London 1922 OCR

London 1922

by Geza Maroczy

Foreword by Andy Soltis

The

1921

World Chess

Championship Match

Jose Raul Capablanca, Challenger

Emanuel Lasker, Champion

by Jose Raul Capablanca

2010

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The 1 92 1 World Chess Championship Match

Jose Raul Capablanca . Challenger Emanuel Lasker. Champion

by Jose Raul Capablanca

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Table of Contents London 1922

Foreword by Andy Soltis 4

Round I 1 1

Round II 1 7

Round III 23

Round IV 3 0

Round V 3 7

Round VI 43

Round VU 50

Round VIII 5 7

Round IX 64

Round X 69

Round XI 76

Round XII 82

Round XIII 8 8

Round XIV 95

Round XV 100

The 1921 World Chess Championship Match

Capablanca vs. Lasker

Game l 106

Game 2 107

Gam e 3 108

Game 4 109

Gam e 5 1 1 0

Gam e 6 1 1 2

Gam e 7 113

Gam e 8 113

Gam e 9 114

Gam e 10 115

Game 1 1 116

Gam e 1 2 11 8

Gam e 1 3 1 1 9

Gam e 14 120

Indexes 123

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Foreword

There was a time when tournaments were not judgce s imply by the word "category" followed by Roman numerals. This was before FIDE ratings and FIDE titles , and

even before FIDE. A tournament was remembered for other reasons and one of those reasons was if it was memorialized in a great tournament book.

That helps explain why London 1922 achiewd its reputation whereas Pistyan 1922

or Hastings 1922 or any of a number of other great eYents held between the two world wars have been largely tossed into history ·s 0utbox. But there are other reasons why London 1922 should be remembered . They begin with Jose Capablanca.

He was the superstar of chess in 1922 and London was his first serious chess in the 15 months since he won the championsh ip title from Emanuel Lasker. Long before Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. ··capa·· was the chessplayer whom even non-players could identify. His appearance accounts for what this book's introduction called the "very welcome" surprise of a ··yery large·· and .. wholly unprecedented" turnout of spectators.

The tournament was not only Capa 's return to the game that desperately needed his celebrity status. It was also something of a reYi\·al of international chess after four years of war and four more of recovery. Some grandmasters were meeting one another for the first time in nearly a decade. Capablanca. for example, hadn't played Alexander Alekhine or Akiba Rubinstein since the landmark St. Petersburg 1914

tournament and had never played a tournament game against new stars such as Richard Reti and Yefim Bogolyubov.

And what about the ex-champion? It has newr been made clear if Lasker was invited to London. More likely he was snubbed because offeelings, lingering and hard, about Germany and the Great War. "'.\eYertheless ten of the invitees could be considered to be among the world "s elite. They were competing for a first prize of 250 pounds, a huge sum for the time. To certify the significance of the event, the strongest British tournament since London 1899. it was officially opened by Andrew Bonar Law, who became prime minister in October, two months later.

Before it began Savielly Tartakower \\TOte a prescient article about a developing rivalry for a Viennese newspaper: .. In the course of the last year an exceptionally dangerous opponent to Capablanca appeared in the form of the Muscovite Alexander Alexandrovich :\lekhine. ·· He said a future Capablanca-Alekhine world championship match would surely be a historic event, "pitting great cultures against one another: the proud west and the rapidly developing east." He added: "At the time of the London competition the better chances, in my opinion, will be on the side of the brave Muscovite:·

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This is where the rivalry truly began . It was apparent from the first rounds. Capablanca won his first six games and Alekhine won his first five. When they met in round nine the Cuban stood at 7- 1 and Alekhine was a half-point behind. They remained close in the standings while third place was largely a battle between Akiba Rubinstein and Milan Vidmar. The two eastern Europeans started with identical results, a draw followed by four wins. Rubinstein fell behind when he was upset by H.E. Atkins in round six. He made up for it by beating Vidmar three rounds later. But Vidmar edged him out on the final day.

Two curious events occurred in the eighth round. Capablanca hadn 't lost a game in six years but it appeared that Tartakower had chances of ending the streak, in one of the first examples of the variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined which

became known as the Tartakower-Makagonov-Bondarevsky Defense. After the game was drawn the world champion claimed he was the one who must have missed a win. "You are lacking in solidity," he told his opponent. "That is my saving grace," Tartakower replied, according to his best-game collection.

The other curiosity was the game Bogolyubov-Alekhine. The tournament book stops at move 70 but adds that it "was continued to move 1 20 when a draw was agreed." Other sources say the game ended at move 70, when White had a rook and pawn to Black's rook and bishop . If Alekhine dragged the game out it may explain how his feud with Bogo began. But another explanation comes from the next round when Alekhine and Capablanca drew in 1 7 moves. Bogolyubov accused them of agreeing to the draw in advance, outraging Alekhine.

That was one of the few grandmaster draws. In fact, only 32 of the 1 20 games were drawn. Instead, London 1922 was rich in instructive games . Alekhine annotated four of his eight wins in his first game collection . Don' t miss the finish of his remarkable defeat ofF.D. Yates, game 74. Other endgames you should check out are in games 9, 22, 26, 77, 8 1 and 83 . For lovers ofattack, go to games 20, 2 1 , 44, 78 and 93 . Those who prefer strategy and defense may like games 28 , 35 and 40 .

The presence of Alekhine, Reti and 2 1 -year-old Max Euwe helped make this one of the first "hypermodern" tournaments . Look at game 24 and you can appreciate how the King's Indian Defense (which became a Pirc by transposition) could be an awesome weapon against a classically trained opponent. It was like a mismatch of machine gun versus bow and arrow. Reti 's handling of the King's Indian against Rubinstein (game 4) is also impressive. Other hypermodern games of note are 1 0, 34, 38 , 53 , 98 and 1 04. You can see London 1 922 as a transitional event that helped set the scene for Reti 's introduction of 1 Nf3 ! .

The other legacy of London 1 922 concerns something that happened away from the board. On August 9, a free day between the seventh and eighth rounds,

Capablanca invited the seven other strongest players in the tournament to meet him at cocktail hour at one of London's priciest hotels. Over champagne and small

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talk he revealed the reason for this extraordinary get-together. He had devised an elaborate set of rules for conducting future world championship matches . There was l ittle dissent and the result has been known as the London Agreement, the

London Accord or, s imply, the London Rules, and the issues Capa raised are still being debated today. Lets see why:

The London Rules

The main provisions were :

( 1 ) Any of the "recognized international masters" who can raise the designated

prize money can challenge the champion. The champion must play the challenger

within a year.

This was a remarkable advance at the time. Today such a rule would be highly controversial, if not denounced as outrageous.

It was an advance in 1 922 because there were no rules for world championship challenges before then. Everything had been negotiated ad hoc and the terms depended on the champion's whim. A champion could take himself out of action for years, as Lasker (and later Kasparov) did. He could pick his challenger and ignore others (as Kasparov did). He could change his demands for the prize fund.

Capablanca wanted to do away with this haphazard way of doing business. His idea would codify transparency into the world championship. Nevertheless, this provision would be criticized sharply if it were implemented today.

Why? Because we prefer the democratic principle of FIDE, the world federation that was established in 1 924 . The principle holds that the challenger must qualify

through elimination events for which, at least theoretically, everyone in the world is eligible. (FIDE's championships followed this principle, with the notable exceptions of those in 1 948 and 2005.)

But there are other questions that Capablanca 's rule raised. When FIDE took over the championship in 1948, it required the titleholder to defend himself after three years, when his challenger had been chosen by the elimination process of zonal, interzonal and candidates tournaments.

But what if the champion wants to play sooner than three years? After all, the biggest payday in chess is a championship match. What if a champion wanted to be paid more often?

This question was ignored during the 1950s and 1960s when there was a parade of Soviet champions, who weren "t al lowed to talk about money. But Fischer became champion in 1 972 and said he intended to defend his title more often. There were

indications that FIDE would be sympathetic as long as Fischer remained committed to defending his title in 19-5 against the FIDE-qualified challenger. In other words,

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there could be two routes to the championship : by personal challenge and through FIDE's system.

When Fischer vanished from chess, so did the issue he raised. But it may not be gone for good. FIDE considered a Capa-like rule in 2005 : Anyone who had a 2700 rating and could raise a $1 million prize fund could challenge the champion. Then

champion Veselin Topalov welcomed the idea, and one member of the 2700-club, Teimor Radjabov, obtained commitments for $1 million for a Topalov-Radjabov

world championship match.

But there was l ittle support for and much antagonism to the 2700 rule. And before

it could be implemented, Topalov had to play the championship reunification

match against Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik won and showed no interest whatsoever

in the 2700 rule. Yet one wonders ifthe principle ofCapablanca's rule is really dead.

(2) Draws don't count in the match. Play continues until someone scores six

victories and is declared champion.

This was Capablanca's answer to the perennial dispute over the two basic formats

for a match, minimum-win versus maximum-game.

Under the minimum-win format, a match continues until one player scores a prescribed number of victories, such as eight or ten in the Wilhelm Steinitz and

Emanuel Lasker matches . Draws don ' t count, and the player who is behind can stave off defeat by drawing.

Under maximum-game, the match is l imited to a prescribed length, such as the ten games of the 1 9 1 0 Lasker-Schlechter match. Draws do count and a player who gets a lead benefits by drawing.

Capablanca's endorsement of minimum-win at London was hardly surprising because that format had been fairly common before he became champion. His choice of six wins is understandable because of his experience in his 1 908 match

with Frank Marshall. It was an eight-win match and after Marshall lost seven of the first 1 3 games, he began playing conservatively and dragged the match out another ten games.

What Capablanca didn 't anticipate was that even achieving six victories was becoming difficult at the highest level . The only match ever held according to the London Rules, Alekhine-Capablanca in 1 927, lasted 34 games and became the longest championship match up to that time.

What is often overlooked is that the two formats can be combined. Alekhine 's

post-Capa matches were l imited to 30 games. But the winner had to score six wins and score 1 5 points .

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Today minimum-win is discredited. It resurfaced after 1 972 when FIDE switched from a best-of-24-game formula to a six-win format. But that lasted only two matches before the infamous 48-game marathon ofKarpov-Kasparov made everyone want to forget minimum-win. The last vestige ofit was eliminated before the 1 990 world championship match.

(3) Playing sessions will last five hours and be held six days a week.

This didn 't mean they played six games a week. In the era of adjournments, it meant that even if unfinished games piled up, there would be no play on the seventh day of the week. The real change made by Capablanca was requiring

playing sessions to last five hours.

This doesn 't seem significant in light of today's six- and seven-hour sessions. But before 1 922, championship games could be adjourned after only a few hours. Notes to the Schlechter-Lasker match indicate the seventh game was adjourned at move 16 ( ! ) and resumed two days later. The first game of that match seems to have been adjourned at move 24 and again at move 3 1 . Capablanca's rule made championship chess more of a test of endurance than it had been before .

(4) The time limit will be 40 moves in 2 hours.

The significance of 40 in 2, which became known as "Capablanca's control," was two-fold. First, it avoided early adjournments. Second, it was a move towards a standardized time control .

During this era the time limits changed with almost every event. In 1 93 7, for example, Reuben Fine played in seven major international events, under five different controls .

After FIDE adopted 40 in 2 for its major events , it became the international norm. Grandmasters became so used to it in the decades that followed that they couldn't conceive of playing at any other control . When a shorter control was proposed for the 1 993 world championship match, Kasparov spoke of it with contempt. "Forty in two doesn' t fit the world championship match because it wil l kill the quality completely," he said in New In Chess. Of course, he went on to play some of the greatest games of his career at 40 in 2.

(5) The champion is not required to risk the title unless the prize fund is $10, 000.

Max Euwe's biographer, Alexander Munninghoff, wrote that the London Rules were about money. "In the future, chessplayers would want to see serious money ifthe world wanted to witness another top- level chess match," he said. The $ 1 0,000 Capablanca stipulated was serious . I t was more than S 1 25 ,000 in today's dollars.

In the flush 1 920s, $ 1 0,000 may ha\e seemed easily affordable. What Capablanca didn't foresee was the 1 929 stock market crash and subsequent Depression. (Then again, did you foresee the 2008-2009 crash'')

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It was virtually impossible to raise $10,000 after 1929. The new champion, Alekhine,

went back to making ad hoc agreements and took advantage of the situation. There was no prize fund for the 1929 Alekhine-Bogolyubov and 1935 Alekhine

Euwe matches. There was just an honorarium for the champion. The era of bigbucks championships didn 't return until Fischer.

( 6) The champion receives 20 percent of the fund as an honorarium. The winner gets 60 percent and the loser 40 percent of the rest.

This is the rule that seems strangest to modem eyes. It guaranteed that the champion

would get the biggest piece of the pie regardless of the match result.

If there was a $10,000 fund, the champion received $2,000 off the top. Even ifhe lost the match, he would get another $3 ,200. The most that the challenger could get was 48 percent of the money that he was obligated to raise.

The rationale was that the champion deserves this break because he is the one risking his title. Lasker had demanded a similar honorarium or, it seemed, retirement fund when he and Capablanca clashed over the conditions of their match.

One final point concerns something that is written into most championship rules but was absent in the London Rules. There is no provision for a mandatory rematch. The 22nd point, not included in all printed versions ofCapa's conditions, said only that the winner of a match had to defend his title according to the same terms under which he won it.

Perhaps Capablanca didn ' t include a rematch requirement because there was no tradition of one. There had only been one rematch before, the sad spectacle of Steinitz trying to get his title back from Lasker in 1897.

Or perhaps Capa was certain that ifhe lost the title, he could raise $ 10,000 quickly and be first in line to become Alekhine's challenger. Or perhaps he was so confident of victory that, l ike Kasparov in 2000, he didn ' t insist on a rematch clause.

Whatever the case, the London Rules remain a fascinating exposition of the questions that Capablanca raised in 1922 many of which continue to bedevil us today.

Andy Soltis New York January 20 1 0

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total

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2 Alekhine Yzx Yzl 1h 1h 1h1hl 1 1 1 Yi 1 1 1 11Yi

3 Vidmar 0 1h x01 Yzl Yzl Yz l 1 1 1 1 1 11

4 Rubinstein Yi 0 1 x 1h Yi 1 1 Yi 0 1 Yi 1 1 1 1 lOYi

5 BogoljubowO Yi 0 1h x Yi 1 1 0 1 Yi 0 1 1 1 1 9

6 Reti 0 1h 1h 1h 1hx 1h 1hl 1 1h 1 0 1 0 1 8Yi r-

7 Tartakower Yi Yi 0 0 0 Yi x Yi 1 0 1 1 1 Yi 1 1 8Yi 0 ::l 0.. � 0 0 8 Maroczy 1h 1h 1h00 1h 1h x1Yi 1h 1 Yi 0 1 1 8 ::l -

9 Yates 000 1h 1000xl 1 1 1 1 Yi 1 8 '-0 t-J l'-J

10 Atkins 001hl 00 l YzO x 0 1 Yi Yi 0 1 6

11 Euwe 00001h1h0 1h 01 x 0 1 0 1 1 5Yi

12 Z-Borovsky 0 0 0 1h 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 1 Yi 1 0 5

13 Wahltuch 0 YzO 0 0 1 0 YzO Yi 0 0 x 1 1 Yi 5

14 Morrison 0000001h101h l Yi 0 x 0 1 4Yi 15 Watson 000001001hl 0 0 0 1 x 1 4Yi 16 Marotti 0000000000 0 1 Yi 0 0 x 1Yi

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Round I

(1) Euwe - Capablanca

Ruy Lopez [C66]

1 e4 e5 2 4Jf3 4)c6 3 Ab5 4)f6 4 0-0 d6 5 d4 Ad7 6 4Jc3 exd4 7 4) xd4 Ae7 8 §el

Black having already exchanged the center pawns, White has no need to play 8 l"l e l, but could continue 8 .llxc6 and .llg5 .

8 . . . 0-0 9 Afl

It is difficult to decide whether it is worthwhile to spend a tempo on the preservation of the king's b ishop. The text move, adopted by Lasker in his 12th match game with Capablanca, was recommended by Dr. Tarrasch. Most players, however, prefer 9 .llxc6.

9 . . . §e8 10 f3

1 0 h3 and 1 1 f4 would have been more energetic.

10 ... 4) xd4

In the above-mentioned game Black played 10 . . . .llfS and after 1 1 .llg5 h6 1 2 .llh4 g6 1 3 4Jd5 .llg7 14 4Jb5 White had an excellent game.

ll �xd4 Ae6

In order to play 4Jd7 and Af6. The idea of White 's next move is to meet this plan by f4. Better, however, would have been simply 1 2 Ae3.

12 �r2 c6 13 Ad2

1 3 .lle3 would have been followed by 1 3 . . . �a5 after which Black has at least an equal position.

13 ... �b6 14. 4)a4

Bad; the knight gets out of the game and the king is exposed. Better 14 �xb6 axb6 1 5 .lle3 or 1 5 a4.

14 ... �xf2+ 15 �xf2 d5 16 e5

16 exd5 4":lxd5 leaves Black with the better position as well .

16 ... 4)d7

17 g3

This loses a pawn. 1 7 f4 was necessary.

17 . . . Af5 18 §acl b5 19 4Jc3 Ac5+ 20 �g2 4J xe5 21 g4 Ag6 22 �g3 h5 23. Af4 f6 24 Axe5 fxe5 25 Ad3 Af7 26 g5 g6 27 §e2 Ad6 28 �g2 �g7 29 §eel §e7 30 4)dl §f8 31 4)f2 Ae8 32 b3 §ef7 33 c4 §xf3 34 cxd5 cxd5 35 Ahl Ac6 36 §dl §3f4 37 Ae4 Ac5 38 4Jd3 dxe4 0-1

(2) Alekhine - Marotti Queen's Gambit [D70]

1 d4 d5 2 c4 4)f6

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This move is not to be recommended; White is master of the center with his pawns and the b lack king knight is

driven away from the kingside.

3 cxd5 4J xd5 4 e4 4Jb6 5 4Jc3 g6 6 4Jf3 Jl,g4 7 Ae3 Jl,g7 8 Jl,e2 0-0 9t\'d2 .ilxf3 10 gxf3 e5 1 1 d5 t\'e7 12 h4 h5 13 0-0-0 4)8d7 14 �bl a6

White threatened 0:lb5 followed by '2lxc7 and d6.

15 §cl §acS 16 4)dl Af6 17 Ah6 §fe8 18 4Je3 �h8 19 §hgl §gS

Black defends h imse lf wi th great determination, and as a matter of fact the game is not going to be decided on the kingside.

20 .ilfl ! 4Jf8 21 Ah3 §dS 22 .ilxfs

Decisive. Black cannot now take with either rook because {lfS would follow, so he relinquishes the c-pawn.

22 . . . t\'xfS 23 § xc7 ,ilxh4 24 §xb7 §d6 25 §cl ,ild8 26 §c6 §g7 27 t\'b4 1-0

(3) Maroczy - Vidmar

Petroff Defense [COi]

12

1 e4 e5 2 4Jf3 4Jf6 3 4J xe5 d6 4 4Jf3 4J x e4 5 d3

An ancient continuation, which ought to lead to no more than a draw.

5 ... 4Jf6 6 d4 d5 7 Ad3 .ild6 s o-o o-o 9 Ag5 Ag4 10 c3 c6 11 4Jbd2 4Jbd7 12 t\'c2 t\'c7 13 §fel §feS 14 .1lh4 .1lh5

Both players are content to play for a draw, and the result is an even position.

15 .1lg3 .1lg6 16 .1l xg6 h xg6 17 §xe8+ §xeS 18 §el §xel + 19 4J xel .1lxg3 20 hxg3 t\'b6 21 4Jd3 4Je4

Forcing White to exchange knights; this is the simplest way to finish the game.

22 4J xe4 dxe4 23 4Jc5 4J xc5 24 dxc5 t\'xc5 25 t\'xe4 Yz-Yz

( 4) Rubinstein - Reti

King's Indian Defense [E68]

1 d4 4Jf6 2 4Jf3 d6 3 c4 4Jbd7 4 4Jc3 e5 5 g3 g6

Black plays the opening in an original way.

6 ,ilg2 .ilg7 7 0-0 0-0 8 e4

Now the position has developed into an open game In Game 5, 8 "i}c2 was played.

8 ... b6 9 h3

White seems to intend Ae3 followed by �d2 and Ah6. The move in the text is to prevent 0:lg4.

9 ... ,ilb7 10 d5

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That is no doubt the best move, as in any other case White would have to lose a move in protecting the e-pawn.

10 ... 4)h5

Intending to continue with f5.

11 li)el �es

To have the knight protected after 1 2 f5 1 3 exf5 gxf5 .

12 Af3 4Jhf6 13 Jle3 <it>hS 1 4 4Jd3 4Jc5 15 Jlg2 4Jh5 16 Af3 4Jf6 17 b4 4J xd3 18 �xd3 4Jg8 19 c5 f5

Reti has now accomplished his plan, to get the attack on the kings ide , but Rubinstein, with his sound judgment, finds a good counter on the queenside by advancing his pawns.

20 c6 JlcS 21 <it>h2 �e7 22 Jlg2 f4 23 Jld2 �f6 24 4J b5

A move of doubtful value.

24 • . . Aa6 25 a4 .§f7 26 a5 .§afS

If26 . . . �xb5 then 27 �xb5 a6 28 axb6! (28 �d3? is bad, for after 28 . . . b5 the pos i t ion would be b locked on the queenside, with a clear advantage on the kingside . ) 28 . . . axb5 29 § xa8! cxb6 30 §b8 and White gets a rook and two pawns for the queen.

27axb6 Jlxb5 28 �xb5 axb6 29 .§a3 fxg3+ 30 fxg3

30 . . . � xfl

An interesting combination but there is a flaw in it .

31 Jlxfl .§xfl 32 Jle3 Jlh6 33 g4

Here the right line of play for White is 33 �gl § d8 34 §a2 § df8 35 �f2 followed by '<t'g2, and wins.

33 Jlxe3 34 .§ xe3 g5

Very well played. Black now threatens to bring his knight to h4.

35 �a6

The beginning of a deep combination in rep ly to the opponent ' s mating combination.

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35 ... .£ie7 36 §e2 .£ig6 37 t1'b7 §H7 38 §a2 \t>g7 39 §a7 !

If Black now plays 39 4Jh4, threatening mate in four moves, then White replies 40 'f!Jxc7 8 xc7 41 8 xc7+ with a won ending for White.

39 ••• Rf2+ Y2-Y2

Drawn by perpetual check. A very lively and interesting game.

(5) Bogoljubow - Atkins King's Indian Defense [E67]

1 d4 .£if6 2 c4 d6 3 .£ic3 .£i bd7 4 .£if3 e5 5 g3 g6 6 Ag2 Ag7 7 o-o o-o 8 '*c2

In this opening Black gets a difficult and cramped game. Compare Game 4.

8 . . . §e8 9 §dl

Thi s and the previous moves are White's best continuations and give him the advantage.

9 . . . exd4 10 .£i xd4 t1'e7 11 Ag5 h6 12 .£id5 t1'd8 13 Af 4 a6 14 §act c6

This weakens the d-pawn irretrievably; 14 . . . 4Jh5 might have been played .

15 .£ic3 Jlf8 16 .£if3 .£ic5

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17 .£id4 .£ie6

A blunder which loses a pawn, but

Black's game is bad in any case.

18 .£i xe6 Jlxe6 19 Jlxd6 Jlxd6 20 c5 t1'a5 21 cxd6 §ads 22 §d4 t1'e5 23 §cdl c5 24 §h4 §xd6 25 § xd6 tJ'xd6 26 ,ilxb7 §b8 27 Jlf3 \t>g7 28 §f4 t1'e5 29 t1'd2 g5

This weakens the k ing ' s pos i t ion .

B lack's game is, however, hopeless.

30 §a4 §b6 31 h4 §b4 32 hxg5 hxg5 33 §xa6 g4 34 Ag2 c4 35 §a8 .£id7

White threatened 36 'f!Jd8.

36 §d8 t1'f6

Here Black might have resigned.

37 § xd7 Jlxd7 38 tJ'xd7 § x b2 39 t1- xg4+ \t>f8 40 t1-xc4 §c2 41 tJ'cS+ \t>g7 42 t1-g4+ \t>f8 43 .£id5 1-0

(6) Tartakower - Morrison

Four Knights ' Game [C50]

1 e4 e5 2 .£ic3 .£if6 3 .£if3 .£ic6 4 Ac4 Ac5 5 d3 d6 6 Jle3 Ab6 7 t1'd2 Ae6 8 Jlb3 d5

This advance is premature as it weakens the e-pawn.

9 Jlxb6 axb6 10 exd5 .£i xd5 1 1 0-0 .£i xc3 12 tJ'xc3 .£id4 13 .£i xd4 exd4 14 tJ'el t1'f6

1 4 . . . 'f!Jd6 seems preferable.

15 Axe6 fxe6 16 t1'b4 0 -0-0 17 a4 §d5 18 a5 bxa5 19 § xa5 § xa5 20 '*xa5 \t>d7

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Black cannot avoid the loss of a pawn. 20 . . . ®b8? would be met by 2 1 l"\al .

21 �b5+ !i!ld6 22 �xb7 §fS 23 f3 �e5 24 �b4+ �c5

24 . . . c5 would have been better than exchanging despite the exposed king.

25 �xc5+ <i!Jxc5 26 §al §b8 27 §a2

Not 27 b3, in order to avoid the hole at c3 as long as possible.

27 .. . §b5 2S !i!lf2 !i!ld6 29 b3 §c5 30 h4

Probably White would have done better

to play the king along to d2 so as to have the rook free .

30 . . . !i!lc6 31 f4 !i!ld5 32 !i!lf3 e5 33 b4

This combination is the only chance for White as it is difficult to see how he can win in any other way.

33 ... §c3 34 §a5+ <i!Jd6! 35 fxe5+ !i!le6

36 §c5 §xc5 37 bxc5 <i!Jxe5 3S g4

38 ®g4 would have won.

3S . . . c6 39 !i!lg3 g6

39 . . . h6? 40 h5 and White would have the opposition. 40 g5

After this move the game is a definite

draw, similarly after 40 ®f3 h6! and if 41 ®g3 then 41 . . . g5, there is no chance either.

40 ... ®e6

The only move. B lack must be able to answer White 's ®f3 with ®e5, ®f4 with �d5 and ®g4 with ®e5 .

4 1 ®g4 <i!Je5 4 2 h 5 <i!Je6 4 3 hxg6 hxg6 44 <i!Jf4 <i!Jd5 45 <i!Jf3 <i!Je5 46 !i!lg4 !i!le6 4 7 !i!lf 4 <i!Jd5 4S !i!lf3 <i!Je5 49 !i!lg4 ®e6 50 ®f4 ®d5 Yi-Yi

(7) Yates - Watson

Sicilian Defense [B73]

1 e4 c5 2 4Jf3 g6 3 d4 cxd4 4 4) xd4 Ag7 5 4Jc3 d6 6 .!le2 4)f6 7 0-0 0-0 S .!le3 .!ld7 9 f4 4)c6 10 .!lf3 4)eS 11 �d2 f5

This advance is not good, as it leaves the e-pawn weak on the open file.

12 exf5 gxf5 13 §adl 4)f6 14 h3 ®hS 15 �f2 a6 16 §fel 4) xd4 17

.!lxd4 .!lc6 lS �e3 §eS 19 4Jd5 �a5 20.!lb6

This does not lead to anything except that B lack is soon enabled to push his e-pawn, thus getting a good game.

20 ... 4) xd5 21.!l xd5 �h5 22 .!lb3 .!le4 23 .!ld4 e5 24 .!lc3 §ads 25 �g3 .!lf6 26 fxe5 dxe5 27 § x dS §xdS 2S ®h2 �es 29 §e2 �e7 30 §d2 §eS 31 �f2 h6 32 �e2 .!lg5

1 5

London 1922

33 §dl Af4+ 34 �g1 �gs 35 �fl Ae3 36 Ael f4 37 �g4 M5 38 �xg5 hxg5 39 Ac3 �g7 40 §d6 Ae4 41 §d7+ �f6 42 Aas b6? 43 §d6+

Why not 43 ilxb6 fol lowed by 44 l"!d6+?

43 . . . �e7 44 Ab4 a5 45 Aa3 Ac5 46 Axc5 bxc5 47 §a6 Af5 48 §xa5 §c8 49 §a7+ �f6 50 §a6+ �e7 51 Ac4 e4 52 Ae2 §d8 53 �el e3 54 §c6 §d5 55 Af3 §e5 56 c4 �d7 57 §b6 Ae4 58 a4 Axf3 59 gxf3 �c7 60 §g6 e2 61 a5 �b7 62 §b6+ �a7 63 §b5 §e3

Now follows and interesting ending which is most critical for both players, and results ultimately in a well-deserved draw.

64 §xc5 §xf3 65 �xe2 §xh3 66 b4 g4 67 §g5 §e3+ 68 �d2 g3 69 §g4 §b3 70 b5 g2 71 §g7+ �b8 72 §g8+ �c7 73 §g7+ �d6 74 a6 §g3 75 §xg3 fxg3 76 a7 gl � 77 a8� �d4+ 78 �e2 �f2+ 79 �d3 g2 80 �d8+

White draws by perpetual check. but he must be careful not to let the black king near his pawn over f4.

16

80 . . . �e5 81 �b8+ �e6 82 �es+ �d6 83 �d8+ Yz-Yz

(8) Znosko-Borovsky - Wahltuch

Ruy Lopez [C83]

1 e4 e5 2 .!£if3 .!£ic6 3 Ab5 a6 4 Aa4 .!£if6 5 0-0 .!£i xe4 6 d4 b5 7 Ab3 d5 8 dxe5 .1le6 9 c3 .1le7 10 .!£ibd2 0-0 11 �e2 .l£ic5

Here 1 1 . . .llfS may be played, as White

cannot reply 1 2 ilc2 on account of 1 2 . . . 4:Jxc3 ! .

12 .1lc2 d4 13 cxd4 .!£i xd4

In this position Black appears to have equalized the game.

14 .!£i xd4 �xd4 15 §el §adS 16 .!£if3 �g4

On this side the queen is liable to get into difficulties. Why not simply 16 . . . �c4, which forces the exchange of queens, with a very good game? But the text-move seems to have been the preparation for

the following gross blunder.

17 b3 .1ld5?

An overs ight , or at best a fau l ty combination. By the line of play adopted in the following moves, Black obtains a sort of attack.

18 .1lxh7+ �h8 19 Ac2 f6 20 h3 �h5 21 exf6 Jlxf6 22 .!£ie5

The only move to save the game.

22 ... �xe2 23 § xe2 .1le4

Interesting play, but it is of no avail .

London 1 922

24 Ah2 §de8 25 Axe4 Axe5 26 Axe5 §xe5 27 §ael � xe4 28 § xe4 §xe4 29 §xe4 §d8 30 §e2 §dl + 31 �h2 §cl

The rook ending has to be very carefully played by White, as there are many chances of a draw in the position.

32 �g3 c5 33 §e8+ �h7 34 §a8 c4

Now of course the game is lost, as all

the queenside pawns will be exchanged, and White wil l eventually have two united passed pawns on the kingside.

35 bxc4 bxc4 36 § x a6 c3 37 §c6 §al 38 §xc3 §xa2 39 f4 §b2 40 �f3 §a2 41 g3 §b2 42 �g4 §b6 43 f5 �h6 44 §c4 §a6 45 §e4 �h7 46 §e7 §b6 47 �g5 §a6 48 g4 §b6 49 h4 §a6 50 h5 §f6 51 §e6 §f8 52 h6 §g8 53 §e7 1-0

Round II

(9) Wahltuch - Capablanca

Queen's Pawn Game [ A46]

1 d4 �f6 2 �f3 e6 3 Ag5 c5 4 Axf6

Th i s exchange i s not to be recommended, but Wahltuch i s not fond of the well-known paths and treats the openings in a very original manner.

4 . . . �xf6 5 e4 cxd4 6 �xd4 �c6 7 � xf6 gxf6 8 c3 b6 9 �bd2 Ah7 10 Ad3 §c8 11 �c4

The knight is not well-placed on c4. 1 1 0-0 was to be considered . The strength of the Black b i shops makes i tse lf gradually felt.

11 . . . §gS 12 g3 �d8 13 �e2 h6 14 §hel

This is a mistake; it is interesting to notice how Capablanca was waiting for this blunder. White 's position after 1 4 4Je3 would not b e s o bad.

14 . . . ,ilxe4 15 Axe4 §xc4 16 �d3 §c7 17 �d4 a6 18 f4 Ac5 19 �c2 d5

The finishing touch; White is without hope of saving the game.

Jose Raul Capablanca

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London 1 922

20 Af3 f5 21 a3 Ae7 22 4J b4 a5 23 4)c2 4)b7 24 4)d4 4)c5+ 25 <it1c2 4)e4

The knight rules the situation.

26 .§.adl Af6 27 .tlb5 .§.c5 28 a4 <it1e7 29 Axe4 fxe4 30 .§.e3 h5 31 h3 Ah8 32 <it1b3 f5 33 .tld4 Axd4 34 §xd4 h4

The champion of the world terminates the game with a few powerful moves The manner in which he rolls up the pawns and gets two united passed pawns is very instructive.

35 gxh4 e5 36 f xe5 f4 37 .§.el <it1e6 38 c4 <it1xe5 39 §xd5+ .§.xd5 40 cxd5 f3 0-l

(10) Watson - Alekhine

Queen's Pawn Game [A47]

1 d4 4)f6 2 4)f3 e6 3 e3 b6 4 4)bd2 Ah7 5 Ae2

Alekhine thinks 5 la.d3 better.

5 ... Ae7 6 0-0 0-0 7 b3 c5 8 Ab2 4)c6 9 4)e5 'l}/c7 10 f4

This costs a pawn . Watson played against Rubinstein 10 dlf3.

If\

10 . . . 4jd5 11 .§.f3 cxd4 12 exd4 f6 13 4Jd3 4Jcb4 14 4)xb4 ,ilxb4

Much better than 14 . . . 4:lxb4 whereby White could obtain a strong attack, for instance 15 l"lh3 �xf4 16 a3 4Jd5 17 la.d3 g6 18 c4 4Je3 19 �e2 4Jf5 20 §fl etc.

15 c4 4)xf4 16 .§.f2 e5! 17 a3 Ad6 18J}.fl e4

The passed pawn decides the game.

There is no further hope for White.

19 g3 e3 20 gxf4 exf2+ 21 <it1xf2 Jlxf4 22 4)f3 Axh2 23 d5 'l}/g3+ 24 <it1e2 .§.ae8+ 25 <it1d2 'l}/f2+ 26 <it1cl Af4+ 27 <it1bl §e3 0-1

(11) Vidmar - Znosko-Borovsky

Queen's Gambit Declined [034]

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 .tlc3 c5

This defense does not today enjoy a

high reputation, but this game shows that there are many things left to be examined.

4 cxd5 exd5 5 4)f3 4)c6 6 g3 Ae6 7 Ag2 Ae7 8 o-o .tlf6 9 Ag5

Reti 's continuation seems here to be better : 9 dxc5 la.xc5 1 0 4Ja4 la.el 1 1 la.e3 etc .

9 . . . 0-0 IO dxc5 Axc5 1 1 §cl Ae7 12 4)d4 §c8 13 4jxe6 fxe6 14 Ah3 'l}Jd6 15 Af4 'l}Jd7 16 e4 d4 17 'l}Jb3 4)d8 18 .§.cdl

Rubinste in p layed 1 8 4Je2 in San Sebast ian against Capab lanca; the

move in the text is more vigorous, for

London 1922

the black d-pawn is weak and scarcely

to be defended. On the other hand, Black has some chances for an attack.

18 .. . _E!c6

The move wi th the rook was the deciding mistake . Much better was 18 . . . �cS 19 �e5 §e8 and then 20 . . . �c6 or20 . . . �f7.

19 �a4

Vidmar very energetically profits by the weakness of the rook's move.

19 . . . Ac5 20 Ae5 d3 21 �b5 4) xe4

Elegant, but not correct; the pawn is untenable.

22 .§xd3

22 �xe4 would be bad on account of 22 . . . 'lij'dS 23 � x c 5 § xc5 24 '/ij'xd3 '/ij'xe5, etc . After the move made above, § xd7 threatens, followed by § xg7+ etc .

22 . . . 4)d6 23 Axd6 Axd6 24 Ag2 El.c7 25 �xd7 §xd7 26 .£ie4

White comp e l s h i s ad vers ary to exchange and thereby arriYes at an

endgame which must be won. The ending is played very s imply but Yigorously.

26 . . . .£if7 21 .E!fdl §fd8 28 Ah3 <;t/f8 29 Axe6 §e7 30 Axf7 § x e4 31 §xd6 § xd6 32 §xd6 <;t/ x f7 33 §d7+ <;t/f6 34 §xb7 a5 35 ®fl §a4 36 a3 §c4 37 <;t/e2 §c5 38 h4 h5 39 <;t/d3 g5 40 §b6+ <itlf5 41 hxg5 <;t/xg5 42 a4El.d5+ 43 ®e3<;t/g444 §b5 §.d8 45 § xa5 §.e8+ 46 <;t/d3 1-0

(1 2) Morrison - Rubinstein Queen's Gambit Declined [040]

1 d4 d5 2 4)f3 4)f6 3 c4 e6 4 e3 c5 5 .£ic3 4)c6 6 Ad3 a6 7 0-0 dxc4 8 Axc4 b5 9 Ad3 cxd4 10 exd4 .£ib4 11 Ae2

1 1 �bl would have been better.

u .. . 4)bd5 12 .£ie5 Ah7 13 Ag5 Ae7 l 4 §.cl 0-0 15 Af3 §.c8 16 §.el h6 17 Jlxf6

This exchange helps to free B lack's game. The bishop should have been retired to d2 .

17 .. . Jlxf6 18 4) xd5 Axd5 19 §xc8 �xc8 20 Axd5 exd5 21 �d2

Instead of the text-move, White should have played 21 '/ij'd3 or 21 '/ij'f3 to prevent the adverse queen entering at f5 .

21 .. . �f5 22 g4

White weakens his position by this advance.

22 .. . �e6 23 h3 §c8

1 9

London 1 922

With bishop against knight and his rook in command of the open file Black has now the preferable game.

24 c;t>g2 §c7 25 �d3

The knight, well posted at e5, should not have been moved, but Black, having command of the open file , had the advantage, and it is difficult to suggest a satisfactory move for White, as Black

was threatening 2S . . . 'ii¥c8 followed by 26 . . . 8c2 . White could not challenge command of the c-file by 2S Bel l"lxcl 26 'li¥xcl .llxeS 27 dxeS 'ii¥xeS 28 'i:1tc8+ ©h7 29 'ii¥xa6 'ii¥xb2 30 'ii¥b7 'ii¥xa2 31 'ii¥xf7 (threatening to draw by perpetual check) 3 1 . . .'ii¥bl 32 'i:1rxdS b4.

25 . . . �cS 26 �c5 Axd4 27 �xa6 §c4 28 �b4

28 .. . .i}.xf2 29 � xf2 §xb4 30 §e7 f6 31 �e2 @fS 32 b3 §d4 33 §e3 b4 34 �b5 @f7 35 §e2 c;t>g6 36 �es+ �xe8 37 § xe8@g5

If37 . . . 8d2+ 38 ©g3 8 xa2 39 8b8 and Black could not defend the b-pawn.

38 §e2 @h4 39 §e7 g5 40 §h7 §d2+ 41 <it>f3 §d3+ 42 @g2 §g3+ 43 @f2 § x h3 44 §xh6+ @xg4 45

20

§ xf6 §h2+ 46 @e3 § x a2 47 §b6 @h348 §xb4g4 49 §d4 g3 50 §xd5 g2 51 @f3 @h2 52 §h5+

If instead of the text move White had played S2 ©e4 B lack's reply would probably have been S2 . .. 8b2 before queening the pawn, for if S2 . . . gl ii¥ S3 l"l h S + ©g2 S4 l"l g S + ©f2 SS l"l xgl ©xgl S6 ©dS and though Black would still win, he would have to play with great accuracy, the method being to br ing up h i s k ing and secure the opposition on the rank.

52 <it'gl 53 <it'e3 §b2 54 §b5@fl 0-1

For if SS ms+ then SS . . . ©el S6 l"lgS 8 xb3+ 57 ©e4 ©f2 S8 ms+ ©e2 S9 l"lgS 8b4+ and wins. An interesting and

instructive endgame.

(13) Marotti - Bogoljuhow

Ruy Lopez [C68]

1 e4 e5 2 �f3 �c6 3 Ab5 a6 4 Axc6 dxc6 5 �c3 f6 6 d4 exd4 7 �xd4 �xd4 8 �xd4,il.d7 9 �b3

White treats the opening badly. The knight had temporarily a better place on d4. 9 .lle3 followed by 0-0 was worth consideration.

9 .. . o-o-o 10 Ae3 b6 11 o-o-o

Castling on the queenside is faulty ; White has got the maj ority on the kingside and in order to utilize it the knight ought to remain there. After the move in the text B lack gets the advantage .

11 .. . �e7 12 a3 �g6 13 f3 h5 14 h4 .il.d6 15 �e2 c5 16 �d2 ,il.e6

London 1 922

17 f4

A gross oversight. White loses his most useful pawn and with this the game is decided.

17 ... .Q.g4 18 �f3 §hes 19 f5 § xe4 20 fxg6 § xe3 21 �c3 .Q.f5 22 �d5 §e2 23 §d2 § xd2 24 �xd2 .Q. xg6 25 §el .Q.f7 26 �e7+ 'it'b7 27 �f5 .Q.f428 §e2 g6 29 �g7 .Q.h6 0-l

(14) Reti - Yates

Queen's Gambit Declined [D63]

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 �c3 �f6 4 .Q.g5 .Q.e7 5 e3 0-0 6 �f3

Very energetic is Marshall ' s attack: 6 .ilxf6 .ilxf6 7 cxd5 exd5 8 .ild3 .ile6 9 4Jf3 c5 1 0 h4 h6 1 1 4Jg5 etc.

6 .. . �bd7 7 §cl b6

This defense occurs very seldom. White changes the pawns in the center, afterwards attacking the black center pawns with success.

8 cxd5 exd5 9 .Q.b5

The best.

9 ... Ab7 10 0-0 a6 11 Aa4 b5

Ori Yes the bishop to a better place, but Black"s game is already very difficult.

12 Ab3 §cS 13 �e5 c5 14 �xd7 �xd7 15 dxc5 § xc5 16 �d4 §fcS 17 e4

An oversight which costs a pawn. 1 7 §cdl should have been played.

17 ... �g418 Ae3 dxe4 19 §cdl h6 20 h3 �g6 21 �e2 a5 22 �f4 �f5 23 g4 �xg4

A very interesting and far-s ighted combination. It is a pity that later Black does not find the right continuation.

24 hxg4 �xg4+ 25 �g2 �f3 26 �d7

26 .. . §h5

The right continuation was 26 . . . § 5c7 27 �xb5 § c6 28 �e5 ! §g6 29 �h2 §c5 30 .ilxc5 e3 31 .ild5 .ilxd5 32 § xd5 e2 33 § e l �xd5 34 .ilxe7 �dl 3 5 �b8+ '<t'h7 36 @h2 § xg2+ 3 7 @xg2 �xel followed by 38 . . . �fl + 39 @f3 eliti+ and Black wins. The move made loses.

2 1

London 1 922

27 'l!J xe7 t:!c6 28 11,xf7+ �h7 29 'lffe8 §c8 30 11,g6 * 1-0

(15) Euwe - Tartakower

Sicilian Defense [B4 l ]

1 e4 c5 2 4Jf3 a 6 3 c4

Preventing d5 and b5, thus making it rather difficult for Black to develop his queenside.

3 ... e6 4 4Jc3 .£)c6 5 d4 cxd4 6 .£) xd4 'l!Jc7

6 . . . �f6 would be bad because of 7 �xc6 and 8 e5 .

7 11,e2 .£)f6 8 Ae3

Better than castling which would give Black the opportunity of getting the initiative by 8 . . . Ab4, which compels White to either exchange knights or to sacrifice his e-pawn.

8 ... 11,b4 9 f3 0-0

If9 . . . d5 then 10 cxd5 exd5 1 1 0-0 Axc3 12 bxc3 dxe4 13 fxe4 �xe4 14 ltd3 and White has a powerful attack for the pawn.

10 0-0 11,xc3

10 . . . d5 at once would be answered by

1 1 cxd5 and after 1 1 . . .Axc3 first 1 2 dxc6.

11 bxc3 d5 12 cxd5 exd5 13 Ag5 'l!Je5 14 f4

Rather speculative; better would have

14 . . . 'lfyxe4 15 11,xf6 gxf6 16 11,d3 'l!Je3+ 17 �hl .£) xd4 18 cxd4 f5.

White threatened 1 9 Axh7 + <;f;>xh7 20 �h5 + and l"lf3.

19 §f3

Bad . The attack cou ld have been continued either by �h5 or perhaps stil l better by Ac2, e .g . , 1 9 �h5 �xd4! 20 §ael �f6 21 l"le5 and White has a strong attack. 19 Ac2! l"\ e8 20 Ab3 ! Ae6? {20 �e6 2 1 �f3) 2 1 l"lf3 wins the queen It is difficult for Black to meet White 's various threats .

19 'l!Jxd4 20 g4

A second mistake. 20 Bbl sti ll would have given some chances.

20 ..• 'lfyf6

Stops the attack.

21 t:!h3 fxg4 22 t:!xh7 11,f5

The knockout blow.

23t:!h5

been 14 .\.txf6 �xf6 1 5 l"lbl ! l"ld8! 1 6 After 23 Axf5 �xf5 2 4 l"l h4 �e4 + and 8b6!. f5 , B lack has an easy win.

22

London 1922

23 .. . .Q. xd3 24 �xd3

The sacrifice of a rook is forced. After

24 '(';}'xg4+ .llg6 25 i"lgl §ad8 26 f5 §d6, Black has an excellent position and is

two pawns ahead.

24 ... �xal + 25 @g2 �b2+ 26 @g3 §.feSl 27 �h7+ @fS 2S �h6+ �g7 29 �d6+ §.e7 30 f!g5 �c3+ 31 @xg4 �c6 32 �a3 �e6+ 33 f5 �e2+ 34@h4 �xh2+ 35@g4 �e2+ 36@h4 f6 0-1

(16) Atkins - Maroczy


l d4 4)f6 2 l!L)f3 e6 3 e3 d5 4 c4 c5 5 l!L)c3 l!L)c6 6 .Q.e2 .Q.d6 7 0-0 0-0 8 dxc5 .Q.xc5 9 h3

Usually 9 cxd5 exd5 is played here followed by a3 or b3.

9 ... dxc4 10 .Q.xc4 �e7 ll .Q.h2 13.dS

Premature ; better was l 1 . . .a6 and after

that b5 and itb7.

12 �c2 4)b4

Who sa id "A " must say "B " too , otherwise White could develop h i s forces very well with i"lad l .

13 �bl a6 14 a3

14 <cie4 seemed very strong here, but Black had the following very energetic answer: 14 . . . <cixe4 1 5 '(';}'xe4 b5 16 '(';}'g4 f5 17 '(';}'xf5 bxc4 etc .

14 l!L)bd5 15 b4 l!L)xc3 16 .Q.xc3 .Q.d6 17 �b2 b5 lS .Q.e2 .Q.b7 19 13.fdl 13.acS 20 §.acl l!L)eS 21 .Q.d4 f6 22 fixes

Preferable was 22 �b6, because Black would be obliged to exchange .

22 ... .§xcS 23 .§cl e5 24 .§xcS Axes 25 .\lc3 l!L)c7

There are now interesting complications to come, and the game turns out very dangerous for White. Black's position is somewhat better, for he is master of a4 and c4.

26 4)ell!L)d5 27 .Q.d2 4)b628e4 .Q.e6 29 l!L)c2 �b7 30 f3 l!L)a4 31 �cl Ab8 32 l!L)e3 Aa7 33 Adl l!L)b6 34 <it>fl �d7 35 Ae2 l!L)a4 36 Adl �d3+ 37 Ae2 �d7

Black had too little time to consider the consequences of37 . . . '(';}'d4! with which move he could have obtained a winning

position, for instance, 38 '(';}'c6! (or 38 ©e l ©f7 39 '(';}'c6 <cib2 40 '(';}'xa6 .llc4 41 i!xc4+ bxc4 42 '(';}'c6 <cid3+ 43 ©dl <cif2+ 44 ©el c3! etc.) 38 . . . ©f7 39 '(';}'xa6 <cic3 ! 40 i!xb5 <cixb5 41 '(';}'xb5 '(';}'xd2 42 '(';}'b7+ '(';}'d7.

3S Adl l!L)b6 39 Ae2 l!L)cS 40 @el l!L)e7 41 �b2 Ad4 42 �cl �a7 43 Ad3 h5 44 @e2 <it>f7 45 Abt �b6 46 �c2 �c6 47 Aa2 � x c2 4S Axe6+@xe6 49 l!L)xc2 Ab2 50@d3 l!L)cs 51 Ac3 Act 52 .Q.d2 Axd2 53 @xd2 l!L)b6 54 l!L)e3 g6 55 @c3 h4 56 @d3 @d6 57 g4 h xg3 5S hxg3 @e6 59 @c3 @d6 Yi-Yi

Round Ill

(17) Capablanca - Yates

Queen's Gambit Declined [D6 1 ]

1 d4 d 5 2 l!L)f3 l!L)f6 3 c4 e 6 4 .\lg5 Ae7 5 e3 0-0 6 l!L)c3 2£) bd7 7 �c2 c5

23

London 1 922

This is no doubt the best move.

8 .§.dl �a5 9 cxd5 exd5 10 .1l,e2 c4

Black has now three pawns against two

on the queenside.

11 0-0 .§.e8 12 4)e5 .1l,b4 13 4) xd7 4) x d7 14 Af3 .1l,xc3 15 bxc3 4)f8 16 Af4 .1l.d7 17 .§.bl .1l.c6 t8 .1l.d6 .§.e6

18 . . . �d8 was the preferable alternative, followed by 19 . . . a5 and 20 . . . b5, with good counterchances on the queen's wing by advancing the pawns.

19 .1l.b4 �d8 20 .§.fel �g5 21 g3 .§.ae8

Better perhaps would have been 2 1 . . . .£ig6 to prevent 22 h4.

22 h4 �g6 23 �xg6 hxg6 24 a4

A fine move which gives White the advantage.

24 ... 4)h7 25 a5 a6 26 .§.e2 g5 27 Ag4 .§.h6 28 hxg5 4) xg5 29 'i!]g2 4)e4 30 f3 4)d6 31 .1l,xd6 .§.xd6 32 .§.b6 .§.h6 33 f4 'i!]f8 34 .il.f3 f5

Black has many difficulties in the actual cont inuat i o n , and h i s s tubborn resistance is to be admired.

35 'i!]f2 .§.e7 36 .§.el .§.h2+ 37 .1l,g2 .§.h6 38 .§.bbl 'i!lf7 39 .§.hl .§.he6 40 .§.bet 'i!lf6 41 Af3 .§.d6 42 g4 .1l.d7 43 .§.h5 g6 44 .§.g5 .§.h7 45 .§.bl .1l,e6 46 'i!lg3 .§.e7 47 .§.el .§.d8 48 .1l,g2 .§.h7 49 .§.bl .§.d6 50 Ah3 .§.c6 51 .§.b2 .§.d6 52 gxf5 gxf5 53 .1l,g2 b5 54 ax b6 .§.b7 55 .§.h5

24

55 . . . .§.dxb6?

This loses at once . B lack misses the chance of getting an even game After 55 . . . \t>g6! 56 § h8 \t>g7 57 §a8 §bxb6, etc . , the game is saved.

56 .§.xb6 .§.xb6 57 .1l,xd5

This wins by force.

57 ... 'i!]g6 58 .§.g5+ 'it1!6 59 e4! fxe460 .1l,xe4 .§.b3 61 .§.g6+ 'i!]e7 62 f5 .§.xc3+ 63 'i!]f4 .1l.f7 64 .§.xa6 .1l.h5 65 f6+ 'i!]eS 66 'i!]g5 .1l.f3 67 Ag6+ 1-0

(18) Znosko-Borovsky - Alekhine

Three Knights Game [C46]

1 e4 e5 2 4)f3 4)c6 3 4)c3 .1l.b4 4 4)d5.1l.e7 5 d4

Very well played; White 's game is now somewhat more free.

5 . . . d6 6 .1l,b5 exd4

The exchange i s forced . B lack i s obliged to give u p the center, which proves that the whole scheme of Black has been wrong .

7 4) xd4 .1l,d7 8 0-0 4)f6 9 .§.el 0-0 10 .1l,xc6

London 1 922

10 Jlfl is to be considered.

10 . . . bxc6 1 1 .£l xe7+ t1fxe7 1 2 .Q.g5 h6 13 .Q.h4 t1te5 14 .£lf3

Better was 1 4 Jlg3 �h5 1 5 e5 �xdl 16 :8axdl 4:Jh5 17 exd6 4::\xg3 18 hxg3 cxd6 19 4:Jb3 d5 20 4:Jc5, etc .

14 . . . t1fxb2 15 §bl

White sacrifices another pawn, for he hopes to get more than a draw out of the game considering the open position of the king. The exemplary defense of Alekhine, however, makes an end to this i l lusion. 1 5 e5 could be answered by 1 5 . . . 4:Jd5 1 6 exd6 cxd6 17 c4 4:Jc3 1 8 �xd6 .ilf5 and White cannot take the c-pawn on account of .ilbl ! .

15 . . . t1txa2 16 .1lxf6 gxf6 l 7 .£ld4

The knight move is not the best. 1 7 �d2 was to be preferred with good chances for a draw.

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

17 . . . t1fa51 18 e5

18 . . . §fe8

This simple move wins the pawn, which was not to be taken immed iate ly because White would have obtained too strong of an attack. Now, however, the game is decided.

19 §al t1tc5 20 §e3 § xe5 21 §aa3 §ae8 22 §g3+ �f8 23 §ae3 t1fd5 24 �al c5 25 4:lb3 .Q.c6 26 �cl c4

Decides at once; Alekhine played the game with much energy till the end.

27 § xe5 § xe5 28 .£ld2 §g5 29 .£lf3 §xg3 30 hxg3 �e7 31 t1ff4 t1fdl + 32 �h2 ,ilxf3 0-1

(19) Vidmar - Tartakower

Dutch Defense [A85]

l d4 e6 2 c4 f5

The Dutch Defense.

3 e3 .£lf6 4 .£lc3 .1lb4 5 .Q.d2 0-0 6 .£lf3 �e7 7 .Q.d3

White has already a much preferable development.

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7 . . . d6 8 �c2 g6

The advance of this pawn weakens the defensive position of Black's king.

9 a3 Axc3 10 Axc3 .1£)bd7 11 0-0-0 e5 12 dxe5 .1£) xe5 13 .1£) xe5 dxe5 14 f4

A very strong move by which White forces the opening of the long diagonal for h i s queen ' s b i shop , thus demonstrating the weakness of h i s opponent 's 8th move.

l 4 ... e4 15 Ae2 Ae6 16 h3 a5 17 g4 .§a6

It would have been too dangerous to capture the g-pawn, e .g . , 1 7 fxg4 1 8 hxg4 4::\xg4 (if 1 8 . . . .\ixg4 then 19 .\ixf6 winning a piece) 1 9 'li1xe4 with an overwhelming superiority of position.

18 g5 .1£)d7 19 h4 Af7 20 h5 gxh5 21 Axh5 Axh5 22 .§ xh5 .§f7 23 .§d5

(D)

23 . . . a4 24 �dl

Threatening 25 'li1d4. Black's game is already hopeless.

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24 .. . c5 25 .§h6 .§g6 26 .§ xg6+ hxg6 27 .§d6 .1£)f8 28 �d5 �c7 29 Ae5 �a5 30 �bl �el+ 31 �a2 �xe3 32 .§f6 �b3+ 33 �al .1£)e6 34 .§ xe6 �h7 35 .§e8 .§g7 36 �d7 l-O

A pretty finish . If 36 . . . 8 xd7, then of course 37 §h8 mate . A very finely played game by Vidmar.

(20) Wahltuch - Rubinstein Queen's Pawn Game [A46]

1 d4 .1£)f6 2 .1£)f3 e6 3 Ag5

A weak move, as White cannot without d i sadvantage exchange b i shop for knight.

3 . . . c5

B l ack now threatens to start a counterattack by 'li1b6 and White has nothing better than to give up h i s valuable bishop for the knight, bringing his opponent's queen into play.

4 Axf6 �xf6 5 e3

Against Capablanca in this position, Wahltuch played 5 e4.

5 ... .1£)c6 6 c3 Ae7 7 Ad3 d5 8 .!£) bd.2 0-0 9 �e2

Probably intending eventually to castle on the queens ide , in the hope of obtaining an attack by advancing the kingside pawns .

9 . . . e5 10 dxe5 .!£) xe5 1 1 .!£) xe5 � xe5 12 0-0-0

1 2 4Jf3 followed by 0-0 would have been safer.

12 . . . b5

London 1 922

A fine move, threatening to obtain a strong attack, by the further advance of the pawns on the queenside, while, if the pawn is captured, Black gains time in development as well as a fine position by p l aying § b8 . Rubinste in ca l l s attention to the fact that a s imi lar sacrifice was made by Blackbume in a game against the late Simon Winawer.

13 4)f3 tNc7 14 il,xb5 §b8 15 Ad3 tNa5 16 Ahl Af6

With queen, rook and bishop bearing on the adverse king, Black has already a manifest advantage in development, which forces the game.

17 §d2 il,a6 18 tNdl

18 . . . jlxc3

A powerful move, which forces the game.

19 Axh7+

Not 1 9 bxc3 because of 19 . . . �a3+ 20 ©c2 �b2 mate.

19 .. . �h8

Better than capturing the bishop, as White 's reply would have been 2 0

8c2+ followed by 21 �xc3, with a defensible game.

20 tNc2 §xb2 21 § xd5

Desperation. White probably had an idea of a possible draw by perpetual check after playing 22 §hS .

21 . .. tNxa2

2 1 . . . § xc2+ would also have won, but the text-move is more drastic .

22 §h5 tNal + 23 tNbl § xbl + 0-1

For if 24 .llxbl + then 24 . . . ©g8 and White cannot carry out h is idea of drawing by perpetual check, his bishop being pinned. A finely played game by Rubinstein.

(2 1) Maroczy - Bogoljubow Four Knights Game [C49]

1 e4 e5 2 4)f3 4)c6 3 4)c3 4)f6 4 Ab5 AM 5 o-o o-o 6 d3 d6 7 4)e2 Ac5 8 c3 il,b6 9 4)g3 �h8 10 Ae3

A doubtfu l move , as it i s not advantageous for White to exchange bishops.

10 .. . 4)g4 1 1 il,xb6.

1 1 d4 instead of the text move would have made it more difficult for B lack. If in reply Black played 1 1 . . .{Jxe3 it would have opened the f-file for White 's rook or i f l 1 . . .f5 , then 1 2 .llg5.

1 1 . . . axb6 12 d4 f6 13 h3 4)h6 14 il,xc6 bxc6 15 §el il,e6 16 a3 tNe7 17 tNd3 §g8 18 4)f5

This enables Black to open the g-file for his rook.

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18 ... ,1lxf5 19 exf5 g6 20 fxg6 E{xg6 21 ltih4 Etg5 22 f4 Eth5 23 ltif3 E{g8 24 dxe5 dxe5 25 f xe5 Et xh3 26 e6

If 26 exf6, then 26 . . . �xf6 threatening 27 ... �xf3 or 27 . . . § xf3. Obviously White could not have played 27 �d4 in reply to 26 . . . �xf6 because of 27 . . . § xf3.

26 . . . -tig4

Threaten ing to w in the queen by 27 . . . §hl + followed by 28 . . . flf2 + .

27 �d7 �c5+ 28 �d4 �h5 29 �fl

If29 gxh3 then 29 . . . fle4+ followed by 30 . . . �xf3 or 30 . . . flxf3 winning easi ly. 29 ... E{g3 30 E{e2 E{xf3+ 31 �el ltie5 0-1

For if32 § xe5, then 32 . . . �hl + 33 �d2 § xg2+ 34 §e2 § xe2+ 35 �xe2 �g2 + and wins.

(22) Marotti - Reti Vienna Game [C29]

1 e4 e5 2 ltic3 ltif6 3 f4 d5 4 f xe5 lti xe4 5 ltif3 Ae7 6 ,1le2 0-0 7 0-0 ltic6 8 d3 Ac5+ 9 d4 Ab6 10 ltia4 Af5 ll lti xb6 axb6 12 Ae3

1 2 c3 at once was preferable.

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1 2 . . . ,1lg6 13 �el �e7 14 c3 f6 15 Ab5 fxe5 16 ,1lxc6 bxc6 17 lt! xe5 Et xfl + 18 � xfl c5 19 .£i xg6

It was not adv i sable for White to exchange his well-posted knight for the bishop. Better would have been 1 9 a3 freeing his rook and preventing his opponent from entering at b5 in case Black exchanged pawns.

19 ... hxg6 20 dxc5

The exchange of pawns strengthens Black's position and weakens White 's b-pawn.

20 ... bxc5 21 �d3 c6 22 a3 �b7 23 �c2 c4 24 E{fl E{b8 25 Acl �b6+ 26 �hl E{f8 27 E{ xf8+ �xf8 28 g3 �f2

This practically forces the exchange of queens and leaves Black with a won endgame, as he must win the b-pawn.

29 �xf2+ .£i xf2+ 30 �g2 ltid3 31 a4 �e7 Not 3 1 . . .flxcl as White 's a-pawn could not then have been stopped.

32 a5 �d7 33 Ae3 c5 34 �h3 �c6 35 a6 �b6 36 �g4 � xa6 37 �g5 �b5 38 �xg6 .£ix b2 39 �xg7 ltidl 40 Ad2

London 1 922

40 . . . l£) xc3

The shortest way to win.

41 Axc3 d4 42 .ilel c3 43 h4 ®c4 44 h5 d3 45 Axc3 ®xc3 46 h6 d2 47 h7 dl� 48 h8� �d4+ 49 ®h7 �xh8+ 50 ®xh8 ®d4 0-l

For White can neither save his own pawn nor stop the black pawn from queening. Reti deserves great credit for winning this ending .

(23) Atkins - Morrison Queen's Gambit Declined [D40]

1 d4 l£)f6 2 l£)f3 e6 3 c4 c5 4 e3

This continuation is too tame. White should play 4 dS and in answer to the so-called Blumenfeld Gambit ( 4 . . . bS), he would get the better game by playing 5 .ilg5! .

4 . . . d5 5 l£'lc3 l£)c6 6 Ad3 Ae7

Here at once 6 . . . .ild6 is better; compare Black's 1 5th move.

7 0-0 0-0 8 b3 cxd4 9 exd4 b6 10 Ab2 Aa6 11 .§cl .§c8 12 .£) b5 Ab7 13 �e2 a6 14 l£)c3 .§e8 15 .§fdl Ad6 16 l£)a4 Af4 17 .§al l£)b4 18 l£)e5 l£) xd3 19 .§ xd3 dxc4 20 bxc4 l£)e4 21 f3 l£)f6 22 .§b3

22 •. • b5 23 l£)c5

If 23 cxbS axbS 24 �xbS .J:.tdS ! with a good game.

23 ... Axe5 24 �xe5 Ac6 25 cxb5 axb5 26 .§el �a5 27 a3 Ad5 28 .§be3 �b6 29 .§3e2 .1lc4 30 .§f2 .§eds 31 4)e4 l£)d5 32 l£'lc5

The game is absolutely even, neither player has any chance of attack and the

following play is easily understood and requires no comment.

32 ... .§c7 33 f4 .§e7 34 �e4 �a5 35 .§cl l£)f6 36 �c2 Ad5 37 h3 .§c7 38 .§e2 .§d6 39 .§eel l£)d7 40 Ac3 �a7 41 .Q.b4 l£) xc5 42 dxc5 f643 .§e3�b7 44 �f2 .§dd7 45 .§d3 �c6 46 'i!{h2 �b7 47 'i!{gl �c6 48 ®h2 Y2-Yi

(24) Watson - Euwe


1 d4 4)f6 2 l£'lf3 g6 3 Af4 Ag7 4 l£'lbd2 d6 5 e4 o-o 6 Ad3 4)bd7 7 �e2

Castl ing is better.

7 . . . 4)h5 8 Jle3 e5 9 dxe5 4) xe5 10 l£) xe5 Jlxe5 1 1 c3 l£)f4 12 A xf4 Axf4 13 g3 Ah6 14 h4 d5 15 0-o-o dxe4 16 A xe4 .§e8 17 f4 c6

To prepare fS , which cannot be played directly because of 18 .ildS+ .

1 8 �f3 �a5 19 Ahl Ae6 2 0 4)b3

White spends too much time on the

defense of his queenside. He should

have vigorously attacked the black king

by 20 hS, e.g . , 20 . . . .llg7 21 hxg6 hxg6 22 g4 .ildS 23 4Je4 fS? (23 . . . �a4 is

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better) 24 gxf5 gxf5 25 �h5 . Of course the variations arising from 20 h5 are dangerous to both parties; for instance, if on the 23rd move White plays 23 Ae4 instead of23 4Je4, he loses by 23 . . . S xe4 24 4:lxe4 �xa2.

20 . . . �b6 21 h5 Ag7 22 hxg6 hxg6 23 f5

White cannot save the exchange. If 23 s h4, then 23 . . . Ad5 24 �fl �e3+ 25 4:ld2 Axc3 26 bxc3 �xc3+ 27 Ac2 �a3+ 28 �bl Axa2+ etc.

23 . . . Ad5

24 .E{xd5 cxd5 25 4)d4 Axd4 26 fxg6 Ae3+ 27 \tldl f xg6 28 a4 \tlg7!

28 . . . �xb2 would give White a draw by means of29 S h8+ �xh8 30 �f6+ �g8! 31 �xg6+ etc .

29 g4 Ag5 0-1

Round IV

(25) Morrison - Capablanca

Colle System [A47]

1 d4 4)f6 2 4)f3 e6 3 e3 b6 4 Ad3 Ab7 5 o-o Ae7 6 b3

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Morrison adopts the o ld Zukertort style of attack in the Queen's Pawn Opening.

6 .. . 0-0 7 Ab2

He should first play 4Jbd2 to prevent his opponent playing 4Je4.

7 . . . 4)e4 8 c4 f5 9 4)c3 �e8 10 �c2 4) xc3 ll Axc3 �h5 12 �e2 4)a6

Tempting White to weaken his pawn position by playing c5.

13 c5 4)b8 14 b4 Af6 15 §acl 4)c6 16 e4

Better would have been 16 a3.The text move leaves a hole at dS, where the knight subsequently lodges.

16 . . . 4)e7 17 e5 4)d5 18 Ad2

If 18 exf6 then 18 . . . 4Jf4 19 �e3 4:lxg2 20 �g5 (of course if 20 �xg2 then 20 . . . �g4+ 21 �hl Axf3+ winning the queen) 20 . . . �xg5 2 1 4:lxg5 4Jf4 22 Sfdl (If 22 fxg7 then 22 . . . Sf6 threatening 23 . . . sg6 winning the knight) 22 . . . gxf6.

18 Ae7 19 4)el �f7 20 f4

White has now the better position.

20 . . . §ab8 21 Ac4 bxc5 22 bxc5 h6 23 4)c2 g5 24 §bl gxf4 25 §b3

Threatening to win the bishop by Sfbl .

25 . . . Ac6 26 Axf4 4) xf4 27 §xf4 \tlh7 (D)

28 4)e3

White here overlooked that he could have gained a pawn by 28 S xf5 with probably a winning position.

London 1 9.2.2

28 . . . Ag5 29 .§ xf5 Axe3+ 30 � xe3 �g6 31 .§f2 Axg2

Clever play.

32 .§xbS

If instead 32 § xg2 Black would have won brill iantly by 32 . . . �bl + 33 § xbl § xbl + and mate in two moves.

32 .. . Ae4+ 33 �g3 .§xb8 34 �xg6+ ® xg6 35 .Etf6+ ®g7 36 .Etf4 Af5 37 .§f3 .§bl+ 38 <i!}f2 .§b2+ 39 ®g3 .§d2 40 .§f4 a5 41 h4 c6 42 ®f3 a4 43 ®e3 .§c2 44 Aa6 .§ xa2 45 Ac8 .§a3+ 46 <i!}e2 .§c3 47 Axd7 a3 48 d5 cxd5 49 c6 ®f7 50 .§a4 ®e7 51 .§aS d4 52 .§eS+ ®f7 53 .§as Ae4 54 .§a7 .§c2+ 55 <;!}el a2 56 <i!}dl d3 57 Acs+ ®g6 0-1

White has no resource against the threat of Af3+ followed by d2+ . A highly interesting game.

(26) Alekhine - Euwe


1 d4 .£lf6 2 .£lf3 g6 3 Af4 Ag7 4 .£l bd2 c5 5 e3

If 5 dxc5, Black wins back his pawn by <fla6 or �a5.

3 1

5 . . . d6 6 c3 .£)c6 7 h3

In order to preserve the bishop, which,

in \ iew of Black wanting to play e5 as soon as possible, is of great strength

on i t s long diagonal (continuously attacking the center) .

7 . . . o-o s Ac4!

By far the best square for the bishop. If Black now plays 8 . . . d5, White 's queen's b i shop 's diagonal is c leared of al l obstacles. On the other hand, e5, as played in the game, leaves the king's bishop in its strong position.

8 . . . .§eS

This leaves the f-pawn unprotected and open to attack from bishop and knight. 8 . . . <fld7 would have been much better.

9 0-0 e5 10 dxe5 .£) xe5?

Better 10 . . . dxe5 , but White has an advantage anyhow, chiefly because of the hole at d5 .

11 Axe5 dxe5 12 .£lg5! Ae6

Simply 1 2 . . . §fS would have been better. Black feared 1 3 <flde4 but overlooked that he could answer this with 13 . . . �xdl (not 13 . . . <flxe4 because of 14 Axt7+) 14 § fxdl <flxe4 15 <flxe4 Af5 ! and now

White cannot play 16 <flxc5 § acS!, and after 16 <fld6 b6 17 e4 Black could play 1 7 . . . Ae6. The difference from the actual game is that White does not have the e4-square for his knight.

13 Axe6 fxe6 14 .£)de4 .£) xe4 15 �xd8 .§exdS 16 .£) xe4

London 1 922

The dominating position now held by White 's knight at e4, Black's bishop being at the same time hopelessly out of play, decides the endgame which ensues.

16 . . . b6 17 .§fdl �f8 18 �fl

White could win a pawn by 18 "Zlg5 but after 18 . . . i;f;>e7 19 "Zlxh7 .l7!.h6 20 h4 Elh8 2 1 "Zlg5 .l7!.xg5 22 hxg5 Black has good drawing chances.

18 .. . �e7 19 c4

Otherwise Black plays c4.

19 .. . h6 20 �e2 .§xdl 21 .§xdl .§b8

The ending after 2 1 . . . El d8 22 fi: xd8 @xd8 is lost for Black.

22 .§d3 Ah8

23 a4! .§c8

Or 23 .l7!.g7 24 Elb3 (threatening itlxc5) 24 . . . El d8 25 a5.

24 .§b3 �d7 25 a5 �c6 26 axb6 axb6 27 .§a3 Ag7 28 .§a7 .§c7 29 .§a8 .§e7 30 .§c8+ �d7 31 .§g8 �c6 32 h4 �c7 33 g4 �c6 34 �d3 .§d7+

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35 �c3 .§f7 36 b3 �c7 37 �d3 .§d7+ 38 �e2 .§f7 39 4Jc31

This decides the game.

39 . . . .§e7 40 g5 hxg5 41 hxg5 �c6 42 �d3 .§d7+ 43 �e4 .§c7 44 4::1 b5! .§e7

44 . . . Elt7? 45 El c8+ winning the rook.

45 f3 �d7

45 . . . i;f;>b7? 46 itld6+ and "Zle8 winning

the bishop.

46 .§b8 �c6 47 .§c8+ �d7 48 .§c7+ �d8 49 .§c6 .§b7 50 .§xe6 1-0

(27) Watson - Vidmar


1 d4 d5 2 lclf3 4Jf6 3 e3 c5 4 c4 e6 5 4Jc3 4Jc6 6 Ad3 Ad6 7 0-0 0-0 8 b3 �e7

C.G. Watson

London 1 922

This move involves the exchange ofhis king 's bishop for the knight, and is, therefore, perhaps not commendable.

9 � h5 dxc4 10 bxc4

Here 1 0 �xc4 was better. The two hanging pawns at c4 and d4 are always a source of weakness.

10 . . . cxd4 11 � xd6 �xd6 12 exd4 §d8 13 Ah2 b6 14 §cl Ah7 15 Ahl �f4 16 h3 §ac8 17 §el �a5

Beginning already the attack on the isolated pawns; and besides, there is also an attack on the king in prospect, owing to the strong position of B lack's bishop.

18 �e5 �g5 19 f3 Aa6 20 Ad3 �h5 21 §c2 f5 22 Acl �g3 23 Ae3 �f4 24 i;tifl

It is now but a choice of evils. The hpawn is attacked and if 24 �xd4 �xf4, the d-pawn is lost . But after the move in the text the c-pawn falls.

24 ... � xd3

25 � xd3

2 5 � x d 3 ? would l o s e a p i e c e to 25 . . . �xe5 ! .

25 . . . A xc4 26 Af2 �d6 27 i;tigl Axd3 28 �xd3 §xc2 29 �xc2 �c6 30 �a4 §d7 31 §cl � xd4 32 §c8+ rJ;Jf7 33 j°lxd4 �xd4+ 34 �xd4 §xd4 35 §c7+ i;tif6 36 §xa7 §d2 37 a4 f4

The endgame is by no means easy to win.

38 §b7 §a2 39 § xb6 §xa4 40 §b2 h5 41 wr2 wf5 42 §h5+ e5 43 §b2 §a3 44 §c2 g5 45 §e2 §a5 46 g4+

Otherwise . . . g4 would be decisive.

46 ... hxg4 47 hxg4+ i;tie6 48 §e4 §a2+ 49 i;tiel i;tid5 50 §b4 §c2 51 §a4 §c4 52 §a5+ i;tid4 53 i;tid2 §b4 54 §a8 §b2+ 55 i;tiel §c2 56 §a4+ §c4 57 §a5 e4

At last ! Now the game is over.

58 §a2 e3 59 §a8 §cl+ 0-1

(28) Rubinstein - Maroczy

Nimzo-Indian [E20]

1 d4 �f6 2 �f3 e6 3 c4 Ab4+ 4 �c3

4 �d2 seems to be better. After the text move White can get a doubled pawn on the c-file which is by no means advantageous.

4 .. . c5 5 g3 �e4 6 .Q,d2 � xd2 7 �xd2 �a5 8 Ag2 0-0 9 0-0 cxd4 10 � xd4 �c6 1 1 §fcl �c51

Forces the exchange of the knight.

12 � xc6 bxc6

More simple would be 1 2 . . . dxc6 1 3 a3 �xc3 14 § xc3 e5 15 b4 �e7 16 § d3! �fS 1 7 e4 �e6 1 8 c5 §fd8 1 9 § d6 § xd6 20 cxd6 �f8 2 1 �d3 §d8 22 §dl a6 etc.

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London 1 922

13 a3 Axc3 14 §xc3 a5 15 h3 f5 16 e4 §b8

The move of the rook is superfluous . More telling would be 1 6 . . . fxe4 17 Axe4 §f7 etc .

17 a4 fxe4 18 Axe4 §f7 19 §el Ah7 20 'it>g2 §bf8 21 f3 g6 22 §dl AaS

Black is in doubt how to continue. The queen cannot move from c5 on account of the pawn advance c5 .

23 h4 Ah7 24 §dcl d6 25 §dt

25 ... §d8

The decisive mistake . 25 § d7 should have been played, for instance, 26 f4 e5! 27 fxe5 (27 f5? is now not possible) 27 . . . § df7 28 §f3 �xe5 29 �d4 �xe4 30 § xe4 c5 31 §d5 §xf3 etc. and Black has at least a draw.

26 f4 �b4

Now 26 . . . e5 was not possible, for 27 f5! gxf5 28 �g5+ etc follows . As played the game is lost.

27 §e3 �b6 28 Af3 c5 29 Axb7 �xb7+ 30 'it>h2 �e7 31 §del §f6

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32 �xa5 §df8 33 �d2 h6 34 §le2 'it>h7 35 �d5 1-0

(29) Yates - Bogoljubow

Ruy Lopez [C9 1 ]

1 e4 e 5 2 lLlf3 .£lc6 3 Ah5 a 6 4 Aa4 .£lf6 5 0-0 Ae7 6 §el b5 7 Ah3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4 exd4 10 cxd4 Ag4 11 Ae3 d5 12 e5 .£le4 13 <tlc3 Ah4 14 §cl .£le7 15 h3 Ah5 16 Ac2 Axc3 17 bxc3 f5

If 17 . . . .tlxc3, then of course 18 .>lxh7+.

18 exf6 § xf6

It would have been better to recapture with the knight.

19g4Ag6 20 <tle5 .£lxc3 21 �d2 .£le4

lf2 1 . . . .tlxa2 then 22 Axg6 .tlxcl 23 �c2 .tla2 24 Jlb3 winning the knight.

22 Axe4 dxe4

If 22 . . . Jlxe4 then 23 Ag5 § e6 24 f3 § xe5 (the only way to avoid immediate loss of a piece) 25 dxe5 Axf3 26 �f2 Ae4 27 § xe4 dxe4 28 �xd8+ § xd8 29 Axe7 and wins.

London 1 922

23 ,ilg5 §d6 24 .!£:} xg6 §xg6

Better would have been 24 . . . hxg6. The

text move loses the exchange.

25 §xe4 § xg5 26 � xg5 .!£ld5 27 �xdS+ §xdS 2S §c6

Being now the exchange ahead with even pawns, and the better position, winning for White is only a question of routine.

2S ... a5 29 §e5 a4 30 a3 §d7 31 §c5 .!£}b6 32 §xb5 §xd4 33 §e7 §c4 34 §f5 g6 35 §ff7 .!£}d5 36 §g7+ 'itlfS 37 §ef7+ ®eS 3S § xh7 §c5 39 §fg7 ®fS 40 § xg6 .!£}f4 41 §a6 'itlgS 42 §d7 1-0

(30) Reti - Wahltuch


1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 'dc3 .!£}f6 4 .ilg5 Ae7 5 e3 0-0 6 'df3 .!£:} bd7 7 Ad3 c5 S 0-0 a6 9 'de5 .!£:} xe5 10 dxe5 .!£}d7 11 ,ilxe7 �xe7 12 f4 dxc4 13 Axc4 b5 t4 .ild3 Ab7 t5 �c2

Better would have been 1 5 Jle4 and if Black, in reply, played 1 5 . . . {lb6, then 1 6 �f3 compell ing the exchange of bishops and stabilizing the knight at d6.

15 .. . f5 16 exf6 gxf6 17 .Q.e4 .Q.xe4 1S .!£} xe4 f5 19 .!£}d2 .!£}f6 20 §act §acS 21 'df3 'dd5

The right move was 2 1 . . . §fd8, taking possession of the open file with the rook.

22 �e2 c4 23 .!£}e5 .!£}f6

If 23 . . . �c5 then 24 {ld7 �xe3+ 25 �xe3 {lxe3 26 '2ixf8 -';Jxfl 27 {lxh7 {lxh2 28 {lg5 with about an even game.

24 �f3 ®hs 25 §fdt §gs 26 §d6 a5 27 §cdl §g7 2S .!£}c6 �b7 29 § xe6 .!£}e4 30 �h5

This move loses. White was a pawn ahead and the quiet move 30 {ldS would have given him winning chances. He was, however, very short of time at this point, having only ten minutes in which to make eight moves .

30 .. . §cgS

Not 30 . . . § xc6 because of31 §eS+ §g8 3 2 § xg8+ ©xg8 33 �e8+ ©g7 34 §d7+ winning the queen. 31 g3

If 3 1 �h3 then 3 1 . . . § xg2+ 32 �xg2 § xg2+ 33 ©xg2 �g7+ 34 ©fl �xb2 threatening 35 . . . �f2 mate, and wins, as the black king can escape from the checks of the rooks.

31 .i£} xg3 32 hxg3 §xg3+ 33 ®fl

If 33 ©hl then 33 . . . �g7 34 �h2 �g4 and White has no defense.

33 .. . �g7 34 ®el §gt+ 0-1

Mate next move is inevitable. A fine finish, played by the North of England

champion in his old, vigorous style.

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(3 1) Tartakower - Znosko-Borovsky

English Opening [ A22]

l c4 e5

More in use is 1 . . .e6 or 1 . . .c5 . After the

move in the text White plays the Sicilian

Defense a tempo ahead.

2 e3 4Jf6 3 4Jc3 d5 4 cxd5 4J xd5 5 4Jf3 4J xc3 6 bxc3 .Q,d6 7 d4 exd4 8 cxd4 0-0 9 .Q.d3 .Q.g4 10 El.bl Ac8

After 1 0 . . . <cid7 follows 1 1 -'1.e4. The

retreat of the bishop costs two tempi

but it still seems inevitable.

11 0-0 4Jd7 12 e4 Ae7 13 �c2 E!.e8 14 Af4 c6 15 d5

Premature and making the gained

advantage of position imaginary.

15 . . . 4)c5

Naturally not 15 . . . cxdS on account of 16 -'l.c7 . The b l ack kn ight now dominates the position.

16 .Q.c4 .Q,f8 17 dxc6 bxc6 18 4Jg5 Ae6 19 e5 g6 20 E!.fdl �a5 21 4) xe6 4) xe6 22 Ag3

The only thing White retains is the force of the united bishops.

22 ... E!.adS (D)

23 h4 E!.xdl + 24 E!.xdl fl.dB 25 E!.xd8 4J xd8 26 �e4 �a4?

A gross oversight. The best move was

26 . . . �a3, after which a White win would be doubtful in spite of the better position.

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27 .Q.xf7+ 1-0

(32) Marotti - Atkins

French Defense [C l I ]

1 e4 c 5 2 4Jf3 4)f6 3 4Jc3 e6

The modern theory recommends here 3 . . . d5.

4 Ae2 d5 5 e5

The advance of this pawn is not to be recommended.

5 ... 4)fd7 6 d4 4)c6 7 Ae3 cxd4 8 A xd4 a6 9 0-0 �c7 10 El.el 4J xd4

The exchange is premature. Black ought to further his development with g6 and Ag7 in order to s imul taneous ly strengthen the attack on the e-pawn.

11 �xd4 Ae7 12 �g4 0-0 13 Ad3 4Jc5 14 E!.adl f5 15 exf6 .Q.xf6 16 4)g5

White has an inferior position. This move is not strong and brings immediate loss . The best would have been 16 �g3.

16 . . . h6 17 4Jh7

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17 . . . Axc3 18 .£l xf8 Axel 19 .£1g6 .£1 xd3 20 cxd3 Aas 21 �h4 Ad7 22 d4 �c2

Decisive. White can scarcely avoid further material loss.

23 �g4 es 24 .£1e7+ <it>f7 25 �h5+ <it>xe7 26 �xe5+ <it>f8 27 �d6+ <it>g8 28 �xdS+ <it>h7 29 �f3 .§f8 0-1

Round V

(33) Capablanca - Znosko-Borovsky Queen's Gambit Declined [D64]

1 d4 d5 2 .£1f3 .£jf6 3 c4 e6 4 AgS Ae7 S e3 .£1bd7 6 .£lc3 0-0 7 .§cl c6 8 �c2 b6 9 cxdS exd5 10 Ad3 Ah7 11 0-0 h6 12 Ah4 .£1h5 13 Axe7 �xe7 14 .§fel �d8

There is no reason for this move.

1S �a4 a6

Obviously Black was afraid of �a6, but the text move makes matters worse as it weakens the position .

16 Af5 g6 17 Axd7 �xd7 18 �b31 h5

If18 . . . �d8, then 19 ""2ia4 and White also brings his knight to c 5 .

1 9 .£1e5 �d6 20 .£1a4 .§ae8 2 1 .£1c5 Ac8 22 .£1cd3

Here White poss ibly was short of time, and to ga in t ime , he took the opportunity of repeating moves .

22 . . . Ah7 23 .£1c5 Ac8

24 .£1 xa6

Winning an important pawn with a big advantage in position .

24 ... Ah7 25 .£1cS AcS 26 .£1cd3 Ah7 27 .§c2 .§c8 28 .§eel .§fe8 29 a4

After this move there is no hope of saving the game.

29 .. . f6 30 .£l xg6 <it>f7 31 .£1gf4 .£l xf4 32 .£l xf4 Aa6 33 axbS AxhS 34 .£l xdS �e6 3S .§c3 cxd5 36 �xb5 .§b8 37 .§c7+ <it>g8 38 �d3 1-0

(34) Atkins - Alekhine

N imzo- Indian Defense [E2 1 ]

1 d4 .£1f6 2 .£1f3 e 6 3 c4 b 6 4 .£1c3 Ah7 s e3 Ah4 6 Ad2 o-o 7 Ad3 Axc3 8 Axc3 .£1e4 9 Axe4

White plays for a draw.

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Henry Atkins

9 ... .Q.xe4 10 0-0 f5 11 tff/e2 Ab7 12 .§.a cl

Better would have been 1 2 '2ld2 or 12 b4.

12 . . . d6 13 4)d2 tff/h4 14 f3 4Jd7 15 tff/f 2

Much better here was 1 5 b4 to prevent

a5 . White would have the advantage on the queenside.

15 .. . tff/h5 16 .§.fel e5 17 4)fl .E!,ae8 18 4Jg3 tff/f7 19 b3 a5! 20 4)fl .§.e7 21 4)d2 .§.fe8 22 4Jfl h6 23 4)d2

During the last few moves Atkins having a good position and not seein� how to improve it, has been content simply to mark time with his knight.

23 ... �h7 24 4Jfl 4)f8 25 .§.cdl 4)g6 26 �hl a4 27 §.cl exd4 28 Axd4 axb3 29 axb3 4Je5 30 tff/e2 c5 31 Axe5

3 8

The bishops being o n different colors, White would have had a better chance of drawing had he retired his bishop to b2 instead of making this exchange.

31 . . . .E!, xe5 32 .E!.c3 d5 33 cxd5 Axd5 34 tff/c2 .E!.5e6 35 §.al .§.g6 36 §.cl tff/f6 37 tff/f2 §.as 38 .E!.d3 tff/e6 39 tff/c2 .E!.a3 40 4)d2 .§.a6 41 .E!.c3 tff/e5 42 4Jfl .E!.a7 43 .§.dl Ae6 44 §.cl tff/d5 45 4Jg3

45 ... tff/aS

Threatening 46 . . . El a2 .

46 tff/d3

If 46 '2lxf5, then 46 . . . Ela2 47 �bl �xf5 48 �xf5 El axg2 with a dangerous attack.

46 . . . .§.d7 47 tff/c2 tff/d8

Threatening 48 . . . El d2.

48 4Jfl tff/g5 49 tff/f2 Af7 50 f4

I t was not good to open the long

diagonal for his opponent 's bishop. Atkins, however, was very short of time

at this point, having ten moves to make

in seven minutes .

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51 ... �d8 51 El.lc2 E!.dt 52 )t>gl Ad5 53 g3 E!.d6 54 E!.d2 Ae4 55 El.xd6 �xd6 56 �e2 b5 57 �xb5?

This loses at once, but White had a lost ' game in any case.

57 .. . �d2 0-1

(35) Vidmar - Bogoljubow

Queen's Pawn Game [D05]

1 d4 4)f6 2 4)f3 e6 3 4) bd2 c5 4 e3 4)c6 5 c3 d5 6 Ad3 Ad6 7 0-0 0-0 8 h3 b6 9 �e2 �c7 10 e4 cxd4 1 1 4) xd4 4) xd4 12 cxd4 Ae7

Better would have been 1 2 . . . dxe4 followed on 1 3 4::ixe4 by 1 3 . . . 4Jd5. In reply to 1 3 4::ixe4 Black could not have played l 3 . . . 4Jxe4 because of 14 tl'xe4 threatening mate and attacking the rook, nor could he have played 1 3 . . . Ae7 because of 14 4::ixf6+ followed by 1 5 tl'e4 again threaten ing mate and attacking the rook. If 1 3 . . . Ab7 then 1 4 '2lxf6+ gxf6 1 5 tl'h5 f5 1 6 Ah6 winning the exchange.

13 e5 4)d7 14 4)f3 a6 15 4)g5 h6 16 �h5 4) xe5

Probably p l ayed under the misapprehension that after 1 7 dxe5 Axg5 1 8 Axg5 tl'xe5 White 's bishop at g5 would have no escape, overlooking that his queen could be attacked and driven off the rank on which it pinned the bishop .

17 dxe5 Axg5

Not l 7 . . . tl'xe5 at once, because of 1 8 iih 7 + ®h8 19 4::ixt7 + winning the queen.

18 Axg5 �xe5 19 h4f6 20 .§rel �d4

If20 . . . �xb2 then 2 1 Axh6 threatening 22 tl'g6 with a winning attack.

21 .§adl

Threatening to win the queen by 22 iih7+.

21 ... �xb2 22 Axh6 f5 23 Af4 E!.a7

23 . . . tl'xa2 might have been a little better but the game was lost in any case.

24 Ahl �f6 25 Ae5 �h6 26 �xh6 gxh6 27 Ad4 E!.b7 28 E!.e3 )t>f7 29 Ad3 b5 30 El.cl Ad7 31 Ae2 El.gs 32 E!.c5 a5 33 f4 a4 34 Ah5+ )t>e7

Better would have been 34 . . . ®f8. White could then stil l have won by 35 l'l. xd5 followed on 35 . . . exd5 by 36 Ac5+ ®g7 37 l'l.e7+ ®f6 38 §.t7+ ®e6 39 l'l.h7, threatening 40 At7 + . 35 El.xd5 Ac6 36 Ac5+ )t>f6 37 E!.d6 Ad5

If 37 . . . l'l. xg2+ then 38 ®fl winning the bishop.

38 Ad4+ 1-o

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For his only move was 38 . . . �e7 upon which would have followed 39 § xd5.

(36) Watson - Rubinstein


1 d4 4)f6 2 4)f3 e6 3 4) bd2 c5 4 e3 4)c6 5 Ae2

White stands too much upon the

defensive.

5 ... b6 6 o-o Ab77b3 Ae78 Ab2 0-o

9 4)e5

This move turns out badly. The knight will be exchanged and the pawn on e5 is weak. White lost h i s game with Alekhine in a similar manner.

9 .. . '(J/c7 10 Af3 d5 11 §cl 4) xe5 12 dxe5 4)d7 13 c4 4) xe5

After the loss of the pawn the game is naturally decided, and there is not much left for the annotator to say.

14 cxd5 exd5 15 'l11/c2 4) xf3+ 16 gxf3 f5 17 �ht Af6 18 §gt §ae8 19 §g3 f4 2o §h3 g6 21 §gt Axb2 22 '(J/ xb2 '(J/g7 23 '(J/c2 fxe3 24 fxe3 § xe3 25 §hg3 §f6 26 §fl §e2 27 '(J/d3 §fe6 28 4)e4 §xa2 29 4)c3

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§b2 30 4)dl §be2 31 f4 c4 32 '(J/f5 gxf5 0-1

(37) Reti - Tartakower

Dutch Defense [ASS]

1 d4 e6 2 e3 f5 3 c4 4)f6 4 4)c3 Ab4 5 Ad2 o-o 6 Ad3 b6 7 'l11/c2 Ah7 8 f3 c5 9 a3 cxd4 10 axb4 dxc3 1 1 A xc3 d 5 1 2 b3 '(J/e7 13 4)e2 4)c6

14 §a4

In order to keep the two bishops. If 1 4 b5 the reply would b e 1 4 . . . 4:lb4.

14 . . . 4)d7 15 0-0 4)ce5 16 A xe5 4) xe5 17 4)d4 dxc4 18 bxc4 4) xd3 19 '{J/xd3 '(J/d7 20 §a3 §fd8 21 'l11/c2 f4 22 4)e2 e5! 23 exf4 exf4 24 '(J/c3 '(J/d2 25 '(J/xd2 § xd2 26 4) xf4 §d4 27 4)e6 §xc4 28 §dl Ac6 29 §d8+ §xd8 30 4) xd8 Ad5 31 §d3!

This move secures the draw.

3 1 . .. §cl+ 32 �f2 Ac4 33 §d7 §c2+ 34 �gl

34 �g3 would not be good because of 34 . . . .llfl .

34 §cl+ 35 �f2 §c2+ 36 �gl Y,-Y,

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(38) Wahltuch - Maroczy


1 d4 l!l)f6 2 l!l)f3 g6 3 g3 Jl,g7 4 Jl,g2 d6 5 c3 0-0 6 0-0 l!l)bd7 7 l!l)bd2 h6

Black hopes to break through with fS , but he does not succeed.

8 e4 eS 9 §.el b6 10 l!l)h4 13,bS 11 l!l)fl Ab7 t2 d5 �h7 13 Ah3

The bishop again controls the whole diagonal and hinders forever fS .

13 . . . l!l)gS 14 l!l)e3 l!l)df6 15 f3 Jl,c8 16 Jl,xc8

The white bishop is very disagreeable and must be exchanged.

16 . . . § xcS 17 �e2 �d7 18 Ad2 l!l)e7 19 �g2

Mr. Wahltuch plays very cautiously and prevents all counterattacks on the kingside.

19 ... .if)cS 20 �h3 l!l)d3 21 §ebl l!l)cS

The knight was in danger, because it would have no escape after b4.

22 g4

Premature. 22 b4 ought to have been made.

22 ... §hS 23 b4 l!l)d3 24 �fl l!l)f4 25 Aet M6 26 l!l)hg2 l!l)h3+ 27 �ht g5

It is interesting that in this game both players make the same mistake . The

further advance of the g-pawn is bad; much better was 27 . . . AgS or 27 . . . c6. After the move in the text White gets the advantage .

28 b5 �g7

29 . . . 4Jf4 ought to have been made here.

29 a4

Very strong here was 29 4Jh4 ! . The white knight gets a dominating place on f5 .

2 9 . . . h5 3 0 §a2 l!l)f4 31 gxh5 §xhS 32 l!l)g4 �h8 33 .i£)2e3 �h7 34 §bb2 §hS

Black must threaten the king, otherwise disadvantage on the kingside results .

35 a5 l!l)gS 36 l!l)f5+ �g6 37 axb6 axb6 38 §a7 Ad8 39 c4 4)f6 40 Ag3 §h3 41 l!l) xf6 �xf6

42 §aa2

An interesting attempt to win would be here 42 c5, for instance 42 . . . dxcS 43 d6 4Je6 44 § ba2 cxd6 45 §d7 Ac7! and White cannot leave the second rank on account of § xg3.

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42 ... 4)g6 43 §g2 4)f4 44 §gf2 �g6 45 §aS j}.f6 46 § xh8 �xh8 47 §a2 §h7 48 A xf4

After 48 § a7, 48 . . . 4Jh5 can be played and 49 .ile l 4Jf4 50 ilg3 4Jh5 etc . , forces a draw. The text move frees the bishop.

48 ... exf4 49 �g2 �es 50 �g4 �e5

Black could yet attempt §h8 with slight

hope of a win, but the game had been so exacting that he preferred to simplify it. A very interesting game played by both players with much originality.

51 §aS §hS 52 § x h8 A x h8 53 4)h4+ �h6 54 4)f5+ �g6 55 4)h4+ �h6 56 4)f5+ �g6 'h-'h

(39) Marotti - Yates

Vienna Game [C29]

1 e4 e5 2 4)c3 4)f6 3 f4 d5 4 fxe5 '£) xe4 5 4)f3 Ae7 6 �e2 4)c5

Noteworthy here is 6 . . .f5 in order to secure e4 for the knight.

7 d3

This move is very passive. 7 d4 is to be

considered.

7 . . . o-o s Ad2 4)c6 9 o-o-o Ag4 10 h3 Ah5 11 g4 Ag6

Black's position is already so superior, the end is not far off.

12 �h2 (D)

12 . . . d4 13 4)bl �d5 14 c4

42

This cannot be understood, but White 's

position is lost in every case.

14 ... � xf3 15 Af4 4)b4 16 Ad2 4)cxd3+ 17 Axd3 '£) xd3+ 0-1

T h i s is the shortes t game in the tournament brought to a decision.

( 40) Morrison - Euwe


1 d4 4)f6 2 4)f3 g6 3 e3 Ag7 4 Ad3 d6 5 4)bd2 4)bd7 6 b3

Castling is better.

6 . . . 0-0 7 Ab2 e5! 8 dxe5 4)g4 9 h3

A waste of time . White should have castled.

9 ... 4)gxe5

Threatening to win a piece. It is evident now that White's finachetto maneuver was bad.

10 4) xe5 4) xe5 1 1 Ae2 4)f3+

The alternative was 1 1 . . .�g5 , after which White has to p lay 1 2 ®fl . However, White threatening f4 makes

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it most difficult to find a satisfactory continuation of the attack.

12 .\l.xf3 .\l.xb2 13 §bl Ac3 14 0-0 d51 15 b4

The only move. If 1 5 e4, then 1 5 . . . �g5 wins a piece.

15 ... a5

15 . . . c6, keeping the strong center pawn, which completely blocks White 's game, was much better.

16 bxa5 § x a5 17 .£ih3 § x a2 18 .\l.xd5 c6 19 4)cl

If19 M3 �xdl 20 .ilxdl and Black gets a good endgame.

19 .. . §a5

Better 19 .. .l''la4, as appears two moves later.

20 Af3 �g5 21 4)b3

If 2 1 '<t>hl , Black continues the attack by 21 . . .�h4, threatening .ilxh3 .

21 ... §a4 22 �d3 .\l.xh3

This sacrifice seems perfectly sound, as

Black gets three pawns and some attack

for the piece. White however defends his dangerous position excellently, and, by careful maneuvering, withstands Black's attack. 22 . . . Jlg7 would therefore have been better.

23 �xc3 .\l.xg2

Better is 23 . . . 1"\g4 24 �c5 ! (if24 .ilxg4, then 24 . . . �xg4 and mate fol lows)

24 . . . l"l xg 2 + 2 5 '<t>h l �h4 2 6 .ilxg2 .ilxg2+ and draws by perpetual check.

24 �c5 f5 25 .\l. xg2 §g4 26 §fdl! § xg2+ 27 �fl �g4 28 �el §h2 29 �d2! §xf2+ 30 �c3 �e4 31 §d3

If 3 1 '<t>b2 then 3 1 . . .b6! .

31 ... f4

This loses the game at once, but Black

has many difficulties to put up with

already.

32 4)d2 �a4 33 §xb7

Threatening mate by 34 �xf8+ .

33 . . . fxe3 34 §dd7 �al+ 35 �b3 §xd2

Or 35 . . . exd2 36 �c4+ and wins.

36 �xf8+ 1-0

It is mate on the next move. A pretty

finish.

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Round VI

(41) Capablanca - Bogoljubow Ruy Lopez [C9 1 ]

1 e4 e5 2 4Jf3 4jc6 3 Ah5 a6 4 Aa4 4Jf6 5 0-0 Ae7 6 El.el b5 7 Ab3 d6 8 c3 0-0

The usual continuation for Black is 8 . . . i£la5 followed by 9 . . . c5.

9 d4 exd4 10 cxd4 Ag4 11 Ae3 4Ja5 12 Ac2 4jc4 13 Acl c5 14 b3 4Ja5 15 Ab2 4Jc6 16 d5 4Jb4 17 4Jbd2 4J xc2 18 � xc2 El.e8 19 �d3 h6 20 4Jfl 4Jd7

It would have been safer to capture the knight as the bishop is afterwards shut completely out of play.

21 h3 Ah5 22 4J3d2 Af6 23 Axf6 �xf6 24 a4 c4

A good move by which Black gets his knight into p lay and improves h i s position .

25 bxc4 4Jc5 26 �e3 bxa4 27 f4 �e7 2s g4 Ag6 29 rs Ah7 30 4Jg3 �es 31 !i!7g2 El.abs 32 El.abl f6 33 4Jf3 El.b2+ 34 El. xb2 �xb2+ 35 El.e2 �b3

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36 4Jd4 �xe3 37 El.xe3 El.b8 38 El.c3 !i!7f7

38 . . . 'it'hS might probably have been better with a view to playing J:tg8, but the king would then have been badly out of p lay for the endgame . The immobility ofBlack's bishop practically decides the issue.

39 !i!7f3 El.b2 40 4Jge2 Ag8 41 4Je6 4Jb3

Obvious ly B lack cou ld not p l ay

4 1 . . .i£lxe6 because of 42 dxe6+ and the bishop could never have come into play. Had he instead played to win a pawn by 4 1 . . .i£lxe4 42 �xe4 El xe2+ he would still have had a Jost endgame because of the unfortunate pos i t ion of h i s b i shop and the weakness o f h i s queenside pawns .

42 c5 dxc5 43 4J xc5 4Jd2+ 44 !i!7f2 !i!7e7 45 !i!7el 4J bl 46 El.d3 a3 47 d6+ !i!7d8 48 4Jd4

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Threaten ing to win by 49 4Jc6+ followed by 50 d7+.

49 .. . 13b6 49 .£\de6+ j},xe6 50 fxe6 l3b8 51 e7+ �es 52 .£\ xa6 1-0

For if 52 . . . a2 53 4Jxb8 al� 54 d7+ ®xe7 55 d8�+ and wins. A highly interesting game and a good example of Capablanca's accuracy in the endgame.

(42) Wahltuch -Alekhine

Queen's Pawn Game [DOS]

1 d4 .£\f6 2 .£\f3 e6 3 .£\bd2

B etter than 3 .Ag5 as p l ayed by Wah ltuch against Rubinste in and Capablanca earlier in the tournament.

3 ... c5 4 e3 .£\c6 5 c3 d5 6 .£\e5

This was a little premature It would have been better first to play iid3.

6 ... .£\ xe5 7 dxe5 .£\d7 8 f 4 f6 9 Ad3 g6 10 exf6 .£\ xf6 11 .£\f3 Ag7 12 0-0 0-0 13 �e2 �b6 14 l3bl a5 15 .ll,d2 Ad7 16 .£\e5 Aa4

Threatening to win a piece by l 7 . . . c4.

17 b3 Ae8 18 c4 .£\d7 19 .£\g41

This move is made to prevent B lack playing .Q.f6! .

19 ... .£\ b8 20 Act .£\c6

This exchange was hardly advisable as it relieves Black of his backward e-pawn. 21 .Ab2 at once would have been better.

21 ... exd5 22 Ab2 d4 23 f5

Energetic play.

23 . . . gxf5 24 Axf5 .£\e7 25 Ad3 13 xfl + 26 13 xfl .£\g6 27 exd4 cxd4 28 �f2 l3d8 29 �f5 �h8 30 �hl a4 31 .£\f6

Threatens 32 4Jxh7! .

31 ... j},xf6 32 �xf6+ �xf6 33 l3xf6 axb3 34 axb3

With two bishops against bishop and knight , White has now a s l ight advantage for the endgame.

34 .. . .£\e5 35 Ae4 �gs 36 13fl Ac6 37 Af5 �g7 38 �gt h5 39 Abl Ab5 40 l3dl .£\c6 41 Ae4 �f7 42 Axc6 bxc6 43 13xd4 §xd4 44 -'i,xd4

White has now won a pawn, but the The only way to bring the knight in the bishops being of opposite colors, it is game. not sufficient to win.

21 cxd5 44 . . . Ad3 45 �f2 Ac2 46 b4 Ae4 47 g3 �g6 Yz-Yz

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A well-played game by Wahltuch, who

kept the initiative throughout against his formidable opponent.

(43) Vidmar - Yates


1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 .£\c3 .£\f6 4 Jlg5 Ae7 5 e3 .£\bd7 6 .£\f3 0-0 7 El.cl b6 S cxd5 exd5 9 Ad3 Ab7 10 0-0 c5 1 1 �e2 c4

Premature Better would have been l l . . . �e4 . If in reply White played 1 2 itf4, then 1 2 . . . 4:Jxc3 1 3 bxc3 c4.

12 Ahl a6 13 .£\e5 b5 14 f4 ,i£\e4 15 J,txe4 dxe4 16 � xd7 �xd7 17 J}.xe7 �xe7 1S f5

A strong move which has a very cramping effect on B lack's game.

1S . . . f6 19 E!.f4 El.ads 20 E!.cfl E!.feS 21 §.h4 �f7 22 a3 E!.e7 23 E!.ff4 §.des 24 �g4 J,tc6 25 d5

The beg inn ing of a very fine combination.

25 ... J,taS

If 25 . . . Axd5, then 26 fl xh7 ®xh7 27 �h3+ ®g8 28 l"lh4 ®f8 29 l"lh8+ �g8 30 4:Jxd5 and wins.

26 �h3 h6 27 §fg4 <it>h7 2S .£\ xe4 �fS

White was threatening to win the

exchange by 4:Jd6.

If 28 . . . �xd5 then of course 29 4:Jxf6+ winning the queen.

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29 .£\ xf6+

Another fine move.

29 . . . � xf6

If 29 . . . gxf6 then 30 l"l g6 and wins.

30 E!.g6

30 . . . �fS

Much better wou ld have been 30 . . . �xb2 3 1 flhxh6+ ®g8 32 fl h8+ ®f7 33 fl xg7+! �xg7 34 fl h7 Axd5! 35 fl xg7+ ®xg7 36 �g3+ ®f6! 37 �d6+ ®xfS 38 �xdS+ ®g6 and White has no more than a draw by perpetual check.

If 3 1 . . .l"l xe3 then 32 l"l gxh6+ gxh6 33 �g6+ ®h8 34 fl xh6+ �xh6 35 �xh6+ ®g8 36 f6 l"lel + 37 ®f2 fl le2+ 38 ®g3 l"l 8e3+ 39 ®h4 l"l e4+ 40 ®h3 l"l 2e3+ 41 g3 and B lack must give up his rook to avoid mate, for if 4 1 . . .®f7 then 42 �g7+ ®e8 43 f7+ and wins.

32 �g5

Threatening 33 l"l gxh6+ and mate next move.

London 1 922

32 ... �hS 33 f6 �xd5

If instead 33 . . . l"l xe3 then 34 l"lgxh6+ gxh6 35 l"l xh6+ i£rh7 36 i£fg7 mate.

34 §hxh6+ 1-0

For if34 . . . gxh6 35 l"l xh6+ l"lh7 36 i£fg7 mate. A very finely played game by Dr. Vidmar.

(44) Atkins - Rubinstein


1 d4 .£if6 2 .£if3 e6 3 c4 d5 4 Ag5 .£ibd7 5 e3 Ae7 6 .£lc3 0-0 7 Ad3 dxc4

A doubtful exchange as it strengthens White 's center Preferable would have

been 7 . . . b6.

8 Axc4 a6 9 a4 c5 10 0-0 �a5 11 �e2 cxd4 12 exd4 .£! b6 13 Ad3 §dS 14 §fdl Ad7 15 .£ie5 Ae8 16 �e3 .£ifd5 17 �g3 Axg5 18 �xg5 .£! xc3 19 bxc3 .£id5

If 19 . . .f6 then 20 i£rh4 fxe5 21 ,,Q,xh7+ ®f8 22 l"ld3 with a strong attack. If

19 . . . i£rxc3 then 20 l"lacl followed by 2 1 l"lc7.

20 �h4 .£if6 21 c4 h6 22 �g3 §ac8 23 Ac2 Ac6 24 �e3 b6 25 §a3 Aas 26 �f4 b5 27 §h3 bxc4 28 § xh6

A fine move which gives White a strong attack.

28 .. . §c5

If 28 . . . gxh6 then 29 i£rxf6 threatening 30 i£rxf7 + and Black would have had no valid defense.

29 §h3

29 . . . §cd5

The position is a very interesting one and we think that Black could have obtained the better game with the very fine move suggested by Mr. Greenwell, 29 . . . ,,Q,e4 ! . The white bishop is attacked and ifWhite takes the bishop Black has the answer 30 . . . l"l xe5.

30 �fl

B lack was threaten ing 30 . . . l"l x e 5 followed by, i f31 dxe5, 3 1 . . .l"l xdl + 32 ,,Q,xdl i£fel mate.

30 . . . �b6 31 §g3 § xd4 32 § xd4 �xd4 33 �xf6 �al+ 34 �e2 Af3+

Desperation, but Black has no resource.

35 gxf3 1-0

Mate in four moves was inevitable. A very interesting game equally creditable to both players and with plenty of chess in it.

(45) Euwe - Reti Old Indian Defense [A54]

1 d4 .£if6 2 c4 d6 3 .£ic3 e5 4 .£lf3

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London 1 922

This is better than 4 dxe5 dxe5 5 �xd8+ 33 l"1e4 �dl 34 l"1 xe5 wins also. 'it'xd8 6 4Jf3 4Jfd7! and White has no advantage . 33 .•. .§. xa2 34 �e3?

4 •.• exd4 5 4) xd4 Ae7 6 g3 4)c6 7 34 �c8 would have won easily.

'£) xc6 bxc6 S Ag2 Ab7 34 . . . �f5 35 .§.cl .§.b2 36 c5 �e6 37

8 . . . ia.d7 9 �a4 c5 10 �a6 wins a pawn. .§.c3

9 0-0 0-0 10 �c2 �d7 If 37 c6? then 3 7 . . . § xb3 38 �xb3? �xb3 39 c7 �b7+.

Better 1 0 . . . § b8 and c5 at once.

11 b3 .§.abs 12 Ab2 c5 13 e4 �g4 14 .§.adl �h5 15 4Jb5

Perhaps sti l l better 15 § fe l and 4Jd5.

15 . . . .§.bcS 16 .§.fel a6 17 e5

1 7 4J c 3 wou ld have avo i ded complication and secured White the better game, but the text move proves strong enough.

17 . . . jlxg2 1S Wxg2

Of course not 18 exf6 on account of 1 8 . . . ilf3 ! .

1S • . . 4)g4 19 h3 '£) xe5 20 Axe5 dxe5

If20 . . . axb5 , then 2 1 ia.xg7! .

2 1 .§.d7! Ads 22 4J a7 .§.aS 23 4)c6 Af6 24 4Je7+ Axe7 25 .§.xe7 f6 26 .§. xc7 .§.fcS 27 �e4 .§.xc7 2S �xaS+ Wf7 29 �d5+ Wg6

After 29 . . . 'it'e7?, 30 §dl wins.

30 �d6 .§.cS 31 �xa6 .§.dS 32 �c6 .§.d2 33 �xc5

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37 • • • �c6+ 3S �f3 e4 39 �e3 f5 40 h4 h6 41 .§.c4

Threatens 42 g4 ! .

4t . . . Wh7 42 g4

Now Black can force the draw. It is very difficult for White to find a winning continuation.

42 . • . �g6 43 c6 � xg4+ 44 �g3 �e2 45 c7

If 45 § c l , then 45 . . . e3 ! .

45 . . . .§.bl 46 Wh2 .§.fl 47 cs� .§.xf2+ 4S � xf2 � xf2+ Yz-Yz

Drawn by perpetual check.

London 1 922

(46) Marotti - Tartakower Dutch Defense [A83]

1 d4 f5 2 e4 f xe4 3 .£\c3 .£\f6 4 Ag5 g6 5 Axf6

This continuation i s not good for White. He should play for immediate attack by h4.

5 . . . exf6 6 .£\ xe4 d5 7 .£\g3 .£\c6 8 .£\f3 Ad6 9 Ab5 o-o 10 o-o f5 11 .£\e2 f4 12 �hl Ag4 13 .£\egl �f6 14 c3 g5

Black has established a strong attack.

15 �b3 Ae6 16 .§fel

But the command of the e-file gives White a l l sorts of good counterchances.

16 ... g4 17 .£\g5 �xg5 18 .§xe6 �f5 19 .§ael f3 20 Afll

Of course not 20 g3 as 20 . . . Jixg3 would then win.

20 .. . �hS 21 g3 �h5

Now 2 1 . . .Axg3 would not be good, as White would take with the h-pawn and interpose at h3 , after which the white king would be safe behind the black pawn.

22 �c2 .£\d8 23 §6e3 .£\f7 24 h4 .£\h6 25 itd3 .llxg3

It is not clear why Black exchanges his b i shop _for the knight He thought probably that his attack would win quickly, but that was a serious mistake as the sequel shows.

26 fxg3 f2 27 §fl fxgl �+ 28 .§xgl §f3 29 §e7 .£\f5 30 Axf5 .§xf5 31

§xc7 .§e8 32 .§xb7 .§f3 33 �d2 §fe3 34 .§g2 �f5 35 �h2 �e4 36 §f7

White brings rook back just in time.

36 ... §f3 37 §f2 § xf7 38 §xf7 �g6 39 �f2 �gs 4o .§f6 �d3 41 �fl �xfl

The only chance; he wins one pawn back and gets his rook among the white pawns .

42 §xfl §e2+ 43 �gl §xb2 44 §f2

Here 44 §f5 (or 44 §f4) would have yielded a draw, ifnot more.

44 . . . §bl + 45 �g2 §cl 46 .§b2

Very feeble. He should still play 46 §f5 .

4 6 . . . § xc3 47 .§bS+ �f7 48 §b7+ �g6 49 §xa7 §c2+ 50 �fl §d2 51 §a4 �f5 52 �el §g2 53 §a7 h6 54 §e7 §xg3

It is now merely a question of time. The passed g-pawn must win the rook.

55 .§e5+ �f4 56 § xd5 §f3 57 §d6 �g3 58 §xh6 �h2 59 �e2 §a3 60 §g6 g3 61 h5 g2 62 h6 gl � 63 §xgl

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London 1 922

� xgl 64 h7 §h3 65 hS� § xhS 66 �d3 �f2 67 d5 �f3 6S �c4 �e4 69 a4 §cS+ 70 �b5 � xd5 71 a5 §b8+ 72 �a6 �c6 73 �a7 §b7+ 74 �as §b5 75 a6 �b6 76 a7 §a5 0-1

(47) Znosko-Borovsky - Maroczy


1 e4 c5 2 4)f3 e6 3 4:'lc3 a6

The old defense of Paulsen comes again

into fashion.

4 d4 cxd4 5 4) xd4 �c7 6 Ad3

The bishop is better placed on e2 or g2.

6 . . . 4)f6 7 0-0 Ae7 S �e2 d6 9 Ae3 0-0 10 h3 4)bd7 11 f4

This move requires the most careful consideration in the Sic i l ian . When made at the wrong moment, the position is quickly ruined.

11 ... b5 12 �hl Ah7 13 Ad2 b4 14 lz)dl 4)c5 15 4)f2 d5

Black has obtained the initiative.

16 e5 4)fe4 17 Axe4 4) xe4 1S 4) xe4 dxe4 19 Ae3 Ad5 20 �g4 �hS 21 §fcl f5 22 �dl

B etter than 22 e x f6 , for with two bishops and open lines, Black would attain the superior game.

22 . . . §acS 23 c4 bxc3 24 §xc3 �b7 25 § xcS §xcS 26 �d2 h6 27 a3 a5 2S §cl E!, xcl+ 29 � xcl a4

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B lack 's position is superior. White 's extra pawn on the queenside is paralyzed and the attack with g5 decides the issue sooner or later.

30 �d2 �a6?

Very hurriedly played. First g6 ought

to have been played followed by @g7 and @f7.

31 4:'1 xf5! Ads 32 4:'1d6

Simpler was 32 "2ld4.

32 . . . Ae7 33 Ac5

A miscalculation. White falls into a trap.

33 ..• �fl+ 34 �h2 Ah4 35 �e3 g5 36 fxg5

This loses instantly White thought he could give check on f7 and saw too late

that the queen guards this . Better was 36 g3 but even so Black has a draw

with 36 . . . gxf4 37 �xf4 �xf4 38 gxf4 ile7! 39 "2lxe4 ilxe4 40 ilxe7 @g8 etc.

36 Axg5 37 �f2 Af4+ 3S g3 �xf2+ 39 A xf2 Ad2 40 �gl e3 41 4)b5 exf2+ 42 �xf2 Acl 43 4)c3 Ab3 0-1

London 1 922

(48) Watson - Morrison


1 d4 .!£)f6 2 .!£)f3 e6 3 e3 c5 4 .!£) bd2 .!£)c6 5 c3 Ae7 6 Ad3 d5 7 0-0 0-0 8 §el b6 9 'lf}/e2 Ab7 10 b3 §c8 1 1 Ab2 cxd4 12 exd4!

If 1 2 cxd4 then 1 2 . . . {Jb4 with an advantage for Black (13 ltbl lta6!, etc.) .

12 . . . .!£)d7 13 .!£)fl Af6 14 .!£)e3 g6 15 §adl §e8 16 .!£)g4 e5

A premature move. Preferable was 16 . . . ltg7.

17 dxe5 i£)cxe5 18 i£)fxe5 Axe5 19 'lf}/f3 Ag7

Black cannot play 19 . . . ltxc3 because of20 ltxg6.

20 Ab5 i£)e5 21 'lf}/g3 .!£)c6 22 §xe8+ 'lf}/xe8 23 f4 'lf}/e7 24 'lf}/f2 a6 25 Afl h5 26 i£)e3 .!£)b4

This sacrifice is not sound, but Black has a lost game anyhow. After 28 . . . ac6, White would simply win by 29 {JxdS.

Not a good move . Better would be 26 . . . 'i<l'cS or 26 . . . 'i<l'f6.

27 §el 'lf}/f6 28 Aal §xc3? 29 a3 'lf}/d6 30 .ilxc3 .ilxc3 3l axb4 'lf}/xb4 32 i£)c2 'lf}/x b3 33 §e8+ <$Jg7 34 §b8 Ac6

Black ought to resign here. The rest of the game requires no comment.

35 §xb6 Ab5 36 f5 'lf}/bl 37 fxg6 'lf}/ xfl + 38 'lf}/ xfl Jlxfl 39 <t; xfl a5 40 gxf7 <$}xf7 41 <$Je2 1-0

Round VII

(49) Maroczy - Capablanca

Four Knights Game [C66]

1 e4 e5 2 i£)f3 .!£)c6 3 i£)c3 .!£)f6 4 .ilb5 d6 5 d4 .ild7 6 0-0 Jle7

The position is now the same as in the s ixth game of the recent LaskerCapablanca match.

7 .ilxc6

But here Mr. Lasker played 7 § e 1 . The text move is the correct continuation for White, as it forces Black to retake with the bishop to avoid losing his e-pawn. 7 • • • Axc6 8 'lf}/d3

Black is now compelled either to give up the center by exd4 or defend his epawn.

8 . . • .!£)d7

In the 1 4th game referred to above, Mr. Capablanca played 8 . . . exd4 .

9 .ile3

If9 dS, then 9 . . . acs attacking the queen and making an escape for the bishop.

5 1

London 1 922

9 ... exd4 10 "'1,xd4 0-0 11 4Jd5 Jl,xd5 1 2 exd5 Jl,f6 13 §fel Jl, xd4 14 'li\'xd4 'li\'f6 15 §adl

15 . . . a6

Better than exchanging queens which would have brought the white knight in at d4, threatening to enter either at b5 or f5 .

16 'li\'xf6 4) xf6 17 c4 §fe8 18 §xe8+ §xe8 19 �fl �f8 20 b3 g6 21 4)d4 4)e4 22 4)e2 b5 Yz-Yz

The game was perfectly even and a draw was the legitimate result.

(50) Alekhine - Vidmar Queen's Gambit Declined [032]

1 d4 4)f6 2 4Jf3 d5 3 c4 e6 4 4Jc3 c5 5 cxd5 exd5 6 Ag5 Jl,e6 7 e4

The right continuation was here 7 Axf6 �xf6 8 e4 dxe4 9 Jlb5+ Ad7 1 0 "Zlxe4 (better than 10 Axd7+ "Zlxd7 1 1 "Zlxe4 on account of 1 1 . . . �a6! followed by Axd7+ and 0-0).

7 ... Jl,e7 8 Ab5+ 4Jc6 9 4Je5

Here White could have prevented his opponent from castling, but it would not

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have been any more advantageous, for instance 9 Jlxf6 Axf6 10 exd5 Axd5 1 1 �e2+ �f8 etc .

9 . . . §cS 10 'li\'a4 cxd4

Very well played!

11 'li\'xd4 0-0 12 Jl,xc6 bxc6 13 exd5 4) xd5 14 Jl,xe7 'li\' xe7 15 0-0 §fd8 16 §fel c5 17 4) xd5 § xd5

18 'li\'e3

White cou ld here fal l into a very interesting trap, as it seems White wins the exchange with 1 8 "Zlc6, but in fact he loses the game: 1 8 "2ic6 �d7 1 9 "Zle7+ �f8! and Black wins.

18 h6 19 h3 'li\'b7 20 h3 §eds Yz-Yz

(51) Rubinstein - Marotti


1 e4 c5 2 4Jf3 4)c6 3 d4 cxd4 4 4J xd4

g6

Better would be 4 . . . tzif6 here, in order to compel 5 "Zlc3 . After the text move, White has time for 5 c4.

5 c4 Jl,g7 6 Ae3 d6 7 4Jc3 4)f6 8 f3

London 1 922

Rub ins te in adopts the vanat10n proposed and supported by me, wherein Black is thrown entirely on the defensive.

8 . . . .'1,d7 9 �d2 4J xd4 l0 .'1,xd4 0-0 11 .'1,e2 4)e8 12 0-0 f5

This only weakens h is own king 's p o s i t i on , but B lack has scarce ly anything better.

13 exf5 gxf5 14 .§fel e5 15 .'1,f2 .'1.c6 16 .§adl .§f6 17 c5

Rubinste in exp lo i t s l og i ca l ly h i s advantage i n position .

17 ... .§g6 18 .'1.c4+ \t>hs 19 Af7 .§h6 20 f4 �e7 21 .'1.d5 e4 22 .'1,xc6 bxc6 23 cxd6 .§xd6 24 �e2 .§g6 25 �c4 4Jc7 26 .§d2 .§gS 27 g3 4Je8 28 4Jdl �h4 29 4Je3 �xf4 (D)

Now ensues an interesting finish where Rubinstein demonstrates his superior powers of combination.

30 �f7 Ah6 31 .§dS �e5 32 4J xf5 .§f6 33 4J xh6 .§fS 34 �xf8+ .§xf8 35 .'1.d4 1-0

(52) Bogoljubow - Wahltuch

Queen ·s Gambit Declined [037]

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 4Jf3 4Jf6 4 4Jc3 .'1.e7 5 Af4 0-0 6 e3 c6 7 Ad3 4Jbd7 8 0-0 dxc4 9 .'1,xc4 4Jd5 10 Ag3 b5 1 1 Ab3 4J7f6 12 �d3 �b6 13 e4 4J xc3 14 bxc3 c5

Black 's treatment of the opening was rather or ig ina l , but not ent ire ly satisfactory.

15 .'1,c2 c4 16 �e2 �a5 17 .'1,h4 g6

Of course, not 17 . . . '(;¥xc3 18 e5 and Axe 7 followed by '(;¥e4 would win for White.

1s �d2 �ds 19 .§fel \t>g7 20 Ag5 4Jg8 21 Axe7 �xe7 22 a4

The decisive move, which breaks up Black's queenside pawns. Black should have developed his queen's bishop earlier.

22 . . . Ad7 23 axb5 .'1,xb5 24 4Je5 .§fbS 25 f4 f6 26 4Jf3 .'1,e8 27 e5 f5

Now Black has three weak pawns: e6, c4 and a7, and that is too much .

28 .'1.a4 .§b7 29 .'1,xe8 .§xe8 30 .§a6 .§eb8 31 �a2 �c7 32 4Jg5

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London 1 922

I f 32 l"l x e 6 , 32 . . . l"l b 2 would be troublesome.

32 . . . �c8 33 ttl xe6+ <i!lh8 34 ttlc5 §b2 35 �xc4 �f8

Black is trying for an attack on the white king, but this scheme is doomed to failure.

This move saves everything, and Black

might now have given up a hopeless game.

38 . . . �d2 39 ttlc6 f4 40 §aal g5 41 �f3 ttlh6 42 §edl �c2 43 ttlb4 �f5 44 § xa7 g4 45 �d3 f3 46 gxf3 gxf3 47 �xf5 ttl xf5 48 §fl l£le3 49 §xf3 1-0

(53) Morrison - Riti


1 d4 ttlf6 2 ttlf3 g6 3 e3 Ag7 4 Ae2 0-0 5 0-0 b6 6 ttlbd2 Ab7 7 c4 d6 8 �c2

John Morrison

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More advisable would be 8 b3 followed by �b2 .

8 . . . ttlbd7 9 b3 e5 10 Ab2 �e7 1 1 d5 a5

To prevent 13 b4 after 1 2 . . . <tlc5 .

12 h3 ttlc5 13 §ael Ac8

Black i s quite right in posting the

b i shop on the k i n g s i d e , as the queenside is blocked.

14 ttlh2 Af5 15 �c3 ttlfe4 16 ttl xe4 ttl xe4 17 �cl g5

This attack would not succeed against a careful defense.

18 f4 gxf4 19 exf 4 ttlg3 20 §f3 �h4 21 ttlfl ttlxfl 22 Axfl Ah6 23 �c3f6

23 . . . �xf4 would be a mistake, because of 24 g3 followed by 25 l"l xf4, but the text move is also weak.

24 g3 �h5 25 g4 �g6 26 f xe5 f xe5 27 § xf5!

A simple way to win a piece.

27 ... § xf5 28 Ad3 §af8 29 �c2 Ae3+

London 1 922

Desperation, Black having no other resource.

30 <;fihl?

By this move, White throws away a dead won game. After 30 El xe3 Elfl + 31 'it'g2, Black must give two rooks for the queen, leaving Whi te a c lear advantage of material.

30 ... §.fl+ 31 §.xfl E!. xfl+ 32 <;fig2 §.gl + 33 'iflf3 �h6 34 ,ilxh7+ <;fih8 35 �e4 �xh3+ 36 <;fie2 §.g2+ 0-1

(54) Tartakower - Watson

Caro-Kann Defense [B 1 2]

l e4c6 2 d4d5 3 e5 .ilf5 4 .ild3 .ilxd3 5 �xd3 e6 6 �e2 �d7 7 0-0 �b6 8 f4 g6 9 <;fihl h5

Obviously Black intends playing his knight to f5 , and this move is made to prevent White 's g4 .

10 b3 �h6 11 c4 Ae7 12 �bc3 �a6 13 a4 �b6 14 a5 dxc4 15 bxc4 §.d8

If 1 5 . . . �xc4? 16 �bl and White wins the pawn back with a superior game.

16 §.dl �a8 17 Aa3 �g4

The black queen is in a precarious position, but this excursion makes matters worse. Perhaps 17 . . . c5 at once was better.

18 �e4 c5 19 h3 (D)

19 . . . �c6

Black has no other resource, for if the knight retires, then fol lows 20 ilxc5 with an easily won game .

20 hxg4 hxg4+ 21 <;flgl �c7 22 ,"1.xc5 f5 23 exf6 ,ilxc5 24 � xc5 ®f7 25 �e4 E!.h4 26 �xc6 bxc6 27 E!.abl <;fixf6 28 E!.b7 E!.c8 29 �e4+ 1-0

(55) Yates -Atkins


1 e4 c5 2 �f3 �f6 3 �c3 e6 4 d4 cxd4 5 � xd4 ,ilb4 6 .ild3 �c6 7 � xc6 dxc6

Black should have recaptured with the b-pawn in order to strengthen h i s center.

8 e5 �d7 9 �g4 �a5 10 0-0 ,ilxc3 11 bxc3 �xe5 12 Aa3

12 . . . c5 13 E!.abl 0-0 14 E!.fel �c7 15 E!.e3 f5 16 �h4 e5 17 �e7 e4 18 Ac4+ <;fih8 19 E!,dl �c6

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London 1 922

T h i s l o s e s at o n c e . O ffer ing the exchange of queens by 1 9 . . . '@¥d8 might have enabled him to hold out longer, bu t h e had probab ly a los t game

whatever was done.

20 .§d6 �a4 21 .§g3 1-0

This wins a piece and consequently the game, but, as Mr. A. West points out,

21 § g6 finishes the game immediately

as well as pretti ly.

(56) Znosko-Borovsky - Euwe


1 e4 c5 2 .£lf3 .£ic6 3 d4 cxd4 4 .£! xd4 .£lf6 5 .£lc3 d6 6 Ae2 e6

Black wins an important tempo in a

rather original way; omitting the usual a6, he provokes <tlb5 This is of no use as the queen simply retreats to b8 and the knight sooner or later has to go back.

7 o-o Ae7 s �hl o-o 9 Ae3 Ad7 10 f4 �c7 1 1 Af3

Better 1 1 '@¥d2, forcing Black to play 1 1 . . . a6, as he cannot allow <tldb5 and

§ adl . 1 1 <tldb5 at once is useless, Black simply playing 1 1 . . .'@¥b8 and 1 2 . . . a6.

11 ... .§acS 12 .£jdb5

A weak move, for it leads to no result. 12 <tlcb5 would have been useless as wel l because after 1 2 . . . '@¥b8 White cannot win a pawn by 13 <tlxc6 bxc6 14 <tlxa7 on account of 14 . . . § c7 by which

Black wins a piece. Probably White should try and get up an attack against B lack's kingside by g4.

12 . . . �bS

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13 e5

T h i s l o s e s a pawn wi thout any compensation.

13 .. . dxe5 14 fxe5

If 14 .llxc6 bxc6 15 <tlxa7 § c7 16 fxe5 <tld5 , winning a piece.

14 ... � xe5 15 .§el

There is nothing better. White cannot win back the pawn by 1 5 .llxa7 or 1 5 .llxc6 because i n either case he would

lose a piece.

15 ... �bS 16 �d2

Threatening 17 .llf4.

16 ... .§fdS! 17 Af4 e5 18 Ag3

If 18 .llxc6? .llxc6 19 .llxe5 § xd2 20 .llxb8 .llxg2+ 2 1 'it'gl .llc5+ and mate .

18 . . . a6 19 .£ia3 Ag4 20 �e3 Axf3 2l gxf3

If 2 1 '@¥xf3 .llxa3 22 bxa3 <tld4! 23 '@¥d3 '@¥c7 etc.

21 Axa3 22 bxa3 �d6

London 1 922

22 . . . 4:lh5 would have been very strong. Black exchanges the bishop and after 4:ld4 White 's position is hopeless.

23 Ah4

23 .. . §eS?

23 . . . 4Jd4 would have won, e.g., 24 4:le4 4:lxe4 25 ilxd8 4:lxc2 26 �xe4 4:lxal etc.

24 E!gl 4)e7

After 24 . . . 4:ld4, White wins by 2 5 .8 xg7+.

25 E!adl �c6 26 .\lxf6 �xf6 27 4)e4 �c6

If27 . . . �h4? 28 4:ld6 .8 xc2 29 �xe5! and wins.

28 4)d6

This threatens 35 �xf7.

34 . . . 4)e7 35 E!gl

If 35 '&xf7, then 35 . . . .8 xc2.

35 . . . �f6 36 � x b7 E!c6 37 �b3 e4 38 �e3!

If 38 fxe4, 38 . . . .8 c3 ! .

38 . • . §e6 39 fxe4 �h4 40 e5 �h5 41 �e4+ g6 42 �f4 <i!ig7

43 E!fl

Inferior is 43 .8 xe7 .8 xe7 44 �f6+ �g8! 45 �xe7 �f3+, drawn.

43 4)f5 44 §el �h3

Other moves are not better.

45 E!d3 �h5 46 c4 E!e7 47 c5 E!b7 28 .8d6 looks rather inviting, but would 48 e6 4)h4 49 e7 �e2! have been unsound because of 2 8 . . . �xc2 ! 2 9 4Jf6+ �f8 3 0 �h6 4Jg6! . Black's last trump !

28 • • . 4)g6 29 4) xe8 �xe8 30 �b6 50 �d4+ 1-0 �e7 31 E!d2 h6 32 E!gdl <i!(h7 33 E!d7 �h4 34 �b3 After 50 . . . �h7, White wins by 51 .8 xe2.

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Round VIII

(57) Capablanca - Tartakower


1 d4 4)f6 2 4)f3 d5 3 c4 e6 4 4)c3 .\le7 5 Ag5 0-0 6 e3 h6

A new departure . The usual move is 6 . . . 4Jbd7.

7 Ah4 b6 8 cxd5 exd5 9 t:Yb3 .Q.e6 10 §dl c6 11 t}tc2 4)e4 12 .\l xe7 t}txe7 13 4) xe4 dxe4 14 t}txe4 t}tb4+ 15 4)d2 t:Yxb2 16 Ad3

The game now becomes very interesting. Instead of his usual waiting game, Mr. Capablanca plays for the attack, makes no attempt to defend his

queenside and risks everything on the success of his attack on the kingside.

16 . . . g6 17 t}tf4 'it>g7 18 h4 4)d7 19 4)e4 t}txa2 20 h5 g5

The advance of this pawn was forced

as White threatened 21 hxg6 followed by 22 �xh6+.

21 t}tg3

Not 2 1 4::i x g 5 at once , because of 2 1 . . .�a5+ followed by 22 . . . �xg5 .

21. . . t}ta5+

This improves White 's pos ition and brings his rook into cooperation. It would have been better to hold the check with the queen in reserve and

p lay the purely defensive move of 2 1 . . .f6 . It is evident that if B lack could succeed in holding off the attack on his

5 8

kingside, h e would win with his two passed pawns on the queenside.

22 'it>e2 f5

By this advance B lack shuts off his queen from the defense of his g-pawn and invites the sacrifice that follows; but in consequence of his last move, his game had become very difficult.

23 4) xg5 hxg5 24 t}txg5+ 'it>f7 25 h6

Threaten ing to w i n by 26 �g7+ followed by 27 h7.

25 . . . §gS 26 t'.Yh5+ 'it>e7 27 h7 §xg2

Threatening 28 . . . l"l h8 . White would have at least a draw, e.g. , 28 �g5 + ®d6 (not 28 . . . ®e8 29 �g7 winning the rook, or 28 . . . 4Jf6 29 l"l h6 l"laf8 30 �g7+ and

wins) ..29 �f4+ ®e7 (29 . . . ®d5 30 e4+ with a winning attack) 30 �g5 + and a draw by perpetual check.

28 'it>fl

Not 28 h8� because of 28 . . . �a2+ 29 l"l d2 l"l xf2+ .

29 . . . t}td5 29 hSt}t § x h8 30 t}txhS t'.Yf3 31 §d2 .\ld5 32 'it>ell §gs 33 t}th4+ 'it>d6 34 §fl Ae6 35 §c2 a5

Although Black has now only one pawn to compensate for the lo s s of the exchange, his two passed pawns on the queens ide are dangerous and h i s opponent has to play with great care .

36 �h2+ rt!]e7 37 .Q.e2 �e4 38 rt!]d2 cS 39 .Q.d3 �g'2 40 �h4+ �g5 41 �xg5+ §xgS 42 §bl f4 Y,-Y,

A fine move and probably the only one

to draw, for if 43 exf4, then 43 . . . §dS regaining the pawn with a good game.

(58) Bogoljubow - Alekhine Queen's Gambit Declined

[Notes by A. Selesnieff] [D 1 8]

1 d4 dS 2 c4 c6 3 .!tif3 .!tif6 4 .!tic3 dxc4 S a4

The usual move here is 5 e3. While the

text move ensures the regaining of the gambit pawn, it creates a hole at b3 which may be utilized by the black

pieces.

s ... .Q.f5 6 e3 e6 7 .Q.xc4 .Q.b4 8 0-0 0-0 9 .!tie2

Instead of these very e l aborate

maneuvers, the continuations 9 �e2, 9 �b3 or 9 <DeS might be consid�red.

9 ... .tzibd7 10 .!tig3. .Q.g6 11 l£l . 4 cs

Black, already better developed, at once

attacks in the center.

12 f 4

Alexander Alekhine

diagonals, and in spite of apparently

faul t l e s s p l ay by h i s opponent ,

maintains equality - another of the

innumerable examples that White as

such can permit himself many things

without necessarily losing the game.

12 . . . .tzib6 13 Aa2 cxd4 14 exd4 l£lfd5 1 5 l£\f3 §c8 16 l£\e5 Ac2 17 �f3 f5

This w e akens the e 6 - s quare , but

appears to be necessary, since fS was

threatened.

18 a5

By immediately abandoning this pawn,

which moreover could not be held,

More logical and economical would be '"'

White gains time . 1 2 <Dxg6. Subsequently White plays

very ingeniously, for although he creates further weak points ( d4 and d5)

in compensation he s ecures strong

18 ... .Q. x aS 19 �e2 .Q.b4 20 l£\c4 l£\ xc4 21 Axc4 �b6 22 rt!]hl .Q.e4 23 .!ti xe4 f xe4 24 .Q.a2 �a6

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London I c;_:: _::

After 24 . . . 'i!Yxd4, White would regain his material by 25 §dl. The text move looks forc ing , s i nce B lack compels the exchange of queens with a pawn to the good, yet it should not have led to a

win. It is however hard to-find anything better.

25 �xa6 bxa6 26 f5 .§ce8 27 Ag5 e3

Upon this strong passed pawn, which

threatens to win the exchange, Black

bui lds h i s hopes and h i s opponent

justifies them.

28 ,ilc4

This defensive move is wrong. White

should continue 28 fxe6! and then he

could not lose, e .g. , 28 . . . § xfl + 29 § xfl e2 30 §al ! §f8 (if30 . . . el'i!Y+ then 31 §xel

.flxel 32 .flxd5 with an even position) 31

©gl ms 32 ilh4 ©f8 33 ilc4 1£lf4 34

ilel (threatening ild2 ifthe black bishop

moves) 34 . . . 1£lh3+ 35 gxh3 §fl + 36 ©g2

.flxel 37 .flxa6 ©e7 38 d5 etc., and White

has the better game

28 •.. 4)b6 29 .ile2 exf5 30 El.xa6 El.cs 31 El.aal h6 32 .ilf4 g5 33 .ile5 El.c2 34 El, xa7 El.f7 35 El, x f7 'i!Jxf7 36 El,xf5+ 'iJ]g8

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BetkT \\ ould be 36 . . . ©e7 so as to get

the k i n g i n r o the center.

3., lldl e2

The las t and decis ive mistake which at

once g i \ es the \V in away. With 37 . . . §cl !

38 '": fl ""': x d l 39 :"" xdl e2 , Black could

ha\ e \\ on eas i ly . After the text move he

c e rt a i n l y ga i n s a piece, but not the

game. s ince too few pawns are left on

the board to lead to a decision.

38 ,ilxe2 El. xe2 39 h4 g4 40 El.f6 4Jd7 41 El.g6+ 'i!Jf7 42 El.g7+ 'iJ]e6 43 El,xg4 .ild2 44 Wh2 Wf5 45 El.gs 4J xe5 46 dxe5 Af4+ 47 Wh3 El.e3+ 48 g3 A xe5 49 b4 El.b3 50 El.g4 ,ild6 51 El.gs El.xb4 52 El.dB El.d4

The resulting endgame of king, rook and two pa\\ ns \ ersus king, rook, bishop a n d pawn is only a draw. After the exchange of the rooks, Black cannot stalemate the white king and compel him to p lay g-c1. \\·h ich, with the black pawn on h 5 . would lose for White . But without the exchange of rooks, it is not possible suc c e s s fu l ly to att ack the g3-square and so the game is drawn.

53 Wg2 El.d3 54 El.gs .ile5 55 Wf2 El.a3 56 Wg2 El.b3 57 wr2 .ild4+ 58 Wg2 .ile5 59 wr2 El.c3 60 Wg2 .ild6 61 Wf2 El.c2+ 62 Wf3 El.c3+ 63 'iJ]g2 El.d3 64 'i!Jf2 .ilc5+ 65 Wg2 El.dz+ 66 'i!Jh3 .ild6 67 .§g7 'i!Je4 68 Wg4 El.d3 69 Wh5 ,ilxg3 70 'i!Jxh6 .ilf4+ [The rest of the game score is not available; the game continued unti l move 1 20

when a draw was agreed.] Yz-Yz

(59) Vidmar - Reti

Queen Pawn's Game [DOS]

London 1 922

1 d4 4)f6 2 .£if3 e6 3 e3 c5 4 .£! bd2 4)c6 5 c3 d5 6 Jld3 Jld6 7 0-0 0-0 8 h3

8 e4 immediately must be taken into account here. Mr. Vidmar would then be playing Chigorin 's Defense with a tempo ahead.

8 . . . 'l!Je7 9 'l!Je2 e5 10 dxc5 Jlxc5 11 e4 Jle6

The best; 1 1 . . .<£lh5 seems very strong here, but it is incorrect, because White can with 1 2 exd5 i£lg3 13 t'tel <£lxfl 1 4 <£lxfl <£ld8 1 5 �xe5, etc . , sacrifice the exchange to advantage.

12 exd5 Jlxd5 13 4)e4 4) xe4 14 Jlxe4 Jlxe4 15 'l!Jxe4 'l!Je6 Yz-Yz

(60) Znosko-Borovsky - Rubinstein Sicilian Defense [B84]

1 e4 c5 2 .£if3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 .£! xd4 4)f6 5 .£lc3 d6 6 Jle2 a6 7 0-0 .£! bd7 8 f4 b5 9 Jlf3 Jlb7 10 e5

This attack is premature and leads to nothing. White should first complete his development.

10 ... Jlxf3 11 .£! xf3 b4 12 4)a4 dxe5 13 fxe5 .£id5 14 �hl Jle7 15 Jld2 0-0 16 c4 bxc3 17 4) xc3 4) xc3 18 Jlxc3 4)b6 19 .§cl 'l!Jxdl 20 .§fxdl .£id5 21 Jld4 .§fc8 22 �gl h5 23 g3 g5 24 4)d2 .£! b4 25 a3 .§ xcl 26 .§ xcl .§d8 27 .£ib3 .£ld3 28 .§c7 Jlf8 29 .§c6 a5 30 Jlb6 .§b8 31 .§c3 .§ xb6 32 .§ xd3 a4 33 4)d2 .§x b2

Black has played the endgame, which was not at all favorable for him, very well indeed and has obtained good chances, but owing to the scant material left it is ofno avai l .

34 4)e4 Jle7 35 .§d4 .§b5 36 .§xa4 .§xe5 37 �2 f5 38 4)d2 .§b5 39 .£if3 .§b2+ 40 �el Jlf6 41 h4 g4 42 4)gl �f7 43 4)e2 e5 44 .§a7+ Jle7 45 .£ic3 �e6 46 .§a6+ Jld6 47 a4 �d7 48 .£ld5 Jlc5 49 4)f6+ �c7 50 .£! xh5 Jlf2+ 51 �fl Jle3 52 .§g6

White also plays well and frustrates all designs of his wily opponent.

52 ... �b7 53 .£ig7 f4 54 gxf4 exf 4 55 4)f 5

This excellent move forces the draw.

55 . . . Jlc5 56 .§xg4 f3 57 .§e4 .§f2+ 58 �el .§g2 59 4)d4 .§g3 60 �f2 .§h3 61 .§f4 Yz-Yz

(61) Maroczy - Yates


1 e4 e5 2 .£if3 4)c6 3 .£ic3 4)f6 4 Ab5 Jlb4 5 0-0 0-0 6 d3 d6 7 Jlg5 4)e7 8 Jlc4 c6 9 4)h4 d 5 10 Jlb3 'l!Jd6

By this move B lack preserves h i s bishops and prevents h i s kingside being broken up. Besides, he had a line of play in mind - see next note.

11 'l!Jf3 Jlg4 12 'l!Jg3 d4

6 1

London 1 922

Black had foreseen this continuation, After the exchange of the rook, White but it is not quite correct. is a little better off; the passed b-pawn

is stronger than the black a-pawn.

13 Axf6 'ifJtxf6 14 'ifJtxg4

Better would have been first 14 4Jd5 ! , for instance, 1 4 . . . cxd5 15 'l1l'xg4 dxe4 16 dxe4 Ad6 17 g3 and White is more free. After the move in the text Black gets the advantage.

14 ... dxc3 15 bxc3 Axc3 16 §adl

A loss of time. 16 l."l.abl was the right move.

16 . . . a5 17 a4 b5 18 4Jf3 4)g6 19 g3 §ab8 20 §bl §b7 21 �g2 §fb8 22 Aa2 h6 23 4Jgl �h7 24 4)e2 AM 25 axb5 cxb5 26 f4 §c7 27 c4 §d8 28 §bdl §cd7 29 cxb5

The only possibil ity; the white passed pawn becomes an important factor.

29 . . . § xd3 30 §xd3 §xd3 31 f5 4)f8 32 4)cl §d2+ 33 �h3 �g8 34 §dl

White defended himself very cleverly in a difficult position, but the position is stil l full of dangers .

34 . . . 4)h7

34 . . . l."l.f2 looked dangerous, but White had the following saving maneuver: 35 �h4 4Jh7 36 l."l. d8+ Af8 37 �xf6 gxf6 38 ®g4 ! ( the on ly move ; 4Jg5 + threatened and mate in three moves) 38 . . . l."l. xh2 39 ®f3 4Jg5+ 40 ®e3 l."l. c2 4 1 b6! and wins.

35 § xd2 Axd2

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36 4Jb3 AM 37 'ifJte2 'iiJtd6 38 �g2 'ifJtc7 39 4)al 'ifJtcl 40 4)c2 Ac5 41 4)el 4)f6 42 4)d3

Much better than 42 4Jf3 . The knight was very active in this game and is now in time to secure the position.

42 ... 'ifJtgl + 43 �h3 Ad4 44 b6! (D)

44 . . . 4)d7

After 44 . . . Axb6, Black loses two pawns.

45 b7 Aa7 46 4)el 'ifJtc5 47 'iiJta6 Ab8

Black overlooks the threat, but after 47 . . . 4Jb8 follows 48 �xf7+ ®xf7 49 �e6+ ®f8 50 4Jf3 �e7 51 �c8+ ®f7 52 4Jh4 etc . Now fo l lows a very interesting skirmish.

48 Axf7+ �f8 49 Ae6 4J b6 50 4Jf3 a4 51 'ifJtd3 �e7 52 4)h4! 'iiJtd6

If 52 . . . ®f6, then 53 4Jg6 followed by 54 �d8+ threatens mate.

L_m1don 1 922

53 �g6+ ®dB

If 53 . . . 'it'f6, 54 �e2 followed by �hS wms.

54 � xe5 'l'itxd3 55 � xd3

White has now two pawns and the black king out of the game. Winning now only needs exact reckoning.

55 .. . ®c7 56 �c5 ®c6 57 �a6 ®x b7 5B � x bB lit> x b8 59 <it>g4 ®c7 60 ®h5 �d7 61 ®g6 a3 62 ®xg7 ®d6 63 ®xh6 �f6 64 ®g6 ®e5 65 h4 � xe4 66 h5 1-0

(62) Euwe - Marotti

Dutch Defense [ A83]

1 d4 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 �c3 �f6 4 Ag5 g6 5 h4

This move (an invention of Alekhine) gives White a strong attack for the pawn.

5 . . . h6

Certainly not the best defense. White can win the pawn back and Black's kingside is badly damaged.

6 Axf6 exf6 7 'l'itg4? ®f7 B h5 g5 9 Ac4+ ®g7

If9 . . . d5 then 1 0 iixdS+ �xdS 1 1 �xc8.

10 'l'itf5 'l'iteS 11 �d5 'l'itf7 12 �e3 (D)

12 . . . d5?

Black avails himself of the opportunity to give back the pawn in order to stop

the "attack." In reality there is no attack at all. After 1 2 . . . �e8, the best White can probably do is to draw by repetition of moves ( 1 3 4:Jd5) . White could not play 1 2 4:Jxc7 on account of 1 2 . . . dS, winning a piece.

13 Jl,xd5 Jl,xf5 14 � xf5+ <it'gS 15 Jlxf7+ ®xf7 16 0-0-0 ®e6

White has a won game now, the black pawn on e4 being weak.

17 g4 �a6 1B �e2 E!.eS 19 �c3 ®d7 20 a3 c6 21 E!.hel E!.h7 22 � xe4 E!.f7 23 �c5+1 ®dB 24 E!.xeB+ ®xeB 25 El.el+ ®dB 26 �e6+ ®cB 27 � xfB E!,xfB 2B � xh6 �c7 29 �f5 �d5 30 c4 �f4 31 ®d2 El.dB 32 E!.e7 a5 33 c5 E!.d5 34 E!.f7 E!. xf5 35 gxf5 � xh5 36 d5 cxd5 37 b4 axb4 3B axb4 g4 39 E!.h7 �f4 40 E!.h6 �h3 41 ®e3 d4+ 42 ®xd4 � xf2 43 E!,xf6 1-0

(63) Wahltuch - Morrison

Queen Pawn's Game [D05]

1 d4 �f6 2 �f3 e6 3 � bd2 c5 4 e3 �c6 5 c3 d5 6 Ad3 .Q.d6 7 'l'ite2 0-0 B 0-0 e5 9 dxc5 .Q.xc5 10 e4 Ag4 11 h3 Ah5 12 �b3 dxe4 13 Axe4 � xe4 14 'l'itxe4 .Q.g6 15 'l'itg4 Ad6

63

London 1 922

Black has obtained a very good game. 15 . . . .ilb6 was perhaps better. Compare with Game 59 up to move 1 1 .

16 J1.g5 f6 l 7 §adl tfie7 18 Act e4 19 l£)h4 l£)e5 20 l£)xg6 l£) xg6 21 l£)d4 tfie5 22 g3 Ac5

Here we think that 22 .. .f5 and 23 . . .f4 would have given B lack a winning attack. After the text, the e-pawn is detached and the white knight has a strong position at f5 .

23 l£)f5 §f7 24 §fel §eS 25 h4 tfjbS

A strange move, which gives up a pawn at once. 25 . . . �fS might have been tried. 26 §xe4 .!£)e5 27 §xe5 tflxe5 28 .!£)h6+ 'i£;>f8 29 .!£) xf7 'i£;>xf7 30 Af 4 h5

The move 30 . . . �e2? would lose the queen, viz, 31 § d7+! and if the queen moved anywhere else, �h5+ would have won.

31 tfif3 tfie2 32 tfixb7+ 'i£;>g6 33 §fl §d8 34 Ae3 Axe3 35 tfle4+ f5 36 tflxe3 tflxe3 37 fxe3 §d3 38 'i£;>f2

We should have preferred 38 �g2 and §f2 . The two passed pawns would then have won easily, whereas White has great difficulties in the actual continuation.

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38 .. . §d2+ 39 'it>f3 §x b2 40 §f2 §bl 41 §d2 §b6 42 c4 §c6 43 §c2 @f6 44 'i£;>f4 §e6 45 c5 §e4+ 46 'it>f3 'i£;le7 47 c6 'i£;>d8 48 §c5 g6 49 c7+ 'i£;>c8 50 §c6 §g4 51 §a6 'i£;> xc7 52 § x a7+ 'i£;>c6 53 a3 'it>d5

We fail to see how White could have won if Black had kept his king on the queenside.

54 §g7 'i£;>e6 55 a4 'it>f6 56 §a7 g5 57 hxg5+ §xg5 58 a5 §g8 59 a6 'i£;>g6 60 §b7 §a8 61 a7 'it>g5 62 'i£;>f2 @f6 63 §b6+ @g5 64 §a6h465gxh4+ 'i£;>xh4 66 'it>f 3 'i£;lg5 67 §al 'it>f 6 68 'i£;>f 4 'i£;>g6 69 §a6+ @f7 70 'i£;>xf5 'it>e7 71 e4 @f7 72 e5 'i£;le7 73 'i£;>g6 @d7 74 'it>f7 'i£;lc7 75 e6 @b7 76 §a4 1-0

(64) Atkins - Watson Queen 's Indian Defense [E l 2]

1 d4 l£)f6 2 l£)f3 e6 3 c4 b6 4 l£)c3 Ab7 5 Ag5 Ae7 6 e3 0-0 7 Jl.d3 c5 8 0-0 d5 9 cxd5 l£) xd5 10 A xe7 tflxe7 11 l£) xd5 exd5 12 dxc5 bxc5

These hanging pawns become the center of attack.

13 §cl l£)d7 14 tfie2 a5 15 tfic2 g6 16 Ae2 §fc8 17 Ab5 l£'if6 18 Ae2 l£)e4 19 §fel c4 20 l£)d4 a4 21 .!£) b5 tflb4 22 l£)d4

,

London 1 922

White has played without any settled plan and Black now has the initiative as well as the superior position.

22 ... E!,abS 23 f3 .£)d6 24 'it1f2 Aa6 25 El.bl �a5 26 �c3 �b6 27 E!.edl E!.c7 2S �a3 Ah7 29 �c3 El.es 30 El.el AcS 31 Adl Ad7 32 E!.e2 -tlb7 33 Ac2 .£)c5 34 E!.dl E!.b7 35 Ahl E!.ebS 36 'it1fl �c7 37 'it1gl E!.b6 3S E!.ed2 E!.aS 39 �a3 Ae6 40 El.el .£)a6

There is no necessity to surrender the pawn.

The best. Not so good is 13 . . . l"ld8 on account of 14 �e2 and White maintains his advantage.

14 Aa6 A xa6 15 �xa6 cxd4 16 .£) xd4 .£lc5 17 �b5 Yz-Yz

The white position is sti l l a l ittle better, but that is not enough to win against Capablanca.

(66) Bogoljubow - Znosko-Borovsky Queen's Gambit Declined [D37]

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 -tlf3 .£)f6 4 -tlc3 41 �xa4 �b7 42 b3 Ae7 5 Af4

A sp lend id spec imen of "chess Inferior to either 5 ilg5 or 5 e3. blindness ."

42 .. . .£)c7 0-l

Round IX

(65) Alekhine - Capablanca


1 d4 d5 2 -tlf3 .£)f6 3 c4 e6 4 -tlc3 .£)bd7 5 Ag5 Ae7 6 e3 0-0 7 El.cl c6 S �c2 dxc4 9 Axc4 .£ld5 10 Axe7 �xe7 1 1 0-0 .£) xc3 12 �xc3 b6 13 �d3

13 . . . c5

5 ... 0-0 6 e3 dxc4

It i s not adv i sab le to make th i s exchange, especially before White has moved his king's bishop .

7 ,,\lxc4 a6 S a4 c5 9 0-0 .£)bd7 10 h3

To provide a retreat for his bishop in case Black should play itih5 .

10 . . . .£)b6 11 Aa2 .£lhd5 12 Ah2 .£} xc3 13 bxc3 b5 14 .£}e5 Ah7 15 �el

Probably with the object of developing his queen on the kingside after playing f4.

15 . . . bxa4 16 f4 E!,cS 17 f5 exf5 lS El. xf5 cxd4 19 exd4 .£}d5 20 Ac4 a3

Black is now a pawn ahead and his pieces are in much better play than his opponent 's .

21 El.bl Aas 22 A xa6 .£} xc3 23 ,,\lxcS � x d4+ 24 ®hl .£} xbl 25 �xbl E!, xcS 26 .£} xf7 (D)

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London 1 922

26 . . . t\'d2 27 .t)h6+

Desperation, but he has no reserve . If 27 �gl then 27 . . . l"lcl 28 l"lfl �xg2+29 �xg2 fl xfl + 30 Jlgl Jlxg2+ 31 ®xg2 l"lxgl + 32 ®xgl ®xf7 and wins.

27 . . . t\'xh6 0-1

Not 27 . . . gxh6 because of 28 �b3+ . A well played game by Znosko-Borovsky, but Bogoljubow's play was not up to his usual standard.

(67) Tartakower - Atkins

Two Knights Defense [C55]

1 e4 e5 2 .t)f3 .t)c6 3 Ac4 .t)f6 4 .t)c3

An alternative and perhaps preferable continuation for White is 4 d3, bringing about the regular form of the Giuco Piano.

4 . . . .t) xe4 5 .t) xe4 d5 6 Ad3 dxe4 7 .{,txe4 .{ld6 8 d4

8 .ilxc6+, doubling the c-pawns, would not have been good for White, as his opponent's two bishops would have been too powerful.

8 ... -t) xd4 9 .t) xd4 exd4 10 t\'xd4 0-0

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B l ac l\: has now the advantage in

development, a s White cannot castle

at once because of .ilxh2+, winning the

queen.

11 Ae3 t\'e7 12 0-0-0

There is generally an element of danger

in castling on the queenside, as the king

is there more exposed to attack than

after castl ing on the kingside.

12 . . . .§e8 13 Ad5 Ae5 14 t\'a4 c6 15 Af3

Both B lack 's bishops are now bearing

on the white king 's entrenchment,

whereas White ' s b i shops are

threatening nothing.

15 ... .{le6 16 @bl a5

The storming of the enemy's position

commences with the move.

17 .{ld4 .{ld6 18 .{lb6 .{lb4 19 c3 .§a6 20 Ae3 Af5+ 21 @al b5 22 t\'b3 .{ld6 23 a4 .§b8

All Black's pieces are now well posted

for the attack.

24 .§d2 Ae6 25 t\'dl Ae5 26 .{ld4 .{lf4 27 Ae3 Axe3 28 fxe3 b4 29 cxb4 .§ab6

Better than recapturing the pawn at

once .

30 .§d6 (D)

30 . . . .§xb4 31 .{lxc6 .§ xb2 32 Ab5 .§a2+ 33 @bl .§xa4 34 @c2 .§a2+

London 1 922

35 �c3 §cS+ 36 .\lc6 § x c6+ 37 §xc6 �b4+ 3S �d3 �b5+ 39 �d4 �xc6 40 �e5 �c5+ 41 �f4 �f5+ 42 �g3 �f2 # 0-1

A very fine game played by Atkins in his best style.

(68) Rubinstein - Vidmar Queen's Gambit Declined [D55]

1 d4 d5 2 4)f3 4)f6 3 c4 e6 4 4)c3 .\le7 5 Ag5 0-0 6 e3 4)e4

Vidmar attempts a novelty, and hopes to be able to justify this defense by sacrificing a pawn.

7 .\lxe7 �xe7 S cxd5 4) xc3 9 bxc3 exd5 10 �b3 .lle6

The pawn sacrifice is shown to be incorrect, but here Black could obtain quite a good game by 10 . . . l"\dS! l 1 .c4 flc6! . Our suggested defense appears to obviate all dangers for the second player in the Queen's Gambit.

11 �xb7 4)d7 12 �b4! �f6 1 2 . . . c5 had to be considered; to this White could reply 13 �a3 .

13 Ae2 §abs 14 �a3 §b6 15 o-o Af5 16 c4! dxc4 17 .\l xc4 Ae4 1S

4)d2 Ah7 19 §abl �h4 20 § x b6

4) xb6 21 .\la6 .lld5 (D)

22 e4!

Decisive. In masterly fashion, White makes his material advantage tell .

22 ... �f4 23 �e3 �xe3 24fxe3 .\lxa2

This loses a piece, but the game could no longer be saved .

25 d5 §eS 26 §al .\l xd5 27 exd5 4) xd5 2S .llb5 §xe3 29 § xa7 g6 30 Ac6 4)b4 31 §xc7 §el+ 32 �f2 4)d3+ 33 �g3 §cl 34 §d7! 4)e5 35 §dS+ �g7 36 .llf3 §c3 37 4)e4 §a3 3S §d5 .!£) xf3 39 gxf3 f5?

This makes the win easier for White; Black could safely resign here.

40 §d7+ �fS 41 4)g5 h6 42 4)e6+ �es 43 §h7 §e3 44 4)d4 §d3 45 4)e2 g5 46 §xh6 1-0

(69) Maroczy - Euwe

Four Knights ' Game [C48]

1 e4 e5 2 4)f3 4)c6 3 4)c3 4)f6 4 .\lb5 4)d4 5 .\le2 4) xf3+ 6 Jlxf3 Ac5 7 0-0 0-0 S d3 d6 9 4)a4 Ab6 10 4) xb6 axb6 11 d4

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London 1 922

Max Euwe

First 1 1 .lle3 is better. Black can now

exchange one of the White bishops.

11 ... exd4 12 �xd4 .\lg4

If 1 3 .llg5 .\lxf3 1 4 gxf3 l"la5 with equal chances.

13 .\l xg4 .£\ xg4 14 .\lf4 �f6 1 5 �xf6 .£\ xf6 16 f3 .£\d7 17 .§fel .£\e5 18 .\lxe5 dxe5 19 .§edl .§fdS 20 li!ff2 lit>f8 21 a3 lit>e7 22 lit>e3 b5 23 li!fe2 f6 24 .§acl c5 25 .§ xdS .§ x dS 26 .§dl .§xdl 27 li!f xdl c4 28 b4 li!fd7

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29 lit>d2 lit>d6 30 li!fe3 lit>e6 31 h4 g6 32 g4 g5 33 h5 h6 34 lit>d2 lit>d6 35 lit>c3 li!f c6 Yi-Yi

If36 a4 then 36 . . . bxa4 37 'i!lxc4 b5+.

(70) Riti - Watson Queen's Gambit Declined [D60]

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 .£\c3 l2)f6 4 .\lg5 .\le7 5 e3 0-0 6 l2)f3 l2)bd7 7 .lld3 .§eS 8 0-0 l2)f8 9 l2)e5 c6 10 f4 dxc4 1 1 .\lxc4 .£\d5 1 2 .\lxe7 � xe7 13 �f3 f6 14 .£\d3 .\ld7 15 e4 .£\b6 16 .llb3 .§ads 17 .§adl .\lc8 18 .£\c5 li!f hS 19 t'jf2 �c7 20 h3 .§e7 21 lit>hl l2) bd7 22 1£\ xd7 .§exd7 23 e5 f5 24 g4 g6 25 .§gl

White has obtained a strong attacking position .

25 . . . .§g7 26 �h4 �e7 27 �h6 b6 28 \tlh2 .\lb7 29 .§g3 c5

30 gxf5

The attack could have been continued better by 30 o£lb5 cxd4 31 o£ld6. The text move simplifies the position and leads only to equality.

30 .. . gxf5 31 .§ xg7 t'J xg7 32 �xg7+ li!fxg7 33 .£\b5

London 1 922

After the preferable 33 dxc5 White would have had rather the better endgame.

33 ... cxd4 34 4Jd6 .§d7 35 .§xd4 .§e7 36 ®g3

White was extremely short of time. 36 § d l ! was simpler and more promising.

36 ... ®h6 37 ®f2 .§g7 38 ®e3 Jla8 39 ®d2 .§g2+ 40 ®c3 .§g3+ 41 .§d3 .§xd3+ 42 ®xd3 Jlg2 43 4Jf7+ ®g7 44 4Jd8 Jlxh3 45 Jlxe6 4Jg6 46 ®e3 4Je7 47 ®f2 Jlg4 48 ®g3 Jle2 49 4Jb7 ®g6 50 4)d6 Jld3 51 a3 Jle2 52 b4 Jld3 53 Jlf7+ ®g7 54 JleS h6 55 ®f3 Jlfl 56 ®f2 Jld3 57 ®e3 Jlfl 58 ®f2 Jld3 59 ®e3 Jlfl 60 Jld7 ®g6 61 Jle6 Jlg2 62 4Jh5 Jld5 63 Jld7 Jlc6 64 Jlxc6 4J xc6 65 4)d4 4Je7 66 b5 4Jd5+ 67 ®f3 4Jc3 68 ®g3 4Je4+ 69 ®h4 4Jc3 70 4Jc6 4J xb5 71 4Je7+ ®f7 72 4J xf5 4J xa3 73 4Jd6+ ®e6 74 ®h5 4)c2 75 ®g6

75 @xh6 offered many more chances.

75 ... 4)e3 76 4Je8 ®e7 77 4Jg7 4Jg2 78 ®f5 a5 79 ®e4 a4 80 4Jf5+ ®f8 81 4)d4 4J xf4 82 4Jb5 4Jg6 83 ®f5 ®g7 84 e6 4Je7+ 85 ®e5 h5 86 ®e4 ®f6 87 4Jc3 a3 88 ®d4 h4 89 ®c4 ®xe6 90 ®h3 h3 91 4Je4 h2 92 4Jf2 ®f5 0-1

(71) Yates - Wahltuch

The Morphy Defense. An alternative is 5 . . . .Q.e7. Opinions are divided as to which is the better continuation for Black. The text move gives him a more open game.

6 d4 b5 7 Jlh3 d5 8 dxe5 Jle6 9 c3 Jle7 10 4Jbd2 0-0 11 Jlc2 4Jc5

Black may also play l l . . . f5 to which White 's best reply is perhaps also 1 2 fib3.

12 4Jh3 �d7 13 4J xc5 Jlxc5 14 �d3 g6 15 Jlg5 Jlf5 16 �d2 Jl xc2 17 Jlf6

Threatening 18 �h6.

17 .. . .§fe8 18 �xc2 Jle7 19 a4 Jlxf6 20 exf6 �d6 21 axb5 axb5 22 .§xa8 .§xa8 23 �d2 4Jb8

It is generally disadvantageous to make a retrograde move with a knight. Better, perhaps , would have been 23 . . . b4 followed, if24 cxb4, by 24 . . . fixb4.

24 4Jd4 c6 25 �e3

Ingenious play. If instead 25 �g5 defending the pawn, then 25 . . . fid7 26.flf5 �e6 winning the pawn.

25 . . . �xf6

Ruy Lopez [C83] If25 . . . fid7 then 26 �e7.

1 e4 e5 2 4Jf3 4Jc6 3 Jlb5 a6 4 Jla4 26 �e8+ ®g7 4Jf6 5 0-0 4J xe4

White is now a pawn down, but Black's rook and knight are for the moment both out of play.

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London 1 922

27 f4 b4 2S f5 bxc3 29 bxc3 g5

30 �e6+

A fine move which gives White a winning attack.

30 ... �h6

If 30 .. .fxe6 then 3 1 fxe6 opening the file for the rook, and wins.

31 �fS+ �h5 32 �g7+ �h4 33 �e8 �a6

If33 . . . '2ld7, then 34 '1¥Yb4+ winning the queen.

34 �gs �h6 35 §f3 �g4

If 35 . . . g4 then 36 l"lh3+ gxh3 37 '1¥Yg3+ 'i!?h5 38 4'lg7+ wins.

36 h3+ �h4 37 §f4+ 1-0

A smartly played game by Yates .

(72) Morrison - Marotti

Queen 's Pawn Game [DOS]

1 d4 �f6 2 �f3 d5 3 e3 e6 4 Ad3 Ad6 5 o-o o-o 6 h3 b6 7 Ah2 �fd7

More logical and stronger is 7 . . . Jlb7.

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S e4 Ah7 9 �bd2 §eS 10 e5 Ae7 11 c4 c5 12 §cl �c6 13 cxd5 exd5 14

Abl! cxd4

Very r i sky, as i t g ives White the opportunity of a promising sacrifice of the exchange.

15 §xc6 Axc6 16 �c2 Ac5

That is obviously the best reply.

17 �xh7+ �fS lS � xd4?

A weak move . After 18 b4 iixb4 1 9 '2lxd4 threatening 2 0 icixc6 and 20 icif5, Black's game would be hopeless.

1S ... Axd4 19 Axd4 �g5 20 f4 �h6 21 �f5 �c5 22 �f3 �gs 23 �g5 §e7 24 �g4 �e4 25 h4 Ah5

Preferable seems to be 25 . . . iid7 26 f5 '2ld2.

26 §cl Ad7 27 f5 g6 2S Axe4 dxe4 29 �xe4 §aeS 30 f6 Af5 31 �c6 §d7 32 e6 Axe6 33 � xe6 fxe6?

A big blunder which loses at once. If Black had captured with the rook it would not be easy to demonstrate a win for White.

London 1 922

34 f7+ '3} xf7 35 'i1Y x d7+ §e7 36 §fl+ 1-0

Round X

(73) Capablanca - Riti Queen's Pawn Game [ A48]

1 d4 .£if6 2 .£if3 g6 3 h3 Ag7

White intends to play 4 Af4 and this move is made to secure a retreat for the bishop.

4 Af4 o-o 5 .£ibd2 d6 6 e3 .£ibd7 7 c3 c5 S Ac4 b6 9 0-0 Ab7 10 'i1Ye2 'i1Yc7 11 Ah2 §aeS 12 e4 cxd4 13 cxd4 e5 14 §acl 'l1YbS 15 d5 §cS 16 Ab5 §xcl 17 §xcl §cS lS Ac6 Ah6 19 b4 Axd2

If Black intended to capture this knight he might have waited until White had moved the rook. After 19 . . . lixc6 20 § xc6! White sti ll has the better game.

20 .£! xd2 Axc6 21 dxc6 b5 22 .£! b3 .£lfS 23 'l1Yd3 .£ie6 24 '3)fl!

With the intention to bring the bishop in the game via g 1 .

24 . . . 'l1Yb6 25 .£la5 'l1Yd4 26 'l1Y xd4

.£l xd4 27 f3

27 . . . §c7?

The best would have been 27 . . . <cihS, but White has with 28 g4 the better endgame. After the text move the ending is lost for Black.

2S Agl '3)fS 29 .Q,xd4 exd4 30 §dl '3Je7 31 §xd4 '3]e6 32 '3]e2 .£igS 33 .£ib7 .£if6 34 § xd6+ '3)e7 35 '3Je3 .£ieS 36 e5 .£ig7 37 f4 h5 3S g4 hxg4 39 hxg4 1-0

(74) Alekhine - Yates Queen's Gambit Declined [D64]

1 d4 .£if6 2 c4 e6 3 .£if3 d5 4 .£ic3 Ae7 5 Ag5 0-0 6 e3 .£! bd7 7 §cl c6 S 'i1Yc2 §eS 9 Ad3 dxc4 10 Axc4 .£id5 11 .£ie4 f5

A weak move. Black now gets a cramped position; better was 1 1 . . .h6.

12 A x e7 'i1Y xe7 13 .£ied2 b5 14 Axd5 cxd5 15 0-0 a5

The game is lost anyhow.

16 .£lb3 a4 17 .£ic5

This practically forces the exchange of queens and leaves White with a won endgame.

17 . . . .£i xc5 lS 'l1Yxc5 'i1Y xc5 19 §xc5 b4 20 §fcl Aa6 21 .£ie5

7 1

London 1 922

With the well-posted knight and his rooks in command of the open file White has an easily won game.

21 .!3eb8 22 f3 b3 23 a3 h6 24 lit>f2 lit>h7 25 h4 .!3f8 26 lit>g3 .!3fb8 27 .!3c7 Ab5 28 .!3 1c5 Aa6 29 .!35c6 .!3e8 30 lit>f4 lit>g8 31 h5 Afl 32 g3 Aa6 33 .!3f7 lit>h7 34 .!3cc7 .!3g8 35 4Jd7 lit>hS 36 4Jf6 .!3gf8 37 ,!3 xg7 .!3 xf6 38 lit>e5 1-0

(75) Vidmar - Marotti Queen's Gambit Declined [D67]

1 d4 4Jf6 2 4Jf3 d5 3 c4 e6 4 Ag5 Ae7 5 e3 1£lbd7 6 4Jc3 0-0 7 .!3cl c6 8 Ad3 dxc4 9 Axc4 4Jd5 10 Axe7 '(}/xe7 1 1 0-0 .!3e8 12 .!3el 4Jf8

A better plan of development would be

1 2 . . . b6 and n. . . il.b7.

13 '(}fd2 Ad7 14 e4 4Jb6 15 Ad3 '(}/b4

The queen is indeed not well posted at

e7 and should perhaps be p layed now

to d8. By the text move, Black loses

much time.

16 a3 '(}/a5 17 e5 1£ld5 18 b4 '(}/dS 19 4Je4!

White has already got a clear advantage

of position.

19 . . . '(}/e7

Now the queen has returned to the same

place with a loss of four moves.

20 4Jd6 .!3eb8 21 .!3bl b5 22 .!3b3 h6

This move weakens the kingside.

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Davide Marotti

23 4Je4 Ae8 24 4Jd6 Ad7 25 Ae4 a5 26 h3 ax b4 27 ax b4 .!3b6 28 4Jh2 .!3ba6 29 .!3g3 .!3a3 30 Ad3(D)

� x h 6 . I f 3 0 . . . �hS then 3 1 <tlg4 threatening 32 <tlxh6.

31 exf6 .!3 xd3

30 . . . f5

Black has to run the risk involved in this move, as White is threatening 30

London 1 922

Any other move would lose at once. If 3 1 . . .�xf6 then 32 '2ig4 etc. 3 1 . . .'2!xf6 cannot be played because of 32 '2if5 .

32 �xd3 �xd6 33 .§.xg7+ �h8 34 .£ig4 .£i xf6 35 .E!f7 .£i xg4 36 hxg4 �g8 37 �f3 �xd4 38 .E!e4 �d5 39 g51

To 39 �f6 Black would reply 39 . . . �gS .

39 .. . .§.al+

Black cannot play 39 . . . hxgS because of 40 �f6 but the move actually played is also a mistake, as shown by the sequel . The comparatively best continuation would perhaps be 39 . . . �xgS 40 §g4 �xg4 41 § xf8+ § xf8 42 �xg4+ �f7 and B lack might st i l l make some re s i stance al though White should finally win.

40 �h2 �d6+ 41 g3 e5 42 gxh6 .E!a3 43 .E!g7+ �h8 44 �f7 1-0 (76) Bogoljubow - Rubinstein


1 e4 c5 2 .iilf3 e6 3 .£ic3

White should defer the development of the queen 's knight in order to retain the possibility of being able to play c4.

3 . . . a6 4 d4 cxd4 5 .£i xd4 b5

This move weakens the queenside pawns.

6 Ad3 Ab7 7 o-o d6 s �hl

More energetic here would be 8 a4 to compel the opening of the a-file. White plays for the direct attack on the king.

8 ... .£if6 9 a3 .iilbd7 10 f4 .sl,e7 1 1 �e2 �c7 12 .\l.d2 0-0 1 3 .E!f3 .£ic5 14 .E!g3 d5 15 e5 .iilfe4 16 .ll. xe4 .£i xe4 17 .£i xe4 dxe4 18 Ac3

In order to play f5 , White conducts the attack very vigorously.

18 . . . .§.feS 19 f5 JlfS 20 .§.fl .E!ad8 21 'i11'e3 a5

Black defends himself very skillfully. This move aims at dislodging the strong opposing bishop from c3 .

22 h3

In preparat ion of the fo l lowing combination, so that later no mate could be threatened on fl .

22 ... b4

23 axb4axb4 24 fxe6 fxe6 25 .E!xf8+ �xf8

On 25 . . . § xf8 would follow naturally 26 '2!xe6.

26 Axb4+ �gs 27 Ad6

White now has a passed pawn and bishop against rook, and this should suffice.

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London 1 922

27 .. . �f7 28 <it'h2 .§as 29 Aa3

White stops l".\ a l and �fl .

29 ... .§aS 30 �gS .§dS 31 c3 <it'hS 32 Ad6 h6 33 �g4 .§aS 34 .£\ b3 .§a2 3S Aa3 AdS 36 4:\d2 .§cS 37 c4! .'1,c6

If37 . . . .llxc4 there follows 38 4:lxe4 and 39 4Jd6 with advantage .

38 �dl e3

The only chance of saving the game; otherwise the rook cannot get into action at al l .

39 .§xe3 �f2 40 .§g3 .§dS 41 �g4 �f7 42 .£\e4 _'1.xe4 43 �xe4 .§al 44 cS �c7 4S b4 <it'gS 46 c6

This move is somewhat premature and causes White considerab le trouble . Better would be 46 b5 but even then Black could defend himself adequately.

46 .. . �a7 47 �e3

There is nothing else; Black now takes the lead.

47 ... �xe3 48 .§xe3 .§c8 49 .§c3 .§bl SO .§cS .§b3 Sl bS .§ xa3 S2 b6 .§b3 S3 b7 .§c71 S4 .§aS .§ xc6 SS .§aS+ <it'f7 S6 b8� .§xb8 S7 .§xb8 .§cS SS <it'g3 .§xeS S9 <it'f3 .§aS 60 .§b3 .§a4 61 .§c3

In the subsequent play Black still tries to win, but Bogoljubow makes the best defenses and achieves the draw.

61 ... <it'f6 62 .§b3 hS 63 g3 g6 64 .§b8 .§a2 6S .§fS+ <it'g7 66 .§e8 .§h2 67 .§bS .§a2 68 h4 .§a7 69 <it'f4 <it'f6 70

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.§fS+ <it'g7 The game was continued 30 moves and finally drawn. Yz-Yz

(77) Maroczy - Tartakower


1 d4 ,£\f6 2 4:\f3 dS 3 Af4 e6 4 e3 _'1.d6 S _llxd6

More usual is 5 c3 or 5 .llg3.

s ... cxd6 6 c3 ,£\c6 7 4:\bd2 0-0 8 _lle2 es 9 o-o Ag4 10 <it'hl

1 0 h3 .llh5 1 1 l".\ e l etc . was to be considered; on the other hand, 1 0 h3 .llh5 1 1 4:lxe5 was not sufficient on account of 1 1 . . . .llxe2 1 2 4:lxc6 .llxdl 13 4:lxd8 .lle2 1 4 4Jxb7 (14 . . . .lla6 was threatened) 14 . . . .llxfl 1 5 4:lxfl l".\ ab8 1 6 4Jxd6 l".\ xb2.

10 . . . �b6 1 1 �b3 .£\e4 12 �xb6 ax b6 13 .£\ xe4 dxe4 14 .£\gl _lle6 lS dxeS 4:\ xeS 16 .§fdl .§fd8 17 .§d4 dS 18 .§b4 .§d6 19 .§dl

Better would have been 19 a4. The move made cannot avoid disadvantage.

19 . . . .§ xa2 20 c4

After 20 l".\ xe4 follows simply 20 . . . 4Jc6! and White cannot avoid disadvantage.

20 ... .§aS 21 f4 exf3 22 _llxf3 <it'f8 23 cxdS .£\ xf3 24 gxf3 .§axdS 2S .§xdS _'1. xdS 26 <it'g2 .§c6 27 <it'g3 Ac4 28 b3 Afl

Black has only a slight advantage in position; the white knight is temporarily out of play .

London 1 922

29 �f2 Ad3 30 .£ih3 .§c2+ 31 �g3 Afl 32 .£if2 b5 33 h4 g6 34 .£ie4 �e7 35 .§d4

White maneuvered with much skill and played himself out of his difficulties.

35 . . . .§g2+ 36 �f4 h6 37 .£id6 �e6 38 .£ie4

38 .. . f6

38 . . . @e7 was better. After this faulty move Black should have lost.

39 .£ic5+

Worth consideration was here 39 §d6+ @e7 40 § xf6 gS+ 41 hxgS hxgS+ 42 @eS etc. The text move is equally good.

39 ... �e7 40 .§d7+ �es 41 .§xb7 .§h2 42 l£)e4! .§xh4+ 43 �g3 g5 44 l£)d6+ Yi-Yz

White is content with a draw. After 44 {Jxf6+ @d8! (44 . . . @f8? 4S e4 l"1f4 46 .tidS §f7 47 §b8+ @g7 48 .tie3 .,,Q,,e2 49 {JfS+ wins) 4 S e4 @c8! it is not clear how White could win.

(78) Atkins - Euwe

Queen's Pawn Game [E6 1 ]

1 d4 .£if6 2 .£if3 g6 3 e 3 Ag7 4 b3

As a rule the development of the queen's bishop to b2 leads to nothing if B lack has already anticipated this maneuver by .,,Q,,g7.

4 ... d6 5 Ab2 o-o 6 Ad3 .£i bd7 7 o-o e5 8 Ae2

An alternative was 8 e4 but after 8 . . . §e8 folioed by . . . .ticS Black has an excellent game. 8 dxeS is bad on account of 8 . . . .tig4.

8 ... .§eS 9 c4 e4 10 l£)fd2 c6 11 .£ic3 a6

If 1 1 . . . dS at once, White plays 1 2 cxdS cxdS 13 .tibS {Jf8 14 § c l .

12 'ltrc2 d5 13 .§acl Af8

In view of the center being blocked the bishop, being of no further use on the long diagonal, looks out for a more promising place.

14 l£)cbl Ad6 15 Aa3 Ab8 16 cxd5 cxd5 17 .§fel

Making room for the knight to protect the kingside.

17 ... l£)f8 18 l£)fl l£)g4 19 .£ic3

19 �xc8 would have been better. After 1 9 . . . .,,Q,,xh2+ 20 {Jxh2 § xc8 2 1 {Jxg4 White has three pieces and a good position for queen and pawn. 19 . . . 'ltfg5 20 .£idl h5 21 AM

To protect the rook and be able to play 22 f3 .

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London 1 922

21 . . . �h4 22 .Q.xg4

If 22 h3 <tlh6 and Black wins by the sacrifice of the bishop for the h-pawn.

22 ... Axg4 23 ./clc3 �g5 24 c;!lhl h4

24 . . . �f3 is bad: 25 gxf3 exf3 26 <tlg3 h4 27 e4! .

2 5 ./cld2 �f5

This gives White the opportunity to free his game by £3 . Better was 25 . . . h3 as on the 27th move.

26 c;!lgl? �g5 27 c;!lhl h3

White intended to meet 27 . . . �f5 by 28 f3 but B lack "sees through it."

28 g3 �f5 29 f4

This apparently stops the attack, but now Black's king 's bishop becomes very active on another diagonal.

29 .. . Aa7!

30 ./cldl?

This makes matters easy for Black; however, White was very short of time.

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30 ... E!,acS 31 �b2 E!. xcl 32 �xcl El.cs 33 �bl 4)e6 34 �b2

In order to prevent Black's sacrificing a piece for the two center pawns .

34 .. . 4) xd4! 35 exd4 Axdl 36 El, xdl e3 37 ./clf3

If37 �bl , then 37 . . . Elc2.

37 . . . E!,c2 38 �bl e2 39 E!,d2 �e4 0-1

(79) Znosko-Borovsky - Morrison


1 e4 e5 2 ./clf3 ./clc6 3 ./clc3 4)f6 4 Ab5 Ab4 5 0-0 0-0 6 d3 d6 7 Ag5 Axc3

7 . . . 0ie7 without exchanging the king's bishop might be considered.

8 bxc3 ./cle7 9 Ac4

9 <tlh4 is usual here .

9 ... ,ile6 10 Axf6 gxf6 11 Axe6 fxe6 12 ./clh4 ./clg6 13 ./cl xg6

More energetic here would be 1 3 �g4 and f4 .

13 . . . hxg6 14 �g4 �eS 15 f4 c;!lg7

London 1 922

16 f5 exf5 17 § xf5

The pawn could not take, since after 1 7 exf5 g5 Black would obtain a decisive advantage through the open h-file. 17 ... �d7

Stronger would be 1 7 . . . ifle6 at once .

18 §afl §f7 19 �g3 §h8 20 h4 �e6 21 c4 c6 22 §5f3 d5

Black should first secure his pawn position on the queenside. Now the picture changes, and White gets all sorts of attacking chances.

23 cxd5 cxd5 24 exd5 �xd5 25 �f2 �e6 26 �xa7 §xh4 27 §bl! �c6 28 �f2 g5 29 c4 �d6 30 §b6 �d8

Black appears to feel himself safe, or else he would have avoided this Joss of time, and could have played 30 . . . ifle7.

31 �b2 �e7

Now the move is too late, and would be better replaced by 3 1 . . .§f4. White wins a pawn.

32 §fxf6 �c5+ 33 �f2 � xf2+ 34 § xf2 §d7 35 §f5 §g4 36 § xe5 §xd3 37 §e7+

Premature. 37 §dS was simpler.

37 . . . 'it1f8 38 §e2 §dl + 39 'it1f2 §d7 40 g3

White s t i l l has the advantage and should certainly win.

40 . . . § xc4 41 §eb2 §f7+ 42 'it1g2 §cc7 43 'it1h3 §g7 44 'it1g4 §c4+ 45

'it1h5 §c3 46 §2b3 §c2 47 §a3 §c8 48 §a5 g4 49 §b4 'it1g8 50 § xg4 § xg4 51 'it1 xg4 §c4+ 52 'it1f5 §b4 53 g4 'it1g7 54 g5 §b2 55 a4 §f2+ 56 'it1e5 'it1g6 57 'it1d4 b6 58 §a6 'it1xg5 59 'it1c3 §f3+ 60 'itlb4 'it1f6 61 §xb6+ 'it1e7 62 §c6 'it1d7 63 §cl §f5 64 a5 §f8 65 a6 §c8 66 a7 §a8 Yz--Yz

An instructive endgame with rooks, not faultlessly played however by either master.

(80) Wahltuch - Watson

Griinfeld Defense [D94]

l d4 4:)f6 2 4Jf3 d5 3 c4 c6 4 e3 g6 5 �c3 .'1,g7 6 .'1.d3 �bd7 7 0-0 0-0 8 b3 �a5?

Merely a loss of time . 9 .'1,d2 �d8 10 §cl dxc4 1 1 .'1,xc4 b5 12 .'1.e2 .'1.b7 13 �c2 a6 14 e4! �e8 15 �dl §c8 16 �e3 c5 17 d5 �d6 18 §fdl �b6 19 .'1.d3

White, anticipating 20 Jlc3 Jlxc3 2 1 iflxc3, wants the e-pawn to be protected.

19 . . . §c7 20 Ac3 f6 21 �d2 §cc8

White was threatening 22 Jla5 .

22 .'1,al �f7 23 .'1.bl .12,h6 24 b4

Very well played, as White is sure to w in the pawn back wi th a s l ight advantage.

24 . . . cx b4 25 4:)d4 a5 26 4:)e6 §fe8 27 Ad4 �d6 28 �e2 .12,a6 29 Ad3 �g5

The pawn is not to be defended any longer.

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30 .£i xg5 Jlxg5 31 Jlxb5 .§ xcl 32 .§ xcl .§cS 33 .§xcS+ JlxcS 34 .£ic4 �f4

Black ought to play at once 34 . . . �c7.

35 g3 �c7 36 �g2 Jlh6 37 f4 Jlg7 3S �f2 �f7?

39 e5

The winning move .

39 . . . �gS 40 d6 �dS

After 40 . . . exd6 41 exd6, Black would remain with a hopeless position.

41 dxe7 �xe7 42 .£id6 .£i xe5

A piece is lost anyhow. If 42 . . . �d8 then 43 �c4+ etc .

43 .£jxc8 �dS 44 Jlb6 �xcS 45 f xe5 �f5+ 46 �g2 fxe5 47 .1l,xa5 AfS 4S Ac7 e4 49 �c4+ �hs 50 �d4+ Jlg7 51 �dS+ �fS 52 �xfS+ 1-0

Round XI

(81) Atkins - Capablanca

Caro-Kann Defense [B 1 2]

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1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5

Simpler and better in my opinion is 3 <f:lc3 dxe4 4 <f:lxe4 MS 5 <f:lg3 �g6 6 f4! etc.

3 . . . Jlf5 4 Jld3 Axd3 5 �xd3 e6 6 .£ie2 �b6 7 0-0 �a6 S �dl c5 9 c3 .£ic6 10 .£id2 cxd4 11 cxd4 �d3 12 .£ih3 �xdl 13 .§xdl .£ige7 14 Jld2 a5 15 .§acl b6 16 a4 �d7

B lack has a s l ight pull and only a general exchange offered prospects for White. The points a4, b4, c4 and d4 are all open to attack.

17 .£ic3 .£ia7 1S �fl .£iec6 19 �e2 .§cS 20 Ael Ae7 21 .£ibl f5 22 exf6

Now the black bishop also comes into play and strengthens the pressure on the d4-square . White should have played 22 f4 .

22 . . . Jlxf6 23 Jlc3 .£ib4 24 Jld2 .£iac6 25 Ae3 .£ia2 26 .§c2

White continues to lose ground: Mr. Atkins must have been under time pressure .

26 . . . .§c7 27 .£ia3 .§hcS 2S .§cd2 .£ia7 29 .§d3 .£ib4 30 .§3d2 .§c6 31 .§bl Ae7 32 .§al Jld6 33 h3 .§6c7 34 .§adl .£ia2 35 .§al Jlxa3 36 .§xa2 Jlb4 37 .§dl .§c4 3S .§cl .£ic6 39 .§xc4 dxc4 40 .£jd2 Jlxd2 41 �xd2 �d6 42 �c3 �d5 43 .§al g6 44 f3 .§bS 45 .§a3 b5 46 axb5 .§ xb5 47 Jlf2 .£i b4 (D)

Black has a won endgame. The knight is here superior to the bishop since the

London 1 922

latter cannot l eave the d-pawn unprotected. The further play needs no comment.

48 b3 cxb3 49 �xb3 .£ic6+ 50 �c3 §bl 51 §a4 §cl+ 52 �d2 §c4 53 §al a4 54 §a3 .£ia7 55 §al .£ib5 56 §bl �c6 57 �d3 §c3+ 58 �d2 §b3 59 §cl+ �b7 60 §c2 a3 61 Ag3 .£! xd4 62 §c7+ �b6 63 §c4 �b5 64 §cS .£ic6 65 §aS §b2+ 66 �e3 §xg2 67 Af2 .£ib4 0-1

(82) Morrison - Alekhine


1 d4 d5 2 .£lf3 .£lf6 3 e3 c5 4 c4 e6 5 Ae2 Ad6 6 0-0 0-0 7 .£ic3

First 7 dxc5 is to be considered.

7 ... b6 s b3 Ab7 9 Ab2 .£ibd7 10 §cl '(}/e7

The king's bishop is after the fianchetto development better placed on d6, because the queen has obviously few places left. The opening turns out favorably for Black.

11 .!£lb5 AbS 12 .£ie5 a6 13 .£j xd7 .£i xd7 14 .£ic3 §dS 15 Af3 .£if6 16 cxd5

16 4Ja4 ought to have been played immediately; after the text-move, it is a mistake.

16 . . . exd5 17 .£ia4 c4 18 bxc4 dxc4 19 Axb7 '(}/xb7 20 g3 b5

Black has got a considerable majority of pawns on the queenside.

21 .£lc5 �c6 22 �c2 Ad6 23 .£ld3 §ac8 24 .!£le5

The b l ack pawns grow thereby stronger. White has now no counterchance; his game is lost.

24 ... Axe5 25 dxe5 .£ie4 26 Ad4

26 ... .£jg5! 27 f3 .£l xf3+ 28 §xf3 �xf3 29 §fl '(}/g4 30 '(}/f2 '(}/g6 31 '(}/b2 h6 32 §f4 c3 33 Axc3 §dl+ O-l

(83) Rubinstein - Euwe

Queen's Pawn Game [ A3 1 ]

1 d4 .£jf6 2 .£if3 g6 3 h3

This move is necessary if White wants to play his queen's bishop to f4.

3 . . . Ag7 4 Af4 b6 5 .£ibd2 Ab7 6 e3 d6

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London 1 922

It is better to castle first, playing d5 after (if White plays Ac4).

7 c3 0-0 8 Ac4 4)bd7 9 0-0 4)e4

Preparing 1 0 . . . e5.

10 4) xe4 Axe4 11 �e2 e5 12 Ah2 �e7 13 §adl �h8 14 Ab5 §ads 15 §d2 Ab7 16 Axd7 Axf3!

This is much better than 16 El xd7 17 dxe5 A x f3 18 '@' x f3 and B lack ' s queenside i s very weak.

17 �xf3 e4! 18 �e2 �xd7 19 d5

The idea is to stop Black's d-pawn and to cont inue by the advance of queenside pawns supported by the queen.

19 .. . �a4 20 b3! �d7 21 �c4 f5 22 b4 Af6 23 §c2 §gS 24 �c6 �xc6!

If 24 . . . '@'g7 25 c4 g5 26 c5 and White 's attack comes first.

25 dxc6 §ge8 26 c4 Ae5

Black cannot allow White to play c5.

27 §dl jt xh2+ 28 � xh2 �g7 29 §c3 �f6! 30 §a3

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30 ... a5!

Black has the better game now; White 's pawns prove weak.

31 bxa5 §a8 32 §d5

If 32 a6 then 32 . . . Ela7 wins the pawn.

32 .. . §ebS??

32 . . . El a6, threatening both 33 . . . bxa5 and 33 . . . EleaS, would probably have given a won ending.

33 §b3! bxa5 34 §xb8 §xb8 35 §b5!

This pretty move wins at least a pawn.

35 .. . § xb5

Better 35 .. .l'faS 36 8b7 8 c8 37 8 a7 .

36 ex b5 �e6 37 a4!

Just in time. The ending is now lost, the black king being imprisoned.

37 ... d5 38 h4 h6 39 �gl g5 40 hxg5 hxg5 41 g4! f4 42 exf4 1-0

The b l ack k ing cannot stop both White 's passed pawns.

(84) Vidmar - Wahltuch

Queen's Indian Defense [E l 2]

1 d4 4)f6 2 4)f3 e6 3 c4 b6 4 4)c3 Ab7 5 Ag5 Ae7

The usual move is 5 . . . Ab4.

6 e3 4)e4 7 4) xe4 Axe4 8 Af4 0-0 9 4)d2 Ab7 10 Ad3 f5 11 §gl g5

London 1 922

The advance of this pawn was forced as White threatened 12 g4 .

12 Ag3 d6 13 f3 \t>h8

It was better to move the king to g7.

14 'lf}/c2 'lf}/d7 15 ,llf2 h6 16 0-0-0 c5 17 dxc5 bxc5 18 e4 f4 19 e5 d5 20 cxd5 ,llxd5 21 ,llc4

Threatens 22 �g6.

21 ... \t>g7 22 /£le4 .§cs 23 /£lc3 /£lc6 24 !£l xd5 exd5 25 .§xd5

White is now a pawn ahead, and his pieces are in much better play than his opponent 's .

25 . . . 'lf}/e8 26 'lf}/e4 1£l b4 27 .§d2 .§d8 28 .§gdl .§ xd2 29 .§ xd2 .§dS 30 .§xd8 'lf}/xd8 31 a3 1-0

(85) Reti - Bogoljubow


1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 /£lc3 !£lf6 4 Ag5 l£l bd7 5 e3 Ae7 6 li:lf3 0-0 7 Ad3

The usual move 7 § c l is better.

7 . • . c5 8 0-0 cxd4 9 exd4 dxc4 10 ,llxc4 a6 11 'lf}/e2 b5 12 Ab3 Ab7 13 .§adl

It would have been better to move 1 3 §fd l . This loss o f time gives Black a powerful attack.

13 . . . /£lb6 14 /£le5 b4

Black's method of taking command is highly ingenious.

15 ,ll xf6 ,llxf6 16 !£le4 Ad5 17 1£\ xf6+ gxf6 18 ,llxd5 1£l xd5 19 /£ld3 'lf}/a5 20 /£lc5 \t>h8 21 'lf}/h5 'lf}/c7 22 'lf}/h4 .§g8 23 .§cl

23 . . . 'lf}/dS

A hasty move which cost Bogoljubow halfa point. 23 . . . Qf4 ! would have been almost certain to win. After the text he cannot escape a draw.

24 .§fdl .§g6 25 .§d3 a5 26 .§h3 'lf}/g8 27 .§g3 a4 28 a3 bxa3 29 bxa3 \t>g7 30 'lf}/e4 'lf}/b8 31 .§bl 'lf}/d6 32 .§b7 \t>g8 33 'lf}/c2 /£lf4 34 .§d7 'lf}/c6 35 .§xg6+ hxg6 36 'lf}/e4 !£ld5 37 h3 .§eS 38 g3 .§bS 39 \t>h2 'lf}/b6 40 /£\ xe6 'lf}/xe6 41 'lf}/xd5 'lf}/xd5 42 .§xd5 .§b3 43 .§a5 .§ xa3 44 d5 \t>f8 45 d6 Yz-Yz

(86) Tartakower - Yates

Scotch Game [C45]

8 1

London 1 922

Savielly Tartakower

1 e4 e5 2 �f3 �c6 3 d4 exd4 4 � xd4 �f6 5 � xc6 bxc6 6 �d2 d5

The better move is 6 . . . Ac5 . After the text move White gets the advantage.

7 exd5 cxd5 8 Ab5+ .\ld7 9 .\lxd7+ �xd7 10 0-0 Ae7 11 �f3 0-0 12

Jlg5

Mar6czy played against Janowski in London 1 899 12 b3 and 13 .llb2 .

12 . . . .§feS 13 .§el c6 14 �d3 .§abs 15 b3 h6 16 Ah4 �c7 17 �d4

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17 . • . �e4

A blunder which loses two pawns, but

B lack is already in trouble and we cannot find a move to save the game.

18 .\lxe7 .§xe7 19 f3 �d6 20 .§xe7 �xe7 21 � xc6 �f6 22 .§el .§b7 23 �xd5 .§c7 24 �d4 �f4 25 �e5 �d2 26 .§e2 �b4 27 �f5 � xf5 28 �xc7 �d4+ 29 \t>fl �dl + 30 .§el �e3+ 31 \t>f2 �d2+ 32 .§e2 �dl + 33 \t>fl �e3+ 34 .§xe3 �xe3 35 �d8+ 1-0

(87) Watson - Maroczy


1 d4 �f6 2 �f3 d5 3 e3 e6 4 Ad3 c5 5 0-0 �c6

5 . . . c4 followed by 6 . . . bS as played by Nimzovich against Mar6czy in Goteborg should be considered.

6 b3 cxd4 7 exd4 Ad6 8 c4 0-0 9 �c3 dxc4 10 bxc4 b6 11 �e4 Ae7 12 Ae3 Ab7 13 .§bl �a5 14 �g3 �d7 15 �e2 .§cS 16 .§fcl �c7 17 .§b5 .§fe8

The right move was 17 . . . .lla6. Black was reflecting only upon that move and used up all available time forgetting that the limit was 20 moves per hour. Mr. Watson politely reminded me that I had no more than five seconds left, and so I was obliged to make the four most plausible moves, which done I had a lost position. With 17 . . . .lla6 18.l"\h5 g6 1 9.l"\h3 Axc4 etc . , I could have won a pawn without any danger.

18 �g5 Axg5 19 .§xg5 �f8 20 �h5 �g6 21 .§g3 �c6 22 �b2! f5 23 f4

�f7 24 Ad2 � bs 25 Ac3 �d7

London 1 922

Somewhat better was 25 . . . �e4 immediately.

e3 39 l"tfS �d7 40 Be5 B xe5 41 fxe5 �xd5 42 �xe3 �xa2 with some chances for a draw. After the move made the exchange decides.

35 ... g6 36 gxf5 gxh5 37 fxe6 §xe6 38 d5 §f6 39 �g2+ §g640 �f2 �5 41 �d2 �h7 42 a4 h4 43 Af2 §cg8 44 §c3 §g2+ 45 �hl �g6 46 �el §h2+ 0-l

(88) Marotti - Znosko-Borovsky

PetroffDefense [C42]

1 e4 e5 2 .£lf3 .£lf6 3 .£! xe5 d6 4 .£lf3 26 �f2 .£! xe4 5 d4 Ae7 6 Ad3 .£lf6

The energet ic 2 6 d 5 ! would have This continuation is too tame. 6 . . . d5 i s decided the game instantly. Black has the right move. against the threatening 27 4:lxg7 no sufficient defense, but now Mr. Watson 7 o-o .1}.g4 s .£! bd2 0-0 9 b3 was in need of time.

26 ... .i}.e4! 27 .1}.xe4 fxe4 28 .i}.d2 .£lf6

The knight was obliged to undertake a long journey in order to counteract the opposing knight. After the exchange of the knight, Black's position is better as the white rook is out of play. 29 .£'l xf6+ �xf6 30 Ae3 .£lh4

With this interesting maneuver Black wins a pawn or the exchange.

31 §g5 .£lf5 32 g4 h6 33 §h5 �g6

Forces h3 and thereby bars the only field of retreat for the rook.

34 h3 �f7 35 �h2

Better chances arise from 35 d5 4:lxe3 36 �xe3 exd5 37 cxd5 Bxcl + 38 �xcl

A fine move, threatening to obtain a strong attack by the further advance of the pawns on the queenside.

9 ... .£jc6 l0 Ab2 .£lb4 11 Ae2 .£lbd5 12 .£!el AcS 13 .£ld3 c6 14 c4

White now has the better position . 14 ... .£jc7 15 f4 d5 16 c5 §e8 17 .£le5

.£je4 18 .i}.d3f6 19 .£jxe4fxe5 20 .£jd6

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London 1 922

20 ... ,ilxd6 21 cxd6 �xd6 22 dxeS �h6 23 fS b6 24 �e2 cS 2S e6 d4 26 Act �f6 27 �g4 4JdS 28 Ags 4Je3 29 �hS g6 30 fxg6 hxg6 31 ,ilxg6 �g7 32 Af7+ 1-0

An interesting game, very finely played by the Italian champion.

Round XII

(89) Watson - Capablanca Queen Pawn's Game [D02]

1 4Jf3 4Jf6 2 d4 dS 3 Af4 cs 4 e3 4)c6 S c3 �b6 6 �cl

6 �b3 seems preferable for after 6 . . . c4 7 �xb6 axb6 White has the strong move 8 4:la3! e .g . , 8 . . . e5 9 4Jb5 .!"la5 1 0 4:lc7+ �d7 1 1 dxe5 4Jh5 1 2 4:lxd5 .!"l xd5 1 3 Axc4 .!"la5 1 4 itxf7 etc.

6 ... AfS 7 4Jh4 Ae4 8 4)d2 e6 9 f3

A harmless innovation, but Black gets the initiative.

9 ... J}.g6 10 4) xg6 hxg6 11 4Jb3 This knight loses a lot of time; 1 1 Ag3 was the right move.

11 ... c4 12 4)d2 4JhS 13 Ae2 4) xf4 14 exf4 Ad6 1S g3

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lS .. . gS!

Ingenious, winning a pawn.

16 �c2 gxf 4 17 0-0-0 �aS 18 Axc4

An unsound sacrifice, but White has a lost game anyhow.

18 . . . dxc4 19 4J xc4 �dS 20 �b3 0-0-0 21 4J xd6+ �xd6 22 g4 §h3 23 §hfl § xh2 24 �a4 §dh8 2S �bS �dS 26 �a4 §g2 27 �a3 §hh2 28 §d3 §c2+ 29 'if]dl �c4 30 �f8+ 'if]c7 31 �xf7+ 'if]b6 32 �g6 �xa2 0-1

(90) Rubinstein - Alekhine

Slav Defense [D 1 8]

1 4Jf3 dS 2 d4 4)f6 3 c4 c6 4 4Jc3 dxc4

Alekhine tried this opening in several games and with success.

S a4

This move i s not necessary. More simple would be 5 e3 because the pawn is untenable in any case.

s • . . AfS 6 e3 e6 7 Axc4 Ah4 8 o-o o-o 9 4Je2 4Jhd7 10 4Jg3 Ag6 1 1 4)h4 c S 12 4J xg6

Bogoljubow played 1 2 f4 which is not as good as the text.

12 ... hxg6 13 dxcS 4) xcS 14 �e2 4)fe4

Black must prevent e4.

IS 4) xe4 4) xe4 16 �g4

London 1 922

Compels the knight to return to f6, in order to be able to attack the b-pawn, but Black has a sufficient answer.

16 ... 4)f6 17 �f3 �c7 18 b3 �e5 19 §a2 4)e4

After this move the black game i s strategically better. 20 a5

An interesting idea. The natural and simple move was 20 Ab2 .

20 . . . §fd8 21 .\l.b2 Ac3 22 .\l.xc3 4) xc3 23 §c2 b5

White intended to prevent this move, but he was not successful .

24 axb6 axb6 25 §fcl

Better would have been 25 �f4.

25 ... 4)a2 26 §el b5 27 Afl 4Jc3 28 �f4 �xf4 29 exf4 b4 30 g3 §a3 More plausible was 30 . . . l':l:a5 in order to keep away the white rook from e5 .

31 Ac4 �f8 32 �g2 �e7

32 . . . l':l:a5 was stronger even now.

33.Re5 Rc8 34.Rd2 Rd8 35.Rc2 Rc8

36.h4

Nothing threatens at the moment. The move holds good only because later Black loses much time.

36 .. . 4)d5

Loss of time, whereby White gets the d-file.

37 §ce2 4Jc3 38 §d2 §c6 39 h5 f6 40 §e3 gxh5 41 f5 e5 42 §ed3 §a7 43 §d8

Better would be 43 f3 whereupon Black forces a draw with 4 3 . . . 4Jb l and 44 . . . 4Jc3.

43 ... 4)e4 44 §2d5 §d6

44 . . . 4Jd6 would be faulty on account of 45 l':l:g8 4Jxf5 46 §dd8 4Jd6 47 l':l:b8! etc.

45 §g8 §a2

46 § xg7+ �f8 47 §g8+ �xg8 48 §d2+ �g7 49 § xa2 §d2 50 §xd2 4) xd2 51 .\l.d5 e4 52 f4

The decisive mistake. 52 g4 h4 53 '<t>h3 4Jf3 54 g5! fxg5 55 Axe4 4Jd2 56 Ac2 '<t>f6 57 '<t>g4 4Jfl 58 Adl ! secures the draw.

52 .. . e3 53 �gl �f8 54 �g2 �e7 55 .\l.g8 �d6 56 Jtf7 �c5 57 .\l.xh5 4J xb3 58 �f3 �d4 59 Af7 �d3 60 .ll,xb3 �d2 61 Ac4 b3 62 Axb3 e2 0-1

(91) Atkins - Vidmar

Ruy Lopez [C66]

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London 1 922

1 e4 e5 2 l£)f3 l£)c6 3 Ab5 d6 4 d4 Ad7 5 l£ic3 l£)f6 6 0-0 Ae7 7 Axc6 Axc6 8 �d3 exd4 9 l£i xd4 0-0

9 . . . ild7 is worth consideration here.

10 .£if5 Ad7 11 l£) xe7+ �xe7 12 Ag5 �e6 13 f3

1 3 .£id5 makes a draw more easy.

13 ... Ac6 14 E!.adl E!.fe8 15 b3 l£id7 16 Ah4 l£)c5 17 �d2 f5 18 exf5 �xf5 19 Ag3 E!.e6 20 E!.fel E!.ae8 21 E!.xe6 E!.xe6 22 l£)e2 E!.e8 23 l£)d4 �g6 24 l£) xc6 bxc6 25 .§.el .§. xel + 26 Axel l£)e6 27 h3

White has a good position, but he is playing only for a draw.

27 . . . �f5 28 �fl �f7 29 Af2 c5 30 Ae3 d5 31 Af2 d4 32 �e2 �f4 33 �gl g6 34 �hl �cl+ 35 �h2 �a3 36 �e5

36 . . . �xa2

The interesting part of the game begins

now; the previous part was only a sound

game wi thout any effort or

complication. White gives up a pawn

temporarily and attacks the weakly-

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placed black king, threatening to win a

piece with 37 iih4.

37 Ah4 �a6

The only move to save the knight.

38 �f6+ �g8 39 Ag3 �c6 40 Ae5 �e8 41 �h8+ Premature. After 41 h4 '\i¥d7 (if 4 1 . . .h5 then 42 g4 hxg4 43 fxg4 a5 44 ®g3 etc . ) 42 '\i¥h8+ @f7 43 '\i¥xh7+ ®e8 44 '\i¥xg6+ '\i¥f7 45 '\i¥xf7 + etc . , White has a winning position.

41 ... �f7 42 � xh7+ �f8 43 .Q.xc7 �e7 Yi-Y,

(92) Tartakower - Bogoljubow

Ponziani Opening [C44]

1 e4 e5 2 l£)f3 .£ic6 3 Ae2 l£)f6 4 d3 d5 5 .£ibd2

White pursues unusual paths. The textmove brings the game into the Hanham variation of the Phil idor where White has a move more.

5 . . . g6

Something new, yet quite good.

6 c3 Ag7 7 �c2 0-0 8 l£)fl b6 9 l£ig3 Ab7 to h4 h5 11 Ag5 �d6 12 o-o

Earlier, White 's intentions were quite other than just to castle, but there i s nothing e l se . The uncovered k ing position exacts a speedy penalty.

12 . . . .£ih7 13 .Q.d2 d4 t4 .£ig5 l£i xg5 15 A xg5 dxc3 16 bxc3 l£)d8 17 f4 exf4 18 .Q.xf4 �c5+ 19 �hl l£)e6 20 .Q.d2 �e7

London 1 922

Black exploits vigorously the weakness of the opposing pawns . White is lost, and can make no further show.

21 �gl '®'xh4 22 Jlel Jle5 23 §f3 '®'e7

Simpler and more decisive was 23 . . . 4:lg5 at once.

24 §cl 4Jg5 25 §fl h4 26 4Jhl h3 27 Ag3 Jlxg3 28 4Jxg3 '®'e5 29 �h2 hxg2 30 �xg2 f5 31 Jlf3 �g7 32 §eel '®'e6 33 �gl

33 . . . fx e 4 and 3 4 . . . '1'¥ h 3 + were threatened.

33 .. . fxe4 34 Jlxe4 Jlxe4 35 dxe4 4Jf3+ 36 �g2 4J xel + 37 §xel '®'g4 38 §e3 §ad8 39 e5 §dl 40 e6 §ffl 41 '®'e4 §gl + 42 �f2

42 ... '®'xg3+!

The simplest is always the best; Black remains with an easily won endgame with two pawns to the good.

43 §xg3 §dfl + 44 �e3 §el + 45 �2 §xe4 46 §xgl §xe6 47 §g4 §c6 48 c4 �f6 49 �e3 g5 50 �d4 �f5 51 §gl §d6+ 52 �e3 §e6+ 53 �d3 g4

54 a4 �f4 55 §fl+ �g5 56 §gl §e5 57 §fl g3 58 §f7 �g4 59 §xc7 g2 60 §xa7 gl'®' 61 §g7+ §g5 0-l

(93) Reti - Znosko-Borovsky

Queen's Gambit Declined [06 1 ]

1 d4 d 5 2 c4 e 6 3 4Jc3 4Jf6 4 Jlg5 4Jbd7 5 e3 Ae7 6 4Jf3 0-0 7 '®'c2 c5 S §dl cxd4

8 . . . '1'¥a5 first would be preferable.

9 exd4 dxc4 10 Jlxc4 h6 11 Ah4 4Jb6 12 Ah3 Ad7 13 o-o §cs 14 '®'e2

White prevents 1 4 . . . llbS which would be advantageous to Black.

14 ... a6 15 §fel Ab4

Black keeps to his plan and tries to achieve 15 . . . llbS . He does not manage it because the pinning of the knight has to be paid for.

16 4Je5! Axc3 17 bxc3 g5

Forced, as 18 4:lg4 was threatened.

18 Jlg3 §xc3 19 h4 4Jfd5 20 '®'h5 �g7 21 Jlxd5

Very well played . White has a winning attack.

2l .. . exd5 (D)

To 2 1 . . .4:lxd5 follows 22 hxg5 and 23 4:lxd7 etc.

22 4J xf7!

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London 1 922

Mr. Reti plays the game with force and elegance. Black is helpless against the vehement attack.

22 ... §xf7 23 .ile5+ §f6

The only move.

24 hxg5 hxg5 25 �xg5+ 'lJf7 26 �h5+ <l}g8 27 §bl The point of the combination.

27 . . . §cc6

By this White attains the possibil ity of getting on to the third rank with the rook. There was however no longer any adequate defense, as 28 �g5 + was threatened and after the exchange of rook and queen, 8 xb6. If27 . . . .Q.b5 then 28 8 xb5 axb5 29 Axf6 �xf6 30 8 e8+ and wins.

28 §b3 .ileS 29 §g3+ .llg6 30 §xg6+ § xg6 31 �h8+ 'llf7 32 �xd8 §cS 33 �h4 1-0

A beautiful game.

(94) Morrison - Maroczy

Ruy Lopez [C66]

1 e4 e5 2 {)f3 {)c6 3 Ab5 d6

88

This close defense - recommended by Steinitz - gives Black a solid game and is favored in these days by Capablanca.

4 d4 .ild7 5 0-0 {)f6 6 l;Jc3 exd4

After 6 . . . Ae7 could follow 7 Axc6 Axc6 8 �d3 with very good chances for White. See Game 9 1 .

7 {) xd4 Ae7 8 .\lg5 0-0 9 .ilxc6 bxc6 10 �d3 h6 11 Ah4 t;Jg4

Very good is here 1 1 . . .1£:\h7 too; after h6, the text move is equally sufficient.

12 .ilxe7 �xe7 13 h3

If 1 3 f4 f5 14 Bael l (14 exf5 is less good on account of 14 . . . �e3+ etc.) 14 .. .fxe4 1 5 1£:\xe4 �f7 (it is now evident why h6 was no loss of time; 1£Jg5 is prevented) 16 h3 1£:\f6 etc., with an even game.

13 . . . l;Je5 14 �e2 c5 15 {)d5 �d8 16 {)b3 a5 17 f4 {)c6 18 f5 f6

Black must prevent f6 by White.

19 a4 §a7

The move of the rook i s w e l l considered. Black has already the better game; the white pawns on a4 and e4 are weak.

20 §f3 �e8

The text move is the most suitable to the position.

21 {)f4 {)e5 22 §g3 <l}h8

22 . . . '<t'h7 is not possible on account of 23 1£:\hS followed by 24.8 xg7.

London 1 922

23 4)d2 §gS 24 4)c4 11_xa4

More natural was 24 . . . 4:lxc4 25 �xc4 l"lb7 26 l"lb3! (the only move) 26 . . . l"l xb3 27 cxb3 ®h7 etc . , with a good game.

25 4J xe5 f xe5 26 4Jh5 Ab5 27 �f3 Ac4 2s f6 g6 29 .£ig7 �f7 30 h4 §fS

A wrong combination. Better would have been 30 . . . 8aa8, for instance, 31 hS g5 32 b3 olle6 33 §fl l"l xg7 34 fxg7+ ®xg7 etc.

31 �e3 \t>h7 32 4Jf5! gxf5 33 §g7+ �xg7 34 fxg7 \t>xg7 35 exf5 § xf5 36 b4

Decisive. There is no more help for Black.

36 . . . a4 37 bxc5 d5 3S g4 §f6 39 c6 1-0

(95) Euwe - Yates Queen 's Gambit Decl ined [D64]

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 4Jc3 4)f6 4 Ag5 Ae7 5 e3 4)bd7 6 4Jf3 0-0 7 §cl c6 S �c2 dxc4 9 11_xc4 4Jd5 10 11_xe7

Better 1 0 4Je4 as played by Alekhine against Yates the day before.

10 . . . �xe7 11 0-0 §dS 12 4)e4!

A strong move w h i ch avo ids exchanges ; B lack cannot free h i s cramped game now.

12 .. . 4)fS 13 a3 Ad7 14 4Jc5 11.eS 15

Better 19 b4.

19 . . . a6 20 �b3

Black threatened cS.

20 . . . b6 21 h3 c5 22 dxc5 4) xc5 23 4) xc5 bxc5 24 §edl §bS 25 �c2 Ac6 26 4Je5 Aas 27 f3 �g5 2S 4Jd3

28 l"lxd8 is bad: 28 . . . l"l xd8 29 �xcS l"ld2.

2S .. . 4)d7 29 �f2

If 29 4:lxc5? 4:lxc5 30 8 xd8+ 8 xd8 31 �xcS l"ldl + and wins.

29 ... h6 30 4) xc5 4) xc5 31 §xdS+ §xdS 32 �xc5??

A curious blunder. After 32 l"l xcS l"ldl + 33 ®h2 �f4+ 34 g3 �d6 (or 34 . . . l"ld2 35 gxf4 8 xf2+ 36 '<t'g3 l"\ xb2 37 l"l c8+ ®h7 38 l"l xa8 l"l xa2 39 l"l xa6 etc .) 35 l"lc2 White is a pawn ahead and has a satisfactory position.

32 . . . §dl+ 0-1

(96) Marotti - Wahltuch Ruy Lopez [C83]

1 e4 e5 2 4Jf3 4)c6 3 Ah5 a6 4 Aa4 4)f6 5 0-0 4J xe4 6 d4 b5 7 Ah3 d5 S dxe5 Ae6 9 c3 Ae7 10 4)bd2 4Jc5 11 11_c2 11_g4

Much better is the usual move l 1 . . .d4 ! .

12 �el

e4 4J b6 16 Aa2 §abs 17 §fel Original play and perhaps the best reply.

Better 17 es . 12 . . . 4)e6 13 4Jb3 Axf3 14 gxf3 Ag5 15 \t>hl 11_f4 16 11_xf4 4) xf4 17 �e3

17 . . . 4) bd7 1S 4Jd3 §bcS 19 �a4 �g5 lS §gl �xe5

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London 1 922

Victor Wahltuch

Black has nothing else. It is evident Black is already in trouble; he has not castled and cannot prevent the loss of pawn s . White ' s methods of taking advantage are highly ingenious.

19 t:'\'xe5+ .!£) xe5 20 .§ael f6 21 .§xg7 �f8 22 .§ xc7 .§g8 23 ,ilxh7 .§g5 24 .!£)d4 .§e8 25 .§gl .§ xgl + 26 � xgl .!£)c4 27 h4 .!£)d2 28 �h2 .!£)fl+ 29 �gl §el 30 Af5 Yi-Yi

A very interesting finish.

Round XIII

(97) Capablanca - Vidmar

Queen 's Gambit Declined [D64]

1 d4 d5 2 .!£)f3 .!£)f6 3 c4 e6 4 .!£)c3 .ile7 5 .ilg5 .!£) bd7 6 e3 0-0 7 §cl c6 8 t:'\'c2 dxc4

8 . . . § e8 9 ild3 h6 1 0 Jlh4 dxc4 is to be preferred.

90

9 ,ilxc4 .!£)d5 10 ,ilxe7 t:'\'xe7 11 0-0 b6

A mistake. The correct continuation was l l . . . {J x c 3 then 1 2 . . . b6 . After this omission the world champion occupies the important diagonal by exchanging the knight, which advantage he utilizes in quite classical style till the end.

12 .!£) xd5 cxd5 13 .ild3 h6 14 t:'\'c7 t:'\'b4

15 a3!

A fine sacrifice which B lack could not accept, because after 15 . . . �xb2 16 §bl �xa3 1 7 ilb5 ! {Jf6 1 8 §al �b4 19 §fbl the black queen has no move and after l 7 . . . �e7 18 Ac6 §b8 19 {Je5 §d8 20 .llxd7 .llxd7 2 1 {Jc6 Black is obliged to resign.

15 ... t:'\'a4 16 h3 .!£)f6 17 .!£)e5 .ild7

ln consequence of thi s mistake the exchange i s lost; but i t was already difficult to defend the black position b e c ause the b i shop cou ld not b e developed. Iffor instance l 7 . . . .lla6 then 1 8 h3 �a5 19 {Jc6 and wins the bishop after 19 . . . �xa3 20.§al .

London 1 922

18 Ac2 �b4 19 a4 �xb2 20 /d xd7 .§ac8 21 �b7 Id xd7 22 Ah7+ i;£i>xh7 23 .§xc8 .§xc8 24 �xc8 4)f6 25 .§cl �b4 26 �c2+ i;£i>g8 27 �c6 �a3 28 �a8+ 'it>h7 29 .§c7 �xa4 30 .§xf7 �dl + 31 i;£i>h2 �h5 32 �xa7 �g6 33 .§f8 �f5 34 .§f7 �g6 35 .§b7 4)e4 36 �a2 e5 37 � xd5 exd4 38 ;§b8 /df6 39 �xd4 �f5 40 .§ xb6 �xf2 41 �d3+ i;t>g8 42 §b8+ 1-0

This game is one of the most beautiful games played in London and it proves that Capablanca is not only a fine position player, but that he is also a fine combinative player when occasion demands.

(98) Alekhine - Reti

King 's Indian Defense [E90]

1 d4 4)f6 2 /df3 g6 3 c4 Ag7 4 /dc3 o-o 5 e4 d6 6 Ag5

White provokes h6.

6 . . . h6 7 Af4 /dbd7

To be cons i dered a l so i s 7 . . . '2ic6 recommended by Mr. Bum.

8 �d2 'it>h7 9 h3 /dg8 10 g4 e5 11 Ae3 exd4 12 /d x d4 /de5 13 Ae2 Ae6 14 /d xe6

Decidedly better was 1 4 f4 with which move White could have enlarged on his positional advantage. The pawn on c4 was indirectly defended by 14 . . . '2lxc4 15 '2ixe6. After the text Black's position is rather better. ·

14 . . . fxe6 15 f4 �h4+

We do not think White had taken into account this and the following move.

16 M2 �f6 17 Ag3 /dc6 18 h4 �d4 19 �cl 4)b4 20 �d2 a6 21 �xd4 4)c2+ 22 i;£i>d2 4) xd4 23 Adl b5 24 'it>d3 .§ab8 25 cxb5 axb5 26 .§cl §b7 27 'it>e3 b4 28 4)a4 .§a8 29 e5 b3

A very pretty combinat ion . B l ack dominates the game and Alekhine must make an effort to save himself.

30 axb3 /dxb3 31 .§c3 .§xa4 32 §xb3

If32 .il.xb3, 32 . . . §ab4 would follow with advantage.

32 . . . ;§ab4 33 §xb4 .§xb4 34 exd6 cxd6 35 b3 /de7 36 Ac2 h5 37 'it>f3

37 gxhS would not be good on account of37 . . . '2lf5+ 38 il.xfS gxfS 39 §bl �h6 etc.

37 . . . hxg4+ 38 i;£i> xg4 /df5 39 §el Ae5

A very fine trap. Black has the better game, but a win cannot be found.

40 §e4

9 1

London 1 922

Forces a draw. If 40 .llxf5 exf5+ 41 'it'g5? then 41 . . .®g7 wins.

40 .. . E!,xe4 41 .ilxe4 Yz-Yz

(99) Rubinstein - Tartakower


1 d4 4)f6 2 4Jf3 d5 3 .ilf4 e6 4 e3 .ild6 5 4)bd2 .ilxf4

It is doubtful whether this exchange is good. 5 . . . ¥f'Je7 followed by 6 . . . {lbd7 and . . . e5 could be played.

6 exf4 c5 7 dxc5 'fJc7 8 g3 '®' xc5 9 .ild3 4)c6 10 c3 0-0 1 1 0-0 h6 12 4Jb3 '®'b6 13 §el .ild7 14 '®'e2 E!,ae8 15 4Je5 4) xe5 16 fxe5 4Jh7

The -position which Black has now atta ined does not show in an advantageous l ight the opening chosen by him.

17 h4 f5

Akiva Rubinstein

92

17 . . .f6 would force the further advance of the f-pawn notwithstanding 1 8 .¥f'Jc2 .

18 4)d4 E!.e7 19 f4 �h8

1 9 . . . g6 was worth considering.

20 h5 E!.g8 21 �f2 4)f8 22 El.ht .ile8 23 E!.agl 4Jd7 24 g4 4Jc5 25 Ahl fxg4

26 gxf5 was threatened.

26 �g3

White will occupy g4 with the queen and therefore he must make a place for the rook on the second rank.

26 . . . E!,f8 27 §h2 §ef7 28 §fl a6 29 'f1xg4 .ilb5 30 §f3 §f5!

The best chance for Black. the game should now have resulted in a draw.

31 4J xf5 exf5 32 .il xf5

32 . . . E!, xf5?

Black was even hoping to win with 32 . . . {le4+ ! He could have attained an

entirely even game, for instance, 33 �xe4 (33 ®g2 Jle2 34 ¥f'Jg6 ilxf3+ 35

London 1 922

�xf3 1£lg5 + 36 fxg5 'i1l'xg6 37 hxg6 § xf5 + ; or 33 '<t>h4 § xf5 34 'i1l'xf5 'i1l'gl 35 'i1l'h3 'i1l'c5) 33 . . . dxe4 34 § ff2! 'i1l'e3+ 35 �g2 'i1l'd3! .

33 �xf5 4)e4+ 34 �g2 .\le2 35 �g6 .\lxf3+ 36 �xf3 �b5 37 �g2 �d3+ 38 �g4 g5

38 . . . g6 was equally not satisfactory.

39 �f3 �bl 40 fxg5 hxg5 41 h6 �gl + 42 :8g2 �c5 43 �f7 �cs+ 44 e6 �g8 45 �xg8+ �xg8 46 �f5 1-0

(1 00) Bogoljubow - Watson

Caro-Kann Defense [B 1 O]

1 e4 c6 2 4)c3 d5 3 4)f3 dxe4 4 4) xe4

gfj

The more natural continuation was 4 . . . M5.

5 Ac4 .\lg7 6 d4 4)d7 7 �e2 4)b6 8 Ab3 4)h6

The d-pawn was not to be taken for instance, 8 . . . Axd4 9 Af4 Axb2 10 §.dl and wins .

9 4)f6+! .\lxf6

Black has in every case a bad position, but the move made ruins his game, and the white queen ' s bi shop contro l s Black's kingside. The best move was 9 . . . �f8.

10 .\lxh6 Ag4 11 0-0-0 e6 12 �bl Avo ids exchange of the important queen 's bishop.

12 ... �e7 13 a4 4)c8 14 h3 .\lxf3 15 �xf3 4)d6 16 Af4 o-o-o

There is no choice ; the knight must be defended.

17 :Shel .\lg7 18 g4 :8d7 19 �e3 �b8 20 c4 �a8

2l d5

The winning move. Black loses a pawn and his position becomes still weaker.

21 . . . cxd5 22 cxd5 4)c8 23 dxe6 :Bxdl + 24 :Bxdl fxe6 25 �xe6 �b4 26 .\ld2 �f8 27 .\le3 �f6 28 �xf6 .\lxf6 29 :8d7 :Bd8 30 :8 x h7 a6 31 :8h6 4)e7 32 Af7 4)c6 33 :8 xg6 Ahs 34 :Bgs 1-0

(101) Maroczy - Marotti


1 d4 4)f6 2 4)f3 d5 3 e3 Af5 4 c4 e6 5 �b3 b6

5 . . . 1£Jc6 or 5 . . . 'i1l'c8 would have been better.

6 4)c3 .\le7 7 4)e5 0-0 8 .\le2 4)e4 9 cxd5 4) xc3 10 bxc3 exd5 11 0-0 f6

Black is already in difficulties.

12 4)d3 .\lg6

93

London 1 922

The d-pawn had to be defended, but now B lack i s go ing to l o se the exchange.

13 .1£)f4 Af7 14 c4 dxc4 15 Axc4 �d7 16 .1£)e6! §cS 17 .1£)g5

Decisive. It threatens mate in case the bishop is exchanged.

17 ... fxg5 lS Axf7+ �hS 19 Ae6 �dS 20 Axes �xcS

Black is lost and might have resigned now.

21 Aa3 Af6 22 §acl �d7 23 �c2 .1£)a6 24 �c4 b5 25 �c6 �cs 26 �xb5 §bS 27 �a4 §b6 2S Jlc5 .1£) xc5 29 § xc5 Ae7 30 §xc7 �fS 31 �xa7 §e6 32 §fcl 1-0

(102) Yates - Morrison

Ruy Lopez [C88]

1 e4 e5 2 .i£)f3 .1£)c6 3 Ab5 a6 4 Jla4 .1£)f6 5 0-0 b5 6 Ab3 Ae7 7 §el d6 S c3 .i£)a5 9 Ac2 c5 10 d4 �c7 1 1 .1£)bd2 .1£)c6 12 d5 .1£)b8 13 a4 §a7 14 .!£)fl o-o 15 �e2 Ad7

1 5 . . . 8 b7 at once would have been better. The d7-square should have been reserved for the development of the queen's knight.

16 Ae3 §b7 l 7 .i£)g3 §eS lS h3 AfS 19 §ecl h6

A weakening move, but Black's position on the queenside was so cramped that it is difficult to suggest any satisfactory continuation. His best chances was perhaps to play 19 . . . g6 followed by 2 0 . . . ilg7 and 8 f8, i n the hope of eventually freeing his game by f5 .

94

20 M c4 21 ax b5 ax b5 22 §aS §cS 23 §cal �dS 24 .1£)h2 .1£)h7 25 �d2 Ae7 26 Jldl Jlg5 27 Jlg4 Axe3 2S � xe3 .1£)fS 29 A x d7 .1£)bxd7 30 §xcS �xcS 31 .i£)f5 �c7 32 .1£)g4

32 . . . h5

Black had no move to save the game, as <£igh6+ threatened. If 32 . . . 4.Jb6 then 33 4:\gxh6+ gxh6 34 'li:Yxh6 f6 35 'li:Yxf6 threatening to win the knight by 36 4Jh6+ or to play 36 Bel followed by 37 8 e3 with an overwhelming attack.

33 .1£)gh6+ �h7 34 .1£) xf7 .1£)g6 35 .i£)5 xd6 §b6 36 §aS .1£)f4 37 §hS+ 1-0

(103) Znosko-Borovsky - Atkins


1 e4 c5 2 .1£)f3 .1£)c6 3 d4 cxd4 4 .!£) xd4

ft)

It was better to develop first with the king 's knight. After the move made, 5 c4 could follow very advantageously.

5 .!£) xc6 bxc6

Taking with the d-pawn would result in an even game.

London 1 922

6 �d4 f6 7 Ae3 4Jh6 s h3 4Jf7 9 4Jc3 Ag7 10 Ac4 0-0 11 �c5

The natural move was 1 1 �d2 . The white queen ventures too far from the center of the battle.

11 . . . �eS 12 �a5 d6 13 f4 e6 14 0-0 f5 15 exf5 gxf5 16 4Ja4

An extravagant idea involving finally material loss. More plausible was 1 6 §ae l .

16 . . . Ad7 17 §adl c5 18 4Jc3

1S . . . d5 19 Axc5

There is no choice left; after any other move a piece is lost.

19 ... dxc4 20 11.xf8 11.xfS 21 §f3 �cs 22 §g3+ \tlhS 23 \tlhl Ag7

Noteworthy here was 23 . . . lte7.

24. �b4 Af6 25.4)e2 Ac6 26. �d2 Ad5 27.4Jc3 Ac6 28.�e2 �es Better was 28 . . . §bS for 29 . . . lteS gave

sufficient defense against 29 �h5.

29 �xc4 §cS 30 �a6 §c7 31 §e3 §d7 32 §xd7 �xd7 33 §d3 �c7 34

4Je2 \tlg7 35 §g3+ \tlfS 36 �a3+ �e7 37 �b3 4)dS 3S §d3 �b7 39 �a3+ \tlf7 40 §g3 Ah4 41 §b3

White is lost whatever he does ; the

sacrifice of the pawn gives the only

chance.

41 . . . A xg2+ 42 \tlh2 �as 43 4Jg3 Ad5 44 §e3 �b8 45 �a4 �xb2 46 �xa7+ \tlg6 47 �c5 �b7 4S §el

White does not know how to continue

and is merely marking time.

4S ... �c6 49 �gl \tlf7 50 §e2 Af3 51 §d2 �c3 52 �d4 �xd4 53 §xd4 \ties 54 4Jfl 4Jc6 55 §a4 Ads 56 \tlg3 Ae4 57 4Je3 Ah6 58 4)c4 Ac7 59 §as+ 4)dS 60 §a7 \tld7 61 c3 \tlc6 62 §a4 Ad5 63 4Je5+ \tlb5 64 §b4+ \tlc5 65 4)d7+ \tld6 66 4)f6 \tle7 67 4) x d5+ exd5 6S §d4 4)e6 69 §xd5 11.xf4+ 70 \tlf3 \tlf6 71 h4 Ae5 72 a4 4Jf4 73 §d7 4)g6 74 § x h7 11.xc3 75 h5 4Je5+ 76 \tle3 4Jf7 77 h6 \tlg6 7S §g7+ 11.xg7 79 hxg7 \tl xg7 80 \tld4 4)dS Sl \tld5 4J b7 S2 \tlc6 4Ja5+ S3 \tlb5 4J h3 84 \tlc4 f 4 S5 \ti x b3 f3 0-1

(104) Wahltuch - Euwe

Pirc Defense [807] 1 d4 4)f6 2 4Jf3 g6 3 c3 Ag7 4 4J bd2 d6 5 e4 4Jbd7 6 Ad3

After 6 e5 dxe5 7 dxe5 4:ld5 White 's epawn is very weak. Better than the text would have been 6 ltc4 .

6 . . . e5 7 d5

White weakens h i s position by this advance. The correct move was 7 0-0.

95

London 1 922

7 ... 0-0 8 ..£ifl ..£l xd5 9 exd5 e4 10 ,ilxe4

This gives Black the slight advantage of two b ishops against b ishop and knight, but if instead 10 Jle2 then 10 . . . exf3 1 1 Jlxf3 f5 and Black would still have had the better game.

10 . . . §e8 11 ..£lg3 ..£lc5 12 0-0 i£l xe4 13 ..£l xe4 §xe4 14 ..£lg5

Loss of time. 14 h3 followed by 1 5 Jle3 would probably have led to a draw.

14 . . . §e5!

After 1 4 . . . l"le8 White gets some attack by 1 5 �f3 . The text move forces White to weaken his position by 15 f4.

15 f4 §e8 16 §el? Ag4! 17 §xe8+ �xe8 18 �d3

Of course not 1 8 �xg4? because of 1 8 . . . �el mate.

18 . . . �el+ 19 �fl §e8 20 h3 Af5

Better than 20 . . . �g3 21 Jld2 l"le2 22 Jlel ! �e3+ 23 Jlf2 ! .

21 ..£lf3 �xfl + 22 \!lxfl ,ile4 23 \!lf2 ,ilxd5 24 Ae3 a5 25 g3

If 25 €\d4? Jlxg2 ! .

2 5 . . . a 4 2 6 ..£ld4 Ac4! 2 7 a3

If27 b3 Jla6! and 28 . . . c5.

27 . . . c5 28 ..£lf3

If 28 €\e2 Jlxe2 29 �xe2 Jld4 ! .

9 6

28 . . . \!lf8 29 §dl \!le7 30 §d2 b6 31 h4 Ab3

Black intends 31 . . . �d7 but cannot play this at once on account of 32 €\e5+ Jlxe5 33 fxe5 l"\ xe5 and the bishops being of opposite color the win would be difficult.

32 §e2 \!ld7 33 ,ild2 §xe2+ 34 \!lxe2 \!le6

35 \!le3

If 35 €\g5+ then 35 . . . �f5 36 €\xh7 f6

and the knight has no escape.

35 . . . \!lf5 36 Ael b5 37 ..£id2 Ad5 38 ..£lf3

Black threatened b4.

38 ... .i}.xf3 39 \!lxf3 h5 40 ,ild2

If 40 Jlf2 b4 41 Jle l Jlxc3! and wins.

4o ... d5 41 Ae3 d4 42 Ad2 Af6t 43 ,ilel dxc3 44 bxc3 ,ile7 45 ,ild2 b4 46 cxb4cxb4 47 axb4 a3 48 b5 a2 49 Ac3 Af6 50 b6 ,ilxc3 51 b7 al� 52 b8� �fl+ 53 \!le3 �el+ 54 \!ld3

London 1 922

Or 54 �f3 'iil'e4+ 55 �f2 lld4+ 56 �fl 'iil'f3+ 57 �e l llc3 mate.

54 . . . �d2+ 0-l

Resigns because after 55 �c4 'ii\'d4+ 56 �b3 'iil'b4+ the ending is lost. An interesting endgame, well played by the Dutch champion.

Round XIV

(105) Rubinstein - Capablanca


1 d4 .1£\f6 2 .1£\f3 d5 3 Af4 e6 4 e3 Ad6 5 .1£\bd2 Axf4 6 exf4 c5 7 dxc5 �c7 8 g3 �xc5 9 Ad3 .1£\c6 10 c3 0-0 11 0-0 b5 12 .1£\e5 Ab7 13 �e2 Yz-Yi

The shortest game of the tournament. Formerly Rubinstein never played so anxiously.

( 106) Alekhine - M aroczy Queen's Gambit Declined [D55]

1 d4 .1£\f6 2 .1£\f3 d5 3 c4 e6 4 .1£\c3 Ae7 5 Ag5 0-0 6 e3 c5

This defense Rubinstein recommends in Colling's Larobok; it is curious that Rub ins te in never p l ays h i s own variations . Here I was taken in, because Alekhine was prepared for it.

7 cxd5 exd5 8 dxc5 Ae6

Rubinstein recommends 8 . . . 'iil'a5 . The text move is, however, better, for after 8 . . . 'iil'a5, Black has no resource.

9 Ab5

This is the new move ; the Larobok gives 9 lld3 after which move Black has a very good game.

9 . . . A xc5 10 0-0 .1£\c6 11 .§cl Ae7 12 Axc6

The weakness on d5 is unimportant, but the weakness on c6 is decisive.

12 ... bxc6 13 .1£\a4 .§c8 14 .1£\d4 Ad7

After 14 . . . cS White could with 1 5 llxf6 gxf6 16 1£lxe6 fxe6 17 'ii\'g4+ �f7 18 'iil'h5+ force a draw immediately or with 1 8 f4 play to win.

15 Axf6

The white position is superior; the two black bishops are powerful, but the white knights rule the situation. 1 5 1£lc5 instantly would not be good on account of l 5 . . . .llxc5 followed by 16 . . . 'ii\'b6 and 1 7 . . . 1£le4.

15 Axf6 1 6 .1£\c5 Ae8 l 7 �g4 .§b8 18 b3 g6 19 .§c2 �d6 20 .§fcl

White has fin i shed the strateg i c disposition o f his forces.

20 . . . Ae5 21 .1£\f3 Ag7 22 �a4 �e7 23 .1£1d4

White proceeds to bui ld up a fresh attack on the weak c6.

23 .. . .§b6 24 h3 Ae5 25 .1£\d3! Axd4 Black has nothing better, for 25 . . . c5 does not work on account of 26 'iil'a3 .

26 exd4 .§b7

Black now threatens c5 .

27 .§el �g5 28 .§ce2

Hastily played. The s imple 28 § e 5 would have maintained the advantage.

28 . . . Ad7 29 .1£\c5

97

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White w i she s to prevent B lack ' s counter-combination and thinks the moves made forced, but now a surprise follows.

29 ... Axh3 30 f4 �g3 31 .£) xb7

Black calculated more accurately and has obtained a strong posit ion . He

threatened 3 1 . . . l"l e7 as much as 3 1 . . . .\lxg2 and White cannot prevent either of them.

31 . . . Axg2 32 �xc6

After 3 2 l"l x g2 B lack w i n s with 32 . . . �xel + 33 '<t'h2 �h4+ 34 '<t'gl §e8 ! . Nor was the text move sufficient.

32 . . . Ae4+ Yz-Yz

The players agreed a draw without playing further. Black has perpetual check and - cons ider ing h i s bad position before - he was satisfied. I t is curious that the position i s lost for White : 33 '<t'fl �h3+ 34 '<t'f2 �f3+ 35 '<t'gl �g4 + ! 3 6 '<t'fl (with 36 '<t'h2 White loses the f-pawn too) 36 . . . l"l cS! 37 � x c 8 + (by White ' s p l ay ing otherwise mate follows) 37 . . . �xcS 38 '2ic5 �h3+ and then fS .

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(107) Morrison - Vidmar Falkbeer Counter Gambit [C3 l ]

l f4 e5 2 e4 d5 3 exd5 e4 4 d3 exd3 5 Axd3 �xdS 6 .£)c3

A trap . If B lack takes the g-pawn, 6 . . . �xg2, 7 .lle4 would follow.

6 ... Ab4 7 �e2+ �e6 8 Ae3

8 �d2 would be better. After this move White could have secured the position of his pawns on the queenside. After the move in the text B lack gets the advantage.

8 . . . Axc3+ 9 bxc3 .£)f6 10 Ac4 �e7 1 1 AcS �xe2+ 12 .£) xe2 b6

White overest imated h i s pos i t ion , chiefly the strength of h is two bishops, but after the following plausible move, he quickly sees his error.

13 Ad4 4Jbd7 14 0-0 0-0 15 4Jg3 c5 16 Af2 Ab7 17 13.fel g6 18 !3e7 !3.ae8 19 13.ael !3, xe7 20 !3.xe7 Ac6 21 13,el

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21. . . b5 was threatened, and after 22 i.tfl 23 b5 '2id5 etc.

This forces the draw. None of the

21 ... .£)d5 22 .£)e2 §e8 23 §dl .£!7f6 possible continuations leads to a win.

24a4

24 .. . §e4 25 .\lxd5 .£! xd5 26 .£ig3

White 's position is not to be saved . He loses his pawns, one after another, and further explanation is superfluous.

26 ... § x a4 27 f5 h5 28 fxg6 fxg6 29 .£)e2 Ab5 30 h3 Ac4 31 Ael §a2 32 §d2 §al 33 \t>f2 .£)f6 34 §dS+ \t>f7 35 .\ld2 §dl 36 .£ig3 h4 0-1

(1 08) Euwe - Bogoljubow Queen's Gambit Declined [D64]

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 .£ic3 .£if6 4 Ag5 .£ibd7 5 e3 Ae7 6 .£if3 0-0 7 §cl c6 8 'lf}fc2 h6 9 Ah4 a6 10 Ad3

If 10 c5, 10 . . . e5 !

10 . . . dxc4 11 .\lxc4 b5 12 .\le2! c5 13 0-0 Ab7 14 §fdl §cS 15 dxc5 § xc5 16 b4 §cS 17 fybl fyeS 18 a4 bxa4 19 .£) xa4 §xcl 20 §xcl .£id5 21 .\lxe7 fyxe7 22 .£ic5 .£! b8

After 22 . . . '2!xc5 23 bxc5 Black gets into d ifficu lt ies on account of White ' s passed pawn being very strong .

23 . . . axb5 24 .£i xb7 'lf}fxb7 25 fyxb5 f1a7 26 f1c5 fyxc5 27 § xc5 .£id7

The game is a dead draw now. Bogoljubow tries in vain to win, and ultimately gets into difficulties.

28 §cl §b8 29 .£)d4 .£ie5 30 g3 g5 31 h3 \t>g7 32 §c2 \t>f6 33 4Jf3 §b3 34 .£id2

If 34 ®g2? El xe3

34 ... §a3 35 .£ic4 §c3 36 §xc3 .£i xc3 37 Afl .£if3+ 38 \t>g2 .£!el+ 39 \t>gl h5 40 .£id2 g4 41 hxg4 hxg4 42 Aa6 \t>e5 43 \t>fl .£if3? 44 .£i xf3+ gxf3 45 Ab7 .£ie4 46 \t>el .£ig5 47 \t>d2 \t>f5 48 e4+

48 ®d3 would have won a pawn. If then 48 . . . '2ih3 49 e4+ ®g4 50 ®e3 '2ig5 5 1 i.tc6 '21h3 52 i.ta4! '2ig5 5 3 i.tdl f6 54 i.tb3 ®h5 (54 . . . e5 55 Adl ) 55 ®f4.

48 . . . .£) xe4+ 49 \t>e3 .£ig5 50 Axf3 .£! xf3 51 \t>xf3 \t>g5 52 \t>e4 Yi-Yi

(109) Tartakower - Wahltuch

Queen's Pawn Game [DOO]

1 d4 .£if6 2 4Jf3 g6 3 .£ic3

Intending 4 e4.

3 .. . d5 4 Af4 c6 5 h3 .\lg7 6 e3 .£ibd7 7 .\le2 b6 8 0-0 Ab7 9 .£ie5 e6

A similar defense was adopted by Reti against Capablanca. Mr. Reti however,

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castled early in his game, which seems the only hope of salvation in this questionable innovation. In the game under review, if B lack had now castled instead of making this move in the text, he might, at any rate, have put up a good fight by subsequently 0ie8 and f6.

10 Ah2 1£) xe5 1 1 dxe5 1£)d7 12 f4 'i}/e7 13 e4 f6 14 exd5 exd5 15 exf6 1£) xf6 16 f5 g5 17 Ah5+ \t>d8

Already, and mainly as the result of delaying castling, Black's position is demoralized.

18 El.el 'i}/c5+ 19 \t>hl J,tcs 20 'i}/f3 Ad7 21 '(}Jg3

Threatening mate and the g-pawn.

21 .. . E!.cS 22 'i}/xg5 'i}/fS 23 Ae5 El.gs 24 Af3 Ahs 25 '(}Jh4 Jtxf5

26 1£) xd5

A clever and perfectly sound sacrifice.

26 ... cxd5 27 J,txd5 E!.g6 2S E!.adl

Ad7 29 Ae6 E!.c7 30 Axc7+ \t> xc7 31 'i}/f4+ \t>c8 32 E!. xd7 1-0

Manifestly, if 32 . . . 0ixd7, 33 ,,Q,,xd7+ wins the queen.

(110) Reti - Atkins


1 d4 1£)f6 2 c4 e6 3 i£)c3 d5 4 Jtg5 Ae7 5 e3 1£)bd7 6 1£)f3 0-0 7 'i}/c2 c6· s El.cl b6

Resulting from this continuation Black has for a long time a difficult game. Better is the more usual continuation 8 . . . h6 9 ,,Q,,h4 §e8 and if then 10 ,,Q,,d3 dxc4 1 1 ,,Q,,xc4 0id5 1 2 ,,Q,,xe7 '/;Jxe7 13 0-0 0ixc3 14 bxc3 b6 with 15 . . . ,,Q,,b7 and so on.

9 cxd5 exd5 10 J,te2 Jib7 11 0-0 1£)e4

With th i s strenuous move B lack equalizes. I t could have been neutralized by Reti playing 10 ,,Q,,d3.

12 J,tf4 f5 13 h3 1£) xc3

For this exchange there was no need. 13 . . . �e8 seems better.

14 bxc3 'i}/e8 15 c4 dxc4

This exchange is a mistake. 1 5 . . . c5 was the right move.

16 Jtxc4+ \t>hS 17 1£)e5 1£) xe5 lS Jtxe5 'i}/g6 19 f4 c5 20 d5 El.ads 21 E!.cdl b5 22 'i}/b2 a6

With this and the following move the black queen's wing is fixed and White 's attack on the kingside proceeds without resistance.

23 a4 b4 24 \t>h2 J,td6 25 E!.f3 'i}/f7 26 E!.g3 El.gs 27 Jtxd6 E!.xd6 2S 'i}/e5 E!.gdS 29 E!.g5 J,tc8 (D)

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30 e4! h6 31 §g3 fxe4 32 §e3 Ab7

After 32 . . . MS would follow 33 g4 Jlh7 34 f5 .

33 �xe4 § xd5

If33 . . . Jl.xd5 34 § xd5! § xd5 35 §d3 and wins. It seems that the sacrifice of the exchange offers the best chance against White 's threatened .Q.d3.

34 Axd5 Axd5 35 �e5 c4 36 §e41 c3 37 § x b4 c2 3S §cl §eS?

38 . . . Jl.b3 at once would have enabled Atkins to prolong the game.

39 §bS §xbS 40 �xbS+ c;t>h7 41 § xc2 Ab3 42 §cS Axa4 43 §hS+ c;t>g6 44 �d6+ �f6 45 �d3+ 1-0

(111) Yates - Znosko-Borovsky

French Defense [C 1 O]

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 .£lc3 dxe4

B l ack avo id s the stereotype d variations, but we think i t was preferable to p l ay the Caro-Kann D e fens e , whereby Black has more room than in this variation of the French.

Frederick Yates

4 1£) xe4 1£)d7 5 .£if3 Ae7 6 Ad3 1£)gf6 7 .£ig3 c5 S 0-0 0-0 9 c3 �c7 10 �e2 b6

The only poss ib i l i ty of getting the

queen 's bishop into play.

11 i£)e5 Ab7 12 Ag5 cxd4 13 cxd4 �d6 14 §fdl h6 15 Af4 .£id5 16 Ad2 1£)7f6 17 §acl §acS 1S 1£)e4 1£) xe4 19 �xe4 f5 20 �e2 Af6 21 a3 §fdS 22 Ac4 §eS 23 §el Axe5 24 dxe5 �e7 25 Aa6 Axa6 26 �xa6 �d7 27 h3 .£ic7 2S �e2 §eds

The game is probably even, but Black

had chances on account of the strong

knight on d5 . The move in the text is faulty, for it lets the white bishop in;

better was 28 . . . .fldS and against 29 �a6 Black must be content with a draw.

29 Ab4 .£id5 30 Ad6 �a4 31 g3 §c6?

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A great mistake, which loses instantly, but Whi te ' s pos i t ion i s already somewhat to be preferred.

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(112) Watson - Marotti

King 's Indian Defense [E90]

1 d4 l£)f6 2 l£'lf3 g6 3 c4 d6 4 l£)c3 .ilg7 5 e4 0-0 6 .ile3

The bishop's development is premature. It was better to prevent the possibility of exchange by 6 h3. On this move an attack on the kingside might also have been based.

6 ... l£)g4 7 �d2 l£) xe3 8 �xe3 f5 9 .ild3 f4 10 �d2 .ilg4 11 l£)e2 .ilxf3 12 gxf3 e5 13 �b4 �cs 14 c5 l£)c6 15 �b3+ <;tihS 16 d5 l£)d8 17 cxd6 cxd6 18 h4

White is already in difficulties. His king has no security; the move the text is rather a defense against 1 8 . . . �h3 rather than an attack.

18 . . . §f7 19 l£'lc3 §c7 20 <;tie2 l£)f7 21 �a3 a6 22 l£)a4 §bS 23 l£)b6 �d8 24 �b3 .ilf6

The Italian master plays very cleverly and h is position is decidedly more advantageous . White has no attack, though his pieces seemingly occupy dominating positions.

25 h5 g5 26 §acl �e7 27 <;tid2

The king's move makes an interesting counter-attack possible; comparatively better was 27 itc4 etc.

27 ... g4 28 fxg4 f3 29 §c4 .ilg5+ 30 <;tic2 l£)h6! 31 §gl

This move gives no defense. Somewhat better was 31 §h3 followed by 32 itfl .

31 . . . ,ilh4 32 <;tibl ,ilxf2 33 §gel Jlc5 34 l£)a4 l£) xg4 35 l£'l xc5 dxc5 36 �b6 §d7 37 §xc5 §fS

White has a pawn. The free f-pawn, however, is in favor of Black.

38 §c7 f2 39 .ilfl l£)h2 40 §cS

Loss by 40 . . . Rxc7 was threatening.

40 ... �f7 41 �h6 §ddS 42 §Sc7 �g8 43 § xb7

43 d6 was here to be considered; after the move made in the game, B lack should win.

43 ... l£) xfl 44 § xfl §f4! 45 �b6 §dfS 46 �c7 §xe4 47 h3

47 . . . §el+

Black, being pressed for time, misses the correct cont inuat ion . After 47 . . . § e2! White cannot be saved.

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48 <i!lb2 §e2+ 49 <i!fa3 §cs 50 'lP/f7 'lP/fS+ 51 §e7 'lP/xf7 52 §xf7 §cc2 53 d6 § x a2+ 54 <i!fb4 <i!fgS 55 d7 §ad2 56 §e7 e4 57 h6 e3 58 §cl a5+ 59 <i!la4 fl 'lPJ

An interesting turn ! Black runs into a mating position. A superfluous check destroyed the fruits of the previous hours .

60 §c8+ 1-0

Round XV

(113) Capahlanca - Marotti

Sicilian Defense [E79]

1 e4 c5 2 .!df3 .!dc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 .!d xd4 g6 5 Ae3 Ag7 6 c4

Black opened the game very badly. Earlier he should have played €lf6 in order to force '2lc3. White 's move is very strong; it impedes d5 and breaks up the queen's bishop diagonal .

6 . . . d6 7 .!dc3 .!df6 8 Ae2 Ad7 9 0-0 0-0 10 f4 .!dg4

A blunder. Black remembered that €lg4 could be played, but he did not know that it should not be made in th i s position .

1 1 A xg4 Axg4 12 .!d xc6 'lP/d7 13 .!dxe7+ <i!fhS 14 'lP/d3 'lP/xe7

Black has lost a pawn and has a bad game otherwise. The game is decided.

15 .!dd5 'lP/d7 16 f5 gxf5 17 exf5 Ae5 18 h3 Ah5 19 .!df4 Axf4 20 Axf4 f6 21 §ael §ad8 22 g4 'lP/c6 23 'lP/d4 §d7 24 Ah6 1-o

(114) Alekhine - Tartakower

Dutch Defense [ A8 l ]

l d4 f5 2 g3

The fianchetto development of the king's bishop is the strongest answer against the Dutch Defense. White has a comfortable game and Black must be very care ful if he is to avo i d disadvantage.

2 ... .!df6 3 Ag2 e6 4 .!dh3 d5 5 0-0 c6 6 Af4 Ad6 7 .!dd2 o-o s .!df3

Alekhine wanted only a draw to secure the second prize, or he would surely have tried to complicate the game.

8 ... 'lP/c7 9 A xd6 'lP/xd6 10 .!df4 b6 1 1 .!de5 .!dbd7 12 .!dfd3 Aa6 13 f4 c5 14 c3 Axd3 15 'lP/xd3 §ac8 16 e3 .!de4 17 Axe4

Makes the draw safe.

17 ... fxe4 18 'lP/b5 'h-'h

(115) Yates - Rubinstein Ruy Lopez [C79]

1 e4 e5 2 .!df3 .!dc6 3 Ab5 a6 4 Aa4 .!df6 5 o-o d6 6 d4 b5 7 Ab3 .!d xd4 s .!d xd4 exd4 9 c3

The pawn was not to be taken, because Black would gain material with 9 �xd4 c5 . The move in the text develops the white forces very quickly.

9 ... Ab7 10 cxd4 Axe4 11 §el Ae7 12 Ag5 Ag6

Black's game is no longer good. After 1 2 . . . �b7 the black king 's posit ion remains undefended.

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13 Axf6 gxf6 14 �f3

Hasty ! The most simple manner to decide the game was 1 4 Ad5 ! for instance : 1 4 . . . § bS 15 Jlc6+ ®f8 16 4Jc3 § b6 1 7 4Jd5 § xc6 1 8 § xe7 and the black position is hopeless.

14 . . . 0--0 15 4Jc3 f5 16 4Jd5 Ag5 17 �c3 .§.c8

Rubinstein now plays very strongly and succeeds in getting some advantage, but his subsequent efforts are fruitless on account of his opponent's energetic resistance.

18 �c6 f4 19 f3 Af5 20 .§.acl \ti>h8 21 .§.e2

After 21 �xa6 follows simply 2 1 . . .Ad7.

21. .. .§.g8 22 �xa6 c6! 23 .§.xc6 Af6 24 .§.xc8 Axd4+ 25 \ti>hl �xc8

Now Black obtained the better endgame and White has great difficulty to save the game.

26 �xcS .§.xc8 27 §.el .ile6 28 4)xf4 Axb3 29 axb3 .§.c2 30 §.bl Axb2 31 ®gl ®g7 32 ®fl ®f6 33 §.el ®f5 34 .§.e4 Aa3 35 h4 Ac5 36 g4+ ®f6 37 4Jh5+ ®g6 38 .§.f4

All very beautifully played by Yates. The bishop, however, proves itself in the endgame stronger than the knight.

38 ... h6 39 .§.f6+ ®h7 40 .§.xfi+ ®g8 41 .§.b7 .§.f2+ 42 ®el .§.xf3 43 .§.xb5 Ad4 44 .§.bS+ \ti>fi 45 .§b7+ ®g6 46 .§e7 Ae5 47 .§.e6+ ®h7 48 g5 hxg5 49 hxg5 \ti>g8 50 g6 ®f8 51 b4 .§.b3 52 g7+ Yi-Yi

(116) Euwe - Vidmar Queen's Gambit Declined [D67]

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 4)c3 4)f6 4 .ilg5 .ile7 5 e3 4)bd7 6 4)f3 0-0 7 §.cl c6 8 Ad3 dxc4 9 Axc4 4)d5 10 Axe7 �xe7 11 0-0 4) xc3 12 .§. xc3 b6 13 �e2 c5 14 .§.fcl

Better 14 Jlb5.

14 . . . e5!

If 14 . . . Jlb7? 15 Jlb5! with advantage to White. The text move gives Black an equal game at the least. White cannot p l ay now 1 5 Jld5 on account of 1 5 . . . exd4! .

15 dxc5 4) xc5 16 b4

I f 1 6 Ad5? Jla6!

16 . . . 4)e4 17 .§.3c2 Ab7 18 .ila6 .ilxa6 19 �xa6 �xb4! 20 4) xe5

If 20 § c4 4Jc5 ! .

20 .. . �d6 (D)

21 4) xfi?

An unsound sacr ifi c e . White overlooked 22 . . . ®xf7! .

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21 . • . 'l:£fe6

After 2 1 . .. ®xf7, 22 �b7+ wins back the piece. If 21 . . .B xf7? 22 B c8+ B xc8 23 E\ xc8+ Bf8 24 �c4+ ®h8 25 8xf8+ and White wins a pawn.

22 �c4 'i!/xf7! 23 'i:£f xe6+ 'i!/xe6 24 §c7 .!clcS 2S § xg7 §f7 26 §xf7 'i!/xf7 27 §dl 'i!/e7 28 'i!/fl §d8

The exchange of rooks makes the win more difficult for Black.

29 § xd8 'i!/xd8 30 'i!/e2 bS?

30 . . . 4:le4 would have won a pawn.

31 f3 'i!/d7 32 g4 'i!/e6 33 h4 as 34 'i!/d2 b4 3S 'i!/c2 a4 36 'i!/d2 'i!/dS 37 hS

If 37 ®c2? ®c4 38 h5 b3+ 39 axb3+ axb3+ 40 ®bl ®c3 41 g5 b2 42 g6 4:lb3 wins.

37 ... 'i!/eS 38 f4+ 'i!/e4 39 gS 'i!/fS 40 'i!/c2 'i!/e6 41 'i!/d2 'i!/fS 42 'i!/c2 .!£}e4!

Black finds a pretty way of winning.

43 g6

If 43 ®d3, 43 . . . b3 ! ! wins, e .g . , 44 axb3 axb3 45 g6 hxg6 46 hxg6 ®xg6.

43 ... hxg6 44 hxg6 'i!/xg6 4S 'i!/d3

White hoped to force a draw by thi s move.

4S . • . 'i!/fS

45 . . . b3 would have won as well.

46 <;!tc2

If 46 ®c4 b3 47 axb3 a3 and wins.

46 • • . 'i!/e6 0-1

( 1 17) Bogoljubow - Morrison

Ruy Lopez [C65]

1 e4 es 2 .!clf3 .!clc6 3 Ah5 .!clf6 4 d4 a6

A mistake involving the loss of a pawn.

S Axc6 dxc6 6 .!£} xeS .!£} xe4

Better was 6 . . . �e 7. After the move made in the game Black loses a piece.

7 'i:£fe2 'i:£f xd4 8 ./£}f3 'i:£fdS 9 .!£}fd2

White plays simply and consequently wins the piece and at the same time he simplifies the game by exchanges .

9 • • • fS 10 f3 Ae7 11 fxe4 fxe4 12 .!clc3 'i:£ff7 13 §fl 'l:£fg6 14 'i:£f xe4 Ae6 lS 'i:£f xg6+ hxg6 16 .!£}f3 0-0-0 17 Ad2 Ac4 18 §hl Ah4+ 19 .!cl xh4

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§de8+ 20 lit1f2 §xh4 21 §ael §f8+ 22 lit1g3 1-0

(118) Maroczy - Reti

French Defense [CO l ]

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d 5 3 exd5 exd5 4 Ad3 Ad6 5 .£)f3 .£)f6 6 o-o o-o 7 Ag5 Ag4 8 .£) bd2 .£) bd7 9 c3 c6 10 '(}Jc2

Geza Mar6czy

'(}Jc7 1 1 §fel §fe8 12 h3 Axf3 13 .£) xf3 h6 14 A xf6 .£) xf6 15 §xe8+ §xeS 16 §el § xel + 17 .£) xel '(}Je7 18 '(}Je2 \t>f8 19 �l '(}Jxe2+ 20 \t>xe2 \t>e7 21 .£)f3 .£)d7 22 g3 g6 'h-'h

This game scarcely needs remarks. Both players were content with a draw and tried to simplify the position as far as possible. A definite result would have excluded the loser from the prize list.

(119) Wahltuch -Atkins


1 d4 .£)f6 2 .£)f3 e6 3 .£) bd2 d5 4 e3 c5 5 c3 .£)c6 6 Ad3 Ad6 7 0-0

7 e4 would be worth consideration, for instance : 7 . . . cxd4 8 cxd4 dxe4 9 <tlxe4 <tlxe4 1 0 .ftxe4 .ftb4+ 1 1 .ftd2 .ftxd2+ 12 '@'txd2 etc.

7 . . • 0-0 8 b3

Even here 8 e4 would have been better.

8 . . • e5! 9 dxe5 .£) xe5 10 .£) xe5 .il xe5 11 '(}Jc2 b6 12 f4

The only way, making development possible. 12 ... Ac7 13 e4 dxe4 14 .£) xe4 h6 15 .£) xf6+ '(}J xf6 16 Ab2 Ab7 17 c4 '(}Jh4 18 g3 '(}Jh5 19 '(}Jc3 f6 20 '(}Jc2 f5 21 §ael §f7 22 §e3 '(}Jg6 23 Ae2 Ae4

White has to be content with a draw, for '@'tc6 is threatened.

24 Ad3 Ab7 25 Ae2 'h-'h

(120) Znosko-Borovsky - Watson Ruy Lopez [C97]

1 e4 e5 2 i£)f3 .£)c6 3 Ab5 a6 4 Aa4 .£)f6 5 0-0 Ae7 6 §el b5 7 Ab3 d6 8 c3 .£)a5 9 Ac2 c5 10 d4 '(}Jc7

All i s so far p layed after famous patterns. It i s now, that the game proper begins.

11 h3 o-o 12 .£)bd2 Ad7 13 .£)fl §acS 14 Ad3 .£)c6 15 Ae3 c4

There was no reason for advancing this pawn. Black should not solve the center, he should consolidate himself w ith 1 5 . . . §fe8 and eventually . . . Af8.

16 Ac2 §fe8 l 7 .£)g3 .�.f8

1 7 . . . 'it'h8 was here worth considering.

1 06


ts Ag5 4)e7

Of the two evils, 1 8 . . . �e7 is the lesser. Now his game goes quickly downhill .

19 .ll,xf6 gxf6 20 4)h5 .ll,g7 21 4)h4 �fS 22 �f3 4)gS

The black king's bishop plays a very sad role.

23 4)f5 AhS 24 .§adl .§bS 25 4)hg3 b4 26 �h5 h6 27 4) xh6 4) xh6 2S �xh6+ �e7 29 dxe5 dxe5 30 .§xd7+

White simplifies the position as in the endgame his material superiority tells.

30 . . . �xd7 31 Aa4+ .§b5 32 .§dl+ �cs 33 Axb5 axb5 34 4)f5 .§dS 35 .§d5 bxc3 36 bxc3 b4 37 ex b4 c3 3S �cl .§ xd5 39 exd5 �d7 40 �c2 �c4 41 �a4+ �dS 42 4)d6 �xd5 43 �es+ �c7 44 4) b5+ �b7 45 4) xc3 �c4 46 �d7+ �a6 47 4)d5 f5 4S a4 1-0

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The

192 1

World Chess

Championship

Match

Jose Raul Capablanca, Challenger

Emanuel Lasker, Champion

Havana, Cuba

Tuesday, March 15, 192 1 -

Wednesday, April 20, 1 921

Annotations by

Jose Raul Capablanca

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(1) Capablanca - Lasker


1.d4 d5 2.4Jf3 e6 3.c4 4)f6 4.Ag5 Ae7 5.e3 4)bd7 6.4)c3 0-0 7.§cl b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ab5

A new move which has no merit outside of its novelty. I played it for the first time against Teichmann in Berlin in 1 9 14.

The normal move is 9 . .Jld3, but 9.�a4 may be the best, after all .

9 .. . .11,b7 10. �a4 a6

1 0 . . . c5 at once is the proper continuation.

1 1 . .1}. x d7 4) xd7 12 . .11, xe7 � x e7 13.�b3

With the idea of preventing c5, but still better would have been to castle.

13 ... �d6

Black could have played 1 3 . . . cS. In the

many complications arising from this

move, I think, Black would have come out all right.

14.0-0 .§.fd8 15.§fdl .§.ab8 16.4)el

The object was to draw the knight away

from the line of the bishop, which would soon be open, as it actually occurred in the game.

16 ... 4)f6 17.§c2 c5 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.4)e2 (D)

19 .. . 4Je4

All the attacks beginning either with 4:Jg4 or c4 would have failed.

2 0 . � a 3 .§. bes 2 1 . 4J g3 4) x g3 22.hxg3 �b6 23 . .§.cd2

23 l"l dcl would not have been better, because of the rejoinder 23 . . . d4, etc.

23 . . . h6 24.4)f3 d4 25.exd4 .11,xf3 26 .� xf3 § x d4 27 .§c2 § x d l + 28. �xdl §dS 29. �e2 �d6 30. <;!th2 �d5 31.b3 �f5 32.g4 �g5 33.g3 §d6

Unquestionably the best move; with any other move Black would, perhaps, have found it impossible to draw.

34.<;!tg2 g6 35.�c4 §e6 36.�xc5 � xg4 37.f3 �g5 38.�xg5 hxg5 39.<;!tf2 §d6 40.<i!fe3 §e6+ 41.<;!td4 §d6+ 42.<i!le3

42 .©cS was too risky. The way to win was not at all clear and I even thought that with that move Black might win.

42 . . . §e6+ 43.<i!ff2 .§.d6 44.g4 .§.dl (D)

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45.\tle2

4 5 . ®e3 was the right move. It was perhaps the only chance White had to win, or at least come near it.

45 ... §al 46.\tld3

Had the king been at e3, it could go to d4, which would have gained a very important move .

46 ... \tlg7 47.b4 §fl

Best . B lack, however, would have accomplished nothing with this move, had the white king been at d4.

48.\tle3

The remainder of the game needs no comment.

48 . . . §bl 49.§c6 § x b4 50. § x a6 §b2 Y:z-Y:z

Capablanca: 2h 44m; Lasker: 2h 35m

(2) Lasker - Capablanca

Queen's Gambit Declined [D3 7)

1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.tilc3 tilf6 4.tilf3 'ilbd7 5.e3

On general principles it is better to bring the queen's bishop out first.

5 . . . Ae7 6 . .1l.d3 0-0 7.0-0 d x c4 8.Axc4 c5 9. �e2 a6 10.§dl b5 u.Ad3 Ab7 12.e4

Played in order to develop the queen's bishop and thereby condemning his whole plan of development, since he cou ld have done that before , as indicated in the previous note, and the only reason he could have had for playing e3 on the 5th move would have been to develop this bishop via b2.

12 . . . cxd4 13.til xd4 tile5

14.tilb3

The combinations beginning with �xbS followed by Nxe6 are wrong, viz., 14.�xbS axbS 1 5 .<tlxe6 fxe6 1 6.§ xd8 §axd8 17.�xbS <tlxe4 and Black has a won game.

14 .. . til xd3 15.§ xd3 �c7 16.e5

White could not play 1 6.�gS because of the rejoinder 1 6 . . . <tlxe4.

16 . . . tild5 17.§g3 til xc3 18.§xc3 �d7

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It was my impression that, after this move, B lack had a very superior game. 19 . .§g3 .§fds 20.Ah6 g6 2t .Ae3 t\'d5

This leads to the exchange of one of the two bishops, but it would be very difficult to find a better move.

2 2 . !£i a 5 .§ac8 2 3 . l£l x b7 t\' x b7 24.Jl,h6 t\'d5 25.b3 t\'d4

It was probably here where Black failed to make the best move . 25 . . . Ab4 was the better move.

26 . .§fl .§d5 27 . .§e3 Aa3

27 . . . �fS was better, as White could not very well afford to take the bishop; he would be compelled to play first 28.§e4 to be followed later on by Af4.

28.g3 t\'b2 29 . .§el .§c2

29 . . . �xe2 followed by Ab4 was the proper course to fol low.

30.t\'f3

30 . . . Jl,e7

This was my 30th move; I was very much pressed for time and I could not make

the necessary analys i s to find out whether .llf8 would have been a winning or losing move . If 30 . . . .llfS 3 1 .AxfS 'it>xf8 32 .�f6 'it>g8 33.h4 and Black would have a very difficult position to defend.

31 . .§3e2 .§xe2

3 1 . . .�xa2 now would lose because of 3 2 . § xc2 �xc2 33 .l'k l followed by 8 c8+ etc.

32 . .§xe2 t\'bl + 33.\t>g2 Af8 34.M4 h6 3 5 .h4 b4 3 6 . t\'e4 t\' x e4+ 37 . .§xe4 \t>g7 38 . .§c4 Ac5 39.\t>f3 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Jl,xg5 Yz-Yz

Lasker: 2h 36m; Capablanca: 2h 37m


Ruy Lopez [C66]

1 .e4 e5 2 .l£lf3 .ldc6 3 .l£lc3 !£i f6 4.Ab5 d6 5 .d4 Ad7 6.o-o Ae7 7 . .§el exd4 8.l£l xd4 0-0 9,1l_xc6 b x c 6 1 0 . Ag5 h6 1 1 . Ah4 .§e8 12.t\'d3 'dh7 13.Axe7

An old move, generally played by all the masters . I believe, however, that 1 3 .Ag3 is the best continuation.

13 . . . .§ xe7 14 . .§e3 t\'b8 15.b3

Unnecessary at this point, since Black cannot take the pawn.

15 . . . t\'b6 16 . .§ael .§ae8 17.l£lf3 t\'a5 18. t\'d2 (D)

18 . . . l£lg5

A very good move, which gives Black the better position .

1 1 1

Capablanca -Capablanca - Lasker 1 92 1

45 .�e2

19 . ./£) xg5 hxg5 20.h3 §eS 21.§dl ,ilcS 22.§d3 �b6 23. �h2 §Se6 24.§g3 §f6 25.�gl

25 .f3 would have been answered by 25 . . . '\;¥c5 .

25 . . . �fS 26 . .1£)a4 �a5 27.�xaS §xa5 2S.§c3

Played under the impression that Black would have to defend the pawn by 28 . . . .lld7, when would follow 29.l2lc5 .lle8 30 .e5 . Since Black could play the text move, it would have been better for White to have played 28.c4.

2S ... ,ilb7 29.f3 §e6 30.§cd3 ,ila6 31.§d4 f6 32.§cl cS 33.§d2 Ab5 34 . .1£lc3 ,ilc6 35.a4 §a6 36.�f2 §b6 37 . ./£)dl �f7

Of course, if 37 . . . c4, 38.l2le3.

3S . ./£)e3 §b8 39.§hl §eeS 40.§ddl §hS 41.g4

Of very doubtful value . It would have been better to play 4 1 . �g3, threatening 42.h4.

41 ... ,ild7 42 . ./£)d5 §b7 43.�g3 §h4 44.§d3 ,ile6 45.c4 §hS 46.§cl �es 47 . .1£le3 �d7 4S . .1£)g2 §bbS 49.§el �c6 50 . ./£)e3 §bes 51.§bl §h7 52.§d2 §bS 53.§d3 §bhS 54.§hl �b6 55.§h2 �c6

Black goes back with the king because he sees that it would be impossible for h im to go through wi th it on the queenside, since as soon as the king goes to b4, White drives it back by checking with the knight at c2.

56.§hl §bS 57.§h2 §fS SS.§hl �d7 59.§h2 .ilf7 60 . ./£)f5 §fhS 61../£)e3 �e6 62 . ./£)d5 §cS 63 • .1£le3 Yz-Yz

There is no way for B lack to break through.



Queen's Gambit Declined [D60)

1 .d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3 . ./£)c3 .1£)f6 4.,ilg5 .ile7 s.e3 0-0 6 . ./£)f3 ./£)bd7 7. �c2 c6

7 . . . c5 is the proper move.

S.,ild3

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Castles on the queenside would have been a much more energetic way of continuing, but probably White did not want to take the risk of exposing himself to a queenside attack, having then his king on that side of the board.

8 . . . d x c4 9 .A xc4 4Jd5 10 . .Q. x e7 'l}/ x e7 1 1 .0-0 4) xc3 12 .bxc3 b6 13.Ad3 g6 14.a4 Ah7 15.a5 c5

16.4)d2

This may not have been White 's best move. Yet it is extremely difficult to point out anything better.

16 .. . e5

Probably the only move to save the game. It was essential to break up White 's center and to create a weakness in White 's game that would compensate Black for his own weakness on the queenside of the board.

17 . .Q.e4 .Q. x e4 18 . 'l}/ x e4 §ae8 19.axb6 axb6 20.§a7 exd4 21. 'l}/c6

21 .�xe7 was slightly better, but B lack had, in that case, an adequate defense.

21 . . . §dS 22.cxd4 cxd4 23.exd4 Not 23.4Je4 because of 23 . . . 4Jb8! .

23 . . . 'l}/f6 24. 'l}/xf6 ./£} xf6 25.4Jf3 4J d 5 2 6 . § b l f6 27 .�fl §f7 28.§bal §dd7 29.§xd7 §xd7 30.g3 Y.-Y.

There was no reasonable motive to continue such a game, as there was not very much to be done by either player.

Lasker: 2h 4m; Capablanca: 2h l 6m



1.d4 d5 2 . ./£}f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.Ag5 4)bd7 5.e3 .Q.e7 6.4Jc3 0-0 7.§cl b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9. 'l}/a4 c5

Considered up to now the best for Black, but I believe to have had the pleasure of finding over the board in this game the one way to knock it out.

1 0 . 'l}/c6 § bS 1 1 . 4) x d 5 Ah7 1 2 . 4) x e7+ 'l}/ x e7 1 3 . 'l}/a4 §bc8 14.'l}/a3

This move might be said to be the key of White's whole plan . The main point was to be able to play Aa6.

14 . . . 'l}/e6 15.Axf6

This exchange had to be made before putting the plan into execution.

15 ... 'l}/xf6 16.Aa6 (D)

16 . . . Axf3

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Dr. Lasker thought for over half an hour before deciding upon this continuation. It is not only the best, but it shows at the same time the fine hand of the master. An ordinary player would never have thought of giving up the exchange in order to keep the initiative in this position, which was really the only reasonable way in which he could hope to draw the game.

1 7 . J}. x cS § x c8 1 8 .g x f3 t1/ x f3 19.§gl §e8 20. t1/d3 g6 21. �fl

The play here was extremely difficult. I probably did not find the best system of defense . I cannot yet tell which was the best defense here, but it is my belief that with the best play White should win.

31 .. . gxh4

This was Lasker 's sealed move. It was not the best. His chance to draw was to play 3 1 . . .�g6. Any other continuation should lose.

3 2 . t1/ x h4 .£i g4 3 3 . t1/g 5 + �f8 34.§f5

Not the best. 34.l"1d2 would have won. The text move gives B lack a chance to draw the game.

34 ... h5 35, t1/d8+ �g7 36. t1/g5+ �f8 37.t1/d8+ �g7 38.t1/g5+ �f8 39.b3 t1/d6 40.�f4 t1/dl+ 41 .t1/fl �d2 4 2 . § x h 5 .£i x e3 4 3 . t1/f3 �d4 44.t1/a8+

Not the best. 44.�hl offered better

21 . . . §e4 22. t1/dl t1/h3+ 23.§g2 chances of success . .£if6 24.�gl cxd4 25.§c4

The move with which I counted upon to check Black's attack.

25 . . . dxe3 26.§xe4 .£i xe4 27.t1/d8+ �g7 28.t1/d4+ .£if6 29.fxe3 �e6 30.§f2 g5 31.h4

44 . . . �e7 45. t1/b7+ �f8

A blunder, which loses what would have otherwise have been a drawn game. It will be noticed that it was Dr. Lasker 's 45th move. He had very little time to think and, furthermore, by his own

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admission, he entirely misjudged the value of the position, believing that he had chances of winning, when, in fact, all he could hope for was a draw.

46.�bS+ l-O



Ruy Lopez [C66]

1.e4 e5 2 . .!£)f3 .!£)c6 3.Ab5 .!£)f6 4.0-0 d6 5.d4 Jl,d7 6 . .!£)c3 Jl,e7 7.§el exd4 8,.!£) xd4 0-0 9,Jl,xc6 bxc6 10.Jl,g5 §eS 1 1 . �d3 h6 1 2 . Jl,h4 .!£) h7 13.Jl,xe7 §xe7 14.�c4

Up to this point the game was identical to the third. Here Lasker changed the course of the game.

14 • • . �e8 15.§e2

1 5 .l"l e3 had also to be considered.

15 ... §b8 16.b3 c5 17 . .!£)f3

17 ... AhS

Not the best. 17 . . . 4Jg5 was the right move . The text move leaves Black with an exceedingly difficult ending.

18.� xbS � x b5 19 .�xbS § xb5 20.�fl .!£)g5 21 • .!£)d2 .!£)e6

The maneuvers of this knight are of much greater importance than it might appear on the surface. It is essential to force White to play c3 in order to weaken somewhat the defen s ive strength of his b-pawn.

22.c3 f6 23 . .!£)c4 .!£)f4

Again the moves of the knight have a definite meaning. The student would do well to carefully study this ending.

24.§e3 .!£)g6 25 . .!£)d2 §b8 26.g3 as 27.a4

It is now seen why Black had to compel White to play c3. With the white pawn at c2, Black's game would be practically hopeless, since White 's b-pawn would not have to be protected by a piece, as is the case now.

27 . • . .!£)e5 28.f4 .!£)d7 29.'it>e2 .!£)b6 30.'it>d3 c6 31.§ael 'it>f7 32 . .!£)c4

32 .e5 would have lead to a much more complicated and difficult ending, but B lack seems to have an adequate defense by s imply playing 32 .. . fxe5 followed by d5 , when White retakes the pawn.

32 . . . .!£) xc4 33.'it>xc4 §e6

This is the best move, and not 33 . . . 'it'e6, which would be met by 34 .l"ld3.

34.eS fxeS 35.fxeS d5+ 36.'it>xc5 §xh3 37.c4

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Not the best, but at any rate the game would have been a draw. The best move would have been 37.El fl + .

37 .. . dxc4 38.§e4

Probably the only way to obtain a sure draw.

38 . . . c3 39.§c4 h5 40. §e3 §b2 4 1 . §c x c3 § x h2 42. 'it'b6 §b2+ 43.'it'xa5 g5 Yz-Yz

There was not any object for e ither player to attempt to win such a game.


(7) Capablanca - Lasker Queen's Gambit Declined [D6 l ]

1.d4 d 5 2.4::lf3 e6 3.c4 4)f6 4.Ag5 Ae7 5.e3 4)bd7 6.4)c3 0-0 7.§cl c6 8. 'l}Jc2 c5

This move is not to be recommended.

9.§dl

9 . cxd5 would have been proper to continue .

9 . . . 'lfla5 10.cxd5 4::1 xd5 1 1.Axe7 4) xe7 12.Ad3 4)f6 13.0-0 cxd4 14.4)xd4

14 .exd4 was the alternative. It would have led, however, to a very difficult game where, in exchange for the attack, White would remain with an isolated dpawn; leading at this stage of the match by one point, I did not want to take any risks.

14 . . . Ad7 15 .4::ie4 4)ed5 16.4)b3 'l}Jd8 17.4) xf6+ 4) xf6 18.'lflc5 'l}Jb6

With th i s move B lack neutra l izes whatever little advantage White might have had. The draw is now in sight.

1 9 . §cl §fc8 2 0 . 'l}J x b6 a x b6 2 1 . § x c8+ § x c8 2 2 . §cl § x c l + 23.4::! xcl 'it'f8 Yz-Yz

Capablanca: 1 h 22m; Lasker: 1 hr 20m


Queen's Gambit Declined [D 1 2]

1.d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 c6 4.e3

This allows B lack to bring out the queen 's bishop without any difficulty.

4 . . . Af5 5 .4::lc3 e6 6 .Ad3 A x d3 7.'l}Jxd3 4)bd7 8.0-0 Ad6 9.e4 dxe4 1 0 . 4) x e4 4) x e4 1 1 . 'l}J x e4 0 - 0 12.Ad2 'l}Jf6 13.§adl 'l}Jg6 14. 'l}Jxg6 hxg6 15.Ac3 §fd8 16.§fel Ac7 17.'it'fl 4::1rs 1s.Ad2 f6 19.h4 'it'f7 20.g3 4)d7 21 .Ae3 4)b6 22.§cl 4)c8 23.§e2 4)e7

All these maneuvers with the knight are extremely difficult to explain fully. The student would do wel l to carefully analyze them. B lack's position might now be said to be unassailable.

24.§c3 a6 25.a4 §abs 26.b4 b5

1 1 6


26 . . . .lld6 was better, as it gave Black some sl ight winning chances.

27.cxb5 axb5 28.a5 Ad6 29.§h3 �d5 30.Ad2 §des

The game was given up for a draw, because having analyzed the game during the twenty-four hours ' interval, we both came to the conclusion that it was impossible to win the game for either side. 'h-'h

Lasker: 2h 7m; Capablanca: I h 48m



1 .d4 d5 2.�f3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.�c3 �c6 6.g3 �f6 7.Ag2 Ae6 8 . 0 - 0 Ae7 9 . d x c 5 A x c 5 10.Ag5 d4

I had never seen this variation before and I therefore thought for a long time in order to make up my mind as to whether I should play itxf6 or 4:\e4. I finally decided upon the latter move as the safest course.

1 1 . � e4 Ae7 1 2 . � x f6+ A x f6 13.Axf6 �xf6

It is my impression that this position is not good for Black, though perhaps there may be no way to force a win. 14. �a4 0-0 15. �b5

Threatening not only the b-pawn, but also �g5, exchanging queens .

15 . . . §abS 16.§fdl h6 17.�el §fe8 18.§d2

18 . .llxc6 would only lead to a draw, viz. , 1 8 . .ll xc6 1 8 . . . bxc6 1 9 . �xc6 § ec8 followed by 20 . . . § xb2 .

18 . . . Ag4 19.§cl §e5 20.�d3

If20.§c5 �g5 with a winning game.

20 . . . §beS

Black could have tried to keep up the attack by playing 20 . . . hS. The text move simplifies matters and easily leads to a draw.

21.Af3 Axf3 22.� xf3 §e4 23.§c4 �e6 24.� xd4 � xd4 'h-'h

Capablanca: l h 55m; Lasker: ! hr 37m


Queen's Gambit Decl ined [D6 l ]

1 1 7


1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3./clc3 /clf6 4.Ag5 Ae7 5.e3 0-0 6./clf3 /clbd7 7. �c2 c5 8.§dl �a5 9.Ad3 h6 10.-'1,h4 cxd4 1 1 .exd4 dxc4 12.-'l,xc4 'clb6 13.Ab3 Ad7 t4.o-o

The development is now complete . White has a lone d-pawn, but, on the other hand , B l ack i s somewhat hampered in the maneuvering of his pieces.

14 . . . §ac8 15./cle5 Ab5

With this move and the following, Black brings about an exchange of pieces, which leaves him with a free game.

16. §fel /cl bd5 17.-'l,xd5 /cl xd5 18.-'l,xe7 /cl xe7 19.�b3 Jlc6

Not 1 9 . . . .ila6 because of 2 0 . 4Jd7 followed by 2 1 .4Jc5.

20./cl xc6 bxc6 21.§e5 �b6 22. �c2 §fdS

23./cle2

Probably White 's first m istake . He wants to take a good defensive position, but he should instead have counterattacked with 23 .4Ja4 and 24.§c5.

23 . . . §d5 24.§xd5 cxd5

Black has now the open file and his left side pawn position is very solid, while White has a weak d-pawn. The apparently weak black a-pawn is not actual ly weak because White has no way to attack it.

25.�d2 /clf5 26.b3

In order to free the queen from the defense of the b-pawn and also to prevent §c4 at any stage.

26 . . . h5

In order to prevent g4 at a later stage. Also to make a demonstration on the k ings ide , preparatory to further operations on the other side.

27.h3

Weak, but White wants to be ready to play g4.

27 .. . h4

To tie up White 's kingside. Later on it will be seen that White is compelled to play g4 and thus further weaken his game.

28.�d3 §c6 29.�fl g6 30.�bl �b4 31.�gl

This was White 's sealed move. It was not the best move, but it is doubtful if White has any good system of defense.

31 . . . a5 32. �b2 a4 Now Black exchanges the pawn and leaves White with a weak, isolated bpawn, which will fall sooner or later.

1 1 8


3 3 . �d 2 � x d 2 34. § x d 2 a x b3 35.axb3 §b6

In order to force l"ld3 and thus prevent the white rook from supporting his bpa wn by l"l b2 later o n . I t means practically tying up the white rook to the defense of his two weak pawns.

36.§d3 §a6 37.g4 hxg3 38.fxg3 §a2 39.4Jc3 §c2 40.[ddl

The alternative, 4Ja4, was not any better. White 's game is doomed.

40 ... 4)e7 41.4Jc3 §cl+ 42. <:!;f2 4)c6 43.4Jdl

43 . . . §bl

Not 43 . . . 4Jb4 because of 44.l"ld2 l"lbl 45 .4Jb2 l"l xb2 46.l"l xb2 4:ld3+ 47.®e2 4:lxb2 48.®d2 and Black could not win.

44.<:!;e2

Not a mistake, but played deliberately. White had no way to protect his bpawn.

44 . . . § xb3 45.<:!;e3 §b4 46.4)c3 4Je7 47.4Je2 4Jf5+ 48.<:!;f2 g5 49.g4 4)d6 50.4)gl 4)e4+ 51.<:!;fl §bl+

52.<:!;g2 §b2+ 53.<:!;fl §f2+ 54.<:!;el §a2

All these moves have a meaning. The student should carefully study them.

55.<:!;fl <:!;g7 56.§e3 <:!;g6 57.§d3 f6 58.§e3 <:!;f7 59.§d3 <:!;e7 60.§e3 <:!;d6 61 .§d3 §f2+ 62.<:!;el §g2 63. <:!;fl §a2 64.§e3 e5

Th i s was my sea led move and unquestionably the best way to win.

65.§d3

If65 .4Je2 4Jd2+ 66.®f2 e4 67.l"lc3 4Jf3 68.®e3 4Je l 69.®f2 4Jg2 and White would be helpless. If 65.4Jf3 4Jd2+, exchanging knights wins.

65 .. . exd4 66.§ xd4 <:!;c5 67.§dl d4 68.§cl + <:!;d5 0-1

There is nothing left. The black pawn will advance and White will have to give up his knight for it. This is the finest win of the match and probably took away from Dr. Lasker his last real hope of winning or drawing the match.

Lasker: 4h 20m; Capablanca: 4hr 20m

( 1 1 ) Capablanca - Lasker

Queen 's Gambit Declined [D64]

1.d4 d5 2.4Jf3 e6 3.c4 4)f6 4.Ag5 4)bd7 5.e3 Ae7 6.4Jc3 0-0 7.§cl §eS 8. �c2 c6 9.Ad3 dxc4 10.Axc4 4Jd5 11.Axe7 § x e7 12.0-0 4)f8 13.§fd1 Ad7

I do not consider the system of defense adopted by Dr. Lasker in this game to be any good.

1 1 9


14.e4 �b6

14 . . . .tlxc3 would have simplified matters somewhat, but it would have left B lack in a very awkward position. The text move, by driving back the bishop, gains time for the defense.

15.Afl .§cs 16.b4

To prevent c5, either now or at a later stage . There is no black bishop and White 's whole plan is based on that fact. He will attempt, in due time, to place a knight at d6, supported by his pawn at e 5 . I f th i s can be done w ithout weakening the posit ion somewhere else, Black's game will then be lost.

16 . . . Aes 11.�b3

White might have played a4 at once, but wanted at first to prevent the black queen from coming out via d6 and f4 .

17 . . . .§ec7 18.a4 ./clg6 19.a5 �d7 20.e5 b6 21.�e4 .§b8 22. �c3

22 .�a3 at once was best. The text move gives Black a chance to gain time.

22 ... �f4

23.�d6 �d5

Had the white queen been at a3 Black cou ld not have ga ined th i s very important tempo.

24. �a3 f6 25.� xe8

This bishop had to be taken, since it threatened to go to h5, pinning the knight.

25 .. . �xe8 26.exf6 gxf6

To retake with either knight would have left the e-pawn extremely weak.

27.b5

With this move White gets rid of his weak queenside pawns.

27 . . . .§bcS 28.bxc6 .§ xc6 29 . .§xc6 .§xc6 30.axb6 axb6 31 . .§el

3 1 .J:tbS was better.

31 . . . �cs 32.�d2

Th i s was my sea led move and unquestionably the only move to keep the initiative.

32 . . . �fS

32 . . . l'k3 would have been met by 33.�a l .

33.�e4

The white knight stands now in a very commanding position. Black's game is far more difficult than appears at first glance and I believe that the only good system of defense would have to be based on f5 , after h6, driving back the white knight.

33 . . . �d8 34.h4

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34 . . . .§.c7

This might be said to be the losing move. Black had to play 34 . . . h6 in order to be ready to continue with f5 , forcing the white knight to withdraw.

35.�b3

White 's plan consists in getting rid of Black's powerfully posted knight at d5, which is the key to Black's defense.

35 ... .§.g7 36.g3 E!.a7 37 . .i}.c4 E!.a5 3 8 . 4) c 3 4) x c3 3 9 . � x c3 rtlf7 40. �e3 �d6 41. �e4 .§.a4

Neither ofus had very much time left at th i s stage o f the gam e . B lack ' s alternative was 4 1 . . .l"la7, which would have been met by 42.d5, leaving Black with what in my opinion is a lost position.

42.�b7+ rt;g6

If 42 . . . �e7, 43 .�c6 wins.

43. �cs �M 44 . .§.cl �e7

44 . . . �a3 (best) 45 .�d3 + ! f5 (best) 46.�e8+ '<t'h6 47.l"lel l"la8 48.l"l xe6+ <£lxe6 49.�xe6+ '<t'g7 50.�e5+ etc . In practically all the other variations the check with the bishop at d3 wins.

45.Ad3+ rt;h6

45 . . . f5 would have prolonged the game a few moves only. 46. l"lc7 would always Will.

46 . .§.c7 .§. a l + 47.rt;g2 �d6 48. �xf8+ 1-0

Capablanca: 3h; Lasker: 3hr 5m

(12) Lasker - Capahlanca

Ruy Lopez [C66]

1.e4 e5 2.4)f3 4)c6 3.Ab5 4)f6 4.0-0 d6 5 .d4 .il.d7 6.4)c3 Ae7 7 . .§.el exd4 8.4) xd4 0-0 9.Afl .§.e8 10.f3 Afs 11.Ag5 h6 12.Ah4 g6 13.4)d5 Ag7

I cannot very highly recommend the system of defense adopted by me in this variation.

14.4)b5

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The combinations beginning with this move are all wrong. White 's proper move was simply to hold the position by playing 14.c3. After the text move, Black should get the better game.

14 . . . g5 15.�dxc7

If 1 5 .Jlf2, 1 5 . . . «cixd5 would give Black the better game . The combinat ion indulged in by White is good only in appearance.

15 . . . gxh4 16.� xa8 �xa8 17.�c7 �d8 18.� xe8 � xeS 19.§bl Ae6 20.c3

20 . . . Axa2

A mistake . Black had here a won game by playing 20 . . . Jle5 . The question of time at this point was not properly appreciated by Black, who went in to recover a pawn, which was of no importance whatever. Worse yet, the capture of the pawn only helped White.

21.§al Ae6 22. �d2 a6

22 . . . h3 was better. After the text move Black has an extremely difficult game to play.

23.�f2 h5

23 . . . 'lil'g5 would have given Black better chances to win. After the text move there is nothing better than a draw.

24.f4 Ah6 25 . .Q.e2 �f6 26.�xh4 �xe4 27.�xd8+ � xd8 28.Axa6 d5 2 9 . Jle 2 Jl x f4 3 0 . Jlx h 5 Ac7 31.§adl %-%

Having had 24 hours to consider the pos i t ion , we both came to the conclusion that there was nothing in it but a draw.

Lasker: 2h 5m; Capablanca: 1 h 54m



1.d4 d5 2.�f3 �f6 3.c4 e6 4.Ag5 .Q.e7 5.e3 �bd7 6.�c3 0-0 7.§cl §eS 8.�c2 h6 9.Ah4 c5 10.cxd5 � xd5 11.Axe7 � xe7 12.dxc5 � xc5

Not the best. 1 3 .b4 was more energetic and perfectly safe.

13 . . . .Q.d7 14.0-0 �b6 1 5 . .Q. x d7 � xd7 16.§fdl §ed8 17.h3

Loss of time. 17 .'lil'a4 at once was the proper move .

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17 . . . §acS 1S.�a4 �c6 19.�b5 a6 20.�xb6 lL! x b6 21.§xdS+ lL! xdS 22.lL!e2 \!lfS 23.§ xcS tLI xcS Y,-Y,

Not much of a game. With three points to the good, I took matters too easy. My opponent, having the black pieces, could not have been expected to do much.

Capablanca: I h Sm; Lasker: l h J 5m


Ruy Lopez [C66]

1.e4 e5 2.lL!f3 lL!c6 3.Ab5 �f6 4.0-0 d6 5 .d4 Ad7 6.lL!c3 Ae7 7.Axc6 Axc6 S.�d3 exd4 9.lL! xd4 Ad7 10.Ag5 0-0 11 .§ael h6 12.Ah4 lL!h7 13.Axe7 �xe7 14.lL!d5 �dS 15.c4

White has now a powerful position and Black has to play with extreme care in order to avoid drifting into a hopeless position .

15 .. . §eS 16.f4 c6

Th i s weakens the d-pawn, but someth ing had to be done to obtain maneuvering space for the black pieces. Besides, with the advance of the f-pawn,

White 's e-pawn becomes also weak, which is somewhat of a compensation.

17 .lL!c3 �b6 lS. b3 §ads

Unnecessary. 18 . . . El e7 was the proper move.

19.\!lhl lL!f6 20.h3 AcS 21.§dl

This is a waste of time. In order to obtain an advantage, White will have to make an attack on the kingside, since Black's d-pawn, though weak, cannot be won through a direct attack against it.

21 . . . §e7 22 .§fel §deS 23.§e2 �a5 24. §fl �h5 2 5 . \!lg l a6 26.§ff2 �g6 27.§f3

lf 27.4:lf5 iixf5 28.exf5 �h5 29.El xe7 El xe7 and Black has a good game.

27 . . . �h5 2S.f5

Of doubtful value. While it shuts off the bishop, it weakens furthermore the e-pawn and also creates a hole on e5 for Black's pieces. The position, at first glance, looks very much in favor of White, but careful analysis will show that this is much more apparent than true.

2S . . . �h4 (D)

29.\!lh2

A blunder, made under time pressure combined with difficulties attached to the position.

29 ... lL!g4+ 30.\!lhl lL!e5 31 .�d2 lLI xf3 32.tLI xf3 �f6

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32 . . . �g3 was dangerous and might lead to the loss of some material.

33.a4

To prevent b5. There are a number of variations where White would regain the exchange for a pawn had he played 33 .g4 to be followed by e5 and <tle4, but the resulting ending would be so much in favor of Black that the course pursued by White may be considered the best.

33 ... g6 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.t'!e3 Af5 36.�d3

There were some very interesting variations beginning with 36.l"ld3, viz. , 36 . . . �xe4 37.l"l xd6 �g7 38.<tlh4 �f5 39.<tlxf5 gxf5 40.§ xh6 § e l + 41 .®h2 �e5+ 42 .g3 �xc3, and White is lost.

36 ... gS 37.tt'ld2 Jl,g6 38.b4

White 's idea is to exchange off as many pawns as possible, hoping to reach an ending where the advantage of the exchange may not be sufficient to win.

38 ... �e6 39.bS ax b5 40.ax b5 §a8 41. �bl �e5 42. �el \tlh7 43.bxc6 bxc6 44.�g3 � xg3 45.§xg3 t'!a3 46.\tlh2 §b7 47.cS

Forced, as §b2, winning a piece, was threatened.

47 . . . dxcS 48.tt'lc4 §al 49.tt'leS t'!cl

The moves of this rook are worth studying. I believe that Black had no better way to play.

50.h4

This brings the game to a climax, for which Black is now ready.

50 . . . t':l,e7 5 1 . tt'l x c6 t':!,e6 52 .tt'ldS gxh4 53.§d3 t'!f6

The key to Black's defense, the holding of the f-file.

5 4 . § d7+ \tlh8 5 5 . tt'l d S t'!ffl 56. \tlh3 Jl,xe4 0-1


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Final Score

Capablanca 9-5, Lasker 5-9.

Ten games were drawn, four games were won by Capablanca.

Total number of moves

576

Total Time

Capablanca: 35 hours, 55 minutes

Lasker: 36 hours, 9 minutes

Games 2, 5 , 8 , 1 1 and 1 4 were played in two sessions.

Games 3 and 1 0 in three sessions.

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Player Index

Numbers refer to games; bold indicates the player had White.

Alekhine - 2, 1 0, 1 8 , 26, 34, 42, 50, 5 8 , 65, 74, 82, 90, 98, 106, 114

Atkins - 5 , 16, 23, 32, 34, 44, 5 5 , 64, 67, 78, 81, 91, 1 03 , 1 1 0, 1 1 9

Bogoljubow - 5, 1 3 , 2 1 , 29, 3 5 , 4 1 , 52, 58, 66, 76, 85 , 92, 100, 1 08, 117

Capablanca - 1 , 9, 17, 25 , 33, 4 1, 49, 57, 65, 73, 8 1 , 89, 97, 1 05 , 113

Euwe - 1, 15, 24, 26, 40, 45, 56, 62, 69, 78 , 8 3 , 95, 1 04, 108, 116

Mar6czy - 3 , 1 6, 21, 28 , 3 8 , 47, 49, 61, 69, 77, 87, 94, 101, 1 06, 118

Marotti - 2, 13, 22, 32, 39, 46, 5 1 , 62, 72, 75 , 88, 96, 1 0 1 , 1 1 2, 1 1 3

Morrison - 6, 12, 23 , 25, 40, 48, 53, 63 , 72, 79, 82, 94, 1 02 , 107, 1 1 7

Reti - 4, 14, 22, 30, 37, 45 , 5 3 , 59, 70, 7 3 , 85, 93 , 98 , 110, 1 1 8

Rubinstein - 4, 1 2, 20, 28, 36, 44, 5 1, 60, 68, 76, 83, 90, 99, 105, 1 1 5

Tartakower - 6, 1 5 , 1 9, 3 1, 37 , 46, 54, 57 , 67, 77, 86, 92, 99, 109, 1 1 4

Vidrnar - 3 , 11, 19, 27, 35, 43, 50, 59, 68, 75, 84, 9 1 , 97, 1 07, 1 1 6

Wahltuch - 8, 9, 20, 30, 38, 42, 52, 63 , 7 1 , 80, 84, 96, 104, 1 09, 119

Watson - 7 , 10, 24, 27, 36, 48, 54, 64, 70, 80, 87, 89, 1 00, 112, 1 20

Yates - 7, 14 , 1 7, 29, 39 , 43, 55, 6 1 , 71, 74, 86, 9 5 , 102, 111, 115,

Znosko-Borovsky - 8, 1 1 , 18, 3 1 , 3 3 , 47, 56, 60, 66, 79, 8 8 , 93, 103 , 1 1 1 , 120

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Opening Index

Numbers refer to games

Caro-Kann Defense - 54, 8 1 , 1 00

Colle System - 25

Dutch Defense - 1 9, 3 7, 46, 62, 1 1 4

English Opening - 3 1

Falkbeer Counter Gambit - 1 07

Four Knights Game - 6, 2 1 , 49, 6 1 , 69, 79

French Defense - 32, 1 1 1 , 1 1 8

Griinfeld Defense - 80

King 's Indian Defense - 4, 5 , 98, 1 1 2,

Nimzo-lndian Defense - 28, 34

Old Indian Defense - 45

Petroff Defense - 3 , 88

Pirc Defense - 1 04

Ponziani Opening - 92

Queen 's Gambit Declined - 2, 1 1 , 1 2, 1 4, 1 6, 1 7, 23, 27, 30, 3 3 , 43 , 44,

50, 52, 5 7, 5 8 , 65, 66, 68, 70, 74, 75 , 82, 85 , 93 , 95, 97 , 1 0 1 ,

1 06, 1 08, 1 09, 1 1 0, 1 1 6

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Queen's Indian Defense - 64, 84

Queen's Pawn Game - 1 0, 1 1 , 20, 24, 26, 3 5 , 36, 3 8 , 40, 42, 48, 5 3 ,

59, 63 , 7 2 , 73 , 7 7 , 78 , 87, 89, 99, 1 05 , 1 1 9

Ruy Lopez - 1 , 8 , 1 3 , 29, 4 1 , 7 1 , 8 3 , 9 1 , 94, 96, 1 02, 1 1 5 , 1 1 7, 1 20

Scotch Game - 86

Sicilian Defense - 7, 1 5 , 47, 5 1 , 55, 60, 76, 1 03 , 1 1 3

Slav Defense - 90

Three Knights Game - 1 8

Two Knights Defense - 67

Vienna Game - 22, 39

1921 Capablanca-Lasker World Championship Match

Opening Index

Numbers refer to games

Queen 's Gambit Declined - I , 2, 4, 5 , 7 , 8, 9, 1 0, 1 1 , 1 3

Ruy Lopez - 3 , 6, 1 2, 1 4

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Jose Raul Capablanca was the superstar of chess in 1 9 2 2 and

London was his first serious chess in the 1 5 months since he had

won the championship title from Emanuel Lasker. "Capa" was the

chessplayer whom even non-players could identify. But the

tournament sigaified not only Capa's return to the game, it was

also something of a revival of international chess after four years

of war and four more of recovery.

The new world champion would ease into first place undefeated

ahead of future world champion Alexander Alekhine. The young

Dutchman Max Euwe was honing his skills that would also

eventually take him to the top of the chess world. And Richard Reti

was about to unveil his "Opening of the Future" - I .NB !.

London 1922 is important for all these reasons , but it also served

as the setting for the creation of the famous "London Rules" which

ould for years govern the way in which prospective challengers to

the title would have the right to play the champion.

As an added bonus, all fourteen games of the 1 92 1 Capablanca

Lasker title match - with annotations by Capa himself - have been

added to this new 2 1 st-century edition. Complemented by more

than a dozen archival photographs and a Foreword by Andy Soltis,

London 1 9 2 2 belongs in the library of every chessplayer!

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