[Event "St.

Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Semion Alapin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch except where noted.} e6 2. d4 d5

3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 {Surrender of the center} 5. Nf3 c5
{To "kill" the Pawn. "Restraint" might have been effected by,
say ...Be7, ...O-O, ...b6, ...Bb7.} 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Be3 {It
was to be able to make this move, which combines development
and attack (the threat is dxc5 winning a Pawn), that White
exchanged Knights.} cxd4 {Disappearance of tempo spells loss
of time.} 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Be2 Qxg2 {Stealing a Pawn. The
consequences are grievous.} 10. Bf3 Qg6 11. Qd2 e5 {The
crisis. Black means to be rid of the unpleasant Knight, so
that he may in some measure catch up in development. [White
must have paid him a fee to play this. -- C H O'D Alexander] }
12. O-O-O {!} exd4 13. Bxd4 {White's advantage in development
is now too great.} Nc6 14. Bf6 {! Travels by express. Any
other Bishop move could have been answered by a development
move, whereas now there is no time for this; Black must take.}
Qxf6 15. Rhe1+ {Play in the King and Queen files at the same
time. The danger of a breakthrough is great.} Be7 {or 15...Be6
16.Qd7 mate!} 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 {or 16...bxc6 17.Qd8 mate.}
17. Qd8+ {!} Bxd8 18. Re8# 1-0