Game info
TOURNAMENT LOG
Spielmann, Rudolf VS Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich
1909.03.01
St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial
Annotations
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8.O-O
A feasible treatment in a more aggressive style is here: 8) Kt - Kt 3, O - O; 9) P - K Kt 4, and an onslaught with the King's side Pawns.
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12…Nd7
Black has now two Bishops converging on the centre, sound Pawns, and, besides, is threatening Kt - Kt 3 - B 5.
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13…Qc8
13) .... Kt - Kt 3?; 14) Kt - B 5.
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19…Rb8
An unjustified sacrifice. 19) .... R - R 3 would have done the same service, while abandoning nothing.
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27…Rc3
All this in order to win the Pawn back at last. Thus he admits the collapse of his strategy.
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36.Rg7
The last seventeen moves have been played very well by White.
Emanuel Lasker, The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg, 1909 (1910) · Public domain · source
[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.03.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Rd2 b4 15. Na4 a5 16. Qf2 Ba6 17. Rb1 Bb5 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Rb8 20. Nxa5 Nxa5 21. Bxa5 Bc4 22. b3 Be6 23. Bb6 Qa6 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Rfc8 26. Be2 Qa3 27. Bd3 Rc3 28. f5 Bc8 29. Rf1 Qa5 30. Bc4 gxf5 31. exf5 Qb6 32. f6 e6 33. Rf4 Qxd4+ 34. Rfxd4 d5 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36. Rg7 e5 37. Rxd5 Be6 38. Rxe5 Rd8 39. Rh5 Bf5 40. Rxf5 h6 41. Rxf7 1-0