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New Orleans 1849
in one? 13.Nxh8#
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Morphy,Paul
6-+-+-+-+& McConnell,J
5+-+-+-+-% New Orleans 1849
4-+-+-+-+$ 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.d4
3+-+-+-+-# exd4 5.e5 Qg6 6.Bd3 A spectacular
game that needs almost no annotations.
2PzPPzPPzPPzP" Qxg2 7.Rg1 Qh3 8.Rg3 Qh5 9.Rg5
1+NvLQmKLsNR![ Qh3 10.Bf1 Qe6 11.Nxd4 Qe7
There is a one move pause in the action.
xabcdefghy 12.Ne4 h6 Morphy goes on the
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Black starts a offensive again and the game is over at
series of exchanges, neglects to develop move 23. 13.Nf5 Qe6 14.Nfd6+ Bxd6
his pieces, and creates pathways to his 15.Nxd6+ Kd8 16.Bc4 Qe7 17.Nxf7+
King. Kc7 18.Qd6+ Qxd6 19.exd6+ Kb6
Morphy's two Bishops take advantage of 20.Be3+ c5 Mate in 3 21.Bxc5+ Ka5
the mistakes. Morphy has given odds of 22.Rg3 b5 23.Ra3# Not bad for a 12
a Rook. exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 year old.
6.0-0 Morphy's two Bishops win the 1-0
game for him.
cxb2 7.Bxb2 Bf8 Black has wasted a
number of tempos getting rid of his King C02
Pawn. 8.e5 The purpose of 8.e-5 is to McConnell,J
open the e-file as quickly as possible. Morphy,Paul
d6? Black helps out in his own demise. New Orleans 1850
Morphy develops a piece in anticipation [Gauthier]
of the open file. 9.Re1 Never exchange
when you're behind in development and 1.e4 e6 2.d4 A game in which Morphy
your King is in the center. dxe5?? mates his opponent's Queen.
A very bad move. 10.Nxe5 Qxd1 Pretend you're Morphy, play the Black
The two Bishops come to life and the pieces. d5 Opening = French Defense
end comes quickly. 11.Bxf7+ Ke7? 3.e5 Morphy attacks White's d4-e5 Pawn
King to d-8 was the better move. chain at its base. This is standard chess
12.Ng6+ King to d-8 holds the fort. strategy. f7-f6? is not as good since it
Black can't capture the Bishop weakens the King's position.
because... Kxf7?? Do you see the mate Morphy's plan is to open the c-file and
gain an advantage on the Queen side.
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The game's dramatic ending, at move 14, Morphy has two Pawns for his Bishop.
is the result of play on this file. 13.Qd2 The Rook comes to life. Rc2
c5 Attack 4.c3 Defense Nc6 Attack 14.Qd1? What's the winning move for
5.f4 The entire game revolves around Black?
the play for the d-4 square. It's a crusher. Ne3 White resigns, his
How does Black continue his attack on Queen is attacked and immobile: she's
the key square? Qb6 Attack 6.Nf3 mated.
Defense Bd7 7.a3 White plans to follow- Press Escape to close the game window.
up with b4. Nh6 8.b4 Morphy can't F10 for the next game.
allow White to capture with 9.bxc. 0-1
This would ruin Morphy's plan of taking
the c-file with his Rook. cxd4 9.cxd4
d-4 is a key square. Both sides have two C01
pieces paying hommage to d-4. A key Morphy,Paul
square is the square that the players Chamouillet,M\Allies
defend, support, attack, and occupy for a Paris 1858
strategic advantage.
The location of this square may change 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3
during the course of a game. Rc8 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 c5
Morphy is playing the Sicilian defense 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Qd2 Nc6
where the idea is to take the c-file as 11.Rad1 Be7 12.Rfe1 a6 13.Qf4 Nh5
early as possible. 14.Qh4 g6 15.g4 Nf6 16.h3 Rc8
Morphy wins the game as a result of play 17.a3 Re8 Watch and see how Morphy's
on this file. 10.Bb2 supporting the key Queen Knight become a hero.
square Nf5 attacking the key square Also pay attention to how Black's
11.Qd3 White didn't see that his b4- kingside falls apart. 18.Ne2 h5?
Pawn was weak and needed support. not a good move
Morphy sees it and captures the weak Black is weakening his Kingside. 19.Nf4
Pawn with INITIATIVE giving him an Nh7 Now Morphy's Knight exposes the
attack. weakness of the King's soldiers. 20.Nxe6
Bxb4+ CHECK fxe6 21.Rxe6 Bxg5 22.Rxg6+
Morphy sacrifices the Bishop for an the initiative Kf8 23.Qxh5
attack, taking advantage of his Queen All the soldiers have disappeared.
side strength which includes the Rook on See comments to Black's move no. 19.
the open file. Rc7 24.Nxg5 Ree7 25.Qh6+ Ke8
12.axb4?? This move loses quickly Mate in 4 26.Rg8+ Nf8 27.Rxf8+ Kd7
because of the mobility of Black's 28.Bf5+ Re6 29.Qxe6#
queenside pieces. 1-0
The finale is a three move combination
that starts with the c6-Knight.
Black's centrally posted f5-Knight also
plays an important supporting role. Nxb4
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C46 D31
Blackburne,Joseph Henry Steinitz,William
Steinitz,William Marco,Georg
London 1883 Nuernberg 1896
[Gauthier] [Gauthier]
Qc7 Marco, as Black, did not want to 23.cxd6 Black is in serious trouble
trade Queens so as to keep up the because of poor development and the
pressure on White's King. two center files.
Only problem is: Marco is about four of Press the Delete key to return to the
five tempi behind in development. main line. ]
15.Ne5! Steinitz's Knight occupies a 20.f4 Black can't play exf because Black
protected strategic outpost in enemy will win the e7-Rook.
territory. This move (f-4) is possible, courtesy of
This Knight is going to eat Black alive. the strong e-file. Bd7 21.f5 Now the e-
Marco should get rid of it. file is shut down, just in case Black was
Re8 Black has two Rooks on closed thinking of doubling his Rooks.
files and an undeveloped Bishop. The strong e-file has given Steinitz a
16.Kb1 White slides his King into safer kingside attack. Even though it is partly
ground. closed now. Bc6 22.Bc4+ƒ Kh8 23.g4
Black has another opportunity to get rid b6 24.g5 Attacking the dark squares to
of the well-posted Knight. Nf8? create a weak king side. fxg5 25.Qxg5
Black is cramped for space meaning that Black's king side is now very weak. h6
his pieces are not very mobile. 26.Qh5 A very weak square (not well-
When this happens to you, try to guarded) bxc5 27.Nf7+ CHECK Kh7
exchange pieces. 17.c5! White takes 28.Ng5+ Kh8 Attack the weak square.
control of d6. 29.f6 gxf6 another weak square
Look at how the e5-Knight is beautifully 30.Qxh6+ Nh7 White exchanges to win
set up for ¤-c4-d6 to end up on an even the two center Pawns. 31.Nxh7 Rxh7
more advanced outpost. f6 Black is 32.Qxf6+ Rg7 33.Rxe5 Black Resigns.
helpless on d6. He simply does not have White is threatening ¦h5-mate. The
a good move. 18.Nc4! The ¤ has eyes Black g7-Rook is pinned.
for d6. Black's best defense is to capture the e5-
Look at Black's development. All his Rook and lose his Queen.
pieces are on the first rank and his THE END
Rooks are not connected. 0-1
Connected ¦¦s help each Rook defend
the other. That way, if one is captured,
the other Rook recaptures. Strong D46
players try to connect their Rooks early Capablanca,Jose R
in the game. e5 Black seals the half Jaffe,Charles
open e-file. 19.Nd6 Steinitz takes a New York 1910
protected oupost with initiative. Re7 [Gauthier]
[ 19...Rd8?! This is a variation from the
game moves. 20.f4 There's lots of 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 e6
pressure on the-e file. exf4?? 21.Bc4+ 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0
Kh8 22.Qxf4 Threatening ¤f7+ The next four (4) moves have to do with
leading to the loss of the d8¦ Rxd6 control of the e-4 square.
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White sacrifices his Queen and opens Bxg2 22.f3 Tarrasch takes the open file.
the file where the Black King is sitting. [ 22.Kxg2 Qg4+ 23.Kh1 Rd5 ]
For his investment in the center, White 22...Rfe8 23.Ne4
earns a mate in ten (10). 22.Qh5+! [ 23.Kxg2?? ...Mate in 3 Re2+ 24.Rf2
Nxh5 White moves and gets a double Rxf2+ 25.Kg1 Qh2# Press Delete for
check. 23.fxe6+ Black has one (1) move the main line. ]
available to him. Kg6 24.Bc2+ 23...Qh1+ 24.Kf2 Bxf1 25.d5
Again, Black has one move. [ 25.Rxf1?? This move loses the White
Take time to appreciate how Alekhine's Queen. Qh2+ 26.Ke3 Press Delete
"Two Bishops" dominate the board. Kg5 for the main line. ]
The Bishops have mostly played a 25...f5 26.Qc3 ...Mate in 5 Qg2+
supporting role. 27.Ke3 Rxe4+ 28.fxe4 Qg3+ 29.Kd2
It's Alekhine's Rooks that close the ...Mate in 2 Qf2+ 30.Kd1 Qe2#
game. 25.Rf5+ Kg6 26.Rf6+ Kg5 0-1
27.Rg6+ Kh4 28.Re4+ Nf4 29.Rxf4+
Kh5 See a mate in two (2)? There's
more than one way to do it. 30.g3 Bxe6 D38
31.Rh4# Lasker,Edward
1-0 Capablanca,Jose R
New York 1915
[Gauthier]
D30
Nimzowitsch,Aaron 1.d4 This is an outstanding game of
Tarrasch,Siegbert Capablanca's.
It, Peterburg 1914 Pay attention to how he is able to take
[Gauthier] and maintain the initiave in the opening,
in the middlegame and again in the
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Nf6 endgame.
5.Bd3 Nc6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 We will point out everything just relax
b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.cxd5 and enjoy. Annotations start at move 8.
exd5 12.Nh4 g6 13.Nhf3 Rad8 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7
14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Bb5 Ne4 16.Bxc6 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 Qa5 8.Qb3
Bxc6 17.Qc2 Tarrasch (Black) activates Ne4 Capa, playing Black, threatens to
his c6-Bishop and terminates Nimzo. win a piece. 9.0-0 Capablanca takes
Nxd2 Tarrasch clears the long diagonal and maintains the initiative for six (6)
with initiative. 18.Nxd2 d4 The diagonal moves.
is wide open for the c6-Bishop.
Both Black Bishops have the White King [ 9.h3?? cxd4 10.exd4 dxc4
in their scope. 19.exd4 Tarrasch 11.Bxc4-+ White is a piece down.
sacrifices both Bishops for the win. Press Delete for the main line. ]
Bxh2+ 20.Kxh2 Qh4+ 21.Kg1 9...Nxg5ƒ White is force to recapture.
Tarrasch sacrifices the second Bishop. 10.Nxg5 The action shifts to the
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15.Nf7 Kxf7 The overprotector comes to If Alekhine doesn't exchange, Black can
life. 16.Qxe6+ Kg6 Mate in 2 challenge the a-file at any time with Rook
[ 16...Kxe6 17.Ng5# Press Delete for to a8.
the main line. ] 32.Rxg8 Nxg8 33.b4 Nf6 Alekhine
17.g4 Be4 18.Nh4# owns the e-4 square so he moves in.
1-0 34.e4+ Kd6 Alekhine takes the seventh
rank and shuts Black's King in a box.
35.Ra7 There's the box. Rg8 36.Rf7
C68 Rg6 37.h4 Black makes two "waiting"
Alekhine,Alexander moves and that's all Alekhine needs to
Verlinsky,Boris set up a mating net. Rh6 The c-Pawn
Odessa 1918 will deliver the mortal blow at move 41.
38.c4 Rg6 Mate in 3 39.Nb7+ Ke6
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 40.Nd8+ Kd6 It's mate in one (1).
dxc6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.d3 Qe7 7.Be3 Bg4 Who delivers the mortal blow? 41.c5#
8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Qd2 0-0-0 1-0
11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.Qe3 Qxe3+ 13.fxe3
f6 14.0-0-0 c5 15.Nd5 c6 16.Nb6+
Kc7 17.Nc4 b5 18.Ncd2 Ne7 19.b3 C24
h5 20.g5 Rc8 21.gxf6 gxf6 22.Rhg1 Gonssiorovsky,V
Rhg8 23.Kb2 Kd7 24.a4 Ke6 25.Ra1! Alekhine,Alexander
It's Black's move. He blunders by Odessa 1918
creating a path (weak square) for White's [Gauthier]
Knights to enter the game.
Notice that for now, White's Knights are 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Qe2
not very mobile. f5? From here, the Be7 5.f4 d5 6.exd5 exf4 7.Bxf4 0-0
entire game revolves around Alekhine's 8.Nd2 cxd5 9.Bb3 a5 10.c3 a4
Knights and their access to the e-4 11.Bc2 a3 12.b3 Re8 13.0-0-0 Bb4
square. 14.Qf2 Bxc3 15.Bg5 Nc6 16.Ngf3 d4
Alekhine takes the initiative for seven (7) 17.Rhe1 Bb2+ 18.Kb1 Alekhine mates
moves. 26.Ng5+ Kd6 The a-file White on the c-3 square, with his f6-
becomes crucial in the end. 27.axb5 Knight, at move 26. Nd5 19.Rxe8+
axb5 White makes way for his d2-Knight. Qxe8 20.Ne4 Alekhine maintains his
The e-4 square becomes the pivot of lock on c-3 with a Queen sacrifice. Qxe4
Alekhine's operations. White has to defend the c-3 square.
By the way, notice how Alekhine 21.Bd2
maintains the initiative for five (5) moves. [ 21.dxe4?? Nc3# ]
28.exf5 Bxf5 29.Nde4+ Bxe4 [ 21.Qd2?? This is not the way to
30.Nxe4+ This central Knight wins the protect c-3.
game practically by himself. Ke6 White will lose his Queen. Qg6 22.Re1
31.Nxc5+ Kd5 Alekhine exchanges to Bf5 23.Rd1 Finally! Nc3+ The Queen
maintain his control of the a-file. is forced to capture. 24.Qxc3
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Press Delete for the main line. ] kingside and wins a pawn? 23.Bxf6
21...Qe3! A second Queen offer gxf6 24.Qxf6 Ke8 Just like that, it's
Despite White's efforts, he can't shake mate in 5!
off the weakness at c-3. 22.Re1 The open e-file started it. See
White can't move his Bishop because of annotations to Black's move number 19.
the threat of mate at c-3. 25.Rxe6+ fxe6 26.Qxe6+ Kf8 27.Qf6+
[ 22.Bxe3 Nc3# Press Delete for the Ke8 Can you find the mate in 2?
main line. ] 28.Re1+ Qe5 29.Qf7#
22...Bf5 White finally takes the Queen. 1-0
Make sure you see that White can't
capture with the Bishop, or else it's mate.
23.Rxe3 Alekhine maintains his C62
dominance on the dark squares. dxe3 Adams,E
A Pawn fork 24.Qf1 ...Mate in 3 exd2 Torre Repetto,Carlos
25.Bd1 Now the White King has an New Orleans 1920
escape square at c-2. Ncb4 [Gauthier]
No more escape square 26.Nxd2
White's move 26 is irrelevant. Nc3# 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 A famous game in which
0-1 1. White wins and holds on to a strategic
outpost, and
2. there is a stunning example of the
D46 power of an open file. d6 Opening =
Capablanca,Jose R Philidor's Defense 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4
Scott,GW Nc6ƒ Instead of simply moving back,
Hastings (6) 1919 White develops a piece and immobilizes
the Knight. 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 removing the offensive Knight Bxc6
5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 The fight for a key square begins. 7.Nc3
8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 Nf6 8.0-0 White tidies up his position
11.Bc2 b6 12.Qd3 h6 13.b3 Qe7 before moving on to the next phase of
14.Bb2 Rd8 15.Rad1 Bb7 16.Rfe1 his development which will involve taking
Rac8 17.Nh4 Bb8 18.g3 Kf8 19.Qf3 and holding on to a strategic outpost.
Kg8 Capablanca has a mating attack, Be7 9.Nd5! claiming d-5 as a strategic
compliments of the open file. outpost in enemy territory
Black's Queen is not safe behind the e6- d-5 is now the key square.
Pawn. 20.Nf5 Qc7 Capa smashes the The most effective outposts are
King's position. 21.Nxh6+ If Black takes supported by Pawns. Bxd5
the Knight, the White Queen captures at White's Pawn now comes in handy,
f-6 and is backed up by two looming since the Queen can't capture. 10.exd5
Bishops. Kf8 Capa activates his Bishop. White maintains his outpost.
22.d5 cxd5 What's the combination that Black's e7-Bishop has no mobility as a
weakens the dark squares on the result of White's strategy of taking and
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b) to take full control of the d-file. how the combination started. 18.Rxa8
In three moves, White will accomplish a Qxa8 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Qxg6+ Kh8
number of strategic goals while Black is Euwe's Rook gets into the fray to
busy scrambling for cover. 12.Qd8+ƒ threaten mate. RR21.Rd4
A check always means you get another Spaans moves so that his e7-Bishop
free move: the initiative. protects the weak square and averts
Black only has time to run out of the way. mate. fxe5 22.Qh6+ CHECK Kg8
Kf7 Click on the c3-Knight. 13.Nxe4ƒ 23.Qxe6+ CHECK Rf7 24.Rg4+
White keeps the initiative! CHECK Kf8 25.Bh6+ CHECK Ke8
Black can't execute any chess strategies, Mate in 2 26.Rg8+ Rf8 27.Rxf8#
he's busy playing defense. fxe4 1-0
White develops the last piece.
Click on d-1 14.Rad1 When you have
the initiative, your opponent is busy C66
defending and you have time to execute Olland,Adolf
good chess strategy. Here, White Euwe,Max
executed three strategies: Amsterdam 1920
1. He took full control of the Queen file, [Gauthier]
2. developed ALL his pieces, and
3. he's threatening to win material. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0
Press the Delete key to review, or press d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 exd4
the Escape key to close the game 8.Nxd4 0-0 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd3 Re8
window. 11.f3 Rb8 12.Rb1 h6 13.Be3 a5
0-1 14.Qd2 Nh7 15.Ne2 Bf6 16.b3 Qe7
17.c4 Ra8 18.Ng3 Qe5 19.Rbc1 Reb8
20.f4 Qe8 21.Nh5 Be7 White's two
C83 Bishops win him the game.
Euwe,Max Here, White moves to activate his King
Spaans Bishop. 22.e5 dxe5 23.fxe5 Bb4
Amsterdam 1923 White maintains the initiative.
He exchanges the King Bishop to
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 mobilize his Queen for an attack along
Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 the light colored squares. 24.Bxh7+
8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 Kxh7 25.Qd3+ maintaining the initiative
11.Qxd2 0-0 12.Rd1 Qe8 13.a4 Na5 Kg8 White has a very strong move.
14.Bc2 g6 15.Qh6 f6 The winning 26.Bxh6!! White wins a Pawn. Qe6
combination starts here. 16.axb5 axb5 [ 26...gxh6?? 27.Nf6+ The Queen is
17.b4 Nc4 Euwe has a winning history. Kf8 Press Delete for the main
combination featuring the two Bishops. line. ]
First, he lures the Black Queen away 27.Bxg7 Qg6 28.Qxd7 Qxh5
from the weak g6-square. White has a very strong Bishop.
Rewind to Black's move no. 15 to see Take time to appreciate White's control
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of the dark squares in a certain quadrant on d-4 to remove the f-3 Knight from his
of the board. 29.Bf6 Black's strategy of watch-post. Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Rxd4
taking the two flank files on the Queen 28.Nxd4 The b7-Bishop is all-powerful
side has failed miserably. now.
As it stands now, White is up in material. Alekhine moves to clear the last obstacle
Black should capture the Rook on the e- blocking the Bishop's path to the King.
file. a4? Euwe goes for the open file. Qxh3! White loses his Knight and sets
This is a blunder that allows White's e- himself up for... 29.gxh3??
Rook to give an assist in winning the a spectacular ...mate in 2. Nf2+ 30.Kg1
game. 30.Re4 This is a temporary post Nxh3# CHECKMATE
for the Rook. axb3 31.Rg4+ Kf8 0-1
White plays to shut out the Black Bishop
from the action. 32.c5 White dominates
the dark squares. Re8 33.axb3 D67
The a-file is finally open for Black. Ra2 Janowsky,Dawid Markelowicz
But it's mate in three (3) after Black Capablanca,Jose R
weakens his back rank. 34.Bg7+ Kg8 New York 1924
35.Qxe8+ Kh7 36.Qh8# [Gauthier]
1-0
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3
Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6
C73 8.Bd3 Capablanca takes and keeps the
Torres Caravaca,J initiative for six (6) moves! (Ctrl-f to play
Alekhine,Alexander Black)
Sevilla 1922 Janowski, with the White pieces, simply
plays defense for the rest of the game.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.h4 f6 11.Bf4
Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 Nxf4 12.exf4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nd5 14.g3
Nxe4 8.Re1 f5 9.dxe5 d5 10.Nd4 Pawn moves are weakening the light
Bc5 11.c3 0-0 12.f4 Qe8 13.Be3 Bb6 squares on White's King side. Qe8
14.Nd2 Bb7 15.N2f3 Rd8 16.Qc2 c5 Capablanca heads for the weak squares
17.Nb3 c4 18.Nbd4 c5 19.Ne2 Qc6 after maintaining the initiative for six (6)
20.Rad1 h6 21.Rf1 Kh8 22.Kh1 Qg6 moves. 15.Qd3 Qh5 Capablanca
23.Neg1 Qh5 24.Nh3 The focus of all occupies a weak square. 16.Bd1
Alekhine's moves from this point is his Janowski supports his weak squares
b7-Bishop. (He's playing defense).
White co-operates unwittingly. d4 Capa's most aggressively posted piece
Alekhine sacrifices a Pawn to activate is his Knight. How does he insure it's
his Bishop. 25.cxd4 Black has three (3) safety? Bb4 He de-activates Janowski's
units bearing on d-4. All of them will be Knight. 17.0-0 Capablanca sees that his
used in the coming combination. cxd4 opponent has castled into a combination
26.Bxd4 Alekhine continues to exchange that can end the game in a draw. Bxc3
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18.bxc3 Capablanca now sacrifices his Press the DELETE key to see the other
Knight for a draw. Nxf4 19.gxf4 Qg4+ line. 18.g3 Qf5 19.Rce2 Capa is now
20.Kh1 Capa can force a draw by in full control of the e-file in exchange for
repetition. the lost Pawn.
Both sides agree on the draw and shake Capablanca and Alekhine are both
on it. former world champions and tacticians of
Qh3+ 21.Kg1 Qg4+ 22.Kh1 THE END the highest rank. b6 End of annotations
½-½ Alekhine goes on to win the game when
Capablanca resigns at move 43. 20.Qb5
h5 21.h4 Re4 22.Bd2 Rxd4 23.Bc3
C01 Rd3 24.Be5 Rd8 25.Bxd6 Rxd6
Capablanca,Jose R 26.Re5 Qf3 27.Rxh5 Qxh5 28.Re8+
Alekhine,Alexander Kh7 29.Qxd3+ Qg6 30.Qd1 Re6
Buenos Aires WCh (1) 1927 31.Ra8 Re5 32.Rxa7 c5 33.Rd7 Qe6
[Gauthier] 34.Qd3+ g6 35.Rd8 d4 36.a4 Re1+
37.Kg2 Qc6+ 38.f3 Re3 39.Qd1 Qe6
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 40.g4 Re2+ 41.Kh3 Qe3 42.Qh1 Qf4
exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.0-0 43.h5 Rf2
Bf5 8.Bxf5 Nxf5 9.Qd3 Qd7 10.Nd1 0-1
0-0 11.Ne3 Nxe3 12.Bxe3 Rfe8
13.Nf4 Bd6 Capablanca takes the open
file. 14.Rfe1 The scope of influence of D64
the e8-Rook extends to the e1 square. Capablanca,Jose R
Because of this, Alekhine is able to Maroczy,Geza
devise a plan to win the c2-Pawn. Karlsbad 1929
Play from the perspective of the Black [Gauthier]
pieces. Nb4 the initiative 15.Qb3 Qf5
16.Rac1 Nxc2 Black can win the Pawn 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5
without fear, because if White takes the Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6
Knight... 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.cxd5 Nxd5
17.Rxc2 Black takes the f4-Knight. 11.Bg3 Qa5 12.Nd2! Nxc3 13.bxc3
[ 17.Qxc2 After an exchange, Black c5 14.Nc4ƒ White has the initiave since
gets even. Qxc2 18.Rxc2 Black gets he knows that Black has to move his
his piece back with the threat of mate Queen. Qd8 15.Rd1! White plans to
on e-1. Bxf4 If White dares take the open the d-file and there's nothing Black
Bishop, he's mated. can do about it. cxd4 16.Rxd4
Press Delete for the main line. ] There is no question that White is in
17...Qxf4 The Bishop is pinned since control of d6.
there is the threat of mate on e-1. Good players devise plans to control key
Black was able to win the c2-Pawn only squares. Bc5 17.Rd2 Qe7 18.Be2 b6
because of his Rook's quiet but powerful Capablanca takes the outpost with his
influence on e-1. Knight. D-6 is a "key square."
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How many pieces does White have Black takes the semi-open file opposing
bearing on d-6? How many pieces does the White Queen.
Black have bearing on d6? He should be paying attention to his king
This is an important assessment that side instead.
strong players always make in their [ ¹26...Bxd6 27.Rxd6 Press the
games. 19.Nd6! The Knight is on an Delete key for the main line. ]
advanced post supported by two pieces. 27.hxg5 hxg5 Capa's Knight has a
White will maintain control of the d6 strong move. 28.Nf5+ Bxf5 29.Qxf5
square even if Black captures the Knight. Black resigns.
Nf6 20.0-0 Black knows that Capa is Press forward to see how it may have
about to take the long diagonal with his turned out. Re8 30.Qxg5+ Kh8
Bishop. Ra7 21.Bf3! Bd7 Which is the 31.Qh6+ Kg8 White moves to pin the
only piece of Capa's that is not bearing attacked piece. 32.Bh4!! The Knight is
on the center of the board? 1) attacked and 2) pinned.
How does this piece support the In most cases this means big trouble.
outpost? 22.Rfd1 Notice how ALL Rc6 33.Rd6 White gives up a Rook to
white's pieces are bearing on the center win a Queen. Bxd6 34.Bxf6 It's the
of the board. Queen or mate. Qxf6 35.Qxf6
This is the mark of a very strong player and White has a big material advantage
in a sound position. THE END
e5 Look at how Black's pieces are all 1-0
over the place.
Can you figure out what he's trying to
accomplish? He either didnt' have a plan D52
or was too busy defending White's strong Euwe,Max
moves. 23.Bh4 Threatening Black's Van den Bosch,Johannes
castled position. Amsterdam 1929
If the White Knight goes to e-4, the f-6 [Gauthier]
Knight is attacked and pinned at the
same time. (Not good) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5
After an exchange on f-6, Black will have Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4
to capture with his g-Pawn. g5 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nxc4
Black ruins his castled position in a Qd5 11.0-0-0 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b5 13.e4
different way. 24.Bg3 Black's castled Black can't capture the e-Pawn. Qd8
position is now riddled with holes. [ 13...Nxe4?? 14.Ne3 Qd6 The Knight
Black's light squares are weak on the is history. 15.Qxe4 Press Delete for
King side. Kg7 25.Be2 b5 the main line. ]
Capa attacks the weakened king side. 14.Ne3 Qb6 Euwe's c-4 square is strong
26.h4 Black should get rid of the d6- because after the Pawn move, he will
Knight. have three (3) pieces bearing on the
It's usually a good idea to get rid of your square.
opponent's strongly posted pieces. Rc7? This all-purpose move helps the Knight
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Look at how all White's pieces seem to 25.R1e3 ONE Bc8 26.Rh3 TWO Kf8
have a focus and purpose, like soldiers 27.Qh6+ THREE
in formation. White is on the offense.
You should strive to develop your pieces Black, on the other hand, needs about
so that they bear on the center and on five or six moves to activate his pieces
the opponent's King and good things will and this is after he gets his King out of
happen for you. check. Rg7 White opens up a file,
Qd8 The Queen is back on the defence. increasing the scope of his h3-Rook.
If you are on the attack, your opponent is 28.hxg6 hxg6 Only a very strong player
going to be busy shifting his pieces to would even consider White's next move.
meet your threats and won't have time to 29.Bxg6!! Winning the Pawn with
threaten you. impunity.
Chess players call this having the The g7- Rook is pinned (immobile) and if
initiative. 20.h5 Qg5 Look for White's Black plays fxg6??, he loses his Queen.
combination that You don't believe me? Press the arrow
1) gets both his Rooks in the file with the key and see for yourself. Qf6
key square, and [ 29...fxg6?? 30.Qh8+ Check Kf7
2) helps to secure the key square. 31.Rf3+ Check Qf6+- and the lady is
21.Bxg7!ƒ Kxg7 Black's only active history
piece is the Queen. 22.Re5 Go back! Press the delete key to return to the
Qe7 Notice that White is active on 5 main line. ]
ranks while Black is active on three 30.Rg5 Black's Queen doesn't have
ranks. much mobility.
Controlling more space on the There are two squares available to it, a
chessboard is a sign that your pieces very bad sign. Speaking of mobility,
have more scope and that your're ahead take at look at all Black's pieces.
in the position. 23.Rde1 White has four Black's game is lost. If he moves 30...
active pieces and Black has one active £e7, he's mated. Ke7 Now the Queen is
piece. Control of the e-file and the e-5 cut off by her own King.
square keeps Black all locked up. White has a good move, do you see it?
The e5 Rook blockades the e6-Pawn [ 30...Qe7?? 31.Qh8+ Rg8 32.Qxg8+
and prevents Black from activating his Kxg8 33.Bh7+ Kh8 ( 33...Kf8
d7- Bishop. Rg8 24.Qc1 The Queen 34.Rg8# Press the delete key to
increases her mobility and her scope continue with the sub variation. )
(her effective range). Rad8 34.Bf5# Press the delete key for the
Because White controls the center, look main line. ]
at how fast he can shift his pieces to 31.Rf3! Black's Queen is mated!
another sector of the board. In three Black played on to lose in 33 more
moves, White will dominate Black's moves.
castled position. THE END
This strategy is available to White 1-0
because of the mobility of his pieces.
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Press Delete to see the other line. squares. 31.Qe3 White has just given
Press Escape to close the game window. up a key diagonal in the vicinity of the
0-1 King.
So what does Alekhine do? Qh5
Alekhine takes the diagonal for himself!
E10 The back rank is exposed as a
Rotunno,Ernesto weakness. 32.Ra1 Alekhine takes the
Alekhine,Alexander center with initiative. cxd4 White has a
Carrasco (12) 1938 choice of
1. allowing Black to keep two connected
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Ne4 4.Nbd2 and mobile (super strong) center Pawns
f5 5.Qc2 d5 6.e3 Nd7 7.Be2 c6 or
8.0-0 Bd6 9.b3 0-0 10.Bb2 Qf6 11.g3 2. taking one of the Pawns. 33.Qxd4
g5 12.Ne1 Qh6 13.Ng2 Ndf6 14.f4 With the Queen deflected from the g-3
Bd7 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bf3 Nf6 square, Alekhine's Rook on the g-file
17.Ne1 Be8 18.Nd3 Bh5 19.Bh1 Bg4 comes alive. Rxg3 The Pawn is pinned.
20.Ne5 Bh3 21.Rf2 Rae8 22.a4 Re7 34.Rg1 Alekhine maintains the initiative.
23.Ba3 Bxa3 24.Rxa3 Rg7 25.b4 Rxg1+ Taking the initiative means that
Alekhine takes an excellent center your opponent has a limited response
square for his Knight. and you in effect get another move for
He practically "forces" White to give up free. 35.Kxg1 What's the best move for
his King side defender. This sets the Black?
stage for Alekhine's h3-Bishop to win the Consider a good square for the Bishop.
game. Bh3! Good job!
Ne4 White is forced to get rid of his This move turns a practically worthless
Bishop as the Black Knight is too Bishop into a a powerful attacking piece.
powerful. 36.c5 Alekhine sacrifices his Rook for an
26.Bxe4 The defender of the light attack. Rxf4 White is looking to Queen a
squares is history. fxe4 Alekhine's Pawn, but never quite makes it.
Knight move has caused White to White doesn't take the Rook, but that
weaken all the light squares around his was his best move. 37.c6 ...Mate in 5
King and this is a good part of the reason Qe2 If Rook captures Queen, it's mate
White loses the game. on f-1. 38.Nf3 Rg4+ 39.Kh1
Alekhine's light square Bishop literally ...Mate in 3
wins the game. 27.Kh1 Alekhine opens (it's the Bishop) Bg2+ 40.Kg1 Bxf3+
a file for his Rook. gxf4 RR28.exf4 41.Rg2 Pick your mating square. Qe1#
Alekhine exposes the weak (poorly 0-1
protected) h2-square.
Bf5 White's Queen comes to help out on
the weak White squares. 29.Qe2
Fast forward to Black's move number 30.
a5 30.b5 c5 White gives up the light
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White's Bishop has been en prise since Delete for the main line. ]
move 18. 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 ...Mate in 3 Ne2+
Fishcer takes it with initiative. If he 40.Kb1 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Rc2#
takes the Rook first, the Bishop will have [ 41...Ba3# ]
time to run. axb6! 24.Qb4 Ra4! 0-1
25.Qxb6 This poor Rook has been en
prise since Fischer's move 22. Nxd1
Take time out to convince yourself of B12
Black's material advantage. (Two Rooks Tal,Mihail
equal a Queen.) Golombek,Harry
This ends a combination that started at Munich olm 1958
Fischer's move 18. 26.h3 The King feels [Gauthier]
the heat. Rxa2 27.Kh2 Fischer's Knight
takes the initiative again. Nxf2 28.Re1 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 e6
The Rooks are exchanged. Rxe1 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Ne7 7.Nge2 Nd7
29.Qd8+ Bf8 30.Nxe1 The mobility of 8.0-0 Nb6 9.Bb3 Qd7 10.a4 a5
Fischer's pieces wins the game. 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Bc2 Bxc2 13.Qxc2
White is helpless. RRBd5 The move Ned5 14.Nce4 Nb4 15.Qe2 N6d5
finds a weak square (poorly protected) 16.f4 g6 17.Ra3 Be7 18.Bd2 Nc2
and cuts off the Queen's influence on the 19.Rd3 Ndb4 20.Bxb4 Nxb4 21.Rdd1
d-file. 31.Nf3 Ne4 Notice how Fischer's Rd8 22.Kh1 h5 Tal takes the initiative
two pieces are centralized. This is not a with his Knights.
coincidence. It is the mark of a strong Black is so busy playing defense, he
player in a good position. ends up getting overrun. 23.Nf6+ Bxf6
Notice how both center pieces are both 24.exf6 Tal's dominance of the dark
protected. 32.Qb8 A weak square b5 squares on the kingside and in the
33.h4 h5 34.Ne5 The Bishop is pinned. center lead to Black's demise. Kf8
If White is allowed to attack the pinned Tal's Knight heads for the queenside.
piece, Fischer loses it. Kg7 Now Fischer 25.Ne4 Black makes a weak move in an
chases the King down the first rank until effort to get his Rook into play.
he's mated. 35.Kg1 Bc5+ It's not a The poor fellow never got a chance to
coincidence that all Black's minor pieces castle. h4 26.Nc5 Tal has the initiative.
are centralized an the Rook is on the Qc8 Tal makes a move that will open
second rank. pathways to the Black King. 27.f5 gxf5
Even Aaron Nimzovich would be proud Now the Queen has a pathway to Black's
of this set-up. 36.Kf1 Ng3+ 37.Ke1 King.
Fischer misses a mate in four (4): It is Tal's Queen that dominates the
Rook-e2 Check! Press forward to see game from here. 28.Qe3 The White
the line. Bb4+ Queen's ultimate goal is g-7.
[ 37...Re2+! ONE 38.Kd1 Bb3+ TWO Black is helpless on the weak dark
39.Kc1 Ba3+ THREE 40.Kb1 Re1# squares. b6 This move by Black is
MATE almost irrelevant. 29.Qg5 Rh7
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Tal plays to deflect Black's Rook from h- Nxg2! 19.Kxg2 Fischer clears the long
7. 30.Rf4 bxc5 31.Rxh4 The Black diagonal with initiative. d4² 20.Nxd4
Rook has nowhere to go. Bb7+ CHECK!!
He must give up the weak square. Rxh4 The two (2) Bishops take over and the
Tal's Queen takes over. game practically ends right here. 21.Kf1
It's mate in six (6). Forget about the Qd7 Black threatens mate in three (3).
hanging Rook. Byrne resigns to end the saga that
32.Qg7+ Ke8 33.Qg8+ Kd7 34.Qxf7+ started at Fischer's move 15.
Kd6 35.Qe7+ Kd5 Solve the mate in 2. Press forward to see the possibilities.
36.Qxc5+ Ke4 37.Qe5# [ 21...Qd7 22.Qf2 This is what could
1-0 have happened. ( 22.-- null move
(allows you to skip the other side's
move to play a threat) Qh3+ 23.Kg1
D71 Bxd4+ White has two legal moves.
Byrne,Robert E They both result in mate and lose the
Fischer,Robert James Queen.
USA-ch 1963 Click on f-2. 24.Qf2 The Black Queen
[Gauthier] mates.
Figure out how she does it.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 Qg2# MATE
5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e3 0-0 Bishops are dangerous animals!
8.Nge2 Nc6 9.0-0 b6 10.b3 Ba6 Press the Delete key to see the other
11.Ba3 Re8 12.Qd2 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 line. ) 22...Qh3+ 23.Kg1 Black lures
14.Rfd1 d-3 is a weak square. White the defending Rook away from d-4 so
doesn't have a Pawn supporting it. he can skewer the Queen. Re1+
Watch how Black's Knights destroy the CHECK
King's safety and set the stage for the with the threat of mate on g-2 24.Rxe1
Bishops to win the game at move 20. Bxd4 If the Queen takes the Bishop,
Fischer was 19 years old when he it's mate on g-2. 25.Ne4 Bxf2+
played this masterpiece. Nd3! 15.Qc2 26.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 27.Ke3 Re8 28.Kd3-+
Fischer takes the initiative from here and Bxe4+ 29.Rxe4 Qxg3+ 30.Kc2 Qg2+
never lets up until his opponent resigns. 31.Kc3 Qxe4 Black has a huge
Click on f-2 to capture the Pawn. Nxf2 material advantage.
16.Kxf2 The other Knight takes over THE END
from where his comrade left off. Ng4+ Press the Delete Key to replay the
17.Kg1 Nxe3 18.Qd2 Fischer is not possibilities. ]
playing for material advantage, he's 0-1
looking to expose the King.
Pretty soon, Fisher will dominate the
long light square diagonal bearing down
on the King.
Click on the Bishop at g-2 to capture it.
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