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Contents
Page
FAVORITE
GAMES
II
THE
III
THE M O R P H Y
PERIOD
30
IV
THE A G E
OF
STEINITZ
51
MODERN
CHESS
VI
MODERNS,
VII
PERIOD
PRE-MORPHY
OF
PERIOD
67
HYPERMODERNS
RUSSIAN
12
AND
HEGEMONY
ECLECTICS
95
166
INDEX
OF
OPENINGS
186
INDEX
OF
PLAYERS
188
T h i s B o o k is D e d i c a t e d
T o the Memory o f
HARRY NELSON P1LLSBURY

(1872-1906)
PART
Favorite Games
In the course of the decades which I have devoted to the
preparation of this volume, I have had occasion to examine
thousands upon thousands of scores. Those that have pleased
me most are included in " T H E G O L D E N T R E A S U R Y OF C H E S S . "
But even among these favorites, there are some which I have
enjoyed so much that I have set them aside in order to attract the reader's attention to these games. I will not deny
that ten years ago I might have selected other games, and
that in the years to come, my tastes will again be modified!
Nevertheless, you will be delighted with these games.
THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
1.
Warsaw, Nov. 1844
As long
as we continue
to be
charmed
by the triumph
of
mind
will
over matter, such combinations
fascinate
us. The idea of
readily
surrendering
the Queen in
order
to hound the hostile King with the
lesser pieces, has been utilized
fairly often; but Petroff's sacrifice
was
one of the first, if not THE first,
example
of this appealing
combinative
theme.
All honor to his
originality!
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
BB7ch
K - -R3
P-K6
K --Kt4
P-K13
K - -Kt5
K - -Kt4
K - -R4
K - -Kt5
K - -R5
K - -R6
Px R
GIUOCO PIANO
HOFFMAN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PB3
PQ4
PK5
BQ5
KxKt
KKt3
BxP
KtKt5
Kt x BP
KtxQ
PETROFF
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
PxP
KtK5
KtxKBP?!
PxPch
PxP
KtK2
KtxB
OO!!
And Black mates in eleven moves.
2.
P_Q ch
3
KtB5ch
KtxKP
Kt x Ktch
R_B4ch
RB3ch
RB5ch
KtK3ch
PKt3ch
RR5ch
BK6 mate
Paris, 1845
// is many years since I first saw

this game, but the final
position,
with Black's Queen trapped
by its
own
far-advanced
Pawns,
and
White's
King
gaily
advancing
down
the board to assist in the
final attack against his
colleague,
is still good for a chuckle.
Imagine
Kieseritzkys
chagrin
as he
stares
ruefully
at the bottled-up
Queen!
Who says there is no place for humor in chess?!
COCHRANE GAMBIT
MICHELET
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
BB4
KtK5
KBl
PQ4
KtB3
PKKt3
KB2
KtxP(B7)
KtKKt5
KK3
KQ3
PQR3
L.
KIESERITZKY
Black
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
QR5ch
PB6
KtKB3
BKt2
QR6ch
PQ3
RBl
QKt7ch
BR3
KtB3
B x Kt
M Y FAVORITES
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
KtxKP!?
BxB
BB4
QKl
KtxKt
PB7
KQ2
QK3
QRKl
BQ5
B x Ktch
QRKBl
RB6
BxB
PxQ
QxR
BB5ch
RK3
KtK4ch
PQ5
PKR4
KQ4
KK'l
PxRch
PR5
BB6
PxBch
B x Kt
PxKtP
KxP
KB6 and wins!
BISHOP'S G A M B I T
W . SCHULTEN
astounding
end-
KIESERITZKY
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Black
PK4
PKB4
BB4
KBl
BxP
KtQB3
KtR3
KtQ5
Kt x Pch
KtxR
PQ3
BQB4
BxP
QKl
KxP
KxQ
KR4
KR5
4.
One of the most

ings on record.
L.
PK4
PxP
QR5ch
PQKt4
KtKB3
KtKt5
KtQB3
KtQ5!
KQl
PB6!
PB3
PQ4!
R-Q3
PxPch
Q x Ktch!
KtK6ch
KtB6ch
BKt5 mate
Breslau, 1859.
// is difficult
to imagine
how
one
could concentrate
more
brilliancy,
more inspired
inventiveness,
more
sparkle into so short a game.
Here
is the distilled
essence
of the
very
best chess of the old masters:
one
thrill after
another!
Sacrificial
Orgy
R U Y LOPEZ
3.
Paris, Nov. 1846
negPoor Kieseritzky!
He achieved
ative immortality
by losing a magnificent game to the great Anders sen, and this feat swallowed
up his
reputation
forever
after.
That
Kieseritzky
was a brilliant and able
player in his own right, however,
is
abundantly
clear from this
game.
A . ANDERSSEN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
KtxKt
BB4
PK5
BKt3
D R . M . LANGE
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtQ5
PxKt
KtB3
PQ4
BKKt5
8 PKB3
9 OO
10 P x B
11 KRl
12 P x K t
13 RB5
13 . . . .
14 K t P x P
15 PKt4
16 P x R
17 QB3
18 QR3
Resigns
Bravo!
5.
KtK5!
PQ6!
BB4ch
KtKt6ch!
QKt4
p_KR4!!
QxR
RxPch!!
QK5!
QR5ch
OK8ch
Berlin, 1869
You have probably

heard that Anders sen was a mighty man with the
Evans Gambit, but it is
impossible
to realize what glorious
feats
he
performed
with it, until you
have
played over such games as this one.
Incidentally
Zukertort,
the
great
Anders sen's brilliant
pupil,
knew
how to take fitting revenge,
as you
will see in later games
in this
volume.
These two immortals
produced games worthy of their
reputation.
A glorious
battle
EVANS GAMBIT
A . ANDERSSEN
White
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQKt4
PB3
OO
PQ4
8 PxP
9 PQ5
10 BKt2
11 BQ3
12 KtB3
13 KtK2
14 R B l
15 QQ2
16 K R l
17 KtKt3
18 KtB5
19 RKKtl
20 PKt4
21 B x K t
22 RKt3
23 PKt5
24 P x B
25 P x P
26 QRKKtl
27 P x P c h
28 QR6
White
wm
j . H . ZUKERTORT
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BxP
BB4
PQ3
PxP
BKt3
KtR4
KtK2
oo
KtKt3
PQB4
RKtl
PB3
BB2
PKt4
PKt5?
. BKt3
KtK4
QPxB
RB2
BxKt
QxP?
RQl
KRl
KKtl
Q-Q3
announced mate in five.
mmt
MY
29
30
31
32
33
KxQ
KKtl
KxB
KKtl
QxPch!
PB6ch
BR7ch!
RR3ch
RR8 mate
6.
St. Petersburg, 1896
There are many attractive

settings
for a brilliant game; but what is
more impressive
than an
immortal
game between
two Titans?
The
man who was able to beat the
great Pillsbury
in this
wonderful
game was truly worthy of his title.
It is no exaggeration
to say that
Lasher's combination
is one of the
greatest
feats of the human
imagination.
Quadrangular Tourney
QUEEN'S
GAMBIT
H . N . PILLSBURY
DECLINED
PQ4
2
3
4
5
6
7
PQB4
KtQB3
KtB3
BKt5
QxP
QR4?
8 OOO
9 PK3
10
11
12
13
14
15
KKtl
PxP
KtQ4
B x Kt
QR5
PxKt
17 PB5
R x Kt!!
A problem in one half the moves

of the entire game, mentally composed and solved in a manner
worthy of the champion of the
world.
18
19
20
21
22
PxB
PxPch
PxR
BKt5
KRl
RQR6!!
RxP
QKt3ch
QxBch
RB2
Threatens . . . RB8ch!
23
24
25
26
RQ2
KRQl
QB5
KKt2
RB5
RB6!
QB5
RxP!
Black
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
PB4
BPxP
KtB3
BK2
QR4
BQ2
PKR3
PxP
OO
BxB
KtxKt
BK3
The calm before the storm.

16 PB4
nocence. Though Pillsbury only

half suspects the quicksands, his
defense cannot be improved.
D R . E. LASKER
White
1
FAVORITES
QRBl
The charm of the position after

Black's 16th move is its surface in-
H HI B 1 1
. %m. | g | i A
27
28
29
30
31
32
QK6ch
KxR
KR4
KxP
KR5
QKt6
KR2
Q--B6ch
PKt4ch
QB5ch
BQlch
P x Q mate
10
7.
R U Y LOPEZ
R. SPIELMANN
White
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
8.
Carlsbad, 1911
One of the marks of a great

master
is the ability to conjure
up murderous
attacks
out of
seemingly
harmless
positions.
You will like
the way that Spielmann
commences
an unexpected
attack at move
22
and drives
it home
with
sledgetells,
hammer
blows.
Every move
and Black's
helplessness
becomes
ever more
apparent.
Iceland, 1931
Reti noted
years ago that
Alekhine's outstanding
quality was his
ability to give even the most
commonplace
positions an unusual
turn.
This game abounds
in such
original
moves.
FRENCH DEFENSE
A.
ASGIERSSEN
ALEKHINE
Black
White
1 PK4
DUS-CHOTIMIRSKI
Black
PK4
PK4
KtKB3
KtQB3
BKt5
PQR3
BR4
KtB3
OO
BK2
RKl
PQKt4
BKt3
PQ3
PB3
KtQR4
BB2
PB4
PQ3
OO
QKtQ2
QB2
RKtl
KtBl
BK3
PKR3
PKt5
QK2
KtQ2
Kt(3)R2
KRBl
KtKt3
RKt2
KtKt4
BKt4
KtK3
BxKt
KtQ5
BxB
PxB
KtKB3
QRxB
KPxP
PQ4!
KtQ2
KtR5!
PKt3
QKt4
KBl
RK7
Q
-Qi
QRKl!
KtK4
QKt5
Kt(R4)B5
QB6!
PxKt
PB4!
KtxKP
PxKt
Resigns
R ( l ) xKt!
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
PK3
PQ4
PQ4
KtQB3
BKt5
BxKt
KtB3
BQ3
PK5
PKR4
B x Pch!
KtKt5ch
PxBch
QR5
KtKB3
BK2
BxB
o-^>
RKl
BK2
p_QB4
KxB
BxKt
KKtl
KBl
PR3
KK2
RBl
KtQ2
QR4
KxP
RKKtl
QxBP
o_oo
PKt6!
KtPxP
PxP
RxP!!
19 QKt5ch
20 RR7
21 RQ4
WW/,
M N M
y
11
M Y FAVORITES
23
24
25
26
BxR
QKt5
KBl
PxQ
R x Ktch!
KtK4
KtQ6ch
QB6ch!
RB7 mate
9.
B xPch
KtKt5
9 KtKt5?
10 KRl
11 PB4
QKl
i t i t i
Warsaw, 1935
Anyone who preaches the

imminent
death
of chess
ought
to take a
good look at this game! The striking series of brilliancies
initiated
by
Black's thirteenth
move
compares
favorably,
I believe,
with any combination ever played over the board.
A Polish
"Immortal"
DUTCH DEFENSE
GLUCKSBERG
White
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
KtB3
PK3?
BQ3
OO
8 KtK2?
M.
NAJDORF
Black
PKB4
KtKB3
PK3
PQ4
PB3
BQ3
OO
QKtQ2
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
PKKt3
KKt2
Kt x B
KB3
QPxP
PxKt
KB4
KB3
KPxP
21 K x B
22 P x K t
QR4
BKt8!!
QR7ch
PK4!
QKt x Pch
Kt x Pch
KtKt3ch
PB5!
BKt5ch!
KtK4ch!
PR4 mate
PART I I
The Pre-Morphy
Period
Although chess is a direct descendant of a game played

in India in the 7th century, modern chess was not initiated
until the late 15th centuryabout the year 1485when important changes were made in the rules. For a hundred years
before this date the game had remained unchanged, the moves
of the pieces fixed. Although highly popular, it was a dull
game by our standards. The modern chessplayer would regard the chess of the middle ages as a strange and wearisome
pastime.
In many respects, of course, the mediaeval game was
similar to the chess we play today. The positions of the
pieces were the same; the Rooks, Knights and Pawns moved
as they move today; Castling had not yet been developed, but
the King was allowed to "leap" two squares on its first move.
The main difference lay in the moves of the Queen and
Bishop. The Queen was permitted to move only to an adjacent diagonal square. In other words, it moved like our
Bishop, but only one square at a time! Instead of being the
most powerful piece on the board, it was the weakest. The
Bishop of the mediaeval game leaped over the adjacent diagonal square to the square beyond in the diagonal.
When the moves of the Queen and Bishop were changed
to those we play today, the entire character of the game was
transformed. The old artillery, cavalry and infantry in the
form of Rooks, Knights and Pawns, were still in the game,
but the devastating power of the new dive-bombing Queen
and the speedy attack of the motorized Bishop made it necessary for the chess Generals to develop new strategy and tactics. New and more scientific openings had to be examined
and analysed. Pawn play became a primary consideration,
now that a promoted pawn could become a powerful Queen.
The whole tempo of the game was quickened, the battle shortened and intensified.
Italy was the main center of chess activity when these
changes took place and the new game probably originated
there. By 1 5 1 0 the old type of chess was obsolete in most of
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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 undoubtedly played over the board by actual chessplayers of
reasonable proficiency for the period.
Analysis was the ruling motive in the literature of the
period. Openings known today as the Ruy Lopez, Giuoco
Piano, Petroff defense, Philidor Defense, Bishop's Opening
and Queen's Gambit Accepted, were first outlined in a late
15th century manuscript (in the Gottingen University Library.) *
The first "best-seller" was a book written by Damiano
and printed in Rome in 1512. Eight editions were published
in the 16th Century and it was also translated and published
in French, English and German. All that is known of the
author is that he was an apothecary and a native of Portugal.
To judge from his analysis, he was also a mediocre chessplayer.
The famous name of Ruy Lopez first appears in 1559
when this Spanish priest visited Italy and defeated all the
Roman players. Although he did not invent the opening
which bears his name, Ruy Lopez was the leading player of
Spain for over 20 years and noted for his skill at blindfold
chess. He played often at the court of his patron, Philip II
of Spain. In 1561 Lopez published a book on chess containing
a code of laws, general advice to players (including the suggestion that you "place your opponent with the sun in his
eyes") and a miscellaneous collection of openings. He deals
with a wider range of openings than his predecessors but his
analysis is considered weak. Interesting is the fact that this
book gave international currency to the term "gambit," a
slang term which Lopez had learned in Italy. According to
Lopez, "it is derived from the Italian gamba, a leg, and gambitare means to set traps, from which a gambit game means
a game of traps and snares."
Among the leading Italian players of the period 1560
to 1630 were Paolo Boi, Giovanni Leonardo da Cutri, Giulio
Cesare Polerio and Gioachino Greco. As a youth, Leonardo
had been trounced by Ruy Lopez in Rome but he had his re T h e n a m e s b y which w e call openings t o d a y usually h a v e little or nothing to
do w i t h t h e i r origins and seldom c o m m e m o r a t e the names of the earliest a u t h o r ities to discover the openings.
14
venge in 1575 when he visited Spain and defeated the aging

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

stone in the progress of chess.
15
It w a s an important mile*
In the time of Philidor, Italy again produced some gifted

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

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

recorded
games
of modern
chess.
It was
played
shortly
after 1485,
when
the mediaeval
moves of the
Queen
and Bishop were changed.
Score
is from a poem in a Catalan
manuscript.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
CENTER COUNTER GAME
and White
10.
Late 15th Century.
FRANCISCO DE CASTELLVI
NARCISO VINOLES
Black
White
1 PK4
2 PxP
3 KtQB3
4 BB4
5 KtB3
6 PKR3
7 QxB
8 QxP
9 KtKt5
10 K t x R P
11 Kt x R
12 PQ4
13 BKt5ch
14 Q x Ktch
15 PQ5
16 BK3
17 RQl
18 R x P
19 BB4
20 Q x Ktch
21 QQ8 mate
PQ4
QxP
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
rr
with
Black
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
PB3
PQ4
PxP
KtB3
BKt5
QQ3
PxB
better
13.
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
PQ3
PxP
BKt5ch
BQ2
KtB3
BxKtch
game."
Madrid, 1575.
This game is believed

to have
been
played in the match between
Lopez
and Leonardo,
won by the
latter.
DAMIANO'S DEFENSE
1 p_K4
won.
RUY LOPEZ
RBl
1 1 . Rome, 1560.
White
QK2
KtKB3
KB2
PQ4
Kt x B
Ruy Lopez analyzes the Ruy Lopez.

A sample
from the collection
of
openings
in the book by Lopez.
Q-Qi
KtKt3
KtxKt
KtQ3
Kt x B
KtQ2
PxP
BQ3
QB3
QKt3
BxB
KBl
eventually
PKB 3
PxKt?
PKt3
12. Madrid, 1561.
KtKB 3
BKt5
BxKt
PK3
QKtQ2
Played when Lopez visited Rome in

1559-60.
His youthful
opponent
later became a famous
player.
R U Y LOPEZ
KtKB3
KtxP
QR5ch
Q x KPch
QxR
PQ4
BB4ch
BxPch
LEONARDO DA CUTRI
Black
PK4
KING'S G A M B I T DECLINED
R U Y LOPEZ
LEONARDO DA CUTRI
White
PK4
PKB4
BB4
KtKB3
PxP
Black
PK4
PQ3
PQB3
BKt5?
PxP
18
6
7
8
9
10
11
BxPch
KtxPcfi
QxB
QK6ch
QB8di
KxB
QK2
Q-Ql
QxQcli
KxQ
Resigns
Other games from this match are recorded in a manuscript by Polerio. A

game won by Leonardo (White) went
as follows: 1 PK4, PK4; 2 Kt
KB3, KtQB3; 3 BB4 B>B4; 4
PB3, QK2; 5 PQKt4, BKt3
6 PQR4, PQR3; 7 BR3, PQ3
8 PQ3, KtB3;9 QK2, BKt5
10 QKtQ2 and White eventually won
S
Rome, about 1580.
One of the earliest examples

Fegatello
or "Fried Liver"
T W O KNIGHTS'
POLERIO
White
1 p_K4
2 KtKB3
3 BB4
4 KtKt5
5 PxP
6KtxBP
of the
Attack.
DEFENSE
DOMENICO
period.
He died
bef ore
1634.
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PB3
OO
PQ4
BKKt5
BR4
KtxKtP!
QR5ch
11 B x P
12 BK6ch
13 QK8ch
1 4 PQ5 mate
PK4
Kt QB3
BB4
QK2
PQ3
BKt3
PB3
PKt4?
PxKt
KQ2
QKt2
KxB
KKtK2
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PQ4
KtxP
KxKt
QB3ch
KtB3
p_Q4
BKKt5
BxKt
KK3
KtK2
PB3
PKR3
BxB
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Q_K4
PxP
KKtl
PKR4
RxR
KtxKt
RxP
RQ6ch
RxP
BKt4ch
RQ7
RxRch
BxP
PxKt
QKt4
KK2
21 RKKt6
colA specimen
from
Greco's
lection
of games which he
began
to keep in 1619.
Greco was the
Black
7
8
9
10
11
12 OOO
GIUOCO PIANO
KtB3?
12 KtB7ch
14.
15.
KKl
RBl
Resigns
16.
Paris, 1680.
A brevity
by two of the
leading
period.
Parisian players of this
KING'S
MORANT
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
GAMBIT
A B B E DE FEUQUIERES
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
PKR4
BB4
8 QR5
9 QxKt
10 P x P
11 Q x P mate.
Black
PK4
PxP
KtK2
PKKt4
KtKt3
BKt2
OO
PKR3
PxKt
RKl
THE PRB-MORPHY PERIOD
17.
London, March 13, 1790.

Philidor
in
Action
KING'S BISHOP OPENING

3APT. SMITH
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
PK4
BB4
PQ3
BKKtS
BxKt
KtQB3
BKt3
PQR3
KtB3
QQ2
BxB
OO
PR3
KKtR2
PKKt3
KKt2
PB3
KtK2
PB3
PQ4
QPxP
Kt04
QRKl
QKB2
PHILIDOR
Black
PK4
KtKB 3
PB3
PKR3
QxB
PQKt4
PQR4
BB4
PQ3
BK3
PxB
PKt4
KtQ2
PR4
KK2
PQ4
KtBl
KtKt3
QRKKtl
BKt3
QxP
KQ2
PKB. 5
BB2!
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
KtK2
QxP
KtxQ
KRl
RKKtl
KxR
KtR5
KKt3
KKt4
19
RPxP
QxQch
KtB5ch
RxP
RxKtch
RRich
RxKtch
KtR6ch
RR5 mate
18. London, Dec. 29, 1796.

White's
ingenious
sacrifices
his opponent
in a helpless
leave
state.
PHILIDOR DEFENSE
rwooD
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
QPxP
KtKt5
PK6
Kt^>B3
KKt x KP
QR5ch
QK5
BxKt
RQl
BB4
BKt3
KtxKP
KtB6ch
KtxR
RQ8ch!
PK7ch
PK8(Q)ch
QR8ch
QxBch
Q x Q mate
WILSON
Black
PK4
PQ3
PKB4
BPxP
PQ4
KtKR3
PB3
PxKt
PKt3
RKtl
BxB
QK2
PQKt4
PR4
PR5
KBl
KxKt
QxR
Q-Q4
BBl
KxQ
QKtl
20
19
From Allgaier's
Collection
KING'S BISHOP'S OPENING

ALLGAIER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
PK4
BB4
BxKt
PxP
QR5ch
PxP
PKR3
KtKB3
KtR4
KtxR
QB3
PKKt4
QxP
KQl
QxB
RKl
RK2
RKl
Black
PK4
PKB4
RxB
PQ4
PKt3
RxP
QB3
KtB3
BQB4
PxKt
BB4
KtQ5
Kt x Pch
RQl!
BK5
QB6ch
QR8ch
Q x R mate
20. London, 1820.

The following
game was played
by
Mouret, while conducting
the Automaton
Chess player
in
London,
1820.
Out of 300 games in the
course
of a few months,
giving
odds of KBP and move to
every
comer, the French master lost
only
six games, and these to
Cochrane,
Brand and
Mercier.
(Remove Black's KBP)
J . COCHRANE
AUTOMATON
(Mouret)
White
1 PK4
Black
PK3
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
PQ4
PB3?
PQ4
PKB4
PB4
PK5
KtQB3
KtKB3
PB3
KtR3
BK2
QKt3
QB2
QKt3
BK2
OO
QB2
PxP
PxP
QKt3
RQl
KtB4
QKt x QP!
Q-Q3
KtxKt
KtxKt
KtxB
KRl
QxKt
OO
BQ2
KtB3
BK3
BB4
BxB
QxB
QKt4
RB2?
KtxP
PxKt
PK6
BxP
QxB
PQ5?
QRBl
QKt5?
RKBl
RB7
RxR
RxR
PKR3
RQBl
QBl
RB7
QxR
RB8
Q x Q c h and wins
21.
London, about 1830.
This game is of historic

interest,
as Capt. Evans here shows
his
gambit for the first
time.
EVANS
CAPT. EVANS
White
1
2
3
4
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
OO
GAMBIT
A . MACDONNELL
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
PQ3
21
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
BxP
BR4
BKKt5
Q-Q2
KtQl
PxP
KtR3
BKt3ch
BKR4
QBl
QxR
QR5
PB3
p_QKt4
PB3
PQ4
QKt3
KtKt5
PxP
BR3
PB3
KRl
RQl
R x Ktch
Kt x BP!
QKt5ch
White mates in three.

18 Q x KPch
19 QK6ch
20 BQ6 mate
22.
Critics consider
this the most
liant EVANS GAMBIT ever
ed at odds of QKt.
(Remove White's QKt)
EVANS
White
1
2
3
4
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
p_QKt4
5 PB3
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
OO
QB2
BR3
PQ4
KPxP
PxP
QRQl!
RxKt
BxPch!
RxBch!
23.
brilplay-
GAMBIT.
AMATEUR
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BxP
BR4
KtB3
OO
RKl
PQ4?
KKt x P
KtxBP
KtxR
BQ2
KxB
QxR
K-Ktl
Westminster, London,
June, 1834
This 16th game

is
prettiest
of the entire
match games
played.
one of
the
series of 85
QUEEN'S
ACCEPTED
GAMBIT
C . DE LABOURDONNAIS
A . MACDONNELL
White
KQ2
KB2
London, 1830.
MACDONNELL
16 KlKt3ch
17 Q x P mate
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
PQ4
p_QB4
PK3
BxP
PxP
KtQB3
KtB3
BK3
PKR3
BKt3
OO
p_QR4
KtK5
BB2
QK2
BQ2
QRKl
QK4
BxP!
QxKt
QR6
BxP!
Kt x KtP
QR8ch
QR7ch
KtB4
RK6ch
QR6ch
PKt4 mate
Black
PQ4
PxP
PK4
PxP
KtKB3
BK2
OO
PB3
QKtQ2
KtKt3
KKtQ4
p_QR4
BK3
PKB4??
PB5?
Q-Kl
BB2
PKt3
KtxB
BB5
BxR
PxB
KtBl
KB2
KB3
BQ6
KKt4
KB4
22
24.
Played at London, Aug, 1834,

The Immortal 50th battle.
Connoisseurs
hold that the
annals
of Chess produce
no higher
flights
of genius
than
the play
of
M'Donnell
in this
game.
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
D E LABOURDONNAIS
MACDONNELL
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
12
13
Black
PQ4
PQB4
PK4
PQ5
KtQB3
BxP
KtB3
BKt5?
KBl
QK2
RQl
PQ6
. . . .
KtQ5
PQ4
PxP
PK4
p_KB4
KtKB 3
BB4
0K2
BxPch
BKt3
PB5
BKt5
.P. x. P.
KtxKt!!
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
One of the most

masterpieces
on
25.
Two minor pieces will be more

than a match for the Queen!
KtK6ch
KxB
14 B x Q
15 K K l
HI
"%
I!
m& m.
WW
m
"
QQ3
RQ2
PQKt 3
PQR3
RKtl
BxP
PxB
BB4
KB2
RxPch
RB7ch
RKt7
PxKt
QKtl
KB3
QR2
KKt4
RxB
KR4
QK2
QR5
Resigns
RQl!
KtB3
BQR4
QRBl
p_QKt4!
B x Kt
KtQ5
KtxPch
KtxR(Q7)
KB3
KKt3
Kt(Q7) x B
RxP
BKt3!
RB6
KtB5ch
RKKtl
PxR
KB3
RKt3
KtK6
magnificent
record.
chess
Berlin, Dec. 29, 1837.
"Crime
and
Punishment'
GIUOCO PIANO
. HORWITZ
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PB3
PQ4
P-Q5
BK2?
PKR3?
BKt5
QKtQ2
KtR4?
KtxP
BxQ
KBl
L. BfcEDOW
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BKt3
QK2
KtQl
PQ3
PKB4
KtKB3
OO
PxP
Kt x Kt!
BxPch
KtKt6 mate
26.
De Labourdonnais
against M. Jouy,
plays
about
blindfold \
1838.
SALVIO GAMBIT
M . JOUY*
C DE LABOURDONNAIS
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Black
PK4
PK4
PKB4
PxP
PKKt4
KtKB3
BB4
PKt5
QR5ch
KtK5
KBl
PB6
KtxP(B7)
KtQB3
PQ4
BKt2
PB3
KtB3
KtxR
PQ4!
PxQP
KtK5
QKl
PKt6
PXPCH
BQ3
KxP
BR6ch
KKtl
KtxP!
Q x Ktch
QxQ
BxQ
Kt-- K 7 mate
27.
Masterly
Berlin, 1839 ( ? )
combinative
play.
11
12
13
14
15
23
16
17
18
19
KtxKt
BxP!
QxB
RKlch
KtB3!
PKt3
QRQlch
QKt7
QxBP
KtP x Kt
QxB
PQ4
KQl
BR6
PxB
BQ2
QRBl
RKl
20
21
22
23
24
RxBch!
QB6ch
KtQ5!
QKt5
RQl!
QxR
RK2
KtKtl
QKl
Resigns
' SCOTCH GAMBIT '

. V O N BILGUER
T . V O N DER LA<
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
BQB4
PB3
OO
BxP
QKt3
PK5!
KtxP
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
BKt5ch
PxP
PxP
PB3
KtR3
PxP
QK2
28.
New Orleans, June 22, 1849
Paul's First Blindfold
Game
GIUOCO PIANO
P A U L MORPHY
(aged 1 2 )
White
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PB3
PQ4
OO
ERNEST MORPHY
(Uncle)
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
PxP
PQ3
24
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
PxP
PKR3
KtB3
BK3
PQ5
PxKt
PK5
QKt3
BxPch
KtxP
PxP
QRKl
KtKt6
RK7
BKt3
PKR3
OO
RKl
BxB
BKt3
QPxP
RK2
RxB
QKl
BxKtP
BR3
Q-Ql
Resigns (b)
(b) This game occurred on Paul's

12th birthday, and Dr. Ford and
others present carried the youthful
victor away in triumph.
For this victory, he received a fine
set of chessmen.
(Paul played
blindfold,
but his
uncle did NOT.)
29.
New Orleans, May 25, 1850.
Paul, at the age of thirteen,

the great Hungarian master.
0 and 1 draw.)
defeats
(2 to
SICILIAN DEFENSE
PAUL MORPHY
(aged 13)
WMte
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
PxP
PQ4
BK2
BxB
OO
BK3
QBxP
KtB3
BxKt
J . LOEWENTHAL
Black
PQB4
PK3
PQ4
PxP
BKt5
BxKt
KtKB3
BK2
PxP
OO
KtB3
BxB
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
Kt x P
RKtl
KRl
PB3
PB5!
PKt3
PB6
PxP
BK4
QR5!
BxPch
BK4
QB5
RKt2
KtB6
RKt2?
BxQ
QxKR
RxR
RB5
BQ5
RB6
RB6
RB7
KKt2
KB3
BK4
BxKt
PKR4
RB6
KKt3
RB6
KxP!
KK4
RB5ch
RxB
KQ5
30.
A choice
BxP
BQ5ch
RKtl
BB4
QR5
QKt4
KtK4
KRQl
QxP(Kt2)
RQ3
KBl
RKR3
QxP
RKl
RK3
QxRch
KR x Kt
RxQ
KtKt5
PKt3
KtR3
KKt2
PR4
KKt3
PB3
KtB4
KKt4
KxB
KKt3
KR4
PB4
PB5ch
BB7
BB4
KxP
PxR
Resigns
Berlin, January 1851.

example
of this
opening.
EVANS G A M B I T
KOSSAK
J . DUFRESNE
25
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Black
PK4
KtKB 3
BB4
PQKt4
PB3
OO
PQ4
PxP
BQ5
Kt x Kt
KtKt5!
QR5
PB4
PxKt
KtxP
KRl
Kt x Pch
KtB5ch
KtK7 mate
31.
Berlin, 1 8 5 1 .
Falkbeer's
VIENNA
Immortal.
OPENING
FALKBEER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BxP
BR4
KtB3
OO
KKtxP
Kt x QBP
B x Kt
KtxP
PKR3
BxR
QK2
QB4ch
QxKB
KRl
KKtl
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
PKKt4
PKM
PxKt
QB3
PQ3
KtK4
BQ2
PB6
12 O O O ! ?
13 Q P x P
1 4 BB4ch
15 QR5
A . ANDERSSE
Black
PK4
P_KB4
KtKB3
BB4
OO?!
QxP
BKt3
PB3
QK2
PQ4
QQB2
PxKt
RxP
KRl
KtQ2
16 PB4 ,
17 KtB3
RBl
KtB3
BKt5
BKR4
BK6ch
BxP
KtQ4
18 Q R 4
19
20
21
22
KtxP
3B3
KKtl
QxKB
23
24
25
26
RxKt!?
RQ7
KtKt6ch
RxKKtP
Rx Q
QBl
PxKt
RB6?
(. . . QR6!)
27 BK5
28 RKB7ch
2 9 RxRch
30 R x Q
32.
QBl
KKtl
KR2
Resigns
Berlin, 1 8 5 1 .
An absorbing
all the way,
struggle
F A L K B E E R C O U N T E R GAMBIT
(in effect)
E. FALKBEER
White
1 PK4
2 BB4
A . ANDERSSEN
Black
PK4
KtKB3
26
3 PB4
4 KPxP
5 KtQB3
6 PQ3
7 PxP
8 PQ4
9 KtB3
10 QKt3
11 OO
12 R x B
13 K R l
14 Q x B
15 B ^ Q 3
16 QB2
17 BK3
18 PQR3
19 QR4
20 BKKtl
21 PQKt4?
22 QQl
23 RR3
24 QR5
25 RQl
26 QR4
27 PR4?
28 B x Q P
29 B x R
30 BR7ch
31 R x Q
32 R x K t
33 RR3
34 P x R
35 PR5
36 BQ2
37 KKt2
38 KB3
39 PR4
40 PR3
Resigns
33.
Most
PQ4
PK5
BQB4
PxP
OO
BKt3
PB3
BKt3
BxKt
BxPch
BxKt
PxP
KtK5
KtQB3
RKl!
QRBl
PQ5
PQR3
KtR2
Q-Q2
RB6!
PR3
KtKB3
KtKt4?
partie"
is the most brilliant
of which there is any
record.
f(
game
KING'S BISHOP G A M B I T
L. KlESERITZKY
A . ANDERSSEN
White
Black
PK4
1 PK4
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PxP
PKB4
BB4
BxP
KBl
KtKB3
PQ3
KtR4
KtB5
PKKt4
RKKtl
PKR4
PR5
QB3
BxP
KtB3
KtQ5!
p_QKt4
QR5ch
KtKB3
QR3
KtR4
PQB3
QKt4
KtB3
PxB
QKt3
QKt4
KtKtl
QB3
BB4
QxP
KtQ3!
KtB4!!
KtxQ
KxB
KtxR
RK6!
RxR
KtKt3!
KtQ4
KKt3
KB4
P14
PB3
PKKt 3
18
19
20
21
22
23
Simpson's Divan,
London, 1851.
The Immortal
Game.
authorities
agree
that
this
mmmt
BQ6!
PK5!
KK2
KtxPch
QB6ch!
BK7 mate
"In this game occurs

tinuity of brilliancies,
BxR
QxRch
KtQR3
KQl
KtxQ
almost
every
a conone of
27
which bears the stamp of

intuitive
genius,
that could have been
little
assisted by calculations,
as the combination-point
arises
only at the
very end of the game with a final
sacrifice of the Queen after
Anderssen had already given up two Rooks
and a
Bishop."STEINITZ.
34.
Berlin, 1852.
Magnificently
timed
Attack
D U T C H DEFENSE
. ANDERSSEN
White
1 PQ4
2 PK4
3 KtQB3
4 BKKt5
5 BxKt
6 QR5ch
7 QxQP
8 KtxP!
9 BK2
10 KtQB3
11 KtB3
12 QKt3
13 OO
14 PQ5!
15 BB4
16 K R K l
17 QRQl
18 KtQ4
19 B x K t !
20 RK7!
21 0R4
22
23
24
25
26
KtB6ch
KtKt5
Kt(5)R7ch
RxRch
RKl!
J . DUFRESNE
Black
PKB4
PxP
KtKB 3
PQ4?
KPxB
PKt3
BR3
QK2
KtQ2
PKB4
PB3
KtKt3
BK3
KtxP
ooo
QB3
KKtl
35.
Drastic
Punishment
GIUOCO PIANO
R. M A X LANGE
C. MAYET
Black
White
1 PK4
2 KtKB3
3 BB4
4 OO
5 PQKt4
6 PB3
7 PQ4
8 PxP
9 PKR3
10 BQ3
11 P x P
12 KtB3
13 RKlch
14 KtKKt5!
15 K t x P c h
16 BB5ch
17 KtQ8ch
18 BB4 mate
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
PQ3
KtxP
KtQB3
PxP
BKt3
KtR4
PQ4?
QxP
QR4
KQl
QxQ
' KQ2
KB3
KQ3
36. Berlin, 1853.

Anders serfs
Immortal
two
The 2nd of Anderssen's
mortal
games,
is considered
most brilliant
Evans Gambit
played.
BB2
PxB
PKt3
PR4
KBl
RQ2
KB2
KxR
Resigns
Berlin, 1853.
imthe
ever
EVANS GAMBIT
ANDERSSEN
White
1.
2
3
4
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQKt4
5 PB3
6 PQ4
7 OO
J . DUFRESNE
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BxP
BR4
PxP
PQ6
28
8 0Kt3
9 PK5
0-B3
Q^-Kt3
KKtK2
PKt4
RQKtl
BKt3
BKt2
QB4
QR4
PxKt
RKtl
10 R K l
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
BR3
QxP
QR4
QKtQ2
KtK4
BxP
KtB6ch
PxP
QRQl
....
Lasker declares this to be one of the

most subtle moves on record, and
the 21st to be simply grand. ,
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
I I I I 11
PQ4
PK3
PQB4
BxP
PQR4
KtQB3
PxP
KtB3
PQ4
PQB4
PQR3?
QPxP
KtKB3
PK3
PxP
BKt5
KtK5
KtxKt
BxP
BxR
QB3
KtB3
QxP
KQl
KB2
QR5
Resigns
38.
OO!
PxKt
BR3!
QxB
KtQ2!
KtK4!
KtQ6ch
QBl!
RQl
KtB5!!
First published in 1857.
"The
Desperate
SCOTCH
M A X LANGE
GAMBIT
VON SCHIERSTEDT
White
SB
19
20
21
22
23
24
QxKt
KtxR
KxQ
KKl
KQl
... .
RxKtch
QxPch!!
BB5ch
BQ7ch
B x K t mate!
37.
Berlin, 1853.
Old-fashioned
hut
elective
QUEEN'S G A M B I T DECLINED
C. MAYET
White
A. ANDERSSEN
Black
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Journey'
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
BQKt5
OO
QKtQ2
PxP
BB4
KtKt5
KtxBP
B x Ktch
QR5ch
QxB
KtB3
BR6!
QRKl
QB4ch
KtKt5ch
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
BB4
KKtK2
PQ4
QxP
Q-Qi
KtK4
KtxKt
KxB
PKt3
KtB3
RKl
BB4
Q-Q2
BK3
KB3
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
QK2!
PKB3!!
PxBch
RxRch
KtK4
PQR4
PKt3ch
BQ2ch
KtB3!
BxP
BKt5
RxQ
KK4
KQ4
KB5
QxP
KKt5
KR6
PxKt
KtKt5
W h i t e announced mate in six.

29 RRich, KtR7; 30 R x K t
ch, K x R ; 31 R K l , QQ5ch;
29
32 B x Q, KR6; 33 BB3, any;

34 R R l mate.
P A R T III
The Morphy Period

Those who worship Morphy as the great master of the
brilliant combination, must remember that it was he who introduced the innovation which proved to be a death-knell of
that type of chess in which brilliancy was the be-all and endall of every game.
Before Morphy's influence came to be felt, sacrifices were
made willy-nilly without rhyme or reason, generally with very
little regard for their soundness or objective effectiveness.
Lest this be taken as a harsh criticism of the earlier players,
it must be remembered that the relative absence of organized
competition made for a kind of style which ignored the whole
idea of playing a game in such a way as to make sure of winning it.
We realize how radical an innovator Morphy was when
we study his games and see how scrupulously conceived and
executed are his combinations, for all their complexity and
variegated character. It is interesting that while Morphy has
always been admired as the most brilliant of all chess players,
his games are equally notable for the correctness of his moves.
How truly great he was, is seen in the fact that he united
superb sacrificial effects with severe elegance, unfailing good
taste, and a very high percentage of accuracy. Yes, he was
a very great artist, for he fused the intuitive with the logical
as only the great artist can. I have offered you what I consider the cream of his games and I am sure you will enjoy
them.
^ Note how quickly Morphy made converts.
Steinitz,
Kolisch, Bird, Blackburne and many others were so deeply
impressed by his games that each one, while still retaining his
own individuality, began to reflect the influence of Morphy in
a very marked manner. Another great player, almost as great
as Morphy, and in the opinion of some capable judges even
superior to him, was Adolph Anderssen. It is hard to know
just where to place him. Although he had made his mark
about ten years before Morphy's appearance, Anderssen too,
was famous for the simultaneous brilliancy and accuracy of
his combinations. It therefore seems proper to group these
two immortals in the same section.
30
31
THE MORPHY PERIOD
39. First American Chess Congress,

New York, 1857
Morphy's
.
most
famous
sacrifice
F O U R KNIGHTS' GAME
L. PAULSEN
P. MORPHY
White
Black
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
II
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
BB4
OO?!
RKl
QPxKt
PQKt4
KtxP
R x Kt
RK3
Q-Q6!
BKt3
PxP
BQ2
QRKl
PK4
KtKB 3
KtB3
BKt5
OO
KtxP
KtxKt
BB4
BK2
KtxKt
BB3
PB3?
PQKt4
PQR4
QxP
RR2
QR6?
IlAHiill
11m m m
m
sS11
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
... .
PxQ
KRl
RQl
KKtl
KBl
KKtl
BUB
QxB!!
RKt3ch
BR6
BKt7ch
QBxPch
BKt7ch
BR6ch
24
25
26
27
28
BxP
BxQ
RK7
RR3
BK6
KRl
QBl
RxB
RRl
PQ4
Resigns
40.
A beautiful
chess.
New York, 1857.

specimen
of
blindfold
KING KNIGHTS* GAMBIT

P A U L MORPHY
T. LICHTENHEIM
(blindfold)
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
17 .
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
PxP
BKt5ch
PxP
BB4
PKt3?!
OO
KRl
KtK5
PQ4
QR5
BxPch
Q x Ktch
BKt5ch!
KtB3
B x B ! was better.
18 R x B
1 9 BB4ch
20 RQ6
21 K t K 4 !
22
23
24
25
26
PK4
PxP
PQ4
BK2
PB3
PxP
BR5ch
PxP
PxPch
BB3
KtKR3
BxKt
QxP
Kt x B
KQl
BB3
BQ2?
RxBch
QxKtch
KtQ6
QKt7cfa
BQ2ch
KB2
. KKt2
QB4
QxP
KtxR
KR3
KRQl
KR4
QxB
32
42.
KR5
27 KtB4ch
28 PKt3 mate!
New York, 1858.
A Flash of
Genius.
FALKBEER COUNTER G A M B I T
41.
New York, 1857.
Counterattack
EVANS
N. MARACHE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQKt4
PB3
PQ4
p_K5?
P x P e.p.
OO
KtKt5?
BQ3
BxB
BR3
BxR
BR3
BBl
BB4
QB2
QK4?
with a
Punch.
GAMBIT
P. MORPHY
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BxP
BR4
PxP
PQ4
'
QxP
KKtK2
OO
BB4!
KtxB
QKt3!
QxKt
PxP
QKt3
RQl
Kt(B3)Q5!
....
J . SCHULTEN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
P. MORPHY
Black
PK4
PKB4
PxQP
KtQB3
PQ3
BQ2
BxP
BQ2
PxB
BK2
PB4
PxP
KBl
Kt x R
QKtl
KB2
KKtl
PK4
PQ4
PK5
KtKB3
BQKt5
PK6!
OO
BxKt
RKlch
BKt5
PB3
KtxP
RxB!
KtQ5
B x Ktch
KtKt5ch
Black now forces mate in seven.
I B
ifii?/,
8
W/.
~"W,.
^
m.
19 . . . .
KtKKt6
20 Q x Q Kt(Q5)K7mate!
17
18
19
20
21
... .
PxKt
KKt2
KR3
KR4
KtB6ch
QQ5ch
QB7ch
Q x BPch
KtK6
33
THE MORPHY PERIOD
22 Q - -Ktl
23 K- -Kt5
43.
KTB4ch
QR4 MATE!
London, July 1858.
The most
masterpieces.
brilliant
of
Morphy's
< PHILIDOR D E F E N S E
P. MORPHY
. E. BIRD
White
Black
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtB3
QKtxP
KtKt3
KtK5
BKKt5
KtR5
QQ2
PKKt4?
KtxKt
KtK5
14
BK2
PK4
PQ3
PKB4
PxKP
PQ4
PK5
KtKB3
BQ3
OO
QKl
KtxP
Q x Kt
KtB3
QR6
PxKt
15 K t x K t
16 BK3
| M g f#
16 . . . .
17 O O O
bination.
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
BxR
PB3
PKt4
KB2
KKt2?
PxB
QxR
KB2
BxP
RQ3
KQ2
KQl
Resigns
44.
QR6!
QxP
QR8ch
QR5ch
BxKtP
RxPch
QxQch
PK6!
BB4ch
QB5ch
QR7ch
QKt8ch
London, July 1858.
This game is interesting

because
of
the fact that it is the first of two
games
which
took place
on
the
only occasions
that the great
English and A?nerican
masters met in
friendly
contest.
Both were
won
by
Morphy.
PHILIDOR DEFENSE
m
ILL
THE BEGINNING OF a BEAUTIFUL com-
RKtl
RxBP!!
H . STAUNTON
REV. J . O W E N
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
QPxP
KtKt5
PK6
KtQB3
KKtxKP
QR5ch
QK5
BxKt
QRQl
QB7
P. MORPHY
T . BARNES
Black
PK4
PQ3
P_KB4
BPxP
PQ4
KtKR3
PB3
PxKt
PKt3
RKtl
BxB
QKt4
BxP
34
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
QxKtP
PB3
QxR
KtK4
BK2
OO
KtB5
KRl
RQ4
RK4
RQl
RKR4
QxKt
QR2?
RQ7
KtK4
KtB6
RK7
QKtl
KxQ
RxQ
Resigns
PK6!
QK2
KB2
BKB 5
KKt2
QQB2
BxPch
BBl
BKt6
KRl
QKKt2
BxR
BR3
BxB
QR3
BB5
PK7
QB8ch
QxQch
PK8(Q)ch
BxR
RKt2
RKt3
PxP
KRl
BBl
BPxB
Q-K3
QKtl
PQR3
RBl
BxKt
RB2
BK2
QKl
RxP
KxR
KKtl
KKt2
KKtl
Resigns
1 6 BKt3
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
KtB5
PB4
KRxP
RR4
BxKt
RKBl
KtKt5
RB2
Kt x BP
KtQ5
PxB
PB4
RR5
PB5!
RxPch!
QR5ch
KtxBch!
KtB5ch
Kt x P!
46. Cafe de la Regence,

Paris, Sept. 27, 1858.
45.
Paris, Sept. 1858.
One of eight
4th game of match

Black is outplayed
all the
way
PHILIDOR DEFENSE
P. MORPHY
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
QxP
BQKt5
BxKt
BKt5
BR4
KtB3
OO
QRQl
QB4ch
KtQ4
PKR3
QK2
D. HARRWITZ
Black
PK4
PQ3
PxP
KtQB3
BQ2
BxB
PB3
KtR3
Q-Q2
BK2
OO
RB2
KtKt5
KtK4
PKKt4
blindfold
games.
PETROFF DEFENSE
P. MORPHY
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
KtB3
KtxP
BKt3
PQ4
OO
PB4
QB3
PB5
BKB4
QRKl
QKt3
KtKt6ch!
BxB
BxQ
POTIER
Black
PK4
KtKB 3
KtxP
KtKB3
PQ4
BK2
PB3
QKtQ2
KtKt3
PKR4
QB2
BQ3
KBl
PR5
KKtl
PxQ
PxKt
35
THE MORPHY PERIOD
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
PxPch
BKt5
QKtQ2
KBl
KKtl
PxKt
KtKt3
Resigns
BPxP
KRl
RK7
BK5
RB7ch
KtxP!
BxP
BQKt3
47.
Morphys
Most Famous
Game.
Flayed during the performance
of
"Barber of
Seville."
PHILIDOR DEFENSE
P. MORPHY D U K E OF BRUNSWICK
COUNT ISOUARD
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Black
"A very fine finish

ant
PK4
PQ3
BKt5?
BxKt
PxP
KtKB3
QK2
PB3
PKt4
PxKt
QKtQ2
RQl
RxR
QK3
KtxB
KtxQ
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
PxP
QxB
BQB4
QQKt3
KtB3
BKKt 5
KtxP
B x KtPch
OOO!
RxKt
RQl
BxRch
QKt8ch!
RQ8 mate!
to a most
game.STEINITZ.
P. MORPHY
eleg-
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Paris, Dec. 27, 1858.

9th game of match
Black never
gets
started
Black
PQB4
PK4
PxP
PQ4
KtQB3
KtKB3
KtxP
PK3
PQ3
KtKt5
PK4
BKB4
PB4
BK3
PB5
QKtB3
PxB?
KtQ5!
Kt(Kt5)B7ch
KB2
QB3ch
KtB3
BB4
KtQ5
PQ4
Kt x Ktch
BxPch
KKt3
QR5ch
KxKt
PxP
Kt x Pch
KK2
Resigns
49.
"My King
Paris, 1858.
likes to go for a
walk"
SCOTCH GAMBIT
A . ANDERSSEN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
48.
A . ANDERSSEN
White
Paris, Sept. 1858.
White
SICILIAN DEFENSE
13
14
15
16
17
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
BB4
KtKt5
BKt3
PKB4
PxKt
OO
P x P e.p.
KtQ2
KtxKt
KB2
QxP
QxKP
BB7ch
Q x QBch
A . DE RIVIERE
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
KtB3
KtK4
p_KR3
PxKt
KtxP
PQ4
PKB4
QxP
QxPch
PxKt
BK2
BB4?
KxB
KKtl
36
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
QQ5ch
QK4ch
BK3!
KK2
PKt4!!
RB2
BxR
RRl!
KQ3
KB4
KQ5
KK6!
30
KB7
31 KKt8
32 QK7
20 Kt
KR2
KKtl
B5ch
KR3
KRBlch
QR4ch
QR7ch
R x Rc
RKBi
RxBch
RQ7ch
RxPch
BB3
BxP
RB7ch
PKKt3
Resigns
u
B m ~*
m w
mm
White mates in four.

50.
Paris, 1 8 5 9 -
This elegant game, played

1859, is a clever specimen
smothered
mate.
at
Paris,
of the
21
22
23
24
KtQ7ch
KtKt6ch
QB8ch
KtQ7 mate
KBl
KKtl
RxQ
T W O K N I G H T S ' DEFENSE
MORPHY
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
pQ4
OO
RKl
BxP
KtB3
KtxKt
QKtKt5
RxBch
KtxKP
KKtKt5
QK2
Kt x KtPch
QKt4ch
KtB7ch!
BKt5ch
KtK6ch
AMATEUR
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PxP
KtxP
PQ4
QxB
QKR4
BK3
BKt5
PxR
QB2
QK2
BQ3
KQ2
KQl
QxKt
BK2
KBl
51.
Vienna, 1859.
The "Austrian
VIENNA
Morphy"
OPENING
L. HAMPPE
W . STEINITZ
White
Black
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PK4
KtQB3
PB4
KPxP
PxP
KtP x Kt
KK2
KtB3
PQ4
BQ2
PxB
PxKt
QKl
KQl
QRKtl
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtxKt
QR5ch
BKt5ch
KtB3
O -OO
B x Ktch
KtxP!?
BB4
QB5ch
QxBP
Q x KBPch
37
THE MORPHY PERIOD
16 QK2? ( B K 2 ! )
RxBchl
RQlch
17 K x R
BR6ch
18 KBl
QB6
19 RKt2
KKtl
20 BR3ch
QQ7ch
21 QKt5
22 KKtl
QQ8ch
23 R x Q
R x R mate
52. Philadelphia, I860.

Knights
without
armor
GIUOCO PIANO
MATEUR
DERRICKSON
White
Black
1 PK4
2 BB4
3 KtKB 3
4 OO
5 PQ3
6 BKKt5
7 PKR3
8 PxB?
9 KtR2
10 KKtB3
11 B x Q
12 R x B
13 K B l
14 KK2
15 KKtQ2
16 K x R
17 KBl
PK4
KtKB 3
KtB3
BB4
PQ3
BKKt5
PKR4!!
PxP
PKt6
KKtKt5!
BxPch
P x Rch
RR8ch
RxQ
KtQ5ch!
KtK6ch
KtK7 mate
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
KtKB3
BB4
OO
p_QKt4
PB3
PQ4
PxP
PQ5
BQ3
BR3
QxKt
PQ6!
KtB3
KtQ5
BKt2
QK3
KtQ4!
KtB6!!
Kt x Bch
QR6
BxP
PB4
RB3
An Historic
Game
This fine game was played by correspondence
more than four
score
years ago.
It was published
in Naples in 1861,
and
reproduced
in
"Newcastle
Chronicle"
August 16, 1890.
PONZIANI OPENING
White
53.
London, 1861.
play by
Kolisch
GIUOCO PIANO
I. KOLISCH
White
1 PK4
LOUIS PAULSEN
Black
PK4
0-Q3
RKl
Resigns
54. Naples, 1 8 6 1 .
NEWCASTLE
Spirited
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
BxP
BK2
PxP
KKtxP
KtR4
KtB4
Kt x B
OO
PxP
PQKt3
KtKt2
KtB4
KtK3
BB3
PxKt
PxKt
PQ4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PK4
KtKB3
PB3
PQ4
PxP
BQKt5
KtQ4
BxKt
GLASGOW
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
KtxKP
PQ4
BQB4
OO
PxB
38
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
OO
PB3
KRl
BxKt
KtQ2
RKl
PK6
QR4
QB6
QxQB
PQB4
PK7
PB5!
PQKt4!
PB6!
PxB
PxR
QRKtl
PR6
RKt5
RxP
RxQP!
RxP
RQ7
PQR3
RQ8
PxP
RQKtl
R(Q8)Ql!
PKt8(Q)
55.
BQ2
KtKM
PB3
PxB
RKl
BKt3
BBl
PB4
BKt2
PxKt
BR4
Q-Q3
Q-Q2
QRKtl
Q-Q3
RxQ
PB4
QKtl
PB5
PQ6
PB6
PxKt
KB2
QB5
PR4
PKt5
QB7
RxP
QK7
Resigns
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
OO
PKR3
PQ3
KtB3
BK3
KtK2
KtKt3
BQKt5
BxKt
Kt(B3) x P
PxP
BxB
p_B4
QR5
KtKt6
KR2
KRKl
QRQl
KtK7ch
QB7
PQ3
KtB3
OO
PKR3
KtxKtP
KtB3
PQ4
PxP
PxB
PxP
QKl
RPxB
KtQ4
PB3
QK6ch
RQl
QxQP
QB7
KRl
BxP
The spectators, among them several

very strong players, declared that
after Black's 24th move, White's
game was hopelessly lost.
MacDonnell quietly assured them that
he had in reality a winning position and proved it to the astonishment of all, by a few brilliant
moves.
London, Nov. 12, 1861.
The English lovers

of chess
so enthused
over the brilliant
come of this game, that they
it the Kohinoor"
of chess.
were
outstyled
ff
EVANS G A M B I T DECLINED
REV. G. A. MACDONNELL BODEN
White
1
2
3
4
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQKt4
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BKt3
25 R K 2 !
26 KtR5
QxQR
RKKtl
39
THE MORPHY PERIOD
27 Kt x R
28 RK8
RxKt
Resigns
Mate cannot be averted by Black.
56.
Another
London, July 1 8 6 1 .
dashing
EVANS
I. KOLISCH
Kolisch
attack
GAMBIT
A . ANDERSSEN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQKt4
PB3
PQ4
OO
QKt3
PK5
KtxP
KtxP
QK3
QK2
BR3
QRQl
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BxP
BR4
PxP
PxP
QB3
QKt3
PKt4
RKtl
KKtK2
QR4
BKt2
KtB4?
m
m
II
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
QK6ch
RQlch
RxKtch!
QxPch
BK6ch
BQ5ch
QxQch
QB4ch
QK4ch
KtK5
QB4ch
BB5ch
BxRch
Kt x Ktch
QxB
57.
KQl
KtQ3
PxR
KBl
KKt2
QxB
KR3
KKt2
KtB3
KR3
KR2
RKt3
BxB
BxKt
Resigns
London, June 1862.
"The Most Beautiful

the
Game
of
Tournament/'ANDERSSEN.
CENTER COUNTER G A M E
W . STEINITZ
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PK4
PxP
KtQB3
PQ4
KtB3
BQ3
OO
BK3
KtK5
PB4
QK2
KtxKt
RB3
RR3
PKKt4
A . MONGREDIEN
Black
PQ4
QxP
Q-Ql.
PK3?
KtKB3
BK2
OO
PQKt3
BKt2
QKtQ2
KtQ4?
PxKt
PKB4
PKt3
PxP
(see diagram next p a g e )

16 R x P ! !
17 PK6ch!
18 P x P
19 K t x P c h !
KxR
KBl
BRl
KtxKt
16
17
18
19
RxP!!
BPxKt
QxP
QR5ch
KtxKt
KxR
KRKtl
KKt2
40
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
KB2
KK3
KB2
KKl
RKt2
Q-Q2
RxB
KQl
QKl
QR6ch
QR7ch
QR3ch
RBlch
QK6
BKt5
B x Pch
QxRch
RB8ch
Q x Q mate
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
KtxKt
KtxB
BQ3
PKt4
PQB4
PxB
PB3
PxP
QKl
QxQ
PKt3
KKt2
KB3
BxR
KxP
PR4
KQ3
KB3
RR2
RQ2ch
59.
Black's
58.
ompare
this
with
game
No.
GIUOCO P I A N O
DUBOIS
White
1 PK4
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
KtKB3
BB4
OO
PQ3
BKKt5
BR4?
BKt3
PKR4
PB3
p_Q4
12 P K 5
13
BxP
W.
Paris, 1863.
greediness
DANISH
London, 1862.
75/ LlNDEHN
White
STEINITZ
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
p_Q3
PKR3
PKKt4!
PKR4!
BKKt5
Q-Q2
PxP
P(3)xP
KtxB
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
QB4
PxKt
QQ4
OOO!
QB3
RxP
QRRl
QKl!
QK6ch
PxQ
RR8ch
R(l)R7ch
RxRch
RB7ch
RxB
KQ2
KtxP
KtK6
RxKt
KB3
and wins
PK4
PQ4
PQB3
BQB4
BxP
KtB3
KtK2
OO
KtxKt
BxB
RKlch
PB4
BxKtP
QKt4!
BB6cfa
Q x R mate
is
punished
GAMBIT
MACZUSKJ
Black
PK4
PxP
PxP
PxP
BKt5ch
KtKB3
KtxP
KtxKt
BxKt
QKt4
KQl
QxP
RKtl
Q-Q3
QxB
THE MORPHY PERIOD
60.
61.
Breslau, 1863.
Extraordinarily
pretty.
ingenious
and
KIESERITZKY GAMBIT
J . ROSANES
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
PKR4
KtK5
BB4
PxP
PQ4
BKt5ch
PxP
Kt x QBP
BxKtch
BxR
RR2
BQ5
KtB3
KB2
KtR4
KtB3
A . ANDERSSEN
Black
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
KtKB3
PQ4
BQ3
KtR4
PB3
PxP
KtxKt
KBl
KtKt6!
BKB4
KKt2!
RKlch
QKt3
QR3!
BK4!
41
Berlin, 1864.
The proverbial
two
Bishops!
FAtKBEER COUNTER GAMBIT
ANDERSSEN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
62.
One
of four
blindfold
games.
EVANS GAMBIT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
QB8ch!!
BxPch
RxB
RK8 mate
PK4
PQ4
QPxP
BQ3
BxKt
Q-Q5
QxKP
QxQP
KtKB 3
Q-Qi
PKR3
QKtQ2?
Resigns
Cafe National, Leipsig,

Jan., 1864.
White
PR4
QxQ
BK3
KKtl
Black
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
KtxP
BB4
PxB
QK2
PQ4!
KtB3
BK3
OO
BB5
QxPch!
L. PAULSEN
20
21
22
23
E. SCHALLOPP
White
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQKt4
PB3
OO
PQ4
PxP
PK5
PxKt
PQ5
PxKt
H . SCHNEIDER
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BxP
BB4
KtB3
PxP
BKt3
PQ4
PxB
QxBP
QxR
(see diagram next page)

To the astonishment of all, White
announced mate in eleven.
42
13-RKlch
14 QQ7ch
15 R x B
BK3
KBl
BxPch
11
12
13
14
15
16
Ooo
PB4!
BQ2
QQ8ch!
BKt5ch
RQ8 mate!
64.
QKt4dh
QxPch
QKt5
KxQ
KKl
Berlin, 1865.
Was a great master

such short
order?!
RUY
ever
A . ANDERSSEN
Black
White
KRl
PxP
PxR(Q)ch
QK4
RxQ
Q(7)K7
RxP
Q x P mate
63.
A game
PKR3
PKt4
KKt2
QB3
RKBl
BB4
KxR
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
PB3
PQ4
OO
KtKt5
KtxP!
BB4ch
QR5
QKt5ch!
B x P mate
PK4
KtQB3
KKtK2
PQ3
BQ2
KtKt3
PKR3
KxKt
KK2
QKl
PxQ
Paris, 1864.
that has had
echoes!
SCOTCH G A M E
fACZUSKI
I. KOLISCH
White
Black
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
in
LOPEZ
J . H . ZUKERTORT
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
mated
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtQB3
QQ3
KtxKt
BQ2
BxB
QQ4
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
QR5
BKt5
KtB3
QPxKt
BxKt
KtxP
QK2
65.
Another
brated
Berlin, 1865.
fine win
master.
from
the
cele-
SICILIAN DEFENSE
J. H . ZUKERTORT
White
1
2
3
4
5
PK4
KtKB 3
PQ4
KtxP
KtQB3
A . ANDERSSEN
Black
PQB4
PK3
PxP
KtKB3
BKt5
43
THE MORPHY PERIOD
6 BQ3
BK3
8 PxP
9 OO!
10 P x K t
11 K t x K t
12 RKtl
13 RKt3!
14 BQB5
KtB3
PQ4
KtxP
KKtxKt
BxP
PxKt
OO
BR4
RKl
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PK4
KtKB 3
BKt5
PQ4
PK5
KtxP
OO
QxKt
PKB4
PB5!
QK4
PB6!
KRl
PK6!
QxP*
PxPch
RKlch
QKt8ch
PB7 mate!
* White
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
KxB
KKtl
BxPch!
RR3ch
QR5
RQl!
QR7ch
RKt3
QKc6ch!
RxB(B3)
RKR3
QR7ch
QR5ch
BxR
QR8ch
QxR
66.
PB4
BQ2
KB2
BB6
KKtl
PB5
RK2
KB2
KKtl
QxB
KB2
Resigns
London, Sept., 1867.
A lapse of Steinitfs
ive skill!
famous
defens-
RUY LOPEZ
H. E. BIRD
W M . STIINITZ
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PxP
KtK5
BK2
KtxKt
KtB4
PQKt3
KtKt6
KtxR
BB4ch
RQKtl
RKtl
RBl
RxP
BK2
RBl
misses
mate in 3!
67.
About 1868.
"Brilliantissimo!"
Deserve', to be
perpetuated.
KING'S
THOMPSON
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
PK4
PKB4
KtKB 3
PQ4
KtK5
KQ2
KB3
PQR3?
KtxKt
BQ3
RBl?
KxQ
PK5
KK4
GAMBIT
G. H. MACKENZIE
Black
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
QR5ch
QB7ch
KtQB3
PQ3
PxKt
RKtl
QxQPch!
BKt2ch
BxPch
KtB3 mate
44
68.
London, April, 1869.
One of Boden's Best.

Full of fine points and interest
K I N G S BISHOP OPENING
BODEN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
H . E . BIRD
Black
PK4
KtKB 3
PxP
KtB3
PQKt3
BB4
PK4
BB4
PQ4
QxP
QK3
QKtB3
QKt3
BKKt5
OO
RKl
QKtR4
BK2
BKt2
KRl
PB4
QRBl
KtKtl
KtxB
PB3
PQ3
OOO
BK2
PB4
BB3
PKR4
KKtK2
PK5
KB x B
PB5
PK6
PHiP H
mm~
26
PB7
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
RxBch
RRl
QxR
KtK4
KtKt5ch
RxPch
Q x Q mate
69.
0Bl
PxR
RxKP
KR2
RB2
KRl
QxR
London, 1869.
A Cherished
Antique.
KIESERITZKY G A M B I T
MATCHEGO
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
PKR4
KtK5
KtQB3?
KtB4
PQ4
BK2
KQ2
KQ3
PQR3
KtQ5
KtxBPch
KtQ5
K t x QP
KB4
E. FALKBEER
Black
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
KtKB3
PQ3
BK2
KtR4
BxPch
QKt4
KtQB3
BB7
BxP
KQl
PB4
PxPch
....

Black now gives mate in 9 moves.
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
KtB4!!
KtKt6ch
PxPch
PxKt
KKtl
QxKtP
PB6
PxB
PxKt
KtR3
BKt4ch
BxP
RK2
QKl
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
... .
KxQ
KB4
KKt5
KR4
KtxP
KxP
KxKt
KQ6
QxKtch
KtB3ch
BK3ch
PR3ch
PKt4ch
PxKtch
RR4ch
BQ4ch
K t K l mate
45
THE MORPHY PERIOD
A most
ending.
brilliant
70.
A gamelet
exquisitely
annals of
and
remarkable
RB2
PQ4
KKtl
RxQ
QR6
KtKt6ch
QKt7ch!
KtR6 mate
Norwich, 1871.
with one of the
most
beautiful
endings in the
chess.
GIUOCO PIANO
AMATEUR
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
OO
PQ3
PKR3
BKt5
BK3
KtB3
QQ2
BKt3
QRQl
KtR2
BxB
KxB
KRl
PB3
J . H . BLACKBURNE
71.
Finest game Blackburne

ever
played
blindfold.
One of ten games played simultaneously.
SCOTCH GAMBIT
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
PQ3
KtK2
PB3
BKt3
KtKt3
BK3
OO
Q-Q2
BxP!
BxP!
KtB5ch
PxB
Kt(3)R4
London Chess Club, 1871.
J . H . BLACKBURNE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
BQB4
KtKt5
QR5
OO
BKt3
PKR3
PKB4
KR2
QQl
PxKt
KKt3!
PB5
D R . BALLARD
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
BB4
KtR3
QK2
KtK4
PQ3
KtKtl
PQ6ch
KtKB3
QKtKt5ch
KtxPch
PKR4!(a)
BK6
46
16
17
18
19
20
21
KBl
PxQ
QK4ch
QxKtP
PxP
BxPch
QxKt!!
BxB
BB4
KtQ2
KtB4
72.
Vienna, 1872.
Perhaps
the
most
game ever
played.
extraordinary
VIENNA OPENING
HAMPPE
J . MEITNER
Black
White
iHJkJi
i i i
1
F*l
"ten
i m m
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
QB6ch
... .
BQ2
KtK3
BR5
KxP
Q-Q6
KtQ5
BKt6
RR3!
KKtl
KtK6ch
KRl
KtK7ch
QQ8ch
RRl
QRxQ
PxR(Q)ch
RxQ
BxRch
RR8
KKt3
BR4
BQ2!
RKKtl
BB3
BxB
PB6
KtxBch
KR2
PB7 and wins
(a) At this stage the game was

adjourned and most of the spectators held that white had a lost position; yet not only did he actually
win, but exhaustive analysis proved
that he could do so in every variation.
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
73.
PK4
PK4
BB4
KtQB3
BxPch!?
KtR4
QR5ch
KxB
QB5ch
KK3
PQ4
KQ3
QxKP
KB3
KKt3
KtQR3
QxKtch!!
PQR3
KxQ
KtB4ch
KKt4
PR4ch!
KxKt
KtK2
BKt5ch!
KQl
BB6
PKt3ch
KtxB!
KKt5
K x Kt!
BKt2ch!!
BR3ch
KKt5!
KB6!
BKt2ch
Drawn!!!
Played by correspondence
in 1875.
How women
played
score years ago.
chess
three
RUY LOPEZ
MRS. J . W . GILBERT
White
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
OO
RKl
BxKt
W . J . BERRY
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
KtxP
KtB4
QPxB
47
THE MORPHY PERIOD
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
PQ4
PxP
KtB3
PQR4
PQKt3
QK2
KtK4
PB3
PQKt4
KtKt3
KtQ4
PxKt
PKt5!
PxP
PK6!
QxB
KtK3
QK2?
BQ2
OOO
PB3
QB2
RKtl
PR3
PKB4
PKKt4
KtxKt
RKl
BPxP
BxP
QKt3
PB5
39 Q x R c h
40 Q x B P
41 RR8 mate
KKl
Any move
74. Played in Perugia, about 1875.

The following
game,
played
by
Joachim
Cardinal Pecci
(afterwards
Pope Leo XIII) was obtained
during my visit at Vatican city in 192526, from
my old colleague
Rev.
Maurice die la Taille, S. J.,
Professor of professors
at the
Gregorian
University,
Rome Italy, and
author
of "Mysterium
idie. F.j.w.
,>
GIUOCO PIANO
REV. FR. G U I L A
JOACHIM CARDINAL PECCI
White
B O B
White announced mate in 18.

24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
RxP
QxPch
QKt5ch
QQ7ch
BxP
QKt5ch
RRl
RxB
QxQ
RR7
QKt5ch
PQ5
P x Rch
KtK4
QQ5ch
PxR
KKtl
KBl
KKtl
PxB
KBl
BR6
QKt8ch
RxP
KQ2
RB3
RKt3
RxP
PB6
RQ3
Black
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PB3
PQ4
PK5
PxKt
QK2ch
PxKtP
10 P x P
Ml.JB
S f e P
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
PxP
PQ4
PxB
BK3
RKKtl
KtxP
flSB
B I B
48
11
12
13
14
15
15
16
17
18
19
KtxKt
QR5
OO
QKt5ch
QxKtP
... .
KxR
KRl
PB3
RxB
BxKt
QB3
RxP
PB3
RxPch!
QKt3ch
BQ4ch
BxPch
- K t 8 mate
75. New York Tournament, 1876.

For the beautiful and well
sustained
conduct
of this game,
Bird
was
awarded
a silver cup as
brilliancy
prize.
FRENCH DEFENSE
. E. BIRD
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
PxP
KtB3
BQ3
OO
RKl
KtQKt5
PB3
KtR3
KtB2
PKt4
PKR3
KtK3
PKt5
PKt4
KtK5
PQR4
PxP
BR3
22
QB2
23 B x K t
24 B x B
25 Q x P
JAMES M A S O N
Black
P-^K3
PQ4
KtKB3
PxP
R-Q3
OO
PKR3
KtB3
BQKt5
BR4?
BKKt5
0-Q2
BKt3
BKR4
KRKl'
KtK2
BKt3
QBl
PB3
'
PxP
KtK5
KtKt4
RxB
PxB
KtxPch
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
76.
KR2
QB5
KtKt2
PR5!!
RxB
RR6!
PxR
KtB4
Kt(B4)Kt6
KtxP!
Kt(B6)K5
RK3
KKt2
PB6!
RxBP
RKKt3
KtKt4
KtB4!!
KR2
KtR5ch
RxP
Kt(R5)B6
KKt2
KtK5!
KtKt6ch
KtB5
KtK3
QB2
BxRP
RKB1
RxQ
KtQl
QBl
RKl
QB2ch
QxP
Q-Q7
QxP
PxP
KtK3
KtKt4
KKt2
QK5ch
KtR2
KRl
QB7
RK2
PQ5
QBl
Resigns
Leipzig, December, 1877.
The Queen's Sacrifice
Rejected.
R U Y LOPEZ
ANDERSSEN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
PK4
KtKB 3
BKt5
BR4
BKt3
OO
PQ3
PQR4
KtB3
BR2
KtxKt
KtK2
L . PAULSEN
Black
PK4
K t QB3
PQR3
PQKt4
BKt2
PKt3
BKt2
KKtK2
KtQ5
PKt5
PxKt
PQ4
THE MORPHY PERIOD
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
tag'/*
OO
BKKt5
BxKt
KtKR4
QR5
PB4
RB3
QRKB1
KtK2
KtKt3
il i
iMi
mm
mm
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
OO
PQB4
PB5
PKt6?
PxQP
PxKP
BxP
PB4
RB2
Q-Q3
KxKt
PKB3
QKl
QKt3
BKt5
BPxP
KtB4
PxP
QKl!
PKt4ch
KtK6
KtxB
49
KtB3
KtK2
PxB
KKt2
RRl
PB3
KtKt3
QB2
BQ2
QRKKtl
i ^11
l b
I B
i
.
24 Q x B !
25 QR4
26 RB3
77.
17
18
19
20
21
22
QRKB1
KtB3
and wins
Paris Tournament,
July 15, 1878.
MackenzieV
Morphy
more
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
PxP
KtB3
BQ3
KxQ
BxKt
KR4
KxP
KR4
nor Anderssen
brilliantly.
ever
played
Immortal.
FRENCH DEFENSE
G . H . MACKENZIE
QR6ch!!
K t ( 4 ) B5ch
Kt x Bch
PKt4ch
RKt3ch
BK2 mate
78.
Black
PK3
PQ4
KtKB3
PxP
BQ3
OO
Match, 1880.
Tchigorin
JAMES MASON
at his
best
SC OTC H G A M E
M.
TCHIGORIN
White
1 PK4
2 KtKB3
3 PQ4
E. SCHIFFERS
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
50
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
KtxP
BK3
PQB3
BQB4
PB4
OO
RKl
KtxKt
RxB
QK2
KtQ2
BB4
QB3
KKtK2
PQ3
QKt3
QxP
QKt3
BxBch
PxKt
QB3
PQ4
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
BQ3
RKBl!
KtKt3
PKt4!
KtB5
PKt5
RxB
QxPch
RKl!
Q x Ktch!
RxRch
BK3
PKt3
OO
QRKl
PQ5
QRl
PxR
KKt2
PxP
RxQ
Resigns
PART
IV
The Age of Steinitz

Few masters in the history of chess have been so maligned
as has been Wilhelm Steinitz. To most players he has been
known as "the man who destroyed brilliancy in chess." But
this is simply not t r u e ; just play over the twentieth century
games in this volume, and you will readily see that Steinitz's
influence on the game was definitely not pernicious. Remember also that Steinitz himself was a strikingly brilliant
player, not only as a mettlesome youngster, but even as a
feeble old man. See for example Game No. 173.
Game No. 73 shows us how Steinitz played at the beginning of his career. W e all know that very shortly thereafter
he experienced a thoroughgoing conversion. A t first an enthusiastic disciple of the attacking school, he became obsessed
with the deeply-rooted carelessness, flashiness and frequent
unsoundness of that school. Equally impressive, but in a
favorable sense, must have been the enchanting combinations
of Morphy, with their natural development, logical preparation and accurate execution. A s a man of genius, Steinitz at
once drew the conclusion which was to become clear to lesser
men much later. A pervasive interest in the defense became
his life-time passion; he was fascinated by the idea of refuting
an unsound attack, of demonstrating to the opponent that one
cannot lightly toss away Pawns, not to mention pieces, without retribution, that hit-or-miss and helter-skelter attacks
should not be permitted to achieve their goal.
A s we know, these theories had a lasting effect on the
chess world. It is common knowledge that all the great masters, beginning with Steinitz's contemporaries, whether they
have agreed with him or agreed to disagree, have absorbed
the fundamentals of his theories into their own styles. This
is j u s t as apparent today as it was in the games of Steinitz's
greatest rivals, such poets of the chessboard as Zukertort,
Tchigorin and Blackburne. The combinations of these masters were not discouraged by Steinitz; on the contrary, their
attacking play was purified and raised to finer artistic levels
by Steinitz's probing and fruitful criticism.
51
52
79.
Dresden, 1880.
Black's Queen-sacrifice
apple-cart.
upsets
the
BISHOP'S G A M B I T
DR. SCHMID
WAYTE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Black
PK4
P xP
KtKB3
KtB3
BKt5
PQ4
KtK5
OO
BKt5
BB4ch
BKt3
PB3
PxP
KtPxB
BxKt
PB4
PxP
QxR
PK4
PKB4
BB4
KtQB3
KtB3
PK5
BKt5
OO
KtK2
PQ3
PQ4
BxP
PB3
BxKt
KtxP
QxB
BK3
RxRch
RKBl
'///////A
V///////,
'///////,
J l |
HI H i %IH B
B B
19 . . .
2 0 RxQch
2 1 KtB3
22 PKR3
PxB!
RxR
PKt4
KtKt6
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
QKl
KR2
KRl
QKtl
PxR
QQ3
KKt2
p_K7ch
KtB8ch
BK6!
R x Kt!
BB7
KtKt6ch
PK8(Kt)ch
This pretty move crowns the end

of this beautiful game.
30 K x B
31 K x K t
Resigns
80.
KtxQch
KtxP
Played about 1 8 8 0 .
A charming
gamelet.
T W O KNIGHTS' DEFENSE
HOFFER
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
AMATEUR
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
KtKt5
PxP
BKt5ch
PxP
QB3
KtB3
PQ3
BK3
KtQ5!
QxPch
QxKtch!
KtB7 mate!
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PQ4
KtQR4
PB3
PxP
QKt3
BK2
PKR3
QB2
KtxKt
KQl
PxQ
81.
London, about 1 8 8 0 .
King
Magna
Carta:
John and the
Barons.
S T E I N I T Z GAMBIT
53
THE AGE OF STEINITZ

W.
STEINITZ
ALLIES
82.
Blackburne
Black
White
1 P - K4
2 Kt - Q B 3
3 p:B4
4 p Q4
5 K -K2
6 Px P
7 Kt- - B 3
8 P x Kt
9 P x Pch
10 Kt- - K t 5
11 K - Q 3
12 K - -B3
13 K -Kt3
14 P B 3
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
QR5ch
PQ4
BKt5ch
OOO!?
BQB4
KKtl
KtB3
QR4
PQR3
PxKt
Berlin Tournament, 1881.
Masterpiece.
FRENCH DEFENSE
J . H . BLACKBURNE
J. SCHWARZ
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
PxP
KtB3
BQ3
OO
KtK2
KtKt3
BK3
11
QQ2
12
13
14
15
QRKl
QBl
PxB
RPxKt
PK3
PQ4
KtKB 3
PxP
BQ3
PB3
OO
BKKt5
QB2
QKtQ2
KRKl
KtK5
QBxKt
KtxKt
BxP
lack h e r e p r o p o s e d a draw.
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
14
. . .
15
16
17
18
PxR
KB2
KQ2
KK2
RxP!
QQ4ch
BB4ch
BKt5ch
KtKt5
KKt2
RRl
RR3
QRRl
BKKt5
PQB4
BxBP
RR4
BKt3
BQ3
KtBl
PKKt3
QR-Ql
RQ2
PxP
PKR4
PKt4
KtK3
Resigns
The march of the White King

was
curious;
out of a total of
eighteen
moves,
seven
were made by the
King.
^Ijl gl

I s
54
25 BB6
26 Q x K t !
KtB5ch
BxQ
"White's design especially from

21st move in combination with the
brilliant finish, belongs to the finest
efforts of chess genius in modern
match play."(STEINITZ)
27 R x P
28 R x P
An
exquisite
PxR
Resigns
83.
mating
combination
PETROFF DEFENSE
H . MACKENZIE
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
.9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
84.
HAMMOND
PK4
KtKB3
KtxP
KtKB 3
PQ4
BQ3
OO
PB4
PxP
KtB3
PxKt
RKtl
PKR3
BxPch
KtKt5ch
PKt4
RxP!
BxB
QQ3ch
RKl!
KtR7ch!
PKt5 mate.
PK4
KtKB3
PQ3
KtxP
PQ4
BQ3
OO
PQB3
PxP
KtxKt
BKKt5
QB2
BR4?
KxB
KKt3
BB5
QxR
RKRl
KB3
BKt3
RxKt
Vienna, June 18, 1882.
Mason conjures up a masterly

comharmless-looking
bination out of a
position.
GIUOCO PIANO
AMES MASON
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQ3
BK3
QKtQ2
KtBl
PKR3
KtKt3
BKt3
PxB
QQ2
PB3
BQl
OO
KtR4
BB2
Kt(3)B5
KtxB
RxKt
QRKBl
BQl
BR5ch
PQKt3
R(5)B3
RKt3
BKt4
BK2
PQ4!
RKtl
KtPxP!
QRKt4
PQ5!
BxP
BKt5
QK2!
PxP
BB6
QR5
R x KtP!
QR7ch
BxKt
S. WlNAWER
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
PQ3
BKt3
PKR3
KtB3
KtK2
PB3
BxB
QKt3
PQR4
PR5
BK3
QB2
PQKt4
PB4
BxKt
KtxKt
KtQ2
PB3
PR6
KK2
KRKBl
KtKt3
KQl
QK2
KB2
PB5
PKt4
KtPxP
QK3
QBl
KtR5
KtB4
PB4
PK5
QRKtl
RB3
PxR
KtQ2
QKtl
55
THE A G E OF STEINITZ
15
ooo
1 6 QB3ch
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
85
I!
MI
KxR
RKt7ch!!
KRl
BB8ch
RxP
QxQ
RxP
Q-Q8
RKt8ch
Q-Q7
RQ7
KR2
KKtl
QB6ch
QRKt7
QxP
BK6 and wins
London, Played in 1882.

Mephisto's
MEPHISTO*
S. TLNSLEY
White
Black
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
KtKt5
PxP
KtxBP?!
QB3ch
KtB3
QK4
BKt3
PQ4
PxP
QKt4ch
BKt5
*Gunsberg?
86.
"One
on
London Tournament,
May 5, 1883.
Zukertorfs
of the most
Immortal.
brilliant
games
record."(STEINITZ).
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

(in effect)
J . H. ZUKERTORT
Mate
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
17 K t x K t
18 R x K t
19 PK6
20 QB7ch!!
21 P x R c h
22 R x B
23 BQ2
24 RKl
25 R x B P
26 B x Q
27 BKt4ch
28 PB8(Q) mate!
QK3
KKl
KtxKt
QKKt3
RKBl
RxQ
KBl
PKR3
QxKtP
QxBP
QxRch
PKt3
KKt2
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PQ4
KtxP
KxKt
KK3
KtKt5
PQKt4
BKt2
BQ3
BB4
KB2
QKl
J. H. BLACKBURNE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PQB4
PK3
KtKB 3
BK2
OO
PQ4
KtB3
PQKt3
BKt2
KtQKt5
KtxB
KtQ2
PB3
QxKt
BxP
BQ3
QRKl!
Black
PK3
KtKB3
PQKt3
BKt2
PQ4
BQ3
OO
QKtQ2
QK2
KtK5
PxKt
QKtB3
KtxKt
PxP
PQ4
KRBl
RB2
56
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
QRQBl
KtKl
PKt3
PB4
KtxP
KtK5
PxB
RB7
KRl
PK4
PK4
PK5
PB4
RK3!
P x P e.p.
PB5!
BxKt
PxKtP!!
P x Pch
PQ5ch
QKt4!!
28 . . . .
29 RB8ch
R(B1)B4
KxP
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
In conjunction with White's previous play, this forms one of the

most noble combinations ever conceived over the chess board.
30
31
32
33
QxPch
BxPch
BKt7ch
QxQ
KKt2
KxR
KKtl
Resigns
London Tournament,
Dashing
demolition
Champion.
of
White
1 PK4
BB3
Q-Q2
BR6
BxB
BK2
PB4
QR-Ql
BB4
BxKt
PB5
PK5
KtK6ch
PxB
QKt5
RQ3!
RR3!
QR6ch
RB8ch
Q x R P mate
Steinitz* Best
STEINITZ
World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Black
PK4
Game?!
KIESERITZKY G A M B I T
1883.
W . STEINITZ
OO
KtK2
PQ3
KtQ2
KtK4
KxB
PKB 3
KtB2
PB3
BQ2
RxB
KtBl
BPxP
BxKt
RK2
QKl
RxP
QK2
KKtl
QxR
(One of 23 simultaneous games.)
White
THREE KNIGHTS' OPENING

J , H. BLACKBURNE
OO
KtQB3
PKKt3
PxP
BKt2
KtB3
88.
Manhattan Chess Club,
New York, March 3, 1883.
W.
87.
KtKB3
KtB3
PQ4
KtxP
BK3
BK2
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
PKR4
KtK5
BB4
PQ4
KtQ3
D R . SIMONSON
Black
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
PKR4
KtKR3
PQ3
PB6
57
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
PxP
BK3
KQ2
QxP
QB4
KtB3
QRBl
RxB
RxB!
R(4) x K t
RB6
BxPch
BK6ch
RB7ch
RxRch
BxKt
PQ5ch
PK5
BxP!
Kt x Pch
RxPch!
BK2
BxPch
PxP
BKt5
KtB3
KtK2
RR2
KtKt3
KtxQ
PQB3
KtKt5
KQ2
KB2
RxR
KKt3
PxB
PB4
KR3
PxB
KKt3
KxKt
30 KQ31!
QR4
31 PKt4ch
QxP
32 KtK4ch and wins
This game is considered
the finest
which Steinitz played in
America.
89.
London Congress, 1883.
How Bird was robbed
of his
prey.
G I U O C O PIANO
H . E. BIRD
B . ENGLISCH
White
Black
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PB3
PQKt4
PQ3
OO
BKKt5
QKtQ2
PQR4
PR5
KRl
BR4
PKt5
KtxB
KtK3
PxB
QKtl!
BKt3
PB4!
PB5!
PR6!
RxP
PQ4!
PxKt
PxQP
RBl
KRxP
QxP
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
BKt3
PQ3
OO
BK3
QK2
PQR3
BR2
PR3
QR-Ql
BxB
PxP
BxKt
QK3
PKt4
KtQR2
PB3
KtR4
PxRP
Q-Q2
Kt x Bch
KtBl
PB3
KtxP
KtKl
PKt5
58
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
KtR4
PxP
KtB5
RK6
KR2
QxQ
RR7
KtxPch
KtxP
RxKt
KKtl
KtxP
KxR
KR2
KxR
90.
PxP
QxP
QxP
RQ8ch
QKt8
RxQ
RKt4
KRl
RKt4
RR4ch
RxR
RR8ch!
RK8ch
RR8ch
Stalemate!
Riga, May, 1884.

A Gem.
EVANS GAMBIT
jLOBUS
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQKt4
PB3
PQ4
OO
PxP
QKt3
KtB3
QxB
PK5
13 BR3
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Kt x P
QRKlch
KtxKt!
R x Ktch
RxPch
KtK7ch
BKt2!!
Mate in two.
GROSS
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BxP
BR4
PxP
PQ3
PKR3
QK2
BxKt
BQ2
PxP
PxP
Q-B3
KKtK2
QxQ
KBl
KKtl
KR2
BKl
91.
Paris, July 17, 1884.
Black's attack
lem
moves!
makes
use of
prob-
KING'S GAMBIT
A . CLERC
BARON ALBERT ROTHSCHILD
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
BB4
PQ4
OO
PB3
PKR4
KtR2
PxP
KtKt4
KKt2
RRl
PxB
KR3
RKtl
PKt5
PxKt
QxP?
QxPch
QxBch
BK3
QxR
KKt3
BxQ
Resigns
92.
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
BKt2
PQ3
PKR3
KtQB3
PKt5
PB6
PKt6
QxP
BxKt
QB3
QB7ch
PKt7
PKR4
KtR3!!
BB3
QxR
KQl
KtK2
RxPch!
QR8ch
QxQ
PKt8(Q)ch
Philadelphia, 1885.
A Zukertort
Masterpiece.
EVANS G A M B I T DECLINED
J . YE ZUKERTORT
White
1 PK4
2 KtKB3
C . S. MARTINEZ
Black
PK4
KtQB3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
BB4
PQKt4
PQR4
PB3
PR5
PQ3
QKtQ2
KtBl
KtKt3
OO
BR2
KtR4
Kt(4)B5
KRl
PKB4
QBxP
KtxKtP!!
RxB
Kt(7)R5
KtxKt
RQ2
RK2
BxKP
BxB
BQ4
RK7!
RxRch
BK3
PQ4
BB4
QQ3
QR3
BxBP
QB3
RKKtl
BK5
BxP
BK5
PQ5
BB4
BKt3
PQR3
PQ3
BR2
QK2
KtB3
PKR3
KtQl
BK3
OO
KR2
Q-Q2
PQ4
KPxP
PxP
BxB
Q-Q4
KtxKt
PKB4
PK6
QB2
QxKt
RB2
KtB3
QKt3
QxR
KtK4
KtB5
RKKtl
RKt3
KtK6
QR7
KtQ4
PB5
QB5
Kt x BP
Resigns
"Herr Zukertort considers this the

best game he played in America."
59
How to smash a crowded

Oct. 4, 1886.
position.
R U Y LOPEZ
G. H . MACKENZIE
S. LIPSCHUETZ
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Black
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
OO
PQ3
PQ4
KtB3
PQ5
B-=-Q3
KtK2
KtKt3
PKR3
KtR2
PKB4
BxP
BQ2
BK2
KtQKtl
BKt5
QKtQ2
KtBl
BQ2
KtKt3
PxP
OO
KtKl
BKB 3
KtxB
PKKt3
KtKt2
BK2
PxP
PKB 3
KtxKt
BB4ch
15 Q - Q 2
1 6 KtB3
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
PB3
QxKt
QRKl
PK5
QR6!
RxP
KtR5!!
RxKt
KRl
26 B x P
27 B x P c h
28 BB5ch
94.
QK2
QKt2
KRl
Resigns
New York, December, 1886.
Exemplifying
Judd's
forceful style.
brilliant
and
FRENCH D E F E N S E
93.
First Game of Match
Played at Manhattan Chess Club,
M A X JUDD
White
J . M . HANHAM
Black
60
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
PK5
QKtK2
PQB3
PKB4
KtB3
BK3
KtKt3
RBl
BQ3
PK3
PQ4
KtKB3
KKtQ2
PQB4
KtQB3
PQKt3
BKt2
BK2
PKt3
RQBl
PQR3
OO
OO
KtKt5
PxB
KtR5!!
PxP
RxKt!
KtB6ch
QKl
Q_R4
Kt x Ktch
B x KKtP
BxBP!
PKt6
QQ8ch
BxKt
P_Kt4
PxP
QKt3
BxR
KKt2
RKRl
KBl
BxKt
BKl
BxB
RB2
Resigns
12 KRKl
13 PQR4
14 QRBl
15 KtKt5
16 RK8!!
17 B x P c h
18 B x R
19 KRl
20 KtB7ch
21 KtR6ch
22 QKt8ch
23 B x K t
24 Q x P c h
25 QB8ch
26 KtK4
27 QQ6ch
28 KtB6ch
PQB3
QB2
KtB5
Kt(K2)Kt3
RxR
KRl
KtK7ch
KtxR
KKtl
KBl
KK2
PxB
KQl
KQ2
Q-Ql
KKl
Resigns
Frankfort Tournament,
July 23, 1887.
96.
"A Genuine
Masterpiece"
(STEINITZ)
GIUOCO PIANO
I. GUNSBERG
95.
Frankfort, 1887.
A grand
old-time
GIUOCO
E. SCHIFFERS
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PB3
PQ4
PxP
BQ2
QKtxB
PxP
QKt3
11
OO
favorite.
PIANO
M . HARMONIST
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
PxP
BKt5ch
BxBch
PQ4
KKt x P
QKtK2
OO
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQ3
BK3
QKtQ2
KtBl
PxP
Q-Q2
OOO
BQKt5
KtKt3
BxB
KtxKP
QRKl
PQB4
BxKt
M . HARMONIST
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
PQ3
BKt3
KtB3
PQ4
KtxP
PKR3
BK3
Q-Q3
PB4
RPxB
QxKt
RxP!
OO!
....
61
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
BxKt
PxB
KB2
KB3
PKt4
KQ4
KK5
KB4
Q-Kt2
Resigns
Q-Q5
BxB
RR8ch
QR5ch
QR4ch
RR6ch
PB4ch
QRl!
Q-Qi
RxP
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
B x Ktch
PQKt4
OO
QK2
PxP
PK4
KtB4
KtK3
PB4
PKt3
RB2
QKt2
RKl
QRK2
KtKl
RQ2
Kt(K3)Kt2
KxB
KBl
Resigns
A master
depth and
98.
97.
Sixth American Congress,

N. Y., March 30, 1889.
An abrupt
finish/
Special Prize for best game

GIUOCO PIANO
J . MASON
WHITE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQ3
BK3
PB3
QKtQ2
PQR4
BQKt5
PxB
I. GUNSBERG
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
PQ3
BKt3
KtB3
QK2
BK3
BxB
PQR3
coup
of
beauty.
PxB
OO
KtKt5
PKB4
BxP
BQ2
KtB3
PKt3
KtR4
BR6
KtKt2
KtK3
RB2
QRKBl
KtQ5
QKt4
BxKt
QK6
KtKt6!
extraordinary
Sixth American Chess
Congress, New York, March, 1889.

Submitted for Brilliancy
Prize
SCOTCH G A M E
J . W . SHOWALTER
Whit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtxKt
BQ3
PK5
OO
BKB4
BQ2
RKl
KtB3
QR5
G.
GOSSIP
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
KtB3
KtPxKt
PQ4
KtKt5
BQB4
PKt4
KtxKP
QK2
BQ2
ooo
62
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
QBxP
BR4
BR6ch
BKt3
QQl
BKBl
PKt4
QKtl
QKt3
QRKtl
PB3
QKt2
KKtl
KRKtl
KtKt5
KtK4
BKt5
BQ5
PKR4
PR5
24 B x P
25 P x K t
26 BKt3
27PxQ
28 KR2
29 BR3
Resigns
KtB6ch!
QBxPch
QxBch!
RxPch
BxP
RxBch!
Much gossip had been going

around
because
this game had not
been
awarded
the special
prize
over
the game won by Gunsberg
over
Mason!
Hence,
both games
are
included,
so the public of today can
judge
for itself.
Pollock
wins
and
how!!
RUY
MAX WEISS
Brilliancy
Prize,
LOPEZ
W . H . K . POLLOCK
Black
White
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
PQKt4
BB4
PQ4!
KtxP
OO
BK3!
KtxKt
KtKt5?!
KtxQP
BxB
RKl
QK2
BxPch!
QK8!
KtxB!!
RxRch
BKt8ch
RKoch
KtK7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
PK4
KtKB 3
BKt5
BR4
PQ3
BKt3
PB3
PxP
QK2
QK4
KtxP
QxKt
OO
QR5
PxB
KtQ2
PQKt4
KRl
PR3
RxQ
KR2
KKt3
KKt4!
m&
m mmm
i i
99.
Sixth American Chess
Congress, New York, May 1 1 , 1 8 8 9
the
24 K t B l !
25 QQ5
26 KKt5
PKt3
PR4ch
KKt2!!
63
THE AGE OF STEINITZ
27 K t x R
101. Amsterdam Tournament, 1889
Black now mates in three, e. g.:

27 . . . .
28 KR4
29 PKt3
100.
PB3ch
BB7ch
B x P mate
Sixth American Congress,

1889.
A finely executed
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
PK4
KtKB3
KtxP
KtKB3
PQ4
BQ3
OO
RKl
PB3
QKtQ2
QKt3
QxKtP
QKt3
QB2
PQKt3
BK2
BBl
PKt3
KxB
KtxKt
KtR4
PxR
KKt2
BK3
KR2
KKtl
KBl
QQl
RBl
Resigns
If 30 KK2, R x B c h .
BIRD'S OPENING
attack.
PETROFF DEFENSE
GUNSBERG
A Thing of Beauty
One of the most famous
victories
ever won by Dr. Lasker was his
magnificent
combination
at Amsterdam in 1889 when he was only 21.
The power of the two Bishops
has
never
been shown
to greater
advantage.
M . WEISS
Black
PK4
KtKB 3
PQ3
KtxP
PQ4
KtQB3
BK2
BKKt5
PB4
OO
KRl
RB3
RKtl
RKKt 3
B Q3
BKR6
QB3
BxB
RKBl
BPxKt
RxP!!
BxP
BxKt
QB6ch
BK2
RB3
QKt5
RB6
QR6ch
LASKER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
PKB4
KtKB3
PK3
PQKt3
BKt2
BQ3
KtB3
OO
KtK2
KtKt3
KtK5
BxKt
QK2
KtR5!
J . H . BAUER
Black
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
BK2
PQKt3
BKt2
OO
QKtQ2
PB4
QB2
KtxKt
QB3
PQR3
KtxKt

15 B x P c h !
KxB
The beginning of a most profound

and elegant combination.
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
QxKtch
BxP!
QKt4ch
RB3
RR3ch
RxQch
QQ7
QxB
RKBl
QQ7
QKt4ch
PxP
PK6
KKtl
KxB
KR2
PK4
QR3
KxR
BKB 3
KKt2
QRKtl
KRQl
KBl
BKt2
RKt2
64
Mm
*!
mm
mm*
m m m
mm
(see diagram next column)

19 . . .
QxPch!!
It is doubtful whether a finer two-
Wk
m.3
29
30
31
32
33
34
QKt6
RxPch
QxBch
QR8ch
QKt7ch
Q x R and wins
RxP!!
BxPch
17 K B x P ?
18 P x R
19 K B l
l l i i
PB3
BxR
KKl
KK2
KxP
B5
102.
Prague, Austria, Sept., 1889.
A very instructive
terminated
game.
and
beautifully
STEINITZ G A M B I T
H. NEUSTADL
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
PK4
KtQB3
PB4
PQ4
KK2
PxP
KtB3
PxKt
PxPch
KtKt5
PB3
KQ3
KQ2
KK2
KB2 '
KKtl
move combination in actual play,

has ever been seen.
If 20 K K l , QB7 mate, A n d
if K x Q , BR6 mate.
Resigns
O . VALENTA
Black
103.
Franklin Chess Club,

Oct. 3 1 , 1889.
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
QR5ch
PQ4
BKt5ch
An example
tion play.
OOO
W . P. SHIPLEY
BQB4
KKtl
PQR3
PxKt
BB4ch
QKt5
KtB3
KtK5ch
KtKt4
of inspired
combina-
SCOTCH GAME
C. S. MARTINEZ, JR.
White
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtxKt
BQ3
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
KtB3
KtP x Kt
BB4
65
THE AGE OF STEINITZ
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
IV
IT
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
KtQ4
KtK2
KRKtl
PQ3
RxP
BxPch
BR6
K Q2
KtxB!
KxP
PK5
QKt4
QxP
QB6
BxP
BKt5
KBl
QR8ch
BB5ch
PK6ch
wk
Wm, &m.
BxQ
KK2
KQ3
KB3
KKt3
KR3
KR4
KR5
KR6
KxP
KKt7
KxP
104.
KtK6ch
BKt8ch
BB4ch
RxPch
RKtlch
KtB5ch
KtKt3ch!
RB4ch
BQ6ch
RRich
BR3ch
KtQ4 mate
Match game played at

Boston, 1889.
Barry's
RUY
JOHN F . BARRY
White
Masterpiece
LOPEZ
1 PK4
2 KtKB3
BKt5
4 PQ4
5 PQ5
6 KtB3
7 KtKt5
QQ4
9 KKt x KP
10 K t x K t
11 QR4
12 KtQ4
13 QKt3
14 PKB4
15 KtKt3
16 OO
17 KtB6
18 Q x R
19 QKt3
20 BQ2
21 QRKl
22 PKR3
23 KRl
24 KR2
25 K t x K t
26 R x P
27 PB3!
28 K R K l
29 RK7
30 QQl
31 QR5
3
m m
mm
Black
ii
m.
i f m jm. 1 s t
m
H . N . PILLSBURY
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
KtxKP
KtQ3
PK5
KtK4
PKB 3
KtxB
PQR3
RQKtl
BK2
PQ3
PKB4
KtKt5
OO
PxKt
PxP
PB3
QB2
BB3
BQ5ch
KtB7ch
KtK5
BP x Kt
BxKtP
BR6
BQB4
QKt3
BB4
PR3
IS
is
White now calls mate in 13 moves.
66
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
RxPch
RK7ch
QxP
KRl
PxB
QKt5ch
QR4ch
QKt3ch
BB3
QxQch
QxPch
QxRch
Q maces
KxR
KKtl
BKt8ch
BQ5
QxP
KRl
KKtl
KRl
QxB
PQ5
RB3
KKtl
Evans
Gambit
So classed by E. SchifTers in
EVANS G A M B I T
CLEMENS
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQKt4
PB3
PQ4
PxP
OO
KtB3
QxB
KtQl
21 . . . .
22 QK6
St. Petersburg Zeitung, about 1890.

H.
PxP
KKtK2
BK3
PxB
Q-Q3
KBl
BxP
QKt5
KKl
KB2
KBl
PK5
RKl
KtKKt5
BxB
Kt x KP
Kt x KtPch
QKt4
KtK4
KtK6ch
KtB6ch
KtKt5ch
BR3!!
(see diagram)
105.
An Immortal
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
F. EISENSCHMIDT
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BxP
BB4
PxP
BKt3
PQ3
BQ2?
i l l
mm
mt
n wm
%
til
vim
23 Q - -B7ch!
24 Kt- - K 6 mate
KtxQ
PART
Modern Chess
Hereabouts we arrive at the era of what is called, oc-
casionally in rather a disdainful tone, "modern chess." It

is the age of the great Lasker and Tarrasch, of Schlechter
and Maroczy, of the attacking geniuses Pillsbury and Marshall
and JanowskL A s the number of grandmasters increases, as
it becomes more difficult to bowl over one's opponent in short
order, we find that positional chess begins to be pre-eminent;
before the opponent can be finished off with a brilliant combination, it is generally necessary to outplay him positionally,
in order to create favorable conditions for sacrificial play.
That is w h y Emanuel Lasker once w r o t e : "If you play well
positionally, the combinations will come of themselves."
While I am fond of the finest games of all these masters,
I love above all the beautiful games of the immortal Harry
Nelson Pillsbury. I am sure that the reader, as he plays over
these marvellous games, will share my admiration for this
immortal, whose beautiful productions, I am sorry to say, do
not seem to be adequately appreciated nowadays. During his
lifetime his uncanny skill in blindfold play was particularly
admired, and that is w h y I have carefully assembled the cream
of his efforts in this field. Happy the man who plays over
these games for the first time! And as for old-timers like
myself, they will relish the opportunity to renew their acquaintance with these gracious companions of their youth!
67
68.
106. Manchester Tournament, 1890

Briton
meets
Briton
GIUOCO PIANO
E. THOROLD
White
1 PK4
2 KtKB3
3 BB4
4 PQ3
5 BK3
6 BxB
7 QKtQ2
8 PB3
9 BKt3
10 P x P
11 QK2
12 PKt3
13 PKR4
14 BB2
15 QK3
_6 PQKt4
17 BKt3
18 KtKt5
19 K t x B
20 PKB4
21 P B 5 !
22 P x P
23 OO
24 RB5
25 QRKBl
26 KtB4
27 K t x P
28 R x K t
29 QB4
30 RB3
31 KKt2
32 RK8ch
33 QK5ch
34 RB5
35 K B l
36 RKKt8!
J . H . BLACKBURNE
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
BKt3
RPxB
OO
PQ4
PxP
QK2
PKt3
KtQ2
KtB4
PR4
RQl
KtQ2
KtBl
BK3
KtxKt
QB3
KtBl
QxP
RQ2
KtKR2
RKBl
PKt4
KtxKt
KRl
RKKtl
QKt3ch
RKt5
KKt2
KR3
R_Q h
QKt3
7 c
....
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
107.
. . . .
RxPch
QB5ch
QxRch
QB4
BQ5
QxKBP
QxR
KKt3
KKt2
KRl
QQl
RQKt7
Resigns
Nuremberg, about 1891.
An attack carried
able
verve.
out with
admir-
VIENNA GAME
M . KUERCHNER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
PK4
KtQB3
PKKt3
BKt2
PQ3
PB4
PB5
PKKt4
BKt5
KtQ5
BxQ
QQ2
DR. S. TARRASCH
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
BB4
PQR3
PQ3
PKKt3
PKR4
KtQ5
KtxKt!!
KtK6
QKtxPch
69.
MODERN CHESS
13
14
15
16
17
18
K-K2
KB2
KKt3
QKt5
QxP
KR3
KtQ5ch
Kt x Pch
PxP
PR5ch
PB5ch
KtB7 mate
maM
108.
hi
Havana, January, 1892.
For World Supremacy

in Chess
This is the fourth
game
of
the
second
match and is also one of
the
most
beautiful
games
ever
contest.
played in a similar
RUY
W . STEINITZ
White
1 PK4
2 KtKB3
3 BKt5
4 PQ3
5 PB3
6 QKtQ2
7 KtBl
8 BR4
9 KtK3
10 BB2
11 P K R 4
12 PR5
13 R P x P
14 P x P
15 K t x K t
16 B K t 3
17 QK2
18 B K 3
19 O O O
20 Q B l !
21 P Q 4
22 K t x P
23 R x B !
24 R x P c h !
25 QRich
26 BR6ch!
27 QR4ch
28 Q x K t c h
29 QB4 mate
KK4
KB4
LOPEZ
M . TCHIGORIN
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PQ3
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
KtQ2
KtB4
KtK3
KtK2
PQ4
BP x P?
KtxP
QxKt
QB3
BQ2
KRl
QRKl
PQR4
PxP
BxKt
KtxR
KxR
KKt2
KB3
109.
Dresden Tournament, 1892.
First edition
of a famous
trap!
R U Y LOPEZ
DR. S. TARRASCH
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
PQ4
KtB3
OO
RKl
BxKt!
G . MARCO
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQ3
BQ2
KtB3
BK2
OO?
BxB
From this point Black's moves are

all forced.
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PxP
QxQ
KtxP
Kt x B
KtQ3!
PKB 3
KtxB
BKt5
BK7
PxP
QRxQ
BxP
Kt x Kt
PKB4
BB4ch
KtxKt
RQ4
Resigns
70
110.
Outplaying
pion.
a future
RUY
DR. E . LASKER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
. 24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
New York, 1892.
PK4
KtKB 3
BKt5
KtB3
OO
PQ3
BK3
PQ4
BQB4
PQ5
PKR3
QxB
PxP
QKt4
BQ2
BQ3
KtK4
QRKl
KtB3
KtQl
BB3
PKt4
BKt2
QQB4
PB4
QB6
QxRP
QxKtP
KtB2
BK4
QB4
BKB3
RxKt
QK4
Kt x Kt
BxQ
KR2
BQ3
BB4 -
world
cham-
LOPEZ
RxB
PK6
RB7
RKKt8
BxB
KKt3
KtKt5
BQ3
Resigns
A . B. HODGES
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQ3
BQ2
KKtK2
KtKt3
BK2
OO
BKt5
KtKtl
BxKt
p_KB4
KtR5
KtxP
KtQ2
PKKt3
RB2
Q-KJ31
PQR3
QKt2
QRKBl
BQl
KtB3
KtR4!
PQKt4
KtK2
Kt x BP
QR3
QKt4
KtB4
KtKt6
Kt x R
QR5
Kt x Pch
QxQ
R x Rch
RK8
PK5
BB3
111. Played at Zugzidi,

in spring of 1892.
Most Brilliant
binations.
'
of
Dad'taris
Com-
PRINCE DADIAN
M . BlTCHAM
(of Mingrelia)
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQ4
OO
RKl
BxP
KtB3
R x Ktch
BKt5
KtQ2
KtKt3
KtQ5
KtB5
IB
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PxP
KtxP
PQ4
QxB
QB5
BK3
BB4
QR3
BKt3
PKR3
HI
mmm
&m&w
mm
71
MODERN CHESS
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
. . . .
RxBch!
KtQ7ch
QKt4
Kt(Q5)B6ch!
BR6ch!
K t x P mate
112.
in the
PxB
PKt3
B x Kt
QK2
BxR
KQl
KKl
KQl
RxQ
Web
DANISH GAMBIT
Blaek
White
PK4
PQ4
PQB3
BQB4
KtKB3
OO
KtxP
RKlch
KtQ5
BKt5
RQBl
R x Kt
KtK5!
113.
L. DORE
F. K. YOUNG
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
QR5ch
KtB6ch!
Kt x KtPch
RxQch
KtK5ch
KtB7ch
KtQ6ch
QK8ch!
KtB7 mate
Boston, Nov. 8, 1892.

Caught
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
QKt4
KBl
KKtl
PKR4
PxKt
QKt4
PK4
PxP
PxP
KtKB3
KtxP
KtQ3
Kt x B
BK2
KtB3
PB3
PKt4
PxR
m'mtm
is
Jackson, Miss., about 1892.
This Galbreath-taking
played
in Jackson,
1892.
game
Miss.,
was
about
EVANS G A M B I T
JOHN A. GALBRAITH H . HARDING
White
'MI
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQKt4
PB3
OO
PQ4
BKKt5
PxP
QKtQ2
RKl
BR4
KtK4
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BxP
BR4
BKt3
Q-B3
QKt3
QxP
QKt3
PKR3
KKtK2
OO
Now begins a far-sighted combination.

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
KtB6ch
BxP
BQ3
PKt4
KRl
RK4
QKtlch!
PxKt
KtB4
QR4
QxPch
BxP
QR6
KtKt6ch
72
mm
r
14
15
16
17
18
KtxB
QK2
RxPch
QKt4
PB5
PxKt
QKl?
KKt3
RRl
Black mates in 4 moves:

ch, etc.
115.
RR6
Vienna, 1893.
Immortal
Schlechter s
This sparkling gem ranks as one of
the most curious
and brilliant
on
record.
J
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
The
QxKtch
RKKtl
RxBch
PxQ
RKR4
RxP
KtKt5
RxB
RKt7ch
R x K t mate!
BxQ
PQ3
QxR
BB4
BxB
BR2
KtxP
KtKt3
KRl
114.
Vienna, D e c , 1892.
open
KR file triumphs
again!
VIENNA GAME
M . POLLAK
BARON ALBERT ROTHSCHILD
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PK4
KtQB3
PKKt3
BKt2
KKtK2
PKR3
OO
KR2
PQ3
BKt5
11 p_B4
12 P x K t
13 BR4
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
BB4
PQ3
BK3
Q-Q2
PKR4
IRREGULAR OPENING ,
B . FLEISSIG
CARL SCHLECHTER
White
6
7
8
9
10
PQKt4
BKt2
PQR3
PKt5
PQ4
KtB3
Q-Q3
QxP
QxKtP
KQl
Black
PK3
KtKB3
PB4
PQ4
QR4ch
KtK5
PxP
BB4!
BxPch
PQ5!!
mm mm
W3. & ifc
mm
wm
ooo
KtK2
KtKt5ch!?
PxPch
KtKt3
11 Q x R c h
12 Q x B
KK2
PxKt
73
MODERN CHESS
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
BBl
QxR
BB4
KBl
BxB
BxKt
KKtl
KR2
116.
KtQ2
QxKtP
QQ4ch
BK6ch!
KtB7!
Q_Q h
QQ8ch
Q x P mate
7 c
Played at Kassa in 1893.

A Charousek
Gem
DANISH GAMBIT
R. CHAROUSEK
M . WOLLNER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Black
PK4
PQ4
PQB3
BQB4
KtKB 3
KtxP
OO
KtKKt5!
Kt x BP
PK5
PK6!
PxRch
BB4
QK2!
KRl
QRKl
QK8ch
PxR(Q)ch
B x Q P mate
117.
PK4
PxP
PxP
KtKB3
BB4
PQ3
OO
PKR3
R x Kt
KtKt5?
QR5
KBl
KtxBP
KtKt5ch
BQ2
KtQB3
RxQ
BxQ
Vienna Chess Club,

April 27, 1894.
Inimitable
elegance!
FROM'S GAMBIT
L. FRIED
C. SCHLECHTER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PKB4
PxP
KtKB3
PxP
PQ4
BKt5
BR4
BB2
PK3
BR4
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQ3
BxP
KtB3
PKR3
PKKt4
KtK5
PKt5
Now follows a very elegant com

bination.
10
11
12
13
14
118.
... .
BxQ
KK2
KQ3
K x Kt
PxKt!
PB7ch
BKt5ch
KtKt5ch
PB4 mate!
Nuremberg, Feb. 9, 1894.
A wonderful
combination!
KING'S G A M B I T
D R . S. TARRASCH
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
PKR4
KtK5
Kt x BP
BB4ch
PQ4
BxP
PR5ch
KtB3
PK5
PR6ch
PxP
RxQ
OO
KtQ5
KRl
HIRSCHLEI
Black
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
PQ3
KxKt
KKt3
BK2
KtKB3
KKt2
KtB3
PxP
KBl
QxQch
KtQ2
KKl
BB4ch
BKt3
74
19
2G
21
22
23
24
PK6
KtB6ch
BKKt5
Kt x KtPch
KtB6ch
KtKt8ch
25 RQ8ch
26 RB8ch
27 PK7ch
119.
KKtK4
KK2
KtxB
KKl
KK2
KKl
KtxB
BxB
RKl!
QK2
QRBl
PQ5!
KtQ4 KtK6
QKt4
KtKt5ch
22
23
24
25
RxKtch!!
RB7ch
RKt7ch
RxPch!
QxKt
KtxB
PKB 3
Q-Q2
PB3?
PxP
KB2
KRQBl
PKKt 3
KKl
KtxR
KxR
Resigns
KBl
KKtl
KRl
Resigns
Hastings, 1895.
First Brilliancy
Prize
GIUOCO PIANO
W . STEINITZ C VON BARDELEBEN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PB3
PQ4
PxP
KtB3
PxP
OO
BKKt 5
BxKt
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
PxP
BKt5ch
PQ4
KKtxP
BK3
BK2
QBxB
Steinitz gives this brilliant mate i

ten moves.
25
26
27
28
29
3Q
31
32
33
34
35
. . . .
RKt7ch
QR4ch
QR7ch
QR8ch
QKt7ch
QKt8ch
QB7ch
QB8ch
KtB7ch
QQ6 mate!
K - -Ktl
K-- R l
KxR
K-- B l
K- - K 2
K- - K l
K- - K 2
K- - Q l
QKl
K- - Q 2
75
MODERN CHESS
120.
Quadrangular Tourney,
St. Petersburg, 1895-96.

One of Pillsbury
s memorable
games.
PETROFF DEFENSE
DR. E. LASKER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PK4
KtKB3
KtxP
KtKB3
PQ4
BQ3
OO
RKl
PB3
QKt3
BKB4
PxB
KKt2
QB2
BQBl
KtQ2
KtBl
H . N . PILLSBURY
Black
PK4
KtKB3
PQ3
KtxP
PQ4
BK2
KtQB3
BKKt5
PB4
OO
BxKt
KtKt4
Q-Q2
KtK3!
BQ3
QRKl
Kt(K3) x P
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
KxQ
KK2
PB3
PKt3
KQ2
BKt2
PKR3
KtR2
PB4
PxP
Resigns
The manner
in which
Pillsbury
snapped
up the Knight
with
his
Bishop at the eleventh
move,
and
his rapid play afterwards,
showed
clearly
that he saw through
the
game to
victory.
121.
St. Petersburg, 1895-6.
One of Dr. Lasker's

finest.
A game of many
combinations.
W . STEINITZ
White
18
19
20
21
22
23
QQl
QxR
KxKt
QQl
KK2
KQ2
RxR
KtxP!
PB5
KtK4ch
QKt5ch
QxQch
KtxB
KtK4
RKl
KtKt5ch
KtK6
KtKt7
BB4
BB7
PxP
PKR4!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
BB4
PK3
RBl
PxBP
PxP
KtB3
BQ3
PxP
OO
KtQKt5?
PxB
BK5
KRl
BKt3
QB2
DR. E. LASKER
Black
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
BK2
OO
PB4
BxP
PxP
KtB3
PQ5!
KtxP
BKKt5
BxKt
KtK3!
KtR4
QKt4
QR-Ql
QR3
76
19
20
21
22
23
24
QRQl
QKt3 '
KtB3
QxP
PxKt
QxP
25 Q _ B 4
26 PKR4?
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
122.
BK4
PB4
BKt2
QQ3
KtK4
RB3
KxR
KR2
KKt2
KR2
RQKtl
RKt5
PR3
Resigns
RBl!
PR3
KtQ5!
KtxBch
RKtl
RKt3
RxP
BR2
Q-Q3
Q-Q2
QKt5!
KtB4
BK6
RxB!
Kt x Pch
KtxRch
KtR5ch
KtB4
PR4
RRl
RxP!
Nuremberg Tournament,
July 29, 1896.
One of the deepest

combinations
ever
played.
Awarded Prize for best game.
FRENCH DEFENSE
H . N . PILLSBURY
DR. E. LASKER
Black
White
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
PK5
PB4
PxP
PQR3
PQKt4
BQ3
PKt5
KtB3
BK3
OO
KtK2
QKl
KKtQ4
QB2
QRKtl
PKt6!
PxKt
PB5!!
PK3
PQ4
KtKB 3
KKtQ2
PQB4
KtQB3
Kt x BP
KtQ2
p_QR4
QKtKtl
KtB4
QKtQ2
PKKt3
BK2
KtKt3
BQ2
K t ( 3 ) R5
PR4
KtxB
BxP
m
fl flB
21
22
23
24
25
26
'
Mtmt
mm
. . . .
KtB4
RRl!
RxKt!
Kt(B4) xKP!!
Kt x KP
KtPxP
PR5
BK2
BxR
PxKt
BQ2
If 26 . . . Q B l ; 27 Q x B P with
77
MODERN CHESS
a winning attack.
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
KtxQ
BB5
BxB
QK3
QKt5ch
RBl
QxR
QKl
PxP
KB2
QKt4
KB3
QxP
QB5
QB7
KB4
PR4
QKt8
KxP
QB7ch
QQ8
PK6
KK5
QQ6ch
RxKt
RQBl
KxB
RB3
KB2
RxRch
RQBl
PR6
RKtlch
PR5
RKt3
PR6
RxP
RK3
KK2
PKt3
RQB3
BKl
RR3
KBl
PKt4
RR2
PKt5
Resigns
m m
12
13
14
15
16
17
124.
Bill
BQ5!
QxPch
QxRch
QKt7ch
QB6ch
BB4!
PxB
KQl
KQ2
KK3
Resigns
Simpson's Divan, London.
"The most summary

of Steinitz on record."
demolishment
SCOTCH GAME
123.
Nuremberg, 1896.
Bright
and
witty!
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
PK3
PxP
BxP
QR4ch!
KtK5!
KtxKt
BK3
KtB3
W . STEINITZ
(Problem composer)
QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED

D. JANOWSKI
W . GRIMSHAW
White
E. SCHALLOPP
BLACK
PQ4
PxP
PQB4
PxP
BKt5
PK3
KtB3
QxP
QK5ch
PXKT
QxP
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtKt5
BK3
KtQ2
QxB
OOO
BKB4!
BxP!!
KtxQP
KtKt5ch
KtB7ch!
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
QR5
Q x KPch
BKt5ch
B x Ktch
KQl
QK3
PQ3
PxB
QxP
KKl
KBl
78
W h i t e mates in three.
15 QQ6ch
16 QQ8ch
17 R x Kt mate
125.
KKtK2
KtxQ
Eighth game of match. 1897.
Great Match for U. S.

Supremacy
In this fine game
Show alter
reveals a grandiose
style before
which
Pillsbury
bows in
admiration.
RUY
J . SHOWALTER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
LOPEZ
H. N. PILLSBURY
Black
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
OO
PQ4
BR4
PB3!
KtxP
KtQ5
RKl
BB4!
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
KtxP
KtQ3
PxP
PxP
BK2
OO
BB3
KtKl?
m~~
BB2!
BxR
QQ6ch
RKl!
Q-Q2
KtQ5
QB3
KtxP
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
White mates in five.

23 Kt x QPch, etc.
126.
Correspondence, 1897-98.
QP COUNTER G A M B I T
K. ZAMBELLY
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
PK4
KtKB3
PxP
KtB3
BKt5ch
BR4
PxP
KtQ4
KtxBP
KtxKt
BKt5
OO
KxB
KKt3
QxR
QK5
RKtl
G. MAROCZ'
Black
PK4
PQ4
BQ3?!
KtKB3
PB3
PK5
OO
PxP
QKt3
RxKt
RQl!!
BxPch
KtKt5ch
QB2ch
i*H
^
12 R x K t !
13 K t x P
14 BQ6
QKKt5
KxB
BK2
PKKt3
QR4
BQl
PB3
BR4
MODERN CHESS
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
PB4
KxP
PQ3
KtK4
KxKt
PxB
KR4
QxR
KxR
KKt5
KB4
KK5
P x P e.p.ch
RQ5
BKt2ch
B x Ktch
QR7
QxPch
RxB!
RR4ch!
QR6ch
PR3ch
p_Kt4ch
Q- - K 3 mate
127. Cosmopolitan Club

Championship, 1898.
A Spark of
Genius
M A X LANGE A T T A C K
C . NUGENT
f u u u s FINN
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
BQB4
OO
PK5
PxKt
RKlch
KtKt5
KtQB3
QKtK4
Kt x BP!
KtKt5ch
PKKt4!
RxB
QB3
RK7!!
128.
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
BB4
KtB3
PQ4
PxB
BK3
Q-Q4
QB4
BKBl
KxKt
KKtl
QxP(B3)
Q-Qi
Q-Q2
Resigns
London, 1899-
First Brilliancy Prize; watch for the

bombshell
on Black's 15th
move!
79
VIENNA GAME
W . STEINITZ
DR. E. LASKER
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
PK4
KtQB3
PB4
PQ3
BPxP
PQ4
PxP
KtxKt
KtB3
BK2
p_B3
OO
PKR3
KtKt5
KtB3
KxKt
KB2
RKKtl
BxP
RxP
QQ3
RRl
KtxB
BB3
KtxP
QKt5
QR5
RR5
RKKt5
KKt3
Resigns
129.
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtB3
QKtxP
KtKt3
KtxP
QxKt
BKt5
OOo
BQ3
KRKl!
BQ2
KtR5!
KtxP!!
BxPch!
PKB 3!
PKKt4
PxB
QK3
BB5
BxR
QB3ch
BB4
QKKt 3
PB3
RK2!
BKt5
QB7ch
BxB
London, 1899.
This sensational
ker won
the
Prize.
victory
second
over LasBrilliancy
R U Y LOPEZ
DR. E. LASKER
J . H. BLACKBURNE
80
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
PQ4
PQ5
BQ3
KtB3
KtK2
PB4
KtKt3
BB2
PKt4
QPxP
PxP
PQR4
OO
PR3
BK3
PKt5
RBl
KtQ2
KtK2
BxP
BxP
BKKt3
RKl
KtBl
RKtl
KtB3
KtQ5
PB3
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQ3
BQ2
KtKtl
BK2
KtKB3
PB3
KtR3
KtB4
PQKt4
KtKt2
BxP
BxKtP
BQ2
PKt3
PKR4
PR4
RQBl
KtB4
PR5!
PKt4!
RKKtl
BxRP
BK3
KtKt5!
BKt4!
RKRl!
BKB5!
QKt4!
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
. . . .
KxR
KtxB
KKtl
KtB5
PxB
KRxKt
QRBl
KtKt6
KtB4
KtK3
KB2
RB7
RKRl
RB8ch
R(l)R8
Resigns
130.
RR8ch!
BxB
KtB7ch
KtxQ
BxKt(B4)
Q-Q7
QxB
QxBP
RQl
KtKt2
QB5
QxP
KtB4
RQ2
KK2
Q-Q5
Riga, Oct., 1899.
A Russian
Gem.
M U Z I O GAMBIT
S. NIEMZOVICH
N.
NEUMANN
(Father of
Aron Nimzovich)
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
BB4
OO
QxP
PQ3
KtB3
BxP
QB2
KtQ5
PK5
BKKt 5!
KtB7ch!
BxPch
QB5ch!
PK6 mate!
Black
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
PxKt
QB3
BKt2
KtB3
KtQ5
PQ3
Q-Ql
PQB3
Q-Q2
QxKt
KQ2
KtxQ
81
MODERN CHESS
131.
Pillsbury's
hackneyed
St. Louis, 1899.

artistry
theme.
embellishes

. N . PILLSBURY
MAX JUDD
Black
White
PQ4
PK3
p_QKt3
BKt2
1 PQ4
2 PQB4
KtQB3
4 KtB3
3
5 BB4
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
BQ3
QxB
BxP
BKt2
PQR3
KtK2
BxB
PxP
PK4
RBl
BQ3
OO
OO?
PK5!
BxPch
KtKt5ch
QQ2
KtK2
QQ3ch!
PB4ch
QR3ch
PB5ch
KRxP!!
QKt4ch
KRxP
132.
Q-Qi
KxB
KR3
KKt3
KtQ4
KxKt
KR3
KKt3
PxP
RRl
KR2
Resigns
Paris, 1900.
Pillsbury
finds
in a seemingly
tion.
beautiful
unpromising
sacrifices
posi-
FOUR K N I G H T S ' G A M E
D . JANOWSKI
White
1
2
3
4
PK4
KtKB 3
KtB3
BKt5
H. N . PILLSBURY
Black
PK4
KtKB3
KtB3
BKt5
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
OO
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
PQ3
PxB
RKl
RKtl
BKt5
BKR4
BR4
KRl
BQKt3
BKt3
PKR3
RK3?
BxKt
RKl
KR2
QQ2
PxB
RKRl
KKt2
QRKtl
KBl
RKt4!
RxR
RR4
RR5
RxPch
RR5
RKB5
PB4
QKt4
QKt6
RQ5
KKl
RxQP
KQ2
KBl
QxPch
QQ5ch
R--Q8
45
QR5
22
and Black
133.
annOi unced
OO
BxKt
PQ3
BQ2
RKl
PKR3
PR3
RKtl
KtK2
KtKt3
BKt5
BR4
KtB5
PxB
Q-Q2
KRl
BxKt
RK4
RKR4
RR5
KtR2
KtKt4
RxP
Kt x R
PKKt4!
PKt5
KKt2
PxP
PKB 3!
RKl
PB4
KB2
QKt5
Kt x P!
R x Pch!
RK7ch
RK3
RK2
KKt2
QK3
QK8ch
mate
in
five
Paris Tournament, 1900.

First Brilliancy
Prize.
82
White's
greatly
clever sacrifices
admired.
VIENNA
J . MIESES
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
p_K4
KtQB3
BB4
PQ3
PB4
PB5
QB3
PKKt4!
PKR4
BKt3
RPxKt
PxP
KKtK2
KtKt3
BKt5
PR5
BQ2
PR6!!
OOO
PxP
QRBl
QB7!
QxP!
have
been
GAME
D.
JANOWSKI
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
PQ3
KtB3
KtQR4
PB3
PKR3
PQKt4
KtxB
PKR4
KtxRP
QKt3
KtB3
BKt2
KtR2
OOO
PKt3
KRKtl
PxP
KKtl
RRl
QRKtl
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
Marshall's
Paris, 1900.
Memorable
Game
P E T R O F F S DEFENSE
H . N . PILLSBURY
White
1 PK4
2 KtKB3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
16
BBl
BxKt
BKt5
OK6
BxKt
R(5) xBP
RB7
RB8H
QK7
134.
12
13
14
15
24 QKt7!!
25 KtB5
26 R x B
BxKt
KtBl
KtKt3
RQl
KtB5
PxB
QB4
QKt4
QQB4
Resigns
KKtl
PxB
KRKBl
Q-Q7
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
PQ4
PxQP
BQB4
PB3
BK2
PxP
OO
PB4
BQ3
BKt2
QKtQ2
RxKt
KxB
KKt3
KxB
KR3
RBl
QB2
PKt3
PKt4
QxQ
RB3
KKt2
KtxP
KKt3
PKR3
F. J . MARSHALL
Black
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
PxP
BKt5ch
QK2ch
PxP
BQB4
OO
RKl
BKKt 5
KtK5
KtxP!
BxRch
QK6ch
QxB
RK7!
KtQ2
PKR4
KtB4
PKKt4!
RxKt
RxQ
PB4
BPxP
RQ7ch
RxB
RKBl
MODERN CHESS
29 P x P
30 K x P
Resigns
83
Played in Russia, 1900.
PxP
R(l)B7
Tolstoy
plays
good
Chess.
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
S. F. LEBEDEW
135.
One
of
"World's
'
Paris, May 25, 1900.

the gems
Fair" play.
of
Lasker's
QUEEN'S GAMBIT
DR. E. LASKER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Black
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
KtB3
PK3
BxP
PQR4
OO
PxP
BK3
QK2!
KRQl
QRBl
KtK5
BKt3
KtK4
PB4
BQ2!
KtKt3
PB5
RxR
KtxP(B5)
B x Kt(Kt4)
Kt x BP!
QK6
QxR
KRl
RBl
KxB
KR3
136.
GEZA MAROCZY
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
PxP
PB4
PQR3
KtB3
PxP
BK2
OO
QR4
KRQl
KtQKt5
KKtQ4
RBl
Q-Qi
PQKt3
BKt2
RBl
RxR
PxP
BKB 3
Kt x B
R x Kt
KRl
BxPch
KtQ6
BxPch
QKt4ch
Resigns
Correspondence Game
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
PK3
BxP
QKt3
PxB
RKtl
KtB3
BK2
BQ2
QRBl
QB2
KtxKt
PK4
PK5
BQ3
PQR3
PxB
KBl
BxKKtP
KK2
BK4ch
QB3ch
BR6
RKt4
QRKKtl
QR5
RKt8th
QxR
RKt4
RxP
QQ4
KxKt
KK2
RK6
KQ2
KB3
KQ3
Resigns
COUNT TOLSTOY
Black
PQ4
PxP
KtKB3
BKt5
PK3
BxKt
PQKt3
PB3
PQKt4
PQR4
PKt3
PR5
KtQ4
KPxKt
BKt2
OO
QK2
BxP
QxPch
QxRP
QR6ch
QK3ch
KRl
PB3
RB2
KtQ2
KtK4
KRR2
RxR
KtKt3
PxB
KtK4
Kt x P!
QR6ch
QxB
QR4ch
QKt4ch
QB8ch
QQ8ch
84
White's
Rook is lost.
137.
One
Augsburg, Aug. 19, 1900.
of
Sixteen
Blindfold
Games!
PIERCE G A M B I T
H . N . PILLSBURY
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PK4
KtQB3
PB4
KtB3
PQ4
PKR4
BKt5
B x Ktch
PxP
BxP
QQ2
OOO
PK5
BR2
PxP
KtQ4
KtK4!
KtB6ch
KtPxB
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
PQ3
PKKt4
BKt5
p_QR
PxB
KtK2
KtKt3
BKt2
QBl
QB4
PxP
OO
3
0-92
BxR
BxKt
QKt5
19 . . .
K --Rl; 20
K K t l ; 21 Q x Pch!!
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
QR6
KtB5
RxB
RQ7
Kt x Qch
RxP
RQ7
PK6!
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
HAUSLER
White
blindOne of twenty simultaneous

fold games against men, the majority of whom would test the
powers
of any master single-handed
vis-avis.
(Score: Pillsbury 14 wins, 5 draws,
and 1 loss.)
QR
KtRl
KRKl
QKt3
QxQch
KBl
QRBl
QR-Ql
Resigns
H . N . PILLSBURY
DECLINED
C. J . NEWMANN
(Club Champion)
White
1
2
3
4
Black
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
BK2
QKtQ2
PQKt3
PxP
BKt2
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
BKt5
5 PK3
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
KtB3
PxP
BKt5
KtK5
BB6
BxB
KtB6
KtxBch
KtxP
KtxKtch
BR6
KQ2
o--o
RKtl
RxB
QKl
QxKt
QK5
PxKt
QxKtP
B3 is even more forcing.

17
18
19
20
139.
. . . .
KBl
RKKtl
PxKt
QxPch
KRl
KtK4
Resigns
Copenhagen, Oct. 23, 1900.
One of six blindfold

VIENNA
J . MIESES
games.
OPENING
PRITZEL
(blindfold)
138. Franklin Chess Club,
Philadelphia, April 28, 1900.
White
1 PK4
Black
PK4
85
MODERN CHESS
2 KtQB3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
KtKB3
KtB3
BB4
PQ3
PB4
PB5
BB4
QB3
PKKt4
PKR4
PKt5
PxKt
PxP
PKt6
R x Kt
QR3
16 R R 8
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
RxR
QR7
BQ2
OOO
RRl
KQl
BxB
BQ2
BKt5!
PB6
KBl
QxP
RR8!
RxQch
QB7
PKt7 mate!
140.
PQ3
KtQR4
PB3
PKR3
KtR2
Kt x B
PxP
BxKt
PB3
RKKtl
QK2
QBl
QxR
KBl
BQ2
BKt3
BR4
BxKt
QxP
QKtl
PxB
BKt5ch
PxP
RQl
BK3
BxR
RKl
Munich, 1900.
Analysis vs.
Prepared
Genius!
R U Y LOPEZ
. HALPRIN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
OO
PQ4
PxP
PQR4
H . N . PILLSBUI
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
KtxP
KtQ3
Kt x B
PQ3
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
PK6
PxKt
KtB3
KtKt5
QR5
v
BxB
PKt6!
KtQ5!
KRKlch
RR3!
RxKt!
RB3ch
BR6!!
BxP
RKt3ch
RB3ch
RKt3ch
Drawn!!
141.
PxP
KtK2
KtKt3
BK2
BxKt
Q-Q2
BPxP
PxKt
KBl!
KtK4!
PxR
KKtl
QK2!
KxB
KBl
KKt2
KBl
Washington, D. C , 1 9 0 1 .
The conclusion
is so pretty that it
seems as if it were a
composition
and not an actually
played
game.
R U Y LOPEZ
A . W . Fox
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
OO
RKl
KtxP
BBl
PQ4
PQB3
QQ3
PKB4
RK3
KtQ2
RR3
PKKt4
RR5
BAUER
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
KtxP
KtQ3
BK2
OO
KtB4
PQ4
RKl
KtQ3
KtR4?
KtB4
KtR5
KtKt3
KtB3
86
mm,
fit
B b
BIB
f / i
a s
I S
MM
17
18
19
20
21
m^
'
PxKt
RPxQ
PxKt
KBl
QKtB4!
QxKt!!
Kt x KtP!
BxPch
RR8 mate
142.
Watch
"
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
KtxKt
RxR
PQKt3
PQB4
BBl
BKt2
Q-QB3
PB3
Q-Q4
BB3
PB5
PKR3
PQKt4
PQR4
PKt3
QxKtP
QKB7
QB5ch
QB7ch
Resigns
Glasgow, 1902.
White's
King
walk!
143.
R. TEICHMANN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
KtQ4!
RxKt
QxR
QK5
PKB4
PB5
QK7
RK2
KtK4
KtQ6
PKR3
PB3
KR2!
KKt3!!
KR4!!
RK3
RKt3
PxP
RKt4
KR5
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
OO
PQ4
RKl
BxP
KtB3
KtxKt
BKt5
BxB
KtKt3
QxP
QRQl
QQR4
Second
ALLIES
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
KtxP
PxP
PQ4
QxB
QKR4
BK2
BK3
KtxB
QR3
OO
KtB3
QR-Ql
Hanover, 1902.
Brilliancy
Prize
R U Y LOPEZ
)R. A . G. OLLAND
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
OO
PQ4
BxKtch
KtxP
PQKt3
KtQ2
BKt2
PQB4
QB2
PK5
Kt(Q4)B3
H. W o i
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
PQ3
PxP
PxB
BQ2
BK2
OO
RKl
BKBl
PQ4
KtKt5
PB3
MODERN CHESS
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
KPxP
KRKl
KtKt5
QB3
QKtB3
KtK6
RxB
QRKl
QQ3
KtK5!!
QxPch
QxPch
RK3
QKt6ch
RKt3
QR6ch
KtKt6ch
KtK7ch
144.
KtxP(3)
BK2
PKt3
RKB1
PKR3
BxKt
Q-Q2
QRKl
KR2
QxR
KRl
KKtl
BQl
KRl
Q-Q2
QR2
KKtl
Resigns
1902.
Capablanca,
at the age of
twelve,
defeats
the champion
of Cuba.
ALLGAIER G A M B I T
J . CORZO
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
PK4
KtQB3
PB4
KtB3
PKR4
KtKKt5
KtxP
PQ4
PxP
KB2
KKtl
QxKt
KtK2
QxQ
KtQ4
PB3
BK2
PxB
J . R. CAPABLANCA
Stock
PK4
KtQB3
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
PKR3
KxKt
PQ4
QK2ch
PKt6ch
KtxP!
QB4!
QKt3
RPxQ
BQB4
RR5
B x Ktch
RxQP
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
87
PKt3
BKt2
BR5ch
BxR
PxP
BK5
KBl
KKl
Resigns
KtB3
RQ7
Kt x B
PB6
KtB5
RKt7ch
RB7ch
KtQ6ch
145.
Superior
development
tells!
T W O KNIGHTS DEFENSE
. DAVIS
DEARMAN
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
PK4
BB4
KtQB3
KtB3
KtxKt
BKt5
KtxP
KtxKt
KtQ4
PKKt3
PKB3?
KtxP
OO
PQ3
KRl
PB3
QxR
RxB
146.
PK4
KtKB3
KtB3
KtxP
PQ4
PxKt
Q-Q4
QxB
QKt4
BKKt5
PxP
QR4
OOo
BB4ch
KRKl
RK8!!
B x Ktch
Q x R mate
Chicago Championship,
Tournament, December, 1902.

A surprising
Queen
sacrifice
FRENCH DEFENSE
J . R. HOUGHTELING L. S. CORNELL
White
Black
1 p_K4
PK3
88
THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PQ4
KtQB3
PK5
QKt4
BK3
BxP
KtB3
BQ3
OO
KtxKt
PB4
KtK2
PB3
PKt4
KRl
PKR4
PQ4
KtKB3
KKtQ2
PQB4
PxP
KtQB3
PQR3
QB2
Kt x B
BK2
BB4
QKt3
PKt3
BK2
QB2
PKR4
mmmm
i l l
18 Q x K t P ! !
19 QKt7
20 P x K t !
21 P x B
22 QRKl
147.
Pillsbury's
22
Bl
KtB3
RKKtl
RBl
QxKP
Resigns
Monte Carlo, 1902.

fifteen-move
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
Chess
KtKB3
PK3
BxP
PxP
OO
QK2
KtB3
BKt3
BKt5
KtK5
PxKt
BQ2
PKB4
RB3
QRKBl
KtQ3
PB5!
RR3
QR5
RxP!
KtB4
RKt3ch
RR3
QxP
KtxKt
QxB
BxQ
BR6
BxB
RKt3ch
BxR
KB2
KK2
KQ3
RK3
PQ5!
PQ6
RK6
PQ7
P Q 8 ( Q ) and
p_QB4
PxP
PK3
KtKB3
BK2
QKtQ2
KtKt3
QKtQ4
OO
KtxKt
KtQ4
BB3
PKKt3
BKt2
PB3
PKt3
KtPxP
RB2
BBl
PxR
BQKt2
BKt2
BRl
Q-Q2
BxKt
QxQ
RKBl
BKt2
KxB
KRl
RxB
RB2
RB5
PKt4
RR5
RxP
RR3
KKt2
RxR
wins
combination.
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
H. N . PILLSBURY
White
1 PQ4
2 PQB4
I. GUNSBERG
Black
PQ4
PxP
148.
Compare
Russia, about 1903.

this with Game No. 11!
R U Y LOPEZ
MODERN CHESS
. RABINOVICH
WMte
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
PK4
KtKB 3
BKt5
BR4
PB3
BKt3
PQ4
PxP
BQ5
PKR4
KtKt5
QR5!
KtxP
Kt x Q
KQ2
RKl
KxKt
BK3
KtQ2
KK2
BxP
BK3
KQl
KB2
BxB
E. SCHIFFERS
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KKtK2
PQKt4
KtKt3
BK2
OO
BKt2
RKtl
QKt x P
PR3
BxB!!
KtQ6ch
BxKP
Kt x R
QRxKt
KtxP
KtxPch
BQB3
QRKl
BR5
RK3
BxP
RxB
89
30 QR3
Resigns
149.
RRl
KBl
QxB
QR5
KtK6ch
BxR
RQ3
PKt3
Kiev, 1903.
Tcbigorirr's
Surprise
Played in the
Tournament.
Mate
Russian
Masters'
F A L K B E E R COUNTER G A M B I T
M . TCHIGORIN ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY
WMte
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PK4
PKB4
KPxP
BKt5ch
PxP
PQ4
KtB3
BQ2
PQR3
BxKtcb
BxB
KtK2
QQ2
BR5
OOO
16
0Kl
17 KtB3
26
27
28
29
RB8ch
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
QxP
RxKt
QB2
BKt4
QB3
PKt4
QB2
PQ5
KtxP
RQl
QB5
Black
PK4
PQ4
PK5
PB3
KtxP
QR4ch
BQKt5
KtB3
BxKt
PxB
QB2
BR3
OO
Q-Q2
PK6
KtK5
KtB7
KtxKR
KRKl
QB4
RK3
QRKl
QB3
RK6
PxP
QB3
RK7
QKKt3
90
iHi
B
l rsf I
4M
Bft!
29
30
31
32
KtK7ch
RQ8ch
QB8ch
R x R mate
Znosko-Borovsky
v*ars of age.
R(K1) xKt
RKl
RxQ
was only
sixteen
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
P_KR4
PR5
QxKt
BKt3
P x P e.p.
RQl
RQ2
OO
RBl
QB2
QKt3
R(2)B2
QR3
PKt3
KtB4
KtxBch
PKKt4
PB4
BxP
QKt3
BQ2
QRBl
BKt4
RB5
QB3
RBl
BR3
RB4
BiB
H
i
P i * III
B Bi'B^Ba
/
150. Cable Match, 1903.

U. S. A . vs. Great Britain
Marshall
derful
saves himself
combination.
with a
won-
F. J . MARSHALL
WMTE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
PxP
BB4
PK3
BQ3
KtB3
KtK5
PxKt
QB2
H . E. ATKINS
Black
PQ4
PQB3
KtB3
PxP
KtB3
PK3
BK2
OO
KtxKt
KtQ2
PKKt 3
26
27
28
29
30
31
KtxP!!
RxR
KtxBch
QQ6
BK5ch
P B 3 and wins
151.
m
RxR
QxR
KB2
KxKt
KB4
Vienna Gambit Tournament,

1903.
The great master of the gambit

a taste of his own
medicine.
First Brilliancy
Prize
MUZIO G A M B I T
gets
91
MODERN CHESS
. MAROCZY
M. TCHIGORIN
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
BB4
KtB3
QxP
PQ4
KtQ5!
OO
PxP
BxP
BKt5ch
QRKlch
BxP
RxB
RKl
QB x Kt
QK2
BB6ch
QK5
BxR
QK7
QxPch
RK7
152.
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
PxKt
PQ3
BK3
PQB3
PxKt
BB4
BKt3
KtQ2
BK2
KBl
Kt x R
KKt2
QR4
KtBl
KKtl
PKR3
PB3
KxB
KKtl
Resigns
Berlin, January, 1904.

Caro's
Brilliancy.
QUEEN'S P A W N GAME
. CARO
W . KUNZB
White
Black ^
1 PQ4
2 KtKB3
3 PK3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
BQ3
QKtQ2
PK4
KtxP
BxKt
BQ3
OO
BB4ch
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
BQ3
OO
PxP
KtxKt
PKB4
KtQ2
PK4
KRl
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
KtKt5
RKl
QB3!
QQKt3
PKR3
KtB7ch
KtK5
PxB
BB4
BR2
QKt5
QRQl
RxKtch
PK6!!
QKl
PK5
KtB3
QR4
PKR3
KR2
BxKt
KtQ2
PKKt4
KtB4
KtQ2
PB3
KRl
HI
H i mi\
H i H & f l JB
*if
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
PxQ
KKtl
KRl
RKl
KKtl
KR2
KKt3
Resigns
. . . .
BK5ch
RKt7ch
PK7
RB7ch
RB8ch
BKt8ch
BB7ch
153.
"
Cambridge Springs
Tourney, 1904.
"Peerless boy, thou art unique, triumphant, grand."

Morphy
style!
himself
might
envy
your
92
QUEEN'S
GAMBIT
H . NO PILLSBURY
DR. E . LASKER
WMTE
Bluek
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
PQ4
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
KtB3
BKt5 QxP
BxKt!
QR4
9 RQl
10 PK3
11 K t x K t
12 Q x B P
13 BK2!
14 OO!
15 QQ3!
16 KtK4
17 KtQ6ch
18 KtB4
19 p _ B 4
20 QQ4!
21 Q x P ( B 4 )
22 KtK5
23 KtKt4
24 QR6ch
25 BB4!
8
26 R x P c h
27 R K B l
28 K x Q
29 QR5ch
30 KtK5
DECLINED
PK3
KtKB3
PB4
PXQP
KtB3
PxB
PxP
BQ2
KtK4
PxKt
0Kt3
QxKtP
RBl
RB2
BK2
KBl
QKt4
PxP
PB3
QQB4
BKl
PB4
KB2
RB3
QxR
QxRch
BQ2
KKtl
Resigns
This historic game, Played

in the
grand manner by Pillsbury, created
a sensation at the time.
He had waited eight years for the
sweet revenge
that now was his.
It proved to be the last
flickering
of his genius, and the final encounter of these two great masters.
ff
93
154.
Cambridge Springs Tournament, 1904.
First Brilliancy Prize: Lasker

to trap White's
Bishop, but
into a trap himself!
tries
runs
C. SCHLECHTER
WMte
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
BKt5
PK3
KtB3
BQ3
PxP
KtK5
QRBl
OO
PxKt
BKB4
QB2!
BKt3
BxPch
QKt6
PxKt
QR5
QxPch
BxP
QR5ch
KRQl
DR. E. LASKER
Black
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
BK2
OO
PQKt3
BKt2
PxP
PB4
KtB3
KtxKt
KtKl
PB4
PKKt4
PKB5?
KRl
KtB3
RxP
KKt2
KxB
RKt3
KKt2
PQ5
MODERN CHESS
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
BKt3
BK5ch
QR8ch
QR7ch
BKt3
RxQ
R(8)Ql
RxQ
PB4
p_K4
RxR
KB2
PB5ch
PK5
155.
RKM
KKtl
KB2
KK3
PxKt
PxP
PxR(Q)
RQl
R(4)Q4
RQ8ch
RxRcli
RQ5
KQ2
Resigns
Cambridge Springs, 1904.
One of
played.
the
grandest
games
ever
SICILIAN DEFENSE
>R. E . LASKER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PQ4
KtxP
BK3
PB3
PKKt4?!
PKt5
PKR4
PB4
KKtK2
KPxP
KtxKt
KtB5!!
W . E. NAPIER
Black
PQB4
KtQB3
PKKt3
PxP
BKt2
PQ3
KtB3
OO
KtKl
KtB2
PK4!
PQ4!?
KtQ5!
KtxP!
....

15
16
17
18
. . . .
QxQ
KtK7ch!
PKR5!!
93
KtxKt!
RxQ
KRl!
RKl!
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
BB5!
BB4!!
BxBP!
BxR
RQKtl
KBl
BxKRP!
RxB
KKt2
RxP
RKt3!
RKR3
KB3!
KxP
KB5
PR3
BK3
PxRP!
KPxP!!
KtK5!
BxP
BB6ch
BKKt5!
BxB
KtKt6di
KtxR
PR4
BKt2
KtKt6
RR3
KtK7ch
KtB6
KtR5
Resigns
Magnificent!
156.
At the Last Bivouac, 1904.
This game was contested by two

Russian officers in Manchuria
on
the eve of an assault in which the
Captain
was
killed.
Lieutenant
Denn was severely wounded in the
same engagement
and sent
the
score of the game to M.
AlaPin,
adding that "the furious attack of
the Captain during the battle was
equal to the present brilliant
en-
94
DODGE
counter/'
Whit
RUY L O P E Z
LIEUT. DENN
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
PB3
OO
KtR3
QR4
BxKt
KtxP
QxB
KRl
PxKt
KKt2
KxB
KR4
KxP
KR4
PR3
KR5
157.
CAPT. R. PERWAGO
PK4
KtQB3
BKt5
BR4
KKtK2
OO
PQ4
KtxB
KtxKt
KtB6ch!
Q-Q3!
QB5
BR6ch!
Q x BPch
PKt4ch
KRl
RKKtl
QB5ch
QKt4 mate
Chicago, about 1905.
The Power of the

Vigilantes.
A symmetrical
mate with
Bishops
and Knights
marks the
following
curious
game.
ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
One
mates
PQ4
PQB4
PK3
QxP
KtQB3
0-Qi
PB3?
QR4ch?
QxQch
PK4?
PxP
RKtl
KQl
KK2
KtB3
KQ2
HOUGHTELING
Black
PQ4
PK4
PxQP
KtKB3
KtB3
BKB4
KtQKt5
Q-Q2
KxQ
PxKP
KtxKP
KtB7ch
KtB7ch
BB4
BQ6ch
BK6 mate
of the most
extraordinary
ever given in actual
play.
PART
VI
Moderns, Hypermoderns
and
Eclectics
Shortly after the turn of the century there appeared a

new group of masters, the outstanding members of this group
being Rubinstein, Nimzovich, Bernstein, Capablanca, Duras,
Tartakower, Spielmann and Vidmar. They not only applied
in their games what they had learned from the reigning gods
of the chessboard, but they also rebelled, as is the w a y of
youth, and made their own additions and corrections. By the
time the fateful year of 1 9 1 4 arrived, it had become pretty
clear that Nimzovich and his young countryman Alekhine
were evolving a new school of chess thought, whose effect,
if not always its objective, was to t u r n the current chess
theories upside down.
During and after the World W a r , these players were
joined by such masters as Reti, Bogolyubov and Breyer, and
as they garnered one first prize after another, the hypermodern theories began to get a respectful hearing in some
quarters. Once the new theories had become respectable and
acceptable, still younger players, such as Euwe, applied them
as a matter of course. About 1927 we see a new tendency toward a reconciliation of the old and the new, and our contemporary crop of masters, among them Flohr, Kashdan,
Fine, Reshevsky, Botvinnik and Keres, have the reputation,
despite their disparate styles, of being at home in all kinds of
play, and having few preconceptions and strongly marked
individual styles. It is an age where "anything goes." Each
game is played on its own merits, and every occasion is treated
in whatever w a y the situation seems to demand; the older
masters were rarely capable of such elasticity and objectivity.
95
96
158.
Nulfcmberg, 1906.
One of Marshall's
binations.
immortal
com-
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
F. J . MARSHALL
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB 3
KtB3
PK3
BxP
OO
PQR3
QK2
BR2
PxP
PQKt4
BKt2
QRBl
BKtl
KtK4
QKtKt5
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Kt x RP!
KtKt5ch
QR5!
BxKtP
KtxP
BxRch
QxQch
BxKt
Kt(3)K2
KtQKt3
KKtl
KtKt3
Resigns
Kt x Rch
KRQl
PK4
RB7
BxP
RQ8
H . WOLF
Black
PQ4
PxP
KtKB3
PQR3
PK3
PB4
KtB3
QB2
PQKt4
BKt2
BxP
BQ3
OO
QR-Ql
BRl
KtQ4
PKt3
IBSISITB
IMS
25
26
27
28
29
30
sH
KxKt
KKtl
PB3
RQ2
RR2
QxB
KxQ
159.
Tartakower
Vienna, 1906.
as a
SICILIAN
youngster.
DEFENSE
DR. S. TARTAKOWER
DR. M . VIDMAR
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
BK3
KtQB3
BK2
PKR3
Q-Q2
PKKt4
PKt5
P_KR4
PR5
PxP
OOO
PB3
BQ3!
QR2
QR7ch
Kt x Ktch
RR6!
PK5!!
PK6!!
PxR
BQ4
PxP
BxP
QR8ch!
R x B mate
Black
PQB4
KtQB3
PxP
PKKt3
BKt2
KtB3
PQ3
OO
BQ2
PQR3
KtKl
RBl
KtR4
RPxP
PKt4
KtB2
KtK3
RKl
KBl
BxKt
BB5
BxB
RxKt
QBl
PB3
PxP
QKt2
BxQ
97
MODERNS, HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS
160.
Lodz, 1907.
Essbinstein's
Immortal
Game
Q U E E N ' S GAMBIT D E C L I N E D
G. RoTLEWi
A. RUBINSTEIN
Whit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Black
PQ4
KtKB3
PK3
PB4
KtB3
PxBP
PQR3
PQKt4
BKt2
QQ2
BQ3
BxP
BQ3
QK2
PQ4
PK3
PQB4
KtQB3
KtB3
BxP
PQR3
B--Q3
OO
QK2!
PxP
PQKt4
RQl
BKt2
KtK4
BxKt
BB2
QRBl
BKt3ch
KtKt5!I
OO
KtxKt
PB4
PK4?
PK5?
KRl
Beginning a series of brilliant sacrifices.

21 BK4
22 PKt3
QR5
is
mm*
RxKt!!
RQ7!!!
Black mates in five.

24
25
26
27
28
. . . .
QKt2
BQ4
RB2
Any move
161.
Sparkling
BxBch
RR6!
BxB
BxR
R x P mate
Vienna, 1907.
middle-game
CENTER COUNTER
O . DURAS
Whit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
PK4
PxP
KtQB3
PQ4
KtB3
BK2
BK3
KtQ2!
QxB
KtKt3
PQR3
12
OOO
13 KtR4
m
mu
mtm m
i f
22 . . . .
23 P x Q
24 Q x R
play.
GAME
R. SPIELMANN
Black
PQ4
QxP
QQR4
KtKB3
BKt5
KtB3
OOO
BxB
QKB4
PK3
BQ3
KtQ4!
PK4!
98
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
PxP
Kt(4)B5
PQR4!
PKt4
PQB3
KtxKtP!
RxR
Kt(7)B5
PKt5!
KtxP!!
PxB
KKtl
RQ8ch!
162.
BxKP?
KtKt3
PQR4
Q-B3
KRKl
RxRch
B x BP!
KtKt5
QK4
PR4
QxPch
QxKt
Resigns
Ostend, 1907.
A Lesson
in
Dynamics
FOUR KNIGHTS' G A M E
E. A . ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY
A . RUBINSTEIN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
PK4
KtKB3
KtB3
BKt5
BxKt
KtxP
KtxKt
OO
RKl
PQ4
BKt5
PKKt4!
PKB4
Kt x Bch
PQ5!
RxB
QK2
QxKtP
QRKl
QKt2
BR6
RK7
RK8ch
QRK7
KRl
QxR
Resigns
25 Q x Q P c h
26 R x R c h
27 R x R
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PQR3
QPxB
KtxP
Q-Q5
QxKKt
BK3
QKB4
BQ3
QKt3
p_KB4
PxKt
OO
QB2
PxKtP
PxP
QRBl
QB4
RQB2
RB2
RBl
QB3
163.
Ostend, 1907.
An Indian
war-dance
I N D I A N DEFENSE
A . BURN
F. J . MARSHALL
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
PQ4
KtKB3
BB4
PK3
BQ3
QKtQ2
PKR4
PR5
RxKt?!
BxPch
KtKt5ch
QKtB3
KtR4ch
KtR7ch
KtB5ch
KtxBch
KtB5ch
PQ5ch
QxPch
OOO
164.
KtKB3
PQ3
QKtQ2
PKKt 3
BKt2
OO
RKl
KtxP
PxR
KxB?
KKt3
PK4
KB3
KK2
KK3
KK2
KK3
KxKt
KK5
Resigns
Ostend, 1907.
CENTER G A M B I T
DR. J . PERLIS
White
PK4
PQ4
PQB3
KPxP
PxP
KtKB3
>
J . H . BLACKBURNE
Black
PK4
PxP
PQ4
QxP
KtQB3
BKt5
MODERNS, HVPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS
7
8
9
10
11
BK2
OO
KtB3
RKl
PKR3
KtB3
BQ3
QKR4
OO
QRQl!
165.
Correspondence Game,
Russia, 1908.
Alekhine
at the age of
White
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
PxB
BKKt5
KBl
BQ3
KtxB
RK4
BxR
BB4
BKt3
KK2
QRl
RxQ
KB3
KKt2
Kt x P
RKl
PB3
BxKt
RQl
KtB3
KB2
KK3
KK4
Resigns
fill
KtxKtP
BR7ch
BK4!
RxP!
RKl!
RxR
QKtxKt
KtKt3
QR8ch
QxP
QxQ
PKB4
Kt(5)K4ch
PxB
KtB2
RK2
KtQ3
PxB
PQ4
RQ2
KtK2
PQ5ch
PxKt!
sixteen.
VIENNA G A M E
WjAKHIREFF
51! B A B
99
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
PQ3
KtK2
PxP
BxKt
OO
KtKt3
PB4
QKtK2
KRl
PQ4
PB4
PB5
PKR3
QKt3ch
QB3?
BK3
BB2
PR3
BK3
PKt4
KKtl
KB2
A . ALEKHINE
Black
PK4
KtKB3
KtB3
BKt5
PQ4
KtxP
QxB
Q-Ql
OO
PB4
QR5
BQ3
PK5
RB3
RR3
BBl
KRl
KtK2!
BK3
QB3
BQ4
KtKt3
KtR5
KtB6ch
QR5!
100
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
35
36
PKt5
KRBl
KBl
KtxR
BB2
PxKt
RB2
BK3
BKtl
RKR2
. . . .
RxQ
!*
RKKt 3
BK2!
RxKt
QxKt
QR7
PxP
RKl!
QR8ch
BR5!
mm
mmm
QKt7ch
P x R mate
mm
mm
22 P x P ! ?
166.
St. Petersburg Congress,

1909.
beautifully
Prize:
First Brilliancy
sustained attack.
RUY LOPEZ
SCHLECHTER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
OO
RKl
BKt3
PB3
BB2
PQ3
QKtQ2
KtBl
BKt5
KtK3
KtxB
PQR4
PxP
QQ2
KtB3
PQ4
RR6
G . SALWB
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
BK2
PQKt4
PQ3
KtQR4
PB4
KtB3
OO
QB2
KtKl
BxB
KtK2
RKtl
PxP
PR3
BK3
KtKB3
RRl
( .
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
mm
JL WM
RxR?
..KtxP!)
PxKt
KtQ5!
PxB
KtR4
PR3
RK3
KtB5ch
RK6!
PxR
QxPch
PxPch
QR7ch
QxKt
PQKt4!
KtQ4ch
BB5ch
167.
PxP
BxKt
KKt2
RKl
Q-Ql
KtKt3
KBl
RxR
PQ4
KKl
KxP
KK3
RR7
PxP
KQ2
Resigns

1909.
Black's Position
gant style.
is smashed
in ele-
FRENCH DEFENSE
DR. O . S . BERNSTEIN
E. A . ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
BKt5
PxP
BxKt
PxB
KtB3
PKt3
BKt2
OO
QK2
QK3
KtR4
KtxB
PxP
QK4
KtB4
PKB 3
RB2
PKR4
PKt4!
RR2
KtxP!
QxKPch
QK7
RxPch
QxRch
QxKtch
QxPch
168.
Black
PK3
PQ4
KtKB 3
BKt5
QxP
BxKtcfa
PxB
PKt3
BKt2
QKR4
KtQ2
RQBl
PQB4
BxB
PxP
OO
RB2
QKt5
QKt4
RQl
QR3
QxP
QKt4
PxKt
KRl
QKtl
QxR
KtBl
QKtl
Resigns

1909.
Dynamic
Tactics.
KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED

DR. S. TARTAKOWER
C. SCHLECHTER
White
1
2
3
4
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
PxP
Black
PK4
BB4
PQ3
PxP
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
PB3
KtxP
PQ4
KtB3
BQ3
OO
QKtQ2
KtB4
Kt(B3)K5
101
KtKB3
OO
BQ3
KtxP
RKl
PKR3
KtKB3
PB4
PxP
msm
&\
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
169.
KtxP!
QR5ch
RxKt!
RBl
BxR
BxP!!
BKt5
KtQ6!!
BB4ch
RKBl
BxQ
BQ3
PxP
QB3
BK3
PKKt4
QKB6
BR7ch
QxBch
KxKt
KKtl
RK8ch
RxRch
BBl
QB3
QB4
BxKt
BK3
QxRch
KtQ2
KtBl
BKB 2
KtK3
RKtl
PKKt4
BBl
KxB
Resigns

1909.
102
Brilliancy
An electric storm
Prize
in the
offing.
KKt2
27 RR5ch
28 R x P mate
FRENCH DEFENSE
FORGACS
DR. S.
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
TARTAKOWER
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
BKt5
PK5
KtxKt
Kt x B
PKKt 3
PQB3
PKB4
KtB3
QQ2
BQ3
BB2
OO
QRKl
PK3
PQ4
KtKB 3
BK2
KtK5
BxB
QxKt
PQB4
KtB3
QK2
BQ2
OO
PB5
p_QKt4
p_QR4
PKt5
Blfl B
BIB B
B
mm
%a'S
k 19 AlS in " in
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Black
mm*wm
170.
PB5!
PKt4!!
KtKt5
RB6!
R(l)KBl
QB4
PK6
QK5
R(l)B5!!
KtB7ch
PxKBP
PxKtP
PKt3
KKt2
BKl
KtQl
RR3
KR3
PxKP
QxKt
1909.
A great battle for
QUEEN'S
supremacy.
GAMBIT
A . RUBINSTEIN
DR. E. LASKER
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
PQ4
KtKB 3
PB4
BKt5
BPxP
KtB3
KKtxP
PK3
BKt5
BxKKt
KtxP
PxB
BxKt
KtK3
OO
RBl!!
16 . . .
DECLINED
17 R x B c h
1 8 QBl!!
19 P x R
W i A
PQ4
KtKB 3
PK3
PB4
KPxP
PxP
KtB3
BK2
BQ2
BxB
BxKt
QKt4!
BxB
OOO
KRKl
RxKt?
PxR
RxP!
RQ2
BB!
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
QxPch
RB4!
QB5!
QxQch
RxP
KB2
KB3
RQR5!
RR6!
PK4
PKR4
PKt4
KB4
PR5
KB5
PK5
RQ6
RR6
RQ6
RB6
PR3!
171.
KQl
PB4
QK2
KxQ
RQ8ch
RQ7ch
RxQKtP
RKt2
KBl
RB2
KB2
KBl
KK2
PR3
KB2
RKt2
KK2
KB2
KBl
KB2
Resigns
Paris, 1909
Magnificent!
DANISH GAMBIT
D . JANOWSKI
DR. E. LASKER
B. SOLDATENKOFF J . TAUBENHAUS
Whit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
PK4
PQ4
PQB3
BQB4
BxP
PK5
KtB3
KtK2
OO
BxKt
KtxB
KtQ5!
RKl
QR5
KtB7!
QR6
Black
PK4
PxP
PxP
PxP
KtKB3
BKt5ch
QK2
KtK5
KtxKt
BxB
OO
QxP
Q~Q3
PQB3
PKKt3
QxKt
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
BxPch!
QxRPch
QR4ch
RK7ch
QQ4ch
QR8ch
RKlch!
QK5 mate
172.
1 0
KxB
K- - B 3
K - -Kt2
R-- B 2
K-- B l
KxR
K- -Q3
Vienna, 1910.
A Grandmaster
who has
written
many books on chess
was
once
checkmated
in eleven moves.
Here
is the game;
CARO-KANN
R . RETI
DR. S . TARTAKOWER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
DEFENSE
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
KtxP
Q-Q3
PxP
BQ2
OOO
QQ8ch!!
BKt5ch
! Q 8 mate
Black
PQB3
PQ4
PxP
KtKB3
PK4?
QR4ch
QxKP
KtxKt?
KxQ
KB2
104
173.
White's 32nd and 38th moves

admired.
been greatly
QUEEN'S
GAMBIT
R. SPIELMANN
J . MIESES
Black
PQ4 ~
P_QB4
KtQB3
BKt5
KtB3
PK3
KtQ2
QB2
BxKt
KtxP
BQ3
PQR3
PK4
PB4!
PK5
PxKt
QK2ch!
OOO!
KKtl
KRBl
PKR4!
PxP
RxP
RxBch!
QKt4ch
PQ4
PK3
KtKB 3
QKtQ2
PB3
QR4
BKt5
PxP
KtxB
QB2
BQ2
BQ3?
PK4
PxQP
&KBl
PxKt
KQl
QxPch
KB2
QKt4
QQB4
BxP
BQ5
KxR
KB2
Hi:
m
fSf
have
DECLINED
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26 QB4ch
Match, 1910.
Pti
mm
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
KtxB
QR2!
BB2
RQ7ch
KtB4ch
QB7!!
KR2
PKt3
PR4!
BQ3ch
QK5ch!
RxKtP!!
KR3
RxQ
QB7
174.
BK4
QRKBl
QB7!
KRKtl
KKt3
KR3
QB8ch
QxKtch
QKt4
QKt3
KR4
PB4
RxPch
RKt5
PxR
Resigns
San Sebastian, 1911.

Brilliancy
Prize
R U Y LOPEZ
J . R. CAPABLANCA DR. BERNSTEIN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
OO
KtB3
B x Ktch
PQ4
KtxP
BKt5
RKl
BR4
BxB
Q-Q3
PQKt3
QR-Ql
QK3
QKtK2
KtB5!
Kt(2)Q4
PKKt4
PKB 3
KtK2!
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
BK2
PQ3
PxB
PxP
BQ2
OO
PKR3
KtR2
QxB
QRKtl
KtKt4
0K4
KtK3
QQR4
KtB4
KR2
QRKl
KtK3
QxP
105
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
QxBP
QKt7
RKRl
QK4
QKt4
KtB4?
BxKt
PB3
KKt3
RKtl
KKt4
KR5
KKt4
Kt(2)Kt3!
RQBl
KtR5
RK2
PB4
Kt(B5) xKtP!
KtxR
QQB3
KtxPch
KtR5
PB5ch
QK3ch
QKt3ch
PR4 mate
The march of the Knight

initiated
at move 22 and which decides
the
game is one of the longest
combinations on record.
175.
into
FOUR KNIGHTS'
R. SPIELMANN
White
PK4
KtKB3
KtB3
BKt5
OO
PQ3
BKt5
PxB
RKl
PQ4
BQBl
BBl
PKt3
KtR4
PKB4!
PK5
PxP
P x P e. p.
PB5
QB3
BQ3
BKB4
BK5
KRl
BK2
QB4
BB3
RK2
RKKtl
R(2)Kt2
QR6!
KtBl
QB2
BQ2
RKl
PB4
PB5
BB3
Kt(l)Q2
RK2
RKBl
QKl
R(B)B2
KBl
HI
II
LLEII
JL ~
111"
Carlsbad, 1911.
Black is forced
zugzwang!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
tragicomic
GAME
A. RUBINSTEIN
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
BKt5
OO
PQ3
BxKt
QK2
KtQl
KtK3
PB3
RQl
QB2
PQ4
PxBP
KtK5
PKB4
KtxP(B3)
32
33
34
35
36
KtKt6ch!
QR8ch
BQ6!
RxP
RxKt!
PxKt
KtKtl
Q-Ql
KtB3
RxR
Four death dealing blows now terminate the game.

37
38
39
40
RxP
R x Ktch
RxRch
R x Q mate
176.
KKl
RBl
KQ2
Carlsbad, 1911.
A superb
game.
R U Y LOPEZ
106
O . DURAS
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
E. COHN
BLACK
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
PQ3
PB4
PQ4
KtxP
KtxKt
OO
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
PQ3
PKKt3
PxP
BQ2
PxKt
BKt2
PB5
KtB3
PxP
PB3
RKl
KtK2
KtB4
PQKt3
KtQ3
BxB
BR3
RQBl
QQ2
PKt3
KKt2
KtB4
BxB
QQ3
KtQ5!
PxR
R(K1)Ql
QK2
PxP
PQ4!
PQ5!
PB4
BK3
KRQl
BQ2
KtxB
QRBl
BBl
QR5
QR4
PB5
QK4
PB6
KtxB
R x Kt!
QxP
KtK3
mim
OO
mm
mim
BL
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
QxRP!
QK2
RxQP
QK3!
KKtl
PR4
R(3) x P
RB8ch
QK5ch
R ( l ) B7ch!
QK3ch!
PxPch
RxPch!
QK7ch
RKt8ch
RxKtch!
177.
RRl
PQ6!
QKKt4
RxPch
QKR4
QKB4
QR6
KKt2
PB3
KR3
PKt4
KtxP
KxR
KKt3
KB4
Resigns
Carlsbad, 1 9 1 1 .
A surprise sacrifice
decides
R U Y LOPEZ
R. TEICHMANN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
OO
RKl
BKt3
PB3
PQ3
BB2
QKtQ2
KtBl
KtK3
KtB5
BKt5
BKt3
BQ5
BxB
B x Pch!
KtKt5ch
QR5
QxPch
QxKtch
C. SCHLECHTER
Black
PK4
K t QB3
PQR3
KtB3
BK2
PQKt4
PQ3
OO
KtQR4
PB4
QB2
KtB3
BKt2
KRKl
KtQ2
KtBl
KtKt3
Kt(Kt3) x B
KxB
KKtl
KtxKt
KBl
KKtl

24 QKt6!
2 5 RK3
178.
Q-Q2
Resigns
St. Petersburg, March, 1912.
Black refutes
play in artistic
his opponent's
style.
weak
8 KtK5
9 BQ3
10 QR5!
107
OO
BKt2?
QK2
W h i t e announces mate
in 8 moves.
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
QxPch!!
Kt x Bch
Kt(5)Kt4ch
PR4ch
PKt3ch
BK2ch
RR2ch
K Q 2 mate
SICILIAN DEFENSE
POTEMKIN
DR. A . ALEKHINE
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PK4
PKKt3
BKt2
KtK2
PQB3
KtR3
PxP
1tB2
PQ4
PxP
PB3
KtK3
KB2
KtxB
PKt4
KKt3
PxQ
PQB4
PKKt3
BKt2
KtQB3
KtB3
PQ4
KtxP
OO
PxP
BKt5
BB4
QR4ch
Kt(4)Kt5
QxKt
KtQ6ch
KtxQP!
KtxPch
180.
Mate in two
179. City of London Chess Club

Skittle game played in 1912.
Catiline
abandoned
EDWARD LASKER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
PQ4
KtQB3
KtB3
BKt5
BxKt
PK4
KtxP
Match Game, Biarritz,

September, 1912.
A Dare-devil's
Challenge.
PETROFF DEFENSE
Senators. D. JANOWSKI
White
G. A . THOMAS
1 PK4
Black
2 KtKB 3
PKB4
3 KtxP
KtKB3
4 KtKB3
PK3
5 PQ4
BK2?
6 BQ3
BxB
7 PB4
PxP
8 KBl
PQKt3
9 PxP
by the
KxQ
KR3
KKt4
KB5
KB6
KKt7
KKt8
F. J . MARSHALL
Black
PK4
KtKB 3
PQ3
KtxP
PQ4
BQ3
BKt5ch
OO
QxP
108
THE GOLDEN TREASURY o f
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
RKl
KtxKt
QxKt!!
KtB3
Kt x KtP
KRl
BR6ch
KtxQ
RK7
QRKl
R(l)K6!
R(6) xP!
RB3
QB2
KtB3
PxKt
PxB
BKt2
B x Pch
PxQ
KKtl
BxKt
RQBl
BB3
BKt4
BQl
Resigns
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
5!
CHESS
mm
181.
FRIDLIZIUS
White
m,
fm\
Prize
isi
R U Y LOPEZ
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
mm
Masters' Tournament,
Stockholm, 1912.
Brilliancy
1
2
3
4
5
PR5
Q-Q3
PxPch
QK3
PQB4
PxP
BKtl
QK2
KtKt3!
KtR5
QKt5!
PK5
PxP
KtxRP
KRKl
p_B4
PK4
KtKB 3
BKt5
BR4
KtB3
OO
BKt3
PQ3
BK3
BxKt
PKR3
QK2
KtQl
PB3
KtK3
PQ4
QQ2
KtQ5
QRQl
KR2
RKKtl
KtK3
KtB5
DR. A . ALEKHINE
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
BB4
PQKt4
PQ3
BKKt5
KtQ5
BxB
PKR4
KtQ2!?
KtBl
BR2
BQ2
KtKt3
BB3
RQBl
OO
BKt2
PQB3
QB3
PQ4
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
PxKt
BxPch
QxR
QK5
KRl
QR2
RB5
QPxB
KxQ
KtB6ch!!
PxP
QxB
KtxKt
KtK7ch
RxP!!
QR4
BxR
QxQch
RR4 mate
182.
International Tourney,
Breslau, 1912.
This contains the

move ever flayed!
most
beautiful
FRENCH DEFENSE
S. LEWTTZKY
White
1 PQ4
2 PK4
3 KtQB3
F . J . MARSHALL
Black
PK3
PQ4
PQB4
109
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
KtB3
KPxP
BK2
OO
BKKt5
PxP
KtQ4
KtxB
BKt4
BR3
QQ2
BxKt
QRQl
QK2
PxB
RxP
QR5
RK5
QKt5
RQB5
Resigns
183.
KtQB3
KPxP
KtB3
BK2
OO
BK3
BxP
PxKt
Q-Q3
QRKl
BKt5!
RxB
QB4
BxKt
QxP
KtQ5
QRKBl
RR3
RxB
QKKt6!!
Havana, 1913.
First Brilliancy
Prize
INDIAN DEFENSE
J . CORZO
White
1 PQ4
2 PQB4
J . R. CAPABLANCA
Black
KtKB3
PQ3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
KtQB3
PK4
PB4
QxP
BK3
KtQ5
KPxKt
KtB3
KB2
RKl
QQl
KKtl
BQ4
BxBch
KtQ4
PKB5
QQ3
KtK6ch
BPxP
PxR
QB3ch
QK3
PQKt4
PKt5
PKt3
QQB3
KB2
PB5
KKtl
KB2
QR5
KKtl
QxPch
QxQP
Resigns
*// now 16 PxP,

Bch,
RxB;
18
mate!
184.
QKtQ2
PK4
PxQP
KtB4
QK2
KtxKt
BB4
PKKt3!
RKKtl
BKt2
KtK5ch
KBl
PKKt4*
RxB
BQ2
QK4
RKl
PxKt
RxP!
BB3
QB5!
KK2
PKt3
BKt2
KtQ7!
KtB6ch
QBl
KtK4ch
KtB6ch
KtPxP
KtK4ch
QB6
KB3
QxRch
KtxP!!
RxQ,
17 Bx
KtR6
Abbazia, January, 1913.
This fine game was awarded

two
brilliancy
prizes,
the
Rothschild
prize, and the Hallgarten
Muzioprize.
110
MUZIO G A M B I T
R. RETI
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
BB4
OO
PxP
QxP
PQ4
QK4ch
KtB3
BxP
KtxQ
RxB
RxP
RKl
BKt5ch
RK5
KtKt5!
RxKt
KtB7ch
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
KtxR
RR5
RxP
PKR4
RKt7
PR5
PR6
PR7
A. FLAMBERG
Black
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
PQ4
PxKt
BQ3
QB3
QK2
KtQ2
QxQ
BxB
PKB4
KtK2
KtQKt3
KQl
KtKt3
Kt x R
BQ2
KBl
BxB
BB5
BxQP
BK5
BxBP
PR4
PR5
BxP
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
RxB
KtB7
PKKt4
RR8ch
KtK5ch
PKt5
RKB8
KB2
PKt6
185.
KtB5
RR3
KtxP
KQ2
KK3
KtQ8
KtK6
KtQ4
Resigns
Debreczin, 1913.
Breye/s dynamic style and championship calibre, even at this early

stage, are here admirably
exemplified. The game terminates with an
extraordinarily
beautiful mate.
Q U E E N ' S GAMBIT
DR. L. ASZTALOS
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
PQ4
PQB4
PK3
KtKB 3
KtB3
KtxKt
KtQ2
PB3
PB4?
KtKt3
BK2
PKt3
OO
BR5ch
PxKtP
RB2
RKt2
BK2
PQR4
PxP
QKl
KtxRP
QxR
DECLINED
J . BREYER
Black
PQ4
PQB3
KtB3
PK3
KtK5
PxKt
PKB4
BQ3
PB4!
KtQ2
QR5ch
QK2
PKKt4!
KBl
QxP
RKKtl
KK2
PKt3
PQR4
PxP
KtK4!
RxKt!
KtB6ch
mi
MODERN^ HYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS
24
25
26
27
KRl
QKl
BxKt
RxB
QR4!
BxP!!
PxB
. . . .
27
28
29
30
. . . .
QxP
QKtl
RKt2
PB7!!
QQ8ch
BKt2ch
B x R mate
186. St. Petersburg,

December, 1913.
Two future
World
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
J . R. CAPABLANCA
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PQ4
PQB4
PK3
KtKB3
QKtQ2
BQ3
OO
QB2
KtxP
QKtK5
11 P x P
12 KtKt5!
Champions
DECLINED
A . ALEKHINE
Black
PQ4
PQB3
KtB3
PK3
QKtQ2
BK2
OO
PxP?
PB4
PxP
KtKt3
PKt3
13 K t ( K t 5 ) B 3 !
14 BKKt5
15 Q R B l
16 Q - Q 2
17 B x B
18 B K 4 !
19 K R K l
20 B x Kt!
21 QR5
22 QB7!
23 R x Q
24 R x P
25 PQKt3
26 p _ Q R 4
27 KtR4
28 K t ( 4 ) x P
29 R x P c h
30 PB4
31 KtR4
32 B P x R
33 PKt3
34 RKt7ch
35 KtKt2
187.
Emulating
brilliant.
ill
KKt2
QKtQ4
BQ2
KtKtl
QxB
BKt4
Q-Q3?
PxB
PQR3
QxQ
PR3
QRBl
RB7
BK7
PKR4
RKl
KR3
PR4
RxKt
KKt4
KKt5
KR6
Resigns
Riga, 1913.
Morphy
in a
coruscating
FRENCH DEFENSE
NIMZOVICH
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
PxP
KtB3
KtxKt
BK3
KtxP
BK2
BB-3
QQ2
12
OOO!?
13 B x Q P
S. ALAPIN
Black
PK3
PQ4
KtKB3
KtxP
p_QB4
QxKt
PxP
PQR3
QxKtP
QKt3
PK4
PxKt
KtB3
112
BB6!!
KRKlch
B x Ktch
QQ8ch
RK8 mate
14
15
16
17
18
188.
QxB
BK2
KBl
BxQ
Moscow, Feb. 4, 1914.
This ends with

surprising
moves
one
ever
of
the
made!
most
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
DR. O. BERNSTEIN
J . R. CAPABLANCA
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Black
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
KtB3
BKt5
PK3
RBl
PxP
QR4
BR6
QxB
BxKt
PxP
OO
Q2
KRQl
KtQ4
rif
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
BK2
OO
QKtQ2
PQKt3
PxP
BKt2
BxB
PB4
KtxB
PxP
QKt3
PB5
KRQl
BKt5
8
n
II
# n t
189.
St. Petersburg, 1914.
A Great Historic
RUY
DR. E. LASKER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
QRBl
PxP
BxKt
KtQ4
PB6
RB4
RB3
RB2
RB4
KtxKt
RxR
QKt7!!
PQKt 3
PxP
RB2
RxB
RB2
KRQBl
KtKt3
KtQ4
KtKt5
Kt x BP?
RxKt
RxR
Resigns
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BxKt
PQ4
QxP
KtxQ
KtQB3
OO
PB4
KtKt3
PB5!
BB4
BxB
KtQ4
KtK6
QRQl
RB2
R(2)Q2
PQKt4
PQR3
KB2
PKt4
RQ3
PKR4
Classic.
LOPEZ
J . R. CAPABLANCA
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
QPxB
PxP
QxQ
BQ3
KtK2
OO
RKl
PB3
PQKt3
BKt2
PxB
QRQl?
RQ2
KtBl
PQKt4
R ( 2 ) K2
KB2
BRl
RR2
PR3
PQR4
PxP
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
PxP
KB3
KB4
RKt3
KB3!
PxP
R - R3!
K- -Kt3!
R(l)KRl
PK5!
KtK4?
Kt(6)B5
Kt x R
RR7
RRl
RR8ch
KtB5
R(2)K2
RKtl
PKt3
PKt4ch
KtKt3
RPxP
RQ2
KKl
BKt2
QPxP
KtQ4
BBl
BxKt
RBl
KQl
BBl
Resigns
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
RQl
QBBl?
RB5!
QK4
BxB
BxR!!
QK5
QKl
RK5
PxP
RK3
KR2
RK6
RKB6
191.
Youth
vs. Old
Age!
A L B I N COUNTER G A M B I T
DR. E. LASKER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PQ4
PQB4
QPxP
KtKB3
PQR3
QKtQ2
PR3
KtxB
QQ3
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
KtxKt
PQKt4
PB5
PB6!
PxPch
BKt2
QRBl
RB2
PxP
DR. A . ALEKHINE
Black
PQ4
PK4
PQ5
KtQB3
BKt5
QK2
BxKt
OOO
" PKR3
PKKt 3
BKt2
KtxP
BxKt
PKB4
QK3
KtK2
KKtl
RQ3
KRQl
PB5
BxP
KtB4
KtK6!!
QB3
KtxR!
KtB6?
QxB
QKt3
Q-Q3
PQ6
QxQP
QQ8ch
KtKt4
KtxP
Resigns
First Brilliancy
190.
113
Prize
QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED

J . R. CAPABLANCA
DR. O . S. BERNSTEIN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
PQ4
KtKB3
PB4
KtB3
BKt5
PK3
BQ3
BxBP
BQ3
PK4
PxP
BKB4
OO
RBl
BKt3
PKt4!
KBxP!
Kt x KtP
KtQ6ch
RxP
Black
PQ4
KtKB3
PK3
QKtQ2
BK2
PB3
PxP
PKt4
PQR3
PK4
KtKt5
BB4
QB2
PB3
PxP
BR2
RPxB
Q-Qi
KBl.
KtKt3
114

A. NIMZOVICH
DR. S. TARRASCH
Black
White
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
Q-Q2
BR4!
QxR
KtxB!
QKl
QQ8ch?
KB2
BK7ch
KKt3
KtQ6ch
KR4
KtR4ch
RxQ
KtxQ
Kt x Pch
KR3
KR4
Kt(7)B5ch
KtBl
PKR3!
KxP
P x Ktch
RxB
BxR
RQ7
PKt3
RK7
KKt2
PR4
KtKt3
KR4
KtK3ch
KtQ2
PR5
Kt(4)B5
KtB3
BQ5
PKt5
RR7
KB3
BR2
PR6
RBl
RKt7
KKt4
PKt4ch
RxPch
RB7
KxR
Kt x KtPch
Resigns
KB3
192.

Brilliancy
Prize
QUEENS G A M B I T DECLINED
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
PQ4
KtKB3
PB4
PK3
BQ3
OO
PQKt3
BKt2
QKtQ2
RBl
BPxP
KtR4
Kt(4)B3
PxP
BKt5
BxKt
QB2
KtxKt
PxP
KxB
KKtl
PB3
KtK4
KB2
PQ5
QB3
KK3
PxR
KxP
KK5
KK6
KQ7
PQ4
PQB4
PK3
KtKB3
KtB3
BQ3
OO
PQKt3
BKt2
QK2
KPxP
PKt3
QR-Ql
PxP
KtK5
BxB
Kt x Kt
PQ5
BxPch!!
QR5ch
BxP!
KRKl
QR8ch
BxR
PB4
QKt7ch
R x Ktch
PB5ch!
RBlch
QR7ch
RKlch
BKt4 mate
The King hunt is an attractive

ture of the game.
193.
fea-
1914.
Blindfold
Chess in Prison.
After the disruption
of the Mannheim Congress,
1914
. SICILIAN DEFENSE
E. BOGOLYUBOV DR. A . ALEKHINE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
194.
PK4
PKKt3
BKt2
KtK2
PQB3
KtR3
PQ4
PxP
PK5
KtB2
OO
BKt5
BQ2
BB3
BxKt
KtK3
PKt3
RKl
QQ2
KtB3
KRQBl
BBl
KxB
PB4
RQl
KtK2
KB2
PKR3
QKt2
PR3
PQKt4
PKt4
PxP
PB5
KB3
KtKB4
PxKt
QQ2
KtKt2
RRl
RR3
Resigns
Black
PQB4
PKKt3
BKt2
KtQB3
PK3
KKtK2
PxP
PQ4
OO
BQ2
RBl
PKR3
QKt3
KtR4
QxB
BR5
BKt4
QR6
PKR4
QR4
BQR3
BxB
BR3
KtB3
KRQl
QKt3
BBl
BKt5
RB2
BK2
KRQBl
PxP
KKt2
BR5ch
BKt4
KtxKPch
RB6
KRB5
PQ5
KKtl
PxKt
New York, May 23, 1915
115
A most extraordinary
game in that
the final moves
were wholly
unexpected.A
preachment
on forag| i*g.
DUTCH DEFENSE
H . HELMS
SMYTH
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
18
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PQ4
KtKB 3
PB4
KtB3
PK3
BQ3
PQR3
OO
QB2
PK4?
KtxP
BxKt
BxPch
KtxKt
PKKt3
BQ3
BK3
QRKl
BxP
BK3
BK4
PKB4
KtKB 3
PK3
PQKt3
BKt2
BQ3
PQR4
OO
KtB3
PxP
KtxKt
KtxP!
KRl
QR5
QxKt
RB6
QK4
QRKBl
QR4
QR6
QRB4!
Li
I Hil
m
B I B a B
116
22 B x Q R
23 K x Q
195.
QKt7ch!!
R x KtP mate
Brilliancy
mmm
Moscow Championship
Tourney, 1916.
Prize.
I N D I A N DEFENSE
DR. A . ALEKHINE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
QB2
PK4
BQ3
PxB
KtK2
OO
PB4
KtKt3
QK2!
BR3
QRKl
PQ5!
PK5
QQ2
BPxP
PB4!
BKt2
PxP
PK6
fill
N . ZUBAREFF
i .
Black
KtKB3
PK3
BKt5
PQKt3?
BKt2
BxKtch
PQ3
QKtQ2
OO
PKR3
QK2
QRKl
PB4
KRl
KtKKtl
PKt3
KPxP
PxP
KR2
Kt(l)B3
KtKt5
QR5

White now mates in at most fifteen
moves.
23 R x P c h
RxR
24 B x P c h !
KxB
KKt4
25 QQ3ch
KB3
26 BBlch
KKt2
27 QB5ch
KRl
28 Q x R c h
KR2
29 Q x R c h
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
Hsu'
QxKtch
QK8ch
QB7ch
BKt2ch
BxKtch
QxQch
KtR5
QKt7 mate
However,
Black
26th move.
196.
KRl
KR2
KRl
KtB3
QxB
KR2
Any move
resigned
at
the
September, 1 9 1 6 .
Flayed in a blindfold
seance at the
Military
Hospital
in
Tarnopof,
Austria.
FRENCH DEFENSE
DR. A . ALEKHINE
Whits
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
PxP
KtK4
KtKt5!
Kt(5)B3
KtK5
KKtB3
BQ3
M . V O N FELDT
Black
PK3
PQ4
KtKB3
KtxP
PKB4
BK2
PB3
OO
PQKt3
BKt2
11
12
13
14
OO
PB4
BB4
QK2
RKl
KtB3
QKtQ2
PB4
t A> H i
m
15
16
17
18
f W
KtB7!!
QxPch!
PKKt4!
KtR4 mate
Certainly
K x Kt
KKt3
BK5
an amazing
197.
When
Chess.
p i l
gra
combination.
January, 1917.
Checker
Champions
play
KING'S KNIGHT'S OPENING

ALFRED JORDAN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
198.
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
KtxP?
KtxBP
RBl
BK2
NEWELL BANKS
Black
PK4
KtQB3
KtQ5
QKt4
QxP
Q x KPch
KtB6 mate
Los Angeles Chess Club,

October, 1917.
117
An Example of Testa's
Trenchant
Style.
"Mr. Testa,
director,
actor
and
scenario-writer
with Universal,
got
a strangle-hold
on me in the
early
stages, which I was never able to
shake off."s. MLOTKOWSKI.
KING'S G A M B I T
M . W . TESTA
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
PK4
PKB4
KtKB 3
PQ4
BxP
QxP
PxP
BKt5ch
QBxB
OO
KtB3
QB4
BQ3
QRKl
QK3
KtK4
KtxQP
KtxP
QxQch
PB4
PQ6
PQ5
KtB5
BB5
KtK6ch
KtB7
BK6ch
BxKt
RK7
KRKl
PQKt3
KtxP
RxB
RQR7
PQ7
RB7
S. MLOTKOWSKI
Black
PK4
PxP
PKKt4
PKt5
PxKt
PQ4
BQ3
BQ2
PxB
PB3
KBl
PQR3
QKt3
PKR4
RR3
Q-Qi
BKt4
QK2
KtxQ
BKl
KtKtl
BB2
RQR2
BKl
KB2
BQ2
KKt2
KxB
RKt3
QRKt2
QRKt5
KtxKt
RKtl
KtB4
KBl
RQl
118
37
38
39
40
RxR
KxQ
RKt5
Resigns
RK8ch
PxR(Q)ch
RxKt
PQR4
199.
New York, 1918.
The
trapper trapped
FONAROFF
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Black
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
OO
PQ4
KtB3
RKl
KtxP
QxKt
KtxB
QB3
KtQ4
KtB5
QKKt3
BB4
QRQl
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PQ3
BQ2
BK2
PxP
KtxKt
BxB
OO
PB3
KtQ2
BB3
KtK4
QB2
QR-Ql
mmWilli
mm
mi
mm
:i^f5
m
1
Irs !
11
WM
17 R x P !
18 B x K t
IIPI
IBB
200.
BxB
KRl
QxQ
Resigns
Odessa, December, 1918.
One of six blindfold
games.
B I S H O P S OPENING
R U Y LOPEZ
J. R. CAPABLANCA
19 R x R
2 0 KtR6ch
21 Q x B
22 Kt x Pch
RxR
RQ8?
1 8 . . . QR4 relatively best.
W . GONSSIOROVSKI
A . ALEKHINE
White
1 PK4
2 BB4
3 PQ3
4 QK2
5 PB4
6 KPxP
7 BxP
8 KtQ2
9 BKt3
10 PB3
11 BB2
12 PQKt 3
13 OOO
14 QB2
15 BKt5
16 KKtB3
17 K R K l
18 KKtl
19 R x R c h
20 KtK4
21 BQ2
Black
PK4
KtKB3
PB3
BK2
PQ4!
KPxP
OO
PxP
P_QR4!
PR5
PR6
RKl
BQKt5
BxP
KtB3
PQ5!
BKt7ch
KtQ4!
QxR
QxKt!
QK6!!
119
22
23
24
Black
thus:
24
25
26
Shade
RKl
BB4
RxQ
PxR
QBl
. . . .
here called mate in three,
... .
PxB
BQl
Kt(3)Kt5!
Any
KtB6 mate
of Paul Morphy,
check!!
201. Moscow, May, 1918.

When a Mite of a Pawn
becomes
Mighty.
PETROFF DEFENSE
DR. A . ALEKHINE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
PK4
KtKB3
KtxP
KtKB3
KtB3
QK2
KtxKt
QxP
BB4
OO
QQ3
PQKt3!
BKt2!
KtKt5
BxB
QxPch
QRKl
QR5
RK3!
QR7ch
QR8ch
RxPch
QxPch
Kt x Q
PQ4
PB4
QB8
28 QB5!
29 PB5 mate
RxP
A . RABINOVICH
Black
PK4
KtKB3
PQ3
KtxP
PQ4
BK2
PxKt
OO
BQ3
RKl
KtB3
QB3
QxB
BK3
PxB
KBl
QB3
KKtl
BB5
KBl
KK2
QxR
KQ3
RxKt
QRKl
R(l)K2
RK5
202.
New York, October, 1918.

War for
Survival.
R U Y LOPEZ
J . R. CAPABLANCA F . J . MARSHALL
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PK4
KtKB 3
BKt5
BR4
OO
RKl
BKt3
PB3
PxP
KtxP
RxKt
RKl
PKR3
QB3
PQ4
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
BK2
PQKt4
OO
PQ4
KtxP
KtxKt
KtB3
BQ3
KtKt5!
QR5
KtxP!
120

AMATEUR
BOGOLYUBOV
Black
White
&tfm*m
Bon
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
RK2
PxB
KBl
RxKt
KK2
BQ2
QR3
KQ3
KB2
QB3
BQ5
PxP
PKt4
PR4
PxKtP
RR6
KtxP
PKt6
BxB
PKt7
B x Pch
BKKt5!?
BR7ch
BKt6
QR8ch
BxR
BR5
QRKlch
QB8ch
BB7
QKt8
PB4
BxP
BQ3
PQR4
PxP
PxP
BKt5
BxKt
PR3
RK6
RxB
W h i t e mates in five.
37 p _ K t 8 ( Q ) c h
38 Q x R ( K 8 ) c h etc.
203.
/I modem
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
BKt5
PK5
PKR4
PxB
KtR3
QKt4
KtB4
OOO
QKt3
PxP
BQ3
BK4!!
QKtxP
Q_QB3!
KtB6ch
PxKt
QB7
KtQ5!
KRKlch
RxKtch
KKtl!
QR x P!
RxR
QB8 mate
204.
of attacking
FRENCH DEFENSE
QK2
KtxKt
QBl
KtQ2
PxKt
KtK4
BK3
RQl
RxR
BxR
Gothenberg, 1920.
J . BREYER
White
play.
PK3
PQ4
KtKB3
BK2
KKtQ2
BxB
QxP
QK2
PKKt 3
PQR3
PQB4
KtKt3
QxP
QBl
PxB
QKtQ2
A magnificent
specimen
rasch's methodical
style.
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
RKl
Stockholm, 1919.
classic
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
QKtQ2
PB4
QB2
PB5
of
Tar-
DECLINED
DR. S. TARRASCH
Black
PQ4
KtKB3
PK3
BQ3
PQKt3
BKt2
PxP
121
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
PxP
PQKt4
BKt2
PKt5
PQR4
BQ4
RBl
QKt2
PR3
KtKt3
QR3
BB3
BKt2
QR2!
PKt6
QKtl
QB2
PR4
PKt3
BKR3
KtxKt
BR3
QxKt
BxR
RRl
KtQ2
QKt3
KQl
QR2
KK2
PKt7
KQl
PB3
PxP
KBl
KtBl
KB2
KQl
KBl
Resigns
205.
BK2
OO
PQR4
PB3
QKtQ2
RKl!
BKBl
KtKt5!
KtR3
PB3
PK4
QB2
KRBl!
Q-Ql!
BK2
QBl
KtB2
KtQl
KtK3
Kt(3) xP!
KtxKt
KtQ6ch
BxB
RxB
BKt5ch
PK5
p_QB4
PB5
Q-Q3
BR3
RKtl
RxP
KRl
PxP
QxP
QK8ch
QB6ch
QQ6ch
RQ2
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
206.
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
PB3
PxP
QR4ch
QB2
PQ4
PxP
KtB3
BQ3
PxB
BxB
OO
QKt3!
BR3
BxP
PB4!
KtKt5
RxKt!
KtxKP
RKl!
Kt x Pch
QKt7ch
gamwould
DECLINED
G . MAROCZY
Black
PK4
BB4
PQ3
BKKt 5
PxP
BQ2
QK2
PxP
BKt5ch
BB3
B x Ktch
BxP
PKB4
PxB
PB4
KtKB 3
QKB 2
PQKt3
Q-Q2
PxR
QK3
PxB
KB2
Resigns
Budapest, September, 1921.
Brilliancy
Prize: White
extricates
himself from a difficult position
by
highly original
moves.
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
. A . ALEKHINE
White
Match, 1921
Just the kind of swashbuckling

bit play that Blackburne
relished!
have
KING'S GAMBIT
DR. M . EUWE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
PQ4
KtKB3
PB4
KtB3
PK3
KtQKt5
QB2
DECLINED
K. STERK
Black
PQ4
KtKB 3
PK3
QKtQ2
BQ3
BK2
PB3
122
T H E GOLDEN TREASURY OF C H E S S
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
KtB3
BQ3
BxP
PxP
OO
PK4
BKKt5
QK2
BQ3
KRBl!!
BxKt
QxB
QK2
QRKtl
RB4!
BB6!
QK5!
QKt3
R x Kt
RKBl
QB4
QR6
207.
Charming
endgame
Vienna, 1922.
reminiscence
compostion.
CARO-KANN
DR.
S. TARRASCH
Whit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
OO
PxP
PB4
BxP
PQKt3
BKt2
QBl
BKt5
BxKt
KtxP
BxB
KtB4
BR4
QR3
KtR5
KRBl
RB4
PKt3
Q-Q6
QB4
QB7
Resigns
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PxP
PQ4
PKR3!
QxB
BQ3
BK3
OO
PR3
KtK2
BKB4
PB3
QRQl
of a
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
BBl
KtKt3
KRKl!
RPxP
KtB5!
RxB
PxP
BR6!
RKtl
QxKt
RxRch
QKt3
QK5
RB7!
QxQ
RKt7ch
RK7
PB3!
KR2!
RKt7ch
RQ7
KKt3
KB4
KK5
KB6
(No defense
0B3
p_QR4
PKt5
PxP
PxKt
PxP
PKt3
KtKt7
KtxB
KRKtl
RxR
RQl
RRl
QK3
PxQ
KRl
KKtl
KtKl
KtQ3
KRl
KtKt4
KtxBP
KtKt4
RKl
Resigns
against
KB7f)
famous
208.
DEFENSE
R.
First Brilliancy
RETI
INDIAN
Black
PQB3
PQ4
KtB3
PxP
BKt5
BxKt
PK3
KtB3
BK2
o--o
PQR3
P_QKt4
QKt3
KtQR4
KtB5
Vienna, 1922.
A . RUBINSTEIN
Whit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
PK3
KtB3
BK2
OO
PxP!
KtxKt
QKt3
BQ2
KRQl
Prize
DEFENSE
E. BOGOLYUBOV
Black
KtKB3
PKKt3
PQ4
BKt2
OO
PB3
QKtQ2?
KtxP
PxKt
KtB3
KtK5
KtxB
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
RxKt
RQBl
KRB2
QR4!
RB7
QR5!
R(l)B5!
KtK5!
KtB6!
PKKt3!!
KtxR
Q-Q3
PKt3
BKt2
PQR3
PQKt4
QRKtl
KRQl
BKB 3
PK3
KRQBl
RxKt
BiGHB
mI
11 H
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
BQl
QBl
BxQ
Q-Q3
BKt3
QKt5
Resigns
BxP!!
BK8!
RxB!!
RxR
RKt7
RB6
BxPch
209.
QK3!
10 KtKB3
11
QB3
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
BK3
QKtQ2
BQ4
QxB
BxBch
OO
PQKt4
PQR3!
KRKl
PQ6!
RxKt!
KtKt5
Kt x KPch
KtKt5ch
QQ5!
KtK6ch
Kt x Rch
PxP
QxP
RKl
PK8(Q)
QxKt
QK5ch
PKR4
QK8ch
RK7ch
QB8ch
RK5ch
RKt5ch
28
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
PB4
PxP
KtxP
PK4!
Q_R4ch!
QKt3
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
123
BPxP
KtKB3
PQR3
KtxKP
BQ2
KtB4
PKKt 3
QB2
RKtl
PKt3
BKt2
BxB
BKt4
PxB
RR5
Q-Ql
QKtQ2
KBl
KtK3
PxR
QKtl
KB2
KBl
RKt2
KKtl
K x Kt
KtB3
RR2
Q-Q3
KtxQ
QxKt
KB2
RxP
KKt2
KR3
KR4
KKt5
Resigns
Pistyan, 1922.
Brilliancy
Prize
QUEEN'S P A W N G A M E
ALEKHINE
White
1 PQ4
2 KtKB3
H . WOLF
Black
PQ4
PQB4
210.
^
Pistyan, April, 1922.

Brilliancy
Prize
BLUMENFELD COUNTER
GAMBIT
DR. S. TARRASCH
A. ALEKHINE
124
Whit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
PQ4
KtKB3
PB4
PQ5
PxKP
PxP
PK3
KtB3
BK2
PQKt3
BKt2
OO
QB2
KRKl
KtQ2
KtQl
KBxKt
KtBl
PKR3
KRl
KtR2
BBl
QB4ch
BKt2
KKtl
QR4
KRl
QR6
PKt6
KKtl
QxKtP
RKBl
KtxKt
KRl
PxB
KtKt3
BB6
KtxP
Resigns
211.
Black
KtKB3
PK3
PB4
PQKt4
BPxP
PQ4
BQ3
OO
BKt2
QKtQ2
QK2
QR-Q1
PK4
PK5
KtK4
Kt(B3)Kt5
KtxB
QKt4!
KtR3
KtB4
PQ5!
PQ6
KRl
KtKt6ch
BQ4
KtK7ch
RB2
PR4!
KtKt6ch
PxP
PQ7
KtxR
BK3
BxP!
RB6
PR5
QxB
RxPch
Much can he derived

from
study of this beautiful game.
Teplitz-Schoenau, 1922.
Tartakower
It deservedly
Masterpiece.
carried off a
brilliancy
prize.
DUTCH D E F E N S E
G . MAROCZY D R . S. TARTAKOWER
Black
Whit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
PQR3
PK3
BQ3
KtB3
OO
QB2
PQKt3
BKt2
KRKl
PKt3
BKBl
QRQl
KtxKt
KtQ2
PK3
PKB4
KtKB3
BK2
OO
PQ4
PB3
KtK5
BQ3
KtQ2
RB3
RR3
QB3
PKKt4
PKt5
BPxKt
....
MWUkim mmm
i t *
mm
t
mt
m
HP & HI
the
17
18
19
20
21
22
... .
KxR
KRl
RK2
KtKtl
QQ2
RxP!!
QxPch
KtB3
QxKtP
KtR4
BQ2!
125
MODERNS, H Y P E R M O D E R N S AND ECLECTICS
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
RB2
KKtl
BB3
QxB
QKKt2
BKl
KxR
KKtl
BxP
RKl
QKB2
QPxP
KBl
Resigns
QR5ch
BKt6!
BxRch
PKt6
RKBl
RxBch!!
PK4!
BKt5
KtxB
KtB4!
QKt4
BB6ch
KtKt6ch
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
BK5ch
PxP
QxPch
QR5ch
RKtl!
RKt3
RKt3ch
RxBch
QR8ch
QxQ
QR4
213.
Exhibition
RB3
PxP
KB2
KKtl
R(6)B3
BKl
BKt3
RxR
KB2
RBl
Resigns
June, 1922.
Game at
Seville
RUY LOPEZ
212.

First Brilliancy
Prize
R . RETI
E. ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
BKt5
PK3
KtB3
QB2
RQl
KPxP
BxP
BR4
BQKt3
OO
QK2
KRKl
KtK5!
PxB
BKt3
PKR4
QR5
BxKt
KtxP!
Black
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
QKtQ2
BK2
OO
PB4
PxQP
PxP
PKR3
KtKt3
BQ2
RBl
PR3
BKt5
BxKt
PKt4
RxP
KKtQ4
KKt2
PxB
RxKt
)R. TORRES
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
15
14
15
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
OO
B x Ktch
PQ4
RKl
PxP
KtQ4
PQB3
PKB4
bK3
KtQ2
Kt(2)B3
1 6 QB2
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
KtKt3
Kt(Kt3)Q4
KtK2
QRQl
RKBl
KRl
Kt(2)Ktl
KtR3
PxP
BxP
RxB
A . ALEKHINE
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
PQ3
PxB
KtxP
PKB4
PQ4
BB4
OO
QKl
BKt3
BKt2
QR-Ql
PB4
PB5!
PB4
QB3
PR3!
KRl
QKt3
QR4
PQ5!
PxP
BxB
RxR
126
QxKt!
28 Kt x R
29 P x Q
30 KKtl
214.
KtB7ch
K t x P mate
Kristianstad, 1922.
Another amazing Nimzovich

finish.
It is piquant . . . and pitiful!
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
PR5
PKt6
RB7
KtB3
Kt x QP
KtxKt
QxBch!
QR2
QRl
KtB4
BK2
KtxP
P x Kt
and mate next move.
FRENCH DEFENSE
A . NIMZOVICH
White
1 PK4
2 PQ4
3 PK5
4 QKt4
5 KtKB3
6 BQ3
7 QKt3
8 OO
9 PKR4
10 R K l
11 PR3
12 PKt4
13 PR5
14 BQ2
15 PR4
16 PKt5
17 QKt4
18 PB3
19 P x Q P
20 RQBl
Ii f f
MAim
215.
HAKANSSON
Black
PK3
PQ4
PQB4
PxP
KtQB3
PB4
KKtK2
KtKt3
QB2
BQ2
OOO
PQR3
KKtK2
PR3
PKKt4
PB5
KtQKtl
RKl
KQl
QKt3
ma
HI
5B#il
mm.
Hastings, 1922.
The finish is played with that crisp

elegance for which Rubinstein
is
famous.
RUY LOPEZ
SIR GEO. THOMAS
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
QK2
BKt3
PB3
OO
PQ3
BKt5
KtR4
B x QKt
KRl
BKt3
KtQ2
BB2
KRKl
PQR4
PxP
KtBl
PB3
BB2
QxB
PxP
QB3
PKKt3
KtK3
KtxKt
A . RUBINSTEIN
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
Pr-QKt4
BB4
OO
PQ3
KtK2
KtKt3
KtxKt
PR3
PKt4
KKt2
QK2
BQ2
QRKl
KRRl
PxP
PR4
PR5
BxB
PKKt5
Kt x KtP
PR6
QKt4
RRl
BxKt
127
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
QB2
RxR
RQKtl
BKt3
PB4
KKtl
RKBl
QB7ch
37
QQ5
38
39
40
41
QxBP
QK4
RKl
PxP
Resigns
216.
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
KtQ2
KRBl
RB7
PQR3
PR3
RxB
R(l)B7
RxPch
R(KKt7)K7!
PKt5
PR3
PKt6
QKt4
QK7
QxKt
QxKtP
KRl
QxRP
London, March 22, 1923.
Janowski
seventh
wreak
RxR
RRl!!
PKt5!
PKB3
PKB4
PxP
PK6
KRl
PB3!
RQBl
PK7
PQ4!
RB8
used
to call Rooks
rank, "blind
pigs."
on the
They
havoc!
QUEEN'S GAMBIT D E C L I N E D
B. E. SlEGHEIM
(Metropolitan
C. C . )
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
KtB3
BKt5
PK3
RBl
QB2
BxP
KtK4
BxB
KT(4)Q2
OO
BxKt
QB7
QB6
QxR
QxRch
KtK5
KtKt3
RB5
BUTTFIELD
( N . London
31 KtKt6di
C C)
and mates in two.
Black
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
QKtQ2
BK2
OO
PB3
PxP
KtQ4
PKB4?
QxB
KRl
PQKt4?
BPxB
Q-Qi
QKt3
BKt2
KtxQ
KKtl
PQR4
PR5
217.
Carlsbad Congress, 1923.
First Brilliancy Prize.

The waiting moves in Black's combination give it rare artistic charm.
A . ALEKHINE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
PQ4
PQB4
PKKt3
BKt2
KtQB3
KtB3
PQ5
PK4
OO
BK3
BQ4
F. D . YATES
Black
KtKB3
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
PQ3
KtB3
KtKtl
QKtQ2
PQR4
KtKt5
KKtK4
128
T H E G O L D E N TREASURY OF C H E S S
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
KtxKt
PB5
BxP
BQ4
RKl
BBl
RxB
BxKt
QKt3
QKt5
QRKl
QQ7
PxP
QK6ch
PB3
KRl
QR3
RK2
KtQl
KtK3
QK6
KtKt4
KtxKt
PxP
PKt3
BQR3
Q-Q3
BxB
PQB4!
QxB
QRKtl
PB4!
PKB5!
QR-Ql
QxBP
KRl
QKt4ch
RQ3
BK4!
QRKB3
RB5
RR5
QR4
RxKt!!
m
mmifWi
mmm
m
afillI 5 I
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
PxR
KKt2
KxR
KB2
KKt3
KR3
RKt2
KKt3
KR3
RQB2
KR2
RxRch
QxRPch
QR8ch
BQ5ch
QKt8ch
QB8ch
QR8ch
QK8ch
PKKt4!!
QB8ch
QKt8ch
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
KR3
KKt3
RB3
KR3
KKt3
KB3
KKt3
KR3
QR8ch
QQ8!!
QKt8ch
QB8ch
BB7ch
BKt8ch
QB7ch
QR7 mate
Yates wins over his powerful

versary, even more brilliantly
he did in 1922 at Hastings
exactly
in the same number
moves; i. e. 52.
218.
adthan
and
of
Brilliancy
combination
Prize: Black's
is admirably
decisive
calculated.
RETI O P E N I N G
F. D . Y A T E S
White
1 KtKB3
2 PKKt3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
BKt2
PQ3
KtB3
OO
PK4
KtKl
PxQP
KtK2
BB4
Q-Q2
PKR4
KtxKt
PQB3
QxB
RKtl
QK3
PKB4
KtB3
KRQl
PxP
Q-Q4
KtK5
A . NIMZOVICH
Black
PK3
PQ4
PQB3
BQ3
KtK2
OO
PQKt4
PKB4
KPxP
KtQ2
KtQKt3
KtKt3
KtxB
QB3
BxKt
KtR5
KtB4
Q-Q3
BR3
PKt5
PxP
KtR5
QR6
KtxP
MODERNS, JHYPERMODERNS AND ECLECTICS
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
RKl
RxKt
PR5
KB2
PR6
RKRl
QxRP
PxR
QxB
KBl
QR3
RR4
RKt4
KB2
KxP
KR3
RQR4
KR4
RR8ch
QR7ch
QKtl
Resigns
219.
Kt x R
KRl
Q-Q3
QRKl
QxP
QB3
RxKt!
QxP
QQ5ch!
PB5
KKtl
PKt4
QR8ch
PxPch
QK4ch
PR4
PKt5ch
RB4
KKt2
KR3
QB3ch
129
14 RQl
15 K t x Q P
16 BKtl
1 7 OO
18 Q - Q 2
19 B x K t
20 QB2
21 QK2
22 BK4!
23 B x B
24 RBl
25 KtKt3
26 KtQ4
27 KRQl
28 KtR2
29 R x R
30 PB3
PxP
QKt3
BKt2!
QRBl
KtK4!
BxB
PKt3
KtB5
BKt2
QxB
PK4!
PK5
KRQl
KtK4
KtQ6
QxR
30
31
32
33
34
RxKt!
KtB5!
QB5!
RxRch
BQ5ch

Alekhine's
Brilliancy
Immortal.
Prize.

E. G R U E N F E L D
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
KtB3
BKt5
PK3
RBl
QB2
PQR3
BR4
BQ3
BxP
B1^2
A.
ALEKHINE
Black
KtKB3
PK3
PQ4
BK2
QKtQ2
OO
PB3
PQR3!
PR3
RKl!
PxP
PQKt4
PB4
... .
PxP
PxKt
QxQ
QBl
and mates next
220.
move.

New York, 1923.
Ten Seconds
Move!
130

OSCAR TENNER
OTIS FIELD
White
Black
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
KtKt5
PxP
PQ3
KtB3
QK2
PxKt
KKtQ2
11
OO?
12
13
14
15
16
17
QKl
KtKt3
BB4
BKt3
KtxB
KtxKP
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PQ4
KtQR4
PKR3
PK5
KtxB
BQB4
OO
BKKt5
Q-Q2!
BB6!
QKt5
KtR4!
KtB5
QR6!
221.
PK4
KtKB 3
BB4
PQ4
OO
RKl
KtB3
RxKtch
KtxP
RxKt
BKt5
KtK4
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PxP
KtxP
PQ4
PxB
BK3
KtxKt
QBl
BQ3
OO
mm. ~
l88?V8ff
resigns!!
Trieste Congress, 1923.
The young Peruvian

master
his debut by winning
the
Brilliancy
Prize.
makes
Second
E. CANAL
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Black
H i WMw.
u U
White
White
P. JOHNER
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
KtB6ch
BxP
BxB
BKt3
BR4
RxRch
QB3
Q x KtPch
QB3
RQl
QKt3ch
RQ7ch
BxP
RQ8ch
QB4
BB3ch
QxPch
RB8ch
PxKt
BK4
PKB 3
RQl
P_QB4
QxR
KKt2
BB2
RKtl
QKt3
BKt3
KBl
RKt2
KB2
QK3
QB4
Q- K3
Resigns
7
222.
Copenhagen, 1923.
"The Evergreen
Zugzwang
Game"
I N D I A N DEFENSE
F. SAEMISCH
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
p_Q4
PQB4
KtKB3
PKKt3
BKt2
KtB3
OO
KtK5
PxP
BB4
RBl
QKt3
KtxKt
PKR3
KR2
BQ2
Q-Ql
KtKtl
RKtl
PK4
Q x Kt
QKt5
KRl
QK3
QRKl
Resigns
223.
White tips over the apple-cart

a neat Queen
sacrifice.
A . NIMZOVICH
Black
KtKB3
PK3
PQKt3
BKt2
BK2
OO
PQ4
PB3
BPxP
PQR3!
p_QKt4
KtB3
BxKt
Q-Q2
KtR4!
PB4!
PKt5
BQKt4
BQ3!!
BPxP!
RxP
QRKBl
QRB4
BQ6!
PR3!
131
Exhibition Game, Berlin,

February, 1923.
with
SICILIAN DEFENSE
. ALEKHINE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
PK4
KtKB3
BK2
OO
PQ4
KtxP
BB3! '
PB4!
QxKt
KtB3
PQKt3
BKt2
QRQl
QKt3
KRl!
PB4
PB5!
PxP!!
PxPch
KtQ5
224.
F. SAEMISCH
Black
White
PQB4
KtQB3
PK3
PQ3
PxP
KtB3
KtK4
Kt x Bch
BK2
OO
KtQ2
BB3
PQR3
QB2
RQl
PQKt3
BK4
BxQ
KRl
Resigns
Mahrisch-Ostrau, 1923.
First Brilliancy
Prize.
Black must
have been bowled
over by Rubinstein's 25th
move!
KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED
A . RUBINSTEIN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
KtB3
BB4
PQ3
PKR3
K . HROMADKA
Black
PK4
BB4
PQ3
KtKB3
KtB3
BKKt5
BxKt
T H E G O I B E N TREASURY o r
132
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
QxB
QKt3!?
PxP
KQl
PQR4
RBl
KtK2
KtxKt
PB3
PR5
BK3
KB2
RB3
BKtl
QB2
PKKt3!
RxP
QKt6!!
BB5!
BxQ
QxR
BB5!
225.
KtQ5
QK2
PxP
PB3
RKKtl
PKR3
ooo
BxKt
BKt3
BB2
KKtl
KRl
KtQ4
KtB5
BKtl
KtxRP
Q-Q3
RQ2
RxR
RB7ch
KtxQ
Resigns
Paris, 1924.
Here is the shortest

from master tourney
game on
play.
record
QUEEN P A W N GAME
A. GIBAUD
M . LAZARD
Cbwm
Black
White
1
2
3
4
PQ4
KtQ2
PxP
PKR3?
Resigns
226.
KtKB3
PK4
KtKt5
KtK6!!
New York, 1924.
First Brilliancy
Prize.
RETI OPENING
RETI
E. BOGOLYUBOV
Black
White
KtKB3
PK3
PQ4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
KtKB3
PB4
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
PKt3
BKt2
PQ4!
QKtQ2
KtxKt
KtK5
PB3
BxP
KtxKt
p_K4!
1 5
16 PB5
17 QB2!
18 P x P
mm
BQ3
OO
RKl
QKtQ2
PB3
KtK5
PxKt
PKB4
PxP
QB2
BxKt
PK4
BKBl
PxQP
QR-Ql
in
19
20
21
22
23
BR5!
BxP
RxR
QxB
RKBl
RK4
RxKBP
BxR
RxB
RQl
Now comes an exquisite finish.

24 BB7ch
25 B K 8 ! !
KRl
Resigns
After White's last move

hear a pin drop!
227.
Second
you
could
New York, 1924.

Brilliancy
Prize

F. J . MARSHALL
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
PQ4
KtKB3
BKt5
PK3
PB4
PxP
KtB3
BQ3
QB2
KtxKt
KtB3
OO
PQR3
QRKl
QK2
KtK5
PB4
BKtl
QQB2
PxP!
KRl
PK4
KtxB
PK5
QR7ch
PKKt3
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
BB5
RxKt!
QR8ch
QxKtP
QB6ch
PK6!
PxP
PB8(Q)ch
RxRch
QxR
QR8
QK5ch
133
KtB7ch
BxR
KK2
KQl
RK2
BQ5
BxQ
KB2
BxR
KQ3
Q-Qi
and Marshall declared mate in five.

38 . . . KB4; 39 KtR4ch, K
Kt4; 40 QK2ch, K x Kt; 41 B
B2 mate.
Marshall
considers
this his
best
game.
E. BOGOLYUBOV
Black
KtKB3
PK3
PQ4
QKtQ2
PB3
KPxP
QR4
KtK5
KtxB
PKR3
BK2
OO
Q-Qi
p_QR4
KtB3
BQ3
PB4
BQ2
BB3
BxP
RKl
BQ5
PxKt
KtKt5
KBl
QKt3
228.
New York, 1924.
Magnificent
Timing.
A . ALEKHINE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
KtB3
PxP
BB4
PK3
BQ3
PxKt
PKKt3
OO
QB2
KtQl
KtK3
KtR4
PQKt4
KtB3
PKt5
PKt4
DR. EM. LASKER
Black
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
QKtQ2
PxP
PB3
KtR4
KtxB
BQ3
OO
RKl
KtBl
PB3
BK3
BQB2!
BKt3
BKB2!
BKR4
BKB 2
134
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
229.
One
chess
RBl
PxP
Q-Q3
BB2
p_KR4!
KtR2!
RxR
RKtl
KtKt4
PxKt
PK5
PKt3
PxKtP
PxP
RKt7!
QxP(B5)
BxQ
PxP
QKt2
PB5
KtKt2
KRKl
PKR3
RxRch
RKl
QBl
KtK5
QxKt
PB6
PB4
BK2
BR5
KtR4
QxQ
Resigns
of
New York, 1924.
the immortal
history.
games
of
RETI OPENING
R. RETI
White
1 KtKB3
2 PB4
3 PQKt 3
4 PKt3
5 BKKt2
6 BKt2
7 OO
8 PQ3
9 QKtQ2
10 P x P
11 RBl
12 RB2
13 P Q R 4
14 Q R l !
15 K R B l
16 K t B l
17 R x K t !
18 K t x P
19 K t K 3
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
D R . E. LASKER
PR3
RxR
KtB3?
KtQ4
KR2
QRl!
KtxP
PxP
BxKt
BxP
BR6
QKt7
PQKt4
QKt6
QxQch
PK3
KKt2
PxB
BKt7
KB3
BB6
BKt5
KK3
KB4
BBl
BK3
Resigns
BQ3?
RxR
BK2
Q-Q2
PR4
PR5!!
PxPch
KtxKt
BB3!
RB4
BKt3
Q-Ql
RB2
RQ2!
RxQ
PxP
B x Kt!
BB4
BK3!
BKt6
RQ3
RB3ch
RK3ch!
RK7
RQB7
BQ4
Black
PQ4
PQB3
BB4
KtB3
QKtQ2
PK3
BQ3
OO
PK4
PxP
QK2
p_QR4
PR3
KRKl
BR2
KtB4
BxR
QRBl
QK3
230.
New York, January, 1924.
A Perfect
Gem of a
Simultaneous
Game, and a field
day for
the
White
Knights.
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
A. ALEKHINE
White
PQ4
KtKB3
PB4
KtB3
BPxP
BKt5!
BxKt
PK4!
9 BKt5ch
DECLINED
A.
KUSSMAN
Black
PQ4
KtKB3
PK3
PB4
KPxP
BK3
QxB
PxKP
BQ2
10
11
12
13
14
KtxP
BxBch
OO
KtxP
KtKB5!
QK2
QQKt3
KtxB
PxP
RQl
KtK4
PKt3
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
135
BK2
BxKt
OO
PB3
PxP
OO
KtQ5
PxB
BKt5
PB4
PxP
KRKl
RK2
QRKl!
B x Kt!
RKl
PQR4
RQBl
Q-Q2
BxB
il
r
lit Ills 111 in

16
17
18
19
20
QKt5ch
KRKl
KtB6ch
Kt x Ktch
QK5
Mate is now threatened

ferent
ways.
231.
KtQ2
BKt5
KBl
RxKt
Resigns
in three
dif-
a
18
19
20
21
22
23
QKKt4!
QQB4!
QB7!
PQR4!
RK4!!
QxKtP!
f
QKt4
Q-Q2
QKt4
QxRP
QKt4
Resigns
New Orleans, 1925.
232. Baden-Baden, 1925.

The
mad gyrations
of
White's Black recovers
miraculously
from
Queen stamp this game as one of an inferior
position.
the finest ever
played.
IRREGULAR OPENING
PHILIDOR DEFENSE
E. Z . ADAMS
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
QxP
BQKt5
BxKt
KtB3
C . TORRE
Black
PK4
PQ3
PxP
KtQB3
BQ2
BxB
KtB3
RICHARD RETI
White
1 PKKt3
2 KtKB3
3 KtQ4
4 PQ3
5 QxP
6 BKt2
7 BQ2
8 KtxB
A . ALEKHINE
Black
PK4
PK5
PQ4
PxP
KtKB3
BKt5ch
BxBch
OO
136.
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
pQB4 .
PxP
QB4
QKtKt3
OO
KRQl
RQ2
KtQB5
BB3
BKt2
BB3
BRl
PKt4
RQBl
PR4
RPxP
PKt5
PxP
KtB3
QxP
QxP
KtxQ
KR2
KtR3
KtQKt5
QKt x QP
PB3
RKl
BKt5
QBl
BR6
BKt5
BR6
BKt5
PKR4
PR3
PR5
PxP
QB2
RPxP
RK6!!
PxP
KtB6
QxQ
KtxPch!
KtK5
233.
Marienbad, 1925.
First Brilliancy
QUEEN'S P A W N GAME
.
F.
JANOWSKI
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
p_Q4
KtKB3
BKt5
PK3
QKtQ2
PB3
BQ3
KPxP
KtB4
QK2
PKR4
QQ2!
BB4
KtK3
QxKt
RR3
PxP
KtxKt
BxP
QR6!
234.
KtKB3
PK3
PB4
KtB3
PQKt3
BKt2
PxP
BK2
OO
QB2
PKR3?
KtKKt5
PQ3
KtxKt
PKR4
PK4?
KtxP
PxKt
BQ3
Resigns
magnificent!
Moscow, 1925.
The champion
is outplayed
nificent
style.
SICILIAN
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
RB4
BKt2
R(4)B2
KR3
KR2
RxKt
KR3
KR2
BxR
Resigns
Kt x BP
BK3
KtKt5ch
KtK4ch
RxKt
KtKt5ch
KtK6ch
KtxR
KtQ5
J . R.
in
mag-
DEFENSE
CAPABLANCA
L. I L J I N - G E N E V S K Y
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
SAEMISCH
Black
White
Dynamically
mm,
Prize.
PK4
KtQB3
PKKt 3
BKt2
KKtK2
PQ3
OO
Black
PQB4
KtQB3
PKKt3
BKt2
PQ3
KtB3
OO
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
PKR3
BK3
QQ2
KtQl
PQB3
PKKt4
PKB4
PQR3
BQ2
RKl
QRBl
QR4
KRQl
BKl
KtQ2
PB5
PKt4
KtB4
PKt5
PB6
BBl
KtB2
PxQBP
PxBP
PK3
PKR4
RKtl
PR5
RKt3
PxP
RPxP
KtQl
Kt(2)K4
QKB2
KtKKt5
QR4
Kt(3)K4
PQ4? ( B -- Q 2 ! ! ) K t x B
Kt x Kt
QxBP
Q x Ktch
PxKt
PxP
KRl
RB3
15 PKt5
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
i f f mtwm
Si
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
l l i f
I i -mmm\
wM 2 MJ> =8
. . . .
RxQ
QKl
QxP
BB3
PQR3
QR7
Resigns
PxKt!!
PxR
RKt7
R(l)-Q7
PB5
BQ3
PB6
235.
White
ing.
137
Moscow Congress, 1925,

s windmill
checks
are
amus-
I N D I A N DEFENSE
C. TORRE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
PQ4
KtKB3
BKt5
PK3
PxP
QKtQ2
PB3
BQ3
KtB4
QK2
oo KRKl
QRQl
BBl
KtKt5
KtR3
PxP
QR5
BxB
RxKt
PQKt4
RKKt3
KtB4
KtK3
BB6!
RxPch
RxPch
RKt7ch
RxBch
RKt7ch
RKt5ch
RxQ
RR3
RxPch
RR3
RKt3ch
RB3ch
PQR3
PxP
DR. E. LASKER
Black
KtKB3
PK3
PB4
PxP
BK2
PQ3
QKtQ2
PQKt3
BKt2
QB2
OO
KRKl
KtBl
KtQ4
PKt4
PKt5
KtxP
BxKt
KtxB
QR4
QKB4
PKR3
Q-Q4
0Kt4
QxQ
KRl
KKtl
KRl
KKtl
KRl
KR2
KKt3
KxB
KKt4
KRKtl
KB3
KKt3
PR4
RxP
138
40
41
42
43
RQ4
KtQ2
KKt4
Resigns
KtB4
RB4
RxPch
PKt3
17
18
19
20
236. Match, Amsterdam, 1922.

An old theme, but its execution
very
attractive.
is
DR. M.
EUWE
R. RETI
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQ4
OO
RKl
BxP
KtB3
KtxP?
QxKt
BKt5
QQ8ch
KtxKt
QRQl
QxR
PKB4
RxP
fill
Black
r
PK4
KtQB3
KtB3
PxP
KtxP
PQ4
QxB
QQR4
KtxKt
PKB4
QB4!
KB2
PxKt
B^-Q3!
QxB
QR5
I T
1^
m&m
mm
BKR6!
BB4ch
BxPch
QKt5ch
. . . .
QxR
KRl
KxB
Resigns
237.
Semmering, 1926.
A victory that the great

relished.
must have
Nimzovich
ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE
A. NIMZOVICH
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
PK4
KtQB3
PK5
PB4
KtB3
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
PQ3
KtK2
PKKt4
PxP
KtKt3
QK2
KtR4
BQ2
QB2
PxP
BxKt
QB3
KtK4!
PKt3
PB3
KRl
PB5
KRQl
BBl
PxP
RKl
RxP
QRKl
RQ3
D R . A. ALEKHINE
Black
KtKB3
PQ4
KKtQ2
PK3
PQB4
KtQB3
BK2
OO
KtKt3
PQ5
PB3
PxP
KtQ4
B-Q3
Kt(3)K2
QB2
PB5!
KtK6!
PxB
QxP
BB2
Q-Q5
QKt3
KtQ4
KtB5!
KRl
PxP
BK4
BQ2
BB3
KtQ4
KtxP
iH
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
KtKt6ch!
QKt4!
RR3ch
BB4!
PxP
PxRch
RxKt
QxB
PB8(Q)ch!
QQ5
QxPch
RQ3
QK4
RxB
HI B
PxKt
RB2
KKt2
BQ4
KtxKt
KBl
BxRch
KK2
RxQ
Q-Q3
KQl
BQ5
RKl
Resigns
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
OO
PxB
KtQ2
KtKt3
PB4
BK2
PKR3
QKl
BQ2
KR2
PQR4
PKt3
RKKtl
BKBl
BBl
PQ5
KtQ2
BKKt2
KtBl
RR2
BRl
Q-Qi
KPxP
QKt3
RK2
139
BxKt
PQ3
PQKt3
PK4
PK5
Q-Q2
KtK2
PKR4!
QB4!
QR2!
KtB4
PR4!
KtR3
BQ2
QRBl
" KRl
RKKtl
PKKt4
RKt2
KtB4
QRKKtl
PxP
BBl
BR3
KtR5
XI
m
'tTm
mm mt
~um m m&
mm
m
m m Mima.
i!
238.
Dresden, 1926.
First Brilliancy
Prize
One of the best examples
of
tactics.
ading
block-
I N D I A N DEFENSE
P. JOHNER
White
PQ4
PQB4 .
KtQB3
PK3
BQ3
KtB3
A . NIMZOVICH
Black
KtKB3
PK3
BKt5
OO
PB4
KtB3
mm ^ %.
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
RK3
QB2
BxP
BxB
RK2
R(l)Kt2
KKtl
KtK3
BBl
BxP!
BB4
KtxB
PR5
PxPch
QR6
KtR5
140
40 KBl
Resigns
239.
RKl!
Dresden Tournament, 1926.
Second
structive
increase
Brilliancy
Prize an inlesson
in the
cumulative
of positional
pressure.
ENGLISH OPENING
A . NIMZOVICH
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
32
33
PQB4
KtKB 3
KtB3
PxP
PK4
BB4
OO
PQ3
KtxKt
KtK2
KtKt3
PB4
QB3
BQ2
QRKl
RK2
PxP
KtRl
KtB2
R(l)Kl
RxR
KtR3
QR5
QR4
QB2!
PQKt4
QR4
RK5!
BxKt
KtKt5
RxR
QKl!
. . . .
QK7ch
A . RUBINSTEIN
Black
PQB4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtKt5
PK3
Kt(l)B3
KtQ5
PxKt
PQR3
BQ3
OO
KRl
PKB4
KtB3
QB2
PxP
BQ2
QRKl
RxR
KtQl
BB3
PKKt3
KKt2
BB4
BKt3
RKl
KtB2
QxB
QKtl
BxR
....
BB3
KRl
34 p _ K t 5 !
QKt2
If 34 . . . P x P ;
35 BKM!
35 Q x Q c h
^
36 P x B and wins.
240.
KxQ
Berlin, 1926.
Brilliancy Prize. Undoubtedly

of the most brilliant games
played.
one
ever
QUEEN'S P A W N G A M E
E. COLLE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
PQ4
KtKB3
PK3
BQ3
QKtQ2
OO
PQKt3
PxP
BKt2
PB4
RBl
RKl
QK2
KtBl
KtKt3
KtKt5
E. G R U E N F E L D
Black
KtKB3
PK3
PQKt3
BKt2
PB4
BK2
PxP
PQ3
QKtQ2
OO
RKl
QB2
QRBl
QKtl
QRl
PKt3
17
18
19
20
KxKt
KKt2
KtB4
Kt x BP!
QxPch
P_Q5
KtB5ch!
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
KBl
PxKt
KB2
BxP
RxR
KKl
KB2
Resigns
. . . .
QK3
QR6ch
BxP
RxBch!
QxKtch
QR8ch
BxR
< 9 KtB3
10 K t K 2
11 P K 5
12 B K B 4
13 P B 3
14 K t x P !
15 B x P
16 P K K t 4
17 P x K t
18 P B 6
19 BKt6ch!!
20 QQ3ch
21 QR3ch
22 KtB4ch!
23 K R l
24 RKtlch
25 R x B c h !
26 RKtl mate
242.
2nd
Meran, 1926
Just one sacrifice

KINGS
after
another!
FIANCHETTO
DEFENSE
D . PRZEPIORKA
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PK4
PQ4
KtKB3
BQ3
OO
BK3
Q-Q2
BKR6
J . V O N PATAY
Black
PKKt3
PQ3
BKt2
PK3
KtK2
OO
RKl
BRl
QKtB3
PQ4?
KtB4
PB3
PKKt4?
PxKt
Q-Q2
PKR3
PxB
KB2
KxB
KR3
KKt3
PxKt
BxP
BKt4
KxR
New York, 1927.

Brilliancy
Prize
D U T C H DEFENSE (in effect)

A . ALEKHINE
White
241.
141
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
KKtQ2
QB2
QKtB3
Kt(2) xKt
BB4
PK3
BK2
PQR3
OO
PB3
PxB
PxKP
RxR
Q-Q2
PxKP!
QB4!
F. J . MARSHALL
Black
KtKB3
PK3
KtK5
BKt5
PQ4
PKB4
BPxKt
OO
PB3
KtQ2
BK2
BKt4
BxB
RxP
RxRch
PK4
PB4
PQ5
PxKt
142
Blch
20 PQ
x P!
21 QK7
22
23
24
25
26
243.
BR5!!
PK6
PxKt
RB7
KRl
QKtl
PKR3
PQR4
PKKt3
BxP
Resigns
Twenty-first Match Game,

October, 1927.
White's
game
crumbles
before
trumpet.
Joshua's
QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED
J . R. CAPABLANCA
A . ALEKHINE
White
Kecskemet, Hungary, 1927.
White's deep
ty points.
combination
has
pret-
SICILIAN DEFENSE
D . YATES
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
244.
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtQB3
BK2
OO
KRl
BK3
PB4
QKl
PQR3
RQl
QKt3
BBl
PKt3
PK5
KtK4
KtB6ch
QR4
BQ3
PxKt
KtB3
KtKt5
BxKt
PxP
B x KKtP
RQ3
PQKt4!!
RKR3
A . TAKACS
Black
p_QB4
KtQB3
PxP
KtB3
PQ3
PK3
BK2
PQR3
QB2
BQ2
PQKt4
OO
KtQR4
KtB5
KRBl
KtxRP
KtKl
PQ4
KRl
KtxKt
PKt3
BBl
KKtl
PR3
PxKt
BxB
PxB
RBl
BxP
Resigns
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Black
p_Q4
PQB4
KtQB3
BKt5
PK3
KtB3
RBl
PQR3
BR4
BxP
BK2
OO
PxP
KtQ4
PQKt4
BKt3
QKt3
BB3
KtK4
RxR
RBl
KtB3
KtxKt
BxB
PQR4
KtB3
RKl
PxP
PR3
RKtl
KtQ4
RQl
Resigns
245.
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
QKtQ2
BK2
OO
PQR3
PR3
PxP
PQKt4!
BKt2
PB4
KtxP
RBl
QKtQ2
KtKt3
KKtQ4
RB5!
QBl
KtxR
QRl!!
RBl
BxKt
QxB
BB3
BKt7!
RQl
PxP
. PK4
PK5!
BxKt
Kt x P!
U . S . S. R., 1927.
An interesting
portent
nik's later
fame.
of
Botvin-
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
D U T C H DEFENSE
E. RABINOVICH
M . BOTVINNIK
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Black
p_Q4
PQB4
PKKt3
BKt2
KtQB3
KtB3
PK3
P KB4
KtKB3
BK2
OO
PQ4
PB3
QKl
QB2
BB4
QR4
QKtQ2
QRQl
KtK5
PKt3
KtKt4!?
KtK5
PKR4?
KtK5!
QKl
BB3
BxKt
Kt x QKt
KKt2
BKt5!
BPxB
BxKt?
QR4
RKRl
QKt3!
PB3?
KBl
PK4!
RxB!
QPxP
PxR
QKt6!
PxKt
KtxKP
BB4
RxB
QxPch
PK3
QxRch
QB2
QR6!
KK2
PB5
QKt5ch
RKBl
KQ2
QxBP
PK6
R x Q and wins
QxQ
and
Black
247.
246.
KtQB3
KtB3
BB4(?!)
BxPch
KtxPch
QK2
PQ4ch
QR5ch
BxP
BB4ch
mates in three
moves.
Trenchin-Teplitz, 1928.
A problem
mate
in actual
play!
CARO-KANN DEFENSE
SPIELMANN
White
1 PK4
2 KtQB3
3 KtB3
4 PK5
5 QK2
6 QPxKt
7 KtQ4
8 PK6!
9 QR5ch
10 KtB3
11 KtK5
12 KtB7
s
A lively
finish.
KtKB3
BB4
KtKt5
Kt x BP
KxB
KK3
KxKt
BxP
PKKt4
QKl
143
M.
WALTER
Black
PQB3
PQ4
KtB3
KtK5
KtxKt
PQKt3
PQB4?
PxP
KQ2
KB2
BQ2
QKl
mm *
Los Angeles, 1 9 2 8 .
variation
leads
to a
bright
K . F. W I L L I A M S
White
1 PK4
K . L. HAEGG
Black
PK4
aS&ii
mm
144
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
QK5ch
BKB4
QB7ch
KtQ8!
QKt7ch
PR4ch
Q x Ktch
K t x P mate!
248.
KKt2
PB5
PQ4
KtKB3
PK3
BQ3
OO
QKtQ2
PK4
KtxP
BKt5!
BB6
PK5I!
QB3!
KtxB
KtB4!
RKl
QB3!
Kt x Bch
RxPch!
RK7!
BB4
QQKt3
KtK5
RxPch
QKt3
BxP!
B x Ktch
QKt7ch
BxR
that made
Flohr
famous.
SALO FLOHR
F. SAEMISCH
White
Black
I N D I A N DEFENSE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
The game
K*Z]B3
Colle works up a murderous

attack
with his customary
ingenuity.
White
Rogaska-Slatina, 1929.
KKt4
KB4
BxQ
Match, 1928.
COLLE
249.
S.
LANDAU
Black
KtKB3
PQKt3
BKt2
PQ3
QKtQ2
PK4
PxP?
PKt3
PQR3
QBl
PxP
BxB
BQ3
PK5
PR3
QKt2
PxKt
KBl
KKt2
QRQBl
PQ4
QRKl
KKtl
PKKt4
RxKt
KxR
KK3
Resigns
U E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
* 19
20
21
22
23
N'S
GAMBIT
PQ4
PQB4
P<JR3
KtQB3
BKt5
PK3
PxP
BQ3
KKtK2
KtKt3
PKR4!
BKR6
PR5
PxP
QB3
QKtK2
OOO
RR3
BxKt
BxP!
KtB4
QxB
QRRl
DECLINED
KtKB 3
PK3
PQ4
BK2
OO
PQKt3
PxP
BKt2
QKtQ2
KtKl?
PKt3?
KtKt2
PKB4
PxP
PB3
BQ3
QB3
KB2
QxB
KtB3
BxKt
QRKl
KKtl
mm m m
u r n
I
WM
a
B
D b
mm am
24 RR8ch
25 R x Q c h
26 QR6ch
QxR
KxR
KKtl
27 Q x P c h
KRl
28 QR6ch
KKtl
29 KtR5 and wins
250.
RxKP
PK6
RKt3
QxP
GAMBIT
251.
Prize
DECLINED
White
PQ4
KtKB3
PK3
BQ3
QKtQ2
OO
PB4
PQKt3
BKt2
RBl
KtK5
QK2
BPxP
PB4
QxKt
KtKt4
RB3!
RKt3
QQB2
BB5
RR3
RBl!
KtK5!
BPxB
BxP!
RB2
BxR
QQl
BKt2
PKKt4!
PxBP
F. D . YATES
Black
KtKB3
PQKt3
BKt2
PK3
PQ4
BQ3
OO
QKtQ2
QK2
QR-Ql
PB4
KtK5
KPxP
KtxKt
PB3
KRKl
QK3
KRl
KtBl
QB2
PKR4
KKtl
BxKt
PxQP
BR3
RBl
RxB
PB4
PKt3
PQ5
PxKP
Antwerp, 1929.
One of ten blindfold

MAX
E. COLLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
BKt2
QK2
RQl
Resigns
Carlsbad, 1929.
Brilliancy
QUEEN'S
32
33
34
35
145
LANGE
games
ATTACK
G . KOLTANOWSKI
P. DUNKELBLUM
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
OO
PQ4
PK5
PxKt
RKlch
KtKt5
KtQB3
QKtK4
PQB3
PxP
PKt4
KtxB
PB7ch
KtKt5ch
RxP
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
KtB3
PxP
PQ4
PxB
BK3
QQ4
QB4
BKt5?
PxP
BR4
QKt3
PxKt
KxP
KKtl
QQ6
146
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
RKBl
Q-Q2
KxR
KtK2
QxPch
QxKt
QKl!
RK8!
RxRch
BR3ch
RQUI
KBl!
RQ5!
RR5
RKB5!
252.
0R5
QB3
Resigns

Spring, 1930.
White
The kind
pray for.
gives
odds ofQR.
of mate that
B. H O R N E M A N
Black
I. KASHDAN
White
1 PK4
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
PQ4
PK5
QKt4
KtKB3
QR3
BQ3
QKt3
BxKt
QxP
KtxP
KtxP
BKt5
PK6!
QKtoch!!
KtKt7 mate
253.
odds-givers
PK3
PQ4
PQB4
PxP
KtKR3
BK2
PQKt3
KtB4
PxB
RBl
BR3?
KtQ2
PB3?
PxB
PxQ
Prize
QUEEN'S P A W N OPENING
E. COLLE
White
BxPch!!
KtKt5ch
PKR4!
RxPch!!
PR5ch
RxB
Kt x Pch
KtKt5ch
QKt3ch
254.
J . J . O'HANLON
Black
KxB
KKt3
RRl
KtB3
KR3
QR4
KR2
KKtl
Resigns
San Remo, 1930.
Black concludes
most beautiful
actual
play.
Nice, 1930.
First Brilliancy
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
with one of the

mates ever seen in
INDIAN DEFENSE
E. BOGOLYUBOV
White
1 PQ4
2 PQB4
M . MONTICELLI
Black
KtKB3
PK3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
KtQB3
KtB3
BKt5
PxB
PK3
BQ3
OO
KtQ2
BR4
BKt3
PQR4
RKtl
PB3
PK4
BKl
PR3
PB5!
PQ5
KtB4
RB2
PQ6!
Kt x Rch
BB4
PxP
RQ2?
QKt3
BQ3
BxP
PxB
32 Q B 2
33 p _ B 4
34 B x P
35 PKt3
36 RKt3
BKt5
PQKt3
BxKtch
BKt2
PQ3
QKtQ2
36
37
38
39
147
Black calls mate in 4.

KtK7ch!!
. . . .
RB8ch!
RxKt
KxR
QR8ch
KB2
KtKt5 mate
QK2
PKR3
PKKt4
255.
OOO
p_QR4
QRKtl
PR4
PR5
PK4
KtR4
QPxP
KtB5
RR3!
PB4!
RxP!
QxKt
RBl
RxP
QK2
RBl
PK5!
BxB
QxP
QB3
PKt5
PxP
KtK4!
Hamburg, July, 1930.

Brilliancy
Prize
I N D I A N DEFENSE
. STAHLBERG
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
QKt3
PxP
KtB3
BQ2
QB2
PQR3
BxB
PQKt4
PK3
BQ3
QxKt
OO
BK2
KRQl
PQR4
PR5
QxP
QB3
PxP
KtKl
RR7
QK3
RR2
PB3
BQ3
BBl
RKB2
A . ALEKHINE
Black
KtKB3
PK3
BKt5
PB4
KtB3
KtK5
Kt x QBP
PB4
BxKt
OO
KtK5
PQKt3
KtxB
BKt2
KtK2
QKl
RQl
PB5!
PxKP
KtB4
PQ3!
PxP
PK4
KtQ5!
RQ2
R(2)KB2
RB5
QR4
QKt4!
....
148
mm I
as^lB
mm.
f& n
ismmm m
i
M
^
NN&
.m
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
BxP
RKt2
BB7
BB4
RQBl
KRl
Resigns
257.
Black's
rifices.
play
KRKtl
PR5
RQBl
KtR4
BK5ch
KtKt6ch!
Zwickau, 1930.
is studded
with
sac-
ENGLISH OPENING
PR3!
RxP!!
30 . . . .
31 K R l
Resigns
If 32 Q x Q, R x R; etc.
256.
Hamburg, 1930.
Exemplary
precision
I N D I A N DEFENSE
G . STAHLBERG
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
QKt3
PxP
KtB3
BQ2
QB2
PK4
OOO
BQ3
KKtl
KRKtl
BK3
QxKt
PxB
KPxP
RxQ
RQ2
I. KASHDAN
Black
KtKB3
PK3
BKt5
PB4
KtB3
KtK5
Kt x QBP
OO
QB3!
PQKt3!
p_QR4|
QKt3
BR3
KtxB
BxKt
PQ4!
QxQch
BxP
BxQP
P. BLECHSCHMIDT
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
PQB4
PKKt3
BKt2
KtQB3
KtB3
OO
PKR3
PK3?
KR2
PQ4
PxRP
RRl
RPxP
KKtl
PQ5
QR4ch
KtxKt
PK4
KBl
PxB
KxB
BK3
QRQKtl
QxKtP
QB6!
KB3
RxRch
.
BQ4!
BxKt
KKt3
KR2
S.
FLOHR
Black
KtKB3
PB4
PKKt3
BKt2
KtB3
PQ3
BQ2
QBl
PKR4!
PR5!!
PKKt4!
PKt5!
BxP!
QB4
KtK4
KKtQ2
BxKt
QKt3
BxKt
BK7ch
QxB
QxP
PKt4!!
RQKtl!
QxPch
PB4!!
KB2
KtK4ch!
QK5ch!
QKt5ch
R x P mate
258. Los Angeles-San Francisco

Match, San Luis Obispo, May, 1931
(Board No. 17)
White saves himself
ing
resource.
with an
22 P x R
23 Kt x Qch
24 RQ2 and wins
259.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BKt3
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PB3
PQ4
OO
PKR3
RKl
Q-Q3
BQ5
BK3
PxP
KtR2
QBxKt
KtQ2
QKtBl
BxPch
QxBch
RK2
KtB3
How does
White
21 QKt4
0K2
PQ3
KtB3
PKR3
KtKR4
BQ2
PKt4
PxP
KtB5
KtPxB
RKKtl
QR5
KxB
KtK2
QR-Ql
QR4
save
Prague, 1 9 3 1 .
Wild and
WOSKOFF
White
QKt4
RPxKt
amaz-
GIUOCO PIANO
VAN ESSEN
149
himself?!
RxQ
woolly!
DR. M . VIDMAR
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
KtB3
PQR4
KtK5
PB3
PK4
PxB
QB3
QxPch
BKt5ch!
BxP
QxKtP
KQl
KB2
KKt3
KxR
KKtl
QB8ch
RR3
RR2
RQl!
RxKtch
RQ2ch
QxR
QKt8
KB2
KQl
PR5
RxKt
QQ8ch
QK7ch
QxKtP
KB2
V . MIKE NAS
Black
PQ4
PQB3
KtB3
PxP
BB4
PK3
BQKt5
BxP!!
KtxP
QxP
KQl
KBl
KtxB
QKoch
RQlch
RQ7ch
RxPch!!
BxKtch
BxKt
KB2
Q-Q5
QxB
JCtQ2!
KxR
KB2
KtB2
QKB8ch
QB4ch
KtQ3
BB6
KxR
KB4
KB5
QB8ch
QQ6ch
150
36 KBl
Resigns
260.

QQ7ch
White announced mate in seven (!)
beginning with 22 QKt5!!
261.
New York, 1931.
White announces
clear sky!
mate
out
of
INDIAN DEFENSE
I. A. HOROWITZ
White
1 KtKB3
2
3
4
5
PB4
PQ4
KtB3
PK3
6 BQ3
7
8 PxP
9 PQR3
10 P x B
11 p _ B 4
12 BKt2
13 RBl
14 KtK5
15 K P x P
16 K t x Q B P
17 KtQ6
18 Q x R
19 KtB5
20 RKl
21 RK4
OO
Pasadena, 1932.
How to beat a
A. KEVITZ
Black
KtKB3
PQKt3
BKt2
PK3
BKt5
OO
PQ4
PxP
BxKt
QKtQ2
PB4
RBl
PQR3
PxQP
PxP
P_QKt4
RxR
BRl
KtQ4
QKtKt3
RKl
champion.
CAROK
-ANN DEFENSE
DAKE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
A . ALEKHINE
Black
PK4
PQ4
PxP
PQB4
KtQB3
KtB3
PB5
BQKt5
KtK5
QR4
PQB3
PQ4
PxP
KtKB3
KtB3
BK3
PKKt3
BKt2
QBl
BQ2
KRKl
BQ2
RK2
QRKl
KtB3
RxP
RxR
BxP
BK5
KtxKt
PQR3
PxB
KtR4
RR2
BKl
PB4
KtB3
RxR
PB5
KtK5
BR3
PxKt
BKB4
O
O
BxKt
OO
M mm
Wm,
151
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
QB4
BB2
RxKt
QxR
QBl
PK6
QxQ
KB2
KKl
PKt4
PxP
KQl
KBl
BKt2
Resigns
KtKt5!
QKt3ch
KtxB
RxR
QKt8ch
PQ5!
PB4
BxQ
PxP
PQKt4
PKt3
PxP
PQR4
BQ6
KBl
24
25
26
27
28
29
QRKBl
BQ3
PKt3
RKt2
QxQ
KxB
Resigns
263.
RR3
Q-Q3!
QxPch!!
QxRch
BxQ
RxP
The following
snappy
game is a
fair specimen
of the
convincing
style of the world's
woman
champion.
I N D I A N DEFENSE
262.
Pasadena, 1932.
A Steiner
QUEENS
GAMBIT
R. FINE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Brilliancy
KtKB3
PQ4
PB4
KtB3
BKt5
PK3
RBl
BQ3
BxP
BxB
OO
PxKt
QB2
KtQ2
QRKl
PKB3
PxP
KtxKt
QQ2
RB4
BQ3
RB2
BB4
DECLINED
H . STEINER
Black
PQ4
KtKB 3
PK3
BK2
OO
QKtQ2
PB3
PxP
KtQ4
QxB
KtxKt
PK4
PK5
KtB3
BB4
BKt3
KtxP
BxKt
KRl
PB4
p_KKt4
QRKl
RB3
MRS V . MENCHIK
STEVENSON
SIR G . A .
THOMAS
Black
White
1 PQ4
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
PQB4
KtQB3
PK4
PB3
BK3
KKtK2!
QQ2
PQ5
PKKt4
RKKtl
12
OOO
KtKB 3
PKKt3
BKt2
PQ3
OO
PK4
PKt3
KtB3
KtK2
KtQ2
PQR4
KtQB4
I BZ.mm
mi
Z. ZtM
m&mmm
mm m&
m
m
1
BbBaH
wm
fc
mm
152
T H E GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
13 KtKt3
14 PKR4
1 5 PR5
16
17
BR6
BxB
KtB5ch
KtP x Kt
PB6ch!
QR6
KKtl
PxP
QxPch!
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
264.
BQ2
PR5
QKtl
QR2
KxB
KtxKt
PR6
KRl
PxPch
RKKtl
PxP
Resigns
Tokio, January, 1933.
One of fifteen blindfold
games.
R U Y LOPEZ
u ALEKHINE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BxKt
PQ4
QxP
OO
KtB3
BKt5
QR4
QRQl
PK5!
BxB
PxP
KRKl
KtQ4
RK7
KtB5
RxQP
KlMUR
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtP x B
PxP
PQ3
BK3
KtB3
BK2
BQ2
OO
KtKl
QxB
PxP
Q-Ql
QB2
KtB3
Q-Ql
RKl

20
21
22
23
24
KtK4!
Kt x Ktch
KtxR
QK4!
KtxQ
RxR
KRl
QxKt
QxQ
BK3
t B 11!
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
PQKt3
KtB5
RxBP
PKB3
RxRP
KtK4
PKR4
KR2
KKt3
PR4
KtKt5
RR7
PQR5
KtxP
265.
>
PKt3
BB4
RKl
RK7
RxP
BK3
KKt2
KR3
BQ2
PB4
RB6
RQ6
KR4
Resigns
Folkestone, 1933.
A pretty
finish.
FRENCH DEFENSE
A . W . DAKE
(Portland, Ore.)
White
1 PK4
2 PQ4
3 KtQB3
4 BKt5
5 KtxP
6 BxKt
7 KtKB3
8 PB3
9 QB2
CRANSTON
(Ireland)
Black
PK3
PQ4
KtKB 3
PxP
BJC2
BxB
KtQ2
OO
BK2
153
10
11 OOo
PKR4
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
PQB3
KtB3
BxKt
Kt x Ktch
BQ3
P_R5
RR2
QQ2
QR6
QxPch!
266.
PKKt3
KKt2
RKKtl
KRl
BKt2
Resigns
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
KtB4!
KtxKtP!
RKKtl!!
RxPch
QK6!
RKtlch
QK3ch
KtxB
KKt2
PxKt
KxR
KtxP?
KR3
KR2
New York, 1933.
A magnificent
tive skill.
display
of
combina-
. FINE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
BKt5
PK3
QKt3!
PxB
PxP
BQ3
KtK2
PB3
OO
QB2
QxB
BR4
PK4
PK5
PB4
PKt4
KRl
PB5!
PxP
QR3
BB6
PxP
N.
GROSSMAN
Black
KtKB3
PK3
PQ4
BKt5
PB3
BxKtch
QKtQ2
BPxP
OO
Q-R4
PQKt3
BR3
BxB
KRBl
PQKt4
RB5
KtKl
PKt3
QKt3
KtKt2
KPxP
KtxKP
KtB3
KtR4
RPxP
33 QK7ch
34 QKt7ch
KR3
Resigns
30 . . . KtK4!! draws.
Hard
game!
Watch
Queen!
267.
the
Leningrad, 1933.
wanderings
of
Black's
SICILIAN DEFENSE
W . A. RAUSER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtQB3
BK2
BK3
KtKt3
PB4
OO
M . BOTVINNIK
Black
PQB4
KtQB3
PxP
KtB3
PQ3
PKKt3
BKt2
BK3
OO
KtQR4!
154
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
KtxKt
BB3
KRKl
QQ2
QRBl
PQKt3
KPxP
PxB
PB5
KRQl
BQ4
KBl
QK2
RxB
QRQl
QQ3
RK4
RK6
29
KK2
QxKt
BB5
KRQl
QB2
PK4
PQ4!!
PK5!
PxB
269.
Tartakower
ing.
268.
White
QR4
KtKt5
P_B7ch!
QR3ch
BxB
QKB3!
QR5
RKl!
PB4!
KtxPch
QxP
when
was
this game
RUY
AMATEUR
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
OO
KtxP
KtxKt
QB3
KtB3
BxPch
Q x QBPch
QxRch
QxR
KRl
PKR3
PxQ
KR2
over
was
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
seventy
played!
LOPEZ
DR. S. TARRASCH
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
BB4
KtxP
QPxKt
QR5
KtxKt
PxB!
BQ2
KK2
KtK7ch
BxP
QxPch!
BB3ch
BKt6 mate
in the
open-
DR. S. TARTAKOWER
DR. R. REY-ARDID
Munich, 1933 ( ? )
Tarrasch
is trounced
30 Resigns
Dr.
Sitges, 1934.
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
KtB3
BPxP
PKKt3
KtxP?
PxKt
KtKt5
QQ5
RQKtl
KtQ6ch
QxB
QR3
QKt2
BQ2
KQl
QKt4
RKt2
Resigns
270.
The
Black
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
PB4
KtxP
PxP
KtxKt
PK4
QR4!
KtB3
BK3
BxKt
RQl
KtQ5!
BB4
KtB7ch
KtR6
Q-Q4
QxR
About 1934.
"stairway"
mate
is
interesting.
PETROFF DEFENSE
E. NORMAN-HANSEN
E. ANDERSON
White
1
2
3
4
5
PK4
KtKB3
KtxP
KtKB3
PQ4
Black
PK4
KtKB3
PQ3
KtxP
PQ4
155
6 BQ3
7 OO
8 PB4
9 PxP
10 KtB3
11 PKR3
12 K t x K t
13 B x P
14 BB5
15 BK6
16 PKKt4
17 KKt2
18 BK3
19 PKR4
20 P x R
21 P x K t
BKKt5
BQ3
OO
PKB4
KtQ2
BR4
PxKt
KtB3
KRl
KtK5
BKt3
QB3
QRKl
RxB!
KtB6!!
BK5
Black now wins by force in all

variations.
ILIII I^N
11
i
"
22
23
24
25
26
27
KR3
QxQ
KKt2
KR2
KRl
KKtl
A Pure
271.
mm*
"' ' "gpi
QxKtch
RxQch
RKt6ch
RKt7ch
RR7ch
RR8 mate
(Twenty-sixth g a m e )
The famous game (known as
Pearl of Zandvoort")
which
tually decided the match.
DUTCH DEFENSE
R. M .
EUWE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Mate.
W o r l d Championship
Match, 1935.
"The
vir-
PQ4
PQB4
PKKt3
BQ2
BKt2
KtQB3
KtB3
OO
QB2
KtK5
BxKt
KxB
PQ5!
KtQ3
KRl
QKt3
PB4
KtKt4!
KtB2
KtK3
KtxP!
KtxQP
KtxP
KtQ2!
PK4
PxP
PK5
PK6
KtB3
RKKtl
RxB
KtKt5!
A . ALEKHINE
Black
PK3
PKB4
BKt5cfa
BK2
KtKB3
OO
KtK5
p_QKt3
BKt2
KtxKt
BxB
QBl
PQ3
PK4
PB3
KRl
PK5
PB4
KtQ2
BB3?
BxB
QKtl
BB3
PKKt4!
PxP
BQ5
QKl
KRKtl
QKt3
BxR
QB3?

32
33
34
35
36
. . . .
PxKt
QK3
KtK6
QK5
RKt2
RxP
RK2
RKBl
QxQ
156
11
12
13
14
15
16
i i
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
Px
RKl
KtQ8!
PK6
KtB6
PK7
KtQ8
KtKt7
RK6ch
KtQ6
KtK4ch
272.
combination
wins
for
RETI O P E N I N G
I. KASHDAN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
KtKB3
PB4
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
PK4
PKR3
PQ3
KtR3
KR2
ipflS 111
mm
it
ii
II
'B&B 'BAB
Philadelphia, 1936.
A far-sighted
Black.
PKR4
KKtK2
KtKt3
BKt5!
P x P dis. ch.
KtB5!!
KtB2
KtKtl
BQ2
PR3
PxB
KtR3
L A . HOROWITZ
Black
PQ4
PQ5
PQB4
KtQB3
PK4
BKt5
BK3
PB3
Q-Q2
PKKt4
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
PxKt
PB3
BRl
QK2
RKKtl
PKt4
PR4
BKl
BQ2
BKl
BQ2
PR5
BxP
BxKt
KRl
RxP
RPxP
PxRP
BKt4ch
QxRch
RxQ
KtKl
KKtl
KxR
Resigns
KPxP
PxKt
KtK4
BQ3
O0O
PKt3
RR5
RR2
RR5
KRRl
QRKtl
PKt5!
KtxPch
BxBch
PKt6!
RxR
KRKtl!
QxP!
KRxB
RxQ
RKt7
RKB7!
PR7ch
PR8(Q)
273.
White's
prising
Nottingham, 1936.
game collapses
suddenness.
with
274.
sur-
E. LASKER
S. RESHEVSKY
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Black
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
PK3
BxP
KtB3
OO
BQ3
PxP
BKt5
QK2
QRQl
KtK5
BBl
PxKt
PQR4
KtB3
BKt2
RBl
PxP
BxP
PQ4
PxP
KtKB3
PK3
PB4
PQR3
PQKt4
PxP
BKt2
BK2
OO
QKtQ2
KtQ4!
KKtxKt
KtB3
QQ4!
KRBl!
KtK5!
KtKt4!
PxP
mmmm mm
mm z : .
:
mm^m^Smm^W^
mo
21 . . . .
22 P x K t
23 K R l
Resigns
mmm
BIB
Kt x Ktch
QKt4ch
QKt5!
Nottingham, 1936.
Brilliancy
Prize
I N D I A N DEFENSE
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
DR.
157
M . BOTVINNIK DR. S. TARTAKOWER

WHITE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
KtKB3
PB4
PQ4
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
KtB3
PK4
PKR3
BK3
RBl
PQ5
KtQ2
PB4
KtPxP
16*PXKP
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
275.
PB5
KtxP
KtQB4
KtQ6
KtxB
RxKt!!
QR5
KtB5!
QxP
RQl
QKt5ch
RxR
RxR
QKt7
BLACK
KtKB3
PQ3
QKtQ2
PK4
BK2
OO
PB3
QB2
RKl
KtBl?
PKR3
BQ2
PKKt4?
KtPxP
KKt2
PxKP
PxP
QB3
KtKt3
BK3
KtxKt
KxR
KtKt3
RKKtl
BxP
QR-Ql
KK3
PB3
KtB5
Resigns
Belgian National Tourney,

1936.
Brilliancy
Prize
Shades of Dr. Lasker!
QUEEN'S P A W N OPENING
158
. KOLTANOWSKY
White
M . DEFOSSE
Black
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PQ4
KtKB 3
PK3
BQ3
PB3
QKtQ2
OO
PxP
PK4
QK2
RKl
PKR3
KtxKt
PxP
KtB3
QxKt
BK3
BB2
BQ4
QRQl
BK5
KtKB3
PK3
PQ4
PB4
KtB3
BK2
OO
BxP
QB2
BQ3
KtKKt 5
KKtK4
KtxKt
PxP
Kt x Ktch
BK3
QRQl
PQKt4
BQB4
PKt5
BQ3
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
BxPch!
QR5ch
B x P!
QKt5ch
RQ4
KRl
RxQ
QxB
KxB
KKtl
KxB
KR2
BR7ch
QKB 5
BxR
RKKtl
Resigns
30 RK5
The double sacrifice
came as a surprise,
pleasing
as it was
of the
bishop
and was as
decisive.
21G. U. S. Championship
Tournament, New York, 1936.
Reshevsky
is not
this
fashion.
often
beaten
in
CARO-KANN D E F E N S E
A.
HOROWITZ
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
KtxP
KtKt3
Q-Q3
KtK4
QxKt
BKKt5!
OOO
KtB3
BQ3
KQ2
PB3
KRKl
QB4
QKt3
PR4
QxQ
RRl
KtK5
QRBl
PxP
QKt4
PR5
RxB
BR4
S. RESHEVSKY
Black
PQB3
PQ4
PxP
KtB3
PKR4
PR5
KtxKt
KtQ2
QKt3
QR4
QxP
QR8ch
QR4ch
PR6
KtB3
KtQ4
PxP
PKt8(Q)
PKt4
QKt3
PKt5
PxPch
PK3
BQ3
BxKt
RQKtl
KBl
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
QKt3
R x Kt!
RxP!
RQKtl
RxR
RQB5
BB2
277.
PB3
PK4
BR3
0-Qi
QxR
QKt7ch
Resigns
QR4
KtB5
QR5
PKR4!
KtR6ch
QxB
QKt5
BxR
QB5ch
RQ6
KtKt3
QB2
BKBl
BxKt
QR2
KB2
PxB
Resigns
Zandvoort, 1936.
Brilliancy
278.
Prize.

R. M . EUWE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
159
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
BKt5
PK3
KtB3
RBl
PQR3
BB4
PR3
BxBP
BQR2
OO
KtK5
BKtl
QK2
PxKt
QR5
QRQl
BxP!
RQ4!
P x P e.p.
RKt4ch
QxRP
KtK2!
KtKt3
G . MAROCZY
Black
PQ4
PK3
KtKB3
BK2
OO
QKtQ2
PB3
PKR3
PR3
PxP
PQKt4
BKt2
PB4
PB5
RKl
KtxKt
KtR2
KtBl
QB2
PxB
PB4
BxBP
BKt2
QR-Ql
PK4
RK3
Ostend, 1937.
Keres made a brilliant start by

ning this game from
Fine.
win-
KERES
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
KtKB3
PQ4
PB4
KtB3
BPxP
PK4
PxKt
PxP
BQ2
QxB
BB4
OO
QRQl
KRKl
BKt3
QB4
QR4
RK3
QRKl
PQR4
PQ5!
PK5
KtKt5
Kt x RP!
RR3
R. Fir
Black
PQ4
KtKB3
PK3
PB4
KtxP
KtxKt
PxP
BKt5ch
BxBch
OO
KtQ2
PQKt3
BKt2
RBl
KtB3
QB2
KRQl
PQKt4
PQR4
PKt5?
PxP
KtQ2
KtBl
KtxKt
QB8
THE GOLDEN TREASURY O F CHESS
160
26
27
28
29
30
31
KBl
PQ5
KK2
RBl
KKl
Resigns
Q x Ktch
RK3
QR8ch
QxP!
QB6ch
PK6!
279.
Margate, 1937.
Black's weak opening

a
catastrophe.
play leads
to
I N D I A N DEFENSE
P. KERES
C . ALEXANDER
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
KtB3
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
KtQKt5!
BB4!
BQ6!
QR4
KKt x P
QxKt
RxB
KtxQ
KtKt5
RQl
PQR3
RxPch!
QKt7
KtKB3
PK3
BKt5
PQKt3
BKt2
QBl
PB4?
PxP
KtR3
QxP
BB3
BxKB
BxR
QxKKt
BxB
KK2
BB4
KtK5
KB3
Resigns
PK5
KtKB3
PQ4
PB4
BK2
KtxP
8 QxB
9 OO
10 K t x K t
11 KtB3
12 BK3
13 QRQl
14 QB3!
15 B x P
16 B - Q4
17 Q- -Kt3
18 BK3
19 KtR4
20 PB4!
21 PKt3
22 P x P
23 PKR3!
24 BQ4
25 QQB3!
26 PB5!
27 P _ Q K t 4 !
28 KtKt6ch
29 P x B
30 QKKt3!
31 BB5
32 R R l
33 QR2!
34 RR8
35 R x K t c h
36 Q x R c h
and mate in
280.
The
OOO
QQR4
QKB4
PK4
BKt5
BR4!
BB2
PB3
QK3
KRKtl
KtxP
KtQ2
KRKl
KtKtl
BxKt
QxQRP
RQ2
QB2
QKt3
RK4
RQ7
KxR
three moves.
Kemeri, June, 1937.
mating
attack
is very
pretty.
ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE
A.
KtQ4
PQ3
BKt5
KtKt3
PxP
BxB
QxP
QKtQ2
Kt x Kt?
PQB3
QK4
PK3
ALEKHINE
White
1 PK4
S.
RESHEVSKY
Black
KtKB 3
281.
Position
Kemeri, June, 1937.

play
order.
of the highest
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
A . ALEKHINE
R.
FINE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Black
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
QR4ch
QxBP
KtR3
KtxQ
PQR3
BB4
PxP
PQKt4
PKt5
KtQ6ch
BxB
BB7!
KtQ4!
PB3
BR5
KtB2!
PK4
KQ2!
KtK3
PQR4!
BQ3
KRQBl
RxR
BKt4
PR5
KtQ5!
PxB
BB5!
KB3!
PxP
BxKt!
PKt6
BQ7!
RR8ch
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
and mate in
282.
PQ4
PxP
KtKB3
Q-Q2
QB3
QxQ
PK3
PB4?
KtB3
BxP
BK2
KtQKtl
BxKt
KtK5
KtQ2
KtKt3
KtQ4
Kt(K5)B3
BQ2
RQBl
KtKt3
OO
KRQl
PK4
BK3
RxR
KtKl
KtQ2
BxKt
KtB4
RQl
PQKt3
PxP
PxB
KtQ3
RxB
KERES
161
E. ELISKASES
White
1 PK4
2 KtKB3
3 PQKt4
4 PQ4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
BQ3
QKtQ2
KtxP
Kt(4)Kt5!
PB4!
KtR3
Kt(R3)Ktl
KtK2
KtKt3
OO
KtxKP
BxKt
BQ3
RKl
KtR4
RKtl
RK4
RB4
BQ2
R x KKtP!
QxB
KtB5
KtxB
QR5
QR4
RxP
PKR3
RKt5
RxRP!
Black
PQB4
PQ3
PxP
KtKB3
PQ4
PxP
QKtQ2
QB2
PKR3
PKKt4
BKt2
PK4
OO
PK5
KtxKt
QxP
Q-Q4
PKt5
KtKt3
BQ2
KRKl
Q-Q3
KtQ4
BxR
QKB3
KBl
QxKt
KtB3
PKR4
QRBl
RB2
RK3
Resigns
For, if 33 . . . K t x R ; 34 Q
Q8ch, R K l ; 35 BKt4ch!
two.
Semmering-Baden, 1937.
The modern
gambit
style.
SICILIAN DEFENSE
283. Played in U.S.S.R.

Championship, 1939.
Keres' favorite
move
to pay
dividends.
still
continues
162
FALKBEER COUNTER G A M B I T
KERES
V . PETROV
White
Black
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
PK4
PKB4
KPxP
PQ3!
QKtQ2
BxP
KKtKB3
QK2ch
KtK5!
KtK4
QxKt
PQKt4
BKt2
OOO
PKR4
PKt4
PxB
QK3
PK6!
PxPch
BB4
RxKt!
QK8ch
9 RBl
10 R x K t !
KtB3
PQ3
11
12
13
14
KxQ
KKtl
RPxP
PK4
PQ4
PK5
KtKB3
PxP
QxP
BQB4
QK3
OO
KtxKt
PKKt3
BK2
BB3
KtB3
PKR4
BxKt
QxKtP
KtxKtP
KtQ4
RxP
PB3
QxB
Resigns
QxPch!!
BR6ch
RKt6ch!
KtB6 mate
285.
New York, 1940.

Brilliancy

DR. J . PLATZ
White
284.
Simultaneous
the soul of
Los Angeles, 1940.

Exhibition:
wit.
Brevity
is
VIENNA GAME
I. A . HOROWITZ
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
QKt4!
KtQ5
KQl
KtR3
PQ3
1
2
3
4
5
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
BKt5
PK3
6 KtB3
AMATEUR
Black
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
QB3?
QxPch
KBl
Q-Q5
BKt3
Prize
7 QB2
8 RQl
9 PQR3
10 PKR4
11 BB4
12 BQ3
13 B x Q B P
14 BQR2
15 PKKt3
16 KtK5
17 B x K t
E. J . KORPANTY
Black
KtKB3
PK3
PQ4
QKtQ2
BK2
PB3
PQR3
OO
PKR3
KtKt5
PKB4
PxP?
KtKt3
KtQ4
KRl
KKtxKt
BQ3
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
KtK2
PxB
BKtl
RQ4
PKKt4
KtB4
RKtl
QQl
PxP!
Kt x Pch
Kt x Rch
PxPch
QQ3
QKt6
BxB
QK2
QKB2
PKKt3
BQ2
QR-Ql
BBl
PB4
PxR
KR2
QxKt
KRl
QK2
Resigns
22
23
24
25
26
27
28 R R 3
29
30
31
32
33
287.
286. Summer, 1941.
New York State Championship
A brilliant young
famous
veteran.
RUY
H . SEIDMAN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
OO
QK2
BKt3
PQR4
PxP
PB3
PQ3
KtKt5
PB3
PxP
KtxRP
KtKt5
BxB
PxKt
PKB4
KtQ2
PB5!
player
defeats
RxB!
RKBl
BxPch
RB3!
RKt3
BxP
PxQ
QR5ch
KtB3
KtKt5
QR6
play by
H.
SEIDMAN
White
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
BK2
PQKt4
OO
RKtl
PxP
PQ4
BK3
BKKt5
BBl
KtxP
RKl
BxKt
KtxP
QxB
QKt3
BKt5
BxP
the champion!
R U Y LOPEZ
EDWARD LASKER
QxR
QKt4
KRl
PKt3
QB3
QR5
QxR
RK2
KKtl
RKBl
RB3
Resigns
U. S. Chess Championship,
New York, 1942.
Dynamic
LOPEZ
163
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
OO
QK2
BKt3
PQR4
PB3
PR3
RQl
PQ4
PKt4
BQ5
PxKt
KtP x P
QKtQ2
QxB
QKt5
KtR4
QB4
KtB5
KtK4
QxR
S. RESHEVSKY
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
BK2
PQKt4
PQ3
BKt5
OO
BR4
PKt5
KtPxP!
QKtl!
Kt x B!
BKt3
KtR4
PxP!!
RKl
PxP
PKB3!
BB7!
BxR
RxKt!
QKl!!
164
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
QKt4!
RKtl
RxKt
QKt7
QKt3
QR2
KtQ4
PxP
KtxP
PKt5
35
QR3
36 QQB3
37 Q x P
Resigns
KtKt6
KtxB
PB7
Q-Qi
RKtl
PKR4!
PxP
QKl
QK7
PxP
BxKt
BK5
QKt5ch
slugging
match.
ALEKHINES DEFENSE
A . HOROWITZ
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
PK4
PK5
PQB4
PQ4
PB4
KtQB3
KtB3
BPxP
PB5
QKt3
PxB
KtxKt
KK2
QxKtP
QB8ch
BKt5ch
QxPch
PxPch
QQ6ch
RQlM
RQ2
QxP
KK2
KQl
QB3
RKl
Resigns
QxRch
QK4ch
RB2
PB6
PB7ch
289.
Brilliant
New York, 1942.

ten-second
chess.
EVANS GAMBIT DECLINED

O . TENNER
H . HELMS
Black
White
288. U . S. Championship
Tournament, New York, 1942.
n old-fashioned
23
24
25
26
27
H. SEIDMAN
Black
KtKB3
KtQ4
KtKt3
PQ3
PKt3
BKt2
PxP
BKt5
KtQ4
BxKt
PK3
QR5ch
PxKt
QxQP
KK2
PB3
KtQ2
BxP
KKl
QxPch
QB6
BxB
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
PK4
KtQB3
BB4
BKt3
PQR3
BR2
PxP
KtB3
KtxKP
Kt x BP
KtQ5
PK4
KtKB3
BB4
PQKt4
PQR4
PR5
PKt5
BxP
BR3
QK2
KtxP
12jtxQPch!
13 K l B 6 m a t e
289.
KtxQ
Blindfold, 1942.
A delightful
finish.

DANISH
GAMBIT
ALEKHINE
A.
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
J . F. DONOVAN
SUPICO
PK4
PxP
PxP
BKt5
QK2
KtKB3
OO
QK4?
QxB
Q-Q3
QB4
QR4
BxP
PQB3
KRl
Q-Ql
. PQKt3
PQB4
BR3
Resigns
PK4
PQ4
PQB3
KtxP
BQB4
KtK2
OO
BKKt5
BxKt
KtQ5
PK5
RBl
PQR3
PxB
KtK7ch
QQ6!
KtQ4
RB3!
Kt(4)B5
QKt6!
m.
M i ~mm
II
ii
l i i i l t
mm
S. N . BERNSTEIN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Black
PK4
KtQB3
PQR3
KtB3
BK2
PQKt4
OO
PQ4
PQ5
BKKt5!
KtQ5
KtR4
Kt x Ktch
BKR6
BKt4
BB5
KtxB
QR5
QRQl
RQ3
BQ2
Q x Pch!
PK4
KtKB 3
BKt5
BR4
OO
QK2
BKt3
PB3
PQ3
PxP
PQ5
Q-Ql
BK3
PxKt
RKl
KRl
BxB
RKtl
Q-Q2
KtB3
KtQl
KtK3
Resigns
m wummt
'
mmm
mm&
mm m
w
mm
MM m
290.
The same
edition.
Ventnor City, 1942.

game
in
R U Y LOPEZ
handsome
165
|w|
L^PI
mm m
-Mm
2 1 m m
PART V I I
The Period of Russian Hegemony

For the past twenty odd years, the Russian players have
been dominating the field. The Russian government, acting
as sponsors, promoted a vast program of chess activity, subsidized and professionalized its top flight talent. Because no
other country engaged in this practice on a comparable basis,
Soviet victories have been many, and masses of grandmasters
have flourished. Botvinnik, Smyslov, Bronstein, Keres, Geller,
and Tal are only a few of the names.
Under the circumstances, Russian chess has reached a
peak of technical perfection. One feature of this period is
the great emphasis on openings. Hordes of analysts finecomb existing ideas extensively and occasionally produce interesting innovations.
Chess talent knows no boundaries. In most countries,
however, the talented chessplayers are gainfully employed in
other pursuits. Not so in Russia. For the present we are
living in a period of Russian hegemony.
166
T H E PERIOD OF RUSSIAN
291. Salzburg, 1943.

Typical
of Keres
at his
best.
SICILIAN DEFENSE
P.
KERES
E.
White
Black
1 PK4
2 KtK2
3 PQ4
4 KtxP
5 KtQB3
6 PKKt4
7 PKt5
8 QxKt
9 BK3
10 BK2 .
11 PB4!
12 PB5!
13 PxP
14 PQR4!
15 PR4!
16 QQ2
17 RKBl
18 BQ4!
19 OOO
20 RxR
21 QB4
22 QKt4
23 QR5!
m
23
24BK3
25QxP
BOGOLYUBOV
m. JL
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
HEGEMONY
BxKt
B
-R5ch
B
-Kt4ch
Q-B5!
Q-Q5ch
Q-Q4ch
K-tQ
-3
167
PxB
KQ2
KB3
PKt4
KKt3
KB3
Resigns
PQB4
PK3
PxP
KtKB 3
PQ3
KtB3
Kt x Kt??
Kiev, 1944.
KtQ2 One of 292.
the most amazing
winning
PQR3 moves on record.
QB2
PQKt3
FRENCHDEFENSE
KtK4 BRONSTEIN
GOLDENOV
PxP
BK2 White
Black
QB4
QB2?
1 PK4
PK3
BKt2
2
P
Q
4
P
Q4
RKBl
3
K
t
Q
B
3
K
t
KB 3
RxR
4 BKt5
BKt5
BQl
5 PK5
PKR3
KtKt3
6 BQz
BxKt
QK2
7 PxB
KtK5
8 QKt4
PKKt 3
9 BBl!?
PQB4
10 BQ3
P x P?
H i
11 KtK2
KtB4
12 PxP
Kt x Bch
13 PxKt
PQKt3
14 PKR4
PKR4
15 QB3
KtB3
16 BKt5
KtK2
17 OO
BR3
18 QRBl
Q-Q2
19 QB6
KRKtl
20 RB3
KtB4
KtKt3
KtxQP
PK4 21
KtKt4
BB2 22 KRBl
Q-Ql
KtB5 23 R(3)B2
24 RB8!!
168
24 . . . ' .
Resigns
Mate cannot be averted!
293.
rr
very
pretty
SMYSLOV
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
RKt3
Resigns
Groningen, 1946.
SICILIAN
V.
20 B x B
21 Q x Ktch!
PK4
KtKB 3
PQ4
KtxP
KtQB3
BK2
OO
BB3!
QK2
RQl
PQR4
Kt x RP
PK5!
BxB
QxP
KtB6
Q x Ktch
game!'Reinfeid
KOTTNAUER
Black
PQB4
PQ3
PxP
KtKB 3
PQR3
PK3
PQKt4?
RR2
RB2
QKtQ2
PxP
BKt2
KtxP
RxB
QKtl
KtxKt
KtQ2

18 KtB5H
19 BB4!
294.
DEFENSE
PxKt
BQ3
Surrey, 1947.
Black's game seems safe enough

but Alexander
lashes out with
moves!
powerful
two
QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE

C. H. ALEXANDER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
PKKt 3
BKt2
PQ5
KtR4
KtQB3
KtxP
BxKt
11 KtB5!
12 B x B ! !
13 QQ5!!!
E. CORDINGLY
Black
KtKB 3
PK3
PQKt3
BKt2
PB4
PxP
PQ3
Q-Q2
Kt x Kt
BK2
OO
QxB
Resigns
THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
HEGEMONY
QR5ch!
RR3!
BR6!!
BQ2
RKt3!
KtB3!
RxP!
BR7!!
QxPch
296.
KBl
P x Kt
QR4ch
QB2
PxQP!
KtxP
PR3!!
KxR
Drawn
Baltimore, 1948.
(U. S. Open Championship)

Bisguier's
teen-age
masterpiece.
QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED

295.
Vina del Mar, 1947.
Some of the most exciting

have eiided in a draw.
FRENCH
H . ROSETTO
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
P --K4
P --Q4
Kt-- Q B 3
B --Kt5
P --K5
P --KR4
Kt-- K t 5 ! ?
B --Q3!
games
White
1 PQ4
DEFENSE
G.
A . MENGARINI
STAHLBERG
Black
PK3
PQ4
KtKB3
BK2
KKtQ2
PQB4
PB3
PQR3!
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
PQB4
KtKB 3
PK3
BxP
OO
QK2
RQl
BKt3
BB2
PQR4
QxKt
PQKt3
QxKtP
QKt2
PR5
BQ2
KtKl
PB3
RBl
PK4
PxKt
QB2
Q-Q3
Kt x Q
KtKt2
PKt3
A. BlSGUIER
Black
PQ4
PxP
PQR3
KtKB3
PK3
PB4
KtB3
PQKt4
PB5
KtQKt5
KtxB
BKt2
BPxP
BQ4
PKt5
QB2
QKt2
QKt4
QK7
PR4
KtKt5
PxP
PQKt6
QxQ
BxP
BQ3
KQ2
170
28 KtB3
29 K t ( 3 ) R 4
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
BB6
RxP
KtKt6ch
BKt5ch
KxR
KKtl
RB7ch
KB2
KK3
BR4
KQ3
RQKtl
KxR
KtB4
Resigns
KK2
PB3
RRich
BxP
BxR
RR7ch
RxKt
RK7ch
PKt7
BK5ch
BxR
BQ6ch
PxP
KtB3
PQ4
KtxKt
BK3
RxP
QR-Ql
Q-Q2
KtK4
QR5
KtQ6
RxB
QK5
RQ7
BR6
QB6 mate
298.
Budapest, 1950.
(Challengers' Tournament)
te
A diabolic
An incisive rebuttal
opening
play.
SICILIAN
N . ROSSOLIMO
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5ch
B x Bch
OO
QK2
7 RQl
of
lackadaisical
DEFENSE
HANS MUELLER
Black
PQB4
PQ3
BQ2
QxB
KtQB3
PK3
PQ4
combination."
Kmoch
QUEEN'S G A M B I T
D . BRONSTEIN
White
297. Bad Gastein, 1948
QxP
Q-Q2
NxP
PxKt
QB3
RBl
PQR3
BK2
KBl
PB4
BxKt
QxP
RKl
KtK2
RKKtl
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
PK4
KtxP
BQ2
BxB
BK2
BB3
BxP!!
BQB3
QQ2!!
OoO
KtB3!
BxQ
QxKt
A . KOTOV
Black
PQ4
PK3
PQB3
PxKP
BKt5ch
QxP
Q x Ktch
KtQR3
KtK2
RKKtl
QxKtP
QxR
KtQ4
QxRch
Kt x B
KK2
THE PERIOD OF RUSSIAN HEGEMONY

BQ2
17 K t K 5 !
18 QQR3ch
A ill
ill
H m
iite*
K
s i s
ill
A i l
HI
i
l i
7 PK5
8 PxP
9 BKt5ch
10 O O
11 K t x K t
12 K t B 5 !
13 BK3
1 4 BR6ch
15 K t x P c h
171
PxP
KtQ4
KBl
BxP
QxKt
QB4ch
QB2
KKtl
QxKt
S
i l l
i i
HI
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
. . . .
Q K B 3!
QxPch
QB4
KtB7ch
BR5
QQ6ch
KtR6!
KQ2
KtKt4!
QK7ch
BxR
KK3
PKR4
BR5ch!
299.
PQB4
QR-Ql
KQ3
QRKBl
KK2
BB3
KB3
RKt8ch
KKt2
RxKt
KR3
RxPch
RB8
KKt3
Resigns
Leningrad, 195Q.
A little-known
player
magnificent
attack.
conducts
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
300.
White
1 PK4
2 KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtQB3
PB4
SOMOV
Black
p_QB4
PQ3
PxP
KtKB3
PKKt3
BKt2
KxR
QK3
BB3
KxR
KK2
KB2
RKl
KKtl
Resigns
Bled, 1 9 5 0 .
Najdorf
called this the most brila
liant game that he had seen in
years.
S I C I L I A N DEFENSE
SHAPIRO
RxP!
QQ5ch
RBlch
RxBch!
QQ4ch
BKt5ch
BQB4
QB6ch
BKR6
RUY LOPEZ
S . TARTAKOWER
FUDERER
Black
White
PK4
1 PK4
QKtB3
KKtB3
PQR3
BKt5
BKt5
BR4
KKtK2
OO
BR4
PB3
PxP
PQ4
BKt3
p_QKt4
172
9 PxP
10.PQ5
11 K t R 3
12 PQ6
13 K t B 4
14 Q B K t 5
15 K t x B
16 B K 3
OO
KtR2
PQB4
KtKt3
PxP
PB3
Q x Kt
Q-Ql
PK5!!
KtxKt
PB4!!
PB5!
QQ5ch
PB6!!
BKt3
RB4
RR4
RR6
RKBl
RxBP
BxRch
QB7
KRl
QB8ch
KtxP
PxKt
PK5
KtB3
KRl
PxP
PKt4
BKt2
PB4
KKt2
RB3
RxR(3)
KRl
QKt3ch
Q-Q5
Resigns
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
301.
Amsterdam, 1 9 5 1 .
Najdorfs
tactical
mastery
reaches
a supreme
high.
Seldom
has so
brilliant an attack been created
out
of almost
nothing!
CATALAN
M. NAJDORF
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
27
28
29
PQ4
PQB4
PKKt3
BKt2
KtKB3
QKtQ2
OO
KtxP
QR4ch
QxKt
PKt3
QB2
BKt2
PxP
KtK5!
QRBl
KRKl
QK2
QR5!
BK4!
QK2
KtKt4
RxR!
B x Kt!
KtR6ch!
QK7ch
RK6!!
RxQ
KtKt4
SYSTEM
H A J E KRAMER
Black
KtKB3
PK3
PQ4
PxP
QKtQ2
KtKt3
PB4
KtxKt
BQ2
QKt3
BKt4
PxP
PQ6
BK2
OO
KRQl
KtQ4
, BKB 3
BKl
PKt3
QRBl
BQ5
RxR
P x B
KBl
KKt2
B x B
PxR
BQB3
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
Kt-- K 5
Q x Bch
P-QR4
Q --Q4
P --R5!
P --B4
K --B2
P-KKt4
Q --Kt6
302.
BxKt
KKtl
RKl
PQKt4
RK3
PR3
KR2
PB3
Resigns
Iff
M
JLBiff
ff
ff
23
24
Neuhausen, 1 9 5 3 .
(Challengers' Tournament)
In for a penny
a pound.
Euwe
goes
in
White
1 PQ4
2 PQB4
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
p_KKt3
BKt2
KtQB3
PQ5
BKt5
BxKt
PQ6!
PK3
BQ5
KtK4
PKR4
KtKt5
PKKt4
KtK2
KtB4
PxP
Kt x Pch
KtxP
KBl
KtB4!
M. NAJDORF
Black
KtKB3
PKKt 3
BKt2
OO
PB4
PK4
PKR3
QxB
KtB3
PKt3
KRl
Q-Ql
PB4
BKt2!
PK5
BxP
QB3
BxR
KKt2
BB6ch
QxBP
KRl
ff
ff
KtxB
Kt(3)K2
25 PR5
for
K I N G ' S INDIAN DEFENSE

. EUWE
173
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
KtKt3
PxR
KB2
RKl
QxR
QK8
KKtl
KR2
KtKt2
QKt8ch
QR8ch
QKt7ch
303.
Jff
QRKl
RKKtl
RKt4
RxKt
RxP
RKl
RxR
KKt2
QB7ch
QQ8ch
QB7ch
QB4
KB3
KKt4
Resigns
Milwaukee, 1 9 5 3 .
(U. S. Open)
White's conception
shows
imaginaresisttion.
His opponent's
tough
ance notwithstanding,
he is able to
carry it out with admirable
elan.
NIMZO-INDIAN
DONALD BYRNE
White
1
2
3
4
5
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
PQR3
PxB
DEFENSE
R. PITSCHAK
Black
KtKB3
PK3
BKt5
B x Ktch
PQKt3
T H E GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
174
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PB3
BKt5
PK4
BQ3
KtK2
OO
BxKt!!
QR4ch
PB5!
PKB4!!
PK5!
PB5
PxP!
BK4
20
PB6
21
22
23
24
25
QRQl
QB2!
PQR4
KtxP
PK6!!
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
KtxKP!!
BxKt
QRKl
QB3!
R x R
RK7
QQKt3
KRKl
304.
BKt2
PQ3
QKtQ2
PK4
KtBl
KtK3
QxB
PB3
QPxP
KPxQP
Q-Ql
KtB2
PxP
KtKt4
Q-Q2
RQl
PKt3
KtB2
KtQ4
PxP
his Rooks for sacrifice

square.
Black cannot
on the same
either.
take
N I M Z O - I N D I A N DEFENSE
L. PACHMAN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
PQ4
PQB4
KtKB3
PK3
KtB3
BQ3
OO
KtQR4
PQR3
PxP
PQKt3
BKt2
KtB3
BxKt
RKl
BBl
RBl
PQ5!
KtK5!
RxB
RK3!
PxP
BB4
Q-Q4
RK6!!
D R . FILIP
Black
KtKB3
PK3
PQKt3
BKt2
BKt5
OO
PB4
PxP
BK2
KtK5
PB4
BKB 3
KtxKt
QKl
QKt3
KtB3
KtK2
PxP
BxKt
Q-Q3
RB2
PQR4
KtKt3
PB5
QxKt
RxB
RK4
OO
QBl
RB2
QBl
Resigns
Czecho-Slovakia, 1954.
White sets up and carries

beautiful
attack.
He offers
out
a
both
25 . . . .
26 BKt2
Q x RP
QBl
175
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
RxP
BR3
RKl
RK6!
QK4
PR3
BxP
BKt3
RxKt!
QR4ch
305.
PQ3
RQl
BBl
R(2)Q2
QB2
PB6
PxP
KRl
PxR
Resigns
New York, 1954.
(USSR vs. U S A )
When
Black
him.
White
comes
pulls the rug
rushing
in,
from
under
K I N G S INDIAN DEFENSE
M. TAIMONOV
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
19
20
21
PQB4
KtKB3
KtB3
PK4
PQ4
BK2
OO
PQ5
KtKl
KtQ3
PB3
BQ2
RBl
PB5
KtxKt
KtR4
PQKt4
BxP
RxP?
. . . .
BxB
BR3
L. EVANS
Black
KtKB3
PKKt 3
BKt2
OO
PQ3
PK4
KtB3
KtK2
KtQ2
PKB4
PB5
p__KKt4
RB3
Kt x BP
PxKt
PKt3
PxP
BBl!
KtB4!!
QxR
KtK6
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
QBl
RB2
KtB3
BKt2
PxP
BBl
QKl
KtK2
PKt3
KtxP
KtB5
KxKt
KK2
KQl
KxQ
Resigns
306.
QKKt2!
BQ2
PKt5
PKt6
QxP
RQBl
PKt4
QR5
PxP
KtxB!
RKt3ch
QR8ch
RB7ch
Q x Qch
RKt8ch
New York, 1954.
Even Reshevsky
into a trap.
sometimes
falls
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE

A. BISGUIER
White
1
2
3
4
5
PQ4
PQB4
KtQB3
PK4
BKt5
6 BR4
S. RESHEVSKY
Black
KtKB3
PKKt3
BKt2
PQ3
PKR3
OO
176
7
8
9
10
11
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
PB4
PQ5
KtB3
BQ3
KtK2
OO
QQ2
QRKl
PKR3
RxB
PxP
KtKt3
KtBl
PB5!
PxP
PK5!
RxR
BxP
RKKt3
KtK3!
QKl!
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
RxKt!
BKt3!
BxQ
BB5
BKt4
QK2
QxR
K x Kt
BB5
12
PB4
PQR3
PQKt4
PKt5
BKt5
QKtQ2
QB2
QRKl
BxKt
P-^-K3
RxP
KtR2
QKtB3
RK2
PxP
RxP
PxR
PK5
QK4
QB5
KtKt4??
PxR
KtR4
KtxB
BQ5
KtQ6
RB7
KtxQ
BxP
PR4
Reshevsky struggles hard, but the

rest is only a formality.
37 B x P
38 BB2
PR5
PKt6
39 P x P
40 BKtl and wins.
PR6
307. New York, 1955.

Stroke
and counter-stroke!
The
errors help to make this game
even
exciting.
more
S. RESHEVSKY
White
1 PQ4
2 PQB4
3 PQ5
4 KtQB3
5 PK4
6 BQ3
7 KKtK2
8 PKR3
9 BKt5
10 Q - Q 2
11 PKKt4
12 KtKt3
13 PKt3
14 PB3
15 KB2
16 QRQKtl
17 PKR4
18 BK3
19 PQR3
20 KtR2
21 PR5
22 KtB5
.
23 K P x P
24 P x K P
25 BK2
26 KtB3
27 PKt4
28 R x P
29 RKt3
30 P x P
31 QB2
32 KtKt5
33 RRl
34 K t x P
I. A. HOROWITZ
Black
KtKB3
PQB4
PK4
PQ3
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
KtR3
KtB2
QKl!
PQR3
PKt4!
RKtl
KtQ2!
KtKt3
BQ2
PB3
RB2!
BKBl
BK2
PKt4
BxKt
PK5!
KtQ2
BQl
KtK4
BPxP
PR4!
PKt5
PxP
KtR3
RQ2
KtB4!
Wi 11B11 !
WM %u. 'ww.
m mm.
mmmt
34
35
56
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
... .
KB x Kt
RQBl
QxKt
PB5
PQ6ch
QK6?
KB3
PQ7
PB6
PB7
RxR
PR6
QB4
BR5
KKt4
QQ5
BQ4
KR3
BB5
B x Qch
PxR
BB3
Resigns
308.
KtxKtPch!!
QK4!
Kt x R
Q x Kt?
QK4
KBl
QR7ch
RR2
BK2
R(l)Rl!
RxP
QxR
Q-Q3!
QxP
BQ3
RBl
QK2
RQl
BK4!
RxQ
KxB
PKt6
KQ3
Mar del Plata, 1955.
First Brilliancy
Prize.

G. IDIGORAS
O. PANNO
White
Black
1 PQ4
KtKB3
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
PQB4
KtKB3
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
KtB3
PKR3
PKt3
PK3!
PxP
BKt2
KtK2
RKl
RQBl
KtB4
PKR4!
RB2
PR5!
PxKtP
BKR3
KtKt5!
KtxKtP!!
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
BK6ch
PB4
PQ5
RR2
PxB
QKt4
KtB3!
PK4
PxP
PB5
34
Q_R
35 QKt6
177
PKKt3
BKt2
OO
PQ3
KtB3
PQR3
RKtl
P_QKt4
KtQR4
PxP
PKt5
BQR3
Q-Q2
KRBl
PB3
QR2
KtKt2
PB4
RPxP
RBl
BR3
PxKt
KKt2
KtQl
BBl
BxB
QR3
RKRl
Q-Q6
PB5
QxBP
PKt4
KBl
BKt2
178
36
37
38
39
40
41
309.
Beware
Zagreb, 1956.
the Knight
QUEEN'S
Pawn.
GAMBIT
A . FUDERER
White
1
2
3
4
BxR
BKt2
KKtl
PxB
KBl
RxRch
KtxP
KtR7ch
BxKt
Kt x Pch
QK8 mate
PQB4
KtQB3
PQ4
BKt5
5
6
7
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
DECLINED
B . MILICH
Black
PK3
PQ4
KtKB3
BK2
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
PK3
RBl
BR4
BxB
QB2
BQ3
QxKt
KtB3!
KK2
QRKKtl
RKt3
KRKKtl
QR3!
KKl
BxQBP
RxPch!!
BxPch
RxR
QK7ch
KtK5!
PB4
OO
PKR3
KtK5
QxB
PQB3
KtxKt
QKt4
QxP
QR6
PKB4
QR4
RB2
KtQ2
PxP
PB5
RxR
KRl
KxR
KRl
PxP
Resigns
HEGEMONY
179
In the past f o u r years, age has bowed to youth.

international
scene, Mikhail
On the
Tal, in his early twenties, de-
feated 49-year-old Mikhail Botvinnik for the chess championship of the world.
A t home, Bobby Fischer at 1 7 has annexed
the U. S. Championship ahead of 49-year-old Samuel Reshevsky.
Victory of an American students' team at Leningrad
portends the trend of events to come.

310.
United States Championship

N e w York, 1 9 5 6
Dubbed
the Game
the following
piece
of
formed
of
Century,
is a stunning
master-
combination
by a boy
formidable
the
of the
finest
of
opponent.
on record
chess
play
per-
13 against
It
mm. mmt
matches
in the
history
prodigies.
GRUENFELD DEFENSE
BYRNE
White
R. FISCHER
Black
1 KtKB 3
KtKB3
2 PQB4
PKKt 3
3 KtB3
4 PQ4
BKt2
5 BB4
PQ4
6 QKt3
7 QxBP
PB3
OO
PxP
PK4
QKtQ2
RQl
KtKt3
10 QB5
11 B K K t 5
12
QR3
13
PxKt
14 B x P
BKt5
KtR5!
KtxKt
KtxP
15
BB4
QKt3
K t x QBP
16
BB5
KRKlch
17
KBl
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
. . . .
B x Q
KKtl
KBl
KKtl
KBl
KKtl
QKt4
QxP
PKR3
KR2
RKl
QQ8ch
Kt x R
Kt - B 3
Q- - K t 8
-R4
PK5
Kt
Ktl
K
Bl
K
Kl
K
K- Qi
K Bl
K Ktl
K- B l
BK3!
BxBch
KtK7ch
K t x Pch
KtK7ch
KtB6ch
PxB
RR5
Kt x R
RxP
KtxP
RxR
BBl
BQ4
KtK5
PQKt4
PR4
KKt2
BB4ch
KtKt6ch
BKt5ch
BKt6ch
KtK7ch
KtB6ch
R Q B 7 mate
180
THE GOLDEN T
311.
JRY OF CHESS
W o r l d Team Championship, Leipzig, I 9 6 0
Mellow, then three-time U. S. champion,

17-year-old
Bobby
Fischer
treats this game like a veteran
pro.
The tail-end sacrifice is
stupendous
and
amusing.
KING'S INDIAN
R. LETELIER
(Chile)
White
1
PQ4
DEFENSE
R. FISCHER
(U.S.A.)
Black
PKKt 3
3 KtQB3
BKt2
PK4
OO
5 PK5
KtKl
6 PB4
7
PQ3
BK3
PQB4
QPxP
KtQB3
BPxP
PxP
10
KtK4
BB4
11
KtKt3
BK3
12 K t B 3
13
Through 1966, the Soviet

steamroller
has continued to dominate the field.
The only threat to their almost
vested
retention
of the title, at the present
writing, is in the person of the American ace Bobby Fischer. Included
in
this new edition are six of his recent
triumphs in important
tournaments.
312. V a r n a , 1 9 6 2
Fischer gives
a bind.
PxP
14 PKB 5
PK5
15
PxB
PxKt
16
PxP
PB4
KtB3
18
BK2
KRKl
19
KB2
RxP
20
RKl
QRKl
21
BB3
RxB
22
RxR
RxR
23
KxR
up the exchange
SICILIAN
QB2
QKtl
17 PB4
QxPch
KtKB 3
2 PQB4
23 . . . .
2 4 Resigns
R. J . FISCHER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtQB3
PKR3
KtQ5
K t x Ktch
PQB4
BxP
OO
RKl
for
DEFENSE
M . NAJDORF
Black
PQB4
PQ3
PxP
KtKB3
PQR3
P_QKt4
BKt2
KtP x Kt
PxP
BxP
PQ4
PK4
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
QR4ch
RxB
KtB5
KtKt7ch
KtB5ch
BK3
PxB
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
KtQ2
PxR
BB4
KK2
KKl
BxB
QKt3
BKR6
PKR4
PR5
BQ3
KKtK2
PKKt4
PxP
QRKtl
BxBch
QR6
RKt5
R(l)Ktl
BxKt
181
OO
QR4
PxP
QKtQ2
RQl
KtBl
KtK3
KRl
KtxB
RKKtl
Q-Qi
KtB4
Resigns
314.
U . S. Championship
New York, 1963-1964
20
21
22
23
24
RQl
RQ6
QN3
BxPch
BK6
RR2
QQl
QB2
KQl
Resigns
313.
Varna, 1962
An incisive refutation
of the
Counter.
ble-edged
Center
dou-
The astute sideline

surprised
at Byrne's
GRUENFELD
R. BYRNE
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PQ4
PQB4
PKKt3
BKt2
PxP
KtQB3
PK3
KKtK2
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
PKt3
BQR3
Q-Q2
PxP
KRQl
QB2
KxKt
KKtl
QQ2
9 OO
CENTER COUNTER
R. J . FISCHER
White
1 PK4
2 PxP
3 KtQB3
4
PQ4
5 BKB4
6 QQ2
7 0OO
DEFENSE
K. ROBATSCH
Black
PQ4
QxP
Q-Ql
PKKt3
BKt2
KtKB3
PB3
kibitzers
were
final
decision!
DEFENSE
R. J . FISCHER
Black
KtKB3
PKKt3
PB3
P_Q4
PxP
BKt2
OO
KtB3
PKt3
BQR3
RKl
PK4
KtxP
KtQ6
KtxP
KtKt5ch
KtxKP
KtxJ
182
19 K x K t
20 K t x P
21 K B l
PQ5
BKt2ch
Q-Q2
HP
4x*
HP
It
trntm
llill
8 BSB
19 RB6
20 PK5
21 KtK2
Resigns
Fischer's brilliancy is par for the

course For Fischer of course
315. U. S. Championship
New York, 1963-1964
^4 quarter-back
block
path to the post.
clears
the
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
PB4
KtB3
BQ3
PKR3
QxB
BK3
QPxP
PB5
QxP
QB2
OO
QKt3
QKt4
QR5
BxKt
316.
Soviet Championship, 1964
A crosscheck and a quiet move and
ifs over.
PIRC DEFENSE
R. J . FISCHER
KKtl
PKR3
Resigns
PAL BENKO
Black
PKKt3
BKt2
PQ3
KtKB3
OO
BKt5
BxKt
KtB3
PK4
PxP
PxP
KtQ5
KtKl
KtQ3
KRl
PQB3
QKl
PxB
CARO-KANN DEFENSE
N . BAKULIN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
PK4
PQ4
KtQB3
KtxP
Kt x Ktch
BK3
Q-Q2
KtK2
KtKt3
BK2
OO
KRQl
KtBl
PKKt3
PQB4
PQ5
D . BRONSTEIN
Black
PQB3
PQ4
PxP
KtB3
KtP x Kt
BB4
PK3
KtQ2
BKt3
QB2
PKR4
PR5
PR6
O00
PQB4
PK4
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
QRBl
PQKt4
PB3
BB2
KRl
RKl
BxP
PxKt
BQl
KtPxP
QK2
QxB
KxR
KtK3
QB5ch
KRl
Resigns
PB4
BQ3
PB5
QRKl
KRKtl
PK5
KtxB
QxP
BB2
PK6
BQ6
RKt8ch
PK7ch
RxKt
RK3ch
QB7
317. Havana, 1965

The defense
rests on a
hairline.
S I C I L I A N DEFENSE
r. TRINGOFF
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
PK4
KtKB3
PQ4
KtxP
KtQB3
BKt5
PB4
QQ2
RQKtl
PK5
PxP
BQB4
RKt3
OO
KtxP
BxPch
RxRch
QB4
QB7
KRl
R. J . FISCHE
Black
PQB4
PQ3
PxP
KtKB3
PQR3
PK3
QKt3
QxP
QR6
PxP
KKtQ2
BKt5
QR4
OO
PxKt
KRl
BxR
KtQB3
QB4ch
KtB3
21 B x B
22 QK6
Resigns
183
KtxP
Kt(4)Kt5
318. Havana, 1965

An amusing
ivraps up the
tail-end
point.
"combine"
R U Y LOPEZ
B. IVKOV
White
J . H. DONNER
Black
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
PK4
KtKB3
BKt5
BR4
OO
PQ4
BKt3
PxP
QK2
RQl
BPxKt
KtB3
BK3
QRBl
KtK4
PKR3
PKl
KtQB3
PQR}
KtB3
KtxP
PQKt4
PQ4
BK3
KtB4
KtxB
BK2
0O
KtR4
KtKt2
BKKt5
B x Kt
17
18
19
20
QxB
KtKt3
KtB5
RxQP
PQB3
RBl
PKt3
QKl
134
21 B R 6
Resigns
1
2
319.
Zagreb, 1 9 6 5
Mate
wake.
leaves
no
weaknesses
in
its
R O B A T S C H DEFENSE
B. LARSEN
BISGUIER
Black
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
PQ4
PK4
PKB4
KtKB3
BQ3
OO
PK5
QKl
PB5
PxKtP
QR4
BKR6
KtKt5
RxKt
RBl
BB8
RxB
QR6
Q R 7 mate
Black
White
PKKt3
BKt2
PQ3
KtKB3
OO
QKtQ2
KtKl
PQB4
PxKP
RPxP
KPxP
Kt(l)B3
KtK4
BRl
RKl
BB3
PxR
RxB
3
4
5
6
7
KtKB 3
PKKt 3
PB4
BKt2
OO
KtB3
PQ4
8 PQ5
9 KtQ2
1 0 QB2
11 P K t 3
12 P K 4
13 P x P
14 KtQl
15 PB3
16 BKt2
17 B x P
18 Q x B
19 BK2
20 P x B P
21 K t K 3
22 R x B
23 B K t 4
24 R x K t
25 B K 6 c h
26 K t K 4
27 K t x Q P
28 K R l
2 9 BxRch
IIP
HP
iB
KtKB 3
PKKt 3
BKt2
OO
KtB3
PQ3
PQR3
KtQR4
PB4
PK4
KtKt5
PB4
PxP
PKt4
PK5
KPxP
BxB
KtK4
PB5
BR6
BxR
KtKt3
KKt x P
RxR
RB2
QR5
Q_Kt4ch
RR2
RxB
HP llPcfollP
sill
e^^Hf
I P W W 4*
a ^JL
320.
W o r l d Championship, 1966
Spassky
sian the
wins the
end.
opening;
Petro-
K I N G ' S I N D I A N DEFENSE
T.
PETROSIAN
B.
SPASSKY
30
QR8ch
Resigns
321. Los Angeles, 1966

A modem
immortal.
SICILIAN
3. LARSEN
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
PK4
KtKB 3
PQ4
KtxP
BK3
PQB4
KtQB3
QxKt
Q-Ql
QQ2
BK2
OO
QRQl
KtQ5
PB4
PKB 5
BKt4
PxP
QKB 2
PK5
QR4
RxB
RB3
QR6
25 Q x P
DEFENSE
26
27
28
29
30
185
HEGEMONY
R x Kt
BK6ch
RxR
RKKt5
RKt3
PxQ
RB2
KRl
PKt4
Resigns
T . PETROSYAN
Black
PQB4
KtQB3
PxP
PKKt 3
BKt2
KtB3
KtKKt 5
KtxKt
KtK3
PQ3
BQ2
OO
BQB3
RKl
KtB2KtR3
KtB4
RPxP
RKBl
BxP
BxKt
KtK3
BB3
BKt2
KtB5
322. Los Angeles, 1966

Black's innocuous
queen-side
play
leaves the other flank
vulnerable.
SICILIAN DEFENSE
R. J . FISCHER
White
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
PK4
KtKB3
PQ3
PKKt3
QKtQ2
BKt2
OO
KtR4
PKB4
PxP
RKl
PB3
KRl
PK5
KtK4
QR5
PKKt4
BxB
QR6
PB5
PxKtP
KtxP
KtB4
KtR5
KtB6
PxKt
BB4
QR-Ql
PB7
B. IVKOV
Black
PQB4
PK3
KtQB3
PQ4
BQ3
KKtK2
OO
PQKt3
PxP
BR3
PB5
BB4ch
KtR4
KtQ4
BKt2
KtK2
BxKt
PKt3
KtQ4
RKl
BPxP
Q-Q2
QR-Ql
KRl
KtxKt
RKKtl
RxP
QRKKtl
Resigns
Index of Players
A
Adams, E. Z. 231
Alapin 187
Alekhine 8, 115, 178, 181, 186, 190,
193, 195, 196, 210, 213, 217, 219,
223, 228, 230, 232, 237, 242, 244,
255, 261, 264, 271, 280, 281, 289
Alexander, C. H. 279, 294
Allgaier 19
Allies 81, 142
Amateur 22, 50, 52, 70, 80, 203,
268, 284
Anderson 270
Anderssen 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37,
48, 49, 56, 60, 61, 64, 65, 76
Asgierssen 8
Asztalos 185
Atkins 150
Atwood 18
B
Bakulin, 316
Ballard 71
Banks 197
Bardeleben, von 119
Barnes 44
B a r r y 104
Bauer 141
Benko 315
Bernstein, O. S. 167, 174, 188, 191
Bernstein, S. 290
Berry 73
Bilguer, von 27
Bird 43, 66, 68, 75, 89
Bisguier 296, 306, 319
Bitcham 111
Blackburne 70, 71, 82, 86, 87, 106,
129, 164
Blechschmidt 257
Bledow 25
Boden 55, 68
Bogolyubov 193, 203, 208, 226, 227,
254,291
Botvinnik 245, 267, 274
Bronstein 292, 298, 316
Breyer 185, 204
Brunswick, Duke of 47
Burn 163
.Buttfield 216
Byrne, D. 303, 310, 314
C
C a n a l 221
Capablanca 144, 174, 183, 186, 188,
189, 191, 199, 202, 234, 244
Caro 152
Castellvi 10
Charousek 116
Clemens 105
Clerc 91
Cochrane 20
Cohn 176
Colle 240, 248, 250, 253
Cordingly 294
Cornell 146
Corzo 144, 183
Cranston 265
Cutri, da 11, 12, 13
D
Dadian, Prince 111
Dake 261, 265
Davis 145
Dearman 145
Defosse 275
Denn 156
Derrickson 52
Dodge 157
Greco 13
Grimshaw 124
Gross 90
Grossman 266
Gruenfeld 219, 240
Guila 74
Domenico 14
Donovan 290
Donner 318
Dore 112
Dubois 58
Dufresne 30, 34, 36
Dunkelblum 251
Duras 161, 176
Dus-Chotimirski 7
Gunsberg 96, 97, 147 H
Eisenschmidt 105
Eliskases 282
Englisch 89
Euwe 205, 236, 271, 277, 302
Evans, Capt. 21
Evans, L. 305
_ F
Falkbeer 31, 32, 69

Feldt, von 196
Feuquieres, de 16
Field 220
Filip 304
Fine 262, 266, 278, 281
Fine 127
Fischer 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315,
317, 322
Flamberg 184
Fleissig 115
Flohr 249, 257
Fonaroff 199
Forgacs 169
Fox 141
Fridizius 181
Fried 47
Fuderer 300, 309
_ G
Galbraith 113
Gibaud 225
Gilbert 73
Glasgow 54
Globus 90
Glucksberg 9
Goldenov 292
Gonssiorovski 200
Gossip 98
Haegg 246
Hakansson 214
Halprin 140
Hammond 83
Hamppe 51, 72
Hanham 94
Harding 113
Harmonist 95, 96
Harrwitz 45
Hausler 137
Helms 194, 289
Hirschler 118
Hodges 110
Hoffer 80
Hoffman 1
Horneman 252
Horowitz 260, 272, 276, 284, 288,
307
Horwitz 25
Houghteling 146, 157
Hromadka 224
Idigoras 308
Iljin-Genevsky 237
Isouard, Count 47
Ivkov 318, 322
Janowski 123, 132, 133, 171, 180,
233
Johner 221, 238
Jouy 26
Jordan 197
Judd 94, 131
_ K
Kashdan 252, 256, 272

Keres 278, 279, 282, 283, 291
Kevitz 260
Kieseritzky 33
Kimura 264
Kolisch 53, 56, 63
Koltanowski 257, 275
Korpanty 285
Kossak 30
Kotov 278
Kottnauer 293
Kramer 301
Kuerchner 107
Kunze 152
Kussman 230
L
Labourdonnais 23, 24, 26

Landau 248
Lange 4, 35, 38
Larsen 319, 321
Lasa von der 27
Lasker, E. 101, 179, 273, 286
Lasker, Dr. Em. 6, 110, 120, 121,
122, 128, 129, 135, 154, 155, 170,
171, 189, 190, 228, 229, 235
Lazard 225
Lebedew 136
Letelier 311
Lewitzky 182
Lichtenheim 40
Lindehn 59
Lipschuetz 93
Lopez 11, 12, 13
Lowenthal 29
M
MacDonnell, A. 21, 22, 23, 24

MacDonnell, G. 55
Mackenzie, G. 67, 77, 83, 93
Maczuski 59, 63
Marache 41
Marco 109
Maroczy 126, 135, 151, 211, 277
Marshall 134, 150, 158, 163, 180,
182, 202, 205, 227, 242
Martinez 92, 103
Mason 75, 77, 84, 97
Matchego 69
Mayet 35, 37
Meitner 72
Mengarini 296
Mephisto 85
Mieses 133, 139, 173
Milkenas 259
Milich 309
Mlotkowski 198
Mongredien 57
Monticelli 254
Morant 16
Morphy, E. 28
Morphy, P. 28, 29, 39, 40, 41, 42,
43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50
Mouret 20
Mueller 297
_ N
Najdorf 9, 30, 302, 312

Napier 155
Neumann, N. 130
Neustadl 102
Newcastle 54
Newmann 138
Niemzovich 130
Nimzovich 187, 192, 214, 218, 222,
237, 238, 239
Norman-Hansen 270
Nugent 127
O
O'Hanlon 253
OUand 143
Owen 44
P
Pachman 304
Panno 308
Patay, von 241
Paulsen 39, 53, 62, 76
Pecci 74
Perlis 164
Perwago 156
Petroff 1
Petrosian 320, 321
Petrov 283
Philidor 17
Pillsbury 6, 104, 120, 122, 125, 131,
132, 134, 137, 138, 140, 147
Pitschak 303
Platz 285
Polerio 14
Pollak 114
Pollock 99
Potemkin 178
Potier 46
Pritzel 139
Przepiorka 241
R
Rabinovich 148, 201, 245
Rauser 267
Reshevsky 273, 276, 280, 287, 306,
307
Reti 172, 184, 207, 212, 226, 229,
232, 236
Rey-Ardid 269
Riviere, de 49
Robatsch 313
Rosanes 60
Rosetto 295
Rossolimo 297
Rothschild 91, 114
Rotlewi 160
Rubinstein 160, 162, 170, 175, 208,
215, 224, 239
_ S
Saemisch 222, 223, 233, 249

Salwe 166
Schallopp 61, 123
Schierstedt 38
Schiffers 78, 95, 148
Schlechter 115, 117, 154, 166, 168,
177
Schmid 79
Schneider, H. 62
Schulten 42
Schwarz 82
Seidman 286, 287, 288
Shapiro 299
Shipley 103
Showalter 98, 125
Siegheim 216
Simonson 88
Smith 17
Smyslov 293
Smyth 194
Soldatenkoff 171
Somov 299
Spassky 320
Spielmann 7, 161, 173, 175, 247
Stahlberg 255, 256, 295
Staunton 44
Steiner, H. 262
Steinitz 51, 57, 58, 66, 81, 87, 88,
108, 119, 121, 124, 128
Sterk 206
Stevenson, Mrs. 263
Supico 289
_ T _
Taimanov 305
Takacs 243
Tarrasch 107, 109, 118, 192, 204,
207, 210, 268
Tartakower 159, 168, 169, 172, 211,
269, 274, 300
Taubenhaus 171
Tchigorin 78, 108, 149, 151
Teichmann 142, 177
Tenner 220, 289
Testa 198
Thomas 179, 215, 263
Thompson 67
Thorold 106
Tinsley 85
Tolstoy 136
Torre 231, 235
Torres 213
TringorT 317
V
Valenta 102
Van Essen 258
Vidmar 159, 259
Vinoles 10
W
Walter 247
Wayte 79
Williams 246
Wilson 18
Winawer 84
Wolf 143, 158, 209

Wollner 116
Woskoff 258
Yates 217, 218, 243, 250
Young 112
_ Z
Zambelly 126
Znosko-Borovsky 149, 162, 167, 212
Zubareff 195
Zukertort 64, 65, 86, 92
c:
I
Introduction by FRANK J. MARSHALL
u.s. CHESS CHAMPION FOR 32 YEARS
III
There are three remarkable things about this book; its title, its motivation
and its contents.
The title at once brings to mind one of the most beloved books in
the English language. As we ':111 know, it was Palgrave's object, when he
assembled the beautiful poems which comprise "The Golden Treasury,"
to gather into one convenient volume the choicest productions of our literature through several centuries. The editor has had in mind precisely the
same goal with respect to chess, and the r.esult has been a really magnificent compilation of fine games.
As for the book's motivation: it goes without saying that such a collection can only be made con am ore; only a man deeply in love with the
beauties of chess would be willing to devote a lifetime of labor, of research, of travel, of correspondence, of unsparing loyalty to a cherished
ideal to produce such a monumental work. The painstaking examination
of thousands of books, magazines and manuscripts in many libraries,
museums and private collections has gone into "The Golden Treasury of
Chess," and the results are apparent from the opening game.
The contents can only be described as unique. There are of course
many collections of games, but each one has some kind of limitation.
Some are devoted to a single tournament or match, others to a single
player, some to a single epoch, while still others suffer from planlessness
and haphazard arrangement. Not so "The Golden Treasury." There is no
other collection of such scope, such all-inclusiveness and it'may be added,
with such a profusion of strikingly brilliant games. The book is therefore
an encyclopedia of beautiful games and at the same time a delightful
reminder of the grandest achievements of our finest masters. I am honored to have been included in so distinguished a collection, which has
omitted no one from Ruy Lopez to Keres!*
-BROUGHT UP TO DATE TO INCLUDE SUCH CURRENT GRANDMASTERS AS FISCHER,
PETROSIAN, RESHEVSKY, ETC.
Cover Design By Charles C. FellC'...'~

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CORNERSTONE L I B R A R Y

DEVELOP YOUR B I D D I N G JUDGMENT, Terence Reese

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

POKER FOR FUN A N D PROFIT, Irwin Steig

CHESS THE EASY WAY, Reuben Fine

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

MENU T E R M S AT HOME A N D ABROAD, Marceline Day Arthur

OF ADVOCACY, Lloyd Paul S V y k e r

T H E N I N E BAD SHOTS OF GOLF A N D W H A T TO DO A B O U T T H E M , Jim Dante and Leo Diege

THE EDITORS OF CHESS REVIEW

CORNERSTONE LIBRARY NEW YORK

Copyright 1969, 1 9 6 1 , 1956

CORNERSTONE LIBRARY PUBLICATIONS

HARRY NELSON P1LLSBURY

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

Warsaw, Nov. 1844

And Black mates in eleven moves.

// is many years since I first saw

One of the most

Paris, Nov. 1846

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

You have probably

St. Petersburg, 1896

There are many attractive

A problem in one half the moves

The calm before the storm.

nocence. Though Pillsbury only

The charm of the position after

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

One of the marks of a great

Anyone who preaches the

Although chess is a direct descendant of a game played

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

venge in 1575 when he visited Spain and defeated the aging

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

h i s book has often been r e p r i n t e d .

In the time of Philidor, Italy again produced some gifted

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

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

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

This is one of the earliest

CENTER COUNTER GAME

Late 15th Century.

This game is believed

Ruy Lopez analyzes the Ruy Lopez.

12. Madrid, 1561.

Played when Lopez visited Rome in

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

Other games from this match are recorded in a manuscript by Polerio. A

Rome, about 1580.

One of the earliest examples

THE PRB-MORPHY PERIOD

London, March 13, 1790.

KING'S BISHOP OPENING

18. London, Dec. 29, 1796.

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

KING'S BISHOP'S OPENING

20. London, 1820.

London, about 1830.

This game is of historic

THE PRE-MORPHY PERIOD

White mates in three.