Aron Nimzowitsch vs Siegbert Tarrasch
Preliminary Event, St. Petersburg 1914
Queen's Gambit Declined
Preliminary Event, St. Petersburg 1914
Queen's Gambit Declined
[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1914.04.28"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. Here is a brilliant win by
Tarrasch. } d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O
Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 {11
Qe2!? } 11...exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 {'The guardian
of the king's field leaves his post for a moment, assuming
wrongly that 19 Qc3 is a major threat' -- Tartakower. If 18
Qxd2 d4 19 exd4 Bxf3 20 gxf3 Qh4 } 18...d4 {!} 19. exd4 {19
Rfe1! } Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxg2 {!} 22. f3 {22 Kxg2
Qg4+ 23 Kh2 Rd5-+ } 22...Rfe8 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5
{25 Rxf1 Qh2+ or 25 Nf6+ Kf8 26 Nxe8 Qg2+ } 25...f5 26. Qc3
Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4 f4+ {28...Qg3+! } 29. Kxf4 Rf8+
30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5# 0-1
