[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1894.09.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Theodor von Scheve"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.h3
Ne4 { "The decisive error." - Tarrasch} 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Nd2 Bb4
{"Had Black foreseen the consequences of my plan (which could
hardly have been expected of him) he would have retained this
Bishop for the protection of the g pawn." - Tarrasch} 10.a3
Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 O-O 12.Qc2 f5 13.Bd6 Re8 14.O-O-O Nf6 15.Be5 Bd7
16.f3 exf3 17.gxf3 b5 18.Rg1 Rf8 19.Rd2 Rf7 20.Rdg2 a5 21.Qf2
Ne8 22.Rg5 Qe7 23.Qh4 Nf6 24.Qh6 Ra7 25.Bd6 Qxd6 26.Rxg7+ Kf8
27.Rxh7+ Ke7 28.Rxf7+ Kxf7 29.Rg7+ Ke8 30.Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.06"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Tarrasch} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5 a6 {A very poor move; this and the
following one drive the bishop to his best square, The most
natural and the best play is castling.} 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2 Nxd4
{How many such Scothch games has Blackburne won when he had
the first move! and chiefly because the opponents committed
this mistake, which strengthens the center, frees the best
square for the bishop, and costs a move.} 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3
d5 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc6 14.Bg5 {!} f6 {After 14...dxe4 15
Bxe7 follows and then Bxe4. Black has already a very bad game,
a consequence of the erratic opening.} 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.Bc1 {!}
Bb7 17.f3 Qh5 18.Re1 {White prevents castling and opens a
decisive attack, no matter whether the king moves to the
queen,s side or the king's side.} Kd7 19.c4 {!} Rae8 20.cxb5
axb5 21.a4 Nd5 22.Bd2 b4 23.Rb1 Ba6 24.Be4 Nb6 25.Qc2 {White
continually makes the best and strongest moves.} c5 26.Bf5+
Kd8 27.Qxc5 Nc4 28.Qd5+ Kc7 29.Bf4+ Kb6 30.Qc5+ Kb7 31.Bc8+
Rxc8 32.Qxh5 {More precise was mate with Re7+, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.12"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e6 2. Qe2 Nc6 {I consider the
best to be Be7. c5 is also good.} 3. Nf3 e5 {This gives an
open game.} 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 {d5 iS stronger, with the
development of the Queen's bishop at d7, and Castles Queen’s
Rook.} 6. g3 {This development of the King’s Bishop is the
natural consequence of Qe7.} d5 7. Bg2 dxe4 {With this, Black
plays the game in the centre, and fights for a chance to get
an advantage there. Be6 was in every way stronger, followed by
Qd7, and Castles Queen Rook. The Queen’s file opened by the
exchange of the pawns is more serviceble to White than to
Black.} 8. dxe4 Bd6 {Unintelligible and at present certainly
unnecessary.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O Ne8 {Black plays
the whole game at least weakly, as is often the case when the
other plays very strongly. The Knight becomes soon stifled
here, and remains so to the end.} 12. b4 {Tchigorin gets
points of attack for himself in a clever way.} a6 13. Rd1 Qe7
14. a4 f6 15. Ba3 b5 { ? From this point Black gets into
serious difficulties. He wishes to drive the threatening
Knight, which he could hav e done before without
disadvantage. The consequence of the text move is that the
whole of Black’s Queen’s wing becomes weak, and White holds
the sole control of the open Rook’s file.} 16. axb5 axb5
17. Ne3 Rb8 {The b- Pawn must be defended.} 18. Bc1 {In order
to unmask the Rook.} Nd8 { In order to move c6 , and then to
develop with Bc7 and Nd6, which White seeks to prevent.}
19. Ra7 Nc6 20. Ra6 Nd8 21. Nd5 Qd7 {If Black takes the
Knight, the Pawn re-takes, and the cleverly isolated Pawn at
b5 is threatened with capture after Ra5 and B f1.} 22. Ne1 {In
order to get possession of c5.} c6 23. Ne3 Qb7 24. Ra1 Bc7
{Black has temporarily driven back the White forces hut,
nevertheless, he does not accomplish his planned development
of the e8 Knight.} 25. Nf5 {!} Bb6 {If Bxf5 the diagonal of
the White King’s Bishop is opened, and therewith an attack on
the Pawns. It would now be best to play g6.} 26. Be3 {In order
to guarantee the Knight an entrance at c5.} Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rf7
28. Nd3 {The decisive, well-prepared move; Nc5 is now
threatened, followed by Rxd8 and Nxe6.} Bc8 {Ra8 would be
better, but White has then a particularly well-developed
game.} 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Rxd8 Be6 {Here, if ...Bxf5; 31. Rxd8
Kxd8 32 exf5 and Black has a lost game.} 31. Nd6 {The game is
an excellent example of the modern school of play.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.24"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Samuel Tinsley"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e6 2. Qe2 b6 {Stronger is Be7 or
c5.} 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nh3 Nc6 5. d3 Qe7 {The whole game needs
very little comment. Both players open in an original manner,
and after a rather long fight for position Tchigorin gets an
opportunity for attack. Black loses the game not through any
particular mistake, but from White's stronger play in
general.} 6. Be3 O-O-O 7. f3 {In order to retire the Bishop to
f2 after Black's d5.} Nf6 8. O-O-O d5 9. Bf2 d4 10. Nb1 e5
11. Be1 Qe6 12. b3 h6 13. g3 g5 {Thi is not good, as now the
advance of White's f-Pawn and the opening of the f-file gain
importance.} 14. f4 g4 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf4 Qd6 {White has
now a much better game.} 17. Bg2 h5 18. Kb2 a5 19. Rf1 Be7
20. Bd2 Bc6 21. Rde1 Nfd7 22. Nd5 {The beginning of a decisive
attack.} Bxd5 23. exd5 Rde8 24. Rf5 f6 25. Qe4 Qc5 26. d6 {!}
Bxd6 27. Qa8+ Nb8 28. Rxf6 Rhf8 29. Ref1 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 c6
{Black's position is broken up and will soon be entirely
destroyed. The position of White's Queen is peculiar, and also
the absolutely safe position of White's King, though only
protected by the Knight. It is also worthy of note that
Tchigorin took, from the 31st to the 39th move, no less than
fifty-six minutes, but each move is of greatest accuracy and
precision.} 31. Be4 Nd7 32. Bf5 Re5 33. Bxd7+ Kxd7 34. Qb7+
Bc7 35. Bf4 Qe7 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. Rf7+ Kd8 38. Rf8+ Ke7
39. Qc8 {This game, which was adjourned at the curious
position at the 31st move, caused much interesting discussion
in the interval as to whether White's Queen would get out
without loss, and the opinions expressed amongst the
spectators as to the chances of the game were remarkably
varied.- ED} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.10"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "Adolf Albin"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 {This move was played
in the London Tournament of 1883 by Chigorin against
Rosenthal. the opening of that game proceeded as follows : 8
a4 b4 (?) 9 a5 Nxd4 10 Nxd4 exd4 11 Qxd4 c6 12 Nd7 Qf6 13 Qb6
Nxd2 14 Bxd2 Be7 15 Bxb4 Bxb4 16 Qxb4 Qe7 17 Qc3 O-O 18 Qxc6
with one pawn more.} Rb8 9. dxe5 Be6 10. axb5 axb5 11. c3 Bc5
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Re8 15. b4 {White intends
to drive the king's bishop from the king's side prepatory to
the coming attack on the king.} Bb6 16. Qf4 Ne7 17. h4 {In
order to drive away the knight in case it should be played to
g6.} Qd7 18. Ng5 Ng6 {Not Bf5 on account of 19 g4 Bxc2 20
Qxf7+ Kh8 21 Ne6 Rg8 22 Bh6 and wins.} 19. Qf3 {After Qg3,
Black gets an advantage with Bf5.} Bg4 20. e6 {It is evident
now that the attack 18 Ng5 was strong. White must lose the
e-pawn, and tries with this move to dispose of it more
advantageously.} Bxe6 {The correct move is to take the pawn
with the queen, in which case Black has a slight advantage.}
21. h5 Bg4 {? A great mistake which leads to an immediate
loss.} 22. hxg6 {! White perceives his chance at once; he gets
a rook and two minor pieces for the queen.} Bxf3 23. gxf7+
Qxf7 {Black has now one piece less - sufficient reason for
resigning.} 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 {Rather better is Be2. The remainder
is merely a matter of routine.} 25. gxf3 Kf6 26. Bd3 g5
27. Bxb5 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxb5 29. Ra6+ Kf5 30. Rg1 Rg8 31. Be3
h5 32. Bd4 Rg6 33. Rxg6 Kxg6 34. Be3 d4 35. Bxd4 Rf5 36. Ke3
Rf8 37. Ra1 h4 38. Ra6+ Kf5 39. Rh6 Re8+ 40. Kf2 Rf8 41. b5 g4
42. Rf6+ Rxf6 43. fxg4+ Kg6+ 44. Bxf6 Kxf6 45. c4 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.13"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
d6 {The originator of the defence 3...a6 and 4...d6 is
Alapin.} 5. d4 exd4 {Bd7 is better, in order to keep the point
at e5 as long as possible. fhe exchange of the Pawn
facilitates White’s attack.} 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7
9. Bxc6 {Preparing for the next move.} bxc6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2
Re8 12. f3 {White might better perhaps have waited with this
and the following move till he was obliged ; Qd3, Rad1, and
Rfe1 seem to be correct.} Bf8 13. Nde2 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 {Black
has played admirably and nearly equalised matters, and
especially paralyses the dangerous opposing Bishop.} 15. Qd3
{The Queen is well placed here ; the Pawnnat a6 is attacked,
and thus the Rook is kept at home.} c5 16. Rab1 {This
protecting of the Bishop is unnecessary ; he might have played
at once and continued with i6 Nd5 and if Nxd5 17 Bxg7 Nf4(?)
18 Qc3.} Bc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rbe1
{White has still the better game, but too much has already
been exchanged, and the game drifts gradually into a draw.} f5
21. Rxe8 {Ne2, f4, and e6 seems stronger.} Qxe8 22. Qd2 Qf7
23. Re1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. c4 Qe5 26. Ne2 Kf6 27. g3 Qa1+
28. Kg2 Ne5 29. f4 Nf7 { White could lock up the Queen vith
Nc3, hut would be obliged to set it free again on the next
move.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.26"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Adolf Albin"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {The
Dutch game can scarcely be defended (compare the game Steinitz
v. Tarrasch). After Bb4 the Bishop is not in a good position,
and an exchange against the Knight is usually prejudicial to
Black. On e7, however, the Bishop has no future.} 4. e3 Nf6
5. Bd3 O-O 6. Ne2 d6 {To follow with e5. This move has this
disadvantage, that it cuts off the King's Bishop from the
King's side. Black does not perceive this in time.} 7. O-O e5
{At least Bxc3 should have been played before this.} 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd7 {The exposed Bishop should retire to a5.}
10. Qa4 Qh4 11. Qxb4 Rf6 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. Rd1 Rh6 {White wins
the Bishop, and the game is of course decided. Black still
makes a desperate attack.} 14. h3 Ne4 15. dxe5 a5 16. Qd4 dxe5
17. Qxe5 Bd7 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf6 20. Qd4 Qf7 21. e4 Rg6
22. e5 Bb5 23. a4 Ba6 24. Ra3 Rd8 25. e6 Qe8 26. Nf5 c6
27. Rg3 {After Rxd5 there follows 28. Rxg6 Rxd4 29 Rxg7+ Kh8
30 Rxd4 and wins.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.09"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. c3
Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bb3 {To prevent the exchange of
the king's bishop after Na5.} Be6 8. Bc2 d5 {In consequence of
the two bishop's moves on the part of White, Black gets now
the initiative, but does not know how to make use of it.}
9. Qe2 Bd6 {Much stronger was Nd7 and f5.} 10. Nf1 a6 {Black
shows clearly that he does not know what to do with his good
position; Steinitz on the other hand, true to his method,
tries to obtain one advantage after another. This game offers
a good example of his method of play.} 11. Ng5 Qd7 {Black
should not allow the exchange of the bishop, but should
withdraw it to d7. Perhaps he was afraid of the continuation
12 exd5 Nxd5 13 Nxh7 (...Kxh7 14 Qe4+ and Qxd5) but after
13...Re8 White would have been very much embarrased by the
threat of Nf4.} 12. Ne3 dxe4 {It is again evident that Black
has no definite plan.} 13. dxe4 Ne7 14. f3 Bc5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6
16. Bb3 Qc6 17. g4 Bxe3 {So that the knight should not
establish itself on f5.} 18. Bxe3 Ng6 19. O-O-O {White has now
with his bishops a far superior game.} Rad8 20. h4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Re8 {Nxh4 would be wrong on account of giving
possesion of the open file to the queen and rook.} 22. h5 Nf8
23. h6 g6 24. g5 N6d7 25. Bd5 {The advance of the pawns has
prepared this move, and White now wins a pawn and with it the
game.} Qa4 26. Bxb7 Qxa2 27. Qxa6 Qb3 28. Bd5 {The bishop is
indefatigable.} Qb8 29. Qa2 Re7 30. Qa8 Qxa8 {After Qb5 might
follow 31 Bc6 Qe2 32 Bc5 Nxc5 33 Qxf8+, etc.} 31. Bxa8 Ne6
32. Bd5 Nf4 {This hastens the end.} 33. Bc6 Nf8 34. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.31"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 c5
5.dxc5 {e3 is stronger. By the text move White helps Black
over the difficulties of the opening.} Bxc5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nf3 O-O
8.Be2 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Bb7 {Black has already an equal
game.} 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.a3 Rac8 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.Bd3
Qe6 16.Qc2 {Threatening Bf5.} Ne7 17.b4 Bd6 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.Bxd6
{The game becomes a draw without any exciting features.} Qxd6
20.Qe2 Qe5 21.Ba6 Qb8 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Na2 Ne4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8
25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Nxc1 Qc7 27.Qc2 Qxc2 28.Nxc2 Kf8 29.Kf1 Ke8
30.Ke2 Kd7 {The game might easily have been played further, as
it is clear that either of the players might have been able to
win or to lose it.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.09.02"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "Emmanuel Schiffers"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4
5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 Na5 {The usual move here is Ne5.} 7.Qxd4 {The
game is about equal for the two players.} Nxc4 8.Qxc4 Qxd5
9.Qe2+ {The exchange of Queens was preferable.} Be6 10.O-O
O-O-O 11.Nxe6 Qxe6 12.Qxe6+ fxe6 {After a dozen moves the
players have reached the end game. Black, being in possesesion
of the open Queen's file, has a slight advantage and makes the
best use of it.} 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Bg5 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Rd5 16.Be3
Rhd8 {Now the superiority of Black's game is evident.} 17.c4
Ra5 18.a4 Rd6 19.Rfb1 Ng4 20.Rb5 {Even without this blunder
White cannot prevent some loss.} Rxa4 21.Rab1 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rb6
23.Rf1 Rxc4 24.Rg5 g6 25.Rf8+ Kd7 26.Rf7+ Kd6 27.Rxh7 Rb1+
28.Kf2 Rxc2+ 29.Kg3 b5 {Now follows the race of the Pawns and
White arrives too late. The final moves need no comment;
besides the whole game is easily understood.} 30.Rxg6 Rb3
31.Kf4 Rc4+ 32.Kg5 Rxe3 33.Rgg7 Re5+ 34.Kh6 Rh4+ 35.Kg6 Rxh7
36.Rxh7 b4 37.g4 b3 38.Rh3 Rb5 39.Rd3+ Ke7 40.Rd1 b2 41.Rb1 a5
42.h4 a4 43.h5 a3 44.h6 a2 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.13"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
Bb6 {It is noteworthy that Lasker usually declines the Evans’
Gambit, although he has declared that he knows a winning
defence.} 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. a5 Ba7 8. b5 axb5 9. Bxb5 Nf6 {
Ne7 seems preferable.} 10. a6 {Instead of developing, White
makes premature attempts at attack, which finally only
facilitate and hasten the development of his opponent.} O-O
{Nxe4 would be bad on account of 11 Qa4 Nc5 12 axb7.} 11. d3
Ne7 12. axb7 Bxb7 13. Na3 {Bxf2+ was threatened.} d5 {Black is
so far advanced in development that he can at once begin the
attack.} 14. O-O Ng6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qe1 {All of White’s
Pieces are in bad positions, with the exception of the King’s
Knight f3. White’s game is thus no longer capable even of
defence.} Qf6 17. Bg5 { With this and the mistake immediately
following the Bishop gets also exposed. It would have been
better to interrupt the file of the adverse Queen’s Bishop
with Ng5 and e4.} Qf5 18. Nc2 {?} Nxc3 19. Rxa7 {He may well
despair.} Bxf3 20. Ne3 {After Be3, Qg4 wins.} Qxg5 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Qxc3 Nf4 23. Ra1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.08.08"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 {If
White can do this with impunity, (as indeed seems likely), a6
would be a pointless move.} dxc6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.d3 Bg4 7.Be3 Qd6
8.Bxc5 Qxc5 9.Qd2 {!} Bxf3 {? A grievous misjudgement,
bringing disadvantage to Black. f6 was indicated.} 10.gxf3 Ne7
11.O-O-O Ng6 12.Qe3 {!} Qxe3+ {Not good because it strengthens
White's center. But after 12...Qe7 Black could not have
castled Q side on account of Qa7, whereas castling K-side
would have been dangerous on account of the open g-file. Black
is paying the penalty of his mistake on the 9th move.} 13.fxe3
Rd8 14.Ne2 f6 15.Rhg1 Kf7 {Castling was preferable.} 16.Rdf1
Rhe8 17.Ng3 Nf8 18.f4 c5 {The game is untenable. Black tries
to provide against 19 fxe5 Rxe5 20 d4 followed by e5; but
there is even worse to come.} 19.Nh5 g6 20.fxe5 {! To take the
Knight would allow a mate in 2.} Rxe5 21.Nxf6 Kg7 22.Rf2 h5
23.Nd5 c6 24.Nf4 c4 25.Rfg2 Rd6 26.h4 cxd3 27.cxd3 Kf7 28.Rg5
Rxg5 29.Rxg5 Rf6 30.e5 Rf5 31.Rxf5+ gxf5 32.d4 {Better than
Nxh5 which would be good enough too.} Ke7 33.Kd2 c5 34.Kd3
cxd4 35.exd4 Kd8 36.d5 Kd7 37.Kd4 Kc7 38.b4 Kd7 39.Kc5 Kc7
40.d6+ Kd7 41.Kd5 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.07.20"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Moritz Porges"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 d5
11.exd6 {This gives away White's opening advantage by
consolidating the opponent's game. 11 Nbd2 was indicated.}
cxd6 12.Nbd2 Re8 {! The R here threatens the White Q, and it
is interesting to see how quickly that indirect menace gives
Black some decisive advantage.} 13.Rfe1 Bd7 14.Ne4 {This turns
out to be ineffective. It would have been relatively best to
retreat the Q to f1, the only if modest place where she could
enjoy a little peace.} d5 15.Ned2 {The Kt mustn't go to g3,
since Bb4 would cost the exchange.} Ba3 16.Be5 f6 17.Qa6
{White just manages to avoid the loss of a piece.} fxe5
18.Qxa3 e4 19.Nd4 Qf6 20.c3 Rf8 21.f3 Qg5 {One blow after
another Lasker plays with great strength.} 22.Qc1 Nc5 23.Nf1
Qg6 24.Re3 Nd3 25.Qd1 Nf4 26.Ng3 h5 27.Nde2 Nxg2 {! Forcing
the issue with an elegant combination.} 28.Kxg2 exf3+ 29.Rxf3
Bh3+ 30.Kxh3 Qg4+ 31.Kg2 Qxf3+ 32.Kg1 h4 33.Nh1 Qe3+ {Resigns,
since Kg2 is punished by the pretty mate ...h3.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Pistyan"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan CZE"]
[Date "1912.05.20"]
[EventDate "1912.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Semion Alapin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch from "Dreihundert
Schachpartien".} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4
Nd5 7.axb5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 cxb5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Rb1 Qd5 11.f3 f5
{Restraining e3-e4. On 11...Ba6 then 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Qa4+ Kd8
14.e4 Qe6 15.Bf4, intending d4-d5 to drive the queen away from
d7, and then Rxb8+ and Qd7+ mate.} 12.Qc2 e6 13.Qb2 Bd6 {If
Black tries to hang on to his extra material he ends up in
serious trouble: 13...Ba6 14.Bxc4! bxc4 15.Qxb8+ Rxb8 16.Rxb8+
Ke7 17.e4! dxe4 (forced, as 17...Qa5 18.Nc6+ and 17...Qd6 Bg5+
mate are not desirable) 18.Bg5+ Kd6 19.Rd8+ Ke7 20.Rxd5 exd5
21.fxe4 dxe4 22.O-O, and with Rf7+ looming White has much the
better ending.} 14.Qxb5+ Qxb5 15.Rxb5 Ba6 16.Nxc4 Bc7 17.Rc5
Bb6 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Rc7 O-O 20.c4 Rf7 21.Rxf7 Kxf7 22.Kd2 Nc6
23.Kc3 Na5 24.c5 bxc5 25.dxc5 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Rb8 27.Bd2 Rb5
28.Ra1 {? White's play, since emerging a pawn up on move 16,
has not been the most exact, but he could still have won by
the problem-like 28.Kd4 Nb3+ 29.Kc4 Nxd2+ 30.Kxb5 Nxf1 31.c6
Ke7 32.Ka6 (32.Kb6?? Nxe3) 32...Kd8 (or 32...Kd6) 33.Kb7,
winning.} Rxc5+ 29.Kb4 Rd5 30.Bc3 Nc6+ 31.Kc4 Rd7 32.Kc5 Ne7
33.e4 Rc7+ 34.Kd4 Rd7+ 35.Ke3 Rc7 36.Be5 Rd7 37.Ra6 Ng6 38.Bd6
Rb7 39.Ra2 Rd7 40.e5 Rb7 41.g3 Rb3+ 42.Ke2 f4 43.Kf2 Rb5
44.Ra7+ Kg8 45.gxf4 Nh4 {!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.15"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5
5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Qc2 Re8 8.O-O Bf8 {What with his somewhat
unorthodox opening, Black is rather cramped.} 9.Ng5 {Marshall
starts a violent attack which would seem to be perfectly
justified. Yet in the midst of it, just as if Lasker had
exercised a spell on him, he falters, and all f a sudden it is
the World Champion who has the winning advantage.} g6 10.f4
exd4 11.exd4 Bg7 12.f5 {Marshall could still complete his
development by Bd2 and Rae1 without the slightest risk, but
now he throws caution to the wind. What with e5 being mainly
defended by the d-pawn, Black will try to eliminate the
defending Pawn by ...c5 and if he can do that and get his own
Kt to e5 before White's attack has prospered, he will be on
top.} Ng4 13.Nf3 c5 14.fxg6 fxg6 15.h3 {? Very feebly played
and almost inexplicable except for Lasker's queer knack of
'willing' his opponents to make weak moves. Against any other
opponent Marshall almost certainly would have played 15 Bg5,
gaining the advantage in every variation. It looks almost like
witchcraft.} cxd4 {Of course!} 16.Bg5 {Too late!} Ne3 17.Qf2
Qb6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Nc5 {Now Black is well developed and a
pawn up, but he still has to face some danger on his K-Wing.}
20.Rad1 Bd7 21.Qh4 Ba4 {21...Nxd3 followed by ...Bb5 would be
refuted by Rb3.} 22.Bxg6 {White's best chance in the
circumstances.} hxg6 23.Bd8 {Winning the Queen, but at much
too high cost.} Qxd8 24.Ng5 Qxg5 25.Qxg5 Bxd1 26.Qxg6 Bc2
{White was threatening to win by Rf7, but Black can well
afford to return one of his pieces.} 27.Qxc2 d3 28.Qd1 a5
29.Qg4 Rf8 30.Rd1 Rae8 31.Qg6 Re2 32.Rf1 {Nor can he save the
game by sacrificing the exchange since 32...Re1+ followed by
Be5+ would lead to mate.} d2 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Qxd6+ Kg8
35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qh4+ Bh6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.14"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5
exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 d4
{Usually in this variation, what with the White Kt on c3, this
move wins a tempo which makes all the difference and gives
Black the superior position. Here, however, the move loses an
important tempo which should have better been used for
development.} 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Qd3 {! Lasker now refutes the
ill- considered pawn-push very shrewdly. Since his pawn would
get lost by Rd1, Black must go in for an unfavourable
exchange.} Be6 12. Rd1 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 {Here, as will soon be
evident, the White Queen is excellently placed.} Qe7 {So as to
dodge the attack of the e-pawn. Black's position now looks
reasonably good, but he is a tempo behind in develop men and
that makes all the difference.} 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a4 {A very
subtle move, the force of which Black fails to recognise. The
pawn is to push on to a6 so as to loosen the position of the
Black pieces, particularly the Queen Knight. Naturally Black
must not take the e-pawn since 16 Re1 Qa6 17 Bf1 would cost
him the Queen.} Ne4 {It would have been best to stop the
further advance of the pawn by either ...Bc5 or a6 but White
would have had the better game in any case; Black's position,
though, may still have been tenable, whereas now it breaks
down very quickly.} 16. Be1 Rad8 {? Rac8!} 17. a5 Bc5 18. a6
bxa6 {After ...b6 White would still maintain his advantage by
19 Qa4 followed by 20 b4.} 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Nh4 {Forcing
material gain, since White threatens to win the Knight or the
Bishop.} Bb6 21. Nf5 Qe5 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Nd6 Qxe2 24. Nxc8
Rxc8 {For the loss of the exchange Black, at any rate, has a
strong passed pawn which might enable him to save the game so
long as he can avoid the exchange of rooks.} 25. Qd5 Qe6
26. Qf3 {At this juncture the exchange of queens would not be
quite favourable enough for White.} h6 27. Bd2 Ne5 28. Rxc8+
Qxc8 29. Qe4 Nd7 30. Rc1 Qf8 31. Bxh6 {!} Nc5 {If ...gxh6
White would regain the piece by 32 Qg4+.} 32. Qg4 f5 33. Qg6
Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bg5 Nd3 36. Rb1 {Not, of course, Rc2
since Black would win a piece by ...Ne1 followed by ...Nf3+.}
Ke6 37. b3 Kd5 38. f3 a5 39. h4 Nc5 40. h5 d3 {Black is
hopelessly lost since there is no way to stop White from
getting a passed Pawn on the King's-wing.} 41. Kf1 a4 42. bxa4
Nxa4 43. Bf6 {!} Ke6 44. Bxg7 Kf7 45. Be5 Nc5 46. Rd1
{Obviously the d-pawn will get lost. A beautifully played
game, but then almost all of Lasker's games in this Tournament
are worthy of a World Champion.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.03"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Bc2 d4
13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Nb3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 c5
18.Bd2 Rfd8 19.Ba5 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 f6 21.Bc3 fxe5 22.Bxe5 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.f4 Kf7 25.Kf2 Bf6 26.Bd6 Bd4+ 27.Kf3 Bd5+
28.Kg4 Ke6 29.Bf8 Kf7 30.Bd6 Bxg2 31.Bxh7 Ke6 32.Bf8 Kd5
33.Kg5 Bf6+ 34.Kg6 Be4+ 35.f5 Ke5 36.Bxg7 Bxf5+ 37.Kf7 Bxg7
38.Bxf5 Kxf5 39.Kxg7 a5 {In this position, the game appears to
be lost for White. How can the King, way across the board,
still hold up the a-pawn, which threatens to go for a Queen
after 40... c4 41.bxc4 bxc4 and c3? Black had already
calculated the following play before the exchange of pieces:
40.h4 Kg4 41.Kf6 c4 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.Ke5 c3 44.bxc3 a4 45.Kd4
a3, and his own pawn on c3 prevents the King, situated in the
'square' of the passed pawn, from approaching it. -- Tarrasch}
40.h4 Kg4 41.Kg6 {This is the problem move. Black must capture
the h-pawn and White's King thereby wins space and time. It is
as though, in the variation just given, White had not moved to
f6, but in one move, at once to f5. From there he can easily
hold up the a-pawn, since his journey does not lead him over
e5 and d4, but over e4 and d3, where his own pawn is not in
the way. Now Black must still make exertions to save the
game. -- Tarrasch} Kxh4 42.Kf5 Kg3 43.Ke4 Kf2 44.Kd5 Ke3
45.Kxc5 Kd3 46.Kxb5 Kc2 47.Kxa5 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

