combination, which should also result in а good game for Black.

17.сЬ5 Nd518.Nd4 Ndf4 19.Nc6 Qd5

20.Nc3

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Тhе last three Knight moves seem to Ье White 's best continuation. А mistake was to play for the Exchange win Ьу 20.Bf3 Qb5 21.Ne7 Re7 22.Ва8, because of 22 ... Qe5 giving Black the advantage. Furthermore 21.Nc3 Qc5 22.Ь4 QЬб 23.Ne7 would not Ье good for White. 20 ... Qc5? Mter this the Black Queen is driven back and his position becomes quite bad. Не should simply play 20 ... Qg2 21.Bf3 QgЗ 22.hg3 Nd5 23.Bd5? ed5 24.Nd5 after which the simple surprise move of 24 ... ВЬ7 wins and on 23.Nd5! ed5 24.Bd5 Веб, and the weak e-pawn enaЬles Black to maintain а good position. 21.Ь4! Qf8 Тhis is the only secure square for the Queen. On 21 ... Qc4, White plays 22.ВЬ3 and on 21 ... Qb6, the Queen gets into trouЬle after 22.а4 and 23.а5 plus the possiЬle 24.Bf3. 22.0·0! Ne2 This is the best move. Тhе d-pawn cannot Ье defended any longer and on 22 ... Nd5 23.Bf3, Black's position becomes even more precarious. 2З.Nе2 de2 24.Ве2 White 's position is now excellent. Не has an extra pawn on the Queenside, Black's Queenside is torn up, his e-pawn is backward and his pieces are ineffective. 24 ... Bd7 25.Qc3 The Ь4-pawn has to Ье defended. 25 ... Вс6 26.Ьс6 Kh8 27 .d4 А simple winning plan was to deprive the a7-pawn of its defender Ьу 27.Ва6 and 28.ВЬ7 and then go on to capture it with the Queen or the Rook (RaЬl, RЬЗ RаЗ). Very strong also was 27 .Bh5. 27 ... RedB 28.Вс4 Qf7 29.Rad1 Ne7 ЗО.Ь5 Nd5

This somewhat consolidates Black again, even so the cб-pawn has а very cramping effect. 31.Qf3 Better was Зl.QЬЗ, keeping the Кnight immov аЫе on account of the weak eб-pawn.

31 ... Qe7 Тhis is defense against а possiЬle g4later on in the game. 32.а3 Тhis is to prevent 32 ... QЬ4. Even now 32.Qb3 was Ьetter to keep the Кnight tied down on d5 and also threatening 33.Bd5 followed Ьу 34.Rf5. Also 32.Qb3 would keep the aЗ-square availaЬle for а Rook to go after the weak а7 -pawn. 32 ... NЬ6 Black wants the Bishop off of the Ьoard, so that he сап finally douЬle Rooks on the file.

зз.аьз

White cannot avoid the exchange of the Bishop. On ЗЗ.ВЬЗ, it is answered Ьу ЗЗ ... аб, getting rid of the weak a-pawn, obtaining the open a-file, and on 34.а4 then 34... аЬ5 35.аЬ5 RаЗ, his position will Ье quite playaЬle. зз ... Nс4 34.Qc4 g6 The immediate 34... Rd5 is answered Ьу 35.Rf5. 35.d5 Тhis is an oversight causing the loss of the extra pawn. The correct winning method was 35.Qc5 Qt7! 36.d5! ed5! and now 37.Rel Qеб, tying down the Black pieces. Stronger yet was а second pawn sacrifice, 37.е6! Qеб 38.Rfel and White is in total control, e.g. 38 ... Qd6 39.Qd6 Rdб 40.Re7 Rc8 41.Rdel followed Ьу 42.Rd7, or40... a6 41.а4 аЬ5 42.аЬ5 Rb8

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МАТСН vs.

43.Rc7 Rb5 44.Re 1 Rb8 45.Rle7 R6d8 46.Rh7 Kg8 47.Rcg7 Кf8 48.с7 RЫ 49J{f2 Rc8 50.Rd7 Ке8 (Or 50... Kg8 51.Rhe7 Кf8 52.Re5) 51.Rd8 Rd8 52.Rh8 and wins, or 44 ... Rd8 45.Rle7 d4 46.Rcd7 followed Ьу 47.с7, or 38 ...Qf6 39.Re7 Rac8 40.Rd7 and White wins. 35... ed5 36.Rd5 Rd5 37.Qd5 Rd8 White probaЬly overlooked this move. 38.Qa2 Qe5

39.Qa1!

White has winning chances. 39 ... Qa1

Black cannot avoid the Queen trade as on 39...Rd4 there follows 40.Rel Qfб 41.Re6! Rdl 42.Qdl Qеб 43.Qd8 followed Ьу 44.Qc7. 40.Ra1 In the ensuing ending, White still has а consideraЬle plus Ьecause of his pawn superiority on the Queenside (Especially the cб-pawn) Тhе immediate threat is 41.Re 1 and 42.Re7. 40... Kg7 41.Kf2 Kf6 42.а4 Rd5 4З.Ке3 Ке5 44.Rc1 g5 Black has а very difficult game, which to те however, seems defensiЬle. Не will never Ье аЬlе to play ... а5, Ьecause оfЬб, as long as White's Rook is on the c-file (An earlier ... а5 was quite good) Тhе text move is сопесt, since later on the White King must Ье kept away from f4 and the

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Rook from h4. Another possiЬle move was 44.. .f4 , on which 45.Кf3 Rd4 46.а5 RЬ4 47 .Rc5 Кеб, could have followed, with по win for White in sight. 45.g3 h5 Тhis move seems to Ье the decisive mistake. Now on this last move, the White winning chances here are only оп the Queenside and with careful defensive play, the White attack could have been fought off Ьу Black. Тhе way to play was to move the King alternately from е5 to dб or other time wasting moves. How White would infiltrate is not clear, especially Ьecause а Rook trade would cause him to lose the game, e.g. 45 ... Kd6 46.Rc4 Re5 47 .КfЗ (If 47 .КdЗ Rd5 will drive the Кing back to the e-ftle, as he cannot go to the c-ftle Ьecause of 48 ...Rc5). 47 ...Rd5 and after White prepares the advance of the a-pawn Ьу 48RЬ4, play can continue with 48 ... Кс5, 49 ...КЬ6, 50... Ка5, or he can even allow 49.а5 and Ьу 49 ...Rc5 he will prevent 50.Ь6 аЬб 51.аЬ6 сЬ6 52.RЬ6, but even if he allows this move, then after аЬ, аЬ, сЬ, RЬ6, the proximity of the Black king neutralizes the danger of the c-pawn. Although, the text creates new dangers. Оп 46.h4, the g5-pawn cannot Ье defended Ьу 46 ... h6 anymore, and must advance, disturbing the Black Kingside pawn structure and then White's King threatens to penetrate via f4. Thus after this move, White will attack on both sides, and this is the reason for Black's loss. 46.Rc4g4

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Playing 45 ... h5 and thus weakening the g5-pawn, has totally changed the situation and the Rook trade, which earlier favored Black, would now lead to Black's immediate loss, e.g. 46 ...Rd147.Rc5 Rd5 48.Rd5 Kd5 49 .h4! and White captures the h-pawn no matter what Black plays. Then the White h-pawn decides the game, as the Black a-pawn can only go as far as а2. и 46 ... Rdl 47.Rc5 (Not 47.Rd5). 47 ... Кfб, there follows 48.а5 RЫ and here the Black King is tied to the defense of the e-pawn and the Black Rook is kept busy preventing Ьб. In the meantime, the White King goes to the Queenside and thus wins the game. If оп move 46 ... Kd6, iпstead of 46 ... Rd6, White answers 47 .h4 and his Kiпg goes to f4. The text is played to preveпt h4. 47.Rb4 Кеб Оп 47 ... Kd6, White wiпs Ьу trading Rooks, e.g. 48.Rd4 Кс5 49.Rd5 Kd5 50.Kf4 Кс5 51.Kf5 КЬ4 52.Кеб! Ка4 53.Kd7. 48.85 This is the breakthrough, freeiпg the advanced c-pawn, while Black's Kiпg keeps threateпiпg the White Kiпgside. 48 ... Kf6 Wroпg would Ье 48 ... Ке5. Оп 48 ... Kd6, there follows 49.Кf4, while after 48 ...Kf6 49.Kf4, would lead to а loss оп accouпt of 49 ...Rd3. It is obvious that Black could defeпd easily if White's Kiпg could поt get to f4. 49.Ь6 аЬ6 sо.аьв сЬб 51.с7 Rc5 If on move 48, the Black Kiпg had gопе to е5, White would поw wiп at опсе Ьу 52.Rb5! 52.Rb6 Kg5 Black now faces the following painful choice. и he uses bls King to protect bls pawns, he loses on account of the с7 -pawn, or if he tries to stop this pawn

Ьу

52... Ке7, he will lose his pawns Ьу 53.Rh6 and 54.Кf4. 53.Rb7 h4 54.Kd4 Rc1 55.Ке5 hgЗ 56.hg3 RсЗ The game cannot Ье saved with 56 ...f4, there follows 57 .gf4 Кh4 58.Kd6 Rdl 59.Ке7 Rcl 60.Kd7 Rdl бl.Кс8 gЗ 62.КЬ8 Rcl 63.c8=Q Rc8 64.Кс8 Kg4 65.Rf7 КfЗ 66.f5 g2 67.Rg7, or 58 ... g3 59.Rb8 g2 60.c8=Q Rc8 61.Rc8 gl=Q 62.Rh8 and White wiпs. 57.Kd6 The пехt four moves are а waste of time for White, he should play 57 .Ra7 поw. 57 ... RdЗ 58.Ке7 RеЗ 59.Kd6 RdЗ 60.Ке5 RсЗ 61.Ra7! White vacates the b7-square for the Kiпg.

61 ... f4 If iпstead for iпstance, бl ...Rcl, the White Kiпg will get to Ь8 via dб -сб- Ь7а8- Ь8 and the c-pawn will promote. If meanwhile, .. .f4, White 's Rook check will drive the Black Kiпg away and the pawn will Ье captured. 62.Kd4 Q-1. Оп 62 ... Rcl or 62 ... Rc6 follows 63.Ra5 and 64.Rc5. Chigorin handled the whole eпdgame masterfully.

GAME276


1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 аб 4.Ва4 Nf&

5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 Nd7 7.Ne2 Ь5 Тhis is better than 7 ... Ве7 or 7 ... fб, which Chigorin played iп earlier games. The text leads to the elimiпatioп of White's Ва4. s.вьз Na5! 9.de5 Cblgorin believes better is 9 .сЗ NЬЗ 1О.QЬЗ, when White at leastmaintains the

XVI.

МАТСН vs.

center and develops more rapidly. То Ье considered is the 9.Bf7 sacrifice, but this does not seem to work. 9 ... Nьз 1о.аьз Ne5

Not 10... de5, on account of ll.Qd5. 11.Nfd4

ВЬ7

12.Ng3 g6 13.f4 Nd7

Тhis

is in order to play the Кnight from but White never gets around to

а5,

14... Вg715.NЬЗ Q-0 16.0.0

If now 16.Na5, it would lose а pawn Ьecause of 16 ... Ве4. 16... Re8 17.Re1 Nf6 18.Nd2 Тhis is tantamount to filing bankruptcy. It was still better to sacrifice the undefensiЬle pawn and to continue with 18.Na5 Ве4 19.Ве3 and in that position White still has play. On 18.е5, it saves the pawn, but after 18 ... Nd5 (Better than 18 ... de5 19.Qd8 followed Ьу 20.Nc5, 21.fe5, 22.Bg5, etc) 19.Na5 Qb8 and White's position is poor. There is even а possibllity of this brilliant fmale, 20.ed6 Qa7 21.Khl Qf2 22.Rfl? (Better is 22.Re2) Qg2!! 23.Kg2 Nf4 followed Ьу 24 ... Nh3#. 18... Qd7 19.h3 White is intending 20.Ra3 and 2l.Re3, without Ьeing embarrassed Ьу 20... Ng4. 19... Re7 20.Re2 White gives up on the Rook lift idea, eпoneously assuming that he would have а bad game after 20.Ra3 Rae8 2l.Rae3 followed Ьу 21 ... Nd5. In fact this Кnight move is poor because the following possiЬle variation, 22.ed5! RеЗ 23.Re3 24.Nde4 and White regains the Exchange. 20 ... Rae8 21.Qf1 White remains whole Ьу capturing at а6 if Black captures on е4. On 21.Qel, we might see 21 ... Qc6 22.с3 Ne4 23.Nde4 (On 23.Re4? f5! wins) 23 ...f5 24.Ned2 Re2 and Black wins.

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21 ... h5! 22.h4 Qg4 23.Qf2 Qh4 24.Nf3 Qg4 25.е5 Nd5 26.Nh2 Qd7 27.ed6 Qd6 28.Re7 Re7

White 's position is desperate and is destroyed forcefully.

aЬout to Ье

29.с3 NЬ4! Тhreatening

14.Ь4

d4 to it.

CHIGORJN, 1893

30...Bd4

зо.вез NdЗ З1.Qd2

Nb2

Black is mopping up the game. 32.Qc1

White misses resign.

а

brilliant opportunity to

32 ... Nc4 ЗЗ.Вf2 h4 34.Ngf1 Re2 35.Nf3 hЗ 36.Ng3 ВfЗ 37.gf3 h2! 38.Kg2 NеЗ 39.Kh1 Qc6

Better yet would have Ьееn 39 ...Qf4. 40.Ne4Ng441.Kg2Nf242.Nf2Qc5 Q-1.

GAME277 Chigorin - Tarrasch (20) French Defense

1.е4 е6 2.Qe2 Ве7 З.ЬЗ d5 4.ВЬ2 Bf6 5.Bf6 Nf6 6.е5 Nfd7 7.Qg4 g6

In game eighteen I castled here, which is definitely Ьetter than this move Ьecause it weakens the Kingside. I made this move intentionally, to find out if this weakening can Ье exploited. In this game it takes а very long time Ьefore it shows. 8.f4 Nc6

As in game eighteen, I unconventionally developed the Кnight Ьefore the c-pawn was played. 9.Nc3

NЬ4

Тhis is an early, but not premature attack,

which White has to meet very cautiously. 10.Kd1

White must not defend the c-pawn Ьу castling, for in that case Black will get а strong attack Ьу 10... d4 ll.aЗ dсЗ 12.аЬ4 cd2 13.Rd2 Qe7 14.с3 а5. Without 0-0-0, White will not Ье аЫе to exploit Black 's

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Kingside weakness Ьу h4-h5 etc. and herein lies the value of the Knight demonstration. 10... Nc5 This is in order to counter ll.aЗ with ll ...d4 12.аЬ4 dсЗ or 12.Ne2 Nс21З.Кс2 dЗ.

11.Qe2 This is а good defensive move, which simultaneously tlпeatens 12.Qb5 winning а piece. 11 ...аб 12.а3 In the long run, Black cannot leave the Knight on Ь4, but the already weakened Queenside-the absence of the Bb2becomes more weakened with this move. 12... Nсб 13.Nf3 Ьб 14.d4 Nd7

The Black Кnights have Ьееn driven back, leading one to think, superficially, that the four Кnight moves are tantamount to four lost tempi. How did White use these extra tempi. Тhе first Kdl, made him lose the castling privilege, the second аЗ, weakened the Queenside, the third Qe2, retreated the Queen and obstructed the Bishop, and the fourth d4, made the е-ра wn an attacking target. If in the French defense, White 's d4 is not played, Black's ... с5 is almost purposeless. Black now proceeds with а pawn attack on the Queenside and this was only made possiЬle Ьу the apparently premature piece attack.

15.Qe3 Ne7 16.Bd3 с5 17.Ne2 ВЬ7 18.с3 Qc7 19.Nd2 ьs 20.Ке1 White takes his King to safety and wants to connects the Rooks. 20...с4 21.Ьс4 Ьс4 Not 21 ...dc4, because it wouldmake the e4-square accessiЬle first to the Bishop and then for the Knight. 22.Вс2

Тhе Queenside attack has, as its first result, that the аЗ and сЗ pawns have become very weak and the c4-pawn cramps White 's position consideraЬly. Now Ьoth players must strive for an early possession of the b-file. 22 ... Всб 23.Kf2 Rb8 24.Rab1 Rb1 25.Nb1 On 25.RЬI, then 25 ...Qa5 will force the Rook into the corner. 25... Qa5 Black cannot increase the moЬility of the Kingside pieces Ьу castling, as then the h4-h5 attack will follow. 26.Qc1 Nb6? Up to now 1 played the game faultlessly and had achieved а consideraЬle positional advantage. This advantage could have Ьееn increased Ьу the first move I considered here, i.e. 26 ... Ва4. What might have followed was 27 .Ва4 Qa4 28.Qb2 Nсб 29.Nd2 Ке7 ЗО.RЫ Rb8 Зl.Qcl RЬIЗ2.NЬI QЬЗ afterwhich Black can bring the Кnight into the attack while Whi te сап hardly move. 1 considered the text move, but immediately I realized that this was refuted Ьу 27 .Qb2, since after that 1 сап play neither the Knight nor the Bishop to а4, on account of the back rank check. What happened to те was one of those lapses that have often occurred during the final pan of this match. Compare my move 13.f4 in the last game and move 43. and 55. in the present game, which show


that my thinking mechanism did not function normally anymore. As I was considering the Bishop and Knight moves, I completely forgot that I had rejected the text move, and thus allowed the win to escape me. 27.Qb2 Kd7

Only Ьу а circuitous King's maneuver is it possiЬle for Black to bring his Rook into the game, since he does not have the right squares for his Кnight (сб) nor for his King (е7). In addition White can here or in the subsequent moves, force the exchange of Queens, after which the game will probaЬly end in а draw. 28.Nd2 Кс7 29.Rb1 RЫ ЗО.Qс1

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З5.Kgl QЬЗ Зб.Nfl NdЗ З7.Qа1 З8.Kfl З5.Кf3

Nf5 followed Ьу QЬЗ Зб.Qаl Qc2.

Qc2 or

З9 ... NеЗ,

34.Qc2 h6 If instead of this, Black offers the Queen

exchange on ЬЗ, the White King will get to с2, and Black will find it hard to defend the passed pawn, especially since White would threaten to attack it once more Ьу NgЗ-fl-eЗ-dl. On З4 ... QЬЗ З5.QЬЗ сЬЗ З6.Nd2 Ь2 З7.КеЗ Nсб З8.КdЗ NaS З9 .Кс2 etc. In any case this would not work out well for Black. 35.Nc1

White plays this move and the next moves carelessly and is going to face new dangers. PresumaЬly he wanted to avoid З5 ... QЬЗ, but this was not to Ье feared. Не should at once start а counterattack on the Kingside Ьу З5.g4 and if need Ье defend аЗ and сЗ Ьу З6.Nd2 and З7.NЬ1. 35... Nc6 36.Ке2

Instead of this White should protect the and сЗ pawns Ьу З6.Nd2 and З7 .NЬ 1.

аЗ

36 ... Na7 Тhе logical seeming maneuver, Зб ... Nа5 З7 ... NЬЗ, would not Ье so effective Ьecause White will not trade on ЬЗ, e.g. З6 ... Nа5 З7.Кd1 NЬЗ З8.Nd2 and Black

and

ЗО ... Ва4 31.Ва4

Na4 32.RЫ

КЫ

Of course the Кing is on а much worse square here than on е7, where he can guard the weak f-pawn. Тhе first part of the game is now over, chances are aЬout equal as the аЗ and сЗ weaknesses are offset Ьу the weakness of f7 and h7. ЗЗ.NfЗ Тhis зз

threatens 34.Ng5.

... аьs

Тhis

is а difficult continuation for Ьoth players. If White plays З4.Ng5 there follows З4... NЬ2 and Black will achieve а dangerous attack with this Кnight, the Queen, and possiЬly the other Кnight, e.g. 34.Ng5 NЪ2 35.Qc2 NdЗ 36.Kgl QЬЗ or

has achieved nothing. 37.Kd2

It is now too late to play NЬ 1 to protect the pawns, as Black will realize an advantage Ьу З7 .Nd2 Qa5 З8.NЬ 1 NЬ5 threatening З9 ... NасЗ followed Ьу 40... NЬd4 and on З9.Кd2, the d-pawn falls. 37... Qa5 38.Ne2 Nb5 Тhis wins the a-pawn Ьecause if White tries to save it Ьу З9.Qс1, there follo~s NЬ6 and there is no defense. Now White must start а counterattack on the Kingside, and finally try to ~xploit the weakness Black has had sшсе move seven.

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39.g4

NЬб

Тhе simpler 39 ... Na3 was also good for Black. 1 did not make this move Ьecause 1 was not sure of а win after 40.Qa2 Nb5 4l.Qal Nc5 42.Qa5 NЬЗ 43.Кс2 Na5 44.f5. Only on White 's 40.Qa2, then 40 ... NЬ6 was best, and Black gets good winning prospects, e.g. 41.Nel Qa4 42.Ncl Кс7. Тhе text however is very strong, as it enaЬles Black's Queen to penetrate the White position. 40.f5 gf5 On40... Na3, Whitemightfollowupwith 41.fg6 and then 42.g7 and 43.g8=Q. 41.gf5 ааз 42.fеб fеб 43.Ne1! Not the immediate 43.Qg6, since 43 ... Qb2 wins the c-pawn and exposes White to numerous checks. 43 ... Qf8?

Тhis is а logical mistake. 1 saw that if I continued the attack with 43 ... Na4, а perpetual check is inescapaЬle after 44.Qg6 NсЗ. Тhus being unaЬle to win Ьу attacking 1 hoped that 1 might Ье аЬlе to win Ьу defense, and 1 looked for а way to pressure the White Queen from penetrating, and guard my еб and hб pawns. In what would this course of action result? At Ьest Black would draw the game. For this reason it was better to continue the attack and force White to draw. Тhis was not the Ьest. As long as there was а Кnight on Ьб, White could not play 44.Qg6, since he then has no perpetual

GAМES

check, while Black can play 44 ...Qb2 at once, pinning the Queen Ьу 45.Nc2 NаЗ! with а possiЬle trade. For this reason either 43 ... а5 or 43 ... Qb3, was the right move and Black had good winning chances. 44.Qgб Nc7 45.Ng2 The game looks symmetrical. First Black had а strong attack with Queen and two Кnights, which led to the gain of the a-pawn, and now White similarly attacks on the Kingside and wins the h-pawn. 45 ... Кс8 On 45 ... Nc8 46.Ngf4 Ne7 followed Ьу 47 .Qfб with а plus for White. 46.Ngf4 Qe7 Black cannot defend both pawns, since 46 ... Kd7 loses Ьу 47 .Qh7 Кеб? 48.Qc7 followed Ьу 49.Ne6. 47.Qhб а5 48.h4 а4 49.h5 аз 50.Nc1 Nd7 51.Qgб Nf8 The Black position has consideraЬly worsened, as White 's passed pawn is supported much more effectively than Black's, the Knights are much Ьetter attacking tools than they are defenders. 52.Qg8 Kd7 5Э.hб Ne8 On 53 ... Ке8 , White plays 54.Nh5, and then the Black Кnights have no good defensive squares and even become attacking targets themselves. 54.Na2 White could win а pawn with 54.Ne6 Qеб 55.Qf8 Qgб 56.Qa3 Qhб 57 .Кс2 Nc7, but this would not have secured the win. Rather 54.Ке2! would have. eliminated the following drawing chance. 54 ... Qh4! This leads to а draw, as on 55.Qf8, Black has а perpetual check Ьу 55 ... Qf2-fl. 55.Qf7 Qe7? This is illogical. Black had 55 ... Kd8 as the consequence of 54... Qh4!, when there

XVI.MATCHvs. CHIGORIN, 1893

was no way to prevent perpetual check. Now Black's game will Ье lost. 56.Qh5 Qh7 57.NЬ4 Nc7 58.Qg5 Qe7 59.Qg8 Qh4 60.Qg7 Qe7

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Тhis is to provoke 12.g3, which weakens White 's Kingside and so to plan а Kingside attack on the h l-a8 diagonal. However even on other moves, White 's game is already somewhat Ьetter.

12.Re1 Тhis is to prevent 12... Ne4. The open e-file gains significance.

12... Ne713.g3

ВЬ8

If 13 ... Bh6, the Bishop remains somewhat misplaced after 14.Ne5 and 15.f4, even if Black follows up with 14... g6 and 15 ...Bg7. 14.Ne5

60 ... Ке8, White plays 6l.Qf8 followed Ьу 62.Ng6.

White's position gets Ьetter all the time, and Black already finds himself in difficulties.

61.Nh5!

14... Вс615.ВЬ1 Ве5

Оп

Тhis

is the decisive move. The threat is 62.Nf6 followed Ьу 63.Nc6, and on 6l ... Ne8 White wins Ьу 62.Nf6 Nfб 63.ef6. 61 ... а2 62.Nf6 Кс8 6З.Qе7 а1 =0 64.Qf8 КЬ7 65.Nd7 Na6 66.Nc5 1-Q.

Moves 54-60 were made Ьу Black in heavy time pressure, which is understandaЬle after the difficult complications and combinations of this game.

Тhis trade is not good. It gives White the Bishop pair and increases the effectiveness of the ВЬ2, and since the Nfб is driven off, White is аЬlе to initiate а Кingside attack. 1 assume that Chigorin wanted to avoid trading his Всб. 1 doubt that another continuation like 15 ... Ngб or ... Nd7, might stilllead to equality. White 's position is already too good and if nothing Ьetter Ьecomes availaЬle, he сап get а powerful Queenside pawn superiority with 16.с5.

16.de5 Nd717.Qh5 h618.Rcd1

GAME278

Tarrasch- Chi2orin (21) Queen pawn7Jame

1.d4 d5 2.е3 Nf6 3. ВdЗ е6

Here З ... Nсб, preparing 4 ... е5, is Ьetter, as Chigorin played against me in Hastings two years later. 4.Nf3 Тhis

с5 5.Ь3

Nc6 6.ВЬ2 cd4

is the fust mistake, giving White positional advantage.

а

7.ed4 Bd6 8.0-0 0·09.Nbd2 Bd710.c4 Rc811.Rc1 Bf4

Тhis is an unassuming looking move and fine move, which further reinforces White 's game. Weaker is а direct attack Ьу 18.Nf3, intending to play the Кnight via g5-h7 -fб, because then Black could defend more successfully than against this discreet strengthening of the position.

18... Qe8 19.Qe2

Black threatened to free himself somewhat with 19 ...f5. The Queen now intends to attack from dЗ. 19 ... Nc5 20.cd5

Again, this is the right thing.

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GAME279

20 ... Bd5 If the Knight recaptures, White follows up with 2l.Nc4 22.Nd6, and if the pawn

Chigorin- Tarrasch (22)

takes back, White will continue his assault with f4 and f5.

1.е4 е6 2.Qe2 Ве7 З.ЬЗ d5 4.ВЬ2 Bf6 5.Bf6 Nf6 6.е5 Nfd7 7 .Qg4 Q-0 8.f4 Nc6

21.Nc4!

Up to this point the game was identical to match game eighteen.

Here again Black's choice is only Ьetween bad and worse. Не must choose Ьetween allowing the Кnight into dб, or to ttade off his Bishop, which he intended to use for an attack. Тhus the White position is secured from any danger and the game Ьecomes an unequal sttuggle between the Bishop pair and the two Knights. 21 ... Qc6 22.Nd6 Rcd8

French Defense

9.с3 Тhis is to prevent 9 ... NЬ4, but Black gets the Ьetter game anyway.

9 ... d4!

This prevents White's solid 10.d4 development move. 10.Nf3 dсЗ Тhе immediate 10... Nc5 was not good оп account of ll.Ь4, 12.Ь5, and 13.Nd4.

11.Nc3

On 22 ... Bf3, White wins with 23.Qc2 24.Nc8 Bdl 25.Ne7 or 23.Nc8 threatening 24.Ne7. Slightly Ьetter than the text was 22 ...Rc7, but even so the game is Ьeyond salvation. Ngб

23.Rc1

This is the decisive move. White to win the Nc5 Ьу both 24.Ь4 as well as 24.Qc2, thus the Kпight is iпettievaЬly lost. threateпs

23 ... g6 24.Ь4 ВfЗ 25.Qd2 Ьб 26.Ьс5 Ьс5 27.Qh6 Rb8 28.Ве4 Rb2 Оп 28 ... Ве4, White easily wins with 29.Re4 followed Ьу 30.Rh4. 29.Вс6 Nсб ЗО.Nе4 Ве4

31.Re41-0.

If the pawn takes back, Black will develop а dangerous attack Ьу 12... Nd7 and 13.Nd3. The text however, weakens the squares d4 and dЗ, and ll .. .f5! would have given Black а superior position. Тhis move would here Ье answered Ьу 12.ef6 (Otherwise Black plays 12 ... Nc5 and 13.Ne4). 12 ...Qf6 (Good also is 12... Nf6). and Black has saved two tempi, compared with whatreally happened. Oddly ingame eighteen the f-pawn advanced too early and in this game the f-pawn advanced too late. 11 ...Nc5?

XVI.

МАТСН

vs. CHIGORIN, 1893

12.d4! 1 had overlooked this strong rejoinder. 12...15 Тhis is the Ьest reply. On 12... Nd4, then 13.0-0-0 wins the Кnight. 1З.еf6 Тhis is necessary, as the Queen 's move is answered Ьу 13 ... Ne4. 13... Qf6 Тhus Black at least avoids the need to retreat the Knight at once and thus acknowledge his 11 ... Nc5 епоr. Тhе game now Ьecomes very wild and complicated, with the most difficult combination remaining hidden between the lines. Black's game laЬors under the isolated e-pawn, but for this White 's d-pawn and f -pawn become attacking targets and White 's development is somewhat delayed. 14.Rd1 If 14... е5, White defends the d-pawn with 14.0-0-0, Black can push the e-pawn advantageously, e.g. 14.0-0-0? е5! 15.Вс4 Кh8 16.fe5? Qhб 17.Qg5 RfЗ 18.Qh6Rc319.Kb2 (On 19.Kd2? follows 19 ... Ne4) 19 ... ghб and Black wins. 14... Nd7 Now the e-pawn push would lead to the loss of а pawn Ьecause of 15.Вс4 Кh8 16.fe5! Bg417.ef6Rae818.Kfl,sincethe Nc5 fmally has to move. Apart from the text, 14... Nd4? was to Ье considered, but this move fails on 15.Rd4! е5 16.fe5 and 14 ... Rd8 is answered Ьу 15.Qg5 threatening 16.Qc5. 15.Bd3 White does not have to protect the f-pawn, since on 15 ... Qf4 16.Qf4 Rf4 17 .NЬS and White will capture on с7, but on 15 ... Qf4, it would Ье bad to play 16.Qe6 , as the capture of the pawn would free Black 's game. Тhere might follow

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16 ... Кh8 17.Nd5 Nc5 and Black has а good position. 15... Qh6 Here too Black had to consider pushing the e-pawn, which would have led to very daring complications. Тhе move that irnmediately comes to mind is 16.fe5. lt would have given Black а good game Ьу 16 ... Nde5 17 .de5 Ne5 18.Bh7 (On 18.Qg3? NfЗ followed Ьу 19 ... Qc3) 18 ... Кh8! (On 18 ... Кh7? follows 19.Qh5 Kg8 20.Qe5) 19.Qd4 (On 19.Qh5? follows 19 ...Bg4!) 19... Nf3 20.gf3 Qd4 followed Ьу 21 .. J{h7. With 16.Nd5! Qd8 17.Qh5 etc. or 16... Qd6 17.Qh4 etc. or 16 ... Qh6 17 .Nc7 gives White the Ьetter game. 16.()-()! White must not guard the f-pawn with 16.g3, as then 16 ... е5 is very good for Black and on 16.Ng5 would follow 16 ... Nf6 17.Qg3 Nd4. 16... Nf6 Now that the Black Queen is no longer subject to Ьeing attacked Ьу the NсЗ, the moment for the long planned pawn push had arrived, which would have given Black а free game. Why 1 omitted this move 1 can not rememЬer. With 16...Rf4, it was poor on account of 17 .Bh7 Кh8! (On 17 .. .1{h7, follows 18.Ng5) 18.Qg3 RfЗ 19.Rf3 Кh7 20.Qc7 with а strong attack. 17.Qg3 White is throwing caution to the wind Better was 17.Qg5, which would lead to а more or less equal game after 17 ... Qg5 18.Ng5 hб 19.Nf3 Nd5 20.Nd5 ed5. 17... Nh5 18.Qh4 Rf4 Good also was 18 ... Nf4. 19.g4 Тhis I Ьelieve

was 19.Qel.

to Ье an oversight. Better

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19 ... Nfб Not 19 ... е5 because of 20.Вс4 Kh8 21.Ng5. 20.Qh6 ghб? То save time 1 moved immediately, and never considered 20 ...Rg4 , which would have yielded а second pawn. Whether this would have won for те is hard to decide, but in any event it would have given me а much easier game than what 1 played. 21.Ne5 White now develops а strong attack. 21 ... Rf1 22.Bf1 Ne5 23.de5 Nd5? Better was 23 ... Ng4. The Rook check on d8 was not very dangerous, e.g. 23 ... Ng4 24.Bh3 Ne5 25.Rd8 Kf7 26.Nb5 Nсб 27.Rh8 Kg7 28.Re8 Rb8 followed Ьу 29 ... Bd7. On 24.Rel h5 25.Nb5 Bd7, Black will get around to developing his pieces while maintaining а material plus. 24.Ne4 Of course this is far stronger than 24.Nd5 ed5 25.Rd5 Bg4. 24... Ьб Bad here is 24 ... Bd7 because of 25.Rd5 and 26.Nf6. 25.Bg2 ВЬ7 26.Nfб Kg7 On 26 ... Nf6 follows 27 .ВЬ7 Rb8 28.ef6 Rb7 29.Rd7, with advantage for White. 27.Nh5 Kg8 28.Bd5 ed5? Тhis is the decisive mistake. Now the e5-pawn will win the game. On 28 ... Bd5 29.Nf6 Kf7 30.Nd5 the game will end in adraw. 29.еб! Всб

The threat was ЗO.Rfl Rf8 Зl.Nfб followed On 29 ...Вс8 comes ЗORel. ЗО.Rс1 Ве8 31.Nf6 Kg7 32.Nd5 с5 33.Rf1! Chigorin plays the endgame in an exemplary manner. The Black King will never Ье аЬlе to approach the passed Ьу 32.е7.

pawn. Тhе pawn supported Ьу the Knight is most dangerous and will constantly paralyze the Black pieces.

33 ... Rd8 34.Rf5 Rdб 35.Re5 Rd8 Зб.Кf2 Всб 37.Nf4 Rf8 38.Kg3 Кfб

39.е7!

Rc8 40.Re6 Kf7 On 40 ... Kg7, White plays 41.Rc6. 41.Rh6 Ве4 42.Re6 ВЬ7 43.Re3 Всб On 43 ... Re8 there follows 44.Ne6 and Black cannot take the pawn. 44.g5 Re8 45.Ne6! Rc8 46.Nf8 Kg7 47.Re6 Kf7 48.Re5 Kg7 49.Kf4 Ве8 50.Kf5 Ь5 This is а last try. 51.Rd5 Kf7 52.Nh7 с4 53.Nf6 сЗ 54.Re5 Kg7 On 54 ... с2 White wins Ьу means of 55.g6 Kg7 56.Ne8 Кhб (On 56 ...Re8 follows 57.Rc5) 57.Rel cl=Q 58.Rcl Rcl 59.Nd6. 55.Ne8 Re8 56.Ке6 Rc8 57.Kd7 с2 58.Re11-0.

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XVII. Match vs. Walbrodt, 1894 In the spring of 1894 1 received а challenge froт the Berlin тaster Walbrodt for а Carl August Walbrodt was 23 years of age at the time and had in 1891 appeared on the chess scene in Berlin. В у an uninterrupted chain of wins in тatches and toumament he had таdе himself а Ьig nате in the chess world. His flrst big tournament was Dresden 1892 and he played the entire tournament without losing а single game and won а top prize. At that time he was reputed to Ье the second best chess player after те and he had enough self confidence to Ьelieve that he could take ту place. As 1 was always keen for battle, 1 happily accepted the challenge and u'1e NureтЬerg committee invited Walbrodt to play the тatch in NureтЬerg in August. То таkе the arrangeтents for the тatch the committee did an exeтplary job in taking care of everything. Both sides deposited 800 тarks and the winner would Ье the first to win seven games. Every week day we would play froт 9am to 1рт and froт 4рт to the end of the game. Тhе games were to Ье played without а clock, but if the committee decided the games were going too slowly they could impose а 12-тоvе per hour rule with credit for тoves already таdе. Overstepping the tiтe control would not immediately forfeit the game, but the committee then had the right to determine that the player who overstepped, at move 12, 24, or 36 would Ье given five minutes to таkе up and only then if he overstepped, would he forfeit the game. NoЬody protested this arrangeтent as these rules went back to the time of Morphy and Anderssen. Normally these games took Ьetween three and seven hours to coтplete. Only the last game lasted а total of 11 hours and in this game Walbrodt took а тuch larger amount of the tiтe as he took extreтely special care. In any event we did not have the time constraint to worry with in this тatch, so 1 could play with concentration like never before. I forgot everything around те and all I did was think. Тhе result was such а degree of exactitude as 1 had never Ьefore reached in any of ту games. Apart from the first game, in which 1 deliЬerately made а second rate тоvе to avoid а draw, 1 assumed that ту opponent would consistently Ье playing for а draw. In the eight games with altogether тоrе than 300 moves, I did not mak:e а single mistake, and at тost it was only three times 1 did not таkе the best тоvе as the reader will find out in the analysis of the games. Only this type of game enaЬled me to defeat WalЬrodt. Against my almost absolutely сопесt play, he was no match and he lost one game after the other except for а single draw. Walbrodt recovered from this defeat, winning second prize in Berlin in 1897 but Ьесате ill and died of consumption in 1902 at the age of 31. тatch.


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GAME280 Walbrodt - Tarrasch (1) Giuoco Piano 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 Вс5 4.D-O Nf6 s.dз d& &.сз вьв

15.Nh3

On 15.fe5, Blackplays 15 ... de5 winning the d-pawn. 15... о-о

move was made with the following idea, 1 assumed that my opponent would try his utmost to draw this game.

lsolated douЬled pawns are not too scary. 15 ... ef4, will allow the White Кnight to go to the square he really wanted to go to first.

7.Ь4

16.Nd2 Nf7

Тhis

Тhis

leads to an Evans Gamblt declined.

7 ... Ве68.Ве6

ln an analogous position, Steinitz habltually exchanged Bishops, since he considered the resulting douЬled pawns to Ье а great disadvantage. lt is my thinking though that the open f-file is ample compensation, as 1 put much greater store in the freedom of my pieces than the douЬled pawns. We are probaЬly Ьoth сопесt, with aggressive play it will Ье hard for my opponent to take advantage of the Black pawn weakness. То my mind, it is basically eпoneous to give one's opponent an open file for his Rook. 8 ... fe6

9.а4 а610.Ве3

The Bishop move, which 1 earlier tried to prevent (See note to move six.) is made anyway. Simplest and probaЬly best, would Ье to trade on еЗ, leading to an almost symmetrical position, with а draw the likely outcome. 1 decided to prevent this, and thus misplaced the Bishop, losing а tempo. Тhis is generally called playing for the win, but it actually should Ье called playing for а loss. 10... Ва711.Ва7 Ra712.Qb3

White Ьegins an attack against Black's center, with this move and the following moves and up to а certain point White plays the game flawlessly. 12... Qd7 1З.Ng5 Nd8 14.14 h6 Тhis is to force the Кnight to а poor square, but the move also weakens the gб-square.

Going back to сб would not give Black consistent defense of the center, on account of the potential 17 .Ь5. а

17.Rae1 Тhis is preparatory to adding to the attack on е5.

17... Raa818.Nf3 Kh7

Black guards gб from the Knight penetration, and Black must avoid ... ef4 consistently. 19.fe5 Тhе immediate advance of the d-pawn was to Ье considered.

19...de5 20.d4 ed4

21.е5

White keeps the eб-pawn backwards and he should now Ье аЬlе to get the Ьetter game. 21 ... Nd5 22.Nd4 Тhis keeps the e-pawn under fire. White now has а very free position and Black's position remains cramped.

22 ... Rae8 23.Re4

White wants to move the other Rook to the d-file. Much better however was 23.Re2, as we will soon see. 23 ... Nd8 24.Rd1

White threatens 25.Ne6 followed Ьу 26.Rd5 or 26.Qd5. If Black avoids this threat with 24 ... с6, White 's 25.с4 drives the Кnight away and after discovery on the Queen Ьу moving 26.Nd4, the Rook will penetrate to dб with а superior position.

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24... Nc6!

29 ... Nce7 ЗО.QdЗ с6

This hidden resource saves Black 's game. On 25.Ne6 follows 25 ... Qe6 and on 25.Qd5, Black wins the Queen Ьу 25 ...Rd8 or he mates. On 26.Rd5, then 26 ... Ne7 wins the exchange. This is а surprising change of events, which would have Ьееn unavailaЬle to Black if the White Rook had gone to е2, instead of е4, Ьecause then the combination would have Ьееn frustrated Ьу а Queen check.

Black is getting even for the tricky 28th move, he now threatens 31 ... Qa7 winning the Nf4.

25.Nf3

31.Qd4 Тhis

will cost an exchange.

31 ... Nf5 32.Qc5

NfeЗ

Obviously White missed that after 33.Qe3 Ne3 34.Rd7, the Rook is still attacked. After the next move Black's Ndl cannot get back into the game with impunity.

White 's game now gradually deteriorates. Тhе move 25.с4 does not work Ьecause of 25 ... NdЬ4 26.Nc6 Qсб 27 .QЬ4 Qe4. Тhе Rook on е4 is not а happy camper.

Тhе isolated Кnight is now threatened Ьу 35.Rd4 and if the Кnight goes to Ь2, then 35.Rd4 attacking Black's Queen followed Ьу 36.Qc2, will trap the Кnight.

25... Ь5

34 ... Nc3!

In order to maintain the Nd5. 26.аЬ5 Тhis is not good. Тhе open a-file will work in Black's favor. Тhе immediate 26.с4 is correct and then Black keeps an isolated a-pawn.

26... аЬ5 27 .с4

Ьс4

28.Rc4

White is threatening to win the Nсб Ьу а sneaky check on с2. 28... Kg8

33.Nd5 Nd1 34.Nf4

Тhis escape had Тhе Кnight now

to Ье seen on move 31. returns home from his

glorious tour. 35.Rd4

White must not try to regain the exchange with 35.Ng6, as Black would burst in with 35 ... Qdl 36.Kf2 Qc2 37 .Kfl? Qe2 38.Kgl Qel followed Ьу 39 ... Ne2 and mate in two moves, or 37 .Kgl Rf3 followed Ьу 38 ...Qg6. 35 ... Nd5 36.Nd3 Ra8

Black now develops attack.

а

rapidly decisive

37 .hЗ Ra1 38.Kh2 Ra2 39.Kh1

29.Nf4

Finally the game.

Кnight

gets back into the


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It was still Ьetter to protect the attacked with the other Кnight. 39 ... Rf3 40.gf3 Qf7 White 's pieces are very poorly posted for the protectioп of the bare King. If White plays 41.f4 against the threat of mate with 41 ... Qf3 and 42.Qg2#, the reply will Ье 41 ... Qh5, with threats оп hЗ, fЗ, and d1. 41.Ne1 Ra1 42.Rd1 Equally useless is 42.Re4, due to42 ...Qf3.

Another possibllity here is 9 .NЬd2 in order to develop rapidly after 9 ... Nd2? 10.Bf5 NfЗ 11.Qf3, but if Black answers 9 ... Nd6, theп the Nd2 is somewhat misplaced 9 ... c610.Qb3 Very tempting, but equally bad is 10.cd5 cd5 ll.QbЗ, seemingly giving Black а proЬlem ofhow to defeпd the b-pawn, but the strong defense theп is 11 ...Nсб! and оп 12.Qb7 NЬ4, giviпg White some real

42 ... Rd1 Q-1.

trouЬle.

NfЗ

GAME 281

Tarrasch- Walbrodt (2) Petroff Defense

1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nf6 It seems to те that the Petroff Defeпse gives White а slight edge. З.Nе5 dб 4.Nf3 Ne4 5.d4 d5 If Black for the momeпt plays 5 ... Ве7 instead, his positioп remains cramped and in order to free himself, 6 ...d5 will have to Ье played anyway. б.ВdЗ Ве7 1.о-о о-о

Better than castling is 7 ... Nсб, so that оп 8.Re1, there will Ье по пееd to retreat the Kпight, but а couпterattack сап Ье initiated Ьу 8 ... Bg4. 8.Re1 In this variatioп of the Petroff Defeпse, White must try to drive the Кnight from е4. If he succeeds iп doiпg so he will have an edge, if поt, the stroпgly posted Knight works to Black's advantage. Тhis makes the text move the most пatural and the stroпgest. Not favoraЬle for Black is the defeпse of the Кnight with ... f5 or ... Bf5 and uроп the retreat of the Кnight to fб, we have the exchange variatioп of the French, with an extta tempo (Rel) for White. 8 ... Bf5 9.с4

10...dc4 1Ъis is Ьest, but Black cedes the ceпter and White gets what he was trying for here. 11.Вс4 Оп 11.Qb7 and 12.Qa8, it would clearly lead to the Queeп's loss. 11 ... Nd6 It has Ьееп my experieпce that posting а Кnight оп dб (Or respectively оп dЗ.), is almost always bad. 12.Bf1 Of course White does поt want а Bishop exchange. Оп f1 the Bishop remains quite effective throughout the whole game. 12... Nd7

13. Bf4 NЬ6 14.Nc3 White is поw two moves ahead iп developmeпt and has а stroпg albeit

XVII. МАТСН vs. WALBRODT, 1894

isolated, center pawn. Black has nothing than 14...Ве6, with the probaЬle sequel15.Qc2 Nd5 16.Nd5 Bd5 17.Ne5, after which White still has а certain positional advantage.

Ьetter

14... g5

Generally there is no move more weakening than moving the pawn in front of the King, а pawn advance that 1 call the Harikari move. 1Ъis move is only justified if it gives an immediate advantage, such as the start of а very strong attack or the win of а piece. Here the move is out of place and will irreparaЬly compromise Black's position. 15.Bg3 Kh8 Тhese last two moves were probaЬly intended as preparation for а Kingside attack with 16...Rg8 and 17...h5, but the position does not lend itself to this plan.

16.d5 Тhis is the right moment to push the isolated d-pawn. White threatens to open the d-file with 17 .dсб followed Ьу 18.Radl and 19.Nd4 etc. or if 16 ...cd5 17 .Nd5 Nd5 18.Qd5 and 19.Radl, giving White а strong attack. Black thus opts for the least evil.

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Black has а bad game. His minor pieces are poorly posted, not well defended, and they are targets for the opponent's attack. Especially with this and thenextmoves, he wil1 try а counterattack, since there is no defense for the b-pawn if White elects to take it. Тhis explains the next two moves. Black intends to continue after 19.а5, 20.Bd6, and 21.Qb7 with the Bishop sacrifice 21 ... Bh2 and after 22.Kh2 follows 22... Qh4 23.Kg1 gЗ threatening а pretty mate on f2 or h2 and after 24.fg3 then 24 ...Qd4 picks up the Ne2. 19.а5

NaB

Not 19... Nd7 Ьecause then White could win а tempo Ьу 20.Bd6 Вdб 21.Nc4, and secure the Knight threatened Ьу the Bishop sacrifice and then capture the b-pawn without hesitation. 20.Nce4

White is not after the b-pawn. What he wants is to advance the passed pawn. Тhis would happen in the case of 20... Ne4 21.Ne4, and the continuation might Ье 21 ... Ве4 22.Re4 f5 23.Re7 Qe7 24.Qc3 Kg8 25.d6 Qd7 26.Вс4 Rt7 27.Qf6 Re8 28.Ве5 Re5 29.Qe5 and White wins. 20... Ь6

Black avoids the direct d-file attack, but makes а passed pawn out of the d-pawn, which keeps threatening а further advance as the game goes onward.

1Ъis is the unpleasant part in а cramped position. The defender has to рау attention to the possiЬle loss of an important pawn, while the attacker has much Ьetter plans and he explores the small peripheral threats only as а means to the execution of his main attack.

17.а4!

21.аЬ6 аЬ6

This is the best continuation of the attack, against which а good defense is hard to find. Bad is 17 ... а5 because of 18.Re7 followed Ьу 19.Qb6. White's threat is 18.а5 but at least it will force the Кnight to а bad square.

White is increasing the tension some more. Не now threatens 22.Re7.

16... с5

17... g4 18.Nd2 Rc8

22.Ra7!

22 ... Rc7

Better was 22... Nc7, but the game was still lost, Ьecause White had numerous good continuations, and the most forcing was 23.Nd6 Вdб 24.Nc4 Bg3 25.Qg3 with the threat of 26.Qe5.


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23.Ra8 Qa8 24.Nd6 Bg6 25.Nf7 Bf7 26.Вс7 Bd5

9.Nc3 Nf5

Now this move is поt as stroпg anymore, of White 's excelleпt reply.

Ьecause

10.d5! cd511.Nd5

Although White has helped his opponeпt to elimiпate the douЬled pawпs, his Кnight is оп а very good square. 11 ... Bd612.Nf3

27.Re7

ВЬЗ 28.Ве5

Rf6

Otherwise mate follows in а few moves. 29.Bf6 Kg8 ЗО.NЬЗ Qd5 31.Nc1 Qd6 Оп other moves White will play another piece to the Kingside, which is Ьound to lead to the Queeп loss or mate.

32.Rg7 Kf8

ЗЗ.Ве7

1-Q.

GAME282

Walbrodt - Tarrasch (3) RuyLopez

1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nc& З.ВЬ5 Nf6 4.Q-O Ne4

5.Re1

Black from trying to h4.

а

12... Nh4 Оп 12... Ве6 13.Nf4 Bf4 14.Bf4, the position would look drawish. Therefore Black tries for an attack, which is very effectively countered.

13.Nh4! Qh4 14.g3! Qh315.Bf4!

Far Ьetter is 5.d4. 5 ... Nd66.Bc6 Тhis gives Black an easy game. Making it much harder for Black would Ье 6.Ne5 Ne5 7 .Re5 Ве7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Bd3.

&... dc& 7.Ne5

Тhis is to keep Queeп 's excursioп

Ве7

8.d4

Geпerally White plays 8.Qe2 here to delay Black from castling. Тhеп Black's best course of actioп is to sacrifice the f-pawn after 8 ... Ве6 9.d3 and he will get а good attack with 9 ...0-0 10.Nf7 Bf7 ll.Qe7 Qc8. 8... 0-0 Better is 8 ... Nf5 to prevent the d-pawn advance.

White has refuted his орропепts attack with the last three moves, and Black 's game is поt very favoraЬle. П he elects to trade the Bishop, the White Кnight will again go back to d5 after forcing the Black Queeп back to hб, апd the с-раwп Ьecomes hard to defeпd, since оп 15 ... с6, the Кnight check followed Ьу the Bishop exchange will епаЬlе White to play the Queeп to d7. Thus Black prefers to give up the c-pawn, trusting that the Bishop pair will епаЬlе him to reпew the attack. 15... Вс5

Black poteпtially threateпs 16 ... Bf2 followed Ьу 17 ...Qh2. 16.Вез

XV/1.

МАТСН

vs. WALBRODT, 1894

White does not feel confident enough to capture the pawn. 16... Bd6 17. Bf4

Вс5

24 ... Bd51/2-1/2.

GAME283

18.Nc7

On this and the next move, White avoids all possiЬle sacrificing, which might occur after 18.Вс7, e.g. 18 ... Bg4 19.Qd3 Bf2 (Better is 19 ...Rfe8 continuing the attack without sacrificing.) 20.Кf2 Qh2 21.Ке3 Rfe8 22.Kd4 Qf2. 18... Bg4 19.Qd5! White is securing his Kingside against all attacks. 19... Rad8 20.Qg2 Qg2 Black cannot avoid the Queen exchange, since 20 ... Qh5 is answered Ьу 21.Re5. 21.Kg2 h6 The attack has Ьееn repulsed and Black i s а pawn down. Although his good position, the Bishop pair, and the somewhat endangered position of the White Кnight, give him good drawing chances. On the text move, Black threatens 22 ... g5, forcing the Bishop away from the f4-cl diagonal (Or possiЬly trade it on еЗ.) 22.h3 Better was 22.f3. What would follow is 22 ... Bd7 23.Radl Всб 24.с4 Bd4! (This is to keep the Кnight from returning to d5.) 25.Ь3 g5 26.Вс 1 (On 26.Ве3, Black trades and then checks on d2.) 26 ...Rd7 27.NЬ5 Rfd8 with а good game for Black. The threat is 28 ... g4 and on the trade on d4, the Bishops are of opposite color. Altematively 25.Bcl (Insteadof25.b3.) 25 ...Rd7 26.NЬ5 Rfd8, threatening 27 ... ВЬ2, and White will get no more than а draw. 22 ... Bd7 2З.с4 Вс6 24.Nd5 White coпectly decides to give back the pawn. If he tries to hold on to it with 24.Kgl, Black continues with 24 ... g5 giving White а difficult position, e.g. 25.Ве5 Rd2 or 25.Ве3 ВеЗ 26.Re3 Rd2 27 .ЬЗ (Or 27 .Rab 1.) 27 ...Rc8 28.NЬ5 ВЬ5 29.сЬ5 Rcc2. Тhе text lead а draw.

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Tarrasch - Walbrodt (4) Petroff Defense

1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nf6 З.Nе5 d6 4.Nf3 Ne4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.о-о Ве7

This is а Ьetter way to play the opening than the way Walbrodt played in game two of the match. 8.Re1 Nf6 Here 8 ... Bg4 was the right move, in case White tries to win the e-pawn Ьу 9 .Ве4 de4 10.Re4 f5, Black will get the d4-pawn back in exchange and on 9.с3, then 9 .. .f5 would anchor the Ne4. After the Кnight retreat, the Petroff Defense has Ьесоmе а French defense with а clear advantage of an extra tempo for White (Rel) and the ВdЗ is Ьetter posted than Black's. In addition, his Bcl can develop favoraЬly. It is worth noting that these small advantages keep growing. The entire game is а developing crescendo to the end. 9. Bf4 о-о 1о.сз This is to prevent 10... NЪ4. 10... Bd6 Black thinks that the active posting of the Bishop is desiraЬle, but now White is two tempi ahead. 11.Ne5 Re812.Nd2


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12 ... Ng4

Black eliminates the annoying Ne5, but as а result he drifts into other little proЬlems.

1З.NdfЗ Nce5 Тhе Chess Newsletter conclusion was that this move was an error and deemed 13 ... f6 as necessary, but on this White would immediately obtain а winning game Ьу 14.Nc6 Ьсб 15.Bd6 Rel (Otherwise the Queen goes to с2.) lб.Qel сdб! .17.QЬ1 gб 18.h3 Nhб 19.Bg6. Black's eighth move was the unnecessary error to get him in trouЬle.

14.de5

Вс5

15. ВgЗ

Black has gotten rid of the Ne5, but it has been replaced with а pawn, which in turn also exerts strong pressure. White can also get а very good game with 15.Re2 fб 16.Qc2 hб! 15... Nhб

The retreat of the Knight was threatened Ьу 16.Qc2 gб 17 .Qd2. 16.Qc2

gб

This forced weakening of the Kingside will have its repercussions all throughout the game. The ВgЗ wants to go to fб. 17.Bf4

White wants to avoid the exchange Ьу 17 ... Bf5. 17 ... Nf5 18.Kh1! It is not too easy to continue the attack. White 's plan is to drive Black's Knight a.way, as it is his only well pos.ted р1ес~. Not Ьу playing 18.g4, wh1ch at th1s st~p seems premature, but Ьу Nd4, as w1ll Ье done in the very near future. It will soon become apparent why this preparatory King's move is needed. 18... сб

Better is 18 ... Ве6.

probaЬly

the immediate

19.Qd2 Ве6 20.Nd4

Black must not capture twice on d4 (First of course with the Knight, because Black has to hold on to the Bishop because of the threat 22.В g5 and 23 .fб and 24.Qh6.) as otherwise White would remain unharmed Ьу 22.Bg6. This combination would Ье frustrated Ьу 22 ... Bf2, hence White played the 18.Khl move. 20 ... Qd7

Trading the Кnight followed Ьу the Bishop retreat, would only serve to strengthen White 's center. 21.Bg5 Тhе White Bishop is now aiming at Black's Achille 's heel.

21 ... Bf8

Black's 2l ... Be7, would not Ье adequate to frustrate White's plans. Whatfollows is 22.Bf5 Bf5 (On 22.Bg5, it loses а piece to 23.Ве6.) 23.Bf6 and Black cannot capture the Bishop, since after 23 ... Bf6, he has no good defense to 24.ef6 followed Ьу 25.Qh6, e.g. 24 ...Rel 25.Rel Re8 26.Re8 Qe8 27.Nf5 gf5 28.Qg5. Still Ьest was to trade the Кnights and then retreat the Вс5 to е7. 22.Qf4

This is an additional attack on the misplaced piece has been White 's target for the last six moves. Кnight. Тhis

22 ... Ng7

White is getting his way. The alternative 22 ... N d4 23 .cd4 Bf5 followed Ьу 24.Re3 will lead to а continued attack or possiЬly an advantageous ending, e.g.24.Bf5 Qf5 25.Qf5 gf5 26.Re3. The indicated square for the Bishop is g7, where it can keep the fб and hб squares under observation.

XVI/.MATCHvs. WALBRODT, 1894

23.Qh4

White initiates а direct mating attack. The idea is RеЗ, Rgl, g4, and RhЗ. Then after ...h5, there is gh5 or Nh5, with the possibllity of а Queen sacrifice on h5 and there is not much Black can do aЬout it. Of course 23 ... Nf5 is answered Ьу 23.Bf5. 2З ... аб

Black is intending to play 24 ... с5, which if played now would lead to the loss of the exchange Ьу 24.ВЬ5. 24.Re3 с5 25.Nеб Qe6

The Кnight recapture is answered Ьу 26.Bf6 followed Ьу the f-pawn advance. 26.g4 h5 It looks Шее Black (ln the truest sense.) comes to White 's aid, but this move has to Ье made once White plays RhЗ. In addition, Black tries to tempt White to play 27 .gh5, upon which 27 ... Nf5! 28.Bf5 Qf5 29.hg6 fgб and ЗО ... Вg7, will make his game much easier. After the White Rook leaves the e-file, ... Qe4 leads to the exchange of Queens. А player like Marshall would try ... d4 so that а check on the cб-hl diagonal, might throw а wrench into White 's attack. This idea might have led to а plethora of Ьeautiful combinations, e.g. 26 ... d4 27 .RhЗ h5 28.gh5 (Better is

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28.Rgl.) 28 ... Nh5 29.Ве2 Bg7 (On 29 ... Qe5, this continuation is still stronger.) ЗО.Вh5 gh5 Зl.Rgl Kf8 32.Bf6 Вfб ЗЗ.еfб Qсб! 34.f3 Rеб 35.Qh5 Rfб 36.Rg8! (Not 36.Qh8 and 37 .Qa8, Ьecause of the later ... RfЗ, leading to perpetual check.) followed Ьу Ra8. If Black plays 26 ... d4, after the above moves, there follows 27 .RhЗ h5 28.gh5 Nf5 29.Bf5 Qf5 ЗО.hgб Bg7! Зl.Вfб (Threatening among others, mate on h8.) winning; On 29 ... gf5, there follows ЗО.hб! (Not ЗО.Вfб Ьecause of ЗО ... Вhб) 30 ... Kh7 Зl.Вfб (Threatening 32.Qh4-g5-g7 and mate.) 31 ... Ве7 32.Rgl Вfб 33.ef6 Qe4 34.Qe4 fe4 35.Rg7 Кh8 36.h7 d3 37.Rg3 d2 38.Rg8 Rg8 39.hg8=Q Rg8 40.Rh3#. А beautiful and original mating attack. 27.Rg1! Now all White 's pieces are well coordinated. The threat is still, as we indicated earlier, the Queen sacrifice on h5 after 28.gh5 Nh5. 27 ... hg4 In order to avoid the above mentioned threat, Black himself trades the pawns. In any case, the 27 ... d4 counterattack is much stronger. In а position where the defense is difficult, one should use every occasion to make the opponents game more cumЬersome. То limit oneself to passive defense is the worst thing one сап do. The game was beyond salvation but White's attack would have been made much harder. What would have happened was 28.cd4 cd4 29.Rh3 Qd5 ЗО.fЗ Re5! 31.gh5 Nh5 32.Qh5! gh5 ЗЗ.Вfб Bg7 34.Rg7 Кf8 35.Rhg3 Rel 36.Kg2 Ке8 37.Rg8 Kd7 38.Ra8 and White has two Bishops and а Rook for the Queen and he will win but only after very careful play. 28.Rg4 Rac8


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Black decides to face the inevitaЬle with dignity as there is no satisfactory move left. То Ье considered were four moves, i.e. the two Кnight moves, 28 ... Ве7, and 28 ...d4. On 28 ... Nf5, White wins with 29 .Bf5 Qf5 ЗО.Вfб Bg7 31.Rh3 Вfб 32.ef6. On 28 ... Nh5, Black loses Ьу 29.Bf6 Nfб ЗО.еfб followed Ьу 31.Rh3 etc. or 29 ... Bg7 follows 30.Qh5 gh5 31.Rg7 Кf8 32.Bh7 Qg4 ЗЗ.RеgЗ. On 28 ... Ве7 comes 29.Bf6 and ЗО.RhЗ. On 28 ...d4, the win is similar Ьу 29 .Rh3 Nh5

positions, Black is advised to limit the amount of copying the opponents moves. As long as they are good moves it is alright.

ЗО.Вfб.

То play the same piece twice in the opening, before completing one 's development, is suspect, except if it leads to а special advantage, as for example the occupation of an important square, as in the present position. Except White must Ье аЬlе to maintain this square as otherwise the entire demonstration results in the loss of time. In this connection, compare the 11th move of the previous game. Тhere too а White Кnight occupies е5, Ьefore completing the development, but in that case it was supported and maintained and when the Ne5 was traded, а stronger e5-pawn resulted, which throughout the game effectively supported the attack.

29.Bf6

Ве7 ЗО.RhЗ

Bf6

Black might prolong the agony Ьу а few moves with 30... Nh5 31.Qh5 Вfб. 31.Qh8# 1-Q

GAME284

Walbrodt - Tarrasch (5) Queen's Gamhit Declined

1.d4 d5 2.с4 еб з.ез Тhе only advantage White can get out of the Queen 's Gambit Declined is the easy development of the Queenside Bishop to f4 or g5, while Black remains cramped. If White does not use this slight advantage, Black will not have any trouЬle in equalizing. З ... Nf6

4.Nc3

с5

5.Nf3

Nсб

Тhis position 1 consider to Ье а normal configuration in the Queen 's Gambit Declined, from which with correct play, the game will not Ьесоmе very lively, only incorrect play (З.NсЗ Nfб?) will result in attacking chances for White. 6.Ве2 Ве7

In general developing the Bishop to d3 (dб) is more aggressive and is also preferaЬle Ьecause it gives the Queen а good development square е2 (е7). Once

White decides in favor of the modest б.Ве2, it is difficult to advise Black to make the more aggressive move. ln symmetrical

7.(Ю о-о s.аз

Тhis is not а good move. Тhе modest threat, which it can hardly Ье called, is 9.dc5 followed Ьу 10.Ь4 is easily thwarted. White loses the initiative and he has а minor weakness in the bЗ-square.

8 ... Ь69.Nе5

9 ... ВЬ7 10.Nc6

No matter what, White should keep playing for the maintenance of the е5 point and for this reason the right plan is 10.Khl followed Ьу ll.f4. Н 10.f4 at once, he would still have to trade the Кnight on 1О... cd4, as 11.ed4 is answered Ьу 11 ... Nd4. 10... Вс6

Black is now two moves ahead in development, which gives him а consideraЬle advantage. 11.Ь3

Now and on the next move, White could exchange the center pawns, but he will stilllag Ьehind in development. 11 ... Qd712.Bb2 dc4

XV/1. МАТСН vs. WALBRODT, 1894

After completing his development, Black now starts an attack Ьу first releasing the tension in the center. 1З.Вс4 Тhis is necessary to make room for the Кnight. On 13.Ьс4, then 13 ...Rfd8 makes

things awkward for White with 14.dc5? Qb7! 13... Rfd814.Ne2 cd4 Тhis

is а small trap. If White wants to recapture with а piece (То avoid the isolated pawn.) then 15... Qb7 would give Black а decisive advantage. Even so Black should here play 14...Qb7 at once, and avoid the pawn exchange which makes White 's game easier. Playing 14... Qb7 15.f3 Ь5 16.Bd3 Nd5 17.Qd2 Bg518.f4 Bf6 and the pressure on White's position would increase consideraЬly and the further center advance 19.е4 Nc7 20.е5 Ве7, would work against White Ьecause of the weakness of the Ь7 -g2 diagonal. 15.ed4

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Тhis prevents 17 ... Вс5 and threatens 18.Qb3.

17... Ь5

On 17 ...е4 18.fe4 Ве4 19.Nf4, it will not do much for Black. Both sides will then have some attacking chances. The premature pawn exchange on move 14, caused Black to give up his entire advantage. 18.Bd3e4

After 18 ... ed4 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Khl Black might even get the worse of it, as after this sequel, the White pieces will Ье aimed at the Black Кingside, and Black 's attack on the d-file is thwarted Ьу 21.Nf5 and 22.Qe2. 19.fe4

Ве4

Capturing with the Кnight is no Ьetter of 20.Qb3 Bf6 or 20 ... Bg5 (Not 20 ... Bd5 because of 21.Ве4!) 21.Ве4 followed Ьу 22.Qg3. Black is now playing for the only remaining weakness in White's camp, the isolated pawn. For this purpose the Кnight Ьecomes very useful. The Knight will go to d5, not only stopping the passed pawn, but also paralyzing the unhappy ВЫ. Ьecause

20.Ве4

Qe4 21.Qd2

Apparently White wants to avoid the check on еЗ, but there is no need for this. Better probaЬly was 21.Ng3, which is answered Ьу 21 ... Qb7! 22.Nf5 Nd5 23.Qg4Bf6. 21 ... Nd5 15... Qb716.f3

е5

Black wants to go to an endgame, trying to concentrate his efforts on the d-pawn.

Тhis looks very strong as Black threatens 17 ... ed4 and the pin Ьу 18 ... Вс5, but Ьecause of White 's excellent reply, Black does not get а special edge. Better was 16 ... Ь5 17.Bd3 Nd5 18.Qd2 hб followed Ьу 19 ... Bg5, to provoke the f-pawn advance.

threat which White overlooks and 10 addition he has the lesser threat of 25 ...Bh4.

17.Ь4!

White. On 25.Nf5, then Black plays

22.Ng3 QеЗ 23.Qe3 NеЗ 24.Rfe1 Nd5 Black is slightly Ьetter. Не has а stro~g

25.Ne4 It is very hard to fmd а good move for

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25 ... Bf6. Black's pieces are more of а threat than White 's. 25 ... NЬ6 Тhе Кnight is now threatening 26 ... Nc4 or 26 ... Na4, attacking the unhappy Bishop. 26.Nc3 White probaЬly thought that Ьу this douЬle attack on the Ве7 and the b5-pawn, he might even get the Ьetter game. On 26.Radl follows 26 ... Nc4 27.Bcl а5, giving Black the edge. 26 ... Bf6 27.Nb5 After 27.Ne2 Na4 28.RaЬl NЬ2 29.Rb2 Rd4, Black wins the d-pawn, but now White loses at least the exchange.

27 ... Na4 28.Вс1

Worse yet would Ье to protect the Bishop, after which Black wins at least а piece Ьу 28 ... NЬ2 29.Rb2 аб 30.Nc7 Bd4 3l.Rf2 Ra7 32.Re8 Re8 33.Ne8 Rd7 followed Ьу 34.. .1{f8. 28 ... а6 29.Nc7 Bd4 Bad would Ье to attack the Кnight Ьу 29 ...Ra7, because of 30.Nd5! and after 30 ... Bd4 Зl.ВеЗ, Black has achieved nothing as the Ra7 is en prise. ЗО.ВеЗ Ва1 31.Ra1 Not 3l.Na8, Ьecause of Зl ... ВсЗ. 31 ... Rac8 32.Na6

White now has two connected passed pawns and apparently good chances, but the following Black moves will cost White one of his two pawns. 32 ... Rc3! ЗЗ.Nс5 On 33.Kf2, there follows 33 ... Rdd3 winning the a-pawn, since 34.Bcl is answered Ьу 34 ... Rdl, winning the Bishop. зз ... Rез 34.Na4 Ras Black not only wins the a-pawn, but also forces the exchange of Rooks. 35.Rc1 RаЗ 36.NЬ6 Ra1 37.Ra1 Ra1 38.Kf2 Rb1 Тhе rest of the game is just technique. Black will consistently attack the passed pawn and the protecting Кnight, while the King approaches. Тhе Кnight is а poor weapon in the defense of а pawn, if the Кnight itself is not defended Ьу а pawn. Кnights are attacking pieces. 39.Nd5 Rd1 40.Ne7 On other Knight moves, the pawn will fall sooner yet, e.g. 40.Nc3 RdЗ followed Ьу 4l ... Rb3, or 40.Ne3 Rd4 4l.b5 RЬ4, or 40.Nc7 Rd7 4l.Na6 Rb7 followed Ьу 42 ...Rb6. 40 ... Kf8 41.Nc6 Ке8 Pursuing the Кnight with the Rook now is not best, e.g. 4l ... Rd6 42.Ь5 Rd5 43.Na7 Rd7 44.Nc6. 42.Ь5 Kd7 43.Ne5 Кеб 44.Nc6 Kd6 45.Ке3 Кс5 46.Ке2 Rd7 47.Ке3 КЬ5 After the win ofthe pawn, the endgame is quite simple. 48.Ne5 Re7 49.Kf4 Кс5 50.Kf5 Kd5 51.Ng4 Re4 52.h3 Тhе Кnight is shon of squares. 52 ...16 Black plays with the idea of winning the Knight after 53.Nf2 gб followed Ьу 54...Rf4.

XVII.

МАТСН

vs. WALBRODT, 1894

5З.gз

Re1 Black is threatening 54...Rfl. 54.Kf4 Rf1 55.Ке3 h5 56.Nf2

On 56.Nh2, Black wins the h-pawn with 56 ...Rhl. 56... Rf2 Тhis is simplest. 57.Kf2 Ке4 58.Ке2 On 58.h4, Black plays the f-pawn to f4 and subsequently wins the h4-pawn. 58 ... h459.g4 On 59 .gh4, Black plays 59 ... Кf4 and 6l ...g6 and then Black's King goes to еЗ. 59 .•. g6 60.Kf2 Kf4 61.Kg2 КеЗ 62.Kg1 КfЗ 63.Kh2 Kf2 64.Kh1 КgЗ G-1.

GAME285

Tarrasch- Walbrodt (6) French Defense 1.е4 е6 2.d4 d5 З.NсЗ Nf6 4.Bg5 Ве7 · This is much stronger than the counterattack 4 ... ВЬ4, as recommended Ьу the American MacCutcheon, Ьecause it w~ll ac~eve nothing after the logical conunuatюn 5.е5 hб 6.Bh4 g5, but it does stalemate the Queen Bishop and after 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Ne2 с5 and 9 ...Qa5, White's Queenside will Ье subjected to а strong attack. 5.Bf6

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This and the next two moves are а continuation originated Ьу Showalter, giving Ьoth players lively attacking play. Тhе question always remains, who comes first? 5 ... Bf6 6.е5 Ве7 7.Qg4 G-0 8.Bd3 f5 Тhis move gives Black а backward e-pawn, but it can hardly Ье avoided If instead Black played 8 .. .h6 or 8... g6, after the Queen goes to hЗ, it would give White а target of attack. 9.Qh3 с5 10.dc5 Тhе opening now resemЬles the Steinitz Variation (4.е5 Nfd7 5.f4 с5 6.dc5), with the difference that Black got rid of his King Кnight, which usually has а hard time getting back into the game from ff/. 10... Nc6 А good altemative is playing the Ne4d7-c5. 11.f4 Bc512.G-o-O Poor is 12.Nf3 Ьecause of 12...Qb6, and White cannot castle, as 13... ВеЗ will cost himapawn. 12.•. Qa5 Black is threatening 13 ...d4, winning the a-pawn. Apparently Black's Queenside attack is early. 1З.КЬ1 d4 This is probaЬly not the best continuation of the attack, as the pawn on d4 is exposed. On the other hand, Black now has а chance to anchor his Knight on еЗ ( ... Nb4-d5). Best was probaЬly 13 ... Nb4, provoking the weakening move 14.а3, after which the b-pawn might advance to Ь4. White has an effective defense and counterattack. Тhе game would develop approximately as follows, 13 ... NЬ4 14.а3 Nсб! (Not 14... Nd3 15.Qd3 followed Ьу 16.Nf3 and 17.Nd4, whichisgoodforWhite.) 15.Ne2 (With the threat of lб.ВаЗ and 17 .QсЗ.) 15 ... Rb8 16.Na2 Ве7 (On

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16 ... Ь5 follows 17.Ь4.) 17.g4 Ь5 18.Rhg1 (Threatening 19 .gf5 followed Ьу 20.Qh6 with an attack on the Nсб.) 18 ...Rf7 19.gf5 ef5 20.Qh6 (Threat 21.е6.) 20... Nd8 21.Nd4 and now White's attack is the earlier one, Ьecause in addition to 22.Ne6, the f5 pawn is threatened. 14.Nce2 Ь5 On 14... NЬ4, White plays 15.Вс4. 15.Nf3 RЬ8 On 15 ... NЬ4, there follows 16.а3 Nd5 17.Nfd4 Bd4 18.Nd4 Nf4 19.Qf3 Nd5 20.ВЬ5 and White gets а pawn with 20...Rb8 21.c4etc.or 17.Nfd4Nf418.Nf4 Bd419.Bf5 Rf5 20.Rd4 Re5 21.Qf3 RЬ8 22.Qg3 and Black gets into ttouЬle as White threatens 23.Nd3. 16.g4 Rb6 Obviously Black intends 17 ...Rаб and 18 ... NЬ4. 17.Rhg1 White does not seem to care. 17... Rb7 Black does not care either and thus the game is Ьeing lost. In any event, Black should try а counterattack, а purely passive defense is never sufficient, the defense must always Ье active. If Black is consistent and plays 17 ...Rаб 18.Nс 1 NЬ4 19.а3 Nd5 (The threat is 20 ... Nc3.) 20.NЬЗ QЬб, his Queen is forced back, while the Rаб is cramped, but the Black Кnight threatens to settle on еЗ. Even so White would Ье аЫе to get а good position, e.g. 21.Qg3 Rf7 22.Ng5 Re7 and now it is possiЬle to sacrifice with 23.Ne6 Веб 24.gf5 Вс8 25.f6 Rf7 26.Qh4, but instead of 21 ...Rt7, Black could have played 21 ... g6. АН in all there were several possibllities for Black on every move, which would keep the opponent much busier than the 17 ...Rb7 move. This move gives up all ideas of counterattack. 18.Ng5 g6

On 18 ... h6, White will destroy the enemy's King position with 19.Nf3 and 20.g5. 19.gf5 ef5

20.Qg2 White introduces а deeply calculated combination. It threatens 21.Qc6 or 21.Qd5 and 22.Qc5. Should the Кnight go to Ь4, which White anticipated, there follows 21.а3 NdЗ 22.Rd3 (Additionally threatening 23.Qd5 and 24.Ь4.) 22 ... Qd8 23.Nh7 Rh7 24.Qg6 Кh8 25.Qh7 and mate in two Ьу 26.Rh3. 20... Ne7 21.h4

White did not make а single superfluous defensive move since completing his development, but has consistently attacked the Black's Кingposition, which now is completely battered. 21 ... Qa6 22.h5 Rc7 There are no more good moves for Black. 23.Qh3 This is much Ьetter than Ьeating up on gб. Now the threat is 24.Nh7 and 25.hg6. 23... Rf7 Тhere is nothing Ьetter. If Black moves the Ne7, to protect the h7 -square with ...Rc7, there follows 24.hg6 hgб 25.Rhl and White forces mate. 24.hg6 hg6 25.Rh1 Kf8 26.Nf7 Kf7

XV/1.

МАТСН

vs. WALBRODT, 1894

On the win of the Exchange the attack has weakened as is usually the case when an advantage in position is convened into а material plus. 27.Qh7 Kf8 28.Qh6 Ке8 On 28 ... Kf7, follows 29.Qh8 and 30.Rh7. 29.Qh8 Kd7

ЗО.СЗ!

Here White ignores the elegant ЗО.NсЗ which might even have lost the game. This shows how careful play is all important when winning. What would have happened is 30...Rb7 3l.a4 QЬб 32.ВЬ5 Кс7 and Black castles his King Ьу hand, if need Ье to Ь8 and threatens to win а piece Ьу ... аб. ЗО ... ВЬ7 31.Rh7 Bd5 32.Ь3 Qa5 ЗЗ.еб This pawn sacrifice is intended ю enaЬle the Queen ю return ю the center and thus re-establish contact with the enemy. The Кing must not capture the pawn on account о~ 34.Qe5 followed Ьу 35.Qd5 and on ЗЗ ... Веб there follows 34.Nd4 Bd4 35.Qd4. ЗЗ ... Ксб 34.Nd4 КЬ7 35.Nb5 Rc8 36.Qe5 ВfЗ 37.Nd6 Of course 37.Re7 and 38.Nd6 serve the same purpose. 37... Ка8 38.Re7 Bd6 Not 38 ... Bdl, Ьecause of 39.Qd5. Here Black misses the proper moment to resign. dсЗ 31.ВЬ5,

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39.Qa5 Ве7 40.Ва6 Ве4 41.КЬ2 Rh8 42.Rd2 g5 43.Qc7 Bf6 44.е7 Ве7 45.Qe71-0.

GAME286

Walbrodt - Tarrasch (7) RuyLopez

1.е4 е5

2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 аб 4.Ва4 More Walbrodt's style is 4.Всб. 4 ... Nf6 5.Nc3 Вс5

This is not supposed to Ье good, as White can obtain а favoraЬle game with 6.Ne5 Ne5 7 .d4 Вdб 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4, but Walbrodt did not like this type of impetuous play. 6.d3 This quiet move is very good. 6 ... h6 1 did not like to lose а tempo with this move, but it looked desiraЬle to prevent 7 .Bg5 and 8.Nd5. Morphy made the same move in this position. 7.Ве3 ВеЗ

Another unpleasant consequence of is that Black has no good retreat square for the Bishop and therefore has to trade it off, giving his opponent а second tempo plus the open f-file. 8. fеЗ d6 9.Nd5 On this move, White cedes his advantage and lay the basis for his loss, although he can still repair the damage in the next few moves. Тhе entire plan that starts with this move, is faulty. In my comments on game 284 move 9, I made clear that Ьefore completing one 's development, no piece should normally move twice unless there is an immediate need to do so. Walbrodt will not repeat the mistake of game 5. Не maintains the Кnight in the center, except that the pawn chain resulting from the later trade, will easily Ье ruined Ьу Bl~k, which means on balance, that all the tпne З ... аб,

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speпt Ьу White оп this demoпsttatioп, will prove to have Ьееп а waste. 9 ... о-о 10.с4 White could still equalize with 1O.Nfб Qfб 11.0-0 or еvеп 10.Nc3, but theп he abandons his plan with а tacit admission that his previous move was faulty. 1o... Nd5 11.cd5 Ne7 Black сап поw attack the pawn chain with 12 ... с6 or 12 ... f5, and this possibllity will give а positioпal edge and the attack. In additioп there is а danger that the White Ва4, whose most important diagoпals are obstructed Ьу his own pawпs, will Ье stalemated for а loпg time. 12.о-о

Оп 12.Rc 1, it would поt have preveпted 12... с6. What would follow is 12... с6 13.dc6 Ьсб 14.Вс6 Rb8 and Black wins back the pawn with а free positioп and attackiпg chances, e.g. 15.Ь3 QЬб and 16 ... Qe3 or 15.Qd2 QЬб and 16 ... Qb2, or 15.Ва4 Qa5 and 16... Rb2. 12... сб 1З.ВЬ3 White obstiпately plays for the mainteпance of d5, but this leads to other difficulties. Better looks 13.dc6, but this loses two tempi and Black gets а good game with а sttoпg ceпter and attacking prospects. 1з ... сd5 14.ed5 If White captures with the Bishop, Black will trade and play sadly posted uпtil the end, and the strong attackiпg move ... f5, will remaiп at Black's disposal. 14... QЬ6 Black intends an attack on the artificially isolated d-pawn. 15.Qe2 Worse yet would Ье 15.Qd2.

15...85 16.Kh1 84 17.Вс4 Q85 Тhis is а douЬle threat, with an attack agaiпst the d5-pawп апd the threat to win apiece Ьу 18 ... Ь5. Оп 17 ... Qc5, it could Ье aпswered Ьу 18.d4. If White оп move 15 had played 15 .Qd2, theп 15 ... Qc5 would wiп the d5-pawп, because the followiпg fiпe couпterplay would Ье of по help to White. 18.Ь4!

This is а clever move to couпter both threats. If Black captures with the Queeп, White will obtaiп coпstaпt pressure on the b-file Ьу 19.Rab1 Qa5 20.Rb5 Qc7 21.RfЬl, possiЬly followed Ьу 22.Qb2, preveпtiпg the developmeпt of the Вс8 with а good game. 1&... 8ЬЗ 19.е4! This protects the d-pawп and regaiпs the Ь-раwп, as Black саппоt play 19 ... Ьа2, because of 20.Ra2. 19 ... Ngб Poor is 19 ... f5, because of 20.Ne5 followed Ьу 21.d6. 20.ВЬ3 Bg4 Black's positioп is very good еvеп though his demonsttatioп against the d-pawп misfired. 21.Qe3

XV/1. МАТСН vs. W ALBRODT, 1894

Тhе

threat was 21 ... Nh4 or 21 .. .f5.

21 ... Bf3! 22.Rf3

Even if White recaptures with the Queen, which may Ье Ьetter as the Rook must soon go back, Black will take possession of the c-file and this cannot Ье prevented Ьecause of Rc7 and douЬling Rooks. 22 ... Rac8 Тhе occupation of the only open file will Ье decisive Ьecause it leads to penetration

of the opponents position. 23.d4 Тhis will give no respite. Тhе Кnight will now occupy а dominant position. As it happens so often, а lack of good moves willlead to bad moves.

23 ... ed4 24.Qd4 Ne5 25.Rff1 RсЗ 26.Rac1 Rfc8 27.Rc3 RСЗ 28.h3 RdЗ It is quite interesting how the heavy

pieces penetrate fпst to the third rank, then to the second rank, and finally (At least in а threat.) to the fпst rank. 29.Qf2 QсЗ ЗО.Кh2

c2-fl-d4-or е2. Of course not 32.Qe 1, Ьecause of 32 ... Nd3 followed Ьу ЗЗ ... Qdl and 34... Nf2. 1. 32. Qc2 Qc2 ЗЗ.Вс2 Кf8 and Black wins. Black wins now Ьecause he occupies the e5-square, and destroys the White pawn chain Ьу .. .f5, or ifWhite prevents this, he will win а pawn as follows, 34.Kgl Ке7 35.Кf2 Кfб 36.Ке3 Ngб А- 37.g3 Ке5 38.Bd3 Ne7 39.Вс2 gб (Тhreatens 40.. .f5 winning the d- pawn.) 40.g4 f5 41.gf5 gf5 42.ef5 Nd5 43.Кf3 Ь6 (Тhreat of 44.Ве4.) followed Ьу 44...h5 and45 ... Ne7 etc., and if 44.Kg3 NеЗ wins

the f-pawn. В- 37.Kd4 Nf4 38.Кс4 Ке7! 39.КЬ5 Kd7 40.КЬ6 Кс8 and Black wins а pawn. П. 32.Qfl Nd7 ЗЗ.Кh2 (33.Ве2? Qfl followed Ьу 34... Nc5.) 33 ... Nf6 34.Qf3 Qc4 and wins the e-pawn. Ш. 32.Qd4 Nd7 33.Кh2 Nc5 (Тhreat 34 ... Qf4.) 34.Bf3 (Or 34.g3 QЬl.) 34... Qf4 35.Кhl f5 winning the e-pawn. IV. 32.Qe2 Nc4 ЗЗ.Кh2 NеЗ 34.ВЬ3 Nfl 35.Kgl NgЗ 36.Qdl Qdl followed Ьу 37 ... Ne4. lnstead of the text, for the purpose of trading off, Qc2 could Ье played, but whether the Queens are traded or not, Black retains the advantage. Even so it would have Ьееn preferaЬle to try to trade with ЗO.Rdl or 30.Qc2. One should rememЬer though that the position was unfavoraЬle for White, but he has numerous defensive resoшces. зо

White is sadly short of effective moves. It was possiЬle to weaken the Black onslaught Ьу а Rook trade, but Walbrodt must have considered the resulting endgame to Ье very bad, and rightly so as the following variations will show. ln part these are quite interesting, e.g. 30.Rd1 Rd131.Bdl Qc1, andnowWhitehasfour possibilities. The Queen moves to

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... Ntэ

Тhis is just а try to see if White will capture the Кnight, but then the Queen is

lost Ьу the pin 31 ... Rd2. 31.Kh1 Ne5 32.Kh2 Rd2 33.Qf4

On 33.Qg3, the same proЬlem results after 33 ... Qd4 34.Qf4 Qb2. Worse ~as 34.Re1, Ьecause of 34...Rd3, threatemng to misplace the Queen with 35.Qf4? NfЗ followed Ьу 36 ...Qf2. зз

... аь2 34.Qgз

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Bad is 34.Rgl Ьecause of 34...Rf2 and 35 ... Nf3. 34... Re2 It is hard to defend the backward pawn. On 35.Rel, comes 35... NfЗ or 35...Rf4 and Blackpenetrates theflrstrankwith35 ...Qcl and Зб ...Rеl, which would lead to а quick decision after 35.Rf4 Qc 1 36.Rf2 Re 1 37 .Qf4 Rhl followed Ьу 38...Qc3. 35.Вd1

Re4

Mter winning material the outcome has Ьееn decided. з&.Rf2 ас1 з1.Rt1

Rd4 зs.аьз g6!

Black ends the game with an eight move deep combination Ьу giving up the won pawn. The purpose ofthe text move will soon Ьесоmе clear. 39.Ве2 Qg5 40.QЬ7 Rd2 41.Qa6 ПWhite chooses to protect the Bishop with QеЗ), Black wins Ьу 41 ...Qf4 42.Kgl QеЗ 43.Kfl NdЗ. П Black

the 41.Rel (41.Rf2?

had omitted 38...g6, White would oow have а perpetual check with 41.Qc8 and 42.Qf5. 41 ...Qe3 42.Вd1

On 42.ВЬ5, then 42 ... Qe4 followed 43 ... Nf3. 42 ... Qe4 43.Rg1 Qf4 44.Kh1

Ьу

44... Nd3 Тhis is а pretty position. То avoid mate onf2, the Rook mustmove. Again without ЗО ... gб, the Knight would have been Pinned Ьу 45.Qc8 Кh7 46.Вс2.

45.Qc8 Kh7 46.Re1 Ne1 47.Qf8 Qf1

Q-1.

GAME287

Tarrasch - Walbrodt (8) French Defense 1.е4 е6

2.d4 d5 З.Nd2

Тhis move which 1 initiated, has Ьееn used Ьу myself and others successfully. It is also а very good move if Black plays the usual З ... Nfб or after З ... с5 4.ed5, or if

Black wants to avoid the isolated pawn then White will obtain an excellent attacking position after 4.Nf3 and 5.Вс4. Тhе moves selected Ьу Walbrodt in this game completely refutes this move. з ... сs! 4.eds lnadequate is 4.с3, as Black continues attacking with 4 ... Nc6 and 5 ... Qb6. 4 ... ed5! 5.dc5 Тhis is exactly the same mistake when accepting the Queen 's GamЬit. White suпenders the center and gives up а tempo, resulting in the loss of time and position. White plays against the isolated pawn which at that time was considered а disadvantage Ьу Steinitz, whose judgment was not often questioned. 5 ... Вс5 6.Nb3 Ne7? Тhis is а bad misjudgment. Of course Black should have moved the Bishop to Ьб where it is an excellent attacking piece. It is especially true that when one has an isolated center pawn, trades must Ье avoided. In addition, in recapturing, Black loses more time, and finally the Кnight is much Ьetter posted on fб, where it can exploit the isolated pawn Ьу going to е4. Тhus this is three mistakes in one move. 7.Nc5 Qa5 S.сЗ Qc5 9.Ве3 Qd6 Тhе Queen 's trip from d8 to dб took three moves, and two of these moves White used for development, gaining time. 10.Bd3

XVII. МАТСН vs.

Тhis

is intended to stop 1O... Nf5.

10... NЬc611.Ne2

WALВRODT,

Тhis

1894

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is а harmless maneuver.

19... Rd7

Here the Кnight is Ьetter posted than on where ll ...Bg4 wou1d pin it. White will maintain this Кnight as а weapon against the isolated pawn, plus on е2 the Кnight controls the imponant f4 square.

fЗ,

11 ... Bf5

All that opposing the Bishop gets is а trade, and the more exchanges the Ьetter for White, as the opponents attacking chances are reduced and the prospect of а successful threat against the isolated pawn increases. I would have prefeпed 11 ...Веб, and then try to anchor the Кnight onc4. 12.о-о о-о 1З.Qd2

Rad814.Bd4!

Not 14.Nd4, since White after the exchange, will have the dark squared Bishop left with which he cannot attack the d5-pawn. For the subsequent game White will need а Кnight. 14... Nd4

On every trade Black makes it easier for White. 15.Nd4 ВdЗ 16.Qd3 Nc6 17.Rfe1 Qf6

20.NЬЗ

Rfd8

Black must поt advance the d-pawn поw, Ьecause оп the d4 trade he would lose the b-pawn. 21.h3 Ь6 Тhis weakens the Nc6 and White will поw try to trade Knights as sооп as possiЬle, which earlier would have led to

the d-pawn getting support. 22.Nd4 Ne5 23.Re2

Тhis is in order to recapture with а piece on d4. П Black trades now, White will attack the pawn with Ьoth Rooks and finally with the c-pawn.

Now the play shifts to the only ореп file and eventually all White and Black pieces will Ье coпceпtrated оп the e-file. The Black Kпight will Ье the priпcipal attacking target and поw we see why 21 ...Ь6 was а mistake, as it deprived the Black Кnight of its Ьest or mауЬе its only square.

18... g6

2З ... Rе7

18.Rad1

Тhis

is probaЬly to prevent а possiЬle 19 .Nf5 and at the same time to give luft for the King. The game is still equal, although White has achieved all he aimed for here. Playing against the isolated pawn is fairly meaningless. П the opponent makes the right moves the pawn Ьecomes very stroпg, but ifhe plays defensively the pawn will Ьесоmе very weak. 19.Qb5

Тhis is Ьest although поw the Кnight gets into а dangerous pin.

24.Rde1 g5

Itis iпevitaЬle and пecessary, however

daпgerous it looks. The Kпight must Ье аЫе to go to g6 as White threatens to attack it with 25.g3 and 26.f4. П Black temporizes Ьу ...Кh8, White plays 25.g3 and then Black still has to play 25 ...g5. А pretty variation might have Ьееn 25 ...Rde8?

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26.Qd5 NfЗ 27 .QfЗ White wins.

QfЗ

28.Re7 and

25.Re3 Тhis opens the Queen 's retreat to е2 and avoids the recurring threat 25 ... g4 26.hg4 Ng4 27.Re7 Qf2.

25 ... h6

Black has а very limited choice of moves and so he makes а move that somewhat reinforces his position. Trying to release the center tension with 25 ... Ng6 is still premature, since after 26.Re7 Ne7 27 .Qаб, Black's game is in serious danger. 26.g4

White 's game is better. His pawn structure is completely immune to attack and his pieces are excellently posted for Ьoth attack and defense. Black has to place his pieces where White wants them to Ье and his pawns are loose. Even so with сопесt defense, the Black position can Ье held, Ьecause eventually there has to Ье а douЬle Rook exchange on the e-file. Both players will then Ье left with а Queen and Кnight, and а fairly certain draw. Black's position is so dangerous that if Black plays only one somewhat duЬious move, White will at once obtain а superior game. Тhе text move is made to give the White Кnight а support point on the Kingside. Instead of this move, 26.Qe2, would Ье of no use, because what follows is 26 ...Rde8 and now the general exchange cannot Ье avoided after Black 's Кnight moves. 26... Qf4? Тhis

is the necessary mistake. It costs two tempi, Ьecause the Queen will have to go back soon and White uses these two tempi to bring his Кnight to the decisive square. Сопесt was 26 ... h5 (With the above mentioned threat of 27 ... hg4 28.hg4Ng4 29. Re7 Qf2 .) and it would Ье wrong to capture the h-pawn, Ьecause this would lead to а weakening of the Кingside

and loss of the attack. Black might then continue with 27 ...g4 28.Rg3 Кh8 29.hg4 Ng4 or Ьetter yet is 27 ...Qf4 followed Ьу 28 ... f5. The correct counterplay on 26...h5, would Ье the Queen's retreat to е2 or fl, but then again comes 27 ...Rde8 followed Ьу the Кnight trade and the douЬle Rook exchange, e.g. Zl.Qe2 Rde8 28.Nf5 Rеб followed Ьу 29... Ng6 or 29...Nc4, or 27.Qfl Rde8 28.Qg2 NdЗ! 27.Kg2

White is preparing 28.Ne2, which of course now would Ье answered Ьу 28 ... Nf3. 27... h5 Тhis

is only one minute too late.

28.Ne2! Qf6!

On 28 ...Qc4, it leads to at least the loss of the h-pawn after the Queen exchange and 30... Ng3 next. 29.Ng3 hg4

On 29 ... h4, it would have led to а similar continuation as in the game, with the difference that the strong f4 would remain availaЬle. ЗO.hg4

Re6

Black intends to play 31 ... Qe7. Тhе sacrifice on g4 is now completely ineffective. On ЗО ... Ngб, White trades Rooks and penetrates the Кingside via d3 and d4 orf5. Кnight

31.Nh5 Qe7

Now that the Кnight is in а dominate position, White decides the game with four consecutive Queen moves. 32.Qe2 Re8

Now that all pieces are lined up on the e-file, one would assume that а general liquidation will follow (See note to move 26.), but this is not the case. Тhе only piece on the sideline prevents the general exchange and enaЬles White to play for mate.

XVII. МАТСН vs. W ALBRODT, 1894

ЗЗ.Qс2

White threatens to go to f5. On 33 ... Ng4 follows 34.Re6 fеб 35.Qg6 Кf8 36.f3 winning the Кnight, but if the Кnight had gone to с4 instead of g4 there would now follow 36.Re6 Qf7 37 .Rfб or if the Knight was on d7 36.Re3 followed Ьу 37 .Rf3. зз ... Ngб 34.Qdз This is simple but very strong. Now the isolated pawn is attacked and Black has to use а piece, which is needed elsewhere, for the defense. Black cannot trade on е3, because White recaptures with the Rook, then trades the Rooks and possiЬly wins the backward Queen with Nfб . On 34.Re6, it would Ье answered Ьу 34 ... Nh4. 34 ... Rd8

Apart from this move, the other way to protect the pawn was 34... Qd6 (Bad is 34...Qd8, on account of 35.Qd4.). Тhis involves the exchange sacrifice for attacking chances. Тhе move would offer the Ьest drawing chances, but with сопесt counterplay, it would still leave White with an advantage. After the Black Кnight comes to h4 or f4, White can retum the exchange and lead the game into а favoraЬle ending or alternately fight off the attack and maintain the material plus. What follows is:

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35.Nf6 Rfб 36.Re8 Kg7. Otherwise the dangerous Кnight is pinned. 37 .Kgl! The Ьest defense Ьecause the threats are 37 ... Nf4 or 37 ... Nh4 and 38 ... Nf3. I. 37 ... Nh4 38.Re3 Qf4 39.Qe2 Nf3 40.Qf3 QfЗ 41.RfЗ RfЗ In the following endgame, White keeps an advantage because he attacks the weak Black Queenside pawns. А- 42.Re7! (Only leading to а draw is 42.Re5 Ьecause of 42... Кf6 43.Rd5 Rf4.) 42...Rf443.Ra7 Rg444.Кfl Rc4 (Blackhas no good defense for his isolated pawn Ьecause White would play 45.Ra4.) 45.Rd7 Rc5 46.Rd6 Ь5 (Not 46 ...Rb5 Ьecause of 47 .Ь4 and 48.а4.) 47 .Ь4 Rc3 48.Rd5 RаЗ 49.Rg5 followed Ьу 50.Rb5. В- 42.Re7 а5 43.Rb7 Rfб 44.Rd7 Rf4 45.Rd5 Rg4 46.Кfl (Тhе threat is 47.Rb5.) 46 ...Re4 47 .Rg5 and White retains an extra pawn. П. 37 ... Nf4 38.Qd4 Nh3 (On 38 ...Ne6? follows 39.Rg8 and40.Qf6.) 39.Kg2Nf2 40.Re5 Ne4 41.Qd5 Rf2 42.Kgl Qhб (Or 42... Qf6 43.Rf5.) 43.Rg5 Ng5 44.Кf2 and White wins. 35.Qd4 On this it is hard for Black to defend the mating threats. On 35 ... Qf8 follows 36.Re6 fеб 37 .Rеб Nf4 38.Nf4 gf4 39 .Rgб Кh7 40.Rf6 and wins. Or 37 ... Nh4 38.Кfl etc. or 36.Re6 Nh4 37.Кfl NfЗ 38.Re8 Re8 39.Re8 etc. 35... Nf4 36.Nf4 gf4 37.Qf4 At this point White has finally converted his positional advantage into а material advantage and the game has Ьееn decided. 1 Ьelieve this game to Ье the most difficult game of the match. Both players showed great stamina Ьecause the game lasted untillate into the night. 37 ... Rdd6 Other moves would Ье equally insufficient to counter White 's advantage. 38.Re5

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White threatens 39.Rg5. 38... 16 39.Re6 Rеб 40.QЬ8 Kg7 41.Rh1 White threatens 42.Qh8. 41 ... Qe8 42.Qa7 It 's time for the harvest. 42 ... Re7 Otherwise the Queen returns to Ь8 and from there to f4 or а8, to capture the d-pawn. 4З.QЬ6 Qd7 44.f3 Re2 45.Kg3 Qe7 46.QЬ8 Qe5 47.Qe5 fe5 48.Rh2 Re1 49.Rd21·0.

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Leipzig Tournament, 1894 Shortly after the end of the match with Walbrodt I went to Leipzig for the Ninth Congress of the Geпnan Chess Federation from September 1-15, 1894. Тhе arrangements were made Ьу Dr. Мах Lange, who also contributed financially to make this Congress а success. In the master tournament there were 18 players, including four talented newcomers-Lipke from Halle, Janowski from Paris, Scblechter from Vienna, and Teichmann from London. All four of the players excelled in many coming tournaments and three of whom reached the highest level of chess mastery (Scblechter, Janowski and Teichmann). From Geпnany there was Walbrobt, Mieses, Suchting, Seuffen and von Scheve (who withdrew after а few rounds) and I. Austria was represented Ьу Berger, Marco, and Zinkl. From Russia came Schiffers, and from England, Blackbume and Mason. In addition the committee allowed in Мr. Weidlich from LemЬerg and J. W. Baird from New York. I was still in good form from ту splendid result against Walbrodt and for the first time I really felt prepared for this tournament. I played very enthusiastically, winning nearly every game in excellent style. Му game against Zinkl ended in а draw and I lost only to Blackburne, Mieses, and Lipke. The loss to Lipke occurred only after 1 had already secured first place in the tournament. Second came Lipke with 13 points, next Teichmann with 12, fourth and fifth prizes were split Ьу Blackbume and Walbrodt, 11.5. Janowski and Marco each scored 10.5 points. Тhis was the fourth time 1 had won first prize in an intemational chess tournament and 1 had now reached the арех of ту chess career.


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GAME288 Tarrasch - Schlechter RuyLopez 1.е4

es 2.Nf3 Nc6 з.вьs d6 defensive move is not completely adequate, as the dark squared Bishop is locked inside the pawn structure. Тhis

4.d4 Bd7 Тhis is Ьetter than 4 ...ed4, which would immediately cede the center. Тhе next White moves still accomplish this. S.NcЗ

Nf6 б.D-0 Ве7 7 .Re1

Black has to capture on d4, since it is well known that castling will result in giving Black an inferior game after 8.Вс6 Всб 9.de5 de5 10.Qd8 Rad8 11.Ne5 Ве4 12.Ne4 Ne4 13.Nd3 f5 14.f3 Вс5 15.Nc5 Nc5 16.Bg5 followed Ьу 17.Ве7 (See game 228). Agood altemative to the Rook move is 7.Вс6 followed Ьу 8.Qd3. 7 ... Nd4 8.Nd4 ed4 9.Bd7 Qd710.Qd4 о-о

White 's advantage does not seem significant, but his game is somewhat freer. White occupies four ranks versus three for Black. Тhis is all White could get out of the opening, but this game Ьecomes an instructive example of how а minor advantage can Ье nursed and finally convened into а win. For the duration of the game White controls more territory and Black never gets Ьeyond his third rank. 11.Ь3 Тhis Bishop fianchetto is the basis of White 's attacking plan, the target of which is the g7 point. I used this plan in 1890 against Blackbume and it has been popular ever since. 11 ... Rfe812.Bb2 Bf8 Тhе threat was 13.Nd5. 1З.Rad1 Тhis

Qc6

prevents 14.Rd3 Re6

14.е5.

The threat was а possiЬle Queen sacrifice on f6 followed Ьу 16.Rg3 and 17.Nd5. 15.Rde3 Rae8 Black has completed his development and the positions are almost symmetrical. White's attack seems to have reached а dead point. It is hard to see how White is going to increase his minor advantage. White's minor advantage is his e4-pawn for which dб is no equivalent and further more the ВЬ2 dominates the entire open diagonal, while the Bf8 is а modest counter force. 16.h3 Тhis prevents 16 ... Ng4. 16... QЬ6 Black might have tried to fianchetto his Bishop to g7, but after the trade off of the Bishops, the f6 hole in Black's position might Ьесоmе а weakness, e.g. 16... g6 17.Nd5 Bg7 18.с4 Nh5 19.Qd2 ВЬ2 20.Qb2, threatening 21.g4 and 22.Nf6. 17.Qd3 с6 There are two moves that might lead to equality for Black, i.e. 17 ...d5 or 17 .. 15, but with the next few moves, White puts an end to them. White already threatens proЬlems. 18.Na4 Qc7 19.с4 For the moment, this prevents the danger. 19... Nd7

XVJ/1. LEIPZIG TOURNAМENТ, 1894 Black will try to disrupt the attacking diagonal Ьу 20.. .f6, but here the Ьestdefense probaЬly was 19... g6 and 20... Bg7. 20.Kh1 Тhis

and the subsequent six moves are somewhat of а riddle to Black. White has а very specific plan, wblch I intend to explain on the next move. White must not allow Black to break out of the steadily increasing Ьlockade Ьу playing for access to с5 . It is Ьecause of this possiЬility that the King is Ьetter posted on hl. The trade on с5 would Ье counter productive, as his pawns on the Кingside would effectively support bls attack.

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2З ... ааs

Black again prevents the Кnight move threatening the Re 1.

Ьу

24.Rd1 QЬ6

Now it seems that the Кnight can fmally continue his trip to f5, but it is impossiЬle, Ьecause if 25.Ne2, Black's 25 ... Ng5 will attack the e-pawn and thus force the Кnight to retum. 25.h4! Ne5

20... 16 21.Qc2

White 's attacking plan is to play the to f5 via c3-e2-d4, but to execute this plan he has to overcome а lot of difficul ties. Also 21.Nc3 could Ье played at once, but the Queen move is Ьetter, Ьecause for а start, Black's Nc5 would force the Queen back to с2 and further the Queen move keeps Black in the dark about White 's intentions or indeed whether he has а plan at all or if he is just temporizing. Кnight

21 ... Ne5

There is not much for Black to do. Не has no chance to make bls most effective moves and in addition White stands ready to exploit any weaknesses that may occur in Black 's game. 22.Nc3 Nf7

Black has Ьесоmе aware of the danger and prevents the White Кnight from going to е2, as then 23 ...f5 would free bls position. 23.g4

Simply preventing 23 ...f5 and again threatening 24.Ne2. Had the White King stayed on g 1, Black might now succeed in freeing himself with 23 ... d5 24.ed5 RеЗ 25.Re3 RеЗ 26.fe3 QgЗ.

26.Rg3 Nf7 27.13

Before the Кnight can complete its journey, the e-pawn must Ье guarded. Now there is no way for Black to keep the Кnight from reaching its destination. 27... Nh8 28.Ne2

Finally, and from now on there will no stopping anymore.

Ье

28... Qc7 29.Rdg1

Not 29 .Nd4 immediately Ьecause of 29 ... d5 attacking the RgЗ. Now after long preparation, one could almost call these defensive moves. White 's pawns and pieces are ready for the attack on g7. 29 ... Qf7 ЗO.Nd4 R6e7 Тhе Black pieces are crowded together like а flock of sheep wi th the wolf standing at the door ready to break inside.

31.g5 fg5

Further resistance seems in vain.


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32.Rg5 g6 33.Nf5 Re5 Оп ЗЗ ...Rеб follows 34.Qc3 ReS 35.f4. Оп 33 ... Rd7, White сап if he so desires, wiп the Exchaпge with 34.Qc3 Bg7 35.Ng7. 34.f4 Тhis is Ьetter than taking the Rook. Оп 34.Re4, it is 34...Qc3 again. 34... Rf5 35.ef5 Bg7 36. fg6 1-0. Оп

36 ...hg6, anything will win except 37.Rg6 Ngб 38.Rg6 because of 38 ...Re1 39.Kg2 Re2 followed Ьу 40 ... Qg6.

GAME289

J. Berger - Tarrasch RuyLopez 1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 а6 4.Ва4 Nf6 5.d3 This move, which was coпsisteпtly played Ьу Andersseп, gives Black an easy game. 5 ... Вс5

Normally the move here is S... dб, which is а move that 1 abhor Ьecause it locks in the dark squared Bishop. 6.D-O Ь5 7 .ВЬЗ d6 8.Bg5 Тhis move and the following exchange are the basic reasons for White 's loss. The Bishop should have gопе to еЗ.

8 ... h6 9.Bf6 Тhis

орропепts developmeпt and in additioп опе must rememЬer that the Bishop is the stroпger piece. White though, to compeпsate for this differeпce, would Ье аЬlе to post his Кnight at d5.

helps the

9 ... Qf6 1 О.NсЗ Ne7 11.Nd5 Nd5 12.Bd5 Rb8 Black already has а plus with the Bishop pair and some minor threats like 13 ... Bg4. Оп 13.Вс6, Black plays 13 ... Ке7, and thc Всб remains poorly posted. 13.Nd2

То

avoid the пasty 13 ...Bg4 pin. 13... h5!! Тhis is а surprising idea, that is almost sufficieпt to win. The Rook is going to partake in the attack. 14.Qe1 This is поt а pretty move, but presumaЬly White waпts to avoid 14... В g4. Black has а completely differeпt plan though. 14... Rh6

This unusual Rook played frequeпtly. 15.Kh1 Rg616.c3

developmeпt

1 have

lf instead White plays 16.NЬЗ, there is the possibllity of а Rook and Bishop sacrifice with а quick mate, e.g. 16.NЬЗ? Rg2 17.Kg2 ВhЗ 18.Кh3 QfЗ 19.Кh4 Qg4#. Еvеп after the text move 1 could play for this pretty comblпation with 16 ... Ь4 17.RЬ1 Ьс4 18.Ьс4 RЬl 19.NЬI Rg2 etc. Оп 16 ... Ь4, White could sacrifice а pawn with 17 .f4 ef4 18.d4 and the BcS is sealed off which eases White 's game coпsideraЬly. One should пever chase а pretty combinatioп, but should alw~ys look for the stroпgest move. Pretty tacucs should соте Ьу themselves. 16... Qg5 17.Rg1 Rf6 Тhis is primarily 18.f4 Qf4 19.Rf1.

iпteпded

to

preveпt

18.d4 ProbaЬly Ьetter theп Black plays

was 18.Rf1. П 18.Nf3, 18 ...Qf4 and 19 ... Bg4. The text move is inteпded to give White some freedom, since 18 ... ed4 could Ье answered Ьу either 19.Nf3 or 19.cd4 followed Ьу 20.Nf3 or 19.е5 QeS 20.Ne4. In all the eveпtualities, Black has to sacrifice his attackiпg Rook for the Кnight, with а pawn for the Exchange and а quite good game. 18... ВЬ6

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GAME290

Тhis is Ьetter than 18 ... ed4, since the d4-pawn remains under attack and White does not have а very good move. Again on 19.Nf3, Black plays 19 ... Qf4 20.Qe3 Bg4, and on 19.Qe3, Black trades Queens followed Ьу 20 ...Rf2. Best was 19.Rfl, to counter the following douЬle threat.

This leads to the King's Gambit Declined.

19.Qe2 Qf4

4 ... d6 5.Nf3

Black is going to win the f-pawn or the d-pawn. On 20.de5, Black plays 20 ...de5 and then 21 ... Bf2, respectively if 21.Nf3, then 21 ...Bg4.

Тhis is Ьetter than 7 ... Bf3 and 8 ... Nd4, which gives White а vigorous attack after QgЗ. Although White has gained а tempo, the result of 7 .hЗ is а weakened Kingside. Ву trading on еб and е5, White сап give his opponent isolated douЬled pawns, but this never frightened me. Black's compensation consists of open files and а free position.

20.Rgf1 ed4 21.g3

White intends to attack with 22.е5, but this only results in а quicker loss of the game. 21 ... Qh6

22.е5

de5 23.Qe5 Kf8!

24.Nf3 Rf5 Тhis is а pretty move after which White has only forced moves.

Qgб!

28.Qf4

Qсб

29.Kg2 g5

As а consequence of move 27, Black can now make this move with an attack on the Queen. ЗO.Qf5 ЗЗ.Кg1

g4 31.cd4 Bd4 0-1.

QfЗ

2.Nc3

Nfб З.Вс4 Вс5

Nсб б.dЗ

4.f4

Bg4 7.h3

Веб

Тhis is an unhappy idea. Retreating the Bishop to ЬЗ now or after ... аб and ... Ь5, was mandatory.

в

...аб!

This is necessary as Black has to guard against the Bislюp Ьeing locked in after 9.f5. 9.Вс6 Тhis exchange is unfavoraЬle. White plays for the weakening of the Black pawn structure, but in exchange Black is getting excellent piece play. I keep emphasizing that I Ьelieve а free game is far more important than а сопесt pawn formation. А good example in this respect is this game.

9 ... Ьс6 10.fe5

ВЬ7

Тhis is the first time the Bishop has moved although it has Ьееn an active participant in the attack all along.

27 .Qf5

1.е4 е5

8.ВЬ5

Bad was 23 ... Ве6, which would enaЬle White to find safety for his endangered Bishop Ьу 24.Вс6 . Now though White is in а very precarious position. Тhе Кnight is under attack and in addition he is threatened with the loss of his Bishop or Queen Ьу 24 ... Rf5, and 24.Rael is answered Ьу 24... Ве6 25.Ве6 Rеб 26.Qf4 Qf4, followed Ьу the Rook trade, ...dсЗ and 29 ... Bf2, maintaining а two pawn advantage for Black. On 24.Qe2, the answer is 24... Bh3 or 24... Bg4, with an attack and an extra pawn.

25.Qe4 Rd5 26.Qd5

Teichmann - Tarrasch

King's Gamhit Declined (transposed)

32.Qf3

ВfЗ

On 10.f5 follows 10... Вс8, and soon Black will start his counterattack with ...d5, which incidentally has Ьееn made easier Ьу the cб-pawn move. 10... de5

Black now has the open b-file and d-file, he is а tempo up in development and has two well-posted Bishops. То me it seems


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that this advantage is decisive. 11.Ne2

White is threatening to capture on е5, which hitherto would have Ьееn answered Ьу ... Qd4. 11 ...Qd6

Now Black is two moves ahead in development and moreover White cannot castle. 12.d4 Тhis

looks good, since on 12... Bd4, White will win а piece Ьу 13.Ned4 followed Ьу 14.е5, but the move leads to а loose center, which up until now looked unshakaЬle. It is hard to find а Ьetter move forWhite though. On 12.Bg5 and 13.Qd2, Black plays 12.Rb8 or 12.Nd7 followed Ьу 13.Rb8, and Black will muster an attack. 12... ВЬ6!

On 12 ... de4, the Queens are traded followed Ьу ... Ne4. 1З.Qd3 Nd714.CЗ о-о 15.Вез

Castling was still premature Ьecause of 15 ... с5, with а very strong attack, as 16.d5 attackss the Queen Ьу 16 ... с4, and on 16.Ве3, the douЬle pawn exchange followed Ьу ...с5, threatens to win а piece. 15...15

Black plays one attacking move after another and gradually anyone will realize that Black has а consideraЬle plus in spite of his isolated pawn. 16.el5 815 17.Qd2

е4

Тhis strong passed pawn which cramps White's position will eventually decide thegame.

18.Nh2 Тhis poor Кnight will stay on h2 for some twenty moves.

18... Ве6

This delays White 's castling. 19.Bf4

Should the Кnight go to f4, play can proceed with 19 ... Вс4 20.Ь3 g5 21.Ne2 (Or 21.Nh5 Bf7) 21 ... Ве2 followed Ьу • 22 ...Qg3 or 21 ... Bd3 and he proceeds to attack. 19... Qd5 2о.о-о с5

The douЬled c-pawns now соте in handy and lead to the complete demolition of the White center. 21.Ве3

cd4 22.cd4

If White recaptures with а piece, then Black's Кnight can go to d3 via е5. 22 ... с5

The pretty 22 ... N е5 was possiЬie as 23.de5 loses the Queen to 23 ... Qd2, but even so the Knight could not have penetrated to dЗ like Black planned, since White's reply would Ье 23.Nc3 (Not 23.Nf4 Ьecause of 23 ... Rf4) 23 ... Qd7 24.Khl, after which Ьoth the Кnight and the e4-pawn are attacked. In this variation, Black only has 24... Nc4 25.Qe2 and there is no easy way to protect the e4-pawn. Тhе pretty moves are not always the Ьest and sometimes they are the worst. 23.Nc3!

Obviously 23.dc5 is bad 23 ... Вс5.

Ьecause

of

23 ... Qb7 24.d5

Now White has а passed pawn too and the e5-square is accessiЬle for the White Кnight.

24 ... 815

25.Ь3

МауЬе 25.Na4 was Ьetter, but the text is intended to prevent 25 ... с4.

25 ... Ne5 26.g4? Тhis compromises White's position still more and White 's game is not good. Не probaЬly mistakenly thought that he could win the e4-pawn.

26... Bg6 27.Qg2 NdЗ If 27 .Ne4 now, Black wins а piece with

27 ... Qe7.

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GAME291

28.Rf8 Rf8 29.Rf1 Re8

All of Black's pieces are posted excellently and White has no satisfactory reply anymore. ЗO.Rd1

Tarrasch - v. Scheve Queen's Gamhit Declined

1.d4 d5

2.с4 е6 З.NСЗ

Nf6

I consider 3 ... с5 the only correct defense. 4.Nf3 Ве7 5.Bf4 с6 Тhis always leads to а cramped Black position. 6.ез NЬd7 7.hз Ne4

ЗО ... с4 31.Qd2 сЬЗ 32.аЬ3 ВеЗ ЗЗ.QеЗ

Qb334.Qd4 Тhis is the only move, but now the Black passed pawn decides the game. 34...е3 35.Rd3 ВdЗ 36.Qd3 е2 е1 =Q 38.Ne1 Re1 39.Kf2 Re5

37.Nf3

On 39 ...Rc 1, it would not lead to an immediate victory as it is answered Ьу 40.Qe3 with а mating threat. Subsequently, 40 ... Rc2 41.Kg1 Qb8 (The threat is 42 ... Qh2) 42.Ne2, makes things difficult. 40.d6 QЬ6 41.Kg2 Qc6 Тhis is to prevent 42.Ne4 and 43.Qc4. 42.Kg3 Тhis loses the pawn at once. Better was 42.Kf2 Re8. Now the pawn cannot advance (43.d7 Rd8), while the Black passed pawn will keep advancing, ifneed Ье supported Ьу ... Ra8. 42 ... Re6 D-1. 43.d7 is answered Ьу 43 ...Qd6 .

Тhis is the decisive mistake. After the trade on е4, Black will have to pry open the White g-file. This will result in а combined iпesisti- Ьlе attack on g7 Ьу the Queen, two Rooks, and the Queen Bishop. In the entire literature of chess, I cannot think of another game where there is а detailed mating plan on move eight! In this game it leads to catastrophe for Black 20 moves later. 8.Ne4 de4 9.Nd2 ВЬ4 If Black had more deeply looked into White 's plan, he would have kept the Bishop for the defense of g7. 1о.аз Bd2 11.Qd2 о-о If Black castles on the Queenside, the Bf4 Ьecomes very threatening. Of course Black can make different moves in the continuation of the game, but in that case he would lose differently. 12.Qc2 f513.Bd6 On 13.0-0-0, Black might Ье аЬlе to play 13 ... Qe7 followed Ьу 14...е5. 13... Re8 It later on Ьecomes clear that this Rook should have gone to f7. 14.0-Q-0 Nf6 15.Ве5 Bd7 16.13 After White 's plan has been laid out, ~е game is more easily understood and eas1ly played. 16... ef3 17.gf3 Ь5

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Black is looking for а counterattack. 18.Rg1 Rf8 Тhis is in order to defend after 19.Qg2 with 19 ...Rf7. 19.Rd2 Playing the King Bishop serves no purpose for the attack, since it cannot Ье used in the execution of the attack and so the Bishop stays on its original square until the end of the game. The focal point ofWhite's forces is g7. 19... Rf7 20.Rdg2 as 21.Qf2 Тhis is in order to reach h6 via h4. 21 ... Ne8 22.Rg5 Тhе Queen gets to h4 Ьehind the Rooks back. П Black tries to prevent this Ьу 22 ... h6, White proceeds with 23.Rg6 Кh7 24.Qg3 Qe7 and he sacrifices the Rook on h6. 22 ... Qe7 23.Qh4 White is planning 24.Qh6 and 25.Rh5. 23 ... Nf6 24.Qh6 Ra7

On 26 ... Кh8, there is а mate in two, Ьу 27.Qh7 and 28.Rg8. 27.Rh7! Ке7 28.Rf7 Kf7 29.Rg7 Ке8 ЗO.Qf61·0.

On 30... Qf8 follows 31.Qg6 32.Rg8. This is one of my most Ьeautiful games.

GAME292

Tarrasch- Walbrodt

King's Gamhit- Falkheer 1.е4 е5 2.f4 d5 З.еd5 е4

In my opinion the FalkЬeer Gamblt is а win for Black. Тhе attack is too powerful Ьecause the premature f4 has laid White 's King bare. 4.Nc3 Тhе old move 4.ВЬ5 is the worst of all the other possiЬle moves. White 's first task is the removal of the e4-pawn, as it exerts а lot of pressure on White 's game. 4 ... Nf6 S.dЗ ВЬ4 6.de4 Ne4 7 .Qd4 ВСЗ Better yet is 7 ... Qe7, as this move protects and attacks simultaneously. In attack and defense, Ьest is always а move that does Ьoth, since every threat puts pressure on the opponent. Not in Black's favor is 7 ...Qh4 8.g3 NgЗ 9.Qe3 (Quite good for White is 9.hg3) 9 ... Ne4 lO.Kdl. s.ьсз о-о

On 24... g6, of course comes 25.Rg6 hg6 26.Rg6 Rg7 27.Bf6. 25.Вdб

Тhis is to deflect the Queen from the protection of g7 and now the pawn will Ье taken according to plan. Weaker was 25.Bf6 Qf6 26.Qf6 (26.Rg7? Qg7!) followed Ьу 27 .Rg7, which would only yield two pawns. 25 ... Qd6 26.Rg7 Kf8

Here too 8 ... Qh4 is prematurely aggressive and after 9.g3 NgЗ lO.hgЗ Qhl ll.Qg7 followed Ьу 12.Ва3 and 13.0-0-0, White would have the attack. 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Ве2 White 's position would Ье excellent if the poor f4-pawn was on f2, as it is the King that is exposed to all kinds of attacks. 10... Bg4 Тhis prevents castling because it would lose the сЗ pawn, but this move is а mistake which gives up the attack and costs the game. Much Ьetter was 10 ... с5,

XVIIJ. LEIPZIG

TOURNAМENT,

and White has no satisfactory Queen move, since if ll.QdЗ then ll ... Bf5 will attack it, and on ll.Qc4, Black plays ll ...b5, and on ll.dcб е.р. there follows ll ... Qd4 12.Nd4! NсЗ lЗ.I
1894

355

Ьecauseof18 ...Qd5).18 ... Qc219.Qg3Qgб

(Or 19...Qb2 20.Qg4 and the Re2 is still under attack) 20.f5 Bf5 21.Nf5 QgЗ 22.Nhб Кf8 23.Rf7 Ке8 24.hg3 Rb2 25.Rel Kd8 26.Rf8 Kd7 27 .Nf5 and it is hard to fmd а defense to mate on е7. Or 17.Ng7 RеЗ 18.Qd4 Re4 19.Qf2 Re2 20.Qg3. It was close to move twenty and time pressure was again taking its toll. 17... Re3 Quite adroitly Black avoids giving White а chance to repeat moves and thus save time on the clock, which might enaЬle him to

take back his poor move. Also on the Queen exchange on еЗ, White retains an advantage Ьу trading Rooks on el followed Ьу Re7. 18.Qd2 Na6 If18 ... Nd7, thenBlack's Bishopwouldnot have а good retreat. 19.f5

Тhis is an ironic twist of fate. Suddenly White has а significant plus in development and а strong attack.

White is cutting off the Bishop and threatening to play 20.f6.

13... Qf8

19...16

Black's preventing the mate Ьу lЗ .. .fб is not very good as 14.Qc4 followed Ьу 15.d6 leads to Ьig trouЬle. 14.Nd4

Тhis gives the Кnight access to еб, which paralyzes Black's game.

White could take the c-pawn, but it is Ьetter to continue the attack than to attain а material advantage at the cost of tempi. 14... Re4 This is Black's only Rook move. Retreating to е7 or е8 costs the Exchange Ьу 15.Ва3. Black's only developed pieces are poorly posted and are objects for attack. 15.Qd3 Qe716.Ne6! Re2 17.Nd4? White was afraid of capturing on g7, as the Knight has no retreat square and the c2-pawn might Ье lost after 17 ...Qc5. Except that if needed, 18.h3 would enaЬle the Кnight to go back to f5 or h5, and on 17...Qc5, Black's position collapses at once with 17.Ng7 Qc5 18.Khl (Not 18.Bd4

20.h3 Bh5 21.Ne6 Re4 On 21 ... Re2 there follows 22.Qc3 followed Ьу 23 .Rae 1. Тhе result seems pretty much the same. 22.Rae1 Re1 2З.Rе1

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8

Bfl8 11 ~~t z.~~····z· ~~~

8ft

~

ft8.1.

- - 81\:8 81\: tatm • R

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В

~

~ ~

It is clear that the attack is not as impetuous as it was Ьefore the Кni~t retreat, but even so reviving the attack IS

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not too hard Ьecause the White pieces are all better posted than their Black counterparts. 23.•. Re8 24.Re3 Тhis threatens Ьoth 25.Rg3 and possiЬly 25.Ва3.

24... Bf7 25.Ва3 On 25.Rg3 Веб 26.fe6 (Not 26.de6 because of 26 ... Qc5 followed Ьу 27 ...Qf5), and it is not strong enough. White is planning to recapture on еб with the d-pawn and thus to use the open d-file with Rook and Queen. For this reason, the move ... Qc5 which simultaneously attacks the f -pawn, must Ье prevented. 25... Qd7 26.Rd3 U цоw 26 ... Ве6, then the Queen and Rook.battery would Ье unleashed. 26...с5

Black has good moves, but his pieces are badly cramped. Simplest for White is to take the c-pawn, after 27 .Вс5 Nc5 28.Nc5 Qf5 29 .NЬ7 winning the two connected pawns. White is looking for wilder game though, and gets deservedly lucky. 27.dc6 Qc6 28.Ng7 Sacrificing is good, but not sacrificing is

Black's Queen checks lead to nothing with 32 ... Qb6 33.Khl (Not 33.Kh2? because of 33 ... Qc7 and 34 ... Qf7) 33 ... QЫ 34. Кh2. Ву а different move order Black could have frustrated this plan, to wit after, 29 .RgЗ Кh8 ЗО.Qhб and Black checks at once on Ьб when the White King cannot go to hl Ьecause of Зl ... Re 1 etc. and after 32.Кh2, then Black would have the 32...Qc7 later on. 29 .RgЗ Кh8 30.Qh6 QЬб 31.Кh2 Rg8 32.Ве7 Rg3 ЗЗ.Вfб Кh8 34.Kg3 Qc7 35.Кh4, does not give enough compensation for the sacrificed piece, and Black would finally lose the game. All of this has to Ье calculated exactly. Had Black checked immediately after 28.Ng7, White retains а good attack which will at least give him а draw, e.g. 28 ... Qb6? 29.Kh2 Kg7 30.Rg3 Кh8 31.Qd7 Rg8 32.Qf7 Rg3 33.Ве7 (On 33.Kg3 Black has 33 ... Qe3 and 34 ... Qa3) 33 ... Qc7 34.Khl after whichjust managing to draw Ьу perpetual check after RhЗ or 28 ... QЬ6? 29.Кh2 Kg7 30.Rg3 Кh8 31.Qd7 Qc7 32.ВЬ2 Re5 33.Ве5 fe5 34.Qd2 Bg8 (Otherwise there follows Rg7 and mate on h7) 35.Qh6 Qfl Зб.fб followed Ьу 37 .Qg7 and 38.fg7# (Mate with а pawn). With the text Black tries to pacify the opponent Ьу giving back the piece, but now one powerful move after the other is going to end in mate. ЗO.fg6 hg6 31.Вс1 g5 32.ВЬ2 Kg6 The threat was 33.Qg5. ЗЗ.RfЗ Re6 34.Qd3 Kg7 35.Rg3 Qc5 36.Bd4 Qa5 37.h4 Nc5 There is nothing left to do. 38.Rg5 Kf7 39.Qh7 Ке8 40.Rg8#

Ьetter.

28... Kg7 29.Rg3 Bg6 On 29 ... Kh8 follows ЗО.Qhб Rg8? 31.Rg8 Bg8 32.Bf8 and mate on g7 сап only Ье prevented Ьу allowing mate on fб.

GAME293

Mieses - Tarrasch Sicilian Defense

XVIII. LEIPZIG TOURNAМENT, 1894

357

1.е4 с5 2.Nc3 Nc6 З.gЗ g6 4.Nge2 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 Bd7

It is obvious how difficult it is for White to activate bls pieces for an attack.

Тhis is the Ьest development square for the Bishop. Both of Black's Bishops have good scope. 1 .вез Nd4 в.о-о Opening the c-file Ьу trading on d4 is good for Black. 8... Qc8 Тhе purpose of this is not 9 ... ВhЗ (lt would merely exchange an active Bishop for а less active Bishop) but to prepare the attack with 9 ... h5, which could Ье prevented Ьу hЗ and g4 after Black plays ...h5.

18... Ng8 19.Ng5

On 19.Qf3, it is answered Ьу 19 ... Nhб, wblch is Ьoth а defensive and attacking move. 19...f6?

9.Rb1

This is unnecessary, since 9 ... Ne2 1O.Qe2 ВеЗ is no threat. 9 ... h510.h4

White 's Kingside is now somewhat exposed. 10... Nh6 11.Nd5

Better was 11.f3 to keep the Кnight out of g4, and although the Bg2 would Ье more cramped, the Кnight on hб was not ofmuch use. 11 ...е6 12.Ndf4 Ng4 Nc6 15.d4 Ne7

1З.с3 NеЗ

14.fe3

Тhis less than cautious move enaЬles White to make а pretty and decisi~e combination. After the less challenging 19 ... Nhб, White could not prevent 20 .. .f6, driving the Ng5 back, and then 21 ... Ng4 followed Ьу 22 ... Bh6, would attack the weak еЗ- pawn, but now the White attack on the f-file prevails. This difference in move order makes the game quite interesting and instructive.

20.de5

is 'to answer 16.d5 with 16... е5 and also the Кnight wants to travel to g4.

Mieses, forever the great tactician, senses that heroics are called for now.

16.Nh3

20 ... fg5?

Тhis

White is trying for а f-file attack, but this is not easy. 16... е5 Тhis

is to keep the Кnights out of f4 ..

17.Kh2

Obviously the attacking 17 .Ng5 is easily defended Ьу 17 ... fб. 17... Qc7

After the pawn trade on е5, this keeps the White Queen from penetrating to dб. 18.Neg1

Much Ьetter was to decline the sacrifice with 20 ... de5, and on 21.Qd5 follows 22 ... Nh6 (Not 2l ...Bc6 Ьecause of 22.Ne6 and 23.Ng7) On 22.Ne6 Веб 23.Qe6 Qe7, White would have to trade Queens in order to avoid the loss of the eЗ-pawn after Ng4 and in the resulting endgame, Black would have а much Ьetter pawn structure. 21.ed6 QЬ6 22.Qd5 о-о-о? It is easy to understand that Black Ьу

castling tries to get his Кing to safet>'•: except at this point White could lock 1!1 Black's Knight with 23.hg5 and th1s

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would seal Black's fate. White alreadyhas two extra pawns and threatens to penetrate Black 's position on f7. Therefore Ьetter, but probaЬly not good enough, was 22 ... Nh6, with the extremely interesting sequel 23.Qg5 (On 23.hg5, Black plays 23 ... Ng4 and 24 ... 0-0-0). 23 ...Qd6 24.RЬdl Qd 1 (This is in order to answer 25.Rdl with perpetual check on ... Ng4 and ... Nf2) 25.Qg6 Kd8 26.Qg7 Кс7 27.Rd1 Ng4 28.Qg4 and White has three pawns for the Exchange. 2З.Ь4

This is а weak continuation, giving Black an escape hatch. 23... Nf6 24.Qc5 Qc5 25.Ьс5 Now Black has а decisive advantage. White 's attack has petered out (The obvious threat of е5, is easy to meet). True he has three ра wns for the piece, but his pawn structure is not favoraЬle and my experience tells me that (All other things Ьeing equal). three pawns and а piece are not equivalent except in some endgames where the pawns are far advanced. In those positions where many pieces are still on the Ьoard, the extra piece will prevail. 25 ... gh4? Тhis ugly mistake, which ruins Black 's position at once, cannot Ье explained away as an oversight. I clearly saw the е5 threat, but also that defending against it was very easy and was quite convinced that 1 had а very easily won game, feeling happy at escaping alive. 1 thought а long time trying to decide what the fastest win would Ье and completely forgot that after е5, the Bg2 threatens to hit on Ь7. Mter all is said and done, 1 did deserve to lose this game. 26.е5 Ng4 27 .Kh1 Вс6 28. Вс6 Ьс6 (See next diagram) 29.Rf7 White plays with the threat of 30.Rc7#. 29 ... Rd7 ЗO.Rd7 Kd7 31.Rb7 Кеб 32.Rg7 Rb8?

After 28•••Ьс6 ProbaЬly still holding is 32 ... Ne5, although White has а few extra pawns. except for the d4-pawn these pawns do not seem very dangerous. With the Rook move, Black tries for mate. ЗЗ.Rе7 Kf5 34.d7 hgЗ 35.Re8 Rb2 Black threatens mate with Ьoth pawn andRook. 36.Ne2 g2 37.Kg1 Of course 37 .Kg2 was also playaЬle. 37 ... Rb1 38.Kg2 NеЗ 39.Kf3 Ng4 40.Nd41-0.

GAME294

Tarrasch- Suchting Giuoco Piano

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.Вс4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 Na5

Вс5

4.Nc3

Тhе usual move here is 6 ... Веб, but the text move is good too. The game will soon Ьесоmе much more interesting than the monotonous opening indicates. 7.ВЬ3

Wrong would Ье 7 .Nd5 as it is answered Ьу 7 ... Nc4 8.dc4 сб 9 .Nf6 gf6 1O.Bh4 Rg8 and Black has а good game.

7... Nьз в.аьз It is hard to Ьelieve that the open file will Ьесоmе а

factor.

XVI/1. LEIPZIG TOURNAМENT, 1894

8 ... с6 This move weakens 8 ... Ве6.

dб,

better was

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19 ... Qg7 20.Rfd1 Qe7 21.Ra7 Ra7 22.Qa7 Кс7 23.Qa5

White maintains а bind on the Кing. 2З ... КЬ8

9.d4

24.Ra1 Rd8 25.Qa7 Кс7

This gives White the freer center position.

If 25 ... Кс8 there follows 26.Qb6 27 .Ra7 followed Ьу 28.Qa5.

9 ... ed4 1O.Nd4 QЬ6

26.с4

Тhis move forces the opening of the g-file, since ll.BeЗ is answered Ьу ll ... Ng4 and neither is ll.Na4 а good move, since trading on с5 would help Black get rid ofhis dб weakness.

The attack must pawns. 26... RЬ8 27 .Ь5

Ье

КЬ8

reinforced with

с5

11.Bf6 gf612.Nce2 Qd8

lnstead of this unjustified retreat, Black should with 12 ... Rg8, take advantage of the open g-file. White's best way to defend the g-pawn would Ье 13.Kfl. 1з.о-о

ве&

14.Nf4

Both Кnights are very well posted and White has nothing to fear from а g-file attack. 14... Kd7

28.Ra61·0.

Black has no good moves.

Тhе threat is 29 .Rсб and on 28 ...Rc8 or 28 ...Qd8 follows 29.QЬ6 etc.

15.с3

White is preparing

16.Ь4

and

17.Ь5.

15... Qg8

Trying to prevent the b-pawn advance with 15 ... а5, there follows 16.Ь4 аЬ4 17 .Ra8 Qa8 18.сЬ4 and the b-pawn remains tаЬоо Ьecause if 18 ... ВЬ4 then 19.Nfe6 followed Ьу 20.Qb3. 16.Ь4

Bd4

Тhis is the decisive mistake. Better was to retreat the Bishop as now the a7-pawn becomes weak. In this case White continues the attack with 17 .Nh5 Qgб 18.Qf3.

17.Qd4 Qg5 18.Ne6 fe6 19.f4 It was possiЬle to take the a-pawn,

(19 ... с5? 20.Ьс5 Ra7 21.сб followed Ьу 22.Qa7). Even so the text move is stronger.

GAME295

Tarrasch - Janowski Queen's GamЬit Declined

1.d4 d5 2.с4 е6 З.NсЗ Nf6 4.Nf3 NЬd7 5.Bf4c6 Тhis pawn Ьelongs on с5. Now Black's position remains cramped. 6.ез Ве7 Тhis

7.h3

is to prevent the exchange after

7 ... Nh5. 7 ... dc4 Тhis is the start of an attack on the Queenside, which is weakened Ьecause of the absence of the dark-squared Bishop. Тhis attack is dangerous, but with сопесt defense, it will Ье rendered haпnless.

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8.Вс4 NЬ6

9.Bd3 NЬd5 10.Bh2 Qa5 11.Qb3! Тhis is the only right move. П ll.Qd2, Black will get the Ьetter position with ll ...NcЗ 12.Ьс3 Nd5 lЗ.Rcl NсЗ 14.Rc3 ВЬ4. After ll ... QbЗ, White will refute this attack with 15.Kd2. 11 ...о-о 12.0-о Now White is significantly Ьetter, he has а plus in development, а nice center, and his pieces are well posted. 12 ... Nc3 Black wants to transfer the Queen to the Kingside, but this exchange strengthens White's center and the attack is refuted. 1З.ЬсЗ Qh5 14.е4 Ьб This is in order to attack on the diagonal Ь7 -fЗ, but this plan is frustrated at once Ьу White's next move. 15.а4!

Тhis 16.а5

is in order to counter 15 ... ВЬ7 with and possiЬly 17.а6. 15... g5 Black has no good moves, so he resorts to bad moves. 16.Ne5 White has а lovely game, it almost plays itself. 16... Bd7 17.f4 Ве8

On 17 ... g4, it is refuted with 18.Ве2. 18.f5 ef519.Rf5 Rd8 20.Raf1 Rd6

Black is completely lost. П 20... Nd7 then 21.Nc6 wins and if Black protects the Кnight with 20... Qh6, then 21.Rf6 and 22.Ng4 wins. 21.Nf3 Тhis threatens 22.Bd6, and it threatens the fork, and it threatens to win the Queen. Black should resign. 21 ... Ne4 22.Ве4 Rеб 23.Ne5 Qe2 24. ВЬ1 с5 25.R5f2 с4 On 25 ... Qe3 26.Nc4 or 26.Ng4, the Queen is lost. ' 26.Nc4 On 26.Bh7 Кh8 27 .QЫ QеЗ, it would give Black more chances, whereas this move forces the Queen back. 26 ... Qh5 27.Bf5 Rсб 28.Ne5 Тhе tireless Кnight goes to е5 for а third time. 28... Rf6 29.Ng4 Rсб ЗО.d5 Rgб Should the Rook go to с5, the passed pawn will advance to dб and d7. 31.d6 Вdб 32.Bg6 Qgб Or 32... Bh2 ЗЗ.Кh2 Qgб 34.Nf6 etc. 33.Nf61·0.

GAME296 Blackburn - Tarrasch Queen pawn Opening

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 с5 З.dс5 То accept the Queen's Gamblt is never advantageous even if it naturally looks so. З ... еб 4.е4 Вс5 5. ВЬ5 Nсб 6.ed5 ed5 1.о-о Nge7 Тhе Кnight is Ьetter posted on fб. Black was afraid of the Rook check, which he could have answered with 8 ... Ne4. 8.Nc3 0·0 9.Bf4 Bg410.Be2 It appears that the 5.ВЬ5 move was not very useful. 10... а6

XVI/1. LEIPZIG TOURNAМENT, 1894 This is to prevent 11.h3

12.NЬ5

and 13.d4.

Ве612.аЗ

Тhis

is not easy to understand and in any case not necessary. 12... Ng6 It is hard to get this awkwardly

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Blackbum plays with great finesse, with one еуе on hб and the other еуе on the isolated d-pawn. 25.Rde1 Re4 26.Re4 Qf5 27.Qd3 Qd5 28.Ne5 Ne7

developed Кnight into the game.

Taking the Кnight was not very good. More exchanges weaken the isolated pawn.

13.Bh2 Ва7?

29.Bd2

From move 13 on, 1 was short of time, and hence the lack of planning in my following moves, which gradually ruined а very promising position. Here 13 ...f5 could Ье played, after which the d-pawn could Ье advanced with advantage. 14.Qd2

Тhе Bishop's position is very good as it works in two directions and at the same time enaЬles the Rook to go to h4.

29 ...16 Тhis is another weakening move, but it had to Ье played. ЗО.NfЗ

Nc6

Much better was moving the Кnight to g8, gб, or f5, as now the King begins to look lonely. 31.Rh4

After this Black does not have а satisfactory reply anymore. Blackbum now finishes the game very elegantly. 31 ... Qc4? 32.Qg6 Ne7 14...d415.Ne4 Ь5?

Here too 15...f5 should Ье played. If the Knight goes to g5, then the reply is 16... Bd5. If the Кnight goes to dб, then 16 .. .f4locks the Bishop out. For the next two moves, ...f5 remains good. 16.Rad1 h6? Тhis

move later on comes home to roost.

17.Bd3 Kh818.Rfe1 Qd719.Ng3 Rad8 20.Ne2 асе

Black had to make this move instantly and much Ьetter was 20 ... Bd5. 21.Ве4

Bd5 22.Nf4 Nf4 23.Bf4 24.Re4 Rfe8

Ве4

Since the threat of Вhб, Black has had to exchange а lot of pieces, and White has the much better game. From now оп

33.Rh6! In Hastings а year later, 1 got even ~!th

Blackbum when 1 made а Rook sacrif1ce on hб which was quickly decisive. зз

... ghб

More resistant was 33 ... Kg8. 34.Qf6 Kg8 35.Qe7 QcB


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Or 35 ... ВЬ6 36.Ne5 Qc7 37 .Qеб Кh8 38.Nf7 etc. 36.Ne51-0. The threat was 37 .Qf7 followed Ьу 38.Ngб# and on 36 ...Rf8, then 37 .Вhб wins.

GAME297 Tarrasch - J. W. Baird

19.f4

NЬd7

Black has developed his cramped game quite well, and White finds it very hard to exploit his gradually dominating positional adv antage. 20.h3 Qf8 21.Qg3 Тhis is preparatory to а complicated and farsighted combination. 21 ... Re8

RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 Ве7 6.d5

Nf6 4.Q-O Ne4

5.d4

Better yet is 6.Qe2, after which the Black Knight goes to Ь7 via dб. 6 ... NЬ8

Better is б ... Ndб, to which the Ьest reply is 7.Nc3. 7.Ne5 Q-0 8.Re1 Nf6 9.Nc3 h6 Black intends to play ... dб, but first wants to play the Bishop to с5, thus 9 ... h6 avoids the pin 10.Bg5later. 10.Nf3 After 1о... dб the Кnight would have to go back anyway, but there is а trap. If Black plays 1О ... dб now, White attacks the Ве7 once more with 11.Qe2. 10... а611.Ва4 Тhе Bishop stays on the а4-е8 diagonal to prevent ... Re8 after ... dб. 11 ... Вс5 12.Ве3 ВеЗ 13.Re3 d6 White has а significant development advantage, but there are very few attacking points. 14.Qd4 Bd7 15.ВЬ3 Re8 16.Rae1 RеЗ 17.Qe3 Bf5 Gradually Black develops his pieces and threatens Ьу opposition on the e-file (Mter ...Qf8). to equalize completely. 18.Nd4 Bg6 True here the Bishop might Ье cut off, but on d7 or с8 it would hinder Black 's development.

22.Ne6 Тhis is а pretty move, but it leads to а win only Ьecause Black loses his moorings. 22 ... Qe7? Black should have taken the Кnight and after 23.de6? Кh8 is perfectly adequate or if 22.Qg6 е5 and Black has no worries. 23.f5 Now Black's position is awkward. If he captures the Кnight now, White will keep an extra pawn after 24.de6? followed Ьу 25ig6? or 25.Qg6. 23... Nh5 24.Qf3 Ne5 On 24 ... Bf5, it is very interesting and difficult, but also good for White, e.g. 25.Qf5! Nhfб 26.Ne4! fеб (Or 26... Ne4 27 .Nc7). 'l:l.deб Nc5 28.Nf6 Qfб 29.е7 Nb3 30.Qd7 and White should win Ьecause of his strong passed pawn. 25.Re5 de5 26.fg6 fe6 27.Qh5 White now has an easily won game. 27... Qc5 28.Kh2 е4

XV/1/. LEIPZIG TOURNAМENT, 1894 Тhis move is hard to understand, but on 28 ...ed5 29 .Nd5 Кh8 30.Nf6, also quickly wins for White. 29.Ne4 Qd4 ЗО.NgЗ а5 Of course 30...ed5 is Ьetter. 31.с3 Qfб 32.de6 Kh8 ЗЗ.а4 Ь6 34.Qf5 Qd8 35.Qe5 с5 36.Nf5 1-Q.

GAME298

Schiffers - Tarrasch Cenler CounJer Game

1.е4 d5 2.ed5 Qd5 З.NсЗ Qa5 4.d4 Nfб 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.f3 Bh5 7.Nge2 с6 If 7 ... Nc6, Black's Queen has no comfortaЬle retreat which might Ье needed on 8.Bd2 or 8.а3 and 9.Ь4.

s.o-o еб Since it is this opening 's character, Black is very slightly worse. Не is а little Ьehind in development and for the momenthe has no equivalent for the d4-pawn. Тhis can only Ье done later after ...е5 or ...с5. 9.Ne4 NЬd7 10.Bf4 Ne4 Тhis looks bad Ьecause it opens the f-file for the Rook and strengthens the center, but the flipside is that Black can advance his e-pawn and then White 's pawn center Ьecomes an attacking target. 11.fe4 Bg6 Not ll ... e5 at once, because of the douЬle exchange on е5 followed Ьу Rf5. 12.с3

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Only 12.е5 could have prevented the Black e-pawn advance, but in that case Black counterattacks with 12... с5. 12... е5! Тhis is pretty much equalizing. 1З.Ь4

No good purpose is served Ьу this move and it only weakens White's Queenside. 13... Qc714.Bg3 Тhis stalemates White 's Кnight. The Bishop should go to еЗ with equality. Now Black is gradually gaining the upper hand. 14... Bd615.Qc2 о-о The position of the pieces is symmetrical, but not equally favoraЬle. Black's pieces are more aggressively posted except for the King 's Rook. А Ьig minus for White is the cramped Кnight. In addition White will never Ье аЬlе to play de5, as Black will keep the e5-square for а piece, in addition to which White 's e-pawn Ьecomes isolated. 16.а4

Apparently White does not really know how to improve his quite good position. 16...Rfe8 The pressure on the center pawns Ьecomes noticeaЬle. Chess is а terriЬle game! П one does not have а center, one 's opponent has the freer game, and if you do have the center, it gives you worries. 17.Rae1 а5 18.QЬЗ On 18.Ь5, Black plays 18 ... с5, threatening to win the Bishop. 18...аЬ4 19.сЬ4 Nf6 Black could have captured on d4, but ~s wwldmake White's game consideraЬly eas1er, as tre Кnight could tren enter the game, and fшthmnore theВd.З wwldhave Ьec
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not to take on d4, thus never relaxing the pressure on White's game. 20.de5 Black likes this much Ьetter. 20... Ве5 21.Nf4 Now the Кnight fmally enters the game and the position is similar to the variation given on move 19, except that Black has made two more moves, ... Ве5 and ... Nfб. 21 ... Rad8 Now Black 's pieces are excellently posted and the isolated center pawn is quite weak. 22.Ngб hgб 2З.Вс4

White is looking for salvation in an attack on f7. Не simply has no good moves. 23... ВgЗ 24.hg3 Re5 Black cannot capture the e-pawn without losing the f -pawn, but he is now starting а Kingside attack. The threat is 25 ... QЬ6 26.Khl? Rh5#. 25.а5

This is to prevent the Queen check, but Black gets his way just the same. Better was 25.Rf4. 25... Ь5! Now check is threatened on а7! 26.аЬ6

On 26.Ве2, Black captures the e-pawn with the Кnight or Rook. On 26.Bd3, then 26 ...Qa7 wins. 2б •.. QЬ6 27.Qe3 Of course on 27 .RеЗ or 27 .Rf2, there follows 27 ... Ng4. 27... QЬ4 28.Ва2 Ng4 This move drives the Queen away from the f2-a7 diagonal (On 29.Qa7, Black plays 29 ...Re7. The Queen check is now threatened а second time and now it will win at once. 29.Rf7 Kh7 Naturally the threat was 30.Rb7. ЗО.Qе2 Qd4 Q-1. On Зl.Kfl follows 31 ... Nh2#, on 31.Rf2, follows 31 ... Rf8 32.Rfl Rf2 33.Rf2 Re4 34.Qd2 Qd2 35.Rd2 Rel#.

GAME299

Tarrasch - Marco RuyLopez

1.е4 е5 2.Nf3 Nc6 З.ВЬ5 86 4.884 Nf6 5.Nc3 ВЬ4 6.Nd5 Ве7 7.d3 d6 8.с3 Q-0 9.Nf6! Bf6 10.0.0 Ne7 11.Ве3 Ng6 12.d4 Bg413.h3 ВfЗ So far in the game, the position has Ьееn equal, although White maintained his one tempo advantage. This exchange however, is incoпect and contains the genn of the eventualloss of the game. The Bishop should retreat to еб or tn.

14.Qf3 Bg5 This and the next mistake, are а consequence of the first епоr. White has the Bishop pair and now Black tries to exchange Bishops. 15.g3 This is to prevent 15 ... Nf4. 15... вез 16.fe3! Тhis move will again prove that the open

XVIII. LEIPZIG TOURNAМENT, 1894 file out weights the disadvantage of the douЬled pawns. 16... Kh817.Rf2 с6 18.ВЬ3 f6

As Steinitz has done Ьefore, Black is trying to Ьlunt the effectiveness of the Rooks on the f-file. 19.Ве6 Re8 On 19 ... Qe7, 20.d5 will anchor the Bishop on еб. 20.817 Now 20.d5 would Ье weaker on account of 20 ... Nf8 21.Bf5? gб 22.Bg4 h5. 20... Re7 21.Bg6 hg6 The Black Кingside is clearly weakened and White will use this for а decisive attack. 22.h4! Otherwise 22 ...g5 would repair Black 's pawn structure. 22 ... аев 23.Re1 The e-pawn needs protection. 23 ... Kg8 24.Rd2! This is а suedo attack. White intends to seal off the center, and then without worry aЬout his e-pawn, to resume the Kingside attack. 24 ... Qf7 25.d5 с5 Otherwise there is the possibility of getting an attack against dб, after douЬling the Rooks on the d-file.

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26.Rf1 Qe8 27.Rh2

White 's attacking plan is as follows, h5, or Rfб, but it is not all that simple. 27 ... Rd8 Black has no effective moves. 28.Qg4 Premature still is 28.h5, as then Black should defend quite well with 28 ... gh5 and 29 ...Qg6. 28... Ь5 Black is trying for counterplay on the Queenside. 29.Kg2! Ь4 ЗО.с4 Qa4 hб, ghб, Qfб

This is preparatory to the attack with 30.h5 g5 31.Qf5 (Not31.h6Ьecauseof31 ...Qg6!) Зl ...Q
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THREE HUNDRED CHESS GAМES GАМЕЗОО

Lipke- Tarrasch

е4 32.Rf1

Kg7 ЭЭ.Qf2 NgS 34.Qe2 Ne7 35.Rf2 Nc6

Queen pawn Game

1.d4 d5 2.е3 е6 Э.ВdЭ Bd6 4.f4 The simplest defense against the Stonewall is the counter Stonewall. 4... Nf6 5.Nd2 с5 6.с3 cd4 7.cd4 Nc6 s.аз Тhis

is to keep the Кnight out of Ь4. 8 ... Bd7 9.Ngf3 Rc810.Q-O Ne7 This is а strange, ineffective, and artificial maneuver. Тhе idea is to take the Кnight to е4 via f5 and dб. М у experience is that in the Queen pawn game, the move Nc3-e2 or Nc6-e7, is hardly ever played. 11.Ne5 Nf512.Nd7 Тhere was time for this trade and it is Ьetter for Black than it is White. 12... Qd713.Qe2 a614.Nf3 Be715.Bd2 Q-0 16.Rfc1 RfdS Тhе most logical was the Rook trade followed Ьу 17 ...Rc8. It may Ье noted that here as well as in the last round of the Breslau tourney (Game 141). Irelaxed too much after securing first prize. 17.Ne5 Qe818.Rcb1 Nd6?

Тhis oversight costs the Exchange and the game. 19.Ва5 Nfe4 20.Bd8 Rd8 21.Rc1 f6 22.Nf3 RЬS 23.Nd2 Nd2 24.Qd2 Nc8 25.Rc3 Bd6 26.Qc2 g6 27.Rc1 Ne7 28.gЗ es 29.fe5 fe5 ЗО.Вf1 Qd7 31. Bg2

36.Qf1 NaS 37 .ВhЭ Qe8 38.Rf6 Qe7 39.Re6 QdS 40.Qf2 Ве7 41.Qf4 BgS 42.Qe5 Kh6 43.Rd6 QfS 44.Rd51-0.

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