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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

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Introduction by FRANK J. MARSHALL

u.s. CHESS CHAMPION FOR 32 YEARS
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 lit-
erature 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 magnifi-
cent compilation of fine games.
As for the book's motivation: it goes without saying that such a col-
lection 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 re-
search, 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
III reminder of the grandest achievements of our finest masters. I am hon-
ored to have been included in so distinguished a collection, which has
omitted no one from Ruy Lopez to Keres!*
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THE
GOLDEN TREASURY
OF CHESS
Compiled by
AL HOROWITZ
AND
THE EDITORS OF CHESS REVIEW
CORNERSTONE LIBRARY • NEW YORK

Reprinted 1971
Copyright © 1969, 1 9 6 1 , 1956

B y I. A. Horowitz
Copyright © 1943
By Horowitz & H a r k n e s s
T h i s c o m p l e t e l y new r e v i s e d edition is p u b l i s h e d by
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Contents
Page
I FAVORITE GAMES 3
II THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD 12
III THE M O R P H Y PERIOD 30
IV THE A G E OF STEINITZ 51
V MODERN CHESS 67
VI MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS 95
VII PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY 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 at-
tract 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.
5
6 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
1. Warsaw, Nov. 1844 13 B—B7ch

14 K - -R3 P_Q ch
As long as we continue to be
3
15 P—-K6 Kt—B5ch
charmed by the triumph of mind
16 K --Kt4 KtxKP
over matter, such combinations will
17 P—-K13 Kt x Ktch
fascinate us. The idea of readily
18 K - -Kt5 R_B4ch
surrendering the Queen in order
19 K - -Kt4 R—B3ch
to hound the hostile King with the
20 K - -R4 R—B5ch
lesser pieces, has been utilized fair-
21 K - -Kt5 Kt—K3ch
ly often; but Petroff's sacrifice was
22 K - -R5 P—Kt3ch
one of the first, if not THE first,
23 K - -R6 R—R5ch
example of this appealing com-
24 Px R B—K6 mate
binative theme. All honor to his
originality!
GIUOCO PIANO 2. Paris, 1845
HOFFMAN PETROFF // is many years since I first saw
White Black this game, but the final position,
with Black's Queen trapped by its
1 P—K4 P—K4 own far-advanced Pawns, and
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 White's King gaily advancing
3 B—B4 B—B4 down the board to assist in the
4 P—B3 Kt—B3 final attack against his colleague,
5 P—Q4 PxP is still good for a chuckle. Imagine
6 P—K5 Kt—K5 Kieseritzkys chagrin as he stares
7 B—Q5 KtxKBP?! ruefully at the bottled-up Queen!
8 KxKt PxPch Who says there is no place for hu-
9 K—Kt3 PxP mor in chess?!
10 BxP Kt—K2 COCHRANE GAMBIT
11 Kt—Kt5 KtxB
12 Kt x BP O—O!! MICHELET L. KIESERITZKY
13 KtxQ White Black
And Black mates in eleven moves. 1 P—K4 P—K4
2 P—KB4 PxP
3 Kt—KB3 P—KKt4
4 B—B4 P—Kt5
5 Kt—K5 Q—R5ch
6 K—Bl P—B6
7 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
8 Kt—B3 B—Kt2
9 P—KKt3 Q—R6ch
10 K—B2 P—Q3
11 KtxP(B7) R—Bl
12 Kt—KKt5 Q—Kt7ch
13 K—K3 B—R3
14 K—Q3 Kt—B3
15 P—QR3 B x Kt
M Y FAVORITES
7
16 BxB KtxKP!? BISHOP'S G A M B I T

17 Q—Kl B—B4
W . SCHULTEN L. KIESERITZKY
18 KtxKt P—B7
19 Q—K3 K—Q2 White Black
20 B—Q5 QR—Kl 1 P—K4 P—K4
21 QR—KBl B x Ktch 2 P—KB4 PxP
22 BxB R—B6 3 B—B4 Q—R5ch
23 QxR PxQ 4 K—Bl P—QKt4
24 B—B5ch R—K3 5 BxP Kt—KB3
25 P—Q5 Kt—K4ch 6 Kt—QB3 Kt—Kt5
26 K—Q4 P—KR4 7 Kt—R3 Kt—QB3
27 PxRch K—K'l 8 Kt—Q5 Kt—Q5!
28 B—B6 P—R5 9 Kt x Pch K—Ql
29 B x Kt PxBch 10 KtxR P—B6!
30 KxP PxKtP 11 P—Q3 P—B3
31 K—B6 and wins! 12 B—QB4 P—Q4!
13 BxP R-Q3
14 Q—Kl PxPch
15 KxP Q x Ktch!
16 KxQ Kt—K6ch
17 K—R4 Kt—B6ch
18 K—R5 B—Kt5 mate
4. Breslau, 1859.
// is difficult to imagine how one
could concentrate more brilliancy,
more inspired inventiveness, more
sparkle into so short a game. Here
One of the most astounding end- is the distilled essence of the very
best chess of the old masters: one
ings on record.
thrill after another!
Sacrificial Orgy
R U Y LOPEZ
A . ANDERSSEN D R . M . LANGE
3. Paris, Nov. 1846
White Black
Poor Kieseritzky! He achieved neg-
ative immortality by losing a mag- 1 P—K4 P—K4
nificent game to the great Anders - 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
sen, and this feat swallowed up his 3 B—Kt5 Kt—Q5
reputation forever after. That 4 KtxKt PxKt
Kieseritzky was a brilliant and able 5 B—B4 Kt—B3
player in his own right, however, is 6 P—K5 P—Q4
abundantly clear from this game. 7 B—Kt3 B—KKt5
8 P—KB3 Kt—K5! EVANS GAMBIT

9 O—O P—Q6! A . ANDERSSEN j . H . ZUKERTORT
10 P x B B—B4ch
White Black
11 K—Rl Kt—Kt6ch!
12 P x K t Q—Kt4 P—K4 P—K4
13 R—B5 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
B—B4 B—B4
P—QKt4 BxP
P—B3 B—B4
O—O P—Q3
P—Q4 PxP
8 PxP B—Kt3
9 P—Q5 Kt—R4
10 B—Kt2 Kt—K2
11 B—Q3
12 Kt—B3
o—o
Kt—Kt3
13 Kt—K2
P—QB4
14 R — B l
R—Ktl
15 Q—Q2
P—B3
16 K — R l
B—B2
17 Kt—Kt3
P—Kt4
p_KR4!! 18 Kt—B5
13 . . . . P—Kt5?
QxR 19 R—KKtl
14 K t P x P . B—Kt3
RxPch!! 20 P—Kt4
15 P—Kt4 Kt—K4
Q—K5! 21 B x K t
16 P x R QPxB
22 R—Kt3
17 Q—B3 Q—R5ch R—B2
O—K8ch 23 P—Kt5 BxKt
18 Q—R3
24 P x B QxP?
Resigns
25 P x P R—Ql
Bravo!
26 QR—KKtl K—Rl
27 P x P c h K—Ktl
28 Q—R6 Q-Q3
5. Berlin, 1869
White announced mate in five.
You have probably heard that An-
ders sen was a mighty man with the
Evans Gambit, but it is impossible
to realize what glorious
performed with it, until you
feats he
have
wm mmt
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 pro-
duced games worthy of their repu-
tation.
A glorious battle
MY FAVORITES 9
29 QxPch! KxQ nocence. Though Pillsbury only

30 P—B6ch K—Ktl half suspects the quicksands, his
31 B—R7ch! KxB defense cannot be improved.
32 R—R3ch K—Ktl
33 R—R8 mate 17 P—B5 R x Kt!!
A problem in one half the moves
of the entire game, mentally com-
posed and solved in a manner
6. St. Petersburg, 1896
worthy of the champion of the
There are many attractive settings world.
for a brilliant game; but what is
more impressive than an immortal 18 PxB R—QR6!!
game between two Titans? The 19 PxPch RxP
man who was able to beat the 20 PxR Q—Kt3ch
great Pillsbury in this wonderful 21 B—Kt5 QxBch
game was truly worthy of his title. 22 K—Rl R—B2
It is no exaggeration to say that Threatens . . . R—B8ch!
Lasher's combination is one of the
greatest feats of the human imagi- 23 R—Q2 R—B5
nation. 24 KR—Ql R—B6!
Quadrangular Tourney 25 Q—B5 Q—B5
26 K—Kt2 RxP!
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
H . N . PILLSBURY D R . E. LASKER
White Black
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—QB4 P—K3
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
4 Kt—B3 P—B4
5 B—Kt5 BPxP
6 QxP Kt—B3
7 Q—R4? B—K2 H HI B 1 1
8 O—O—O Q—R4
B—Q2
. %m. | g | « i A « ?
9 P—K3
10 K—Ktl P—KR3
11 PxP PxP
12 Kt—Q4 O—O
BxB 27 Q—K6ch K—R2
13 B x Kt
14 Q—R5 KtxKt 28 KxR Q--B6ch
29 K—R4 P—Kt4ch
15 PxKt B—K3
30 KxP Q—B5ch
The calm before the storm. 31 K—R5 B—Qlch
32 Q—Kt6 P x Q mate
16 P—B4 QR—Bl
The charm of the position after
Black's 16th move is its surface in-
7. Carlsbad, 1911 8. Iceland, 1931

One of the marks of a great master Reti noted years ago that Alek-
is the ability to conjure up mur- hine's outstanding quality was his
derous attacks out of seemingly ability to give even the most com-
harmless positions. You will like monplace positions an unusual turn.
the way that Spielmann commences This game abounds in such origi-
an unexpected attack at move 22 nal moves.
and drives it home with sledge- FRENCH DEFENSE
hammer blows. Every move tells,
and Black's helplessness becomes A. ALEKHINE ASGIERSSEN
ever more apparent. White Black
R U Y LOPEZ 1 P—K4 P—K3
R. SPIELMANN DUS-CHOTIMIRSKI 2 P—Q4 P—Q4
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
White Black
4 B—Kt5 B—K2
P—K4 P—K4 5 BxKt BxB
Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 6 Kt—B3 o-^>
B—Kt5 P—QR3 7 B—Q3 R—Kl
B—R4 Kt—B3 8 P—K5 B—K2
O—O B—K2 9 P—KR4 p_QB4
R—Kl P—QKt4 10 B x Pch! KxB
B—Kt3 P—Q3 11 Kt—Kt5ch BxKt
8 P—B3 Kt—QR4 12 PxBch K—Ktl
9 B—B2 P—B4 13 Q—R5 K—Bl
10 P—Q3 O—O 14 o_o—o P—R3
11 QKt—Q2 Q—B2 15 P—Kt6! K—K2
12 Kt—Bl R—Ktl 16 KtPxP R—Bl
13 P—KR3 B—K3 17 PxP Kt—Q2
14 Q—K2 P—Kt5 18 RxP!! Q—R4
15 Kt(3)—R2 Kt—Q2 19 Q—Kt5ch KxP
16 Kt—Kt3 KR—Bl 20 R—R7 R—KKtl
17 Kt—Kt4 R—Kt2 21 R—Q4 QxBP
18 Kt—K3 B—Kt4
19 Kt—Q5 BxKt
20 PxB BxB
21 QRxB Kt—KB3
22 P—Q4! KPxP
23 Kt—R5! Kt—Q2
24 Q—Kt4 P—Kt3
25 R—K7 K—Bl
26 QR—Kl! Q -Qi WW/,
27 Q—Kt5 Kt—K4
28 Q—B6! Kt(R4)—B5
29 P—B4! PxKt ^ ^ %
M N§ M
y
30 PxKt KtxKP
31 R ( l ) xKt! Resigns
M Y FAVORITES 11
R x Ktch! BxR 9 Kt—Kt5? B xPch

23 Kt—K4 Q—Kt5 10 K—Rl Kt—Kt5
24 Kt—Q6ch K—Bl 11 P—B4 Q—Kl
25 Q—B6ch! PxQ
26 R—B7 mate
9. Warsaw, 1935 i t i t i M
Anyone who preaches the imminent
death of chess ought to take a
good look at this game! The strik-
ing series of brilliancies initiated by
Black's thirteenth move compares
favorably, I believe, with any com-
bination ever played over the board.
A Polish "Immortal"
12 P—KKt3 Q—R4
DUTCH DEFENSE
13 K—Kt2 B—Kt8!!
GLUCKSBERG M. NAJDORF 14 Kt x B Q—R7ch
White Black 15 K—B3 P—K4!
16 QPxP QKt x Pch
P—Q4 P—KB4 17 PxKt Kt x Pch
P—QB4 Kt—KB3 18 K—B4 Kt—Kt3ch
Kt—QB3 P—K3 19 K—B3 P—B5!
Kt—B3 P—Q4 20 KPxP B—Kt5ch!
P—K3? P—B3 Kt—K4ch!
21 K x B
B—Q3 B—Q3 22 P x K t P—R4 mate
O—O O—O
8 Kt—K2? QKt—Q2
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 im-
portant 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 re-
gard 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 ad-
jacent 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 diag-
onal 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 neces-
sary for the chess Generals to develop new strategy and tac-
tics. 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 shor-
tened 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
THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD 13
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 un-
doubtedly 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 Lib-
rary.) *
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 chess-
player.
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 sug-
gestion 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 gam-
bitare 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.
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 outstand-
ing 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 prin-
ciples of chess strategy and tactics. Since his death in 1795,
h i s book has often been r e p r i n t e d . It w a s an important mile*

stone in the progress of chess.
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 open-
ings) ; Alexander MacDonnell and the great Howard Staun-
ton.
In France, the leading players w e r e Alexander Des-
chapelles; Pierre de Saint-Amant (who captained the victor-
ious 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 com-
petitors took part in the main tournament. Adolph Anders-
sen 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.
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 ex-
perts, the truly modern era of chess was ushered in. From a
purely technical point of view, the games played in the 350-
odd 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 com-
prise 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 exper-
ience, in theory, in knowledge, in systematic analysis of the
openings, in the assembling of a fine literature and the ex-
perience 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 tremen-
dous 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 amuse-
ment, 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-
10. Late 15th Century. 2 Kt—KB3 P—KB 3

3 KtxP PxKt?
This is one of the earliest recorded 4 Q—R5ch P—Kt3
games of modern chess. It was
played shortly after 1485, when 5 Q x KPch Q—K2
6 QxR Kt—KB3
the mediaeval moves of the Queen K—B2
7 P—Q4
and Bishop were changed. Score P—Q4
is from a poem in a Catalan manu- 8 B—B4ch
9 BxPch Kt x B
script.
CENTER COUNTER GAME and White eventually won.
FRANCISCO DE CASTELLVI
NARCISO VINOLES 12. Madrid, 1561.
White Black Ruy Lopez analyzes the Ruy Lopez.
A sample from the collection of
1 P—K4 P—Q4
openings in the book by Lopez.
2 PxP QxP
3 Kt—QB3 Q-Qi RUY LOPEZ
4 B—B4 Kt—KB 3 White Black
5 Kt—B3 B—Kt5
6 P—KR3 BxKt 1 P—K4 P—K4
7 QxB P—K3 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
8 QxP QKt—Q2 3 B—Kt5 B—B4
9 Kt—Kt5 R—Bl 4 P—B3 P—Q3
10 K t x R P Kt—Kt3 5 P—Q4 PxP
11 Kt x R KtxKt 6 PxP B—Kt5ch
12 P—Q4 Kt—Q3 7 Kt—B3 B—Q2
13 B—Kt5ch Kt x B 8 B—Kt5 Kt—B3
14 Q x Ktch Kt—Q2 9 Q—Q3 BxKtch
15 P—Q5 PxP 10 PxB
16 B—K3 B—Q3 rr
with better game."
17 R—Ql Q—B3
18 R x P Q—Kt3
19 B—B4 BxB
20 Q x Ktch K—Bl 13. Madrid, 1575.
21 Q—Q8 mate This game is believed to have been
played in the match between Lopez
and Leonardo, won by the latter.
1 1 . Rome, 1560.
KING'S G A M B I T DECLINED
Played when Lopez visited Rome in
1559-60. His youthful opponent R U Y LOPEZ LEONARDO DA CUTRI
later became a famous player. White Black
DAMIANO'S DEFENSE P—K4 P—K4
R U Y LOPEZ LEONARDO DA CUTRI P—KB4 P—Q3
White Black B—B4 P—QB3
Kt—KB3 B—Kt5?
1 p_K4 P—K4 PxP PxP
6 BxPch KxB 15.

7 KtxPcfi K—Kl GIUOCO PIANO
8 QxB Kt—B3?
9 Q—K6ch Q—K2 A specimen from Greco's col-
10 Q—B8di Q-Ql lection of games which he began
11 QxQcli KxQ to keep in 1619. Greco was the
12 Kt—B7ch Resigns
Other games from this match are re-
period. He died bef ore 1634.
corded in a manuscript by Polerio. A White Black
game won by Leonardo (White) went
as follows: 1 P—K4, P—K4; 2 Kt— 1 P—K4 P—K4
KB3, Kt—QB3; 3 B—B4 B—>B4; 4
S
2 Kt—KB3 Kt— QB3
P—B3, Q—K2; 5 P—QKt4, B—Kt3
6 P—QR4, P—QR3; 7 B—R3, P—Q3 3 B—B4 B—B4
8 P—Q3, Kt—B3;9 Q—K2, B—Kt5 4 P—B3 Q—K2
10 QKt—Q2 and White eventually won 5 O—O P—Q3
6 P—Q4 B—Kt3
7 B—KKt5 P—B3
8 B—R4 P—Kt4?
14. Rome, about 1580. 9 KtxKtP! PxKt
One of the earliest examples of the 10 Q—R5ch K—Q2
Fegatello or "Fried Liver" Attack. 11 B x P Q—Kt2
12 B—K6ch KxB
T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE 13 Q—K8ch KKt—K2
POLERIO DOMENICO 1 4 P—Q5 mate
White Black
1 p_K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 16. Paris, 1680.
3 B—B4 Kt—B3
4 Kt—Kt5 P—Q4 A brevity by two of the leading
5 PxP KtxP Parisian players of this period.
6KtxBP KxKt
KING'S GAMBIT
7 Q—B3ch K—K3
8 Kt—B3 Kt—K2 MORANT A B B E DE FEUQUIERES
9 p_Q4 P—B3
White Black
10 B—KKt5 P—KR3
11 BxKt BxB 1 P—K4 P—K4
12 O—O—O R—Bl 2 P—KB4 PxP
13 Q_K4 RxP 3 Kt—KB3 Kt—K2
14 PxP B—Kt4ch 4 P—Q4 P—KKt4
15 K—Ktl R—Q7 5 KtxP Kt—Kt3
16 P—KR4 RxRch 6 P—KR4 B—Kt2
17 RxR BxP 7 B—B4 O—O
18 KtxKt PxKt 8 Q—R5 P—KR3
19 RxP Q—Kt4 9 QxKt PxKt
20 R—Q6ch K—K2 10 P x P R—Kl
21 R—KKt6 Resigns 11 Q x P mate.
THE PRB-MORPHY PERIOD 19
17. London, March 13, 1790. 25 Kt—K2 RPxP

26 QxP QxQch
Philidor in Action 27 KtxQ Kt—B5ch
KING'S BISHOP OPENING 28 K—Rl RxP
29 R—KKtl RxKtch
3APT. SMITH PHILIDOR 30 KxR R—Rich
White Black 31 Kt—R5 RxKtch
32 K—Kt3 Kt—R6ch
1 P—K4 P—K4 33 K—Kt4 R—R5 mate
2 B—B4 Kt—KB 3
3 P—Q3 P—B3
4 B—KKtS P—KR3
5 BxKt QxB
P—QKt4 18. London, Dec. 29, 1796.
6 Kt—QB3
7 B—Kt3 P—QR4 White's ingenious sacrifices leave
8 P—QR3 B—B4 his opponent in a helpless state.
9 Kt—B3 P—Q3
B—K3 PHILIDOR DEFENSE
10 Q—Q2
11 BxB PxB rwooD WILSON
12 O—O P—Kt4 White Black
13 P—R3 Kt—Q2
14 KKt—R2 P—R4 1 P—K4 P—K4
15 P—KKt3 K—K2 2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
16 K—Kt2 P—Q4 3 P—Q4 P—KB4
17 P—B3 Kt—Bl 4 QPxP BPxP
18 Kt—K2 Kt—Kt3 5 Kt—Kt5 P—Q4
19 P—B3 QR—KKtl 6 P—K6 Kt—KR3
20 P—Q4 B—Kt3 7 Kt—^>B3 P—B3
8 KKt x KP PxKt
9 Q—R5ch P—Kt3
10 Q—K5 R—Ktl
11 BxKt BxB
12 R—Ql Q—K2
13 B—B4 P—QKt4
14 B—Kt3 P—R4
15 KtxKP P—R5
16 Kt—B6ch K—Bl
17 KtxR KxKt
18 R—Q8ch! QxR
19 P—K7ch Q-Q4
20 P—K8(Q)ch B—Bl
21 Q—R8ch KxQ
22 QxBch Q—Ktl
21 QPxP QxP 23 Q x Q mate
22 Kt—04 K—Q2
23 QR—Kl P—KB. 5
24 Q—KB2 B—B2!
19 2 P—Q4 P—B3?
3 P—KB4 P—Q4
From Allgaier's Collection
4 P—K5 P—B4
KING'S BISHOP'S OPENING 5 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
ALLGAIER 6 P—B3 Kt—R3
7 B—K2 Q—Kt3
White Black 8 Q—Kt3 Q—B2
1 P—K4 P—K4 9 O—O B—K2
2 B—B4 P—KB4 10 Q—B2 PxP
3 BxKt RxB 11 PxP Q—Kt3
4 PxP P—Q4 12 R—Ql Kt—B4
5 Q—R5ch P—Kt3 13 Q-Q3 QKt x QP!
6 PxP RxP 14 KtxKt KtxKt
7 P—KR3 Q—B3 15 K—Rl KtxB
8 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3 16 QxKt O—O
9 Kt—R4 B—QB4 17 Kt—B3 B—Q2
10 KtxR PxKt 18 B—K3 B—B4
11 Q—B3 B—B4 19 BxB QxB
12 P—KKt4 Kt—Q5 20 Q—Kt4 R—B2?
13 QxP Kt x Pch 21 KtxP PxKt
14 K—Ql R—Ql! 22 P—K6 BxP
15 QxB B—K5 23 QxB P—Q5?
16 R—Kl Q—B6ch 24 QR—Bl Q—Kt5?
17 R—K2 Q—R8ch 25 R—B7 R—KBl
18 R—Kl Q x R mate 26 RxR RxR
27 R—QBl P—KR3
28 R—B7 Q—Bl
29 R—B8 QxR
30 Q x Q c h and wins
20. London, 1820.
The following game was played by
Mouret, while conducting the Auto-
maton Chess player in London,
1820. Out of 300 games in the 21. London, about 1830.
course of a few months, giving This game is of historic interest,
odds of KBP and move to every as Capt. Evans here shows his
comer, the French master lost only gambit for the first time.
six games, and these to Cochrane,
Brand and Mercier. EVANS GAMBIT
CAPT. EVANS A . MACDONNELL
(Remove Black's KBP)
White Black
J . COCHRANE AUTOMATON
(Mouret) 1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
White Black
3 B—B4 B—B4
1 P—K4 P—K3 4 O—O P—Q3
5 p_QKt4 BxP 16 Kl—Kt3ch K-—Ktl

6 P—B3 B—R4 17 Q x P mate
7 P—Q4 B—KKt5
8 Q—Kt3 Q-Q2
9 Kt—Kt5 Kt—Ql 23. Westminster, London,
10 PxP PxP June, 1834
11 B—R3 Kt—R3
12 P—B3 B—Kt3ch This 16th game is one of the
13 K—Rl B—KR4 prettiest of the entire series of 85
14 R—Ql Q—Bl match games played.
15 R x Ktch QxR QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED
16 Kt x BP! Q—R5
17 Q—Kt5ch P—B3 C . DE LABOURDONNAIS
A . MACDONNELL
White mates in three.
White Black
18 Q x KPch K—Q2 P—Q4
1 P—Q4
19 Q—K6ch K—B2 PxP
2 p_QB4
20 B—Q6 mate P—K4
3 P—K3
4 BxP PxP
5 PxP Kt—KB3
6 Kt—QB3 B—K2
22. London, 1830. 7 Kt—B3 O—O
Critics consider this the most bril- 8 B—K3 P—B3
liant EVANS GAMBIT ever play- 9 P—KR3 QKt—Q2
ed at odds of QKt. 10 B—Kt3 Kt—Kt3
(Remove White's QKt) 11 O—O KKt—Q4
12 p_QR4 p_QR4
EVANS GAMBIT. 13 Kt—K5 B—K3
MACDONNELL AMATEUR 14 B—B2 P—KB4??
15 Q—K2 P—B5?
White Black 16 B—Q2 Q-Kl
1 P—K4 P—K4 17 QR—Kl B—B2
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 18 Q—K4 P—Kt3
3 B—B4 B—B4 19 BxP! KtxB
4 p_QKt4 BxP 20 QxKt B—B5
5 P—B3 B—R4 21 Q—R6 BxR
6 O—O Kt—B3 22 BxP! PxB
7 Q—B2 O—O 23 Kt x KtP Kt—Bl
8 B—R3 R—Kl 24 Q—R8ch K—B2
9 P—Q4 P—Q4? 25 Q—R7ch K—B3
10 KPxP KKt x P 26 Kt—B4 B—Q6
11 PxP KtxBP 27 R—K6ch K—Kt4
12 QR—Ql! KtxR 28 Q—R6ch K—B4
13 RxKt B—Q2 29 P—Kt4 mate
14 BxPch! KxB
15 RxBch! QxR
24. Played at London, Aug, 1834, 16 Q—Q3 R—Ql!

The Immortal 50th battle. 17 R—Q2 Kt—B3
18 P—QKt 3 B—QR4
Connoisseurs hold that the annals 19 P—QR3 QR—Bl
of Chess produce no higher flights 20 R—Ktl p_QKt4!
of genius than the play of 21 BxP B x Kt
M'Donnell in this game. 22 PxB Kt—Q5
23 B—B4 KtxPch
QUEEN'S G A M B I T ;
24 K—B2 KtxR(Q7)
D E LABOURDONNAIS 25 RxPch K—B3
MACDONNELL 26 R—B7ch K—Kt3
White Black 27 R—Kt7 Kt(Q7) x B
28 PxKt RxP
1 P—Q4 P—Q4 29 Q—Ktl B—Kt3!
2 P—QB4 PxP 30 K—B3 R—B6
3 P—K4 P—K4 31 Q—R2 Kt—B5ch
4 P—Q5 p_KB4 32 K—Kt4 R—KKtl
5 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB 3 33 RxB PxR
6 BxP B—B4 34 K—R4 K—B3
7 Kt—B3 0—K2 35 Q—K2 R—Kt3
8 B—Kt5? BxPch 36 Q—R5 Kt—K6
9 K—Bl - B—Kt3 Resigns
10 Q—K2 P—B5
11 R—Ql B—Kt5 One of the most magnificent chess
masterpieces on record.
12
12
P—Q6
. . . .
.P. x. P.
13 Kt—Q5 KtxKt!! 25. Berlin, Dec. 29, 1837.
Two minor pieces will be more "Crime and Punishment'
than a match for the Queen!
GIUOCO PIANO
14 B x Q Kt—K6ch
. HORWITZ L. BfcEDOW
15 K — K l KxB
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
HI 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—B4 B—B4
4 P—B3 B—Kt3
I• I! • • 5
6
P—Q4
P-Q5
Q—K2
Kt—Ql
"% m& m. m 7 B—K2? P—Q3
WW " 8 P—KR3? P—KB4
9 B—Kt5 Kt—KB3
10 QKt—Q2 O—O
11 Kt—R4? PxP
12 KtxP Kt x Kt!
13 BxQ BxPch
14 K—Bl Kt—Kt6 mate
26. 11 KtxKt KtP x Kt

De Labourdonnais plays blindfold \ 12 BxP! QxB
against M. Jouy, about 1838. 13 QxB P—Q4
SALVIO GAMBIT 14 R—Klch K—Ql
15 Kt—B3! B—R6
M . JOUY* C DE LABOURDONNAIS 16 P—Kt3 PxB
17 QR—Qlch B—Q2
White Black
18 Q—Kt7 QR—Bl
1 P—K4 P—K4 19 QxBP R—Kl
2 P—KB4 PxP
3 Kt—KB3 P—KKt4
4 B—B4 P—Kt5
5 Kt—K5 Q—R5ch
6 K—Bl P—B6
7 KtxP(B7) Kt—QB3
8 P—Q4 B—Kt2
9 P—B3 Kt—B3
10 KtxR P—Q4!
11 PxQP Kt—K5
12 Q—Kl P—Kt6
13 B—Q3 PXPCH
14 KxP B—R6ch
15 K—Ktl KtxP!
16 Q x Ktch QxQ
17 BxQ Kt-- K 7 mate 20 RxBch! QxR
21 Q—B6ch R—K2
22 Kt—Q5! Kt—Ktl
27. Berlin, 1839 ( ? ) 23 Q—Kt5 Q—Kl
24 R—Ql! Resigns
Masterly combinative play.
' SCOTCH GAMBIT '
. V O N BILGUER
28. New Orleans, June 22, 1849
T . V O N DER LA<
White Black Paul's First Blindfold Game
1 P—K4 P—K4 GIUOCO PIANO

2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 P A U L MORPHY ERNEST MORPHY
3 P—Q4 PxP (aged 1 2 ) (Uncle)
4 B—QB4 B—Kt5ch White Black
5 P—B3 PxP
P—K4 P—K4
6 O—O PxP Kt—QB3
Kt—KB3
7 BxP P—B3 B—B4 B—B4
8 Q—Kt3 Kt—R3 P—B3 Kt—B3
9 P—K5! PxP P—Q4 PxP
10 KtxP Q—K2 O—O P—Q3
7 PxP B—Kt3 13 Kt x P BxP

8 P—KR3 P—KR3 14 R—Ktl B—Q5ch
9 Kt—B3 O—O 15 K—Rl R—Ktl
10 B—K3 R—Kl 16 P—B3 B—B4
11 P—Q5 BxB 17 P—B5! Q—R5
12 PxKt B—Kt3 18 P—Kt3 Q—Kt4
13 P—K5 QPxP 19 P—B6 Kt—K4
14 Q—Kt3 R—K2 20 PxP KR—Ql
15 BxPch RxB 21 B—K4 QxP(Kt2)
16 KtxP Q—Kl 22 Q—R5! R—Q3
17 PxP BxKtP 23 BxPch K—Bl
18 QR—Kl B—R3 24 B—K4 R—KR3
19 Kt—Kt6 Q-Ql
25 Q—B5 QxP
20 R—K7 Resigns (b)
26 R—Kt2 R—Kl
(b) This game occurred on Paul's 27 Kt—B6 R—K3
12th birthday, and Dr. Ford and 28 R—Kt2? QxRch
others present carried the youthful 29 BxQ KR x Kt
victor away in triumph. 30 QxKR RxQ
For this victory, he received a fine 31 RxR Kt—Kt5
set of chessmen. 32 R—B5 P—Kt3
(Paul played blindfold, but his 33 B—Q5 Kt—R3
uncle did NOT.) 34 R—B6 K—Kt2
35 R—B6 P—R4
36 R—B7 K—Kt3
29. New Orleans, May 25, 1850. 37 K—Kt2 P—B3
38 K—B3 Kt—B4
Paul, at the age of thirteen, defeats 39 B—K4 K—Kt4
the great Hungarian master. (2 to 40 BxKt KxB
0 and 1 draw.) 41 P—KR4 K—Kt3
SICILIAN DEFENSE 42 R—B6 K—R4
PAUL MORPHY J . LOEWENTHAL 43 K—Kt3 P—B4
(aged 13) 44 R—B6 P—B5ch
45 KxP! B—B7
WMte Black
46 K—K4 B—B4
1 P—K4 P—QB4 47 R—B5ch KxP
2 P—KB4 P—K3 48 RxB PxR
3 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 49 K—Q5 Resigns
4 PxP PxP
5 P—Q4 B—Kt5
6 B—K2 BxKt
7 BxB Kt—KB3 30. Berlin, January 1851.
8 O—O B—K2
9 B—K3 PxP A choice example of this opening.
10 QBxP O—O EVANS G A M B I T
11 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
KOSSAK J . DUFRESNE
12 BxKt BxB
White Black 16 P—B4 , R—Bl
1 P—K4 P—K4 17 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—QB3 18 Q — R 4 B—Kt5
3 B—B4 B—B4 19 KtxP B—KR4
4 P—QKt4 BxP 20 3—B3 B—K6ch
5 P—B3 B—R4 21 K—Ktl BxP
6 O—O Kt—B3 22 QxKB Kt—Q4
7 P—Q4 O—O
8 PxP KKtxP
9 B—Q5 Kt x QBP
10 Kt x Kt B x Kt
11 Kt—Kt5! KtxP
12 Q—R5 P—KR3
13 P—B4 BxR
14 PxKt Q—K2
15 KtxP Q—B4ch
16 K—Rl QxKB
17 Kt x Pch K—Rl
18 Kt—B5ch K—Ktl
19 Kt—K7 mate
23 RxKt!? Rx Q
31. Berlin, 1 8 5 1 . 24 R—Q7 Q—Bl
Falkbeer's Immortal. 25 Kt—Kt6ch PxKt
26 RxKKtP R—B6?
VIENNA OPENING
(. . . Q—R6!)
FALKBEER A . ANDERSSE
27 B—K5 Q—Bl
White Black 28 R—KB7ch K—Ktl
1 P—K4 P—K4 2 9 RxRch K—R2
2 Kt—QB3 P_KB4 30 R x Q Resigns
3 PxP Kt—KB3
4 P—KKt4 B—B4
5 P—KM O—O?!
6 PxKt QxP 32. Berlin, 1 8 5 1 .
7 Q—B3 B—Kt3 An absorbing struggle all the way,
8 P—Q3 P—B3
9 Kt—K4 Q—K2 F A L K B E E R C O U N T E R GAMBIT
10 B—Q2 P—Q4 (in effect)
11 P—B6 Q—QB2 E. FALKBEER A . ANDERSSEN
12 O — O — O ! ? PxKt
White Black
13 Q P x P RxP
1 4 B—B4ch K—Rl 1 P—K4 P—K4
15 Q—R5 Kt—Q2 2 B—B4 Kt—KB3
3 P—B4 P—Q4 partie"

f(
is the most brilliant game
P—K5 of which there is any record.
4 KPxP
5 Kt—QB3 B—QB4 KING'S BISHOP G A M B I T
6 P—Q3 PxP
7 PxP O—O A . ANDERSSEN L. KlESERITZKY
8 P—Q4 B—Kt3 White Black
9 Kt—B3 P—B3
10 Q—Kt3 B—Kt3 1 P—K4 P—K4
11 O—O BxKt 2 P—KB4 PxP
12 R x B BxPch 3 B—B4 p_QKt4
13 K — R l BxKt 4 BxP Q—R5ch
14 Q x B PxP 5 K—Bl Kt—KB3
15 B ^ Q 3 Kt—K5 6 Kt—KB3 Q—R3
16 Q—B2 Kt—QB3 7 P—Q3 Kt—R4
17 B—K3 R—Kl! 8 Kt—R4 P—QB3
18 P—QR3 QR—Bl 9 Kt—B5 Q—Kt4
19 Q—R4 P—Q5 10 P—KKt4 Kt—B3
20 B—KKtl 11 R—KKtl PxB
P—QR3
21 P—QKt4? 12 P—KR4 Q—Kt3
Kt—R2
22 Q—Ql 13 P—R5 Q—Kt4
Q-Q2
23 R—R3 14 Q—B3 Kt—Ktl
R—B6!
24 Q—R5 15 BxP Q—B3
P—R3
25 R—Ql 16 Kt—B3 B—B4
Kt—KB3
26 Q—R4 17 Kt—Q5! QxP
Kt—Kt4?
27 P—R4? Kt—Q3!
28 B x Q P Kt—B4!!
29 B x R KtxQ
30 B—R7ch
31 R x Q
KxB
KtxR
• mmmt
32 R x K t R—K6!
33 R—R3 RxR
34 P x R Kt—Kt3!
35 P—R5 Kt—Q4
36 B—Q2 K—Kt3
37 K—Kt2 K—B4
38 K—B3 P—14
39 P—R4 P—B3
40 P—R3 P—KKt 3
Resigns
18 B—Q6! BxR
19 P—K5! QxRch
20 K—K2 Kt—QR3
33. Simpson's Divan, 21 KtxPch K—Ql
22 Q—B6ch! KtxQ
London, 1851. 23 B—K7 mate
The Immortal Game. "In this game occurs almost a con-
Most authorities agree that this tinuity of brilliancies, every one of
which bears the stamp of intuitive
genius, that could have been little 35. Berlin, 1853.
assisted by calculations, as the com- Drastic Punishment
bination-point arises only at the
very end of the game with a final GIUOCO PIANO
sacrifice of the Queen after Anders- R. M A X LANGE C. MAYET
sen had already given up two Rooks
and a Bishop."—STEINITZ. White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—B4 B—B4
34. Berlin, 1852. 4 O—O P—Q3
5 P—QKt4 KtxP
Magnificently timed Attack
6 P—B3 Kt—QB3
D U T C H DEFENSE 7 P—Q4 PxP
8 PxP B—Kt3
. ANDERSSEN J . DUFRESNE
9 P—KR3 Kt—R4
White Black 10 B—Q3 P—Q4?
11 P x P QxP
1 P—Q4 P—KB4
12 Kt—B3 • Q—R4
2 P—K4 PxP
13 R—Klch K—Ql
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB 3
14 Kt—KKt5! QxQ
4 B—KKt5 P—Q4?
15 K t x P c h ' K—Q2
5 BxKt KPxB
16 B—B5ch K—B3
6 Q—R5ch P—Kt3 17 Kt—Q8ch K—Q3
7 QxQP B—R3 18 B—B4 mate
8 KtxP! Q—K2
9 B—K2 Kt—Q2
10 Kt—QB3 P—KB4
11 Kt—B3 P—B3 36. Berlin, 1853.
12 Q—Kt3 Kt—Kt3 Anders serfs Immortal
13 O—O B—K3
14 P—Q5! KtxP The 2nd of Anderssen's two im-
15 B—B4 o—o—o mortal games,
most brilliant
is considered
Evans Gambit
the
ever
16 K R — K l Q—B3
17 QR—Ql K—Ktl played.
18 Kt—Q4 B—B2
EVANS GAMBIT
19 B x K t ! PxB
20 R—K7! P—Kt3 ANDERSSEN J . DUFRESNE
21 0—R4 P—R4 White Black

22 Kt—B6ch K—Bl
23 Kt—Kt5 R—Q2 1. P—K4 P—K4
24 Kt(5)—R7ch K—B2 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
25 RxRch KxR 3 B—B4 B—B4
26 R—Kl! Resigns 4 P—QKt4 BxP
5 P—B3 B—R4
6 P—Q4 PxP
7 O—O P—Q6
8 0—Kt3 0-B3 1 P—Q4 P—Q4

9 P—K5 Q^-Kt3 2 P—QB4 P—K3
10 R — K l KKt—K2 3 P—QR3? P—QB4
11 B—R3 P—Kt4 4 QPxP BxP
12 QxP R—QKtl 5 Kt—KB3 P—QR4
13 Q—R4 B—Kt3 6 P—K3 Kt—QB3
14 QKt—Q2 B—Kt2 7 PxP PxP
15 Kt—K4 Q—B4 8 B—Kt5 Kt—B3
16 BxP Q—R4 9 Kt—K5 O—O!
17 Kt—B6ch PxKt 10 KtxKt PxKt
18 PxP R—Ktl 11 BxP B—R3!
QxB
19 QR—Ql .... 12
13
BxR
Q—B3 Kt—Q2!
Lasker declares this to be one of the 14 Kt—B3 Kt—K4!
most subtle moves on record, and 15 QxP Kt—Q6ch
the 21st to be simply grand. , 16 K—Ql Q—Bl!
17 K—B2 R—Ql
18 Q—R5 Kt—B5!!
Resigns
• I I I I 11
38. First published in 1857.
"The Desperate Journey'
SCOTCH GAMBIT
M A X LANGE VON SCHIERSTEDT

White Black
•SB 1
2
P—K4
Kt—KB3
P—K4
Kt—QB3
3 P—Q4 PxP
19 ... . QxKt 4 B—QKt5 B—B4
20 RxKtch KtxR KKt—K2
5 O—O
21 QxPch!! KxQ
6 QKt—Q2 P—Q4
22 B—B5ch K—Kl
K—Ql 7 PxP QxP
23 B—Q7ch
24 B x K t mate! 8 B—B4 Q-Qi
9 Kt—Kt5 Kt—K4
10 KtxBP KtxKt
11 B x Ktch KxB
37. Berlin, 1853. 12 Q—R5ch P—Kt3
13 QxB Kt—B3
Old-fashioned hut elective 14 Kt—B3 R—Kl
QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED 15 B—R6! B—B4
C. MAYET A. ANDERSSEN
16 QR—Kl Q-Q2
17 Q—B4ch B—K3
White Black 18 Kt—Kt5ch K—B3
19 Q—K2! B—Kt5 32 B x Q, K—R6; 33 B—B3, any;

20 P—KB3!! RxQ 34 R — R l mate.
21 PxBch K—K4
22 RxRch K—Q4
23 Kt—K4 K—B5
24 P—QR4 QxP
25 P—Kt3ch K—Kt5
26 B—Q2ch K—R6
27 Kt—B3! PxKt
28 BxP 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;
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 in-
troduced the innovation which proved to be a death-knell of
that type of chess in which brilliancy was the be-all and end-
all 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 win-
ning 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 con-
sider 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
THE MORPHY PERIOD
31
39. First American Chess Congress, 24 K—Rl BxP

New York, 1857 25 Q—Bl BxQ
26 RxB R—K7
Morphy's most famous sacrifice R—R3
27 R—Rl
. F O U R KNIGHTS' GAME 28 P—Q4 B—K6
L. PAULSEN P. MORPHY Resigns
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—QB3
40. New York, 1857.
3 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
4 B—Kt5 B—B4 A beautiful specimen of blindfold
5 O—O O—O?! chess.
6 KtxP R—Kl
7 KtxKt QPxKt KING KNIGHTS* GAMBIT
8 B—B4 P—QKt4 P A U L MORPHY T. LICHTENHEIM
9 B—K2 KtxP (blindfold)
10 KtxKt R x Kt
White Black
11 B—B3 R—K3
12 P—B3? Q-Q6! 1 P—K4 P—K4
13 P—QKt4 B—Kt3 2 P—KB4 PxP
14 P—QR4 PxP 3 Kt—KB3 P—Q4
15 QxP B—Q2 4 PxP B—K2
16 R—R2 QR—Kl 5 B—Kt5ch P—B3
17 Q—R6? 6 PxP PxP
7 B—B4 B—R5ch
8 P—Kt3?! PxP
9 O—O PxPch
II IlAHiill 10
11
K—Rl
Kt—K5
B—B3
Kt—KR3
12 P—Q4 BxKt
13 Q—R5 QxP
14 BxPch Kt x B
11m m m m m 15
16
Q x Ktch
B—Kt5ch!
K—Ql
B—B3
17 Kt—B3 B—Q2?
sS11 BUB 17 . B x B ! was better.
18 R x B K—B2
1 9 B—B4ch . K—Kt2
17 ... . QxB!! 20 R—Q6 Q—B4
18 PxQ R—Kt3ch 21 K t — K 4 ! QxP
19 K—Rl B—R6 22 RxBch KtxR
20 R—Ql B—Kt7ch 23 QxKtch K—R3
21 K—Ktl QBxPch 24 Kt—Q6 KR—Ql
22 K—Bl B—Kt7ch 25 Q—Kt7cfa K—R4
23 K—Ktl B—R6ch 26 B—Q2ch QxB
K—R5 42. New York, 1858.

27 Kt—B4ch
28 P—Kt3 mate! A Flash of Genius.
FALKBEER COUNTER G A M B I T
41. New York, 1857. J . SCHULTEN ^ P. MORPHY
Counterattack with a Punch. White Black

EVANS GAMBIT 1 P—K4 P—K4
N. MARACHE P. MORPHY 2 P—KB4 P—Q4
3 PxQP P—K5
White Black Kt—KB3
4 Kt—QB3
1 P—K4 P—K4 5 P—Q3 B—QKt5
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 6 B—Q2 P—K6!
3 B—B4 B—B4 7 BxP O—O
4 P—QKt4 BxP 8 B—Q2 BxKt
5 P—B3 B—R4 9 PxB R—Klch
6 P—Q4 PxP 10 B—K2 B—Kt5
7 p_K5? P—Q4 11 P—B4 P—B3
8 P x P e.p. ' QxP 12 PxP KtxP
9 O—O KKt—K2 13 K—Bl RxB!
10 Kt—Kt5? O—O 14 Kt x R Kt—Q5
11 B—Q3 B—B4! 15 Q—Ktl B x Ktch
12 BxB KtxB 16 K—B2 Kt—Kt5ch
13 B—R3 Q—Kt3! 17 K—Ktl
14 BxR QxKt
15 B—R3 PxP Black now forces mate in seven.
16 B—Bl Q—Kt3
17 B—B4 R—Ql
18 Q—B2 Kt(B3)—Q5! I B
19 Q—K4? .... ifii?/, W/.
8 « ~"W,.
^
m.
17 ... . Kt—B6ch
18 PxKt Q—Q5ch
19 K—Kt2 Q—B7ch
20 K—R3 Q x BPch
19 . . . . Kt—KKt6 21 K—R4 Kt—K6
20 Q x Q Kt(Q5)—K7mate!
THE MORPHY PERIOD 33
22 Q - -Ktl KT—B4ch THE BEGINNING OF a BEAUTIFUL com-

23 K- -Kt5 Q—R4 MATE! bination.
18 BxR Q—R6!
19 P—B3 QxP
20 P—Kt4 Q—R8ch
43. London, July 1858. 21 K—B2 Q—R5ch
The most brilliant of Morphy's 22 K—Kt2? BxKtP
masterpieces. 23 PxB RxPch
24 QxR QxQch
< PHILIDOR D E F E N S E 25 K—B2 P—K6!
26 BxP B—B4ch
. E. BIRD P. MORPHY
27 R—Q3 Q—B5ch
White Black 28 K—Q2 Q—R7ch
1 P—K4 P—K4 29 K—Ql Q—Kt8ch
2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 Resigns
3 P—Q4 P—KB4
4 Kt—B3 PxKP
5 QKtxP P—Q4
6 Kt—Kt3 P—K5
7 Kt—K5 Kt—KB3 44. London, July 1858.
8 B—KKt5 B—Q3
This game is interesting because of
9 Kt—R5 O—O
10 Q—Q2 Q—Kl the fact that it is the first of two
11 P—KKt4? KtxP games which took place on the
12 KtxKt only occasions that the great Eng-
Q x Kt
lish and A?nerican masters met in
13 Kt—K5 Kt—B3
friendly contest. Both were won
14 B—K2 Q—R6
by Morphy.
15 K t x K t PxKt
16 B—K3 PHILIDOR DEFENSE
H . STAUNTON P. MORPHY
REV. J . O W E N T . BARNES
• ILL
m White
1 P—K4
Black
P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
3 P—Q4 P_KB4
4 QPxP BPxP
5 Kt—Kt5 P—Q4
« ^ | M g f#
6 P—K6 Kt—KR3
• V » W
7 Kt—QB3 P—B3
8 KKtxKP PxKt
9 Q—R5ch P—Kt3
10 Q—K5 R—Ktl
11 BxKt BxB
16 . . . . R—Ktl 12 QR—Ql Q—Kt4
17 O — O — O RxBP!! 13 Q—B7 BxP
14 QxKtP P—K6! 1 6 B—Kt3 R—Kt2

15 P—B3 Q—K2 17 Kt—B5 R—Kt3
16 QxR K—B2 18 P—B4 PxP
17 Kt—K4 B—KB 5 19 KRxP K—Rl
18 B—K2 K—Kt2 20 R—R4 B—Bl
19 O—O Q—QB2 21 BxKt BPxB
20 Kt—B5 BxPch 22 R—KBl Q-K3
21 K—Rl B—Bl 23 Kt—Kt5 Q—Ktl
22 R—Q4 B—Kt6 24 R—B2 P—QR3
23 R—K4 K—Rl 25 Kt x BP R—Bl
24 R—Ql Q—KKt2 26 Kt—Q5 BxKt
25 R—KR4 BxR 27 PxB R—B2
26 QxKt B—R3 28 P—B4 B—K2
27 Q—R2? BxB 29 R—R5 Q—Kl
28 R—Q7 Q—R3 30 P—B5! RxP
29 Kt—K4 B—B5 31 RxPch! KxR
30 Kt—B6 P—K7 32 Q—R5ch K—Ktl
31 R—K7 Q—B8ch 33 KtxBch! K—Kt2
32 Q—Ktl QxQch 34 Kt—B5ch K—Ktl
33 KxQ P—K8(Q)ch 35 Kt x P! Resigns
34 RxQ BxR
Resigns
46. Cafe de la Regence,
Paris, Sept. 27, 1858.
45. Paris, Sept. 1858. One of eight blindfold games.
4th game of match
PETROFF DEFENSE
Black is outplayed all the way
P. MORPHY POTIER
PHILIDOR DEFENSE
White Black
P. MORPHY D. HARRWITZ
1 P—K4 P—K4
White Black
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB 3
1 P—K4 P—K4 3 B—B4 KtxP
2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 4 Kt—B3 Kt—KB3
3 P—Q4 PxP 5 KtxP P—Q4
4 QxP Kt—QB3 6 B—Kt3 B—K2
5 B—QKt5 B—Q2 7 P—Q4 P—B3
6 BxKt BxB 8 O—O QKt—Q2
7 B—Kt5 P—B3 9 P—B4 Kt—Kt3
8 B—R4 Kt—R3 10 Q—B3 P—KR4
9 Kt—B3 Q-Q2 11 P—B5 Q—B2
10 O—O B—K2 12 B—KB4 B—Q3
11 QR—Ql O—O 13 QR—Kl K—Bl
12 Q—B4ch R—B2 14 Q—Kt3 P—R5
13 Kt—Q4 Kt—Kt5 15 Kt—Kt6ch! K—Ktl
14 P—KR3 Kt—K4 16 BxB PxQ
15 Q—K2 P—KKt4 17 BxQ PxKt
18 BPxP PxPch SICILIAN DEFENSE

19 K—Rl B—Kt5
P. MORPHY A . ANDERSSEN
20 R—K7 QKt—Q2
21 B—K5 K—Bl White Black
22 R—B7ch K—Ktl P—K4 P—QB4
1
23 KtxP! PxKt 2 P—Q4 PxP
24 BxP Kt—Kt3 Kt—QB3
3 Kt—KB3
25 B—QKt3 Resigns 4 KtxP P—K3
5 Kt—Kt5 P—Q3
6 B—KB4 P—K4
47. Paris, Sept. 1858. 7 B—K3 P—B4
Morphys Most Famous Game. 8 QKt—B3 P—B5
Flayed during the performance of 9 Kt—Q5! PxB?
"Barber of Seville." 10 Kt(Kt5)—B7ch K—B2
11 Q—B3ch Kt—B3
PHILIDOR DEFENSE 12 B—B4 Kt—Q5
13 Kt x Ktch P—Q4
P. MORPHY D U K E OF BRUNSWICK
COUNT ISOUARD
14 BxPch K—Kt3
15 Q—R5ch KxKt
White Black 16 PxP Kt x Pch
1 P—K4 P—K4 17 K—K2 Resigns
2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
3 P—Q4 B—Kt5?
49. Paris, 1858.
4 PxP BxKt
5 QxB PxP "My King likes to go for a walk"
6 B—QB4 Kt—KB3 SCOTCH GAMBIT
7 Q—QKt3 Q—K2
8 Kt—B3 P—B3 A . ANDERSSEN A . DE RIVIERE
9 B—KKt 5 P—Kt4 White Black
10 KtxP PxKt
11 B x KtPch QKt—Q2 1 P—K4 P—K4
12 O—O—O! R—Ql 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
13 RxKt RxR 3 P—Q4 PxP
14 R—Ql Q—K3 4 B—B4 Kt—B3
15 BxRch KtxB 5 Kt—Kt5 Kt—K4
16 Q—Kt8ch! KtxQ 6 B—Kt3 p_KR3
17 R—Q8 mate! 7 P—KB4 PxKt
8 PxKt KtxP
"A very fine finish to a most eleg- 9 O—O P—Q4
ant game.—STEINITZ. 10 P x P e.p. P—KB4
11 Kt—Q2 QxP
12 KtxKt QxPch
13 K—B2 PxKt
14 QxP B—K2
48. Paris, Dec. 27, 1858. 15 QxKP B—B4?
9th game of match 16 B—B7ch KxB
Black never gets started 17 Q x QBch K—Ktl
18 Q—Q5ch K—R2 20 Kt B5ch K—Ktl

19 Q—K4ch K—R3
20 B—K3! KR—Blch
21 K—K2 Q—R4ch
22 P—Kt4!! Q—R7ch
23 R—B2 R x Rc u
24 BxR R—KBi
25 R—Rl! RxBch
26
27
K—Q3
K—B4
R—Q7ch
RxPch
w B m ~*
28 K—Q5 B—B3
29 K—K6! BxP
30 K—B7
31 K—Kt8
R—B7ch
P—KKt3 m mm
32 Q—K7 Resigns m w
White mates in four.
50. Paris, 1 8 5 9 -
21 Kt—Q7ch K—Bl
This elegant game, played at Paris,
22 Kt—Kt6ch K—Ktl
1859, is a clever specimen of the
smothered mate. 23 Q—B8ch RxQ
24 Kt—Q7 mate
T W O K N I G H T S ' DEFENSE
MORPHY AMATEUR
White Black 51. Vienna, 1859.
1 P—K4 P—K4 The "Austrian Morphy"

2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 VIENNA OPENING
3 B—B4 Kt—B3
L. HAMPPE W . STEINITZ
4 p—Q4 PxP
5 O—O KtxP White Black
6 R—Kl P—Q4 1 P—K4 P—K4
7 BxP QxB 2 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
8 Kt—B3 Q—KR4 3 P—B4 P—Q4
9 KtxKt B—K3 4 KPxP KtxP
10 QKt—Kt5 B—Kt5 •5 PxP KtxKt
11 RxBch PxR 6 KtP x Kt Q—R5ch
12 KtxKP Q—B2 7 K—K2 B—Kt5ch
13 KKt—Kt5 Q—K2 8 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
9 P—Q4 O -O—O
14 Q—K2 B—Q3
10 B—Q2 B x Ktch
15 Kt x KtPch K—Q2
11 PxB KtxP!?
16 Q—Kt4ch K—Ql 12 PxKt B—B4
17 Kt—B7ch! QxKt 13 Q—Kl Q—B5ch
18 B—Kt5ch B—K2 14 K—Ql QxBP
19 Kt—K6ch K—Bl 15 QR—Ktl Q x KBPch
16 Q—K2? ( B — K 2 ! ) 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3

RxBchl 3 B—B4 B—B4
17 K x R R—Qlch 4 O—O Kt—B3
18 K—Bl B—R6ch 5 p_QKt4 BxP
19 R—Kt2 Q—B6 6 P—B3 B—K2
20 B—R3ch K—Ktl 7 P—Q4 PxP
21 Q—Kt5 Q—Q7ch 8 PxP KKtxP
22 K—Ktl Q—Q8ch 9 P—Q5 Kt—R4
23 R x Q R x R mate 10 B—Q3 Kt—B4
11 B—R3 Kt x B
12 QxKt O—O
13 P—Q6! PxP
14 Kt—B3 P—QKt3
52. Philadelphia, I860. 15 Kt—Q5 Kt—Kt2
Knights without armor 16 B—Kt2 Kt—B4
17 Q—K3 Kt—K3
GIUOCO PIANO 18 Kt—Q4! B—B3
MATEUR DERRICKSON 19 Kt—B6!! PxKt
White Black 20 Kt x Bch PxKt
21 Q—R6 P—Q4
1 P—K4 P—K4 22 BxP 0-Q3
2 B—B4 Kt—KB 3 23 P—B4 R—Kl
3 Kt—KB 3 Kt—B3 24 R—B3 Resigns
4 O—O B—B4
5 P—Q3 P—Q3
6 B—KKt5 B—KKt5
7 P—KR3 P—KR4!!
54. Naples, 1 8 6 1 .
8 PxB? PxP
9 Kt—R2 P—Kt6 An Historic Game
10 KKt—B3 KKt—Kt5! This fine game was played by cor-
11 B x Q BxPch respondence more than four score
12 R x B P x Rch years ago.
13 K — B l R—R8ch
14 K—K2 RxQ It was published in Naples in 1861,
15 KKt—Q2 Kt—Q5ch! and reproduced in "Newcastle
16 K x R Kt—K6ch Chronicle" August 16, 1890.
17 K—Bl Kt—K7 mate PONZIANI OPENING
NEWCASTLE GLASGOW
White Black
53. London, 1861. 1 P—K4 P—K4
Spirited play by Kolisch 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 P—B3 Kt—B3
GIUOCO PIANO
4 P—Q4 KtxKP
I. KOLISCH LOUIS PAULSEN 5 PxP P—Q4
6 B—QKt5 B—QB4
White Black
7 Kt—Q4 O—O
1 P—K4 P—K4 8 BxKt PxB
9 O—O B—Q2 5 O—O P—Q3

10 P—B3 Kt—KM 6 P—KR3 Kt—B3
11 K—Rl P—B3 7 P—Q3 O—O
12 BxKt PxB 8 Kt—B3 P—KR3
13 Kt—Q2 R—Kl 9 B—K3 KtxKtP
14 R—Kl B—Kt3 10 Kt—K2 Kt—B3
15 P—K6 B—Bl 11 Kt—Kt3 P—Q4
16 Q—R4 P—B4 12 B—QKt5 PxP
17 Q—B6 B—Kt2 13 BxKt PxB
18 QxQB PxKt 14 Kt(B3) x P PxP
19 P—QB4 B—R4 15 PxP Q—Kl
20 P—K7 Q-Q3 16 BxB RPxB
21 P—B5! Q-Q2 17 p_B4 Kt—Q4
22 P—QKt4! QR—Ktl 18 Q—R5 P—B3
23 P—B6! Q-Q3 19 Kt—Kt6 Q—K6ch
24 PxB RxQ 20 K—R2 R—Ql
25 PxR P—B4 21 KR—Kl QxQP
26 QR—Ktl Q—Ktl 22 QR—Ql Q—B7
27 P—R6 P—B5 23 Kt—K7ch K—Rl
28 R—Kt5 P—Q6 24 Q—B7 BxP
29 RxP P—B6
30 RxQP! PxKt The spectators, among them several
31 RxP K—B2 very strong players, declared that
32 R—Q7 Q—B5 after Black's 24th move, White's
33 P—QR3 P—R4 game was hopelessly lost. Mac-
34 R—Q8 P—Kt5 Donnell quietly assured them that
35 PxP Q—B7 he had in reality a winning posi-
36 R—QKtl RxP tion and proved it to the astonish-
37 R(Q8)—Ql! Q—K7 ment of all, by a few brilliant
38 P—Kt8(Q) Resigns moves.
55. London, Nov. 12, 1861.

The English lovers of chess were
so enthused over the brilliant out-
come of this game, that they styled
it the Kohinoor"
ff
of chess.
EVANS G A M B I T DECLINED
REV. G. A. MACDONNELL BODEN
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—B4 B—B4 25 R — K 2 ! QxQR
4 P—QKt4 B—Kt3 26 Kt—R5 R—KKtl
27 Kt x R RxKt 20 Q—K6ch K—Ql

28 R—K8 Resigns 21 R—Qlch Kt—Q3
22 RxKtch! PxR
Mate cannot be averted by Black. 23 QxPch K—Bl
24 B—K6ch K—Kt2
25 B—Q5ch QxB
26 QxQch K—R3
56. London, July 1 8 6 1 .
27 Q—B4ch K—Kt2
Another dashing Kolisch attack 28 Q—K4ch Kt—B3
29 Kt—K5 K—R3
EVANS GAMBIT
30 Q—B4ch K—R2
I. KOLISCH A . ANDERSSEN 31 B—B5ch R—Kt3
32 BxRch BxB
White Black
33 Kt x Ktch BxKt
1 P—K4 P—K4 34 QxB Resigns
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—B4 B—B4
4 P—QKt4 BxP
5 P—B3 B—R4 57. London, June 1862.
6 P—Q4 PxP
7 O—O PxP "The Most Beautiful Game of
8 Q—Kt3 Q—B3 the Tournament/'—ANDERSSEN.
9 P—K5 Q—Kt3 CENTER COUNTER G A M E
10 KtxP P—Kt4
11 KtxP R—Ktl W . STEINITZ A . MONGREDIEN
12 Q—K3 KKt—K2 White Black
13 Q—K2 Q—R4
14 B—R3 B—Kt2 1 P—K4 P—Q4
15 QR—Ql Kt—B4? 2 PxP QxP
3 Kt—QB3 Q-Ql.
4 P—Q4
m
P—K3?
5 Kt—B3 Kt—KB3
6 B—Q3 B—K2
7 O—O O—O
8 B—K3 P—QKt3
9 Kt—K5 B—Kt2
10 P—B4 QKt—Q2
11 Q—K2 Kt—Q4?
m II 12 KtxKt PxKt
13 R—B3 P—KB4
14 R—R3 P—Kt3
15 P—KKt4 PxP
(see diagram next p a g e )
16 R x P ! ! KxR 16 RxP!! KtxKt
17 P—K6ch! K—Bl 17 BPxKt KxR
18 P x P B—Rl 18 QxP KR—Ktl
19 K t x P c h ! KtxKt 19 Q—R5ch K—Kt2
14 KtxKt Q—B4
15 KtxB PxKt
16 B—Q3 Q—Q4
17 P—Kt4 O—O—O!
18 P—QB4 Q—B3
19 PxB RxP
20 P—B3 QR—Rl
21 PxP Q—Kl!
22 Q—Kl Q—K6ch
23 QxQ PxQ
24 P—Kt3 R—R8ch
25 K—Kt2 R(l)—R7ch
26 K—B3 RxRch
27 BxR R—B7ch
28 KxP RxB
20 Q—R6ch K—B2 29 P—R4 K—Q2
21 Q—R7ch K—K3 30 K—Q3 KtxP
22 Q—R3ch K—B2 31 K—B3 Kt—K6
23 R—Blch K—Kl 32 R—R2 RxKt
24 Q—K6 R—Kt2 33 R—Q2ch K—B3
25 B—Kt5 Q-Q2 and wins
26 B x Pch RxB
27 QxRch K—Ql
28 R—B8ch Q—Kl
29 Q x Q mate
59. Paris, 1863.
Black's greediness is punished
58. London, 1862. DANISH GAMBIT
ompare this with game No. 75/ LlNDEHN MACZUSKJ
GIUOCO P I A N O White Black
DUBOIS W. STEINITZ 1 P—K4 P—K4

2 P—Q4 PxP
White Black
3 P—QB3 PxP
1 P—K4 P—K4 4 B—QB4 PxP
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 5 BxP B—Kt5ch
3 B—B4 B—B4 6 Kt—B3 Kt—KB3
4 O—O Kt—B3 7 Kt—K2 KtxP
5 P—Q3 p_Q3 8 O—O KtxKt
6 B—KKt5 P—KR3 9 KtxKt BxKt
7 B—R4? P—KKt4! 10 BxB Q—Kt4
8 B—Kt3 P—KR4! 11 R—Klch K—Ql
9 P—KR4 B—KKt5 12 P—B4 QxP
10 P—B3 Q-Q2 13 BxKtP R—Ktl
11 p_Q4 PxP 14 Q—Kt4! Q-Q3
12 P — K 5 P(3)xP 15 B—B6cfa QxB
13 BxP KtxB 16 Q x R mate
60. Breslau, 1863. 61. Berlin, 1864.

Extraordinarily ingenious and The proverbial two Bishops!
pretty. FAtKBEER COUNTER GAMBIT
KIESERITZKY GAMBIT ANDERSSEN E. SCHALLOPP
White Black
J . ROSANES A . ANDERSSEN
1 P—K4 P—K4
White Black 2 P—KB4 P—Q4
1 P—K4 P—K4 3 Kt—KB3 QPxP
2 P—KB4 PxP 4 KtxP B—Q3
3 Kt—KB3 P—KKt4 5 B—B4 BxKt
4 P—KR4 P—Kt5 6 PxB Q-Q5
5 Kt—K5 Kt—KB3 7 Q—K2 QxKP
6 B—B4 P—Q4 8 P—Q4! QxQP
7 PxP B—Q3 9 Kt—B3 Kt—KB 3
8 P—Q4 Kt—R4 10 B—K3 Q-Qi
9 B—Kt5ch P—B3 11 O—O P—KR3
10 PxP PxP 12 B—B5 QKt—Q2?
11 Kt x QBP KtxKt 13 QxPch! Resigns
12 BxKtch K—Bl
13 BxR Kt—Kt6!
14 R—R2 B—KB4 62. Cafe National, Leipsig,
15 B—Q5 K—Kt2! Jan., 1864.
16 Kt—B3 R—Klch
17 K—B2 Q—Kt3 One of four blindfold games.
18 Kt—R4 Q—R3!
19 Kt—B3 B—K4! EVANS GAMBIT
L. PAULSEN H . SCHNEIDER
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—B4 B—B4
4 P—QKt4 BxP
5 P—B3 B—B4
6 O—O Kt—B3
7 P—Q4 PxP
8 PxP B—Kt3
9 P—K5 P—Q4
10 PxKt PxB
11 P—Q5 QxBP
12 PxKt QxR
20 P—R4 Q—B8ch!!
(see diagram next page)
21 QxQ BxPch
22 B—K3 RxB To the astonishment of all, White
23 K—Ktl R—K8 mate announced mate in eleven.
• 13-R—Klch B—K3 11 O—o—o Q—Kt4dh

14 Q—Q7ch K—Bl 12 P—B4! QxPch
15 R x B BxPch 13 B—Q2 Q—Kt5
14 Q—Q8ch! KxQ
15 B—Kt5ch K—Kl
16 R—Q8 mate!
64. Berlin, 1865.

Was a great master ever mated in
such short order?!
RUY LOPEZ
J . H . ZUKERTORT A . ANDERSSEN
White Black
16 K—Rl P—KR3 1 P—K4 P—K4
17 PxP P—Kt4 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
18 PxR(Q)ch K—Kt2 3 B—Kt5 KKt—K2
19 Q—K4 Q—B3 4 P—B3 P—Q3
20 RxQ R—KBl 5 P—Q4 B—Q2
21 Q(7)—K7 B—B4 6 O—O Kt—Kt3
22 RxP KxR 7 Kt—Kt5 P—KR3
23 Q x P mate 8 KtxP! KxKt
9 B—B4ch K—K2
10 Q—R5 Q—Kl
11 Q—Kt5ch! PxQ
12 B x P mate
63. Paris, 1864.
A game that has had echoes!
SCOTCH G A M E
65. Berlin, 1865.
fACZUSKI I. KOLISCH
Black Another fine win from the cele-
White
brated master.
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 SICILIAN DEFENSE
3 P—Q4 PxP J. H . ZUKERTORT A . ANDERSSEN
4 KtxP Q—R5 White Black
5 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5
6 Q—Q3 Kt—B3 1 P—K4 P—QB4
7 KtxKt QPxKt 2 Kt—KB 3 P—K3
8 B—Q2 BxKt 3 P—Q4 PxP
9 BxB KtxP 4 KtxP Kt—KB3
10 Q—Q4 Q—K2 5 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5
6 B—Q3 Kt—B3 White Black
7
B—K3 P—Q4 1 P—K4 P—K4
8 PxP KtxP 2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—QB3
9 O—O! KKtxKt Kt—B3
3 B—Kt5
10 P x K t BxP
4 P—Q4 PxP
11 K t x K t PxKt
5 P—K5 Kt—K5
12 R—Ktl O—O B—K2
6 KtxP
13 R—Kt3! B—R4 KtxKt
7 O—O
14 B—QB5 R—Kl
8 QxKt Kt—B4
9 P—KB4 P—QKt3
10 P—B5! Kt—Kt6
11 Q—K4 KtxR
• • l i l 12 P—B6! B—B4ch
13 K—Rl R—QKtl
14 P—K6! R—Ktl
15 QxP* R—Bl
16 PxPch RxP
17 R—Klch B—K2
18 Q—Kt8ch R—Bl
19 P—B7 mate!
* White misses mate in 3!
15 BxPch! KxB 67. About 1868.

16 R—R3ch K—Ktl "Brilliantissimo!"
17 Q—R5 P—B4
18 R—Ql! B—Q2 Deserve', to be perpetuated.
19 Q—R7ch K—B2 KING'S GAMBIT
20 R—Kt3 B—B6 THOMPSON G. H. MACKENZIE
21 Q—Kc6ch! K—Ktl White Black
22 RxB(B3) P—B5
23 R—KR3 R—K2 1 P—K4 P—K4
24 Q—R7ch K—B2 2 P—KB4 PxP
25 Q—R5ch K—Ktl 3 Kt—KB 3 P—KKt4
26 BxR QxB 4 P—Q4 P—Kt5
27 Q—R8ch K—B2 5 Kt—K5 Q—R5ch
28 QxR Resigns 6 K—Q2 Q—B7ch
7 K—B3 Kt—QB3
8 P—QR3? P—Q3
9 KtxKt PxKt
10 B—Q3 R—Ktl
66. London, Sept., 1867. 11 R—Bl? QxQPch!
A lapse of Steinitfs famous defens- 12 KxQ B—Kt2ch
ive skill! 13 P—K5 BxPch
14 K—K4 Kt—B3 mate
RUY LOPEZ
H. E. BIRD W M . STIINITZ
68. London, April, 1869. 26 P—B7 0—Bl

27 RxBch PxR
One of Boden's Best.
28 R—Rl RxKP
Full of fine points and interest
29 QxR K—R2
K I N G S BISHOP OPENING 30 Kt—K4 R—B2
BODEN H . E . BIRD 31 Kt—Kt5ch K—Rl
32 RxPch QxR
White Black 33 Q x Q mate
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 B—B4 Kt—KB 3
3 P—Q4 PxP 69. London, 1869.
4 QxP Kt—B3
A Cherished Antique.
5 Q—K3 P—QKt3
6 QKt—B3 B—B4 KIESERITZKY G A M B I T
7 Q—Kt3 O—O
MATCHEGO E. FALKBEER
8 B—KKt5 R—Kl
9 O—O—O QKt—R4 White Black
10 B—K2 B—K2
1 P—K4 P—K4
11 P—B4 B—Kt2 2 P—KB4 PxP
12 B—B3 K—Rl P—KKt4
3 Kt—KB3
13 P—KR4 P—B4 4 P—KR4 P—Kt5
14 KKt—K2 QR—Bl
5 Kt—K5 Kt—KB3
15 P—K5 Kt—Ktl
6 Kt—QB3? P—Q3
16 KB x B KtxB 7 Kt—B4 B—K2
17 P—B5 P—B3 8 P—Q4 Kt—R4
18 P—K6 P—Q3 9 B—K2 BxPch
10 K—Q2 Q—Kt4
PHiP H 11 K—Q3 Kt—QB3
12 P—QR3 B—B7
13 Kt—Q5 BxP
u mm~ 14
15
KtxBPch
Kt—Q5
K—Ql
P—B4
16 K t x QP PxPch
17 K—B4
....
(see diagram next page)
Black now gives mate in 9 moves.

17 ... . QxKtch
18 KxQ Kt—B3ch
19 Kt—B4!! PxB 19 K—B4 B—K3ch
20 Kt—Kt6ch PxKt 20 K—Kt5 P—R3ch
21 PxPch Kt—R3 21 K—R4 P—Kt4ch
22 PxKt B—Kt4ch 22 KtxP PxKtch
23 K—Ktl BxP 23 KxP R—R4ch
24 QxKtP R—K2 24 KxKt B—Q4ch
25 P—B6 Q—Kl 25 K—Q6 K t — K l mate
18 R—B2 Q—R6
A most brilliant and remarkable
19 P—Q4 Kt—Kt6ch
ending.
20 K—Ktl Q—Kt7ch!
21 RxQ Kt—R6 mate
70. Norwich, 1871.

A gamelet with one of the most 71. London Chess Club, 1871.
exquisitely beautiful endings in the Finest game Blackburne ever played
annals of chess. blindfold.
GIUOCO PIANO One of ten games played simul-
taneously.
AMATEUR J . H . BLACKBURNE
SCOTCH GAMBIT
White Black
J . H . BLACKBURNE D R . BALLARD
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 White Black
3 B—B4 B—B4 1 P—K4 P—K4
4 O—O Kt—B3 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
5 P—Q3 P—Q3 3 P—Q4 PxP
6 P—KR3 Kt—K2 4 B—QB4 B—B4
7 B—Kt5 P—B3 5 Kt—Kt5 Kt—R3
8 B—K3 B—Kt3 6 Q—R5 Q—K2
9 Kt—B3 Kt—Kt3 7 O—O Kt—K4
10 Q—Q2 B—K3 8 B—Kt3 P—Q3
11 B—Kt3 O—O 9 P—KR3 Kt—Ktl
12 QR—Ql Q-Q2 10 P—KB4 P—Q6ch
13 Kt—R2 BxP! 11 K—R2 Kt—KB3
14 BxB BxP! 12 Q—Ql QKt—Kt5ch
15 KxB Kt—B5ch 13 PxKt KtxPch
16 K—Rl PxB 14 K—Kt3! P—KR4!(a)
17 P—B3 Kt(3)—R4 15 P—B5 B—K6
16 BxPch K—Bl 72. Vienna, 1872.

17 QxKt!! PxQ
18 BxB Q—K4ch Perhaps the most extraordinary
19 B—B4 QxKtP game ever played.
20 Kt—Q2 PxP
VIENNA OPENING
21 Kt—B4
HAMPPE J . MEITNER
White Black
iHJkJi 1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—QB3 B—B4
• i i i "ten 3 Kt—R4 BxPch!?
1 F*l « 4 KxB Q—R5ch
i m m 5
6
K—K3
K—Q3
Q—B5ch
P—Q4
7 K—B3 QxKP
8 K—Kt3 Kt—QR3
9 P—QR3 QxKtch!!
10 KxQ Kt—B4ch
11 K—Kt4 P—R4ch!
12 KxKt Kt—K2
13 B—Kt5ch! K—Ql
21 ... . Q—B6ch 14 B—B6 P—Kt3ch
22 Kt—K3 B—Q2 15 K—Kt5 KtxB!
23 KxP B—R5 16 K x Kt! B—Kt2ch!!
24 Kt—Q5 Q-Q6 17 K—Kt5! B—R3ch
25 B—Kt6 R—R3! 18 K—B6! B—Kt2ch
26 Kt—K6ch K—Ktl Drawn!!!
27 Kt—K7ch K—Rl
28 R—Rl Q—Q8ch
29 QRxQ PxR(Q)ch
30 RxQ BxRch 73. Played by correspondence
31 K—Kt3 R—R8 in 1875.
32 B—Q2! B—R4
33 B—B3 R—KKtl How women played chess three
34 P—B6 BxB score years ago.
35 KtxBch K—R2 RUY LOPEZ
36 P—B7 and wins
MRS. J . W . GILBERT W . J . BERRY
(a) At this stage the game was
White Black
adjourned and most of the specta-
tors held that white had a lost po- P—K4 P—K4
sition; yet not only did he actually Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
win, but exhaustive analysis proved B—Kt5 P—QR3
that he could do so in every vari- B—R4 Kt—B3
ation. O—O KtxP
R—Kl Kt—B4
BxKt QPxB
8 P—Q4 Kt—K3 39 Q x R c h K—Kl

9 PxP Q—K2? 40 Q x B P Any move
10 Kt—B3 B—Q2 41 R—R8 mate
11 P—QR4 O—O—O
12 P—QKt3 P—B3
13 Q—K2 Q—B2
14 Kt—K4 R—Ktl 74. Played in Perugia, about 1875.
15 P—B3 P—R3
16 P—QKt4 P—KB4 The following game, played by
17 Kt—Kt3 P—KKt4 Joachim Cardinal Pecci (afterwards
18 Kt—Q4 KtxKt Pope Leo XIII) was obtained dur-
19 PxKt R—Kl ing my visit at Vatican city in 1925-
20 P—Kt5! BPxP 26, from my old colleague Rev.
21 PxP BxP Maurice die la Taille, S. J., Profes-
22 P—K6! Q—Kt3 sor of professors at the Gregorian
23 QxB P—B5 University, Rome Italy, and author
of "Mysterium ¥idie. —F.j.w.
,>
GIUOCO PIANO
REV. FR. G U I L A
JOACHIM CARDINAL PECCI
White Black
P—K4 P—K4
Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
B—B4 B—B4
P—B3 Kt—B3
P—Q4 PxP
a B O B P—K5
PxKt
Q—K2ch
P—Q4
PxB
B—K3
White announced mate in 18. PxKtP R—KKtl
10 P x P KtxP
24 RxP PxR
25 QxPch K—Ktl
26 Q—Kt5ch K—Bl
27 Q—Q7ch K—Ktl
28 BxP PxB
29 Q—Kt5ch K—Bl
30 R—Rl B—R6
31 RxB Q—Kt8ch
32 QxQ RxP
33 R—R7 K—Q2
34 Q—Kt5ch R—B3
35
36
P—Q5
P x Rch
R—Kt3
RxP Ml.JB r flSB
37 Kt—K4 P—B6 S f e P B I B
38 Q—Q5ch R—Q3
11 KtxKt BxKt 26 K—R2 Kt—B5

12 Q—R5 Q—B3 27 Q—B5 Kt—K3
13 O—O RxP 28 Kt—Kt2 Q—B2
14 Q—Kt5ch P—B3 29 P—R5!! BxRP
15 QxKtP 30 RxB R—KB1
15 ... . RxPch! 31 R—R6! RxQ
16 KxR Q—Kt3ch 32 PxR Kt—Ql
17 K—Rl B—Q4ch 33 Kt—B4 Q—Bl
18 P—B3 BxPch 34 Kt(B4)—Kt6 R—Kl
19 RxB - K t 8 mate 35 KtxP! Q—B2ch
36 Kt(B6)—K5 QxP
37 R—K3 Q-Q7
38 K—Kt2 QxP
75. New York Tournament, 1876. 39 P—B6! PxP
For the beautiful and well sustained 40 RxBP Kt—K3
conduct of this game, Bird was 41 R—KKt3 Kt—Kt4
awarded a silver cup as brilliancy 42 Kt—Kt4 K—Kt2
prize. 43 Kt—B4!! Q—K5ch
44 K—R2 Kt—R2
FRENCH DEFENSE 45 Kt—R5ch K—Rl
. E. BIRD JAMES M A S O N 46 RxP Q—B7
47 Kt(R5)—B6 R—K2
White Black
48 K—Kt2 P—Q5
1 P—K4 P-^K3 49 Kt—K5! Q—Bl
2 P—Q4 P—Q4 50 Kt—Kt6ch Resigns
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
4 PxP PxP
5 Kt—B3 R-Q3
6 B—Q3 O—O 76. Leipzig, December, 1877.
7 O—O P—KR3
8 R—Kl Kt—B3 The Queen's Sacrifice Rejected.
9 Kt—QKt5 B—QKt5 R U Y LOPEZ
10 P—B3 B—R4?
11 Kt—R3 B—KKt5 ANDERSSEN L . PAULSEN
12 Kt—B2 0-Q2 White Black
13 P—Kt4 B—Kt3
14 P—KR3 B—KR4 1 P—K4 P—K4
15 Kt—K3 KR—Kl' 2 Kt—KB 3 K t — QB3
16 P—Kt5 Kt—K2 3 B—Kt5 P—QR3
17 P—Kt4 B—Kt3 4 B—R4 P—QKt4
18 Kt—K5 Q—Bl 5 B—Kt3 B—Kt2
19 P—QR4 P—B3 6 O—O P—Kt3
20 PxP ' PxP 7 P—Q3 B—Kt2
21 B—R3 Kt—K5 8 P—QR4 KKt—K2
22 Q—B2 Kt—Kt4 9 Kt—B3 Kt—Q5
23 B x K t RxB 10 B—R2 P—Kt5
24 B x B - PxB 11 KtxKt PxKt
25 Q x P KtxPch 12 Kt—K2 P—Q4
13 P—KB3 O—O 7 O—O Kt—B3
14 Q—Kl P—QB4 8 B—KKt5 Kt—K2
15 Q—Kt3 P—B5 9 BxKt PxB
16 B—Kt5 P—Kt6? 10 Kt—KR4 K—Kt2
17 BPxP PxQP 11 Q—R5 R—Rl
18 Kt—B4 PxKP 12 P—B4 P—B3
19 PxP BxP 13 R—B3 Kt—Kt3
20 Q—Kl! P—B4 14 QR—KB1 Q—B2
21 P—Kt4ch R—B2 15 Kt—K2 B—Q2
22 Kt—K6 Q-Q3 16 Kt—Kt3 QR—KKtl
23 KtxB KxKt
il i i l l i ^11
mm mm
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tag'/* m
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m .
17 Q—R6ch!! KxQ
24 Q x B ! QR—KB1
18 K t ( 4 ) — B5ch BxKt
25 Q—R4 Kt—B3
19 Kt x Bch K—R4
26 R—B3 20 P—Kt4ch KxP
and wins 21 R—Kt3ch K—R4
22 B—K2 mate
Morphy nor Anderssen ever played
77. Paris Tournament, more brilliantly.
July 15, 1878.
MackenzieV Immortal.
FRENCH DEFENSE 78. Match, 1880.
G . H . MACKENZIE JAMES MASON Tchigorin at his best
White Black SC OTC H G A M E
1 P—K4 P—K3 M. TCHIGORIN E. SCHIFFERS
2 P—Q4 P—Q4 White Black
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
4 PxP PxP 1 P—K4 P—K4
5 Kt—B3 B—Q3 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
O—O 3 P—Q4 PxP
6 B—Q3
4 KtxP B—B4 15 B—Q3 B—K3

5 B—K3 Q—B3 16 R—KBl! P—Kt3
6 P—QB3 KKt—K2 17 Kt—Kt3 O—O
7 B—QB4 P—Q3 18 P—Kt4! QR—Kl
8 P—B4 Q—Kt3 19 Kt—B5 P—Q5
9 O—O QxP 20 P—Kt5 Q—Rl
10 R—Kl Q—Kt3 21 RxB PxR
11 KtxKt BxBch 22 QxPch K—Kt2
12 RxB PxKt 23 R—Kl! PxP
13 Q—K2 Q—B3 24 Q x Ktch! RxQ
14 Kt—Q2 P—Q4 25 RxRch 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. Re-
member 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 begin-
ning of his career. W e all know that very shortly thereafter
he experienced a thoroughgoing conversion. A t first an en-
thusiastic 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 prepara-
tion 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, with-
out 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 mas-
ters, 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 mas-
ters 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
79. Dresden, 1880. 23 Q—Kl p_K7ch

24 K—R2 Kt—B8ch
Black's Queen-sacrifice upsets the 25 K—Rl B—K6!
apple-cart. 26 Q—Ktl R x Kt!
BISHOP'S G A M B I T 27 PxR B—B7
28 Q—Q3 Kt—Kt6ch
DR. SCHMID WAYTE 29 K—Kt2 P—K8(Kt)ch
White Black This pretty move crowns the end
1 P—K4 P—K4 of this beautiful game.
2 P—KB4 P xP KtxQch
30 K x B
3 B—B4 Kt—KB3 31 K x K t KtxP
4 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3 Resigns
5 Kt—B3 B—Kt5
6 P—K5 P—Q4
7 B—Kt5 Kt—K5
8 O—O O—O 80. Played about 1 8 8 0 .
9 Kt—K2 B—Kt5
10 P—Q3 B—B4ch A charming gamelet.
11 P—Q4 B—Kt3 T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE
12 BxP P—B3
HOFFER AMATEUR
13 P—B3 PxP
14 BxKt KtPxB White Black
15 KtxP BxKt
1 P—K4 P—K4
16 QxB P—B4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
17 B—K3 PxP
3 B—B4 Kt—B3
18 RxRch QxR
4 Kt—Kt5 P—Q4
19 R—KBl
5 PxP Kt—QR4
6 B—Kt5ch P—B3
7 PxP PxP
— '///////A V///////, '///////, 8 Q—B3 Q—Kt3
9 Kt—B3 B—K2
10 P—Q3 P—KR3
• • • J l | 11 B—K3 Q—B2
12 Kt—Q5! KtxKt
HI H i %IH B 13
14
QxPch
QxKtch!
K—Ql
PxQ
• B B • 15 Kt—B7 mate!
81. London, about 1 8 8 0 .

19 . . . . PxB! Magna Carta:
2 0 RxQch RxR King John and the Barons.
2 1 Kt—B3 P—Kt4
22 P—KR3 Kt—Kt6 S T E I N I T Z GAMBIT
THE AGE OF STEINITZ 53
W. STEINITZ ALLIES 82. Berlin Tournament, 1881.
White Black Blackburne

3
s Masterpiece.
FRENCH DEFENSE
1 P - K4 P—K4
2 Kt - Q B 3 Kt—QB3 J . H . BLACKBURNE J. SCHWARZ
3 p—:B4 PxP White Black

4 p— Q4 Q—R5ch
1 P—K4 P—K3
5 K— -K2 P—Q4 2 P—Q4 P—Q4
6 Px P B—Kt5ch 3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB 3
7 Kt- - B 3 O—O—O!? 4 PxP PxP
8 P x Kt B—QB4 5 Kt—B3 B—Q3
9 P x Pch K—Ktl 6 B—Q3 P—B3
10 Kt- - K t 5 Kt—B3 7 O—O O—O
11 K - Q 3 Q—R4 8 Kt—K2 B—KKt5
12 K - -B3 P—QR3 9 Kt—Kt3 Q—B2
13 K— -Kt3 PxKt 10 B—K3 QKt—Q2
11 Q—Q2 KR—Kl
14 P— B 3
12 QR—Kl Kt—K5
13 Q—Bl QBxKt
• • 14
15
PxB
RPxKt
KtxKt
BxP
lack h e r e p r o p o s e d a draw.
16 K—Kt2 B—Q3
17 R—Rl Kt—Bl
18 R—R3 P—KKt3
19 QR—Rl QR-Ql
20 B—KKt5 R—Q2
21 P—QB4 PxP
22 BxBP P—KR4
23 R—R4 P—Kt4
24 B—Kt3 Kt—K3
14 . . . . RxP!
15 PxR Q—Q4ch
16 K—B2 B—B4ch m m a m
17 K—Q2 B—Kt5ch
18 K—K2 Kt—Kt5
Resigns
The march of the White King was

curious; out of a total of eighteen
moves, seven were made by the m • « «
King.
^Ijl gl I s
25 B—B6 Kt—B5ch position.

26 Q x K t ! BxQ GIUOCO PIANO
"White's design especially from AMES MASON S. WlNAWER
21st move in combination with the
brilliant finish, belongs to the finest White Black
efforts of chess genius in modern 1 P—K4 P—K4
match play."—(STEINITZ) 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
27 R x P PxR 3 B—B4 B—B4
28 R x P Resigns 4 P—Q3 P—Q3
5 B—K3 B—Kt3
6 QKt—Q2 P—KR3
7 Kt—Bl Kt—B3
83.
8 P—KR3 Kt—K2
An exquisite mating combination 9 Kt—Kt3 P—B3
PETROFF DEFENSE 10 B—Kt3 BxB
11 PxB Q—Kt3
H . MACKENZIE HAMMOND 12 Q—Q2 P—QR4
13 P—B3 P—R5
White Black
14 B—Ql B—K3
1 P—K4 P—K4 15 O—O Q—B2
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3 16 Kt—R4 P—QKt4
3 KtxP P—Q3 17 B—B2 P—B4
4 Kt—KB 3 KtxP 18 Kt(3)—B5 BxKt
5 P—Q4 P—Q4 19 KtxB KtxKt
6 B—Q3 B—Q3 20 RxKt Kt—Q2
7 O—O O—O 21 QR—KBl P—B3
8 P—B4 P—QB3 22 B—Ql P—R6
.9 PxP PxP 23 B—R5ch K—K2
10 Kt—B3 KtxKt 24 P—QKt3 KR—KBl
11 PxKt B—KKt5 25 R(5)—B3 Kt—Kt3
12 R—Ktl Q—B2 26 R—Kt3 K—Ql
13 P—KR3 B—R4? 27 B—Kt4 Q—K2
14 BxPch KxB 28 B—K2 K—B2
15 Kt—Kt5ch K—Kt3 29 P—Q4! P—B5
16 P—Kt4 B—B5 30 R—Ktl P—Kt4
17 RxP! QxR 31 KtPxP! KtPxP
18 BxB R—KRl 32 QR—Kt4 Q—K3
19 Q—Q3ch K—B3 33 P—Q5! Q—Bl
20 R—Kl! B—Kt3 34 BxP Kt—R5
21 Kt—R7ch! RxKt 35 B—Kt5 Kt—B4
22 P—Kt5 mate. 36 Q—K2! P—B4
37 PxP P—K5
38 B—B6 QR—Ktl
39 Q—R5 R—B3
84. Vienna, June 18, 1882. 40 R x KtP! PxR
Mason conjures up a masterly com- 41 Q—R7ch Kt—Q2
bination out of a harmless-looking 42 BxKt Q—Ktl
THE A G E OF STEINITZ 55
15 o—o—o Q—K3
1 6 Q—B3ch K—Kl
17 K t x K t KtxKt
§ m 18 R x K t Q—KKt3
•MI • I! 19 P—K6
20 Q—B7ch!!
R—KBl
RxQ
21 P x R c h K—Bl
22 R x B P—KR3
23 B—Q2 QxKtP
24 R—Kl QxBP
25 R x B P QxRch
26 B x Q P—Kt3
27 B—Kt4ch K—Kt2
28 P—B8(Q) mate!
43 R—Kt7ch!! KxR *Gunsberg?
44 B—B8ch K—Rl
45 QxQ RxP
46 Q-Q8 RxP 86. London Tournament,
47 Q-Q7 R—Kt8ch
48 R—Q7 May 5, 1883.
K—R2
49 Q—B6ch K—Ktl Zukertorfs Immortal.
50 QxP QR—Kt7 "One of the most brilliant games
51 B—K6 and wins on record."—(STEINITZ).

85 London, Played in 1882. (in effect)
J . H. ZUKERTORT
Mephisto's Mate
J. H. BLACKBURNE
T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE White Black
MEPHISTO* S. TLNSLEY 1 P—QB4 P—K3
White Black 2 P—K3 Kt—KB3
3 Kt—KB 3 P—QKt3
1 P—K4 P—K4 4 B—K2 B—Kt2
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 O—O P—Q4
5
3 B—B4 Kt—B3 6 P—Q4 B—Q3
4 Kt—Kt5 P—Q4 7 Kt—B3 O—O
5 PxP KtxP 8 P—QKt3 QKt—Q2
6 KtxBP?! KxKt B—Kt2 Q—K2
9
7 Q—B3ch K—K3 10 Kt—QKt5 Kt—K5
8 Kt—B3 Kt—Kt5 11 KtxB PxKt
9 Q—K4 P—QKt4 12 Kt—Q2 QKt—B3
10 B—Kt3 B—Kt2 13 P—B3 KtxKt
11 P—Q4 B—Q3 14 QxKt PxP
12 PxP B—B4 15 BxP P—Q4
13 Q—Kt4ch K—B2 16 B—Q3 KR—Bl
14 B—Kt5 Q—Kl 17 QR—Kl! R—B2
18 P—K4 QR—QBl 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3

19 P—K5 Kt—Kl 3 Kt—B3 P—KKt3
20 P—B4 P—Kt3 4 P—Q4 PxP
21 R—K3! P—B4 5 KtxP B—Kt2
22 P x P e.p. KtxP 6 B—K3 Kt—B3
23 P—B5! Kt—K5 7 B—K2 O—O
24 BxKt PxB 8 O—O Kt—K2
25 PxKtP!! R—B7 9 B—B3 P—Q3
26 P x Pch K—Rl 10 Q-Q2 Kt—Q2
27 P—Q5ch P—K4 11 B—R6 Kt—K4
28 Q—Kt4!! 12 BxB KxB
13 B—K2 P—KB 3
14 P—B4 Kt—B2
15 QR-Ql P—B3
16 B—B4 B—Q2
17 BxKt RxB
18 P—B5 Kt—Bl
19 P—K5 BPxP
20 Kt—K6ch BxKt
21 PxB R—K2
22 Q—Kt5 Q—Kl
23 R—Q3! RxP
24 R—R3! Q—K2
25 Q—R6ch K—Ktl
26 R—B8ch QxR
27 Q x R P mate
28 . . . . R(B1)—B4
29 R—B8ch KxP
In conjunction with White's pre-
vious play, this forms one of the
most noble combinations ever con- 88. Manhattan Chess Club,
ceived over the chess board. New York, March 3, 1883.
30 QxPch K—Kt2 Steinitz* Best Game?!
31 BxPch KxR
32 B—Kt7ch K—Ktl (One of 23 simultaneous games.)
33 QxQ Resigns KIESERITZKY G A M B I T
W. STEINITZ D R . SIMONSON
87. London Tournament, 1883. White Black
Dashing demolition of a World 1 P—K4 P—K4

Champion. 2 P—KB4 PxP
3 Kt—KB3 P—KKt4
THREE KNIGHTS' OPENING 4 P—KR4 P—Kt5
J , H. BLACKBURNE W . STEINITZ 5 Kt—K5 P—KR4
6 B—B4 Kt—KR3
White Black 7 P—Q4 P—Q3
1 P—K4 P—K4 8 Kt—Q3 P—B6
9 PxP B—K2 G I U O C O PIANO
10 B—K3 BxPch
H . E. BIRD B . ENGLISCH
11 K—Q2 PxP
12 QxP B—Kt5 White Black
13 Q—B4 Kt—B3 1 P—K4 P—K4
14 Kt—B3 Kt—K2 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
15 QR—Bl R—R2 3 B—B4 B—B4
16 RxB Kt—Kt3 4 P—B3 Kt—B3
17 RxB! KtxQ 5 P—QKt4 B—Kt3
18 R(4) x K t P—QB3 6 P—Q3 P—Q3
19 R—B6 Kt—Kt5 7 O—O O—O
20 BxPch K—Q2 8 B—KKt5 B—K3
21 B—K6ch K—B2 QKt—Q2 Q—K2
9
22 R—B7ch RxR 10 P—QR4 P—QR3
23 RxRch K—Kt3 11 P—R5 B—R2
24 BxKt PxB 12 K—Rl P—R3
25 P—Q5ch P—B4 13 B—R4 QR-Ql
26 P—K5 K—R3 14 P—Kt5 BxB
27 BxP! PxB 15 KtxB PxP
28 Kt x Pch K—Kt3 16 Kt—K3 BxKt
29 RxPch! KxKt 17 PxB Q—K3
18 Q—Ktl! P—Kt4
19 B—Kt3 Kt—QR2
20 P—B4! P—B3
21 P—B5! Kt—R4
22 P—R6! PxRP
23 RxP Q-Q2
24 P—Q4! Kt x Bch
25 PxKt Kt—Bl
26 PxQP P—B3
27 R—Bl KtxP
28 KRxP Kt—Kl
29 QxP P—Kt5
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.
30 Kt—R4 PxP 91. Paris, July 17, 1884.

31 PxP QxP
Black's attack makes use of prob-
32 Kt—B5 QxP
lem moves!
33 R—K6 R—Q8ch
34 K—R2 Q—Kt8 KING'S GAMBIT
35 QxQ RxQ A . CLERC
36 R—R7 R—Kt4 BARON ALBERT ROTHSCHILD
37 KtxPch K—Rl
38 KtxP R—Kt4 White Black
39 RxKt R—R4ch 1 P—K4 P—K4
40 K—Ktl RxR 2 P—KB4 PxP
41 KtxP R—R8ch! 3 Kt—KB3 P—KKt4
42 KxR R—K8ch 4 B—B4 B—Kt2
43 K—R2 R—R8ch 5 P—Q4 P—Q3
44 KxR Stalemate! 6 O—O P—KR3
7 P—B3 Kt—QB3
8 P—KR4 P—Kt5
9 Kt—R2 P—B6
90. Riga, May, 1884. 10 PxP P—Kt6
A Gem. 11 Kt—Kt4 QxP
12 K—Kt2 BxKt
EVANS GAMBIT 13 R—Rl Q—B3
jLOBUS GROSS 14 PxB Q—B7ch
15 K—R3 P—Kt7
White Black 16 R—Ktl P—KR4
1 P—K4 P—K4 17 P—Kt5 Kt—R3!!
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 18 PxKt B—B3
3 B—B4 B—B4 19 QxP? QxR
4 P—QKt4 BxP 20 QxPch K—Ql
5 P—B3 B—R4 21 QxBch Kt—K2
6 P—Q4 PxP 22 B—K3 RxPch!
7 O—O P—Q3 23 QxR Q—R8ch
8 PxP P—KR3 24 K—Kt3 QxQ
9 Q—Kt3 Q—K2 25 BxQ P—Kt8(Q)ch
10 Kt—B3 BxKt Resigns
11 QxB B—Q2
12 P—K5 PxP
13 B—R3 PxP 92. Philadelphia, 1885.
14 Kt x P Q-B3 A Zukertort Masterpiece.
15 QR—Klch KKt—K2
16 KtxKt! QxQ EVANS G A M B I T DECLINED
17 R x Ktch K—Bl
18 RxPch K—Ktl J . YE ZUKERTORT C . S. MARTINEZ
19 Kt—K7ch K—R2
White Black
20 B—Kt2!! B—Kl
Mate in two. 1 P—K4 P—K4

2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—B4 B—B4 How to smash a crowded position.
4 P—QKt4 B—Kt3 Oct. 4, 1886.
5 P—QR4 P—QR3
6 P—B3 P—Q3 R U Y LOPEZ
7 P—R5 B—R2
G. H . MACKENZIE S. LIPSCHUETZ
8 P—Q3 Q—K2
9 QKt—Q2 Kt—B3 White Black
10 Kt—Bl P—KR3 1 P—K4 P—K4
11 Kt—Kt3 Kt—Ql 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
12 O—O B—K3 B—Kt5 Kt—B3
3
13 B—R2 O—O 4 O—O P—Q3
14 Kt—R4 K—R2 P—Q4 B—Q2
5
15 Kt(4)—B5 Q-Q2 6 Kt—B3 B—K2
16 K—Rl P—Q4 7 P—Q5 Kt—QKtl
17 P—KB4 KPxP B—Kt5
8 B-=-Q3
18 QBxP PxP Kt—K2 QKt—Q2
9
19 KtxKtP!! BxB 10 Kt—Bl
Kt—Kt3
20 RxB Q-Q4 11 B—Q2
P—KR3
21 Kt(7)—R5 KtxKt 12 Kt—R2 Kt—Kt3
22 KtxKt P—KB4 P—KB4 PxP
13
23 R—Q2 P—K6 14 BxP O—O
24 R—K2 Q—B2 15 Q - Q 2 Kt—Kl
25 BxKP QxKt 1 6 Kt—B3 B—KB 3
26 BxB R—B2 17 P—B3 KtxB
27 B—Q4 Kt—B3 18 QxKt P—KKt3
28 R—K7! Q—Kt3 19 QR—Kl Kt—Kt2
29 RxRch QxR 20 P—K5 B—K2
30 B—K3 Kt—K4 21 Q—R6! PxP
31 P—Q4 Kt—B5 22 RxP P—KB 3
32 B—B4 R—KKtl 23 Kt—R5!! KtxKt
33 Q—Q3 24 RxKt B—B4ch
34 Q—R3 R—Kt3 25 K—Rl Q—K2
35 BxBP Kt—K6 26 B x P Q—Kt2
36 Q—B3 Q—R7 27 B x P c h K—Rl
37 R—KKtl Kt—Q4 28 B—B5ch Resigns
38 B—K5 P—B5
39 BxP Q—B5
40 B—K5 Kt x BP
41 P—Q5 Resigns
94. New York, December, 1886.
"Herr Zukertort considers this the
best game he played in America." Exemplifying Judd's brilliant and
forceful style.
FRENCH D E F E N S E
93. First Game of Match M A X JUDD J . M . HANHAM
Played at Manhattan Chess Club, White Black

1 P—K4 P—K3 12 KR—Kl P—QB3

2 P—Q4 P—Q4 13 P—QR4 Q—B2
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 14 QR—Bl Kt—B5
4 P—K5 KKt—Q2 15 Kt—Kt5 Kt(K2)—Kt3
5 QKt—K2 P—QB4 16 R—K8!! RxR
6 P—QB3 Kt—QB3 17 B x P c h K—Rl
7 P—KB4 P—QKt3 18 B x R Kt—K7ch
8 Kt—B3 B—Kt2 19 K—Rl KtxR
9 B—K3 B—K2 20 Kt—B7ch K—Ktl
10 Kt—Kt3 P—Kt3 21 Kt—R6ch K—Bl
11 R—Bl R—QBl 22 Q—Kt8ch K—K2
12 B—Q3 P—QR3 23 B x K t PxB
13 O—O O—O 24 Q x P c h K—Ql
14 Kt—Kt5 BxKt 25 Q—B8ch K—Q2
15 PxB P_Kt4 26 Kt—K4 Q-Ql
16 Kt—R5!! PxP 27 Q—Q6ch K—Kl
17 PxP Q—Kt3 28 Kt—B6ch Resigns
18 RxKt! BxR
19 Kt—B6ch K—Kt2
20 Q—Kl R—KRl
21 Q_R4 K—Bl
22 Kt x Ktch BxKt 96. Frankfort Tournament,
23 B x KKtP B—Kl
July 23, 1887.
24 BxBP! BxB
25 P—Kt6 R—B2 "A Genuine Masterpiece"
26 Q—Q8ch Resigns — (STEINITZ)
GIUOCO PIANO
I. GUNSBERG M . HARMONIST
95. Frankfort, 1887. White Black
A grand old-time favorite. 1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
GIUOCO PIANO
3 B—B4 B—B4
E. SCHIFFERS M . HARMONIST 4 P—Q3 P—Q3
White Black 5 B—K3 B—Kt3
6 QKt—Q2 Kt—B3
1 P—K4 P—K4 7 Kt—Bl P—Q4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 8 PxP KtxP
3 B—B4 B—B4 9 Q-Q2 P—KR3
4 P—B3 Kt—B3 10 O—O—O B—K3
5 P—Q4 PxP 11 B—QKt5 Q-Q3
6 PxP B—Kt5ch 12 Kt—Kt3 P—B4
7 B—Q2 BxBch 13 BxB RPxB
8 QKtxB P—Q4 14 KtxKP QxKt
9 PxP KKt x P 15 QR—Kl RxP!
10 Q—Kt3 QKt—K2 16 P—QB4 O—O!
11 O—O O—O 17 BxKt ....
11 B x Ktch PxB
12 P—QKt4 O—O
13 O—O Kt—Kt5
14 Q—K2 P—KB4
15 PxP BxP
16 P—K4 B—Q2
17 Kt—B4 Kt—B3
18 Kt—K3 P—Kt3
19 P—B4 Kt—R4
20 P—Kt3 B—R6
21 R—B2 Kt—Kt2
22 Q—Kt2 Kt—K3
23 R—Kl R—B2
24 QR—K2 QR—KBl
25 Kt—Kl Kt—Q5
17 Q-Q5 26 R—Q2 Q—Kt4
18 BxKt BxB 27 Kt(K3)—Kt2 BxKt
19 PxB R—R8ch 28 KxB Q—K6
20 K—B2 Q—R5ch 29 K—Bl Kt—Kt6!
21 K—B3 Q—R4ch Resigns
22 P—Kt4 R—R6ch A master coup of extraordinary
23 K—Q4 P—B4ch depth and beauty.
24 K—K5 Q—Rl!
25 K—B4 Q-Qi
26 Q—-Kt2 RxP
Resigns
98. Sixth American Chess
Congress, New York, March, 1889.
97. Sixth American Congress, Submitted for Brilliancy Prize
N. Y., March 30, 1889.
SCOTCH G A M E
An abrupt finish/
J . W . SHOWALTER G. GOSSIP
Special Prize for best game
Whit® Black
GIUOCO PIANO
J . MASON I. GUNSBERG 1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
WHITE Black
3 P—Q4 PxP
1 P—K4 P—K4 4 KtxP Kt—B3
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 5 KtxKt KtPxKt
3 B—B4 B—B4 6 B—Q3 P—Q4
4 P—Q3 P—Q3 7 P—K5 Kt—Kt5
5 B—K3 B—Kt3 8 O—O B—QB4
6 P—B3 Kt—B3 9 B—KB4 P—Kt4
7 QKt—Q2 Q—K2 10 B—Q2 KtxKP
8 P—QR4 B—K3 11 R—Kl Q—K2
9 B—QKt5 BxB 12 Kt—B3 B—Q2
10 PxB P—QR3 13 Q—R5 o—o—o
14 QBxP P—B3 Pollock wins the Brilliancy Prize,

15 B—R4 Q—Kt2 and how!!
16 B—R6ch K—Ktl
RUY LOPEZ
17 B—Kt3 KR—Ktl
18 Q—Ql Kt—Kt5 MAX WEISS W . H . K . POLLOCK
19 B—KBl Kt—K4 White Black
20 P—Kt4 B—Kt5
21 Q—Ktl B—Q5 1 P—K4 P—K4
22 Q—Kt3 P—KR4 2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—QB3
23 QR—Ktl P—R5 3 B—Kt5 P—QR3
4 B—R4 Kt—B3
• • 5 P—Q3 P—QKt4
6 B—Kt3 B—B4
7 P—B3 P—Q4!
8 PxP KtxP
9 Q—K2 O—O
10 Q—K4 B—K3!
11 KtxP KtxKt
12 QxKt Kt—Kt5?!
13 O—O KtxQP
14 Q—R5 BxB
15 PxB R—Kl
16 Kt—Q2 Q—K2
17 P—QKt4 BxPch!
18 K—Rl Q—K8!
19 P—R3 KtxB!!
24 B x P Kt—B6ch! 20 RxQ RxRch
25 P x K t QBxPch 21 K—R2 B—Kt8ch
26 B—Kt3 QxBch! 22 K—Kt3 R—Koch
27PxQ RxPch 23 K—Kt4! Kt—K7
28 K—R2 BxP
29 B—R3 RxBch!
Resigns
Much gossip had been going around

because this game had not been
awarded the special prize over
the game won by Gunsberg over
m&
Mason!
Hence, both games are included,
so the public of today can
for itself.
judge «
m mmm
! •
i i •
• •
24 K t — B l ! P—Kt3
99. Sixth American Chess 25 Q—Q5 P—R4ch
Congress, New York, May 1 1 , 1 8 8 9 26 K—Kt5 K—Kt2!!
27 K t x R 101. Amsterdam Tournament, 1889

Black now mates in three, e. g.: A Thing of Beauty
One of the most famous victories
27 . . . . P—B3ch
ever won by Dr. Lasker was his
28 K—R4 B—B7ch magnificent combination at Amster-
29 P—Kt3 B x P mate dam in 1889 when he was only 21.
The power of the two Bishops has
never been shown to greater ad-
100. Sixth American Congress,
vantage.
1889.
BIRD'S OPENING
A finely executed attack.
LASKER J . H . BAUER
PETROFF DEFENSE
White Black
GUNSBERG M . WEISS
White Black 1 P—KB4 P—Q4
2 Kt—KB3 P—K3
1 P—K4 P—K4 3 P—K3 Kt—KB3
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB 3 4 P—QKt3 B—K2
3 KtxP P—Q3 5 B—Kt2 P—QKt3
4 Kt—KB3 KtxP 6 B—Q3 B—Kt2
5 P—Q4 P—Q4 7 Kt—B3 O—O
6 B—Q3 Kt—QB3 8 O—O QKt—Q2
7 O—O B—K2 9 Kt—K2 P—B4
8 R—Kl B—KKt5 10 Kt—Kt3 Q—B2
9 P—B3 P—B4 11 Kt—K5 KtxKt
10 QKt—Q2 O—O 12 BxKt Q—B3
11 Q—Kt3 K—Rl 13 Q—K2 P—QR3
12 QxKtP R—B3 14 Kt—R5! KtxKt
13 Q—Kt3 R—Ktl
14 Q—B2 R—KKt 3 (see diagram next p a g e )
15 P—QKt3 B — Q3
15 B x P c h ! KxB
16 B—K2 B—KR6
17 B—Bl Q—B3 The beginning of a most profound
18 P—Kt3 BxB and elegant combination.
19 KxB R—KBl
20 KtxKt BPxKt 16 QxKtch K—Ktl
21 Kt—R4 RxP!! 17 BxP! KxB
22 PxR BxP 18 Q—Kt4ch K—R2
23 K—Kt2 BxKt 19 R—B3 P—K4
24 B—K3 Q—B6ch 20 R—R3ch Q—R3
25 K—R2 B—K2 21 RxQch KxR
26 K—Ktl R—B3 22 Q—Q7 B—KB 3
27 K—Bl Q—Kt5 23 QxB K—Kt2
28 Q—Ql R—B6 24 R—KBl QR—Ktl
29 R—Bl Q—R6ch 25 Q—Q7 KR—Ql
Resigns 26 Q—Kt4ch K—Bl
27 PxP B—Kt2
If 30 K—K2, R x B c h . 28 P—K6 R—Kt2
17 K B x P ? RxP!!
Mm • •*!•
mm mm*
18 P x R BxPch
19 K — B l
(see diagram next column)
m m m • 19 . . . . QxPch!!
• mm •« It is doubtful whether a finer two-
Wk i m
m.3 l l i i
29 Q—Kt6 P—B3
30 RxPch BxR
31 QxBch K—Kl
32 Q—R8ch K—K2
33 Q—Kt7ch KxP
34 Q x R and wins
«B5
102. Prague, Austria, Sept., 1889. move combination in actual play,
has ever been seen.
A very instructive and beautifully If 20 K — K l , Q—B7 mate, A n d
terminated game. if K x Q , B—R6 mate.
STEINITZ G A M B I T Resigns
H. NEUSTADL O . VALENTA
White Black
103. Franklin Chess Club,
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—QB3 Kt—QB3 Oct. 3 1 , 1889.
3 P—B4 PxP An example of inspired combina-
4 P—Q4 Q—R5ch tion play.
5 K—K2 P—Q4
SCOTCH GAME
6 PxP B—Kt5ch
7 Kt—B3 O—O—O W . P. SHIPLEY
8 PxKt B—QB4 C. S. MARTINEZ, JR.
9 PxPch K—Ktl White Black
10 Kt—Kt5 P—QR3
11 P—B3 PxKt P—K4 P—K4
12 K—Q3 B—B4ch Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
13 K—Q2 Q—Kt5 P—Q4 PxP
14 K—K2 Kt—B3 KtxP Kt—B3
15 K—B2 ' Kt—K5ch KtxKt KtP x Kt
16 K—Ktl Kt—Kt4 B—Q3 B—B4
7 P—K5 Kt—Q4 1 P—K4 P—K4

8 Q—Kt4 Kt—K2 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
9 QxP KR—Ktl 3 B—Kt5 Kt—B3
10 Q—B6 P—Q3 4 P—Q4 KtxKP
11 BxP RxP 5 P—Q5 Kt—Q3
12 B—Kt5 BxPch 6 Kt—B3 P—K5
13 K—Bl B—R6 7 Kt—Kt5 Kt—K4
14 Q—R8ch K— Q2 8 Q—Q4 P—KB 3
15 B—B5ch KtxB! 9 KKt x KP KtxB
16 P—K6ch KxP 10 K t x K t P—QR3
11 Q—R4 R—QKtl
12 Kt—Q4 B—K2
IV i • 13 Q—Kt3 P—Q3
14 P—KB4 P—KB4
IT wk Wm, &m. Y
15 Kt—Kt3 Kt—Kt5
16 O—O O—O
17 Kt—B6 PxKt
18 Q x R PxP
^ ^ ^ ^ 19 Q—Kt3 P—B3
20 B—Q2 Q—B2
21 QR—Kl B—B3
22 P—KR3 B—Q5ch
23 K—Rl Kt—B7ch
24 K—R2 Kt—K5
25 K t x K t BP x Kt
17 BxQ Kt—K6ch 26 R x P BxKtP
B—Kt8ch 27 P—B3! B—R6
18 K—K2
B—B4ch 28 K R — K l B—QB4
19 K—Q3
20 K—B3 RxPch 29 R—K7 Q—Kt3
R—Ktlch 30 Q—Ql B—B4
21 K—Kt3
22 K—R3 Kt—B5ch 31 Q—R5 P—R3
23 K—R4 Kt—Kt3ch!
24 K—R5 R—B4ch
25 K—R6 B—Q6ch
26
27
KxP
K—Kt7
R—Rich
B—R3ch • m m ii
28 KxP Kt—Q4 mate mm • •
104. Match game played at • m m.
Boston, 1889.
i f m jm. 1 s t
r
Barry's Masterpiece m i
RUY LOPEZ I IS is
JOHN F . BARRY H . N . PILLSBURY
White now calls mate in 13 moves.
White Black
32 RxPch KxR 10 P—K5 PxP

33 R—K7ch K—Ktl 11 R—Kl KKt—K2
34 QxP B—Kt8ch 12 Kt—KKt5 B—K3
35 K—Rl B—Q5 13 BxB PxB
36 PxB QxP 14 Kt x KP Q-Q3
37 Q—Kt5ch K—Rl 15 Kt x KtPch K—Bl
38 Q—R4ch K—Ktl 16 Q—Kt4 BxP
39 Q—Kt3ch K—Rl 17 Kt—K4 Q—Kt5
40 B—B3 QxB 18 Kt—K6ch K—Kl
41 QxQch P—Q5 19 Kt—B6ch K—B2
42 QxPch R—B3 20 Kt—Kt5ch K—Bl
43 QxRch K—Ktl 21 B—R3!!
44 Q maces
(see diagram)
21 . . . . QxB
105. 22 Q—K6 Kt—Ql
An Immortal Evans Gambit
!• • • «
So classed by E. SchifTers in
St. Petersburg Zeitung, about 1890.
EVANS G A M B I T
• i l l
m
• mt
H. CLEMENS F. EISENSCHMIDT « « til§ n wm
%
White Black H mm vim
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—B4 B—B4
4 P—QKt4 BxP
5 P—B3 B—B4
6 P—Q4 PxP
7 PxP B—Kt3 23 Q - -B7ch! KtxQ
8 O—O P—Q3 24 Kt- - K 6 mate
9 Kt—B3 B—Q2?
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 com-
bination, 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 ac-
quaintance with these gracious companions of their youth!
67
68. THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
106. Manchester Tournament, 1890 36 . . . . QxR

37 RxPch K—Kt3
Briton meets Briton
38 Q—B5ch K—Kt2
GIUOCO PIANO 39 QxRch K—Rl
E. THOROLD J . H . BLACKBURNE 40 Q—B4 Q—Ql
White Black 41 B—Q5 R—QKt7
42 QxKBP Resigns
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—B4 B—B4
4 P—Q3 Kt—B3
5 B—K3 B—Kt3
6 BxB RPxB
7 QKt—Q2 O—O
8 P—B3 P—Q4
9 B—Kt3 PxP
10 P x P Q—K2
11 Q—K2 P—Kt3
12 P—Kt3 Kt—Q2
13 P—KR4 Kt—B4
14 B—B2 P—R4
15 Q—K3 R—Ql
_6 P—QKt4 Kt—Q2
17 B—Kt3 Kt—Bl
18 Kt—Kt5 B—K3
19 K t x B KtxKt
20 P—KB4 Q—B3 107. Nuremberg, about 1891.
21 P — B 5 ! Kt—Bl
22 P x P QxP An attack carried out with admir-
23 O—O R—Q2 able verve.
24 R—B5 Kt—KR2 VIENNA GAME
25 QR—KBl R—KBl
26 Kt—B4 M . KUERCHNER DR. S. TARRASCH
P—Kt4
27 K t x P KtxKt White Black
28 R x K t K—Rl
29 Q—B4 R—KKtl 1 P—K4 P—K4
30 R—B3 Q—Kt3ch 2 Kt—QB3 Kt—QB3
31 K—Kt2 R—Kt5 3 P—KKt3 Kt—B3
32 R—K8ch K—Kt2 4 B—Kt2 B—B4
33 Q—K5ch K—R3 5 P—Q3 P—QR3
34 R—B5 R_Q h 7 c
6 P—B4 P—Q3
35 K — B l Q—Kt3 7 P—B5 P—KKt3
8 P—KKt4 P—KR4
36 R—KKt8! .... 9 B—Kt5 Kt—Q5
10 Kt—Q5 KtxKt!!
11 BxQ Kt—K6
12 Q—Q2 QKtxPch
MODERN CHESS 69.
13 K-K2 Kt—Q5ch
14 K—B2 Kt x Pch
15 K—Kt3 PxP
16 Q—Kt5 P—R5ch
17 QxP P—B5ch
18 K—R3 Kt—B7 mate
maM hi •
108. Havana, January, 1892.
For World Supremacy in Chess
This is the fourth game of the
27 Q—R4ch K—K4
second match and is also one of
28 Q x K t c h K—B4
the most beautiful games ever
29 Q—B4 mate
played in a similar contest.
RUY LOPEZ
W . STEINITZ M . TCHIGORIN
White Black 109. Dresden Tournament, 1892.
1 P—K4 P—K4 First edition of a famous trap!
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
Kt—B3 R U Y LOPEZ
3 B—Kt5
4 P—Q3 P—Q3 DR. S. TARRASCH G . MARCO
5 P—B3 P—KKt3
White Black
6 QKt—Q2 B—Kt2
7 Kt—Bl O—O 1 P—K4 P—K4
8 B—R4 Kt—Q2 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
9 Kt—K3 Kt—B4 3 B—Kt5 P—Q3
10 B—B2 Kt—K3 4 P—Q4 B—Q2
11 P — K R 4 Kt—K2 5 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
12 P—R5 P—Q4 6 O—O B—K2
13 R P x P BP x P? 7 R—Kl O—O?
14 P x P KtxP 8 BxKt! BxB
15 K t x K t QxKt
From this point Black's moves are
16 B — K t 3 Q—B3
all forced.
17 Q—K2 B—Q2
18 B — K 3 K—Rl 9 PxP PxP
19 O — O — O QR—Kl 10 QxQ QRxQ
20 Q — B l ! P—QR4 11 KtxP BxP
21 P — Q 4 PxP 12 Kt x B Kt x Kt
22 K t x P BxKt 13 Kt—Q3! P—KB4
23 R x B ! KtxR 14 P—KB 3 B—B4ch
24 R x P c h ! KxR 15 KtxB KtxKt
25 Q—Rich K—Kt2 16 B—Kt5 R—Q4
26 B—R6ch! K—B3 17 B—K7 Resigns
110. New York, 1892. 40 BxB RxB

41 K—Kt3 P—K6
Outplaying a future world cham- 42 Kt—Kt5 R—B7
pion. R—KKt8
43 B—Q3
RUY LOPEZ Resigns
DR. E . LASKER A . B. HODGES

White Black
111. Played at Zugzidi,
1 P—K4 P—K4
Kt—QB3 in spring of 1892.
2 Kt—KB 3
3 B—Kt5 P—Q3 Most Brilliant of Dad'taris Com-
4 Kt—B3 B—Q2 binations.
5 O—O KKt—K2
6 P—Q3 Kt—Kt3 ' T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE
7 B—K3 B—K2 M . BlTCHAM
PRINCE DADIAN
8 P—Q4 O—O (of Mingrelia)
9 B—QB4 B—Kt5
10 P—Q5 Kt—Ktl White Black
11 P—KR3 BxKt 1 P—K4 P—K4
12 QxB p_KB4 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
13 PxP Kt—R5 3 B—B4 Kt—B3
14 Q—Kt4 KtxP 4 P—Q4 PxP
15 B—Q2 Kt—Q2 5 O—O KtxP
16 B—Q3 P—KKt3 6 R—Kl P—Q4
17 Kt—K4 R—B2 7 BxP QxB
18 QR—Kl Q-KJ31 8 Kt—B3 Q—B5
19 Kt—B3 P—QR3 9 R x Ktch B—K3
20 Kt—Ql Q—Kt2 10 B—Kt5 B—B4
21 B—B3 QR—KBl 11 Kt—Q2 Q—R3
22 P—Kt4 B—Ql 12 Kt—Kt3 B—Kt3
23 B—Kt2 Kt—B3 13 Kt—Q5 P—KR3
. 24 Q—QB4 Kt—R4! 14 Kt—B5
25 P—B4 P—QKt4
26 Q—B6 Kt—K2
27 QxRP Kt x BP
IB HI
28 QxKtP Q—R3
29 Kt—B2 Q—Kt4
30
31
B—K4
Q—B4
Kt—B4
Kt—Kt6 mmm m
32 B—KB3 Kt x R
33 RxKt Q—R5
34 Q—K4 Kt x Pch
35 Kt x Kt QxQ
36 BxQ R x Rch
37 K—R2 R—K8 &m&w mm
38 B—Q3 P—K5
39 B—B4 - B—B3
MODERN CHESS 71
14 . . . . Q—Kt4 13 PxB
15 RxBch! K—Bl 14 Q—R5ch P—Kt3
16 Kt—Q7ch K—Ktl 15 Kt—B6ch! B x Kt
17 Q—Kt4 P—KR4 16 Kt x KtPch Q—K2
18 Kt(Q5)—B6ch! PxKt 17 RxQch BxR
19 B—R6ch! Q—Kt4 18 Kt—K5ch K—Ql
20 K t x P mate 19 Kt—B7ch K—Kl
20 Kt—Q6ch K—Ql
21 Q—K8ch! RxQ
22 Kt—B7 mate
112. Boston, Nov. 8, 1892.
Caught in the Web
- DANISH GAMBIT 113. Jackson, Miss., about 1892.

F. K. YOUNG L. DORE This Galbreath-taking game was
played in Jackson, Miss., about
White Blaek 1892.
1 P—K4 P—K4 EVANS G A M B I T
2 P—Q4 PxP
PxP JOHN A. GALBRAITH H . HARDING
3 P—QB3
4 B—QB4 Kt—KB3 White Black
5 Kt—KB3 KtxP
1 P—K4 P—K4
6 O—O Kt—Q3
Kt x B 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
7 KtxP 3 B—B4 B—B4
8 R—Klch B—K2
4 P—QKt4 BxP
9 Kt—Q5 Kt—B3
P—B3 5 P—B3 B—R4
10 B—Kt5 6 O—O B—Kt3
11 R—QBl P—Kt4
7 P—Q4 Q-B3
12 R x Kt PxR
8 B—KKt5 Q—Kt3
13 Kt—K5! 9 PxP QxP
10 QKt—Q2 Q—Kt3
• m'mtm
11 R—Kl P—KR3
is
'MI
12 B—R4 KKt—K2
13 Kt—K4 O—O
Now begins a far-sighted combina-
tion.
14 Kt—B6ch PxKt
15 BxP Kt—B4
16 B—Q3 Q—R4
17 P—Kt4 QxPch
18 K—Rl BxP
19 R—K4 Q—R6
20 Q—Ktlch! Kt—Kt6ch
14 P—B5 KtxB
15 PxKt Q—K2
16 Q—Kl? RxPch
17 K—Kt3 Q—Kt4
m
18 R—Rl
mm r
Black mates in 4 moves:
ch, etc.
R—R6
115. Vienna, 1893.

Schlechter s
J
Immortal
This sparkling gem ranks as one of
the most curious and brilliant on
21 QxKtch BxQ
record.
22 R—KKtl P—Q3
23 RxBch QxR IRREGULAR OPENING ,
24 PxQ B—B4 B . FLEISSIG CARL SCHLECHTER
25 R—KR4 BxB
26 RxP B—R2 White Black
27 Kt—Kt5 KtxP P—QKt4 P—K3
28 RxB Kt—Kt3 B—Kt2 Kt—KB3
29 R—Kt7ch K—Rl P—QR3 P—B4
30 R x K t mate! P—Kt5 P—Q4
P—Q4 Q—R4ch
6 Kt—B3 Kt—K5
114. Vienna, D e c , 1892. 7 Q-Q3 PxP
8 QxP B—B4!
The open KR file triumphs again! BxPch
9 QxKtP
VIENNA GAME 10 K—Ql P—Q5!!
M . POLLAK
mm mm
BARON ALBERT ROTHSCHILD
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—QB3 Kt—QB3
3
4
P—KKt3
B—Kt2
Kt—B3
B—B4
W3. & ifc mm wm
5 KKt—K2 P—Q3
6 P—KR3 B—K3
7 O—O Q-Q2
8 K—R2 P—KR4
9 P—Q3 o—o—o
10 B—Kt5 Kt—K2
11 p_B4 Kt—Kt5ch!?
12 P x K t PxPch 11 Q x R c h K—K2
13 B—R4 Kt—Kt3 12 Q x B PxKt
MODERN CHESS 73
13 B—Bl Kt—Q2 White Black
14 QxR QxKtP
1 P—KB4 P—K4
15 B—B4 Q—Q4ch
2 PxP Kt—QB3
16 K—Bl B—K6ch!
17 BxB 3 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
Kt—B7!
4 PxP BxP
18 BxKt Q_Q h 7 c
5 P—Q4 Kt—B3
19 K—Ktl Q—Q8ch
20 K—R2 6 B—Kt5 P—KR3
Q x P mate 7 B—R4 P—KKt4
8 B—B2 Kt—K5
9 P—K3 P—Kt5
116. Played at Kassa in 1893. 10 B—R4
A Charousek Gem Now follows a very elegant com
bination.
DANISH GAMBIT
R. CHAROUSEK M . WOLLNER
10 ... . PxKt!
11 BxQ P—B7ch
White Black 12 K—K2 B—Kt5ch
1 P—K4 P—K4 13 K—Q3 Kt—Kt5ch
2 P—Q4 PxP 14 K x Kt P—B4 mate!
3 P—QB3 PxP
4 B—QB4 Kt—KB3
5 Kt—KB 3 B—B4 118. Nuremberg, Feb. 9, 1894.
6 KtxP P—Q3 A wonderful combination!
7 O—O O—O
8 Kt—KKt5! P—KR3 KING'S G A M B I T
9 Kt x BP R x Kt D R . S. TARRASCH HIRSCHLEI
10 P—K5 Kt—Kt5?
11 P—K6! Q—R5 White Black
12 PxRch K—Bl
13 B—B4 KtxBP 1 P—K4 P—K4
14 Q—K2! Kt—Kt5ch 2 P—KB4 PxP
15 K—Rl B—Q2 3 Kt—KB3 P—KKt4
16 QR—Kl Kt—QB3 4 P—KR4 P—Kt5
17 Q—K8ch RxQ 5 Kt—K5 P—Q3
18 PxR(Q)ch BxQ 6 Kt x BP KxKt
19 B x Q P mate 7 B—B4ch K—Kt3
8 P—Q4 B—K2
9 BxP Kt—KB3
10 P—R5ch K—Kt2
11 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
12 P—K5 PxP
117. Vienna Chess Club, 13 P—R6ch K—Bl
April 27, 1894. 14 PxP QxQch
Inimitable elegance! 15 RxQ Kt—Q2
16 O—O K—Kl
FROM'S GAMBIT 17 Kt—Q5 B—B4ch
L. FRIED C. SCHLECHTER 18 K—Rl B—Kt3
19 P—K6 KKt—K4 12 KtxB QxKt

2G Kt—B6ch K—K2 13 BxB KtxB
21 B—KKt5 KtxB 14 R—Kl! P—KB 3
22 Kt x KtPch K—Kl 15 Q—K2 Q-Q2
16 QR—Bl P—B3?
23 Kt—B6ch K—K2
17 P—Q5! PxP
24 Kt—Kt8ch K—Kl
18 Kt—Q4 - K—B2
19 Kt—K6 KR—QBl
20 Q—Kt4 P—KKt 3
21 Kt—Kt5ch K—Kl
25 R—Q8ch KtxR
26 R—B8ch KxR
27 P—K7ch Resigns
22 RxKtch!! K—Bl
23 R—B7ch K—Ktl
24 R—Kt7ch K—Rl
25 RxPch! Resigns
119. Hastings, 1895.
First Brilliancy Prize Steinitz gives this brilliant mate i
ten moves.
GIUOCO PIANO
W . STEINITZ C VON BARDELEBEN 25 . . . . K - -Ktl
26 R—Kt7ch K-- R l
White Black 27 Q—R4ch KxR
1 P—K4 P—K4 28 Q—R7ch K-- B l
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 29 Q—R8ch K- - K 2
3 B—B4 B—B4 3Q Q—Kt7ch K- - K l
4 P—B3 Kt—B3 31 Q—Kt8ch K- - K 2
5 P—Q4 PxP 32 Q—B7ch K- - Q l
6 PxP B—Kt5ch 33 Q—B8ch Q—Kl
7 Kt—B3 P—Q4 34 Kt—B7ch K- - Q 2
8 PxP KKtxP 35 Q—Q6 mate!
9 O—O B—K3
10 B—KKt 5 B—K2
11 BxKt QBxB
MODERN CHESS 75
120. Quadrangular Tourney, 24 KxQ KtxB

25 K—K2 Kt—K4
St. Petersburg, 1895-96.
26 P—B3 R—Kl
One of Pillsbury s memorable games. 27 P—Kt3 Kt—Kt5ch
28 K—Q2 Kt—K6
PETROFF DEFENSE
29 B—Kt2 Kt—Kt7
DR. E. LASKER H . N . PILLSBURY 30 P—KR3 B—B4
White Black 31 Kt—R2 B—B7
32 P—B4 PxP
1 P—K4 P—K4 33 PxP P—KR4!
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3 Resigns
3 KtxP P—Q3
4 Kt—KB3 KtxP The manner in which Pillsbury
5 P—Q4 P—Q4 snapped up the Knight with his
6 B—Q3 B—K2 Bishop at the eleventh move, and
7 O—O Kt—QB3 his rapid play afterwards, showed
8 R—Kl B—KKt5 clearly that he saw through the
9 P—B3 P—B4 game to victory.
10 Q—Kt3 O—O
11 B—KB4 BxKt
12 PxB Kt—Kt4 121. St. Petersburg, 1895-6.
13 K—Kt2 Q-Q2 One of Dr. Lasker's finest.
14 Q—B2 Kt—K3!
A game of many combinations.
15 B—QBl B—Q3
16 Kt—Q2 QR—Kl QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED
17 Kt—Bl Kt(K3) x P
W . STEINITZ DR. E. LASKER
White Black
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—QB4 P—K3
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
4 B—B4 B—K2
5 P—K3 O—O
6 R—Bl P—B4
7 PxBP BxP
8 PxP PxP
9 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
10 B—Q3 P—Q5!
11 PxP KtxP
12 O—O B—KKt5
13 Kt—QKt5? BxKt
18 Q—Ql RxR 14 PxB Kt—K3!
19 QxR KtxP! 15 B—K5 Kt—R4
20 KxKt P—B5 16 K—Rl Q—Kt4
21 Q—Ql Kt—K4ch 17 B—Kt3 QR-Ql
22 K—K2 Q—Kt5ch 18 Q—B2 Q—R3
23 K—Q2 QxQch
(see diagram next p a g e )
R—Bl! FRENCH DEFENSE

19 QR—Ql
20 Q—Kt3 ' P—R3 H . N . PILLSBURY DR. E. LASKER
21 Kt—B3 Kt—Q5!
KtxBch White Black
22 QxP
23 PxKt R—Ktl P—K4 P—K3
24 QxP R—Kt3 P—Q4 P—Q4
25 Q _ B 4 RxP Kt—QB3 Kt—KB 3
26 P—KR4? B—R2 P—K5 KKt—Q2
P—B4 P—QB4
PxP Kt—QB3
P—QR3 Kt x BP
8 P—QKt4 Kt—Q2
9 B—Q3 p_QR4
10 P—Kt5 QKt—Ktl
11 Kt—B3 Kt—B4
12 B—K3 QKt—Q2
13 O—O P—KKt3
14 Kt—K2 B—K2
15 Q—Kl Kt—Kt3
16 KKt—Q4 B—Q2
17 Q—B2 K t ( 3 ) — R5
18 QR—Ktl P—R4
19 P—Kt6! KtxB
27 B—K4 Q-Q3 20 PxKt BxP
28 P—B4 Q-Q2 21 P—B5!!
29 B—Kt2 Q—Kt5!
30 Q—Q3 Kt—B4
31 Kt—K4 B—K6 I
32 R—B3 RxB!
Kt x Pch
' r
33 KxR
34
35
K—R2
K—Kt2
KtxRch
Kt—R5ch
m Mtmt
36 K—R2 Kt—B4
37 R—QKtl P—R4
38 R—Kt5 R—Rl
39 P—R3 RxP! fl fl£B
mm
Resigns
21 . . . . KtPxP
122. Nuremberg Tournament, 22 Kt—B4 P—R5
July 29, 1896. 23 R—Rl! B—K2
24 RxKt! BxR
One of the deepest combinations 25 Kt(B4) xKP!! PxKt
ever played. 26 Kt x KP B—Q2
Awarded Prize for best game.
If 26 . . . Q — B l ; 27 Q x B P with
MODERN CHESS 77
a winning attack.
27 KtxQ RxKt
28
29
B—B5
BxB
R—QBl
KxB
• • Bill
30 Q—K3 R—B3
31 Q—Kt5ch K—B2
32 R—Bl RxRch
33 QxR R—QBl
34
35
Q—Kl
PxP
P—R6
R—Ktlch • m m •
36 K—B2 P—R5
37 Q—Kt4 R—Kt3
38 K—B3 P—R6
39 QxP RxP
40 Q—B5 R—K3 12 B—Q5! PxB
41 Q—B7 K—K2 13 QxPch K—Ql
42 K—B4 P—Kt3 14 QxRch K—Q2
43 P—R4 R—QB3 15 Q—Kt7ch K—K3
44 Q—Kt8 B—Kl 16 Q—B6ch
45 KxP R—R3 17 B—B4! Resigns
46 Q—B7ch K—Bl
47 Q—Q8 P—Kt4
48 P—K6 R—R2
49 K—K5 P—Kt5
50 Q—Q6ch Resigns 124. Simpson's Divan, London.
"The most summary demolishment
of Steinitz on record."
SCOTCH GAME
123. Nuremberg, 1896. W . GRIMSHAW W . STEINITZ
Bright and witty! (Problem composer)
QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED White Black
D. JANOWSKI E. SCHALLOPP P—K4 P—K4
Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
White BLACK
P—Q4 PxP
1 P—Q4 P—Q4 KtxP Q—R5
2 P—QB4 PxP Kt—Kt5 Q x KPch
3 Kt—KB3 P—QB4 B—K3 B—Kt5ch
4 P—K3 PxP Kt—Q2 B x Ktch
5 PxP B—Kt5 8 QxB K—Ql
6 BxP P—K3 9 O—O—O Q—K3
7 Q—R4ch! Kt—B3 10 B—KB4! P—Q3
8 Kt—K5! QxP 11 BxP!! PxB
9 KtxKt Q—K5ch 12 KtxQP QxP
10 B—K3 PXKT 13 Kt—Kt5ch K—Kl
11 Kt—B3 QxP 14 Kt—B7ch! K—Bl
W h i t e mates in three. 15 B—B2! Q—KKt5

16 BxR KxB
15 Q—Q6ch KKt—K2 17 Q—Q6ch B—K2
16 Q—Q8ch KtxQ 18 R—Kl! P—KKt3
17 R x Kt mate 19 Q-Q2 Q—R4
20 Kt—Q5 B—Ql
21 Q—B3 P—B3
22 KtxP B—R4
125. Eighth game of match. 1897.
White mates in five.
Great Match for U. S. Supremacy
In this fine game Show alter re- 23 Kt x QPch, etc.
veals a grandiose style before which
Pillsbury bows in admiration.
126. Correspondence, 1897-98.
RUY LOPEZ
QP COUNTER G A M B I T
J . SHOWALTER H. N. PILLSBURY
K. ZAMBELLY G. MAROCZ'
White Black
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 1 P—K4 P—K4
B—Kt5 Kt—B3 2 Kt—KB3 P—Q4
3
4 O—O KtxP 3 PxP B—Q3?!
5 P—Q4 Kt—Q3 4 Kt—B3 Kt—KB3
6 B—R4 5 B—Kt5ch P—B3
PxP
7 6 B—R4 P—K5
P—B3! PxP
8 KtxP 7 PxP O—O
B—K2
8 Kt—Q4 PxP
9 Kt—Q5 O—O
10 R—Kl 9 KtxBP Q—Kt3
B—B3
11 B—B4! 10 KtxKt RxKt
Kt—Kl?
11 B—Kt5 R—Ql!!
12 O—O BxPch
13 KxB Kt—Kt5ch
14 K—Kt3 Q—B2ch
m m~~ i*H
^
12 R x K t ! QxR
13 K t x P Q—K5
14 B—Q6 R—Ktl
MODERN CHESS 79
15 P—B4 P x P e.p.ch VIENNA GAME

16 KxP R—Q5 W . STEINITZ DR. E. LASKER
17 P—Q3 B—Kt2ch
18 Kt—K4 B x Ktch White Black
19 KxKt Q—R7 1 P—K4 P—K4
20 PxB QxPch 2 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
21 K—R4 RxB! 3 P—B4 P—Q4
22 QxR R—R4ch! 4 P—Q3 Kt—B3
23 KxR Q—R6ch 5 BPxP QKtxP
24 K—Kt5 P—R3ch 6 P—Q4 Kt—Kt3
25 K—B4 p_Kt4ch 7 PxP KtxP
26 K—K5 Q- - K 3 mate 8 KtxKt QxKt
9 Kt—B3 B—Kt5
10 B—K2 O—O—o
11 p_B3 B—Q3
127. Cosmopolitan Club 12 O—O KR—Kl!
13 P—KR3 B—Q2
Championship, 1898.
14 Kt—Kt5 Kt—R5!
A Spark of Genius 15 Kt—B3 KtxP!!
16 KxKt BxPch!
M A X LANGE A T T A C K 17 K—B2 P—KB 3!
f u u u s FINN C . NUGENT 18 R—KKtl P—KKt4
Black 19 BxP PxB
White
20 RxP Q—K3
1 P—K4 P—K4 21 Q—Q3 B—B5
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 22 R—Rl BxR
3 P—Q4 PxP 23 KtxB Q—B3ch
4 B—QB4 B—B4 24 B—B3 B—B4
5 O—O Kt—B3 25 KtxP Q—KKt 3
6 P—K5 P—Q4 26 Q—Kt5 P—B3
7 PxKt PxB 27 Q—R5 R—K2!
8 R—Klch B—K3 28 R—R5 B—Kt5
9 Kt—Kt5 Q-Q4 29 R—KKt5 Q—B7ch
10 Kt—QB3 Q—B4 30 K—Kt3 BxB
11 QKt—K4 B—KBl Resigns
12 Kt x BP! KxKt
14 P—KKt4! QxP(B3)
15 RxB Q-Qi
16 Q—B3 Q-Q2
17 R—K7!! Resigns 129. London, 1899.
This sensational victory over Las-
ker won the second Brilliancy
Prize.
128. London, 1899-
R U Y LOPEZ
First Brilliancy Prize; watch for the
bombshell on Black's 15th move! DR. E. LASKER J . H. BLACKBURNE
White Black 31 . . . . R—R8ch!

32 KxR BxB
1 P—K4 P—K4
33 KtxB Kt—B7ch
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
34 K—Ktl KtxQ
3 B—Kt5 P—Q3
35 Kt—B5 BxKt(B4)
4 P—Q4 B—Q2
36 PxB Q-Q7
5 P—Q5 Kt—Ktl
37 KRxKt QxB
6 B—Q3 B—K2
38 QR—Bl QxBP
7 Kt—B3 Kt—KB3
39 Kt—Kt6 R—Ql
8 Kt—K2 P—B3 Kt—Kt2
40 Kt—B4
9 P—B4 Kt—R3
41 Kt—K3 Q—B5
10 Kt—Kt3 Kt—B4
42 K—B2 QxP
11 B—B2 P—QKt4
43 R—B7 Kt—B4
12 P—Kt4 Kt—Kt2
44 R—KRl R—Q2
13 QPxP BxP
45 R—B8ch K—K2
14 PxP BxKtP
46 R(l)—R8 Q-Q5
15 P—QR4 B—Q2
Resigns
16 O—O P—Kt3
17 P—R3 P—KR4
18 B—K3 P—R4
19 P—Kt5 R—QBl
20 R—Bl Kt—B4
21 Kt—Q2 P—R5! 130. Riga, Oct., 1899.
22 Kt—K2 P—Kt4!
23 BxP R—KKtl A Russian Gem.
24 BxP BxRP M U Z I O GAMBIT
25 B—KKt3 B—K3 S. NIEMZOVICH N. NEUMANN
26 R—Kl Kt—Kt5!
(Father of
27 Kt—Bl B—Kt4!
Aron Nimzovich)
28 R—Ktl R—KRl!
29 Kt—B3 B—KB5! White Black
30 Kt—Q5 Q—Kt4! 1 P—K4 P—K4
31 P—B3 2 P—KB4 PxP
3 Kt—KB3 P—KKt4
4 B—B4 P—Kt5
5 O—O PxKt
6 QxP Q—B3
7 P—Q3 B—Kt2
8 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
9 BxP Kt—Q5
10 Q—B2 P—Q3
11 Kt—Q5 Q-Ql
12 P—K5 P—QB3
13 B—KKt 5! Q-Q2
14 Kt—B7ch! QxKt
15 BxPch K—Q2
16 Q—B5ch! KtxQ
17 P—K6 mate!
MODERN CHESS 81
131. St. Louis, 1899. 5 O—O O—O

6 P—Q3 BxKt
Pillsbury's artistry embellishes a 7 PxB P—Q3
hackneyed theme. 8 R—Kl B—Q2
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 9 R—Ktl R—Kl
10 B—Kt5 P—KR3
R
. N . PILLSBURY MAX JUDD 11 B—KR4 P—R3
White Black 12 B—R4 R—Ktl
13 K—Rl Kt—K2
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
14 B—QKt3 Kt—Kt3
2 P—QB4 P—K3 B—Kt5
15 B—Kt3
Kt—QB3 p_QKt3 B—R4
3
16 P—KR3
4 Kt—B3 B—Kt2
17 R—K3? Kt—B5
5 B—B4 B—Q3
18 BxKt PxB
6 BxB QxB
19 R—Kl Q-Q2
7 PxP BxP
20 K—R2 K—Rl
8 P—K4 B—Kt2
21 Q—Q2 BxKt
9 R—Bl P—QR3
22 PxB R—K4
10 B—Q3 Kt—K2
23 R—KRl R—KR4
11 O—O O—O?
24 K—Kt2 R—R5
12 P—K5! Q-Qi 25 QR—Ktl Kt—R2
13 BxPch KxB
26 K—Bl Kt—Kt4
14 Kt—Kt5ch K—R3 27 R—Kt4! RxP
15 Q—Q2 K—Kt3
28 RxR Kt x R
16 Kt—K2 Kt—Q4 P—KKt4!
29 R—R4
17 Q—Q3ch! KxKt
30 R—R5 P—Kt5
18 P—B4ch K—R3
31 RxPch K—Kt2
19 Q—R3ch K—Kt3
32 R—R5 PxP
20 P—B5ch PxP
33 R—KB5 P—KB 3!
21 KRxP!! R—Rl
34 P—B4 R—Kl
22 Q—Kt4ch K—R2
35 Q—Kt4 P—B4
23 KRxP Resigns
36 Q—Kt6 K—B2
37 R—Q5 Q—Kt5
38 K—Kl Kt x P!
39 RxQP R x Pch!
132. Paris, 1900. 40 K—Q2 R—K7ch
Pillsbury finds beautiful sacrifices 41 K—Bl R—K3
in a seemingly unpromising posi- 42 QxPch R—K2
tion. 43 Q—Q5ch K—Kt2
44 R--Q8 Q—K3
FOUR K N I G H T S ' G A M E 45 Q—R5 Q—K8ch
D . JANOWSKI H. N . PILLSBURY
and Black annOi unced mate in five
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—KB3
133. Paris Tournament, 1900.
3 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
4 B—Kt5 B—Kt5 First Brilliancy Prize.
White's clever sacrifices have been 27 K—Ktl BxKt

greatly admired. 28 PxB Kt—Bl
29 KR—KBl Kt—Kt3
VIENNA GAME 30 R—Ql
Q-Q7
J . MIESES D. JANOWSKI 31 O—K6 Kt—B5
32 BxKt PxB
White Black
33 R(5) xBP Q—B4
1 p_K4 P—K4 34 R—B7 Q—Kt4
2 Kt—QB3 Kt—QB3 35 R—B8H Q—QB4
3 B—B4 B—B4 36 Q—K7 Resigns
4 P—Q3 P—Q3
5 P—B4 Kt—B3
6 P—B5 Kt—QR4
134. Paris, 1900.
7 Q—B3 P—B3
8 P—KKt4! P—KR3 Marshall's Memorable Game
9 P—KR4 P—QKt4
P E T R O F F S DEFENSE
10 B—Kt3 KtxB
11 RPxKt P—KR4 H . N . PILLSBURY F. J . MARSHALL
12 PxP KtxRP White Black
13 KKt—K2 Q—Kt3
14 Kt—Kt3 Kt—B3 1 P—K4 P—K4
15 B—Kt5 B—Kt2 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3
16 P—R5 Kt—R2 3 P—Q4 P—Q4
17 B—Q2 O—O—O 4 PxQP PxP
18 P—R6!! P—Kt3 5 B—QB4 B—Kt5ch
19 O—O—O KR—Ktl 6 P—B3 Q—K2ch
20 PxP PxP 7 B—K2 PxP
21 QR—Bl K—Ktl 8 PxP B—QB4
22 Q—B7! R—Rl 9 O—O O—O
23 QxP! QR—Ktl 10 P—B4 R—Kl
11 B—Q3 B—KKt 5
12 B—Kt2 Kt—K5
13 QKt—Q2 KtxP!
14 RxKt BxRch
15 KxB Q—K6ch
16 K—Kt3 QxB
17 KxB R—K7!
18 K—R3 Kt—Q2
19 R—Bl P—KR4
20 Q—B2 Kt—B4
21 P—Kt3 P—KKt4!
22 P—Kt4 RxKt
23 QxQ RxQ
24 R—B3 P—B4
25 K—Kt2 BPxP
24 Q—Kt7!! B—Bl 26 KtxP R—Q7ch
25 Kt—B5 BxKt 27 K—Kt3 RxB
26 R x B B—Kt5 28 P—KR3 R—KBl
MODERN CHESS 83
29 P x P PxP Played in Russia, 1900.

30 K x P R(l)—B7 Tolstoy plays good Chess.
Resigns
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
S. F. LEBEDEW COUNT TOLSTOY

135. Paris, May 25, 1900. White Black
One of the gems of Lasker's 1 P—Q4 P—Q4
"World's Fair" play. 2 P—QB4 PxP
' • QUEEN'S GAMBIT 3 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3
4 P—K3 B—Kt5
DR. E. LASKER GEZA MAROCZY 5 BxP P—K3
White Black 6 Q—Kt3 BxKt
7 PxB P—QKt3
1 P—Q4 P—Q4 8 R—Ktl P—B3
2 P—QB4 P—K3 9 Kt—B3 P—QKt4
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 10 B—K2 P—QR4
4 Kt—B3 PxP 11 B—Q2 P—Kt3
5 P—K3 P—B4 12 QR—Bl P—R5
6 BxP P—QR3 13 Q—B2 Kt—Q4
7 P—QR4 Kt—B3 14 KtxKt KPxKt
8 O—O PxP 15 P—K4 B—Kt2
9 PxP B—K2 16 P—K5 O—O
10 B—K3 O—O 17 B—Q3 Q—K2
11 Q—K2! Q—R4 18 P—QR3 BxP
12 KR—Ql KR—Ql 19 PxB QxPch
13 QR—Bl Kt—QKt5 20 K—Bl QxRP
14 Kt—K5 KKt—Q4 21 BxKKtP Q—R6ch
15 B—Kt3 R—Bl 22 K—K2 Q—K3ch
16 Kt—K4 Q-Qi 23 B—K4ch K—Rl
17 P—B4 P—QKt3 24 Q—B3ch P—B3
18 B—Q2! B—Kt2 25 B—R6 R—B2
19 Kt—Kt3 R—Bl 26 R—Kt4 Kt—Q2
20 P—B5 RxR 27 QR—KKtl Kt—K4
21 RxR PxP 28 Q—R5 KR—R2
22 KtxP(B5) B—KB 3 29 R—Kt8th RxR
23 B x Kt(Kt4) Kt x B 30 QxR Kt—Kt3
24 Kt x BP! R x Kt 31 R—Kt4 PxB
25 Q—K6 K—Rl 32 RxP Kt—K4
26 QxR BxPch 33 Q—Q4 Kt x P!
27 K—Rl Kt—Q6 34 KxKt Q—R6ch
28 R—Bl BxPch 35 K—K2 QxB
29 KxB Q—Kt4ch 36 R—K6 Q—R4ch
30 K—R3 Resigns 37 K—Q2 Q—Kt4ch
38 K—B3 Q—B8ch
39 K—Q3 Q—Q8ch
Resigns
136. Correspondence Game
White's Rook is lost. One of twenty simultaneous blind-

fold games against men, the major-
ity of whom would test the powers
of any master single-handed vis-a-
137. Augsburg, Aug. 19, 1900. vis.
(Score: Pillsbury 14 wins, 5 draws,
One of Sixteen Blindfold Games! and 1 loss.)
PIERCE G A M B I T
QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED
H . N . PILLSBURY HAUSLER
H . N . PILLSBURY C. J . NEWMANN
White Black (Club Champion)
1 P—K4 P—K4 White Black
2 Kt—QB3 Kt—QB3 P—Q4
1 P—Q4
3 P—B4 PxP
2 P—QB4 P—K3
4 Kt—B3 P—Q3
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
5 P—Q4 P—KKt4
4 B—Kt5 B—K2
6 P—KR4 B—Kt5
5 P—K3 QKt—Q2
7 B—Kt5 p_QR 3
PxB 6 Kt—B3 P—QKt3

8 B x Ktch
7 PxP PxP
9 PxP Kt—K2
8 B—Kt5 B—Kt2
10 BxP Kt—Kt3
11 Q—Q2 B—Kt2
9
10
Kt—K5
B—B6
o--o
R—Ktl
12 O—O—O Q—Bl
11 BxB RxB
13 P—K5 Q—B4
12 Kt—B6 Q—Kl
14 B—R2 PxP
13 KtxBch QxKt
15 PxP O—O
14 KtxP Q—K5
16 Kt—Q4 0-92 15 KtxKtch PxKt
17 Kt—K4! BxR
16 B—R6 QxKtP
18 Kt—B6ch BxKt
17 K—Q2
19 KtPxB Q—Kt5
—B3 is even more forcing.
19 . . . K --Rl; 20 Q—R
— K K t l ; 21 Q x Pch!! 17 . . . . QxPch
18 K—Bl K—Rl
20 Q—R6 Kt—Rl
19 R—KKtl Kt—K4
21 Kt—B5 KR—Kl
22 RxB 20 PxKt Resigns
Q—Kt3
23 R—Q7 QxQch
24 Kt x Qch K—Bl
25 RxP QR—Bl 139. Copenhagen, Oct. 23, 1900.
26 R—Q7 QR-Ql
One of six blindfold games.
27 P—K6! Resigns
VIENNA OPENING
J . MIESES PRITZEL
(blindfold)
138. Franklin Chess Club, White Black

Philadelphia, April 28, 1900. 1 P—K4 P—K4
MODERN CHESS 85
2 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 8 P—K6 PxP

3 B—B4 Kt—B3 9 PxKt Kt—K2
4 P—Q3 B—B4 10 Kt—B3 Kt—Kt3
5 P—B4 P—Q3 11 Kt—Kt5 B—K2
6 P—B5 Kt—QR4 12 Q—R5 BxKt
7 Q—B3 P—B3 13 BxB v Q-Q2
8 P—KKt4 P—KR3 14 P—Kt6! BPxP
9 P—KR4 Kt—R2 15 Kt—Q5! PxKt
10 P—Kt5 Kt x B 16 KR—Klch K—Bl!
11 PxKt PxP 17 R—R3! Kt—K4!
12 PxP BxKt 18 RxKt! PxR
13 P—Kt6 P—B3 19 R—B3ch K—Ktl
14 R x Kt R—KKtl 20 B—R6!! Q—K2!
15 Q—R3 Q—K2 21 BxP KxB
16 R — R 8 Q—Bl 22 R—Kt3ch K—Bl
17 RxR QxR 23 R—B3ch K—Kt2
18 Q—R7 K—Bl 24 R—Kt3ch K—Bl
19 B—Q2 B—Q2 Drawn!!
20 O—O—O B—Kt3
21 R—Rl B—R4
22 K—Ql BxKt 141. Washington, D. C , 1 9 0 1 .
23 BxB QxP
The conclusion is so pretty that it
24 B—Q2 Q—Ktl
seems as if it were a composition
25 B—Kt5! PxB
and not an actually played game.
26 P—B6 B—Kt5ch
27 K—Bl PxP R U Y LOPEZ
28 QxP R—Ql
A . W . Fox BAUER
29 R—R8! B—K3
30 RxQch BxR White Black
31 Q—B7 R—Kl 1 P—K4 P—K4
32 P—Kt7 mate!
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—Kt5 Kt—B3
4 O—O KtxP
5 R—Kl Kt—Q3
140. Munich, 1900.
6 KtxP B—K2
Prepared Analysis vs. Genius! 7 B—Bl O—O
R U Y LOPEZ 8 P—Q4 Kt—B4
9 P—QB3 P—Q4
. HALPRIN H . N . PILLSBUI 10 Q—Q3 R—Kl
White Black 11 P—KB4 Kt—Q3
12 R—K3 Kt—R4?
1 P—K4 P—K4 13 Kt—Q2 Kt—B4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 14 R—R3 Kt—R5
3 B—Kt5 Kt—B3 15 P—KKt4 Kt—Kt3
4 O—O KtxP 16 R—R5 Kt—B3
5 P—Q4 Kt—Q3
6 PxP Kt x B
7 P—QR4 P—Q3 (see diagram next page)
16 Kt—Q4! KtxKt
17 RxKt RxR
18 QxR P—QKt3
mm, ±fit 19 Q—K5 P—QB4
20 P—KB4 B—Bl
21 P—B5 B—Kt2
• BIB B b 22 Q—K7 Q-QB3
§§f / « i
v a s •
I S 23 R—K2 P—B3
24 Kt—K4 Q-Q4
25 Kt—Q6 B—B3
MM m^ — ' "
26 P—KR3 P—B5
27 P—B3 P—KR3
28 K—R2! P—QKt4
17 QKt—B4! PxKt 29 K—Kt3!! P—QR4
18 QxKt!! RPxQ 30 K—R4!! P—Kt3
19 Kt x KtP! PxKt 31 R—K3 QxKtP
20 BxPch K—Bl 32 R—Kt3 Q—KB7
21 R—R8 mate 33 PxP Q—B5ch
34 R—Kt4 Q—B7ch
35 K—R5 Resigns
142. Glasgow, 1902.
Watch White's King walk!

143. Hanover, 1902.
T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE
Second Brilliancy Prize
R. TEICHMANN ALLIES
R U Y LOPEZ
White Black )R. A . G. OLLAND H. W o i
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 1 P—K4 P—K4
3 B—B4 Kt—B3 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
4 O—O KtxP 3 B—Kt5 P—QR3
5 P—Q4 PxP 4 B—R4 Kt—B3
6 R—Kl P—Q4 5 O—O P—Q3
7 BxP QxB 6 P—Q4 PxP
8 Kt—B3 Q—KR4 7 BxKtch PxB
9 KtxKt B—K2 8 KtxP B—Q2
10 B—Kt5 B—K3 9 P—QKt3 B—K2
KtxB 10 Kt—Q2 O—O
11 BxB
11 B—Kt2 R—Kl
12 Kt—Kt3 Q—R3
12 P—QB4 B—KBl
13 QxP O—O
13 Q—B2 P—Q4
14 QR—Ql Kt—B3 14 P—K5 Kt—Kt5
15 Q—QR4 QR-Ql 15 Kt(Q4)—B3 P—B3
MODERN CHESS 87
16 KPxP KtxP(3) 19 P—Kt3 Kt—B3
17 KR—Kl B—K2 20 B—Kt2 R—Q7
18 Kt—Kt5 P—Kt3 21 B—R5ch Kt x B
19 Q—B3 R—KB1 22 BxR P—B6
20 QKt—B3 P—KR3 23 PxP Kt—B5
21 Kt—K6 BxKt 24 B—K5 R—Kt7ch
22 RxB Q-Q2 25 K—Bl R—B7ch
23 QR—Kl QR—Kl 26 K—Kl Kt—Q6ch
24 Q—Q3 K—R2 Resigns
25 Kt—K5!! QxR
26 QxPch K—Rl
27 QxPch K—Ktl 145.
28 R—K3 B—Ql
29 Q—Kt6ch K—Rl Superior development tells!
30 R—Kt3 Q-Q2 T W O KNIGHTS DEFENSE
31 Q—R6ch Q—R2 . DAVIS DEARMAN
33 Kt—K7ch Resigns White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 B—B4 Kt—KB3
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3
144. 1902. 4 Kt—B3 KtxP
5 KtxKt P—Q4
Capablanca, at the age of twelve, 6 B—Kt5 PxKt
defeats the champion of Cuba. 7 KtxP Q-Q4
ALLGAIER G A M B I T 8 KtxKt QxB
9 Kt—Q4 Q—Kt4
J . CORZO J . R. CAPABLANCA 10 P—KKt3 B—KKt5
White Stock 11 P—KB3? PxP
12 KtxP Q—R4
1 P—K4 P—K4
13 O—O O—O—o
2 Kt—QB3 Kt—QB3 14 P—Q3 B—B4ch
3 P—B4 PxP 15 K—Rl KR—Kl
4 Kt—B3 P—KKt4
16 P—B3 R—K8!!
5 P—KR4 P—Kt5 17 QxR B x Ktch
6 Kt—KKt5 P—KR3 18 RxB Q x R mate
7 KtxP KxKt
8 P—Q4 P—Q4
9 PxP Q—K2ch
10 K—B2 P—Kt6ch 146. Chicago Championship,
11 K—Ktl KtxP! Tournament, December, 1902.
12 QxKt Q—B4! A surprising Queen sacrifice
13 Kt—K2 Q—Kt3
14 QxQ RPxQ FRENCH DEFENSE
15 Kt—Q4 B—QB4 J . R. HOUGHTELING L. S. CORNELL
16 P—B3 R—R5 White Black
17 B—K2 B x Ktch
18 PxB RxQP 1 p_K4 P—K3
88 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF Chess
2 P—Q4 P—Q4 3 Kt—KB3 p_QB4

3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 4 P—K3 PxP
4 P—K5 KKt—Q2 5 BxP P—K3
5 Q—Kt4 P—QB4 6 PxP Kt—KB3
6 B—K3 PxP 7 O—O B—K2
7 BxP Kt—QB3 8 Q—K2 QKt—Q2
8 Kt—B3 P—QR3 9 Kt—B3 Kt—Kt3
9 B—Q3 Q—B2 10 B—Kt3 QKt—Q4
10 O—O Kt x B 11 B—Kt5 O—O
11 KtxKt B—K2 12 Kt—K5 KtxKt
12 P—B4 B—B4 13 PxKt Kt—Q4
13 Kt—K2 Q—Kt3 14 B—Q2 B—B3
14 P—B3 P—Kt3 15 P—KB4 P—KKt3
15 P—Kt4 B—K2 16 R—B3 B—Kt2
16 K—Rl Q—B2 17 QR—KBl P—B3
17 P—KR4 P—KR4 18 Kt—Q3 P—Kt3
19 P—B5! KtPxP
20 R—R3 R—B2
mmmm
21 Q—R5 B—Bl
22 RxP! PxR
23 Kt—B4 B—QKt2
24 R—Kt3ch B—Kt2
25 R—R3 B—Rl
i l l Bl 26 QxP Q-Q2
27 KtxKt BxKt
28 QxB QxQ
29 BxQ R—KBl
30 B—R6 B—Kt2
31 BxB KxB
32 R—Kt3ch K—Rl
33 BxR RxB
18 Q x K t P ! ! Kt—B3 34 K—B2 R—B2
19 Q—Kt7 R—KKtl 35 K—K2 R—B5
20 P x K t ! R—Bl 36 K—Q3 P—Kt4
21 P x B QxKP 37 R—K3 R—R5
22 QR—Kl Resigns 38 P—Q5! RxP
39 P—Q6 R—R3
40 R—K6 K—Kt2
41 P—Q7 RxR
147. Monte Carlo, 1902. 42 P — Q 8 ( Q ) and wins
Pillsbury's fifteen-move combination.
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
H. N . PILLSBURY I. GUNSBERG
148. Russia, about 1903.
White Black
Compare this with Game No. 11!
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—QB4 PxP R U Y LOPEZ
MODERN CHESS 89
. RABINOVICH E. SCHIFFERS 30 Q—R3 R—B8ch
Resigns
WMte Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
3 B—Kt5 P—QR3 149. Kiev, 1903.
4 B—R4 KKt—K2
5 P—B3 P—QKt4 Tcbigorirr's Surprise Mate
6 B—Kt3 Kt—Kt3
7 P—Q4 B—K2 Played in the Russian Masters'
8 PxP O—O Tournament.
9 B—Q5 B—Kt2
10 P—KR4 R—Ktl F A L K B E E R COUNTER G A M B I T
11 Kt—Kt5 QKt x P M . TCHIGORIN ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY
12 Q—R5! P—R3
13 KtxP BxB!! WMte Black
14 Kt x Q Kt—Q6ch
1 P—K4 P—K4
15 K—Q2 BxKP
2 P—KB4 P—Q4
16 R—Kl Kt x R 3 KPxP P—K5
17 KxKt QRxKt 4 B—Kt5ch P—B3
18 B—K3 KtxP 5 PxP KtxP
19 Kt—Q2 KtxPch 6 P—Q4 Q—R4ch
20 K—K2 B—QB3
7 Kt—B3 B—QKt5
21 BxP QR—Kl
8 B—Q2 Kt—B3
22 B—K3 B—R5
9 P—QR3 BxKt
23 K—Ql R—K3 10 BxKtcb PxB
24 K—B2 BxP 11 BxB Q—B2
25 BxB RxB
12 Kt—K2 B—R3
13 Q—Q2 O—O
14 B—R5 Q-Q2
15 O—O—O P—K6
Kt—K5
16 0—Kl
17 Kt—B3 Kt—B7
18 QxP KtxKR
19 RxKt KR—Kl
20 Q—B2 Q—B4
21 B—Kt4 R—K3
22 Q—B3 QR—Kl
23 P—Kt4 Q—B3
24 Q—B2 R—K6
25 P—Q5 PxP
26 KtxP Q—B3
26 R—Rl Kt—K6ch 27 R—Ql R—K7
27 K—Bl BxR 28 Q—B5 Q—KKt3
28 QxB R—Q3
29 Q—R5 P—Kt3 (see diagram next p a g e )
12 P_KR4 Kt—B4
13 P—R5 KtxBch
14 QxKt P—KKt4
• iHi 15 B—Kt3 P—B4
16 P x P e.p. BxP
B B B
17 R—Ql Q—Kt3
l rsf« I 18 R—Q2 B—Q2
19 O—O QR—Bl
20 R—Bl B—Kt4
21 Q—B2 R—B5
Bft! 4M 22
23
Q—Kt3
R(2)—B2
Q—B3
R—Bl
24 Q—R3 B—R3
25 P—Kt3 R—B4
29 Kt—K7ch R(K1) xKt
30 R—Q8ch R—Kl
31 Q—B8ch RxQ BiB
32 R x R mate H i
P i * III
Znosko-Borovsky
v*ars of age.
was only sixteen i• •
B Bi'B^Ba
/
150. Cable Match, 1903.

U. S. A . vs. Great Britain i m • m
Marshall saves himself with a won-
26 KtxP!! RxR
derful combination.
27 RxR QxR
QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED 28 KtxBch K—B2
F. J . MARSHALL H . E. ATKINS 29 Q—Q6 KxKt
30 B—K5ch K—B4
WMTE Black
31 P — B 3 and wins
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—QB4 P—QB3
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3
4 PxP PxP
B—B4 151. Vienna Gambit Tournament,
5 Kt—B3
6 P—K3 P—K3 1903.
7 B—Q3 B—K2 The great master of the gambit gets
8 Kt—B3 O—O
a taste of his own medicine.
9 Kt—K5 KtxKt
First Brilliancy Prize
10 PxKt Kt—Q2
11 Q—B2 P—KKt 3 MUZIO G A M B I T
MODERN CHESS 91
. MAROCZY M. TCHIGORIN 12 Kt—Kt5 Q—Kl
White Black 13 R—Kl P—K5
14 Q—B3! Kt—B3
1 P—K4 P—K4 15 Q—QKt3 Q—R4
2 P—KB4 PxP 16 P—KR3 P—KR3
3 Kt—KB3 P—KKt4 17 Kt—B7ch K—R2
4 B—B4 P—Kt5 18 Kt—K5 BxKt
5 Kt—B3 PxKt 19 PxB Kt—Q2
6 QxP P—Q3 20 B—B4 P—KKt4
7 P—Q4 B—K3 21 B—R2 Kt—B4
8 Kt—Q5! P—QB3 22 Q—Kt5 Kt—Q2
9 O—O PxKt 23 QR—Ql P—B3
10 PxP B—B4 24 RxKtch K—Rl
11 BxP B—Kt3 25 P—K6!!
12 B—Kt5ch Kt—Q2
13 QR—Klch B—K2
14 BxP K—Bl HI
15 RxB Kt x R
16 R—Kl K—Kt2 H i mi\
17 QB x Kt Q—R4
18 Q—K2 Kt—Bl
H i H & f l JB
19 B—B6ch K—Ktl
20 Q—K5 P—KR3
21 BxR P—B3
*if "
22 Q—K7 KxB
23 QxPch K—Ktl
24 R—K7 Resigns
25 . . . . PxQ
152. Berlin, January, 1904.
26 B—K5ch K—Ktl
Caro's Brilliancy. 27 R—Kt7ch K—Rl
28 P—K7 R—Kl
QUEEN'S P A W N GAME 29 R—B7ch K—Ktl
. CARO W . KUNZB 30 R—B8ch K—R2
White Black ^ 31 B—Kt8ch K—Kt3
32 B—B7ch Resigns
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 Kt—KB3 P—K3
3 P—K3 Kt—KB3
4 B—Q3 B—Q3
5 QKt—Q2 O—O 153. Cambridge Springs
6 P—K4 PxP Tourney, 1904.
7 KtxP KtxKt
8 BxKt P—KB4 "Peerless boy, thou art unique, tri-
9 B—Q3 Kt—Q2 umphant, grand."
10 O—O P—K4 Morphy himself might envy your
11 B—B4ch K—Rl style!
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 29 Q—R5ch K—Ktl

H . NO PILLSBURY DR. E . LASKER 30 Kt—K5 Resigns
WMTE Bluek This historic game, Played in the
grand manner by Pillsbury, created
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
a sensation at the time.
2 P—QB4 P—K3 He had waited eight years for the
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 sweet revenge
ff 93
that now was his.
4 Kt—B3 P—B4
It proved to be the last flickering
5 B—Kt5 - PXQP
of his genius, and the final en-
6 QxP Kt—B3
counter of these two great masters.
7 BxKt! PxB
8 Q—R4 PxP
9 R—Ql B—Q2
10 P—K3 Kt—K4
11 K t x K t PxKt 154. Cambridge Springs Tour-
12 Q x B P 0—Kt3
nament, 1904.
13 B—K2! QxKtP
14 O—O! R—Bl First Brilliancy Prize: Lasker tries
15 Q—Q3! R—B2 to trap White's Bishop, but runs
16 Kt—K4 B—K2 into a trap himself!
17 Kt—Q6ch K—Bl QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED
18 Kt—B4 Q—Kt4
19 p _ B 4 PxP C. SCHLECHTER DR. E. LASKER
20 Q—Q4! P—B3 WMte Black
21 Q x P ( B 4 ) Q—QB4
B—Kl 1 P—Q4 P—Q4
22 Kt—K5
P—B4 2 P—QB4 P—K3
23 Kt—Kt4
24 Q—R6ch K—B2 3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
25 B—B4! R—B3 4 B—Kt5 B—K2
5 P—K3 O—O
6 Kt—B3 P—QKt3
7 B—Q3 B—Kt2
8 PxP PxP
9 Kt—K5 P—B4
10 QR—Bl Kt—B3
11 O—O KtxKt
12 PxKt Kt—Kl
13 B—KB4 P—B4
14 Q—B2! P—KKt4
15 B—Kt3 P—KB5?
16 BxPch K—Rl
17 Q—Kt6 Kt—B3
18 PxKt RxP
19 Q—R5 K—Kt2
20 QxPch KxB
26 R x P c h QxR 21 BxP R—Kt3
27 R — K B l QxRch 22 Q—R5ch K—Kt2
28 K x Q B—Q2 23 KR—Ql P—Q5
MODERN CHESS 93
24 B—Kt3 R—KM
25 B—K5ch K—Ktl
26 Q—R8ch K—B2
27 Q—R7ch K—K3
28 B—Kt3 PxKt
29 RxQ PxP
30 R(8)—Ql PxR(Q)
31 RxQ R—Ql
32 P—B4 R(4)—Q4
33 p_K4 R—Q8ch
34 RxR RxRcli
35 K—B2 R—Q5
36 P—B5ch K—Q2
37 P—K5 Resigns
19 B—B5! PxRP!
20 B—B4!! KPxP!!
21 BxBP! Kt—K5!
155. Cambridge Springs, 1904. 22 BxR BxP
23 R—QKtl B—B6ch
One of the grandest games ever
played. 24 K—Bl B—KKt5!
25 BxKRP! BxB
SICILIAN DEFENSE 26 RxB Kt—Kt6di
>R. E . LASKER W . E. NAPIER 27 K—Kt2 KtxR
28 RxP P—R4
White Black B—Kt2
29 R—Kt3!
1 P—K4 P—QB4 30 R—KR3 Kt—Kt6
2 Kt—QB3 Kt—QB3 31 K—B3! R—R3
3 Kt—B3 P—KKt3 32 KxP Kt—K7ch
4 P—Q4 PxP 33 K—B5 Kt—B6
5 KtxP B—Kt2 34 P—R3 Kt—R5
6 B—K3 P—Q3 35 B—K3 Resigns
7 P—B3 Kt—B3 Magnificent!
8 P—KKt4?! O—O
9 P—Kt5 Kt—Kl
10 P—KR4 Kt—B2
11 P—B4 P—K4!
12 KKt—K2 P—Q4!? 156. At the Last Bivouac, 1904.
13 KPxP Kt—Q5! This game was contested by two
14 KtxKt KtxP! Russian officers in Manchuria on
15 Kt—B5!! .... the eve of an assault in which the
Captain was killed. Lieutenant
(see diagram next column) Denn was severely wounded in the
same engagement and sent the
15 . . . . KtxKt! score of the game to M. AlaPin,
16 QxQ RxQ adding that "the furious attack of
17 Kt—K7ch! K—Rl! the Captain during the battle was
18 P—KR5!! R—Kl! equal to the present brilliant en-
counter/' DODGE HOUGHTELING
RUY L O P E Z Whit© Black
LIEUT. DENN CAPT. R. PERWAGO 1 P—Q4 P—Q4

2 P—QB4 P—K4
White Black P—K3 PxQP
3
1 P—K4 P—K4 4 QxP Kt—KB3
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 5 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3
3 B—Kt5 B—Kt5 6 0-Qi B—KB4
4 P—B3 B—R4 7 P—B3? Kt—QKt5
5 O—O KKt—K2 8 Q—R4ch? Q-Q2
6 Kt—R3 O—O 9 QxQch KxQ
7 Q—R4 P—Q4 10 P—K4? PxKP
8 BxKt KtxB 11 PxP KtxKP
9 KtxP KtxKt 12 R—Ktl Kt—B7ch
10 QxB Kt—B6ch! 13 K—Ql Kt—B7ch
11 K—Rl Q-Q3! 14 K—K2 B—B4
12 PxKt Q—B5 15 Kt—B3 B—Q6ch
13 K—Kt2 B—R6ch! 16 K—Q2 B—K6 mate
14 KxB Q x BPch
15 K—R4 P—Kt4ch One of the most extraordinary
16 KxP K—Rl mates ever given in actual play.
17 K—R4 R—KKtl
18 P—R3 Q—B5ch
19 K—R5 Q—Kt4 mate
157. Chicago, about 1905.

The Power of the Vigilantes.
A symmetrical mate with Bishops
and Knights marks the following
curious game.
ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT
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 hyper-
modern 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 to-
ward a reconciliation of the old and the new, and our con-
temporary 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
25 Kt x Rch BxKt
158. Nulfcmberg, 1906. KR—Ql Kt(3)—K2
26
One of Marshall's immortal com- 27 P—K4 Kt—QKt3
binations. 28 R—B7 K—Ktl
29 BxP Kt—Kt3
QUEEN'S G A M B I T Resigns
30 R—Q8
F. J . MARSHALL H . WOLF
White Black
1 P—Q4 P—Q4 159. Vienna, 1906.
2 P—QB4 PxP
3 Kt—KB 3 Kt—KB3 Tartakower as a youngster.
4 Kt—B3 P—QR3
SICILIAN DEFENSE
5 P—K3 P—K3
6 BxP P—B4 DR. S. TARTAKOWER
7 O—O Kt—B3 DR. M . VIDMAR
8 P—QR3 Q—B2
P—QKt4 White Black
9 Q—K2
10 B—R2 B—Kt2 1 P—K4 P—QB4
11 PxP BxP 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
12 P—QKt4 B—Q3 3 P—Q4 PxP
13 B—Kt2 O—O 4 KtxP P—KKt3
14 QR—Bl QR-Ql 5 B—K3 B—Kt2
15 B—Ktl B—Rl 6 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3
16 Kt—K4 Kt—Q4 7 B—K2 P—Q3
17 QKt—Kt5 P—Kt3 8 P—KR3 O—O
9 Q-Q2 B—Q2
10 P—KKt4 P—QR3
11 P—Kt5 Kt—Kl
12 P_KR4 R—Bl
13 P—R5 Kt—R4
14 PxP RPxP
IBSISITB 15
16
17
O—O—O
P—B3
B—Q3!
P—Kt4
Kt—B2
Kt—K3
18 Q—R2 R—Kl
19 Q—R7ch K—Bl
20 Kt x Ktch BxKt
21 R—R6! B—B5
IMS •sH 22 P—K5!! BxB
RxKt
23 P—K6!!
18 Kt x RP! KxKt 24 PxR Q—Bl
19 Kt—Kt5ch K—Ktl 25 B—Q4 P—B3
20 Q—R5! 26 PxP PxP
P—B3
21 BxKtP R—Q2 27 BxP Q—Kt2
22 KtxP R—R2 28 Q—R8ch! BxQ
23 BxRch QxB 29 R x B mate
24 QxQch KxQ
MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS 97
160. Lodz, 1907. 22 . . . . RxKt!!

23 P x Q R—Q7!!!
Essbinstein's Immortal Game 24 Q x R
Q U E E N ' S GAMBIT D E C L I N E D
Black mates in five.
G. RoTLEWi A. RUBINSTEIN
24 . . . . BxBch
Whit© Black 25 Q—Kt2 R—R6!
1 P—Q4 P—Q4 26 B—Q4 BxB
2 Kt—KB3 P—K3 27 R—B2 BxR
3 P—K3 P—QB4 28 Any move R x P mate
4 P—B4 Kt—QB3
5 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
6 PxBP BxP 161. Vienna, 1907.
7 P—QR3 P—QR3
8 P—QKt4 B--Q3 Sparkling middle-game play.
9 B—Kt2 O—O CENTER COUNTER GAME
10 Q—Q2 Q—K2!
O . DURAS R. SPIELMANN
11 B—Q3 PxP
12 BxP P—QKt4 Whit© Black
13 B—Q3 R—Ql 1 P—K4 P—Q4
14 Q—K2 B—Kt2 2 PxP QxP
15 O—O Kt—K4 Kt—QB3 Q—QR4
3
16 KtxKt BxKt P—Q4 Kt—KB3
4
17 P—B4 B—B2 Kt—B3 B—Kt5
5
18 P—K4? QR—Bl B—K2 Kt—B3
6
19 P—K5? B—Kt3ch B—K3 O—O—O
7
20 K—Rl Kt—Kt5!I 8 Kt—Q2! BxB
Beginning a series of brilliant sac- 9 QxB Q—KB4
rifices. 10 Kt—Kt3 P—K3
11 P—QR3 B—Q3
21 B—K4 Q—R5 12 O—O—O Kt—Q4!
22 P—Kt3 13 Kt—R4 P—K4!
m mu
mtm m
i f H • •
m
is mm*
14 PxP BxKP? 25 Q x Q P c h K—Rl

15 Kt(4)—B5 Kt—Kt3 26 R x R c h QxR
16 P—QR4! P—QR4 27 R x R Resigns
17 P—Kt4 Q-B3
18 P—QB3 KR—Kl
19 KtxKtP! RxRch
20 RxR B x BP!
163. Ostend, 1907.
21 Kt(7)—B5 Kt—Kt5
22 P—Kt5! Q—K4 An Indian war-dance
23 KtxP!! P—R4
I N D I A N DEFENSE
24 PxB QxPch
25 K—Ktl QxKt F. J . MARSHALL A . BURN
26 R—Q8ch! Resigns White Black
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
162. Ostend, 1907. 3 B—B4 QKt—Q2
A Lesson in Dynamics 4 P—K3 P—KKt 3
5 B—Q3 B—Kt2
FOUR KNIGHTS' G A M E 6 QKt—Q2 O—O
E. A . ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY 7 P—KR4 R—Kl
A . RUBINSTEIN 8 P—R5 KtxP
9 RxKt?! PxR
White Black 10 BxPch KxB?
1 P—K4 P—K4 11 Kt—Kt5ch K—Kt3
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 12 QKt—B3 P—K4
3 Kt—B3 Kt—B3 13 Kt—R4ch K—B3
4 B—Kt5 P—QR3 14 Kt—R7ch K—K2
5 BxKt QPxB 15 Kt—B5ch K—K3
6 KtxP KtxP 16 KtxBch K—K2
7 KtxKt Q-Q5 17 Kt—B5ch K—K3
8 O—O QxKKt 18 P—Q5ch KxKt
9 R—Kl B—K3 19 QxPch K—K5
10 P—Q4 Q—KB4 20 O—O—O Resigns
11 B—Kt5 B—Q3
12 P—KKt4! Q—Kt3
13 P—KB4 p_KB4 164. Ostend, 1907.
14 Kt x Bch PxKt
15 P—Q5! O—O CENTER G A M B I T >
16 RxB Q—B2 DR. J . PERLIS J . H . BLACKBURNE
17 Q—K2 PxKtP
White Black
18 QxKtP PxP
19 QR—Kl QR—Bl P—K4 P—K4
20 Q—Kt2 Q—B4 P—Q4 PxP
21 B—R6 R—QB2 P—QB3 P—Q4
22 R—K7 R—B2 KPxP QxP
23 R—K8ch R—Bl PxP Kt—QB3
24 QR—K7 Q—B3 Kt—KB3 B—Kt5
MODERNS, HVPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS 99
7 B—K2 Kt—B3 165. Correspondence Game,

8 O—O B—Q3 Russia, 1908.
9 Kt—B3 Q—KR4
O—O Alekhine at the age of sixteen.
10 R—Kl
11 P—KR3 QR—Ql! VIENNA G A M E
WjAKHIREFF A . ALEKHINE
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
3 B—B4 Kt—B3
4 P—Q3 B—Kt5
5 Kt—K2 P—Q4
6 PxP KtxP
7 BxKt QxB
8 O—O Q-Ql
9 Kt—Kt3 O—O
51! B A B fill 10 P—B4 P—B4
11 QKt—K2 Q—R5
12 K—Rl B—Q3
13 P—Q4 P—K5
14 P—B4 R—B3
12 PxB KtxKtP 15 P—B5 R—R3
13 B—KKt5 B—R7ch 16 P—KR3 B—Bl
14 K—Bl B—K4! 17 Q—Kt3ch K—Rl
15 B—Q3 RxP! 18 Q—B3? Kt—K2!
16 KtxB R—Kl! 19 B—K3 B—K3
17 R—K4 RxR 20 B—B2 Q—B3
18 BxR QKtxKt 21 P—R3 B—Q4
19 B—B4 Kt—Kt3 22 B—K3 Kt—Kt3
20 B—Kt3 Q—R8ch 23 P—Kt4 Kt—R5
21 K—K2 QxP 24 K—Ktl Kt—B6ch
22 Q—Rl QxQ 25 K—B2 Q—R5!
23 RxQ P—KB4
24 K—B3 Kt(5)—K4ch
25 K—Kt2 PxB
26 Kt x P Kt—B2
27 R—Kl R—K2
28 P—B3 Kt—Q3
29 BxKt PxB
30 R—Ql P—Q4
31 Kt—B3 R—Q2
32 K—B2 Kt—K2
33 K—K3 P—Q5ch
34 K—K4 PxKt!
35 Resigns
!*•
26 P—Kt5 R—KKt 3
27 KR—Bl B—K2!
28 K—Bl RxKt
29 KtxR QxKt
30 B—B2 Q—R7
31
32
PxKt
R—B2
PxP
R—Kl!
mm
33 B—K3 Q—R8ch
34 B—Ktl B—R5!
35 R—KR2
35 . . . . Q—Kt7ch • mmm
36 RxQ P x R mate
mm M mm mm JL WM
22 P x P ! ? RxR?
( . ..KtxP!)
166. St. Petersburg Congress,
23 PxKt PxP
1909.
24 Kt—Q5! BxKt
First Brilliancy Prize: beautifully 25 PxB K—Kt2
sustained attack. 26 Kt—R4 R—Kl
RUY LOPEZ 27 P—R3 Q-Ql
28 R—K3 Kt—Kt3
SCHLECHTER G . SALWB K—Bl
29 Kt—B5ch
White Black 30 R—K6! RxR
1 P—K4 P—K4 31 PxR P—Q4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 32 QxPch K—Kl
3 B—Kt5 P—QR3 33 PxPch KxP
4 B—R4 Kt—B3 34 Q—R7ch K—K3
5 O—O B—K2 35 QxKt R—R7
6 R—Kl P—QKt4 36 P—QKt4! PxP
7 B—Kt3 P—Q3 37 Kt—Q4ch K—Q2
8 P—B3 Kt—QR4 38 B—B5ch Resigns
9 B—B2 P—B4
10 P—Q3 Kt—B3
11 QKt—Q2 O—O
12 Kt—Bl Q—B2
13 B—Kt5 Kt—Kl
14 Kt—K3 BxB
15 KtxB Kt—K2 1909.
16 P—QR4 R—Ktl Black's Position is smashed in ele-
17 PxP PxP gant style.
18 Q—Q2 P—R3 FRENCH DEFENSE
19 Kt—B3 B—K3
20 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 DR. O . S . BERNSTEIN
21 R—R6 R—Rl E. A . ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY
White Black 5 P—B3 Kt—KB3

6 KtxP O—O
1 P—K4 P—K3 7 P—Q4 B—Q3
2 P—Q4 P—Q4 8 Kt—B3 KtxP
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB 3 9 B—Q3 R—Kl
4 B—Kt5 B—Kt5 10 O—O P—KR3
5 PxP QxP 11 QKt—Q2 Kt—KB3
6 BxKt BxKtcfa 12 Kt—B4 P—B4
7 PxB PxB 13 Kt(B3)—K5 PxP
8 Kt—B3 P—Kt3
9 P—Kt3 B—Kt2
10 B—Kt2 Q—KR4
11 O—O Kt—Q2
12 Q—K2 R—QBl
13 Q—K3 P—QB4
14 Kt—R4 BxB
15 KtxB PxP
16 PxP O—O
17 Q—K4 R—B2
18
19
Kt—B4
P—KB 3
Q—Kt5
Q—Kt4
msm
20 R—B2 R—Ql &\
21 P—KR4 Q—R3
22 P—Kt4! QxP
23 R—R2 Q—Kt4 14 KtxP! KxKt
24 KtxP! PxKt 15 Q—R5ch K—Ktl
25 QxKPch K—Rl 16 RxKt! R—K8ch
26 Q—K7 Q—Ktl 17 R—Bl RxRch
27 RxPch QxR 18 BxR B—Bl
28 QxRch Kt—Bl 19 BxP!! Q—B3
29 QxKtch Q—Ktl 20 B—Kt5 Q—B4
30 QxPch Resigns 21 Kt—Q6!! BxKt
22 B—B4ch B—K3
23 R—KBl QxRch
24 BxQ Kt—Q2
168. St. Petersburg Congress, 25 B—Q3 Kt—Bl
1909. 26 PxP B—KB 2
27 Q—B3 Kt—K3
Dynamic Tactics. R—Ktl
28 B—K3
KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED 29 P—KKt4 P—KKt4
30 Q—KB6 B—Bl
DR. S. TARTAKOWER
31 B—R7ch KxB
C. SCHLECHTER
32 QxBch Resigns
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 P—KB4 B—B4
3 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
4 PxP PxP 1909.
Brilliancy Prize 27 R—R5ch K—Kt2

An electric storm in the offing. 28 R x P mate
FRENCH DEFENSE
FORGACS DR. S. TARTAKOWER 170. St. Petersburg Congress,
White Black 1909.
1 P—K4 P—K3 A great battle for supremacy.
2 P—Q4 P—Q4
4 B—Kt5 B—K2 A . RUBINSTEIN DR. E. LASKER
5 P—K5 Kt—K5 White Black
6 KtxKt BxB
7 Kt x B QxKt 1 P—Q4 P—Q4
8 P—KKt 3 P—QB4 2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—KB 3
9 P—QB3 Kt—B3 3 P—B4 P—K3
10 P—KB4 Q—K2 4 B—Kt5 P—B4
11 Kt—B3 B—Q2 5 BPxP KPxP
12 Q—Q2 O—O 6 Kt—B3 PxP
13 B—Q3 P—B5 7 KKtxP Kt—B3
14 B—B2 p_QKt4 8 P—K3 B—K2
15 O—O p_QR4 9 B—Kt5 B—Q2
16 QR—Kl P—Kt5 10 BxKKt BxB
11 KtxP BxKt
12 PxB Q—Kt4!
13 BxKt BxB
14 Kt—K3 O—O—O
mm*wm 15
16
O—O
R—Bl!!
KR—Kl
16 . . . . RxKt?
• Blfl B 17 R x B c h PxR
1 8 Q—Bl!! RxP!
BIB B B
b B mm
19 P x R R—Q2
k 19 AlS in " in W i A BB!

B • %a'S°
17 P—B5! PxKBP
18 P—Kt4!! PxKtP
19 Kt—Kt5 P—Kt3
20 R—B6! K—Kt2
21 R(l)—KBl B—Kl
22 Q—B4 Kt—Ql
23 P—K6 R—R3
24 Q—K5 K—R3
25 R(l)—B5!! PxKP
26 Kt—B7ch QxKt
MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS 1 0
3
20 QxPch K—Ql 17 BxPch! KxB

21 R—B4! P—B4 18 QxRPch K- - B 3
22 Q—B5! Q—K2 19 Q—R4ch K - -Kt2
23 QxQch KxQ 20 R—K7ch R-- B 2
24 RxP R—Q8ch 21 Q—Q4ch K-- B l
25 K—B2 R—Q7ch 22 Q—R8ch KxR
26 K—B3 RxQKtP 23 R—Klch! K- -Q3
27 R—QR5! R—Kt2 24 Q—K5 mate
28 R—R6! K—Bl
29 P—K4 R—B2
30 P—KR4 K—B2 172. Vienna, 1910.
31 P—Kt4 K—Bl
32 K—B4 K—K2 A Grandmaster who has written
33 P—R5 P—R3 many books on chess was once
34 K—B5 K—B2 checkmated in eleven moves. Here
35 P—K5 R—Kt2 is the game;
36 R—Q6 K—K2
CARO-KANN DEFENSE
37 R—R6 K—B2
38 R—Q6 K—Bl R . RETI DR. S . TARTAKOWER
39 R—B6 K—B2 White Black
40 P—R3! Resigns
1 P—K4 P—QB3
2 P—Q4 P—Q4
3 Kt—QB3 PxP
171. Paris, 1909 4 KtxP Kt—KB3
Magnificent! 5 Q-Q3 P—K4?
6 PxP Q—R4ch
DANISH GAMBIT 7 B—Q2 QxKP
D . JANOWSKI DR. E. LASKER 8 O—O—O KtxKt?
B. SOLDATENKOFF J . TAUBENHAUS 9 Q—Q8ch!! KxQ
10 B—Kt5ch K—B2
Whit© Black 11 ! — Q 8 mate
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 P—Q4 PxP
3 P—QB3 PxP
4 B—QB4 PxP
5 BxP Kt—KB3
6 P—K5 B—Kt5ch
7 Kt—B3 Q—K2
8 Kt—K2 Kt—K5
9 O—O KtxKt
10 BxKt BxB
11 KtxB O—O
12 Kt—Q5! QxP
13 R—Kl Q~Q3
14 Q—R5 P—QB3
15 Kt—B7! P—KKt3
16 Q—R6 QxKt
173. Match, 1910. 26 Q—B4ch B—K4

27 KtxB QR—KBl
White's 32nd and 38th moves have Q—R2! Q—B7!
28
been greatly admired. B—B2 KR—Ktl
29
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 30 R—Q7ch K—Kt3
R. SPIELMANN J . MIESES 31 Kt—B4ch K—R3
32 Q—B7!! Q—B8ch
White Black 33 K—R2 QxKtch
1 P—Q4 ~ P—Q4 34 P—Kt3 Q—Kt4
2 P_QB4 P—K3 35 P—R4! Q—Kt3
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB 3 36 B—Q3ch K—R4
4 B—Kt5 QKt—Q2 37 Q—K5ch! P—B4
5 Kt—B3 P—B3 38 RxKtP!! RxPch
6 P—K3 Q—R4 39 K—R3 R—Kt5
7 Kt—Q2 B—Kt5 40 RxQ PxR
8 Q—B2 PxP 41 Q—B7 Resigns
9 BxKt KtxB
10 KtxP Q—B2
11 B—Q3 B—Q2 174. San Sebastian, 1911.
12 P—QR3 B—Q3?
13 P—K4 P—K4 Brilliancy Prize
14 P—B4! PxQP R U Y LOPEZ
15 P—K5 &—KBl
16 PxKt PxKt J . R. CAPABLANCA DR. BERNSTEIN
17 Q—K2ch! K—Ql White Black
18 O—O—O! QxPch
19 K—Ktl K—B2 1 P—K4 P—K4
20 KR—Bl Q—Kt4 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
21 P—KR4! Q—QB4 3 B—Kt5 Kt—B3
22 PxP BxP 4 O—O B—K2
23 RxP B—Q5 5 Kt—B3 P—Q3
24 RxBch! KxR 6 B x Ktch PxB
25 Q—Kt4ch K—B2 7 P—Q4 PxP
8 KtxP B—Q2
9 B—Kt5 O—O
Hi: 10 R—Kl P—KR3
11 B—R4 Kt—R2
m 12 BxB QxB
13 Q-Q3 QR—Ktl
14 P—QKt3 Kt—Kt4
15 QR-Ql 0—K4
16 Q—K3 Kt—K3
17 QKt—K2 Q—QR4
fSf Pti 18 Kt—B5! Kt—B4
mm 19
20
Kt(2)—Q4
P—KKt4
K—R2
QR—Kl
21 P—KB 3 Kt—K3
22 Kt—K2! QxP
23 Kt(2)—Kt3! QxBP 19 P—B5 Kt—Bl

24 R—QBl Q—Kt7 20 Q—B3 Q—B2
25 Kt—R5 R—KRl 21 B—Q3 B—Q2
26 R—K2 Q—K4 22 B—KB4 R—Kl
27 P—B4 Q—Kt4 23 B—K5 P—B4
28 Kt(B5) xKtP! Kt—B4? 24 K—Rl P—B5
29 KtxR BxKt 25 B—K2 B—B3
30 Q—QB3 P—B3 26 Q—B4 Kt(l)—Q2
31 KtxPch K—Kt3 27 B—B3 R—K2
32 Kt—R5 R—Ktl 28 R—K2 R—KBl
33 P—B5ch K—Kt4 29 R—KKtl Q—Kl
34 Q—K3ch K—R5 30 R(2)—Kt2 R(B)—B2
35 Q—Kt3ch K—Kt4 31 Q—R6! K—Bl
36 P—R4 mate
The march of the Knight
at move 22 and which decides
initiated
the
HI
game is one of the longest
binations on record.
com- II LLEII
JL ~
111"
175. Carlsbad, 1911.
Black is forced into a tragicomic
zugzwang!
FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME
R. SPIELMANN A. RUBINSTEIN
32 Kt—Kt6ch! PxKt
White Black 33 Q—R8ch Kt—Ktl
1 P—K4 P—K4 34 B—Q6! Q-Ql
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 35 RxP Kt—B3
3 Kt—B3 Kt—B3 36 RxKt! RxR
4 B—Kt5 B—Kt5 Four death dealing blows now ter-
5 O—O O—O minate the game.
6 P—Q3 P—Q3
7 B—Kt5 BxKt 37 RxP K—Kl
8 PxB Q—K2 38 R x Ktch R—Bl
9 R—Kl Kt—Ql 39 RxRch K—Q2
10 P—Q4 Kt—K3 40 R x Q mate
11 B—QBl P—B3
12 B—Bl R—Ql
13 P—Kt3 Q—B2
14 Kt—R4 P—Q4
15 P—KB4! PxBP 176. Carlsbad, 1911.
16 P—K5 Kt—K5 A superb game.
17 PxP P—KB4
18 P x P e. p. KtxP(B3) R U Y LOPEZ
O . DURAS E. COHN 32 QxRP! R—Rl

White BLACK
33 Q—K2 P—Q6!
34 RxQP Q—KKt4
1 P—K4 P—K4 35 Q—K3! RxPch
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 36 K—Ktl Q—KR4
3 B—Kt5 P—QR3 37 P—R4 Q—KB4
4 B—R4 Kt—B3 38 R(3) x P Q—R6
5 P—Q3 P—Q3 39 R—B8ch K—Kt2
6 P—B4 P—KKt3 40 Q—K5ch P—B3
7 P—Q4 PxP 41 R ( l ) — B7ch! K—R3
8 KtxP B—Q2 42 Q—K3ch! P—Kt4
9 KtxKt PxKt 43 PxPch KtxP
10 O—O B—Kt2 44 RxPch! KxR
11 P—B5 O—O 45 Q—K7ch K—Kt3
12 Kt—B3 Q—K2 46 R—Kt8ch K—B4
13 PxP PxP 47 RxKtch! Resigns
14 P—B3 P—Q4!
15 R—Kl P—Q5!
16 Kt—K2 P—B4
17 Kt—B4 B—K3 177. Carlsbad, 1 9 1 1 .
18 P—QKt3 KR—Ql A surprise sacrifice decides
19 Kt—Q3 B—Q2 R U Y LOPEZ
20 BxB KtxB
R. TEICHMANN C. SCHLECHTER
21 B—R3 QR—Bl
22 R—QBl B—Bl White Black
23 Q—Q2 Q—R5 1 P—K4 P—K4
24 P—Kt3 Q—R4 2 K t —QB3
Kt—KB3
25 K—Kt2 P—B5 B—Kt5
3 P—QR3
26 Kt—B4 Q—K4 4 B—R4 Kt—B3
27 BxB P—B6 5 O—O B—K2
28 Q—Q3 KtxB 6 R—Kl P—QKt4
29 Kt—Q5! R x Kt! 7 B—Kt3 P—Q3
30 PxR QxP 8 P—B3 O—O
31 R(K1)—Ql Kt—K3 9 P—Q3 Kt—QR4
10 B—B2 P—B4
11 QKt—Q2 Q—B2
12 Kt—Bl Kt—B3
13 Kt—K3 B—Kt2
14 Kt—B5 KR—Kl
• mm 15
16
B—Kt5
B—Kt3
Kt—Q2
Kt—Bl
mim
17 B—Q5 Kt—Kt3
18 BxB Kt(Kt3) x B
mim 19
20
B x Pch!
Kt—Kt5ch
KxB
K—Ktl
21 Q—R5 KtxKt
BL 22
23
QxPch
QxKtch
K—Bl
K—Ktl
24 Q—Kt6! Q-Q2 8 Kt—K5 O—O

2 5 R—K3 Resigns 9 B—Q3 B—Kt2?
10 Q—R5! Q—K2
178. St. Petersburg, March, 1912. W h i t e announces mate in 8 moves.
Black refutes
play in artistic
his opponent's
style.
weak
i n • m
SICILIAN DEFENSE
POTEMKIN DR. A . ALEKHINE
White Black
1 P—K4 P—QB4
2 P—KKt3 P—KKt3
3 B—Kt2 B—Kt2
4 Kt—K2 Kt—QB3
5 P—QB3 Kt—B3
6 Kt—R3 P—Q4
7 PxP KtxP
8 r
1t—B2 O—O 11 QxPch!! KxQ
9 P—Q4 PxP 12 Kt x Bch K—R3
10 PxP B—Kt5 13 Kt(5)—Kt4ch K—Kt4
11 P—B3 B—B4 14 P—R4ch K—B5
12 Kt—K3 Q—R4ch 15 P—Kt3ch K—B6
13 K—B2 Kt(4)—Kt5 16 B—K2ch K—Kt7
14 KtxB QxKt 17 R—R2ch K—Kt8
15 P—Kt4 Kt—Q6ch 18 K — Q 2 mate
16 K—Kt3 KtxQP!
17 PxQ KtxPch
Mate in two 180. Match Game, Biarritz,
September, 1912.
A Dare-devil's Challenge.
179. City of London Chess Club
Skittle game played in 1912. PETROFF DEFENSE
Catiline abandoned by the Senators. D. JANOWSKI F. J . MARSHALL

White Black
EDWARD LASKER G. A . THOMAS
White Black 1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—KB 3
1 P—Q4 P—KB4 3 KtxP P—Q3
2 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 4 Kt—KB3 KtxP
3 Kt—B3 P—K3 5 P—Q4 P—Q4
4 B—Kt5 B—K2? 6 B—Q3 B—Q3
5 BxKt BxB 7 P—B4 B—Kt5ch
6 P—K4 PxP 8 K—Bl O—O
7 KtxP P—QKt3 9 PxP QxP
108 THE GOLDEN TREASURY o f CHESS
10 Q—B2 R—Kl 24 Kt—Kt3! P—R5

11 Kt—B3 KtxKt 25 Kt—R5 Q-Q3
12 PxKt QxKt!! 26 Q—Kt5! PxPch
13 PxB Kt—B3 27 P—K5 Q—K3
14 B—Kt2 Kt x KtP 28 PxP P—QB4
15 B x Pch K—Rl 29 KtxRP PxP
16 PxQ B—R6ch 30 KR—Kl B—Ktl
17 K—Ktl KtxQ 5! p_B4 Q—K2
18 BxKt R—K7
19 R—QBl QR—Kl
20 B—B3 R(l)—K6!
21 B—Kt4 R(6) xP!
22 B—Ql R—B3
Resigns
mm mm m®, fm\
181. Masters' Tournament,
Stockholm, 1912.
Brilliancy Prize
R U Y LOPEZ isi
FRIDLIZIUS DR. A . ALEKHINE 32 Kt—B6ch!! PxKt
White Black 33 PxP BxPch
34 QxB QxR
1 P—K4 P—K4
35 KtxKt Q—K5
36 Kt—K7ch K—Rl
3 B—Kt5 P—QR3 37 RxP!! Q—R2
4 B—R4 Kt—B3 38 Q—R4 R—B5
5 Kt—B3 B—B4
39 BxR QPxB
6 O—O P—QKt4
40 QxQch KxQ
7 B—Kt3 P—Q3 41 R—R4 mate
8 P—Q3 B—KKt5
9 B—K3 Kt—Q5
10 BxKt BxB
11 P—KR3 P—KR4
12 Q—K2 Kt—Q2!? 182. International Tourney,
13 Kt—Ql Kt—Bl Breslau, 1912.
14 P—B3 B—R2 This contains the most beautiful
15 Kt—K3 B—Q2 move ever flayed!
16 P—Q4 Kt—Kt3
FRENCH DEFENSE
17 Q—Q2 B—B3
18 Kt—Q5 R—QBl S. LEWTTZKY F . J . MARSHALL
19 QR—Ql O—O White Black
20 K—R2 B—Kt2
21 R—KKtl P—QB3 1 P—Q4 P—K3
22 Kt—K3 Q—B3 2 P—K4 P—Q4
23 Kt—B5 P—Q4 3 Kt—QB3 P—QB4
4 Kt—B3 Kt—QB3 3 Kt—QB3 QKt—Q2

5 KPxP KPxP 4 P—K4 P—K4
6 B—K2 Kt—B3 5 P—B4 PxQP
7 O—O B—K2 6 QxP Kt—B4
8 B—KKt5 O—O 7 B—K3 Q—K2
9 PxP B—K3 8 Kt—Q5 KtxKt
10 Kt—Q4 BxP 9 KPxKt B—B4
11 KtxB PxKt 10 Kt—B3 P—KKt3!
12 B—Kt4 Q-Q3 11 K—B2 R—KKtl
13 B—R3 QR—Kl 12 R—Kl B—Kt2
14 Q—Q2 B—Kt5!
13 Q—Ql Kt—K5ch
15 BxKt RxB
16 QR—Ql 14 K—Ktl K—Bl
Q—B4
15 B—Q4 P—KKt4*
17 Q—K2 BxKt
18 PxB QxP 16 BxBch RxB
19 RxP Kt—Q5 17 Kt—Q4 B—Q2
20 Q—R5 QR—KBl 18 P—KB5 Q—K4
21 R—K5 R—R3 19 Q—Q3 R—Kl
22 Q—Kt5 RxB 20 Kt—K6ch PxKt
23 R—QB5 Q—KKt6!! 21 BPxP RxP!
Resigns 22 PxR B—B3
23 Q—B3ch Q—B5!
24 Q—K3 K—K2
25 P—QKt4 P—Kt3
26 P—Kt5 B—Kt2
27 P—Kt3 Kt—Q7!
28 Q—QB3 Kt—B6ch
29 K—B2 Q—Bl
30 P—B5 Kt—K4ch
31 K—Ktl Kt—B6ch
32 K—B2 KtPxP
33 Q—R5 Kt—K4ch
34 K—Ktl Q—B6
35 QxPch K—B3
36 QxQP QxRch
Resigns
*// now 16 PxP, KtxP!! 17 Bx
183. Havana, 1913. Bch, RxB; 18 RxQ, Kt—R6
mate!
INDIAN DEFENSE
184. Abbazia, January, 1913.
J . CORZO J . R. CAPABLANCA
This fine game was awarded two
White Black
brilliancy prizes, the Rothschild
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 prize, and the Hallgarten Muzio-
2 P—QB4 P—Q3 prize.
MUZIO G A M B I T 29 RxB Kt—B5

30 Kt—B7 R—R3
R. RETI A. FLAMBERG 31 P—KKt4 KtxP
White Black 32 R—R8ch K—Q2
33 Kt—K5ch K—K3
1 P—K4 P—K4 34 P—Kt5 Kt—Q8
2 P—KB4 PxP 35 R—KB8 Kt—K6
3 Kt—KB3 P—KKt4 36 K—B2 Kt—Q4
4 B—B4 P—Kt5 37 P—Kt6 Resigns
5 O—O P—Q4
6 PxP PxKt
7 QxP B—Q3
8 P—Q4 Q—B3
185. Debreczin, 1913.
9 Q—K4ch Q—K2
10 Kt—B3 Kt—Q2 Breye/s dynamic style and cham-
11 BxP QxQ pionship calibre, even at this early
12 KtxQ BxB stage, are here admirably exempli-
13 RxB P—KB4 fied. The game terminates with an
14 RxP Kt—K2 extraordinarily beautiful mate.
15 R—Kl Kt—QKt3
16 B—Kt5ch K—Ql Q U E E N ' S GAMBIT DECLINED
17 R—K5 Kt—Kt3 DR. L. ASZTALOS J . BREYER
18 Kt—Kt5! Kt x R
White Black
19 RxKt B—Q2
20 Kt—B7ch K—Bl 1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—QB4 P—QB3
3 P—K3 Kt—B3
4 Kt—KB 3 P—K3
5 Kt—B3 Kt—K5
6 KtxKt PxKt
7 Kt—Q2 P—KB4
8 P—B3 B—Q3
9 P—B4? P—B4!
10 Kt—Kt3 Kt—Q2
11 B—K2 Q—R5ch
12 P—Kt3 Q—K2
13 O—O P—KKt4!
14 B—R5ch K—Bl
15 PxKtP QxP
16 R—B2 R—KKtl
21 KtxR BxB
17 R—Kt2 K—K2
22 R—R5 B—B5
23 RxP 18 B—K2 P—Kt3
BxQP
24 P—KR4 B—K5 19 P—QR4 P—QR4
25 R—Kt7 BxBP 20 PxP PxP
26 P—R5 P—R4 21 Q—Kl Kt—K4!
27 P—R6 P—R5 22 KtxRP RxKt!
28 P—R7 BxP 23 QxR Kt—B6ch
mi
MODERN^ HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS ill
24 K—Rl Q—R4! 13 K t ( K t 5 ) — B 3 ! K—Kt2

25 Q—Kl BxP!! 14 B—KKt5 QKt—Q4
26 BxKt PxB 15 Q R — B l B—Q2
27 RxB . . . . 16 Q - Q 2 Kt—Ktl
17 B x B QxB
18 B — K 4 ! B—Kt4
19 K R — K l Q-Q3?
20 B x Kt! PxB
21 Q—R5 P—QR3
22 Q—B7! QxQ
23 R x Q P—R3
24 R x P QR—Bl
25 P—QKt3 R—B7
26 p _ Q R 4 B—K7
27 Kt—R4 P—KR4
28 K t ( 4 ) x P R—Kl
29 R x P c h K—R3
30 P—B4 P—R4
31 Kt—R4 RxKt
32 B P x R K—Kt4
27 . . . . P—B7!! 33 P—Kt3 K—Kt5
28 QxP Q—Q8ch 34 R—Kt7ch K—R6
29 Q—Ktl B—Kt2ch 35 Kt—Kt2 Resigns
30 R—Kt2 B x R mate
187. Riga, 1913.

186. St. Petersburg,
December, 1913. Emulating Morphy in a coruscating
brilliant.
Two future World Champions
FRENCH DEFENSE
NIMZOVICH S. ALAPIN
J . R. CAPABLANCA A . ALEKHINE
White Black
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K3
1 P—Q4 P—Q4 2 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—QB4 P—QB3 3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
3 P—K3 Kt—B3 4 PxP KtxP
4 Kt—KB3 P—K3 5 Kt—B3 p_QB4
5 QKt—Q2 QKt—Q2 6 KtxKt QxKt
6 B—Q3 B—K2 7 B—K3 PxP
7 O—O O—O 8 KtxP P—QR3
8 Q—B2 PxP? 9 B—K2 QxKtP
9 KtxP P—B4 10 B—B-3 Q—Kt3
10 QKt—K5 PxP 11 Q—Q2 P—K4
11 P x P Kt—Kt3 12 O—O—O!? PxKt
12 Kt—Kt5! P—Kt3 13 B x Q P Kt—B3
14 B—B6!! QxB 18 P—QKt 3 QR—Bl

15 KR—Klch B—K2 19 PxP PxP
16 B x Ktch K—Bl 20 R—B2 BxKt
17 Q—Q8ch BxQ 21 RxB Kt—Q4
18 R—K8 mate 22 R—B2 P—B6
23 KR—QBl R—B4
24 Kt—Kt3 R—B3
188. Moscow, Feb. 4, 1914. 25 Kt—Q4 R—B2
26 Kt—Kt5 R—B4
This ends with one of the most 27 Kt x BP? KtxKt
surprising moves ever made! 28 RxKt RxR
QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED 29 RxR Q—Kt7!!
DR. O. BERNSTEIN
Resigns
J . R. CAPABLANCA
White Black
189. St. Petersburg, 1914.
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—QB4 P—K3 A Great Historic Classic.
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
RUY LOPEZ
4 Kt—B3 B—K2
5 B—Kt5 O—O DR. E. LASKER J . R. CAPABLANCA
6 P—K3 QKt—Q2 White Black
7 R—Bl P—QKt3
8 PxP PxP 1 P—K4 P—K4
9 Q—R4 B—Kt2 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
10 B—R6 BxB 3 B—Kt5 P—QR3
11 QxB P—B4 4 BxKt QPxB
12 BxKt KtxB 5 P—Q4 PxP
13 PxP PxP 6 QxP QxQ
14 O—O Q—Kt3 7 KtxQ B—Q3
15 Q—£2 P—B5 8 Kt—QB3 Kt—K2
16 KR—Ql KR—Ql 9 O—O O—O
17 Kt—Q4 B—Kt5 10 P—B4 R—Kl
11 Kt—Kt3 P—B3
rif m
• n
8
# n t
12
13
14
P—B5!
B—B4
BxB
P—QKt3
B—Kt2
PxB
15 Kt—Q4 QR—Ql?
16 Kt—K6 R—Q2
17 QR—Ql Kt—Bl
18 R—B2 P—QKt4
19 R(2)—Q2 R ( 2 ) — K2
20 P—QKt4 K—B2
• B II B 21
22
P—QR3
K—B2
B—Rl
R—R2
23 P—Kt4 P—R3
24 R—Q3 P—QR4
25 P—KR4 PxP
26 PxP R(2)—K2 22 R—Ql Kt—B4

27 K—B3 R—Ktl 23 QB—Bl? Kt—K6!!
28 K—B4 P—Kt3 24 R—B5! Q—B3
29 R—Kt3 P—Kt4ch 25 Q—K4 KtxR!
30 K—B3! Kt—Kt3 26 BxB Kt—B6?
31 PxP RPxP 27 BxR!! QxB
32 R - R3! R—Q2 28 Q—K5 Q—Kt3
33 K- -Kt3! K—Kl 29 Q—Kl Q-Q3
34 R(l)—KRl B—Kt2 30 R—K5 P—Q6
35 P—K5! QPxP 31 PxP QxQP
36 Kt—K4? Kt—Q4 32 R—K3 Q—Q8ch
37 Kt(6)—B5 B—Bl 33 K—R2 Kt—Kt4
38 Kt x R BxKt 34 R—K6 KtxP
39 R—R7 R—Bl 35 R—KB6 Resigns
40 R—Rl K—Ql
41 R—R8ch B—Bl
42 Kt—B5 Resigns
191. St. Petersburg, 1914.
190. St. Petersburg, 1914. QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED
Youth vs. Old Age! J . R. CAPABLANCA
A L B I N COUNTER G A M B I T DR. O . S. BERNSTEIN
DR. E. LASKER DR. A . ALEKHINE White Black

2 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3
1 P—Q4 P—Q4 3 P—B4 P—K3
2 P—QB4 P—K4 4 Kt—B3 QKt—Q2
3 QPxP P—Q5 5 B—Kt5 B—K2
4 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 6 P—K3 P—B3
5 P—QR3 B—Kt5 7 B—Q3 PxP
6 QKt—Q2 Q—K2 8 BxBP P—Kt4
7 P—R3 BxKt 9 B—Q3 P—QR3
8 KtxB O—O—O 10 P—K4 P—K4
9 Q—Q3 " P—KR3 11 PxP Kt—Kt5
10 P—KKt3 P—KKt 3 12 B—KB4 B—B4
11 B—Kt2 B—Kt2 13 O—O Q—B2
12 O—O KtxP 14 R—Bl P—B3
13 KtxKt BxKt 15 B—Kt3 PxP
14 P—QKt4 P—KB4 16 P—Kt4! B—R2
15 P—B5 Q—K3 17 KBxP! RPxB
16 P—B6! Kt—K2 18 Kt x KtP Q-Qi
17 PxPch K—Ktl 19 Kt—Q6ch K—Bl.
18 B—Kt2 R—Q3 20 RxP Kt—Kt3
19 QR—Bl KR—Ql
20 R—B2 P—B5 (see diagram next page)
21 PxP BxP
A. NIMZOVICH DR. S. TARRASCH

White Black
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 Kt—KB3 P—QB4
3 P—B4 P—K3
4 P—K3 Kt—KB3
5 B—Q3 Kt—B3
6 O—O B—Q3
7 P—QKt3 O—O
8 B—Kt2 P—QKt3
9 QKt—Q2 B—Kt2
10 R—Bl Q—K2
11 BPxP KPxP
12 Kt—R4 P—Kt3
21 B—R4! Q-Q2 13 Kt(4)—B3 QR-Ql
22 KtxB! QxR 14 PxP PxP
23 Q—Q8ch? Q—Kl 15 B—Kt5 Kt—K5
24 B—K7ch K—B2 16 BxKt BxB
25 Kt—Q6ch K—Kt3 17 Q—B2 Kt x Kt
26 Kt—R4ch K—R4 18 KtxKt P—Q5
27 KtxQ RxQ 19 PxP BxPch!!
28 Kt x Pch K—R3 20 KxB Q—R5ch
29 Kt(7)—B5ch K—R4 21 K—Ktl BxP!
30 P—KR3! Kt—Bl 22 P—B3 KR—Kl
31 P x Ktch KxP 23 Kt—K4 Q—R8ch
32 BxR RxB 24 K—B2 BxR
33 P—Kt3 R—Q7 25 P—Q5 P—B4
34 K—Kt2 R—K7 26 Q—B3 Q—Kt7ch
35 P—R4 Kt—Kt3 27 K—K3 R x Ktch
36 Kt—K3ch K—R4 28 PxR P—B5ch!
37 P—R5 Kt—Q2 29 KxP R—Blch
30 K—K5 Q—R7ch
38 Kt(4)—B5 Kt—B3
B—Q5 31 K—K6 R—Klch
39 P—Kt5
32 K—Q7 B—Kt4 mate
40 K—B3 R—R7
41 P—R6 B—R2 The King hunt is an attractive fea-
42 R—Bl R—Kt7 ture of the game.
43 P—Kt4ch K—Kt4
44 R—B7 RxPch
45 KxR Kt x KtPch
46 K—B3 Resigns 193. 1914.
Blindfold Chess in Prison.
After the disruption of the Mann-
192. St. Petersburg, 1914. heim Congress, 1914
Brilliancy Prize . SICILIAN DEFENSE
QUEENS G A M B I T DECLINED E. BOGOLYUBOV DR. A . ALEKHINE
White Black A most extraordinary game in that

the final moves were wholly un-
1 P—K4 P—QB4
expected.—A preachment on forag-
2 P—KKt3 P—KKt3
| i*g.
3 B—Kt2 B—Kt2
DUTCH DEFENSE
4 Kt—K2 Kt—QB3
5 P—QB3 P—K3 H . HELMS
SMYTH
6 Kt—R3 KKt—K2
7 P—Q4 PxP White Black
8 PxP P—Q4
9 P—K5 O—O 1 P—Q4 P—KB4
10 Kt—B2 B—Q2 2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—KB 3
11 O—O R—Bl
3 P—B4 P—K3
12 B—Kt5 P—KR3
4 Kt—B3 P—QKt3
13 B—Q2 Q—Kt3
Kt—R4 5 P—K3 B—Kt2
14 B—B3
15 BxKt QxB 6 B—Q3 B—Q3
16 Kt—K3 B—R5
B—Kt4
18 P—QR3
O—O
P—QR4
O—O
17 P—Kt3
18 R—Kl Q—R6 9 Q—B2 Kt—B3
19 Q—Q2 P—KR4 10 P—K4? PxP
20 Kt—B3 Q—R4 11 KtxP KtxKt
21 KR—QBl B—QR3 12 BxKt KtxP!
22 B—Bl BxB
13 BxPch K—Rl
23 KxB B—R3
24 P—B4 14 KtxKt Q—R5
Kt—B3
25 R—Ql KR—Ql 15 P—KKt3 QxKt
26 Kt—K2 Q—Kt3 16 B—Q3 R—B6
27 K—B2 B—Bl 17 B—K3 Q—K4
28 P—KR3 B—Kt5 18 QR—Kl QR—KBl
29 Q—Kt2 R—B2 19 BxP Q—R4
30 P—R3 B—K2 20 B—K3 Q—R6
31 P—QKt4 KR—QBl 21 B—K4 QR—B4!
32 P—Kt4 PxP
33 PxP K—Kt2
34 P—B5 B—R5ch
35 K—B3 » B—Kt4
36 Kt—KB4 KtxKPch
37 PxKt R—B6
Li
38 Q—Q2 KR—B5 I Hil
39 Kt—Kt2 P—Q5
40 R—Rl K—Ktl
41 R—R3
Resigns
PxKt
B I B a B
m
194. New York, May 23, 1915

22 B x Q R
23 K x Q
Q—Kt7ch!!
R x KtP mate
•
195. Moscow Championship
• mmm
Tourney, 1916.
Brilliancy Prize.
I N D I A N DEFENSE
DR. A . ALEKHINE N . ZUBAREFF fill
White Black i . Hsu'

1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
2 P—QB4 P—K3 30 QxKtch K—Rl
3 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 31 Q—K8ch K—R2
4 Q—B2 P—QKt3? 32 Q—B7ch K—Rl
5 P—K4 B—Kt2 33 B—Kt2ch Kt—B3
6 B—Q3 BxKtch 34 BxKtch QxB
7 PxB P—Q3 35 QxQch K—R2
8 Kt—K2 QKt—Q2 36 Kt—R5 Any move
9 O—O O—O 37 Q—Kt7 mate
10 P—B4 P—KR3
11 Kt—Kt3 Q—K2 However, Black resigned at the
12 Q—K2! QR—Kl 26th move.
13 B—R3 P—B4
14 QR—Kl K—Rl
15 P—Q5! Kt—KKtl 196. September, 1 9 1 6 .
16 P—K5 P—Kt3
17 Q—Q2 KPxP Flayed in a blindfold seance at the
18 BPxP PxP Military Hospital in Tarnopof,
19 P—B4! K—R2 Austria.
20 B—Kt2 Kt(l)—B3
FRENCH DEFENSE
21 PxP Kt—Kt5
22 P—K6 Q—R5 DR. A . ALEKHINE M . V O N FELDT
(see diagram next column) Whits Black

1 P—K4 P—K3
White now mates in at most fifteen
2 P—Q4 P—Q4
moves. 3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
23 R x P c h RxR 4 PxP KtxP
24 B x P c h ! KxB 5 Kt—K4 P—KB4
25 Q—Q3ch K—Kt4 6 Kt—Kt5! B—K2
26 B—Blch K—B3 7 Kt(5)—B3 P—B3
27 Q—B5ch K—Kt2 8 Kt—K5 O—O
28 Q x R c h K—Rl 9 KKt—B3 P—QKt3
29 Q x R c h K—R2 10 B—Q3 B—Kt2
11 O—O R—Kl An Example of Testa's Trenchant

12 P—B4 Kt—B3 Style.
13 B—B4 QKt—Q2 "Mr. Testa, director, actor and
14 Q—K2 P—B4 scenario-writer with Universal, got
a strangle-hold on me in the early
stages, which I was never able to
H shake off."—s. MLOTKOWSKI.
t£ A>£ H i KING'S G A M B I T
m f «W p i l
M . W . TESTA
White
S. MLOTKOWSKI
Black
«M gra
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 P—KB4 PxP
3 Kt—KB 3 P—KKt4
4 P—Q4 P—Kt5
5 BxP PxKt
6 QxP P—Q4
7 PxP B—Q3
15 Kt—B7!! K x Kt 8 B—Kt5ch B—Q2
16 QxPch! K—Kt3 9 QBxB PxB
17 P—KKt4! B—K5 10 O—O P—B3
18 Kt—R4 mate 11 Kt—B3 K—Bl
12 Q—B4 P—QR3
Certainly an amazing combination. 13 B—Q3 Q—Kt3
14 QR—Kl P—KR4
15 Q—K3 R—R3
16 Kt—K4 Q-Qi
197. January, 1917. 17 KtxQP B—Kt4
18 KtxP Q—K2
When Checker Champions play
Chess. 19 QxQch KtxQ
20 P—B4 B—Kl
• KING'S KNIGHT'S OPENING 21 P—Q6 Kt—Ktl
22 P—Q5 B—B2
ALFRED JORDAN NEWELL BANKS
23 Kt—B5 R—QR2
White Black 24 B—B5 B—Kl
1 P—K4 P—K4 25 Kt—K6ch K—B2
Kt—QB3 26 Kt—B7 B—Q2
2 Kt—KB3
Kt—Q5 27 B—K6ch K—Kt2
3 B—B4
Q—Kt4 28 BxKt KxB
4 KtxP?
QxP 29 R—K7 R—Kt3
5 KtxBP
Q x KPch 30 KR—Kl QR—Kt2
6 R—Bl
Kt—B6 mate 31 P—QKt3 QR—Kt5
7 B—K2
32 KtxP KtxKt
33 RxB R—Ktl
34 R—QR7 Kt—B4
198. Los Angeles Chess Club, 35 P—Q7 K—Bl
October, 1917. 36 R—B7 R—Ql
37 R—K8ch RxR 19 R x R BxB

38 PxR(Q)ch KxQ 2 0 Kt—R6ch K—Rl
39 RxKt R—Kt5 21 Q x B QxQ
40 P—QR4 Resigns 22 Kt x Pch Resigns
200. Odessa, December, 1918.

199. New York, 1918.
One of six blindfold games.
The trapper trapped
B I S H O P S OPENING
R U Y LOPEZ
W . GONSSIOROVSKI A . ALEKHINE
J. R. CAPABLANCA FONAROFF
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4 2 B—B4 Kt—KB3
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 3 P—Q3 P—B3
3 B—Kt5 Kt—B3 4 Q—K2 B—K2
4 O—O P—Q3 5 P—B4 P—Q4!
5 P—Q4 B—Q2 6 KPxP KPxP
6 Kt—B3 B—K2 7 BxP O—O
7 R—Kl PxP 8 Kt—Q2 PxP
8 KtxP KtxKt 9 B—Kt3 P_QR4!
9 QxKt BxB 10 P—B3 P—R5
10 KtxB O—O 11 B—B2 P—R6
11 Q—B3 P—B3 12 P—QKt 3 R—Kl
12 Kt—Q4 Kt—Q2 13 O—O—O B—QKt5
13 Kt—B5 B—B3 14 Q—B2 BxP
14 Q—KKt3 Kt—K4 15 B—Kt5 Kt—B3
15 B—B4 Q—B2 16 KKt—B3 P—Q5!
16 QR—Ql QR-Ql 17 K R — K l B—Kt7ch
18 K—Ktl Kt—Q4!
19 R x R c h QxR
20 Kt—K4 QxKt!
mmWilli 21 B—Q2 Q—K6!!
mm m•
mi mm :§i^f5«
1
m
Irs !
§11 WM IIPI » ^
IBB B
17 R x P ! RxR
18 B x K t R—Q8?
1 8 . . . Q—R4 relatively best.
22 R—Kl B—B4
23 RxQ PxR
24 Q—Bl . . . .
Black here called mate in three,
thus:
24 ... . PxB
25 B—Ql Kt(3)—Kt5!
26 Any Kt—B6 mate
Shade of Paul Morphy, check!!
201. Moscow, May, 1918.

When a Mite of a Pawn becomes
Mighty. 28 Q—B5! RxP
PETROFF DEFENSE 29 P—B5 mate
DR. A . ALEKHINE A . RABINOVICH
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3 202. New York, October, 1918.
3 KtxP P—Q3 War for Survival.
4 Kt—KB3 KtxP
5 Kt—B3 P—Q4 R U Y LOPEZ
6 Q—K2 B—K2 J . R. CAPABLANCA F . J . MARSHALL
7 KtxKt PxKt
White Black
8 QxP O—O
9 B—B4 B—Q3 1 P—K4 P—K4
10 O—O R—Kl 2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—QB3
11 Q—Q3 Kt—B3 3 B—Kt5 P—QR3
12 P—QKt3! Q—B3 4 B—R4 Kt—B3
13 B—Kt2! QxB 5 O—O B—K2
14 Kt—Kt5 B—K3 6 R—Kl P—QKt4
15 BxB PxB 7 B—Kt3 O—O
16 QxPch K—Bl P—Q4
8 P—B3
17 QR—Kl Q—B3
9 PxP KtxP
18 Q—R5 K—Ktl
10 KtxP KtxKt
19 R—K3! B—B5
20 Q—R7ch K—Bl 11 RxKt Kt—B3
21 Q—R8ch K—K2 12 R—Kl B—Q3
QxR 13 P—KR3 Kt—Kt5!
22 RxPch
14 Q—B3 Q—R5
23 QxPch K—Q3
15 P—Q4 KtxP!
24 Kt x Q RxKt
25 P—Q4 QR—Kl
26 P—B4 R(l)—K2 (see diagram next page)
27 Q—B8 R—K5
BOGOLYUBOV AMATEUR
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K3
2 P—Q4 P—Q4
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
4 B—Kt5 B—K2
5 P—K5 KKt—Q2
6 P—KR4 BxB
&tfm*m
7 PxB QxP
8 Kt—R3 Q—K2
9 Q—Kt4 P—KKt 3
10 Kt—B4 P—QR3
Bon B s 11
12
O—O—O
Q—Kt3
P—QB4
Kt—Kt3
16 R—K2 B—KKt5!? 13 PxP QxP
17 PxB B—R7ch 14 B—Q3 Q—Bl
18 K—Bl B—Kt6 15 B—K4!! PxB
19 RxKt Q—R8ch 16 QKtxP QKt—Q2
20 K—K2 BxR 17 Q_QB3! Q—K2
21 B—Q2 B—R5 18 Kt—B6ch KtxKt
22 Q—R3 QR—Klch 19 PxKt Q—Bl
23 K—Q3 Q—B8ch 20 Q—B7 Kt—Q2
24 K—B2 B—B7 21 Kt—Q5! PxKt
25 Q—B3 Q—Kt8 22 KR—Klch Kt—K4
26 B—Q5 P—B4 23 RxKtch B—K3
27 PxP BxP 24 K—Ktl! R—Ql
28 P—Kt4 B—Q3 25 QR x P! RxR
29 P—R4 P—QR4 26 RxR BxR
30 PxKtP PxP 27 Q—B8 mate
31 R—R6 PxP
32 KtxP B—Kt5
33 P—Kt6 BxKt
34 BxB P—R3 204. Gothenberg, 1920.
35 P—Kt7 R—K6
36 B x Pch A magnificent specimen of Tar-
RxB
rasch's methodical style.
W h i t e mates in five.
37 p _ K t 8 ( Q ) c h R—Kl J . BREYER DR. S. TARRASCH
38 Q x R ( K 8 ) c h etc.
White Black
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—K3 Kt—KB3
3 Kt—KB3 P—K3
203. Stockholm, 1919. 4 QKt—Q2 B—Q3
/I modem classic of attacking play. 5 P—B4 P—QKt3
6 Q—B2 B—Kt2
FRENCH DEFENSE 7 P—B5 PxP
8 PxP B—K2 KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED

9 P—QKt4 O—O DR. M . EUWE G . MAROCZY
10 B—Kt2 P—QR4
11 P—Kt5 P—B3 White Black
12 P—QR4 QKt—Q2 1 P—K4 P—K4
13 B—Q4 R—Kl! 2 P—KB4 B—B4
14 R—Bl B—KBl 3 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
15 Q—Kt2 Kt—Kt5! 4 P—B3 B—KKt 5
16 P—R3 Kt—R3 5 PxP PxP
17 Kt—Kt3 P—B3 6 Q—R4ch B—Q2
18 Q—R3 P—K4 7 Q—B2 Q—K2
19 B—B3 Q—B2 8 P—Q4 PxP
20 B—Kt2 KR—Bl! 9 PxP B—Kt5ch
21 Q—R2! Q-Ql! 10 Kt—B3 B—B3
22 P—Kt6 B—K2 11 B—Q3 B x Ktch
23 Q—Ktl Q—Bl 12 PxB BxP
24 Q—B2 Kt—B2 13 BxB P—KB4
25 P—R4 Kt—Ql 14 O—O PxB
26 P—Kt3 Kt—K3 15 Q—Kt3! P—B4
27 B—KR3 Kt(3) xP! 16 B—R3 Kt—KB 3
28 KtxKt KtxKt 17 BxP Q—KB 2
29 B—R3 Kt—Q6ch 18 P—B4! P—QKt3
30 QxKt BxB 19 Kt—Kt5 Q-Q2
31 BxR RxB 20 RxKt! PxR
32 R—Rl B—Kt5ch 21 KtxKP Q—K3
33 Kt—Q2 P—K5 22 R—Kl! PxB
34 Q—Kt3 p_QB4 23 Kt x Pch K—B2
35 K—Ql P—B5 24 Q—Kt7ch Resigns
36 Q—R2 Q-Q3
37 K—K2 B—R3
38 P—Kt7 R—Ktl
39 K—Ql RxP 206. Budapest, September, 1921.
40 P—B3 K—Rl
41 PxP PxP Brilliancy Prize: White extricates
42 K—Bl QxP himself from a difficult position by
43 Kt—Bl Q—K8ch highly original moves.
44 K—B2 Q—B6ch QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED
45 K—Ql Q—Q6ch
46 K—Bl R—Q2 . A . ALEKHINE K. STERK
Resigns White Black
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB 3
3 P—B4 P—K3
205. Match, 1921 QKt—Q2
4 Kt—B3
Just the kind of swashbuckling gam- 5 P—K3 B—Q3
bit play that Blackburne would 6 Kt—QKt5 B—K2
have relished! 7 Q—B2 P—B3
122 T H E GOLDEN TREASURY OF C H E S S
8 Kt—B3 O—O 16 B—Bl 0—B3

9 B—Q3 PxP 17 Kt—Kt3 p_QR4
10 BxP P—B4 18 KR—Kl! P—Kt5
11 PxP BxP 19 RPxP PxP
12 O—O P—QKt3 20 Kt—B5! PxKt
13 P—K4 B—Kt2 21 RxB PxP
14 B—KKt5 Q—Bl 22 PxP P—Kt3
15 Q—K2 B—Kt5 23 B—R6! Kt—Kt7
16 B—Q3 BxKt 24 R—Ktl KtxB
17 KR—Bl!! KtxP 25 QxKt KR—Ktl
18 BxKt BxB 26 RxRch RxR
19 QxB Kt—B4 27 Q—Kt3 R—Ql
20 Q—K2 B—R4 28 Q—K5 R—Rl
21 QR—Ktl Q—R3 29 R—B7! Q—K3
22 R—B4! Kt—R5 30 QxQ PxQ
23 B—B6! KR—Bl 31 R—Kt7ch K—Rl
24 Q—K5! R—B4 32 R—K7 K—Ktl
25 Q—Kt3 P—Kt3 33 P—B3! Kt—Kl
26 R x Kt Q-Q6 34 K—R2! Kt—Q3
27 R—KBl Q—B4 35 R—Kt7ch K—Rl
28 Q—B4 Q—B7 36 R—Q7 Kt—Kt4
29 Q—R6 Resigns 37 K—Kt3 KtxBP
38 K—B4 Kt—Kt4
39 K—K5 R—Kl
40 K—B6 Resigns
207. Vienna, 1922. (No defense against K—B7f)
Charming reminiscence of a famous
endgame compostion.
208. Vienna, 1922.
CARO-KANN DEFENSE
DR. S. TARRASCH R. RETI
INDIAN DEFENSE
Whit© Black
A . RUBINSTEIN E. BOGOLYUBOV
1 P—K4 P—QB3
2 Kt—QB3 P—Q4 Whit© Black
3 Kt—B3 Kt—B3 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
4 PxP PxP 2 P—QB4 P—KKt3
5 P—Q4 B—Kt5 3 Kt—QB3 P—Q4
6 P—KR3! BxKt 4 P—K3 B—Kt2
7 QxB P—K3 5 Kt—B3 O—O
8 B—Q3 Kt—B3 6 B—K2 P—B3
9 B—K3 B—K2 7 O—O QKt—Q2?
10 O—O o--o 8 PxP!
11 P—R3 KtxP
P—QR3
9 KtxKt PxKt
12 Kt—K2 P_QKt4
13 B—KB4 Q—Kt3 10 Q—Kt3 Kt—B3
14 P—B3 Kt—QR4 11 B—Q2 Kt—K5
15 QR—Ql Kt—B5 12 KR—Ql KtxB
13 RxKt Q-Q3 3 P—B4 BPxP

14 R—QBl P—Kt3 4 PxP Kt—KB3
15 KR—B2 B—Kt2 5 KtxP P—QR3
16 Q—R4! 6 P—K4! KtxKP
P—QR3
7 Q_R4ch! B—Q2
17 R—B7 P—QKt4
8 Q—Kt3 Kt—B4
18 Q—R5! QR—Ktl
9 Q—K3! P—KKt 3
19 R(l)—B5! KR—Ql 10 Kt—KB3 Q—B2
20 Kt—K5! B—KB 3 11 Q—B3 R—Ktl
21 Kt—B6! P—K3 12 B—K3 P—Kt3
22 P—KKt3!! KR—QBl 13 QKt—Q2 B—Kt2
23 KtxR RxKt 14 B—Q4 BxB
15 QxB B—Kt4
16 BxBch PxB
17 O—O R—R5
18 P—QKt4 Q-Ql
A 19 P—QR3! QKt—Q2
20 KR—Kl K—Bl
21 P—Q6! Kt—K3
BiGHB 22
23
RxKt!
Kt—Kt5
PxR
Q—Ktl
24 Kt x KPch K—B2
mI • 11 H 25 Kt—Kt5ch K—Bl
26 Q—Q5! R—Kt2
27 Kt—K6ch K—Ktl
28 Kt x Rch K x Kt
29 PxP Kt—B3
30 QxP R—R2
24 BxP!! B—Ql 31 R—Kl Q-Q3
25 B—K8! Q—Bl 32 P—K8(Q) KtxQ
26 RxB!! BxQ 33 QxKt QxKt
27 RxR Q-Q3 34 Q—K5ch K—B2
B—Kt3 35 P—KR4 RxP
28 R—Kt7
36 Q—K8ch K—Kt2
29 R—B6 Q—Kt5
37 R—K7ch K—R3
30 BxPch Resigns
38 Q—B8ch K—R4
39 R—K5ch K—Kt5
40 R—Kt5ch Resigns
209. Pistyan, 1922.
Brilliancy Prize
QUEEN'S P A W N G A M E 210. Pistyan, April, 1922.
ALEKHINE H . WOLF ^ Brilliancy Prize
White Black BLUMENFELD COUNTER
GAMBIT
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 Kt—KB3 P—QB4 DR. S. TARRASCH A. ALEKHINE
Whit© Black 211. Teplitz-Schoenau, 1922.

1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 Tartakower
3
s Masterpiece.
2 Kt—KB3 P—K3 It deservedly carried off a brilliancy
3 P—B4 P—B4 prize.
4 P—Q5 P—QKt4
BPxP DUTCH D E F E N S E
5 PxKP
6 PxP P—Q4 G . MAROCZY D R . S. TARTAKOWER
7 P—K3 B—Q3 Whit© Black
8 Kt—B3 O—O
9 B—K2 B—Kt2 1 P—Q4 P—K3
10 P—QKt3 QKt—Q2 2 P—QB4 P—KB4
11 B—Kt2 Q—K2 3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
12 O—O QR—-Q1 4 P—QR3 B—K2
13 Q—B2 P—K4 5 P—K3 O—O
14 KR—Kl P—K5 6 B—Q3 P—Q4
15 Kt—Q2 Kt—K4
7 Kt—B3 P—B3
16 Kt—Ql Kt(B3)—Kt5 8 O—O Kt—K5
17 KBxKt KtxB 9 Q—B2 B—Q3
18 Kt—Bl Q—Kt4! 10 P—QKt3 Kt—Q2
19 P—KR3 Kt—R3 11 B—Kt2 R—B3
20 K—Rl Kt—B4 12 KR—Kl R—R3
21 Kt—R2 P—Q5! 13 P—Kt3 Q—B3
22 B—Bl P—Q6 14 B—KBl P—KKt4
23 Q—B4ch K—Rl 15 QR—Ql P—Kt5
24 B—Kt2 Kt—Kt6ch 16 KtxKt BPxKt
25 K—Ktl B—Q4
26 Q—R4 Kt—K7ch
17 Kt—Q2 ....
MWUkim mmm
27 K—Rl R—B2
28 Q—R6 P—R4!
29
30
P—Kt6
K—Ktl
Kt—Kt6ch
PxP
i t * mt
31 QxKtP P—Q7 mm m
32
33
R—KBl
KtxKt
KtxR
B—K3
t
34 K—Rl BxP! HP & HI £
35 PxB R—B6
36 Kt—Kt3 P—R5
37 B—B6 QxB
38 KtxP RxPch
Resigns
Much can he derived from the 17 ... . RxP!!
study of this beautiful game. 18 KxR QxPch
19 K—Rl Kt—B3
20 R—K2 QxKtP
21 Kt—Ktl Kt—R4
22 Q—Q2 B—Q2!
MODERNS, H Y P E R M O D E R N S AND ECLECTICS 125
23 R—B2 Q—R5ch 23 B—K5ch R—B3

24 K—Ktl B—Kt6! 24 PxP PxP
25 B—B3 BxRch 25 QxPch K—B2
26 QxB P—Kt6 26 Q—R5ch K—Ktl
27 Q—KKt2 R—KBl 27 R—Ktl! R(6)—B3
28 B—Kl RxBch!! 28 R—Kt3 B—Kl
29 KxR P—K4! 29 R—Kt3ch B—Kt3
30 K—Ktl B—Kt5 30 RxBch RxR
31 BxP 31 Q—R8ch K—B2
KtxB
32 QxQ R—Bl
32 R—Kl Kt—B4!
33 Q—R4 Resigns
33 Q—KB2 Q—Kt4
34 QPxP B—B6ch
35 K—Bl Kt—Kt6ch
Resigns 213. June, 1922.
Exhibition Game at Seville
RUY LOPEZ
)R. TORRES A . ALEKHINE
212. London Congress, 1922.
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
R . RETI E. ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY 3 B—Kt5 P—QR3
4 B—R4 Kt—B3
White Black 5 O—O P—Q3
1 P—Q4 P—Q4 6 B x Ktch PxB
2 P—QB4 P—K3 7 P—Q4 KtxP
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 8 R—Kl P—KB4
4 B—Kt5 QKt—Q2 9 PxP P—Q4
5 P—K3 B—K2 10 Kt—Q4 B—B4
6 Kt—B3 O—O 11 P—QB3 O—O
7 Q—B2 P—B4 12 P—KB4 Q—Kl
8 R—Ql PxQP 15 b—K3 B—Kt3
9 KPxP PxP 14 Kt—Q2 B—Kt2
10 BxP P—KR3 15 Kt(2)—B3 QR-Ql
11 B—R4 Kt—Kt3 1 6 Q—B2 P—B4
12 B—QKt3 B—Q2 17 Kt—Kt3 P—B5!
13 O—O R—Bl 18 Kt(Kt3)—Q4 P—B4
14 Q—K2 P—R3 19 Kt—K2 Q—B3
15 KR—Kl B—Kt5 20 QR—Ql P—R3!
16 Kt—K5! BxKt 21 R—KBl K—Rl
17 PxB P—Kt4 22 K—Rl Q—Kt3
18 B—Kt3 RxP 23 Kt(2)—Ktl Q—R4
19 P—KR4 KKt—Q4 24 Kt—R3 P—Q5!
20 Q—R5 K—Kt2 25 PxP PxP
21 BxKt PxB 26 BxP BxB
22 KtxP! RxKt 27 RxB RxR
28 Kt x R QxKt! 21 P—R5 Q—R2

29 P x Q Kt—B7ch 22 P—Kt6 Q—Rl
30 K—Ktl K t x P mate 23 R—B7 Kt—B4
24 Kt—B3 B—K2
25 Kt x QP KtxP
26 KtxKt P x Kt
214. Kristianstad, 1922. 27 QxBch!
Another amazing Nimzovich finish. and mate next move.
It is piquant . . . and pitiful!
FRENCH DEFENSE
A . NIMZOVICH HAKANSSON 215. Hastings, 1922.
White Black The finish is played with that crisp
1 P—K4 P—K3 elegance for which Rubinstein is
2 P—Q4 P—Q4 famous.
3 P—K5 P—QB4 RUY LOPEZ
4 Q—Kt4 PxP
SIR GEO. THOMAS A . RUBINSTEIN
5 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
6 B—Q3 P—B4 White Black
7 Q—Kt3 KKt—K2
1 P—K4 P—K4
8 O—O Kt—Kt3
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
9 P—KR4 Q—B2
3 B—Kt5 P—QR3
10 R — K l B—Q2
4 B—R4 Kt—B3
11 P—R3 O—O—O
5 Q—K2 Pr-QKt4
12 P—Kt4 P—QR3
KKt—K2 6 B—Kt3 B—B4
13 P—R5
P—R3 7 P—B3 O—O
14 B—Q2
P—KKt4 8 O—O P—Q3
15 P—R4
P—B5 9 P—Q3 Kt—K2
16 P—Kt5
Kt—QKtl 10 B—Kt5 Kt—Kt3
17 Q—Kt4
R—Kl 11 Kt—R4 KtxKt
18 P—B3
K—Ql 12 B x QKt P—R3
19 P x Q P
20 R—QBl Q—Kt3 13 K—Rl P—Kt4
14 B—Kt3 K—Kt2
15 Kt—Q2 Q—K2
16 B—B2 B—Q2
17 KR—Kl QR—Kl
18 P—QR4 KR—Rl
Ii f f 19
20
PxP
Kt—Bl
PxP
P—R4
MA•im ma 21 P—B3 P—R5
U HI 5B#il 22
23
B—B2
QxB
BxB
P—KKt5
24 PxP Kt x KtP
• o mm. 25
26
Q—B3
P—KKt3
P—R6
Q—Kt4
27 Kt—K3 R—Rl
28 KtxKt BxKt
29 Q—B2 RxR 22 Kt—Q2 P—Kt5

30 RxR R—Rl!! 23 KR—Bl P—R3
31 R—QKtl P—Kt5! 24 R—B7 P—Kt6
32 B—Kt3 P—KB3 25 P—QR3 Q—Kt4
33 P—B4 P—KB4 26 P—R3 Q—K7
34 K—Ktl PxP 27 RxB QxKt
35 R—KBl P—K6 28 R(l)—B7 QxKtP
36 Q—B7ch K—Rl 29 RxPch K—Rl
37 Q—Q5 P—B3! 30 R(KKt7)—K7! QxRP
38 QxBP R—QBl
39 Q—K4 P—K7
40 R—Kl P—Q4!
41 PxP R—B8
Resigns
216. London, March 22, 1923.

Janowski used to call Rooks on the
seventh rank, "blind pigs." They
wreak havoc!
QUEEN'S GAMBIT D E C L I N E D
B. E. SlEGHEIM BUTTFIELD
(Metropolitan ( N . London
C. C . )
31 Kt—Kt6di
C C)
White Black and mates in two.
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—QB4 P—K3
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 217. Carlsbad Congress, 1923.
4 Kt—B3 QKt—Q2 First Brilliancy Prize.
5 B—Kt5 B—K2 The waiting moves in Black's com-
6 P—K3 O—O
bination give it rare artistic charm.
7 R—Bl P—B3
8 Q—B2 PxP A . ALEKHINE F. D . YATES
9 BxP Kt—Q4
White Black
10 Kt—K4 P—KB4?
11 BxB QxB 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
12 KT(4)—Q2 K—Rl 2 P—QB4 P—KKt3
13 O—O P—QKt4? 3 P—KKt3 B—Kt2
14 BxKt BPxB 4 B—Kt2 O—O
15 Q—B7 Q-Qi 5 Kt—QB3 P—Q3
16 Q—B6 Q—Kt3 6 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
17 QxR B—Kt2 7 P—Q5 Kt—Ktl
18 QxRch KtxQ 8 P—K4 QKt—Q2
19 Kt—K5 K—Ktl 9 O—O P—QR4
20 Kt—Kt3 P—QR4 10 B—K3 Kt—Kt5
21 R—B5 P—R5 11 B—Q4 KKt—K4
128 T H E G O L D E N TREASURY OF C H E S S
12 KtxKt KtxKt 45 K—R3 Q—R8ch

13 P—B5 PxP 46 K—Kt3 Q—Q8!!
14 BxP P—Kt3 47 R—B3 Q—Kt8ch
15 B—Q4 B—QR3 48 K—R3 Q—B8ch
16 R—Kl Q-Q3 49 K—Kt3 B—B7ch
17 B—Bl BxB 50 K—B3 B—Kt8ch
18 RxB P—QB4! 51 K—Kt3 Q—B7ch
19 BxKt QxB 52 K—R3 Q—R7 mate
20 Q—Kt3 QR—Ktl Yates wins over his powerful ad-
21 Q—Kt5 P—B4! versary, even more brilliantly than
22 QR—Kl P—KB5! he did in 1922 at Hastings and
23 Q—Q7 QR-Ql exactly in the same number of
24 PxP QxBP moves; i. e. 52.
25 Q—K6ch K—Rl
26 P—B3 Q—Kt4ch
27 K—Rl R—Q3
28 Q—R3 B—K4! 218. Carlsbad Congress, 1923.
29 R—K2 QR—KB3 Brilliancy Prize: Black's decisive
30 Kt—Ql R—B5 combination is admirably calculated.
31 Kt—K3 R—R5
32 Q—K6 Q—R4 RETI O P E N I N G
33 Kt—Kt4 RxKt!! F. D . Y A T E S A . NIMZOVICH
mmifWi
m m
White
1 Kt—KB3 P—K3
Black
• mmm
2 P—KKt3 P—Q4
3 B—Kt2 P—QB3
4 P—Q3 B—Q3
5 Kt—B3 Kt—K2
6 O—O O—O
7 P—K4 P—QKt4
8 Kt—Kl P—KB4
9 PxQP KPxP
10 Kt—K2 Kt—Q2
afillI 5 I • 11 B—B4 Kt—QKt3
12 Q-Q2 Kt—Kt3
13 P—KR4 KtxB
34 PxR RxRch 14 KtxKt Q—B3
35 K—Kt2 QxRPch 15 P—QB3 BxKt
36 KxR Q—R8ch 16 QxB Kt—R5
37 K—B2 B—Q5ch 17 R—Ktl Kt—B4
38 K—Kt3 Q—Kt8ch 18 Q—K3 Q-Q3
39 K—R3 Q—B8ch 19 P—KB4 B—R3
40 R—Kt2 Q—R8ch 20 Kt—B3 P—Kt5
41 K—Kt3 Q—K8ch 21 KR—Ql PxP
42 K—R3 P—KKt4!! 22 PxP Kt—R5
43 R—QB2 Q—B8ch 23 Q-Q4 Q—R6
44 K—R2 Q—Kt8ch 24 Kt—K5 KtxP
MODERNS, JHYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS 129
25 R—Kl Kt x R 14 R—Ql PxP
26 RxKt K—Rl 15 K t x Q P Q—Kt3
27 P—R5 Q-Q3 16 B—Ktl B—Kt2!
28 K—B2 QR—Kl 1 7 O—O QR—Bl
29 P—R6 QxP 18 Q - Q 2 Kt—K4!
30 R—KRl Q—B3 19 B x K t BxB
31 QxRP RxKt! 20 Q—B2 P—Kt3
32 PxR QxP 21 Q—K2 Kt—B5
33 QxB Q—Q5ch! 22 B—K4! B—Kt2
34 K—Bl P—B5 23 B x B QxB
35 Q—R3 K—Ktl 24 R—Bl P—K4!
36 R—R4 P—Kt4 25 Kt—Kt3 P—K5
37 R—Kt4 Q—R8ch 26 Kt—Q4 KR—Ql
38 K—B2 PxPch 27 KR—Ql Kt—K4
39 KxP Q—K4ch 28 Kt—R2 Kt—Q6
40 K—R3 P—R4 29 R x R QxR
41 R—QR4 P—Kt5ch 30 P—B3
42 K—R4 R—B4
43 R—R8ch K—Kt2
44 Q—R7ch K—R3
45 Q—Ktl Q—B3ch
Resigns
219. Carlsbad Congress, 1923.

Alekhine's Immortal.
Brilliancy Prize.
E. G R U E N F E L D A. ALEKHINE 30 ... . RxKt!
White Black 31 PxP Kt—B5!
32 PxKt Q—B5!
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 33 QxQ RxRch
2 P—QB4 P—K3 34 Q—Bl B—Q5ch
3 Kt—KB3 P—Q4
4 Kt—B3 B—K2 and mates next move.
5 B—Kt5 QKt—Q2
6 P—K3 O—O
7 R—Bl P—B3
8 Q—B2 P—QR3! 220. Manhattan Chess Club,
9 P—QR3 P—R3
10 B—R4 R—Kl! New York, 1923.
11 B—Q3 PxP Ten Seconds a Move!
12 BxP P—QKt4
13 B—1^2 P—B4 T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE
OTIS FIELD OSCAR TENNER White Black

1 P—K4 P—K4 2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—QB3
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 3 B—B4 Kt—B3
3 B—B4 Kt—B3 4 P—Q4 PxP
4 Kt—Kt5 P—Q4 5 O—O KtxP
5 PxP Kt—QR4 6 R—Kl P—Q4
6 P—Q3 P—KR3 7 Kt—B3 PxB
7 Kt—B3 P—K5 8 RxKtch B—K3
8 Q—K2 KtxB 9 KtxP KtxKt
9 PxKt B—QB4 10 RxKt Q—Bl
10 KKt—Q2 O—O 11 B—Kt5 B—Q3
11 O—O? B—KKt5 12 Kt—K4 O—O
12 Q—Kl Q-Q2!
13 Kt—Kt3 B—B6!
14 B—B4 Q—Kt5
• mm. ~
15 B—Kt3 Kt—R4!
16 KtxB Kt—B5
l88?V8ff
17 KtxKP Q—R6!
! • H i WMw§.
u U *
13 Kt—B6ch PxKt
14 BxP B—K4
15 BxB P—KB 3
16 B—Kt3 R—Ql
17 B—R4 P_QB4
18 RxRch QxR
White resigns!! 19 Q—B3 K—Kt2
20 Q x KtPch B—B2
21 Q—B3 R—Ktl
22 R—Ql Q—Kt3
23 Q—Kt3ch B—Kt3
221. Trieste Congress, 1923. 24 R—Q7ch K—Bl
25 BxP R—Kt2
The young Peruvian master makes 26 R—Q8ch K—B2
his debut by winning the Second 27 Q—B4 Q—K3
Brilliancy Prize. 28 B—B3ch Q—B4
29 QxPch Q- K3
7
T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE 30 R—B8ch Resigns
E. CANAL P. JOHNER
222. Copenhagen, 1923. 223. Exhibition Game, Berlin,
February, 1923.
"The Evergreen Zugzwang Game"
White tips over the apple-cart with
I N D I A N DEFENSE a neat Queen sacrifice.
F. SAEMISCH A . NIMZOVICH SICILIAN DEFENSE
White Black . ALEKHINE F. SAEMISCH
1 p_Q4 Kt—KB3 White Black
2 P—QB4 P—K3
1 P—K4 P—QB4
3 Kt—KB3 P—QKt3
B—Kt2 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
4 P—KKt3
3 B—K2 P—K3
5 B—Kt2 B—K2
4 O—O P—Q3
6 Kt—B3 O—O
5 P—Q4 PxP
7 O—O P—Q4
6 KtxP Kt—B3
8 Kt—K5 P—B3
7 B—B3! ' Kt—K4
9 PxP BPxP
8 P—B4! Kt x Bch
10 B—B4 P—QR3!
9 QxKt B—K2
11 R—Bl p_QKt4
10 Kt—B3 O—O
12 Q—Kt3 Kt—B3
11 P—QKt3 Kt—Q2
13 KtxKt BxKt
12 B—Kt2 B—B3
14 P—KR3 Q-Q2
13 QR—Ql P—QR3
15 K—R2 Kt—R4!
14 Q—Kt3 Q—B2
16 B—Q2 P—B4!
15 K—Rl! R—Ql
17 Q-Ql P—Kt5 16 P—B4 P—QKt3
18 Kt—Ktl B—QKt4 17 P—B5! B—K4
19 R—Ktl B—Q3!! 18 PxP!! BxQ
20 P—K4 BPxP! 19 PxPch K—Rl
21 Q x Kt RxP 20 Kt—Q5 Resigns
22 Q—Kt5 QR—KBl
23 K—Rl QR—B4
24 Q—K3 B—Q6!
25 QR—Kl P—R3! 224. Mahrisch-Ostrau, 1923.
Resigns First Brilliancy Prize. Black must
have been bowled over by Rubin-
stein's 25th move!
KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED
A . RUBINSTEIN K . HROMADKA
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 P—KB4 B—B4
3 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
4 Kt—B3 Kt—KB3
5 B—B4 Kt—B3
6 P—Q3 B—KKt5
7 P—KR3 BxKt
132 T H E G O I B E N TREASURY o r Cbwm
8 QxB Kt—Q5 White Black

9 Q—Kt3!? Q—K2
PxP 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
10 PxP
P—B3 2 Kt—Q2 P—K4
11 K—Ql
R—KKtl 3 PxP Kt—Kt5
12 P—QR4
4 P—KR3? Kt—K6!!
13 R—Bl P—KR3
Resigns
14 Kt—K2 o—o—o
15 KtxKt BxKt
16 P—B3 B—Kt3
17 P—R5 226. New York, 1924.
B—B2
18 B—K3 K—Ktl First Brilliancy Prize.
19 K—B2 K—Rl RETI OPENING
20 R—B3 Kt—Q4
21 B—Ktl Kt—B5 RETI E. BOGOLYUBOV
22 Q—B2 B—Ktl White Black
23 P—KKt3! KtxRP
24 RxP 1 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3
Q-Q3 2 P—B4 P—K3
3 P—KKt3 P—Q4
4 B—Kt2 B—Q3
5 O—O O—O
6 P—Kt3 R—Kl
7 B—Kt2 QKt—Q2
8 P—Q4! P—B3
9 QKt—Q2 Kt—K5
10 KtxKt PxKt
11 Kt—K5 P—KB4
12 P—B3 PxP
13 BxP Q—B2
14 KtxKt BxKt
1 5 p_K4! P—K4
16 P—B5 B—KBl
17 Q—B2! PxQP
25 Q—Kt6!! R—Q2 18 P x P QR-Ql
26 B—B5! RxR
27 BxQ R—B7ch
28
29
QxR
B—B5!
KtxQ
Resigns
mm • in
225. Paris, 1924.

Here is the shortest game on record
from master tourney play.
QUEEN P A W N GAME
A. GIBAUD M . LAZARD
19 B—R5! R—K4 27 B—B5 Kt—B7ch

20 BxP RxKBP 28 RxKt! BxR
21 RxR BxR 29 Q—R8ch K—K2
22 QxB RxB 30 QxKtP K—Ql
23 R—KBl R—Ql 31 Q—B6ch R—K2
32 P—K6! B—Q5
Now comes an exquisite finish. 33 PxP BxQ
34 P—B8(Q)ch K—B2
24 B—B7ch K—Rl
35 RxRch BxR
25 B — K 8 ! ! Resigns 36 QxR K—Q3
After White's last move you could 37 Q—R8 Q-Qi
hear a pin drop! 38 Q—K5ch
and Marshall declared mate in five.
38 . . . K—B4; 39 Kt—R4ch, K—
227. New York, 1924. Kt4; 40 Q—K2ch, K x Kt; 41 B —
B2 mate.
Second Brilliancy Prize
Marshall considers this his best
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED game.
F. J . MARSHALL E. BOGOLYUBOV
White Black
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 228. New York, 1924.
2 Kt—KB3 P—K3 Magnificent Timing.
3 B—Kt5 P—Q4
4 P—K3 QKt—Q2 QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED
5 P—B4 P—B3
A . ALEKHINE DR. EM. LASKER
6 PxP KPxP
7 Kt—B3 Q—R4 White Black
8 B—Q3 Kt—K5 1 P—Q4 P—Q4
9 Q—B2 KtxB 2 P—QB4 P—K3
10 KtxKt P—KR3 3 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3
11 Kt—B3 B—K2 4 Kt—B3 QKt—Q2
12 O—O O—O 5 PxP PxP
13 P—QR3 Q-Qi 6 B—B4 P—B3
14 QR—Kl p_QR4 7 P—K3 Kt—R4
15 Q—K2 Kt—B3 8 B—Q3 KtxB
16 Kt—K5 B—Q3 9 PxKt B—Q3
17 P—B4 P—B4 10 P—KKt3 O—O
18 B—Ktl B—Q2 11 O—O R—Kl
19 Q—QB2 B—B3 12 Q—B2 Kt—Bl
20 PxP! BxP 13 Kt—Ql P—B3
21 K—Rl R—Kl 14 Kt—K3 B—K3
22 P—K4 B—Q5 15 Kt—R4 B—QB2!
23 KtxB PxKt 16 P—QKt4 B—Kt3
24 P—K5 Kt—Kt5 17 Kt—B3 B—KB2!
25 Q—R7ch K—Bl 18 P—Kt5 B—KR4
26 P—KKt3 Q—Kt3 19 P—Kt4 B—KB 2
20 PxP R—Bl 20 P—R3 B—Q3?

21 Q—Kt2 PxP 21 RxR RxR
22 P—B5 Q-Q3 22 Kt—B3? B—K2
23 Kt—Kt2 B—B2 23 Kt—Q4 Q-Q2
24 KR—Kl p_KR4! 24 K—R2 P—R4
25 P—KR3 Kt—R2! 25 Q—Rl! P—R5!!
26 RxRch RxR 26 KtxP PxPch
27 R—Kl R—Ktl 27 PxP KtxKt
28 Q—Bl Kt—Kt4 28 BxKt B—B3!
29 Kt—K5 PxKt 29 BxP R—B4
30 QxKt P—K5 30 B—R6 B—Kt3
31 P—B6 P—Kt3 31 Q—Kt7 Q-Ql
32 P—B4 PxKtP 32 P—QKt4 R—B2
33 B—K2 PxP 33 Q—Kt6 R—Q2!
34 B—R5 R—Kt7! 34 QxQch RxQ
35 Kt—R4 QxP(B5) 35 P—K3 PxP
36 QxQ BxQ 36 K—Kt2 B x Kt!
37 Resigns 37 PxB B—B4
38 B—Kt7 B—K3!
39 K—B3 B—Kt6
40 B—B6 R—Q3
229. New York, 1924. 41 B—Kt5 R—B3ch
One of the immortal games of 42 K—K3 R—K3ch!
chess history. 43 K—B4 R—K7
RETI OPENING 44 B—Bl R—QB7
45 B—K3 B—Q4
R. RETI D R . E. LASKER Resigns
White Black
1 Kt—KB3 P—Q4
230. New York, January, 1924.
2 P—B4 P—QB3
3 P—QKt 3 B—B4 A Perfect Gem of a Simultaneous
4 P—Kt3 Kt—B3 Game, and a field day for the
5 B—KKt2 QKt—Q2 White Knights.
6 B—Kt2 P—K3
7 O—O B—Q3 QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED
8 P—Q3 O—O A. ALEKHINE A. KUSSMAN
9 QKt—Q2 P—K4
White Black
10 P x P PxP
11 R—Bl Q—K2 P—Q4 P—Q4
12 R—B2 p_QR4 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3
13 P — Q R 4 P—R3 P—B4 P—K3
14 Q — R l ! KR—Kl Kt—B3 P—B4
15 K R — B l B—R2 BPxP KPxP
16 K t — B l Kt—B4 B—Kt5! B—K3
17 R x K t ! BxR BxKt QxB
18 K t x P QR—Bl P—K4! PxKP
19 K t — K 3 Q—K3 9 B—Kt5ch B—Q2
10 KtxP Q—QKt3 8 O—O B—K2

11 BxBch KtxB 9 Kt—Q5 BxKt
12 O—O PxP 10 PxB O—O
13 KtxP R—Ql 11 B—Kt5 P—B3
14 Kt—KB5! Kt—K4 12 P—B4 PxP
Q—K2 P—Kt3 13 PxP R—Kl
14 KR—Kl P—QR4
15 R—K2 R—QBl
16 QR—Kl! Q-Q2
17 B x Kt! BxB
• il •
r •
lit Ills 111 in
16 Q—Kt5ch Kt—Q2
17 KR—Kl B—Kt5
18 Kt—B6ch K—Bl a §f
19 Kt x Ktch RxKt
18 Q—KKt4! Q—Kt4
20 Q—K5 Resigns
19 Q—QB4! Q-Q2
Mate is now threatened in three dif- 20 Q—B7! Q—Kt4
ferent ways. 21 P—QR4! QxRP
22 R—K4!! Q—Kt4
23 QxKtP! Resigns
231. 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
RICHARD RETI A . ALEKHINE
E. Z . ADAMS C . TORRE
White Black
White Black 1 P—KKt3 P—K4
1 P—K4 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3 P—K5
2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 3 Kt—Q4 P—Q4
3 P—Q4 PxP 4 P—Q3 PxP
4 QxP Kt—QB3 5 QxP Kt—KB3
5 B—QKt5 B—Q2 6 B—Kt2 B—Kt5ch
6 BxKt BxB 7 B—Q2 BxBch
7 Kt—B3 Kt—B3 8 KtxB O—O
136. THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
9 p—QB4 . Kt—R3 233. Marienbad, 1925.

10 PxP Kt—QKt5
11 Q—B4 QKt x QP First Brilliancy Prize.
12 QKt—Kt3 P—B3 QUEEN'S P A W N GAME
13 O—O R—Kl
B—Kt5 . JANOWSKI F. SAEMISCH
14 KR—Ql
15 R—Q2 Q—Bl White Black
16 Kt—QB5 B—R6
B—Kt5 1 p_Q4 Kt—KB3
17 B—B3
18 B—Kt2 B—R6 2 Kt—KB3 P—K3
B—B3 B—Kt5 3 B—Kt5 P—B4
19
20 B—Rl P—KR4 4 P—K3 Kt—B3
21 P—Kt4 P—R3 5 QKt—Q2 P—QKt3
22 R—QBl P—R5 6 P—B3 B—Kt2
23 P—R4 PxP 7 B—Q3 PxP
24 RPxP Q—B2 8 KPxP B—K2
25 P—Kt5 RPxP 9 Kt—B4 O—O
26 PxP R—K6!! 10 Q—K2 Q—B2
27 Kt—B3 PxP 11 P—KR4 P—KR3?
28 QxP Kt—B6 12 Q—Q2! Kt—KKt5
29 QxP QxQ 13 B—B4 P—Q3
30 KtxQ KtxPch! 14 Kt—K3 KtxKt
31 K—R2 Kt—K5 15 QxKt P—KR4
16 R—R3 P—K4?
17 PxP KtxP
18 KtxKt PxKt
19 BxP B—Q3
20 Q—R6! Resigns
Dynamically magnificent!
234. Moscow, 1925.
mm, m The champion

nificent style.
is outplayed in mag-
SICILIAN DEFENSE
32 R—B4 Kt x BP J . R. CAPABLANCA
33 B—Kt2 B—K3 L. I L J I N - G E N E V S K Y
34 R(4)—B2 Kt—Kt5ch White Black
35 K—R3 Kt—K4ch
36 K—R2 RxKt 1 P—K4 P—QB4
37 RxKt Kt—Kt5ch 2 Kt—QB3 Kt—QB3
38 K—R3 Kt—K6ch 3 P—KKt 3 P—KKt3
39 K—R2 KtxR 4 B—Kt2 B—Kt2
40 BxR Kt—Q5 5 KKt—K2 P—Q3
Resigns 6 P—Q3 Kt—B3
7 O—O O—O
8 P—KR3 P—QR3 235. Moscow Congress, 1925,

9 B—K3 B—Q2
10 Q—Q2 R—Kl White s windmill checks are amus-
ing.
11 Kt—Ql QR—Bl
12 P—QB3 Q—R4 I N D I A N DEFENSE
13 P—KKt4 KR—Ql C. TORRE DR. E. LASKER
14 P—KB4 B—Kl
Kt—Q2 White Black
15 P—Kt5
16 P—B5 P—Kt4 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
17 Kt—B4 P—Kt5 2 Kt—KB3 P—K3
18 P—B6 B—Bl 3 B—Kt5 P—B4
19 Kt—B2 PxQBP 4 P—K3 PxP
20 PxBP P—K3 5 PxP B—K2
21 P—KR4 R—Ktl 6 QKt—Q2 P—Q3
22 P—R5 R—Kt3 7 P—B3 QKt—Q2
23 PxP RPxP 8 B—Q3 P—QKt3
24 Kt—Ql Kt(2)—K4 9 Kt—B4 B—Kt2
25 Q—KB2 Kt—KKt5 10 Q—K2 Q—B2
26 Q—R4 Kt(3)—K4 11 o—o - O—O
27 P—Q4? ( B -- Q 2 ! ! ) K t x B 12 KR—Kl KR—Kl
28 Kt x Kt QxBP 13 QR—Ql Kt—Bl
29 PxKt Q x Ktch 14 B—Bl Kt—Q4
30 K—Rl PxP 15 Kt—Kt5 P—Kt4
31 R—B3 16 Kt—R3 P—Kt5
17 PxP KtxP
18 Q—R5 BxKt
19 BxB KtxB
i f f mtwm
20 RxKt Q—R4
21 P—QKt4 Q—KB4
22 R—KKt3 P—KR3
23 Kt—B4 Q-Q4
Si l l i f 24 Kt—K3 0—Kt4
I i -mmm§\ 25 B—B6! QxQ
m wM 2 MJ> §=8 26 RxPch K—Rl
27 RxPch K—Ktl
28 R—Kt7ch K—Rl
29 RxBch K—Ktl
30 R—Kt7ch K—Rl
31 R—Kt5ch K—R2
31 . . . . PxKt!! 32 RxQ K—Kt3
32 RxQ PxR 33 R—R3 KxB
33 Q—Kl R—Kt7 34 RxPch K—Kt4
34 QxP R(l)-Q7 35 R—R3 KR—Ktl
35 B—B3 P—B5 36 R—Kt3ch K—B3
36 P—QR3 B—Q3 37 R—B3ch K—Kt3
37 Q—R7 P—B6 38 P—QR3 P—R4
Resigns 39 PxP RxP
40 Kt—B4 R—Q4 17 . . . . B—KR6!

41 R—B4 Kt—Q2 18 QxR B—B4ch
42 RxPch K—Kt4 19 K—Rl BxPch
43 P—Kt3 Resigns 20 KxB Q—Kt5ch
Resigns
236. Match, Amsterdam, 1922.

237. Semmering, 1926.
An old theme, but its execution is
very attractive. A victory that the great Nimzovich
must have relished.
ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE
DR. M. EUWE R. RETI
A. NIMZOVICH D R . A. ALEKHINE
White Black
White Black
1 P—K4 r P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 1 P—K4 Kt—KB3
3 B—B4 2 Kt—QB3 P—Q4
Kt—B3
4 P—Q4 PxP 3 P—K5 KKt—Q2
4 P—B4 P—K3
5 O—O KtxP
5 Kt—B3 P—QB4
6 R—Kl P—Q4 6 P—KKt3 Kt—QB3
7 BxP QxB 7 B—Kt2 B—K2
8 Kt—B3 Q—QR4 8 O—O O—O
9 KtxP? KtxKt 9 P—Q3 Kt—Kt3
10 QxKt P—KB4 10 Kt—K2 P—Q5
11 B—Kt5 Q—B4! 11 P—KKt4 P—B3
12 Q—Q8ch K—B2 12 PxP PxP
13 KtxKt PxKt 13 Kt—Kt3 Kt—Q4
14 QR—Ql B^-Q3! 14 Q—K2 B-Q3
15 QxR QxB 15 Kt—R4 Kt(3)—K2
16 B—Q2 Q—B2
16 P—KB4 Q—R5 17 Q—B2 P—B5!
17 RxP
18 PxP Kt—K6!
19 BxKt PxB
fill I T
20
21
22
Q—B3
Kt—K4!
P—Kt3
QxP
B—B2
Q-Q5
23 P—B3 Q—Kt3
1^ 24
25
26
K—Rl
P—B5
KR—Ql
Kt—Q4
Kt—B5!
K—Rl
27 B—Bl PxP
28 PxP B—K4
m&m mm 29
30
R—Kl
RxP
B—Q2
B—B3
31 QR—Kl Kt—Q4
32 R—Q3 KtxP
7 O—O BxKt
iH • HI B 8
9
PxB
Kt—Q2
P—Q3
P—QKt3
10 Kt—Kt3 P—K4
11 P—B4 P—K5
12 B—K2 Q-Q2
13 P—KR3 Kt—K2
14 Q—Kl P—KR4!
15 B—Q2 Q—B4!
16 K—R2 Q—R2!
17 P—QR4 Kt—B4
18 P—Kt3 P—R4!
19 R—KKtl Kt—R3
20 B—KBl B—Q2
21 B—Bl QR—Bl
33 Kt—Kt6ch! PxKt
22 P—Q5 " K—Rl
34 Q—Kt4! R—B2
23 Kt—Q2 R—KKtl
35 R—R3ch K—Kt2
24 B—KKt2 P—KKt4
36 B—B4! B—Q4
25 Kt—Bl R—Kt2
37 PxP KtxKt
26 R—R2 Kt—B4
38 PxRch K—Bl
27 B—Rl QR—KKtl
39 RxKt BxRch
40 QxB K—K2 28 Q-Qi PxP
41 P—B8(Q)ch! RxQ 29 KPxP B—Bl
42 Q—Q5 Q-Q3 30 Q—Kt3 B—R3
43 QxPch K—Ql 31 R—K2 Kt—R5
44 R—Q3 B—Q5
45 Q—K4 R—Kl
46 RxB Resigns • XI
m 'tTm
• mm mt i!
~um m m&
238. Dresden, 1926.
» mm m
mm ^ %.
One of the best examples of block-
ading tactics.
I N D I A N DEFENSE
P. JOHNER A . NIMZOVICH
m m Mima.
32 R—K3 B—Bl
White Black
33 Q—B2 BxP!
P—Q4 Kt—KB3 34 BxP B—B4
P—QB4 . P—K3 35 BxB KtxB
Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 36 R—K2 P—R5
P—K3 O—O 37 R(l)—Kt2 PxPch
B—Q3 P—B4 38 K—Ktl Q—R6
Kt—B3 Kt—B3 39 Kt—K3 Kt—R5
40 K—Bl R—Kl!
Resigns
239. Dresden Tournament, 1926.

Second Brilliancy Prize — an in-
structive lesson in the cumulative
increase of positional pressure.
ENGLISH OPENING
A . NIMZOVICH A . RUBINSTEIN
White Black
1 P—QB4 P—QB4
2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—KB3 34 p _ K t 5 ! Q—Kt2
3 Kt—B3 P—Q4
4 PxP KtxP If 34 . . . P x P ; 35 B—KM!
5 P—K4 Kt—Kt5 35 Q x Q c h ^ KxQ
6 B—B4 P—K3 36 P x B and wins.
7 O—O Kt(l)—B3
8 P—Q3 Kt—Q5
9 KtxKt PxKt
10 Kt—K2 P—QR3 240. Berlin, 1926.
11 Kt—Kt3 B—Q3
12 P—B4 O—O Brilliancy Prize. Undoubtedly one
13 Q—B3 K—Rl of the most brilliant games ever
14 B—Q2 P—KB4 played.
15 QR—Kl Kt—B3 QUEEN'S P A W N G A M E
16 R—K2 Q—B2
17 PxP PxP E. COLLE E. G R U E N F E L D
18 Kt—Rl B—Q2 White Black
19 Kt—B2 QR—Kl
20 R(l)—Kl RxR 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
21 RxR Kt—Ql 2 Kt—KB3 P—K3
22 Kt—R3 B—B3 3 P—K3 P—QKt3
23 Q—R5 4 B—Q3 B—Kt2
P—KKt3
24 Q—R4 K—Kt2 5 QKt—Q2 P—B4
25 Q—B2! B—B4 6 O—O B—K2
26 P—QKt4 7 P—QKt3 PxP
B—Kt3
27 Q—R4 R—Kl 8 PxP P—Q3
28 R—K5! Kt—B2 9 B—Kt2 QKt—Q2
29 BxKt QxB 10 P—B4 O—O
30 Kt—Kt5 Q—Ktl 11 R—Bl R—Kl
31 RxR BxR 12 R—Kl Q—B2
13 Q—K2 QR—Bl
32
32
Q—Kl!
. . . .
....
B—B3
14 Kt—Bl Q—Ktl
15 Kt—Kt3 Q—Rl
33 Q—K7ch K—Rl
16 Kt—Kt5 P—Kt3
17 Kt x BP! KxKt < 9 Kt—B3 QKt—B3

18 QxPch K—Kt2 10 K t — K 2 P—Q4?
19 P_Q5 Kt—B4 11 P — K 5 Kt—B4
20 Kt—B5ch! 12 B — K B 4 P—B3
13 P — B 3 P—KKt4?
14 K t x P ! PxKt
15 B x P Q-Q2
16 P — K K t 4 P—KR3
17 P x K t PxB
18 P — B 6 K—B2
19 B—Kt6ch!! KxB
20 Q—Q3ch K—R3
21 Q—R3ch K—Kt3
22 Kt—B4ch! PxKt
23 K — R l BxP
24 R—Ktlch B—Kt4
25 R x B c h ! KxR
26 R—Ktl mate
20 . . . . K—Bl
21 Q—K3 PxKt
22 Q—R6ch K—B2 242. New York, 1927.
23 BxP BxP
24 RxBch! RxR 2nd Brilliancy Prize
25 QxKtch K—Kl
D U T C H DEFENSE (in effect)
26 Q—R8ch K—B2
27 BxR Resigns A . ALEKHINE F. J . MARSHALL
White Black
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
2 P—QB4 P—K3
3 Kt—KB3 Kt—K5
241. Meran, 1926 4 KKt—Q2 B—Kt5
Just one sacrifice after another! 5 Q—B2 P—Q4
6 QKt—B3 P—KB4
KINGS FIANCHETTO 7 Kt(2) xKt BPxKt
DEFENSE 8 B—B4 O—O
D . PRZEPIORKA J . V O N PATAY 9 P—K3 P—B3
10 B—K2 Kt—Q2
White Black 11 P—QR3 B—K2
1 P—K4 P—KKt3 12 O—O B—Kt4
2 P—Q4 P—Q3 13 P—B3 BxB
3 Kt—KB3 B—Kt2 14 PxB RxP
4 B—Q3 P—K3 15 PxKP RxRch
5 O—O Kt—K2 16 RxR P—K4
6 B—K3 O—O 17 Q-Q2 P—B4
7 Q-Q2 R—Kl 18 PxKP! P—Q5
8 B—KR6 B—Rl 19 Q—B4! PxKt
K—Rl
20 PQ — Blch
x P! Q—Ktl
244. Twenty-first Match Game,
October, 1927.
21 Q—K7 P—KR3
22 White's game crumbles before
B—R5!! P—QR4
23 P—K6 P—KKt3 Joshua's trumpet.
24 PxKt BxP QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED
25 R—B7 Resigns J . R. CAPABLANCA A . ALEKHINE
26
White Black
1 p_Q4 P—Q4
243. Kecskemet, Hungary, 1927.
2 P—QB4 P—K3
White's deep combination has pret- 3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3
ty points. 4 B—Kt5 QKt—Q2
SICILIAN DEFENSE 5 P—K3 B—K2
6 Kt—B3 O—O
D . YATES A . TAKACS 7 R—Bl P—QR3
White Black 8 P—QR3 P—R3
9 B—R4 PxP
1 P—K4 p_QB4 10 BxP P—QKt4!
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 11 B—K2 B—Kt2
3 P—Q4 PxP 12 O—O P—B4
4 KtxP Kt—B3 13 PxP KtxP
5 Kt—QB3 P—Q3 14 Kt—Q4 R—Bl
6 B—K2 P—K3 15 P—QKt4 QKt—Q2
7 O—O B—K2 16 B—Kt3 Kt—Kt3
8 K—Rl P—QR3 17 Q—Kt3 KKt—Q4
9 B—K3 Q—B2 18 B—B3 R—B5!
10 P—B4 B—Q2 19 Kt—K4 Q—Bl
11 Q—Kl P—QKt4 20 RxR KtxR
12 P—QR3 O—O 21 R—Bl Q—Rl!!
13 R—Ql Kt—QR4 22 Kt—B3 R—Bl
14 Q—Kt3 •Kt—B5 23 KtxKt BxKt
15 B—Bl KR—Bl 24 BxB QxB
16 P—Kt3 KtxRP 25 P—QR4 B—B3
17 P—K5 Kt—Kl 26 Kt—B3 B—Kt7!
18 Kt—K4 P—Q4 27 R—Kl R—Ql
19 Kt—B6ch K—Rl 28 PxP PxP
20 Q—R4 KtxKt 29 P—R3 . P—K4
21 B—Q3 P—Kt3 30 R—Ktl P—K5!
22 PxKt B—Bl 31 Kt—Q4 BxKt
23 Kt—B3 K—Ktl 32 R—Ql Kt x P!
24 Kt—Kt5 P—R3 Resigns
25 BxKt PxKt
26 PxP BxB
27 B x KKtP PxB
28 R—Q3 R—Bl 245. U . S . S. R., 1927.
29 P—QKt4!! BxP An interesting portent of Botvin-
30 R—KR3 Resigns nik's later fame.
D U T C H DEFENSE 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3

3 B—B4 Kt—B3
E. RABINOVICH M . BOTVINNIK
4 Kt—Kt5 B—B4(?!)
White Black 5 Kt x BP BxPch
1 p_Q4 6 KxB KtxPch
P—K3
2 P—QB4 P —KB4 7 K—K3 Q—K2
8 KxKt P—Q4ch
3 P—KKt3 Kt—KB3
B—K2 9 BxP Q—R5ch
4 B—Kt2
O—O 10 P—KKt4 BxP
5 Kt—QB3
11 Q—Kl B—B4ch
6 Kt—B3 P—Q4
7 P—B3 and Black mates in three moves.
8 Q—B2 Q—Kl
9 B—B4 Q—R4
10 QR—Ql QKt—Q2
11 P—Kt3 Kt—K5
12 Kt—K5 Kt—Kt4!? 247. Trenchin-Teplitz, 1928.
13 P—KR4? Kt—K5! A problem mate in actual play!
14 B—B3 Q—Kl
15 Kt x QKt BxKt CARO-KANN DEFENSE
16 K—Kt2 B—Kt5! SPIELMANN M. WALTER
17 BxKt? BPxB
White Black
18 R—KRl Q—R4 1 P—K4 P—QB3
19 P—B3? Q—Kt3! 2 Kt—QB3 P—Q4
20 K—Bl P—K4! 3 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
21 QPxP RxB! 4 P—K5 Kt—K5
22 PxR Q—Kt6!
5 Q—K2 KtxKt
23 KtxKP PxKt
6 QPxKt P—QKt3
24 RxB B—B4
7 Kt—Q4 P—QB4?
25 P—K3 QxPch
8 P—K6! PxP
26 Q—B2 QxRch
9 Q—R5ch K—Q2
27 K—K2 Q—R6!
10 Kt—B3 K—B2
28 P—B5 Q—Kt5ch
11 Kt—K5 B—Q2
29 K—Q2 R—KBl
12 Kt—B7 Q—Kl
30 P—K6 QxBP
31 QxQ R x Q and wins
246. Los Angeles, 1 9 2 8 .

s mm •*
A lively variation leads to a bright
finish.
aS&ii
K . F. W I L L I A M S K . L. HAEGG
White Black
mm
1 P—K4 P—K4
13 Q—K5ch K—Kt2 249. Rogaska-Slatina, 1929.

14 B—KB4 P—B5 The game that made Flohr famous.
15 Q—B7ch
16 Kt—Q8! K*Z]B3 Q U E £
N'S GAMBIT DECLINED
17 Q—Kt7ch K—Kt4 SALO FLOHR F. SAEMISCH
18 P—R4ch K—B4 White Black
19 Q x Ktch BxQ
20 K t x P mate! 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB 3
2 P—QB4 P—K3
3 P—<JR3 P—Q4
4 Kt—QB3 B—K2
5 B—Kt5 O—O
248. Match, 1928. 6 P—K3 P—QKt3
7 PxP PxP
Colle works up a murderous attack
with his customary ingenuity. 8 B—Q3 B—Kt2
9 KKt—K2 QKt—Q2
I N D I A N DEFENSE 10 Kt—Kt3 Kt—Kl?
COLLE S. LANDAU 11 P—KR4! P—Kt3?
12 B—KR6 Kt—Kt2
White Black
13 P—R5 P—KB4
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 14 PxP PxP
2 Kt—KB3 P—QKt3 15 Q—B3 P—B3
3 P—K3 B—Kt2 16 QKt—K2 B—Q3
4 B—Q3 P—Q3 17 O—O—O Q—B3
5 O—O QKt—Q2 18 R—R3 K—B2
6 QKt—Q2 P—K4 * 19 BxKt QxB
7 P—K4 PxP? 20 BxP! Kt—B3
8 KtxP P—Kt3 21 Kt—B4 BxKt
9 B—Kt5! P—QR3 22 QxB QR—Kl
10 B—B6 Q—Bl 23 QR—Rl K—Ktl
11 P—K5I! PxP
12 Q—B3! BxB
13
14
15
16
KtxB
Kt—B4!
R—Kl
Q—B3!
B—Q3
P—K5
P—R3
Q—Kt2
mm m m • • u r n
17 Kt x Bch PxKt
18 RxPch! K—Bl
19
20
R—K7!
B—B4
K—Kt2
QR—QBl
• a • •
21 Q—QKt3 P—Q4 S I B D b
22 Kt—K5 QR—Kl
23 RxPch K—Ktl WM mm am
24 Q—Kt3 P—KKt4
25 BxP! RxKt
26 B x Ktch KxR 24 R—R8ch QxR
27 Q—Kt7ch K—K3 25 R x Q c h KxR
28 BxR Resigns 26 Q—R6ch K—Ktl
27 Q x P c h K—Rl 32 RxKP B—Kt2

28 Q—R6ch K—Ktl 33 P—K6 Q—K2
29 Kt—R5 and wins 34 R—Kt3 R—Ql
35 QxP Resigns
250. Carlsbad, 1929.
Brilliancy Prize 251. Antwerp, 1929.

One of ten blindfold games
MAX LANGE ATTACK
E. COLLE F. D . YATES
G . KOLTANOWSKI
White Black P. DUNKELBLUM
White Black
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
2 Kt—KB3 P—QKt3 1 P—K4 P—K4
3 P—K3 B—Kt2 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
4 B—Q3 P—K3 3 B—B4 B—B4
5 QKt—Q2 P—Q4 4 O—O Kt—B3
6 O—O B—Q3 5 P—Q4 PxP
7 P—B4 O—O
6 P—K5 P—Q4
7 PxKt PxB
8 P—QKt3 QKt—Q2
8 R—Klch B—K3
9 B—Kt2 Q—K2
9 Kt—Kt5 Q—Q4
10 R—Bl QR-Ql 10 Kt—QB3 Q—B4
11 Kt—K5 P—B4 11 QKt—K4 B—Kt5?
12 Q—K2 Kt—K5 12 P—QB3 PxP
13 BPxP KPxP 13 PxP B—R4
14 P—B4 KtxKt 14 P—Kt4 Q—Kt3
15 QxKt P—B3 15 KtxB PxKt
16 Kt—Kt4 KR—Kl 16 P—B7ch KxP
17 R—B3! Q—K3 17 Kt—Kt5ch K—Ktl
18 R—Kt3 K—Rl 18 RxP Q—Q6
19 Q—QB2 Kt—Bl
20 B—B5 Q—B2
21 R—R3 P—KR4
22 R—Bl! K—Ktl
23 Kt—K5! BxKt
24 BPxB PxQP
25 BxP! B—R3
26 R—B2 R—Bl
27 BxR RxB
28 Q—Ql P—B4
29 B—Kt2 P—Kt3
30 P—KKt4! P—Q5
31 PxBP PxKP
19 Q—Kl! R—KBl
20 R—K8! Q-Q2
21 RxRch KxR
22 B—R3ch Kt—K2
23 R—QUI QxPch
24 K—Bl! QxKt
25 R—Q5! 0—R5
26 R—R5 Q—B3
27 R—KB5! Resigns
252. Manhattan Chess Club,

Spring, 1930.
White gives odds ofQR.
The kind of mate that odds-givers
pray for.
I. KASHDAN B. H O R N E M A N
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K3
2 P—Q4 P—Q4
3 P—K5 P—QB4
4 Q—Kt4 PxP
Kt—KR3 12 BxPch!! KxB
5 Kt—KB3
B—K2 13 Kt—Kt5ch K—Kt3
6 Q—R3
P—QKt3 14 P—KR4! R—Rl
7 B—Q3
Kt—B4 15 RxPch!! Kt—B3
8 Q—Kt3
PxB 16 P—R5ch K—R3
9 BxKt
R—Bl 17 RxB Q—R4
10 QxP
B—R3? 18 Kt x Pch K—R2
11 KtxP
Kt—Q2 19 Kt—Kt5ch K—Ktl
12 KtxP
P—B3? 20 Q—Kt3ch Resigns
13 B—Kt5
14 P—K6! PxB
15 Q—Ktoch!! PxQ
254. San Remo, 1930.
16 Kt—Kt7 mate
Black concludes with one of the
most beautiful mates ever seen in
actual play.
253. Nice, 1930. INDIAN DEFENSE
First Brilliancy Prize E. BOGOLYUBOV M . MONTICELLI
QUEEN'S P A W N OPENING White Black
E. COLLE J . J . O'HANLON 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
White Black 2 P—QB4 P—K3
3 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 Black calls mate in 4.

4 Kt—B3 P—QKt3 36 . . . . Kt—K7ch!!
5 B—Kt5 BxKtch
37 RxKt R—B8ch!
6 PxB B—Kt2 38 KxR Q—R8ch
7 P—K3 P—Q3 39 K—B2 Kt—Kt5 mate
8 B—Q3 QKt—Q2
9 O—O Q—K2
10 Kt—Q2 P—KR3
11 B—R4 P—KKt4 255. Hamburg, July, 1930.
12 B—Kt3 O—O—O Brilliancy Prize
13 P—QR4 p_QR4
14 R—Ktl QR—Ktl I N D I A N DEFENSE
15 P—B3 P—R4 . STAHLBERG A . ALEKHINE
16 P—K4 P—R5
White Black
17 B—Kl P—K4
18 P—R3 Kt—R4 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
19 P—B5! QPxP 2 P—QB4 P—K3
20 P—Q5 Kt—B5 3 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5
21 Kt—B4 R—R3! 4 Q—Kt3 P—B4
22 R—B2 P—B4! 5 PxP Kt—B3
23 P—Q6! RxP! 6 Kt—B3 Kt—K5
24 Kt x Rch QxKt 7 B—Q2 Kt x QBP
25 B—B4 R—Bl 8 Q—B2 P—B4
26 PxP RxP 9 P—QR3 BxKt
27 R—Q2? Q—K2 10 BxB O—O
28 Q—Kt3 R—Bl 11 P—QKt4 Kt—K5
29 B—Q3 P—K5! 12 P—K3 P—QKt3
30 BxP BxB 13 B—Q3 KtxB
31 PxB QxP 14 QxKt B—Kt2
32 Q — B 2 Q—B3 15 O—O Kt—K2
33 p _ B 4 P—Kt5 16 B—K2 Q—Kl
34 B x P PxP 17 KR—Ql R—Ql
35 P—Kt3 Kt—K4! 18 P—QR4 P—B5!
36 R—Kt3 19 P—R5 PxKP
20 QxP Kt—B4
21 Q—B3 P—Q3!
22 PxP PxP
23 Kt—Kl P—K4
24 R—R7 Kt—Q5!
25 Q—K3 R—Q2
26 R—R2 R(2)—KB2
27 P—B3 R—B5
28 B—Q3 Q—R4
29 B—Bl Q—Kt4!
30 R—KB2
....
20 BxP KR—Ktl
21 R—Kt2 P—R5
w mm I
as^lB 22 B—B7 R—QBl
ismmm m
mm. f& n
i 23
24
B—B4
R—QBl
Kt—R4
B—K5ch
M • • • 25 K—Rl Kt—Kt6ch!
^ §NN& « 26 Resigns
.m m
257. Zwickau, 1930.
Black's play is studded with sac-
rifices.
ENGLISH OPENING
P. BLECHSCHMIDT S. FLOHR
30 . . . . P—R3!
31 K — R l RxP!! White Black
Resigns 1 P—QB4 Kt—KB3
If 32 Q x Q, R x R; etc. 2 P—KKt3 P—B4
3 B—Kt2 P—KKt3
4 Kt—QB3 B—Kt2
256. Hamburg, 1930. 5 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
6 O—O P—Q3
Exemplary precision 7 P—KR3 B—Q2
8 P—K3? Q—Bl
I N D I A N DEFENSE 9 K—R2 P—KR4!
G . STAHLBERG I. KASHDAN 10 P—Q4 P—R5!!
White Black 11 PxRP P—KKt4!
12 R—Rl P—Kt5!
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 13 RPxP BxP!
2 P—QB4 P—K3 14 K—Ktl Q—B4
3 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5 15 P—Q5 Kt—K4
4 Q—Kt3 P—B4 16 Q—R4ch KKt—Q2
5 PxP Kt—B3 17 KtxKt BxKt
6 Kt—B3 Kt—K5 18 P—K4 Q—Kt3
7 B—Q2 Kt x QBP 19 K—Bl BxKt
8 Q—B2 O—O 20 PxB B—K7ch
9 P—K4 Q—B3! 21 KxB QxB
10 O—O—O P—QKt3! 22 B—K3 QxP
11 B—Q3 p_QR4| 23 QR—QKtl P—Kt4!!
12 K—Ktl Q—Kt3 24 QxKtP R—QKtl!
13 KR—Ktl B—R3 25 Q—B6! QxPch
14 B—K3 KtxB 26 K—B3 P—B4!!
15 QxKt BxKt 27 RxRch . K—B2
16 PxB P—Q4! 28 B—Q4! Kt—K4ch!
17 KPxP QxQch 29 BxKt Q—K5ch!
18 RxQ BxP 30 K—Kt3 Q—Kt5ch
19 R—Q2 BxQP 31 K—R2 R x P mate
258. Los Angeles-San Francisco 22 P x R Q—Kt4

23 Kt x Qch RPxKt
Match, San Luis Obispo, May, 1931
24 R—Q2 and wins
(Board No. 17)
White saves himself with an amaz-
ing resource.
259. Prague, 1 9 3 1 .
GIUOCO PIANO
Wild and woolly!
VAN ESSEN WOSKOFF
White Black
DR. M . VIDMAR V . MIKE NAS
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—B4 B—B4 1 P—Q4 P—Q4
4 P—B3 B—Kt3 2 P—QB4 P—QB3
5 P—Q4 0—K2 3 Kt—KB3 Kt—B3
6 O—O P—Q3 4 Kt—B3 PxP
7 P—KR3 Kt—B3 5 P—QR4 B—B4
8 R—Kl P—KR3 6 Kt—K5 P—K3
9 Q-Q3 Kt—KR4 7 P—B3 B—QKt5
10 B—Q5 B—Q2 8 P—K4 BxP!!
11 B—K3 P—Kt4 9 PxB KtxP
12 PxP PxP 10 Q—B3 QxP
13 Kt—R2 Kt—B5 11 QxPch K—Ql
14 QBxKt KtPxB 12 B—Kt5ch! K—Bl
15 Kt—Q2 R—KKtl 13 BxP KtxB
16 QKt—Bl Q—R5 14 QxKtP Q—Koch
17 BxPch KxB 15 K—Ql R—Qlch
18 QxBch Kt—K2 16 K—B2 R—Q7ch
19 R—K2 QR-Ql 17 K—Kt3 RxPch!!
20 Kt—B3 Q—R4 18 KxR BxKtch
19 K—Ktl BxKt
20 Q—B8ch K—B2
21 R—R3 Q-Q5
22 R—R2 QxB
23 R—Ql! JCt—Q2!
24 RxKtch KxR
25 R—Q2ch K—B2
26 QxR Kt—B2
27 Q—Kt8 Q—KB8ch
28 K—B2 Q—B4ch
29 K—Ql Kt—Q3
30 P—R5 B—B6
31 RxKt KxR
32 Q—Q8ch K—B4
33 Q—K7ch K—B5
How does White save himself?! 34 QxKtP Q—B8ch
35 K—B2 Q—Q6ch
21 Q—Kt4 RxQ
150
THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
36 K—Bl Q—Q7ch White announced mate in seven (!)
Resigns beginning with 22 Q—Kt5!!
261. Pasadena, 1932.

260. New York, 1931. How to beat a champion.
White announces
clear sky!
mate out of a
CAROK
-ANN DEFENSE
A . ALEKHINE
INDIAN DEFENSE DAKE
White Black
I. A. HOROWITZ A. KEVITZ
1 P—K4 P—QB3
1 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3 3 PxP PxP
2
P—B4 P—QKt3 4 P—QB4 Kt—KB3
3
P—Q4 B—Kt2 5 Kt—QB3 Kt—B3
Kt—B3
4 P—K3 6 Kt—B3 B—K3
P—K3
5
6 B—Q3
7 O—O
B—Kt5
P—Q4
O—O 7
8
P—B5
B—QKt5
P—KKt3
B—Kt2
9 Kt—K5 Q—Bl
8 PxP PxP 10 Q—R4 B—Q2
9 P—QR3 BxKt
10 P x B
11 p _ B 4
QKt—Q2
P—B4
11
12
13
O—O
B—KB4
BxKt
O—O
P—QR3
PxB
12 B—Kt2 R—Bl 14 KR—Kl Kt—R4
13 R—Bl P—QR3 15 B—Q2 R—R2
14 Kt—K5 PxQP 16 R—K2 B—Kl
15 K P x P PxP 17 QR—Kl P—B4
16 K t x Q B P P_QKt4 18 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
17 Kt—Q6 RxR 19 RxP RxR
18 Q x R B—Rl 20 RxR P—B5
19 Kt—B5 Kt—Q4 21 BxP Kt—K5
20 R—Kl QKt—Kt3 22 B—K5 B—R3
21 R—K4 R—Kl 23 KtxKt PxKt
•1
M • mm
Wm,
m
24 Kt—Kt5! Q—B4 24 QR—KBl R—R3

25 Q—Kt3ch B—B2 25 B—Q3 Q-Q3!
26 KtxB RxKt 26 P—Kt3 QxPch!!
27 RxR QxR 27 R—Kt2 QxRch
28 Q—Kt8ch Q—Bl 28 QxQ BxQ
29 P—Q5! P—K6 29 KxB RxP
30 P—B4 QxQ Resigns
31 BxQ K—B2
32 PxP K—Kl
33 P—QKt4 P—Kt4
34 P—Kt3 PxP 263. London Congress, 1932.
35 PxP K—Ql The following snappy game is a
36 P—QR4 K—Bl fair specimen of the convincing
37 B—Q6 B—Kt2 style of the world's woman cham-
38 K—Bl Resigns pion.
I N D I A N DEFENSE
262. Pasadena, 1932. MRS V . MENCHIK SIR G . A .
A Steiner Brilliancy STEVENSON THOMAS
QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED White Black

R. FINE H . STEINER 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB 3
2 P—QB4 P—KKt3
White Black
3 Kt—QB3 B—Kt2
1 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 4 P—K4 P—Q3
2 P—Q4 Kt—KB 3 5 P—B3 O—O
3 P—B4 P—K3 6 B—K3 P—K4
4 Kt—B3 B—K2 7 KKt—K2! P—Kt3
5 B—Kt5 O—O 8 Q—Q2 Kt—B3
6 P—K3 QKt—Q2 9 P—Q5 Kt—K2
7 R—Bl P—B3 10 P—KKt4 Kt—Q2
8 B—Q3 PxP 11 R—KKtl P—QR4
9 BxP Kt—Q4 12 O—O—O Kt—QB4
10 BxB QxB
•I BZ.mm mi
11 O—O KtxKt
12 PxKt P—K4
13 Q—B2 P—K5
Z. ZtM
•m&mmmmm m&
14 Kt—Q2 Kt—B3
15 QR—Kl B—B4
16 P—KB3 B—Kt3
m
17 PxP KtxP
18 KtxKt BxKt
m • • •
19 Q—Q2 K—Rl
wm fc£ mm
20 R—B4 P—B4
21 B—Q3 p_KKt4
22
23
R—B2
B—B4
QR—Kl
R—B3 1 BbBaH
152 T H E GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
13 Kt—Kt3 B—Q2
14 P—KR4 P—R5
1 5 P—R5 Q—Ktl
16 B—R6 Q—R2
17 BxB KxB
18 Kt—B5ch KtxKt
t B 11! • >
19 KtP x Kt P—R6
20 P—B6ch! K—Rl
21 Q—R6 PxPch
22 K—Ktl R—KKtl
23 PxP PxP
24 QxPch! Resigns
264. Tokio, January, 1933. 25 P—QKt3 P—Kt3

26 Kt—B5 B—B4
One of fifteen blindfold games.
27 RxBP R—Kl
R U Y LOPEZ 28 P—KB3 R—K7
u ALEKHINE KlMUR 29 RxRP RxP
30 Kt—K4 B—K3
White Black 31 P—KR4 K—Kt2
1 P—K4 P—K4 32 K—R2 K—R3
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 33 K—Kt3 B—Q2
3 B—Kt5 P—QR3 34 P—R4 P—B4
4 BxKt KtP x B 35 Kt—Kt5 R—B6
5 P—Q4 PxP 36 R—R7 R—Q6
6 QxP P—Q3 37 P—QR5 K—R4
7 O—O B—K3 38 KtxP Resigns
8 Kt—B3 Kt—B3
9 B—Kt5 B—K2
10 Q—R4 B—Q2 265. Folkestone, 1933.
11 QR—Ql O—O
12 P—K5! Kt—Kl A pretty finish.
13 BxB QxB FRENCH DEFENSE
14 PxP PxP A . W . DAKE CRANSTON
15 KR—Kl Q-Ql (Portland, Ore.) (Ireland)
16 Kt—Q4 Q—B2
17 R—K7 Kt—B3 White Black
18 Kt—B5 Q-Ql 1 P—K4 P—K3
19 RxQP R—Kl 2 P—Q4 P—Q4
(see diagram next column) 4 B—Kt5 PxP
20 Kt—K4! RxR 5 KtxP B—JC2
21 Kt x Ktch K—Rl 6 BxKt BxB
22 KtxR QxKt 7 Kt—KB3 Kt—Q2
8 P—B3 O—O
23 Q—K4! QxQ
9 Q—B2 B—K2
24 KtxQ B—K3
26 Kt—B4! KtxB
10
11 O—O—o
P—KR4 P—QB3
Kt—B3 27 KtxKtP! K—Kt2
12 Kt x Ktch BxKt 28 R—KKtl!! PxKt
13 B—Q3 29 RxPch KxR
14 P_R5 P—KKt3
K—Kt2 30 Q—K6! KtxP?
15 R—R2 R—KKtl 31 R—Ktlch K—R3
16 Q—Q2 K—Rl 32 Q—K3ch K—R2
17 Q—R6 B—Kt2
18 QxPch! Resigns
266. New York, 1933.

A magnificent display of combina-
tive skill.
. FINE N. GROSSMAN
White Black
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
2 P—QB4 P—K3 33 Q—K7ch K—R3
3 Kt—QB3 P—Q4 34 Q—Kt7ch Resigns
4 B—Kt5 B—Kt5
5 P—K3 P—B3 30 . . . Kt—K4!! draws. Hard
6 Q—Kt3! BxKtch game!
7 PxB QKt—Q2
8 PxP BPxP
9 B—Q3 O—O
10 Kt—K2 Q-R4 267. Leningrad, 1933.
11 P—B3 P—QKt3 Watch the wanderings of Black's
12 O—O B—R3 Queen!
13 Q—B2 BxB
SICILIAN DEFENSE
14 QxB KR—Bl
15 B—R4 P—QKt4 W . A. RAUSER M . BOTVINNIK
16 P—K4 R—B5 White Black
17 P—K5 Kt—Kl
18 P—B4 P—Kt3 1 P—K4 P—QB4
19 P—Kt4 Q—Kt3 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
20 K—Rl Kt—Kt2 3 P—Q4 PxP
21 P—B5! KPxP 4 KtxP Kt—B3
22 PxP KtxKP 5 Kt—QB3 P—Q3
23 Q—R3 Kt—B3 6 B—K2 P—KKt3
24 B—B6 Kt—R4 7 B—K3 B—Kt2
25 PxP RPxP 8 Kt—Kt3 B—K3
9 P—B4 O—O
(see diagram next p a g e ) 10 O—O Kt—QR4!
11 KtxKt QxKt 269. Sitges, 1934.

12 B—B3 B—B5
KR—Ql Tartakower is trounced in the open-
13 KR—Kl
ing.
14 Q—Q2 Q—B2
15 QR—Bl P—K4 QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED
16 P—QKt3 P—Q4!!
DR. S. TARTAKOWER
17 KPxP P—K5!
DR. R. REY-ARDID
18 PxB PxB
19 P—B5 Q—R4 White Black
20 KR—Ql Kt—Kt5 1 P—Q4 P—Q4
21 B—Q4 P_B7ch!
2 P—QB4 P—K3
22 K—Bl Q—R3ch
23 Q—K2 BxB 3 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3
24 RxB Q—KB3! 4 Kt—B3 P—B4
25 QR—Ql Q—R5 5 BPxP KtxP
26 Q—Q3 R—Kl! 6 P—KKt3 PxP
27 R—K4 P—B4! 7 KtxP? KtxKt
28 R—K6 KtxPch 8 PxKt P—K4
29 K—K2 QxP 9 Kt—Kt5 Q—R4!
30 Resigns 10 Q—Q5 Kt—B3
11 R—QKtl B—K3
12 Kt—Q6ch BxKt
13 QxB R—Ql
268. Munich, 1933 ( ? ) 14 Q—R3 Kt—Q5!
Dr. Tarrasch was over seventy 15 Q—Kt2 B—B4
when this game was played! 16 B—Q2 Kt—B7ch
17 K—Ql Kt—R6
RUY LOPEZ
18 Q—Kt4 Q-Q4
AMATEUR DR. S. TARRASCH 19 R—Kt2 QxR
White Black Resigns
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—Kt5 P—QR3
4 B—R4 Kt—B3
5 O—O B—B4 270. About 1934.
6 KtxP KtxP The "stairway" mate is interesting.
7 KtxKt QPxKt
PETROFF DEFENSE
8 Q—B3 Q—R5
9 Kt—B3 KtxKt E. NORMAN-HANSEN
10 BxPch PxB! E. ANDERSON
11 Q x QBPch B—Q2 White Black
12 QxRch K—K2
13 QxR Kt—K7ch 1 P—K4 P—K4
14 K—Rl BxP 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3
15 P—KR3 QxPch! 3 KtxP P—Q3
16 PxQ B—B3ch 4 Kt—KB3 KtxP
17 K—R2 B—Kt6 mate 5 P—Q4 P—Q4
6 B—Q3 B—KKt5 (Twenty-sixth g a m e )

7 O—O B—Q3 The famous game (known as "The
8 P—B4 O—O Pearl of Zandvoort") which vir-
9 PxP P—KB4 tually decided the match.
10 Kt—B3 Kt—Q2
B—R4 DUTCH DEFENSE
11 P—KR3
12 K t x K t PxKt R. M . EUWE A . ALEKHINE
13 B x P Kt—B3 White Black
14 B—B5 K—Rl
1 P—Q4 P—K3
15 B—K6 Kt—K5
2 P—QB4 P—KB4
16 P—KKt4 B—Kt3 B—Kt5cfa
3 P—KKt3
17 K—Kt2 Q—B3 4 B—Q2 B—K2
18 B—K3 QR—Kl 5 B—Kt2 Kt—KB3
19 P—KR4 RxB! 6 Kt—QB3 O—O
20 P x R Kt—B6!! 7 Kt—B3 Kt—K5
21 P x K t B—K5 8 O—O p_QKt3
9 Q—B2 B—Kt2
Black now wins by force in all 10 Kt—K5 KtxKt
variations. 11 BxKt BxB
• •
12 KxB Q—Bl
13 P—Q5! P—Q3
14 Kt—Q3 P—K4
15 K—Rl P—B3
16 Q—Kt3 K—Rl
17 P—B4 P—K5
ILIII I^N 18
19
Kt—Kt4!
Kt—B2
P—B4
Kt—Q2
i
"
11 mm*
"' ' "gpi
20
21
22
23
Kt—K3
KtxP!
KtxQP
KtxP
B—B3?
BxB
Q—Ktl
B—B3
24 Kt—Q2! P—KKt4!
25 P—K4 PxP
22 K—R3 QxKtch 26 PxP B—Q5
23 QxQ RxQch 27 P—K5 Q—Kl
24 K—Kt2 R—Kt6ch 28 P—K6 KR—Ktl
25 K—R2 R—Kt7ch 29 Kt—B3 Q—Kt3
26 K—Rl R—R7ch 30 R—KKtl BxR
R—R8 mate 31 RxB Q—B3?
27 K—Ktl
32 Kt—Kt5!
A Pure Mate. (see diagram next p a g e )
32 . . . . R—Kt2
33 PxKt RxP
34 Q—K3 R—K2
271. W o r l d Championship 35 Kt—K6 R—KBl
Match, 1935. 36 Q—K5 QxQ
11 Kt—B2 P—KR4
12 Kt—Ktl KKt—K2
13 B—Q2 Kt—Kt3
14 P—R3 B—Kt5!
15 PxB P x P dis. ch.
16 Kt—R3 Kt—B5!!
i i ipflS 111
•
mm• it
ii
II
•
37 Px
38 R—Kl
39 Kt—Q8!
40
41
P—K6
Kt—B6
'B&B 'BAB
42 P—K7
43 Kt—Q8
44 Kt—Kt7 17 PxKt KPxP
45 R—K6ch 18 P—B3 PxKt
46 Kt—Q6 19 B—Rl Kt—K4
47 Kt—K4ch 20 Q—K2 B—Q3
21 R—KKtl O—0—O
22 P—Kt4 P—Kt3
23 P—R4 R—R5
272. Philadelphia, 1936. 24 B—Kl R—R2
25 B—Q2 R—R5
A far-sighted combination wins for
Black.
26 B—Kl KR—Rl
27 B—Q2 QR—Ktl
RETI O P E N I N G 28 P—R5 P—Kt5!
I. KASHDAN L A . HOROWITZ 29 BxP KtxPch
30 BxKt BxBch
White Black
31 K—Rl P—Kt6!
1 Kt—KB3 P—Q4 32 RxP RxR
2 P—B4 P—Q5 33 RPxP KR—Ktl!
3 P—KKt3 P—QB4 34 PxRP QxP!
4 B—Kt2 Kt—QB3 35 B—Kt4ch KRxB
5 O—O P—K4 36 QxRch RxQ
6 P—K4 B—Kt5 37 RxQ R—Kt7
7 P—KR3 B—K3 38 Kt—Kl R—KB7!
8 P—Q3 P—B3 39 K—Ktl P—R7ch
9 Kt—R3 Q-Q2 40 KxR P—R8(Q)
10 K—R2 P—KKt4 41 Resigns
273. Nottingham, 1936.

274. Nottingham, 1936.
White's game collapses with sur-
prising suddenness. Brilliancy Prize
QUEEN'S G A M B I T I N D I A N DEFENSE
DR. E. LASKER S. RESHEVSKY
M . BOTVINNIK DR. S. TARTAKOWER
White Black
WHITE BLACK
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—QB4 • PxP 1 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3
3 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3 2 P—B4 P—Q3
4 P—K3 P—K3 3 P—Q4 QKt—Q2
5 BxP P—B4 4 P—KKt3 P—K4
6 Kt—B3 P—QR3 5 B—Kt2 B—K2
7 O—O P—QKt4 6 O—O O—O
8 B—Q3 PxP 7 Kt—B3 P—B3
9 PxP B—Kt2 8 P—K4 Q—B2
10 B—Kt5 B—K2 9 P—KR3 R—Kl
11 Q—K2 O—O 10 B—K3 Kt—Bl?
12 QR—Ql QKt—Q2 11 R—Bl P—KR3
13 Kt—K5 Kt—Q4! 12 P—Q5 B—Q2
14 B—Bl KKtxKt 13 Kt—Q2 P—KKt4?
15 PxKt Kt—B3 14 P—B4 KtPxP
16 P—QR4 Q—Q4! 15 KtPxP K—Kt2
17 Kt—B3 KR—Bl! 16*PXKP PxKP
18 B—Kt2 Kt—K5! 17 P—B5 PxP
19 R—Bl Kt—Kt4! 18 KtxP Q—B3
20 PxP PxP 19 Kt—QB4 Kt—Kt3
21 BxP 20 Kt—Q6 B—K3
21 KtxB KtxKt
22 RxKt!! KxR
mmmm mm
mm z : .
23 Q—R5 Kt—Kt3
24 Kt—B5! R—KKtl
25 QxP BxP
: 26 R—Ql QR-Ql
mm^m^Smm^W^ 27 Q—Kt5ch K—K3
28 RxR P—B3
29 RxR Kt—B5
mmm
30 Q—Kt7 Resigns
B
mo BIB 275. Belgian National Tourney,
1936.
21 . . . . Kt x Ktch Brilliancy Prize
22 P x K t Q—Kt4ch
Shades of Dr. Lasker!
23 K — R l Q—Kt5!
Resigns QUEEN'S P A W N OPENING
. KOLTANOWSKY M . DEFOSSE 30 R—K5 Resigns

White Black The double sacrifice of the bishop
came as a surprise, and was as
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
pleasing as it was decisive.
2 Kt—KB 3 P—K3
3 P—K3 P—Q4
4 B—Q3 P—B4
5 P—B3 Kt—B3
6 QKt—Q2 B—K2 21G. U. S. Championship
7 O—O O—O
8 PxP BxP Tournament, New York, 1936.
9 P—K4 Q—B2 Reshevsky is not often beaten in
10 Q—K2 B—Q3 this fashion.
11 R—Kl Kt—KKt 5
12 P—KR3 KKt—K4 CARO-KANN D E F E N S E
13 KtxKt KtxKt
A. HOROWITZ S. RESHEVSKY
14 PxP PxP
15 Kt—B3 Kt x Ktch White Black
16 QxKt B—K3
1 P—K4 P—QB3
17 B—K3 QR—Ql
18 B—B2 P—QKt4 2 P—Q4 P—Q4
19 B—Q4 B—QB4 3 Kt—QB3 PxP
20 QR—Ql P—Kt5 4 KtxP Kt—B3
21 B—K5 B—Q3 5 Kt—Kt3 P—KR4
6 Q-Q3 P—R5
7 Kt—K4 KtxKt
8 QxKt Kt—Q2
9 B—KKt5! Q—Kt3
10 O—O—O Q—R4
11 Kt—B3 QxP
12 B—Q3 Q—R8ch
13 K—Q2 Q—R4ch
14 P—B3 P—R6
15 KR—Kl Kt—B3
16 Q—B4 Kt—Q4
17 Q—Kt3 PxP
18 P—R4 P—Kt8(Q)
19 QxQ P—Kt4
20 R—Rl Q—Kt3
22 BxPch! KxB
K—Ktl 21 Kt—K5 P—Kt5
23 Q—R5ch
24 B x P! KxB 22 QR—Bl PxPch
25 Q—Kt5ch K—R2 23 PxP P—K3
26 R—Q4 B—R7ch 24 Q—Kt4 B—Q3
27 K—Rl Q—KB 5 25 P—R5 BxKt
28 RxQ BxR 26 RxB R—QKtl
29 QxB R—KKtl 27 B—R4 K—Bl
28 Q—Kt3 P—B3 27 Q—R4 R—Q6
29 R x Kt! P—K4 28 Kt—B5 Kt—Kt3
30 RxP! B—R3 29 Q—R5 Q—B2
31 R—QKtl 0-Qi 30 P—KR4! B—KBl
32 RxR QxR 31 Kt—R6ch BxKt
33 R—QB5 Q—Kt7ch 32 QxB Q—R2
34 B—B2 Resigns 33 Q—Kt5 K—B2
34 BxR PxB
35 Q—B5ch Resigns
277. Zandvoort, 1936.
Brilliancy Prize. 278. Ostend, 1937.

Keres made a brilliant start by win-
ning this game from Fine.
R. M . EUWE G . MAROCZY
White Black KERES R. Fir
2 P—QB4 P—K3 1 Kt—KB3 P—Q4
3 Kt—QB3 Kt—KB3 2 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
4 B—Kt5 B—K2 3 P—B4 P—K3
5 P—K3 O—O 4 Kt—B3 P—B4
6 Kt—B3 QKt—Q2 5 BPxP KtxP
7 R—Bl P—B3 6 P—K4 KtxKt
8 P—QR3 P—KR3 7 PxKt PxP
9 B—B4 P—R3 8 PxP B—Kt5ch
10 P—R3 PxP 9 B—Q2 BxBch
11 BxBP P—QKt4 10 QxB O—O
12 B—QR2 B—Kt2 11 B—B4 Kt—Q2
13 O—O P—B4 12 O—O P—QKt3
14 Kt—K5 P—B5 13 QR—Ql B—Kt2
15 B—Ktl R—Kl 14 KR—Kl R—Bl
16 Q—K2 KtxKt 15 B—Kt3 Kt—B3
17 PxKt Kt—R2 16 Q—B4 Q—B2
18 Q—R5 Kt—Bl 17 Q—R4 KR—Ql
19 QR—Ql Q—B2 18 R—K3 P—QKt4
20 BxP! PxB 19 QR—Kl P—QR4
21 R—Q4! P—B4 20 P—QR4 P—Kt5?
22 P x P e.p. BxBP 21 P—Q5! PxP
23 R—Kt4ch B—Kt2 22 P—K5 Kt—Q2
24 QxRP QR-Ql 23 Kt—Kt5 Kt—Bl
25 Kt—K2! P—K4 24 Kt x RP! KtxKt
26 Kt—Kt3 R—K3 25 R—R3 Q—B8
160 THE GOLDEN TREASURY O F CHESS
26 Q x Ktch K—Bl P—K5 Kt—Q4

P—Q5 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
27 R—K3
K—K2 P—Q4 B—Kt5
28 Q—R8ch
R—Bl P—B4 Kt—Kt3
29 QxP!
K—Kl B—K2 PxP
30 Q—B6ch
Resigns KtxP BxB
31 P—K6!
8 QxB QxP
9 O—O QKt—Q2
10 K t x K t Kt x Kt?
279. Margate, 1937. 11 Kt—B3 P—QB3
Black's weak opening play leads to 12 B—K3 Q—K4
a catastrophe. 13 QR—Ql P—K3
I N D I A N DEFENSE
14 Q—B3! O—O—O
15 B x P Q—QR4
P. KERES C . ALEXANDER Q—KB4
16 B - Q4
White Black 17 Q- -Kt3 P—K4
18 B—K3 B—Kt5
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
19 Kt—R4 B—R4!
2 P—QB4 P—K3
20 P—B4! B—B2
3 Kt—QB3 B—Kt5
P—QKt3 21 P—Kt3 P—B3
4 Kt—B3
5 P—KKt3 B—Kt2 22 P x P Q—K3
6 B—Kt2 Q—Bl 23 P—KR3! KR—Ktl
7 O—O P—B4? 24 B—Q4 KtxP
8 Kt—QKt5! PxP 25 Q—QB3! Kt—Q2
9 B—B4! Kt—R3 26 P—B5! KR—Kl
10 B—Q6! QxP 27 P _ Q K t 4 ! Kt—Ktl
11 Q—R4 B—B3 28 Kt—Kt6ch BxKt
12 KKt x P BxKB 29 P x B QxQRP
13 QxKt BxR R—Q2
QxKKt 30 Q—KKt3!
14 RxB Q—B2
15 KtxQ BxB 31 B—B5
Q—Kt3
16 Kt—Kt5 K—K2 32 R — R l
R—K4
17 R—Ql B—B4 33 Q—R2!
R—Q7
18 P—QR3 Kt—K5 34 R—R8
KxR
19 RxPch! K—B3 35 R x K t c h
20 Q—Kt7 Resigns 36 Q x R c h
and mate in three moves.
280. Kemeri, June, 1937.

The mating attack is very pretty.
281. Kemeri, June, 1937.
ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE
Position play of the highest order.
A. ALEKHINE S. RESHEVSKY
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
White Black
A . ALEKHINE R. FINE
1 P—K4 Kt—KB 3
White Black KERES E. ELISKASES

2 P—QB4 PxP
1 P—K4 P—QB4
3 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3
4 Q—R4ch 2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
Q-Q2 3 P—QKt4 PxP
5 QxBP Q—B3
4 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
6 Kt—R3 QxQ
5 B—Q3 P—Q4
7 KtxQ P—K3
P—B4? 6 QKt—Q2 PxP
8 P—QR3
7 KtxP QKt—Q2
9 B—B4 Kt—B3
8 Kt(4)—Kt5! Q—B2
10 PxP BxP
11 P—QKt4 B—K2 9 P—B4! P—KR3
10 Kt—R3 P—KKt4
12 P—Kt5 Kt—QKtl
11 Kt(R3)—Ktl B—Kt2
13 Kt—Q6ch BxKt
12 Kt—K2 P—K4
14 BxB Kt—K5
Kt—Q2 13 Kt—Kt3 O—O
15 B—B7!
16 Kt—Q4! 14 O—O P—K5
Kt—Kt3
17 P—B3 Kt—Q4 15 KtxKP KtxKt
18 B—R5 Kt(K5)—B3 16 BxKt QxP
B—Q2 17 B—Q3 Q-Q4
19 Kt—B2!
20 P—K4 R—QBl 18 R—Kl P—Kt5
21 K—Q2! Kt—Kt3 19 Kt—R4 Kt—Kt3
O—O 20 R—Ktl B—Q2
22 Kt—K3
23 P—QR4! KR—Ql 21 R—K4 KR—Kl
24 B—Q3 P—K4 22 R—B4 Q-Q3
25 KR—QBl B—K3 23 B—Q2 Kt—Q4
26 RxR RxR 24 R x KKtP! BxR
Kt—Kl 25 QxB Q—KB3
27 B—Kt4
26 Kt—B5 K—Bl
28 P—R5 Kt—Q2
27 KtxB QxKt
29 Kt—Q5! BxKt
28 Q—R5 Kt—B3
30 PxB Kt—B4 P—KR4
29 Q—R4
31 B—B5! R—Ql 30 RxP QR—Bl
32 K—B3! P—QKt3 31 P—KR3 R—B2
33 PxP PxP 32 R—Kt5 R—K3
34 BxKt! PxB 33 RxRP! Resigns
35 P—Kt6 Kt—Q3
For, if 33 . . . K t x R ; 34 Q—
36 B—Q7! RxB
Q8ch, R — K l ; 35 B—Kt4ch!
37 R—R8ch
and mate in two.
283. Played in U.S.S.R.

282. Semmering-Baden, 1937.
Championship, 1939.
The modern gambit style. Keres' favorite move still continues
SICILIAN DEFENSE to pay dividends.
FALKBEER COUNTER G A M B I T 9 R—Bl Kt—B3

V . PETROV
10 R x K t ! P—Q3
KERES
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 P—KB4 P—Q4
3 KPxP P—K5
4 P—Q3! Kt—KB3
5 QKt—Q2 PxP
6 BxP QxP
7 KKt—KB3 B—QB4
8 Q—K2ch Q—K3
9 Kt—K5! O—O
10 Kt—K4 KtxKt
11 QxKt P—KKt3
12 P—QKt4 B—K2
13 B—Kt2 B—B3
14 O—O—O Kt—B3 11 QxPch!! KxQ
15 P—KR4 P—KR4 12 B—R6ch K—Ktl
16 P—Kt4 BxKt 13 R—Kt6ch! RPxP
17 PxB QxKtP 14 Kt—B6 mate
18 Q—K3 KtxKtP
19 P—K6! Kt—Q4
20 PxPch RxP
285. New York, 1940.
21 B—B4 P—B3
22 RxKt! QxB Brilliancy Prize
23 Q—K8ch Resigns
DR. J . PLATZ E. J . KORPANTY
White Black
284. Los Angeles, 1940. 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3

2 P—QB4 P—K3
Simultaneous Exhibition: Brevity is 3 Kt—QB3 P—Q4
the soul of wit. 4 B—Kt5 QKt—Q2
5 P—K3 B—K2
VIENNA GAME
6 Kt—B3 P—B3
I. A . HOROWITZ AMATEUR 7 Q—B2 P—QR3
White Black 8 R—Ql O—O
9 P—QR3 P—KR3
1 P—K4 P—K4 10 P—KR4 Kt—Kt5
2 Kt—QB3 Kt—QB3 11 B—B4 P—KB4
3 B—B4 B—B4 12 B—Q3 PxP?
4 Q—Kt4! Q—B3? 13 B x Q B P Kt—Kt3
5 Kt—Q5 QxPch 14 B—QR2 Kt—Q4
6 K—Ql K—Bl 15 P—KKt3 K—Rl
7 Kt—R3 Q-Q5 16 Kt—K5 KKtxKt
8 P—Q3 B—Kt3 17 B x K t B—Q3
18 Kt—K2 BxB 22 RxB! QxR

19 PxB Q—K2 23 R—KBl Q—Kt4
20 B—Ktl Q—KB2 24 BxPch K—Rl
21 R—Q4 P—KKt3 25 R—B3! P—Kt3
22 P—KKt4 B—Q2 26 R—Kt3 Q—B3
23 Kt—B4 QR-Ql 27 BxP Q—R5
24 R—Ktl B—Bl 28 R — R 3 QxR
25 Q—Ql P—B4 29 PxQ R—K2
26 PxP! PxR 30 Q—R5ch K—Ktl
27 Kt x Pch K—R2 31 Kt—B3 R—KBl
28 Kt x Rch QxKt 32 Kt—Kt5 R—B3
29 PxPch K—Rl 33 Q—R6 Resigns
30 Q—Q3 Q—K2
31 Q—Kt6 Resigns
287. U. S. Chess Championship,

New York, 1942.
286. Summer, 1941.
Dynamic play by the champion!
New York State Championship
R U Y LOPEZ
A brilliant young player defeats a
famous veteran. H. SEIDMAN S. RESHEVSKY
RUY LOPEZ White Black

H . SEIDMAN EDWARD LASKER 1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
White Black
3 B—Kt5 P—QR3
1 P—K4 P—K4 4 B—R4 Kt—B3
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 5 O—O B—K2
3 B—Kt5 P—QR3 6 Q—K2 P—QKt4
4 B—R4 Kt—B3 7 B—Kt3 P—Q3
5 O—O B—K2 8 P—QR4 B—Kt5
6 Q—K2 P—QKt4 9 P—B3 O—O
7 B—Kt3 O—O 10 P—R3 B—R4
8 P—QR4 R—Ktl 11 R—Ql P—Kt5
9 PxP PxP 12 P—Q4 KtPxP!
10 P—B3 P—Q4 13 P—Kt4 Q—Ktl!
11 P—Q3 B—K3 14 B—Q5 Kt x B!
12 Kt—Kt5 B—KKt5 15 PxKt B—Kt3
13 P—B3 B—Bl 16 KtP x P Kt—R4
14 PxP KtxP 17 QKt—Q2 PxP!!
15 KtxRP R—Kl 18 QxB R—Kl
16 Kt—Kt5 BxKt 19 Q—Kt5 PxP
17 BxB KtxP 20 Kt—R4 P—KB3!
18 PxKt QxB 21 Q—B4 B—B7!
19 P—KB4 Q—Kt3 22 Kt—B5 BxR
20 Kt—Q2 B—Kt5 23 Kt—K4 RxKt!
21 P—B5! BxP 24 QxR Q—Kl!!
25 Q—Kt4! Kt—Kt6 23 QxRch K—K2

26 R—Ktl KtxB 24 Q—K4ch K—Ql
27 RxKt P—B7 25 R—B2 Q—B3
28 Q—Kt7 Q-Qi 26 P—B6 R—Kl
29 Q—Kt3 R—Ktl 27 P—B7ch Resigns
30 Q—R2 P—KR4!
31 Kt—Q4 PxP
32 PxP Q—Kl
Q—K7 289. New York, 1942.
33 KtxP
34 P—Kt5 PxP Brilliant ten-second chess.
35 Q—R3 BxKt
EVANS GAMBIT DECLINED
36 Q—QB3 B—K5
37 Q x P Q—Kt5ch H . HELMS O . TENNER
Resigns White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—B4 B—B4
288. U . S. Championship 4 P—QKt4 B—Kt3
Tournament, New York, 1942. 5 P—QR4 P—QR3
6 P—R5 B—R2
n old-fashioned slugging match. 7 P—Kt5 PxP
ALEKHINES DEFENSE 8 BxP Kt—B3
9 B—R3 KtxKP
A . HOROWITZ H. SEIDMAN 10 Q—K2 Kt x BP
White Black 11 KtxP Kt—Q5
1 P—K4 Kt—KB3
2 P—K5 Kt—Q4
3 P—QB4 Kt—Kt3
4 P—Q4 P—Q3
5 P—B4 P—Kt3
6 Kt—QB3 B—Kt2
7 Kt—B3 PxP
8 BPxP B—Kt5
9 P—B5 Kt—Q4 m A
10 Q—Kt3 BxKt
11 PxB P—K3
12 KtxKt Q—R5ch
13 K—K2 PxKt
14 QxKtP QxQP
15 Q—B8ch K—K2
12j§txQPch! KtxQ
16 B—Kt5ch P—B3
Kt—Q2 13 K l — B 6 m a t e
17 QxPch
18 PxPch BxP
19 Q—Q6ch K—Kl
20 R—QlM QxPch 289. Blindfold, 1942.
21 R—Q2 Q—B6
22 QxP BxB A delightful finish.
DANISH GAMBIT J . F. DONOVAN S. N . BERNSTEIN

ALEKHINE A. SUPICO White Black
White Black
1 P—K4 P—K4
1 P—K4 P—K4 2 Kt—KB 3 Kt—QB3
2 P—Q4 PxP 3 B—Kt5 P—QR3
3 P—QB3 PxP 4 B—R4 Kt—B3
4 KtxP B—Kt5
5 O—O B—K2
5 B—QB4 Q—K2
6 Kt—K2 6 Q—K2 P—QKt4
Kt—KB3
7 O—O O—O 7 B—Kt3 O—O
8 B—KKt5 Q—K4? 8 P—B3 P—Q4
9 BxKt QxB 9 P—Q3 P—Q5
10 Kt—Q5 Q-Q3 10 PxP B—KKt5!
11 P—K5 Q—B4 11 P—Q5 Kt—Q5
12 R—Bl Q—R4 12 Q-Ql Kt—R4
13 P—QR3 BxP
13 B—K3 Kt x Ktch
14 PxB P—QB3
15 Kt—K7ch K—Rl 14 PxKt B—KR6
16 Q—Q6! Q-Ql 15 R—Kl B—Kt4
17 Kt—Q4 . P—QKt3 16 K—Rl B—B5
18 R—B3! P—QB4 17 BxB KtxB
19 Kt(4)—B5 B—R3 18 R—Ktl Q—R5
20 Q—Kt6! Resigns 19 Q-Q2 QR—Ql
m. • • • 20
21
22
Kt—B3
Kt—Ql
Kt—K3
R—Q3
B—Q2
Q x Pch!
M i • ~mm
II l i i i l t Resigns
•m wummt
• •'•
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mm
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mm mw mm 2 1 m m
m
MM m
290. Ventnor City, 1942. |w| L^PI -Mm
The same game in a handsome m mm m
edition.
R U Y LOPEZ
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, sub-
sidized 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 fine-
comb existing ideas extensively and occasionally produce in-
teresting 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
167
T H E PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY
291. Salzburg, 1943. 26 BxKt PxB

Typical of Keres at his best. 27 B—
-R5ch K—Q2
SICILIAN DEFENSE 28 B—
-Kt4ch K—B3
29 Q-
-B5! P—Kt4
30 Q-
-Q5ch K—Kt3
31 Q-
-Q4ch K—B3
P. KERES E. BOGOLYUBOV
White Black
32 K-tQ
-3 Resigns
1 P—K4 P—QB4
2 Kt—K2 P—K3
3 P—Q4 PxP
4 KtxP Kt—KB 3
5 Kt—QB3 P—Q3
6 P—KKt4 Kt—B3
7 P—Kt5 Kt x Kt?? Kiev, 1944.
8 QxKt Kt—Q2 One of 292.
the most amazing
9 B—K3 P—QR3 moves on record. winning
10 B—K2 . Q—B2
11 P—B4! P—QKt3 FRENCHDEFENSE
12 P—B5! Kt—K4 BRONSTEIN
13 PxP PxP GOLDENOV
14 P—QR4! B—K2 White Black
15 P—R4! Q—B4
16 Q—Q2 Q—B2? 1 P—K4 P—K3
17 R—KBl B—Kt2 2 P— Q4 P—Q4
18 B—Q4! R—KBl 3 Kt— QB3 K t
— KB 3
19 O—O—O RxR 4 B—Kt5 B—Kt5
20 RxR B—Ql 5 P—K5 P—KR3
21 Q—B4 Kt—Kt3 6 B—Qz BxKt
22 Q—Kt4 Q—K2 7 PxB Kt—K5
23 Q—R5! 8 Q—Kt4 P—KKt 3
9 B—Bl!? P—QB4
10 B—Q3 P x P?
m
H i 11 Kt—K2 Kt—B4
X m m. JL 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
23 P—K4 21 Kt—Kt3 KtxQP
24B—K3 B—B2 22 KR—Bl Kt—Kt4
25QxP Kt—B5 23 R(3)—B2 Q-Ql
24 R—B8!!
24 . . . ' . Resigns 20 B x B R—Kt3

21 Q x Ktch! Resigns
Mate cannot be averted!
293. Groningen, 1946.

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A very pretty game!'—Reinfeid
SICILIAN DEFENSE 294. Surrey, 1947.
V. SMYSLOV C KOTTNAUER
Black's game seems safe enough —
but Alexander lashes out with two
White Black powerful moves!
1 P—K4 P—QB4 QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE
2 Kt—KB 3 P—Q3
3 P—Q4 PxP C. H. ALEXANDER E. CORDINGLY
4 KtxP Kt—KB 3 White Black
5 Kt—QB3 P—QR3
6 B—K2 P—K3 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB 3
7 O—O P—QKt4? 2 P—QB4 P—K3
8 B—B3! R—R2 3 Kt—KB3 P—QKt3
9 Q—K2 R—B2 4 P—KKt 3 B—Kt2
10 R—Ql QKt—Q2 5 B—Kt2 P—B4
11 P—QR4 PxP 6 P—Q5 PxP
12 Kt x RP B—Kt2 7 Kt—R4 P—Q3
13 P—K5! KtxP 8 Kt—QB3 Q-Q2
14 BxB RxB 9 KtxP Kt x Kt
15 QxP Q—Ktl 10 BxKt B—K2
16 Kt—B6 KtxKt 11 Kt—B5! O—O
17 Q x Ktch Kt—Q2 12 B x B ! ! QxB
13 Q—Q5!!! Resigns
18 Kt—B5H PxKt (see diagram next page)

19 B—B4! B—Q3
THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY
9 Q—R5ch! K—Bl
10 R—R3! P x Kt
11 B—R6!! Q—R4ch
12 B—Q2 Q—B2
13 R—Kt3! PxQP!
14 Kt—B3! KtxP
15 RxP! P—R3!!
16 B—R7!! KxR
17 QxPch Drawn
296. Baltimore, 1948.

(U. S. Open Championship)
Bisguier's teen-age masterpiece.
QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED
295. Vina del Mar, 1947. A . MENGARINI A. BlSGUIER
Some of the most exciting games White Black
have eiided in a draw. 1 P—Q4 P—Q4
FRENCH DEFENSE 2 P—QB4 PxP
3 Kt—KB 3 P—QR3
H . ROSETTO G. STAHLBERG 4 P—K3 Kt—KB3
White Black 5 BxP P—K3
6 O—O P—B4
1 P --K4 P—K3 7 Q—K2 Kt—B3
2 P --Q4 P—Q4 8 R—Ql P—QKt4
3 Kt-- Q B 3 Kt—KB3 9 B—Kt3 P—B5
4 B --Kt5 B—K2 10 B—B2 Kt—QKt5
5 P --K5 KKt—Q2 11 P—QR4 KtxB
6 P --KR4 P—QB4 12 QxKt B—Kt2
7 Kt-- K t 5 ! ? P—B3 13 P—QKt3 BPxP
8 B --Q3! P—QR3! 14 QxKtP B—Q4
15 Q—Kt2 P—Kt5
16 P—R5 Q—B2
17 B—Q2 Q—Kt2
18 Kt—Kl Q—Kt4
19 P—B3 Q—K7
20 R—Bl P—R4
21 P—K4 Kt—Kt5
22 PxKt PxP
23 Q—B2 P—QKt6
24 Q-Q3 QxQ
25 Kt x Q BxP
26 Kt—Kt2 B—Q3
27 P—Kt3 K—Q2
28 Kt—B3 B—B6 8 PxP QxP

29 K t ( 3 ) — R 4 RxP 9 Kt—B3 Q-Q2
10 P—Q4 NxP
11 KtxKt PxKt
12 B—K3 Q—B3
13 RxP R—Bl
14 QR-Ql P—QR3
15 Q-Q2 B—K2
16 Kt—K4 K—Bl
17 Q—R5 P—B4
18 Kt—Q6 BxKt
19 RxB QxP
20 Q—K5 R—Kl
21 R—Q7 Kt—K2
22 B—R6 R—KKtl
30 Kt—Kt6ch K—K2 23 Q—B6 mate
31 B—Kt5ch P—B3
32 KxR R—Rich
33 K—Ktl BxP
34 R—B7ch BxR 298. Budapest, 1950.
35 K—B2 R—R7ch
36 K—K3 RxKt (Challengers' Tournament)
37 B—R4 R—K7ch te
A diabolic combination."
38 K—Q3 P—Kt7
39 R—QKtl B—K5ch —Kmoch
40 KxR BxR QUEEN'S G A M B I T
41 Kt—B4 B—Q6ch
Resigns D . BRONSTEIN A . KOTOV
White Black
1 P—Q4 P—Q4
2 P—QB4 P—K3
297. Bad Gastein, 1948 3 Kt—QB3 P—QB3
An incisive rebuttal of lackadaisical 4 P—K4 PxKP
opening play. 5 KtxP B—Kt5ch
6 B—Q2 QxP
7 BxB Q x Ktch
SICILIAN DEFENSE
8 B—K2 Kt—QR3
N . ROSSOLIMO HANS MUELLER 9 B—B3 Kt—K2
10 BxP!! R—KKtl
White Black 11 B—QB3 QxKtP
1 P—K4 P—QB4 12 Q—Q2!! QxR
2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 13 O—o—O Kt—Q4
3 B—Kt5ch B—Q2 14 Kt—B3! QxRch
4 B x Bch QxB 15 BxQ Kt x B
5 O—O Kt—QB3 16 QxKt K—K2
6 Q—K2 P—K3
7 R—Ql P—Q4
THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY 171
17 K t — K 5 ! B—Q2 7 P—K5 PxP
18 Q—QR3ch 8 PxP Kt—Q4
9 B—Kt5ch K—Bl
10 O — O BxP
A ill ill ill A i l QxKt
11 K t x K t
12 K t — B 5 ! Q—B4ch
13 B—K3 Q—B2
1 4 B—R6ch K—Ktl
15 K t x P c h QxKt
H m HI «
iite* K « i « S
s i s l i i l l i i
HI
18 . . . . P—QB4
19 Q — K B 3! QR-Ql
20 QxPch K—Q3
21 Q—B4 QR—KBl
22 Kt—B7ch K—K2
23 B—R5 B—B3
24 Q—Q6ch K—B3
25 Kt—R6! R—Kt8ch 16 RxP! KxR
26 K—Q2 K—Kt2 17 Q—Q5ch Q—K3
27 Kt—Kt4! RxKt 18 R—Blch B—B3
28 Q—K7ch K—R3 19 RxBch! KxR
29 BxR RxPch 20 Q—Q4ch K—K2
30 K—K3 R—B8 21 B—Kt5ch K—B2
31 P—KR4 K—Kt3 22 B—QB4 R—Kl
32 B—R5ch! Resigns 23 Q—B6ch K—Ktl
24 B—KR6 Resigns
299. Leningrad, 195Q. 300. Bled, 1 9 5 0 .

Najdorf called this the most bril-
A little-known player conducts a
liant game that he had seen in
magnificent attack.
years.
S I C I L I A N DEFENSE RUY LOPEZ
FUDERER S . TARTAKOWER
SHAPIRO SOMOV White Black
KKt—B3 QKt—B3
1 P—K4 p_QB4 B—Kt5 P—QR3
2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 B—R4 B—Kt5
P—Q4 PxP O—O KKt—K2
KtxP Kt—KB3 P—B3 B—R4
Kt—QB3 P—KKt3 P—Q4 PxP
P—B4 B—Kt2 p_QKt4 B—Kt3
9 PxP O—O CATALAN SYSTEM

10.P—Q5 Kt—R2
11 K t — R 3 P—QB4 M. NAJDORF H A J E KRAMER
12 P—Q6 Kt—Kt3 White Black
13 K t — B 4 PxP
14 Q B — K t 5 P—B3 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
15 K t x B Q x Kt 2 P—QB4 P—K3
16 B — K 3 Q-Ql 3 P—KKt3 P—Q4
4 B—Kt2 PxP
5 Kt—KB3 QKt—Q2
6 QKt—Q2 Kt—Kt3
7 O—O P—B4
8 KtxP KtxKt
9 Q—R4ch B—Q2
10 QxKt Q—Kt3
11 P—Kt3 B—Kt4
12 Q—B2 PxP
13 B—Kt2 P—Q6
14 PxP B—K2
15 Kt—K5! O—O
16 QR—Bl KR—Ql
17 P—K5!! KtxP 17 KR—Kl Kt—Q4
18 KtxKt PxKt 18 Q—K2 , B—KB 3
19 P—B4!! P—K5 19 Q—R5! B—Kl
20 P—B5! Kt—B3 20 B—K4! P—Kt3
21 Q—Q5ch K—Rl 21 Q—K2 QR—Bl
22 P—B6!! PxP 22 Kt—Kt4 B—Q5
23 B—Kt3 P—Kt4 23 RxR! RxR
24 R—B4 B—Kt2 24 B x Kt! P x B
25 R—R4 P—B4 25 Kt—R6ch! K—Bl
26 R—R6 K—Kt2 26 Q—K7ch K—Kt2
27 R—KBl R—B3 27 R—K6!!
28 RxBP RxR(3) 27 B x B
29 BxRch K—Rl 28 RxQ PxR
30 Q—B7 Q—Kt3ch 29 Kt—Kt4 B—QB3
31 K—Rl Q-Q5
32 Q—B8ch Resigns
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!
30 Kt-- K 5 BxKt
31
32
Q x Bch
P—-QR4
K—Ktl
R—Kl
Iff • M •
33 Q --Q4 P—QKt4 •JLBiff ff
34 P --R5! R—K3
35 P --B4 P—R3
36 K --B2 K—R2
37 P—-KKt4 P—B3
38 Q --Kt6 Resigns ff ff ff Jff
302. Neuhausen, 1 9 5 3 . 23 KtxB QR—Kl

24 Kt(3)—K2 R—KKtl
(Challengers' Tournament) 25 P—R5 R—Kt4
In for a penny Euwe goes in for 26 Kt—Kt3 RxKt
27 PxR RxP
a pound.
28 K—B2 R—Kl
K I N G ' S INDIAN DEFENSE 29 R—Kl RxR
30 QxR K—Kt2
. EUWE M. NAJDORF 31 Q—K8 Q—B7ch
White Black 32 K—Ktl Q—Q8ch
33 K—R2 Q—B7ch
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 34 Kt—Kt2 Q—B4
2 P—QB4 P—KKt 3 35 Q—Kt8ch K—B3
3 p_KKt3 B—Kt2 36 Q—R8ch K—Kt4
4 B—Kt2 O—O 37 Q—Kt7ch Resigns
5 Kt—QB3 P—B4
6 P—Q5 P—K4
7 B—Kt5 P—KR3
8 BxKt QxB 303. Milwaukee, 1 9 5 3 .
9 P—Q6! Kt—B3 (U. S. Open)
10 P—K3 P—Kt3
11 B—Q5 K—Rl White's conception shows imagina-
12 Kt—K4 Q-Ql tion. His opponent's tough resist-
13 P—KR4 P—B4 ance notwithstanding, he is able to
14 Kt—Kt5 B—Kt2!
carry it out with admirable elan.
15 P—KKt4 P—K5
16 Kt—K2 BxP NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE
17 Kt—B4 Q—B3
DONALD BYRNE R. PITSCHAK
18 PxP BxR
19 Kt x Pch K—Kt2 White Black
20 KtxP B—B6ch
21 K—Bl QxBP 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
2 P—QB4 P—K3
22 Kt—B4! K—Rl B—Kt5
3 Kt—QB3
4 P—QR3 B x Ktch
(see diagram next column) P—QKt3
5 PxB
T H E GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
174
6 P—B3 B—Kt2 his Rooks for sacrifice on the same
7 B—Kt5 P—Q3 square. Black cannot take either.
8 P—K4 QKt—Q2
P—K4 N I M Z O - I N D I A N DEFENSE
9 B—Q3
10 Kt—K2 Kt—Bl L. PACHMAN D R . FILIP
11 O—O Kt—K3
12 BxKt!! QxB White Black
13 Q—R4ch P—B3
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
14 P—B5! QPxP
2 P—QB4 P—K3
15 P—KB4!! KPxQP
3 Kt—KB3 P—QKt3
16 P—K5! Q-Ql
4 P—K3 B—Kt2
17 P—B5 Kt—B2
5 Kt—B3 B—Kt5
18 PxP! PxP
6 B—Q3 O—O
19 B—K4 Kt—Kt4
7 O—O P—B4
20 P—B6 Q-Q2
8 Kt—QR4 PxP
21 QR—Ql R—Ql
9 P—QR3 B—K2
22 Q—B2! P—Kt3
10 PxP Kt—K5
23 P—QR4 Kt—B2
11 P—QKt3 P—B4
24 KtxP Kt—Q4
12 B—Kt2 B—KB 3
25 P—K6!! PxP
13 Kt—B3 KtxKt
14 BxKt Q—Kl
15 R—Kl Q—Kt3
16 B—Bl Kt—B3
17 R—Bl Kt—K2
18 P—Q5! PxP
19 Kt—K5! BxKt
20 RxB Q-Q3
21 R—K3! R—B2
22 PxP P—QR4
23 B—B4 Kt—Kt3
24 Q-Q4 P—B5
25 R—K6!!
26 KtxKP!! QxKt
27 BxKt RxB
28 QR—Kl R—K4
29 Q—B3! O—O
30 R x R Q—Bl
31 R—K7 R—B2
32 Q—QKt3 Q—Bl
33 KR—Kl Resigns
304. Czecho-Slovakia, 1954.

White sets up and carries out a 25 . . . . Q x RP
beautiful attack. He offers both 26 B—Kt2 Q—Bl
27 RxP P—Q3
28 B—R3 R—Ql
29 R—Kl B—Bl
30 R—K6! R(2)—Q2
31 Q—K4 Q—B2
32 P—R3 P—B6
33 BxP PxP
34 B—Kt3 K—Rl
35 RxKt! PxR
36 Q—R4ch Resigns
22 Q—Bl Q—KKt2!
305. New York, 1954. 23 R—B2 B—Q2
24 Kt—B3 P—Kt5
(USSR vs. U S A ) 25 B—Kt2 P—Kt6
26 PxP QxP
When White comes rushing in,
27 B—Bl R—QBl
Black pulls the rug from under 28 Q—Kl P—Kt4
him. 29 Kt—K2 Q—R5
30 P—Kt3 PxP
K I N G S INDIAN DEFENSE
31 KtxP KtxB!
M. TAIMONOV L. EVANS 32 Kt—B5 R—Kt3ch
33 KxKt Q—R8ch
White Black 34 K—K2 R—B7ch
35 K—Ql Q x Qch
1 P—QB4 Kt—KB3
36 KxQ R—Kt8ch
2 Kt—KB3 P—KKt 3
Resigns
3 Kt—B3 B—Kt2
4 P—K4 O—O
5 P—Q4 P—Q3
6 B—K2 P—K4
7 O—O Kt—B3
306. New York, 1954.
8 P—Q5 Kt—K2
9 Kt—Kl Kt—Q2 Even Reshevsky sometimes falls
10 Kt—Q3 P—KB4 into a trap.
11 P—B3 P—B5
12 B—Q2 p__KKt4 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE
13 R—Bl R—B3
Kt x BP A. BISGUIER S. RESHEVSKY
14 P—B5
15 KtxKt PxKt White Black
16 Kt—R4 P—Kt3
17 P—QKt4 PxP 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
18 BxP B—Bl! 2 P—QB4 P—KKt3
19 RxP? 3 Kt—QB3 B—Kt2
19 . . . . Kt—B4!! 4 P—K4 P—Q3
20 BxB QxR 5 B—Kt5 P—KR3
Kt—K6 6 B—R4 O—O
21 B—R3
7 P—B4 P—B4 39 P x P P—R6

8 P—Q5 P—QR3 40 B—Ktl and wins.
9 Kt—B3 P—QKt4
10 B—Q3 P—Kt5
11 Kt—K2 B—Kt5 307. New York, 1955.
12 O—O QKt—Q2 Stroke and counter-stroke! The
13 Q—Q2 Q—B2 errors help to make this game even
14 QR—Kl QR—Kl more exciting.
15 P—KR3 BxKt
16 RxB P-^-K3 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE
17 PxP RxP S. RESHEVSKY I. A. HOROWITZ
18 Kt—Kt3 Kt—R2 White Black
19 Kt—Bl QKt—B3 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
20 P—B5! R—K2 2 P—QB4 P—QB4
21 PxP PxP 3 P—Q5 P—K4
22 P—K5! RxP 4 Kt—QB3 P—Q3
23 RxR PxR 5 P—K4 P—KKt3
24 BxP P—K5 6 B—Q3 B—Kt2
25 R—KKt3 Q—K4 7 KKt—K2 O—O
26 Kt—K3! Q—B5 8 P—KR3 Kt—R3
27 Q—Kl! Kt—Kt4?? 9 B—Kt5 Kt—B2
10 Q - Q 2 Q—Kl!
11 P—KKt4 P—QR3
12 Kt—Kt3 P—Kt4!
13 P—Kt3 R—Ktl
14 P—B3 Kt—Q2!
15 K—B2 Kt—Kt3
16 QR—QKtl B—Q2
17 P—KR4 P—B3
18 B—K3 R—B2!
19 P—QR3 B—KBl
20 Kt—R2 B—K2
21 P—R5 P—Kt4
22 Kt—B5 . BxKt
28 RxKt! PxR 23 K P x P P—K5!
24 P x K P Kt—Q2
29 B—Kt3! Kt—R4
25 B—K2 B—Ql
30 BxQ KtxB
26 Kt—B3 Kt—K4
31 B—B5 B—Q5
27 P—Kt4 BPxP
32 B—Kt4 Kt—Q6
28 R x P P—R4!
33 Q—K2 R—B7
34 QxR KtxQ 29 R—Kt3 P—Kt5
30 P x P PxP
35 K x Kt BxP
36 B—B5 P—R4 31 Q—B2 Kt—R3
32 Kt—Kt5 R—Q2
Reshevsky struggles hard, but the 33 R—Rl Kt—B4!
rest is only a formality. 34 K t x P
37 B x P P—R5
38 B—B2 P—Kt6
2 P—QB4 P—KKt3
3 Kt—KB3 B—Kt2
4 P—KKt3 O—O
Wi 11B11 • ! 5 B—Kt2 P—Q3
m mm.
WM %u. 'ww. 6 O—O Kt—B3
mmmt 7
8
Kt—B3
P—KR3
P—QR3
R—Ktl
9 P—Kt3 P_QKt4
10 P—K3! Kt—QR4
11 PxP PxP
12 B—Kt2 P—Kt5
13 Kt—K2 B—QR3
14 R—Kl Q-Q2
34 ... . KtxKtPch!! 15 R—QBl KR—Bl
35 KB x Kt Q—K4! 16 Kt—B4 P—B3
56 R—QBl Kt x R 17 P—KR4! Q—R2
37 QxKt Q x Kt? 18 R—B2 Kt—Kt2
38 P—B5 Q—K4 19 P—R5! P—B4
39 P—Q6ch K—Bl 20 PxKtP RPxP
40 Q—K6? Q—R7ch 21 B—KR3 R—Bl
41 K—B3 R—R2 22 Kt—Kt5! B—R3
42 P—Q7 B—K2 23 KtxKtP!!
43 P—B6 R(l)—Rl!
44 P—B7 RxP
45 RxR QxR
46 P—R6 Q-Q3!
47 Q—B4 QxP
48 B—R5 B—Q3
49 K—Kt4 R—Bl
50 Q—Q5 Q—K2
51 B—Q4 R—Ql
52 K—R3 B—K4!
53 B—B5 RxQ
54 B x Qch KxB
55 PxR P—Kt6
56 B—B3 K—Q3 23 PxKt
Resigns 24 B—K6ch K—Kt2
25 P—B4 Kt—Ql
26 P—Q5 B—Bl
308. Mar del Plata, 1955. 27 R—R2 BxB
28 PxB Q—R3
First Brilliancy Prize. 29 Q—Kt4 R—KRl
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE 30 Kt—B3! Q-Q6
31 P—K4 P—B5
G. IDIGORAS O. PANNO 32 PxP QxBP
White Black 33 P—B5 P—Kt4
34 Q_R 5 K—Bl
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 35 Q—Kt6 B—Kt2
36 RxRch BxR 5 P—K3 O—O

37 KtxP B—Kt2 6 R—Bl P—KR3
38 Kt—R7ch K—Ktl 7 B—R4 Kt—K5
39 BxKt PxB 8 BxB QxB
40 Kt x Pch K—Bl 9 Q—B2 P—QB3
41 Q—K8 mate 10 B—Q3 KtxKt
11 QxKt Q—Kt4
12 Kt—B3! QxP
13 K—K2 Q—R6
309. Zagreb, 1956. 14 QR—KKtl P—KB4
15 R—Kt3 Q—R4
Beware the Knight Pawn. 16 KR—KKtl R—B2
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 17 Q—R3! Kt—Q2
18 K—Kl PxP
A . FUDERER B . MILICH 19 BxQBP P—B5
20 RxPch!! RxR
White Black
21 BxPch K—Rl
1 P—QB4 P—K3 22 RxR KxR
2 Kt—QB3 P—Q4 23 Q—K7ch K—Rl
3 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 24 Kt—K5! PxP
4 B—Kt5 B—K2 25 P—B4 Resigns
In the past f o u r years, age has bowed to youth. On the

international scene, Mikhail Tal, in his early twenties, de-
feated 49-year-old Mikhail Botvinnik for the chess champion-
ship of the world. A t home, Bobby Fischer at 1 7 has annexed
the U. S. Championship ahead of 49-year-old Samuel Resh-
evsky. 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 of the Century,

mm. mmt
the following is a stunning master-
piece of combination play per-
formed by a boy of 13 against a
formidable opponent. It matches
the finest on record in the history
of chess prodigies.
GRUENFELD DEFENSE 17 . . . . B—K3!

18 B x Q BxBch
BYRNE R. FISCHER
19 K—Ktl Kt—K7ch
White Black 20 K—Bl K t x Pch
21 K—Ktl Kt—K7ch
1 Kt—KB 3 Kt—KB3 22 K—Bl Kt—B6ch
2 P—QB4 P—KKt 3 23 K—Ktl PxB
3 Kt—B3 B—Kt2 24 Q—Kt4 R—R5
25 QxP Kt x R
4 P—Q4 O—O
26 P—KR3 RxP
5 B—B4 P—Q4
27 K—R2 KtxP
6 Q—Kt3 PxP 28 R—Kl RxR
7 QxBP P—B3 29 Q—Q8ch B—Bl
8 P—K4 QKt—Q2 30 Kt x R B—Q4
31 Kt - B 3 Kt—K5
9 R—Ql Kt—Kt3
32 Q- - K t 8 P—QKt4
10 Q—B5 B—Kt5 P—R4
-R4
33 P-
11 B — K K t 5 Kt—R5! —K5 K—Kt2
34 Kt
12 Q—R3 KtxKt Ktl B—B4ch
35 K
13 PxKt KtxP Bl Kt—Kt6ch
36 K
Kl B—Kt5ch
14 B x P Q—Kt3 37 K
B—Kt6ch
15 B—B4 K t x QBP 38 K- Qi
Kt—K7ch
16 B—B5 KR—Klch 39 K Bl
Kt—B6ch
40 K Ktl R — Q B 7 mate
17 K—Bl
41 K- B l
180 THE GOLDEN T JRY OF CHESS
311. W o r l d Team Champion-

ship, Leipzig, I 9 6 0
Mellow, then three-time U. S. cham-

pion, 17-year-old Bobby Fischer
treats this game like a veteran pro.
The tail-end sacrifice is stupendous
and amusing.
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE
R. LETELIER R. FISCHER
(Chile) (U.S.A.) 23 . . . . QxPch
White Black 2 4 Resigns
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB 3
2 P—QB4 P—KKt 3
Through 1966, the Soviet steamroller
has continued to dominate the field.
3 Kt—QB3 B—Kt2 The only threat to their almost vested
4 P—K4 O—O retention of the title, at the present
writing, is in the person of the Amer-
5 P—K5 Kt—Kl
ican ace Bobby Fischer. Included in
6 P—B4 P—Q3 this new edition are six of his recent
7 B—K3 P—QB4 triumphs in important tournaments.
8 QPxP Kt—QB3 312. V a r n a , 1 9 6 2
9 BPxP PxP
Fischer gives up the exchange for
10 Kt—K4 B—B4 a bind.
11 Kt—Kt3 B—K3
SICILIAN DEFENSE
12 K t — B 3 Q—B2
13 Q—Ktl PxP R. J . FISCHER M . NAJDORF
14 P—KB 5 P—K5 White Black

15 PxB PxKt 1 P—K4 P—QB4
16 PxP P—B4 2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3
3 P—Q4 PxP
17 P—B4 Kt—B3 4 KtxP Kt—KB3
18 B—K2 KR—Kl 5 Kt—QB3 P—QR3
6 P—KR3 P_QKt4
19 K—B2 RxP
7 Kt—Q5 B—Kt2
20 R—Kl QR—Kl 8 K t x Ktch KtP x Kt
21 B—B3 RxB 9 P—QB4 PxP
10 BxP BxP
22 RxR RxR P—Q4
11 O—O
23 KxR 12 R—Kl P—K4
13 Q—R4ch Kt—Q2 8 B—KR6 O—O
14 RxB PxR 9 P—KR4 Q—R4
15 Kt—B5 B—B4 10 P—R5 PxP
16 Kt—Kt7ch K—K2 11 B—Q3 QKt—Q2
17 Kt—B5ch K—Kl 12 KKt—K2 R—Ql
18 B—K3 BxB 13 P—KKt4 Kt—Bl
19 PxB Q—Kt3 14 PxP Kt—K3
15 QR—Ktl K—Rl
16 BxBch KtxB
17 Q—R6 R—KKtl
18 R—Kt5 Q-Qi
19 R(l)—Ktl Kt—B4
20 BxKt Resigns
314.
U . S. Championship
New York, 1963-1964
The astute sideline kibitzers were

surprised at Byrne's final decision!
20 R—Ql R—R2
21 R—Q6 Q—Ql
GRUENFELD DEFENSE
22 Q—N3 Q—B2
23 BxPch K—Ql R. BYRNE R. J . FISCHER
24 B—K6 Resigns
White Black
1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
2 P—QB4 P—KKt3
3 P—KKt3 P—B3
313. 4 B—Kt2 P_Q4
Varna, 1962 5 PxP PxP
6 Kt—QB3 B—Kt2
An incisive refutation of the dou- 7 P—K3 O—O
ble-edged Center Counter. 8 KKt—K2 Kt—B3
9 O—O P—Kt3
CENTER COUNTER DEFENSE 10 P—Kt3 B—QR3
11 B—QR3 • R—Kl
R. J . FISCHER K. ROBATSCH
12 Q-Q2 P—K4
White Black 13 PxP KtxP
14 KR—Ql Kt—Q6
1 P—K4 P—Q4 15 Q—B2 KtxP
2 PxP QxP 16 KxKt Kt—Kt5ch
3 Kt—QB3 Q-Ql 17 K—Ktl KtxKP
4 P—Q4 P—KKt3 18 Q—Q2 KtxJ
5 B—KB4 B—Kt2
6 Q—Q2 Kt—KB3
7 0—O—O P—B3 (see diagram next page)
19 K x K t P—Q5
20 K t x P B—Kt2ch
21 K — B l Q-Q2
• HP 4x* HP W
It
trntm llill
8 • BSB
19 R—B6 K—Ktl
20 P—K5 P—KR3
21 Kt—K2 Resigns
Resigns
Fischer's brilliancy is par for the
course — For Fischer of course
315. U. S. Championship
New York, 1963-1964 316.
Soviet Championship, 1964
^4 quarter-back block clears the
path to the post. A crosscheck and a quiet move and
ifs over.
PIRC DEFENSE
CARO-KANN DEFENSE
R. J . FISCHER PAL BENKO
White Black N . BAKULIN D . BRONSTEIN
1 P—K4 P—KKt3 White Black
2 P—Q4 B—Kt2
P—Q3 1 P—K4 P—QB3
3 Kt—QB3
2 P—Q4 P—Q4
4 P—B4 Kt—KB3
O—O 3 Kt—QB3 PxP
5 Kt—B3
B—Kt5 4 KtxP Kt—B3
6 B—Q3
5 Kt x Ktch KtP x Kt
7 P—KR3 BxKt
6 B—K3 B—B4
8 QxB Kt—B3
P—K4 7 Q-Q2 P—K3
9 B—K3
PxP 8 Kt—K2 Kt—Q2
10 QPxP
PxP 9 Kt—Kt3 B—Kt3
11 P—B5
10 B—K2 Q—B2
12 QxP Kt—Q5
11 O—O P—KR4
13 Q—B2 Kt—Kl
12 KR—Ql P—R5
14 O—O Kt—Q3
15 Q—Kt3 K—Rl 13 Kt—Bl P—R6
16 Q—Kt4 P—QB3 14 P—KKt3 O—0—0
15 P—QB4 P—QB4
17 Q—R5 Q—Kl
PxB 16 P—Q5 P—K4
18 BxKt
17 QR—Bl P—B4 21 B x B KtxP
18 P—QKt4 B—Q3 22 Q—K6 Kt(4)—Kt5
19 P—B3 P—B5 Resigns
20 B—B2 QR—Kl
21 K—Rl KR—Ktl
22 R—Kl P—K5 318. Havana, 1965
23 BxP KtxB
24 PxKt QxP An amusing tail-end "combine"
25 B—Ql B—B2 ivraps up the point.
26 KtPxP P—K6
27 Q—K2 B—Q6 R U Y LOPEZ
28 QxB R—Kt8ch
29 KxR P—K7ch B. IVKOV J . H. DONNER
30 Kt—K3 RxKt
31 Q—B5ch R—K3ch White Black
32 K—Rl Q—B7 1 P—K4 P—Kl
Resigns 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
3 B—Kt5 P—QR}
4 B—R4 Kt—B3
317. Havana, 1965 5 O—O KtxP
6 P—Q4 P—QKt4
The defense rests on a hairline. 7 B—Kt3 P—Q4
8 PxP B—K3
S I C I L I A N DEFENSE 9 Q—K2 Kt—B4
10 R—Ql KtxB
r. TRINGOFF R. J . FISCHE 11 BPxKt B—K2
12 Kt—B3 0—O
White Black 13 B—K3 Kt—R4
1 P—K4 P—QB4 14 QR—Bl Kt—Kt2
2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 15 Kt—K4 B—KKt5
3 P—Q4 PxP 16 P—KR3 B x Kt
4 KtxP Kt—KB3
5 Kt—QB3 P—QR3
6 B—Kt5 P—K3
7 P—B4 Q—Kt3
8 Q—Q2 QxP
9 R—QKtl Q—R6
10 P—K5 PxP
11 PxP KKt—Q2
12 B—QB4 B—Kt5
13 R—Kt3 Q—R4
14 O—O O—O
15 KtxP PxKt
16 BxPch K—Rl
17 RxRch BxR 17 QxB P—QB3
18 Q—B4 Kt—QB3 18 Kt—Kt3 R—Bl
19 Q—B7 Q—B4ch 19 Kt—B5 P—Kt3
20 K—Rl Kt—B3 20 RxQP Q—Kl
21 B — R 6 Resigns White Black
1 Kt—KB 3 Kt—KB 3
2 P—KKt 3 P—KKt 3
3 P—B4 B—Kt2
319. 4 B—Kt2 O—O
5 O—O Kt—B3
Zagreb, 1 9 6 5
6 Kt—B3 P—Q3
7 P—Q4 P—QR3
Mate leaves no weaknesses in its
8 P—Q5 Kt—QR4
wake.
9 Kt—Q2 P—B4
R O B A T S C H DEFENSE 1 0 Q—B2 P—K4
11 P — K t 3 Kt—Kt5
BISGUIER B. LARSEN 12 P — K 4 P—B4
13 P x P PxP
White Black 14 Kt—Ql P—Kt4
1 P—Q4 P—KKt3 15 P—B3 P—K5
2 P—K4 B—Kt2 16 B—Kt2 KPxP
3 P—KB4 P—Q3 17 B x P BxB
4 Kt—KB3 Kt—KB3 18 Q x B Kt—K4
5 B—Q3 O—O 19 B—K2 P—B5
6 O—O QKt—Q2 20 P x B P B—R6
7 P—K5 Kt—Kl 21 K t — K 3 BxR
8 Q—Kl P—QB4 22 R x B Kt—Kt3
9 P—B5 PxKP 23 B — K t 4 KKt x P
10 PxKtP RPxP 24 R x K t RxR
11 Q—R4 KPxP 25 B — K 6 c h R—B2
12 B—KR6 Kt(l)—B3 26 K t — K 4 Q—R5
13 Kt—Kt5 Kt—K4 27 K t x Q P Q_Kt4ch
14 RxKt B—Rl 28 K — R l R—R2
15 R—Bl R—Kl 2 9 BxRch RxB
16 B—B8 B—B3
17 RxB PxR
18 Q—R6 RxB IIP HP llPcfollP
19 Q — R 7 mate sill e^^Hf
HP W I P W W 4*
iB • • a «^JL
320.
W o r l d Championship, 1966
Spassky wins the opening; Petro-

sian the end.
30 Q—R8ch Resigns
K I N G ' S I N D I A N DEFENSE
T. PETROSIAN B. SPASSKY
321. Los Angeles, 1966 26 R x Kt PxQ

27 B—K6ch R—B2
A modem immortal. 28 RxR K—Rl
29 R—KKt5 P—Kt4
30 R—Kt3 Resigns
SICILIAN DEFENSE
3. LARSEN T . PETROSYAN
322. Los Angeles, 1966
White Black
Black's innocuous queen-side play
1 P—K4 P—QB4 leaves the other flank vulnerable.
3 P—Q4 PxP SICILIAN DEFENSE
4 KtxP P—KKt 3
5 B—K3 B—Kt2 R. J . FISCHER B. IVKOV
6 P—QB4 Kt—B3
7 Kt—QB3 Kt—KKt 5 White Black
8 QxKt KtxKt 1 P—K4 P—QB4
9 Q-Ql Kt—K3 2 Kt—KB3 P—K3
10 Q—Q2 P—Q3 3 Kt—QB3
P—Q3
11 B—K2 B—Q2 4 P—KKt3 P—Q4
12 O—O O—O 5 QKt—Q2 B—Q3
13 QR—Ql B—QB3 6 B—Kt2 KKt—K2
14 Kt—Q5 R—Kl 7 O—O O—O
15 P—B4 Kt—B2- 8 Kt—R4 P—QKt3
16 P—KB 5 Kt—R3 9 P—KB4 PxP
17 B—Kt4 Kt—B4 10 PxP B—R3
18 PxP RPxP 11 R—Kl P—B5
19 Q—KB 2 R—KBl 12 B—B4ch
P—B3
20 P—K5 BxP K—Rl Kt—R4
13
21 Q—R4 BxKt 14 P—K5 Kt—Q4
22 RxB Kt—K3 15 Kt—K4 B—Kt2
23 R—B3 B—B3 16 Q—R5 Kt—K2
24 Q—R6 B—Kt2 P—KKt4 BxKt
17
18 BxB P—Kt3
19 Q—R6 Kt—Q4
20 P—B5 R—Kl
21 PxKtP BPxP
22 KtxP Q-Q2
23 Kt—B4 QR-Ql
24 Kt—R5 K—Rl
25 Kt—B6 KtxKt
26 PxKt R—KKtl
27 B—B4 RxP
28 QR-Ql QR—KKtl
29 P—B7 Resigns
25 Q x P Kt—B5
Index of Players
— A — Bledow 25
Adams, E. Z. 231 Boden 55, 68
Alapin 187 Bogolyubov 193, 203, 208, 226, 227,
Alekhine 8, 115, 178, 181, 186, 190, 254,291
193, 195, 196, 210, 213, 217, 219, Botvinnik 245, 267, 274
223, 228, 230, 232, 237, 242, 244, Bronstein 292, 298, 316
255, 261, 264, 271, 280, 281, 289 Breyer 185, 204
Alexander, C. H. 279, 294 Brunswick, Duke of 47
Allgaier 19 Burn 163
Allies 81, 142 .Buttfield 216
Amateur 22, 50, 52, 70, 80, 203, Byrne, D. 303, 310, 314
268, 284
Anderson 270 — C —
Anderssen 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, C a n a l 221
48, 49, 56, 60, 61, 64, 65, 76 Capablanca 144, 174, 183, 186, 188,
Asgierssen 8 189, 191, 199, 202, 234, 244
Asztalos 185 Caro 152
Atkins 150 Castellvi 10
Atwood 18 Charousek 116
Clemens 105
— B— Clerc 91
Bakulin, 316 Cochrane 20
Ballard 71 Cohn 176
Banks 197 Colle 240, 248, 250, 253
Bardeleben, von 119 Cordingly 294
Barnes 44 Cornell 146
B a r r y 104 Corzo 144, 183
Bauer 141 Cranston 265
Benko 315 Cutri, da 11, 12, 13
Bernstein, O. S. 167, 174, 188, 191
Bernstein, S. 290 — D—
Berry 73 Dadian, Prince 111
Bilguer, von 27 Dake 261, 265
Bird 43, 66, 68, 75, 89 Davis 145
Bisguier 296, 306, 319 Dearman 145
Bitcham 111 Defosse 275
Blackburne 70, 71, 82, 86, 87, 106, Denn 156
129, 164 Derrickson 52
Blechschmidt 257 Dodge 157
Domenico 14 Greco 13
Donovan 290 Grimshaw 124
Donner 318 Gross 90
Dore 112 Grossman 266
Dubois 58 Gruenfeld 219, 240
Dufresne 30, 34, 36 Guila 74
Dunkelblum 251
Duras 161, 176 Gunsberg 96, 97, 147-
Dus-Chotimirski 7
— H —
— E — Haegg 246
Eisenschmidt 105 Hakansson 214
Eliskases 282 Halprin 140
Englisch 89 Hammond 83
Euwe 205, 236, 271, 277, 302 Hamppe 51, 72
Evans, Capt. 21 Hanham 94
Evans, L. 305 Harding 113
Harmonist 95, 96
_ F — Harrwitz 45
Falkbeer 31, 32, 69 Hausler 137
Feldt, von 196 Helms 194, 289
Feuquieres, de 16 Hirschler 118
Field 220 Hodges 110
Filip 304 Hoffer 80
Fine 262, 266, 278, 281 Hoffman 1
Fine 127 Horneman 252
Fischer 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, Horowitz 260, 272, 276, 284, 288,
317, 322 307
Flamberg 184 Horwitz 25
Fleissig 115 Houghteling 146, 157
Flohr 249, 257 Hromadka 224
Fonaroff 199
Forgacs 169 Idigoras 308
Fox 141 Iljin-Genevsky 237
Fridizius 181 Isouard, Count 47
Fried 47 Ivkov 318, 322
Fuderer 300, 309
_ G — Janowski 123, 132, 133, 171, 180,

Galbraith 113 233
Gibaud 225 Johner 221, 238
Gilbert 73 Jouy 26
Glasgow 54 Jordan 197
Globus 90 Judd 94, 131
Glucksberg 9
Goldenov 292 _ K —
Gonssiorovski 200 Kashdan 252, 256, 272
Gossip 98 Keres 278, 279, 282, 283, 291
Kevitz 260 Meitner 72
Kieseritzky 33 Mengarini 296
Kimura 264 Mephisto 85
Kolisch 53, 56, 63 Mieses 133, 139, 173
Koltanowski 257, 275 Milkenas 259
Korpanty 285 Milich 309
Kossak 30 Mlotkowski 198
Kotov 278 Mongredien 57
Kottnauer 293 Monticelli 254
Kramer 301 Morant 16
Kuerchner 107 Morphy, E. 28
Kunze 152 Morphy, P. 28, 29, 39, 40, 41, 42,
Kussman 230 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50
Mouret 20
— L — Mueller 297
Labourdonnais 23, 24, 26
Landau 248 _ N —
Lange 4, 35, 38 Najdorf 9, 30, 302, 312
Larsen 319, 321 Napier 155
Lasa von der 27 Neumann, N. 130
Lasker, E. 101, 179, 273, 286 Neustadl 102
Lasker, Dr. Em. 6, 110, 120, 121, Newcastle 54
122, 128, 129, 135, 154, 155, 170, Newmann 138
171, 189, 190, 228, 229, 235 Niemzovich 130
Lazard 225 Nimzovich 187, 192, 214, 218, 222,
Lebedew 136 237, 238, 239
Letelier 311 Norman-Hansen 270
Lewitzky 182 Nugent 127
Lichtenheim 40
Lindehn 59 — O —
Lipschuetz 93 O'Hanlon 253
Lopez 11, 12, 13 OUand 143
Lowenthal 29 Owen 44
— M — — P —
MacDonnell, A. 21, 22, 23, 24 Pachman 304
MacDonnell, G. 55 Panno 308
Mackenzie, G. 67, 77, 83, 93 Patay, von 241
Maczuski 59, 63 Paulsen 39, 53, 62, 76
Marache 41 Pecci 74
Marco 109 Perlis 164
Maroczy 126, 135, 151, 211, 277 Perwago 156
Marshall 134, 150, 158, 163, 180, Petroff 1
182, 202, 205, 227, 242 Petrosian 320, 321
Martinez 92, 103 Petrov 283
Mason 75, 77, 84, 97 Philidor 17
Matchego 69 Pillsbury 6, 104, 120, 122, 125, 131,
Mayet 35, 37 132, 134, 137, 138, 140, 147
Pitschak 303 Smyslov 293
Platz 285 Smyth 194
Polerio 14 Soldatenkoff 171
Pollak 114 Somov 299
Pollock 99 Spassky 320
Potemkin 178 Spielmann 7, 161, 173, 175, 247
Potier 46 Stahlberg 255, 256, 295
Pritzel 139 Staunton 44
Przepiorka 241 Steiner, H. 262
Steinitz 51, 57, 58, 66, 81, 87, 88,
108, 119, 121, 124, 128
— R— Sterk 206
Rabinovich 148, 201, 245 Stevenson, Mrs. 263
Rauser 267 Supico 289
Reshevsky 273, 276, 280, 287, 306, _ T _
307
Reti 172, 184, 207, 212, 226, 229, Taimanov 305
232, 236 Takacs 243
Rey-Ardid 269 Tarrasch 107, 109, 118, 192, 204,
Riviere, de 49 207, 210, 268
Robatsch 313 Tartakower 159, 168, 169, 172, 211,
Rosanes 60 269, 274, 300
Rosetto 295 Taubenhaus 171
Rossolimo 297 Tchigorin 78, 108, 149, 151
Rothschild 91, 114 Teichmann 142, 177
Rotlewi 160 Tenner 220, 289
Rubinstein 160, 162, 170, 175, 208, Testa 198
215, 224, 239 Thomas 179, 215, 263
Thompson 67
_ S — Thorold 106
Saemisch 222, 223, 233, 249 Tinsley 85
Salwe 166 Tolstoy 136
Schallopp 61, 123 Torre 231, 235
Schierstedt 38 Torres 213
Schiffers 78, 95, 148 TringorT 317
Schlechter 115, 117, 154, 166, 168,
177 — V —
Schmid 79 Valenta 102
Schneider, H. 62 Van Essen 258
Schulten 42 Vidmar 159, 259
Schwarz 82 Vinoles 10
Seidman 286, 287, 288
Shapiro 299 — W —
Shipley 103 Walter 247
Showalter 98, 125 Wayte 79
Siegheim 216 Williams 246
Simonson 88 Wilson 18
Smith 17 Winawer 84
Wolf 143, 158, 209 _ Z —
Wollner 116 Zambelly 126
Woskoff 258 Znosko-Borovsky 149, 162, 167, 212
Zubareff 195
Zukertort 64, 65, 86, 92
Yates 217, 218, 243, 250
Young 112

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

Introduction by FRANK J. MARSHALL

-BROUGHT UP TO DATE TO INCLUDE SUCH CURRENT GRANDMASTERS AS FISCHER,

Cover Design By Charles C. FellC'...'~

BUSINESS CN 103 THE COMPLETE JOB H U N T I N G GUIDE, Ess Wein

CARDS CN 6 POKER FOR FUN A N D PROFIT, Irwin Steig _

CHESS CN 59 CHESS THE EASY WAY, Reuben Fine

COINS CN 90 T H E COMPLETE GUIDE TO U.S. C O M M E M O R A T I V E S T A M P S , Valerie Moolman

CORNER- CN 501 ART OF ADVOCACY, Lloyd Paul S V y k e r

MUSIC CN 9 P A I N T I N G AS A P A S T I M E , Winston Churchill

THE EDITORS OF CHESS REVIEW

CORNERSTONE LIBRARY • NEW YORK

Copyright © 1969, 1 9 6 1 , 1956

CORNERSTONE LIBRARY PUBLICATIONS

II THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD 12

III THE M O R P H Y PERIOD 30

VI MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS 95

VII PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY 166

INDEX OF OPENINGS 186

INDEX OF PLAYERS 188

HARRY NELSON P1LLSBURY

1. Warsaw, Nov. 1844 13 B—B7ch

16 BxB KtxKP!? BISHOP'S G A M B I T

8 P—KB3 Kt—K5! EVANS GAMBIT

29 QxPch! KxQ nocence. Though Pillsbury only

7. Carlsbad, 1911 8. Iceland, 1931

R x Ktch! BxR 9 Kt—Kt5? B xPch

The Pre-Morphy Period

• 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

venge in 1575 when he visited Spain and defeated the aging

h i s book has often been r e p r i n t e d . It w a s an important mile*

In subsequent tournaments, the "round-robin" system was

10. Late 15th Century. 2 Kt—KB3 P—KB 3

6 BxPch KxB 15.

17. London, March 13, 1790. 25 Kt—K2 RPxP

5 p_QKt4 BxP 16 Kl—Kt3ch K-—Ktl

24. Played at London, Aug, 1834, 16 Q—Q3 R—Ql!

26. 11 KtxKt KtP x Kt

1 P—K4 P—K4 GIUOCO PIANO

7 PxP B—Kt3 13 Kt x P BxP

3 P—B4 P—Q4 partie"

21 0—R4 P—R4 White Black

8 0—Kt3 0-B3 1 P—Q4 P—Q4

M A X LANGE VON SCHIERSTEDT

19 Q—K2! B—Kt5 32 B x Q, K—R6; 33 B—B3, any;

W h i t e announced mate in six.

The Morphy Period

39. First American Chess Congress, 24 K—Rl BxP

K—R5 42. New York, 1858.

Counterattack with a Punch. White Black

22 Q - -Ktl KT—B4ch THE BEGINNING OF a BEAUTIFUL com-

14 QxKtP P—K6! 1 6 B—Kt3 R—Kt2

18 BPxP PxPch SICILIAN DEFENSE

18 Q—Q5ch K—R2 20 Kt B5ch K—Ktl

White Black 51. Vienna, 1859.

1 P—K4 P—K4 The "Austrian Morphy"

16 Q—K2? ( B — K 2 ! ) 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3

9 O—O B—Q2 5 O—O P—Q3

55. London, Nov. 12, 1861.

27 Kt x R RxKt 20 Q—K6ch K—Ql

ompare this with game No. 75/ LlNDEHN MACZUSKJ

GIUOCO P I A N O White Black