The Dresden Chess Congress Of 1926

 

El torneo conmemorativo del Club de Ajedrez de Dresden de 1876, celebrado en 1926 para marcar el quincuagésimo aniversario del club, produjo varias partidas notables. Una partida destacó en particular: la victoria de Aron Nimzowitsch con las piezas negras frente al representante suizo Paul Johner, en la que el gran teórico demostró su estrategia de bloqueo de manera ejemplar. Nimzowitsch recibió, con toda justicia, el primer premio de brillantez por esta partida.

Para conmemorar el 50.º aniversario de su fundación, el Club de Ajedrez de Dresden organizó un espléndido torneo de aniversario con diez participantes, enmarcado dentro del Congreso de Ajedrez de Sajonia de 1926, junto con varios otros torneos y eventos.

Alexander Alekhine aún no era campeón mundial en abril de 1926, cuando tuvo lugar el torneo; sin embargo, según las listas de Jeff Sonas, ya ocupaba el segundo puesto en la clasificación mundial, por detrás de Emanuel Lasker y por delante de Efim Bogoljubow y José Raúl Capablanca. Nimzowitsch figuraba en el quinto puesto, pero dado que Lasker, Bogoljubow y Capablanca no participaban en Dresden, Nimzowitsch y Alekhine se perfilaban como dos de los máximos favoritos para alzarse con la victoria en el torneo. En cuanto al resto de los jugadores, Akiba Rubinstein —aunque ya no tan fuerte como antes de la Primera Guerra Mundial— y Savielly Tartakower pertenecían, sin duda alguna, también a la élite mundial.

[Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Max Bluemich"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. d3 Qd7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Nc4 h6 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. f4 Qb8 16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. Qf2 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 d5 19. Rf1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qc8 21. Qf3 Qe6 22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Qg4 Ndxe5 24. Qe2 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. b3 Nd6 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Be3 b6 29. Rad1 Be5 30. Bd2 Rd3 31. Rf3 Rd6 32. Kf1 Red8 33. Ke2 c4 34. bxc4 Na5 35. Rff1 Nxc4 36. Bf4 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Bxf4 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Rfd8 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rd2 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. b3 Qe5 20. Qb2 Qxb2 21. Rxb2 a5 22. Rbd2 Kf8 23. Bc2 Ke7 24. f3 a4 25. Kf2 axb3 26. Bxb3 f5 27. Ke2 Rb4 28. Kd3 Ba4 29. Bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rb1 Ra3+ 31. Ke2 Rc3 32. a4 Ra3 33. Rb7+ Rd7 34. Rdb2 Rxa4 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Rb7+ Kc6 37. Rxg7 Rxc4 38. Rg6 Kd5 39. Rxh6 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 c4 41. Rh8 c3 42. h4 Rd2 43. Ke1 Rxg2 44. Rc8 c2 45. h5 Rh2 46. h6 Rxh6 47. Rxc2 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Kd3 Rxc2 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Lajos Steiner"] [Black "Paul F Johner"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C90"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nd8 14. Nf1 Kh8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. d5 Ng7 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Ne6 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxf6 Rad8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Rd8 27. Bb3 Nxb3 28. axb3 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Rb6 Bc8 31. Rc6 Be6 32. Rxa6 Rd2 33. Rb6 Rxf2 34. Rxb5 h5 35. h4 Kf6 36. Kg1 Rf4 37. Rb4 Rxh4 38. Nf1 Rf4 39. Nd2 h4 40. c4 g5 41. c5 g4 42. c6 Ke7 43. Rb6 g3 44. c7 Kd7 45. Nf3 Kxc7 46. Rb5 f6 47. Ra5 Rxe4 48. Ra4 Re2 49. Rxh4 e4 50. Rh7+ Kd6 51. Rg7 exf3 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Black "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B02"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd6 e6 8. Nc3 Bxd6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. d3 Nd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. Bc1 Rad8 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Nd4 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Bd6 22. Ng4 Nxb3 23. axb3 f5 24. Ne3 Qc6 25. Qh3 b5 26. Nf1 e5 27. Bg5 Rd7 28. f4 Rf7 29. Qg3 Re6 30. Qf2 Rg6 31. Nd2 exf4 32. Nf3 h6 33. h4 hxg5 34. hxg5 Qd7 35. Rd2 Bxf3 36. Qxf3 Rxg5 37. Rde2 Qb7 38. Re8+ Bf8 39. Qh3 Rg3 40. Qh2 g6 41. Kf2 Rh7 42. Qg1 Qd5 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 h5 6. h4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Bxg4 Nxg4 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nf3 Qxb2 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 Be7 13. c4 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Qb2 15. Re2 Qb4 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Rbe1 O-O 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. Ng5 Ndf6 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxh5 g6 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Rf1 Nh7 25. Rxe6 Nxg5 26. hxg5 fxe6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Max Bluemich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. c3 a6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nh2 Qc8 11. f4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Nh5 14. Rxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qc4+ Be6 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Rf1+ Nf6 19. Qxd5+ Qe6 20. Qf3 Qf5 21. Bxf6 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Paul F Johner"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E41"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 b6 10. Nb3 e5 11. f4 e4 12. Be2 Qd7 13. h3 Ne7 14. Qe1 h5 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Kh2 Qh7 17. a4 Nf5 18. g3 a5 19. Rg1 Nh6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Bc1 Rac8 22. d5 Kh8 23. Nd2 Rg8 24. Bg2 g5 25. Nf1 Rg7 26. Ra2 Nf5 27. Bh1 Rcg8 28. Qd1 gxf4 29. exf4 Bc8 30. Qb3 Ba6 31. Re2 Nh4 32. Re3 Bc8 33. Qc2 Bxh3 34. Bxe4 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Re2 h4 37. Rgg2 hxg3+ 38. Kg1 Qh3 39. Ne3 Nh4 40. Kf1 Re8 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Black "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 a6 7. g3 e5 8. Nb3 Qb4 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. a3 Qb6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Na4 Nc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Rc1 Ng4 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Bb6 Bd6 17. O-O O-O 18. Qd2 Qe6 19. Rfd1 e4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qf5 22. f3 e3 23. Nxe3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Be6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qb6 Qe5 27. e4 f5 28. f4 Qb8 29. e5 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Lajos Steiner"] [Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. Ne5 Ng6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 a6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. c5 g5 16. Rf3 f5 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Qb6 Rec8 20. Na4 Be8 21. Qa5 Bh5 22. Rf2 Kh7 23. Qd2 Rh8 24. Rc3 Rbf8 25. Rb3 Rf7 26. Rb6 Qf6 27. b3 Rg8 28. Qb4 gxf4 29. exf4 Qe7 30. Nb2 Kh8 31. Qe1 g5 32. Nd3 Rfg7 33. Qe5 Kh7 34. g3 Bg4 35. fxg5 Qxg5 36. Nf4 Re8 37. b4 Qh6 38. a4 Bd1 39. b5 Bxa4 40. bxa6 bxa6 41. Rxa6 Bb5 42. Ra3 Rge7 43. Rfa2 Bc4 44. Ra1 Qg7 45. Re3 Kg8 46. Rae1 Qxe5 47. Rxe5 Kf7 48. h3 Ba6 49. Kf2 Bc8 50. g4 fxg4 51. hxg4 Ra7 52. Rh5 Ra2+ 53. Kg3 Ra3+ 54. Kh4 Ra4 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Rc7 Rxd4 57. Nh5 Rf8 58. Kg5 e5 59. Nf6+ Rxf6 60. Kxf6 Rf4+ 61. Kxe5 Rf8 62. Ra1 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Savielly Tartakower"] [Black "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 c5 8. Nbd2 d6 9. e4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd4 13. Qd1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ 15. Nef3 Rfd8 16. Re1 Qb7 17. Kg1 Rc7 18. Rc1 Rd5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Rd8 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Qd3 e5 23. f4 f6 24. Rf1 f5 25. Rce1 Qc6 26. Rf2 exf4 27. exf5 fxg3 28. hxg3 Bf6 29. Re4 Qd5 30. Rfe2 h6 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Re4 Qc8 34. Qf3 Re7 35. Rxe7+ Bxe7 36. Qe4 Bf6 37. Qd5+ Ke8 38. Qe4+ Kf7 39. g4 Qc5 40. Kf1 Be5 41. Bc1 Kf6 42. Kg2 Qc3 43. Bf4 Qc7 44. Bd2 Qd6 45. Kf3 Qd7 46. Be1 Qd6 47. Bh4+ g5 48. fxg6+ Kg7 49. Ke2 Bf6 50. Bxf6+ Qxf6 51. Kd3 Qxg6 52. Qxg6+ Kxg6 53. Kxd4 Kg5 54. c4 Kxg4 55. b4 Kf5 56. Kd5 Kf6 57. c5 bxc5 58. bxc5 h5 59. Kd6 h4 60. c6 h3 61. c7 h2 62. c8=Q h1=Q 63. Qe6+ Kg7 64. Kc7 Qh2+ 65. Kb7 Qf2 66. a4 Qc5 67. Ka6 Qd4 68. Qe7+ Kg6 69. a5 Kh5 70. Qc7 Kh4 71. Kb7 Kh3 72. a6 Kg2 73. Ka8 Kf1 74. Qe7 Qb6 75. Qf7+ Ke1 76. Qxa7 Qd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Max Bluemich"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Qc1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bh6 Nc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qe3 f6 16. c3 e5 17. Red1 Re8 18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qd6 20. Rd2 Rcd8 21. Rad1 Re7 22. Ne1 Qe6 23. b3 Qh3 24. Qf3 Rd6 25. Qg2 Qe6 26. f3 Red7 27. Qf2 Ne7 28. Rc1 f5 29. Re2 Qf6 30. Qe3 Nc6 31. Rcc2 h5 32. Qf2 Qg5 33. Kh1 Rd8 34. Qe3 Qf6 35. Rg2 Kf7 36. Rge2 h4 37. Kg1 hxg3 38. hxg3 f4 39. gxf4 exf4 40. Qe4 Rd5 41. Ng2 Rxd3 42. Qxf4 Rxf3 43. Qxf6+ Rxf6 44. Re3 Ne7 45. Rce2 Nf5 46. Rh3 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Rfd6 48. Rf3 R1d2 49. Rff2 Rxe2 50. Rxe2 Rd3 51. c4 g5 52. Ne1 Rc3 53. Rf2 Kf6 54. Kg2 g4 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B02"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. f4 d5 6. e5 d4 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 g5 9. Nf3 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. a3 Be8 14. Qe1 Rg8 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Rf2 Qb3 18. Rd2 Na5 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Rf1 Nb3 21. Re2 a5 22. Bf4 a4 23. h3 Na5 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. Qe1 Qb3 26. Qb1 Bg7 27. Bf4 Ne7 28. Bd2 Nc6 29. Bf4 Na5 30. Nd2 Qb6 31. Qc2 Qc7 32. Nf3 Kb8 33. Qc1 b5 34. cxb5 c4 35. Bd2 Rc8 36. Bxa5 Qxa5 37. Rc2 Bxb5 38. Bxc4 d3 39. Rc3 d2 40. Qc2 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxc4 42. Qxc4 Rc8 43. Qe2 Qb6+ 44. Qf2 Qxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Rc2 46. Ke2 Rxb2 47. Nxd2 Bxe5 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Nxb1 Kc7 50. Nd2 Kc6 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. g4 Bf4 53. Nb1 Be5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Qc1 Bd7 8. Nbd2 Rc8 9. Qb1 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Ne5 Rfd8 12. Bh2 Be8 13. O-O g6 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Nf3 Rdd8 17. Re1 a6 18. Qc1 Kg7 19. Qd2 Qa7 20. Qe2 cxd4 21. exd4 Qb6 22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Ne5 Rdd8 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Qd2 f6 26. Re2 Bf7 27. Rae1 Rd7 28. g4 Qd8 29. Bg3 Bf8 30. f3 Be7 31. Rh2 b5 32. a3 Rb7 33. h4 Bd6 34. Bxd6 Qxd6 35. f4 Rc8 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rg1 Kh8 38. f5 Rg8 39. Qh6 exf5 40. Bxf5 Bg6 41. Bxg6 Rxg6 42. Qxh5 Rbg7 43. Qf5 Rg5 44. Qd3 Qd7 45. Re1 Rxg4 46. Qf1 Qf7 47. Rh6 R7g5 48. Qh3 Qg8 49. Rxf6 Rg3 50. Qh2 Rg2 51. Qh3 R5g3 52. Qxg2 Rxg2 53. Rf8 Qxf8 54. Kxg2 Qf4 55. Re2 h5 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Black "Paul F Johner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C48"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bb3 c6 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Bg5 Bd8 14. O-O a5 15. c4 h6 16. Be3 c5 17. a4 Nh7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Bg5 20. Bd1 Kh8 21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Qh5 Nh7 23. g4 Qc6 24. Re1 Rae8 25. Re3 Qb6 26. Rb1 e4 27. dxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf6 29. Qh4 Nxe4 30. Qe7 Qd8 31. Qxe4 Re8 32. Qd3 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Black "Lajos Steiner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B53"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 Nc5 7. f3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Be2 Ne6 11. Nb3 g5 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Qc7 16. Bd4 Bc6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ Kf8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. O-O a6 21. Ba4 b5 22. Bb3 Nh5 23. Rfd1 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Nf4 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. g3 Ng6 28. Rc7 Rhd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Ke2 Rd6 31. Ke3 e6 32. f4 gxf4+ 33. gxf4 Kf8 34. f5 Ne5 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Ra7 Nd3 37. Kf3 Nxb2 38. Kg4 Nd3 39. Kh5 Nc5 40. e5 Rd2 41. h4 Re2 42. Kxh6 Rxe5 43. Kg6 Re3 44. h5 Nxb3 45. axb3 Rxb3 46. Rxa6 Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kd6 48. h6 Rh3 49. h7 b4 50. Ra8 Kd5 51. Ra5+ Kc4 52. Rh5 Rxh5 53. Kxh5 Kc3 54. h8=Q+ Kc2 55. Qc8+ Kb2 56. Qxe6 b3 57. Kg4 Kc2 58. Qc4+ 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Paul F Johner"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. c3 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a4 Nc6 13. Ba6 Rad8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. e4 Rd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Rd5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Ne5 Rd8 24. Nc4 Qb7 25. Rd1 Rd5 26. Ne3 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Qb3 28. a5 Qa4 29. a6 Nd5 30. g3 c4 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Qxa6 33. Qc5 Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qxb2 35. Qxc4 a5 36. Qc6 Qa2 37. c4 a4 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ f5 40. Qxe6 Qc2 41. Qa6 f4 42. c5 Qe4+ 43. f3 Qc2+ 44. Kh3 Qf5+ 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 46. Kh3 Qb3 47. Qe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Black "Max Bluemich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E62"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Nd4 e5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. O-O e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. h3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Kh2 h6 15. Be3 Kh7 16. b3 Rf7 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Nb4 Rf7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qa5 a6 22. Rad1 Be6 23. Rd2 Qe8 24. Rfd1 Bc8 25. Qa4 Bb7 26. Be4 Qd7 27. Bg2 Raf8 28. Kg1 Qe8 29. Qb4 Qa8 30. Qa4 c5 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Rb8 33. Qe4 a5 34. Rc2 Rff8 35. Rc4 Rb6 36. g4 Bf6 37. Kg2 Bg5 38. Bxg5 hxg5 39. e3 Qd8 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Rh1 Rb4 42. Rb1 Qf6 43. Rf1 Rh8 44. Kg2 Rhb8 45. Kg3 Rh8 46. f3 Rhb8 47. Rf2 Qe7 48. Kg2 Qe8 49. Qc2 Qf7 50. Rxb4 axb4 51. Qc4 Ra8 52. Kg3 Re8 53. Qe4 Qd7 54. Rh2 Qb5 55. Rf2 Qa6 56. h4 gxh4+ 57. Kxh4 Rh8+ 58. Kg3 Qc8 59. f4 Qd8 60. g5 Rh5 61. Qf3 Qc8 62. Rh2 Rxh2 63. Kxh2 Qa8 64. fxe5 Qxa2+ 65. Kh3 dxe5 66. Qf6+ Kh7 67. Qe7+ Kg8 68. Qd8+ Kg7 69. Qxc7+ Kg8 70. Qd8+ Kh7 71. Qe7+ Kg8 72. Qe6+ Kh7 73. Qf7+ Kh8 74. Qf8+ Kh7 75. Qh6+ Kg8 76. Qxg6+ Kf8 77. Qf6+ Kg8 78. g6 Qa7 79. d6 c4 80. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Lajos Steiner"] [Black "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C64"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Qg5 6. Ng4 h5 7. Ne3 Nxb5 8. Nxb5 Bxe3 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Bf4 12. d3 Bxh2 13. Qd2 Bb8 14. Qa5+ b6 15. Qb4 Ne7 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Bxb6+ Ke8 18. Qc4 axb6 19. Nxb6 Qf3 20. Nxc8 h4 21. d4 h3 22. Qd3 Qg2 23. O-O-O h2 24. Rh1 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Rh3 26. Qc4 Qg4 27. a3 Kd8 28. Nb6 Bc7 29. d5 Ne5 30. Qc5 d6 31. Qa5 g5 32. Qa8+ Ke7 33. Qa7 Kd8 34. Na8 Qc8 35. Rd4 Bb8 36. Qa5+ Ke7 37. Nb6 Qg4 38. Qa8 Rh8 39. Rdd1 Kf6 40. Qb7 Kg6 41. a4 Nf3 42. Qd7 Qxd7 43. Nxd7 Ba7 44. Rd3 g4 45. a5 Bxf2 46. Rxf3 gxf3 47. Kc1 Kg5 48. e5 Kf4 49. e6 Be3+ 50. Kb1 fxe6 51. dxe6 Bg1 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Savielly Tartakower"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 d4 12. Ne2 Rad8 13. Bc1 h6 14. g3 Kh7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bd2 b5 17. c4 Ng8 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. g4 g6 20. Ng3 Ng8 21. Ng2 f6 22. h4 Nb8 23. Kh2 Nc6 24. Rh1 Nce7 25. h5 g5 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rhc1 Ra8 29. Rc2 Qd7 30. Qd1 Rfc8 31. f3 Ra3 32. Bc1 Ra7 33. Ne1 Nc6 34. Bd2 Rca8 35. Nf5 Nge7 36. Nxd6 Qxd6 37. Rac1 Nb4 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Qd2 Kg7 40. Kg1 Kf7 41. Rc5 Rxa2 42. Qxb4 Rb8 43. Ng2 Rb7 44. Qe1 Rb2 45. Qa5 Rxb3 46. Qa8 Rd7 47. Rc6 Rd8 48. Qa7 Qa3 49. Qb6 Nxc6 50. Rxc6 Qe7 51. Rc7 Rd7 52. Rc8 Kg7 53. Qb8 Qf7 54. f4 Rb1+ 55. Kh2 gxf4 56. Rc2 Ra7 57. Nh4 Ra2 58. Qc8 Rc1 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Black "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C41"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Qd3 Nh5 12. Ne2 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Re7 14. g4 Nf6 15. f4 h6 16. Nf3 exf4 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 N6d7 19. Nxf4 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. Qc3 Qb6+ 22. Kg2 Re3 23. Qd2 Be6 24. Nd4 Re4 25. Ndxe6 Nxe6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rd1 Rf8 28. c3 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rd2 g5 31. Rd6 Rf6 32. Bc4 Kg7 33. a4 Re5 34. a5 Rxa5 35. Rd7+ Rf7 36. Rd6 Re5 37. Bxe6 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Re7 39. Bf5 Rxb2 40. Kf1 Re3 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A44"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bd3 Bg5 6. Nf3 Bxc1 7. Qxc1 Nh6 8. h3 f5 9. Qg5 O-O 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Ng5 g6 12. f4 exf4 13. O-O Na6 14. Rxf4 Nb4 15. Rh4 Nxd3 16. Rxh6 Nxb2 17. Rxh7 Nc4 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rxb7 Re8 20. Nh7 Re3 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Nh7+ Kg8 23. Nb5 g5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Rf1 Bxc2 26. Rc1 Na5 27. Rc7 Bg6 28. Nxd6 Rf8 29. Ng4 Re2 30. Rxa7 Rxa2 31. Rxc5 Nb3 32. Rxa2 Nxc5 33. Ne5 Kg7 34. Ra7+ Kh6 35. Rc7 Nd3 36. Nxd3 Bxd3 37. Nf7+ Kh5 38. d6 Bg6 39. d7 Bxf7 40. Rc8 Be6 41. Rxf8 Bxd7 42. Rf7 Ba4 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Ra7 Bc2 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Ke3 Kf7 47. Kd4 Kg7 48. Ke5 Bd3 49. Ra3 Bc2 50. Rg3 Kg6 51. h4 Kh5 52. Rxg5+ Kxh4 53. Kf4 Bd1 54. g3+ Kh3 55. g4 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Max Bluemich"] [Black "Lajos Steiner"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B27"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d5 7. e5 Nh6 8. Bd3 Nf5 9. Bxf5 Bxf5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. O-O Nc2 13. Rac1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Rc8 15. Nh4 Be6 16. f4 Bh6 17. Rcd1 Qb6 18. Na4 Qa5 19. Nc5 Bg4 20. Ra1 b6 21. Nb3 Qb5 22. Qg3 Bd7 23. f5 Qe2 24. Rae1 Qxb2 25. e6 Bb5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nxg6 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Bxf1 29. Nxe7+ Kh8 30. Nxc8 Ba6 31. Qe5+ Bg7 32. Qf4 Qb1+ 33. Nc1 Qb4 34. Qh4 Qxd4+ 35. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 36. Kh1 Bxc8 37. e7 Bd7 38. Nd3 Bc5 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. c4 {Notes by Raymond Keene. Awarded the prize for the best-played game.} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O N8c6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 a6 11. Ng3 Bd6 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 Kh8 14. Bd2 f5 15. Rae1 Nc6 16. Re2 Qc7 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nh1 {!! A wonderful idea. White has in mind the manoeuvre Nh1-f2-h3-g5, in conjunction with Qh5, as a method of assaulting the position of Black's king. When I first read My System I was so impressed by this game that I deliberately created situations in my next few games where the move Ng3-h1 was possible, in the belief that this mystical retreat would somehow result in a miraculous increase of energy in my position, irrespective of whatever else may have been happening on the board at the time.} Bd7 19. Nf2 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd8 22. Nh3 Bc6 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Qf2 {Another brilliant idea. The threat to the d-pawn forces Black to withdraw either his queen or his king's bishop from the defence of his kingside.} Bc5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Qh4 {Back again and with redoubled strength.} Re8 {Or 27...Rf6 28 Ng5 h6 29 Nh7 +-} 28. Re5 {!} Nf7 {If 28...Rxe5 29 fxe5 Qxe5 30 Qh6+ or 28...h6 29 g4 hxg4 30 f5 Qxe5 31 f6+ Qxf6 32 Qxh6 mate. These beautiful variations are just an indication of what Nimzowitsch saw.} 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Ng5 Qg8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 32. Qe1 {! A decisive change of front.} Bc6 33. Qe7+ Kh8 34. b5 {!! Who would expect the death-blow to come from this quarter? If Black plays 34..axb5 he is mated as follows: 35 Ne6 h5 36 Qf6+ Kh7 37 Ng5+ Kh6 38 Bb4! In view of this, Rubinstein elects to surrender a piece but that too is obviously without hope.} Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Nf3 c5 38. Ne5 Bc7 39. Nc4 Kf7 40. g3 Bd8 41. Ba5 Be7 42. Bc7 Ke6 43. Nb6 h6 44. h4 g5 45. h5 g4 46. Be5 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. a3 Rc8 10. Rc1 d5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bg3 c4 14. Bc2 f5 15. Ne5 Ncxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. f4 b5 19. Nf3 a5 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. g4 Bc5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qxh6 Rc7 25. Rf3 Rh7 26. Qg5 Rh5 27. Qg2 Kg7 28. Rg3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Kh1 Bxd4 31. Rg1 Rh6 32. exd4 b3 33. Bd1 Ra8 34. Bh5 Ra6 35. Bxg6 Rxg6 36. Rxg6+ Qxg6 37. Qh3 Bc8 38. Qh4 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Rg6+ 40. Kf2 Be6 41. Qd8 Kh7 42. Qf8 Rg7 43. h4 Bf7 44. h5 Be6 45. Qf6 Bd7 46. h6 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Black "Paul F Johner"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 b6 8. f4 Bb7 9. Bf3 Qc7 10. Nb3 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Rae1 Bf8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. f5 Nc4 21. Nf3 exf5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Qd3 Ne4 24. Nd1 f6 25. Bc1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nd4 Rcd8 28. b3 Bc5 29. bxc4 Rxd4 30. Qb3 b4 31. Be3 Nd2 32. Bxd2 Rxe1 33. Bxe1 Rxd1 34. c3 Ra1 35. Qb2 Qa8 36. cxb4 Ra2 37. Qxa2 Qxa2 38. bxc5 Qxc4 39. Kg1 Qxc5+ 40. Bf2 Qd5 41. g3 g5 42. Ba7 Kg7 43. Bf2 Kg6 44. Ba7 Kh5 45. h3 Kg6 46. Rf2 Qd7 47. Bb8 Qd8 48. Rb2 Qd4+ 49. Rf2 Qb6 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Paul F Johner"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bf3 a6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Qf2 Na5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bb6 Qc4 15. Bxa5 d5 16. Bb6 dxe4 17. Be2 Qb4 18. Bd4 Bc6 19. a3 Qa5 20. b4 Qf5 21. Qg3 Rf7 22. Nd1 Nh5 23. Bxh5 Qxh5 24. Ne3 a5 25. Ng4 Rd8 26. c3 Bb5 27. Rfe1 Bh4 28. Qh3 Rxf4 29. Ne5 Bxe1 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Rxe1 Rdf8 32. c4 Qe2 33. Ng6+ hxg6 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qh3+ Qh5 37. Qxh5+ gxh5 38. cxb5 axb4 39. Bc5 Re8 40. Bxb4 e3 41. g3 Rf5 42. a4 Re4 43. Bd6 e2 44. Bb8 Kg8 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Bf4 g5 47. Bd2 Rxa4 48. Be3 Ra2 49. b6 Ke6 50. h3 Rf1 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Lajos Steiner"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {A move of this type requires courage - and faith in the inner meaning of the blockade. The move gives up a tempo (non-development of a piece) and crates a hole on d5, all this to prevent White's d4, and so to obstruct his opponent.} 4. Bc4 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O h6 {Black is taking his time. His opponent is short of effective moves.} 8. Nd5 {With the object of emphasizing the strenght of d5; but as soon becomes clear, this can be achieved only with the help of sacrifices in material or position.} Nf6 {Mow d5 is under fire.} 9. Nh4 {White seeks to maintain it by combinative means.} Nxd5 {Bad would be 9...Nxe4 10 dxe4 Bxh4 because of 11 f4.} 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Nf5 {The sacrificial operation mentioned in the note to move 8. White wins back his pawn but remains with doubled pawns; the sacrifice therefore turns out to be positional. He had the option of sacrifice in material by 11 Bxd5 Bxh4 12 f4 with attacking chances. All things being equal, either sacrifice should suffice to secure a draw.} Bxc4 12. dxc4 g6 {If 12...O-O 13 Qg4 Bg5 14 h4, etc.} 13. Nxh6 Qd7 14. Qd5 Nd8 15. Be3 {If 15 Ng4 f5 16 Ne3 Ne6 followed by ...O-O-O and the position would be summed up as follows : Black has opportunities in the h-file, whilst any attack attempted by White would break down against Black's compact pawn-formation.} f5 16. Ng8 Bh4 17. g3 Qe6 18. Rad1 {The losing move 18 gxh4 Rxg8 (not 18...Qxd5 because of Nf6+) 19 Bg5 should be enough for a draw, e.g. : 19...Qxd5 20 cxd5 Rh8 21 f4 e4 22 Rae1 followed by Re3.} Rxg8 19. gxh4 f4 {Now the bishop cannot get to g5.} 20. Bxf4 {Or 20 Bc1 Qxd5 21 Rxd5 Nf7 with ...O-O-O and ...Rh8 and an easy win for Black.} Qxd5 21. Rxd5 exf4 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rfd1 b6 24. Rd7+ Kf6 {One gets the impression that the line of play ...c5 in connection with ...e5 which weakens d5 still is sound, for white could maintain himself at d5 with difficulty and should, at the most, have attained a draw.} 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Black "Max Bluemich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Re1 d4 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Qg3 Bf6 13. Rf1 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Re8 16. Qf3 Ba6 17. Ng3 Rb8 18. e5 Be7 19. f5 Qd5 20. f6 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Bf8 22. Ne4 g6 23. b3 Red8 24. Rh3 Rd5 25. Bf4 h6 26. Rf1 g5 27. Rg3 Rbb5 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Rxg5+ Bg7 30. Rf3 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Bh6 33. Rh5 Be3+ 34. Kh1 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Black "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B83"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 Bd7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bg5 Qb8 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rad1 Be8 13. Qe3 a6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. f4 h6 17. Qh3 Nh7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. g4 Rac8 20. Rd2 Nb4 21. Nd4 Kg8 22. Nd1 Nc6 23. Nf3 e5 24. f5 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. Ne3 Nd4 27. Bd3 d5 28. exd5 Bxa4 29. Rdf2 f6 30. Qg3 h5 31. h4 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. h3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 cxd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4 g5 14. Nc4 d5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Kh8 17. a4 Rg8 18. Qd2 gxf4 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Bf1 Qg3 21. Kh1 Qg7 22. Qd4 Ba6 23. Rf2 Qg3 24. Rc2 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rac8 26. b3 Rc7 27. Re2 Rcg7 28. Rf4 Rg6 29. Qb4 Rh6 30. h4 Qg7 31. c4 Rg6 32. Qd2 Rg3 33. Qe1 Rxe3 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Lajos Steiner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D03"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bxe4 Bxf4 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. exf4 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nbd2 Rfe8 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Nfd4 a5 17. f5 Be2 18. Re1 Bc4 19. Qd2 a4 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. f6 c5 22. Qg5 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 gxf6 25. Nxc5 Ra5 26. Nd7 Bxa2 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kh6 29. g4 Rb5 30. Re2 Bc4 31. Rd2 Kg5 32. f3 f5 33. h3 Rb3 34. Kf2 a3 35. bxa3 Rxc3 36. a4 Rc1 37. a5 Ra1 38. Kg3 fxg4 39. hxg4 Rg1+ 40. Rg2 Ra1 41. Rb2 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 Ra1 43. Rb7 Rxa5 44. Kg3 Ra1 45. f4+ Kg6 46. Rg7+ Kh6 47. f5 d4 48. Rd7 d3 49. Nf6 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 Ra1 51. Ne4 Bb5 52. Rd5 Ra4 53. Kf3 Bc4 54. Rd7 Bg8 55. Nf6 Bc4 56. Rxh7+ 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Max Bluemich"] [Black "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A12"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 h6 6. O-O e6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Re1 Bh7 12. a3 Re8 13. b4 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 e5 16. Qe2 c5 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. b5 Nf8 19. Bh3 Rcd8 20. Nh4 Ne6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Ng2 Ree8 23. f3 Nd7 24. Ne3 Nf8 25. Nd5 Qc8 26. Qg2 Ne6 27. Nb3 Bg6 28. Re2 b6 29. a4 Nd4 30. Rb2 f5 31. Nd2 Kh7 32. a5 fxe4 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Bc7 35. Ra1 Rf8 36. axb6 Bxb6 37. Rf1 Qe6 38. Rbf2 Kg8 39. Rxf8+ Rxf8 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qf2+ Qf7 42. Bxd4 exd4 43. Kg2 Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Kf7 45. Nf4 g5 46. Nd3 Ke6 47. Kf3 h5 48. h3 Kf6 49. g4 h4 50. e5+ Ke7 51. Nf2 Ke6 52. Ne4 Kxe5 53. Nxg5 d3 54. Ke3 d2 55. Nf3+ Ke6 56. Nxd2 Bd8 57. Nf3 Be7 58. Kf4 Bd6+ 59. Ke4 Bg3 60. Ng1 Kf6 61. Ne2 Bc7 62. Kd5 Bb6 63. Nf4 Bc7 64. Ne6 Bh2 65. Nxc5 Kg5 66. Ne6+ Kf6 67. c5 Ke7 68. c6 Bg3 69. g5 Be1 70. c7 Kd7 71. g6 Bc3 72. Nd4 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Na4 Bd6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Qe5 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qb5 16. b3 Nb4 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. d4 Nd7 21. a3 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Na6 23. b4 c6 24. Qf3 Rad8 25. Ne2 Nc7 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Rf2 Nb5 28. Ne2 Qc7 29. a4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Bxb4 31. Nf5 Qxe5 32. Bd4 Rxd4 33. Nxd4 Bc5 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Kf1 h6 36. Qf5 Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Bxd4 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. a5 Ke7 40. Rd3 b5 41. axb6 axb6 42. Rdf3 f6 43. Rg3 Kf7 44. Ra3 Rd7 45. Ra8 b5 46. h4 b4 47. Rb8 g6 48. Ra5 Be5 49. Rb6 Ke7 50. Ra8 c5 51. Rh8 Bd6 52. Rxh6 Ke6 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. Ke3 Rc7 55. h5 c4 56. Rb5+ Bc5+ 57. Ke2 g5 58. Rh8 Kxe4 59. h6 f5 60. Rxc5 Rxc5 61. Re8+ Kd4 62. h7 c3 63. h8=Q+ Kc4 64. Qg8+ Kb5 65. Rb8+ 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Paul F Johner"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qe2 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 d5 14. Rac1 c4 15. Bb1 f5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd6 20. Re1 Nd8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. f4 Bf6 24. Re2 Qd5 25. Rce1 Qh5 26. Qh7 Bd5 27. f5 Qg4 28. Bc2 Qxg3 29. Rf1 e5 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qxg3 Bxg3 33. Be4 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Nf7 35. Rxc4 Rd8 36. Rg4 Rd3 37. f6 g5 38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Bf4 40. Rg2 Ne5 41. Re2 Nxf3+ 42. Kg2 Ne5 43. Re4 Kf7 44. Ra4 a5 45. b4 Nc4 46. bxa5 Nxa5 47. Kf3 Kxf6 48. Rb4 Bc7 49. a4 h5 50. c4 Nc6 51. Rb1 g4+ 52. Ke4 h4 53. c5 bxc5 54. Rb7 Bd8 55. Kf4 g3 56. Kf3 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Savielly Tartakower"] [Black "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A47"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Be7 4. e3 b6 5. d4 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 O-O 9. c4 c5 10. d5 e5 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne1 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Ng6 15. Rf2 Nd7 16. Nc2 Nde5 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Ne3 Bc8 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe2 Bh4 21. g3 Bg5 22. Bxe5 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxe5 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Raf1 Bh3 26. Rb1 Bd7 27. h4 Be8 28. Re1 f6 29. g4 h6 30. h5 Bd7 31. Rg2 Re8 32. Rf1 Rg5 33. Kh2 Re5 34. Qd2 Rb8 35. a4 a6 36. Kg1 Qd8 37. Ra1 Qc7 38. Kh2 Rbe8 39. Qf4 Qb7 40. Kh1 R8e7 41. Rb2 a5 42. Rf1 Bc8 43. Rg2 Re8 44. Kh2 Qe7 45. Rff2 Rg5 46. Rg3 Bd7 47. Kg1 Re5 48. Kh2 Rf8 49. Rgg2 Be8 50. Qd2 Bf7 51. Kg1 Kh8 52. Rf5 Bg8 53. Rgf2 Re8 54. Qf4 Qd8 55. Rxe5 Rxe5 56. Kg2 Bh7 57. Kf3 Qe7 58. Re2 Kg8 59. Rh2 Kf7 60. Re2 Rg5 61. Rh2 Qe5 62. Qxe5 Rxe5 63. Kf4 g6 64. hxg6+ Kxg6 65. Be2 Kg7 66. Bf3 Bg6 67. Rh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Paul F Johner"] [Black "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D21"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. Bxc4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nd2 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. f3 Bd6 11. a4 Be5 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 14. Bxd1 Bxc6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. b3 O-O 17. Ng3 bxa4 18. bxa4 Rfb8 19. O-O a5 20. Rf2 Rb4 21. Rd2 Be8 22. Ne2 Bxa4 23. f4 Bxd1 24. fxe5 Bxe2 25. exf6 Bb5 26. Rcd1 h6 27. Bd4 gxf6 28. Bxf6 Rxe4 29. h4 h5 30. Rc1 Rf4 31. Be5 Rf5 32. Rc5 Bc6 33. Rd3 Be4 34. Rxa5 Rf1+ 35. Kh2 Rxa5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. Rg8+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Max Bluemich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A48"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 c6 8. Qc2 b5 9. Be2 Nb6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nh2 Rc8 12. Rd1 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Rd5 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Bxb5 Nc7 20. Ba4 Bxa2 21. b3 Bb1 22. O-O Bf5 23. Rd1 Ne6 24. b4 Qc8 25. f3 Nd8 26. Qd4 Kg7 27. g4 Be6 28. g5 Bxh3 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Rxd6 Ne6 31. Bb3 Qb8 32. Bxe6 Bxe6 33. Qd4 Qb5 34. f4 a5 35. bxa5 Qxa5 36. Kf2 Qf5 37. Nf3 Qh3 38. Rd8 Bg4 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qf6+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Lajos Steiner"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Be2 Qxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Ne4 Qf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxc4 e5 16. Bb5 Ne7 17. Qc7 e4 18. Nd4 Ng6 19. Rc5 b6 20. Rc3 Bf5 21. Bc6 Rad8 22. Qb7 Nf4 23. Nxf5 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Qxf5 25. Rb3 Qxf2 26. Rb1 Rd3 27. Bxe4 Rxb3 28. axb3 Qxe3 29. Bf3 Nd4 30. Bd5 Qd3 31. Be4 Qxb3 32. h3 Qe3 33. Bd5 Ne2 34. Rd1 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Qf4 36. Bc6 Ne4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 39. Kg1 Nf2 40. Rf1 Nxh3+ 41. Kh1 Nf2+ 42. Kg1 Ng4 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B04"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 d5 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O Nb4 14. Bh6 Bf5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne2 Bd3 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Rac1 Nxa2 20. Nf4 Qxd4 21. Rxc4 Qxe5 22. Nxd3 Qh5 23. Nf4 Qe5 24. Rd4 Nb4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qf6 27. Rd7 Rfc8 28. Qe3 Qxb2 29. Rxe7 Rf8 30. Rdd7 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 a4 32. Rxb7 Qf5 33. Ra7 Qf6 34. Kg1 a3 35. Qxa3 Qxe7 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Qxa8 Qxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B32"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 a6 8. Nd4+ axb5 9. Nxb5 Bg4+ 10. Ke1 Rd8 11. N1c3 e5 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nc7+ Kd7 15. N7d5 Kc6 16. Ne3 Bb4 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. h4 h5 19. g5 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rg1 Rd4 22. a3 Rhd8 23. axb4 Rxd2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bg4 26. Ne3 Bf3 27. c4 b5 28. b3 Rd3 29. Rg3 g6 30. Rg1 Kb7 31. cxb5 Kb6 32. Rg3 Kxb5 33. Rh3 Kxb4 34. Kf1 Rxb3 35. Kg1 Rb2 36. Nd5+ Kc4 37. Ne3+ Kd3 38. Ng2 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Ke2 40. Kg3 Rg1 41. Rh2 Kf1 42. Kh3 Bxg2+ 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Bc3 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. a3 Nh7 18. Rd3 Be7 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Rfd1 Re7 21. c5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. f4 f5 25. Qh5 Qd7 26. g4 Rf7 27. g5 hxg5 28. fxg5 Nf8 29. g6 Re7 30. Kh1 Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Max Bluemich"] [Black "Paul F Johner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Qc7 6. c4 dxc4 7. bxc4 e5 8. d3 Ngf6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Rfe8 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. N2b3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qb6 18. h3 c5 19. a5 Qa6 20. Nb5 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Nc7 Qc6 23. Nxe8 Nxe8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Qc3 Bh5 26. Kg2 f6 27. e5 Qc6+ 28. Kh2 Bf7 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qe4 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Rd8 Kg7 33. Qe3 Qc2 34. Qg5+ Bg6 35. Rd7+ Kg8 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qxc5 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch In this game Black does not succeed in getting the adverse double complex to advance (White stays "put") and therefore the symptons of the malady are not clearly distinguishable. there is compensation, however, in the observation of atypical secondary sympton, the helplessness of the White pieces. These pieces would, in the ordinary way, be quite ready to attack, but the enthusiasm for an attack is damped by the consciousness that the cO-Operation of the "pawn-party" cannot altogether be depended upon. As the incriminated body of pawns is unreliable also in a defensive sense, (for there always is a danger of its being rolled up by ...c6 and ...d5) the undecided attitude of the pieces (10 Qc2 11 Qd2) is sufficiently explained. And so the hidden weakness of the pawns is projected to a plane where it is clearly noticeable by the learner, and the study of the game is made highly valuable.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Be2 {This is not as inconsistent as it may appear, for g3 was primarily intended to cover a knight move to h4 and on the other hand Bg2 would permit ...Nd4.} h6 8. Be3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qd7 10. Qc2 {White realizes that the mobility of his center pawns is small as d4 and still more so d5, would paralyse him on account of the weakness of c5. Therefore he seeks to adapt the movement of his pieces to his modest circumstances in space. In this sense he could also have played 10 Nd2 (to effect a strategic retreat with f3) e.g., 10 Nd2 Bxe2 11 Qxe2 Ng4 12 f3 Nxe3 13 Qxe3 O-O 14 O-O with an approximately even position. But 10 Qd2 must be looked upon as a misuse of the modest space available, for that square should remain open and the queen, in any event, would be better placed at c2 with an eye on a4 and the eventual threat of ...d5 in view. After 10 Qd2 we recommend 10...Na5 11 Qc2 O-O followed by ...Rfe8, ...c6, and ...d5, and Black has the better position.} O-O {Here too we should prefer ...Na5 (d4? ...Nxc4)} 11. Qd2 {Now in order as Black's castled positionis in jeopardy.} Nh7 {In order to play ...f5, but this proves impractical, and the only result is a decentralised knight on h7.} 12. h3 {Nh4 would also have been sufficient.} Bxh3 {This loses a piece. black had only reckoned with 13 Bxh6 which by the way would also have been strong, e.g., 13 Bxh6 Bg2 14 Rh2 Bxf3 15 Bxf3 gxh6 16 Qxh6 f6 17 Bg4.} 13. Ng1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. d4 {Black cannot save the piece.} exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Nf6 {The decentralised knight returns in sackcloth and ashes.} 21. Rh4 Ne7 22. Bd3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Kg2 Re7 25. Bf2 Rae8 26. Rf4 Qg6 27. d5 Re5 {If 27...Rd7 28 Qa5.} 28. Rd4 Rd8 29. Qa5 Nh5 30. Qxc7 Rde8 31. d6 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Black "Lajos Steiner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E91"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. c4 Nd7 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. h3 Ne8 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Qd2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Be2 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. f3 Bc6 20. Nd5 Qxd2 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Rxd2 Rd7 23. a5 e5 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rb1 Kg7 26. Rxb4 h6 27. Rb3 g5 28. Rbd3 Ne8 29. Bd1 Rdf7 30. Bb3 Rf6 31. c5 Bb5 32. Rc3 Kg6 33. Rc1 h5 34. Rcd1 g4 35. cxd6 gxh3 36. d7 Bxd7 37. Rxd7 hxg2 38. R1d2 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Savielly Tartakower"] [Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Qe2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. d3 Bd7 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. b4 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. Ne2 c5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. f4 Bc6 16. O-O-O b5 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. d4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Rad8 22. Qa5 Rxd5 23. Be3 Red8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. c4 Rd3 26. Qxb5 a6 27. Qc5 Qb7 28. Kc2 Qe4 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Kxd3 Qf5+ 31. Kd2 Qa5+ 32. Nc3 Nf6 33. Rc1 h5 34. Bd4 Ne4+ 35. Kd3 Nxc3 36. Rxc3 Qf5+ 37. Kd2 Qf4+ 38. Be3 Qd6+ 39. Kc2 f5 40. c5 Qc6 41. Rc4 Kf7 42. a4 Ke7 43. h4 Kd7 44. Kd2 Kc8 45. Ke1 a5 46. Rd4 Qf6 47. Kf1 Qe7 48. Kg2 Qb7+ 49. Kh2 1/2-1/2