[Event "London International Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1883.04.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1883.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 {Steinitz Gambit} d5 $1 (5...
d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bxf4 f5 $1 8. Nd5 (8. exf5 O-O-O $17) (8. d5 $15) (8. e5 $15)
(8. Ke3 Bxf3 9. Kxf3 $8 g5 10. Bc1 $17) 8... fxe4 $1 $17) 6. exd5 (6. Nxd5 Bg4+
7. Nf3 O-O-O 8. c3 f5 $17) 6... Qe7+ (6... Bg4+ 7. Nf3 O-O-O 8. dxc6 Bc5 9. Qe1
Qh5 $1 10. cxb7+ Kb8 11. Kd1 Bxd4 $17) 7. Kf2 Qh4+ 8. g3 $5 {Avoiding a draw}
fxg3+ 9. Kg2 (9. hxg3 $5 {Tchigorin} Qxh1 (9... Qxd4+ 10. Be3 $1 Qxd1 11. Rxd1
Ne5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Re1 f6 14. Nf3 $36) 10. Bg2 Qh2 11. dxc6 Bd6 12. Qf3 $36)
9... Bd6 $1 10. Qe1+ $1 (10. dxc6 $6 gxh2 11. Qf3 $1 (11. Nge2 Bh3+ 12. Kf3
O-O-O 13. Qe1 Qg4+ (13... Qxe1 $2 14. Bxh3+ $18) 14. Ke3 Nf6 15. Qf2 $17 {
Steinitz}) 11... hxg1=Q+ 12. Kxg1 Qxd4+ 13. Be3 Qf6 14. Qe2 $2 (14. Qe4+ Qe7
15. Bg2 b6 $1 (15... Qxe4 16. Nxe4 b6 17. Nxd6+ $18) 16. Bd4 f6 17. Rxh7 $15)
14... Ne7 $1 (14... bxc6) 15. Bg2 bxc6 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. c4 (17. Qf2 {>=}) (17.
Ng5 $6 h6 18. Bf3 Bc5 $19) 17... Bg4 18. Qf2 O-O 19. Re1 Nf5 20. Nxd6 Nxe3 $3
21. Rxe3 Qxd6 22. Qh4 h5 23. Rg3 Rfe8 24. Rxg4 $2 $19 Qd1+ {Steinitz-Englisch,
London/1883/}) 10... Nce7 $1 (10... Qe7 11. Bg5 f6 (11... Qxe1 12. Rxe1+ Nce7
13. hxg3 {/\ 14.Ne4}) 12. dxc6 fxg5 13. Bb5 b6 14. Nd5 Qxe1 15. Rxe1+ Kf8 16.
hxg3 $16 {Steinitz}) 11. hxg3 Qxd4 12. Rh4 $2 (12. Nf3 Qb6 (12... Qf6 13. Be3 (
13. Bg5 Qg6 14. Bb5+ {Tchigorin}) 13... Bg4 14. Nh4 {Bogoljubow}) 13. Be3 (13.
Bb5+ c6 14. Be3 Qc7 (14... Bc5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nd5 $1 $18) 15. dxc6 bxc6 16.
Ba4 $14) 13... Qxb2 14. Bd3 Bb4 15. Bd4 f6 16. Rb1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxa2 18. Rb5
$16 {->}) 12... Qf6 13. Ne4 Qg6 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Nxd6+ $2 (15. Nf3 O-O-O (15...
Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Bxe7 Bxe7 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Re4 $16) 16. c4
Nf6 $1 (16... Bxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Ne5 $40 {Steinitz}) 17. Nxd6+ (
17. Nxf6 Bxd3) 17... Rxd6 18. Qxe7 $2 Re8 $1 19. Bxf5+ Qxf5 20. Qxf7 Re2+ $19 {
Tchigorin}) 15... cxd6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 $1 (16... Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qb4 Qxc2+
19. Bd2 $16) 17. c4 Nf6 18. Nf3 Bg4 (18... Be4 $1 $17 {/\ Nf5-d4/h4 /\ a6, b5})
19. Nd4 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Bf4 g5 $1 $17 {The white pieces don't work
together.} 22. Bxd6+ Kg7 23. Rxg4 $8 (23. Rh2 a6 24. Ba4 b5 25. Bd1 (25. cxb5
Qxd5+ $19) (25. Bb3 Rae8 26. Qf1 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 Qe3+ 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ {/\ 29....Ne4
-+}) 25... Rae8 26. Qf1 (26. Qc3 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 (27. Kf1 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Qf3+ $19)
27... Qe1+ $19) 26... Qe4+ 27. Bf3 Bxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qxc4 $19) 23... Nxg4 24. Qc3+
$2 (24. Qe2 h5 (24... Kg6 25. Rf1 Rhe8 $1) 25. Rf1 Rhe8 (25... Qg6 26. c5 {
/\ 27.Bc7} Rae8 $1 (26... Rhd8 27. Bd3 Re8 (27... Qh6 28. Qe7) 28. Qxe8 Rxe8
29. Bxg6 Ne3+ 30. Kf2 Nxf1 31. Bxh5 $14 {Steinitz}) 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxe8 Qc2+
29. Kf3 Nh2+ 30. Ke3 Nxf1+ 31. Kd4 Qxb2+ $17 {Romanowski}) 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27.
Rxf5 $1 (27. Qxe8 $2 Qc2+ 28. Kf3 Nh2+ {/\ 29....Ne1 -+}) 27... Rxe2+ 28. Kf3 (
28. Kf1 $13) 28... Re3+ 29. Kg2 Kg6 $1 (29... Re2+ $10) 30. Rf3 Re2+ 31. Kg1
Rxb2 32. Rb3 $6 Rxa2 33. Rxb7 Ne3 $19 {Tchigorin}) 24... f6 25. Rf1 Qe4+ 26.
Kg1 (26. Qf3 Ne3+ 27. Kh2 $17 {-+ Romanowski}) 26... Qe2 27. Rf3 Rhe8 $1 28.
Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Bc5 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Re2 (30... Qh1+ 31. Bg1 Qh3#) 0-1

[Event "London International Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1883.06.01"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1883.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxc4 Qf7 14. Nd5
$1 {Analysed by Rosenthal in " La Vie Moderne"} g5 $2 15. Bg3 Be6 (15... h5 16.
Rac1 $1 (16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rfc1 c6 $1 $13 (18... Ke7 19. Rxc7+
Ke6 $4 20. d5#) 19. Bxd6 Ne7 $10 {=/+ ><a2} 20. a4 Be6 {Tchigorin}) 16... c6 (
16... h4 $2 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Qxc8+ $1 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Kd7 21.
Rfc1 Ne7 22. R1c7+ Ke6 23. d5+ Nxd5 24. exd5+ Kxd5 25. Rxf7 $18) 17. Nxb6 axb6
18. Qb4 $16 {-> Tchigorin}) 16. Qa4+ Bd7 (16... Qd7 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Qxd7+
Kxd7 19. d5 {/\ 20.Nd4 21.Nf5/Nb5 +/-}) 17. Qa3 Rc8 18. Rfe1 $1 g4 19. Nxb6
axb6 20. Nd2 Be6 (20... Ne7 {! Steinitz} 21. e5 fxe5 (21... dxe5) 22. Ne4 $1
O-O 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Nd5 25. Rad1 {/\ 26.Ba1 27.Qb2-> +- Tchigorin}) 21.
f4 {/\ 22.f5 23.e5-> +-} gxf3 22. Nxf3 Ne7 23. e5 fxe5 24. dxe5 d5 25. Rf1 Nf5
{/\ 26....Qe7} (25... Nc6 $1 {/\ 26....Qe7/f8 Steinitz} 26. Ng5 Qe7 27. Qe3 Rf8
28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Rf6 Nd8 31. Bh4 $18 {Tchigorin}) 26. Nd4 {
/\ 27.Rf5 28.Rf1} Qg6 (26... Qe7 $2 27. Qxe7+ $18 {/\ 28.Ne6/f5}) (26... c5 27.
Qa4+ Kd8 (27... Bd7 28. e6 $1 $18) 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Bh4+ Kc7 30. g4 Rhg8 31.
Bg3 $18 Rxg4 32. Qxg4 $1 {Tchigorin}) 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Bh4 $1 c5 $1 29. Rf3
Kd7 30. Raf1 Rhf8 31. Rg3 Qh6 $2 (31... Qe6 32. Qa4+ (32. Rg7+ Kc6) 32... Kc7
33. Rg7+ Kb8 34. Be7 Rfd8 $13 {Steinitz} (34... Qxe5 35. Bxf8 Rxf8 36. Qf4 $18)
35. Qf4 $1 Bd3 36. Rf3 c4 (36... Ba6 37. Bxd8 Rxd8 38. Qf6 $1 $18) 37. Bxd8
Rxd8 38. Qf7 $18 {Tchigorin} (38. Qf6 $18)) 32. Bf6 Be6 (32... Rxf6 33. exf6
Qxf6 34. Qa4+ {/\ 35.Rgf3 +-}) 33. Qa7 $1 $18 Kc7 $2 (33... Kc6 34. Rb3 b5 (
34... d4 35. Qxb6+ Kd5 36. Qd6+ $18) 35. Rxb5 Kxb5 36. Rb1+ Kc4 37. Qa4+ Kd3
38. Qb3+ Ke4 (38... Kd4 39. Rd1+ $18) 39. Re1+ Kf5 40. Qd3+ Kf4 (40... Kg4 41.
Qf3#) 41. Qf3#) 34. Rb3 Kd7 35. Qxb6 Rc6 36. Qxb7+ Rc7 37. Qa6 1-0

[Event "World-ch02 Steinitz-Chigorin +10-6=1"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1889.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1889.01.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)DWS1889,S.46.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O (
6. d4 $1) 6... Qf6 $6 {Die neue für diesen Wettkampf vorbereitete
Verteidigung.} (6... d6 {Hooper}) 7. d4 Nge7 (7... Nh6 $1 {Steinitz}) 8. Ng5 (
8. Bg5 $1 Qd6 9. d5 {Cf. game 7 of the match. Vergleiche die 7. Partie des
Wettkampfes.}) (8. d5 $1 Nd8 9. Qa4 {Cf. games 15 and 17 of the match (Hooper)
Vergleiche 15. und 17. Wettkampfpartie (Hooper)}) 8... Nd8 (8... h6 $1 9. Nxf7
Rf8 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 $17) 9. f4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Be3 (11. e5
Qc6 12. Na3 Nf5 13. Nf3 Ne6 $17) 11... d5 $1 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 O-O {>< Nd8
} 14. Nc3 Re8 $2 (14... c6) 15. Nge4 Qg6 16. Bf2 c6 (16... Rxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4
18. Re1 $18) 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Nc5 (18. Qa4 $1) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qd6 20. Qe3
cxd5 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Nxd5 Nc6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Re1 h6 25. d5 Nb4 $2 (25...
Qxd5 26. Qxb6 Na5 $15) 26. Rd1 Nxd5 27. Qe5 $1 Rxa2 $2 (27... Ra5 28. Bxb6 Rb5
29. Bf2 Qc6) 28. Rxd5 Ra1+ 29. Qxa1 {In his calculations, Black had overlooked
the fact that this square was protected. Schwarz hatte in der Vorausberechnung
übersehen, daß dieses Feld gedeckt war.} Qxd5 30. Bxb6 Qe4 31. g3 $2 (31. Qc1 {
Or 31.Qf1 /\ 32.h3 33.Kh2 Oder 31.Qf1 /\ 32.h3 33.Kh2}) 31... h5 32. Qd4 Qf3
33. Qe3 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qc2+ 35. Qf2 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 {The sealed move. Abgabezug} h4
37. Qc5 hxg3 38. hxg3 (38. Qxc6 gxh2+ 39. Kxh2 bxc6 {/\ 40...f6, 41...g6 =})
38... Qe4 39. Kf2 Qh1 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qg4 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Bg1 Qd5 44.
Qh3+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qc5 Qd3+ 47. Kg2 Qd7 $2 (47... b5) 48. Bd4 $1 f6 49.
Kf3 b5 50. g4 Qb7+ 51. Kg3 b4 52. Qf5+ Kg8 53. g5 $18 fxg5 54. Qe6+ Kh7 55.
fxg5 Qc7+ 56. Kg4 g6 57. Qf6 Qc8+ 58. Kh4 {Steinitz: "The final part of the
game wast played with great skill by Tchigorin". Length of play: 6:30h; Time
controls: 30/2h, 15/1h  Time of play: 14:00-18:00, 20:00-24:00 'Der letzte
Teil der Partie wurde von Tchigorin mit großer Meisterschaft durch geführt' 
Spieldauer:6:30h Spielbedingung: 30/2h, 15/1h Zeit:14:00-18:00, 20:00-24:00}
1-0

[Event "World-ch02 Steinitz-Chigorin +10-6=1"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1889.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1889.01.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. dxe5 (5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bxc6
Bxc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Bg5 $16 {Tchigorin}) 5... dxe5 (
5... Nxe5 $2 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Qd5 c6 8. Qxe5+ $16) 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Bg5
{/\ 9.Nd5} f6 (8... O-O $1 9. Nd5 f6) 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. Nb5 (11. Nh4
$5 {/\ Qh5/Qf3, Nf5 Tchigorin}) 11... Nc8 12. Qd2 Qe8 (12... Qe7 $1) 13. Rad1 {
/\ 14.Nc7} Bg4 14. Be2 Nd8 $1 (14... a6 $5 {Lasker}) 15. c4 Ne6 16. h3 $1 Bh5
17. c5 {Time: 1:00h Zeit: 1:00h} Be7 {Time: 1:00h Zeit: 1:00h} (17... Bxf3 $2
18. gxf3 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 (19. Nxc7 $2 Qg6+ 20. Kh2 Bxe3 $19) 19... Nf4 20. Qxf4
$3 (20. Kh2 Qh5 21. Qxf4 exf4 22. Bxf8 $13) 20... exf4 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Nxc7 {
/\ 23.Ne6} Nb6 23. Nxa8 {/\ 24.Rd2, 25.Rfd1 +-}) 18. Qd5 Qc6 (18... Bxf3 19.
Bxf3 $1 (19. gxf3 Bxc5 20. Nxc7 $1 (20. Bxc5 $2 Nf4 $1 $19) 20... Nxc7 21. Qxc5
$16) 19... Qxb5 20. Qxe6 $16 Bxc5 $2 21. Qd5 $18) 19. Bc4 Be8 $1 (19... Qxd5
20. exd5 Nxc5 21. Nxc7 Rb8 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ne6 $18 {Lasker}) (19... Bf7 20.
Qxc6 bxc6 21. Bxe6 cxb5 22. Bxf7 Rxf7 23. Rd7 $18 {Lasker}) 20. a4 $1 (20. b4
$1 {Lasker}) 20... Nxc5 $2 (20... Qxd5 21. Bxd5 (21. exd5 $2 Bxb5 22. axb5 Nxc5
$19) 21... c6 (21... Bxb5 $2 22. axb5 Nxc5 23. Rc1 $1 $16 (23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24.
Bxb7 Rb8 $17)) 22. Bxe6 cxb5 23. Bd5 Bc6 $14) (20... a6 $1 21. Qxe6 $1 (21.
Qxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxe6 axb5 23. axb5 Bxe4 $17 {Lasker}) 21... Qxe6 (21... axb5 22.
Qxc6 Bxc6 (22... bxc6 23. Bb3 $1 $16) 23. axb5 Bxe4 24. Ra1 Rb8 $16 {<-> -a} (
24... Na7 $2 25. c6 b6 26. Ra2 {/\ 27.Ra1 +-})) 22. Bxe6 axb5 23. Bd5 $16 c6
24. Bb3 bxa4 25. Ra1 $16 {Grekov}) 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. Nxc7 Nd6 24.
Bb3 (24. Bd5 Bxa4 25. Rc1 Bb6 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 $14 {Tchigorin}) 24... Bxe4 25.
Nxa8 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rxa8 27. Rd5 b6 28. Rfd1 Rd8 29. Kg2 (29. a5 $1) 29... a5 $1
30. Bc2 g6 (30... g5 $2 31. h4 {/\ Rh1 after the king moves. nach Wegzug des
Königs.}) 31. h4 Kg7 32. f4 $1 exf4 (32... Bd4 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. f4 $1 Kf6 35.
fxe5+ Bxe5 36. Rf1+ Ke6 37. Bb3 $18 {Nikitin}) 33. Kf3 f5 34. Kxf4 Kf6 35. Bb3
h6 36. h5 $3 gxh5 {Time: 2:00h Zeit: 2:00h} (36... g5+ 37. Kf3 {/\ 38.Re1 39.
Rdd1 (/\ 40.Re6) Re8 40.Rd6+ +- Steinitz} Rd7 38. Re1 Re7 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40.
Re5+ $16 {+- Nikitin}) 37. Bc2 Ke7 38. Re5+ Kf8 $2 {Wastes time. Zeitverlust} (
38... Kd7 $1) 39. Rxf5+ Ke7 40. Re5+ Kd7 41. f3 {Sealed move. Abgabezug.} h4
42. Kg4 Rg8+ 43. Kxh4 {Time: 2:00h Zeit: 2:00h} Rg2 44. Bf5+ Kc6 45. b3 $3 {
If White gives the bP, then later on Black will sacrifice the bishop for the
fP and in the meantime use the N and R to attack the aP. The probable result
would be a draw! Gibt Weiß den b-P, so opfert Schwarz später den B gegen den
f-P und greift in der Zwischenzeit mit N und R den a-P an.Das wahrscheinliche
Ergebnis wäre ein Remis!} Bf2+ 46. Kh3 (46. Kh5 $2 Rg5+ 47. Kxh6 Nf7+ $19 {
Bogoljubow}) 46... Rg3+ 47. Kh2 Rxf3 48. Kg2 Rf4 (48... Rxf5 $2 49. Rxd6+ $1
$18) 49. Be6 $1 {Time: 3:00h Zeit: 3:00h} (49. Rf1 Rxf5 50. Rxf5 Nxf5 51. Kxf2
Nd4 52. Rc1+ Kd5 53. Rc3 b5 54. Rd3 bxa4 $1 55. bxa4 Kc5 $10 {Tchigorin/Nikitin
}) 49... Bc5 50. Bd5+ Kd7 51. Re6 Nf5 52. Bc4+ Kc7 53. Rd3 h5 54. Bb5 Rg4+ $2 (
54... Rf2+ 55. Kh3 Bd6 56. Re2 Rf4 (56... Rxe2 $2 57. Rc3+) 57. Rc3+ Bc5 $13 {=
}) 55. Kh2 Rh4+ 56. Rh3 Bd6+ 57. Kg2 Rg4+ {Time 3:00h Zeit: 3:00h} 58. Kf1 Ng3+
59. Kf2 h4 60. Rh6 $1 Rf4+ 61. Kg2 Be7 62. Rc6+ Kb7 63. Rc4 Rf8 64. Rd4 Kc8 65.
Rd7 Bd8 66. Rh2 $1 {/\ 67.Kh3} Ne4 67. Rg7 {Nikitin: Avoiding the attack by
Nc5, preventing ...Rg8 and planning Kg1. Entgeht dem Angriff nach Nc5 und
verhindert Rg8, plant Kg1.} Nc5 {Time: 4:00h Zeit: 4:00h} (67... Rf2+ 68. Kg1
Rxh2 69. Kxh2 {/\ Rh7, Kd5/Kc6 +- Nikitin}) 68. Rh3 Bf6 69. Rg6 Bd8 70. Bc4 Rf4
71. Rf3 $1 {/\ Rff7} Rd4 72. Rg7 {Time: 4:00h Zeit: 4:00h} Kb8 73. Rff7 Rd6 74.
Kh3 Rd2 75. Rh7 Rd6 76. Bf1 $1 {/\ 80.Bg2 81.Ra7} Ne6 $1 {Zeit: 5:00h} (76...
Nxb3 77. Rb7+ Kc8 78. Ba6 {/\ 79.Rbc7 80.Rc8# Tchigorin}) 77. Rd7 $1 (77. Rb7+
$2 Kc8 {/\ 78....Ng5+} 78. Kh2 Nc7 79. Ra7 Kb8 $19) 77... Rc6 (77... Ng5+ 78.
Kg4 Nxh7 79. Rxd6 $18 Kc7 80. Rh6 Nf6+ 81. Kf5 Nd7 82. Bb5 Nc5 83. Ke5 Nxb3 84.
Rh7+ Kb8 85. Kd6 $18 {Nikitin}) 78. Kg4 Rc7 79. Bc4 $1 Rxc4+ 80. bxc4 Kc8 81.
Rd6 Nc5 82. Rc6+ Kb8 83. Rh8 {Time: White: 4:35h  Black: 5:18h Zeit: Weiß: 4:
35h  Schwarz: 5:18h} (83. Rh8 Nb7 84. Rxb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch02 Steinitz-Chigorin +10-6=1"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1889.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1889.01.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. gxf3 dxc4 5. e4 $6 (5. e3 $1) 5... e5 $1 6.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6 8. f4 Rd8+ $1 (8... O-O-O+ $6) 9. Bd2 (9. Ke1 $2 Nd4 {
Tchigorin}) 9... Bc5 10. Rg1 $2 (10. Bxc4) 10... Nge7 11. Bxc4 (11. Rxg7 Ng6
12. Bxc4 Nxf4 13. Rxf7 Nxe5 (13... Nd3 $1) 14. Rxf4 (14. Rxc7 Bxf2 $40 {
+/- Steinitz}) 14... Nxc4 {Tchigorin} 15. Kc2 Rg8 16. b3 Bd4 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18.
Kxc3 (18. Nxc3 Rd2+ $19) 18... Ne5 $19) 11... Ng6 12. Kc1 Bxf2 13. Rg2 Bb6 14.
Nc3 Nd4 15. Nd5 Nf3 $1 16. Nxb6 {Time: 1:00h Zeit: 1:00h} (16. Bc3 $1 Nxf4 $1 (
16... O-O 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. e6 $40) 17. Rxg7 Ne6 $19 {Tchigorin}) 16... Nxd2
17. Rxd2 axb6 {Time: 1:00h Zeit: 1:00h} 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bxf7 Nxf4 20. Kd2 (
20. Kc2 $1) 20... Rf8 21. Bb3 Ng6 22. e6 Ke7 23. Rg1 Rf2+ 24. Ke3 Rxh2 25. Rg5
$2 (25. Rf1 Ne5 (25... Rh3+ 26. Ke2 $1 Rh2+ 27. Kd1 (27. Ke1) (27. Ke3 $10)
27... Nh8 28. Rf3 Rxb2 29. Rd3 Rxb3 30. axb3 Kxe6 31. Rd8 Nf7 $13 {Bogoljubow})
26. Rf5 Rh3+ (26... Kd6 27. Rxe5 $18) (26... Ng4+ 27. Kf3 Nf6 28. e5 $18) 27.
Ke2 Rxb3 28. axb3 $10 {Vasquez}) 25... Rh3+ 26. Kd4 Rf3 27. Rb5 Nf4 28. a4 h5
$1 (28... c5+ $2 29. Ke5 Nd3+ 30. Kd5 $13 {Tchigorin}) 29. a5 h4 30. axb6 c6 $1
31. Rf5 (31. Rg5 Rg3 32. Rf5 Nxe6+ $19) 31... Ne2+ 32. Kc5 {Time: 2:00h Zeit:
2:00h} (32. Ke5 Rxf5+ 33. exf5 h3 34. Ba4 h2 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. b7 h1=Q 37. b8=Q
Qh2+ $19) (32. Kc4 Rxf5 33. exf5 h3 34. Ba4 h2 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. b7 h1=Q 37.
b8=Q Qd5+ 38. Kb4 Qb5+ $19) 32... Rxf5+ 33. exf5 h3 34. Ba4 h2 35. Bxc6 bxc6
36. b7 h1=Q 37. b8=Q Qc1+ {Time: White: 2:05h  Black: 1:27h Zeit: Weiß: 2:05h 
Schwarz: 1:27h} 0-1

[Event "World-ch02 Steinitz-Chigorin +10-6=1"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1889.01.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1889.01.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Qf6 7. d4 Nge7 8.
Bg5 Qd6 9. d5 $1 Nd8 10. Qa4 Bb6 $2 (10... b6 $1) 11. Na3 Qg6 (11... a6 12. Bb3
{/\ 13.Nc4+/- Tchigorin}) (11... Ng6 12. Nb5 Qf8 13. Be3 c6 14. Bxb6 cxb5 15.
Bxb5 $16) 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nxe5 Qf6 14. Nf3 Qxc3 (14... d6 15. e5 dxe5 16.
Nxe5 {/\ 17.Re1 Bogoljubow}) 15. e5 c6 {Time: 1:00h Zeit: 1:00h} (15... d6 $2
16. exd6+ {/\ 17.Re1}) 16. d6+ Kf8 17. Bb3 $1 {/\ 18.Qh4} h6 18. Qh4 g5 19. Qh5
(19. Nxg5 $2 Qxe5 $17) 19... Qd3 20. Rad1 $1 (20. Nxg5 $2 Qf5) 20... Qh7 (20...
Qg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6 22. e6 $1 $18 {Steinitz} Kg7 23. Rfe1 $1 {Tchigorin}) 21. Nc2
{?! Time: 1:00h Zeit: 1:00h} (21. e6 {!} Nxe6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Ne5 {/\ 24.Rd3
-> +- Steinitz} Rg8 24. Rd3 g4 $1 {/\ 25....Rg5  Bogoljubow}) 21... Kg7 $2 (
21... Ne6 $1) 22. Ncd4 {/\ 23.Bc2} Qg6 (22... Bxd4 23. Nxd4 {/\ 24.f4 Tchigorin
}) 23. Qg4 h5 (23... Ne6 {>=} 24. Bc2 (24. Nf5+ {/\ 25.Ne7+/- Bogoljubow})
24... h5 25. Qg3 h4 26. Qg4 Qh5 $13 {=/+}) 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. Qxg5 Qxg5 26. Nxg5
$18 h4 (26... Ne6 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Ne7 Rh7 29. Kh1 Bd8 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. f4
Rf7 32. f5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5+ exf5 34. Rf1 $18) 27. Kh1 Rh5 28. f4 Ne6 29. g4 $1
hxg3 30. Nxg3 Rh6 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. f5 Ke8 33. fxe6 dxe6 {Time: 2:10h Zeit: 2:
10h} 34. Ne4 {Time: 1:30h Zeit: 1:30h} (34. Ne4 {/\ 35.Nf6+ +-} Bd7 (34... Bd8
35. d7+ Bxd7 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Rf7#) 35. Nf6+ Kd8 36. Ng8 Rh8 37. Rf8+ Be8 38.
d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch02 Steinitz-Chigorin +10-6=1"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1889.02.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1889.01.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Qf6 7. d4 Nge7 8.
Bg5 Qd6 9. d5 Nd8 10. Qa4 b6 (10... f6 11. Bc1 Bb6 12. Na3 c6 13. Rd1 $1 $16 {
Tchigorin}) 11. Na3 a6 12. Bd3 $1 Bxc3 13. Rab1 $3 $18 (13. Nc4 $5 Qb4 14. Qc2
Bxa1 15. Bd2 $16 {+- Tchigorin}) 13... Bb7 (13... Qg6 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qc4 $18
) 14. Nc4 Qc5 (14... Qg6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 (15... b5 16. Qa3 bxc4 17. Bxd8 Kxd8 18.
Qxc3 $18 {Bogoljubow}) 16. Qa3+ $18) 15. Be3 b5 (15... Bd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17.
Bxd4 Qxd4 $4 18. Nd6+) 16. Bxc5 bxa4 17. Rfc1 $6 (17. d6 $1 cxd6 (17... Nec6
18. dxc7 $18) 18. Nxd6+ $18 {/\ 19.Nb7}) 17... d6 18. Bxd6 $6 (18. Rxc3 $1 dxc5
19. d6 $1 $18) 18... cxd6 19. Nxd6+ Kd7 20. Nxb7 Bd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Nxd8
Rhxd8 23. Rb7+ Kd6 (23... Ke8 24. Rcc7 $18) 24. e5+ Kxd5 25. Rxe7 Rac8 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. f3 $1 $18 Rc3 28. Be4+ Kc4 29. Rxf7 Kb4 30. e6 d3 {Time: 1:00h Zeit:
1:00h} 31. Rd7 {Time: White: 0:20h  Black: 1:12h Zeit: Weiß: 0:20h  Schwarz: 1:
12h} 1-0

[Event "Match/Cable Chigorin-Steinitz +2-0=0"]
[Site "Cable USA"]
[Date "1890.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "Steinitz,W/Tartakower,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1890.10.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tartakower: '1) Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, pp.
36-38. In the following game - which for some months kept the chess-world on
tenterhooks - we see a clash between an attacking player, relying on the
resources of the imagination, and a defender who believes in the power of
resistance of the inert mass, but who is handicapped on this occasion by an
unfortunate choice of variation (6....Qf6).'} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Qf6 {Tartakower: 'The Steinitz Defence — a favourite
of the then champion — renders Black's task far more onerous than the usual
6....d6.'} 7. d4 Nh6 ({He already has no natural moves at his disposal and
must resort to baroque strategy. Here he cannot reply with} 7... d6 8. d5 {
, followed by 9.Qa4+, winning a piece,}) ({nor with} 7... exd4 8. e5 Qg6 9.
cxd4 {, with a powerful centre.}) ({The reply} 7... h6 {is slow, as is seen in
the following game, Gunsberg-Steinitz (from their match, New York, 1891):} 8.
Qa4 Bb6 9. Bb5 Nge7 10. Ba6 exd4 11. e5 Qg6 12. cxd4 Nd5 13. Re1 Nf4 14. g3 Qg4
15. Nbd2 Nh3+ 16. Kg2 Ng5 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Be2 Ne6 19. Kh1 Qf4 20. Nh4 Qxf2 {
(falling into a terrible trap, but after the only permissible move, 20....Qh7,
Black also remains in a bad way)} 21. Ne4 {Gunsberg,I-Steinitz,W World-ch03
Steinitz-Gunsberg +6-4=9 1890 (16) 1-0 , and Black resigns, for after 22.Bf1,
his queen is lost on a full board.}) 8. Bg5 {Tartakower: 'This sally
emphasizes the unfortunate position of Black's queen. He cannot very well
reply with 8....Qg6, because of 9.d5 Nd8 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11.Nxe5, and White has
the advantage both in material and in position. 8....'} Qd6 (8... Qg6 9. d5 Nb8
10. Nbd2 $14) 9. d5 Nd8 (9... Ne7 10. Be2 f6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Nbd2 $16) 10.
Qa4 (10. Qd3) 10... Bb6 11. Na3 {Tartakower: 'Each of White's moves tells, as
is often the case in open games, in which it is possible to work with direct
threats. At the moment the threat is 12.Nb5 Qg6 13.Bxh6, followed by 14.Nfxe5.
11....'} c6 (11... Qg6) (11... O-O 12. Bd3 Qg6 13. Nc4 f6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15.
Bxh6 Qxh6 16. d6 $14) ({This weakening of d6 will play an important part in
the course of the game. But after} 11... a6 {White could still play (apart
from the good continuation in the text, 12.Be2)} 12. Nb5 axb5 13. Qxa8 bxc4 14.
Qxc8 O-O 15. Bxh6 f6 16. Qxb7 {etc.}) 12. Be2 Bc7 (12... Ng4 13. Nc4 Bxf2+ 14.
Rxf2 Qc5 15. Qb4 Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 c5 17. Qb2 $18) 13. Nc4 Qf8 (13... Qg6 14. Bxd8
Bxd8 (14... Kxd8 15. Ncxe5 $18) 15. Nfxe5 Qf6 16. Qa3 Be7 17. d6 $16) 14. d6 {
Tartakower: 'A pretty deflecting sacrifice which allows White to gain
important territory on the extreme left wing. 14....'} (14. Qd1 d6 15. Bxd8
Kxd8 16. dxc6 $16) 14... Bxd6 15. Nb6 (15. Bxd8 Kxd8 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qxa7 $14)
15... Rb8 16. Qxa7 Ne6 (16... Ng4 17. Rad1 $18) (16... Ng8 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Rad1
$18) 17. Bc1 Ng8 {Tartakower: '[#]Here is what one was pleased to call a
Steinitz position, with so many pieces encumbering the first rank. Black's
position — neither developed, nor, properly speaking, susceptible of
development — is of course theoretically lost. The great Russian champion
now proceeds to prove that it is lost in practice as well.'} (17... Qe7 18. Ba3
Nf4 (18... c5) 19. Bc4 (19. Rfe1 Qe6 20. Ng5) 19... Qf6 20. Rfd1 Bc7 21. Na8
$18) 18. Ba3 {Tartakower: 'Revealing the meaning of the beautiful retrograde
manoeuvre contained in White's preceding move. 18....'} c5 ({Needless to say,
Black cannot now reply} 18... Bxa3 {because of} 19. Qxb8 {, and he is
compelled further to weaken his position in the centre (d5). A plastic
illustration of the fact that one weakness leads to another.}) 19. Rad1 (19.
Rfd1 Nf6 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Nc4 Bc7 22. Bxc5 Qg8 (22... d6 23. Nxd6+ Bxd6 24.
Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 $18) 23. Bd6 Nfxe4 24. Bxc7 Nxc3 25. Qxb8 Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Ke7
27. Bd6+ Ke6 28. Bxe5 $18) 19... Nf6 (19... Bc7 20. Bb5 Nf6 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Nh4
(22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Nh4 $18) 22... Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bc7 24. Nf5 g6 25. Rfd1 gxf5
26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Rxd7 Qh6 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Qxc5 $18) 20. Bc4 {Tartakower:
'With the threat 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Bxc5. 20....'} (20. Ng5 $18) (20. Bb5 Qe7 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Ng5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. f4 Qh5 25. Qb6 Qh6 26. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 27.
Qxc5 b6 28. Qc7 Ra8 29. Qxe5+ Kd8 30. d6 Re8 31. Qd5 $18) 20... Bc7 ({
Tartakower: 'Still more unfortunate would be the acceptance of the "Greek
gift" by'} 20... Nxe4 {Tartakower: ', on account of'} 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxb7
Rc6 23. Nxe5 {Tartakower: ', with the incisive threat of 24.Qxd7.'}) (20... Qe7
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Bxc5) 21. Nd5 (21. Rfe1 Nd8 22. Na8 Bd6 23. Qxc5
Ne6 (23... Bxc5 24. Nc7+ Ke7 25. Bxc5+ d6 26. Bxd6+ Kd7 27. Nxe5#) 24. Qa7 Bxa3
25. Qxb8 Qc5 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe5 d6 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. e5 $18) (21. Nxc8 Rxc8
22. Qxb7 Kd8 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ng5) 21... Bd6 ({Or} 21... Nxd5 22. exd5 Nf4 23.
d6 Bxd6 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxb8 Kd8 26. Nxe5 {, and wins.}) 22. Nh4 {Tartakower:
'Whilst his adversary is condemned to inactivity, White is able further to
reinforce his position. 22....'} Nxd5 (22... b5 23. Nf5 Rb7 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25.
Qa6 Bb8 26. Bxb5 $18) 23. Nf5 {Tartakower: 'This beautiful intermediary
manoeuvre ensures for White a quick and bountiful harvest. 23....'} g6 24.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 25. Bxd5 (25. exd5 Nf4 (25... Ng5 26. Bxc5 Ra8 27. Bxd6 Rxa7 28.
Bxe5 O-O 29. Bd4) 26. Bxc5 Qc7 27. Rfe1 d6 28. Bb5+ Ke7 29. Rxe5+ $18) 25...
Qc7 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Bxc5 Ra8 ({Or} 27... d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 {, and
the deadly threat 30.Bd6 persists. Black cannot save the exchange, and is
reduced in the sequel to a painful agony.}) 28. Qxa8 Qxc5 29. Qa4 (29. Qb8 Rf8
30. Qd6 b6 31. a4 Rf4 32. Rd5 $18) 29... Kd8 30. Rd2 Kc7 31. Rb1 Rd8 (31... d6
32. Rb4 Kb8 33. c4 h5 34. Rb5 Qc6 35. Qb4 Rd8 36. Rxe5 $18) 32. Rb5 Qc6 33. Qb4
d6 34. a4 Qe8 (34... Bd7 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Rxb7+ Kc8 37. Qxd6 $18) 35. Rb6 Qf8
36. Qa5 d5 ({Tartakower: 'Or'} 36... Kb8 37. Rdb2 Rd7 (37... d5 38. Ra6 {
threatening 39.Ra8#}) 38. Ra6 b6 39. Ra8+ Kb7 40. Qxb6+ Kxa8 41. Qb8#) 37. exd5
Kb8 38. d6 {Tartakower: 'Black resigns.'} 1-0

[Event "Match/Cable Chigorin-Steinitz +2-0=0"]
[Site "Cable USA"]
[Date "1890.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "Steinitz,W/Tartakower,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1890.10.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played by telegraph from 13 Oct 1890 to 28 Apr 1891. The stake
for the match, won by Chigorin, was $750.} 1. e4 {Myers, Avery, Harding,
Edwards, Russell, Steinitz (International Magazine). Tartakower & du Mont: 500
Master Games of Chess, pp. 47-48.'} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5
Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 {Tartakower: 'Undoubtedly the best retreat,
but the initiative remains with Black. 8....'} h6 ({Black must of course drive
back the intruder without delay, for if} 8... Bc5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nge4 {,etc.}) (
{and if} 8... Nd5 {(Villeneuve's Variation)} 9. d4 {with advantage to White.})
9. Nh3 ({This bizarre retreat, favoured by Steinitz, is cruelly refuted in the
present game.} 9. Nf3 {was indicated.}) 9... Bc5 ({Here, as later on} 9... Bxh3
10. gxh3 {would only lighten White's task.}) 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 ({Would White
avoid trouble by castling in his turn? No-the sequel could be} 11. O-O Nb7 12.
Kh1 g5 13. c3 Bb6 14. Be3 Nd6 {and Black is in a commanding position.}) 11...
Nd5 {Tartakower: 'Taking up a strong central position, while vacating the
f-file for the advance of the pawn.'} 12. Na4 $6 (12. O-O $142 $1 {Harding:
1-0 (35) Krueger,H-Hagelstein,D/corr IECC 2002/}) (12. Bg4 $5 Bd4 13. Nxd5 cxd5
14. c3 Bb6 15. O-O Qf6 16. Qf3 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Nc6 18. Bd2 $16 {Myers}) ({After} 
12. Nxd5 cxd5 {Black's centre would be more powerful than ever. But needless
to say, the eccentric position of his knights is not in White's favour. Thus
one evil begets another, and, instead of rational development, White must have
recourse to artificial manoeuvres.}) 12... Bd6 13. Ng1 $2 {Tartakower: 'In the
"Steinitz manner." But on this occasion his retrograde evolutions are not
crowned with success.'} (13. Bd2 Re8 $1 14. Bg4 e4 15. O-O Qc7 $15 {Myers}) ({
Tartakower: 'He could not, however, play'} 13. O-O {Tartakower: 'because of 13.
...'} Bxh3 (13... Qh4 {and both White knights are in jeopardy.}) 14. gxh3 Qh4
15. c4 e4 16. cxd5 Qxh3 17. f4 $8 exf3 18. Rxf3 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 cxd5 $15 {Myers})
(13. Bg4 $142 $5 f5 14. Be2 Qh4 15. c4 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 $11 {Myers}) (13. c4 Bxh3
14. gxh3 Nf4 15. Rg1 Qf6 $5 $15 {Myers}) 13... f5 $6 (13... Re8 $142 $1 $15 {
[%cal Ge5e4] Myers}) 14. c3 (14. c4 $5 Nf6 15. c5 Bc7 16. b4 $14 {Myers}) 14...
Bd7 {Tartakower: 'Black is able to complete his development at leisure. The
threat—a positional one— is 15.c4, blockading the square d5 and enabling
the knight to return into play via c3.'} (14... e4 $5) 15. d4 (15. c4 $142 $5
$14 {Myers}) (15. Qc2 $142 {Steinitz}) 15... e4 (15... exd4 $5 16. cxd4 Re8 $1
17. Kf1 Qc7 $15 {Myers}) 16. c4 Ne7 $6 (16... Nb4 $142 $5 17. Kf1 f4 $1 18. a3
f3 19. Nxf3 exf3 20. Bxf3 Na6 $17 {Myers}) 17. Nc3 (17. c5 $142 $5 $14 {Myers})
(17. b3 $142 {Steinitz}) 17... Be6 18. b3 (18. Nh3 $5 Rb8 (18... Nxc4 $2 19.
Qb3 Rb8 20. Bxc4 Rxb3 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxb3 $16 {Bogoljubow}) 19. c5 Bc7 20.
O-O Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxb2 24. Re1 $14 {Myers}) 18... Bb4
$1 19. Bb2 $8 f4 {Tartakower: 'To be followed by 20....Nf5.'} (19... Rb8 $5)
20. Qc2 $6 {Tartakower: 'This sacrifice of a pawn for the sake of a
hypothetical attack is brilliantly refuted.'} ({Tartakower: 'It would have
been better to submit to a laborious defence by'} 20. a3 $1 Bxc3+ 21. Bxc3 Nf5
(21... Rb8 22. Rb1 {etc.}) 22. Bg4 Kh8 {[%cal Yd8h4,Yf5e3,Ya8b8]} 23. h3 (23.
Bh3 Rb8 24. Rb1 f3 $1 $15) 23... f3 24. gxf3 e3 25. Ne2 $1 $14 {Myers}) (20.
Kf1 $1 f3 21. gxf3 exf3 22. Bxf3 {Edwards} Qd7 23. h3 Rad8 24. Rh2 Rf7 25. Rc1
$14) 20... Qxd4 $1 21. Kf1 ({Tartakower: 'At this stage also'} 21. a3 {
Tartakower: 'had its points.'} f3 22. gxf3 e3 23. fxe3 Qh4+ 24. Kf1 $8 Bf5 $40
{Steinitz}) 21... f3 $1 {Tartakower: 'A break-through. In the subsequent
hand-to-hand fighting both adversaries pursue well-defined objectives. But
Black's plan proves to be the more profound.'} 22. gxf3 exf3 23. Bxf3 (23. Nxf3
$2 Bh3+ 24. Ke1 Qf6 $1 $17 {Myers}) 23... Bf5 $1 24. Ne4 {Tartakower: '[#]'} (
24. Rd1 $5) 24... Bxe4 $1 25. Qe2 ({Tartakower: 'After'} 25. Bxe4 Rxf2+ {
Tartakower: 'Black terminates the game in an artistic manner'} 26. Qxf2 Qxe4
27. Nf3 Rf8 28. Kg2 Nf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Yf5h4,Yf5e3,Re4g4,Rb4c5] Steinitz} (28...
Ng6 29. Z0 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Nh4+)) 25... Bxf3 $1 {Tartakower: 'Allowing the
capture of his queen, but at a price. (A rook, two pieces, to say nothing of
the attack.)'} ({If} 25... Bc3 26. Rd1 {(} Bxf3 27. Qe6+ Rf7 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29.
Nxf3 Bxb2 30. Kg2 {)}) 26. Qe6+ Kh7 27. Bxd4 Bxh1 28. Qh3 (28. Ne2 Nf5 {Harding
} 29. Bc3 Rae8 30. Qd7 Bxc3 31. Nxc3 Re7 32. Qd3 Bf3 $19 {Myers}) 28... Nf5 {
Tartakower: 'Black's active forces are to the fore.'} (28... Rad8 $5 $19) 29.
Be5 (29. Bc3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Nb7 31. Nf3 Nc5 $1 32. Re1 Rad8 33. Ne5 Ne4 $19 {
Myers}) 29... Rae8 $1 30. Bf4 Nd4 $5 (30... Re4 $1 31. Ne2 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 Nd4+
33. Ke3 Nc2+ {Harding} 34. Ke2 Nxa1 35. Qd3+ Kg8 36. Bd2 Bf3+ $19 {Myers}) 31.
Qd3+ (31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. Qd7+ Re7 33. Qxd4 Rg8 34. Qd3+ Be4 35. Qh3 Reg7 $19 {
Harding}) 31... Be4 {Tartakower: 'Very prettily Black "liquidates" and turns
to account the value of his rooks on the open fines.'} 32. Qxd4 Rxf4 33. f3
Ref8 (33... Nb7 $5 34. a3 Bc5 35. Qd2 Ref8 $19 {Myers}) 34. Qxa7 c5 35. Qc7 (
35. Kg2 $5 Rg4+ $4 36. Kh3 $14 {Myers}) 35... Nc6 36. a3 Rxf3+ $1 37. Nxf3
Rxf3+ 38. Kg1 Bd2 {Steinitz resigned in April of 1891, with a full range of
excuses offered up to his readers of the "International Chess Magazine".
Tartakower: 'White resigns.'} 0-1

[Event "World-ch04 Steinitz-Chigorin +10-8=5"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1892.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1892.01.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Bb5
exd4 9. cxd4 (9. Qa4 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 dxc3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc3
f6 14. Nd4 Ne7 15. Qc4 $16 {Chigorin-Urosov,N/corr/1900}) 9... Bd7 10. Bb2 (10.
a4 $5 Nf6 $2 (10... Nge7) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qc2 d5 13. Ba3 Ne7 14. Bd3 f5 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. Nbd2 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Kf7 $5 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Ne5+ $40 {
Chigorin-Isakov/Moskau/1899}) 10... Nce7 $6 (10... Nf6 11. Na3 Nxe4 $1 12. d5
Ne7 13. Qa4 Bc3 $1 14. Rfb1 Bxb5 $17) 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Na3 $1 Nh6 13. Nc4 Bb6
14. a4 $1 c6 $2 (14... a6 $1 15. Nxb6 (15. Qb3 $1) 15... cxb6 16. Qb3 Nc8 {
/\ 17... 0-0 Bogoljubov}) (14... a5 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Qb3 Nc8 17. d5) 15. e5 $1
(15. d5 O-O 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qd4 f6 18. Qxb6 cxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qb3) 15...
d5 (15... dxe5 16. dxe5 $1 (16. Nfxe5 Qd8 {/\ 17... 0-0}) 16... Qxd1 17. Raxd1
O-O 18. Rd7 {Bogoljubov}) (15... Bc7 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Ba3 {
/\ 19.Re1}) 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Ba3 Kg8 18. Rb1 $1 {/\ a5!} Nhf5 $2 (18... Nc8 19.
a5 Nxd6 20. exd6 Bxa5 21. Ne5 Qc8 22. Qh5 (22. d7 Qc7 23. Be7 Bb6 24. Qh5 $1 {
/\ Qg5 nebst Bf6} Bxd4 $1 25. d8=Q+ Rxd8 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 (26... Qxe5 $2 27. Rfe1
$1) 27. Rxb7 $18 {Bogoljubov}) 22... f6 23. d7 Qd8 24. Rxb7 $1 fxe5 25. dxe5
$18 {Steinitz}) 19. Nxf7 $1 (19. a5 Bxa5 20. Rxb7 $16 {Lasker}) 19... Kxf7 20.
e6+ Kxe6 21. Ne5 Qc8 (21... Qe8 $1 22. Re1 Kf6 23. g4 (23. Bxe7+ $1 Qxe7 (23...
Kxe7 $2 24. Ng4+) 24. Qf3 (24. Ng4+ Kf7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7) 24... Ke6 (24... Kg5
25. h4+) (24... Qc7 25. g4 g6 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Ng4+ Kg5 28. h4+ Kxh4 29. Kg2
Kg5 30. Re5 Rhf8 31. Qe3+ Kxg4 32. Qg3+ Kh5 33. Rh1#) 25. Nf7+ Kd7 26. Qg4 Kc7
27. Qf4+ Kd7 (27... Kc8 28. Nd6+) 28. Qxf5+ Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Kc7 30. Qe7+ Kb8 31.
Nd6 Bc7 32. Rxb7# {Bogoljubov+PS}) 23... h5 24. Bxe7+ Qxe7 25. gxf5 $6 (25. g5+
$1 Kxg5 26. Qd2+ Kf6 27. h4 $1 Nxh4 (27... g6 28. Qg5+ Kg7 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30.
Qxf5+ Kg8 31. Ng6 $16) 28. Qf4+ Nf5 29. Ng4+ hxg4 30. Rxe7 Kxe7 31. Qe5+ $1 (
31. Qxf5 Raf8 32. Qe5+ Kd8 $1 {/\ 33... Bc7}) 31... Kd8 32. Qxf5 $16 {Grekov})
25... Rae8 26. Ng4+ hxg4 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Qxg4 Rh6 $19 {Lasker}) 22. Re1 Kf6
23. Qh5 {/\ Ng4#, Qf7#} g6 (23... Ng6 24. g4 {/\ g5}) 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 (24...
Nxe7 25. Qh4+ (25. Ng4+ Kf7 26. Nh6+ Kf8 (26... Ke8 27. Qe5 $18) 27. Qe5 $18 {
Bogoljubov}) 25... g5 26. Ng4+ Kf7 27. Qxg5 $18) 25. Nxg6+ Kf6 26. Nxh8 Bxd4 (
26... Qxh8 27. Re5 Qc8 28. g4 $16) (26... Qd7 27. Rb3 $1 Rxh8 28. Rf3 Rg8 29.
Re5 Rg5 30. Qh6+ Rg6 31. Rexf5+ Qxf5 32. Qf8+ $18) 27. Rb3 Qd7 28. Rf3 Rxh8 29.
g4 Rg8 30. Qh6+ Rg6 31. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "World-ch04 Steinitz-Chigorin +10-8=5"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1892.02.16"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1892.01.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 (5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nb5 Bb4+ {
--> Raaste-Pyhala} (6... Kd8 {--> Weiner-Braeuning})) (5. Qd3 {-->
Prueger-Dyckhoff} Nf6 (5... Bc5 6. Be3 Nb4 7. Qc4 Bxd4 8. Bxd4 $16 {Keres}
Qxe4+ 9. Kd2 $1 (9. Qe2 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Nxd4 $19) (9. Kd1 Nxc2 10.
Qxc2 (10. Bd3 Qxd4 11. Qxc2 Nf6 12. Re1+ Kd8 $17) (10. Bxg7 Qxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxa1
12. Bxh8 d5 13. Bxd5 Bf5 14. Nc3 O-O-O $132) 10... Qxd4+ 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Re1+
Kd8 $17) 9... Nxc2 10. Bxg7 Qxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxa1 12. Re1+ (12. Bxh8 d5 13. Bxd5
$6 (13. Bd3 $142) 13... Bf5 14. Re1+ Ne7 15. Bxb7 Rd8+ 16. Kc3 Nc2) 12... Ne7 (
12... Kd8 13. Bxf7 $18) 13. Bxh8 d5 14. Bd3 $1 (14. Bxd5 Bf5) 14... Be6 15. Nc3
O-O-O 16. Bf6 $18) 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 (7. Nd2 Bc5 $15 {<=>}) 7... Bb4 $15) (5.
Nc3 Bb4 (5... Nf6 {--> Fraser-Tabenhaus}) 6. Nxc6 {--> Lasker-Sparrow} (6. Qd3
{--> Maczuski-Kolisch}) (6. Ndb5 {--> Niesslbeck-Reimer} Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 Qxg2 (8... Qd4 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Nb5 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Qxd3 12. cxd3 Kd8 13. Bf4
$16 {_|_ Steinitz}) 9. Bf3 Qg6 (9... Qh3 10. Nd5 $146) 10. Nd5 Kd8 11. Bf4 d6
12. Qd2 Bg4 $13)) (5. Nf5 Qxe4+ 6. Ne3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qe5 $15 {Paulsen-Minckwitz,
Leipzig 1879}) (5. Nf3 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Bb4+ (6... d5 7. O-O Be6 8. Nc3 Qf5 9. Bb5
$36) (6... Bc5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nc3 Qg6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bd3 $146) 7. c3 Bc5 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Re1 d6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Qg6 12. Nc4 $14) 5... Qxe4+ (5... Bb4+ 6.
Bd2 Bc5 {--> Weide-Wells} (6... Qxe4+ {--> Gnirk-Roth})) (5... Bc5 6. Qe2 (6.
Qf3 Nf6 {--> NN-Bird} (6... Nd4 {--> Sibarevic-Chiburdanidze} 7. Nxc7+ Kd8 8.
Qf4 $16) (6... Bb6 7. Bf4 d6 8. Bxd6 $2 cxd6 9. Nxd6+ Ke7 10. Qxf7+ Kxd6 11.
Nc3 Qxf2+ $1 $19)) 6... Qd8 {--> Bjerring-Schussler} (6... Nd4 {--> Pira-Klaric
}) (6... Bb6 7. Be3 $14)) 6. Be3 (6. Be2 Kd8 7. O-O a6 8. N1c3 $16 {Keres})
6... Kd8 (6... Qe5 {--> Arkell-Huque}) 7. N1c3 (7. Nd2 Qg6 8. Nf3 a6 9. Nbd4
$14 {|^}) 7... Qe5 (7... Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Qg6 10. Bd3 Qxg2 11. Be4 Qh3
12. Qd5 $146) 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Nbxc7 Bd6 10. f4 Qe4 11. Bd3 Qxg2 12. Rg1 Qxh2 13.
Qf3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qh6 15. O-O-O f5 16. Bxf5 g6 17. Nf6 Qf8 18. Bxd7 Qxf6 19.
Bxc6 Kc7 20. Be4 Rf8 21. Rgf1 Bd7 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Bd2 Bc5 25. Bc3
Qf7 26. Be5+ Kb7 27. Rfd1 Qc4 28. Rc3 Qb5 29. Rb3 Bb4 30. Rd7+ Kb6 31. Bc7+ Ka6
32. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Match Chigorin-Tarrasch +9-9=4"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1893.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1893.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Heyde,Albert: Der Schachwettkampf Tarrasch und Tschigorin. Ende 1893.
2)Tarrasch:Dreihundert Schachpartien.1925.Gouda 3.Aufl.S.396,Nr.259} e6 2. Qe2
c5 $142 3. Nc3 $6 {Black is threatening Nc6-d4 Schwarz droht Nc6-d4} (3. g3
$142) 3... Nc6 4. Nf3 a6 (4... Nd4 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Qc4 Bc5 8. b4 $16
) 5. g3 Nd4 6. Qd3 (6. Qd1 {/\ d3, Be3, Bg2}) (6. Nxd4 cxd4 $15 {>< Nc3}) 6...
Qb6 7. Bg2 Ne7 8. Nxd4 (8. Nd1 Nec6 9. c3 c4 $1 10. Qb1 $17) 8... cxd4 9. Ne2
Nc6 {/\ Nb4} 10. c3 dxc3 (10... e5 $2) (10... Bc5 $2 11. b4 Be7 $1 12. Nxd4
Nxd4 13. cxd4 $16 {[+]}) 11. bxc3 (11. dxc3 Bc5 12. O-O a5 $15 {Chigorin})
11... Bc5 12. O-O O-O $6 (12... e5 $1 13. Qc2 O-O) 13. Qc2 (13. Nf4 $1 d6 14.
Qc2 e5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. d3 $15) 13... e5 $1 $16 14. Rb1 (14. Bb2 d6 15. Rad1 Bg4
16. d3 Kh8 {/\ 17... f5->}) 14... Qa7 15. Bb2 d6 16. Ba1 Bg4 (16... f5 $2 17.
d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 (18... Bb6 $4 19. Qb3+) 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qc4+ $18) (
16... Be6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxb7 $10)
17. Nc1 (17. d3 f5 (17... Kh8 {/\ 18... f5})) 17... b5 18. h3 Be6 19. Ne2 Rac8
{/\ Nc6-b4-d3} 20. Rbd1 Bb6 (20... Nb4 21. Qb1 $1 (21. cxb4 $4 Bxf2+) 21...
Bxa2 22. Qb2 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 $1 Bc4 24. d4 $3 Nd3 25. Rxd3 Bxd3 26. Rxf2 $17) 21.
Qb2 Na5 22. d3 (22. d4 Nc4 $17) 22... Kh8 $6 (22... f5 $1 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Nc1
$1 Rcf8 25. Rd2 Qf7 {-/+/-+} 26. Be4 Rf3 27. Kg2 Qh5) 23. g4 f6 $2 {A point to
attack. Eine Angriffsmarke!} 24. Ng3 Nb7 25. Kh2 (25. d4 Na5 {/\ 26... Nc4-/+})
25... Nc5 26. Qd2 Na4 27. Rc1 Ba5 28. Rc2 Rc6 29. Rfc1 Rfc8 {/\ 30... Qc7 31.
Ne2 b4 32.c4?? b3 -+} 30. g5 $1 fxg5 (30... Qc7 $2 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Nh5 {
/\ 33.Qh6->}) 31. Qxg5 Nxc3 {/\ 32... b4 33.Bc3 bc -/+/-+} (31... h6 $1 32. Qg6
Bf7 {/\ 33... Nc3-/+/-+} (32... Qf7)) (31... Bxc3 $2 32. Nf5 {/\ 33.Ne7}) 32.
Bxc3 (32. Nf5 Bd8 (32... Nxe4 $2 33. Rxc6 Nxg5 34. Rxc8+ Bg8 35. Ra8 Qb6 36.
Rcc8 $18) 33. Qd2 b4 34. Bxc3 Qc7 $1 {/\ 35... bc-/+/-+}) 32... Rxc3 (32...
Bxc3 $2 33. Nf5 {/\ 34.Ne7}) 33. Rxc3 Bxc3 (33... Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. Qd8+
Bg8 36. Nf5 {/\ 37.Ne7} Qxf2 $6 37. Qf8 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ $10) 34.
Nf5 {/\ 35.Rc3 Rc3 36.Qd8 Bg8 37.Ne7 +-} Qd7 $6 (34... b4 35. Ne7 (35. Nxd6 Rf8
36. Nf5 (36. Nc4 Rxf2 37. Nxe5 Qb8 $19) 36... Bxa2 $17) 35... Rf8 36. Nd5 Bxd5
(36... h6 37. Qg6 Bxd5 38. exd5 Qf7 39. Qxf7 Rxf7 $17) 37. exd5 Qf7 $17) 35.
Bf3 (35. Ne7 Rc7 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 b4 38. Be4 $10) 35... b4 36. Rg1 Rf8 (
36... Bxf5 37. exf5 Rf8 38. Bc6 $10) (36... Rg8 37. Bg4 $1 (37. Ne7 $2 {
/\ 38.Ng6 hg 39.Qh4#} h6 38. Qh4 Bxa2 $17) 37... Bxa2 38. Ne7 Qd8 (38... h6 39.
Qg6 Qe8 $1 40. Bf5 $10 (40. Qxd6 $16)) 39. Bf5 {/\ 40.Bh7 +-}) (36... Bxa2 $4
37. Ne7 Rg8 38. Ng6+ hxg6 39. Qh4#) 37. Nxg7 Bxa2 (37... Rg8 38. Qf6 Rxg7 39.
Rxg7 Qxg7 40. Qxe6 Qf8 $10) 38. Nf5 {/\ 38.Ne7} Qf7 39. Qh6 {/\ 40.Rg7} Qf6 (
39... Rg8 $2 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Qe8 43. Qf6+ Qf7 44. Qxd6+
Ke8 45. Bh5 $18) 40. Rg6 Qxg6 $4 (40... Bd2 $3 {Harmonist} 41. Rxf6 (41. Qxd2
hxg6) 41... Bxh6 42. Rxh6 b3 43. Bd1 b2 44. Bc2 Rc8 45. Rxd6 Rxc2 46. Rd8+ Bg8
47. Rb8 $10 {Chigorin} (47. Ne7 $2 Kg7 48. Rxg8+ Kf7 $19) 47... a5 48. Kg2 a4
49. Ne3 Rc1 50. Rxb2 a3 51. Rc2 Ra1 52. Nf5 {Chigorin} (52. Nd5 a2 {/\ 53...
Rg1 -+} 53. Kf3 Bf7 {/\ 54... Bh5 -+} 54. Rc8+ Kg7 55. Ra8 Rg1 $1 56. Rxa2 Bh5+
57. Ke3 Re1+ 58. Kd2 Re2+ $19) (52. Nc4 a2 53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Rb2 Bf7 55. Nxe5 Rb1
56. Rxa2 $19 {A difficult endgame. Ein schweres Endspiel.}) 52... a2 53. Rc8
Rg1+ 54. Kxg1 a1=Q+ 55. Kg2 Qa7 $1 56. Re8 Qd7 57. Rxe5 Qxd3 58. Ng3 {Draw:
Chigorin/0-1: Tarrasch Remis: Chigorin/0-1: Tarrasch}) 41. Qxf8+ Bg8 42. Bh5
Qe6 $2 (42... Qg5 43. h4 Qf4+ 44. Kg2 $18) 43. Qg7# {The game lasted 5.5 hours.
Dauer der Partie: 5,5 h} 1-0

[Event "Match Chigorin-Tarrasch +9-9=4"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1893.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1893.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Heyde,Albert: Der Schachwettkampf Tarrasch und Tschigorin. Ende 1893.
2)Tarrasch:Dreihundert Schachpartien.1925.Gouda 3.Aufl.S.403,Nr.260} e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nc3 (6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. dxe5 {Vgl: 11.Partie
}) 6... Be7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. c3 Bf6 9. Ng3 Ndb8 {Played in original
Steinitz-style.} (9... a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nf5 $40 {Chigorin} (11. Nh5)) 10.
h3 a6 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Qd2 $2 (13. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 $1 $8 (13... Ng6 14.
Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxg6 {+/-/+-}) (13... h6 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Ne6 Qe8
16. Nxc7 Qd8 17. Nxa8 {+/-/+-}) (13... Nb6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.
dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. f4 Bf6 19. e5 Bh4 20. Qh5+ Ng6 21. f5 $18) 14. Bxg5
h6 15. Be3 $14) 13... Ng6 14. Rad1 Qe8 15. Kh2 $138 Kh8 16. Bb3 Be7 17. Ba4 (
17. Ne1 {/\ 18.f4} Bh4) (17. Nf5 $1 {/\ 18.g4, 19.Bc2 b6 /\ Bb7} Nf6 $1 {
Chigorin}) 17... b5 18. Bc2 Nf6 $2 19. Ne1 Ng8 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22.
Qxf4 Nh6 23. Nf3 f6 24. e5 $6 {/\ 25.Qe4} (24. Rde1 $142) (24. Qd2 $142 {
/\ 25.Nh4}) 24... Be6 25. exf6 $2 (25. Qe4 f5 (25... Bg8 $2 26. e6 $16) 26. Qf4
dxe5 27. dxe5 $16) 25... Bxf6 26. Qe4 Bg8 27. Qd3 (27. Qxe8 Raxe8 28. a4 $1 (
28. a3 Bd5 {Chigorin})) (27. a4 $1) 27... Qd7 28. Rde1 g6 {/\ 29... Bc4} 29.
Qd2 Bg7 30. b3 $6 {Not necessary, if Bg8xa2 follows b2-b3.} (30. a3) 30... Nf7
{/\ Bh6-f4, Nd8-e6-f4} 31. Qd3 Rae8 (31... Nd8 32. Nh4 {/\ 33.Ng6}) 32. Ne4 (
32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Re1) 32... Nh6 $1 33. Re2 Nf5 34. Rfe1 Qd8 35. Ng3 (35. Nf2 {
Bogoljubov}) 35... Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Nxg3 37. Kxg3 Qf6 38. Qe4 (38. Kh2 c5 {/\ Bd5}
39. Qe4 (39. dxc5 $2 dxc5 40. c4 bxc4 41. bxc4 Qf4+ $17)) 38... c5 $1 39. dxc5
$2 $19 (39. Kh2 $17) 39... dxc5 40. c4 Qd6+ 41. Kf2 bxc4 42. bxc4 Bd4+ $1 (
42... Qh2 {/\ 43... Bd4} 43. Rd1 Bd4+ $2 44. Rxd4) 43. Ke2 Bxc4+ 44. Bd3 Bd5
$19 {An easy win. Leichter Gewinn!} 45. Qg4 Bxf3+ (45... Bc3 {/\ 46... Bf3, 47.
.. Qh2} 46. Rf1 $1 (46. Rc1 Bxf3+ 47. gxf3 Qh2+ $19) 46... Bxa2 $19) 46. gxf3
Qh2+ 47. Kd1 Qxa2 $2 (47... Bc3 $1 48. Re2 Qh1+ 49. Kc2 Qa1 50. Qc4 Bd4 51. Re7
Rb8 52. Kd2 Qg1 53. Re2 (53. Re4 Qf2+ 54. Be2 Rb2+ 55. Kd3 $1 Qe1 56. Re8+ Kg7
57. Qg8+ Kh6 58. Qf8+ Kh5 59. f4+ Rxe2 60. Rxe2 Qc3+ 61. Ke4 Qc4 $1 $19 {
Klementz}) 53... Rb4 54. Qd5 Bc3+ 55. Kxc3 Qc1+ 56. Rc2 Qe1+ 57. Rd2 Qa1+ 58.
Kc2 Rb2+ 59. Kc3 Rxa2+ $19) 48. Re7 {/\ 49.Rh7, 50.Qg6, 51.Qh7#} Bg7 49. Qe4
Qb3+ 50. Ke2 Qb2+ 51. Kf1 c4 $2 (51... a5 $1 {-/+/-+}) (51... Qc1+ 52. Kg2 (52.
Ke2 $2 c4 53. Bxc4 Bc3 $19) 52... Qd2+ 53. Be2 $1 $10 {cf. comment to move 54.
Vgl. Anmerkung zum 54.Zug.}) 52. Bxc4 Qc1+ 53. Kg2 Qd2+ 54. Kg3 $2 (54. Be2 $10
{Tarrasch} Bf6 55. Re8 Rxe8 56. Qxe8+ Kg7 57. Qe4 a5 58. Kf1 Qc1+ 59. Kg2 Qg5+
60. Qg4 Qd2 61. Kf1 (61. Qe4 a4 $19) 61... Bd4 {/\ 62... Qc1-+ Chigorin}) 54...
Bd4 $1 {/\ 55... Qf2, 55... Qg5} 55. Rxh7+ (55. Qe2 Qg5+ $19) (55. Be2 Qe1+ $19
) 55... Kxh7 56. Qh4+ Qh6 (56... Kg7 $4 57. Qe7+) 57. Qxd4 Qg5+ 58. Kf2 Rd8 $1
59. Qa7+ Kh6 60. Qxa6 Qh4+ 61. Kg2 Rd2+ 62. Be2 Qe1 {The game lasted 7 hours.
Dauer der Partie: 7h} 0-1

[Event "Match Chigorin-Tarrasch +9-9=4"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1893.11.09"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1893.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Tarrasch:Dreihundert Schachpartien.1925.Gouda 3.Aufl.S.454,Nr.275 2)
Adams:Mikhail Chigorin.2016.NIC. p.171} e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf6 5.
Bxf6 Nxf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. Qh3 Re8 11. Nc3 Nf8 12.
Be2 Ng6 13. Qg3 d4 14. Na4 Nb4 15. Bd1 d3 16. c4 b5 17. cxb5 Nd5 18. Nd4 Ndxf4
19. Nc6 Qd5 20. Nc3 Qc5 21. b4 Qf8 22. O-O Ne2+ 23. Nxe2 dxe2 24. Bxe2 Bd7 25.
Qc3 Bxc6 26. bxc6 Kh8 27. d4 Red8 28. Bc4 Qf7 29. Rad1 Ne7 30. b5 Nd5 31. Qf3
Qe7 32. a3 Nb6 33. Qb3 Nxc4 34. Qxc4 g6 35. d5 exd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Qxd5 Rd8
38. Qa2 Qxe5 39. Qa1 Qxa1 40. Rxa1 {[%mdl 4096] R+5P <-> R+5P DIfferent pawn
majorities on both wings. Has White already an clear advantage, because his
pawns on the queenside are much better than Black`s on the kingside? Tarrasch:
"Weiß ist erheblich im Vorteil durch seine Bauernübermacht auf dem
Damenflügel, besonders durch die starke stellung des bauern c6. Zunächst
droht der Turm über e1 auf die siebente Reihe zu gelangen."} Kg7 41. Kf2 Kf6
42. a4 Rd5 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Rc1 g5 45. g3 h5 46. Rc4 g4 (46... Rd1 47. Rc5+ {
Tarrasch: Mit Gewinn} Ke6 $1 (47... Rd5 $11 48. Rxd5+ Kxd5 49. h4 gxh4 (49...
f4+ 50. Kf3 gxh4 51. gxf4 h3 52. Kg3 Kc4 53. f5 $18) 50. gxh4 Kc5 51. Kf4 Kb4
52. Kxf5 Kxa4 53. b6 $1 $11 (53. Kg5 Kxb5 54. Kxh5 a5 55. Kg6 a4 56. h5 a3 57.
h6 a2 $19) 53... axb6 54. Ke6) 48. a5 Rd5 $1 $17) 47. Rb4 Ke6 (47... Kd6 48.
Rd4 {Tarrasch: Gewinnt.} Rxd4 49. Kxd4 Ke6 50. Kc5 (50. a5 Kd6 51. Kc4 (51. Ke3
Kc5 52. b6 axb6 53. a6 Kxc6 $19) (51. a6 Ke6 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. Kd4 $11) 51... f4
52. gxf4 h4 53. f5 g3 54. hxg3 h3 55. b6 axb6 56. axb6 h2 57. b7 h1=Q 58. b8=Q
Qxc6+ $11) 50... f4 51. a5 f3 52. b6 cxb6+ 53. axb6 axb6+ 54. Kxb6 f2 55. c7
f1=Q 56. c8=Q+ $11) (47... Rd1 48. a5 Ra1 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 cxb6 51. c7 Rc1
52. Rb5+ Kd6 53. Rxb6+ Kxc7 54. Rh6 Rf1 $11) 48. a5 (48. Rd4 Re5+ (48... Rxd4
$2 49. Kxd4 Kd6 50. a5 Ke6 (50... f4 51. gxf4 h4 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. a6 Kd6 54. f5
Ke7 55. Kf4 g3 56. hxg3 h3 57. Kf3 $18) 51. Kc5 $18 f4 52. b6 cxb6+ 53. axb6
axb6+ 54. Kxb6 f3 55. c7 f2 56. c8=Q+ $18) 49. Kd3 (49. Kf2 Rd5 $11) 49... a6
50. Kc4 axb5+ 51. axb5 Re4 52. Rxe4+ fxe4 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Kxe4 Kc5 55. Kf4 Kxb5
56. Kg5 Kxc6 57. Kxh5 Kb5 58. Kxg4 c5 59. Kf4 Ka4 60. Ke3 Kb3 61. Kd2 Kb2 62.
Kd3 Kb3 63. Kd2 $11) 48... Kf6 (48... Ke5 $2 {Tarrasch} 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6
cxb6 51. c7 Rc5 52. Rb5 $18) (48... Rc5) (48... Re5+) 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 cxb6
51. c7 Rc5 52. Rxb6+ Kg5 (52... Ke7 53. Rh6 {Tarrasch: Mit Gewinn} f4+ $1 $11
54. Kxf4 Kd7 55. Rh7+ Kc8 56. Ke4 Ra5 57. Kd4 Rf5 $11) (52... Kf7 $1 53. Rh6
Kg7 $1 $11 54. Rxh5 Kg6 55. Rh8 Rxc7 $11) 53. Rb7 h4 54. Kd4 Rc1 55. Ke5 hxg3
$4 (55... Rc6 $142 $11 56. gxh4+ (56. Ra7 h3 $1 57. Kd5 Rc2 58. Kd6 Rd2+ 59.
Kc5 Rxh2 60. Ra4 Rc2+ 61. Rc4 Rxc4+ 62. Kxc4 h2 63. c8=Q h1=Q $11) 56... Kxh4
57. Kxf5 Kh3 58. Kf4 Rc5 59. Ra7 Rc6 60. Ke5 Kxh2 61. Kd5 Rc1 62. Ra2+ Kh3 63.
Kd6 g3 64. Ra8 g2 $11) 56. hxg3 Rc3 57. Kd6 Rd3+ 58. Ke7 Re3+ 59. Kd6 Rd3+ 60.
Ke5 Rc3 61. Ra7 f4 (61... Rc1 62. Kd6 Rd1+ 63. Kc6 Rc1+ 64. Kb7 Rb1+ 65. Ka8
Rc1 66. Kb8 $18) 62. Kd4 (62. Kd4 Rc1 63. Ra5+ Kg6 64. Rc5) 1-0

[Event "Match Chigorin-Tarrasch +9-9=4"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1893.11.14"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1893.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Tarrasch: Der Schachwettkampf Tarrasch und Tschigorin. Ende 1893.S.89}
e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf6 5. Bxf6 Nxf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. f4 Nc6
9. c3 d4 10. Nf3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Nc5 12. d4 f5 (12... Nxd4 13. O-O-O $18) 13.
exf6 ({Tarrasch: Bei} 13. Qh3 {kommt durch} Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ng5 h6 16.
Nxe6 Nxd4 $1 {ein kleiner Stellungsvorteilfür Schwarz heraus, der sehr leicht
zum Gewinn eines Bauern führen kann.} (16... Qe7 $145 $17) 17. Nxd8 $145 $16
Bxh3 18. Nxb7 Be6 19. Nc5 Bg4 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. h3 $18) 13... Qxf6 14. Rd1 Nd7
15. Bd3 Qh6 16. O-O Nf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qh4 Rxf4 19. g4 $2 (19. Qe1 $1 Bd7 (
19... Nf6 20. g3) 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Re8 22. Qd2 Rff8 23. Ng5 $16) 19... Nf6
$15 20. Qxh6 gxh6 $2 (20... Rxg4+ $142 $15) 21. Ne5 $11 Rxf1+ (21... Rxd4 $2
22. Nxc6 Rxg4+ 23. Kh1 bxc6 24. Rxf6) 22. Bxf1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd5 24. Ne4 b6 (
24... Bd7 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27. Nxd7 $16 {Tarrasch} Ke6 $145 28. Nc5+
Kxe5 29. Nxb7 Rg8 $17) 25. Bg2 Bb7 26. Nf6+ Kg7 (26... Nxf6 $2 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28.
exf6 Rxb7 29. Rd7 $16 {Tarrasch}) (26... Kf7) 27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. Bxd5 exd5 (28...
Bxd5 29. Nf6+ (29. Kf2 $145 c5 30. Ke3 Rc8 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. Rxd5
c4 34. bxc4 Rxc4 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Rxa7 Rxg4 $11) 29... Kf7 30. Nxd5 exd5 31.
Rxd5 Ke6 $15 {Tarrasch}) 29. e6 Bc6 {Tarrasch: Weiss steht jetzt entschieden
bessre, da er seinen Turm auf die 7.Reihe bringen kann und dadurch die Bauern
h7 und h6 gewinnt. Durch das Läufermanöver wird ihm diese Möglichkeit
genommen unter Aufgabe eines Bauern, der doch nicht zu halten war.} (29... Kf8
$145 $1 $11 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Rf7+ Kxe6 32. Rxc7 Ba6 33. Rxh7 d4 34. Rxh6+ Ke5
35. Rh7 d3 36. Kf2 Rd8 37. Re7+ Kd6 38. Re1 d2 39. Rd1 Ke5 40. Ng3 Kf4 41. h3
Rd3 $11) 30. Rc1 Be8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nxd5 c5 33. Rf1 Rd8 34. Rf5 Rd6 35. Re5
Rd8 36. Kf2 Bc6 37. Nf4 Rf8 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. e7 Rc8 40. Re6+ Kf7 (40... Kg7 41.
Rxc6) 41. Rxh6 {Jetzt kann Weiss mit h+g Bauern gegen h Bauern einen weiteren
Freibauern bilden.} Be4 42. Re6 Bb7 43. Re3 Bc6 44. g5 Re8 (44... b5) 45. Ne6
$18 Rc8 (45... Rxe7 46. Nd4 $18) 46. Nf8 Kg7 47. Re6 Kf7 48. Re5 Kg7 49. Kf4
Be8 50. Kf5 b5 51. Rd5 Kf7 52. Nxh7 c4 53. Nf6 c3 54. Re5 Kg7 55. Nxe8+ Rxe8
56. Ke6 Rc8 57. Kd7 c2 58. Re1 {Der Sieger des Wettkampfes muss 10 Siege
erzielen. Beim Stande von 9-9 bleibt der Wettkampf unentschieden. Tarrasch
entglitt die Partie seit dem 29. Zuge immer mehr und damit auch der Sieg im
Wettkampf.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings International Masters"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 $1 {/\ 4... e5} 4. f4 Nb4 $1 5. Nf3 (5. Be2 Bf5
6. Na3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 $17) 5... Nxd3+ 6. cxd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qc2 (
9. Ne5 $142 {10.Ndf3, 11.g4->}) 9... Bd7 10. Nb3 Ba4 $1 11. Qc3 b6 12. Qe1 c5
13. Bd2 Bb5 14. Ne5 Nd7 $1 15. Nc1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rc8 {/\ 17... c4 18.dc(18.d4?
c3) Rc4-/+} 17. Rf2 f6 18. Bc3 d4 $1 19. exd4 cxd4 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bb4 Bc5
22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Ne2 Rcf8 25. Raf1 Qd5 $1 {/\ 26... Qa2} 26. Ng3
$1 (26. a3 g5 $1 27. fxg5 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qf5+ 30. Qf4 Bxd3) (26.
b3 a5) 26... e5 $1 (26... Qxa2 27. Ne4 Rf5 28. Nd6 $16) 27. f5 $6 {/\ 28.Ne4,
29.b3+/-} (27. Ne4 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 exf4 29. Rxf4 Ra8 $1 (29... Rxf4 30. Qxf4 {
31.Qb8= Pillsbury}) 30. b3 a5 {/\ 31... a4->}) (27. fxe5 {Bogoljubov}) 27... c4
$1 28. Ne4 cxd3 $3 $19 (28... R6f7 29. f6 g6 30. Re1 cxd3 31. Qh6 $40) 29.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Rc1 h6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qb4 $1 {/\ 33.Rc5} Bc6 $1 (32... a6 $1
33. a4 (33. Qe7 Qe4 34. Rc7 Qe1+ 35. Rf1 Qxf1+ 36. Kxf1 d2+ 37. Kf2 Rxf5+ 38.
Kg3 Rg5+ 39. Kh3 d1=Q $19) 33... e4 34. axb5 e3 35. b6 exf2+ 36. Kf1 Qe4 37.
Qd2 Qe3 38. Qxf2 d2 $19) 33. Qb8 $1 (33. Rf8 d2 $3 34. Rxd2 Qe4 35. Rf2 Rxf8
36. Qxf8 Bb5 $19) 33... Rxf5 34. Rh8+ (34. Rd8 Qe4 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Qd6+ Kh5 $1
(36... Rf6 37. Rxf6+ gxf6 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ $10) 37. Rxf5+ Qxf5 38. Qxc6 d2
39. Qa4 Qb1+ $19) 34... Kg6 35. Rf8 Rg5 $1 36. R8f3 d2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Four Masters"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1896.01.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Nf6 (8... Bb6 $1) 9. e5 dxe5 10. Ba3 (10. Qb3 Qe7 11. dxe5 {Schlechter})
10... Be6 11. Bb5 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd5 $1) 11... Qd5 12. Qa4 Bd7 $1 $146
(12... O-O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bc5 Bb6 15. Nxe5 $16) 13. dxe5 a6 14. exf6 $1 (
14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qh4 Ng8 16. Qg5 {Schlechter} g6 17. Qf4 Rd8 18. Bb4 Bxb4 19.
Qxb4 Ne7 20. Nc3 Qe6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Nd5 23. Rad1 c6 24. Ng5 Qe7 25. f4
O-O 26. Qf3 $13) 14... axb5 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Qh4 Rxg7 17. Qf6 Rg8 18. Bb2 Rg6
19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 O-O-O 21. Rfd1 Qh5 22. Rac1 Rdg8 23. g3 Bg4 24. Rd3 Rh6
$6 (24... Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rh6 $19) 25. Nh4 Qxh4 $4 26. gxh4 1-0

[Event "London International"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1899.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1899.05.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,55,35,39,29,41,22,29,36,40,33,49,34,85,-57,-81,-77,64,75,62,83,537,
311,558,545,591,610,568,-366,584,589,983,980,966,950] C56: Two Knights: 4 d4
exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4 Source: Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, pp.
59-60. All comments are Tartakower's unless otherwise noted. In this game we
see a frontal attack, carried out alternately on the e and f-files until the
defender's resources are exhausted.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4
5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4
Bb6 12. fxg7 {At the right moment. 12....} Rg8 13. g4 {As can easily be seen,
this pawn is taboo, e.g. 13....Qxg4+ 14.Qxg4 Bxg4 15.Nf6 and wins. 13....} Qg6
({If} 13... Qe5 {then, without mis­givings,} 14. f4 d3+ 15. Kf1 {etc.}) 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bg5 {This useful sally keeps the attack going and, in addition,
prevents 15....0-0-0; whilst threatening 16.Nf6+. 15....} Rxg7 ({If} 15... h6 {
White still plays} 16. Qf3 hxg5 17. Nf6+ Kf7 18. Rxe6 {(an orgy of sacrifices)
18...} Kxe6 19. Re1+ Ne5 20. Qd5+ Kxf6 21. Qxe5+ Kf7 22. Qe7#) ({Nor is} 15...
d3 {a valid reply:} 16. cxd3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxg7 18. Rad1 {etc.}) 16. Qf3 e5 ({
The king's flight would be no remedy,e.g.:} 16... Kd7 17. Nf6+ Kc8 18. Rxe6
Qxg5 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rb8 21. Re1 {and wins.}) 17. Nf6+ Kf7 18. h4 h6 19.
Ne4+ {dis ch} Ke6 ({Nolens volens, the Black king remains confined to the
centre, for after} 19... Kg8 20. h5 {White would secure the win more easily
than in the line of play actually adopted.}) 20. h5 Qf7 {Hoping, in vain, to
exchange queens.} ({But after} 20... Qh7 21. Nf6 {matters would be even worse
for Black.}) 21. Bf6 Rgg8 22. Qf5+ Kd5 23. b3 {White revives the attack with
the utmost skill. 23....} Rxg4+ 24. Qxg4 Rg8 25. bxc4+ Kxc4 26. Bg5 {At the
cost of a piece, he closes down the hostile base of operations, in order to
obtain full control of the rest of the field. 26....} hxg5 27. Qg3 Na5 ({
If, in order to avoid the threatened mate (28.Qb3#), the King continues his
travels, there follows} 27... Kb4 28. Reb1+ Ka4 29. Qd3) 28. Qxe5 {Black
resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1902.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1902.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,89,8,-20,-20,-28,-23,-66,-70,-63,-68,-56,-65,-72,-33,-25,-26,-62,-60,
-50,-60,-65,0,-93,-91,-92,-51,-62,-55,-55,-62,-89,-88,-91,-52,-115,-72,-123,
-18,-149,33,38,37,16,133,132,110,139,164,177,164,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,23,40,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,480,480,498,449,843,841] C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco
Pianissimo Source: Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, pp. 23-24.
All comments are Tartakower's unless otherwise noted. To engineer a king's
field attack and to conduct it to a victorious finish by means of unexpected
threats and, when necessary, occasional sacrifices, is the prerogative of the
great masters. The following game is a brilliant illustration of such an
attack.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 {This can be called the
Italian Four Knights' Game.} 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 {A solid continuation. 6....} Bb6
({Better than} 6... Bxe3 7. fxe3 {, because then the doubling of White's pawn
at e4 is more than compensated by the compactness of his center and his
prospects on the f-file.}) 7. Qd2 {A useful post.} ({Of less value would be} 7.
Qe2 {, for after} Bg4 {the queen would be none too comfortable there.}) 7...
Be6 ({After} 7... O-O {, White has the choice -- a question of temperament
--between the symmetrical} 8. O-O {and the more boisterous 8.0-0-0.}) 8. Bb5 ({
The only unflagging continuation. For, after} 8. Bb3 {, Black could simplify
the game by} Bxb3 9. axb3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 {
, etc., with an even game.}) 8... O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 Ba5 11. Qd3 $146 Qb8
{This demonstration prompts White to give up the attacked pawn, because
neither 12.Rb1 Bxa2; nor 12.dxe5 Qxb2 is playable for White. And if now 12.
0-0-0, Black does not continue with 12 .... Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Nxe4 14.Qxe4, etc.,
but much more incisively 12 .... Qb7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Rb8, and Black has
the initiative.} 12. O-O Qxb2 {This excursion by the queen will allow
White—at the cost of further sacrifices—to regroup his forces for the
attack.} 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb5 15. dxe5 Bc4 ({This hankering after worldly
possessions will lead to no good. Simpler was} 15... Qxd3 16. cxd3 Nd7 {
; and White's advantage-if any-would be very small.}) 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qg5 Nxe5
18. Nd4 ({Preserving his forces for the frontal attack which he has prepared.
If, on the other hand,} 18. Nxe5 {, Black with 18 ....} f6 {obtains, at one
stroke, a very good game.}) 18... f6 19. Qg3 Qa6 20. Nf5 Ng6 21. h4 Be6 ({
To accept the offer of the exchange by} 21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rf7 23. h5 {
would expose Black to many dangers.}) 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. h5 Ne7 24. f4 c5 25. Nf3
Qc4 26. Nh4 {Defending directly the bishop and indirectly the threatened e
pawn (for if 26 .... Qxe4 27.Rae1 wins a piece).} Qe6 {In order to continue
with 27 .... Qg4.} 27. f5 Qf7 28. h6 Kh8 29. hxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qh2 Rf7 31. Rf3 Rg8
32. Raf1 Qg5 33. Bb2 {Making for more fertile fields. 33....} Bb5 34. Bc1 Qg4
35. Re1 Rgg7 ({Black being in difficulties, his choice of moves is restricted,
while White is able to improve his position. Better would have been} 35... Bc6)
36. Bh6 Rg8 37. Bf4 Rfg7 38. Bh6 Rf7 39. Bd2 Bc6 {Attacking the backward pawn
on e4} 40. Rf4 Qg5 ({A mistake would be} 40... Qg3 {, because of} 41. Ng6+ Rxg6
42. fxg6 {, and White has won the exchange.}) 41. Rf2 Qh5 42. Rf3 Rg4 {An
ill-fated attempt at counter-attack.} 43. Rh3 {At last the decisive regrouping
is completed, and the threat of 44.Ng6+ can no longer be parried. 43....} Rfg7
({If} 43... Kg8 {, there follows} 44. Nf3 {and the queen is "mated."}) 44. Ng6+
hxg6 45. fxg6 {Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Match/RiceGbt Chigorin-Lasker Em +2-1=3"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. O-O
Bxe5 9. Re1 Qe7 10. c3 f3 11. d4 Ne4 12. Rxe4 Bh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qxe4 14. g3 O-O 15.
Bf4 c6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Qe1 Bf5 18. Qe7 Nd7 19. Re1 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Nf6 21. Qxb7
Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Be5 Bc8 24. Qc6 Qc2 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Lodz Quadringular"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 (
7... Nd7 $5 8. Qd2 (8. Bc4 c5 9. d5 Nb6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 {Tseshkovsky-Bronstein/
Moscow/1981}) 8... c5 9. d5 f5 {Kaplan-Bronstein/Hastings/1975/} 10. Nc3 $14)
8. Ng3 (8. Nc3 $1 Bf6 9. Qd2 $16) 8... c5 (8... Nd7 9. Bc4 c5 10. Qe2 Nb6 11.
Bb5+ Kf8 12. dxc5 Nd5 {Zu Dinglong-Bareev/Roma op/1990/0-1/29/}) (8... Bf6 9.
Qd2 c5 {Polgar,J-Kuif,M/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1990/1/2/81}) 9. Bb5+ $1 (9. dxc5 $14
{Chigorin-Salwe/St.Petersburg/1905/; Chigorin-Salwe (2)/Lodz m/1906/}) 9... Nc6
(9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ {/\ 12.d5!+/-} Kxd7 {Konstantinopolsky/Romanov}) 10. c3 O-O
(10... Qb6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rfe1 Qc5 16.
Rad1 $1 {Chigorin-Salwe (8)/Lodz m/1906/}) (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Bxc6+
bxc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh5 {Chigorin-Salwe (10)/Lodz m/1906/}) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12.
O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Qh5 Kh8 15. Rfe1 f4 $2 (15... Bb7) 16. Ne4 f5 (16...
c5 17. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 cxd4 (18... f6 19. Qh6) 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Re5 h6 21.
Rh5 {/\ 22.Rh6} Qd8 22. Qxh6 $18) (16... f6 17. Nc5 $1 $16) 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18.
Qxg5 e5 19. Qh6 Bd7 20. Nf3 Rfe8 (20... Rae8 21. Nxe5 $16) (20... e4 21. Ng5
$16) 21. Ng5 Re7 (21... Bc8 22. Rxe5 $1 $16) 22. Qf6+ Rg7 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nh6+
Kh8 25. Rxe5 Qc8 26. Re7 Qf8 27. Rf7 $1 1-0

[Event "DSB Kongress-15 Meisterturnier-14"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1906.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1906.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Der 15. Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes war durch die Teilnahme vieler
junger Spieler unter 30 Jahren gekennzeichnet. Die Alten, Chigorin und
Tarrasch, hatten es nicht leicht den Ansturm der Jugend abzuwehren. Besonders
Tarrasch's 7,5 aus 16 stellten beim Spiel in seiner Heimatstadt eine große
Enttäuschung dar.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 {
Jetzt verfügt Schwarz über etliche Züge, von denen 6...Bg4 am meisten gespielt
wird.} O-O {Einfach und stark.} 7. Na4 (7. f5 h6 8. Qe2 $6 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10.
Na4 Bxf5 $1 11. O-O Bg6 12. Qf2 Qe7 13. Qh4 d5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. Qg3 $2 Bd6 16.
Bf4 a6 $1 {[%csl Ya4,Yc4]} 17. Rae1 Qf6 18. Qh3 Bxf4 19. Qxd7 Qd6 20. Qg4 Bxh2+
21. Kh1 b5 22. Qxd4 bxa4 {0-1 Chigorin,M-Vidmar,M/Karlsbad 1907/HCL (22)}) 7...
Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. O-O $6 (9. a3 {oder 9.c3}) 9... Na5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2
Nxc4 12. dxc4 {Wegen der ungewöhnlichen Bauernformation ist die Stellung
schwer einzuschätzen, doch sollte Schwarz keinesfalls schlechter stehen.} Bg4
13. Kh1 Nh5 14. Qf2 f5 $1 {Da ein Spiel gegen den Isolani e4 nicht viel
verspricht, ist dieser Bauernvorstoß logisch.} 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Qd2 h6 17. Bh4
fxe4 (17... c6 18. exf5 Rxf5) 18. Qd5+ Qe6 19. Qxe4 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21. Qxf3
Qf7 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Rf1 Qg6 24. Qf3 e4 25. Qe3 Qg4 26. Qf2 Qe6 27. Qe2 Nf6 {
Das war letztlich nicht zu vermeiden.} 28. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 2048] Damit ist
nun ein Schwerfigurenendspiel entstanden, das zwar Schwarz wegen des starken
e-Bauern auf Gewinn anlegen kann, doch die Remisbreite wird praktisch
überhaupt nicht überschritten.} 29. Qe3 f5 30. b3 ({Selbst} 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31.
Qxc7 {ist nicht von der Hand zu weisen.}) 30... Re7 31. Kg1 Kh7 32. h3 Qe5 33.
Qf4 Qc5+ 34. Rf2 e3 35. Re2 Re4 36. Qf3 Qe5 37. g3 Kg6 38. Kg2 h5 39. a4 $6 ({
Mit} 39. h4 {würde Weiß dichtmachen; wie soll Schwarz dann Fortschritte machen?
}) 39... c5 $6 40. Kg1 $6 h4 $1 41. gxh4 Kh6 42. Kh1 f4 {Schwarz hat
verbundene Freibauern und die Schwerfiguren sind von der Verteidigung des
e-Bauern entbunden. Andererseits bleiben die weißen Remisaussichten wegen des
relativ ungeschützten schwarzen Königs intakt.} 43. c3 Qf5 44. Rg2 {Vidmar:
"Die Stellung verdient ein Diagramm. Wer sich nur halbwegs in sie verteift,
muß zur Feststellung gelangen, daß Schwarz eine vollkommen 'gewonnene' Partie
hat, er wird gewiß, wenn er dem vorangegangenen Spielverlauf aufmerksam
gefolgt ist, auch zugeben müssen, daß Schwarz den Sieg verdient hat." Leider
ist Verdienst eine sehr subjektive Größe. Einige Stellungsfaktoren sprechen
eben dafür, daß Weiß durchaus gute Remischancen besitzt. Vor allem ist es
natürlich der schwarze König, der Weiß Hoffnungen auf Dauerschach offeriert.
Schwarz steht besser; ein Gewinn ist kaum nachweisbar.} Re6 $6 {Von Vidmar mit
zwei Fragezeichen versehen. Er zitiert Tarrasch aus dem Turnierbuch, der einen
"leicht zu findenden Weg zum Gewinn" angibt:} (44... Re7 45. Kh2 Qf7 46. Kh1 {
Weiß muss abwarten und darf keinesfalls h4-h5 spielen, weil dem schwarzen
König dann keine Schachgebote auf der h-Linie mehr drohen.} Re5 47. Kh2 Qf6 48.
Kh1 Rh5 49. Kh2 Rxh4 {Soweit die von Tarrasch stammende Variante; aber nun
muss Weiß keineswegs weiter sinnlose Königszüge machen:} 50. Kh1 $2 (50. Qe4 $1
Qd6 (50... Rh5 51. Rg4 Rf5 52. Qe8 $11) 51. Qe8 $1 f3+ (51... Qf6 52. Rg8) 52.
Rg3 Qd2+ 53. Kh1 Qe1+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh1 $11) 50... Qf5 (50... Qc6 $1) 51.
Kh2 Qh5 $19) 45. Qxb7 $11 e2 $2 {Das verliert gar noch, weil der e-Bauer
forciert verloren geht.} (45... Qe5 46. Qc8 e2 47. Qf8+ $11) (45... Rg6 46.
Rxg6+ Qxg6 47. Qe7 Qg3 48. Qg5+ Kh7 $11) 46. Qg7+ Kh5 47. Qh8+ Rh6 48. Qe8+
Kxh4 49. Qxe2 f3 50. Qf2+ Kh5 51. Rg3 {Quelle: Vidmar "Goldene Schachzeiten"
1960, 2. Auflage Walter de Gruyter 1981, S. 50 ff.} 1-0

