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THE GOLDEN OF

TREASURY CHESS

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Contents

Page

I

FAVORITE

GAMES

II

THE

III

THE M O R P H Y

PERIOD

30

IV

THE A G E

OF

STEINITZ

51

V

MODERN

CHESS

VI

MODERNS,

VII

PERIOD

PRE-MORPHY

OF

3

PERIOD

67

HYPERMODERNS

RUSSIAN

12

AND

HEGEMONY

ECLECTICS

95

166

INDEX

OF

OPENINGS

186

INDEX

OF

PLAYERS

188

T h i s B o o k is D e d i c a t e d

T o the Memory o f

HARRY NELSON P1LLSBURY (1872-1906)

PART

I

Favorite Games In the course of the decades which I have devoted to the preparation of this volume, I have had occasion to examine thousands upon thousands of scores. Those that have pleased me most are included in " T H E G O L D E N T R E A S U R Y OF C H E S S . " But even among these favorites, there are some which I have enjoyed so much that I have set them aside in order to attract the reader's attention to these games. I will not deny that ten years ago I might have selected other games, and that in the years to come, my tastes will again be modified! Nevertheless, you will be delighted with these games.

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1.

Warsaw, Nov. 1844

As long as we continue to be charmed by the triumph of mind will over matter, such combinations fascinate us. The idea of readily surrendering the Queen in order to hound the hostile King with the lesser pieces, has been utilized fairly often; but Petroff's sacrifice was one of the first, if not THE first, example of this appealing combinative theme. All honor to his originality!

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

B—B7ch K - -R3 P—-K6 K --Kt4 P—-K13 K - -Kt5 K - -Kt4 K - -R4 K - -Kt5 K - -R5 K - -R6 Px R

GIUOCO PIANO HOFFMAN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—B3 P—Q4 P—K5 B—Q5 KxKt K—Kt3 BxP Kt—Kt5 Kt x BP KtxQ

PETROFF

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 PxP Kt—K5 KtxKBP?! PxPch PxP Kt—K2 KtxB O—O!!

And Black mates in eleven moves.

2.

P_Q ch 3

Kt—B5ch KtxKP Kt x Ktch R_B4ch R—B3ch R—B5ch Kt—K3ch P—Kt3ch R—R5ch B—K6 mate

Paris, 1845

// is many years since I first saw this game, but the final position, with Black's Queen trapped by its own far-advanced Pawns, and White's King gaily advancing down the board to assist in the final attack against his colleague, is still good for a chuckle. Imagine Kieseritzkys chagrin as he stares ruefully at the bottled-up Queen! Who says there is no place for humor in chess?! COCHRANE GAMBIT MICHELET

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

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 Kt—K5 K—Bl P—Q4 Kt—B3 P—KKt3 K—B2 KtxP(B7) Kt—KKt5 K—K3 K—Q3 P—QR3

L.

KIESERITZKY

Black P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 Q—R5ch P—B6 Kt—KB3 B—Kt2 Q—R6ch P—Q3 R—Bl Q—Kt7ch B—R3 Kt—B3 B x Kt

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16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

KtxKP!? BxB B—B4 Q—Kl KtxKt P—B7 K—Q2 Q—K3 QR—Kl B—Q5 B x Ktch QR—KBl R—B6 BxB PxQ QxR B—B5ch R—K3 Kt—K4ch P—Q5 P—KR4 K—Q4 K—K'l PxRch P—R5 B—B6 PxBch B x Kt PxKtP KxP K—B6 and wins!

BISHOP'S G A M B I T W . SCHULTEN

astounding

end-

KIESERITZKY

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Black

P—K4 P—KB4 B—B4 K—Bl BxP Kt—QB3 Kt—R3 Kt—Q5 Kt x Pch KtxR P—Q3 B—QB4 BxP Q—Kl KxP KxQ K—R4 K—R5

4.

One of the most ings on record.

L.

P—K4 PxP Q—R5ch P—QKt4 Kt—KB3 Kt—Kt5 Kt—QB3 Kt—Q5! K—Ql P—B6! P—B3 P—Q4! R-Q3 PxPch Q x Ktch! Kt—K6ch Kt—B6ch B—Kt5 mate

Breslau, 1859.

// is difficult to imagine how one could concentrate more brilliancy, more inspired inventiveness, more sparkle into so short a game. Here is the distilled essence of the very best chess of the old masters: one thrill after another! Sacrificial

Orgy

R U Y LOPEZ 3.

Paris, Nov. 1846

negPoor Kieseritzky! He achieved ative immortality by losing a magnificent game to the great Anders sen, and this feat swallowed up his reputation forever after. That Kieseritzky was a brilliant and able player in his own right, however, is abundantly clear from this game.

A . ANDERSSEN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 KtxKt B—B4 P—K5 B—Kt3

D R . M . LANGE

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—Q5 PxKt Kt—B3 P—Q4 B—KKt5

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8 P—KB3 9 O—O 10 P x B 11 K—Rl 12 P x K t 13 R—B5

13 . . . . 14 K t P x P 15 P—Kt4 16 P x R 17 Q—B3 18 Q—R3 Resigns Bravo! 5.

Kt—K5! P—Q6! B—B4ch Kt—Kt6ch! Q—Kt4

p_KR4!! QxR RxPch!! Q—K5! Q—R5ch O—K8ch

Berlin, 1869

You have probably heard that Anders sen was a mighty man with the Evans Gambit, but it is impossible to realize what glorious feats he performed with it, until you have played over such games as this one. Incidentally Zukertort, the great Anders sen's brilliant pupil, knew how to take fitting revenge, as you will see in later games in this volume. These two immortals produced games worthy of their reputation. A glorious

battle

EVANS GAMBIT A . ANDERSSEN

White P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—QKt4 P—B3 O—O P—Q4 8 PxP 9 P—Q5 10 B—Kt2 11 B—Q3 12 Kt—B3 13 Kt—K2 14 R — B l 15 Q—Q2 16 K — R l 17 Kt—Kt3 18 Kt—B5 19 R—KKtl 20 P—Kt4 21 B x K t 22 R—Kt3 23 P—Kt5 24 P x B 25 P x P 26 QR—KKtl 27 P x P c h 28 Q—R6 White

wm

j . H . ZUKERTORT

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 BxP B—B4 P—Q3 PxP B—Kt3 Kt—R4 Kt—K2

o—o

Kt—Kt3 P—QB4 R—Ktl P—B3 B—B2 P—Kt4 P—Kt5? . B—Kt3 Kt—K4 QPxB R—B2 BxKt QxP? R—Ql K—Rl K—Ktl Q-Q3 announced mate in five.

mmt

MY

29 30 31 32 33

KxQ K—Ktl KxB K—Ktl

QxPch! P—B6ch B—R7ch! R—R3ch R—R8 mate

6.

St. Petersburg, 1896

There are many attractive settings for a brilliant game; but what is more impressive than an immortal game between two Titans? The man who was able to beat the great Pillsbury in this wonderful game was truly worthy of his title. It is no exaggeration to say that Lasher's combination is one of the greatest feats of the human imagination. Quadrangular Tourney QUEEN'S

GAMBIT

H . N . PILLSBURY

DECLINED

P—Q4

2 3 4 5 6 7

P—QB4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 QxP Q—R4?

8 O—O—O 9 P—K3

10 11 12 13 14 15

K—Ktl PxP Kt—Q4 B x Kt Q—R5 PxKt

17 P—B5

R x Kt!!

A problem in one half the moves of the entire game, mentally composed and solved in a manner worthy of the champion of the world. 18 19 20 21 22

PxB PxPch PxR B—Kt5 K—Rl

R—QR6!! RxP Q—Kt3ch QxBch R—B2

Threatens . . . R—B8ch! 23 24 25 26

R—Q2 KR—Ql Q—B5 K—Kt2

R—B5 R—B6! Q—B5 RxP!

Black P—Q4 P—K3

Kt—KB3 P—B4 BPxP Kt—B3 B—K2 Q—R4 B—Q2 P—KR3 PxP O—O BxB KtxKt B—K3

The calm before the storm. 16 P—B4

nocence. Though Pillsbury only half suspects the quicksands, his defense cannot be improved.

D R . E. LASKER

White 1

9

FAVORITES

QR—Bl

The charm of the position after Black's 16th move is its surface in-

H HI B 1 1 . %m. | g | « i A 27 28 29 30 31 32

Q—K6ch KxR K—R4 KxP K—R5 Q—Kt6

K—R2 Q--B6ch P—Kt4ch Q—B5ch B—Qlch P x Q mate

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7.

R U Y LOPEZ R. SPIELMANN

White

8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

8.

Carlsbad, 1911

One of the marks of a great master is the ability to conjure up murderous attacks out of seemingly harmless positions. You will like the way that Spielmann commences an unexpected attack at move 22 and drives it home with sledgetells, hammer blows. Every move and Black's helplessness becomes ever more apparent.

Iceland, 1931

Reti noted years ago that Alekhine's outstanding quality was his ability to give even the most commonplace positions an unusual turn. This game abounds in such original moves. FRENCH DEFENSE A.

ASGIERSSEN

ALEKHINE

Black

White 1 P—K4

DUS-CHOTIMIRSKI

Black

P—K4 P—K4 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 P—QR3 B—R4 Kt—B3 O—O B—K2 R—Kl P—QKt4 B—Kt3 P—Q3 P—B3 Kt—QR4 B—B2 P—B4 P—Q3 O—O QKt—Q2 Q—B2 R—Ktl Kt—Bl B—K3 P—KR3 P—Kt5 Q—K2 Kt—Q2 Kt(3)—R2 KR—Bl Kt—Kt3 R—Kt2 Kt—Kt4 B—Kt4 Kt—K3 BxKt Kt—Q5 BxB PxB Kt—KB3 QRxB KPxP P—Q4! Kt—Q2 Kt—R5! P—Kt3 Q—Kt4 K—Bl R—K7 Q -Qi QR—Kl! Kt—K4 Q—Kt5 Kt(R4)—B5 Q—B6! PxKt P—B4! KtxKP PxKt Resigns R ( l ) xKt!

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

P—K3 P—Q4

P—Q4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 BxKt Kt—B3 B—Q3 P—K5 P—KR4 B x Pch! Kt—Kt5ch PxBch Q—R5

Kt—KB3 B—K2 BxB

o-^>

R—Kl B—K2 p_QB4 KxB BxKt K—Ktl K—Bl P—R3 K—K2 R—Bl Kt—Q2 Q—R4 KxP R—KKtl QxBP

o_o—o

P—Kt6! KtPxP PxP RxP!! 19 Q—Kt5ch 20 R—R7 21 R—Q4

WW/,

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^

%

M N§ M y

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23 24 25 26

BxR Q—Kt5 K—Bl PxQ

R x Ktch! Kt—K4 Kt—Q6ch Q—B6ch! R—B7 mate

9.

B xPch Kt—Kt5

9 Kt—Kt5? 10 K—Rl 11 P—B4

Q—Kl

i t i t i

Warsaw, 1935

M

Anyone who preaches the imminent death of chess ought to take a good look at this game! The striking series of brilliancies initiated by Black's thirteenth move compares favorably, I believe, with any combination ever played over the board. A Polish

"Immortal"

DUTCH DEFENSE GLUCKSBERG

White P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—K3? B—Q3 O—O 8 Kt—K2?

M.

NAJDORF

Black P—KB4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—Q4 P—B3 B—Q3 O—O QKt—Q2

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

P—KKt3 K—Kt2 Kt x B K—B3 QPxP PxKt K—B4 K—B3 KPxP 21 K x B 22 P x K t

Q—R4 B—Kt8!! Q—R7ch P—K4! QKt x Pch Kt x Pch Kt—Kt3ch P—B5! B—Kt5ch! Kt—K4ch! P—R4 mate

PART I I

The Pre-Morphy

Period

Although chess is a direct descendant of a game played in India in the 7th century, modern chess was not initiated until the late 15th century—about the year 1485—when important changes were made in the rules. For a hundred years before this date the game had remained unchanged, the moves of the pieces fixed. Although highly popular, it was a dull game by our standards. The modern chessplayer would regard the chess of the middle ages as a strange and wearisome pastime. In many respects, of course, the mediaeval game was similar to the chess we play today. The positions of the pieces were the same; the Rooks, Knights and Pawns moved as they move today; Castling had not yet been developed, but the King was allowed to "leap" two squares on its first move. The main difference lay in the moves of the Queen and Bishop. The Queen was permitted to move only to an adjacent diagonal square. In other words, it moved like our Bishop, but only one square at a time! Instead of being the most powerful piece on the board, it was the weakest. The Bishop of the mediaeval game leaped over the adjacent diagonal square to the square beyond in the diagonal. When the moves of the Queen and Bishop were changed to those we play today, the entire character of the game was transformed. The old artillery, cavalry and infantry in the form of Rooks, Knights and Pawns, were still in the game, but the devastating power of the new dive-bombing Queen and the speedy attack of the motorized Bishop made it necessary for the chess Generals to develop new strategy and tactics. New and more scientific openings had to be examined and analysed. Pawn play became a primary consideration, now that a promoted pawn could become a powerful Queen. The whole tempo of the game was quickened, the battle shortened and intensified. Italy was the main center of chess activity when these changes took place and the new game probably originated there. By 1 5 1 0 the old type of chess was obsolete in most of 12

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Italy and Spain. One of the earliest games of the "new chess" to be recorded appears in a late 15th century manuscript in which a poem describes the courtship of Venus by Mars by means of a game of chess. Francisco de Castellvi takes the part of Mars, Narciso Vinoles that of Venus. Historically important, the game is also interesting because it was undoubtedly played over the board by actual chessplayers of reasonable proficiency for the period. Analysis was the ruling motive in the literature of the period. Openings known today as the Ruy Lopez, Giuoco Piano, Petroff defense, Philidor Defense, Bishop's Opening and Queen's Gambit Accepted, were first outlined in a late 15th century manuscript (in the Gottingen University Library.) * The first "best-seller" was a book written by Damiano and printed in Rome in 1512. Eight editions were published in the 16th Century and it was also translated and published in French, English and German. All that is known of the author is that he was an apothecary and a native of Portugal. To judge from his analysis, he was also a mediocre chessplayer. The famous name of Ruy Lopez first appears in 1559 when this Spanish priest visited Italy and defeated all the Roman players. Although he did not invent the opening which bears his name, Ruy Lopez was the leading player of Spain for over 20 years and noted for his skill at blindfold chess. He played often at the court of his patron, Philip II of Spain. In 1561 Lopez published a book on chess containing a code of laws, general advice to players (including the suggestion that you "place your opponent with the sun in his eyes") and a miscellaneous collection of openings. He deals with a wider range of openings than his predecessors but his analysis is considered weak. Interesting is the fact that this book gave international currency to the term "gambit," a slang term which Lopez had learned in Italy. According to Lopez, "it is derived from the Italian gamba, a leg, and gambitare means to set traps, from which a gambit game means a game of traps and snares." Among the leading Italian players of the period 1560 to 1630 were Paolo Boi, Giovanni Leonardo da Cutri, Giulio Cesare Polerio and Gioachino Greco. As a youth, Leonardo had been trounced by Ruy Lopez in Rome but he had his re• T h e n a m e s b y which w e call openings t o d a y usually h a v e little or nothing to do w i t h t h e i r origins and seldom c o m m e m o r a t e the names of the earliest a u t h o r ities to discover the openings.

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venge in 1575 when he visited Spain and defeated the aging Lopez in a match held in the presence of Philip II. Although existing text-books had become obsolete, the strong players of the early part of this period did not publish their findings. The high stakes for which they played made them secretive. However, a patron could always obtain a copy of the player's notes on openings for a consideration and many of these manuscripts have survived, particularly those of Polerio. The manuscripts of Polerio, considered the leading player of Rome in 1606, again widen the range of the openings and include the Queen's Gambit Declined (by 2 . . . P-QB3 only), the Fianchetto Defenses, the Caro-Kann, the Sicilian, most of the known variations of the King's Gambit, the Center Gambit, the Greco Counter Gambit, the Two Knights' Defense and the Four Knights' Game. There are also some printed books from this period, including three works published by Dr. Alessandro Salvio, one of the leading Neapolitan players. For his time, Salvio was an analyst of great ability. Greco was one of the last great Italian players. Although a man of poor parentage and no education, he made and left his mark on the pages of chess history. About 1 6 1 9 he began to keep a manuscript collection of games and gave extracts to wealthy patrons. In the early days of his career he lived in Rome but about 1620 he travelled abroad, sojourning in France, England and Spain. In 1624 he re-arranged his collection of games and many years later, in 1669, a French translation of this re-arrangement was published in Paris. Forty-one editions have since been published in many languages. After Greco's death in 1634, Italy produced no outstanding players for over a hundred years. In England, France and Germany, however, the popularity of chess had steadily increased and in the 18th century the coffee-houses of London and Paris were the leading centers of chess activity. The name of Andre D. Philidor dominates the history of this period. Equally famous as a chessplayer and as a musician, Philidor defeated all the strongest players at the Cafe de la Regence in Paris and Slaughter's Coffee House in London. A f t e r 1775 Philidor spent the Spring of each year in London and the rest of the year in Paris. The English gentry flocked to Parsloe's Club in London where Philidor then played. This great player set forth his theories of chess in lucid fashion in his "Analyze du Jeu des Echecs," written when he was only 23 years old. He was the first to define and explain the principles of chess strategy and tactics. Since his death in 1795,

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

h i s book has often been r e p r i n t e d . stone in the progress of chess.

15

It w a s an important mile*

In the time of Philidor, Italy again produced some gifted players, including Ponziani, E. del R i o and G. Lolli. French contemporaries of Philidor before the Revolution were V e r doni, Leger, Carlier and Bernard. In the first half of the 1 9 t h century the firmament of chess is studded with many chess stars whose names a r e familiar to the modern player. In England w e hear of the exploits of J . K . S a r r a t t ; William Lewis; John Cochrane; Captain W . D. Evans (who discovered his gambit in 1824, the same year in which the London-Edinburgh postal match was played, giving us the name "Scotch G a m e " ) ; William Lewis (who published his "Progressive Lessons" in 1 8 3 1 and laid the foundations for much later work on the openings) ; Alexander MacDonnell and the great Howard Staunton. In France, the leading players w e r e Alexander Deschapelles; Pierre de Saint-Amant (who captained the victorious French team in the 1 8 3 1 postal match with London which gave us the name "French Defense"); De La Bourdonnais (who vanquished MacDonnell in the match of 1 8 3 4 ) . Many notable players also arose in Central Europe including Johann Allgaier (who originated the idea of tabulating openings in an original and important treatise, first published in 1795) ; Von Bilguer (whose famous "Handbuch" was published in 1 8 4 3 ) ; L. E. Bledow (who started the magazine Schachzeitung in 1846) ; B. Horwitz; K. Schorn; von der Lasa; W. Hanstein and C. Mayet. Other masters of the period were the Russian Petroff, the Livonian Kieseritzky, the Viennese Hampe and the Hungarians Szen and Lowefithal. In 1843 Staunton established himself as the first player of Europe by defeating Saint-Amant in a match. Staunton's "Chessplayers Handbook," published in 1847, became the leading English text-book. In this book, and in the German "Handbuch," the names we now use for most openings were systematically arranged. The year 1 8 5 1 stands out as the beginning of a new age in chess. It w a s in this y e a r that the first International Chess Tournament was held. The site w a s London and 1 6 competitors took part in the main tournament. Adolph Anderssen of Berlin took first prize. A brilliant player, Anderssen later demonstrated that the luck of the pairings in this "knock-out" tournament was not responsible for his success.

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

In subsequent tournaments, the "round-robin" system was adopted and Anderssen won first prize in 7 of the 12 events in which he competed. With the establishment of tournament competition and the advent of Paul Morphy, the brilliant young American master who defeated Anderssen and all other European experts, the truly modern era of chess was ushered in. From a purely technical point of view, the games played in the 350odd years from the early beginnings of modern chess to the 19th century are not of vital importance to the present-day chessplayer. The selections presented in this chapter comprise a mere handful of historical and representative games from this long, formative epoch. If chess has gained much since the passing of this period, it has also lost much. W e have gained a great deal in experience, in theory, in knowledge, in systematic analysis of the openings, in the assembling of a fine literature and the experience of many great players. And yet there are times when one wonders whether all these gains compensate for the disappearance of the spirit of freshness, of eternal adventure, of naivete. It is a development which we see present in all the arts and sciences. Of course, our great contemporary players have originality and imagination, but they also have a tremendous backlog of study and acquired knowledge based on the heritage of their predecessors. The games of the pre-Morphy period, whatever their faults may be, are the productions of players who were self-reliant, who had to find their way through uncharted country, who had to perform brilliant feats of improvisation. Remember also, when you play over these games, that many of them were played for pure amusement, not as part of a gruelling contest and not for the record; in that w a y you can savor their charm, their sociable and leisurely character-

17

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

This is one of the earliest recorded games of modern chess. It was played shortly after 1485, when the mediaeval moves of the Queen and Bishop were changed. Score is from a poem in a Catalan manuscript.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

CENTER COUNTER GAME

and White

10.

Late 15th Century.

FRANCISCO DE CASTELLVI NARCISO VINOLES

Black

White

1 P—K4 2 PxP 3 Kt—QB3

4 B—B4 5 Kt—B3 6 P—KR3 7 QxB 8 QxP 9 Kt—Kt5 10 K t x R P 11 Kt x R 12 P—Q4 13 B—Kt5ch 14 Q x Ktch 15 P—Q5 16 B—K3 17 R—Ql 18 R x P 19 B—B4 20 Q x Ktch 21 Q—Q8 mate

P—Q4 QxP

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 rr

with

Black

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 P—B3 P—Q4 PxP Kt—B3 B—Kt5 Q—Q3 PxB better

13.

P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 P—Q3 PxP B—Kt5ch

B—Q2

Kt—B3 BxKtch

game."

Madrid, 1575.

This game is believed to have been played in the match between Lopez and Leonardo, won by the latter.

DAMIANO'S DEFENSE

1 p_K4

won.

RUY LOPEZ

R—Bl

1 1 . Rome, 1560.

White

Q—K2

Kt—KB3 K—B2 P—Q4 Kt x B

Ruy Lopez analyzes the Ruy Lopez. A sample from the collection of openings in the book by Lopez.

Q-Qi

Kt—Kt3 KtxKt Kt—Q3 Kt x B Kt—Q2 PxP B—Q3 Q—B3 Q—Kt3 BxB K—Bl

eventually

P—KB 3 PxKt? P—Kt3

12. Madrid, 1561.

Kt—KB 3 B—Kt5 BxKt P—K3 QKt—Q2

Played when Lopez visited Rome in 1559-60. His youthful opponent later became a famous player. R U Y LOPEZ

Kt—KB3 KtxP Q—R5ch Q x KPch QxR P—Q4 B—B4ch BxPch

LEONARDO DA CUTRI

Black P—K4

KING'S G A M B I T DECLINED R U Y LOPEZ

LEONARDO DA CUTRI

White P—K4 P—KB4 B—B4 Kt—KB3 PxP

Black P—K4

P—Q3 P—QB3 B—Kt5? PxP

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

6 7 8 9 10 11

BxPch

KtxPcfi QxB

Q—K6ch Q—B8di

KxB

Q—K2 Q-Ql

QxQcli

KxQ Resigns

Other games from this match are recorded in a manuscript by Polerio. A game won by Leonardo (White) went as follows: 1 P—K4, P—K4; 2 Kt— KB3, Kt—QB3; 3 B—B4 B—>B4; 4 P—B3, Q—K2; 5 P—QKt4, B—Kt3 6 P—QR4, P—QR3; 7 B—R3, P—Q3 8 P—Q3, Kt—B3;9 Q—K2, B—Kt5 10 QKt—Q2 and White eventually won S

Rome, about 1580.

One of the earliest examples Fegatello or "Fried Liver"

T W O KNIGHTS' POLERIO

White 1 p_K4

2 Kt—KB3

3 B—B4 4 Kt—Kt5 5 PxP

6KtxBP

of the Attack.

DEFENSE DOMENICO

period.

He died

bef ore

1634. Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—B3 O—O P—Q4 B—KKt5 B—R4 KtxKtP! Q—R5ch 11 B x P 12 B—K6ch 13 Q—K8ch 1 4 P—Q5 mate

P—K4 Kt— QB3 B—B4 Q—K2 P—Q3 B—Kt3 P—B3 P—Kt4? PxKt K—Q2 Q—Kt2 KxB KKt—K2

P—K4

Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—Q4 KtxP

KxKt

Q—B3ch Kt—B3 p_Q4 B—KKt5 BxKt

K—K3 Kt—K2 P—B3 P—KR3 BxB

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Q_K4 PxP K—Ktl P—KR4 RxR KtxKt RxP R—Q6ch

RxP B—Kt4ch R—Q7 RxRch BxP PxKt Q—Kt4 K—K2

21 R—KKt6

colA specimen from Greco's lection of games which he began to keep in 1619. Greco was the

Black

7 8 9 10 11

12 O—O—O

GIUOCO PIANO

Kt—B3?

12 Kt—B7ch

14.

15.

K—Kl

R—Bl

Resigns

16.

Paris, 1680.

A brevity by two of the leading period. Parisian players of this KING'S MORANT

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

GAMBIT

A B B E DE FEUQUIERES

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP P—KR4 B—B4

8 Q—R5

9 QxKt 10 P x P 11 Q x P mate.

Black P—K4 PxP Kt—K2 P—KKt4

Kt—Kt3

B—Kt2 O—O P—KR3 PxKt R—Kl

THE PRB-MORPHY PERIOD

17.

London, March 13, 1790. Philidor

in

Action

KING'S BISHOP OPENING 3APT. SMITH White

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24

P—K4 B—B4 P—Q3 B—KKtS BxKt Kt—QB3 B—Kt3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 Q—Q2 BxB O—O P—R3 KKt—R2 P—KKt3 K—Kt2 P—B3 Kt—K2 P—B3 P—Q4

QPxP Kt—04 QR—Kl Q—KB2

PHILIDOR Black

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 P—B3 P—KR3 QxB P—QKt4 P—QR4 B—B4 P—Q3 B—K3 PxB P—Kt4 Kt—Q2 P—R4 K—K2 P—Q4 Kt—Bl Kt—Kt3 QR—KKtl B—Kt3

QxP K—Q2 P—KB. 5 B—B2!

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

Kt—K2 QxP KtxQ K—Rl R—KKtl KxR Kt—R5 K—Kt3 K—Kt4

19 RPxP QxQch Kt—B5ch RxP RxKtch R—Rich RxKtch Kt—R6ch R—R5 mate

18. London, Dec. 29, 1796. White's ingenious sacrifices his opponent in a helpless

leave state.

PHILIDOR DEFENSE rwooD White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 QPxP Kt—Kt5 P—K6 Kt—^>B3 KKt x KP Q—R5ch Q—K5 BxKt R—Ql B—B4 B—Kt3 KtxKP Kt—B6ch KtxR R—Q8ch! P—K7ch P—K8(Q)ch Q—R8ch QxBch Q x Q mate

WILSON

Black P—K4 P—Q3 P—KB4 BPxP P—Q4 Kt—KR3 P—B3 PxKt P—Kt3 R—Ktl BxB Q—K2

P—QKt4 P—R4 P—R5 K—Bl KxKt QxR Q-Q4 B—Bl

KxQ Q—Ktl

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19 From Allgaier's

Collection

KING'S BISHOP'S OPENING ALLGAIER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

P—K4 B—B4 BxKt PxP Q—R5ch PxP P—KR3 Kt—KB3 Kt—R4 KtxR Q—B3 P—KKt4 QxP K—Ql QxB R—Kl R—K2 R—Kl

Black P—K4 P—KB4 RxB P—Q4 P—Kt3 RxP Q—B3 Kt—B3 B—QB4 PxKt B—B4 Kt—Q5 Kt x Pch R—Ql! B—K5 Q—B6ch Q—R8ch Q x R mate

20. London, 1820. The following game was played by Mouret, while conducting the Automaton Chess player in London, 1820. Out of 300 games in the course of a few months, giving odds of KBP and move to every comer, the French master lost only six games, and these to Cochrane, Brand and Mercier. (Remove Black's KBP) J . COCHRANE

AUTOMATON

(Mouret) White 1 P—K4

Black P—K3

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

P—Q4 P—B3? P—Q4 P—KB4 P—B4 P—K5 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 P—B3 Kt—R3 B—K2 Q—Kt3 Q—B2 Q—Kt3 B—K2 O—O Q—B2 PxP PxP Q—Kt3 R—Ql Kt—B4 QKt x QP! Q-Q3 KtxKt KtxKt KtxB K—Rl QxKt O—O B—Q2 Kt—B3 B—K3 B—B4 BxB QxB Q—Kt4 R—B2? KtxP PxKt P—K6 BxP QxB P—Q5? QR—Bl Q—Kt5? R—KBl R—B7 RxR RxR P—KR3 R—QBl Q—Bl R—B7 QxR R—B8 Q x Q c h and wins

21.

London, about 1830.

This game is of historic interest, as Capt. Evans here shows his gambit for the first time. EVANS CAPT. EVANS

White 1 2 3 4

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 O—O

GAMBIT A . MACDONNELL

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 P—Q3

21

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

BxP B—R4 B—KKt5 Q-Q2 Kt—Ql PxP Kt—R3 B—Kt3ch B—KR4 Q—Bl QxR Q—R5 P—B3

p_QKt4 P—B3 P—Q4 Q—Kt3 Kt—Kt5 PxP B—R3 P—B3 K—Rl R—Ql R x Ktch Kt x BP! Q—Kt5ch

White mates in three. 18 Q x KPch 19 Q—K6ch 20 B—Q6 mate

22.

Critics consider this the most liant EVANS GAMBIT ever ed at odds of QKt. (Remove White's QKt) EVANS

White 1 2 3 4

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 p_QKt4

5 P—B3

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

O—O Q—B2 B—R3 P—Q4 KPxP PxP QR—Ql! RxKt BxPch! RxBch!

23.

brilplay-

GAMBIT. AMATEUR

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 BxP B—R4 Kt—B3 O—O R—Kl P—Q4? KKt x P KtxBP KtxR B—Q2 KxB QxR

K-—Ktl

Westminster, London, June, 1834

This 16th game is prettiest of the entire match games played.

one of the series of 85

QUEEN'S

ACCEPTED

GAMBIT

C . DE LABOURDONNAIS A . MACDONNELL

White K—Q2 K—B2

London, 1830.

MACDONNELL

16 Kl—Kt3ch 17 Q x P mate

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

P—Q4 p_QB4 P—K3 BxP PxP Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—K3 P—KR3 B—Kt3 O—O p_QR4 Kt—K5 B—B2 Q—K2 B—Q2 QR—Kl Q—K4 BxP! QxKt Q—R6 BxP! Kt x KtP Q—R8ch Q—R7ch Kt—B4 R—K6ch Q—R6ch P—Kt4 mate

Black P—Q4 PxP P—K4 PxP Kt—KB3 B—K2 O—O P—B3 QKt—Q2 Kt—Kt3 KKt—Q4 p_QR4 B—K3 P—KB4?? P—B5? Q-Kl B—B2 P—Kt3 KtxB B—B5 BxR PxB Kt—Bl K—B2 K—B3 B—Q6 K—Kt4 K—B4

22

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24.

Played at London, Aug, 1834, The Immortal 50th battle.

Connoisseurs hold that the annals of Chess produce no higher flights of genius than the play of M'Donnell in this game. QUEEN'S G A M B I T

;

D E LABOURDONNAIS MACDONNELL

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13

Black

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—K4 P—Q5 Kt—QB3 BxP Kt—B3 B—Kt5? K—Bl Q—K2 R—Ql P—Q6 . . . . Kt—Q5

P—Q4 PxP P—K4 p_KB4 Kt—KB 3 B—B4

0—K2

BxPch B—Kt3 P—B5 B—Kt5

.P. x. P.

KtxKt!!

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

One of the most masterpieces on 25.

Two minor pieces will be more than a match for the Queen! Kt—K6ch KxB

14 B x Q 15 K — K l

HI

"%

I•

I! • m& m. WW

• m "

Q—Q3 R—Q2 P—QKt 3 P—QR3 R—Ktl BxP PxB B—B4 K—B2 RxPch R—B7ch R—Kt7 PxKt Q—Ktl K—B3 Q—R2 K—Kt4 RxB K—R4 Q—K2 Q—R5 Resigns

R—Ql! Kt—B3 B—QR4 QR—Bl p_QKt4! B x Kt Kt—Q5 KtxPch KtxR(Q7) K—B3 K—Kt3 Kt(Q7) x B RxP B—Kt3! R—B6 Kt—B5ch R—KKtl PxR K—B3 R—Kt3 Kt—K6 magnificent record.

chess

Berlin, Dec. 29, 1837.

"Crime

and

Punishment'

GIUOCO PIANO . HORWITZ

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—B3 P—Q4 P-Q5 B—K2? P—KR3? B—Kt5 QKt—Q2 Kt—R4? KtxP BxQ K—Bl

L. BfcEDOW

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 B—Kt3 Q—K2 Kt—Ql P—Q3 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 O—O PxP Kt x Kt! BxPch Kt—Kt6 mate

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

26. De Labourdonnais against M. Jouy,

plays about

blindfold \ 1838.

SALVIO GAMBIT M . JOUY*

C DE LABOURDONNAIS

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Black

P—K4 P—K4 P—KB4 PxP P—KKt4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—Kt5 Q—R5ch Kt—K5 K—Bl P—B6 KtxP(B7) Kt—QB3 P—Q4 B—Kt2 P—B3 Kt—B3 KtxR P—Q4! PxQP Kt—K5 Q—Kl P—Kt6 PXPCH B—Q3 KxP B—R6ch K—Ktl KtxP! Q x Ktch QxQ BxQ Kt-- K 7 mate

27. Masterly

Berlin, 1839 ( ? ) combinative

play.

11 12 13 14 15

23

16 17 18 19

KtxKt BxP! QxB R—Klch Kt—B3! P—Kt3 QR—Qlch Q—Kt7 QxBP

KtP x Kt QxB P—Q4 K—Ql B—R6 PxB B—Q2 QR—Bl R—Kl

20 21 22 23 24

RxBch! Q—B6ch Kt—Q5! Q—Kt5 R—Ql!

QxR R—K2 Kt—Ktl Q—Kl Resigns

' SCOTCH GAMBIT ' . V O N BILGUER T . V O N DER LA<

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 B—QB4 P—B3 O—O BxP Q—Kt3 P—K5! KtxP

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP B—Kt5ch PxP PxP P—B3 Kt—R3 PxP Q—K2

28.

New Orleans, June 22, 1849

Paul's First Blindfold

Game

GIUOCO PIANO P A U L MORPHY

(aged 1 2 ) White P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—B3 P—Q4 O—O

ERNEST MORPHY

(Uncle) Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 PxP P—Q3

24

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

PxP P—KR3 Kt—B3 B—K3 P—Q5 PxKt P—K5 Q—Kt3 BxPch KtxP PxP QR—Kl Kt—Kt6 R—K7

B—Kt3 P—KR3 O—O R—Kl BxB B—Kt3 QPxP R—K2 RxB Q—Kl BxKtP B—R3 Q-Ql Resigns (b)

(b) This game occurred on Paul's 12th birthday, and Dr. Ford and others present carried the youthful victor away in triumph. For this victory, he received a fine set of chessmen. (Paul played blindfold, but his uncle did NOT.)

29.

New Orleans, May 25, 1850.

Paul, at the age of thirteen, the great Hungarian master. 0 and 1 draw.)

defeats (2 to

SICILIAN DEFENSE PAUL MORPHY

(aged 13) WMte 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 PxP P—Q4 B—K2 BxB O—O B—K3 QBxP Kt—B3 BxKt

J . LOEWENTHAL

Black P—QB4 P—K3 P—Q4 PxP B—Kt5 BxKt Kt—KB3 B—K2 PxP O—O Kt—B3 BxB

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

Kt x P R—Ktl K—Rl P—B3 P—B5! P—Kt3 P—B6 PxP B—K4 Q—R5! BxPch B—K4 Q—B5 R—Kt2 Kt—B6 R—Kt2? BxQ QxKR RxR R—B5 B—Q5 R—B6 R—B6 R—B7 K—Kt2 K—B3 B—K4 BxKt P—KR4 R—B6 K—Kt3 R—B6 KxP! K—K4 R—B5ch RxB K—Q5

30. A choice

BxP B—Q5ch R—Ktl B—B4 Q—R5 Q—Kt4 Kt—K4 KR—Ql QxP(Kt2) R—Q3 K—Bl R—KR3 QxP R—Kl R—K3 QxRch KR x Kt RxQ Kt—Kt5 P—Kt3 Kt—R3 K—Kt2 P—R4 K—Kt3 P—B3 Kt—B4 K—Kt4 KxB K—Kt3 K—R4 P—B4 P—B5ch B—B7 B—B4 KxP PxR Resigns

Berlin, January 1851. example

of this

opening.

EVANS G A M B I T KOSSAK

J . DUFRESNE

25

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Black

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 B—B4 P—QKt4 P—B3 O—O P—Q4 PxP B—Q5 Kt x Kt Kt—Kt5! Q—R5 P—B4 PxKt KtxP K—Rl Kt x Pch Kt—B5ch Kt—K7 mate

31.

Berlin, 1 8 5 1 .

Falkbeer's VIENNA

Immortal. OPENING

FALKBEER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 BxP B—R4 Kt—B3 O—O KKtxP Kt x QBP B x Kt KtxP P—KR3 BxR Q—K2 Q—B4ch QxKB K—Rl K—Ktl

P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP P—KKt4 P—KM PxKt Q—B3 P—Q3 Kt—K4 B—Q2 P—B6

12 O — O — O ! ?

13 Q P x P 1 4 B—B4ch 15 Q—R5

A . ANDERSSE

Black P—K4 P_KB4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 O—O?! QxP B—Kt3 P—B3 Q—K2 P—Q4 Q—QB2 PxKt RxP K—Rl Kt—Q2

16 P—B4 , 17 Kt—B3

R—Bl Kt—B3 B—Kt5 B—KR4 B—K6ch BxP Kt—Q4

18 Q — R 4

19 20 21 22

KtxP 3—B3 K—Ktl QxKB

23 24 25 26

RxKt!? R—Q7 Kt—Kt6ch RxKKtP

Rx Q Q—Bl

PxKt R—B6? (. . . Q—R6!)

27 B—K5 28 R—KB7ch 2 9 RxRch 30 R x Q

32.

Q—Bl

K—Ktl K—R2

Resigns

Berlin, 1 8 5 1 .

An absorbing

all the way,

struggle

F A L K B E E R C O U N T E R GAMBIT

(in effect) E. FALKBEER

White 1 P—K4 2 B—B4

A . ANDERSSEN

Black P—K4 Kt—KB3

26

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

3 P—B4 4 KPxP 5 Kt—QB3 6 P—Q3 7 PxP 8 P—Q4 9 Kt—B3 10 Q—Kt3 11 O—O 12 R x B 13 K — R l 14 Q x B 15 B ^ Q 3 16 Q—B2 17 B—K3 18 P—QR3 19 Q—R4 20 B—KKtl 21 P—QKt4? 22 Q—Ql 23 R—R3 24 Q—R5 25 R—Ql 26 Q—R4 27 P—R4? 28 B x Q P 29 B x R 30 B—R7ch 31 R x Q 32 R x K t 33 R—R3 34 P x R 35 P—R5 36 B—Q2 37 K—Kt2 38 K—B3 39 P—R4 40 P—R3 Resigns

33.

Most

P—Q4 P—K5

B—QB4 PxP O—O

B—Kt3 P—B3 B—Kt3 BxKt BxPch BxKt PxP Kt—K5 Kt—QB3 R—Kl! QR—Bl

P—Q5

P—QR3 Kt—R2 Q-Q2 R—B6!

P—R3 Kt—KB3 Kt—Kt4?

partie" is the most brilliant of which there is any record. f(

game

KING'S BISHOP G A M B I T

L. KlESERITZKY

A . ANDERSSEN

White

Black

P—K4

1 P—K4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

PxP

P—KB4 B—B4 BxP K—Bl Kt—KB3 P—Q3 Kt—R4 Kt—B5 P—KKt4 R—KKtl P—KR4 P—R5 Q—B3 BxP Kt—B3 Kt—Q5!

p_QKt4

Q—R5ch Kt—KB3 Q—R3 Kt—R4 P—QB3 Q—Kt4 Kt—B3 PxB Q—Kt3 Q—Kt4 Kt—Ktl Q—B3 B—B4 QxP

Kt—Q3!

Kt—B4!! KtxQ KxB KtxR R—K6! RxR Kt—Kt3! Kt—Q4 K—Kt3 K—B4 P—14 P—B3 P—KKt 3

18 19 20 21 22 23

Simpson's Divan, London, 1851.

The Immortal Game. authorities agree that

•

this

mmmt

B—Q6! P—K5! K—K2 KtxPch Q—B6ch! B—K7 mate

"In this game occurs tinuity of brilliancies,

BxR QxRch Kt—QR3 K—Ql KtxQ almost every

a conone of

27

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

which bears the stamp of intuitive genius, that could have been little assisted by calculations, as the combination-point arises only at the very end of the game with a final sacrifice of the Queen after Anderssen had already given up two Rooks and a

Bishop."—STEINITZ.

34.

Berlin, 1852.

Magnificently

timed

Attack

D U T C H DEFENSE . ANDERSSEN

White 1 P—Q4 2 P—K4 3 Kt—QB3 4 B—KKt5 5 BxKt 6 Q—R5ch 7 QxQP 8 KtxP! 9 B—K2 10 Kt—QB3 11 Kt—B3 12 Q—Kt3 13 O—O 14 P—Q5! 15 B—B4 16 K R — K l 17 QR—Ql 18 Kt—Q4 19 B x K t ! 20 R—K7!

21 0—R4

22 23 24 25 26

Kt—B6ch Kt—Kt5 Kt(5)—R7ch RxRch R—Kl!

J . DUFRESNE

Black P—KB4 PxP Kt—KB 3 P—Q4? KPxB P—Kt3 B—R3 Q—K2 Kt—Q2 P—KB4 P—B3 Kt—Kt3 B—K3 KtxP

o—o—o Q—B3 K—Ktl

35. Drastic

Punishment

GIUOCO PIANO R. M A X LANGE

C. MAYET

Black

White 1 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3 3 B—B4 4 O—O 5 P—QKt4 6 P—B3 7 P—Q4 8 PxP 9 P—KR3 10 B—Q3 11 P x P 12 Kt—B3 13 R—Klch 14 Kt—KKt5! 15 K t x P c h 16 B—B5ch 17 Kt—Q8ch 18 B—B4 mate

P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 P—Q3 KtxP Kt—QB3 PxP B—Kt3 Kt—R4 P—Q4? QxP • Q—R4 K—Ql QxQ ' K—Q2 K—B3 K—Q3

36. Berlin, 1853. Anders serfs

Immortal

two The 2nd of Anderssen's mortal games, is considered most brilliant Evans Gambit played.

B—B2

PxB P—Kt3 P—R4 K—Bl R—Q2 K—B2 KxR Resigns

Berlin, 1853.

imthe ever

EVANS GAMBIT ANDERSSEN

White 1. 2 3 4

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—QKt4

5 P—B3

6 P—Q4 7 O—O

J . DUFRESNE

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 BxP B—R4 PxP P—Q6

28

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

8 0—Kt3 9 P—K5

0-B3 Q^-Kt3 KKt—K2 P—Kt4 R—QKtl B—Kt3 B—Kt2 Q—B4 Q—R4 PxKt R—Ktl

10 R — K l

11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19

B—R3 QxP Q—R4 QKt—Q2 Kt—K4 BxP Kt—B6ch PxP QR—Ql

....

Lasker declares this to be one of the most subtle moves on record, and the 21st to be simply grand. ,

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18

• I I I I 11

P—Q4 P—K3 P—QB4 BxP P—QR4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—B3

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—QR3? QPxP Kt—KB3 P—K3 PxP B—Kt5 Kt—K5 KtxKt BxP BxR Q—B3 Kt—B3 QxP K—Ql K—B2 Q—R5 Resigns

38.

O—O!

PxKt B—R3! QxB Kt—Q2! Kt—K4! Kt—Q6ch Q—Bl! R—Ql Kt—B5!!

First published in 1857.

"The

Desperate

SCOTCH M A X LANGE

GAMBIT VON SCHIERSTEDT

White

•SB 19 20 21 22 23 24

QxKt KtxR KxQ K—Kl K—Ql

... . RxKtch QxPch!! B—B5ch B—Q7ch B x K t mate!

37.

Berlin, 1853.

Old-fashioned

hut

elective

QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED C. MAYET

White

A. ANDERSSEN

Black

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Journey'

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 B—QKt5 O—O QKt—Q2 PxP B—B4 Kt—Kt5 KtxBP B x Ktch Q—R5ch QxB Kt—B3 B—R6! QR—Kl Q—B4ch Kt—Kt5ch

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP B—B4 KKt—K2 P—Q4 QxP Q-Qi Kt—K4 KtxKt KxB P—Kt3 Kt—B3 R—Kl B—B4 Q-Q2 B—K3 K—B3

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Q—K2! P—KB3!! PxBch RxRch Kt—K4 P—QR4 P—Kt3ch B—Q2ch Kt—B3! BxP

B—Kt5 RxQ K—K4 K—Q4 K—B5 QxP K—Kt5 K—R6 PxKt Kt—Kt5

W h i t e announced mate in six. 29 R—Rich, Kt—R7; 30 R x K t ch, K x R ; 31 R — K l , Q—Q5ch;

29

32 B x Q, K—R6; 33 B—B3, any; 34 R — R l mate.

P A R T III

The Morphy Period Those who worship Morphy as the great master of the brilliant combination, must remember that it was he who introduced the innovation which proved to be a death-knell of that type of chess in which brilliancy was the be-all and endall of every game. Before Morphy's influence came to be felt, sacrifices were made willy-nilly without rhyme or reason, generally with very little regard for their soundness or objective effectiveness. Lest this be taken as a harsh criticism of the earlier players, it must be remembered that the relative absence of organized competition made for a kind of style which ignored the whole idea of playing a game in such a way as to make sure of winning it. We realize how radical an innovator Morphy was when we study his games and see how scrupulously conceived and executed are his combinations, for all their complexity and variegated character. It is interesting that while Morphy has always been admired as the most brilliant of all chess players, his games are equally notable for the correctness of his moves. How truly great he was, is seen in the fact that he united superb sacrificial effects with severe elegance, unfailing good taste, and a very high percentage of accuracy. Yes, he was a very great artist, for he fused the intuitive with the logical as only the great artist can. I have offered you what I consider the cream of his games and I am sure you will enjoy them. ^ Note how quickly Morphy made converts. Steinitz, Kolisch, Bird, Blackburne and many others were so deeply impressed by his games that each one, while still retaining his own individuality, began to reflect the influence of Morphy in a very marked manner. Another great player, almost as great as Morphy, and in the opinion of some capable judges even superior to him, was Adolph Anderssen. It is hard to know just where to place him. Although he had made his mark about ten years before Morphy's appearance, Anderssen too, was famous for the simultaneous brilliancy and accuracy of his combinations. It therefore seems proper to group these two immortals in the same section.

30

31

THE MORPHY PERIOD

39. First American Chess Congress, New York, 1857 Morphy's .

most

famous

sacrifice

F O U R KNIGHTS' GAME

L. PAULSEN

P. MORPHY

White

Black

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

II

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—B4 O—O?! R—Kl QPxKt P—QKt4 KtxP R x Kt R—K3 Q-Q6! B—Kt3 PxP B—Q2 QR—Kl

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 O—O KtxP KtxKt B—B4 B—K2 KtxKt B—B3 P—B3? P—QKt4 P—QR4 QxP R—R2 Q—R6?

IlAHiill

11m m m m

sS11 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

... . PxQ K—Rl R—Ql K—Ktl K—Bl K—Ktl

m

BUB QxB!! R—Kt3ch B—R6 B—Kt7ch QBxPch B—Kt7ch B—R6ch

24 25 26 27 28

BxP BxQ R—K7 R—R3 B—K6

K—Rl Q—Bl RxB R—Rl P—Q4

Resigns

40. A beautiful chess.

New York, 1857. specimen

of

blindfold

KING KNIGHTS* GAMBIT P A U L MORPHY

T. LICHTENHEIM

(blindfold) Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 .

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 PxP B—Kt5ch PxP B—B4 P—Kt3?! O—O K—Rl Kt—K5 P—Q4 Q—R5 BxPch Q x Ktch B—Kt5ch! Kt—B3

B x B ! was better.

18 R x B 1 9 B—B4ch 20 R—Q6 21 K t — K 4 !

22 23 24 25 26

P—K4 PxP P—Q4 B—K2 P—B3 PxP B—R5ch PxP PxPch B—B3 Kt—KR3 BxKt QxP Kt x B K—Ql B—B3 B—Q2?

RxBch QxKtch Kt—Q6 Q—Kt7cfa B—Q2ch

K—B2 . K—Kt2 Q—B4 QxP KtxR K—R3 KR—Ql K—R4 QxB

32

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

42.

K—R5

27 Kt—B4ch 28 P—Kt3 mate!

New York, 1858.

A Flash of

Genius.

FALKBEER COUNTER G A M B I T 41.

New York, 1857.

Counterattack EVANS N. MARACHE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—QKt4 P—B3 P—Q4 p_K5? P x P e.p. O—O Kt—Kt5? B—Q3 BxB B—R3 BxR B—R3 B—Bl B—B4 Q—B2 Q—K4?

with a

Punch.

GAMBIT P. MORPHY

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 BxP B—R4 PxP P—Q4 ' QxP KKt—K2 O—O B—B4! KtxB Q—Kt3! QxKt PxP Q—Kt3 R—Ql Kt(B3)—Q5!

....

J . SCHULTEN

^

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P. MORPHY

Black

P—K4 P—KB4 PxQP Kt—QB3 P—Q3 B—Q2 BxP B—Q2 PxB B—K2 P—B4 PxP K—Bl Kt x R Q—Ktl K—B2 K—Ktl

P—K4 P—Q4 P—K5 Kt—KB3 B—QKt5 P—K6! O—O BxKt R—Klch B—Kt5 P—B3 KtxP RxB! Kt—Q5 B x Ktch Kt—Kt5ch

Black now forces mate in seven.

I B

ifii?/, 8 «

W/. ~"W,. ^

m.

19 . . . . Kt—KKt6 20 Q x Q Kt(Q5)—K7mate!

17 18 19 20 21

... . PxKt K—Kt2 K—R3 K—R4

Kt—B6ch Q—Q5ch Q—B7ch Q x BPch Kt—K6

33

THE MORPHY PERIOD

22 Q - -Ktl 23 K- -Kt5

43.

KT—B4ch Q—R4 MATE!

London, July 1858.

The most masterpieces.

brilliant

of

Morphy's

< PHILIDOR D E F E N S E P. MORPHY

. E. BIRD

White

Black

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 Kt—B3 QKtxP Kt—Kt3 Kt—K5 B—KKt5 Kt—R5 Q—Q2 P—KKt4? KtxKt Kt—K5

14

B—K2

P—K4 P—Q3 P—KB4 PxKP P—Q4 P—K5 Kt—KB3 B—Q3 O—O

Q—Kl KtxP Q x Kt Kt—B3 Q—R6 PxKt

15 K t x K t 16 B—K3

« ^

| M g f#

V

16 . . . . 17 O — O — O

bination. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

BxR P—B3 P—Kt4 K—B2 K—Kt2? PxB QxR K—B2 BxP R—Q3 K—Q2 K—Ql Resigns

44.

Q—R6! QxP Q—R8ch Q—R5ch BxKtP RxPch QxQch P—K6! B—B4ch Q—B5ch Q—R7ch Q—Kt8ch

London, July 1858.

This game is interesting because of the fact that it is the first of two games which took place on the only occasions that the great English and A?nerican masters met in friendly contest. Both were won by Morphy. PHILIDOR DEFENSE

m • ILL

•

THE BEGINNING OF a BEAUTIFUL com-

»

W

R—Ktl RxBP!!

H . STAUNTON REV. J . O W E N

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 QPxP Kt—Kt5 P—K6 Kt—QB3 KKtxKP Q—R5ch Q—K5 BxKt QR—Ql Q—B7

P. MORPHY T . BARNES

Black P—K4 P—Q3 P_KB4 BPxP P—Q4 Kt—KR3 P—B3 PxKt P—Kt3 R—Ktl BxB Q—Kt4 BxP

34

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

QxKtP P—B3 QxR Kt—K4 B—K2 O—O Kt—B5 K—Rl R—Q4 R—K4 R—Ql R—KR4 QxKt Q—R2? R—Q7 Kt—K4 Kt—B6 R—K7 Q—Ktl KxQ RxQ Resigns

P—K6! Q—K2 K—B2 B—KB 5 K—Kt2 Q—QB2 BxPch B—Bl B—Kt6 K—Rl Q—KKt2 BxR B—R3 BxB Q—R3 B—B5 P—K7 Q—B8ch QxQch P—K8(Q)ch BxR

R—Kt2 R—Kt3 PxP K—Rl B—Bl BPxB Q-K3 Q—Ktl P—QR3 R—Bl BxKt R—B2 B—K2 Q—Kl RxP KxR K—Ktl K—Kt2 K—Ktl Resigns

1 6 B—Kt3

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

Kt—B5 P—B4 KRxP R—R4 BxKt R—KBl Kt—Kt5 R—B2 Kt x BP Kt—Q5 PxB P—B4 R—R5 P—B5! RxPch! Q—R5ch KtxBch! Kt—B5ch Kt x P!

46. Cafe de la Regence, Paris, Sept. 27, 1858. 45.

Paris, Sept. 1858.

One of eight

4th game of match Black is outplayed

all the

way

PHILIDOR DEFENSE P. MORPHY

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

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 QxP B—QKt5 BxKt B—Kt5 B—R4 Kt—B3 O—O QR—Ql Q—B4ch Kt—Q4 P—KR3 Q—K2

D. HARRWITZ

Black P—K4 P—Q3 PxP Kt—QB3 B—Q2 BxB P—B3 Kt—R3 Q-Q2 B—K2 O—O R—B2 Kt—Kt5 Kt—K4 P—KKt4

blindfold

games.

PETROFF DEFENSE P. MORPHY

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 KtxP B—Kt3 P—Q4 O—O P—B4 Q—B3 P—B5 B—KB4 QR—Kl Q—Kt3 Kt—Kt6ch! BxB BxQ

POTIER

Black P—K4 Kt—KB 3 KtxP Kt—KB3 P—Q4 B—K2 P—B3 QKt—Q2 Kt—Kt3 P—KR4 Q—B2 B—Q3 K—Bl P—R5 K—Ktl PxQ PxKt

35

THE MORPHY PERIOD

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

PxPch B—Kt5 QKt—Q2 K—Bl K—Ktl PxKt Kt—Kt3 Resigns

BPxP K—Rl R—K7 B—K5 R—B7ch KtxP! BxP B—QKt3 47.

Morphys Most Famous Game. Flayed during the performance of "Barber of Seville." PHILIDOR DEFENSE P. MORPHY D U K E OF BRUNSWICK COUNT ISOUARD

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Black

"A very fine finish ant

P—K4 P—Q3 B—Kt5? BxKt PxP Kt—KB3 Q—K2 P—B3 P—Kt4 PxKt QKt—Q2 R—Ql RxR Q—K3 KtxB KtxQ

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 PxP QxB B—QB4 Q—QKt3 Kt—B3 B—KKt 5 KtxP B x KtPch O—O—O! RxKt R—Ql BxRch Q—Kt8ch! R—Q8 mate!

to a most

game.—STEINITZ.

P. MORPHY

eleg-

1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16

17

Paris, Dec. 27, 1858. 9th game of match

Black never

gets

started

Black

P—QB4 P—K4 PxP P—Q4 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 KtxP P—K3 P—Q3 Kt—Kt5 P—K4 B—KB4 P—B4 B—K3 P—B5 QKt—B3 PxB? Kt—Q5! Kt(Kt5)—B7ch K—B2 Q—B3ch Kt—B3 B—B4 Kt—Q5 P—Q4 Kt x Ktch BxPch K—Kt3 Q—R5ch KxKt PxP Kt x Pch K—K2 Resigns 49.

"My King

Paris, 1858. likes to go for a

walk"

SCOTCH GAMBIT A . ANDERSSEN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

48.

A . ANDERSSEN

White

6

Paris, Sept. 1858.

White

SICILIAN DEFENSE

13 14 15 16 17

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 B—B4 Kt—Kt5 B—Kt3 P—KB4 PxKt O—O P x P e.p. Kt—Q2 KtxKt K—B2 QxP QxKP B—B7ch Q x QBch

A . DE RIVIERE

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—B3 Kt—K4 p_KR3 PxKt KtxP P—Q4 P—KB4 QxP QxPch PxKt B—K2 B—B4? KxB K—Ktl

36

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Q—Q5ch Q—K4ch B—K3! K—K2 P—Kt4!! R—B2 BxR R—Rl! K—Q3 K—B4 K—Q5 K—K6!

30

K—B7

31 K—Kt8 32 Q—K7

20 Kt

K—R2

K—Ktl

B5ch

K—R3

KR—Blch Q—R4ch Q—R7ch R x Rc R—KBi RxBch R—Q7ch RxPch B—B3 BxP R—B7ch P—KKt3 Resigns u

B m ~*

w

m w

m

mm

White mates in four. 50.

Paris, 1 8 5 9 -

This elegant game, played 1859, is a clever specimen smothered mate.

at

Paris, of the

21 22 23 24

Kt—Q7ch Kt—Kt6ch Q—B8ch Kt—Q7 mate

K—Bl K—Ktl RxQ

T W O K N I G H T S ' DEFENSE MORPHY

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 p—Q4 O—O

R—Kl BxP Kt—B3 KtxKt QKt—Kt5 RxBch KtxKP KKt—Kt5 Q—K2 Kt x KtPch Q—Kt4ch Kt—B7ch! B—Kt5ch Kt—K6ch

AMATEUR

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 PxP KtxP P—Q4 QxB Q—KR4 B—K3 B—Kt5 PxR Q—B2 Q—K2 B—Q3 K—Q2 K—Ql QxKt B—K2 K—Bl

51.

Vienna, 1859.

The "Austrian VIENNA

Morphy"

OPENING

L. HAMPPE

W . STEINITZ

White

Black

1 2 3 4 •5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—B4 KPxP PxP KtP x Kt K—K2 Kt—B3 P—Q4 B—Q2 PxB PxKt Q—Kl K—Ql QR—Ktl

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP KtxKt Q—R5ch B—Kt5ch Kt—B3 O -O—O B x Ktch KtxP!? B—B4 Q—B5ch QxBP Q x KBPch

37

THE MORPHY PERIOD

16 Q—K2? ( B — K 2 ! ) RxBchl R—Qlch 17 K x R B—R6ch 18 K—Bl Q—B6 19 R—Kt2 K—Ktl 20 B—R3ch Q—Q7ch 21 Q—Kt5 22 K—Ktl Q—Q8ch 23 R x Q R x R mate

52. Philadelphia, I860. Knights

without

armor

GIUOCO PIANO MATEUR

DERRICKSON

White

Black

1 P—K4 2 B—B4 3 Kt—KB 3 4 O—O 5 P—Q3 6 B—KKt5 7 P—KR3 8 PxB? 9 Kt—R2 10 KKt—B3 11 B x Q 12 R x B 13 K — B l 14 K—K2 15 KKt—Q2 16 K x R 17 K—Bl

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 Kt—B3 B—B4 P—Q3 B—KKt5 P—KR4!! PxP P—Kt6 KKt—Kt5! BxPch P x Rch R—R8ch RxQ Kt—Q5ch! Kt—K6ch Kt—K7 mate

2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Kt—KB3 B—B4 O—O p_QKt4 P—B3 P—Q4 PxP P—Q5 B—Q3 B—R3 QxKt P—Q6! Kt—B3 Kt—Q5 B—Kt2 Q—K3 Kt—Q4! Kt—B6!! Kt x Bch Q—R6 BxP P—B4 R—B3

An Historic Game This fine game was played by correspondence more than four score years ago. It was published in Naples in 1861, and reproduced in "Newcastle Chronicle" August 16, 1890. PONZIANI OPENING White

53.

London, 1861. play by

Kolisch

GIUOCO PIANO I. KOLISCH

White 1 P—K4

LOUIS PAULSEN

Black P—K4

0-Q3 R—Kl Resigns

54. Naples, 1 8 6 1 .

NEWCASTLE

Spirited

Kt—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 BxP B—K2 PxP KKtxP Kt—R4 Kt—B4 Kt x B O—O PxP P—QKt3 Kt—Kt2 Kt—B4 Kt—K3 B—B3 PxKt PxKt P—Q4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—B3 P—Q4 PxP B—QKt5 Kt—Q4 BxKt

GLASGOW

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 KtxKP P—Q4 B—QB4 O—O PxB

38

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

O—O P—B3 K—Rl BxKt Kt—Q2 R—Kl P—K6 Q—R4 Q—B6 QxQB P—QB4 P—K7 P—B5! P—QKt4! P—B6! PxB PxR QR—Ktl P—R6 R—Kt5 RxP RxQP! RxP R—Q7 P—QR3 R—Q8 PxP R—QKtl R(Q8)—Ql! P—Kt8(Q)

55.

B—Q2 Kt—KM P—B3 PxB R—Kl B—Kt3 B—Bl P—B4 B—Kt2 PxKt B—R4 Q-Q3 Q-Q2 QR—Ktl Q-Q3 RxQ P—B4 Q—Ktl P—B5 P—Q6 P—B6 PxKt K—B2 Q—B5 P—R4 P—Kt5 Q—B7 RxP Q—K7 Resigns

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

O—O P—KR3 P—Q3 Kt—B3 B—K3 Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 B—QKt5 BxKt Kt(B3) x P PxP BxB p_B4 Q—R5 Kt—Kt6 K—R2 KR—Kl QR—Ql Kt—K7ch Q—B7

P—Q3 Kt—B3 O—O P—KR3 KtxKtP Kt—B3 P—Q4 PxP PxB PxP Q—Kl RPxB Kt—Q4 P—B3 Q—K6ch R—Ql QxQP Q—B7 K—Rl BxP

The spectators, among them several very strong players, declared that after Black's 24th move, White's game was hopelessly lost. MacDonnell quietly assured them that he had in reality a winning position and proved it to the astonishment of all, by a few brilliant moves.

London, Nov. 12, 1861.

The English lovers of chess so enthused over the brilliant come of this game, that they it the Kohinoor" of chess.

were outstyled

ff

EVANS G A M B I T DECLINED REV. G. A. MACDONNELL BODEN

White 1 2 3 4

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—QKt4

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 B—Kt3

25 R — K 2 ! 26 Kt—R5

QxQR R—KKtl

39

THE MORPHY PERIOD

27 Kt x R 28 R—K8

RxKt Resigns

Mate cannot be averted by Black.

56. Another

London, July 1 8 6 1 . dashing

EVANS I. KOLISCH

Kolisch

attack

GAMBIT A . ANDERSSEN

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

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—QKt4 P—B3 P—Q4 O—O Q—Kt3 P—K5 KtxP KtxP Q—K3 Q—K2 B—R3 QR—Ql

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 BxP B—R4 PxP PxP Q—B3 Q—Kt3 P—Kt4 R—Ktl KKt—K2 Q—R4 B—Kt2 Kt—B4?

m m

II

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

Q—K6ch R—Qlch RxKtch! QxPch B—K6ch B—Q5ch QxQch Q—B4ch Q—K4ch Kt—K5 Q—B4ch B—B5ch BxRch Kt x Ktch QxB

57.

K—Ql Kt—Q3 PxR K—Bl K—Kt2 QxB K—R3 K—Kt2 Kt—B3 K—R3 K—R2 R—Kt3 BxB BxKt Resigns

London, June 1862.

"The Most Beautiful the

Game

of

Tournament/'—ANDERSSEN.

CENTER COUNTER G A M E W . STEINITZ

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

P—K4 PxP Kt—QB3 P—Q4 Kt—B3 B—Q3 O—O B—K3 Kt—K5 P—B4 Q—K2 KtxKt R—B3 R—R3 P—KKt4

A . MONGREDIEN

Black P—Q4 QxP Q-Ql. P—K3? Kt—KB3 B—K2 O—O P—QKt3 B—Kt2 QKt—Q2 Kt—Q4? PxKt P—KB4 P—Kt3 PxP

(see diagram next p a g e ) 16 R x P ! ! 17 P—K6ch! 18 P x P 19 K t x P c h !

KxR K—Bl B—Rl KtxKt

16 17 18 19

RxP!! BPxKt QxP Q—R5ch

KtxKt KxR KR—Ktl K—Kt2

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

40

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

K—B2 K—K3 K—B2 K—Kl R—Kt2 Q-Q2 RxB K—Ql Q—Kl

Q—R6ch Q—R7ch Q—R3ch R—Blch Q—K6 B—Kt5 B x Pch QxRch R—B8ch Q x Q mate

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

KtxKt KtxB B—Q3 P—Kt4 P—QB4 PxB P—B3 PxP Q—Kl QxQ P—Kt3 K—Kt2 K—B3 BxR KxP P—R4 K—Q3 K—B3 R—R2 R—Q2ch

59. Black's 58. ompare

this

with

game

No.

GIUOCO P I A N O DUBOIS

White 1 P—K4

2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11

Kt—KB3 B—B4 O—O P—Q3 B—KKt5 B—R4? B—Kt3 P—KR4 P—B3 p_Q4

12 P — K 5

13

BxP

W.

Paris, 1863.

greediness

DANISH

London, 1862.

75/ LlNDEHN White

STEINITZ

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 p_Q3 P—KR3 P—KKt4! P—KR4! B—KKt5 Q-Q2 PxP P(3)xP KtxB

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

Q—B4 PxKt Q—Q4 O—O—O! Q—B3 RxP QR—Rl Q—Kl! Q—K6ch PxQ R—R8ch R(l)—R7ch RxRch R—B7ch RxB K—Q2 KtxP Kt—K6 RxKt K—B3 and wins

P—K4 P—Q4 P—QB3 B—QB4 BxP Kt—B3 Kt—K2 O—O KtxKt BxB R—Klch P—B4 BxKtP Q—Kt4! B—B6cfa Q x R mate

is

punished

GAMBIT MACZUSKJ

Black P—K4 PxP PxP PxP B—Kt5ch Kt—KB3 KtxP KtxKt BxKt Q—Kt4 K—Ql QxP R—Ktl Q-Q3 QxB

THE MORPHY PERIOD

60.

61.

Breslau, 1863.

Extraordinarily pretty.

ingenious

and

KIESERITZKY GAMBIT J . ROSANES

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 P—KR4 Kt—K5 B—B4 PxP P—Q4 B—Kt5ch PxP Kt x QBP BxKtch BxR R—R2 B—Q5 Kt—B3 K—B2 Kt—R4 Kt—B3

A . ANDERSSEN

Black P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 B—Q3 Kt—R4 P—B3 PxP KtxKt K—Bl Kt—Kt6! B—KB4 K—Kt2! R—Klch Q—Kt3 Q—R3! B—K4!

41 Berlin, 1864.

The proverbial two Bishops! FAtKBEER COUNTER GAMBIT ANDERSSEN

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

62. One

of four

blindfold

games.

EVANS GAMBIT

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Q—B8ch!! BxPch RxB R—K8 mate

P—K4 P—Q4 QPxP B—Q3 BxKt Q-Q5 QxKP QxQP Kt—KB 3 Q-Qi P—KR3 QKt—Q2? Resigns

Cafe National, Leipsig, Jan., 1864.

White

P—R4 QxQ B—K3 K—Ktl

Black

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 KtxP B—B4 PxB Q—K2 P—Q4! Kt—B3 B—K3 O—O B—B5 QxPch!

L. PAULSEN

20 21 22 23

E. SCHALLOPP

White

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—QKt4 P—B3 O—O P—Q4 PxP P—K5 PxKt P—Q5 PxKt

H . SCHNEIDER

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 BxP B—B4 Kt—B3 PxP B—Kt3 P—Q4 PxB QxBP QxR

(see diagram next page) To the astonishment of all, White announced mate in eleven.

42

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

• 13-R—Klch 14 Q—Q7ch 15 R x B

B—K3

K—Bl BxPch

11 12 13 14 15 16

O—o—o P—B4! B—Q2 Q—Q8ch! B—Kt5ch R—Q8 mate!

64.

Q—Kt4dh QxPch Q—Kt5 KxQ K—Kl

Berlin, 1865.

Was a great master such short order?! RUY

ever

A . ANDERSSEN

Black

White K—Rl PxP PxR(Q)ch Q—K4 RxQ Q(7)—K7 RxP Q x P mate

63. A game

P—KR3 P—Kt4 K—Kt2 Q—B3 R—KBl B—B4 KxR

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

P—K4

Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 P—B3 P—Q4 O—O

Kt—Kt5 KtxP! B—B4ch Q—R5 Q—Kt5ch! B x P mate

P—K4 Kt—QB3 KKt—K2 P—Q3 B—Q2 Kt—Kt3 P—KR3 KxKt K—K2 Q—Kl PxQ

Paris, 1864.

that has had

echoes!

SCOTCH G A M E

fACZUSKI

I. KOLISCH

White

Black

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

in

LOPEZ

J . H . ZUKERTORT

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

mated

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP Kt—QB3 Q—Q3 KtxKt B—Q2 BxB Q—Q4

P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP Q—R5 B—Kt5 Kt—B3 QPxKt BxKt KtxP Q—K2

65. Another brated

Berlin, 1865.

fine win master.

from

the

cele-

SICILIAN DEFENSE J. H . ZUKERTORT

White 1 2 3 4 5

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 P—Q4 KtxP Kt—QB3

A . ANDERSSEN

Black P—QB4 P—K3 PxP Kt—KB3 B—Kt5

43

THE MORPHY PERIOD

6 B—Q3 B—K3 8 PxP 9 O—O! 10 P x K t 11 K t x K t 12 R—Ktl 13 R—Kt3! 14 B—QB5

7

•

Kt—B3 P—Q4 KtxP KKtxKt BxP PxKt O—O B—R4 R—Kl

•

l

i

l

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 B—Kt5 P—Q4 P—K5 KtxP O—O QxKt P—KB4 P—B5! Q—K4 P—B6! K—Rl P—K6! QxP* PxPch R—Klch Q—Kt8ch P—B7 mate!

* White 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

KxB K—Ktl

BxPch! R—R3ch Q—R5 R—Ql! Q—R7ch R—Kt3 Q—Kc6ch! RxB(B3) R—KR3 Q—R7ch Q—R5ch BxR Q—R8ch QxR

66.

P—B4

B—Q2 K—B2 B—B6 K—Ktl P—B5

R—K2 K—B2 K—Ktl QxB K—B2 Resigns

London, Sept., 1867.

A lapse of Steinitfs ive skill!

famous

defens-

RUY LOPEZ H. E. BIRD

W M . STIINITZ

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 PxP Kt—K5 B—K2 KtxKt Kt—B4 P—QKt3 Kt—Kt6 KtxR B—B4ch R—QKtl R—Ktl R—Bl RxP B—K2 R—Bl

misses

mate in 3!

67.

About 1868.

"Brilliantissimo!" Deserve', to be perpetuated. KING'S THOMPSON

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB 3 P—Q4 Kt—K5 K—Q2 K—B3 P—QR3? KtxKt B—Q3 R—Bl? KxQ P—K5 K—K4

GAMBIT G. H. MACKENZIE

Black P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 Q—R5ch Q—B7ch Kt—QB3 P—Q3 PxKt R—Ktl QxQPch! B—Kt2ch BxPch Kt—B3 mate

44

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

68.

London, April, 1869.

One of Boden's Best. Full of fine points and interest

K I N G S BISHOP OPENING BODEN White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

H . E . BIRD

Black P—K4 Kt—KB 3 PxP Kt—B3 P—QKt3 B—B4

P—K4 B—B4 P—Q4 QxP Q—K3 QKt—B3 Q—Kt3 B—KKt5

O—O

R—Kl QKt—R4 B—K2 B—Kt2 K—Rl P—B4 QR—Bl Kt—Ktl KtxB P—B3 P—Q3

O—O—O

B—K2 P—B4 B—B3 P—KR4 KKt—K2 P—K5 KB x B P—B5 P—K6

PHiP H

u

mm~

26

P—B7

27 28 29 30 31 32 33

RxBch R—Rl QxR Kt—K4 Kt—Kt5ch RxPch Q x Q mate 69.

0—Bl

PxR RxKP K—R2 R—B2

K—Rl QxR

London, 1869.

A Cherished

Antique.

KIESERITZKY G A M B I T MATCHEGO

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 P—KR4 Kt—K5 Kt—QB3? Kt—B4 P—Q4 B—K2 K—Q2 K—Q3 P—QR3 Kt—Q5 KtxBPch Kt—Q5 K t x QP K—B4

E. FALKBEER

Black P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 B—K2 Kt—R4 BxPch Q—Kt4 Kt—QB3 B—B7 BxP K—Ql P—B4 PxPch

....

(see diagram next page) Black now gives mate in 9 moves.

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Kt—B4!! Kt—Kt6ch PxPch PxKt K—Ktl QxKtP P—B6

PxB PxKt Kt—R3 B—Kt4ch BxP R—K2 Q—Kl

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

... . KxQ K—B4 K—Kt5 K—R4 KtxP KxP KxKt K—Q6

QxKtch Kt—B3ch B—K3ch P—R3ch P—Kt4ch PxKtch R—R4ch B—Q4ch K t — K l mate

45

THE MORPHY PERIOD

A most ending.

brilliant

70. A gamelet exquisitely annals of

and

remarkable

R—B2 P—Q4 K—Ktl RxQ

Q—R6 Kt—Kt6ch Q—Kt7ch! Kt—R6 mate

Norwich, 1871. with one of the most beautiful endings in the chess.

GIUOCO PIANO AMATEUR

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 O—O P—Q3 P—KR3 B—Kt5 B—K3 Kt—B3 Q—Q2 B—Kt3 QR—Ql Kt—R2 BxB KxB K—Rl P—B3

J . H . BLACKBURNE

71.

Finest game Blackburne ever played blindfold. One of ten games played simultaneously. SCOTCH GAMBIT

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 P—Q3 Kt—K2 P—B3 B—Kt3 Kt—Kt3 B—K3 O—O Q-Q2 BxP! BxP! Kt—B5ch PxB Kt(3)—R4

London Chess Club, 1871.

J . H . BLACKBURNE

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

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 B—QB4 Kt—Kt5 Q—R5 O—O B—Kt3 P—KR3 P—KB4 K—R2 Q—Ql PxKt K—Kt3! P—B5

D R . BALLARD

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP B—B4 Kt—R3 Q—K2 Kt—K4 P—Q3 Kt—Ktl P—Q6ch Kt—KB3 QKt—Kt5ch KtxPch P—KR4!(a) B—K6

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

46 16 17 18 19 20 21

K—Bl PxQ Q—K4ch QxKtP PxP

BxPch QxKt!! BxB B—B4 Kt—Q2 Kt—B4

72.

Vienna, 1872.

Perhaps the most game ever played.

extraordinary

VIENNA OPENING HAMPPE

J . MEITNER

Black

White

iHJkJi • i i i 1 F*l

"ten «

i m m

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Q—B6ch ... . B—Q2 Kt—K3 B—R5 KxP Q-Q6 Kt—Q5 B—Kt6 R—R3! K—Ktl Kt—K6ch K—Rl Kt—K7ch Q—Q8ch R—Rl QRxQ PxR(Q)ch RxQ BxRch R—R8 K—Kt3 B—R4 B—Q2! R—KKtl B—B3 BxB P—B6 KtxBch K—R2 P—B7 and wins

(a) At this stage the game was adjourned and most of the spectators held that white had a lost position; yet not only did he actually win, but exhaustive analysis proved that he could do so in every variation.

11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18

73.

P—K4 P—K4 B—B4 Kt—QB3 BxPch!? Kt—R4 Q—R5ch KxB Q—B5ch K—K3 P—Q4 K—Q3 QxKP K—B3 K—Kt3 Kt—QR3 QxKtch!! P—QR3 KxQ Kt—B4ch K—Kt4 P—R4ch! KxKt Kt—K2 B—Kt5ch! K—Ql B—B6 P—Kt3ch KtxB! K—Kt5 K x Kt! B—Kt2ch!! B—R3ch K—Kt5! K—B6! B—Kt2ch Drawn!!!

Played by correspondence in 1875.

How women played score years ago.

chess

three

RUY LOPEZ MRS. J . W . GILBERT

White P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O R—Kl BxKt

W . J . BERRY

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 KtxP Kt—B4 QPxB

47

THE MORPHY PERIOD

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

P—Q4 PxP Kt—B3 P—QR4 P—QKt3 Q—K2 Kt—K4 P—B3 P—QKt4 Kt—Kt3 Kt—Q4 PxKt P—Kt5! PxP P—K6! QxB

Kt—K3 Q—K2? B—Q2 O—O—O P—B3 Q—B2 R—Ktl P—R3 P—KB4 P—KKt4 KtxKt R—Kl BPxP BxP Q—Kt3 P—B5

39 Q x R c h 40 Q x B P 41 R—R8 mate

K—Kl Any move

74. Played in Perugia, about 1875. The following game, played by Joachim Cardinal Pecci (afterwards Pope Leo XIII) was obtained during my visit at Vatican city in 192526, from my old colleague Rev. Maurice die la Taille, S. J., Professor of professors at the Gregorian University, Rome Italy, and author of "Mysterium ¥idie. —F.j.w. ,>

GIUOCO PIANO REV. FR. G U I L A JOACHIM CARDINAL PECCI

White

a

B O B

White announced mate in 18. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

RxP QxPch Q—Kt5ch Q—Q7ch BxP Q—Kt5ch R—Rl RxB QxQ R—R7 Q—Kt5ch P—Q5 P x Rch Kt—K4 Q—Q5ch

PxR K—Ktl K—Bl K—Ktl PxB K—Bl B—R6 Q—Kt8ch RxP K—Q2 R—B3 R—Kt3 RxP P—B6 R—Q3

Black

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—B3 P—Q4 P—K5 PxKt Q—K2ch PxKtP 10 P x P

Ml.JB S f e P

P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 PxP P—Q4 PxB B—K3 R—KKtl KtxP

r

flSB B I B

48

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19

KtxKt Q—R5 O—O Q—Kt5ch QxKtP ... . KxR K—Rl P—B3 RxB

BxKt Q—B3 RxP P—B3 RxPch! Q—Kt3ch B—Q4ch BxPch - K t 8 mate

75. New York Tournament, 1876. For the beautiful and well sustained conduct of this game, Bird was awarded a silver cup as brilliancy prize. FRENCH DEFENSE . E. BIRD

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—B3 B—Q3 O—O R—Kl Kt—QKt5 P—B3 Kt—R3 Kt—B2 P—Kt4 P—KR3 Kt—K3 P—Kt5 P—Kt4 Kt—K5 P—QR4 PxP B—R3

22

Q—B2

23 B x K t 24 B x B 25 Q x P

JAMES M A S O N

Black P-^K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 PxP R-Q3 O—O P—KR3 Kt—B3 B—QKt5 B—R4? B—KKt5

0-Q2

B—Kt3 B—KR4 KR—Kl' Kt—K2 B—Kt3 Q—Bl P—B3 ' PxP Kt—K5 Kt—Kt4 RxB PxB KtxPch

26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

76.

K—R2 Q—B5 Kt—Kt2 P—R5!! RxB R—R6! PxR Kt—B4 Kt(B4)—Kt6 KtxP! Kt(B6)—K5 R—K3 K—Kt2 P—B6! RxBP R—KKt3 Kt—Kt4 Kt—B4!! K—R2 Kt—R5ch RxP Kt(R5)—B6 K—Kt2 Kt—K5! Kt—Kt6ch

Kt—B5 Kt—K3 Q—B2 BxRP R—KB1 RxQ Kt—Ql Q—Bl R—Kl Q—B2ch QxP Q-Q7

QxP PxP Kt—K3 Kt—Kt4 K—Kt2 Q—K5ch Kt—R2 K—Rl Q—B7 R—K2 P—Q5 Q—Bl Resigns

Leipzig, December, 1877.

The Queen's Sacrifice

Rejected.

R U Y LOPEZ ANDERSSEN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 B—Kt5 B—R4 B—Kt3 O—O P—Q3 P—QR4 Kt—B3 B—R2 KtxKt Kt—K2

L . PAULSEN

Black P—K4 K t — QB3 P—QR3 P—QKt4 B—Kt2 P—Kt3 B—Kt2 KKt—K2 Kt—Q5 P—Kt5 PxKt P—Q4

THE MORPHY PERIOD

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

tag'/*

m

O—O B—KKt5 BxKt Kt—KR4 Q—R5 P—B4 R—B3 QR—KB1 Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3

il i

•iMi mm

mm

•

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

O—O P—QB4 P—B5 P—Kt6? PxQP PxKP BxP P—B4 R—B2 Q-Q3 KxKt

P—KB3 Q—Kl Q—Kt3 B—Kt5 BPxP Kt—B4 PxP Q—Kl! P—Kt4ch Kt—K6 KtxB

49

i

l

Kt—B3 Kt—K2 PxB K—Kt2 R—Rl P—B3 Kt—Kt3 Q—B2 B—Q2 QR—KKtl

l

i ^11

l b I B

m

i .

24 Q x B ! 25 Q—R4 26 R—B3

77.

17 18 19 20 21 22

QR—KB1 Kt—B3 and wins

Paris Tournament, July 15, 1878.

MackenzieV

Morphy more

White 1 2 3 4 5 6

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—B3 B—Q3

KxQ BxKt K—R4 KxP K—R4

nor Anderssen brilliantly.

ever

played

Immortal.

FRENCH DEFENSE G . H . MACKENZIE

Q—R6ch!! K t ( 4 ) — B5ch Kt x Bch P—Kt4ch R—Kt3ch B—K2 mate

78.

Black P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 PxP B—Q3 O—O

Match, 1880.

Tchigorin

JAMES MASON

at his

best

SC OTC H G A M E M.

TCHIGORIN

White 1 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3 3 P—Q4

E. SCHIFFERS

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3

PxP

50 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

KtxP B—K3 P—QB3 B—QB4 P—B4 O—O R—Kl KtxKt RxB Q—K2 Kt—Q2

B—B4 Q—B3

KKt—K2 P—Q3 Q—Kt3 QxP Q—Kt3 BxBch PxKt Q—B3 P—Q4

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

B—Q3 R—KBl! Kt—Kt3 P—Kt4! Kt—B5 P—Kt5 RxB QxPch R—Kl! Q x Ktch! RxRch

B—K3 P—Kt3 O—O QR—Kl P—Q5 Q—Rl PxR K—Kt2 PxP RxQ Resigns

PART

IV

The Age of Steinitz Few masters in the history of chess have been so maligned as has been Wilhelm Steinitz. To most players he has been known as "the man who destroyed brilliancy in chess." But this is simply not t r u e ; just play over the twentieth century games in this volume, and you will readily see that Steinitz's influence on the game was definitely not pernicious. Remember also that Steinitz himself was a strikingly brilliant player, not only as a mettlesome youngster, but even as a feeble old man. See for example Game No. 173. Game No. 73 shows us how Steinitz played at the beginning of his career. W e all know that very shortly thereafter he experienced a thoroughgoing conversion. A t first an enthusiastic disciple of the attacking school, he became obsessed with the deeply-rooted carelessness, flashiness and frequent unsoundness of that school. Equally impressive, but in a favorable sense, must have been the enchanting combinations of Morphy, with their natural development, logical preparation and accurate execution. A s a man of genius, Steinitz at once drew the conclusion which was to become clear to lesser men much later. A pervasive interest in the defense became his life-time passion; he was fascinated by the idea of refuting an unsound attack, of demonstrating to the opponent that one cannot lightly toss away Pawns, not to mention pieces, without retribution, that hit-or-miss and helter-skelter attacks should not be permitted to achieve their goal. A s we know, these theories had a lasting effect on the chess world. It is common knowledge that all the great masters, beginning with Steinitz's contemporaries, whether they have agreed with him or agreed to disagree, have absorbed the fundamentals of his theories into their own styles. This is j u s t as apparent today as it was in the games of Steinitz's greatest rivals, such poets of the chessboard as Zukertort, Tchigorin and Blackburne. The combinations of these masters were not discouraged by Steinitz; on the contrary, their attacking play was purified and raised to finer artistic levels by Steinitz's probing and fruitful criticism.

51

52

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

79.

Dresden, 1880.

Black's Queen-sacrifice apple-cart.

upsets

the

BISHOP'S G A M B I T DR. SCHMID

WAYTE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16

17 18 19

—

Black P—K4 P xP Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 P—Q4 Kt—K5 O—O B—Kt5 B—B4ch B—Kt3 P—B3 PxP KtPxB BxKt P—B4 PxP QxR

P—K4 P—KB4 B—B4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—K5 B—Kt5 O—O Kt—K2 P—Q3 P—Q4 BxP P—B3 BxKt KtxP QxB B—K3 RxRch R—KBl

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•

V///////,

'///////,

• J l |

•

HI H i %IH B • B B • 19 . . .

.

2 0 RxQch 2 1 Kt—B3 22 P—KR3

PxB! RxR P—Kt4 Kt—Kt6

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Q—Kl K—R2 K—Rl Q—Ktl PxR Q—Q3 K—Kt2

p_K7ch Kt—B8ch B—K6! R x Kt! B—B7 Kt—Kt6ch P—K8(Kt)ch

This pretty move crowns the end of this beautiful game. 30 K x B 31 K x K t Resigns

80.

KtxQch KtxP

Played about 1 8 8 0 .

A charming

gamelet.

T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE HOFFER

Black

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

AMATEUR

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 Kt—Kt5 PxP B—Kt5ch PxP Q—B3 Kt—B3 P—Q3 B—K3 Kt—Q5! QxPch QxKtch! Kt—B7 mate!

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—Q4 Kt—QR4 P—B3 PxP Q—Kt3 B—K2 P—KR3 Q—B2 KtxKt K—Ql PxQ

81.

London, about 1 8 8 0 .

King

Magna Carta: John and the Barons.

S T E I N I T Z GAMBIT

53

THE AGE OF STEINITZ W.

STEINITZ

ALLIES

82.

Blackburne

Black

White 1 P - K4 2 Kt - Q B 3 3 p—:B4 4 p— Q4 5 K— -K2 6 Px P 7 Kt- - B 3 8 P x Kt 9 P x Pch 10 Kt- - K t 5 11 K - Q 3 12 K - -B3 13 K— -Kt3 14 P— B 3

P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP Q—R5ch P—Q4 B—Kt5ch O—O—O!? B—QB4 K—Ktl Kt—B3 Q—R4

P—QR3 PxKt

• •

Berlin Tournament, 1881.

s

3

Masterpiece.

FRENCH DEFENSE J . H . BLACKBURNE

J. SCHWARZ

Black

White

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—B3 B—Q3 O—O Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 B—K3

11

Q—Q2

12 13 14 15

QR—Kl Q—Bl PxB RPxKt

P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 PxP B—Q3 P—B3 O—O B—KKt5 Q—B2

QKt—Q2 KR—Kl Kt—K5 QBxKt KtxKt BxP

lack h e r e p r o p o s e d a draw. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 14

. . .

15 16 17 18

PxR K—B2 K—Q2 K—K2

.

RxP! Q—Q4ch B—B4ch B—Kt5ch Kt—Kt5

K—Kt2 R—Rl R—R3 QR—Rl B—KKt5 P—QB4 BxBP R—R4 B—Kt3

m

m

B—Q3 Kt—Bl P—KKt3 QR-Ql R—Q2 PxP P—KR4 P—Kt4 Kt—K3

a

m

Resigns

The march of the White King was curious; out of a total of eighteen moves, seven were made by the King.

m

•

^Ijl gl

« « I s

54

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

25 B—B6 26 Q x K t !

Kt—B5ch BxQ

"White's design especially from 21st move in combination with the brilliant finish, belongs to the finest efforts of chess genius in modern match play."—(STEINITZ) 27 R x P 28 R x P

An

exquisite

PxR Resigns 83. mating

combination

PETROFF DEFENSE H . MACKENZIE

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 .9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

84.

HAMMOND

P—K4 Kt—KB3 KtxP Kt—KB 3 P—Q4 B—Q3 O—O P—B4 PxP Kt—B3 PxKt R—Ktl P—KR3 BxPch Kt—Kt5ch P—Kt4 RxP! BxB Q—Q3ch R—Kl! Kt—R7ch! P—Kt5 mate.

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 KtxP P—Q4 B—Q3 O—O P—QB3 PxP KtxKt B—KKt5 Q—B2 B—R4? KxB K—Kt3 B—B5 QxR R—KRl K—B3 B—Kt3 RxKt

Vienna, June 18, 1882.

Mason conjures up a masterly comharmless-looking bination out of a

position. GIUOCO PIANO AMES MASON

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—Q3 B—K3 QKt—Q2 Kt—Bl P—KR3 Kt—Kt3 B—Kt3 PxB Q—Q2 P—B3 B—Ql O—O Kt—R4 B—B2 Kt(3)—B5 KtxB RxKt QR—KBl B—Ql B—R5ch P—QKt3 R(5)—B3 R—Kt3 B—Kt4 B—K2 P—Q4! R—Ktl KtPxP! QR—Kt4 P—Q5! BxP B—Kt5 Q—K2! PxP B—B6 Q—R5 R x KtP! Q—R7ch BxKt

S. WlNAWER

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4

P—Q3 B—Kt3 P—KR3 Kt—B3 Kt—K2 P—B3 BxB Q—Kt3 P—QR4 P—R5 B—K3

Q—B2 P—QKt4 P—B4 BxKt KtxKt Kt—Q2 P—B3 P—R6 K—K2 KR—KBl Kt—Kt3 K—Ql Q—K2 K—B2 P—B5 P—Kt4 KtPxP Q—K3 Q—Bl Kt—R5 Kt—B4 P—B4 P—K5 QR—Ktl R—B3 PxR Kt—Q2 Q—Ktl

55

THE A G E OF STEINITZ

15

o—o—o

1 6 Q—B3ch

§

43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51

85

m

I!

•MI •

KxR R—Kt7ch!! K—Rl B—B8ch RxP QxQ RxP Q-Q8 R—Kt8ch Q-Q7 R—Q7 K—R2 K—Ktl Q—B6ch QR—Kt7 QxP B—K6 and wins

London, Played in 1882. Mephisto's

MEPHISTO*

S. TLNSLEY

White

Black

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 Kt—Kt5 PxP KtxBP?! Q—B3ch Kt—B3 Q—K4 B—Kt3 P—Q4 PxP Q—Kt4ch B—Kt5

*Gunsberg?

86.

"One on

London Tournament, May 5, 1883.

Zukertorfs of the most

Immortal. brilliant

games

record."—(STEINITZ).

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (in effect) J . H. ZUKERTORT

Mate

T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE

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

17 K t x K t 18 R x K t 19 P—K6 20 Q—B7ch!! 21 P x R c h 22 R x B 23 B—Q2 24 R—Kl 25 R x B P 26 B x Q 27 B—Kt4ch 28 P—B8(Q) mate!

Q—K3 K—Kl KtxKt Q—KKt3 R—KBl RxQ K—Bl P—KR3 QxKtP QxBP QxRch P—Kt3 K—Kt2

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—Q4 KtxP KxKt K—K3 Kt—Kt5 P—QKt4 B—Kt2 B—Q3 B—B4 K—B2 Q—Kl

J. H. BLACKBURNE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—QB4 P—K3 Kt—KB 3 B—K2 O—O P—Q4 Kt—B3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—QKt5 KtxB Kt—Q2 P—B3 QxKt BxP B—Q3 QR—Kl!

Black P—K3 Kt—KB3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 P—Q4 B—Q3 O—O QKt—Q2 Q—K2 Kt—K5 PxKt QKt—B3 KtxKt PxP P—Q4 KR—Bl R—B2

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

56 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

QR—QBl Kt—Kl P—Kt3 P—B4 KtxP Kt—K5 PxB R—B7 K—Rl P—K4

P—K4 P—K5 P—B4 R—K3! P x P e.p. P—B5! BxKt PxKtP!! P x Pch P—Q5ch Q—Kt4!!

28 . . . . 29 R—B8ch

R(B1)—B4 KxP

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

In conjunction with White's previous play, this forms one of the most noble combinations ever conceived over the chess board. 30 31 32 33

QxPch BxPch B—Kt7ch QxQ

K—Kt2 KxR K—Ktl Resigns

London Tournament,

Dashing demolition Champion.

of

a

White 1 P—K4

B—B3 Q-Q2 B—R6 BxB B—K2 P—B4 QR-Ql B—B4 BxKt P—B5 P—K5 Kt—K6ch PxB Q—Kt5 R—Q3! R—R3! Q—R6ch R—B8ch Q x R P mate

Steinitz* Best

STEINITZ

World

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Black P—K4

Game?!

KIESERITZKY G A M B I T

1883.

W . STEINITZ

O—O

Kt—K2 P—Q3 Kt—Q2 Kt—K4 KxB P—KB 3 Kt—B2 P—B3 B—Q2 RxB Kt—Bl BPxP BxKt R—K2 Q—Kl RxP Q—K2 K—Ktl QxR

(One of 23 simultaneous games.)

White

THREE KNIGHTS' OPENING J , H. BLACKBURNE

O—O

Kt—QB3 P—KKt3 PxP B—Kt2 Kt—B3

88. Manhattan Chess Club, New York, March 3, 1883.

W.

87.

Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 P—Q4 KtxP B—K3 B—K2

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 P—KR4 Kt—K5 B—B4 P—Q4 Kt—Q3

D R . SIMONSON

Black P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 P—KR4 Kt—KR3 P—Q3 P—B6

57

THE A G E OF STEINITZ

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

PxP B—K3 K—Q2 QxP Q—B4 Kt—B3 QR—Bl RxB RxB! R(4) x K t R—B6 BxPch B—K6ch R—B7ch RxRch BxKt P—Q5ch P—K5 BxP! Kt x Pch RxPch!

B—K2 BxPch PxP B—Kt5 Kt—B3 Kt—K2 R—R2 Kt—Kt3 KtxQ P—QB3 Kt—Kt5 K—Q2 K—B2 RxR K—Kt3 PxB P—B4 K—R3 PxB K—Kt3 KxKt

30 K—Q31! Q—R4 31 P—Kt4ch QxP 32 Kt—K4ch and wins This game is considered the finest which Steinitz played in America.

89.

London Congress, 1883.

How Bird was robbed

of his

prey.

G I U O C O PIANO H . E. BIRD

B . ENGLISCH

White

Black

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—B3 P—QKt4 P—Q3 O—O B—KKt5 QKt—Q2 P—QR4 P—R5 K—Rl B—R4 P—Kt5 KtxB Kt—K3 PxB Q—Ktl! B—Kt3 P—B4! P—B5! P—R6! RxP P—Q4! PxKt PxQP R—Bl KRxP QxP

P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 B—Kt3 P—Q3 O—O B—K3 Q—K2 P—QR3 B—R2 P—R3 QR-Ql BxB PxP BxKt Q—K3 P—Kt4 Kt—QR2 P—B3 Kt—R4 PxRP Q-Q2 Kt x Bch Kt—Bl P—B3 KtxP Kt—Kl P—Kt5

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

58 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

Kt—R4 PxP Kt—B5 R—K6 K—R2 QxQ R—R7 KtxPch KtxP RxKt K—Ktl KtxP KxR K—R2 KxR

90.

PxP QxP QxP R—Q8ch Q—Kt8 RxQ R—Kt4 K—Rl R—Kt4 R—R4ch RxR R—R8ch! R—K8ch R—R8ch Stalemate!

Riga, May, 1884. A Gem.

EVANS GAMBIT jLOBUS

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—QKt4 P—B3 P—Q4 O—O PxP Q—Kt3 Kt—B3 QxB P—K5

13 B—R3

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Kt x P QR—Klch KtxKt! R x Ktch RxPch Kt—K7ch B—Kt2!!

Mate in two.

GROSS

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 BxP B—R4 PxP P—Q3 P—KR3 Q—K2 BxKt B—Q2 PxP PxP Q-B3 KKt—K2 QxQ K—Bl K—Ktl K—R2 B—Kl

91.

Paris, July 17, 1884.

Black's attack lem moves!

makes

use of

prob-

KING'S GAMBIT A . CLERC BARON ALBERT ROTHSCHILD

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—Q4 O—O P—B3 P—KR4 Kt—R2 PxP Kt—Kt4 K—Kt2 R—Rl PxB K—R3 R—Ktl P—Kt5 PxKt QxP? QxPch QxBch B—K3 QxR K—Kt3 BxQ Resigns 92.

P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 B—Kt2 P—Q3 P—KR3 Kt—QB3 P—Kt5 P—B6 P—Kt6 QxP BxKt Q—B3 Q—B7ch P—Kt7 P—KR4 Kt—R3!! B—B3 QxR K—Ql Kt—K2 RxPch! Q—R8ch QxQ P—Kt8(Q)ch

Philadelphia, 1885.

A Zukertort

Masterpiece.

EVANS G A M B I T DECLINED J . YE ZUKERTORT

White 1 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3

C . S. MARTINEZ

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3

THE A G E OF STEINITZ

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

B—B4 P—QKt4 P—QR4 P—B3 P—R5 P—Q3 QKt—Q2 Kt—Bl Kt—Kt3 O—O B—R2 Kt—R4 Kt(4)—B5 K—Rl P—KB4 QBxP KtxKtP!! RxB Kt(7)—R5 KtxKt R—Q2 R—K2 BxKP BxB B—Q4 R—K7! RxRch B—K3 P—Q4 B—B4 Q—Q3 Q—R3 BxBP Q—B3 R—KKtl B—K5 BxP B—K5 P—Q5

B—B4 B—Kt3 P—QR3 P—Q3 B—R2 Q—K2 Kt—B3 P—KR3 Kt—Ql B—K3 O—O K—R2 Q-Q2 P—Q4 KPxP PxP BxB Q-Q4 KtxKt P—KB4 P—K6 Q—B2 QxKt R—B2 Kt—B3 Q—Kt3 QxR Kt—K4 Kt—B5 R—KKtl R—Kt3 Kt—K6 Q—R7 Kt—Q4 P—B5 Q—B5 Kt x BP Resigns

"Herr Zukertort considers this the best game he played in America."

59

How to smash a crowded Oct. 4, 1886.

position.

R U Y LOPEZ G. H . MACKENZIE

S. LIPSCHUETZ

White 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Black

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3

O—O

P—Q3

P—Q4 Kt—B3 P—Q5 B-=-Q3 Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 P—KR3 Kt—R2 P—KB4 BxP

B—Q2 B—K2 Kt—QKtl B—Kt5 QKt—Q2 Kt—Bl B—Q2 Kt—Kt3 PxP O—O

Kt—Kl B—KB 3 KtxB P—KKt3 Kt—Kt2 B—K2 PxP P—KB 3 KtxKt B—B4ch

15 Q - Q 2 1 6 Kt—B3

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

P—B3 QxKt QR—Kl P—K5 Q—R6!

RxP Kt—R5!! RxKt K—Rl 26 B x P 27 B x P c h 28 B—B5ch

94.

Q—K2

Q—Kt2 K—Rl Resigns

New York, December, 1886.

Exemplifying Judd's forceful style.

brilliant

and

FRENCH D E F E N S E

93. First Game of Match Played at Manhattan Chess Club,

M A X JUDD

White

J . M . HANHAM

Black

60

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 P—K5 QKt—K2 P—QB3 P—KB4 Kt—B3 B—K3 Kt—Kt3 R—Bl B—Q3

P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 KKt—Q2 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 B—K2 P—Kt3 R—QBl P—QR3 O—O

O—O

Kt—Kt5 PxB Kt—R5!! PxP RxKt! Kt—B6ch Q—Kl Q_R4 Kt x Ktch B x KKtP BxBP! P—Kt6 Q—Q8ch

BxKt P_Kt4 PxP Q—Kt3 BxR K—Kt2 R—KRl K—Bl BxKt B—Kl BxB R—B2 Resigns

12 KR—Kl 13 P—QR4

14 QR—Bl 15 Kt—Kt5 16 R—K8!! 17 B x P c h 18 B x R 19 K—Rl 20 Kt—B7ch 21 Kt—R6ch 22 Q—Kt8ch 23 B x K t 24 Q x P c h 25 Q—B8ch 26 Kt—K4 27 Q—Q6ch 28 Kt—B6ch

P—QB3 Q—B2 Kt—B5 Kt(K2)—Kt3 RxR K—Rl Kt—K7ch KtxR K—Ktl K—Bl K—K2 PxB K—Ql K—Q2 Q-Ql K—Kl Resigns

Frankfort Tournament, July 23, 1887.

96.

"A Genuine

Masterpiece" — (STEINITZ)

GIUOCO PIANO I. GUNSBERG

95.

Frankfort, 1887.

A grand

old-time

GIUOCO E. SCHIFFERS

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—B3 P—Q4 PxP B—Q2 QKtxB PxP Q—Kt3

11

O—O

favorite. PIANO M . HARMONIST

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 PxP B—Kt5ch BxBch P—Q4 KKt x P QKt—K2 O—O

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—Q3 B—K3 QKt—Q2 Kt—Bl PxP Q-Q2 O—O—O

B—QKt5 Kt—Kt3 BxB KtxKP QR—Kl P—QB4 BxKt

M . HARMONIST

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 P—Q3 B—Kt3 Kt—B3 P—Q4 KtxP P—KR3 B—K3 Q-Q3 P—B4 RPxB QxKt RxP! O—O!

....

61

THE A G E OF STEINITZ

11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

BxKt PxB K—B2 K—B3 P—Kt4 K—Q4 K—K5 K—B4 Q—-Kt2 Resigns

Q-Q5 BxB R—R8ch Q—R5ch Q—R4ch R—R6ch P—B4ch Q—Rl! Q-Qi RxP

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

B x Ktch P—QKt4 O—O Q—K2 PxP P—K4 Kt—B4 Kt—K3 P—B4 P—Kt3 R—B2 Q—Kt2 R—Kl QR—K2 Kt—Kl R—Q2 Kt(K3)—Kt2 KxB K—Bl Resigns

A master depth and

98. 97.

Sixth American Congress, N. Y., March 30, 1889. An abrupt

finish/

Special Prize for best game GIUOCO PIANO J . MASON WHITE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—Q3 B—K3 P—B3 QKt—Q2 P—QR4 B—QKt5 PxB

I. GUNSBERG

Black

P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 P—Q3 B—Kt3 Kt—B3 Q—K2 B—K3 BxB P—QR3

coup of beauty.

PxB O—O

Kt—Kt5 P—KB4 BxP B—Q2 Kt—B3 P—Kt3 Kt—R4 B—R6 Kt—Kt2 Kt—K3 R—B2 QR—KBl Kt—Q5 Q—Kt4 BxKt Q—K6 Kt—Kt6! extraordinary

Sixth American Chess

Congress, New York, March, 1889. Submitted for Brilliancy Prize SCOTCH G A M E J . W . SHOWALTER

Whit® 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP KtxKt B—Q3 P—K5 O—O B—KB4 B—Q2 R—Kl Kt—B3 Q—R5

G.

GOSSIP

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—B3 KtPxKt P—Q4 Kt—Kt5 B—QB4 P—Kt4 KtxKP Q—K2 B—Q2

o—o—o

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

62 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

QBxP B—R4 B—R6ch B—Kt3 Q—Ql B—KBl P—Kt4 Q—Ktl Q—Kt3 QR—Ktl

P—B3 Q—Kt2 K—Ktl KR—Ktl Kt—Kt5 Kt—K4 B—Kt5 B—Q5 P—KR4 P—R5

• •

24 B x P 25 P x K t 26 B—Kt3 27PxQ 28 K—R2 29 B—R3 Resigns

Kt—B6ch! QBxPch QxBch! RxPch BxP RxBch!

Much gossip had been going around because this game had not been awarded the special prize over the game won by Gunsberg over Mason! Hence, both games are included, so the public of today can judge for itself.

Pollock wins and how!!

RUY MAX WEISS

Brilliancy

Prize,

LOPEZ W . H . K . POLLOCK

Black

White

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 P—QKt4 B—B4 P—Q4! KtxP O—O B—K3! KtxKt Kt—Kt5?! KtxQP BxB R—Kl Q—K2 BxPch! Q—K8! KtxB!! RxRch B—Kt8ch R—Koch Kt—K7

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 B—Kt5 B—R4 P—Q3 B—Kt3 P—B3 PxP Q—K2 Q—K4 KtxP QxKt O—O Q—R5 PxB Kt—Q2 P—QKt4 K—Rl P—R3 RxQ K—R2 K—Kt3 K—Kt4!

«

m& m mmm i i

!

99. Sixth American Chess Congress, New York, May 1 1 , 1 8 8 9

the

•

24 K t — B l ! 25 Q—Q5 26 K—Kt5

•

•

•

P—Kt3 P—R4ch K—Kt2!!

63

THE AGE OF STEINITZ

27 K t x R

101. Amsterdam Tournament, 1889

Black now mates in three, e. g.: 27 . . . . 28 K—R4 29 P—Kt3 100.

P—B3ch B—B7ch B x P mate

Sixth American Congress, 1889.

A finely executed

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

P—K4 Kt—KB3 KtxP Kt—KB3 P—Q4 B—Q3 O—O

R—Kl P—B3 QKt—Q2 Q—Kt3 QxKtP Q—Kt3 Q—B2 P—QKt3 B—K2 B—Bl P—Kt3 KxB KtxKt Kt—R4 PxR K—Kt2 B—K3 K—R2 K—Ktl K—Bl Q—Ql R—Bl Resigns

If 30 K—K2, R x B c h .

BIRD'S OPENING

attack.

PETROFF DEFENSE GUNSBERG

A Thing of Beauty One of the most famous victories ever won by Dr. Lasker was his magnificent combination at Amsterdam in 1889 when he was only 21. The power of the two Bishops has never been shown to greater advantage.

M . WEISS

Black P—K4 Kt—KB 3 P—Q3 KtxP P—Q4 Kt—QB3 B—K2 B—KKt5 P—B4 O—O

K—Rl R—B3 R—Ktl R—KKt 3 B — Q3 B—KR6 Q—B3 BxB R—KBl BPxKt RxP!! BxP BxKt Q—B6ch B—K2 R—B3 Q—Kt5 R—B6 Q—R6ch

LASKER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

P—KB4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 B—Q3 Kt—B3 O—O

Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 Kt—K5 BxKt Q—K2 Kt—R5!

J . H . BAUER

Black P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 B—K2 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 O—O

QKt—Q2 P—B4 Q—B2 KtxKt Q—B3 P—QR3 KtxKt

(see diagram next p a g e ) 15 B x P c h !

KxB

The beginning of a most profound and elegant combination. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

QxKtch BxP! Q—Kt4ch R—B3 R—R3ch RxQch Q—Q7 QxB R—KBl Q—Q7 Q—Kt4ch PxP P—K6

K—Ktl KxB K—R2 P—K4 Q—R3 KxR B—KB 3 K—Kt2 QR—Ktl KR—Ql K—Bl B—Kt2 R—Kt2

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

Mm •

•*!•

mm mm* m m m • •

mm

•«

(see diagram next column) 19 . . .

.

QxPch!!

It is doubtful whether a finer two-

Wk m.3 29 30 31 32 33 34

Q—Kt6 RxPch QxBch Q—R8ch Q—Kt7ch Q x R and wins

RxP!! BxPch

17 K B x P ? 18 P x R 19 K — B l

m

i

l l i i

P—B3 BxR K—Kl K—K2 KxP

«B5 102.

Prague, Austria, Sept., 1889.

A very instructive terminated game.

and

beautifully

STEINITZ G A M B I T H. NEUSTADL

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

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—B4 P—Q4 K—K2 PxP Kt—B3 PxKt PxPch Kt—Kt5 P—B3 K—Q3 K—Q2 K—K2 K—B2 ' K—Ktl

move combination in actual play, has ever been seen. If 20 K — K l , Q—B7 mate, A n d if K x Q , B—R6 mate. Resigns

O . VALENTA

Black

103.

Franklin Chess Club, Oct. 3 1 , 1889.

P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP Q—R5ch P—Q4 B—Kt5ch

An example tion play.

O—O—O

W . P. SHIPLEY

B—QB4 K—Ktl P—QR3 PxKt B—B4ch Q—Kt5 Kt—B3 Kt—K5ch Kt—Kt4

of inspired

combina-

SCOTCH GAME C. S. MARTINEZ, JR.

White P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP KtxKt B—Q3

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—B3 KtP x Kt B—B4

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7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16

i

IV IT

^

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Kt—Q4 Kt—K2 KR—Ktl P—Q3 RxP BxPch B—R6 K— Q2 KtxB! KxP

P—K5 Q—Kt4 QxP Q—B6 BxP B—Kt5 K—Bl Q—R8ch B—B5ch P—K6ch

wk

Wm, &m.

^

^

BxQ K—K2 K—Q3 K—B3 K—Kt3 K—R3 K—R4 K—R5 K—R6 KxP K—Kt7 KxP

104.

• Y

^

Kt—K6ch B—Kt8ch B—B4ch RxPch R—Ktlch Kt—B5ch Kt—Kt3ch! R—B4ch B—Q6ch R—Rich B—R3ch Kt—Q4 mate

Match game played at Boston, 1889. Barry's RUY

JOHN F . BARRY

White

Masterpiece LOPEZ

1 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 4 P—Q4 5 P—Q5 6 Kt—B3 7 Kt—Kt5 Q—Q4 9 KKt x KP 10 K t x K t 11 Q—R4 12 Kt—Q4 13 Q—Kt3 14 P—KB4 15 Kt—Kt3 16 O—O 17 Kt—B6 18 Q x R 19 Q—Kt3 20 B—Q2 21 QR—Kl 22 P—KR3 23 K—Rl 24 K—R2 25 K t x K t 26 R x P 27 P—B3! 28 K R — K l 29 R—K7 30 Q—Ql 31 Q—R5 3

8

• m m mm • •

m

Black

ii

•

m.

i f m jm. 1 s t m

r

I

H . N . PILLSBURY

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 KtxKP Kt—Q3 P—K5 Kt—K4 P—KB 3 KtxB P—QR3 R—QKtl B—K2 P—Q3 P—KB4 Kt—Kt5 O—O PxKt PxP P—B3 Q—B2 B—B3 B—Q5ch Kt—B7ch Kt—K5 BP x Kt BxKtP B—R6 B—QB4 Q—Kt3 B—B4 P—R3

i

IS

is

White now calls mate in 13 moves.

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

RxPch R—K7ch QxP K—Rl PxB Q—Kt5ch Q—R4ch Q—Kt3ch B—B3 QxQch QxPch QxRch Q maces

KxR K—Ktl B—Kt8ch B—Q5 QxP K—Rl K—Ktl K—Rl QxB P—Q5 R—B3 K—Ktl

Evans

Gambit

So classed by E. SchifTers in

!• • • «

•

EVANS G A M B I T CLEMENS

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—QKt4 P—B3 P—Q4 PxP O—O Kt—B3

QxB Kt—Ql

21 . . . . 22 Q—K6

St. Petersburg Zeitung, about 1890. H.

PxP KKt—K2 B—K3 PxB Q-Q3 K—Bl BxP Q—Kt5 K—Kl K—B2 K—Bl

P—K5 R—Kl Kt—KKt5 BxB Kt x KP Kt x KtPch Q—Kt4 Kt—K4 Kt—K6ch Kt—B6ch Kt—Kt5ch B—R3!!

(see diagram)

105. An Immortal

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

F. EISENSCHMIDT

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 BxP B—B4 PxP B—Kt3 P—Q3 B—Q2?

«

H

i l l

m «

mm

•

mt

§ n wm %

til vim

23 Q - -B7ch! 24 Kt- - K 6 mate

KtxQ

PART

V

Modern Chess Hereabouts we arrive at the era of what is called, oc-

casionally in rather a disdainful tone, "modern chess." It is the age of the great Lasker and Tarrasch, of Schlechter and Maroczy, of the attacking geniuses Pillsbury and Marshall and JanowskL A s the number of grandmasters increases, as it becomes more difficult to bowl over one's opponent in short order, we find that positional chess begins to be pre-eminent; before the opponent can be finished off with a brilliant combination, it is generally necessary to outplay him positionally, in order to create favorable conditions for sacrificial play. That is w h y Emanuel Lasker once w r o t e : "If you play well positionally, the combinations will come of themselves." While I am fond of the finest games of all these masters, I love above all the beautiful games of the immortal Harry Nelson Pillsbury. I am sure that the reader, as he plays over these marvellous games, will share my admiration for this immortal, whose beautiful productions, I am sorry to say, do not seem to be adequately appreciated nowadays. During his lifetime his uncanny skill in blindfold play was particularly admired, and that is w h y I have carefully assembled the cream of his efforts in this field. Happy the man who plays over these games for the first time! And as for old-timers like myself, they will relish the opportunity to renew their acquaintance with these gracious companions of their youth!

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

68.

106. Manchester Tournament, 1890 Briton

meets

Briton

GIUOCO PIANO E. THOROLD

White 1 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3 3 B—B4 4 P—Q3 5 B—K3 6 BxB 7 QKt—Q2 8 P—B3 9 B—Kt3 10 P x P 11 Q—K2 12 P—Kt3 13 P—KR4 14 B—B2 15 Q—K3 _6 P—QKt4 17 B—Kt3 18 Kt—Kt5 19 K t x B 20 P—KB4 21 P — B 5 ! 22 P x P 23 O—O 24 R—B5 25 QR—KBl 26 Kt—B4 27 K t x P 28 R x K t 29 Q—B4 30 R—B3 31 K—Kt2 32 R—K8ch 33 Q—K5ch 34 R—B5 35 K — B l 36 R—KKt8!

J . H . BLACKBURNE

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 B—Kt3 RPxB O—O P—Q4 PxP Q—K2 P—Kt3 Kt—Q2 Kt—B4 P—R4 R—Ql Kt—Q2 Kt—Bl B—K3 KtxKt Q—B3 Kt—Bl QxP R—Q2 Kt—KR2 R—KBl P—Kt4 KtxKt K—Rl R—KKtl Q—Kt3ch R—Kt5 K—Kt2 K—R3 R_Q h Q—Kt3 7 c

....

(see diagram next column)

36 37 38 39 40 41 42

107.

. . . . RxPch Q—B5ch QxRch Q—B4 B—Q5 QxKBP

QxR K—Kt3 K—Kt2 K—Rl Q—Ql R—QKt7 Resigns

Nuremberg, about 1891.

An attack carried able verve.

out with

admir-

VIENNA GAME M . KUERCHNER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 P—Q3 P—B4 P—B5 P—KKt4 B—Kt5 Kt—Q5 BxQ Q—Q2

DR. S. TARRASCH

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—B4 P—QR3 P—Q3 P—KKt3 P—KR4 Kt—Q5 KtxKt!! Kt—K6 QKtxPch

69.

MODERN CHESS

13 14 15 16 17 18

K-K2 K—B2 K—Kt3 Q—Kt5 QxP K—R3

Kt—Q5ch Kt x Pch PxP P—R5ch P—B5ch Kt—B7 mate

maM 108.

hi

•

Havana, January, 1892.

For World Supremacy in Chess This is the fourth game of the second match and is also one of the most beautiful games ever contest. played in a similar RUY

W . STEINITZ White 1 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3 3 B—Kt5 4 P—Q3 5 P—B3 6 QKt—Q2 7 Kt—Bl 8 B—R4 9 Kt—K3 10 B—B2 11 P — K R 4 12 P—R5 13 R P x P 14 P x P 15 K t x K t 16 B — K t 3 17 Q—K2 18 B — K 3 19 O — O — O 20 Q — B l ! 21 P — Q 4 22 K t x P 23 R x B ! 24 R x P c h ! 25 Q—Rich 26 B—R6ch!

27 Q—R4ch 28 Q x K t c h 29 Q—B4 mate

K—K4 K—B4

LOPEZ

M . TCHIGORIN Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—Q3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 O—O Kt—Q2 Kt—B4 Kt—K3 Kt—K2 P—Q4 BP x P? KtxP QxKt Q—B3 B—Q2 K—Rl QR—Kl P—QR4 PxP BxKt KtxR KxR K—Kt2 K—B3

109.

Dresden Tournament, 1892.

First edition

of a famous

trap!

R U Y LOPEZ DR. S. TARRASCH White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 P—Q4 Kt—B3 O—O

R—Kl BxKt!

G . MARCO Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—Q3 B—Q2 Kt—B3 B—K2 O—O? BxB

From this point Black's moves are all forced. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

PxP QxQ KtxP Kt x B Kt—Q3! P—KB 3 KtxB B—Kt5 B—K7

PxP QRxQ BxP Kt x Kt P—KB4 B—B4ch KtxKt R—Q4 Resigns

70

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

110. Outplaying pion.

a future RUY

DR. E . LASKER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 . 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

40 41 42 43

New York, 1892.

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 B—Kt5 Kt—B3 O—O P—Q3 B—K3 P—Q4 B—QB4 P—Q5 P—KR3 QxB PxP Q—Kt4 B—Q2 B—Q3 Kt—K4 QR—Kl Kt—B3 Kt—Ql B—B3 P—Kt4 B—Kt2 Q—QB4 P—B4 Q—B6 QxRP QxKtP Kt—B2 B—K4 Q—B4 B—KB3 RxKt Q—K4 Kt x Kt BxQ K—R2 B—Q3 B—B4 -

world

cham-

LOPEZ

RxB P—K6 R—B7 R—KKt8

BxB K—Kt3 Kt—Kt5 B—Q3 Resigns

A . B. HODGES

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—Q3 B—Q2 KKt—K2 Kt—Kt3 B—K2 O—O B—Kt5 Kt—Ktl BxKt p_KB4 Kt—R5 KtxP Kt—Q2 P—KKt3 R—B2 Q-KJ31 P—QR3 Q—Kt2 QR—KBl B—Ql Kt—B3 Kt—R4! P—QKt4 Kt—K2 Kt x BP Q—R3 Q—Kt4 Kt—B4 Kt—Kt6 Kt x R Q—R5 Kt x Pch QxQ R x Rch R—K8 P—K5 B—B3

111. Played at Zugzidi, in spring of 1892. Most Brilliant binations. '

of

Dad'taris

Com-

T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE

PRINCE DADIAN

M . BlTCHAM

(of Mingrelia) White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—Q4 O—O R—Kl BxP Kt—B3 R x Ktch B—Kt5 Kt—Q2 Kt—Kt3 Kt—Q5 Kt—B5

IB

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 PxP KtxP P—Q4 QxB Q—B5 B—K3 B—B4 Q—R3 B—Kt3 P—KR3

HI

mmm

m

&m&w

mm

71

MODERN CHESS

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

. . . . RxBch! Kt—Q7ch Q—Kt4 Kt(Q5)—B6ch! B—R6ch! K t x P mate

112.

in the

PxB P—Kt3 B x Kt Q—K2 BxR K—Ql K—Kl K—Ql RxQ

Web

DANISH GAMBIT

Blaek

White P—K4 P—Q4 P—QB3 B—QB4 Kt—KB3 O—O KtxP R—Klch Kt—Q5 B—Kt5 R—QBl R x Kt Kt—K5!

113.

L. DORE

F. K. YOUNG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Q—R5ch Kt—B6ch! Kt x KtPch RxQch Kt—K5ch Kt—B7ch Kt—Q6ch Q—K8ch! Kt—B7 mate

Boston, Nov. 8, 1892. Caught

-

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Q—Kt4 K—Bl K—Ktl P—KR4 PxKt Q—Kt4

P—K4 PxP PxP Kt—KB3 KtxP Kt—Q3 Kt x B B—K2 Kt—B3 P—B3 P—Kt4 PxR

• m'mtm

is

Jackson, Miss., about 1892.

This Galbreath-taking played in Jackson, 1892.

game Miss.,

was about

EVANS G A M B I T JOHN A. GALBRAITH H . HARDING

White

'MI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—QKt4 P—B3 O—O P—Q4 B—KKt5 PxP QKt—Q2 R—Kl B—R4 Kt—K4

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 BxP B—R4 B—Kt3 Q-B3 Q—Kt3 QxP Q—Kt3 P—KR3 KKt—K2 O—O

Now begins a far-sighted combination. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Kt—B6ch BxP B—Q3 P—Kt4 K—Rl R—K4 Q—Ktlch!

PxKt Kt—B4 Q—R4 QxPch BxP Q—R6 Kt—Kt6ch

72

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

mm r

14 15 16 17 18

m

KtxB Q—K2 RxPch Q—Kt4

P—B5 PxKt Q—Kl? K—Kt3 R—Rl

Black mates in 4 moves: ch, etc.

115.

R—R6

Vienna, 1893.

Immortal Schlechter s This sparkling gem ranks as one of the most curious and brilliant on record. J

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

The

QxKtch R—KKtl RxBch PxQ R—KR4 RxP Kt—Kt5 RxB R—Kt7ch R x K t mate!

BxQ P—Q3 QxR B—B4 BxB B—R2 KtxP Kt—Kt3 K—Rl

114.

Vienna, D e c , 1892.

open

KR file triumphs

again!

VIENNA GAME M . POLLAK BARON ALBERT ROTHSCHILD

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 KKt—K2 P—KR3 O—O

K—R2 P—Q3 B—Kt5 11 p_B4 12 P x K t 13 B—R4

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—B4 P—Q3 B—K3 Q-Q2 P—KR4

IRREGULAR OPENING , B . FLEISSIG

CARL SCHLECHTER

White

6 7 8 9 10

P—QKt4 B—Kt2 P—QR3 P—Kt5 P—Q4 Kt—B3 Q-Q3 QxP QxKtP K—Ql

Black P—K3 Kt—KB3 P—B4 P—Q4 Q—R4ch Kt—K5 PxP B—B4! BxPch P—Q5!!

mm mm W3. & ifc

mm

wm

o—o—o

Kt—K2 Kt—Kt5ch!? PxPch Kt—Kt3

11 Q x R c h 12 Q x B

K—K2 PxKt

73

MODERN CHESS

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

B—Bl QxR B—B4 K—Bl BxB BxKt K—Ktl K—R2

116.

Kt—Q2 QxKtP Q—Q4ch B—K6ch! Kt—B7! Q_Q h Q—Q8ch Q x P mate 7 c

Played at Kassa in 1893. A Charousek

Gem

DANISH GAMBIT R. CHAROUSEK

M . WOLLNER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Black

P—K4 P—Q4 P—QB3 B—QB4 Kt—KB 3 KtxP O—O Kt—KKt5! Kt x BP P—K5 P—K6! PxRch B—B4 Q—K2! K—Rl QR—Kl Q—K8ch PxR(Q)ch B x Q P mate

117.

P—K4 PxP PxP Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—Q3 O—O P—KR3 R x Kt Kt—Kt5? Q—R5 K—Bl KtxBP Kt—Kt5ch B—Q2 Kt—QB3 RxQ BxQ

Vienna Chess Club, April 27, 1894.

Inimitable

elegance!

FROM'S GAMBIT L. FRIED

C. SCHLECHTER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—KB4 PxP Kt—KB3 PxP P—Q4 B—Kt5 B—R4 B—B2 P—K3 B—R4

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—Q3 BxP Kt—B3 P—KR3 P—KKt4 Kt—K5 P—Kt5

Now follows a very elegant com bination. 10 11 12 13 14

118.

... . BxQ K—K2 K—Q3 K x Kt

PxKt! P—B7ch B—Kt5ch Kt—Kt5ch P—B4 mate!

Nuremberg, Feb. 9, 1894.

A wonderful

combination!

KING'S G A M B I T D R . S. TARRASCH

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 P—KR4 Kt—K5 Kt x BP B—B4ch P—Q4 BxP P—R5ch Kt—B3 P—K5 P—R6ch PxP RxQ O—O Kt—Q5 K—Rl

HIRSCHLEI

Black P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 P—Q3 KxKt K—Kt3 B—K2 Kt—KB3 K—Kt2 Kt—B3 PxP K—Bl QxQch Kt—Q2 K—Kl B—B4ch B—Kt3

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

74 19 2G 21 22 23 24

P—K6 Kt—B6ch B—KKt5 Kt x KtPch Kt—B6ch Kt—Kt8ch

25 R—Q8ch 26 R—B8ch 27 P—K7ch

119.

KKt—K4 K—K2 KtxB K—Kl K—K2 K—Kl

KtxB BxB R—Kl! Q—K2 QR—Bl P—Q5! Kt—Q4 Kt—K6 Q—Kt4 Kt—Kt5ch

22 23 24 25

RxKtch!! R—B7ch R—Kt7ch RxPch!

QxKt KtxB P—KB 3 Q-Q2 P—B3? PxP K—B2 KR—QBl P—KKt 3 K—Kl

KtxR KxR Resigns K—Bl K—Ktl K—Rl Resigns

Hastings, 1895.

First Brilliancy

Prize

GIUOCO PIANO W . STEINITZ C VON BARDELEBEN White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—B3 P—Q4 PxP Kt—B3 PxP O—O B—KKt 5 BxKt

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 PxP B—Kt5ch P—Q4 KKtxP B—K3 B—K2 QBxB

Steinitz gives this brilliant mate i ten moves. 25 26 27 28 29 3Q 31 32 33 34 35

. . . . R—Kt7ch Q—R4ch Q—R7ch Q—R8ch Q—Kt7ch Q—Kt8ch Q—B7ch Q—B8ch Kt—B7ch Q—Q6 mate!

K - -Ktl K-- R l KxR K-- B l K- - K 2 K- - K l K- - K 2 K- - Q l Q—Kl K- - Q 2

75

MODERN CHESS

120.

Quadrangular Tourney,

St. Petersburg, 1895-96. One of Pillsbury

s memorable

games.

PETROFF DEFENSE DR. E. LASKER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—K4 Kt—KB3 KtxP Kt—KB3 P—Q4 B—Q3 O—O R—Kl P—B3 Q—Kt3 B—KB4 PxB K—Kt2 Q—B2 B—QBl Kt—Q2 Kt—Bl

H . N . PILLSBURY

Black P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 KtxP P—Q4 B—K2 Kt—QB3 B—KKt5 P—B4 O—O BxKt Kt—Kt4 Q-Q2 Kt—K3! B—Q3 QR—Kl Kt(K3) x P

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

KxQ K—K2 P—B3 P—Kt3 K—Q2 B—Kt2 P—KR3 Kt—R2 P—B4 PxP Resigns

The manner in which Pillsbury snapped up the Knight with his Bishop at the eleventh move, and his rapid play afterwards, showed clearly that he saw through the game to victory. 121.

St. Petersburg, 1895-6.

One of Dr. Lasker's finest. A game of many combinations. QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED W . STEINITZ

White

18 19 20 21 22 23

Q—Ql QxR KxKt Q—Ql K—K2 K—Q2

RxR KtxP! P—B5 Kt—K4ch Q—Kt5ch QxQch

KtxB Kt—K4 R—Kl Kt—Kt5ch Kt—K6 Kt—Kt7 B—B4 B—B7 PxP P—KR4!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 P—K3 R—Bl PxBP PxP Kt—B3 B—Q3 PxP O—O Kt—QKt5? PxB B—K5 K—Rl B—Kt3 Q—B2

DR. E. LASKER

Black P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 B—K2 O—O P—B4 BxP PxP Kt—B3 P—Q5! KtxP B—KKt5 BxKt Kt—K3! Kt—R4 Q—Kt4 QR-Ql Q—R3

(see diagram next p a g e )

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

76 19 20 21 22 23 24

QR—Ql Q—Kt3 ' Kt—B3 QxP PxKt QxP 25 Q _ B 4 26 P—KR4?

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

122.

B—K4 P—B4 B—Kt2 Q—Q3 Kt—K4 R—B3 KxR K—R2 K—Kt2 K—R2 R—QKtl R—Kt5 P—R3 Resigns

R—Bl! P—R3 Kt—Q5! KtxBch R—Ktl R—Kt3 RxP B—R2

Q-Q3 Q-Q2 Q—Kt5! Kt—B4 B—K6 RxB! Kt x Pch KtxRch Kt—R5ch Kt—B4 P—R4 R—Rl RxP!

Nuremberg Tournament, July 29, 1896.

One of the deepest combinations ever played. Awarded Prize for best game.

FRENCH DEFENSE

H . N . PILLSBURY

DR. E. LASKER Black

White

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 P—K5 P—B4 PxP P—QR3 P—QKt4 B—Q3 P—Kt5 Kt—B3 B—K3 O—O Kt—K2 Q—Kl KKt—Q4 Q—B2 QR—Ktl P—Kt6! PxKt P—B5!!

P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 KKt—Q2 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 Kt x BP Kt—Q2 p_QR4 QKt—Ktl Kt—B4 QKt—Q2 P—KKt3 B—K2 Kt—Kt3 B—Q2 K t ( 3 ) — R5 P—R4 KtxB BxP

I

m fl fl£B

21 22 23 24 25 26

'

Mtmt

r

mm

. . . . Kt—B4 R—Rl! RxKt! Kt(B4) xKP!! Kt x KP

KtPxP P—R5 B—K2 BxR PxKt B—Q2

If 26 . . . Q — B l ; 27 Q x B P with

77

MODERN CHESS

a winning attack. 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

KtxQ B—B5 BxB Q—K3 Q—Kt5ch R—Bl QxR Q—Kl PxP K—B2 Q—Kt4 K—B3 QxP Q—B5 Q—B7 K—B4 P—R4 Q—Kt8 KxP Q—B7ch Q—Q8 P—K6 K—K5 Q—Q6ch

RxKt R—QBl KxB R—B3 K—B2 RxRch R—QBl P—R6 R—Ktlch P—R5 R—Kt3 P—R6 RxP R—K3 K—K2 P—Kt3 R—QB3 B—Kl R—R3 K—Bl P—Kt4 R—R2 P—Kt5 Resigns

•

•

•

m m

12 13 14 15 16 17

124.

Bill

B—Q5! QxPch QxRch Q—Kt7ch Q—B6ch B—B4!

• PxB K—Ql K—Q2 K—K3

Resigns

Simpson's Divan, London.

"The most summary of Steinitz on record."

demolishment

SCOTCH GAME

123.

Nuremberg, 1896.

Bright

and

witty!

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 PxP BxP Q—R4ch! Kt—K5! KtxKt B—K3 Kt—B3

W . STEINITZ

(Problem composer)

QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED D. JANOWSKI

W . GRIMSHAW

White

E. SCHALLOPP BLACK

P—Q4 PxP P—QB4 PxP B—Kt5 P—K3 Kt—B3 QxP Q—K5ch PXKT

QxP

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP Kt—Kt5 B—K3 Kt—Q2 QxB O—O—O B—KB4! BxP!! KtxQP Kt—Kt5ch Kt—B7ch!

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP Q—R5 Q x KPch B—Kt5ch B x Ktch K—Ql Q—K3 P—Q3 PxB QxP K—Kl K—Bl

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

78

W h i t e mates in three. 15 Q—Q6ch 16 Q—Q8ch 17 R x Kt mate

125.

KKt—K2 KtxQ

Eighth game of match. 1897.

Great Match for U. S. Supremacy In this fine game Show alter reveals a grandiose style before which Pillsbury bows in admiration. RUY J . SHOWALTER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

LOPEZ H. N. PILLSBURY

Black

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 O—O P—Q4 B—R4 P—B3! KtxP Kt—Q5 R—Kl B—B4!

m

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 KtxP Kt—Q3 PxP PxP B—K2 O—O B—B3 Kt—Kl?

m~~

B—B2! BxR Q—Q6ch R—Kl! Q-Q2 Kt—Q5 Q—B3 KtxP

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

White mates in five. 23 Kt x QPch, etc.

126.

Correspondence, 1897-98.

QP COUNTER G A M B I T K. ZAMBELLY

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

P—K4 Kt—KB3 PxP Kt—B3 B—Kt5ch B—R4 PxP Kt—Q4 KtxBP KtxKt B—Kt5 O—O KxB K—Kt3

QxR Q—K5 R—Ktl

G. MAROCZ'

Black P—K4 P—Q4 B—Q3?! Kt—KB3 P—B3 P—K5 O—O PxP Q—Kt3 RxKt R—Ql!! BxPch Kt—Kt5ch Q—B2ch

i*H ^

12 R x K t ! 13 K t x P 14 B—Q6

Q—KKt5 KxB B—K2 P—KKt3 Q—R4 B—Ql P—B3 B—R4

MODERN CHESS

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

P—B4 KxP P—Q3 Kt—K4 KxKt PxB K—R4 QxR KxR K—Kt5 K—B4 K—K5

P x P e.p.ch R—Q5 B—Kt2ch B x Ktch Q—R7 QxPch RxB! R—R4ch! Q—R6ch P—R3ch p_Kt4ch Q- - K 3 mate

127. Cosmopolitan Club Championship, 1898. A Spark of

Genius

M A X LANGE A T T A C K C . NUGENT

f u u u s FINN

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 B—QB4 O—O P—K5 PxKt R—Klch Kt—Kt5 Kt—QB3 QKt—K4 Kt x BP! Kt—Kt5ch P—KKt4! RxB Q—B3 R—K7!!

128.

P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP B—B4 Kt—B3 P—Q4 PxB B—K3 Q-Q4 Q—B4 B—KBl KxKt K—Ktl QxP(B3) Q-Qi Q-Q2 Resigns

London, 1899-

First Brilliancy Prize; watch for the bombshell on Black's 15th move!

79

VIENNA GAME W . STEINITZ

DR. E. LASKER

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—B4 P—Q3 BPxP P—Q4 PxP KtxKt Kt—B3 B—K2 p_B3 O—O P—KR3 Kt—Kt5 Kt—B3 KxKt K—B2 R—KKtl BxP RxP Q—Q3 R—Rl KtxB B—B3 KtxP Q—Kt5 Q—R5 R—R5 R—KKt5 K—Kt3 Resigns

129.

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 Kt—B3 QKtxP Kt—Kt3 KtxP QxKt B—Kt5 O—O—o B—Q3 KR—Kl! B—Q2 Kt—R5! KtxP!! BxPch! P—KB 3! P—KKt4 PxB Q—K3 B—B5 BxR Q—B3ch B—B4 Q—KKt 3 P—B3 R—K2! B—Kt5 Q—B7ch BxB

London, 1899.

This sensational ker won the Prize.

victory second

over LasBrilliancy

R U Y LOPEZ DR. E. LASKER

J . H. BLACKBURNE

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

80

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 P—Q4 P—Q5 B—Q3 Kt—B3 Kt—K2 P—B4 Kt—Kt3 B—B2 P—Kt4 QPxP PxP P—QR4 O—O

P—R3 B—K3 P—Kt5 R—Bl Kt—Q2 Kt—K2 BxP BxP B—KKt3 R—Kl Kt—Bl R—Ktl Kt—B3 Kt—Q5 P—B3

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—Q3 B—Q2 Kt—Ktl B—K2 Kt—KB3 P—B3 Kt—R3 Kt—B4 P—QKt4 Kt—Kt2 BxP BxKtP B—Q2 P—Kt3 P—KR4 P—R4 R—QBl Kt—B4 P—R5! P—Kt4! R—KKtl BxRP B—K3 Kt—Kt5! B—Kt4! R—KRl! B—KB5! Q—Kt4!

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

. . . . KxR KtxB K—Ktl Kt—B5 PxB KRxKt QR—Bl Kt—Kt6 Kt—B4 Kt—K3 K—B2 R—B7 R—KRl R—B8ch R(l)—R8 Resigns

130.

R—R8ch! BxB Kt—B7ch KtxQ BxKt(B4) Q-Q7 QxB QxBP R—Ql Kt—Kt2 Q—B5 QxP Kt—B4 R—Q2 K—K2 Q-Q5

Riga, Oct., 1899.

A Russian

Gem.

M U Z I O GAMBIT S. NIEMZOVICH

N.

NEUMANN

(Father of Aron Nimzovich) White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 O—O

QxP P—Q3 Kt—B3 BxP Q—B2 Kt—Q5 P—K5 B—KKt 5! Kt—B7ch! BxPch Q—B5ch! P—K6 mate!

Black P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 PxKt Q—B3 B—Kt2 Kt—B3 Kt—Q5 P—Q3 Q-Ql P—QB3 Q-Q2 QxKt K—Q2 KtxQ

81

MODERN CHESS

131. Pillsbury's hackneyed

St. Louis, 1899. artistry theme.

embellishes

a

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED . N . PILLSBURY

R

MAX JUDD

Black

White

P—Q4 P—K3 p_QKt3 B—Kt2

1 P—Q4 2 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 4 Kt—B3 3

5 B—B4

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

B—Q3

QxB BxP B—Kt2 P—QR3 Kt—K2

BxB PxP P—K4 R—Bl B—Q3 O—O

O—O?

P—K5! BxPch Kt—Kt5ch Q—Q2 Kt—K2 Q—Q3ch! P—B4ch Q—R3ch P—B5ch KRxP!! Q—Kt4ch KRxP

132.

Q-Qi KxB K—R3 K—Kt3 Kt—Q4 KxKt K—R3 K—Kt3 PxP R—Rl K—R2 Resigns

Paris, 1900.

Pillsbury finds in a seemingly tion.

beautiful unpromising

sacrifices posi-

FOUR K N I G H T S ' G A M E

D . JANOWSKI

White 1 2 3 4

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5

H. N . PILLSBURY

Black P—K4 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

O—O

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

P—Q3 PxB R—Kl R—Ktl B—Kt5 B—KR4 B—R4 K—Rl B—QKt3 B—Kt3 P—KR3 R—K3? BxKt R—Kl K—R2 Q—Q2 PxB R—KRl K—Kt2 QR—Ktl K—Bl R—Kt4! RxR R—R4 R—R5 RxPch R—R5 R—KB5 P—B4 Q—Kt4 Q—Kt6 R—Q5 K—Kl RxQP K—Q2 K—Bl QxPch Q—Q5ch R--Q8

45

Q—R5

22

and Black

133.

annOi unced

O—O BxKt P—Q3 B—Q2 R—Kl P—KR3 P—R3 R—Ktl Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 B—Kt5 B—R4 Kt—B5 PxB Q-Q2 K—Rl BxKt R—K4 R—KR4 R—R5 Kt—R2 Kt—Kt4 RxP Kt x R P—KKt4! P—Kt5 K—Kt2 PxP P—KB 3! R—Kl P—B4 K—B2 Q—Kt5 Kt x P! R x Pch! R—K7ch R—K3 R—K2 K—Kt2 Q—K3

Q—K8ch mate

in

five

Paris Tournament, 1900. First Brilliancy

Prize.

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

82 White's greatly

clever sacrifices admired. VIENNA

J . MIESES

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

p_K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 P—Q3 P—B4 P—B5 Q—B3 P—KKt4! P—KR4 B—Kt3 RPxKt PxP KKt—K2 Kt—Kt3 B—Kt5 P—R5 B—Q2 P—R6!! O—O—O PxP QR—Bl Q—B7! QxP!

have

been

GAME D.

JANOWSKI

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 P—Q3 Kt—B3 Kt—QR4 P—B3 P—KR3 P—QKt4 KtxB P—KR4 KtxRP Q—Kt3 Kt—B3 B—Kt2 Kt—R2 O—O—O P—Kt3 KR—Ktl PxP K—Ktl R—Rl QR—Ktl

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Marshall's

Paris, 1900. Memorable

Game

P E T R O F F S DEFENSE H . N . PILLSBURY

White 1 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

16

B—Bl BxKt B—Kt5

O—K6

BxKt R(5) xBP R—B7 R—B8H Q—K7

134.

12 13 14 15

24 Q—Kt7!! 25 Kt—B5 26 R x B

BxKt Kt—Bl Kt—Kt3 R—Ql Kt—B5 PxB Q—B4 Q—Kt4 Q—QB4 Resigns

K—Ktl PxB KR—KBl Q-Q7

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28

P—Q4 PxQP B—QB4 P—B3 B—K2 PxP O—O P—B4 B—Q3 B—Kt2 QKt—Q2 RxKt KxB K—Kt3 KxB K—R3 R—Bl Q—B2 P—Kt3 P—Kt4 QxQ R—B3 K—Kt2 KtxP K—Kt3 P—KR3

F. J . MARSHALL

Black P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 PxP B—Kt5ch Q—K2ch PxP B—QB4 O—O R—Kl B—KKt 5 Kt—K5 KtxP! BxRch Q—K6ch QxB R—K7! Kt—Q2 P—KR4 Kt—B4 P—KKt4! RxKt RxQ P—B4 BPxP R—Q7ch RxB R—KBl

MODERN CHESS

29 P x P 30 K x P Resigns

83

Played in Russia, 1900.

PxP R(l)—B7

Tolstoy

plays

good

Chess.

QUEEN'S G A M B I T S. F. LEBEDEW

135. One of "World's '

Paris, May 25, 1900. the gems Fair" play.

of

Lasker's

• QUEEN'S GAMBIT

DR. E. LASKER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Black

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—K3 BxP P—QR4 O—O PxP B—K3 Q—K2! KR—Ql QR—Bl Kt—K5 B—Kt3 Kt—K4 P—B4 B—Q2! Kt—Kt3 P—B5 RxR KtxP(B5) B x Kt(Kt4) Kt x BP! Q—K6 QxR K—Rl R—Bl KxB K—R3

136.

GEZA MAROCZY

P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 PxP P—B4 P—QR3 Kt—B3 PxP B—K2 O—O Q—R4 KR—Ql Kt—QKt5 KKt—Q4 R—Bl Q-Qi P—QKt3 B—Kt2 R—Bl RxR PxP B—KB 3 Kt x B R x Kt K—Rl BxPch Kt—Q6 BxPch Q—Kt4ch Resigns

Correspondence Game

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 BxP Q—Kt3 PxB R—Ktl Kt—B3 B—K2 B—Q2 QR—Bl Q—B2 KtxKt P—K4 P—K5 B—Q3 P—QR3 PxB K—Bl BxKKtP K—K2 B—K4ch Q—B3ch B—R6 R—Kt4 QR—KKtl Q—R5 R—Kt8th QxR R—Kt4 RxP Q—Q4 KxKt K—K2 R—K6 K—Q2 K—B3 K—Q3 Resigns

COUNT TOLSTOY

Black P—Q4 PxP Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 P—K3 BxKt P—QKt3 P—B3 P—QKt4 P—QR4 P—Kt3 P—R5 Kt—Q4 KPxKt B—Kt2 O—O Q—K2 BxP QxPch QxRP Q—R6ch Q—K3ch K—Rl P—B3 R—B2 Kt—Q2 Kt—K4 KR—R2 RxR Kt—Kt3 PxB Kt—K4 Kt x P! Q—R6ch QxB Q—R4ch Q—Kt4ch Q—B8ch Q—Q8ch

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

84 White's

Rook is lost.

137. One

Augsburg, Aug. 19, 1900.

of

Sixteen

Blindfold

Games!

PIERCE G A M B I T

H . N . PILLSBURY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—B4 Kt—B3 P—Q4 P—KR4 B—Kt5 B x Ktch PxP BxP Q—Q2 O—O—O P—K5 B—R2 PxP Kt—Q4 Kt—K4! Kt—B6ch KtPxB

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP P—Q3 P—KKt4 B—Kt5 p_QR PxB Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 B—Kt2 Q—Bl Q—B4 PxP O—O 3

0-92

BxR BxKt Q—Kt5

19 . . . K --Rl; 20 — K K t l ; 21 Q x Pch!! 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Q—R6 Kt—B5 RxB R—Q7 Kt x Qch RxP R—Q7 P—K6!

QUEEN'S G A M B I T

HAUSLER

White

blindOne of twenty simultaneous fold games against men, the majority of whom would test the powers of any master single-handed vis-avis. (Score: Pillsbury 14 wins, 5 draws, and 1 loss.)

Q—R

Kt—Rl KR—Kl Q—Kt3 QxQch K—Bl QR—Bl QR-Ql Resigns

H . N . PILLSBURY

DECLINED

C. J . NEWMANN

(Club Champion) White 1 2 3 4

Black P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 B—K2 QKt—Q2 P—QKt3 PxP B—Kt2

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5

5 P—K3

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Kt—B3 PxP B—Kt5 Kt—K5 B—B6 BxB Kt—B6 KtxBch KtxP KtxKtch B—R6 K—Q2

o--o

R—Ktl RxB Q—Kl QxKt Q—K5 PxKt QxKtP

—B3 is even more forcing. 17 18 19 20

139.

. . . . K—Bl R—KKtl PxKt

QxPch K—Rl Kt—K4 Resigns

Copenhagen, Oct. 23, 1900.

One of six blindfold VIENNA

J . MIESES

games.

OPENING

PRITZEL

(blindfold) 138. Franklin Chess Club, Philadelphia, April 28, 1900.

White 1 P—K4

Black P—K4

85

MODERN CHESS

2 Kt—QB3 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Kt—KB3 Kt—B3

B—B4 P—Q3 P—B4 P—B5

B—B4

Q—B3 P—KKt4 P—KR4 P—Kt5 PxKt PxP P—Kt6 R x Kt Q—R3

16 R — R 8

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

RxR Q—R7 B—Q2 O—O—O R—Rl K—Ql BxB B—Q2 B—Kt5! P—B6 K—Bl QxP R—R8! RxQch Q—B7 P—Kt7 mate!

140.

P—Q3 Kt—QR4 P—B3 P—KR3 Kt—R2 Kt x B PxP BxKt P—B3 R—KKtl Q—K2 Q—Bl QxR K—Bl B—Q2 B—Kt3 B—R4 BxKt QxP Q—Ktl PxB B—Kt5ch PxP R—Ql B—K3 BxR R—Kl

Munich, 1900. Analysis vs.

Prepared

Genius!

R U Y LOPEZ . HALPRIN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 O—O P—Q4 PxP P—QR4

H . N . PILLSBUI

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 KtxP Kt—Q3 Kt x B P—Q3

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

P—K6 PxKt Kt—B3 Kt—Kt5 Q—R5 v BxB P—Kt6! Kt—Q5! KR—Klch R—R3! RxKt! R—B3ch B—R6!! BxP R—Kt3ch R—B3ch R—Kt3ch Drawn!!

141.

PxP Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 B—K2 BxKt Q-Q2 BPxP PxKt K—Bl! Kt—K4! PxR K—Ktl Q—K2! KxB K—Bl K—Kt2 K—Bl

Washington, D. C , 1 9 0 1 .

The conclusion is so pretty that it seems as if it were a composition and not an actually played game. R U Y LOPEZ A . W . Fox

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

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 O—O R—Kl KtxP B—Bl P—Q4 P—QB3 Q—Q3 P—KB4 R—K3 Kt—Q2 R—R3 P—KKt4 R—R5

BAUER

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 KtxP Kt—Q3 B—K2 O—O Kt—B4 P—Q4 R—Kl Kt—Q3 Kt—R4? Kt—B4 Kt—R5 Kt—Kt3 Kt—B3

(see diagram next page)

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

86

mm, •

±fit B b

BIB §§f / « i

a s •

I S

v

MM 17 18 19 20 21

m^ —

'

PxKt RPxQ PxKt K—Bl

QKt—B4! QxKt!! Kt x KtP! BxPch R—R8 mate

142. Watch

"

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

KtxKt RxR P—QKt3 P—QB4 B—Bl B—Kt2 Q-QB3 P—B3 Q-Q4 B—B3 P—B5 P—KR3 P—QKt4 P—QR4 P—Kt3 QxKtP Q—KB7 Q—B5ch Q—B7ch Resigns

Glasgow, 1902. White's

King

walk! 143.

T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE R. TEICHMANN

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

Kt—Q4! RxKt QxR Q—K5 P—KB4 P—B5 Q—K7 R—K2 Kt—K4 Kt—Q6 P—KR3 P—B3 K—R2! K—Kt3!! K—R4!! R—K3 R—Kt3 PxP R—Kt4 K—R5

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 O—O P—Q4 R—Kl BxP Kt—B3 KtxKt B—Kt5 BxB Kt—Kt3 QxP QR—Ql Q—QR4

Second

ALLIES

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 KtxP PxP P—Q4 QxB Q—KR4 B—K2 B—K3 KtxB Q—R3 O—O

Kt—B3 QR-Ql

Hanover, 1902. Brilliancy

Prize

R U Y LOPEZ )R. A . G. OLLAND

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

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O

P—Q4 BxKtch KtxP P—QKt3 Kt—Q2 B—Kt2 P—QB4 Q—B2 P—K5 Kt(Q4)—B3

H. W o i Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 P—Q3 PxP PxB B—Q2 B—K2 O—O

R—Kl B—KBl P—Q4 Kt—Kt5 P—B3

MODERN CHESS

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

KPxP KR—Kl Kt—Kt5 Q—B3 QKt—B3 Kt—K6 RxB QR—Kl Q—Q3 Kt—K5!! QxPch QxPch R—K3 Q—Kt6ch R—Kt3 Q—R6ch Kt—Kt6ch Kt—K7ch

144.

KtxP(3) B—K2 P—Kt3 R—KB1 P—KR3 BxKt Q-Q2 QR—Kl K—R2 QxR K—Rl K—Ktl B—Ql K—Rl Q-Q2 Q—R2 K—Ktl Resigns

1902.

Capablanca, at the age of twelve, defeats the champion of Cuba. ALLGAIER G A M B I T J . CORZO

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—B4 Kt—B3 P—KR4 Kt—KKt5 KtxP P—Q4 PxP K—B2 K—Ktl QxKt Kt—K2 QxQ Kt—Q4 P—B3 B—K2 PxB

J . R. CAPABLANCA

Stock P—K4 Kt—QB3 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 P—KR3 KxKt P—Q4 Q—K2ch P—Kt6ch KtxP! Q—B4! Q—Kt3 RPxQ B—QB4 R—R5 B x Ktch RxQP

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

87

P—Kt3 B—Kt2 B—R5ch BxR PxP B—K5 K—Bl K—Kl Resigns

Kt—B3 R—Q7 Kt x B P—B6 Kt—B5 R—Kt7ch R—B7ch Kt—Q6ch

145. Superior

development

tells!

T W O KNIGHTS DEFENSE . DAVIS

DEARMAN

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

P—K4 B—B4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 KtxKt B—Kt5 KtxP KtxKt Kt—Q4 P—KKt3 P—KB3? KtxP O—O P—Q3 K—Rl P—B3 QxR RxB

146.

P—K4 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 KtxP P—Q4 PxKt Q-Q4 QxB Q—Kt4 B—KKt5 PxP Q—R4 O—O—o B—B4ch KR—Kl R—K8!! B x Ktch Q x R mate

Chicago Championship,

Tournament, December, 1902. A surprising

Queen

sacrifice

FRENCH DEFENSE J . R. HOUGHTELING L. S. CORNELL

White

Black

1 p_K4

P—K3

88

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—Q4 Kt—QB3 P—K5 Q—Kt4 B—K3 BxP Kt—B3 B—Q3 O—O KtxKt P—B4 Kt—K2 P—B3 P—Kt4 K—Rl P—KR4

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 KKt—Q2 P—QB4 PxP Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Q—B2 Kt x B B—K2 B—B4 Q—Kt3 P—Kt3 B—K2 Q—B2 P—KR4

mmmm i l l

18 Q x K t P ! ! 19 Q—Kt7 20 P x K t ! 21 P x B 22 QR—Kl

147. Pillsbury's

22

Bl

Kt—B3 R—KKtl R—Bl QxKP Resigns

Monte Carlo, 1902. fifteen-move

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

Chess

Kt—KB3 P—K3 BxP PxP O—O Q—K2 Kt—B3 B—Kt3 B—Kt5 Kt—K5 PxKt B—Q2 P—KB4 R—B3 QR—KBl Kt—Q3 P—B5! R—R3 Q—R5 RxP! Kt—B4 R—Kt3ch R—R3 QxP KtxKt QxB BxQ B—R6 BxB R—Kt3ch BxR K—B2 K—K2 K—Q3 R—K3 P—Q5! P—Q6 R—K6 P—Q7 P — Q 8 ( Q ) and

p_QB4 PxP P—K3 Kt—KB3 B—K2 QKt—Q2 Kt—Kt3 QKt—Q4 O—O KtxKt Kt—Q4 B—B3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 P—B3 P—Kt3 KtPxP R—B2 B—Bl PxR B—QKt2 B—Kt2 B—Rl Q-Q2 BxKt QxQ R—KBl B—Kt2 KxB K—Rl RxB R—B2 R—B5 P—Kt4 R—R5 RxP R—R3 K—Kt2 RxR wins

combination.

QUEEN'S G A M B I T H. N . PILLSBURY

White 1 P—Q4 2 P—QB4

I. GUNSBERG

Black P—Q4 PxP

148. Compare

Russia, about 1903. this with Game No. 11! R U Y LOPEZ

MODERN CHESS . RABINOVICH WMte 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 B—Kt5 B—R4 P—B3 B—Kt3 P—Q4 PxP B—Q5 P—KR4 Kt—Kt5 Q—R5! KtxP Kt x Q K—Q2 R—Kl KxKt B—K3 Kt—Q2 K—K2 BxP B—K3 K—Ql K—B2 BxB

E. SCHIFFERS Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 KKt—K2 P—QKt4 Kt—Kt3 B—K2 O—O B—Kt2 R—Ktl QKt x P P—R3 BxB!! Kt—Q6ch BxKP Kt x R QRxKt KtxP KtxPch B—QB3 QR—Kl B—R5 R—K3 BxP RxB

89

30 Q—R3 Resigns

149.

R—Rl K—Bl QxB Q—R5

Kt—K6ch BxR R—Q3 P—Kt3

Kiev, 1903.

Tcbigorirr's

Surprise

Played in the Tournament.

Mate

Russian

Masters'

F A L K B E E R COUNTER G A M B I T M . TCHIGORIN ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY WMte 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

P—K4 P—KB4 KPxP B—Kt5ch PxP P—Q4 Kt—B3 B—Q2 P—QR3 BxKtcb BxB Kt—K2 Q—Q2 B—R5 O—O—O

16 0—Kl 17 Kt—B3

26 27 28 29

R—B8ch

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

QxP RxKt Q—B2 B—Kt4 Q—B3 P—Kt4 Q—B2 P—Q5 KtxP R—Ql Q—B5

Black P—K4 P—Q4 P—K5 P—B3 KtxP Q—R4ch B—QKt5 Kt—B3 BxKt PxB Q—B2 B—R3 O—O Q-Q2 P—K6 Kt—K5 Kt—B7 KtxKR KR—Kl Q—B4 R—K3 QR—Kl Q—B3 R—K6 PxP Q—B3 R—K7 Q—KKt3

(see diagram next p a g e )

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

• iHi B

B

l rsf« I

4M

Bft! 29 30 31 32

Kt—K7ch R—Q8ch Q—B8ch R x R mate

Znosko-Borovsky v*ars of age.

B

R(K1) xKt R—Kl RxQ was only

sixteen

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

P_KR4 P—R5 QxKt B—Kt3 P x P e.p. R—Ql R—Q2 O—O R—Bl Q—B2 Q—Kt3 R(2)—B2 Q—R3 P—Kt3

Kt—B4 KtxBch P—KKt4 P—B4 BxP Q—Kt3 B—Q2 QR—Bl B—Kt4 R—B5 Q—B3 R—Bl B—R3 R—B4

BiB H i P i * III

i• • B Bi'B^Ba /

150. Cable Match, 1903. U. S. A . vs. Great Britain Marshall derful

saves himself combination.

with a

won-

QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED F. J . MARSHALL WMTE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 PxP B—B4 P—K3 B—Q3 Kt—B3 Kt—K5 PxKt Q—B2

H . E. ATKINS

Black P—Q4 P—QB3 Kt—B3 PxP Kt—B3 P—K3 B—K2 O—O KtxKt Kt—Q2 P—KKt 3

i

m •

26 27 28 29 30 31

KtxP!! RxR KtxBch Q—Q6 B—K5ch P — B 3 and wins

151.

m RxR QxR K—B2 KxKt K—B4

Vienna Gambit Tournament, 1903.

The great master of the gambit a taste of his own medicine. First Brilliancy Prize MUZIO G A M B I T

gets

91

MODERN CHESS . MAROCZY

M. TCHIGORIN

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 QxP P—Q4 Kt—Q5! O—O

PxP BxP B—Kt5ch QR—Klch BxP RxB R—Kl QB x Kt Q—K2 B—B6ch Q—K5 BxR Q—K7 QxPch R—K7

152.

P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 PxKt P—Q3 B—K3 P—QB3 PxKt B—B4 B—Kt3 Kt—Q2 B—K2 K—Bl Kt x R K—Kt2 Q—R4 Kt—Bl K—Ktl P—KR3 P—B3 KxB K—Ktl Resigns

Berlin, January, 1904. Caro's

Brilliancy.

QUEEN'S P A W N GAME . CARO

W . KUNZB

White

Black ^

1 P—Q4 2 Kt—KB3 3 P—K3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

B—Q3 QKt—Q2 P—K4 KtxP BxKt B—Q3 O—O

B—B4ch

P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 B—Q3 O—O

PxP KtxKt P—KB4

Kt—Q2 P—K4 K—Rl

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Kt—Kt5 R—Kl Q—B3! Q—QKt3 P—KR3 Kt—B7ch Kt—K5 PxB B—B4 B—R2 Q—Kt5 QR—Ql RxKtch P—K6!!

Q—Kl P—K5 Kt—B3 Q—R4 P—KR3 K—R2 BxKt Kt—Q2 P—KKt4 Kt—B4 Kt—Q2 P—B3 K—Rl

HI H i mi\

H i H & f l JB *if

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

PxQ K—Ktl K—Rl R—Kl K—Ktl K—R2 K—Kt3 Resigns

. . . . B—K5ch R—Kt7ch P—K7 R—B7ch R—B8ch B—Kt8ch B—B7ch

153.

"

Cambridge Springs Tourney, 1904.

"Peerless boy, thou art unique, triumphant, grand." Morphy style!

himself

might

envy

your

92

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

QUEEN'S

GAMBIT

H . NO PILLSBURY

DR. E . LASKER

WMTE

Bluek

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P—Q4

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 QxP BxKt! Q—R4 9 R—Ql 10 P—K3 11 K t x K t 12 Q x B P 13 B—K2! 14 O—O! 15 Q—Q3! 16 Kt—K4 17 Kt—Q6ch 18 Kt—B4 19 p _ B 4 20 Q—Q4! 21 Q x P ( B 4 ) 22 Kt—K5 23 Kt—Kt4 24 Q—R6ch 25 B—B4! 8

26 R x P c h 27 R — K B l 28 K x Q

29 Q—R5ch 30 Kt—K5

DECLINED

P—K3 Kt—KB3 P—B4 PXQP

Kt—B3 PxB PxP B—Q2 Kt—K4 PxKt

0—Kt3

QxKtP R—Bl R—B2 B—K2 K—Bl Q—Kt4 PxP P—B3

Q—QB4 B—Kl P—B4 K—B2 R—B3

QxR QxRch B—Q2

K—Ktl Resigns

This historic game, Played in the grand manner by Pillsbury, created a sensation at the time. He had waited eight years for the sweet revenge that now was his. It proved to be the last flickering of his genius, and the final encounter of these two great masters. ff

93

154.

Cambridge Springs Tournament, 1904.

First Brilliancy Prize: Lasker to trap White's Bishop, but into a trap himself!

tries runs

QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED C. SCHLECHTER WMte 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 P—K3 Kt—B3 B—Q3 PxP Kt—K5 QR—Bl O—O PxKt B—KB4 Q—B2! B—Kt3 BxPch Q—Kt6 PxKt Q—R5 QxPch BxP Q—R5ch KR—Ql

DR. E. LASKER Black P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 B—K2 O—O P—QKt3 B—Kt2 PxP P—B4 Kt—B3 KtxKt Kt—Kl P—B4 P—KKt4 P—KB5? K—Rl Kt—B3 RxP K—Kt2 KxB R—Kt3 K—Kt2 P—Q5

MODERN CHESS

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

33

34 35 36 37

B—Kt3 B—K5ch Q—R8ch Q—R7ch B—Kt3 RxQ R(8)—Ql RxQ P—B4 p_K4 RxR K—B2 P—B5ch P—K5

155.

R—KM K—Ktl K—B2 K—K3 PxKt PxP PxR(Q) R—Ql R(4)—Q4 R—Q8ch RxRcli R—Q5 K—Q2 Resigns

Cambridge Springs, 1904.

One of played.

the

grandest

games

ever

SICILIAN DEFENSE >R. E . LASKER

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

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—Q4 KtxP B—K3 P—B3 P—KKt4?! P—Kt5 P—KR4 P—B4 KKt—K2 KPxP KtxKt Kt—B5!!

W . E. NAPIER

Black P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—KKt3 PxP B—Kt2 P—Q3 Kt—B3 O—O Kt—Kl Kt—B2 P—K4! P—Q4!? Kt—Q5! KtxP!

....

(see diagram next column) 15 16 17 18

. . . . QxQ Kt—K7ch! P—KR5!!

93

KtxKt! RxQ K—Rl! R—Kl!

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

B—B5! B—B4!! BxBP! BxR R—QKtl K—Bl BxKRP! RxB K—Kt2 RxP R—Kt3! R—KR3 K—B3! KxP K—B5 P—R3 B—K3

PxRP! KPxP!! Kt—K5! BxP B—B6ch B—KKt5! BxB Kt—Kt6di KtxR P—R4 B—Kt2 Kt—Kt6 R—R3 Kt—K7ch Kt—B6 Kt—R5 Resigns

Magnificent!

156.

At the Last Bivouac, 1904.

This game was contested by two Russian officers in Manchuria on the eve of an assault in which the Captain was killed. Lieutenant Denn was severely wounded in the same engagement and sent the score of the game to M. AlaPin, adding that "the furious attack of the Captain during the battle was equal to the present brilliant en-

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

94

DODGE

counter/'

Whit©

RUY L O P E Z LIEUT. DENN

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 P—B3 O—O

Kt—R3 Q—R4 BxKt KtxP QxB K—Rl PxKt K—Kt2 KxB K—R4 KxP K—R4 P—R3 K—R5

157.

CAPT. R. PERWAGO P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 KKt—K2 O—O

P—Q4 KtxB KtxKt Kt—B6ch! Q-Q3! Q—B5 B—R6ch! Q x BPch P—Kt4ch K—Rl R—KKtl Q—B5ch Q—Kt4 mate

Chicago, about 1905.

The Power of the Vigilantes. A symmetrical mate with Bishops and Knights marks the following curious game. ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT

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

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—K3 QxP Kt—QB3 0-Qi P—B3? Q—R4ch? QxQch P—K4? PxP R—Ktl K—Ql K—K2 Kt—B3 K—Q2

HOUGHTELING Black P—Q4 P—K4 PxQP Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 B—KB4 Kt—QKt5 Q-Q2 KxQ PxKP KtxKP Kt—B7ch Kt—B7ch B—B4 B—Q6ch B—K6 mate

of the most extraordinary ever given in actual play.

PART

VI

Moderns, Hypermoderns

and

Eclectics

Shortly after the turn of the century there appeared a new group of masters, the outstanding members of this group being Rubinstein, Nimzovich, Bernstein, Capablanca, Duras, Tartakower, Spielmann and Vidmar. They not only applied in their games what they had learned from the reigning gods of the chessboard, but they also rebelled, as is the w a y of youth, and made their own additions and corrections. By the time the fateful year of 1 9 1 4 arrived, it had become pretty clear that Nimzovich and his young countryman Alekhine were evolving a new school of chess thought, whose effect, if not always its objective, was to t u r n the current chess theories upside down. During and after the World W a r , these players were joined by such masters as Reti, Bogolyubov and Breyer, and as they garnered one first prize after another, the hypermodern theories began to get a respectful hearing in some quarters. Once the new theories had become respectable and acceptable, still younger players, such as Euwe, applied them as a matter of course. About 1927 we see a new tendency toward a reconciliation of the old and the new, and our contemporary crop of masters, among them Flohr, Kashdan, Fine, Reshevsky, Botvinnik and Keres, have the reputation, despite their disparate styles, of being at home in all kinds of play, and having few preconceptions and strongly marked individual styles. It is an age where "anything goes." Each game is played on its own merits, and every occasion is treated in whatever w a y the situation seems to demand; the older masters were rarely capable of such elasticity and objectivity.

95

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

96 158.

Nulfcmberg, 1906.

One of Marshall's binations.

immortal

com-

QUEEN'S G A M B I T F. J . MARSHALL

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB 3 Kt—B3 P—K3 BxP O—O P—QR3 Q—K2 B—R2 PxP P—QKt4 B—Kt2 QR—Bl B—Ktl Kt—K4 QKt—Kt5

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Kt x RP! Kt—Kt5ch Q—R5! BxKtP KtxP BxRch QxQch

BxKt Kt(3)—K2 Kt—QKt3 K—Ktl Kt—Kt3 Resigns

Kt x Rch KR—Ql P—K4 R—B7 BxP R—Q8

H . WOLF

Black P—Q4 PxP Kt—KB3 P—QR3 P—K3 P—B4 Kt—B3 Q—B2 P—QKt4 B—Kt2 BxP B—Q3 O—O QR-Ql B—Rl Kt—Q4 P—Kt3

IBSISITB IMS

25 26 27 28 29 30

•sH KxKt K—Ktl P—B3 R—Q2 R—R2 QxB KxQ

159. Tartakower

Vienna, 1906. as a

SICILIAN

youngster.

DEFENSE

DR. S. TARTAKOWER DR. M . VIDMAR

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP B—K3 Kt—QB3 B—K2 P—KR3 Q-Q2 P—KKt4 P—Kt5 P_KR4 P—R5 PxP O—O—O P—B3 B—Q3! Q—R2 Q—R7ch Kt x Ktch R—R6! P—K5!! P—K6!! PxR B—Q4 PxP BxP Q—R8ch! R x B mate

Black P—QB4 Kt—QB3 PxP P—KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—B3 P—Q3 O—O B—Q2 P—QR3 Kt—Kl R—Bl Kt—R4 RPxP P—Kt4 Kt—B2 Kt—K3 R—Kl K—Bl BxKt B—B5 BxB RxKt Q—Bl P—B3 PxP Q—Kt2 BxQ

97

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

160.

Lodz, 1907.

Essbinstein's

Immortal

Game

Q U E E N ' S GAMBIT D E C L I N E D G. RoTLEWi

A. RUBINSTEIN

Whit© 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Black

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—B4 Kt—B3 PxBP P—QR3 P—QKt4 B—Kt2 Q—Q2 B—Q3 BxP B—Q3 Q—K2

P—Q4 P—K3 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 BxP P—QR3 B--Q3 O—O

Q—K2! PxP P—QKt4 R—Ql B—Kt2 Kt—K4 BxKt B—B2 QR—Bl B—Kt3ch Kt—Kt5!I

O—O

KtxKt P—B4 P—K4? P—K5? K—Rl

Beginning a series of brilliant sacrifices. 21 B—K4 22 P—Kt3

Q—R5

is

H

• • m

mm*

RxKt!! R—Q7!!!

Black mates in five. 24 25 26 27 28

. . . . Q—Kt2 B—Q4 R—B2 Any move

161. Sparkling

BxBch R—R6! BxB BxR R x P mate

Vienna, 1907. middle-game

CENTER COUNTER O . DURAS

Whit© 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

P—K4 PxP Kt—QB3 P—Q4 Kt—B3 B—K2 B—K3 Kt—Q2! QxB Kt—Kt3 P—QR3

12

O—O—O

13 Kt—R4

m mu mtm m i f

22 . . . . 23 P x Q 24 Q x R

play. GAME

R. SPIELMANN

Black P—Q4 QxP Q—QR4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 Kt—B3 O—O—O BxB Q—KB4 P—K3 B—Q3 Kt—Q4! P—K4!

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

98 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

PxP Kt(4)—B5 P—QR4! P—Kt4 P—QB3 KtxKtP! RxR Kt(7)—B5 P—Kt5! KtxP!! PxB K—Ktl R—Q8ch!

162.

BxKP? Kt—Kt3 P—QR4 Q-B3

KR—Kl

RxRch B x BP! Kt—Kt5 Q—K4 P—R4 QxPch QxKt Resigns

Ostend, 1907.

A Lesson

in

Dynamics

FOUR KNIGHTS' G A M E E. A . ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY A . RUBINSTEIN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

P—K4 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 BxKt KtxP KtxKt O—O R—Kl P—Q4 B—Kt5 P—KKt4! P—KB4 Kt x Bch P—Q5! RxB Q—K2 QxKtP QR—Kl Q—Kt2 B—R6 R—K7 R—K8ch QR—K7

K—Rl QxR Resigns

25 Q x Q P c h 26 R x R c h 27 R x R

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—QR3 QPxB KtxP Q-Q5 QxKKt B—K3 Q—KB4 B—Q3 Q—Kt3 p_KB4 PxKt O—O Q—B2 PxKtP PxP QR—Bl Q—B4 R—QB2 R—B2 R—Bl Q—B3

163.

Ostend, 1907.

An Indian

war-dance

I N D I A N DEFENSE A . BURN

F. J . MARSHALL

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—K3 B—Q3 QKt—Q2 P—KR4 P—R5 RxKt?! BxPch Kt—Kt5ch QKt—B3 Kt—R4ch Kt—R7ch Kt—B5ch KtxBch Kt—B5ch P—Q5ch QxPch O—O—O

164.

Kt—KB3 P—Q3 QKt—Q2 P—KKt 3 B—Kt2 O—O R—Kl KtxP PxR KxB? K—Kt3 P—K4 K—B3 K—K2 K—K3 K—K2 K—K3 KxKt K—K5 Resigns

Ostend, 1907.

CENTER G A M B I T DR. J . PERLIS

White P—K4 P—Q4 P—QB3 KPxP PxP Kt—KB3

>

J . H . BLACKBURNE

Black P—K4 PxP P—Q4 QxP Kt—QB3 B—Kt5

MODERNS, HVPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

7 8 9 10 11

B—K2 O—O Kt—B3 R—Kl P—KR3

Kt—B3 B—Q3 Q—KR4 O—O QR—Ql!

165.

Correspondence Game, Russia, 1908.

Alekhine

at the age of

White

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

PxB B—KKt5 K—Bl B—Q3 KtxB R—K4 BxR B—B4 B—Kt3 K—K2 Q—Rl RxQ K—B3 K—Kt2 Kt x P R—Kl P—B3 BxKt R—Ql Kt—B3 K—B2 K—K3 K—K4 Resigns

fill

KtxKtP B—R7ch B—K4! RxP! R—Kl! RxR QKtxKt Kt—Kt3 Q—R8ch QxP QxQ P—KB4 Kt(5)—K4ch PxB Kt—B2 R—K2 Kt—Q3 PxB P—Q4 R—Q2 Kt—K2 P—Q5ch PxKt!

sixteen.

VIENNA G A M E

WjAKHIREFF

51! B A B

99

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 P—Q3 Kt—K2 PxP BxKt O—O Kt—Kt3 P—B4 QKt—K2 K—Rl P—Q4 P—B4 P—B5 P—KR3 Q—Kt3ch Q—B3? B—K3 B—B2 P—R3 B—K3 P—Kt4 K—Ktl K—B2

A . ALEKHINE

Black P—K4 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 P—Q4 KtxP QxB Q-Ql O—O P—B4 Q—R5 B—Q3 P—K5 R—B3 R—R3 B—Bl K—Rl Kt—K2! B—K3 Q—B3 B—Q4 Kt—Kt3 Kt—R5 Kt—B6ch Q—R5!

100

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 35 36

P—Kt5 KR—Bl K—Bl KtxR B—B2 PxKt R—B2 B—K3 B—Ktl R—KR2 . . . . RxQ

!*•

R—KKt 3 B—K2! RxKt QxKt Q—R7 PxP R—Kl! Q—R8ch B—R5!

mm mmm

•

Q—Kt7ch P x R mate

mm

M

mm

22 P x P ! ? 166.

St. Petersburg Congress, 1909. beautifully

Prize: First Brilliancy sustained attack.

RUY LOPEZ SCHLECHTER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O R—Kl B—Kt3 P—B3 B—B2 P—Q3 QKt—Q2 Kt—Bl B—Kt5 Kt—K3 KtxB P—QR4 PxP Q—Q2 Kt—B3 P—Q4 R—R6

G . SALWB

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 B—K2 P—QKt4 P—Q3 Kt—QR4 P—B4 Kt—B3 O—O Q—B2 Kt—Kl BxB Kt—K2 R—Ktl PxP P—R3 B—K3 Kt—KB3 R—Rl

( . 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

mm

JL WM

RxR?

..KtxP!) PxKt Kt—Q5! PxB Kt—R4 P—R3 R—K3 Kt—B5ch R—K6! PxR QxPch PxPch Q—R7ch QxKt P—QKt4! Kt—Q4ch B—B5ch

167.

PxP BxKt K—Kt2 R—Kl Q-Ql Kt—Kt3 K—Bl RxR P—Q4 K—Kl KxP K—K3 R—R7 PxP K—Q2 Resigns

St. Petersburg Congress, 1909.

Black's Position gant style.

is smashed

in ele-

FRENCH DEFENSE DR. O . S . BERNSTEIN E. A . ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 PxP BxKt PxB Kt—B3 P—Kt3 B—Kt2 O—O Q—K2 Q—K3 Kt—R4 KtxB PxP Q—K4 Kt—B4 P—KB 3 R—B2 P—KR4 P—Kt4! R—R2 KtxP! QxKPch Q—K7 RxPch QxRch QxKtch QxPch

168.

Black P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 B—Kt5 QxP BxKtcfa PxB P—Kt3 B—Kt2 Q—KR4 Kt—Q2 R—QBl P—QB4 BxB PxP O—O R—B2 Q—Kt5 Q—Kt4 R—Ql Q—R3 QxP Q—Kt4 PxKt K—Rl Q—Ktl QxR Kt—Bl Q—Ktl Resigns

St. Petersburg Congress, 1909. Dynamic

Tactics.

KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED DR. S. TARTAKOWER C. SCHLECHTER

White 1 2 3 4

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 PxP

Black P—K4 B—B4 P—Q3 PxP

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

P—B3

KtxP

P—Q4

Kt—B3 B—Q3 O—O QKt—Q2 Kt—B4 Kt(B3)—K5

101

Kt—KB3 O—O B—Q3 KtxP R—Kl P—KR3 Kt—KB3 P—B4 PxP

msm &\ 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

169.

KtxP! Q—R5ch RxKt! R—Bl BxR BxP!! B—Kt5 Kt—Q6!! B—B4ch R—KBl BxQ B—Q3 PxP Q—B3 B—K3 P—KKt4 Q—KB6 B—R7ch QxBch

KxKt K—Ktl R—K8ch RxRch B—Bl Q—B3 Q—B4 BxKt B—K3 QxRch Kt—Q2 Kt—Bl B—KB 2 Kt—K3 R—Ktl P—KKt4 B—Bl KxB Resigns

St. Petersburg Congress, 1909.

102

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

Brilliancy An electric storm

Prize in the

offing.

K—Kt2

27 R—R5ch 28 R x P mate

FRENCH DEFENSE FORGACS

DR. S.

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

TARTAKOWER

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 P—K5 KtxKt Kt x B P—KKt 3 P—QB3 P—KB4 Kt—B3 Q—Q2 B—Q3 B—B2 O—O QR—Kl

P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 B—K2 Kt—K5 BxB QxKt P—QB4 Kt—B3 Q—K2 B—Q2 O—O P—B5 p_QKt4 p_QR4 P—Kt5

Blfl B BIB B B

b

B

mm

B

•

%a'S°

k 19 AlS in " in

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

St. Petersburg Congress,

Black

mm*wm •

170.

P—B5! P—Kt4!! Kt—Kt5 R—B6! R(l)—KBl Q—B4 P—K6 Q—K5 R(l)—B5!! Kt—B7ch

PxKBP PxKtP P—Kt3 K—Kt2 B—Kl Kt—Ql R—R3 K—R3 PxKP QxKt

1909. A great battle for QUEEN'S

supremacy.

GAMBIT

A . RUBINSTEIN

DR. E. LASKER

Black

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

P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 P—B4 B—Kt5 BPxP Kt—B3 KKtxP P—K3 B—Kt5 BxKKt KtxP PxB BxKt Kt—K3 O—O R—Bl!!

16 . . .

DECLINED

.

17 R x B c h 1 8 Q—Bl!! 19 P x R

W i A

P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 P—K3 P—B4 KPxP PxP Kt—B3 B—K2 B—Q2 BxB BxKt Q—Kt4! BxB O—O—O KR—Kl RxKt? PxR RxP! R—Q2

BB!

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

QxPch R—B4! Q—B5! QxQch RxP K—B2 K—B3 R—QR5! R—R6! P—K4 P—KR4 P—Kt4 K—B4 P—R5 K—B5 P—K5 R—Q6 R—R6 R—Q6 R—B6 P—R3!

171.

K—Ql P—B4 Q—K2 KxQ R—Q8ch R—Q7ch RxQKtP R—Kt2 K—Bl R—B2 K—B2 K—Bl K—K2 P—R3 K—B2 R—Kt2 K—K2 K—B2 K—Bl K—B2 Resigns

Paris, 1909

Magnificent! DANISH GAMBIT D . JANOWSKI DR. E. LASKER B. SOLDATENKOFF J . TAUBENHAUS

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

P—K4 P—Q4 P—QB3 B—QB4 BxP P—K5 Kt—B3 Kt—K2 O—O

BxKt KtxB Kt—Q5! R—Kl Q—R5 Kt—B7! Q—R6

Black P—K4 PxP PxP PxP Kt—KB3 B—Kt5ch Q—K2 Kt—K5 KtxKt BxB O—O

QxP Q~Q3 P—QB3 P—KKt3 QxKt

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

BxPch! QxRPch Q—R4ch R—K7ch Q—Q4ch Q—R8ch R—Klch! Q—K5 mate

172.

1 0

3

KxB K- - B 3 K - -Kt2 R-- B 2 K-- B l KxR K- -Q3

Vienna, 1910.

A Grandmaster who has written many books on chess was once checkmated in eleven moves. Here is the game; CARO-KANN R . RETI

DR. S . TARTAKOWER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

DEFENSE

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 KtxP Q-Q3 PxP B—Q2 O—O—O Q—Q8ch!! B—Kt5ch ! — Q 8 mate

Black P—QB3 P—Q4 PxP Kt—KB3 P—K4? Q—R4ch QxKP KtxKt? KxQ K—B2

104

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

173.

White's 32nd and 38th moves admired. been greatly QUEEN'S

GAMBIT

R. SPIELMANN

J . MIESES

Black

P—Q4 ~ P_QB4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 Kt—B3 P—K3 Kt—Q2 Q—B2 BxKt KtxP B—Q3 P—QR3 P—K4 P—B4! P—K5 PxKt Q—K2ch! O—O—O! K—Ktl KR—Bl P—KR4! PxP RxP RxBch! Q—Kt4ch

P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB 3 QKt—Q2 P—B3 Q—R4 B—Kt5 PxP KtxB Q—B2 B—Q2 B—Q3? P—K4 PxQP &—KBl PxKt K—Ql QxPch K—B2 Q—Kt4 Q—QB4 BxP B—Q5 KxR K—B2

Hi: m

fSf

have

DECLINED

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 Q—B4ch

Match, 1910.

Pti

mm

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

KtxB Q—R2! B—B2 R—Q7ch Kt—B4ch Q—B7!! K—R2 P—Kt3 P—R4! B—Q3ch Q—K5ch! RxKtP!! K—R3 RxQ Q—B7

174.

B—K4 QR—KBl Q—B7! KR—Ktl K—Kt3 K—R3 Q—B8ch QxKtch Q—Kt4 Q—Kt3 K—R4 P—B4 RxPch R—Kt5 PxR Resigns

San Sebastian, 1911. Brilliancy

Prize

R U Y LOPEZ J . R. CAPABLANCA DR. BERNSTEIN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 O—O Kt—B3 B x Ktch P—Q4 KtxP B—Kt5 R—Kl B—R4 BxB Q-Q3 P—QKt3 QR-Ql Q—K3 QKt—K2 Kt—B5! Kt(2)—Q4 P—KKt4 P—KB 3 Kt—K2!

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—K2 P—Q3 PxB PxP B—Q2 O—O P—KR3 Kt—R2 QxB QR—Ktl Kt—Kt4

0—K4

Kt—K3 Q—QR4 Kt—B4 K—R2 QR—Kl Kt—K3 QxP

105

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

QxBP Q—Kt7 R—KRl Q—K4 Q—Kt4 Kt—B4? BxKt P—B3 K—Kt3 R—Ktl K—Kt4 K—R5 K—Kt4

Kt(2)—Kt3! R—QBl Kt—R5 R—K2 P—B4 Kt(B5) xKtP! KtxR Q—QB3 KtxPch Kt—R5 P—B5ch Q—K3ch Q—Kt3ch P—R4 mate

The march of the Knight initiated at move 22 and which decides the game is one of the longest combinations on record.

175.

into

a

FOUR KNIGHTS' R. SPIELMANN

White P—K4 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 O—O P—Q3 B—Kt5 PxB R—Kl P—Q4 B—QBl B—Bl P—Kt3 Kt—R4 P—KB4! P—K5 PxP P x P e. p.

P—B5 Q—B3 B—Q3 B—KB4 B—K5 K—Rl B—K2 Q—B4 B—B3 R—K2 R—KKtl R(2)—Kt2 Q—R6!

Kt—Bl Q—B2 B—Q2 R—Kl P—B4 P—B5 B—B3 Kt(l)—Q2 R—K2 R—KBl Q—Kl R(B)—B2 K—Bl

HI

II

LLEII JL ~

111"

Carlsbad, 1911.

Black is forced zugzwang!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

tragicomic GAME

A. RUBINSTEIN

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 O—O P—Q3 BxKt Q—K2 Kt—Ql Kt—K3 P—B3 R—Ql Q—B2 P—Q4 PxBP Kt—K5 P—KB4 KtxP(B3)

32 33 34 35 36

Kt—Kt6ch! Q—R8ch B—Q6! RxP RxKt!

PxKt Kt—Ktl Q-Ql Kt—B3 RxR

Four death dealing blows now terminate the game. 37 38 39 40

RxP R x Ktch RxRch R x Q mate

176.

K—Kl R—Bl K—Q2

Carlsbad, 1911.

A superb

game.

R U Y LOPEZ

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

106 O . DURAS White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

E. COHN

BLACK

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 P—Q3 P—B4 P—Q4 KtxP KtxKt

O—O

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 P—Q3 P—KKt3 PxP B—Q2 PxKt B—Kt2

P—B5 Kt—B3 PxP P—B3 R—Kl Kt—K2 Kt—B4 P—QKt3 Kt—Q3 BxB B—R3 R—QBl Q—Q2 P—Kt3 K—Kt2 Kt—B4 BxB Q—Q3 Kt—Q5! PxR R(K1)—Ql

Q—K2 PxP P—Q4! P—Q5! P—B4 B—K3 KR—Ql B—Q2 KtxB QR—Bl B—Bl Q—R5 Q—R4 P—B5 Q—K4 P—B6 KtxB R x Kt! QxP Kt—K3

• mim

O—O

mm

mim BL

32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

QxRP! Q—K2 RxQP Q—K3! K—Ktl P—R4 R(3) x P R—B8ch Q—K5ch R ( l ) — B7ch! Q—K3ch! PxPch RxPch! Q—K7ch R—Kt8ch RxKtch!

177.

R—Rl P—Q6! Q—KKt4 RxPch Q—KR4 Q—KB4 Q—R6 K—Kt2 P—B3 K—R3 P—Kt4 KtxP KxR K—Kt3 K—B4 Resigns

Carlsbad, 1 9 1 1 .

A surprise sacrifice

decides

R U Y LOPEZ R. TEICHMANN White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O R—Kl B—Kt3 P—B3 P—Q3 B—B2 QKt—Q2 Kt—Bl Kt—K3 Kt—B5 B—Kt5 B—Kt3 B—Q5 BxB B x Pch! Kt—Kt5ch Q—R5 QxPch QxKtch

C. SCHLECHTER Black P—K4 K t —QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 B—K2 P—QKt4 P—Q3 O—O Kt—QR4 P—B4 Q—B2 Kt—B3 B—Kt2 KR—Kl Kt—Q2 Kt—Bl Kt—Kt3 Kt(Kt3) x B KxB K—Ktl KtxKt K—Bl K—Ktl

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS 24 Q—Kt6! 2 5 R—K3 178.

Q-Q2 Resigns

St. Petersburg, March, 1912.

Black refutes play in artistic

his opponent's style.

weak

8 Kt—K5 9 B—Q3 10 Q—R5!

107 O—O B—Kt2? Q—K2

W h i t e announces mate

in 8 moves.

m

i

n

•

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

QxPch!! Kt x Bch Kt(5)—Kt4ch P—R4ch P—Kt3ch B—K2ch R—R2ch K — Q 2 mate

SICILIAN DEFENSE POTEMKIN

DR. A . ALEKHINE Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

r

P—K4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—K2 P—QB3 Kt—R3 PxP 1t—B2 P—Q4 PxP P—B3 Kt—K3 K—B2 KtxB P—Kt4 K—Kt3 PxQ

P—QB4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—Q4 KtxP O—O PxP B—Kt5 B—B4 Q—R4ch Kt(4)—Kt5 QxKt Kt—Q6ch KtxQP! KtxPch

180.

Mate in two

179. City of London Chess Club Skittle game played in 1912. Catiline

abandoned

EDWARD LASKER White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P—Q4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 BxKt P—K4 KtxP

Match Game, Biarritz, September, 1912.

A Dare-devil's

Challenge.

PETROFF DEFENSE

Senators. D. JANOWSKI White G. A . THOMAS 1 P—K4 Black 2 Kt—KB 3 P—KB4 3 KtxP Kt—KB3 4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 5 P—Q4 B—K2? 6 B—Q3 BxB 7 P—B4 PxP 8 K—Bl P—QKt3 9 PxP

by the

KxQ K—R3 K—Kt4 K—B5 K—B6 K—Kt7 K—Kt8

F. J . MARSHALL Black P—K4 Kt—KB 3 P—Q3 KtxP P—Q4 B—Q3 B—Kt5ch O—O QxP

108

THE GOLDEN TREASURY o f

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

R—Kl KtxKt QxKt!! Kt—B3 Kt x KtP K—Rl B—R6ch KtxQ R—K7 QR—Kl R(l)—K6! R(6) xP! R—B3

Q—B2 Kt—B3 PxKt PxB B—Kt2 B x Pch PxQ K—Ktl BxKt R—QBl B—B3 B—Kt4 B—Ql Resigns

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 5!

CHESS

mm 181.

FRIDLIZIUS

White

6

m®,

fm\

Prize

isi

R U Y LOPEZ

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

mm

Masters' Tournament, Stockholm, 1912. Brilliancy

1 2 3 4 5

P—R5 Q-Q3 PxPch Q—K3 P—QB4 PxP B—Ktl Q—K2

Kt—Kt3! Kt—R5 Q—Kt5! P—K5 PxP KtxRP KR—Kl p_B4

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 B—Kt5 B—R4 Kt—B3 O—O B—Kt3 P—Q3 B—K3 BxKt P—KR3 Q—K2 Kt—Ql P—B3 Kt—K3 P—Q4 Q—Q2 Kt—Q5 QR—Ql K—R2 R—KKtl Kt—K3 Kt—B5

DR. A . ALEKHINE

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 B—B4 P—QKt4 P—Q3 B—KKt5 Kt—Q5 BxB P—KR4 Kt—Q2!? Kt—Bl B—R2 B—Q2 Kt—Kt3 B—B3 R—QBl O—O B—Kt2 P—QB3 Q—B3 P—Q4

32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

PxKt BxPch QxR Q—K5 K—Rl Q—R2 R—B5 QPxB KxQ

Kt—B6ch!! PxP QxB KtxKt Kt—K7ch RxP!! Q—R4 BxR QxQch R—R4 mate

182.

International Tourney, Breslau, 1912.

This contains the move ever flayed!

most

beautiful

FRENCH DEFENSE S. LEWTTZKY

White 1 P—Q4 2 P—K4 3 Kt—QB3

F . J . MARSHALL

Black P—K3 P—Q4 P—QB4

109

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Kt—B3 KPxP B—K2 O—O B—KKt5 PxP Kt—Q4 KtxB B—Kt4 B—R3 Q—Q2 BxKt QR—Ql Q—K2 PxB RxP Q—R5 R—K5 Q—Kt5 R—QB5 Resigns

183.

Kt—QB3 KPxP Kt—B3 B—K2 O—O B—K3 BxP PxKt Q-Q3 QR—Kl B—Kt5! RxB Q—B4 BxKt QxP Kt—Q5 QR—KBl R—R3 RxB Q—KKt6!!

Havana, 1913.

First Brilliancy

Prize

INDIAN DEFENSE J . CORZO

White 1 P—Q4 2 P—QB4

J . R. CAPABLANCA

Black Kt—KB3 P—Q3

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Kt—QB3 P—K4 P—B4 QxP B—K3 Kt—Q5 KPxKt Kt—B3 K—B2 R—Kl Q—Ql K—Ktl B—Q4 BxBch Kt—Q4 P—KB5 Q—Q3 Kt—K6ch BPxP PxR Q—B3ch Q—K3 P—QKt4 P—Kt5 P—Kt3 Q—QB3 K—B2 P—B5 K—Ktl K—B2 Q—R5 K—Ktl QxPch QxQP Resigns

*// now 16 PxP, Bch, RxB; 18 mate!

184.

QKt—Q2 P—K4 PxQP Kt—B4 Q—K2 KtxKt B—B4 P—KKt3! R—KKtl B—Kt2 Kt—K5ch K—Bl P—KKt4* RxB B—Q2 Q—K4 R—Kl PxKt RxP! B—B3 Q—B5! K—K2 P—Kt3 B—Kt2 Kt—Q7! Kt—B6ch Q—Bl Kt—K4ch Kt—B6ch KtPxP Kt—K4ch Q—B6 K—B3 QxRch KtxP!! RxQ,

17 Bx Kt—R6

Abbazia, January, 1913.

This fine game was awarded two brilliancy prizes, the Rothschild prize, and the Hallgarten Muzioprize.

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

110

MUZIO G A M B I T R. RETI White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 O—O PxP QxP P—Q4 Q—K4ch Kt—B3 BxP KtxQ RxB RxP R—Kl B—Kt5ch R—K5 Kt—Kt5! RxKt Kt—B7ch

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

KtxR R—R5 RxP P—KR4 R—Kt7 P—R5 P—R6 P—R7

A. FLAMBERG Black P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 P—Q4 PxKt B—Q3 Q—B3 Q—K2 Kt—Q2 QxQ BxB P—KB4 Kt—K2 Kt—QKt3 K—Ql Kt—Kt3 Kt x R B—Q2 K—Bl

BxB B—B5 BxQP B—K5 BxBP P—R4 P—R5 BxP

29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

RxB Kt—B7 P—KKt4 R—R8ch Kt—K5ch P—Kt5 R—KB8 K—B2 P—Kt6

185.

Kt—B5 R—R3 KtxP K—Q2 K—K3 Kt—Q8 Kt—K6 Kt—Q4 Resigns

Debreczin, 1913.

Breye/s dynamic style and championship calibre, even at this early stage, are here admirably exemplified. The game terminates with an extraordinarily beautiful mate. Q U E E N ' S GAMBIT DR. L. ASZTALOS White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—K3 Kt—KB 3 Kt—B3 KtxKt Kt—Q2 P—B3 P—B4? Kt—Kt3 B—K2 P—Kt3 O—O B—R5ch PxKtP R—B2 R—Kt2 B—K2 P—QR4 PxP Q—Kl KtxRP QxR

DECLINED J . BREYER Black P—Q4 P—QB3 Kt—B3 P—K3 Kt—K5 PxKt P—KB4 B—Q3 P—B4! Kt—Q2 Q—R5ch Q—K2 P—KKt4! K—Bl QxP R—KKtl K—K2 P—Kt3 P—QR4 PxP Kt—K4! RxKt! Kt—B6ch

mi

MODERN^ HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

24 25 26 27

K—Rl Q—Kl BxKt RxB

Q—R4! BxP!! PxB . . . .

27 28 29 30

. . . . QxP Q—Ktl R—Kt2

P—B7!! Q—Q8ch B—Kt2ch B x R mate

186. St. Petersburg, December, 1913. Two future

World

QUEEN'S G A M B I T J . R. CAPABLANCA

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 QKt—Q2 B—Q3 O—O Q—B2 KtxP QKt—K5 11 P x P 12 Kt—Kt5!

Champions DECLINED A . ALEKHINE

Black P—Q4 P—QB3 Kt—B3 P—K3 QKt—Q2 B—K2 O—O PxP? P—B4 PxP Kt—Kt3 P—Kt3

13 K t ( K t 5 ) — B 3 ! 14 B—KKt5 15 Q R — B l 16 Q - Q 2 17 B x B 18 B — K 4 ! 19 K R — K l 20 B x Kt! 21 Q—R5 22 Q—B7! 23 R x Q 24 R x P 25 P—QKt3 26 p _ Q R 4 27 Kt—R4 28 K t ( 4 ) x P 29 R x P c h 30 P—B4 31 Kt—R4 32 B P x R 33 P—Kt3 34 R—Kt7ch 35 Kt—Kt2

187. Emulating brilliant.

ill

K—Kt2 QKt—Q4 B—Q2 Kt—Ktl QxB B—Kt4 Q-Q3? PxB P—QR3 QxQ P—R3 QR—Bl R—B7 B—K7 P—KR4 R—Kl K—R3 P—R4 RxKt K—Kt4 K—Kt5 K—R6 Resigns

Riga, 1913.

Morphy

in a

coruscating

FRENCH DEFENSE NIMZOVICH

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—B3 KtxKt B—K3 KtxP B—K2 B—B-3 Q—Q2

12

O—O—O!?

13 B x Q P

S. ALAPIN

Black P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 KtxP p_QB4 QxKt PxP P—QR3 QxKtP Q—Kt3 P—K4 PxKt Kt—B3

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

112

B—B6!! KR—Klch B x Ktch Q—Q8ch R—K8 mate

14 15 16 17 18

188.

QxB B—K2 K—Bl BxQ

Moscow, Feb. 4, 1914.

This ends with surprising moves

one ever

of

the made!

most

QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

DR. O. BERNSTEIN J . R. CAPABLANCA

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Black

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 P—K3 R—Bl PxP Q—R4 B—R6 QxB BxKt PxP O—O Q—£2 KR—Ql Kt—Q4

rif

m

•

B

•

P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 B—K2 O—O QKt—Q2 P—QKt3 PxP B—Kt2 BxB P—B4 KtxB PxP Q—Kt3 P—B5 KR—Ql B—Kt5

8 n

II

# n t

B

189.

St. Petersburg, 1914.

A Great Historic RUY

DR. E. LASKER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

QR—Bl PxP BxKt Kt—Q4 P—B6 R—B4 R—B3 R—B2 R—B4 KtxKt RxR Q—Kt7!!

P—QKt 3 PxP R—B2 RxB R—B2 KR—QBl Kt—Kt3 Kt—Q4 Kt—Kt5 Kt x BP? RxKt RxR Resigns

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 BxKt P—Q4 QxP KtxQ Kt—QB3 O—O P—B4 Kt—Kt3 P—B5! B—B4 BxB Kt—Q4 Kt—K6 QR—Ql R—B2 R(2)—Q2 P—QKt4 P—QR3 K—B2 P—Kt4 R—Q3 P—KR4

Classic.

LOPEZ

J . R. CAPABLANCA

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 QPxB PxP QxQ B—Q3 Kt—K2 O—O R—Kl P—B3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 PxB QR—Ql? R—Q2 Kt—Bl P—QKt4 R ( 2 ) — K2 K—B2 B—Rl R—R2 P—R3 P—QR4 PxP

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

PxP K—B3 K—B4 R—Kt3 K—B3! PxP R - R3! K- -Kt3! R(l)—KRl P—K5! Kt—K4? Kt(6)—B5 Kt x R R—R7 R—Rl R—R8ch Kt—B5

R(2)—K2 R—Ktl P—Kt3 P—Kt4ch Kt—Kt3 RPxP R—Q2 K—Kl B—Kt2 QPxP Kt—Q4 B—Bl BxKt R—Bl K—Ql B—Bl Resigns

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

R—Ql QB—Bl? R—B5! Q—K4 BxB BxR!! Q—K5 Q—Kl R—K5 PxP R—K3 K—R2 R—K6 R—KB6

191.

St. Petersburg, 1914.

Youth

vs. Old

Age!

A L B I N COUNTER G A M B I T DR. E. LASKER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

P—Q4 P—QB4 QPxP Kt—KB3 P—QR3 QKt—Q2 P—R3 KtxB Q—Q3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 O—O KtxKt P—QKt4 P—B5 P—B6! PxPch B—Kt2 QR—Bl R—B2 PxP

DR. A . ALEKHINE

Black P—Q4 P—K4 P—Q5 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 Q—K2 BxKt O—O—O " P—KR3 P—KKt 3 B—Kt2 KtxP BxKt P—KB4 Q—K3 Kt—K2 K—Ktl R—Q3 KR—Ql P—B5 BxP

Kt—B4 Kt—K6!! Q—B3 KtxR! Kt—B6? QxB Q—Kt3 Q-Q3 P—Q6 QxQP Q—Q8ch Kt—Kt4 KtxP Resigns

St. Petersburg, 1914.

First Brilliancy 190.

113

Prize

QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED J . R. CAPABLANCA DR. O . S. BERNSTEIN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—B4 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 P—K3 B—Q3 BxBP B—Q3 P—K4 PxP B—KB4 O—O

R—Bl B—Kt3 P—Kt4! KBxP! Kt x KtP Kt—Q6ch RxP

Black P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 QKt—Q2 B—K2 P—B3 PxP P—Kt4 P—QR3 P—K4 Kt—Kt5 B—B4 Q—B2 P—B3 PxP B—R2 RPxB Q-Qi K—Bl. Kt—Kt3

(see diagram next page)

114

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS A. NIMZOVICH

DR. S. TARRASCH

Black

White

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

Q-Q2 B—R4! QxR KtxB! Q—Kl Q—Q8ch? K—B2 B—K7ch K—Kt3 Kt—Q6ch K—R4 Kt—R4ch RxQ KtxQ Kt x Pch K—R3 K—R4 Kt(7)—B5ch Kt—Bl P—KR3! KxP P x Ktch RxB BxR R—Q7 P—Kt3 R—K7 K—Kt2 P—R4 Kt—Kt3 K—R4 Kt—K3ch Kt—Q2 P—R5 Kt(4)—B5 Kt—B3 B—Q5 P—Kt5 R—R7 K—B3 B—R2 P—R6 R—Bl R—Kt7 K—Kt4 P—Kt4ch RxPch R—B7 KxR Kt x KtPch Resigns K—B3

192.

St. Petersburg, 1914. Brilliancy

Prize

QUEENS G A M B I T DECLINED

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—B4 P—K3 B—Q3 O—O P—QKt3 B—Kt2 QKt—Q2 R—Bl BPxP Kt—R4 Kt(4)—B3 PxP B—Kt5 BxKt Q—B2 KtxKt PxP KxB K—Ktl P—B3 Kt—K4 K—B2 P—Q5 Q—B3 K—K3 PxR KxP K—K5 K—K6 K—Q7

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 B—Q3 O—O P—QKt3 B—Kt2 Q—K2 KPxP P—Kt3 QR-Ql PxP Kt—K5 BxB Kt x Kt P—Q5 BxPch!! Q—R5ch BxP! KR—Kl Q—R8ch BxR P—B4 Q—Kt7ch R x Ktch P—B5ch! R—Blch Q—R7ch R—Klch B—Kt4 mate

The King hunt is an attractive ture of the game.

193.

fea-

1914.

Blindfold Chess in Prison. After the disruption of the Mannheim Congress, 1914 . SICILIAN DEFENSE E. BOGOLYUBOV DR. A . ALEKHINE

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

194.

P—K4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—K2 P—QB3 Kt—R3 P—Q4 PxP P—K5 Kt—B2 O—O B—Kt5 B—Q2 B—B3 BxKt Kt—K3 P—Kt3 R—Kl Q—Q2 Kt—B3 KR—QBl B—Bl KxB P—B4 R—Ql Kt—K2 K—B2 P—KR3 Q—Kt2 P—R3 P—QKt4 P—Kt4 PxP P—B5 K—B3 Kt—KB4 PxKt Q—Q2 Kt—Kt2 R—Rl R—R3 Resigns

Black P—QB4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—QB3 P—K3 KKt—K2 PxP P—Q4 O—O B—Q2 R—Bl P—KR3 Q—Kt3 Kt—R4 QxB B—R5 B—Kt4 Q—R6 P—KR4 Q—R4 B—QR3 BxB B—R3 Kt—B3 KR—Ql Q—Kt3 B—Bl B—Kt5 R—B2 B—K2 KR—QBl PxP K—Kt2 B—R5ch » B—Kt4 KtxKPch R—B6 KR—B5 P—Q5 K—Ktl PxKt

New York, May 23, 1915

115

A most extraordinary game in that the final moves were wholly unexpected.—A preachment on forag| i*g. DUTCH DEFENSE H . HELMS

SMYTH

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6

18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 P—B4 Kt—B3 P—K3 B—Q3 P—QR3 O—O Q—B2 P—K4? KtxP BxKt BxPch KtxKt P—KKt3 B—Q3 B—K3 QR—Kl BxP B—K3 B—K4

P—KB4 Kt—KB 3 P—K3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 B—Q3 P—QR4 O—O Kt—B3 PxP KtxKt KtxP! K—Rl Q—R5 QxKt R—B6 Q—K4 QR—KBl Q—R4 Q—R6 QR—B4!

Li I Hil m

B I B a B

116

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

22 B x Q R 23 K x Q

195.

•

Q—Kt7ch!! R x KtP mate

Brilliancy

mmm

•

Moscow Championship Tourney, 1916. Prize.

I N D I A N DEFENSE DR. A . ALEKHINE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 Q—B2 P—K4 B—Q3 PxB Kt—K2 O—O

P—B4 Kt—Kt3 Q—K2! B—R3 QR—Kl P—Q5! P—K5 Q—Q2 BPxP P—B4! B—Kt2 PxP P—K6

fill

N . ZUBAREFF

i .

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 B—Kt5 P—QKt3? B—Kt2 BxKtch P—Q3 QKt—Q2 O—O

P—KR3 Q—K2 QR—Kl P—B4 K—Rl Kt—KKtl P—Kt3 KPxP PxP K—R2 Kt(l)—B3 Kt—Kt5 Q—R5

(see diagram next column) White now mates in at most fifteen moves. 23 R x P c h RxR 24 B x P c h ! KxB K—Kt4 25 Q—Q3ch K—B3 26 B—Blch K—Kt2 27 Q—B5ch K—Rl 28 Q x R c h K—R2 29 Q x R c h

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

Hsu'

QxKtch Q—K8ch Q—B7ch B—Kt2ch BxKtch QxQch Kt—R5 Q—Kt7 mate

However, Black 26th move.

196.

K—Rl K—R2 K—Rl Kt—B3 QxB K—R2 Any move

resigned

at

the

September, 1 9 1 6 .

Flayed in a blindfold seance at the Military Hospital in Tarnopof, Austria.

FRENCH DEFENSE DR. A . ALEKHINE

Whits 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—K4 Kt—Kt5! Kt(5)—B3 Kt—K5 KKt—B3 B—Q3

M . V O N FELDT

Black P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 KtxP P—KB4 B—K2 P—B3 O—O

P—QKt3 B—Kt2

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

11 12 13 14

O—O P—B4 B—B4 Q—K2

R—Kl Kt—B3 QKt—Q2 P—B4

H

t£ A>£ H i m

«M

15 16 17 18

f «W

Kt—B7!! QxPch! P—KKt4! Kt—R4 mate

Certainly

K x Kt K—Kt3 B—K5

an amazing

197. When Chess.

p i l gra

combination.

January, 1917.

Checker

Champions

play

• KING'S KNIGHT'S OPENING ALFRED JORDAN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

198.

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 KtxP? KtxBP R—Bl B—K2

NEWELL BANKS

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—Q5 Q—Kt4 QxP Q x KPch Kt—B6 mate

Los Angeles Chess Club, October, 1917.

117

An Example of Testa's Trenchant Style. "Mr. Testa, director, actor and scenario-writer with Universal, got a strangle-hold on me in the early stages, which I was never able to shake off."—s. MLOTKOWSKI. KING'S G A M B I T M . W . TESTA

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB 3 P—Q4 BxP QxP PxP B—Kt5ch QBxB O—O Kt—B3 Q—B4 B—Q3 QR—Kl Q—K3 Kt—K4 KtxQP KtxP QxQch P—B4 P—Q6 P—Q5 Kt—B5 B—B5 Kt—K6ch Kt—B7 B—K6ch BxKt R—K7 KR—Kl P—QKt3 KtxP RxB R—QR7 P—Q7 R—B7

S. MLOTKOWSKI

Black P—K4 PxP P—KKt4 P—Kt5 PxKt P—Q4 B—Q3 B—Q2 PxB P—B3 K—Bl P—QR3 Q—Kt3 P—KR4 R—R3 Q-Qi B—Kt4 Q—K2 KtxQ B—Kl Kt—Ktl B—B2 R—QR2 B—Kl K—B2 B—Q2 K—Kt2 KxB R—Kt3 QR—Kt2 QR—Kt5 KtxKt R—Ktl Kt—B4 K—Bl R—Ql

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

118 37 38 39 40

RxR KxQ R—Kt5 Resigns

R—K8ch PxR(Q)ch RxKt P—QR4

199.

New York, 1918.

The

trapper trapped FONAROFF

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

Black

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 O—O P—Q4 Kt—B3 R—Kl KtxP QxKt KtxB Q—B3 Kt—Q4 Kt—B5 Q—KKt3 B—B4 QR—Ql

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—Q3 B—Q2 B—K2 PxP KtxKt BxB O—O P—B3 Kt—Q2 B—B3 Kt—K4 Q—B2 QR-Ql

mmWilli

mm

mi

mm

m•

:§i^f5«

m 1

Irs ! §11

WM

17 R x P ! 18 B x K t

IIPI

IBB

200.

BxB K—Rl QxQ Resigns

Odessa, December, 1918.

One of six blindfold

games.

B I S H O P S OPENING

R U Y LOPEZ J. R. CAPABLANCA

19 R x R 2 0 Kt—R6ch 21 Q x B 22 Kt x Pch

» ^

B

RxR R—Q8?

1 8 . . . Q—R4 relatively best.

W . GONSSIOROVSKI

A . ALEKHINE

White 1 P—K4 2 B—B4 3 P—Q3 4 Q—K2 5 P—B4 6 KPxP 7 BxP 8 Kt—Q2 9 B—Kt3 10 P—B3 11 B—B2 12 P—QKt 3 13 O—O—O 14 Q—B2 15 B—Kt5 16 KKt—B3 17 K R — K l 18 K—Ktl 19 R x R c h 20 Kt—K4 21 B—Q2

Black P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—B3 B—K2 P—Q4! KPxP O—O PxP P_QR4! P—R5 P—R6 R—Kl B—QKt5 BxP Kt—B3 P—Q5! B—Kt7ch Kt—Q4! QxR QxKt! Q—K6!!

119

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

22 23 24 Black thus: 24 25 26 Shade

R—Kl B—B4 RxQ PxR Q—Bl . . . . here called mate in three, ... . PxB B—Ql Kt(3)—Kt5! Any Kt—B6 mate of Paul Morphy, check!!

201. Moscow, May, 1918. When a Mite of a Pawn becomes Mighty. PETROFF DEFENSE DR. A . ALEKHINE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

P—K4 Kt—KB3 KtxP Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 Q—K2 KtxKt QxP B—B4 O—O Q—Q3 P—QKt3! B—Kt2! Kt—Kt5 BxB QxPch QR—Kl Q—R5 R—K3! Q—R7ch Q—R8ch RxPch QxPch Kt x Q P—Q4 P—B4 Q—B8

28 Q—B5! 29 P—B5 mate

RxP

A . RABINOVICH

Black P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 KtxP P—Q4 B—K2 PxKt O—O B—Q3 R—Kl Kt—B3 Q—B3 QxB B—K3 PxB K—Bl Q—B3 K—Ktl B—B5 K—Bl K—K2 QxR K—Q3 RxKt QR—Kl R(l)—K2 R—K5

202.

New York, October, 1918. War for

Survival.

R U Y LOPEZ J . R. CAPABLANCA F . J . MARSHALL

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

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O R—Kl B—Kt3 P—B3 PxP KtxP RxKt R—Kl P—KR3 Q—B3 P—Q4

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 B—K2 P—QKt4 O—O P—Q4 KtxP KtxKt Kt—B3 B—Q3 Kt—Kt5! Q—R5 KtxP!

(see diagram next page)

120

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS AMATEUR

BOGOLYUBOV

Black

White

&tfm*m

Bon 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

B

R—K2 PxB K—Bl RxKt K—K2 B—Q2 Q—R3 K—Q3 K—B2 Q—B3 B—Q5 PxP P—Kt4 P—R4 PxKtP R—R6 KtxP P—Kt6 BxB P—Kt7 B x Pch

s

B—KKt5!? B—R7ch B—Kt6 Q—R8ch BxR B—R5 QR—Klch Q—B8ch B—B7 Q—Kt8 P—B4 BxP B—Q3 P—QR4 PxP PxP B—Kt5 BxKt P—R3 R—K6 RxB

W h i t e mates in five. 37 p _ K t 8 ( Q ) c h 38 Q x R ( K 8 ) c h etc.

203. /I modem

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 P—K5 P—KR4 PxB Kt—R3 Q—Kt4 Kt—B4 O—O—O Q—Kt3 PxP B—Q3 B—K4!! QKtxP Q_QB3! Kt—B6ch PxKt Q—B7 Kt—Q5! KR—Klch RxKtch K—Ktl! QR x P! RxR Q—B8 mate

204.

of attacking

FRENCH DEFENSE

Q—K2

KtxKt Q—Bl Kt—Q2 PxKt Kt—K4 B—K3 R—Ql RxR BxR

Gothenberg, 1920.

J . BREYER

White

play.

P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 B—K2 KKt—Q2 BxB QxP Q—K2 P—KKt 3 P—QR3 P—QB4 Kt—Kt3 QxP Q—Bl PxB QKt—Q2

A magnificent specimen rasch's methodical style. QUEEN'S G A M B I T

R—Kl

Stockholm, 1919. classic

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 QKt—Q2 P—B4 Q—B2 P—B5

of

Tar-

DECLINED

DR. S. TARRASCH

Black P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 B—Q3

P—QKt3 B—Kt2 PxP

121

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

PxP P—QKt4 B—Kt2 P—Kt5 P—QR4 B—Q4 R—Bl Q—Kt2 P—R3 Kt—Kt3 Q—R3 B—B3 B—Kt2 Q—R2! P—Kt6 Q—Ktl Q—B2 P—R4 P—Kt3 B—KR3 KtxKt B—R3 QxKt BxR R—Rl Kt—Q2 Q—Kt3 K—Ql Q—R2 K—K2 P—Kt7 K—Ql P—B3 PxP K—Bl Kt—Bl K—B2 K—Ql K—Bl Resigns

205.

B—K2 O—O P—QR4 P—B3 QKt—Q2 R—Kl! B—KBl Kt—Kt5! Kt—R3 P—B3 P—K4 Q—B2 KR—Bl! Q-Ql! B—K2 Q—Bl Kt—B2 Kt—Ql Kt—K3 Kt(3) xP! KtxKt Kt—Q6ch BxB RxB B—Kt5ch P—K5 p_QB4 P—B5

Q-Q3

B—R3 R—Ktl RxP K—Rl PxP QxP Q—K8ch Q—B6ch Q—Q6ch R—Q2

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

206.

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 P—B3 PxP Q—R4ch Q—B2 P—Q4 PxP Kt—B3 B—Q3 PxB BxB O—O Q—Kt3! B—R3 BxP P—B4! Kt—Kt5 RxKt! KtxKP R—Kl! Kt x Pch Q—Kt7ch

gamwould

DECLINED G . MAROCZY

Black P—K4 B—B4 P—Q3 B—KKt 5 PxP B—Q2 Q—K2 PxP B—Kt5ch B—B3 B x Ktch BxP P—KB4 PxB P—B4 Kt—KB 3 Q—KB 2 P—QKt3 Q-Q2 PxR Q—K3 PxB K—B2 Resigns

Budapest, September, 1921.

Brilliancy Prize: White extricates himself from a difficult position by highly original moves. QUEEN'S G A M B I T . A . ALEKHINE

White

Match, 1921

Just the kind of swashbuckling bit play that Blackburne relished! have

KING'S GAMBIT DR. M . EUWE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—B4 Kt—B3 P—K3 Kt—QKt5 Q—B2

DECLINED K. STERK

Black P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 P—K3 QKt—Q2 B—Q3 B—K2 P—B3

122

T H E GOLDEN TREASURY OF C H E S S

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Kt—B3 B—Q3 BxP PxP O—O P—K4 B—KKt5 Q—K2 B—Q3 KR—Bl!! BxKt QxB Q—K2 QR—Ktl R—B4! B—B6! Q—K5! Q—Kt3 R x Kt R—KBl Q—B4 Q—R6

207. Charming endgame

Vienna, 1922.

reminiscence compostion.

CARO-KANN DR.

S. TARRASCH

Whit© 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

O—O PxP P—B4 BxP P—QKt3 B—Kt2 Q—Bl B—Kt5 BxKt KtxP BxB Kt—B4 B—R4 Q—R3 Kt—R5 KR—Bl R—B4 P—Kt3 Q-Q6 Q—B4 Q—B7 Resigns

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 PxP P—Q4 P—KR3! QxB B—Q3 B—K3 O—O

P—R3 Kt—K2 B—KB4 P—B3 QR—Ql

of a

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

B—Bl Kt—Kt3 KR—Kl! RPxP Kt—B5! RxB PxP B—R6! R—Ktl QxKt RxRch Q—Kt3 Q—K5 R—B7! QxQ R—Kt7ch R—K7 P—B3! K—R2! R—Kt7ch R—Q7 K—Kt3 K—B4 K—K5 K—B6

(No defense

0—B3

p_QR4 P—Kt5 PxP PxKt PxP P—Kt3 Kt—Kt7 KtxB KR—Ktl RxR R—Ql R—Rl Q—K3 PxQ K—Rl K—Ktl Kt—Kl Kt—Q3 K—Rl Kt—Kt4 KtxBP Kt—Kt4 R—Kl Resigns

against

K—B7f)

famous 208.

DEFENSE R.

First Brilliancy

RETI

INDIAN

Black P—QB3 P—Q4 Kt—B3 PxP B—Kt5 BxKt P—K3 Kt—B3 B—K2 o--o P—QR3 P_QKt4 Q—Kt3 Kt—QR4 Kt—B5

Vienna, 1922.

A . RUBINSTEIN

Whit© 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—K3 Kt—B3 B—K2 O—O PxP! KtxKt Q—Kt3 B—Q2 KR—Ql

Prize

DEFENSE

E. BOGOLYUBOV Black Kt—KB3 P—KKt3 P—Q4 B—Kt2 O—O P—B3 QKt—Q2? KtxP PxKt Kt—B3 Kt—K5 KtxB

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

RxKt R—QBl KR—B2 Q—R4! R—B7 Q—R5! R(l)—B5! Kt—K5! Kt—B6! P—KKt3!! KtxR

Q-Q3 P—Kt3 B—Kt2 P—QR3

P—QKt4 QR—Ktl KR—Ql B—KB 3 P—K3 KR—QBl RxKt

A

BiGHB mI

•

11 H

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

B—Ql Q—Bl BxQ Q-Q3 B—Kt3 Q—Kt5 Resigns

BxP!! B—K8! RxB!! RxR R—Kt7 R—B6 BxPch

209.

Q—K3!

10 Kt—KB3 11

Q—B3

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

B—K3 QKt—Q2 B—Q4 QxB BxBch O—O P—QKt4 P—QR3! KR—Kl P—Q6! RxKt! Kt—Kt5 Kt x KPch Kt—Kt5ch Q—Q5! Kt—K6ch Kt x Rch PxP QxP R—Kl P—K8(Q) QxKt Q—K5ch P—KR4 Q—K8ch R—K7ch Q—B8ch R—K5ch R—Kt5ch

28

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

P—B4 PxP KtxP P—K4! Q_R4ch! Q—Kt3

29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

123

BPxP Kt—KB3 P—QR3 KtxKP B—Q2 Kt—B4 P—KKt 3 Q—B2 R—Ktl P—Kt3 B—Kt2 BxB B—Kt4 PxB R—R5 Q-Ql QKt—Q2 K—Bl Kt—K3 PxR Q—Ktl K—B2 K—Bl R—Kt2 K—Ktl K x Kt Kt—B3 R—R2 Q-Q3 KtxQ QxKt K—B2 RxP K—Kt2 K—R3 K—R4 K—Kt5 Resigns

Pistyan, 1922.

Brilliancy

Prize

QUEEN'S P A W N G A M E ALEKHINE

White 1 P—Q4 2 Kt—KB3

H . WOLF

Black P—Q4 P—QB4

210. ^

Pistyan, April, 1922. Brilliancy

Prize

BLUMENFELD COUNTER GAMBIT DR. S. TARRASCH

A. ALEKHINE

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

124 Whit©

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—B4 P—Q5 PxKP PxP P—K3 Kt—B3 B—K2 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 O—O Q—B2 KR—Kl Kt—Q2 Kt—Ql KBxKt Kt—Bl P—KR3 K—Rl Kt—R2 B—Bl Q—B4ch B—Kt2 K—Ktl Q—R4 K—Rl Q—R6 P—Kt6 K—Ktl QxKtP R—KBl KtxKt K—Rl PxB Kt—Kt3 B—B6 KtxP Resigns

211.

Black

Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—B4 P—QKt4 BPxP P—Q4 B—Q3 O—O B—Kt2 QKt—Q2 Q—K2 QR—-Q1 P—K4 P—K5 Kt—K4 Kt(B3)—Kt5 KtxB Q—Kt4! Kt—R3 Kt—B4 P—Q5! P—Q6 K—Rl Kt—Kt6ch B—Q4 Kt—K7ch R—B2 P—R4! Kt—Kt6ch PxP P—Q7 KtxR B—K3 BxP! R—B6 P—R5 QxB RxPch

Much can he derived from study of this beautiful game.

Teplitz-Schoenau, 1922.

Tartakower

3

It deservedly

s

Masterpiece.

carried off a

brilliancy

prize. DUTCH D E F E N S E G . MAROCZY D R . S. TARTAKOWER Black

Whit©

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 P—K3 B—Q3 Kt—B3 O—O Q—B2 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 KR—Kl P—Kt3 B—KBl QR—Ql KtxKt Kt—Q2

P—K3 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 B—K2 O—O P—Q4 P—B3 Kt—K5 B—Q3 Kt—Q2 R—B3 R—R3 Q—B3 P—KKt4 P—Kt5 BPxKt

....

MWUkim mmm

i t *

mm t

mt m

HP & HI £

the

17 18 19 20 21 22

... . KxR K—Rl R—K2 Kt—Ktl Q—Q2

RxP!! QxPch Kt—B3 QxKtP Kt—R4 B—Q2!

125

MODERNS, H Y P E R M O D E R N S AND ECLECTICS

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

R—B2 K—Ktl B—B3 QxB Q—KKt2 B—Kl KxR K—Ktl BxP R—Kl Q—KB2 QPxP K—Bl Resigns

Q—R5ch B—Kt6! BxRch P—Kt6 R—KBl RxBch!! P—K4! B—Kt5 KtxB Kt—B4! Q—Kt4 B—B6ch Kt—Kt6ch

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

B—K5ch PxP QxPch Q—R5ch R—Ktl! R—Kt3 R—Kt3ch RxBch Q—R8ch QxQ Q—R4

213. Exhibition

R—B3 PxP K—B2 K—Ktl R(6)—B3

B—Kl B—Kt3 RxR K—B2 R—Bl Resigns

June, 1922. Game at

Seville

RUY LOPEZ 212.

London Congress, 1922. First Brilliancy

Prize

QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED R . RETI

E. ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 P—K3 Kt—B3 Q—B2 R—Ql KPxP BxP B—R4 B—QKt3 O—O Q—K2 KR—Kl Kt—K5! PxB B—Kt3 P—KR4 Q—R5 BxKt KtxP!

Black P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 QKt—Q2 B—K2 O—O P—B4 PxQP PxP P—KR3 Kt—Kt3 B—Q2 R—Bl P—R3 B—Kt5 BxKt P—Kt4 RxP KKt—Q4 K—Kt2 PxB RxKt

)R. TORRES

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 15 14 15

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O B x Ktch P—Q4 R—Kl PxP Kt—Q4 P—QB3 P—KB4 b—K3 Kt—Q2 Kt(2)—B3

1 6 Q—B2

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Kt—Kt3 Kt(Kt3)—Q4 Kt—K2 QR—Ql R—KBl K—Rl Kt(2)—Ktl Kt—R3 PxP BxP RxB

A . ALEKHINE

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 P—Q3 PxB KtxP P—KB4 P—Q4 B—B4 O—O Q—Kl B—Kt3 B—Kt2 QR-Ql P—B4 P—B5! P—B4 Q—B3 P—R3! K—Rl Q—Kt3 Q—R4 P—Q5! PxP BxB RxR

T H E GOLDEN TREASURY OF C H E S S

126

QxKt!

28 Kt x R 29 P x Q 30 K—Ktl

214.

Kt—B7ch

K t x P mate

Kristianstad, 1922.

Another amazing Nimzovich finish. It is piquant . . . and pitiful!

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

P—R5 P—Kt6 R—B7 Kt—B3 Kt x QP KtxKt QxBch!

Q—R2 Q—Rl Kt—B4 B—K2 KtxP P x Kt

and mate next move.

FRENCH DEFENSE A . NIMZOVICH

White 1 P—K4 2 P—Q4 3 P—K5 4 Q—Kt4 5 Kt—KB3 6 B—Q3 7 Q—Kt3 8 O—O 9 P—KR4 10 R — K l 11 P—R3 12 P—Kt4 13 P—R5 14 B—Q2 15 P—R4 16 P—Kt5 17 Q—Kt4 18 P—B3 19 P x Q P 20 R—QBl

Ii f f

MA•im

215.

HAKANSSON

Black P—K3 P—Q4 P—QB4 PxP Kt—QB3 P—B4 KKt—K2 Kt—Kt3 Q—B2 B—Q2 O—O—O P—QR3 KKt—K2 P—R3 P—KKt4 P—B5 Kt—QKtl R—Kl K—Ql Q—Kt3

ma

U

HI

5B#il

•

o

mm.

Hastings, 1922.

The finish is played with that crisp elegance for which Rubinstein is famous.

RUY LOPEZ SIR GEO. THOMAS

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 Q—K2 B—Kt3 P—B3 O—O P—Q3 B—Kt5 Kt—R4 B x QKt K—Rl B—Kt3 Kt—Q2 B—B2 KR—Kl P—QR4 PxP Kt—Bl P—B3 B—B2 QxB PxP Q—B3 P—KKt3 Kt—K3 KtxKt

A . RUBINSTEIN

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 Pr-QKt4 B—B4 O—O P—Q3 Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 KtxKt P—R3 P—Kt4 K—Kt2 Q—K2 B—Q2 QR—Kl KR—Rl PxP P—R4 P—R5 BxB P—KKt5 Kt x KtP P—R6 Q—Kt4 R—Rl BxKt

127

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Q—B2 RxR R—QKtl B—Kt3 P—B4 K—Ktl R—KBl Q—B7ch

37

Q—Q5

38 39 40 41

QxBP Q—K4 R—Kl PxP Resigns

216.

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Kt—Q2 KR—Bl R—B7 P—QR3 P—R3 RxB R(l)—B7 RxPch R(KKt7)—K7!

P—Kt5 P—R3 P—Kt6 Q—Kt4 Q—K7 QxKt QxKtP K—Rl QxRP

London, March 22, 1923.

Janowski seventh

wreak

RxR R—Rl!! P—Kt5! P—KB3 P—KB4 PxP P—K6 K—Rl P—B3! R—QBl P—K7 P—Q4! R—B8

used

to call Rooks

rank, "blind

pigs."

on the They

havoc!

QUEEN'S GAMBIT D E C L I N E D

B. E. SlEGHEIM (Metropolitan C. C . )

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 P—K3 R—Bl Q—B2 BxP Kt—K4 BxB KT(4)—Q2 O—O

BxKt Q—B7 Q—B6 QxR QxRch Kt—K5 Kt—Kt3 R—B5

BUTTFIELD ( N . London 31 Kt—Kt6di C C) and mates in two. Black P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 QKt—Q2 B—K2 O—O

P—B3 PxP Kt—Q4 P—KB4? QxB K—Rl P—QKt4? BPxB Q-Qi Q—Kt3 B—Kt2 KtxQ K—Ktl P—QR4 P—R5

217.

Carlsbad Congress, 1923.

First Brilliancy Prize. The waiting moves in Black's combination give it rare artistic charm. A . ALEKHINE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—Q5 P—K4 O—O

B—K3 B—Q4

F. D . YATES

Black Kt—KB3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 O—O

P—Q3 Kt—B3 Kt—Ktl QKt—Q2 P—QR4 Kt—Kt5 KKt—K4

128

T H E G O L D E N TREASURY OF C H E S S

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

KtxKt P—B5 BxP B—Q4 R—Kl B—Bl RxB BxKt Q—Kt3 Q—Kt5 QR—Kl Q—Q7 PxP Q—K6ch P—B3 K—Rl Q—R3 R—K2 Kt—Ql Kt—K3 Q—K6 Kt—Kt4

KtxKt PxP P—Kt3 B—QR3 Q-Q3 BxB P—QB4! QxB QR—Ktl P—B4! P—KB5! QR-Ql QxBP K—Rl Q—Kt4ch R—Q3 B—K4! QR—KB3 R—B5 R—R5 Q—R4 RxKt!!

m mmifWi • mmm m

afillI 5 I 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

PxR K—Kt2 KxR K—B2 K—Kt3 K—R3 R—Kt2 K—Kt3 K—R3 R—QB2 K—R2

•

RxRch QxRPch Q—R8ch B—Q5ch Q—Kt8ch Q—B8ch Q—R8ch Q—K8ch P—KKt4!! Q—B8ch Q—Kt8ch

45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52

K—R3 K—Kt3 R—B3 K—R3 K—Kt3 K—B3 K—Kt3 K—R3

Q—R8ch Q—Q8!! Q—Kt8ch Q—B8ch B—B7ch B—Kt8ch Q—B7ch Q—R7 mate

Yates wins over his powerful versary, even more brilliantly he did in 1922 at Hastings exactly in the same number moves; i. e. 52.

218.

adthan and of

Carlsbad Congress, 1923.

Brilliancy combination

Prize: Black's is admirably

decisive calculated.

RETI O P E N I N G F. D . Y A T E S

White 1 Kt—KB3 2 P—KKt3

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

B—Kt2 P—Q3 Kt—B3 O—O P—K4 Kt—Kl PxQP Kt—K2 B—B4 Q-Q2 P—KR4 KtxKt P—QB3 QxB R—Ktl Q—K3 P—KB4 Kt—B3 KR—Ql PxP Q-Q4 Kt—K5

A . NIMZOVICH

Black P—K3 P—Q4 P—QB3 B—Q3 Kt—K2 O—O P—QKt4 P—KB4 KPxP Kt—Q2 Kt—QKt3 Kt—Kt3 KtxB Q—B3 BxKt Kt—R5 Kt—B4 Q-Q3 B—R3 P—Kt5 PxP Kt—R5 Q—R6 KtxP

MODERNS, JHYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45

R—Kl RxKt P—R5 K—B2 P—R6 R—KRl QxRP PxR QxB K—Bl Q—R3 R—R4 R—Kt4 K—B2 KxP K—R3 R—QR4 K—R4 R—R8ch Q—R7ch Q—Ktl Resigns

219.

Kt x R K—Rl Q-Q3 QR—Kl QxP Q—B3 RxKt! QxP Q—Q5ch! P—B5 K—Ktl P—Kt4 Q—R8ch PxPch Q—K4ch P—R4 P—Kt5ch R—B4 K—Kt2 K—R3 Q—B3ch

129

14 R—Ql 15 K t x Q P 16 B—Ktl 1 7 O—O 18 Q - Q 2 19 B x K t 20 Q—B2 21 Q—K2 22 B—K4! 23 B x B 24 R—Bl 25 Kt—Kt3 26 Kt—Q4 27 KR—Ql 28 Kt—R2 29 R x R 30 P—B3

PxP Q—Kt3 B—Kt2! QR—Bl Kt—K4! BxB P—Kt3 Kt—B5 B—Kt2 QxB P—K4! P—K5 KR—Ql Kt—K4 Kt—Q6 QxR

30 31 32 33 34

RxKt! Kt—B5! Q—B5! RxRch B—Q5ch

Carlsbad Congress, 1923. Alekhine's Brilliancy

Immortal. Prize.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED E. G R U E N F E L D

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 B—Kt5 P—K3 R—Bl Q—B2 P—QR3 B—R4 B—Q3 BxP B—1^2

A.

ALEKHINE

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—Q4 B—K2 QKt—Q2 O—O P—B3 P—QR3! P—R3 R—Kl! PxP P—QKt4 P—B4

... . PxP PxKt QxQ Q—Bl

and mates next

220.

move.

Manhattan Chess Club, New York, 1923.

Ten Seconds

a

Move!

T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE

130

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS OSCAR TENNER

OTIS FIELD

White

Black

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 Kt—Kt5 PxP P—Q3 Kt—B3 Q—K2 PxKt KKt—Q2

11

O—O?

12 13 14 15 16 17

Q—Kl Kt—Kt3 B—B4 B—Kt3 KtxB KtxKP

! •

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—Q4 Kt—QR4 P—KR3 P—K5 KtxB B—QB4 O—O

B—KKt5 Q-Q2! B—B6! Q—Kt5 Kt—R4! Kt—B5 Q—R6!

221.

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 B—B4 P—Q4 O—O R—Kl Kt—B3 RxKtch KtxP RxKt B—Kt5 Kt—K4

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 PxP KtxP P—Q4 PxB B—K3 KtxKt Q—Bl B—Q3 O—O

• mm. ~

l88?V8ff

*

resigns!!

Trieste Congress, 1923.

The young Peruvian master his debut by winning the Brilliancy Prize.

makes Second

T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE E. CANAL

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Black

H i WMw§. u U

White

White

P. JOHNER

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Kt—B6ch BxP BxB B—Kt3 B—R4 RxRch Q—B3 Q x KtPch Q—B3 R—Ql Q—Kt3ch R—Q7ch BxP R—Q8ch Q—B4 B—B3ch QxPch R—B8ch

PxKt B—K4 P—KB 3 R—Ql P_QB4 QxR K—Kt2 B—B2 R—Ktl Q—Kt3 B—Kt3 K—Bl R—Kt2 K—B2 Q—K3 Q—B4 Q- K3 Resigns 7

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

222.

Copenhagen, 1923.

"The Evergreen

Zugzwang

Game"

I N D I A N DEFENSE F. SAEMISCH

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

p_Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—B3 O—O Kt—K5 PxP B—B4 R—Bl Q—Kt3 KtxKt P—KR3 K—R2 B—Q2 Q-Ql Kt—Ktl R—Ktl P—K4 Q x Kt Q—Kt5 K—Rl Q—K3 QR—Kl Resigns

223.

White tips over the apple-cart a neat Queen sacrifice.

A . NIMZOVICH

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 B—K2 O—O P—Q4 P—B3 BPxP P—QR3! p_QKt4 Kt—B3 BxKt Q-Q2 Kt—R4! P—B4! P—Kt5 B—QKt4 B—Q3!! BPxP! RxP QR—KBl QR—B4 B—Q6! P—R3!

131

Exhibition Game, Berlin, February, 1923. with

SICILIAN DEFENSE . ALEKHINE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—K2 O—O P—Q4 KtxP B—B3! ' P—B4! QxKt Kt—B3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 QR—Ql Q—Kt3 K—Rl! P—B4 P—B5! PxP!! PxPch Kt—Q5

224.

F. SAEMISCH

Black

White

P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—K3 P—Q3 PxP Kt—B3 Kt—K4 Kt x Bch B—K2 O—O Kt—Q2 B—B3 P—QR3 Q—B2 R—Ql P—QKt3 B—K4 BxQ K—Rl Resigns

Mahrisch-Ostrau, 1923.

First Brilliancy Prize. Black must have been bowled over by Rubinstein's 25th move! KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED A . RUBINSTEIN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 B—B4 P—Q3 P—KR3

K . HROMADKA

Black P—K4 B—B4 P—Q3 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 B—KKt5 BxKt

T H E G O I B E N TREASURY o r

132

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29

QxB Q—Kt3!? PxP K—Ql P—QR4 R—Bl Kt—K2 KtxKt P—B3 P—R5 B—K3 K—B2 R—B3 B—Ktl Q—B2 P—KKt3! RxP

Q—Kt6!! B—B5! BxQ QxR B—B5!

225.

Kt—Q5 Q—K2 PxP P—B3 R—KKtl P—KR3 o—o—o BxKt B—Kt3 B—B2 K—Ktl K—Rl Kt—Q4 Kt—B5 B—Ktl KtxRP Q-Q3

R—Q2 RxR R—B7ch KtxQ Resigns

Paris, 1924.

Here is the shortest from master tourney

game on play.

record

QUEEN P A W N GAME A. GIBAUD

M . LAZARD

Cbwm

Black

White 1 2 3 4

P—Q4 Kt—Q2 PxP P—KR3? Resigns 226.

Kt—KB3 P—K4 Kt—Kt5 Kt—K6!!

New York, 1924.

First Brilliancy

Prize.

RETI OPENING RETI

E. BOGOLYUBOV

Black

White

Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—Q4

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

Kt—KB3 P—B4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 O—O P—Kt3 B—Kt2 P—Q4! QKt—Q2 KtxKt Kt—K5 P—B3 BxP KtxKt p_K4! 1 5 16 P—B5 17 Q—B2! 18 P x P

mm

B—Q3

O—O

R—Kl QKt—Q2 P—B3 Kt—K5 PxKt P—KB4 PxP Q—B2 BxKt P—K4 B—KBl PxQP QR-Ql

•

in

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

19 20 21 22 23

B—R5! BxP RxR QxB R—KBl

R—K4 RxKBP BxR RxB R—Ql

Now comes an exquisite finish. 24 B—B7ch 25 B — K 8 ! !

K—Rl Resigns

After White's last move hear a pin drop!

227. Second

you

could

New York, 1924. Brilliancy

Prize

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED F. J . MARSHALL

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 P—K3 P—B4 PxP Kt—B3 B—Q3 Q—B2 KtxKt Kt—B3 O—O P—QR3 QR—Kl Q—K2 Kt—K5 P—B4 B—Ktl Q—QB2 PxP! K—Rl P—K4 KtxB P—K5 Q—R7ch P—KKt3

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

B—B5 RxKt! Q—R8ch QxKtP Q—B6ch P—K6! PxP P—B8(Q)ch RxRch QxR Q—R8 Q—K5ch

133

Kt—B7ch BxR K—K2 K—Ql R—K2 B—Q5 BxQ K—B2 BxR K—Q3 Q-Qi

and Marshall declared mate in five. 38 . . . K—B4; 39 Kt—R4ch, K— Kt4; 40 Q—K2ch, K x Kt; 41 B — B2 mate. Marshall considers this his best game.

E. BOGOLYUBOV

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—Q4 QKt—Q2 P—B3 KPxP Q—R4 Kt—K5 KtxB P—KR3 B—K2 O—O Q-Qi p_QR4 Kt—B3 B—Q3 P—B4 B—Q2 B—B3 BxP R—Kl B—Q5 PxKt Kt—Kt5 K—Bl Q—Kt3

228.

New York, 1924.

Magnificent

Timing.

QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED A . ALEKHINE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 PxP B—B4 P—K3 B—Q3 PxKt P—KKt3 O—O Q—B2 Kt—Ql Kt—K3 Kt—R4 P—QKt4 Kt—B3 P—Kt5 P—Kt4

DR. EM. LASKER

Black P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 QKt—Q2 PxP P—B3 Kt—R4 KtxB B—Q3 O—O R—Kl Kt—Bl P—B3 B—K3 B—QB2! B—Kt3 B—KB2! B—KR4 B—KB 2

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

134

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

229. One chess

R—Bl PxP Q-Q3 B—B2 p_KR4! Kt—R2! RxR R—Ktl Kt—Kt4 PxKt P—K5 P—Kt3 PxKtP PxP R—Kt7! QxP(B5) BxQ

PxP Q—Kt2 P—B5 Kt—Kt2 KR—Kl P—KR3 RxRch R—Kl Q—Bl Kt—K5 QxKt P—B6 P—B4 B—K2 B—R5 Kt—R4 QxQ Resigns

of

New York, 1924.

the immortal history.

games

of

RETI OPENING R. RETI

White 1 Kt—KB3 2 P—B4 3 P—QKt 3 4 P—Kt3 5 B—KKt2 6 B—Kt2 7 O—O 8 P—Q3 9 QKt—Q2 10 P x P 11 R—Bl 12 R—B2 13 P — Q R 4 14 Q — R l ! 15 K R — B l 16 K t — B l 17 R x K t ! 18 K t x P 19 K t — K 3

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45

D R . E. LASKER

P—R3 RxR Kt—B3? Kt—Q4 K—R2 Q—Rl! KtxP PxP BxKt BxP B—R6 Q—Kt7 P—QKt4 Q—Kt6 QxQch P—K3 K—Kt2 PxB B—Kt7 K—B3 B—B6 B—Kt5 K—K3 K—B4 B—Bl B—K3 Resigns

B—Q3? RxR B—K2 Q-Q2 P—R4 P—R5!! PxPch KtxKt B—B3! R—B4 B—Kt3 Q-Ql R—B2 R—Q2! RxQ PxP B x Kt! B—B4 B—K3! B—Kt6 R—Q3 R—B3ch R—K3ch! R—K7 R—QB7 B—Q4

Black P—Q4 P—QB3 B—B4 Kt—B3 QKt—Q2 P—K3 B—Q3 O—O P—K4 PxP Q—K2 p_QR4 P—R3 KR—Kl B—R2 Kt—B4 BxR QR—Bl Q—K3

230.

New York, January, 1924.

A Perfect Gem of a Simultaneous Game, and a field day for the White Knights. QUEEN'S G A M B I T A. ALEKHINE

White P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—B4 Kt—B3 BPxP B—Kt5! BxKt P—K4! 9 B—Kt5ch

DECLINED A.

KUSSMAN

Black P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—B4 KPxP B—K3 QxB PxKP B—Q2

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

10 11 12 13 14

KtxP BxBch O—O KtxP Kt—KB5! Q—K2

Q—QKt3 KtxB PxP R—Ql

Kt—K4 P—Kt3

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

135 B—K2 BxKt O—O P—B3 PxP

O—O Kt—Q5 PxB B—Kt5 P—B4 PxP KR—Kl R—K2 QR—Kl! B x Kt!

R—Kl

P—QR4 R—QBl Q-Q2 BxB

• il • r

lit Ills 111 in 16 17 18 19 20

Q—Kt5ch KR—Kl Kt—B6ch Kt x Ktch Q—K5

Mate is now threatened ferent ways.

231.

Kt—Q2 B—Kt5 K—Bl RxKt Resigns in three

dif-

a 18 19 20 21 22 23

Q—KKt4! Q—QB4! Q—B7! P—QR4! R—K4!! QxKtP!

•

§f Q—Kt4 Q-Q2 Q—Kt4 QxRP Q—Kt4 Resigns

New Orleans, 1925.

232. Baden-Baden, 1925. The mad gyrations of White's Black recovers miraculously from Queen stamp this game as one of an inferior position. the finest ever played. IRREGULAR OPENING PHILIDOR DEFENSE

E. Z . ADAMS

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 QxP B—QKt5 BxKt Kt—B3

C . TORRE

Black P—K4 P—Q3 PxP Kt—QB3 B—Q2 BxB Kt—B3

RICHARD RETI

White 1 P—KKt3 2 Kt—KB3 3 Kt—Q4 4 P—Q3 5 QxP 6 B—Kt2 7 B—Q2 8 KtxB

A . ALEKHINE

Black P—K4 P—K5 P—Q4 PxP Kt—KB3 B—Kt5ch BxBch O—O

136. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

p—QB4 . PxP Q—B4 QKt—Kt3

O—O

KR—Ql R—Q2 Kt—QB5 B—B3 B—Kt2 B—B3 B—Rl P—Kt4 R—QBl P—R4 RPxP P—Kt5 PxP Kt—B3 QxP QxP KtxQ K—R2

Kt—R3 Kt—QKt5 QKt x QP P—B3 R—Kl B—Kt5 Q—Bl B—R6 B—Kt5 B—R6 B—Kt5 P—KR4 P—R3 P—R5 PxP Q—B2 RPxP R—K6!! PxP Kt—B6 QxQ KtxPch! Kt—K5

233.

Marienbad, 1925.

First Brilliancy

QUEEN'S P A W N GAME .

m

F.

JANOWSKI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

p_Q4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 P—K3 QKt—Q2 P—B3 B—Q3 KPxP Kt—B4 Q—K2 P—KR4 Q—Q2! B—B4 Kt—K3 QxKt R—R3 PxP KtxKt BxP Q—R6!

234.

Kt—KB3

P—K3

P—B4 Kt—B3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 PxP B—K2

O—O

Q—B2 P—KR3? Kt—KKt5 P—Q3 KtxKt P—KR4 P—K4? KtxP PxKt B—Q3 Resigns magnificent!

Moscow, 1925.

The champion is outplayed nificent style. SICILIAN

32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

R—B4 B—Kt2 R(4)—B2 K—R3 K—R2 RxKt K—R3 K—R2 BxR Resigns

Kt x BP B—K3 Kt—Kt5ch Kt—K4ch RxKt Kt—Kt5ch Kt—K6ch KtxR Kt—Q5

J . R.

in

mag-

DEFENSE

CAPABLANCA L. I L J I N - G E N E V S K Y

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

SAEMISCH

Black

White

Dynamically

mm,

Prize.

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—KKt 3 B—Kt2 KKt—K2 P—Q3

O—O

Black P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 P—Q3 Kt—B3

O—O

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

P—KR3 B—K3 Q—Q2 Kt—Ql P—QB3 P—KKt4 P—KB4

P—QR3 B—Q2 R—Kl QR—Bl Q—R4 KR—Ql B—Kl

Kt—Q2 P—B5 P—Kt4 Kt—B4 P—Kt5 P—B6 B—Bl Kt—B2 PxQBP PxBP P—K3 P—KR4 R—Ktl P—R5 R—Kt3 PxP RPxP Kt—Ql Kt(2)—K4 Q—KB2 Kt—KKt5 Q—R4 Kt(3)—K4 P—Q4? ( B -- Q 2 ! ! ) K t x B Kt x Kt QxBP Q x Ktch PxKt PxP K—Rl R—B3

15 P—Kt5 16

17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

i f f mtwm Si

m

31 32 33 34 35 36 37

l l i f

I i -mmm§\ wM 2 MJ> §=8

. . . . RxQ Q—Kl QxP B—B3 P—QR3 Q—R7 Resigns

PxKt!! PxR R—Kt7 R(l)-Q7 P—B5 B—Q3 P—B6

235. White ing.

137

Moscow Congress, 1925, s windmill

checks

are

amus-

I N D I A N DEFENSE

C. TORRE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 P—K3 PxP QKt—Q2 P—B3 B—Q3 Kt—B4 Q—K2 o—o KR—Kl QR—Ql B—Bl Kt—Kt5 Kt—R3 PxP Q—R5 BxB RxKt P—QKt4 R—KKt3 Kt—B4 Kt—K3 B—B6! RxPch RxPch R—Kt7ch RxBch R—Kt7ch R—Kt5ch RxQ R—R3 RxPch R—R3 R—Kt3ch R—B3ch P—QR3 PxP

DR. E. LASKER

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—B4 PxP B—K2 P—Q3 QKt—Q2 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 Q—B2 O—O KR—Kl Kt—Bl Kt—Q4 P—Kt4 P—Kt5 KtxP BxKt KtxB Q—R4 Q—KB4 P—KR3 Q-Q4

0—Kt4

QxQ K—Rl K—Ktl K—Rl K—Ktl K—Rl K—R2 K—Kt3 KxB K—Kt4 KR—Ktl K—B3 K—Kt3 P—R4 RxP

138

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

40 41 42 43

R—Q4 Kt—Q2 K—Kt4 Resigns

Kt—B4 R—B4 RxPch P—Kt3

17 18 19 20

236. Match, Amsterdam, 1922. An old theme, but its execution very attractive.

is

T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE DR. M.

EUWE

R. RETI

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—Q4 O—O R—Kl BxP Kt—B3 KtxP? QxKt B—Kt5 Q—Q8ch KtxKt QR—Ql QxR P—KB4 RxP

fill

Black r

P—K4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 PxP KtxP P—Q4 QxB Q—QR4 KtxKt P—KB4 Q—B4! K—B2 PxKt B^-Q3! QxB Q—R5

I T

1^ m&m

mm

B—KR6! B—B4ch BxPch Q—Kt5ch

. . . . QxR K—Rl KxB Resigns

237.

Semmering, 1926.

A victory that the great relished. must have

Nimzovich

ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE A. NIMZOVICH

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—K5 P—B4 Kt—B3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 O—O P—Q3 Kt—K2 P—KKt4 PxP Kt—Kt3 Q—K2 Kt—R4 B—Q2 Q—B2 PxP BxKt Q—B3 Kt—K4! P—Kt3 P—B3 K—Rl P—B5 KR—Ql B—Bl PxP R—Kl RxP QR—Kl R—Q3

D R . A. ALEKHINE

Black Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KKt—Q2 P—K3 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 B—K2 O—O Kt—Kt3 P—Q5 P—B3 PxP Kt—Q4 B-Q3 Kt(3)—K2 Q—B2 P—B5! Kt—K6! PxB QxP B—B2 Q-Q5 Q—Kt3 Kt—Q4 Kt—B5! K—Rl PxP B—K4 B—Q2 B—B3 Kt—Q4 KtxP

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

iH •

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

Kt—Kt6ch! Q—Kt4! R—R3ch B—B4! PxP PxRch RxKt QxB P—B8(Q)ch! Q—Q5 QxPch R—Q3 Q—K4 RxB

HI B

PxKt R—B2 K—Kt2 B—Q4 KtxKt K—Bl BxRch K—K2 RxQ Q-Q3 K—Ql B—Q5 R—Kl Resigns

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

O—O PxB Kt—Q2 Kt—Kt3 P—B4 B—K2 P—KR3 Q—Kl B—Q2 K—R2 P—QR4 P—Kt3 R—KKtl B—KBl B—Bl P—Q5 Kt—Q2 B—KKt2 Kt—Bl R—R2 B—Rl Q-Qi KPxP Q—Kt3 R—K2

139

BxKt P—Q3 P—QKt3 P—K4 P—K5 Q-Q2 Kt—K2 P—KR4! Q—B4! Q—R2! Kt—B4 P—R4! Kt—R3 B—Q2 QR—Bl " K—Rl R—KKtl P—KKt4 R—Kt2 Kt—B4 QR—KKtl PxP B—Bl B—R3 Kt—R5

• XI

m 'tTm • mm mt ~um m m& » mm m m m Mima. i!

238.

Dresden, 1926.

First Brilliancy Prize One of the best examples of tactics. ading

block-

I N D I A N DEFENSE P. JOHNER

White P—Q4 P—QB4 . Kt—QB3 P—K3 B—Q3 Kt—B3

A . NIMZOVICH

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 B—Kt5 O—O P—B4 Kt—B3

mm ^ %. 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

R—K3 Q—B2 BxP BxB R—K2 R(l)—Kt2 K—Ktl Kt—K3

B—Bl BxP! B—B4 KtxB P—R5 PxPch Q—R6 Kt—R5

140

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

40 K—Bl Resigns 239.

R—Kl!

Dresden Tournament, 1926.

Second structive increase

Brilliancy Prize — an inlesson in the cumulative of positional pressure. ENGLISH OPENING

A . NIMZOVICH

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 32 33

P—QB4 Kt—KB 3 Kt—B3 PxP P—K4 B—B4 O—O P—Q3 KtxKt Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 P—B4 Q—B3 B—Q2 QR—Kl R—K2 PxP Kt—Rl Kt—B2 R(l)—Kl RxR Kt—R3 Q—R5 Q—R4 Q—B2! P—QKt4 Q—R4 R—K5! BxKt Kt—Kt5 RxR Q—Kl! . . . . Q—K7ch

A . RUBINSTEIN

Black P—QB4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP Kt—Kt5 P—K3 Kt(l)—B3 Kt—Q5 PxKt P—QR3 B—Q3 O—O K—Rl P—KB4 Kt—B3 Q—B2 PxP B—Q2 QR—Kl RxR Kt—Ql B—B3 P—KKt3 K—Kt2 B—B4 B—Kt3 R—Kl Kt—B2 QxB Q—Ktl BxR

....

B—B3 K—Rl

34 p _ K t 5 !

Q—Kt2

If 34 . . . P x P ;

35 B—KM!

35 Q x Q c h ^ 36 P x B and wins.

240.

KxQ

Berlin, 1926.

Brilliancy Prize. Undoubtedly of the most brilliant games played.

one ever

QUEEN'S P A W N G A M E E. COLLE

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

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 B—Q3 QKt—Q2 O—O P—QKt3 PxP B—Kt2 P—B4 R—Bl R—Kl Q—K2 Kt—Bl Kt—Kt3 Kt—Kt5

E. G R U E N F E L D

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 P—B4 B—K2 PxP P—Q3 QKt—Q2 O—O R—Kl Q—B2 QR—Bl Q—Ktl Q—Rl P—Kt3

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

17 18 19 20

KxKt K—Kt2 Kt—B4

Kt x BP! QxPch P_Q5 Kt—B5ch!

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

K—Bl PxKt K—B2 BxP RxR K—Kl K—B2 Resigns

. . . . Q—K3 Q—R6ch BxP RxBch! QxKtch Q—R8ch BxR

< 9 Kt—B3 10 K t — K 2 11 P — K 5 12 B — K B 4 13 P — B 3 14 K t x P ! 15 B x P 16 P — K K t 4 17 P x K t 18 P — B 6 19 B—Kt6ch!! 20 Q—Q3ch 21 Q—R3ch 22 Kt—B4ch! 23 K — R l 24 R—Ktlch 25 R x B c h ! 26 R—Ktl mate

242. 2nd

Meran, 1926

Just one sacrifice KINGS

after

another!

FIANCHETTO

DEFENSE D . PRZEPIORKA

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 B—Q3 O—O B—K3 Q-Q2 B—KR6

J . V O N PATAY

Black P—KKt3 P—Q3 B—Kt2 P—K3 Kt—K2 O—O R—Kl B—Rl

QKt—B3 P—Q4? Kt—B4 P—B3 P—KKt4? PxKt Q-Q2 P—KR3 PxB K—B2

KxB K—R3 K—Kt3 PxKt BxP B—Kt4 KxR

New York, 1927. Brilliancy

Prize

D U T C H DEFENSE (in effect) A . ALEKHINE

White

241.

141

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 KKt—Q2 Q—B2 QKt—B3 Kt(2) xKt B—B4 P—K3 B—K2 P—QR3 O—O P—B3 PxB PxKP RxR Q-Q2 PxKP! Q—B4!

F. J . MARSHALL

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 Kt—K5 B—Kt5 P—Q4 P—KB4 BPxKt O—O P—B3 Kt—Q2 B—K2 B—Kt4 BxB RxP RxRch P—K4 P—B4 P—Q5 PxKt

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

142 Blch 20 PQ — x P! 21 Q—K7

22 23 24 25 26 243.

B—R5!! P—K6 PxKt R—B7

K—Rl Q—Ktl P—KR3 P—QR4 P—KKt3 BxP Resigns

Twenty-first Match Game, October, 1927. White's game crumbles before trumpet. Joshua's QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED J . R. CAPABLANCA

A . ALEKHINE

White Kecskemet, Hungary, 1927.

White's deep ty points.

combination

has

pret-

SICILIAN DEFENSE D . YATES

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

244.

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP Kt—QB3 B—K2 O—O K—Rl B—K3 P—B4 Q—Kl P—QR3 R—Ql Q—Kt3 B—Bl P—Kt3 P—K5 Kt—K4 Kt—B6ch Q—R4 B—Q3 PxKt Kt—B3 Kt—Kt5 BxKt PxP B x KKtP R—Q3 P—QKt4!! R—KR3

A . TAKACS

Black p_QB4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—B3 P—Q3 P—K3 B—K2 P—QR3 Q—B2 B—Q2 P—QKt4 O—O Kt—QR4 •Kt—B5 KR—Bl KtxRP Kt—Kl P—Q4 K—Rl KtxKt P—Kt3 B—Bl K—Ktl P—R3 PxKt BxB PxB R—Bl BxP Resigns

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Black

p_Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 P—K3 Kt—B3 R—Bl P—QR3 B—R4 BxP B—K2 O—O PxP Kt—Q4 P—QKt4 B—Kt3 Q—Kt3 B—B3 Kt—K4 RxR R—Bl Kt—B3 KtxKt BxB P—QR4 Kt—B3 R—Kl PxP P—R3 R—Ktl Kt—Q4 R—Ql Resigns

245.

P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 QKt—Q2 B—K2 O—O P—QR3 P—R3 PxP P—QKt4! B—Kt2 P—B4 KtxP R—Bl QKt—Q2 Kt—Kt3 KKt—Q4 R—B5! Q—Bl KtxR Q—Rl!! R—Bl BxKt QxB B—B3 B—Kt7! R—Ql PxP . P—K4 P—K5! BxKt Kt x P!

U . S . S. R., 1927.

An interesting portent nik's later fame.

of

Botvin-

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

D U T C H DEFENSE E. RABINOVICH

M . BOTVINNIK

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Black

p_Q4 P—QB4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3

P—K3 P —KB4 Kt—KB3 B—K2 O—O P—Q4 P—B3 Q—Kl Q—B2 B—B4 Q—R4 QKt—Q2 QR—Ql Kt—K5 P—Kt3 Kt—Kt4!? Kt—K5 P—KR4? Kt—K5! Q—Kl B—B3 BxKt Kt x QKt K—Kt2 B—Kt5! BPxB BxKt? Q—R4 R—KRl Q—Kt3! P—B3? K—Bl P—K4! RxB! QPxP PxR Q—Kt6! PxKt KtxKP B—B4 RxB QxPch P—K3 QxRch Q—B2 Q—R6! K—K2 P—B5 Q—Kt5ch R—KBl K—Q2 QxBP P—K6 R x Q and wins QxQ

and

Black

247.

246.

Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 B—B4(?!) BxPch KtxPch Q—K2 P—Q4ch Q—R5ch BxP B—B4ch

mates in three

moves.

Trenchin-Teplitz, 1928.

A problem

mate

in actual

play!

CARO-KANN DEFENSE SPIELMANN

White 1 P—K4 2 Kt—QB3 3 Kt—B3 4 P—K5 5 Q—K2 6 QPxKt 7 Kt—Q4 8 P—K6! 9 Q—R5ch 10 Kt—B3 11 Kt—K5 12 Kt—B7

s A lively finish.

Kt—KB3 B—B4 Kt—Kt5 Kt x BP KxB K—K3 KxKt BxP P—KKt4 Q—Kl

143

M.

WALTER

Black P—QB3 P—Q4 Kt—B3 Kt—K5 KtxKt P—QKt3 P—QB4? PxP K—Q2 K—B2 B—Q2 Q—Kl

mm •*

Los Angeles, 1 9 2 8 . variation

leads

to a

bright

T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE K . F. W I L L I A M S

White 1 P—K4

K . L. HAEGG

Black P—K4

aS&ii

mm

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

144 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Q—K5ch B—KB4 Q—B7ch Kt—Q8! Q—Kt7ch P—R4ch Q x Ktch K t x P mate!

248.

K—Kt2 P—B5

P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 B—Q3 O—O QKt—Q2 P—K4 KtxP B—Kt5! B—B6 P—K5I! Q—B3! KtxB Kt—B4! R—Kl Q—B3! Kt x Bch RxPch! R—K7! B—B4 Q—QKt3 Kt—K5 RxPch Q—Kt3 BxP! B x Ktch Q—Kt7ch BxR

that made

Flohr

famous.

Q

SALO FLOHR

F. SAEMISCH

White

Black

I N D I A N DEFENSE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

The game

K*Z]B3

Colle works up a murderous attack with his customary ingenuity.

White

Rogaska-Slatina, 1929.

K—Kt4 K—B4 BxQ

Match, 1928.

COLLE

249.

S.

LANDAU

Black Kt—KB3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 P—Q3 QKt—Q2 P—K4 PxP? P—Kt3 P—QR3 Q—Bl PxP BxB B—Q3 P—K5 P—R3 Q—Kt2 PxKt K—Bl K—Kt2 QR—QBl P—Q4 QR—Kl K—Ktl P—KKt4 RxKt KxR K—K3 Resigns

U E £

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 * 19 20 21 22 23

N'S

GAMBIT

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—

P—Kt3 B—B4

R—Kl R—K7

RxP B—K3 K—Kt2

K—R3 B—Q2

P—B4 R—B6 R—Q6

K—R4 Resigns

Folkestone, 1933. A pretty

finish.

FRENCH DEFENSE A . W . DAKE

(Portland, Ore.) White 1 P—K4 2 P—Q4 3 Kt—QB3 4 B—Kt5 5 KtxP 6 BxKt 7 Kt—KB3 8 P—B3 9 Q—B2

CRANSTON

(Ireland) Black P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 PxP B—JC2 BxB Kt—Q2 O—O B—K2

153

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

10 11 O—O—o P—KR4 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

P—QB3 Kt—B3 BxKt

Kt x Ktch B—Q3 P_R5 R—R2 Q—Q2 Q—R6 QxPch!

266.

P—KKt3 K—Kt2 R—KKtl K—Rl B—Kt2 Resigns

26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Kt—B4! KtxKtP! R—KKtl!! RxPch Q—K6! R—Ktlch Q—K3ch

KtxB K—Kt2 PxKt KxR KtxP? K—R3 K—R2

New York, 1933.

A magnificent tive skill.

display

of

combina-

QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED . FINE White

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 P—K3 Q—Kt3! PxB PxP B—Q3 Kt—K2 P—B3 O—O

Q—B2 QxB B—R4 P—K4 P—K5 P—B4 P—Kt4 K—Rl P—B5! PxP Q—R3 B—B6 PxP

N.

GROSSMAN Black

Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—Q4 B—Kt5 P—B3 BxKtch QKt—Q2 BPxP O—O Q-R4 P—QKt3 B—R3 BxB KR—Bl P—QKt4 R—B5 Kt—Kl P—Kt3 Q—Kt3 Kt—Kt2 KPxP KtxKP Kt—B3 Kt—R4 RPxP

(see diagram next p a g e )

33 Q—K7ch 34 Q—Kt7ch

K—R3 Resigns

30 . . . Kt—K4!! draws.

Hard

game!

Watch Queen!

267. the

Leningrad, 1933. wanderings of Black's

SICILIAN DEFENSE W . A. RAUSER White

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP Kt—QB3 B—K2 B—K3 Kt—Kt3 P—B4 O—O

M . BOTVINNIK Black

P—QB4 Kt—QB3 PxP Kt—B3 P—Q3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 B—K3 O—O Kt—QR4!

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

154

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

KtxKt B—B3 KR—Kl Q—Q2 QR—Bl P—QKt3 KPxP PxB P—B5 KR—Ql B—Q4 K—Bl Q—K2 RxB QR—Ql Q—Q3 R—K4 R—K6

29

K—K2

QxKt B—B5 KR—Ql Q—B2 P—K4 P—Q4!! P—K5!

PxB

269. Tartakower ing.

268.

White

Q—R4

Kt—Kt5 P_B7ch! Q—R3ch BxB Q—KB3! Q—R5 R—Kl! P—B4! KtxPch QxP

when

was

this game RUY

AMATEUR

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O KtxP KtxKt Q—B3 Kt—B3 BxPch Q x QBPch QxRch QxR K—Rl P—KR3 PxQ K—R2

over

was

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

seventy

played!

LOPEZ DR. S. TARRASCH

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 B—B4 KtxP QPxKt Q—R5 KtxKt PxB! B—Q2 K—K2 Kt—K7ch BxP QxPch! B—B3ch B—Kt6 mate

in the

open-

DR. S. TARTAKOWER DR. R. REY-ARDID

Munich, 1933 ( ? )

Tarrasch

is trounced

QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED

30 Resigns

Dr.

Sitges, 1934.

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 BPxP P—KKt3 KtxP? PxKt Kt—Kt5 Q—Q5 R—QKtl Kt—Q6ch QxB Q—R3 Q—Kt2 B—Q2 K—Ql Q—Kt4 R—Kt2 Resigns

270. The

Black P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 P—B4 KtxP PxP KtxKt P—K4 Q—R4! Kt—B3 B—K3 BxKt R—Ql Kt—Q5! B—B4 Kt—B7ch Kt—R6 Q-Q4 QxR

About 1934.

"stairway"

mate

is

interesting.

PETROFF DEFENSE E. NORMAN-HANSEN E. ANDERSON

White 1 2 3 4 5

P—K4 Kt—KB3 KtxP Kt—KB3 P—Q4

Black P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 KtxP P—Q4

155

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

6 B—Q3 7 O—O 8 P—B4 9 PxP 10 Kt—B3 11 P—KR3 12 K t x K t 13 B x P 14 B—B5 15 B—K6 16 P—KKt4 17 K—Kt2 18 B—K3 19 P—KR4 20 P x R 21 P x K t

B—KKt5 B—Q3 O—O P—KB4 Kt—Q2 B—R4 PxKt Kt—B3 K—Rl Kt—K5 B—Kt3 Q—B3 QR—Kl RxB! Kt—B6!! B—K5

Black now wins by force in all variations.

• •

ILIII I^N 11

i " 22 23 24 25 26 27

K—R3 QxQ K—Kt2 K—R2 K—Rl K—Ktl

A Pure

271.

mm* "' ' "gpi

QxKtch RxQch R—Kt6ch R—Kt7ch R—R7ch R—R8 mate

(Twenty-sixth g a m e ) The famous game (known as Pearl of Zandvoort") which tually decided the match. DUTCH DEFENSE R. M .

EUWE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Mate.

W o r l d Championship Match, 1935.

"The vir-

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—KKt3 B—Q2 B—Kt2 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 O—O Q—B2 Kt—K5 BxKt KxB P—Q5! Kt—Q3 K—Rl Q—Kt3 P—B4 Kt—Kt4! Kt—B2 Kt—K3 KtxP! KtxQP KtxP Kt—Q2! P—K4 PxP P—K5 P—K6 Kt—B3 R—KKtl RxB Kt—Kt5!

A . ALEKHINE

Black P—K3 P—KB4 B—Kt5cfa B—K2 Kt—KB3 O—O Kt—K5 p_QKt3 B—Kt2 KtxKt BxB Q—Bl P—Q3 P—K4 P—B3 K—Rl P—K5 P—B4 Kt—Q2 B—B3? BxB Q—Ktl B—B3 P—KKt4! PxP B—Q5 Q—Kl KR—Ktl Q—Kt3 BxR Q—B3?

(see diagram next p a g e ) 32 33 34 35 36

. . . . PxKt Q—K3 Kt—K6 Q—K5

R—Kt2 RxP R—K2 R—KBl QxQ

T H E GOLDEN TREASURY OF C H E S S

156

11 12 13 14 15 16

i i • 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

Px R—Kl Kt—Q8! P—K6 Kt—B6 P—K7 Kt—Q8 Kt—Kt7 R—K6ch Kt—Q6 Kt—K4ch

272.

combination

wins

for

RETI O P E N I N G I. KASHDAN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Kt—KB3 P—B4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 O—O P—K4 P—KR3 P—Q3 Kt—R3 K—R2

ipflS 111

mm •

it

ii

II

•

'B&B 'BAB

Philadelphia, 1936.

A far-sighted Black.

P—KR4 KKt—K2 Kt—Kt3 B—Kt5! P x P dis. ch. Kt—B5!!

Kt—B2 Kt—Ktl B—Q2 P—R3 PxB Kt—R3

L A . HOROWITZ

Black P—Q4 P—Q5 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—K4 B—Kt5 B—K3 P—B3 Q-Q2 P—KKt4

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

PxKt P—B3 B—Rl Q—K2 R—KKtl P—Kt4 P—R4 B—Kl B—Q2 B—Kl B—Q2 P—R5 BxP BxKt K—Rl RxP RPxP PxRP B—Kt4ch QxRch RxQ Kt—Kl K—Ktl KxR Resigns

KPxP PxKt Kt—K4 B—Q3 O—0—O P—Kt3 R—R5 R—R2 R—R5 KR—Rl QR—Ktl P—Kt5! KtxPch BxBch P—Kt6! RxR KR—Ktl! QxP! KRxB RxQ R—Kt7 R—KB7! P—R7ch P—R8(Q)

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

273. White's prising

Nottingham, 1936. game collapses suddenness.

with

274. sur-

E. LASKER

S. RESHEVSKY

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Black

P—Q4 P—QB4 • Kt—KB3 P—K3 BxP Kt—B3 O—O B—Q3 PxP B—Kt5 Q—K2 QR—Ql Kt—K5 B—Bl PxKt P—QR4 Kt—B3 B—Kt2 R—Bl PxP BxP

P—Q4 PxP Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—B4 P—QR3 P—QKt4 PxP B—Kt2 B—K2 O—O QKt—Q2 Kt—Q4! KKtxKt Kt—B3 Q—Q4! KR—Bl! Kt—K5! Kt—Kt4! PxP

mmmm mm

mm z : . :

mm^m^Smm^W^

B

mo 21 . . . . 22 P x K t 23 K — R l Resigns

mmm BIB Kt x Ktch Q—Kt4ch Q—Kt5!

Nottingham, 1936. Brilliancy

Prize

I N D I A N DEFENSE

QUEEN'S G A M B I T DR.

157

M . BOTVINNIK DR. S. TARTAKOWER WHITE

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

Kt—KB3 P—B4 P—Q4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 O—O Kt—B3 P—K4 P—KR3 B—K3 R—Bl P—Q5 Kt—Q2 P—B4 KtPxP

16*PXKP

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

275.

P—B5 KtxP Kt—QB4 Kt—Q6 KtxB RxKt!! Q—R5 Kt—B5! QxP R—Ql Q—Kt5ch RxR RxR Q—Kt7

BLACK

Kt—KB3 P—Q3 QKt—Q2 P—K4 B—K2 O—O P—B3 Q—B2 R—Kl Kt—Bl? P—KR3 B—Q2 P—KKt4? KtPxP K—Kt2 PxKP PxP Q—B3 Kt—Kt3 B—K3 KtxKt KxR Kt—Kt3 R—KKtl BxP QR-Ql K—K3 P—B3 Kt—B5 Resigns

Belgian National Tourney, 1936. Brilliancy Prize Shades of Dr. Lasker!

QUEEN'S P A W N OPENING

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

158 . KOLTANOWSKY

White

M . DEFOSSE

Black

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 P—K3 B—Q3 P—B3 QKt—Q2 O—O PxP P—K4 Q—K2 R—Kl P—KR3 KtxKt PxP Kt—B3 QxKt B—K3 B—B2 B—Q4 QR—Ql B—K5

Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—Q4 P—B4 Kt—B3 B—K2 O—O BxP Q—B2 B—Q3 Kt—KKt 5 KKt—K4 KtxKt PxP Kt x Ktch B—K3 QR—Ql P—QKt4 B—QB4 P—Kt5 B—Q3

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

BxPch! Q—R5ch B x P! Q—Kt5ch R—Q4 K—Rl RxQ QxB

KxB K—Ktl KxB K—R2 B—R7ch Q—KB 5 BxR R—KKtl

Resigns

30 R—K5 The double sacrifice came as a surprise, pleasing as it was

of the bishop and was as decisive.

21G. U. S. Championship Tournament, New York, 1936. Reshevsky is not this fashion.

often

beaten

in

CARO-KANN D E F E N S E A.

HOROWITZ

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 KtxP Kt—Kt3 Q-Q3 Kt—K4 QxKt B—KKt5! O—O—O Kt—B3 B—Q3 K—Q2 P—B3 KR—Kl Q—B4 Q—Kt3 P—R4 QxQ R—Rl Kt—K5 QR—Bl PxP Q—Kt4 P—R5 RxB B—R4

S. RESHEVSKY

Black P—QB3 P—Q4 PxP Kt—B3 P—KR4 P—R5 KtxKt Kt—Q2 Q—Kt3 Q—R4 QxP Q—R8ch Q—R4ch P—R6 Kt—B3 Kt—Q4 PxP P—Kt8(Q) P—Kt4 Q—Kt3 P—Kt5 PxPch P—K3 B—Q3 BxKt R—QKtl K—Bl

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

28 29 30 31 32 33 34

Q—Kt3 R x Kt! RxP! R—QKtl RxR R—QB5 B—B2

277.

P—B3 P—K4 B—R3

0-Qi

QxR Q—Kt7ch Resigns

Q—R4 Kt—B5 Q—R5 P—KR4! Kt—R6ch QxB Q—Kt5 BxR Q—B5ch

R—Q6 Kt—Kt3 Q—B2 B—KBl BxKt Q—R2 K—B2 PxB Resigns

Zandvoort, 1936.

Brilliancy

278.

Prize.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED R. M . EUWE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

159

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 P—K3 Kt—B3 R—Bl P—QR3 B—B4 P—R3 BxBP B—QR2 O—O Kt—K5 B—Ktl Q—K2 PxKt Q—R5 QR—Ql BxP! R—Q4! P x P e.p. R—Kt4ch QxRP Kt—K2! Kt—Kt3

G . MAROCZY

Black P—Q4 P—K3 Kt—KB3 B—K2 O—O QKt—Q2 P—B3 P—KR3 P—R3 PxP P—QKt4 B—Kt2 P—B4 P—B5 R—Kl KtxKt Kt—R2 Kt—Bl Q—B2 PxB P—B4 BxBP B—Kt2 QR-Ql P—K4 R—K3

Ostend, 1937.

Keres made a brilliant start by ning this game from Fine.

win-

QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED KERES

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Kt—KB3 P—Q4 P—B4 Kt—B3 BPxP P—K4 PxKt PxP B—Q2 QxB B—B4 O—O QR—Ql KR—Kl B—Kt3 Q—B4 Q—R4 R—K3 QR—Kl P—QR4 P—Q5! P—K5 Kt—Kt5 Kt x RP! R—R3

R. Fir Black P—Q4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—B4 KtxP KtxKt PxP B—Kt5ch BxBch O—O Kt—Q2 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 R—Bl Kt—B3 Q—B2 KR—Ql P—QKt4 P—QR4 P—Kt5? PxP Kt—Q2 Kt—Bl KtxKt Q—B8

THE GOLDEN TREASURY O F CHESS

160 26 27 28 29 30 31

K—Bl P—Q5 K—K2 R—Bl K—Kl Resigns

Q x Ktch R—K3 Q—R8ch QxP! Q—B6ch P—K6!

279.

Margate, 1937.

Black's weak opening a catastrophe.

play leads

to

I N D I A N DEFENSE P. KERES

C . ALEXANDER

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2

O—O

Kt—QKt5! B—B4! B—Q6! Q—R4 KKt x P QxKt RxB KtxQ Kt—Kt5 R—Ql P—QR3 RxPch! Q—Kt7

Kt—KB3 P—K3 B—Kt5 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 Q—Bl P—B4? PxP Kt—R3 QxP B—B3 BxKB BxR QxKKt BxB K—K2 B—B4 Kt—K5 K—B3 Resigns

P—K5 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 P—B4 B—K2 KtxP 8 QxB 9 O—O 10 K t x K t 11 Kt—B3 12 B—K3 13 QR—Ql 14 Q—B3! 15 B x P 16 B - Q4 17 Q- -Kt3 18 B—K3 19 Kt—R4 20 P—B4! 21 P—Kt3 22 P x P 23 P—KR3! 24 B—Q4 25 Q—QB3! 26 P—B5! 27 P _ Q K t 4 ! 28 Kt—Kt6ch 29 P x B 30 Q—KKt3! 31 B—B5 32 R — R l 33 Q—R2! 34 R—R8 35 R x K t c h 36 Q x R c h and mate in

280. The

O—O—O Q—QR4 Q—KB4 P—K4 B—Kt5 B—R4! B—B2 P—B3 Q—K3 KR—Ktl KtxP Kt—Q2 KR—Kl Kt—Ktl BxKt QxQRP R—Q2 Q—B2 Q—Kt3 R—K4 R—Q7 KxR

three moves.

Kemeri, June, 1937.

mating

attack

is very

pretty.

ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE A.

Kt—Q4 P—Q3 B—Kt5 Kt—Kt3 PxP BxB QxP QKt—Q2 Kt x Kt? P—QB3 Q—K4 P—K3

ALEKHINE

White 1 P—K4

S.

RESHEVSKY

Black Kt—KB 3

281. Position

Kemeri, June, 1937. play

order.

of the highest

QUEEN'S G A M B I T A . ALEKHINE

R.

FINE

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Black

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 Q—R4ch QxBP Kt—R3 KtxQ P—QR3 B—B4 PxP P—QKt4 P—Kt5 Kt—Q6ch BxB B—B7! Kt—Q4! P—B3 B—R5 Kt—B2! P—K4 K—Q2! Kt—K3 P—QR4! B—Q3 KR—QBl RxR B—Kt4 P—R5 Kt—Q5! PxB B—B5! K—B3! PxP BxKt! P—Kt6 B—Q7! R—R8ch

26

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

and mate in

282.

P—Q4 PxP Kt—KB3 Q-Q2 Q—B3 QxQ P—K3 P—B4? Kt—B3 BxP B—K2 Kt—QKtl BxKt Kt—K5 Kt—Q2 Kt—Kt3 Kt—Q4 Kt(K5)—B3 B—Q2 R—QBl Kt—Kt3 O—O KR—Ql P—K4 B—K3 RxR Kt—Kl Kt—Q2 BxKt Kt—B4 R—Ql P—QKt3 PxP PxB Kt—Q3 RxB

KERES

161 E. ELISKASES

White 1 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3 3 P—QKt4 4 P—Q4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

B—Q3 QKt—Q2 KtxP Kt(4)—Kt5! P—B4! Kt—R3 Kt(R3)—Ktl Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 O—O KtxKP BxKt B—Q3 R—Kl Kt—R4 R—Ktl R—K4 R—B4 B—Q2 R x KKtP! QxB Kt—B5 KtxB Q—R5 Q—R4 RxP P—KR3 R—Kt5 RxRP!

Black P—QB4 P—Q3 PxP Kt—KB3 P—Q4 PxP QKt—Q2 Q—B2 P—KR3 P—KKt4 B—Kt2 P—K4 O—O P—K5 KtxKt QxP Q-Q4 P—Kt5 Kt—Kt3 B—Q2 KR—Kl Q-Q3 Kt—Q4 BxR Q—KB3 K—Bl QxKt Kt—B3 P—KR4 QR—Bl R—B2 R—K3 Resigns

For, if 33 . . . K t x R ; 34 Q— Q8ch, R — K l ; 35 B—Kt4ch!

two.

Semmering-Baden, 1937.

The modern

gambit

style.

SICILIAN DEFENSE

283. Played in U.S.S.R. Championship, 1939. Keres' favorite move to pay dividends.

still

continues

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

162

FALKBEER COUNTER G A M B I T KERES

V . PETROV

White

Black

1 2 3 4 5

6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

P—K4 P—KB4 KPxP P—Q3! QKt—Q2 BxP KKt—KB3 Q—K2ch Kt—K5! Kt—K4 QxKt P—QKt4 B—Kt2 O—O—O P—KR4 P—Kt4 PxB Q—K3 P—K6! PxPch B—B4 RxKt! Q—K8ch

9 R—Bl 10 R x K t !

Kt—B3 P—Q3

11 12 13 14

KxQ K—Ktl RPxP

P—K4 P—Q4 P—K5

Kt—KB3 PxP QxP B—QB4 Q—K3 O—O KtxKt P—KKt3 B—K2 B—B3 Kt—B3 P—KR4 BxKt QxKtP KtxKtP Kt—Q4 RxP P—B3 QxB Resigns

QxPch!! B—R6ch R—Kt6ch! Kt—B6 mate

285.

New York, 1940. Brilliancy

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED DR. J . PLATZ

White 284. Simultaneous the soul of

Los Angeles, 1940. Exhibition: wit.

Brevity

is

VIENNA GAME I. A . HOROWITZ

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Q—Kt4! Kt—Q5 K—Ql Kt—R3 P—Q3

1 2 3 4 5

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 P—K3

6 Kt—B3

AMATEUR

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 Q—B3? QxPch K—Bl Q-Q5 B—Kt3

Prize

7 Q—B2 8 R—Ql 9 P—QR3 10 P—KR4 11 B—B4 12 B—Q3 13 B x Q B P 14 B—QR2 15 P—KKt3 16 Kt—K5 17 B x K t

E. J . KORPANTY

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—Q4 QKt—Q2 B—K2 P—B3 P—QR3 O—O

P—KR3 Kt—Kt5 P—KB4 PxP? Kt—Kt3 Kt—Q4 K—Rl KKtxKt B—Q3

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Kt—K2 PxB B—Ktl R—Q4 P—KKt4 Kt—B4 R—Ktl Q—Ql PxP! Kt x Pch Kt x Rch PxPch Q—Q3 Q—Kt6

BxB Q—K2 Q—KB2 P—KKt3 B—Q2 QR-Ql B—Bl P—B4 PxR K—R2 QxKt K—Rl Q—K2 Resigns

22 23 24 25 26 27

28 R — R 3

29 30 31 32 33

287. 286. Summer, 1941. New York State Championship A brilliant young famous veteran. RUY H . SEIDMAN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O Q—K2 B—Kt3 P—QR4 PxP P—B3 P—Q3 Kt—Kt5 P—B3 PxP KtxRP Kt—Kt5 BxB PxKt P—KB4 Kt—Q2 P—B5!

player

defeats

RxB! R—KBl BxPch R—B3! R—Kt3 BxP PxQ Q—R5ch Kt—B3 Kt—Kt5 Q—R6

play by

H.

SEIDMAN

White Black

P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 B—K2 P—QKt4 O—O R—Ktl PxP P—Q4 B—K3 B—KKt5 B—Bl KtxP R—Kl BxKt KtxP QxB Q—Kt3 B—Kt5 BxP

the champion!

R U Y LOPEZ

a

EDWARD LASKER

QxR Q—Kt4 K—Rl P—Kt3 Q—B3 Q—R5 QxR R—K2 K—Ktl R—KBl R—B3 Resigns

U. S. Chess Championship, New York, 1942.

Dynamic

LOPEZ

163

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O Q—K2 B—Kt3 P—QR4 P—B3 P—R3 R—Ql

P—Q4 P—Kt4 B—Q5 PxKt KtP x P QKt—Q2 QxB Q—Kt5 Kt—R4 Q—B4 Kt—B5 Kt—K4 QxR

S. RESHEVSKY

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 B—K2 P—QKt4 P—Q3 B—Kt5 O—O B—R4 P—Kt5 KtPxP! Q—Ktl! Kt x B! B—Kt3 Kt—R4 PxP!! R—Kl

PxP P—KB3! B—B7! BxR RxKt! Q—Kl!!

164

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

Q—Kt4! R—Ktl RxKt Q—Kt7 Q—Kt3 Q—R2 Kt—Q4 PxP KtxP P—Kt5

35

Q—R3

36 Q—QB3 37 Q x P Resigns

Kt—Kt6 KtxB P—B7 Q-Qi R—Ktl P—KR4! PxP Q—Kl

Q—K7 PxP BxKt B—K5 Q—Kt5ch

slugging

match.

ALEKHINES DEFENSE A . HOROWITZ

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

P—K4 P—K5 P—QB4 P—Q4 P—B4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 BPxP P—B5 Q—Kt3 PxB KtxKt K—K2 QxKtP Q—B8ch B—Kt5ch QxPch PxPch Q—Q6ch R—QlM R—Q2 QxP

K—K2 K—Ql Q—B3 R—Kl Resigns

QxRch Q—K4ch R—B2 P—B6 P—B7ch

289. Brilliant

New York, 1942. ten-second

chess.

EVANS GAMBIT DECLINED O . TENNER

H . HELMS

Black

White

288. U . S. Championship Tournament, New York, 1942. n old-fashioned

23 24 25 26 27

H. SEIDMAN

Black Kt—KB3 Kt—Q4 Kt—Kt3 P—Q3 P—Kt3 B—Kt2 PxP B—Kt5 Kt—Q4 BxKt P—K3 Q—R5ch PxKt QxQP K—K2 P—B3 Kt—Q2 BxP K—Kl QxPch Q—B6

BxB

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

P—K4 Kt—QB3 B—B4 B—Kt3 P—QR3 B—R2 PxP Kt—B3 KtxKP Kt x BP Kt—Q5

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—B4 P—QKt4 P—QR4 P—R5 P—Kt5 BxP B—R3 Q—K2 KtxP

m

A

12j§txQPch! 13 K l — B 6 m a t e

289.

KtxQ

Blindfold, 1942.

A delightful

finish.

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS DANISH

GAMBIT

ALEKHINE

A.

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

J . F. DONOVAN SUPICO

P—K4 PxP PxP B—Kt5 Q—K2 Kt—KB3 O—O Q—K4? QxB Q-Q3 Q—B4 Q—R4 BxP P—QB3 K—Rl Q-Ql . P—QKt3 P—QB4 B—R3 Resigns

P—K4 P—Q4 P—QB3 KtxP B—QB4 Kt—K2 O—O B—KKt5 BxKt Kt—Q5 P—K5 R—Bl P—QR3 PxB Kt—K7ch Q—Q6! Kt—Q4 R—B3! Kt(4)—B5 Q—Kt6!

m. • • • M i • ~mm

II

ii

l i i i l t

a

i

mm

S. N . BERNSTEIN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Black P—K4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 Kt—B3 B—K2 P—QKt4 O—O P—Q4 P—Q5 B—KKt5! Kt—Q5 Kt—R4 Kt x Ktch B—KR6 B—Kt4 B—B5 KtxB Q—R5 QR—Ql R—Q3 B—Q2 Q x Pch!

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O

Q—K2 B—Kt3 P—B3 P—Q3 PxP P—Q5 Q-Ql B—K3 PxKt R—Kl K—Rl BxB R—Ktl Q-Q2 Kt—B3 Kt—Ql Kt—K3 Resigns

•m wummt • •'• mmm • •mm& mm m w

mm

MM m

290. The same edition.

Ventnor City, 1942. game

in

a

R U Y LOPEZ

handsome

165

|w|

L^PI

m

mm m

-Mm

2 1 m m

m

PART V I I

The Period of Russian Hegemony For the past twenty odd years, the Russian players have been dominating the field. The Russian government, acting as sponsors, promoted a vast program of chess activity, subsidized and professionalized its top flight talent. Because no other country engaged in this practice on a comparable basis, Soviet victories have been many, and masses of grandmasters have flourished. Botvinnik, Smyslov, Bronstein, Keres, Geller, and Tal are only a few of the names. Under the circumstances, Russian chess has reached a peak of technical perfection. One feature of this period is the great emphasis on openings. Hordes of analysts finecomb existing ideas extensively and occasionally produce interesting innovations. Chess talent knows no boundaries. In most countries, however, the talented chessplayers are gainfully employed in other pursuits. Not so in Russia. For the present we are living in a period of Russian hegemony.

166

T H E PERIOD OF RUSSIAN

291. Salzburg, 1943. Typical

of Keres

at his

best.

SICILIAN DEFENSE

P.

KERES

E.

White

Black

1 P—K4 2 Kt—K2 3 P—Q4 4 KtxP 5 Kt—QB3 6 P—KKt4 7 P—Kt5 8 QxKt 9 B—K3 10 B—K2 . 11 P—B4! 12 P—B5! 13 PxP 14 P—QR4! 15 P—R4! 16 Q—Q2 17 R—KBl 18 B—Q4! 19 O—O—O 20 RxR 21 Q—B4 22 Q—Kt4 23 Q—R5! m

X

m

23 24B—K3 25QxP

BOGOLYUBOV

m. JL

26 27 28 29 30 31 32

HEGEMONY

BxKt B— -R5ch B— -Kt4ch Q-B5! Q-Q5ch Q-Q4ch K-tQ -3

167 PxB K—Q2 K—B3 P—Kt4 K—Kt3 K—B3 Resigns

P—QB4 P—K3 PxP Kt—KB 3 P—Q3 Kt—B3 Kt x Kt?? Kiev, 1944. Kt—Q2 One of 292. the most amazing winning P—QR3 moves on record. Q—B2 P—QKt3 FRENCHDEFENSE Kt—K4 BRONSTEIN GOLDENOV PxP B—K2 White Black Q—B4 Q—B2? 1 P—K4 P—K3 B—Kt2 2 P — Q 4 P —Q4 R—KBl 3 K t — Q B 3 K t — KB 3 RxR 4 B—Kt5 B—Kt5 B—Ql 5 P—K5 P—KR3 Kt—Kt3 6 B—Qz BxKt Q—K2 7 PxB Kt—K5 8 Q—Kt4 P—KKt 3 9 B—Bl!? P—QB4 10 B—Q3 P x P? H i 11 Kt—K2 Kt—B4 12 PxP Kt x Bch 13 PxKt P—QKt3 14 P—KR4 P—KR4 15 Q—B3 Kt—B3 16 B—Kt5 Kt—K2 17 O—O B—R3 18 QR—Bl Q-Q2 19 Q—B6 KR—Ktl 20 R—B3 Kt—B4 Kt—Kt3 KtxQP P—K4 21 Kt—Kt4 B—B2 22 KR—Bl Q-Ql Kt—B5 23 R(3)—B2 24 R—B8!!

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

168

24 . . . ' .

Resigns

Mate cannot be averted!

293. rr

A

very

pretty

SMYSLOV

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17

R—Kt3 Resigns

Groningen, 1946.

SICILIAN V.

20 B x B 21 Q x Ktch!

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 P—Q4 KtxP Kt—QB3 B—K2 O—O B—B3! Q—K2 R—Ql P—QR4 Kt x RP P—K5! BxB QxP Kt—B6 Q x Ktch

game!'—Reinfeid

C

KOTTNAUER

Black P—QB4 P—Q3 PxP Kt—KB 3 P—QR3 P—K3 P—QKt4? R—R2 R—B2 QKt—Q2 PxP B—Kt2 KtxP RxB Q—Ktl KtxKt Kt—Q2

(see diagram next column) 18 Kt—B5H 19 B—B4!

294.

DEFENSE

PxKt B—Q3

Surrey, 1947.

Black's game seems safe enough but Alexander lashes out with moves! powerful

— two

QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE C. H. ALEXANDER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 P—KKt 3 B—Kt2 P—Q5 Kt—R4 Kt—QB3 KtxP BxKt 11 Kt—B5! 12 B x B ! ! 13 Q—Q5!!!

E. CORDINGLY

Black Kt—KB 3 P—K3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 P—B4 PxP P—Q3 Q-Q2 Kt x Kt B—K2 O—O QxB Resigns

(see diagram next page)

THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

HEGEMONY

Q—R5ch! R—R3! B—R6!! B—Q2 R—Kt3! Kt—B3! RxP! B—R7!! QxPch

296.

K—Bl P x Kt Q—R4ch Q—B2 PxQP! KtxP P—R3!! KxR Drawn

Baltimore, 1948.

(U. S. Open Championship) Bisguier's

teen-age

masterpiece.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED 295.

Vina del Mar, 1947.

Some of the most exciting have eiided in a draw. FRENCH H . ROSETTO

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

P --K4 P --Q4 Kt-- Q B 3 B --Kt5 P --K5 P --KR4 Kt-- K t 5 ! ? B --Q3!

games

White

1 P—Q4

DEFENSE G.

A . MENGARINI

STAHLBERG

Black P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 B—K2 KKt—Q2 P—QB4 P—B3 P—QR3!

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

P—QB4 Kt—KB 3 P—K3 BxP O—O Q—K2 R—Ql B—Kt3 B—B2 P—QR4 QxKt P—QKt3 QxKtP Q—Kt2 P—R5 B—Q2 Kt—Kl P—B3 R—Bl P—K4 PxKt Q—B2 Q-Q3 Kt x Q Kt—Kt2 P—Kt3

A. BlSGUIER Black P—Q4 PxP P—QR3 Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—B4 Kt—B3 P—QKt4 P—B5 Kt—QKt5 KtxB B—Kt2 BPxP B—Q4 P—Kt5 Q—B2 Q—Kt2 Q—Kt4 Q—K7 P—R4 Kt—Kt5 PxP P—QKt6 QxQ BxP B—Q3 K—Q2

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

170

28 Kt—B3 29 K t ( 3 ) — R 4

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

B—B6 RxP

Kt—Kt6ch B—Kt5ch KxR K—Ktl R—B7ch K—B2 K—K3 B—R4 K—Q3 R—QKtl KxR Kt—B4 Resigns

K—K2 P—B3 R—Rich BxP BxR R—R7ch RxKt R—K7ch P—Kt7 B—K5ch BxR B—Q6ch

PxP Kt—B3 P—Q4 KtxKt B—K3 RxP QR-Ql Q-Q2 Kt—K4 Q—R5 Kt—Q6 RxB Q—K5 R—Q7 B—R6 Q—B6 mate

298.

Budapest, 1950.

(Challengers' Tournament) te

A diabolic

An incisive rebuttal opening play. SICILIAN N . ROSSOLIMO

White 1 2 3 4 5 6

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5ch B x Bch O—O Q—K2

7 R—Ql

of

lackadaisical

DEFENSE HANS MUELLER

Black P—QB4 P—Q3 B—Q2 QxB Kt—QB3 P—K3 P—Q4

combination." —Kmoch

QUEEN'S G A M B I T D . BRONSTEIN

White

297. Bad Gastein, 1948

QxP Q-Q2 NxP PxKt Q—B3 R—Bl P—QR3 B—K2 K—Bl P—B4 BxKt QxP R—Kl Kt—K2 R—KKtl

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

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—K4 KtxP B—Q2 BxB B—K2 B—B3 BxP!! B—QB3 Q—Q2!! O—o—O Kt—B3! BxQ QxKt

A . KOTOV

Black P—Q4 P—K3 P—QB3 PxKP B—Kt5ch QxP Q x Ktch Kt—QR3 Kt—K2 R—KKtl QxKtP QxR Kt—Q4 QxRch Kt x B K—K2

THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY B—Q2

17 K t — K 5 ! 18 Q—QR3ch A ill

ill

H m iite* K s i s

ill

A i l

HI

«

« i l i

7 P—K5 8 PxP 9 B—Kt5ch 10 O — O 11 K t x K t 12 K t — B 5 ! 13 B—K3 1 4 B—R6ch 15 K t x P c h

171 PxP Kt—Q4 K—Bl BxP QxKt Q—B4ch Q—B2 K—Ktl QxKt

« S i l l

i i

HI 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

. . . . Q — K B 3! QxPch Q—B4 Kt—B7ch B—R5 Q—Q6ch Kt—R6! K—Q2 Kt—Kt4! Q—K7ch BxR K—K3 P—KR4 B—R5ch!

299.

P—QB4 QR-Ql K—Q3 QR—KBl K—K2 B—B3 K—B3 R—Kt8ch K—Kt2 RxKt K—R3 RxPch R—B8 K—Kt3 Resigns

Leningrad, 195Q.

A little-known player magnificent attack.

conducts

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

300.

White 1 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP Kt—QB3 P—B4

SOMOV

Black p_QB4 P—Q3 PxP Kt—KB3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2

KxR Q—K3 B—B3 KxR K—K2 K—B2 R—Kl K—Ktl Resigns

Bled, 1 9 5 0 .

Najdorf called this the most brila liant game that he had seen in years.

S I C I L I A N DEFENSE SHAPIRO

RxP! Q—Q5ch R—Blch RxBch! Q—Q4ch B—Kt5ch B—QB4 Q—B6ch B—KR6

RUY LOPEZ S . TARTAKOWER FUDERER Black White P—K4 1 P—K4 QKt—B3 KKt—B3 P—QR3 B—Kt5 B—Kt5 B—R4 KKt—K2 O—O B—R4 P—B3 PxP P—Q4 B—Kt3 p_QKt4

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

172 9 PxP 10.P—Q5 11 K t — R 3 12 P—Q6 13 K t — B 4 14 Q B — K t 5 15 K t x B 16 B — K 3

O—O Kt—R2 P—QB4 Kt—Kt3 PxP P—B3 Q x Kt Q-Ql

P—K5!! KtxKt P—B4!! P—B5! Q—Q5ch P—B6!! B—Kt3 R—B4 R—R4 R—R6 R—KBl RxBP BxRch Q—B7 K—Rl Q—B8ch

KtxP PxKt P—K5 Kt—B3 K—Rl PxP P—Kt4 B—Kt2 P—B4 K—Kt2 R—B3 RxR(3) K—Rl Q—Kt3ch Q-Q5 Resigns

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

301.

Amsterdam, 1 9 5 1 .

Najdorfs tactical mastery reaches a supreme high. Seldom has so brilliant an attack been created out of almost nothing!

CATALAN M. NAJDORF White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 29

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—KB3 QKt—Q2 O—O KtxP Q—R4ch QxKt P—Kt3 Q—B2 B—Kt2 PxP Kt—K5! QR—Bl KR—Kl Q—K2 Q—R5! B—K4! Q—K2 Kt—Kt4 RxR! B x Kt! Kt—R6ch! Q—K7ch R—K6!! RxQ Kt—Kt4

SYSTEM H A J E KRAMER Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—Q4 PxP QKt—Q2 Kt—Kt3 P—B4 KtxKt B—Q2 Q—Kt3 B—Kt4 PxP P—Q6 B—K2 O—O KR—Ql Kt—Q4 , B—KB 3 B—Kl P—Kt3 QR—Bl B—Q5 RxR P x B K—Bl K—Kt2 B x B PxR B—QB3

THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Kt-- K 5 Q x Bch P—-QR4 Q --Q4 P --R5! P --B4 K --B2 P—-KKt4 Q --Kt6

302.

BxKt K—Ktl R—Kl P—QKt4 R—K3 P—R3 K—R2 P—B3 Resigns

Iff • M • •JLBiff ff ff 23 24

Neuhausen, 1 9 5 3 .

(Challengers' Tournament)

In for a penny a pound.

Euwe

goes

in

White 1 P—Q4 2 P—QB4

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

p_KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—QB3 P—Q5 B—Kt5 BxKt P—Q6! P—K3 B—Q5 Kt—K4 P—KR4 Kt—Kt5 P—KKt4 Kt—K2 Kt—B4 PxP Kt x Pch KtxP K—Bl Kt—B4!

M. NAJDORF

Black Kt—KB3 P—KKt 3 B—Kt2 O—O

P—B4 P—K4 P—KR3 QxB Kt—B3 P—Kt3 K—Rl Q-Ql P—B4 B—Kt2! P—K5 BxP Q—B3 BxR K—Kt2 B—B6ch QxBP K—Rl

(see diagram next column)

ff

ff

KtxB Kt(3)—K2

25 P—R5 for

K I N G ' S INDIAN DEFENSE . EUWE

173

26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

Kt—Kt3 PxR K—B2 R—Kl QxR Q—K8 K—Ktl K—R2 Kt—Kt2 Q—Kt8ch Q—R8ch Q—Kt7ch

303.

Jff QR—Kl R—KKtl R—Kt4 RxKt RxP R—Kl RxR K—Kt2 Q—B7ch Q—Q8ch Q—B7ch Q—B4 K—B3 K—Kt4 Resigns

Milwaukee, 1 9 5 3 . (U. S. Open)

White's conception shows imaginaresisttion. His opponent's tough ance notwithstanding, he is able to carry it out with admirable elan. NIMZO-INDIAN DONALD BYRNE

White 1 2 3 4 5

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—QR3 PxB

DEFENSE R. PITSCHAK

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 B—Kt5 B x Ktch P—QKt3

T H E GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

174 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P—B3 B—Kt5 P—K4 B—Q3 Kt—K2 O—O

BxKt!! Q—R4ch P—B5! P—KB4!! P—K5! P—B5 PxP! B—K4

20

P—B6

21 22 23 24 25

QR—Ql Q—B2! P—QR4 KtxP P—K6!!

26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

KtxKP!! BxKt QR—Kl Q—B3! R x R R—K7 Q—QKt3 KR—Kl

304.

B—Kt2 P—Q3 QKt—Q2 P—K4 Kt—Bl Kt—K3 QxB P—B3

QPxP KPxQP Q-Ql Kt—B2 PxP Kt—Kt4 Q-Q2 R—Ql P—Kt3 Kt—B2 Kt—Q4 PxP

his Rooks for sacrifice square. Black cannot

on the same either. take

N I M Z O - I N D I A N DEFENSE

L. PACHMAN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 Kt—B3 B—Q3 O—O

Kt—QR4 P—QR3 PxP P—QKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—B3 BxKt R—Kl B—Bl R—Bl P—Q5! Kt—K5! RxB R—K3! PxP B—B4 Q-Q4 R—K6!!

D R . FILIP

Black Kt—KB3 P—K3 P—QKt3 B—Kt2 B—Kt5 O—O

P—B4 PxP B—K2 Kt—K5 P—B4 B—KB 3 KtxKt Q—Kl Q—Kt3 Kt—B3 Kt—K2 PxP BxKt Q-Q3 R—B2 P—QR4 Kt—Kt3 P—B5

QxKt RxB R—K4 O—O

Q—Bl R—B2 Q—Bl Resigns

Czecho-Slovakia, 1954.

White sets up and carries beautiful attack. He offers

out

a both

25 . . . . 26 B—Kt2

Q x RP Q—Bl

175

THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

RxP B—R3 R—Kl R—K6! Q—K4 P—R3 BxP B—Kt3 RxKt! Q—R4ch

305.

P—Q3 R—Ql B—Bl R(2)—Q2 Q—B2 P—B6 PxP K—Rl PxR Resigns

New York, 1954.

(USSR vs. U S A ) When Black him.

White comes pulls the rug

rushing in, from under

K I N G S INDIAN DEFENSE M. TAIMONOV

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 21

P—QB4 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 P—K4 P—Q4 B—K2 O—O P—Q5 Kt—Kl Kt—Q3 P—B3 B—Q2 R—Bl P—B5 KtxKt Kt—R4 P—QKt4 BxP RxP? . . . . BxB B—R3

L. EVANS

Black Kt—KB3 P—KKt 3 B—Kt2 O—O P—Q3 P—K4 Kt—B3 Kt—K2 Kt—Q2 P—KB4 P—B5 p__KKt4 R—B3

Kt x BP PxKt P—Kt3 PxP B—Bl! Kt—B4!! QxR Kt—K6

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Q—Bl R—B2 Kt—B3 B—Kt2 PxP B—Bl Q—Kl Kt—K2 P—Kt3 KtxP Kt—B5 KxKt K—K2 K—Ql KxQ Resigns

306.

Q—KKt2! B—Q2 P—Kt5 P—Kt6 QxP R—QBl P—Kt4 Q—R5 PxP KtxB! R—Kt3ch Q—R8ch R—B7ch Q x Qch R—Kt8ch

New York, 1954.

Even Reshevsky into a trap.

sometimes

falls

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE A. BISGUIER

White 1 2 3 4 5

P—Q4 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—K4 B—Kt5

6 B—R4

S. RESHEVSKY

Black Kt—KB3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 P—Q3 P—KR3 O—O

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

176 7 8 9 10 11

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

P—B4 P—Q5 Kt—B3 B—Q3 Kt—K2 O—O Q—Q2 QR—Kl P—KR3 RxB PxP Kt—Kt3 Kt—Bl P—B5! PxP P—K5! RxR BxP R—KKt3 Kt—K3! Q—Kl!

28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

RxKt! B—Kt3! BxQ B—B5 B—Kt4 Q—K2 QxR K x Kt B—B5

12

P—B4 P—QR3 P—QKt4 P—Kt5 B—Kt5 QKt—Q2 Q—B2 QR—Kl BxKt P-^-K3 RxP Kt—R2 QKt—B3 R—K2 PxP RxP PxR P—K5 Q—K4 Q—B5 Kt—Kt4??

PxR Kt—R4 KtxB B—Q5 Kt—Q6 R—B7 KtxQ BxP P—R4

Reshevsky struggles hard, but the rest is only a formality. 37 B x P 38 B—B2

P—R5 P—Kt6

39 P x P 40 B—Ktl and wins.

P—R6

307. New York, 1955. Stroke and counter-stroke! The errors help to make this game even exciting. more KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE S. RESHEVSKY

White 1 P—Q4 2 P—QB4 3 P—Q5 4 Kt—QB3 5 P—K4 6 B—Q3 7 KKt—K2 8 P—KR3 9 B—Kt5 10 Q - Q 2 11 P—KKt4 12 Kt—Kt3 13 P—Kt3 14 P—B3 15 K—B2 16 QR—QKtl 17 P—KR4 18 B—K3 19 P—QR3 20 Kt—R2 21 P—R5 22 Kt—B5 . 23 K P x P 24 P x K P 25 B—K2 26 Kt—B3 27 P—Kt4 28 R x P 29 R—Kt3 30 P x P 31 Q—B2 32 Kt—Kt5 33 R—Rl 34 K t x P

I. A. HOROWITZ

Black Kt—KB3 P—QB4 P—K4 P—Q3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 O—O Kt—R3 Kt—B2 Q—Kl! P—QR3 P—Kt4! R—Ktl Kt—Q2! Kt—Kt3 B—Q2 P—B3 R—B2! B—KBl B—K2 P—Kt4 BxKt P—K5! Kt—Q2 B—Ql Kt—K4 BPxP P—R4! P—Kt5 PxP Kt—R3 R—Q2 Kt—B4!

THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY

Wi 11B11 • ! WM %u. 'ww. m mm.

mmmt

34 35 56 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56

... . KB x Kt R—QBl QxKt P—B5 P—Q6ch Q—K6? K—B3 P—Q7 P—B6 P—B7 RxR P—R6 Q—B4 B—R5 K—Kt4 Q—Q5 B—Q4 K—R3 B—B5 B x Qch PxR B—B3 Resigns

308.

KtxKtPch!! Q—K4! Kt x R Q x Kt? Q—K4 K—Bl

Q—R7ch R—R2 B—K2 R(l)—Rl! RxP QxR Q-Q3! QxP B—Q3 R—Bl Q—K2 R—Ql B—K4! RxQ KxB P—Kt6 K—Q3

Mar del Plata, 1955.

First Brilliancy

Prize.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE G. IDIGORAS

O. PANNO

White

Black

1 P—Q4

Kt—KB3

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

P—QB4 Kt—KB3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 O—O Kt—B3 P—KR3 P—Kt3 P—K3! PxP B—Kt2 Kt—K2 R—Kl R—QBl Kt—B4 P—KR4! R—B2 P—R5! PxKtP B—KR3 Kt—Kt5! KtxKtP!!

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

B—K6ch P—B4 P—Q5 R—R2 PxB Q—Kt4 Kt—B3! P—K4 PxP P—B5

34

Q_R

5

35 Q—Kt6

177 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 O—O P—Q3 Kt—B3 P—QR3 R—Ktl P_QKt4 Kt—QR4 PxP P—Kt5 B—QR3 Q-Q2 KR—Bl P—B3 Q—R2 Kt—Kt2 P—B4 RPxP R—Bl B—R3

PxKt K—Kt2 Kt—Ql B—Bl BxB Q—R3 R—KRl Q-Q6 P—B5 QxBP P—Kt4 K—Bl B—Kt2

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

178 36 37 38 39 40 41

309. Beware

Zagreb, 1956.

the Knight

QUEEN'S

Pawn.

GAMBIT

A . FUDERER

White 1 2 3 4

BxR B—Kt2 K—Ktl PxB K—Bl

RxRch KtxP Kt—R7ch BxKt Kt x Pch Q—K8 mate

P—QB4 Kt—QB3 P—Q4 B—Kt5

5 6 7 8

9

10 11 12 13 14 15

16

DECLINED B . MILICH

Black P—K3 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 B—K2

17 18

19

20 21 22 23 24 25

P—K3 R—Bl B—R4 BxB Q—B2 B—Q3 QxKt Kt—B3! K—K2 QR—KKtl R—Kt3 KR—KKtl Q—R3! K—Kl BxQBP RxPch!! BxPch RxR Q—K7ch Kt—K5! P—B4

O—O

P—KR3 Kt—K5 QxB P—QB3 KtxKt Q—Kt4 QxP Q—R6 P—KB4 Q—R4 R—B2 Kt—Q2 PxP P—B5 RxR K—Rl KxR K—Rl PxP Resigns

THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN

HEGEMONY

179

In the past f o u r years, age has bowed to youth. international

scene, Mikhail

On the

Tal, in his early twenties, de-

feated 49-year-old Mikhail Botvinnik for the chess championship of the world.

A t home, Bobby Fischer at 1 7 has annexed

the U. S. Championship ahead of 49-year-old Samuel Reshevsky.

Victory of an American students' team at Leningrad

portends the trend of events to come. 310.

United States Championship N e w York, 1 9 5 6

Dubbed

the Game

the following piece

of

formed

of

Century,

is a stunning

master-

combination by a boy

formidable the

of the

finest

of

opponent. on record

chess

play

per-

13 against It

mm. mmt

a

matches

in the

history

prodigies.

GRUENFELD DEFENSE BYRNE White

R. FISCHER Black

1 Kt—KB 3

Kt—KB3

2 P—QB4

P—KKt 3

3 Kt—B3 4 P—Q4

B—Kt2

5 B—B4

P—Q4

6 Q—Kt3 7 QxBP

P—B3

O—O PxP

8

P—K4

QKt—Q2

9

R—Ql

Kt—Kt3

10 Q—B5 11 B — K K t 5 12

Q—R3

13

PxKt

14 B x P

B—Kt5 Kt—R5! KtxKt KtxP

15

B—B4

Q—Kt3 K t x QBP

16

B—B5

KR—Klch

17

K—Bl

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

. . . . B x Q K—Ktl K—Bl K—Ktl K—Bl K—Ktl Q—Kt4 QxP P—KR3 K—R2 R—Kl Q—Q8ch Kt x R Kt - B 3 Q- - K t 8 -R4 P—K5 Kt Ktl K Bl K Kl K K- Qi K Bl K Ktl K- B l

B—K3! BxBch Kt—K7ch K t x Pch Kt—K7ch Kt—B6ch PxB R—R5 Kt x R RxP KtxP RxR B—Bl B—Q4 Kt—K5 P—QKt4 P—R4 K—Kt2 B—B4ch Kt—Kt6ch B—Kt5ch B—Kt6ch Kt—K7ch Kt—B6ch R — Q B 7 mate

180

THE GOLDEN T

311.

JRY OF CHESS

W o r l d Team Championship, Leipzig, I 9 6 0

Mellow, then three-time U. S. champion, 17-year-old Bobby Fischer treats this game like a veteran pro. The tail-end sacrifice is stupendous and amusing. KING'S INDIAN R. LETELIER (Chile) White 1

P—Q4

DEFENSE R. FISCHER (U.S.A.) Black

P—KKt 3

3 Kt—QB3

B—Kt2

P—K4

O—O

5 P—K5

Kt—Kl

6 P—B4 7

P—Q3

B—K3

P—QB4

8

QPxP

Kt—QB3

9

BPxP

PxP

10

Kt—K4

B—B4

11

Kt—Kt3

B—K3

12 K t — B 3 13

Through 1966, the Soviet steamroller has continued to dominate the field. The only threat to their almost vested retention of the title, at the present writing, is in the person of the American ace Bobby Fischer. Included in this new edition are six of his recent triumphs in important tournaments. 312. V a r n a , 1 9 6 2

Fischer gives a bind.

PxP

14 P—KB 5

P—K5

15

PxB

PxKt

16

PxP

P—B4 Kt—B3

18

B—K2

KR—Kl

19

K—B2

RxP

20

R—Kl

QR—Kl

21

B—B3

RxB

22

RxR

RxR

23

KxR

up the exchange

SICILIAN

Q—B2

Q—Ktl

17 P—B4

QxPch

Kt—KB 3

2 P—QB4

4

23 . . . . 2 4 Resigns

R. J . FISCHER White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP Kt—QB3 P—KR3 Kt—Q5 K t x Ktch P—QB4 BxP O—O R—Kl

for

DEFENSE M . NAJDORF Black P—QB4 P—Q3 PxP Kt—KB3 P—QR3 P_QKt4 B—Kt2 KtP x Kt PxP BxP P—Q4 P—K4

THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Q—R4ch RxB Kt—B5 Kt—Kt7ch Kt—B5ch B—K3 PxB

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Kt—Q2 PxR B—B4 K—K2 K—Kl BxB Q—Kt3

B—KR6 P—KR4 P—R5 B—Q3 KKt—K2 P—KKt4 PxP QR—Ktl BxBch Q—R6 R—Kt5 R(l)—Ktl BxKt

181 O—O Q—R4 PxP QKt—Q2 R—Ql Kt—Bl Kt—K3 K—Rl KtxB R—KKtl Q-Qi Kt—B4 Resigns

314. U . S. Championship New York, 1963-1964

20 21 22 23 24

R—Ql R—Q6 Q—N3 BxPch B—K6

R—R2 Q—Ql Q—B2 K—Ql Resigns

313. Varna, 1962 An incisive refutation of the Counter. ble-edged Center

dou-

The astute sideline surprised at Byrne's GRUENFELD R. BYRNE

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

P—Q4 P—QB4 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 PxP Kt—QB3 P—K3 KKt—K2

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

P—Kt3 B—QR3 Q-Q2 PxP KR—Ql Q—B2 KxKt K—Ktl Q—Q2

9 O—O

CENTER COUNTER R. J . FISCHER

White 1 P—K4 2 PxP 3 Kt—QB3 4

P—Q4

5 B—KB4 6 Q—Q2 7 0—O—O

DEFENSE

K. ROBATSCH

Black P—Q4 QxP Q-Ql P—KKt3 B—Kt2 Kt—KB3 P—B3

kibitzers were final decision! DEFENSE R. J . FISCHER

Black Kt—KB3 P—KKt3 P—B3 P_Q4 PxP B—Kt2

O—O

Kt—B3 P—Kt3 B—QR3 • R—Kl P—K4 KtxP Kt—Q6 KtxP Kt—Kt5ch KtxKP KtxJ

(see diagram next page)

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

182 19 K x K t 20 K t x P 21 K — B l

P—Q5 B—Kt2ch Q-Q2

1 •

HP

4x*

HP

W

It trntm llill 8 • BSB 19 R—B6 20 P—K5 21 Kt—K2 Resigns

Fischer's brilliancy is par for the course — For Fischer of course

315. U. S. Championship New York, 1963-1964 ^4 quarter-back block path to the post.

clears

the

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 P—B4 Kt—B3 B—Q3 P—KR3 QxB B—K3 QPxP P—B5 QxP Q—B2 O—O Q—Kt3 Q—Kt4 Q—R5 BxKt

316. Soviet Championship, 1964 A crosscheck and a quiet move and ifs over.

PIRC DEFENSE R. J . FISCHER

K—Ktl P—KR3 Resigns

PAL BENKO

Black P—KKt3 B—Kt2 P—Q3 Kt—KB3 O—O B—Kt5 BxKt Kt—B3 P—K4 PxP PxP Kt—Q5 Kt—Kl Kt—Q3 K—Rl P—QB3 Q—Kl PxB

CARO-KANN DEFENSE N . BAKULIN

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

P—K4 P—Q4 Kt—QB3 KtxP Kt x Ktch B—K3 Q-Q2 Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 B—K2 O—O KR—Ql Kt—Bl P—KKt3 P—QB4 P—Q5

D . BRONSTEIN

Black P—QB3 P—Q4 PxP Kt—B3 KtP x Kt B—B4 P—K3 Kt—Q2 B—Kt3 Q—B2 P—KR4 P—R5 P—R6 O—0—0 P—QB4 P—K4

MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

QR—Bl P—QKt4 P—B3 B—B2 K—Rl R—Kl BxP PxKt B—Ql KtPxP Q—K2 QxB KxR Kt—K3 Q—B5ch K—Rl Resigns

P—B4 B—Q3 P—B5 QR—Kl KR—Ktl P—K5 KtxB QxP B—B2 P—K6 B—Q6 R—Kt8ch P—K7ch RxKt R—K3ch Q—B7

317. Havana, 1965 The defense

rests on a

hairline.

S I C I L I A N DEFENSE r. TRINGOFF

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 KtxP Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 P—B4 Q—Q2 R—QKtl P—K5 PxP B—QB4 R—Kt3 O—O KtxP BxPch RxRch Q—B4 Q—B7 K—Rl

R. J . FISCHE

Black P—QB4 P—Q3 PxP Kt—KB3 P—QR3 P—K3 Q—Kt3 QxP Q—R6 PxP KKt—Q2 B—Kt5 Q—R4 O—O PxKt K—Rl BxR Kt—QB3 Q—B4ch Kt—B3

21 B x B 22 Q—K6 Resigns

183

KtxP Kt(4)—Kt5

318. Havana, 1965 An amusing ivraps up the

tail-end point.

"combine"

R U Y LOPEZ B. IVKOV

White

J . H. DONNER

Black

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

P—K4 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5 B—R4 O—O P—Q4 B—Kt3 PxP Q—K2 R—Ql BPxKt Kt—B3 B—K3 QR—Bl Kt—K4 P—KR3

P—Kl Kt—QB3 P—QR} Kt—B3 KtxP P—QKt4 P—Q4 B—K3 Kt—B4 KtxB B—K2 0—O Kt—R4 Kt—Kt2 B—KKt5 B x Kt

17 18 19 20

QxB Kt—Kt3 Kt—B5 RxQP

P—QB3 R—Bl P—Kt3 Q—Kl

134

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

21 B — R 6

Resigns

1 2 319. Zagreb, 1 9 6 5 Mate wake.

leaves

no

weaknesses

in

its

R O B A T S C H DEFENSE B. LARSEN

BISGUIER

Black

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P—Q4 P—K4 P—KB4 Kt—KB3 B—Q3 O—O P—K5 Q—Kl P—B5 PxKtP Q—R4 B—KR6 Kt—Kt5 RxKt R—Bl B—B8 RxB Q—R6 Q — R 7 mate

Black

White

P—KKt3 B—Kt2 P—Q3 Kt—KB3 O—O QKt—Q2 Kt—Kl P—QB4 PxKP RPxP KPxP Kt(l)—B3 Kt—K4 B—Rl R—Kl B—B3 PxR RxB

3 4 5 6 7

Kt—KB 3 P—KKt 3 P—B4 B—Kt2 O—O Kt—B3 P—Q4

8 P—Q5 9 Kt—Q2 1 0 Q—B2 11 P — K t 3 12 P — K 4 13 P x P 14 Kt—Ql 15 P—B3 16 B—Kt2 17 B x P 18 Q x B 19 B—K2 20 P x B P 21 K t — K 3 22 R x B 23 B — K t 4 24 R x K t 25 B — K 6 c h 26 K t — K 4 27 K t x Q P 28 K — R l 2 9 BxRch

IIP HP iB

W •

Kt—KB 3 P—KKt 3 B—Kt2 O—O Kt—B3 P—Q3 P—QR3 Kt—QR4 P—B4 P—K4 Kt—Kt5 P—B4 PxP P—Kt4 P—K5 KPxP BxB Kt—K4 P—B5 B—R6 BxR Kt—Kt3 KKt x P RxR R—B2 Q—R5 Q_Kt4ch R—R2 RxB

HP llPcfollP sill e^^Hf I P W W 4* • a «^JL

320. W o r l d Championship, 1966 Spassky sian the

wins the end.

opening;

Petro-

K I N G ' S I N D I A N DEFENSE T.

PETROSIAN

B.

SPASSKY

30

Q—R8ch

Resigns

THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN

321. Los Angeles, 1966 A modem

immortal.

SICILIAN 3. LARSEN

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

P—K4 Kt—KB 3 P—Q4 KtxP B—K3 P—QB4 Kt—QB3 QxKt Q-Ql Q—Q2 B—K2 O—O QR—Ql Kt—Q5 P—B4 P—KB 5 B—Kt4 PxP Q—KB 2 P—K5 Q—R4 RxB R—B3 Q—R6

25 Q x P

DEFENSE

26 27 28 29 30

185

HEGEMONY

R x Kt B—K6ch RxR R—KKt5 R—Kt3

PxQ R—B2 K—Rl P—Kt4 Resigns

T . PETROSYAN

Black P—QB4 Kt—QB3 PxP P—KKt 3 B—Kt2 Kt—B3 Kt—KKt 5 KtxKt Kt—K3 P—Q3 B—Q2 O—O B—QB3 R—Kl Kt—B2Kt—R3 Kt—B4 RPxP R—KBl BxP BxKt Kt—K3 B—B3 B—Kt2

Kt—B5

322. Los Angeles, 1966 Black's innocuous queen-side play leaves the other flank vulnerable. SICILIAN DEFENSE R. J . FISCHER

White 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

P—K4 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 P—KKt3 QKt—Q2 B—Kt2 O—O Kt—R4 P—KB4 PxP R—Kl P—B3 K—Rl P—K5 Kt—K4 Q—R5 P—KKt4 BxB Q—R6 P—B5 PxKtP KtxP Kt—B4 Kt—R5 Kt—B6 PxKt B—B4 QR-Ql P—B7

B. IVKOV

Black P—QB4 P—K3 Kt—QB3 P—Q4 B—Q3 KKt—K2 O—O P—QKt3 PxP B—R3 P—B5 B—B4ch Kt—R4 Kt—Q4 B—Kt2 Kt—K2 BxKt P—Kt3 Kt—Q4 R—Kl BPxP Q-Q2 QR-Ql K—Rl KtxKt R—KKtl RxP QR—KKtl Resigns

Index of Players — A —

Adams, E. Z. 231 Alapin 187 Alekhine 8, 115, 178, 181, 186, 190, 193, 195, 196, 210, 213, 217, 219, 223, 228, 230, 232, 237, 242, 244, 255, 261, 264, 271, 280, 281, 289 Alexander, C. H. 279, 294 Allgaier 19 Allies 81, 142 Amateur 22, 50, 52, 70, 80, 203, 268, 284 Anderson 270 Anderssen 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 48, 49, 56, 60, 61, 64, 65, 76 Asgierssen 8 Asztalos 185 Atkins 150 Atwood 18 — B— Bakulin, 316 Ballard 71 Banks 197 Bardeleben, von 119 Barnes 44 B a r r y 104 Bauer 141 Benko 315 Bernstein, O. S. 167, 174, 188, 191 Bernstein, S. 290 Berry 73 Bilguer, von 27 Bird 43, 66, 68, 75, 89 Bisguier 296, 306, 319 Bitcham 111 Blackburne 70, 71, 82, 86, 87, 106, 129, 164 Blechschmidt 257

Bledow 25 Boden 55, 68 Bogolyubov 193, 203, 208, 226, 227, 254,291 Botvinnik 245, 267, 274 Bronstein 292, 298, 316 Breyer 185, 204 Brunswick, Duke of 47 Burn 163 .Buttfield 216 Byrne, D. 303, 310, 314 — C —

C a n a l 221 Capablanca 144, 174, 183, 186, 188, 189, 191, 199, 202, 234, 244 Caro 152 Castellvi 10 Charousek 116 Clemens 105 Clerc 91 Cochrane 20 Cohn 176 Colle 240, 248, 250, 253 Cordingly 294 Cornell 146 Corzo 144, 183 Cranston 265 Cutri, da 11, 12, 13 — D— Dadian, Prince 111 Dake 261, 265 Davis 145 Dearman 145 Defosse 275 Denn 156 Derrickson 52 Dodge 157

Greco 13 Grimshaw 124 Gross 90 Grossman 266 Gruenfeld 219, 240 Guila 74

Domenico 14 Donovan 290 Donner 318 Dore 112 Dubois 58 Dufresne 30, 34, 36 Dunkelblum 251 Duras 161, 176 Dus-Chotimirski 7

Gunsberg 96, 97, 147— H —

— E —

Eisenschmidt 105 Eliskases 282 Englisch 89 Euwe 205, 236, 271, 277, 302 Evans, Capt. 21 Evans, L. 305 _ F

—

Falkbeer 31, 32, 69 Feldt, von 196 Feuquieres, de 16 Field 220 Filip 304 Fine 262, 266, 278, 281 Fine 127 Fischer 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 317, 322 Flamberg 184 Fleissig 115 Flohr 249, 257 Fonaroff 199 Forgacs 169 Fox 141 Fridizius 181 Fried 47 Fuderer 300, 309 _ G

Galbraith 113 Gibaud 225 Gilbert 73 Glasgow 54 Globus 90 Glucksberg 9 Goldenov 292 Gonssiorovski 200 Gossip 98

—

Haegg 246 Hakansson 214 Halprin 140 Hammond 83 Hamppe 51, 72 Hanham 94 Harding 113 Harmonist 95, 96 Harrwitz 45 Hausler 137 Helms 194, 289 Hirschler 118 Hodges 110 Hoffer 80 Hoffman 1 Horneman 252 Horowitz 260, 272, 276, 284, 288, 307 Horwitz 25 Houghteling 146, 157 Hromadka 224 Idigoras 308 Iljin-Genevsky 237 Isouard, Count 47 Ivkov 318, 322 Janowski 123, 132, 133, 171, 180, 233 Johner 221, 238 Jouy 26 Jordan 197 Judd 94, 131 _ K

—

Kashdan 252, 256, 272 Keres 278, 279, 282, 283, 291

Kevitz 260 Kieseritzky 33 Kimura 264 Kolisch 53, 56, 63 Koltanowski 257, 275 Korpanty 285 Kossak 30 Kotov 278 Kottnauer 293 Kramer 301 Kuerchner 107 Kunze 152 Kussman 230 — L —

Labourdonnais 23, 24, 26 Landau 248 Lange 4, 35, 38 Larsen 319, 321 Lasa von der 27 Lasker, E. 101, 179, 273, 286 Lasker, Dr. Em. 6, 110, 120, 121, 122, 128, 129, 135, 154, 155, 170, 171, 189, 190, 228, 229, 235 Lazard 225 Lebedew 136 Letelier 311 Lewitzky 182 Lichtenheim 40 Lindehn 59 Lipschuetz 93 Lopez 11, 12, 13 Lowenthal 29 — M —

MacDonnell, A. 21, 22, 23, 24 MacDonnell, G. 55 Mackenzie, G. 67, 77, 83, 93 Maczuski 59, 63 Marache 41 Marco 109 Maroczy 126, 135, 151, 211, 277 Marshall 134, 150, 158, 163, 180, 182, 202, 205, 227, 242 Martinez 92, 103 Mason 75, 77, 84, 97 Matchego 69 Mayet 35, 37

Meitner 72 Mengarini 296 Mephisto 85 Mieses 133, 139, 173 Milkenas 259 Milich 309 Mlotkowski 198 Mongredien 57 Monticelli 254 Morant 16 Morphy, E. 28 Morphy, P. 28, 29, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50 Mouret 20 Mueller 297 _ N

—

Najdorf 9, 30, 302, 312 Napier 155 Neumann, N. 130 Neustadl 102 Newcastle 54 Newmann 138 Niemzovich 130 Nimzovich 187, 192, 214, 218, 222, 237, 238, 239 Norman-Hansen 270 Nugent 127 — O —

O'Hanlon 253 OUand 143 Owen 44 — P —

Pachman 304 Panno 308 Patay, von 241 Paulsen 39, 53, 62, 76 Pecci 74 Perlis 164 Perwago 156 Petroff 1 Petrosian 320, 321 Petrov 283 Philidor 17 Pillsbury 6, 104, 120, 122, 125, 131, 132, 134, 137, 138, 140, 147

Pitschak 303 Platz 285 Polerio 14 Pollak 114 Pollock 99 Potemkin 178 Potier 46 Pritzel 139 Przepiorka 241 — R— Rabinovich 148, 201, 245 Rauser 267 Reshevsky 273, 276, 280, 287, 306, 307 Reti 172, 184, 207, 212, 226, 229, 232, 236 Rey-Ardid 269 Riviere, de 49 Robatsch 313 Rosanes 60 Rosetto 295 Rossolimo 297 Rothschild 91, 114 Rotlewi 160 Rubinstein 160, 162, 170, 175, 208, 215, 224, 239 _ S

—

Saemisch 222, 223, 233, 249 Salwe 166 Schallopp 61, 123 Schierstedt 38 Schiffers 78, 95, 148 Schlechter 115, 117, 154, 166, 168, 177 Schmid 79 Schneider, H. 62 Schulten 42 Schwarz 82 Seidman 286, 287, 288 Shapiro 299 Shipley 103 Showalter 98, 125 Siegheim 216 Simonson 88 Smith 17

Smyslov 293 Smyth 194 Soldatenkoff 171 Somov 299 Spassky 320 Spielmann 7, 161, 173, 175, 247 Stahlberg 255, 256, 295 Staunton 44 Steiner, H. 262 Steinitz 51, 57, 58, 66, 81, 87, 88, 108, 119, 121, 124, 128 Sterk 206 Stevenson, Mrs. 263 Supico 289 _ T _ Taimanov 305 Takacs 243 Tarrasch 107, 109, 118, 192, 204, 207, 210, 268 Tartakower 159, 168, 169, 172, 211, 269, 274, 300 Taubenhaus 171 Tchigorin 78, 108, 149, 151 Teichmann 142, 177 Tenner 220, 289 Testa 198 Thomas 179, 215, 263 Thompson 67 Thorold 106 Tinsley 85 Tolstoy 136 Torre 231, 235 Torres 213 TringorT 317 — V —

Valenta 102 Van Essen 258 Vidmar 159, 259 Vinoles 10 — W —

Walter 247 Wayte 79 Williams 246 Wilson 18 Winawer 84

Wolf 143, 158, 209 Wollner 116 Woskoff 258 Yates 217, 218, 243, 250 Young 112

_ Z

—

Zambelly 126 Znosko-Borovsky 149, 162, 167, 212 Zubareff 195 Zukertort 64, 65, 86, 92

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

~

I Introduction by FRANK J. MARSHALL u.s. CHESS CHAMPION FOR 32 YEARS

III

There are three remarkable things about this book; its title, its motivation and its contents. The title at once brings to mind one of the most beloved books in the English language. As we ':111 know, it was Palgrave's object, when he assembled the beautiful poems which comprise "The Golden Treasury," to gather into one convenient volume the choicest productions of our literature through several centuries. The editor has had in mind precisely the same goal with respect to chess, and the r.esult has been a really magnificent compilation of fine games. As for the book's motivation: it goes without saying that such a collection can only be made con am ore; only a man deeply in love with the beauties of chess would be willing to devote a lifetime of labor, of research, of travel, of correspondence, of unsparing loyalty to a cherished ideal to produce such a monumental work. The painstaking examination of thousands of books, magazines and manuscripts in many libraries, museums and private collections has gone into "The Golden Treasury of Chess," and the results are apparent from the opening game. The contents can only be described as unique. There are of course many collections of games, but each one has some kind of limitation. Some are devoted to a single tournament or match, others to a single player, some to a single epoch, while still others suffer from planlessness and haphazard arrangement. Not so "The Golden Treasury." There is no other collection of such scope, such all-inclusiveness and it'may be added, with such a profusion of strikingly brilliant games. The book is therefore an encyclopedia of beautiful games and at the same time a delightful reminder of the grandest achievements of our finest masters. I am honored to have been included in so distinguished a collection, which has omitted no one from Ruy Lopez to Keres!* -BROUGHT UP TO DATE TO INCLUDE SUCH CURRENT GRANDMASTERS AS FISCHER, PETROSIAN, RESHEVSKY, ETC.

Cover Design By Charles C. FellC'...'~