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11. ... PxKt
12. BxP Q-K2ch
13. B-K3 R-Kt1
14. Castles KR
Castles QR is stronger still, as the QR gets into action at once.
14. ... B-KKt2
15. B-KB4 R-Kt3
16. B-B6ch RxB
If B-Q2, the continuation might have been: 17. BxB, QxB; 18. QR- Q1, Q-Kt2; 19. KR-K1ch, Kt-K2; 20.
RxKtch, KxR; 21. BxPch, etc.; or 18. ... Q-B1; 19. BxP, etc.
After 17. R-K1 Black could have held out a little longer with B- B3. After the text move, however, Black's
game collapses quickly before the concentrated onslaught of the White forces.
17. QxRch Q-Q2
18. Q R-K1ch Kt-K2
19. RxKtch! KxR
20. R-K1ch K-B1
21. BxPch K-Kt1
22. R-K8ch B-B1
23. RxBch K-Kt2
24. Q-B3ch Resigns.
GAME No. 31 198
Chess Strategy
GAME No. 32
White: Ed. Lasker. Black: Mieses.
Centre Counter Defence.
1. P-K4 P-Q4
2. PxP Kt-KB3
This is to tempt White to play P-QB4, a weak move (see p. 35). By playing P-QB3 Black would obtain by far
the better game in exchange for the pawn.
3. P-Q4 QxP
KtxP can also be played. In either case White wins a move by driving off the Black piece by Kt-QB3 or
P-QB4. Furthermore, White has a pawn in the centre. Black's plan in retaking with the Queen might be to castle
early on the Queen's side and attack White's centre pawn by P-K4, and White must be on the alert against this
plan, though it will not be easy for Black to put the same into execution, because of the exposed position of his
Queen. After 4. Kt-QB3, Q-QR4 is the only move which brings the Queen into momentary security, and even
then Black must provide for a retreat, as after White's B-Q2 there would be a threat of an advantageous
"discovery" by the Kt. P-QB3 provides such a retreat, but it bars the QKt from its natural development at B3,
where the Kt could exert further pressure on White's Q4. The QB, too, is difficult to get into play and easily
becomes an object of attack, as in the present game.
4. Kt-QB3 Q-QR4
5. Kt-B3 B-B4
B-Kt5 would only help White's intentions to attack on the King's side in the absence of Black's Queen, e.g. 6.
P-KR3, B-R4; 7. P- KKt4, B-Kt3; 8. Kt-K5 (threatening Kt-B4), P-B3; 9. P-KR4, Q Kt- Q2; 10. Kt-B4,
Q-B2; 11. P-R5, B-K5; 12. KtxB, KtxKt; 13. Q-B3 and B-B4 with the superior game.
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8 | #R | #Kt| | | #K | #B | | #R |
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7 | #P | #P | #P | | #P | #P | #P | #P |
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6 | | | | | | #Kt| | |
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5 | #Q | | | | | #B | | |
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4 | | | | ^P | | | | |
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3 | | | ^Kt| | | ^Kt| | |
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2 | ^P | ^P | ^P | | | ^P | ^P | ^P |
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1 | ^R | | ^B | ^Q | ^K | ^B | | ^R |
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Diag. 145
6. Kt-K5! Kt-K5
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P-B3 was urgent here, to provide against Kt-B4 and Q-B3. Now the game is as good as lost. White obtains a
violent attack with superior forces, and brings it home before Black has time to complete his development.
7. Q-B3 Kt-Q3
If KtxKt, B-Q2.
8. B-Q2 P-K3
9. P-KKt4 B-Kt3
Black had to guard his KB2 because of Kt-Kt5, KtxKt, QxPch.
10. P-KR4 Q-Kt3
11. Castles P-KB3
Compulsory. Kt-B3 is refuted by 12. KtxKt, QxKt; 13. QxQ, PxQ; 14. B-Kt2 and P-R5. On the other hand,
the answer to 11. ... QxP would be 12. B-KB4, Q-B4; 13. P-R5, P-B3; 14. PxB, PxKt; 15. B- KKt5 followed
by RxKt and R-Q8 or Q-B7 mate.
12. KtxB PxKt
13. B-Q3 QxP
K-B2 or P-KB4 were also unavailing in consequence of Black's poor development.
14. BxPch K-Q2
15. B-K3 Q-Kt5
16. P-R3 Q-B5
17. QxKtP Q-B3
18. B-K4 Resigns.
GAME No. 32 200
Chess Strategy
GAME No. 33
White: Barasz. Black: Mieses.
Centre Counter Defence.
1. P-K4 P-Q 4
2. PxP QxP
3. Kt-QB3 Q-QR4
4. Kt-B3
It is better to advance the QP at once and so threaten B-Q2, after which Black is almost under compulsion to
provide a retreat for his Q by P-QB3, thus blocking his QKt.
4. ... Kt-QB3
5. B-K2 B-B4
6. P-Q3
Already now the mistake of having allowed Black to develop his Queen's side unmolested is apparent. P-Q4
is now impossible, for Black would castle on the Queen's side and keep the initiative by exerting a permanent
pressure on White's QP by P-K4. White must yield up the centre to Black.
6. ... P-K4
7. B-Q2 Castles
8. P-QR3 Q-B4
The Queen must escape from White's threat of P-QKt4.
9. Castles Kt-B3
10. P-QKt4 Q-K2
11. P-Kt5
This advance is somewhat purposeless, as the White pieces are not ready for an attack on Black's King. It is
difficult, though, to find a sensible plan, as the White pieces have so little mobility. It would perhaps be best to
play R-K1, B-B1, and Kt-K4.
11. ... Kt-Q5
12. R-K1 Q-B4
13. B-KB1 B-Q3
14. Q-Kt1?
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8 | | | #K | #R | | | | #R |
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7 | #P | #P | #P | | | #P | #P | #P |
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6 | | | | #B | | #Kt| | |
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5 | | ^P | #Q | | #P | #B | | |
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4 | | | | #Kt| | | | |
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3 | ^P | | ^Kt| ^P | | ^Kt| | |
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2 | | | ^P | ^B | | ^P | ^P | ^P |
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1 | ^R | ^Q | | | ^R | ^B | ^K | |
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Diag. 146
The purpose of this move is not clear. The advance of the KtP could only be condoned by a desire to obtain an
open file, and it seems illogical to protect it now. If White wanted to escape the pinning of his KKt he need not
have moved the Queen. KtxKt would have effected this and prevented the King's side from being laid bare.
White's game would still have been bad, particularly as the exchange at Q4 opens the diagonal for the Black
KB, but the move in the text has even a worse effect. Mieses concludes the game with an elegant sacrifice.
14. ... KtxKtch
15. PxKt P-K5!
16. QPxP BxPch
17. KxB QxPch
18. B-Kt2 RxB
19. R-K2 RxR
20. KtxR QxKt
21. PxB Q-K4ch
22. K-R1 R-K1
Black has wrought fearful havoc in the White ranks, and the defenceless King cannot withstand the onslaught
of the three White pieces for long.
23. P-QB4 Kt-R4
24. K-Kt1 Q-Q5ch
25. K-R2 R-K7
threatening Q-R5ch, Q-B7ch, and mate at Kt7 or R7.
26. Q-R1 Q-K4ch
27. P-B4 QxPch
28. K-Kt1 Q-Q5ch
Resigns.
GAME No. 33 202
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GAME NO. 34
White: Em. Lasker. Black: Niemzowitsch.
Caro-Kann Defence (compare p. 50). 1. P-K4 P-QB3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. Kt-QB3 PxP 4. KtxP Kt-B3 5.
KtxKt KtPxKt 6. B-K2 B-B4 7. B-B3 Q-R4ch 8. P-B3 P-KR4!
A deep conception. If White accepts the proffered sacrifice of a pawn, he loses time, as he must retire his B
before bringing out his Kt, and, moreover, the KR file being open, he can only castle on the Q side. But there the
Black Queen is ready for the attack. If he refuses the sacrifice, the text move is still of value, as even then it is
hardly advisable for White to castle on the K side, whilst Black can play B-R3 as soon as it might be desirable to
exchange White's QB.
9. BxP Kt-Q2
10. B-Kt4 BxB
11. QxB Castles
12. Kt-K2 P-K3
13. B-B4 Q-QKt4!
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