CHAROUSEK'S

GAMES OF CHESS

WITH ANNOTATIONS AND A

BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION

HY

PHILIP lV. SERGEANT

EDITOR OF ' llfORPHY'S GAMES 01" CHESS,'

ETC.

LONDON
G. BELL AND SONS LTD.
1919
 PREFACE • vii
BIOGRAPHY ix
ABBREVIATIONS x,Oii

PART I-TOURNAMENT GAMES

S&CTlON I. THE NUREMD ERG CONGRESS

.. II. THE BUDAPEST CONGRESS •

III. BERLIN CENTRUM CLUB TOURN AM ENI •

•• IV. THE BERLIN CONGRESS

.. v. COLOGNE CONGRESS

PART 11
\
. 103
�-::MATCH GAMES •

PART Jll

.BLINDFOLD, SllolULTANEOUS, AND ODDS GAMES 129

PART IV

CASUAL GAMES 1 37

PART V
� Coa:aEsPoNOENCB AND CoNsur.rATION GAKI£s 197

219
NDEX 0 11' PLA YERS •
__ I
LINDEX_�OJ.I' OPENINGS 221
 PREFACE

I INTENDED originally to present a selection of one hundred

and fifty games played by Charousek. Owing to the war,
however, many sources of information, which would other­
wise have enabled me to collect a sufficient number of game!
from which to choose, were cut off; and I ha.ve not succeeded
in making good the loss. I have, therefore, been obliged to
modify my plan, and, while adhering fairly closely to my
intention as to number, ha.ve had no power to select. One
hundred and forty-six games have come under my notice, in­
cluding three fragments. These are all included in the present
volume. In another edition, if there should be any call for
such, it may be possible to introduce noteworthy games which
are here missing, and to omit the less interesting of the games
now included.
In making this collection, I have been chiefly indebted
to The Field chess column, during its editorship by the late
Leopold Hoffer; to Ludwig Bachma.nn's Pillsbury und
Chat'ousek (1914), in which fifty-three of Charousek's games
were given in whole or in part; and to chess magazines and
columns in England, France, Germany, Austria, and the
United States of America. The notes combine the work of
previous annotators, my own analysis, and the contributions
of friends, among whom I must make special mention of
Mr. J. H. White.
In the revision of the proofs I have had the assistance of
Mr. White again, to whom my sincere thanks are due.

PHILIP W. SERGEANT.

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 BIOGRAPH�l

WHEN I think about the chess career of Rudolf Charousek,

1 am always reminded of A. E. Housman's Jines-so Greek in
their pathos--' To an Athlete Dying Young':

Smart lad, to slip betimes away

From fields where glory does not stay,
And early though the laurel grows,
It withers quicker than the rose ....

Now you will not swell the rout

Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man . • • •

Round that early-laurelled head

Willflock to gaze the strengthless dead.
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girl's.
Charousek's chess history extends from the year 1889,
when as a boy of sixteen he first learnt the game, to shortly
before his death in April 1900. In that time he made for
himself among chess-players a reputation second only to
Morphy's. To the comparison between the two I shall return
later. Here I will only call attention to a claim recently
made by M. E. M. Antoniadi i n La StYatlgie for October 1916.
On the authority of Morphy's old friend, Charles AmM(,e
Maurian, M. Antoniadi says that Morphy only played during
his life some fifty more games than the four hundred which
have appeared in print; and that, as his earliest games,
played against members of his family, show the same fiashes
of genius as bis later games, he must have acquired his
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x CHAROUSEK'S GAMES
incomparable power by intuition, and that. moreover, in
the society of relatively weak players. The statement that
Morphy only played five hundred games of chess in his whole
life is very difficult to believe. That he acquired his power,.
however, not by constant practice, but by a natural gift which
we may call. if we like, ' intuition,' is not to be denied. Now
Cha.rousek must have had this same gift. He began to play
chess considerably later than Morphy, and in an environment
certainly not more favourable to the game than the New
Orleans of Morphy's boyhood. His family was poor, whereas
Morphy's was well-off ; and poverty cannot be held to make
easier the study of chess. Yet in the earliest games which
we possess of Charousek's we find the marks of genius. It is
clear that, if Morphy did not require practice with masters
to make him a master, neither dd i Charousek. But the
details of his history are the best argument concerning
his quality.
Rudolf Charousek was born on September 19, 1 1873, at
Klein-Lometz, Bohemia, close to Steinitz's birthplace, Prague.
At the age of five weeks he was taken by his family to live at
Debreczin. Hungary, with the result that he became, in the
words of the Hungarian Leopold Hoffer, • in language, educa­
tion, and manners, perfectly Magyarised.' 1 We know nothing
of his early years except that, when he was five, his family
moved again to Pelsocz ; that it was while he was at the
Gymnasium at Miskolcz that he learnt chess, in 1889 ; and
that he cultivated the game at Kassa (Kaschau), the old
royal free city .in north-east Hungary, where he was studying
law-another point of similarity to Morphy. It is said that,
as his circumstances would not allow him to buy the German

Handbuch, he borrowed it from a schoolfellow and copied it

out by hand l 1 Hoffer vouches for the fact that not a single
amateur of note lived at Kassa; and Charousek's earliest

recorded games do not disprove this statement. When,

therefore, Charousek first came into notice as a chess-player
l See the Deutsche Schachzeitung, January 1898, p. 32, for a
correction of the statement in the same magazine, Novembe�.
1896, p. 350, that Sept e mber 10 was his birthday-a statement
also made in the Chess Monthly, July-August 1896, p. 322,
• Chess Monthly, l.c.
1 See the quotation from the Pestet' Lloyd, on p. lCix.
 BIOGRAPHY Xl

in Hungary. he owed his strength at the game to his book­

knowledge and the aforesaid natural gift
Up to i896 our knowledge of Charousek's doings continues
to be scanty. He qualified as a lawyer; and he made the
acquaintance of one fine Hungarian chess-player, Gyula
Makovetz, 1 and of another who was destined to be greater
still at the game, Geza Ma.roczy, of Budapest. A match­
gamc against Makovetz is dated as early as i890; but this must
surely be an error (Game 68) . An off-hand game against him
is assigned to 1893.Charousek certainly played serious chess,
possibly informal matches, with both Makovetz and Maroczy
as early as 1895. Two years before that he entered for a
Hungarian correspondence tournament organised by the news­
paper Pesti Hirlap. The result of this we shall hear later.
In 1896 we begin to be on surer ground. In the April
of that year he went to Budapest to play a match against
one of the strongest Hungarian players of the day. Professo1·
Gyozo (Victor) Exner of the Oberrealschule at Szekes Fehervar
(Stuhlweissenberg). The match was one of ten games up
and Charousek was the conqueror by 6 to 1, with 3 draws,
-a score which at once proved him to be of master-class.
Charousek continued to reside at Budapest until the time
of the Nuremberg Tournament. 1896 was the year of the
tenth congress of the German Chess Association. It had been
agreed two years previously to hold this congress at N urem­
bcrg; but some misunderstanding arose, and the Association
decided to meet elsewhere. Thereupon the Nuremberg Chess
Club, including the famous Dr. Tarrasch, holder of a still
unequalled record as a tournament-player, broke away from
the Association and announced an International Tournament,
with a prize-list on a scale unprecedented in Germany. This
completely ruined the prospects of the official congress. It
met at Eisenach on July 19-30, holding two tournaments,
in which the first prizes fell to R. H. Barnes of Frankfort,
and W. Cohn of Berlin. On the other hand, the Nuremberg
committee received no less than thirty-nine entries for their

1 Gyula Makovetz, b. Arad, Hungary, 1861. His chief inter•

national success was the second prize at the Dresden Congress
of 1892.
- 2 Deutsche Schachzeitung, December, i8g6, p. 383.
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master tournament. Among these was Charousek. The
committee, having only the three weeks July 20-August 10
available for play, and having decided (contrary to the rule
hitherto prevailing in German tournaments) that there should
be but one game a day, could only accept nineteen entries.
Therefore Charousek, who had no credentials except the
testimony of Maroczy,1 was not chosen. But when Amos
Bum, whose entry had, of course, been accepted, found himself
unable to come to Nuremberg, Charousek was brought in as
reserve man. Few reserves have ever done so well. It is
troe that he was twelfth on the score-list, and therefore not
one of the regular prize-winners. But Tarrasch was justified
in saying in the book of the tournameii.t that ' only players of
pre-eminent repute took part in this contest, with the exception
of the two Hungarians [Maroczy and Charousek), who brought
to it more than sufficient capability; and of the great masters
not one was lacking.' The last remark is rather too sweeping,
for there are several names which might be suggested. Max
\Veiss, however, like Bum, was prevented from attending by
business, von Bardeleben by ill-health ; while Bird and Mason,
to mention no others, were already declining forces.
In this company of masters, none of whom, except the
almost equally inexperienced Maroczy, had he met before,
the twenty-two year-old-Charousek began with a win against
Showalter ; went on with two draws, three losses, a draw, a
win, a draw, two losses, and a draw; then put on three wins;
and finished with two losses and a last-round victory over the
world's champion, Lasker. His total was thus 81 out of 18.
But when it comes to be analysed, it is seen that against the
regular prize-winners he scored 4 out of 8. In a tournament
with them alone his score would put him fi.f th, above Lasker,
Steinitz, Scblechter, and Walbrodt. On the other hand, he
lost to the two last in the tournament (one of them being
Teichmann, who was on the sick-list), and against the bottom
ten only made 4t points. It is clear that, like so many other
young players, he found it easier to give of his best against his
strQngest opponents.
Seven prizes had been announced originally; but, in
addition, five special ones were presented, Charousek's being a
i Field, April 28, 1900 (Hoffer's obituary of Charousek).
 BIOGRAPHY xiii
complete set of the seventeen volumes of The Chess Monthly,
given by Leopold Hoffer.
Not merely his score but his style of play impressed the
masters who now met Charousek. 'All the players {with
only one exception)/ wrote Hoffer in The Chess Monthly,
• admit that Charousek is a genius. He had an exceptional
knowledge of the theory-not routine knowledge-and plays
the middle and end game well. . . . In more than one instance
he lost by trying to 'vin an even position, notably his game
against Steinitz. He is full of confidence and pluck, and goes
for his opponent; no matter who he is.' In his column in The
Westminster Gazette, the same critic wrote that since Morphy
and Kalisch no more promising player had arisen in the
chess-world. Lasker is said to have declared, ' I shall have
to play a championship match with this man some day.'
Great enthusiasm was aroused in Hungary by the success
of Maroczy and Charousek, and new chess clubs sprang up
rapidly. 1896 was the year of the millennial celebratio n of
Hungary's existence, and great festivities had been arranged
at Budapest. On the conclusion of the Nuremberg Tour­
nament Maroczy expressed his confidence that there would
be an International Tournament in the Hungarian capital
in October. An official announcement soon followed. The
Emperor Francis Joseph, as King .of Hungary, gave a :first
prize of' a silver Victoria column or 2500 crowns'; and five
other prizes were offered.
It was not to be expected that such an entry as that at
Nuremberg could be got for a second tournament less than
three months later. Neither Lasker nor Steinitz would com­
pete, because of their forthcoming retum·match for the
championship. But the quality of the players was neverthe­
less high. Four Hungarians were accepted-Maroczy,
Charousek, Dr. Noa, and von Popiel; three Austrians-­
Schlechter, Marco, and Albin ; and the other six included
Pillsbury, Tarrasch, Janowski, Walbrodt, and Tchigorin,
who bad all distinguished themselves at Nuremberg.
The tournament began on October 4. It proved 'a
triumph for the brilliant school,' in the words of a critic in
La St,-at,gie,Tchigorin, Charousek, Pillsbury, and Janowski
securing four places out of the first five. Maroczy was out
XlV CHAROUSEK'S GAMES
of form and was the disappointment of the tournament.
Charousek, however, made ample amends for this, and in
Hungarian eyes was naturally the hero. He tied for first
and second prizes with Tchigorin, who was more than double
his age and was world-famous as a player before Charousek
had learnt the moves of the game. The two agreed to play
a match for the best of five games for the :first prize, and began
on October 24. The Russian won the first two games, the
Hungarian the third, and the Russian the fourth. Thus
experience gained the day, and Charousek had to rest content
with the second prize. But he had the satisfaction of beating
both Tchigorin and Pillsbury in the tournament and making
a percentage of over 70. There was no doubt in anyone's
mind that he was now one of the world's great masters. In
his adopted country, which claimed him completely as its
own, he received ovations everywhere, and was invited to visit
the clubs for simultaneous and blindfold exhibitions. In
both of these branches of the game he proved himself inferior
to few of the most famous exponents in chess history. Un­
fortunately, it is not possible at present to discover the details
of these performances, and very few of the games are available
for publication in this collection.
Towards the end of I 896 Charousek and Maroczy col­
laborated to produce a weekly chess review in the J\!Iagyar
language, which they soon gave up for the Magyar Sakkysag.
a monthly published at Nagyvarad. The first number of
this appeared early in 1897, but the magazine, in spite of its
merits, only ran for about a year, the Hungarian language
being no doubt the bar to its success. After this Charousek
edited the Pesti Hirlap chess column until his death. Until
some one takes it in hand to present Charousek's analytical
writings in a more generally understood language than Magyar,
we must be content to derive our knowledge of his contribu­
tions to the theory of chess from his games.
At the end of the first year of Charousek's leap to fame, a
quadrangular match was arranged at Budapest between him,
!daroczy, Makovetz, and Dr. M. Jacoby, each to play the
others four games. Jacoby fell ill, however; Makovetz with­
drew ; and so instead a match was played between Charousek
and Maroczy alone. The elder player had evidently recovered
 BIOGRAPHY xv

from his loss of form in October, for he won by 6 to z, with

6 draws. There was some talk of a match between one of
the two Hungarians and David Janowski. Janowski was
anxious to meet either, and both were willing to play. while
the Budapest Chess Club was ready to undertake the arrange­
ments for a match. But for some reason the scheme came to
nothing.
In January 1897. Charousek paid a visit to Berlin to
take part in a small tournament organised by the Schachverein
Centrum. Here he met for the first time von Ba.rdelebcn and
Mieses, among others; and Walbrodt was also a competitor.
As often happens in contests of the kind, the final placing was
scarcely in accordance with the actual merits of the players.
Charousek early lost a game to Mieses, and, as there were only
six games in all to be played, he was unable to overtake
von Bardeleben. The last-named secured the chief prize
with 41 points; Charousek the second with 4; Mieses and
W. Cohn divided the third, with 3l; and Walbrodt was
unplaced.
In September Charousek was again in Berlin for the
eleventh congress of the German Chess Association. The
quarrel in the previous year between the Association and the
Nuremberg Chess Club had not yet been composed, and this
led to some delay in the arrangements (whereby Steinit.z
and Pillsbury received invitations too late to accept them).
and also to the absence of Tarrasch from the tournament.
Nor did Lasker compete. Nevertheless, an entry which
included Alapin, von Bardeleben, Blackbume, Bum,
Charousek. Janowski, Marco, Schiffers, Schlechter, Tchigorin,
Teichmann, and Walbrodt, among others, was above the aver­
age of international master tournaments ; and the fact that
Bird, Lee, and Mason were excluded in order to keep the
number down to twenty shows something of the committee's
difficulties.
The congress opened in the rooms of the Society of
Architects in the Wilhelmstrasse on September 11 and con­
cluded on October 4. The scoring in this tournament. which
may be oonsidered to show Charousek at the height of his
powers, is so interesting that it is worth examining in some
detail. Below will be found Charousek's score and total,
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round by round, together with the totals of the leaders at the
principal stages :

Cbarousek'e Charousek'a
Ronnd . Score Total Luder't Total

I o (Walbrodt) 0
2 l (Marco) i
3 i (Scblechter) I Blackburne }3
Walbrodt
• o (Bum) I Blackburne 4
5 I (B1rdeleben1) 2
6 i (Blackbume) 2f Marco 5t
7 I (Teichmann) 3t
8 I (Siichting) 4t
9 ·l (Englisch) 5
10 ! 5t Janowski
(Metger)
Marco } il
JI I (Janowski) 6! Blackburne 8
12 I (Albin) 7t Janowski 81
13 I (Cohn) Bi
14 I (Schiffers) 9t Blackburne
"
} IO
janowsk1
15 I (Alapin} IOf
16 1 (\Vinawer) II} Blackburne 12
17 I (Caro) 12! Blackbume 12 i
18 I (Zinkl) 13 !
19 I (Tchigorin) 14i
An unsatisfactory feature of the tournament was the
number of games which went by default. Von Bardeleben
retired after the f1rst round, Englisch after the eleventh. while
Teichmann did not play in the twelfth round. nor Albin in
the eighth, eighteenth, and nineteenth.EngJisch was seriously
ill, and in fact went home to Vienna to die on October 20 ;
while Teichmann \vas again indisposed all through the tourna­
ment. Albin's default in the final round was to Walbrodt.
who was only half a point behind Charousek. and might have
been very prejudicial to the young Hungarian. He rose
splendidly to ·the occasion and beat Tchigorin. An enthusi·

1 Default.
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XVll

astic comment by ' H.C.' in the Frankfurter Ga.:ette does not

overstate the case :
• Charousek's performance reminds one of Zukertort's in
the great London International Tournament of 1883. At the
conclusion of the first week's play it looked as if Charousek
would be one of the last, since his score only showed 2 i points.
In the second and third weeks, however, he made wonderful
strides, for he won 11 out of 13 games, and drew 2-a most
marvellous performance. And he bad to work very hard,
while his principal opponent, Walbrodt, scored the last game
by default.... True merit would never have come to its own
if Walbrodt, instead of Charousek, had won the first prize.'
It may be added that Charousek's percentage in this tourna­
ment was over 76.
On his way back from Berlin to Budapest after this great,
achievement, Cbarousek visited Vienna, and as the guest of
the Vienna Chess Club-the old and ne_w clubs had amalga­
mated this year-played in two series of consultation games
with some of the leading members-Schlechter, Marco, Halprin,
and Fahndrich. In the first series Charousek had a different
ally in each of the three games played. In the second he
and Hugo Fahndrich, former Hungarian champion, 1 played
Schlechter and Marco for a purse offered by the club. The
purse was divided.
Charousek's success at Berlin had led t o a serious discussion
of his right to meet Lasker in a match for the championship,
i n which the chess press of the world took part. It was felt
that either Charousek or Pillsbury might justifiably challenge
the champion, the Continental papers advocating Charousek's,
the American Pillsbury's claims. In the meantime Janowski
was still anxious to meet Charousek, but he did not, apparently,
begin by writing to him direct, for Charousek towards the end
of 1897 sent the following letter to Paris:

'M. jANowsx.1,-I have just read in several papers that

you have challenged me to a match. I have received no.
challenge. ' Believe me, 4cc.' •

1 Tiu Chess Mon#hly, January, r88o, describes him as champion.

In that year he tied with Adolf Schwarz for first and second places
in the master tournament of the Vienna Chess Club, being beaten.
in the play-off. 1 La S'raUG'id, December 1897.
 XVlll CHAROUSEK'S GAMES
Janowski replied with a challenge to a match for a minimum
stake of :r500 francs. This is the last we hear of the matter,
Charousek's illness no doubt preventing any attempt to carry
it further.
After Charousek's return to Budapest a quadrangular
tournament was arranged, similar to that planned a year
earlier, the competitors on this occasion being Charousek,
Maroczy, Professor Exner. and Arthur Havasi. The contest
began at the end of the year. and was completed in January
1898. Charousek came out first, with a score of 81 points
out of 12, Maroczy scoring 8, Exner 4i, and Havasi 3. In his
individual matches Charousek scored 2-2 against Maroczy,
4-0 against Exner, and 2t-1l against Havasi.
About the same time the Pesti Hif'lap correspondence
tournament, which had begun in 1893, came to an end. There
had been nineteen competitors in this, each of whom had
therefore to play eighteen games. Cbarousek and Maroczy
divided first and second prizes with a score of 16, Professor
Exner and Dr. A. Vertes, of Temcsvar, tieing for third and
fourth with 15. Two of Charousek's games in this contest
are in the present collection.
Early in 1898 the programme was issued of the Imperial
Jubilee Tournament at Vienna in June, and Charousek
announced his intention of competing.
His entry was of course
accepted-among the first eighteen of those sent in. But,
unhappily, before the great tournament was due to begin.
Charousek was stricken with the disease which was to cut him
off less than two years later. Upon inflammation of the
lungs followed dangerous symptoms, which at first seemed so
grave that it was doubted whether he would ever play chess
again. Nevertheless, his vitality was such that the congress
of the German Association at Cologne, July 31 to August 19,
i 898, found him among the competitors. Hoffer. who was
present at the congress, in his obituary in The Field describes
Charousek as having then looked very frail and emaciated,
and being troubled with the hectic cough characteristic of
the disease which carried him off so suddenly. \Vben we
consider his condition, his achievement in coming out only
one point below Burn. tieing with Tchigorin and Wilhelm
Cohn, and standing above Steinitz, Schlechter, Showalter,
 BIOGRAPHY XlX

Berger, Janowski, &c., must be accounted wonderfully good.

His percentage in the tournament was 70, but his failure to
do as well as usual against the prize-winners seems to indicate
that he was no longer capable of the necessary extra effort
which brings such victories.
Charousek entered the Cologne Tournament as a resident
at Marillavolgy, Hungary. Near the beginning of 1899 he was
living at Pelsocz once more, whence he wrote to enter for the
forthcoming London Tournament. But the disease had gone
too far. From the record of some of his games with Dr.
Arthur Kaufmann it seems that he went on a visit to the
health-resort of Meran in the Austrian Tyrol. But all was
in vain. On April 18 at Nagy Teteny, Budapest, he was
seized with hemorrhage of the lungs, and next day he was
dead, being still only in his twenty-sixth year.

Writing in the PesteY Lloyd of June 20, 1898, Armin

Friedmann said :
'This Hungarian-although he was born at Prague, he
is a genuine Magyar-has been described, and justifiably so,
as the most brilliant chess genius since the glorious days of
Paul Morphy. At Kaschau he copied out Bilguer's gigantic
compendium, because of his pecuniary inability to secure the
work. The story of his irresistible advance at Berlin, how he
stormed and conquered and reached the goal, is still green in
the memory of the friends of chess, and is unique in the history
of the game. This effervescent, fiery brain, this personified
chessman, who lives for chess and for whom the rest of the
world is barred by chess, had to remain away [from the Vienna
Tournament]. Such exclusive, fanatic devotion to chess may
appear excessive. even ridiculous, to many; yet it characterises
the subject and the man-and the game may after all be a
little more than a game.'
This is the most personal note which we have about
Charousek, almost the only one giving us any glimpse into a
modest and retiring character. It is well that we should know
Charousek's attitude towards the art of which he was so great
a master. The attitude is a still more extreme form of what
the Rev. G. A. :MacDonnell attributes to Morphy during his
famous first visit to London. It is true that Maurian denied
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Morphy's inordinate devotion to chess at any time,1 and all

know bow he turned against it afterwards. As to what
might have happened to Charousek's estimate of chess, bad
he survived, it is of course foolish to dogmatisc. But there
is no reason to believe that he would ever have preferred to
be a lawyer--certainly not 'a middling lawyer' • rather -

than what he was.

The comparison with Morphy �as been mentioned before.
and it is always cropping up in connection with Charousek.
Hoffer, the most enthusiastic admirer the younger player
ever had, turns it into a paradox when writing his obituary
notice in The Field :
'Paul Morphy was the greatest chess-player of the century.
perhaps of all times; Charousek was probably his superior­
superior we say advisedly, for Morphy played chess before
he knew his alphabet, and beat Lowenthal when twelve years
old, whilst Charousek played in the Nuremberg International
Tournament of 1896, scoring s! games against the prize­
winners, only one below Lasker, who scored 6i; and five
years before he did not know the moves.' 1
He would be rash indeed who attempted to estimate
scientifically the relative chess powers of Morphy, Charousek,
or such another sudden genius as Jose Capablanca. With
regard to the two former, however. a few points seem worth
attention.
Morphy's fame rests chiefly on his play in matches and in
casual games ; Charousck's chicfi.y on his play in tourna­
ments. l\forphy in his one tournament had but one man,
Louis Paulsen, to beat. Charousek played but one set match
after attaining masterhood, and lost it. Now all expert

1 MacDonneu•s and Maurian•s statements are both given in

m y Morphy's Games of Chess (1916), pp. 35-6.
a'What would .Morphy have been but for chess ? 'asks J ames
M.a,,on. 'Most p robab ly a middling lawyer.' (Social Chess, p. 28.)
aIt may be noted that Hoffer is not strictly accurate. There
were only seven regular prizes at Nuremberg, Charousek's score
against the winners of which is given on p. xii above. The special
prize-list takes the names down to Marco, who came out thirteenth.
Hofler includes only the first twelve, though Charousek's per­
fo rmance is really more brilliant when his score against the top
eight only is considered. On the other hand, at the time of the
Congress Cbarousek had been playing chess nearer se ven than five
yean;, according to the most probable account.
 BIOGRAPHY xxi
chess-players are agreed to admit a difference in the qualities
required for match and tournament play-to leave casual
games out of the question-but there is no general agreement
as to what these qualities arc respectively. The successful
match-player naturally holds . that more genius is required
in matches, the successful tournament-player the contrary.
Both Morphy and Charousek had great knowledge of the
theory. early acquired, and were fond of testing ideas, many
of which dated from far back, but which under their treatment
developed so as to become standard lines of play. Book­
knowledge is decried by many chess-players, especially those
with poor memories. The highest chess genius, however,
·

never neglects this weapon.

The depth of combination was very remarkable in both
players. As examples of this in Charousek's play Games
12, 14, and 36 may be cited. It is not to be denied that
Morphy's combinative power broke down more rarely than
Charousek's; but Charousek undoubtedly had to contend
with stronger opponents, on the average, if we limit our
attention to the serious games of the two players.
Morphy has been classed by many of his admirers as the
head of the romantic school in chess. Charousek, on the other
hand, has been labelled as one of the greatest of the modem
school. Yet the Cate de la Regence circle considered Morphy
' solide, close, and analytical'; Steinitz and Lasker found
his most notable characteristics to be position-judgment and
gradual development of forces.1 And who can refuse to see
in Charousek's play, when the opposition gave him scope. the
very height of romance? A French critic, whose name
escapes me, protested against the system of tieing up great
authors in bundles and affixing to these labels indicating the
school to which they belong. The same protest is equally
necessary with regard to great chess-players. Genius trans­
cends all schools.
One more point must be noted when we compare Charousek
with the majority of the world's finest chess-masters, living
or dead. Charousck never reached the zenith of his powers.
He 'slipped betimes away,' and it is not possible for us to
judge what greater heights he might have reached in his art,
if his life had not closed in its spring.
l Morphy's Games of Chess (1916), pp. 35-6,
 ABBREVIATIONS
THB following abbreviations are used in the notes on the games

A.C.M. =American Chess Magazine (New York).

B.C.M. = Bf'itish Chess Magazine (Leeds).
C.C. =Chess-Player's Compendium, by Wil1iam Cook.
M.C.O. = Mode"" Chess Openings, by R. C. Griffith and J. H.
White.
M.G.C. = Mot'phy's Games of Chess, by Philip W. Sergeant.

The sign + is occasionally used to signify 'with advantage'

to the player of the preceding move.
 PART I

TOURNAMENT GAMES

SECTION I

THE NUREMBERG CONGRESS

July-August 1896
As there was a book of this tournament published-Das
Internationale Schachturnier des Schachclubs Nurnberg, edited
by Dr. S. Tarrasch and Chr. Schroder (Leipzig, 1897)­
it has been possible to give all the eighteen games played
by Charousck at Nuremberg.
The prize-list was: I., E. Lasker (13! points) ; II., G.
Maroczy (12i) ; III. and IV., H . N. Pillsbury and S. Tarrasch
(12) ; V., D. Janowski (11 U; VI., W. Steinitz (II); VII., C .
Schlechter and C. A. Walbrodt (rol), divided. Special prizes
were awarded to E. Schiffers and M. Tchigorin (9l) ; J. H.
Blackburne (9), R. Charousck (St), and G. Marco (8).

Schachze'itung in 1862,
and
GAME 1 now revived by Charousek in
Nuremberg, July 20, 1896 his first tournament game.

KING'S GAMBIT P-Q3

DECLINED 3 Kt-QB3 is better, as
. .

played, for instance, in a set

White : Black :
game between Marco and
CHAROUSEK SHOWALTER Janowski returning on the
I P-K4 P-K4 ss. Pretoria from Cambridge
2 P-KB4 B-B4 Springs in 1904.
3�B3
4 PxP PxP
A variation due to Dr. E. von 5 Q--KKt3 Q-B3
Schmidt, first analysed in the 6 Kt-KB3 Kt-Q2
B
2 TOURNAMENT GAMES

The forced development of Now Black has doubled Rooks

the Knight on this square, and reopened the file-all
to prevent a pin, is a strong to no purpose, as he has to
argument against the 3 .. waste further time in trans­
P-Q3 defence. ferring the Rooks elsewhither.

7 B-B4 21 R-Q1 Kt-Q3

22 Kt-B5 eh BxKt
Here a match-game, Napier­
23 PxB K-B2
Teichmann, Glasgow, 1905,
24 P-KKt3
continued 7 Kt-B3, Q­
KKt3 ; 8 Qx Q, RP x Q ; This releases the Knight from
9 B-B4 (identical in posi­ the defence of the KRP so
tion with the present game) as to enable him to go to
P-KB3; 10 P-Q3,Kt-K2. K3, attacking Black's weak
Q-KKt3 Pawn on J{Kt5. Black can
8 QxQ only defend it at the expense
of a generally weakened K
White cannot refuse to ex­
side position.
change without loss of time.
P-KKt3
E.g., 8 Kt-Kt5, Kt-R3 ;
25 PxP eh KxP
9 P-Q3, 1>--K2, dislodging
26 Kt-K3 P-KB4
the Knight. Or 9 Kt-QB3,
27 QR-KB1 R-KB2
P-QB3, threatening B-K2.
28 Kt-Kt2 QR-KBr
RPxQ 29 R-K2 R-K1
9 Kt-B3 P-QB3 30 QR-K1 KR-K2
10 P-Q3 P-B3
II Kt-Q1 P-KKt4 Positi"on after Black's 3otls
12 B-K3 P-Kt5 move.
Bad policy. He should have
played Kt-K2 and then to
KKt3, keeping his KR file
open.

l 3 Kt-Q2 Kt-R3 ?
14 BxB l{txB
15 Kt-K3 K-K2
l6 Castles KR K t-K3
17 BxKt BxB
18 R-B2 R-R2
19 KKt-BI QR-RI
20 P-B3 Kt-B2 3 1 P-Q4 I
 KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED 3
This gives a passed
Black move, which wins the Ex­
KP, but his KBP becomes change in order to prevent
extremely weak. Charousek loss of the Exchange.
shows to great advantage
40 Kt-R 4 eh Rxl{t
in the complicated game
which follows.
If K-B3, 41 RX KP.
P-K5
.p PxR
32 Kt-K3 R-R2
42 P-Q6
Black wishes to play Kt­
Hoffer here claimed a win
B2-Kt4-B6, making his K
side impregnable. He must, for Black by 42 .. RX P ; 43
P-Q7, R-R1. since
however, protect his KB P
meanwhile: hence his man­ 'White's advanced QP would
reuvre with the KR. have fallen ultimately, and
Black's two passed Pawns
33 R-KDI QR-KRI are worth a Rook.' It must
34 R-B4 R-14 be admitted that 4 2 RxP• •

35 R(K2)-KB2 R-Kt4 is stronger than the text­

move. Why need White,
36 KtxKtP, PxKt: 37 R­
however, be in a hurry to
B6 eh must be prevented.
advance his QP ?
Black has, therefore, to aban­
don his intention of bringing 43 P-Q7 R-RI
his Knight to Kt4.
If Kt-Qr, then White's
36 P-B4 QR-R4 King comes out to Kt2 and
37 K-RI Kt3. But the siving up of
This threatens P-K� and, the KBP does not make
if PxP i.p., P-KKt4. Black's chances better.

Kt-K1 44 RxBP P-K6

38 Kt-Kt2 Kt-Kt2 45 P-R5 eh I RxP
46 R-B6 ch K-Kt2
If 38 ..Kt-Q3, 39 Kt-R4 eh,
47 R-B7 eh K-KtI
K-B3 ; 40 P-Bs and 41
48 R-B8 eh KtxR
RxKP. The text-move is
much better. If 48 .. K-Kt2, 49 R(B2)­
39 P-Q5 R-R1 B7 eh, K-Kt3 ; 50 R-B6 eh.

Threatening Kt-R4 and 49 RxKt eh KxR

therefore forcing White's next 50 P-Q8(Q) eh K-B2
4 TOURNAMENT GAMES
51 Q--Q7 eh K-B3 and adopted by Morphy in
52 Q x KKtP R-K4 the fourth game with LOwen­
53 Q-K2 K-B4 thal, is better.
54 K-Kt2 K-K5 Kt-QB3
55 P-K14 Resigns.
This was Bird's move in
an off-hand game against
GAME 2 Morphy (M.G.C. p. 247), and
is the best at Black's dis­
Nuremberg, July 22, 1896
posal.
KING'S GAMBIT
6 P-Q3 l{t-B3
DECLINED 7 P-KR3 B x Kt
White : Black : 8 QxB Q-K2
CHAROUSEK MARCO 9 P-B5 P-KR3
I P-14 P-K4 Stopping B-KKt5.
2 P-KB4 B-B4
IO Kt-Q2
3 Kt-KB3 P-Q3
4 P-B3 Q-Kt3 would have been very
difficult to meet.
As played by Morphy in
two of his match-games with
Lowenthal, and on other I I Kt-B1
occasions. It has rarely been
seen in modern times, though Tarrasch suggests 11 P x P
enterprising players have i.p., P x P ; 12 Q-Kt3,
sometimes adopted it. Com­ Q-Kt2 ; 13 Kt-B3.
pare Games 15 and 4 1. Castles QR
in both of which Janowski 1 2 Kt-K3 B x Kt
was Black; and Game 72. 13 B x B Q-Q2
B-KKt5 1 4 Castles KR
The old continuation. Tar­ In view of Black's next move
rasch and the majority of Castles QR was better.
analysts nowadays consider P-Q4
4 . . Kt-KB3 best. This was 15 B-Kt3 P-Q5
played by Janowski in the QKt x P
16 PxP
Berlin game. In Game 15
17 B x Kt Q x B ch
he played 4 Kt-QB3.
18 Q-B2 KR-Bt
. •

S B-B4 After this White has a very

B-K2, given by Staunton difficult defence to conduct,
 KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED 5
owing to the weakness of Position aftet White's 42nd
his QP. move.
19 Q x Q RxQ
2 0 QR-Qt K-Q2
2 1 K-Bz K-K2
22 K-K3 KR-Q1
23 B--B2 KR-Q3
24 P-KKt4 P-B4
25 R-BI P-Kt3
26 B-Ktr R-QI
27 R-Kt1 R-KRI
28 R-Kt3 P-KR..f
29 P x P

To let Black capture first P-Kt4

would be worse. A serious blunder, enabling
White to release his Bishop.
KR x P
He should have played 42 . •

30 QR-Kt1 Kt-R2
P-R3 ; 43 K-Q3 (if 43
3 1 R-R1 R-QI
P-R4, P-Kt4 ; 44 P x P eh,
32 B--B2 R-KRr
P x P ; 4 5 P x P eh, K x P ;
33 B-Q1 R-R5
46 B-K2 eh, K-Kt5, &c.),
34 R-Kt4 P-B3
P-Kt4 ; 44 P x P ch, P x P ;
35 R x R
45 K-K3, P-B5, and \Vhite
It was not good to open up would have no move to
by this exchange a position of avoid loss.
power for Black's Knight. 43 P x P ch KxP
44 B---K2 eh K-14
PxR
45 B-B1 K-Kt3
36 B-Kt4 Kt-Kt4
46 K-Q3 Kt-B6
37 R-QBI R-QI
47 B-K2 Kt-Q5
38 R-B3 R-Q5'
48 B-QI Kt-Kt4
39 R-B4
49 P-14 Kt-Q3
This, too, introduces a weak­ 50 B-B3 K-R4
ness, tieing the King to the
Here Tarrasch points out a
defence of the KP.
continuation which promises
RxR a win for Black, viz. 50 . •

40 P x R K-Q3 P-B5 eh ; 5 1 P x P (if 5 1

4 1 P-R3 K-B3 K-B3, P x P ; 52 K x P,
42 P-Kt3 K-B4 ; 53 K-B3, Kt-B2,
 TOURNAMENT GAMES
followed by Kt-Kt-4), K­ and 6 P-Q3 being usual.
B4 ; 52 K-B3, Kt x QBP ; and 6 P-Q4 an occasional
53 B-Kt2, Kt-Q3 ; 54 variant.
B-B3, Kt-B2 ; 55 B-R1,
P-Q3
Kt-Kt4 ; 56 B-Kt2, P­
R.j, and White must let the This move is now almost
Black King in. always preceded by P-QKt4
5 1 K-B3 K-Kt3 -though not because Black
52 B-Kt2 P-R4 has much reason to fear the
exchange which Winawer
If now P-B5, 53 P-Kt4. makes next move.
53 B-B3 K-B3 7 B x Kt eh PxB
54 B-Kt2 K-Q2 8 P-KR3
55 K-QJ K-K2
56 B-Dr K-B2 P-Q4 was better. Winawer
57 K-K3 K-Kt2 opens rather timidly.
58 B-K2 K-R3 Castles
59 B-BI K-Kt4 9 P-Q3 R-Kt1
60 B-Kz Kt-Bx IO P-QKt3 Kt-Q2
61 B-R6 Kt-Kt3 I I P-KKt4 ?
62 B-Kt5 Kt-B1
P-Q4 was still the move,
Drawn. equally preventing Black's
P-KB4 and offering less
scope for a counter-attack.
GAU 3
Kt-B4
Nuremberg, July 23, i896 12 B-K3 Kt-K3
RUY LOPEZ 13 Kt-K2 P-KR4
14 Kt-R2 B-Kt4
White : Black : 15 Kt-Kt3 PxP
WINAWER CHAROUSEK 16 PxP B-Bs

I P-K4 P-K4 Now Black has become very

2 Kt-KB3 l(t-QB3 menacing.
3 B-Kt5 P-QR3 17 B x B Kt x B
4 B-R4 Kt-B3 18 K-RI P-Kt3
5 Castles B-K2
6 Kt-B3 Nothing is to be gained by
1 8 Q-R5 ;
. • 1 9 Kt-B5.
6 R-Kt had not yet become Black wants to get his Rooks
fashionable, the text-move into action.
 RUY LOPEZ 7
19 Kt-K2 K-Ktz 35 Q-B3 t
20 Ktx Kt PxKt
Q-Kt4 If 35 R-R2, QxR eh ; 36
2 1 Q-Q2
KtxQ, R-Kt7 ch ; 37 K­
22 P-KB3 B-Q2
R-KRz K 1 , RxQ : 38 Kx R, White
23 R-B2
24 R-KKtr R-R6 cannot hope for more than
QR-KRI a draw. The text-move is
25 QR-Kt2
26 K-KtI P-B3 much better, for it threatens
27 P-R4 R-Kt6 to gain the Queen, and if in
28 K-B1 QR-R6 reply 35 . .Q-R3 or R 1 , then
Q-R5 36 R-R2, Q moves ; 37
29 K-KI
K-B2, winning. The de­
Threatening to win a clear merits of Black's 33rd move
Rook by 30 . . RX R . are now obvious, since he is
forced to make a desperate
30 K-Q1 RX R
throw.
3 1 RxR R-Kt6
32 R-B2 R-Kt8 eh BxP
33 Kt-B1 K-BI 36 QxP eh ?

So far Charousek has con­ Now White misses the way.

ducted the game admirably ;
but this move is difficult to
understand. There seems no
objection to P-Kt4 at once.
34 K-K2 P-Kt4
Now this is perilous.
Position afte,. Blaek' s 34th
move.
After 36 PxB, QxP ch ;
37 K-K 1 , Q-R5 ; 38 Q­
Q2, Black can do nothing,
in spite of his pa:ised Pawns,
e.g. 38 . . P-B6 ; 39 K-QI,
with Q-KI to follow.
K-K1
37 PxB QxP ch
38 K-K I

If 38 K-Q2, R-Kt7 ; 39
RxR (if 39 Q-Kt6 eh or
R8 eh, Black King escapes
to the Q side : and if 39
Q-Q4, obviously P-B4),
QX R eh ; 40 K-K1, P-B6,
the position would have
become the same as in the
actual game.

Q-R s
 8 TOURNAMENT GAMES
Threatening P-B6, followed the game. The right line
by R x Kt ch. was 52 P-Kt4, P-Kt5
(best) ; 53 Q x Q . P x Q ;
39 K-K2 Q-Kt5 eh 54 K-B2, P x Kt(Q) eh ; 55
40 K-KI Q-R5 K x Q, P-Q4 (again best),
41 Q-K6 ch K-Q1 when there is nothing left
<J2 K-K2 Q-J4 ch but a draw. 56 P x P eh
43 K-Q2 Q-R8 would lose, but 56 P-K5
44 R-R2 could be safely played.

The alternative w� 44 Q-B6 PxP

eh, K moves ; 45 Q-RI, 53 P x P P-R4 I
P-B6 ; 46 Q-K1 , when 54 Q x Q
P-Kt5 would make White's
position very uncomfortable.
The exchange is now forced.
R-Kt7 ch
45 R x R Q x R ch PxQ
46 K-K1 P-B6 55 K-B2 P x Kt(Q) eh
47 Q-Kt8 cb K-Q2 56 KxQ K-Q2
48 Q-R7 eh K-BI 57 K-B2 K-K3
49 Q-R8 eh K-Ktz 58 P-Kt4
50 Q-R2
If 58 K-Kt3, P-Q4 : 59
A draw is foreshadowed, P-Q5, P-B4 ; 60 P x P,
White's pieces all being fixed K x P, Black wins easily.
to their squares and the The text-move is a spirited
Knight being bound to be attempt to secure a draw
given up eventualJy for a still, but it should have
Pawn. Of course Black can­ failed.
·

not now advance the KtP,

for then would follow 51
Q x Q, P x Q ; 52 K-B2 t, PxP
P x Kt(Q) eh ; 53 K x Q, and 59 P-Rs K-Q2
the Pawn would fall. 60 P-R6 K-�3
61 P-K5 P-QKt6
62 P-K6 P-Kt7
63 P-K7 K-Q2
64 P-R7 KxP
65 P-R8(Q) P-Kt8(Q)
This should have cost \Vhite 66 Q-Q5
 RUY LOPEZ 9
Position after White's 66th 69 P-Q5 I Q-Bs eh
move. 70 K-Kt2 Q-K5 eh

70 . . P-Kt5 ; 71 Q-B6 eh,

K-Qr ; 72 Q-RS eh,
K-K2 ; 73 Q-Kt7, P­
Kt6 ; 74 Q x P ch, K-B3 ;
75 Q-B3 eh, K-B4 ; 76
Q-Kt2 (not 76 Q-B2 eh,
because of Q-K5 eh), Q­
K6 ; 77 Q-R2, K-B5
forced the win. If now 78
K-R3, Q-Q6. threatenin'g
to win the Queen in two
moves ; 79 K-Kt2 (if 79
Q-QB8 Q-14 eh, K-K4 at once),
Q-B6 eh ; 80 K-Ktr, P­
Tarrasch gives as best 66 . . Kt7 ; 81 Q-B4 eh, K-K4,
Q-B7_eh. If the White King and White's Pawn is lost, and
then goes to the first rank, with it the game.
67 . . Q-B8 eh, followed by
68 Q-KB5, or 68 Q-Q7
. • • . 71 K-Kt3 K-K2
eh and 6g Q--B 5. If 67
. • 72 Q-R5 K-B3
K-B3, Q-Q6eh ; 68 K­
Kt4, Q-K6, White must Charousek here throws away
continue to protect his Pawn his last chance, 72 . . Q--K4 eh;
with the Queen, and is forced 73 K-Kt4, P-B4 I, when
to move his King, to pre­ the last \Vhite Pawn must
vent Q-K3 eh. If then 69 ultimately fall.
K-B5, Q--Bs eh, with the
two threats of Q-B3 and 73 QxP QxP
Q-B2 when the King moves 74 Q-Q8 eh K-B4
again ; while if 6g K-R5, 75 Q-B8 eh K-Kt3
K-B3 ; 70 Q-Rr (to stop 76 Q-K8 ch Q-B2
the mate), Q-B5, &c. After 77 Q-K4 eh K-Kt2
the text-move the win is 78 K-Kt4 Q-B3
much harder.
Abandoned as a draw.
67 Q-K4 eh K-Qr
68 Q-R8 eh K-Q2 A curious and eventful game
IO TOURNAMENT GAMES

GAME 4 the 6th round, played 6

QKt-Q2 , Castles ; 7 P­
Nuremberg, July 24, 1 896 QKt4, B-Kt3 ; 8 P-QR4,
TWO KNIGHTS' P-QR3 ; 9 B-- Kt3, not

DEFENCE pushing P-R5, but bringing

(GIUOCO PIANO)
his QKt via B4 to K3-a
much better scheme than

White : Black : Al bin's.

ALBIN CHAROUSEK B-Kt3

7 P-Q!4 P-QR3
I P-K4 P-K4
8 P-R5
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3 B-B4 Kt-B3 This further advance is de­
4 P-QJ cidedly weakening to \Vhite's
game. Either QKt-Q2 or
Leaving Black little option
B-K3 is better.
but to transpose into the
Giuoco Piano. Marshall at
B-R2
Mannheim, 1914, answered 9 B-K3 Castles
Mieses's 4 P-Q3 with P-Q4 ;
10 Q-Kt3
but that move is not good.
With the opening as played Useless after Black bas
here, compare Games 6 and castled. In one score of
57, which diverge next this game White's 9th and
move. On 4 Kt-B3 see roth moves are transposed.
Game 97.
Kt-1{2

5 P-B3 Charousek's strategy in thus

6 P-QKt4 removing the Knight has
been condemned ; but it
Not advisable with the game
seems unobjectionable, pro­
quite undeveloped, though
vided that a quick way be
various masters, such as
found to bring the QR into
Blackburne, Teichmann, and
play again after B x B, R x B.
Bird (whose peculiar style
xo • . Q-K2 , however, is no
it suited} have adopted the doubt safer, preparing for
move on occasions, and it B-K3.
was frequently seen in the
Nuremberg Tournament. It I I QKt-Q2 P-B3
may be noted that Black­ 12 BxB RxB
bume against Tarrasch, in 1 3 Q-B2 Kt-Kt3
 TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENCE (GIUOCO PIANO) tI

P-Q4 seems good here. It him. But Q-QB1 was better

was that threat which com­ than the text-move.
pelled White's last move.
2 3 R-Q7 R-Rr
14 Castles KR Kt-R4
If 23 R-B4 , 24 KR-Qr ,
• •

At this point the QR might with every prospect of speedy

advantageously be freed, by success.
P-Kt4. The text-move will
keep for a more suitable 24 B-B7 l Q-B1
occasion. 25 KR-Q1 R-R3

1 5 KR-Kr If Kt-Q4, 26 B x Kt(Kt6).

Here White, in his turn, 26 Kt-Kt5

should play P-Q4.
Much better than R-Q8 eh.
K-R1
Kt-B1
1 6 Kt-B r P-KB4
x 7 Kt-Kt3 KKt-B5 ?
Position after Black's 26th
The exchange of Pawns first move.
would have kept the initia­
tive to some extent in Black's
hands. There was also I 7 . •

Kt x Kt ; 1 8 RP x Kt, P-Bs
to be considered .

18 P x P BxP
1 9 Kt x B R x Kt
�o P-Q4 I R-R.4

Q-B3 has points. The Rook

is not well placed here.

�1 P x P PxP R-B3

Kt x P seems somewhat If 27 . . Kt x R, 28 Kt-B7 eh

better. and 29 Kt-Q6 dis. eh.

22 QR-Q 1 Q-KB1 2 8 KR-Q6 I P-KKt3

Clear�y now Black has a If R x R, 29 Kt-B7 eh, &c.

bad game, the position of his
QR telling heavily against 29 R X R Kt x R
12 TOURNAMENT GAMES
29 . . Q x R ; 30 Kt-B7 eh, hand games against Anders­
K-Kt2 ; 3 r Kt x P, Q-K1 sen, 1858, and Amous de
would have prolonged the Riviere, 1863), and ascribed
game. by LOwenthal to the German­
American player, Lichten­
30 R-B7 Kt-B3
hein. Lichtenhein only re­
If 30 . . Kt-B 1 , 31 Q-K4, vived the move, however,
Q-KtI ; 32 R x Kt(B4), and for it was known to Lopez
all is over. in the sixteenth century.
Steinitz adopted it against
JI P-R3
Blackbume at Hastings, 1 895,
To stop Q-Kt5. Hoffer, having previously favoured
however, discovered a prettier the sounder 3 . . P-Q4, fol­
line, 3I Q-K4, when if lowed by check with the
Q-Kt5, 32 R X P eh and Queen.
mate in 2. Black must
4 Kt-QB3 Kt-B3
therefore play his Queen to
5 Kt-B3 B--Kt5
some square to protect his
6 Castles Castles
KP, and must lose a Knight.
P-Q3 firstwould prevent
P-R3
the driving back of the
32 Kt-K6 I Kt(B3)-R4
!{night.
If Kt x Kt, 33 Q x P, &c.
7 P-K5
33 Q-K4 Resigns.
The safe move is 7 P-Q3,
A fine game on Albin's part. leading to an equal game.
7 Kt-Q5 , as played in Rabin­
ovitch-Bogoljuboff, Interned
GAD 6 Russians' Tournament, Tri­
Nuremberg, ]tdy 25, 1 896 berg, 191 5, is a speculative
and interesting sacrifice of
BISHOP'S GAMBIT another Pawn, aiming at 7 . .
Kt x P ; 8 P-Q4, Kt-B3 ;
White : Black :
9 Kt-Kt5.
CHAROUSEK STEINITZ
I P-K4 P-K4 Kt-K1
2 P-I{B4 PxP
Steinitzian. The other two
3 B-B4 Kt-KB3
possible moves of the Knight,
A move occasionally played however, give Black a diffi·
by Morphy (e.g., in two off- cult game, while 7 . . P-Q4 is
 BISHOP'S GAMBIT 13
answered by 8 B-Kt3, win­ an isolated Pawn and Bishop
ning a Pawn. against Knight (J. H. Blake
in B.C.M. 1896, p. 408).
8 Kt-Q5 B-R4
16 B-K3 might be con­
9 P-Q4 P-Q3
sidered.
IO B X P B-KKt5
11 PxP Kt x B
1 7 Kt x Kt
This exchange brings Black's
KKt into action again and Q x Kt is better, White's
therefore looks unwise. But Knight being strongly posted,
the problem .is how else to so as to keep Black's Q side
avoid an isolated Pawn on blocked.
K5.
Kt-K2
KKt x P 1 8 QR-K 1 P-B3
12 B-QKt3 Kt-B4 19 Q-Kt5 Kt-Kt3
1 3 P-B3 Kt-R5 20 Q x Q BxQ
1 4 Q-K1 B x Kt 2 1 Kt x Kt RP x Kt

If 14 . . Kt x Kt eh, 15 P x Kt, Now a draw appears almost

B-R6 ; 1 6 R-B2, Kt x certain with the Bishops of
P ? ; 17 R-Qr, and White opposite colours.
has a strong attack. If
22 R-K4 B-B3
then 1 7 . . P-B4. 18 Q-K5,
23 KR-Kt KR--Q1
R-KI ; 19 Q-R5. Kt­
K7 eh ; 20 R x Kt. 24 K-B2

15 P x B Kt-Kt3 Had he played to a White

square, the check on move
If 1 5 • • QKt x P, 16 Kt-K7 32 would have been avoided.
eh and 1 7 Q x Kt.

1 6 Q--Kt3

But now White cannot let

Black capture the QP, there 26 P-QR3 was better.
being no longer any threat
QR-KtI
of winning the Queen with 27 R-Q2 P-Kt5
Kt-K7 eh. E.g., 16 B­ 28 P-QB4 P-B4
Kt3, Kt x P ; 17 R-Q1. 29 P-Q5 P-Kt4
Kt x B ; 1 8 Kt x P, Kt-Q5 I
30 B-Q1 ?
19 Kt x R, Q x Kt ; 20 R x
Kt, B-Kt3, leaving White The Bishop should not have
I4 TOURNAMENT GAMES
been moved. Now Steinitz his Rook . But 35 . . K-B 1
gets the opportunity he wants. saves the situation. Ifthen
36 B-B4, R-BI ; 37 P­
Position after White's 3oth B5, K-K2, and White has
move. to guard against the loss
of his KRP. Or if 36 P-Q6,
K-K1 ; 37 B--B4, K-Q2.

R-K I
36 P-B4 PxP
37 B-Kt4 P-Kt3
38 P-B5 P-B4
39 P-Q6 K-B2
40 B--K2 R-QBI

White resigns.

Tarrasch calls this resigna·

tion premature, seeing that
P-Kt6 I
\Vhite still has at his disposal
3 1 R-Q3 R-Kt5
4 1 B-B4 eh, K-BJ (if K­
32 R x P B-Q5 ch
K1, 42 B-Kt5 eh, and 43 P­
33 R x B
B6) ; 42 P-Q7. But after
If 33 K-K2, White loses two 42 . • R-KR1 ; 43 P-B6, K­
Pawns, leaving him one down, K 2, \Vhite's position is surely
though with prospects of a hopeless.
draw still . Being young,
Charousek prefers to try for
a win
by giving up the GAME 6
Exchange.
Nuremberg, July 27, 1896
RxR
TWO KNIGHTS'
34 B x R
DEFENCE (GIUOCO
Again there are drawing pros­
PIANO)
pects with 34 R-Q2, QR
moves ; 35 P-Kt3. White : Black :
PxR TCHIGORIN CHAROUSEK
35 B-Q r I P-K4 P-K4
The last chance was 35 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
P-B5, when Black dare 3 B-B4 Kt-B3
not go after the Bishop with 4 P-Q3
 TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENCE (GIUOCO PIANO) 15

Compare Games 4 and 57. 1 2 . . B x Kt ; 1 3 P x B, B x B

The opening becomes a is much better. White's
Giuoco Piano. Knights are now extremely
powerful.

5 P-B3
1 3 Kt x B
6 QKt-Q2 1 4 Kt-K4
Albin here played P-QKt4, 15 P-KKt4
while Blackbume against
To stop the freeing of Black's
Tarrasch played the text­
move, followed by P-QKt4 . game by P-B4. For if 15 . .
P-B4 ; 16 P x P, R x P ; 1 7
See the note on Game 4,
Kt-Kt3.
move 6. Tchigorin has a
different scheme in view,
KR--Q1
having played the same open­
1 6 Kt-K3 P-Kt4
ing for nine moves against
Lasker in the Petrograd
R-Q2, with a view to doub­
Quadrangular Tournament,
ling, was better.
on January 16, 1896.

Castles 1 7 Kt-B5 B-B1

7 Kt-B1 P-Q4 18 P-KR4 I Q-K3
19 Q -B3 Kt-K2
Some critics have called this 20 P-R5 R-Q2
premature, preferring 7 • .

B--K 3. But when Lasker If P-KR3, 2 1 P-Kt5.

made the same move against
Tchigorin six months earlier 2 1 P-R6
it was highly commended.
Tchigorin's style against
8 PxP Kt x P
young players was like W. G .
9 B-K3 Kt x B
Grace's bowling manner
1 0 Kt x Kt
against young batsmen­
The Petrograd game con­ rather terrifying. It is
tinued here 1 0 P x Kt, P­ noteworthy that Cha.rousek's
K5 !, a variation which Tchi­ score against Tchigorin in
gorin now avoids. match-games was : 3 wins,
4 losses. and I draw (at
Q-Q3 Cologne).
II Q-K2 B-K3
1i Kt-Kt5 BxB P-Kt3
16 TOURNAMENT GAMES
Pos'ition after Black' s 2 xst A move frequently played
move. by Tehigorin, e.g., against
Steinitz in their first match
at Havana, 1889, and against
Lasker and von Bardeleben
at Hastings, 1895. There is
no better reply than 3 P-B4,
threatening Q-Kt3. See
the 1oth Havana game. In
the 2nd game Steinitz played
3 Kt-K5, like Schlechtcr
here.

3 Kt-K5
22 Kt-Kt7 4 P-QB4

Kt-K3 also wins. Now this is inferior, as

B x Kt Charousek at once shows.
23 PxB Kt-Q4 In the second Havana game
24 RxP KxR Stcinitz played here Q-Q3,
25 Kt-Kt5 ch K x P which is the best move in the
26 Kt x Q eh P x Kt position. A London-Petro­
27 Castles Kt-Kt3 grad correspondence game
28 P-Kt5 R-KB1 continued 4 P-KKt4 (
29 Q-R3 QR x P
PxP
30 Q-R6 eh K-B2 5 Q--R4 eh P-B3
JI Q-R7 eh K-KI 6 Q x P (B4) Kt-Q2
32 Q x P ch K-Q 1 7 Kt x Kt Q x Kt
33 Q-Kt8 eh K-K2 8 Kt-B3 R-Qr
34 P-Kt6 R-Kt7 9 Q-Kt3
35 R-BI Resigns.
White cannot play 9 P-K3,
because of the reply P-K4 ;
GAllE 7
and the alternative defence
Nuremberg, July 28, 1896 of the Pawn by 9 B--K3,
QUEEN'S PAWN GAME intending P-B3, B--B 2, &c.
is not attractive. Against
White : Black : the text-move Black cannot
ScHLECHTER CHAROUSEK well play 9 . . Q x P ; but
I P-Q4 P-Q4 he has an excellent con­
2 Kt-KB3 B-Kt5 tinuation instead of that.
 QUEEN'S PAWN GAME 17

Q3 ; 2 1 R x P, Kt-K5 ;
IO P-K3 22 Kt x Kt, B x Kt ; 23 R
11 PxP x B, B-B4 eh ; 24 K
-R1, Q X R ; 25 R-KI,
Castles +·
·

Threatening mate on QS.

12 P-B3 Kt-B4 1 8 P-B4 Q-Q5 ch

13 Q-Bz Q-K3 19 K-R1 Kt x P
14 B-K2 Q x KP 20 Kt x Kt Q x Kt
15 Castles 21 Q x Q PxQ
22 B--Kt4 R-Q6
Not 1 5 P-B4, because of 23 P-B5 B-B2
Q-B3 ; 16 B x B, Q-R5 eh. 24 QR-K1 B-Q4
25 P-B6 PxP
B-Kt3 26 B x P R-KtI
16 P-K4 P-B4 l 27 B-B5 B-Kt5
1 7 B-KKt5 28 R-K2 R-Q7
29 KR-K1 RxR
Posi'tion after White's 1 7th
move.
29 . . P-K6 ; 30 R X P eh.
K-B2 ; JI B-K6 eh, B x B ;
32 R x B, QR x KKtP would
have left White without a
resource.

30 RxR R-B1
31 B x KP K-Q2
32 BxB PxB
33 R-KB2 B-B4
34 R-B3 P-Q5
35 K-Ktr B-Kt3
36 K-B2 K-K3
37 B-Kt5 R-BI
R-Q2
38 K-Kr K-Q4
Black, as Tarrasch point9 39 K-Qz R-KKh
out, here misses 17 P X P ; • •
40 R-B5 eh K-K5
18 B x R, P x P ; 19 Q-Q2. 41 P-KKt4 B-B2
PX B (or I 9 B-Q3 ; 20
• •

R x P, Q X P eh ; 2 1 K moves, Threatening R x B and B­

K x B + ) ; 20 KR-Kr, B-- B5 c� ·
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42 P-KR4 P-KR3 GAME 8
43 B x P RxP
B--K4
Nu,,emberg, July 29, 1 896
44 R-B7
EVANS GAMBIT
White dare not take the
offered Pawn without loss Wblie : Black :
of the game.
CHAROUSEK BLACKBURNE

45 R-D1 RxP I P-K4 P-K4

46 R-KI eh K-Q4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
47 B--Kt5 R-Kt5 3 B--B4 B-B4
4 8 B-K7 R-Kt7 eh 4 P-QKt4 BxP
49 R-K2 B--B5 ch 5 P-B3 B-B4
50 K-Qr RxR 6 Castles P-Q3
7 P-Q4 B-Kt3
Black's last chance of win­
Now the ordinary position in
ning was 50 . . R-Kt6, threat­
Lasker's Defence is reached .
ening P-Q6. If 5 I R-KB2,
But Charousek does not wish
K-K5 ; 52 R x B eh, K x R ;
merely to recover his Pawn .
53 B-Q6 eh, K-B6 ; 54 B x
He follows Tchigorin's lead in
R, K x B and wins.
a game against Lasker, Petro­
51 K x R K-K5 grad Quadrangular Tourna­
52 B-Kt4 B-B8 ment, 1895. Another promis­
5 3 P-Kt3 P-Q6 ch ing line is 8 B-K3, with Q­
54 K-Q1 B-B5 B2 and QKt-Q2 to come .
55 B-B3 K-Q4
8 P-QR4 PxP
56 K-Kr B-K4
57 B--Q2 K-Qs
Lasker here played Kt-B3.
58 K-Qr B-Q3
59 K-BI B-R6 ch
9 PxP B-Kt5
6o K-Qr P-Kt3
10 B-Kt2 Q-BJ
61 B-R6 B-Kt5
I I B-Kt5 B x Kt
62 B-Kt7 ch K-Q4
63 K-B1 K-B3
Tarrasch prefers 1 1 . • P-QR3,
64 K-QI K-Kt4
followed by KKt-K2 and
65 B-B6 P-14
Castles KR.
66 B-Q8 B-B6
67 K-BI P-R5 12 P x B P-QR3
68 P x P ch K-B5 1 3 B x Kt eh PxB
6g K-Qr Drawn. 14 Kt-R3 Kt-K2
 E VANS GAMBIT 19

15 K-R1 Castles KR Position after Black's 27th

16 Kt-B4 P-Q4 move.
17 Kt x B P x Kt
18 Q-K2 Kt-Kt3
19 KR-Kt1 KR-1{1
20 R-Kt3 Q-K3
21 QR-K1 P-Kt4

The wrong Pawn. This

leaves a hole at QB4 and a
good diagonal for White's
Bishop. 2 1 P-QB4 offers
• •

the best chance of making

use of the extra Pawn and
keeping the Bishop from ob..
taining too great freedom. 28 B-Q6 t Kt-Kz ?

22 P-R5 1 R-Rz Now the sacrifice of the

23 Q-Q2 Exchange is Black's only
chance. He would, at any
Preparing the advance of rate, have two Pawns to set
the BP. off against it.

P-KB4 29 Q-Kt4 Kt-Bt

24 P-K5 R-KB2 30 QR x P Kt x B
31 P x Kt Q-K1
24 P-B5
. . would stop 32 Q-B5 R-K8 ch
White's Pawn advance, but 33 K-Kt2 Q---K 5 eh
would necessitate the con­ 34 K-R3 R-Q2
tinuance of the Knight on 35 R-B7 Q-K3
Kt3, while it is practically 36 Q-R7 R-KR8
certain he will be needed at
Kz to protect the weak The last kick, which White
QBP. has no difficulty in avoiding.

25 P-B4 Q-Q2 37 K-Kt2 Q-K5 ch

26 B-R3 R-K3 38 R-B3 R x P ch
27 R-QB1 Q--Q 1 39 KxR QxR
40 R-B8 ch K-B2
27 Kt-K2, and if 28 E­
. • 41 Q x R ch K-Kt3
Q6, R x B seems best. 42 Q--K6 eh Resigns.
20 TOURNAMENT GAMES
GAME 9 and after missing his cha.nee
Nuremberg, July 30, 1 896 on move 1 I finds nothing
left.
FOUR KNIGHTS
7 PxP PxP
GAME
8 Castles B--Q3
White : Black : 9 B-Kt5 P-B3
IO B-K3 Castles ?
ScHIFFERS CHAROUSEK
I P-K4 P-K4 This should have cost a

2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 Pawn by I I Q-Q5 eh. 10 • •

3 Kt-B3 Kt-B3 Kt-B4 was the move.

i B--Kt5 P-QR3
I I Kt-R.t ? Kt-B4
As is well known, this move 1 2 QB x Kt BxB
has caused much contro­ 13 B--Kt3 eh K-Rr
versy among the analysts, 1 4 Q-R5 Q-KI
finding far more favour 1n 15 Q x Q RXQ
Germany than elsewhere. 1 6 Kt-Q5 B-Q3
1 7 P-QB4 R-QI
5 B-14
Otherwise 18 P-B5 wins the
Not the best way to take Exchange.
advantage of Black's last
move. Schlechter-Tarrasch, 18 P-KR3 Kt-Q5
Hastings, 1895, is the model 19 B-Qr B-K3
game, from White's point of 20 R-B1 P-B3
view, in this variation, be­ 21 Kt-QKt6 QR-Kb
ginning with 5 B X Kt. 22 P-R3 B-QB2
23 Kt-R4 P-KKt.t
P-Q3
24 Kt-KB3 Kt x Kt eh
5 . . P-QKt4 ; 6 B-Kt3, 25 B x Kt R-Qs
B-B4 deserves attention. 26 P-QKt3 P-Kt3
27 KR-Q1 QR-Qr
6 P-Q4 Kt-Q2
28 K-BI B-B2
Based on an idea of Tchi­ 29 K-K2 RxR
gorin's in a variation of the 30 RxR RxR
Ruy Lopez, where White 31 KxR P-Kt4
has played Castles instead 32 Kt-B5 PxP
of the Kt-QB3 of the present 33 Kt x P B-Kt3
game. Compare also Game 34 PxP QB x P
1I. White here simplifies, 35 Kt-Kt8 B-Kt+
 BISHOP'S GAMBIT 2I
36 Kt-Q7 BxP Q ; 13 Kt x Q, B x Kt : 1 ,. Kt
37 Kt x P B-B4 X B, P-QKt3 was stronger.
38 Kt-Q7 B-Q5 Now Black has to give back
39 B-K2 B-R5 ch the Gambit Pawn.
40 K-Q2 K-Kt2
<JI B-QI B-Kt4 I2 Q-B2 B x Kt
42 B-K2 B---R 5 13 QxB P-KB4
43 B-Q 1 B-Kt4 14 Kt-Kt5 Kt-B3
15 BxP
Drawn by repetition of
moves. Q-K6 eh avoided the diffi­
culties following on this move.
QR-K1
GAME 10 16 Q-Q2 Kt-K2
N11rembet'g, July 3r, 1896 17 P-QKt4 Q-Q2
1 8 P-Q4 Kt-Q4
BISHOP'S GAMBIT
19 Kt-B3 Kt x B
White : Black : 20 Q x Kt R-K7
2 1 KR-Kt
CHAROUSEK SCHALLOPP

I P-K4 P-K4 Not 2 1 Kt-K5, because of

2 P-KB4 PxP Q-Q4 ; 22 R-B2, R x Kt.
3 B-B4 Kt-KB3
4 Kt-QB3 B-Kt5 ?
Now follows some pretty play
Compare, up to this point,
on both sides.
Game 5, where the superior
4 . . Kt-B3 is played. In
Position afteY Black's 2 1 st
reply to the text-move White move.
had 5 P-K5, and if P-Q4,
6 B-Kt5 eh, P-B3 ; 7 P x
Kt, with marked advantage .
5 KKt-K2 ? Castles
6 Castles Kt x P
7 Kt x Kt P-Q4
8 BxP QxB
9 P-Q3 B-Kt5
10 P-B3 B-B4 eh
I I K-RI B-Kt3
I I . . Q-R5 ; 12 Kt x P, B x
22 TOURNAMENT GAMES
22 Kt-K5 QXP PxP
23 Q-B3 R x R eh 38 R-R8 B x Kt
24 R x R P-B3 39 P x B RxP
25 Kt-Q7 Q-Q7 40 R-QKtS RxP
26 Q-K2 ·tl R x P R-B7
4 2 R-Kt4 K-Kt4
But here Charousek, who 43 R-Kt7 P-Kt3
had struck his second bad 44 R-KB7 P-B4
patch in the tourney, makes 45 K-Kh P-B5
a mistake. He should have 46 R-B7 P-D6
played 26 R-KB1, when 47 R-B5 eh K-R5
Black could only save the 48 K-BI K-R6
Exchange at the cost of a
49 K-KI P-Kt4
draw by repetition of moves,
e.g., 26 R-B2 ; 27 Kt-K5,
• • White resigns.
R-B3 ; 28 Kt-Q7, R-Kt3 ;
29 Kt-K5, &c.
QxQ GAME 1 1
27 R x Q R-R 1 I Nuremberg, A ugust r, 1896
Forestalling \Vhite's Kt x B. RUY LOPEZ

28 R-K7 B-QI White : Black :

29 R-K8 eh K-B2 TEICHMANN CHAROUSEK
30 R-R8 P-QR4
31 PxP I P-1{4 P-K4
2 Kt-I<B3 I<t-QB3
If 3r Kt-Kt6, P X P ; 32 3 B-Kt5 P-QR3
Kt x R, P x P wins. And if 4 B-R4 Kt-B3
31 R x P, of course P x P, 5 Castles B-K2
threatening mate. 6 Kt-B3 P-Q3
RxP 7 P-Q4 Kt-Qi
32 P-Kt3 B--B2
Compare the position in
33 Kt-B5 R-Kt4
Game 9, where, however,
34 P-B4 R-Kt5
White has not castled, nor
35 RxP B-Q3 has Black played B--K 2.
36 R-R5 K-Kt3
37 P-Kt.t 8 Kt-K2
It does not matter what he The situation is now, after
does. a slight transposition of
 RUY LOPEZ
moves, the same as in
Sehl echtcr-Tcbigorin, Hast­
ings, 1895. In that game
Steinitz commended, instead
of Kt-K2, Kt-Q5, so as
to exchange the Knight for
Black's KB.
P-QKt4
Tchigorin here played 8
23
Tarrasch suggests
theSteinitz­
like move Kt-Ktt, which
would equally open the
diagonal for Black's QB
without blocking his KBP.
Charousek perhaps aimed at
Kt-Kt5, which White's next
move prevents.
19 P-B3 B-Q2
. •

20 KR-Br Q-Kt x
Castles and, after 9 P-B3,
21 Q-B3 R-BI
B-B3, with Kt-K2-Kt3
22 Kt-R5 K-BI
to follow, not disturbing his
Q side. Both sides' pieces, and espe­
cially Black's, are now much
9 B-Kt3 Kt-�
displaced. By his last move
This plan of drawing the
f Black enables himself to re­
tooth of the Lopez attack
1 tain his QB, since White no
has a fascination for many longer threatens Kt-B6-
players of Black ; but it K7 ch.
often results, as here, in a
weakening of the Q side. Position afteY Black's 22nd
move.
Io Kt-Kt3 Kt x B
II RP x Kt Castles
12 B-K3 R-K1
13 P-Q5
Of doubtful · value.
B-Br
14 Q-Q3 P-Kt3
1 5 Kt-Q2
This might have been omitted
in favour of 1 5 P-Kt4, fol­
lowed immediate!y by P­
Kt3 and P-B4. 23 Kt-B6 Q-Kt2
24 P-Kt5
B-KKt2
16 P-Kt4 R-Br 24 R-R5 was much stronger,
1 7 P-QB4 PxP threatening KR-R 1 and
18 Kt x P Kt-B3 Q--B 4. It is difficult to
 TOURNAMENT GAMES
see what Black could have Pawn, e.g., 46 Kt x P, B­
done in reply. As it is, he Kt4 ; 47 Kt x QP ch, B x Kt ;
soon gets a strong counter­ 48 R x B, B x Kt.
attack.
R-B2
PxP 47 R-Kt6 R-BI
25 Kt-R7 KR-KtI 48 K-R2
26 Q x BP Kt-K1 1
27 QxQ RxQ The King gets out of the
28 Kt-B6 R-BI way of inconvenient checks.
29 Kt-K2 P-B4 B-Br
30 Kt-Kt4 R-B5 49 R-Kt7 K-Kt3
31 RxR PxR
32 B-Q2 Kt-B3 Not yet B-R3, because of
33 Kt-Kt3 P-R4 the reply 50 Kt-B5.
34 P-}4 P-B5
35 Kt-BI Kt-Kr 50 R-Kt4 B-R3
36 K-R2 B-KB3 5 r Kt x P
37 P-Kt3 P-Kt4
Even after this Black has
38 RP x P BxP
good drawing chances.
39 K-Ktz K-B2
40 B-B3 PxP B-B5 ch
41 Kt x P P-R5 52 K-RI Kt-R4
42 Kt-Kz Kt-B3 53 Kt-Kt6 Kt-Kt6ch
54 K-Kt2 P-R6 ch
Possibly this and the follow­
55 Kt x P B x Kt ch
ing move were owing to time­
56 KxB R-RI eh
pressure, 45 moves being
57 K-Ktz R-R8 ?
due in three hours. 42 . .

B-K6 was good, a square But this loses. He should

awaiting the Bishop at QB4. have played 57 . . Kt-K7.
Or there was the simple 42 . •
If then 58 B-K1, R-R7 eh ;
B--K 2. 59 K-B1, Kt-Q5, and
43 R-R6 Kt-K1 Black might even win. If
44 Kt-B2 B-K2 58 K-Br, Kt-Kt6 eh ; 59
45 Kt-K3 Kt-B3 K-K1 (59 K-Kt1 , Kt­
46 Kt-Ktx K7 eh, &c.), R-R8 eh ; 60
K-B2, R-R7 eh, and White
Though White has three cannot avoid perpetual check.
spare tnoves presented to Similarly if 58 K-B2, Kt­
him, he cannot yet wm a Kt6secures a perpetual check.
 FALKBEER COUNTER GAMBIT 25
58 R-B4 R-QKt8 Owing to the course men·
59 R-B6 Kt-K7 tioned in the next note as
60 K-B2 l Kt-Kt6 open to White, this must
61 Kt-B4 R-B8 ch be considered inferior. 4 . .
62 K-Kt2 R-B8 Q x P (the old reply to 4
63 Kt x P ch K-R4 P-Q3) is best, and if then
64 Kt-Q3 R-B7 ch 5 Q-K2 {5 Kt-QB3 ,
65 K-R3 Kt-B8 B-QKt5 ; 6 B-Q2, B X Kt ;
66 Kt x B eh Resigns. 7 B x B, Kt-KB3 ; 8 Q-K2
leads to the variation below,
Teichmann's first win in the
where Black has the option
tournament, his previous
of Castles or QKt-Q2),
score being two drawn games
Kt-KB3. Should White
against eleven losses t
continue 6 Kt-Q2, then B­
KB4 ; 7 P X P, B X P ; 8
P-KKt4, B-K2 t as in
GAME 12 Game 30 is slightly in favour
of Black. White has, how­
Nuremberg, August 3, 1896 ever, a better line :--6
Kt-QB3, B-QKt5 ; 7 B­
FALKBEER COUNTER
Q2, B x Kt ; 8 B x B. If now
GAMBIT QKt-Q2 . we get the position
in Charousek-Cohn . Game
White : Black :
43, when after 9 P-KKt4,
CHAROUSEK PILLSBURY Castles ; 10 B-Kt2, Black's
best move is Q-Q3. If,
I P-K4 P-Ki
on the other hand, 8
2 P-KB4 P-Q4
. •

Castles. 9 B x Kt, P x P ;
3 KP x P P-K5
1 0 Q x P, Q x Q ; II B x Q,
4 P-Q3
PxB; 1 2 Kt-K2, Kt-B3.
This is as old as von der In neither case does White's
Lasa, as Lowenthal records advantage amount to much.
in his Morphy's Games of 5 PxP Kt x KP
Chess, and Charousek was 6 Q-K2
only the reviver, not (as
6 Kt-KB3 is so much the
sometimes stated) the in· strongest continuation here
ventor of the move. 4 B­ that it may be said to have
Kt5 eh was usual at the spoilt the Falkbeer for Black.
time. After 6 Kt-KB3, B-QB4
Kt-KB3 {if B-KKt,s, 7 Q-K2, P-
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KB4 ; 8 P-KR3, &c.} ; Good, as enabling Black to

7 Q---K 2, B-B7 eh ?; 8 Castle next move ; but Kt­
K-Q1, Q X P eh (if P-KB4, Q3 is better still.
9 KKt-Q2, &c) 9 KKt­
;
II Kt-B3 Castles
Q2, P-KB4 ; 1 0 QKt-B3, 1 2 Castles Q-B4 eh ?
White comes out with a 1 3 K-Rt Kt-B3
Pawn ahead and a good 1 4 Kt-Kt3 Q x KBP
game. Similarly to 7 . . Q x 1 5 KKt-Q4 Kt x Kt
P White replies 8 KKt­
1 6 Kt x Kt Q---B4
Q2 ; while 7 . . P-B4 is
answered by 8 Kt-B3 . As the result of his 12th
Alapin fi.rst demonstrated the move, Black's Queen has
strength of 6 Kt-KB3 i n been harassed, and White
1 899. Charousek had, how­ has now a considerable ad­
ever, a new move to exploit vantage.
in the variation beginning 1 7 Kt-K6 B x Kt
with 6 Q-K2. 1 8 Q x B ch K-R1
QxP 1 9 B-K3 Q---Q3
7 Kt-Q2 P-KB4 20 Q-Kt3 P-B3
8 P-KKt4 1 2 1 QR-Qt

This is Charousek's innova­ Hoffer mentions having tried

tion, which Schallopp copied over with Charousek aftcr­
in his game against Black­ wards 2 1 Q X P, Kt-Q4,
burne in the 18th round of • whereupon 22 B-Q4 leads
the Nuremberg tournament. to very interesting varia­
The move is White's best. tions.'

B-K2 Q---B2
22 B-Q·z QR-K1
8 . . Kt-B3 is the now ac­
cepted reply, as seen in a QR-Q1 was better, and if
consultation game Bardelc­ then 23 Q-Kt3, Kt-Q4 ;
bcn and others v. Pillsbury 24 B x Kt, R x l(t ; 25 B­
and others, Berlin, 1902. B3, B-B3.
9 P-B3 , B-1{2 may follow.
23 Q-Kt3 B-Q3
9 B-Kt2 Q-R-4 24 B-B3 R-K2
10 PxP 25 Q-R4 Kt-Q4
Schallopp played the inferior
This n1ovc has been con�
1 0 B x Kt and lost quickly.
demned, as increasing the
Kt-KB3 power of White's QB Dut.
 FALKBEER COUNTER GAMBIT
Black's position is a difficult
one.
26 B x Kt PxB
27 Q-R5 BxP
28 Q x P R-KKt1
28 R-K7 seems slightly
. •
better. If then 29 .Q-B3 ?,
R x P eh ; 30 K-Ktx , Q­
B4 eh and wins. However,
after 29 Q-KKt5, it is still
hard to find a satisfactory
continuation for Black.
Black has to guard against
Q x R ch t
Pos'ition after Black' s 3oth
move.
3 1 R-Kr
In this extremely complicated
positio11 Tarrasch claims that
Charousek missed a well-de­
served win by not playing
31 R-K4. His analysis,
27
mewhat shortened, is as
follows :
(A) If 3 r . . Q-Q3, 32 R x
B, &c.
(B) If J I R-QI, 32 B x
B, &c.
If 31 . . R (KtI)-Kr, again
32 B x B, a mate on KB8
being threatened if Black
continues recapturing.
And if 3 1 . . R-KB1, then
•
follows 32 R-Qr , B-Q3 ;
33 R-KR.t , B-K4 ; 34
Q-K4, P-KKt3 (Tarrasch
does not notice 34 . . P-KR3,
to which the right reply
seems to be 35 R-Q7. If
now R(Br)-Kr , 36 R x R,
R x R ; 37 R-R5, B-B3 ;
38 R x P eh, &c. And if
35 · . Q-K1, 36 R x P eh,
P x R {K-Kt I ; 37 Q-R7
eh, K-B2 ; 38 B x B, &c.) ;
3 7 B x B eh, K-Ktr ; 38
Q-Kt4 eh, K-R2 ; 39
RxR eh, Q x R ; 40 Q-K 4
eh, K-KtI ; 4 1 Q-Kt6 eh
and mate next move]: 35
R-Q7, R(B1)-K1 ; 36 B x
B eh, Q X B ; 3 7 Q X Q eh,
R x Q ; 38 R x P eh, &c.
Tarrasch does not specify
which Rook captures, but
it is clearly that on KR4.
(C) If 3 I B-Q3 . 32 R­
• .
KRt. B-K4 ; 33 R x P eh,
K x R ; 34 Q-K4 ch, K-R3 ;
35 Q-R4 eh or �Q2 eh
and wins. If, instead of
32 B-K4,
• • 32 . . R-KB � ,
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then 33 R x R eh, Q x R ; 34 exchanging all off, with a
Q-Q3, &c. winning end game.
Lastly, if 31 . . B-B3, 32
{a} If 33 K-Kt 1,34 R X P
. •

R x B, RxR: 33 Q x R,
eh, K-B1 ; 35 R x RP, R­
P X R ; 34 B X P eh, R-Kt2 ;
KKt4 ; 36 R(R7)-QB7, and
35 Q-K7, Q-Ktt : 36 Q x wins. If 33 . . R-KKt4. 34
R eh, with a winning end R(B4)-K4, &c. And if 33 . .
game.
Q--Q t or KBI, 34 R x KKtP,
&e.
There appears to be one
(b)
If 34 . . P-KR4, 35 R X
weak Iink in this chain of
KKtP, R-Q7 eh ; 36 K-B I ,
reasoning - the italicised
and Black has no reply,
move in variation {B). After
Q-B1 eh being answered by
31 . . R-KBI ; 32 R-QI,
R-B7 dis. eh.
B-Q3 : 33 R-KR4, sup­
(c) If 3 7 . . Q-Kt1 eh, 38
pose Black plays B-B5.
R-KB4, threatening R(K7)
How is White to win now ?
-KB7.
If 34 Q-KR5, P-KR3,
with everything supported. If this analysis holds good,
And if 34 R-KBI, B-Q7 l then it was on his 3 2nd
The credit for this ingenious move that Charousek missed
suggestion is due to Mr. the reward of his previous
J. H. White, part-author of fine play.
Modern Chess Openings.
B- Q3
R- QI 33 R x R
32 Q-B5
Pretty, but only leading to
Here again a forced win for a draw. The idea of this
\Vhite is claimed by Mr. Queen sacrifice is probably
G. W . Baines, of Melbourne, what led Charousek astray ;
the decisive move being and yet, apparently, he could
R x B . The main analysis have made the sacrifice on
runs thus : 32 R X B, R x Q ; the previous move 1
33 R X R(K7), R-Q8 eh (a) ; B xQ
34 K-Kt2, Q-Qt (b) ; 35 34 R x KKtP
R(B4)-K4, R-Q7 eh ; 36
K-R3, Q-B1 eh ; 37 K­ Here Professor Adolf Bro dsky
Kt3, R-QI (c) ; 38 R­ (afterwards Principal of the
KKt4, R-KtI ; 39 B-K5. Royal Manchester College of
Q-KBI ; io R(K7) X I\RtP, Music, and between 1 9 14-16
 SCOTCH GAMBIT 29

interned in Austria as a
GAD 13
Russian subject), who was
in Nuremberg at the time, NurembeYg, A ugust 4, 1896
discovered a variation begin· SCOTCH GAMBIT
ning with 34 R X B, which
he thought won. But the White : Black :
answer is 34 . . Q-B5, and CHAROUSEK PoRGES
if 35 R X KKtP, R-Q5 l
I P-K4 P-K.t
R-Q8 eh 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
35 R-Ktt dis.eh B-Qs l 3 P-Q4 PxP
36 B x B eh RxB 4 B-B4 B-Kt5 eh
37 R x R Q-KBx l
White cannot after this avoid Not new, but also not the
the draw. his King being best move.
unable to escape from the
.5 P-B3 PxP
Black Queen's checks. 6 Castles P-B7
38 R-Q3 Q-K2
Both sides are following old
39 P-KR3 P-KR4
methods, e.g., Staunton­
40 R(Q3}-KKt3 Q-K5 eh
Popert (Staunton's Hand­
41 R(Kh)-Kt2 Q-K8 eh
42 K-R2
book, p. 177). 6 . . P-Q3, and
Q-K4
if 7 P X P, Q-B3 would have
43 P-KR4 Q-B5
been better.
44 K-Ktr QxP
45 P-B3 Q-KB5 7 QxP KKt-K2
46 R-Kt5 Q-K6 eh
47 K-R2 Q-B6 Popert in the game mentioned
'48 R(Kt2)-Kt3 Q-K7 eh played 7 . . P-Q3, which was
49 K-R3 Q-K3 eh best. The continuation was
50 K-R4 Q-K5 eh 8 P-QR3, B-R4 ; 9 P­
QKt4, B-Kt3 ; 10 B-Kt2,
Drawn by perpetual check.
Kt-B3.
If 51 K x P, Q-R2 ch ; 52
K-Kt4, Q-K5 eh ; 53 K­ 8 P-QR3 B-�
R3, Q-RS eh. 9 P-QKt4 B-Kt3
10 B-Kt2 P-B3
A game worthy of the first
meeting between two of the Black has not now Popert's
unest players who ever lived resource of 10 Kt-B3, nor
• •

-both, alas I destined to can he castle, because of I r

early immortality. Q-B3.
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I I Kt-B3 P-Q3 This blunder hastens the
1 2 Kt-Q5 Kt x Kt end, but B--B2 or P---Q5
1 3 B x Kt . Kt-K2 could only have dela.yed it
a little.
Tarrasch gives as Black's
best line 13 . . B-Q2, fol­ 30 B-Kt5 Q-Q4
lowed by Q-K2 and Castles 31 PxB QxP
QR. 32 P-R5 P-B4
33 PxP Kt x P
14 KR-K1 P-B3 34 B-Kt3 eh K-Rr
15 B-Kt3 B-Kt5 35 B-B7 R-QKt 1
16 Kt-Q4 Q-Q? 36 Q-B5 KR-QB1
17 Q--B4 l R-KB1
White announced mate in 5 :
White having prevented all 37 Q-B6 eh, Q x Q ; 38
possibility of castling KR, B x Q eh, R-Kt2 ; 39 R x P
why not 1 7 . . Castles QR ? eh, K x R ; 40 R-R1 eh.
Kt-R5 ; 4 1 R x Kt mate.
1 8 P-R3 B x Kt

If at once 1 8 . . B-KR4, 19
Kt-K6 and White wins. GAME 14
19 B x B Nurembe,g, August 5, 1 896
20 Q-B3 RUY LOPEZ
So as not to be forced to White : Black :
give up his KB.
\VALBRODT CHAROUSEK
B-B2
I P-K4 P-K4
2 1 B-B2 B-K3
z Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
22 P-B4 P-QKt3
3 B-Kt5 P-KKt3
23 B-Bz Castles
Tarrasch once said of this
Truly a case of ' castling
defence that it is ' not worse
into it ' ; but anything else
than others. ' General opinion
is as bad.
is against it.
24 P-QI4 K-Kt2 ?
4 Castles
25 Q-K3 K-Ktr
26 P-Kt5 Kt-B1 Both Maroczy and Tcich-­
27 PxP QxP mann (among others) have
28 B-Q3 P-Q4 advocated 4 P-B3 as best.
29 P-B5 PxP But many fine players, in-
 RUY LOPEZ 31
eluding Teichmann himself, Giving himself a weak QRP.
have played P-Q4. See PxP
Game 47 for an example of 24 B x KtP R-QRr
it. The text-move is ta.me. 25 P-KR3 R-R5
B-Kt2 26 P-R3 KR-QR1
5 R-K1 27 Q-Bz Q-R2
Wa.lbrodt was not a. ' book ' 28 Kt-Q2 B-KBI
player. In the present game 28 Kt-Q2 would force 29
. .

his violation of the principles P-B5 , to save the Bishop,

of development against the whereon Black can win the
Fianchetto defence leads to BP with B-Br ; 30 KR­
a poor position. QBr. R-Ktr . followed by
KKt-K2 R-Kt4.
, 6 P-B3 Castles 29 KR-QB1 R-R3
7 P-QJ P-Q3
30 Kt-K2 R-Kt3
8 Kt-Kt5 ? P-KR3 31 P-B4 P-B3
9 Kt-B3 K-R2
32 PxP PxP
1 0 QKt-Q2 P-Q4
33 Kt-KB3 Kt-Q2
P-B4 seems a. good alter­ 34 P-B5 R-Kt4
native. 35 K-R·I B-Ktz
I I Kt-BI P-Q5 Not now B x BP because of
1 2 Kt-Kt3 Q-Q3 '
36 Kt x KP. B x B ; 37 Kt x
13 B-R4 B-K3 Kt. B x RP ; 38 Q x P.
1 4 Q-K2 QR-Qr
36 Kt-Q2 Q-R5
1 5 P-B4
37 QxQ RxQ
After this, there remains no 38 R-Kt2 Kt-Kt1
futurc for the KB except to be 39 Kt-KKtr Kt-R3
exchanged for a Knight which
, 40 R(B1)-Ktr Kt x P
happens six moves later.
At last the Pawn is won.
Kt-Bt
1 6 B-Q2 Kt-Kt3 41 R-B2 Kt x QP
17 B-Kt3 P-Q!4 42 RxP B-Kt1
1 8 QR-Br Q-B4 43 RxP J(t x B
19 KR-Qr Kt-Q2 44 P X Kt R(R5) x P
20 B-R4 Q-Kt3 45 RxR RxR
2 1 B x Kt PxB Leaving Black with an end­
22 R-Kt1 Kt-B4 game which takes much time
23 P-Kt.J still to win.
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46 R-B5 R-Kt7 B-KI

4 7 Kt(Kt1 )-B3 R-Ktr
This is the most interesting
48 Kt-Kr B-B2 l
part of the game. Black
In order that if 49 Kt-Q3, gives up his extra Pawn,
P-Kt4 ; 50 Kt-B3, Black which he cannot hold if he
can get by B-Kt3 a com­ means to win. If 62 • • K­
pensating Pawn for the one K3, 64 Kt-B5 eh, K-B3 ;
he loses on K4. 65 Kt-Q3. The text-move
contains a trap, for if in
49 K-Kh P-Kt4
reply 63 Kt(B4) x P, B-Kt4
50 K-B2 B-Kt3
wins a Knight.
5 1 Kt(K1 )-B3K-Kt1
5 2 K-Kz B-B2 63 Kt(Q3) x P B-Kt4
53 Kt-KI K-BI 64 Kt-R3
54 Kt(Q2)-B3R-K1
He must stop 64 . . B-R3 and
55 Kt-Q3 B--Kt3
65 . . K-K3, still winning a
56 Kt-Qz K-B2
Knight.
57 K-B3 R-K3
58 R-B7 eh R-K2 B-B8 1
59 R x R ch ? KxR
60 Kt-QB4 B-R4 eh Not now B--R 3, because of
65 Kt-B6 eh, K moves ;
Obviously played with a.n eye 66 Kt-Kt4 And after 64 . .

on the. clock. B x Kt ; 65 Kt x B Black

61 K-B2 has clearly no win.

62 K-B3 65 Kt(K5)-B4 K-K3

66 Kt-Q2
Posit-ion after White's 6znd
move. If 66 K-B2, B-Q6 ; 67
Kt-Qz, B-Br ; 68 Kt(R3)
-B4, B-Kt5 ; 69 Kt-Ktz
B-R3 ; 70 Kt(Kt2)-B2,
KB X Kt, we get the position
\Vhite might actually have
ha<l on move 70, first varia­
tion.

B-Q6
67 Kt(R3)-B4 B-B1
68 Kt-Kt2 B-R3
69 Kt(Kt2)-B4
 KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED 33

Tarrasch gives the following 82 Kt-Q2 BxP

interesti ng variation : 69 83 Kt-B3 B-Kt.t
Kt(Q2)-B4, B-KKt2 ; 70 84 Kt x P P-Q7
K-K2, P-Q6 eh l ; 71 K­ 85 Kt-Kt2 eh K-Ks
Q2, B-Q5 : 72 K-QI, 86 Kt-K3 B-Il6
KB x Kt ; 73 Kt x B, K-K4 ; 87 Kt-Kt2 P-QS(Q)
74 K-Q2, K x P and wins.
White resigns.
B-Kt5
70 K-Kt4

If 70 K-Bz, KB x Kt ; 71
GAMB 15
Kt X B, K-K4 ; 73 K-B3,
B-Q6, when White's Pawn Nut-embef'g, August 6, 1896.
moves are quickly exhausted
and the Knight has to move, KING'S GAMBIT
abandoning the KP. If 70 DECLINED
P - Kt4, the end comes
White : Black :
quicker still. White chooses
the most lingering death. CHAROUS EK JANOWSKI
KB x Kt I P-K4
71 Kt x B B-K7 eh 2 P-KB4
72 K-Kt2 K-K4 3 Kt-KB3
73 K-B2 B-Q6 4 P-B3
74 K-B3 P-&J
75 P-Kt3 Compare Games z, .p, and 72.

If 75 P-Kt4, P-R5, and Kt-QB3

the moves are exhausted at The other Kt to B3 is better,
once. according to Tarrasch, en­
B x P ch couraging White to play 5
76 K-Kz P-Q4, with a weak centre.
5 P-Q4
If 76 Kt x B, P-Kt5 eh, &c.
P-R5 Tarrasch disapproves of this
77 PxP PxP move in thi s variation also,
78 K-B2 K-B5 as giving White a weak centre.
79 Kt-Kt3 P-Q6 5 B-Kt5 deserves considera­
80 Kt-Q2 B-Q4 tion, as played by Exner in
81 Kt-B1 B-K
- 3 Gam.e 72.
D
34 TOURNAMENT GAMES
P x QP B-R3 eh, followed by R­
6 PxP B-Kt3 Q7.
7 Kt-B3 Kt-B3
K-Kt2
8 P-K5 PxP
26 Kt-Q2 P-Kt4
This enables White to get 27 Kt-B4 B-Q5
rid of his weak QP, says 28 Kt-R5 P-QB4
Tarrascb, who suggests 8 . . 29 Kt-B6 B--R3 eh
Kt-KKt5 ; 9 P-KR3, Kt 30 K-Kh PxP
-R3 ; and if 10 P-KKt4,
Kt x QP, followed by Q-R5 Preferring to give up the
eh. Exchange so that he may
retain his two Bishops.
9 QP x P Q x Q ch Janowski's judgment seems
lo Kt x Q Kt-Q4 sound here.
ll B-Q3 B-Kt5
12 B-K4 R-QI 31 Kt x R
13 Kt-B2 B-B1 3 1 Kt x B, P x P ; 32 P x P,
13 . . B x Kt ; 14 B x B, KKt P x Kt ; 33 R x P, P-Q6
-Kt5 is a good alternative. would give Black the superior
But Janowski prefers to keep game.
the two Bishops. R x Kt
14 Castles Castles Relying on the weakness of
15 B-Q2 Kt-K6 White's BP after next move,
16 QB x Kt BxB he does not play 3 r . . P X P.
17 B x Kt PxB
18 P-KKt3 B-K3 32 PxP K-Kt3
19 KR-Kr B-Kt3 33 K-Kt2 K-B4
20 P-Kt3 P-KR3 34 Kt-Rx B-Kt2 ch
21 QR-Er B-Q4 35 K-R3
22 Kt-R4 P-Kt3
If 35 K-Kt3, R-KtI eh is
23 R-B2 B-K3
very unpleasant.
24 K-Br
KxP
Of course he cannot play 36 Kt-Kt3 K-Kt4
24 R x P, because of R-Q7. 37 Kt-K4 eh K-R4
B-B1 38 R-Q2 B-Br eh
25 Kt-B3 39 K-Kt2 K-R5
40 K-B3 B-Kt5 ch
Nor 25 R x P. becau�� of 41 K-B4 R-Q4
 QUEEN'S PAWN GAME 35
Position af�r Bla�k's .pst 59 K-Q3 R-R6 ch
move. 60 K-B� R-K6
61 R-B7
After this Black has no
chance.

P-B5
62 RxP P-B6
63 P-Kt6 R-K5
64 R-KB7 R x QRP
65 RxP R-R1
66 R-B4 K-Kt3
67 K-Kt3 R-QKtt
68 R-QKt4 K-B3
.+2 Kt-B6
69 K-B4 K-K3
70 K-Kt5 K-Q2
There appears nothing better, 71 R-Q4 eh K-BI
White King being in a dan· 72 K-B6 P-R4
gerous position. 73 R-KB4 Resigns.

B X P ch
. 43 RxB R x R(Q7)
44 Kt x B R-Q5 ch GAME 18
'l5 K-B3 R x Kt
46 RxP R-Kt3 Nuremberg, A ugust 71 1896
47 RxP R-B3 ch QUEEN'S PAWN
48 K-Kt2
GAME
White here offered a draw,
White : Blaek :
which was refused.
TARRASCH CHAROUSEIC
R-R3
49 P-Ri P-B4 I P-Q4 P-Q3
50 R-B4 ch K-R..i
Although often played on
51 K-B3 K-Kt4
the 2nd move- in Tchigorin's
52 R-Q4 R-14
Defence,1 P-Q4. Kt-KB3 ;
53 R-QB4 R-Q4
2 Kt-KB3 (or P-QB4),
54 P-R4 ch K-B3
P-Q3-tbis is rare as a 1 st
55 K-B4 K-Kt3
move against P-Q4.
56 P-Kt4 K-R4
57 K-K3 R-Q8 2 P-K4 Kt-KB3
58 P-Kt5 R-QRS 3 Kt-QB3 P-KKt3
 TOURNAMENT GAMES
The game has become an sek asked Steinitz after the
' Indian Defence,' which is game where his decisive mis­
strong in the hands of players take was ; to which Steinitz
whose style it suits. But replied, ' When one plays
Charousek was hardly one so bizarre an opening, one
of those. must not be surprised at
4 P-B4 B-Kt2 losing the game.' Certainly
this is the worst of Charou­
5 Kt-B3 Castles
6 B--K2 sek's tournament games, and
is scarccly worth preserving
Better than B-Q3, says except as a curiosity.
Tarrasch, after Black has
played P-KKt3.
P-Q4
GAME 17
There is nothing better in
this position than P-K3, Nuremberg, August 8, 1896
followed by P-Kt3 and QUEEN'S GAMBIT
'
B-Kt2. DECLINED
7 P-K5 Kt-Kr WhUe : Black :
The only move, for after 7 . • MAROCZY CHAROUS.EK.
Kt-K5 ; 8 Kt x Kt, P x Kt ; I P-Q4 P-Q4
9 Kt-Kt5 the Pawn falls. 2 P-QB4 P-K3
B B-K3 P-K3 3 Kt-QB3 P-QB3
9 P-KJ4 I Kt-QB3 Although humorously accused
If P-KR4, 10 P-KKt4. by Blackburne of leading to
' � rat�er shoddy game,'
10 P-R5 Kt-K2
this move has been adopted,
I I P-KKt4 P-KB4
12 RP X P occasionally, by a large num­
Kt x P
ber of distinguished players.
If RP x P, · 1 3 Kt-Kt5, and 4 P-K4 is generally con­
Black is utterly helpless. sidered the most forcible
13 B-Q3 P-KR3 reply. Tarrasch, however, in
14 P-Kt5 K-R2 the Tournament Book, calls
15 Q--K2 R-RI it premature, and advocates
16 Q--Kt2 l P-B4 4 Kt-B3.
1 7 KtP X P Resigns. 4 P-K4 P x KP
Black loses at least a piece. 5 Kt x ;P Kt-B3
Tarrasch records that Charou- Opinipn is divided between
 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 37
the merits of this arid · s . . 26 QR-Qi B-R7 ch
B-Kt5 eh (6 B-Q2, Q X P ; 27 K-Rt RxR
7 B x B, Q x Kt ch)". 28 R x R B-K5 ?
6 Kt-QB3 Under pressure ·of time,
In the I Ith round .of the Charousek makes a mistake
tournament Steinitz con­ which costs him the game,
tinued against Marco in this though it is not certain that
position 6 Kt x Kt eh, Q xKt; it should have done so. 28 . •

7 Kt-B3, which is a better B-B5 was the right move.

line. Position after Black' s 28th
B-K2 move.
7 Kt--B3 Castles
8 B-Q3 P-B4 !
9 Castles PxP
Io KtxP QKt-Q2
I I Kt-B3
Black threatened Kt-K4

Q-R4
I2 B-Q:z Kt-K4
1 3 K t-K4 KtxKt eh
14 Q x Kt Q-B2
1 5 B-B3 Kt x Kt
16 .Q x Kt P-B4
29 B x P eh QxB
P-KKt3 would be very in­
30 Q x Q eh KxQ
ferior. Black quickly gets rid
JI R-Q7 ch R-B2
of the temporary weakness of
32 R x R ch KxR
the KP after the text-move.
33 KxB K-B3
1 7 Q-K2 B-Q3 34 P-Kt4 P-B5
1 8 P-KR3 P-K4
1 9 P-QKt4 P-K.s PxP, followed by K-K4-
20 B--B 2 P-QKt3 Q5, gave Black better draw­
21 P-B3 PxP ing chances. White could
22 R x P B-Q:i only win on the Q side then,
23 B-Kt3 K-RI whereas now he can get a
24 Q-Kt2 Il-.D 3 passed Pawn on either side
25 R-Q3 QR-Qr {Tarrasch).

Guarding against Bx P eh, 35 P-KR4 K-K4

followed by R X B. 36 K-Kt1 K-Q5
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Here Tarrasch gives P-B6, nonius's move, 5 . . B-Q3,
followed by K-B5 . leads to a very interesting
37 K-B2 K-B6 game and may be best.
38 P-QKt5 K-Q5 See Szekely-Nyholm, Ab­
39 P-Kt5 K-K4 bazia, 1 9 1 2 .
40 B-Q1 K-Q5 6 Kt-KB3
4 1 B-Kz B-Kt3
.4Z B-B1 B-K5 Among the various possible
43 P-R3 K-K4 moves {such as Kt-QB3,
·-.4 B-Kt2 P-Q4, Q-B3, P-KKt3,
B-Q6
45 B-Q5 B-Kt3 &c.} this looks the most
46 B-Kt8 K-K5 natural. The first recorded
instance of its being played
46 . . K-B4 ; 47 K-B3, K­
is in a blindfold game of
K4 made it difficult for Whitc
Zukertort's in Berlin, 1871 ;
to win.
but it is doubtless much
4 7 P-R5 I BxP older.
48 B x P ch K-Q5
Q-R4
49 P-Kt6 KxP
7 P-KR4 B-Kt2
50 P-Kt7 B-Bi
51 P-R,. Resigns. 7 . . P-KR3 leads to
a well­
5 1 P-Kt8(Q). BxQ; 52 known trap-8 BxP eh, Q X
B x B eh. K x P would not B ; 9 Kt-K5, Q-B3, or Kt2 ;
have done ; but after the 10 Q-·R5 eh. ·
text-move White can queen. 8 Kt-B3 P-QBJ
and remain with a. KtP win ­

ning easily. But now P-KR3 is the right

move. See Game 26.
B-Kt5
GAME 18
Again P-KR3 is right.
Nuremberg, August xo, 1896
BISHOP'S GAMBIT
1 0 P-Q4 Kt-Q·z
This turns out ill. But if
Whlte : Black :
1 0 . B x Kt, 1 1 Q x B,
. QxQ ;
CHAROUSEK LASKER
12 P x Q, B x P ; 13 P x P+ .
I P-K4 P-K4 Or II P x B, B x P ; 12 Q x B,
2 P-KB4 PxP QXP eh : 1 3 K-KtI, and
3 B-B4 P-Q4 Black must be content with
4 BxP Q-R5 ch a draw. Now. as Lasker him­
J K-Br P-KKt4 self asks in Common Sense,
The usual continuation. Sve- What right has White (in
 BISHOP'S GAMBIT
the Bishop's Gambit) to sac­ Hoffer suggests playing for
rifice a Pawn, open up his safety with 15 . . K-KtI ; r6
King's side, and allow a B x P ch, K-RI . As the
check from the Black Queen ? game goes, Black's position
Something, therefore, is amiss is hopeless when he is forced
with Black's conduct of the to make his 22nd move.
present game, namely the 16 Q-R4 Kt x B
omission to play P-KR3.
17 Q x Kt Kt-B3
It still seems the best move.
18 BxP Kt-Q2
19 Q-R4 P-QR3
Position after Black's roth
20 �R5 Kt-Br
move.
21 Kt-Kt3 Kt-K3
22 Kt-B5 Q-Br
If Q-B3, 23 B-Ks wins the
Queen.

2 3 B-Kt3 R-Q2
24 Kt x B

24 P-Q5, Kt-Qr ; 26 QR
-QI is also very strong.

Q x Kt
z 5 Q-K5 QxQ
26 B x Q P-B3
II K-B2 t B x Kt
By giving up this Pawn
If, instead, Black castles at Black holds the KRP ; but
once, then may follow 1 2 he merely prolongs a game
P x P, B x Kt, P x B, with not worth prolonging.
the same position as in the
27 BxP R-Br
actual game. Or White may
28 R-R6 Kt-B5
play 1 2 Kt-Kz.
29 K-K3 Kt-Kt7 eh
12 P x B Castles 30 K-Q2 QR-KB2
13 P x P. 31 P-K5 Kt-B5
32 QR-Rr R-Ktr
Kt-K2 is also very strong.
Kt-Q4 would still lengthen
QxP
the game.
If B x P eh, 14 Q X B, Q x R ;
33 P-B4 Kt-K3
15 B x P, and Black is lost.
34 K-K3 Kt-B1
14 Kt-K2 Q-K2 35 P-Q5 R-Qz
z5 P-B3 Kt-K4 36 P-K6 Resigns.
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SECTION II

THE BUDAPEST CONGRESS

IN addition to the games recorded below, Charousek played

the following games in this tournament :-v. Schlechter,
Oct. 5, 1896, drawn ; v. Noa, Oct. 9, won ; v. Marco, Oct. 10,
lost ; v. Janowski, Oct. 12, lost ; and v. \Valbrodt, Oct. 14,
drawn.
The prize-list was : I., M. Tchigorin (81), after a tie with
II., R. Charousek (Si) ; III., H. N. Pillsbury (7i} ; IV. and
V . , C. Schlcchter and D. Janowski (7) ; VI. and VII.,S. Winawer
and C. A. Walbrodt {61). A spedal prize was awarded to
S. Tarrasch (6).
game of this description it is
GAME 19
difficult to formulate a defi­
Budapest, Oct. 6, 1896 nite plan. Neither player is
QUEEN'S FIANCHETTO here seen at his best.

Black : 7 Kt-K2 Kt-B3

WhJte :
8 Kt-Kt3 Castles
M.AROCZY CHAROUSEK 9 B-K2 P-QKt4
l P-QKt3 P-Q4 10 Castles B-Kt2
I I Kt-K5 Kt-Qz
1 . . P-K4 is better. Now
12 Kt-R5 Kt-B3
White is able to prevent that
move, thus cramping Black's If 1 2 P-B3 ; 1 3 Kt x QKt,
• •

development. B x Kt, there is some danger

P-K3 of a sacrificial combination
2 P-KB4
B-Kt2 Kt-KB3 against Black's weakened K
3
Kt-KB3 B-K2 side ; e.g., 1 4 Kt x KtP, K x
4
5 P-K3 P-B4 Kt ; 1 5 B-Q3. Black pre­
6 Kt-B3 P-QR3 fers, therefore, to lose two
moves with his Knight and
Preparing for a general
a.wait the attack with a
advance on the Q side.
reinforced defence.
Charousek has been criticised
for his policy ; but in a 13 Q-K1
 SCOTCH GAMBIT
This turns out waste of time. 26 P..:.-Kt3 P-K4
2 7 R-Q2 P-R4
KKt x Kt
2 8 P-KR3 P-R5
1 4 B x Kt P----.B3
29 R-KB 1 K-K3
Position afte,. Black' s 14 th 30 P x P Kt x P
move. 3 1 KR-KB2 RxP
32 R x P Kt-B6 ch
33 KR x Kt BxR
34 R x B R-Q7

\Vhite resigns.
After all, Black's Q side
Pawns decide the day in his
favour, as they cannot be
stopped.

GAME 20
1 5 Kt-Kt6 Budapest. October 7, 1896
Now comes the sacrifice, SCOTCH GAMBIT
nevertheless ; but it is un­ White : Black :
sound, the Queen being on
CHAROUSEK VON POPIEL
the wrong diagonal and hav­
ing to lose very important I P-K4 P-K4
time over the change. 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3 P-Q4 PxP
P x Kt
4 B-QB4 B-B4
1 6 KB x P P-B4
5 Castles P-Q3
1 7 Q-K2 R-B3
6 P-B3 PxP ?
1 8 Q-R5 RXB
19 Q x-R B-B3 This gives White just the
20 B x B QxB kind of attack he desires in
21 QxQ PxQ playing the Scotch Gambit.
L. Paulsen s move, 6 . . B-­
'

The issue is now beyond KKt5, is the best at this

reasonable doubt. point, 7 Q-Kt3 being then
22 P-B4 QP x P
met by B x Kt, and White's
23 P x P R-Qr
attack soon ends. 6 . . Kt­
24 KR-Q1 ·
B3 is also a safe reply.
P-Kt5
25 P-Q3 K-B2 7 Q-Kt3 �K2 1
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Comparatively better is 7 • • If P x B, I 3 Q-B3, Kt x B :
Q-Q2 as in Gunsberg­ 14 Kt x P eh, K-RI ; 15 Kt
Mason, Hastings, 1 895. The -Q7 dis. eh, Kt-14 ; 1 6
text-move gives Black a hope­ KKt X Kt. O r 1 5 . . P-B3 ;
less game. 16 Kt X R. Kt-K4 : 1 7 Kt X
Kt, BP X Kt ; 1 8 Q X B.
8 Kt x P Kt-B3
13 B x Q Kt-R4
He cannot play 8 . . B-K3, 1 4 B-K7 Kt x B
because of 9 Q x P. But
14 . . R-K1 is preferable.
8 . . B-Kt3 ; 9 Kt-Q5, Q­
B1 was possible. 15 B x R KxB
16 Kt x P R-Kt1
9 B-KKt5 Castles 1 7 P-QKt3 Kt-K4
10 Kt-Q5 Q-Qr
If Kt-Kt3, 1 8 P-K5 r P x P ;
Position after Black's 1 oth 19 R-Q8 eh., etc.
move. 18 Kt x Kt P x Kt
19 R-Q8 eh K-K2
20 R-R8 P-KR3
21 Kt-Q5 eh K-Q2
22 P-QKt4 B-Q3
23 P-Kt5 P-QKt3
24 R-Q1 l K-K3
25 Kt-K3 B-Kt2 ?
Fatal ; but Black's position
was already hopeless in face
of the threat Kt-B5.
26 R X B eh Resigns.

I I QR-Qr

Threatening P-K51 which GAME 2 1

Black naturally prevents. Budapest, October l J , 1896
Rosenthal suggested, how­
ever, 1 1 Kt x Kt eh, P x Kt ; BISHOP'S GAMBIT
1 2 B-KR6, Kt-&J ; 13 White : Black :
Q-B3, Kt x B ; 1 4 B x R,
CHAROUSEK TCHIGORIN
with an easier win.
I P-K4 P-K4
Kt-QR4 2 P-KB4 PxP
1 2 B X Kt Kt XQ 3 B-B4 Kt-QB3
 BISHOP,S GAMBIT 4l
Attributed to Morphy's friend not now play B x R, because
Maurian and analysed to the of 1 6 B-Kt5 eh, P-B3 :
disadvantage of Black by J. 1 7 P x P eh.
Berger.
16 Kt-B3 B-B5
4 P-Q4 Kt-B3
Positi"on afur BltJJ;k 's 16th
P-KKt4 is better ; so, too,
moue.
is Q-R_; eh, followed by P­
KKt4,

5 P-K5 P-Q4
6 B-Kt3 B-KKt5
7 Q-Q3 Kt-KR4
8 Kt-KR3 Kt-Kt5 ?

If Q-R5 eh, of course 9

Kt-B2. But P-KKt4 is
better than the text·move.

9 Q-QB3 Kt-R3
1 0 Castles B-K7

Again P-KKt4 should have 1 7 P-K6 l R-Bx

been played. In fact, the
move was now essential. If P x P, 18 QR-Kr, Q-B1 :
Tchigorin unwisely �ttempts 19 B--Q6 eh, K-Q1 ; z<>
to catch his opponent's Q X Q eh, followed by 2 1 R X
.

Queen. B ch.

1 1 B-R4 eh P-B3 1 8 B-B7 I PXP

1 2 B x P eh l Px B
He has no other resource
13 Q x P ch K-Kz
against the threat of R x P eh,
14 Kt x P Kt x Kt
and might therefore have
If 14 • • Kt-Kt5, 15 Kt-Kt6 resigned at once.
eh, RP X Kt ; 1 6 Q-Kt7 eh
19 B x Q ch RxB
-and it is Black's Queen
20 Q-Kt7 eh R-Qz
that is caught.
21 R-B7 ch KxR
1 5 B x Kt P-R3 22 Q x R ch B-K2
23 R-'KI R-KI
Proving that his toth move 24 P-QKt3 K�B1
was loss of time, for he can- 25 P x B Resigns.
44 TOURNAMENT GAMES
I I B-I<t5 KKt-Kt5
GAllE 22 12 B x Kt
Budapest, October r7, 1896
If 12 P-KR3, Kt-R7, with
VIENNA GAME great advantage.
Kt x B
White : Black :
1 3 P-KR3 Kt-K4
CHAROUSEX PILLSBURY 14 Kt-Q2 P-KB3
1 5 B-B4 Kt-Kt3
I P-K4 P-K4
2 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 Castles KR was much
3 P-B4 P-Q4 stronger.
4 P-Q3 16 BxB QxB
17 Q-- Kt4 Castles
Charousek plays an old varia­ 18 Kt-B4 Q-K2
tion of the opening with 19 R-B5
great skill, the retreat on
move 5 being the best way White has now a very superior
to take advantage of Black's position, and moves for Black
central Pawn position. are hard to find.
P-B3
P-Q5
20 P-KR4 Q--K3
5 K�Ktr Kt-B3
6 Kt-KB3 B-KKt5 It has been suggested that
7 B-K2 B x Kt Pillsbury might here have
played P-Kt4, followed by
This exchange improves Kt-K4 ; but he would not
White's game : and as it is have been entirely out of the
practically forced (or can be wood even then.
forced, if Black is not to
21 P-R5 Kt-K2
lose much time) it seems that
22 R-B4 QxQ
Black's 6th move was wrong.
23 R X Q QR-Qr
8 BxB B-Q3 If 23 . . P-KB4, 24 R-B4,
9 PxP QKt x P P x P ; 25 R x P, Kt-B4 ;
10 Castles Q-Q2 26 K-R2, White still retains
It is uncertain whether Black his advantage.
might not have allowed the 24 R-B4 P-KR3
pin, playing IO P-B4 : I I
• • 25 QR-Kr Kt-Br
B-Kt5, Q--B2 ; 1 2 B X Kt, 26 K-R2 KR-K1
P x B. followed by K-K2, 27 P-KKt4 P-QKt3
so as to utilise the open file. 28 K-Kt3 Kt-Q3
 VIENNA GAME 45
It was to enable him to play 32 P-B3 R x R ch
this. without allowing the
Now if 32 R-Q1, 33 P-B 4,
White Knight to go to Rs.
. •

Black must either exchange,

that Black made his 271h
transposing into the play of
move.
the actual game, or else with­
29 Kt x Kt R x Kt draw or support his Rook
30 R-B5 QR-K3 at K4, losing important time.
3 1 K-B4
33 KtP x R R-Qt
Position after White's 3rst 34 P-B4 K-B2
move. 35 P-Kt4

The possibility of playing

this makes all the difference
to White.
K-Kx
36 P-R.i R-Q2
37 R--QRt K-Q 1
38 P-R5 K-B.z
39 P X P eh KxP

He cannot retake with the

Pawn for fear of the exchange
of Rooks, e.g., 39 . P X P ; 40
.

R-K4
R�R7 ch, K-Bx ; 41 R x R,
Pillsbury - who, though he K X R ; 42 P-B5, followed
fought the ending from this by P-K5 and K-K4·
point stubbornly, was not 40 R-R5 R-K2
in his best form in the pre­ •P K-B3 R-K4
sent game--here appears to 42 P-B5 eh l K-Kt2
miss a good chance of draw­ 43 K-K2 R-Kx
ing with 3 r . . K-B2. If then 44 K-Q2 R--QI
32 P-B3, R-QI ; 33 P 45 K--B2 P--:-R3
-B4,P-R4 I ; 34 R-QKt1 , 46 K-Kt3 R-Q2
R--QRt, and White cannot 47 K�B4
break through on the Q side.
32 P-K5, P-KKt4 eh ;· The King has now reached
33 P x P i.p. eh, K x P. on bis post. It remains to bring
the other hand, is bad for the Rook to his. Meanwhile
White. Black is paralysed.
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R--Q 1 The Steinitz Defence De­
48 R-R1 R-Qz ferred, which has been re­
49 R-Kr K-B2 sorted to occasionally by
50 P-K5 PxP many great players, in spite
51 RxP K-Kt2 of the fact that the analysts
52 R-K4 R--Q4 speak little good of it.
5 2 R-KB2 is usel�ss, for
• •

then 53 R-B4.
There is something to be
53 R-K7 eh K-Kt 1
said for 5 P-QKt4. A
54 RxP R x KBP
. •

correspondence game, T. H.
55 R-Kt6 R x RP
Billington P. W. Sergeant.
,56 R x BP K-· Kt2
-

1905-6, continued 5 . . P ­
.57 R-Kt6 eh K-R2
QK4 ; 6 B - Kt3, P x P ;
58 KxP R-R8
7 B-Q5 (P-B3 is probably
Black might resign. better) , B---Kt2 : 8 KtxP,
Kt-R4 ; 9 B x B, Kt x B.
59 K-Q5 P-R4 Had Black played here 6 . .
6o P--Q4 P-R5
Kt x P , 7 Kt x Kt, P x Kt ;
61 R-R6 R--QI{t8
8 B-Q5, R-Kt1 ; 9 Q x P
62 R-R7 eh K-Kt1 seems correct.
63 K-B6 RxP
64 P-Qs R-Kts 6 P-B3 Kt-B3
65 R-RB eh K-R2
66 P-Q6 Resigns. Master-practice has varied
between the development of
this Knight here and at K2.
In the latter case Black
GAME 28 must either follow with the
Budapest, October 19, 1896 King's Fianchetto, or wit]\
Kt-Kt3 and B-K2. When
RUY LOPEZ Steinitz, against Teichmann
at Hastings, 1895, played
Wblte : Black : 6 KKt-Kz and then the
. •

WINAWER CHAROUSEK Fianchetto, Bardeleben in his

notes denounced the latter
I P-K4 P-K4 as weakening the K side.
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 When the same player against
3 B-Kt5 P-QR3 Lasker, Petrograd, 1 895,
4 B-R4 P-Q3 selected 6 . . Kt-B3 a�d 7 . •
 RUY LOPEZ 47

B-K2, Mason said that the Position after White's 11th

Bishop should be stationed move.
at Kt2. Charousek, it will be
seen, whether consciously or
unconsciously, takes Mason's
advice. But Winawer here
gives him an undue amount
of time for his develop­
ment, so that the variation
is not really tested.

7 B-B2 P-KKt3
8 P-KR3

Apparently afraid, if 8 B­
P-KR4 I
K3, Black will answer Kt­
1 2 Kt-R2 Q-BI l
Kt5. 9 B-Kt5, however,
1 3 R-Ktr
would cause Black to lose
more time than \Vhite, and P-B3 is necessary.
defeat the object of the
Fianchetto. 8 B-K3 is the
14 P-QB4
best move, Black being then
15 P-B4
threatened with some of the
dangers attaching to the old If 15 P-B5, BP x P ; 1 6
3 . . P-KKt3 defence to the BP x P, Kt-B3 ; 1 7 KP x P,
Lopez. Kt-Q5, with ad vantage to
Black. It is hard to find a
B-Kt2 good move for White ; but
9 B-K3 Castles the text-move is exceedingly
10 P-Q5 risky.
There is no call for this. KP x P
Possibly Winawcr feared, if 16 B x P BP x P
10 Q-Q2, P X P ; I I P X P, 1 7 B-Kt5
R-Kr . Moreover, he is play­
If 1 7 B x P, R-K1 wins.
ing for P-KKt4, not B-R6
-though the wisdom of his RP x P
policy is doubtful. 1 8 RP x P KtP x P
19 R-B1 Kt x KtP
Kt-K2 20 B x Kt Kt x Kt
ll P-KKt4 ZI R-RI
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The threats are so many that Charousek himself played
White has no time for B x R. this defence in Games 1 I 3,
I I8, 120, and 144·
B-Kt5
22 QxP Kt-B6 ch 6 R-K1
23 K-B2 B-Q5 ch 6 Q--K2 is considered to
24 K-Kt3 B-K4 ch give the most enduring at­
25 K-B2 Q-Q2 tack. For 6 P x P see Games
26 B-QI u8 and 120.

If 26 B x R, Q-R2 is just Kt-Q3

as effective. 7 PxP
Q--R2 eh 7 B x Kt, QP x B ; 8 P x P is
2 7 K-BI the usual continuation.

If 2 7 K-Kt2, Q-K6. Kt-B4

QxB Better than 7 . . Kt x B, to

which the reply is 8 P-B4.
27 . . B-Kt6 is quicker still.
8 Kt-B3 Castles
28 B x Kt Q-B3 9 Kt-Q5 P-QR3
1 0 B-R4 P-QKt4
White resigns.
I I B-Kt3 P-Q3
12 Kt x B ch KKt x Kt
13 P x P PxP
GAME 24 \Vhite certainly appears to
have a considerable advan­
Bud4pest, October 20, 1896
tage in position.
RUY LOPEZ 14 B-Kt5 Q-Q2
Black : 15 Kt-Q4 R-Kt1
White :
16 Q-R5 Kt-Kt3
CHAROUSEK TARRASCH 17 Ktx Kt Q x Kt
18 B-K7 B-Kt2
I P-K4 P-K4 1 9 P-KB3 KR-K1
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 20 Q-KB5 P-Q4
3 B-Kt5 Kt-B3
4 Castles Kt X P The game was eventually
5 P-Q4 B-K2 drawn.1
1 So 'rar the game is given in C.C., p. 30, col. 21: I was only able to trace the remainder
of the score as the book went to press. It appears on p. :u8. .
·
 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 49

If 1 3 . . Kt x P, 1 4 Kt x Kt,
GAME 25
Q or R x Kt ; 1 5 QR-Qr,
Budapest, October 21, 1896 and White ha.s good com ­

QUEEN'S GAMBIT pensation for his Pawn. E.g.,

14 . R x Kt ; 15 QR-Qr ,
DECLINED
.

R X R ; 16 R x R, P-QKt3 ? ;
White : Black : 1 7 Q-B3 I and wins.
ALBIN CHAROUSEK 1 4 QR-QI

I P-Q4 P-Q4 If 14 P-Q5, attempting to

2 P-QB4 P-K3 get rid of the weak Pawn,
3 Kt-QB3 B-K2 the answer is Kt-R4.
4 Kt-B3 Kt-KB3
5 B-Kt5 Castles B-Kt2
6 P-K3 PxP 15 Q-K3 eh R-Q3
16 R-Q2 QR-Q r
Inferior, since, on the face 1 7 KR-Qr Kt-R4
of it, this capture now brings
White's KB into action with­ Making sure of superiority
out the usual delay . Albin, in the end-game.
however, replies with a simi­ 18 B--K2 B x Kt
lar move, developing his op­ 19 Q x B QxQ
ponent's game. 20 B x Q
7 B x Kt BxB Position after White's 2oth
8 BxP P-B4 move.
9 Kt-K4 PxP
10 P x P
Saddling himself with an
isolated Pawn, which the
absence of his QD makes
especially weak. 10 l{t x B
eh, Q X Kt ; I I Q X p, Q X Q ;
12•Kt X Q is far safer, though
it is true that the game then
assumes a drawish aspect.
Kt-B3
1 1 Kt x B eh Q x Kt
12 Castles R-QI Kt-B5
1 3 Q-K2 I P-QKt3 2 1 R-B2 Kt-14 1
E
 TOURNAMENT GAMES
To capture the Pawn would Kt-B3
stillbe wrong. E.g., 2 1 . • 38 P-Kt5 Kt--Q5
R x P ; 2 2 R x R, R x R ; 39 B-B4 P-K4 l
23 P-QKt3, Kt-Q3 ; 24 40 BxR KxB
R-B7, and White must win 41 R x Kt eh KxR
one of the Q side Pawns . 42 K-Br K--Q6
43 K-Kr P-K5
22 B-Kt7 P-KKt4
23 P-Q5 KR--Q2 White resigns.

Rightly refusing to give him­

self an isolated QP.
The following four games
24 R-K2 P-B3 are those of the tie-match
25 B-R6 RxP between Tchigorin and Char­
26 RxR RxR ousek for the first prize.
27 P-KKt3

27 P-B3 is better, to keep

back · the hostile KKtP. GAME 26

R-Q8 ch Budapest, October 24, 1896

28 K-Kt2 P-Kt5 BISHOP'S GAMBIT
29 P-KR3 P-�
30 PxP PxP White : Black !
31 R-K4 K-B2 CHAROUSEK TCHIGORIN
32 P-� K-K2
33 P-Kt4 K-Q3 I P-K4
34 B-K2 R-Q7 2 P-KB4
35 K-BI 3 B-B4 ·

If 35 B x P, P-B4 ; 36 R­ The Bledow Counter Gambit .

Tchigorin does not on this
K2, R-Q5.
occasion, as in Game 2 I ,
adopt the 3 . . Kt-QB3 de­
36 K-K1 fence.
37 R-KB4
4 BxP Q-R5 ch
37 R-K3 would have en­ 5 K-B1 P-KKt4
abled White to make a hard 6 Kt-KB3 Q-R4
struggle still. The text-move 7 P-KR4 B--Ktz
the imprisonment of
leads to 8 Kt-B3 P-KR3
the Rook. 9 P-Q4 Kt-K2
 BISHOP'S GAMBIT 5I

All book so far. 9 . P-QB3

. Position after JVhite's i2th
is often seen at this point, move.
when 1 0 B-B4, Kt-K2
may follow. In the Vienna
Gambit Tourney, 1903, a
game Maroczy - Gunsberg
continued 9 . • P - QB3 ; xo
B-B4. B-Kts ; 1r Q-Q3 .
Maroczy there, like Charousek
here, avoided the ordinary
procedure for \Vhite, K-Ktr .
But the games subsequently
took very different turns.

1 0 Q-Q3
Threatening, if ro . . P-Kt5,
I 1 Q-Kt5 eh, when neither
Kt nor P can interpose. But
10 K-Kt1 is better.
Kt-QB3
Forestalling White's threat.
I I Kt-Kt5
Not so strong as it looks.
Black could simply have
replied 1I K-Qr I Per­
• •
haps the best line is 1 I Kt­
K2. If then Kt x B, r2 P x
Kt, Kt-K2 ; 1 3 Q-Kt5 eh,
P-B3 : 14 P x P. P x P ;
1 5 Q-QB5, threatening QKt
X P. Or if I I . Kt-Kt5, .
He should first have played
P-B3, as the Pawn will keep.
Now Black gets in a decisive
blow.
Kt-Kt5 I
1 3 Q-Q2
If 13 Q-B4, QKt x B ; 14
Kt x R (14 Kt x Kt, Kt x Kt ;
1 5 Q x Kt, B-K3, with a
winning attack), Kt-K6 eh ;
1 5 B x Kt, P x B, White's
embarrassed position is not
sufficiently compensated by
the Exchange.
Q Kt x B
14 Kt x Kt
And now if 14 l{t x R, Kt­
K6 eh ; 1 5 K-Kt1, Q-Kt3 ;
16 Q-Q3, B-Kt5, with a

1 2 Q-Kt5 eh. P-B3 ; 13 crushing attack.

Q x Kt, P x B ; 1 4 P x P, &c. Kt x Kt
15 P x Kt R-Kr
Castles 1 6 K-Ktr P-Kt5
1 2 QKt x P r 7 Kt-K5
 TOURNAMENT GAMES
If 1 7 Kt-KI, B x P eh. master's style. He played it
regularly in match-games.
B x Kt
18 P x B RxP PxP
I9 Q x P 1 ? 5 Castles B-B4

The game was lost in any Now the game becomes a

case. If 19 P-D4, P-B6, Max Lange. Alternatives are
8 . . Kt X P (a fighting defence)
followed by R-K7.
8 . . P-Q3 (considered the
R-K8 ch safest), and 8 . . B-K2. In
the last-mentioned defence
White resigns. Tchigorin himself suggested
the continuation 9 R-K 1 ,
Castles ; 10 Kt x P, Kt x P ;
I I R x Kt, P-Q4 ; 12 B x P.
GAME 27
6 P-K5 P----Q4
Budapest, Octobef 2 5, I 896
7 P x Kt

TWO KNIGHTS'
For 7 B-QKt5 see Game 29.
DEFENCE
(MAX LANGE) PxB
8 R-K 1 eh B-K3
White : Black : 9 Kt-Kt5 Q-Q4
TcHIGORI:s CHAROUSEK
The line 9 . . P-KKt3 is a
t P-K4 P-K4 later development, being attri­
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 buted to Loman. Its sound ­
3 B -B4 Kt-B3 ness has bP.en impugned by
4 P-Q4 W. T. Pierce and N. J . Rough­
ton-by the latter in the
• M. Tchigorin is an expert B.C.M., May 1914, p. 184.
in the defence to the usual
attack of Kt-Kt5 here, and 1 0 Kt-QB3
thoroughly believes in it, so I I QKt-1(4
that it is not surprising that
he adopts a different con­ This was at the time con­
tinuation ' (Ranken, B.C.M., sidered necessary for Black,
1896, p. 487). 4 P-Q4 is but since then 1 1 Castles
• •

speculative, and was there­ QR has become the standard

fore congenial to the Russian move, following some analysis
 TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENCE (MAX LANGE) 53

by Janowsk.i, Leonhardt, and Position after White's 19th

Teichmann at Ostend, and move.
two games, Marshall-Tar­
rasch, Hamburg, 1910, and
Marshall-Leonhardt Ham­
burg match, 1 9 1 1 .

1 2 Kt-Kt3

Later Tchigorin played 1 2

P x P, as against Teichmann,
London, 1899.
Q-Kt3

If 1 2 Q x P(B6), 13 Kt-R5,
RxR
. •

Q-Kt3 ; 14. Kt x B,P x Kt :

1 5 R x P ch. Hoffer here claimed an ad­
vantage for Black with 19 . .

1 3 Kt x B P x Kt
Kt-K4. If then 20 Q-Qs
1 4 R x P ch K-Q2
eh, K-BI ; 21 R x R, Q x R ;
1 5 Kt-R5 l KR-K1
22 Q-K4, Q-Q2 ; 23 Kt­
The other R-KI may be R5, Kt-Kt5, when Black
better. has every prospect of keeping
his extra Pawn, and further
1 6 Kt-B4 may perhaps be able to sacri­
1 7 Q---.-B3 1 fice his Kt for the KBP. 2 1
KRx Kt is useless, because
If 1 7 Q-Kt,J. R x R ; 1 8 of 2 r . . R x Q ; 22 R x R eh,
Kt x R, Q x Kt ; 1 9 Q x KtP R-Qr .
eh, Kt-K2 ; 20 1>-Q2,
R-KKtI ; 2I Q x P, Q x P. 2 0 Kt x R R-KI

QR-QI If R-KKt1, 2 1 Q-Qs eh,

K-Br ; 22 Kt x BP !
If R x R, then l 8 Q-Qs eh,
2 1 Kt-Kt5 I R x R eh
K-KI ; 1 9 Kt x R. P x P ;
22 B x R Q-K2
20 B-R6, threatening 2 1
23 Q-Bs eh K-Qr
R-KI , &c.
If K-Kr, 24 Kt-K4.
1 8 B-Q2 PxP
19 QR-K1 24 B-Q2 Q-K7 ?
54 TOURNAMENT GAMES
This loses. 24Kt-14 seems
• • 3 Kt--QB3 Kt-KB3
best, though White can then 4 Kt-B3 B-K2
equalise in material by 25 5 P-K3 Castles
Kt x P. 6 B-Q3 P--QKt3
25 Q x P ch Kt-K2 P-B4 seems the strongest
26 P-KR4 l P-Q6 move here.
If 26 Q x B, 27 Kt-B7 eh,
. •

K-Kr, 28 Kt-K5 wins 7 PxP PxP

right off ; for if Q--Q8 eh, 8 Castles B-Kt2
29 K-R2, Q-R4 : 30 P­ 9 P-QKt3 QKt--Q2
KKt4 lo B-Kt2 Kt-Ks
11 R-B1 Kt x Kt
27 Kt-B7 eh K-B1
And now P---Q B4 w .is de­
Now if 27 . . K-K1, 28 Kt- cidedly better.
1(5 again wins.
28 Q-R8 eh K-Q2 12 R x Kt B-Q3
29 Q-Q8 ch K-K3 1 3 Kt-K5 l Kt-B3

If K-B3, 30 Q-K8 eh, and If 13 . . Kt x Kt ; 1 4 P x Kt,

Black is worse off than in
the actual game.
30 Kt-Kt5 eh K-B4
3 1 Q-I<B8 eh Resigns.
For if K-Kt5. 32 Q-B4 eh,
&c.
B x P, then with I 5 B x P eh,
K x B ; 16 Q-R5 eh, K­
Kt1 ; 17 Q x B, White gets a
great advantage. But P­
QB4 was still right, as it was
again next move. The weak­
ness of this Pawn soon be­
comes pronounced.

GAME 28 14 Q-K2 P-Q14 ?

Budapest, October 27, 1896 15 P-Qil.t Kt-K5
16 R-B2 Q-K2
QUEEN'S GAMBIT 17 KR-Br KR-Br
DECLINED 18 B x Kt PXB
19 Kt-B4 t Q--Q2
White : Black :
19 B-R3 would have saved
TCBIGORIN
. •

CHAROUSEK
the other Bishop, which is
P-Q4 essential to the defence of
P-I<3 the QBP.
 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 55

20 B-R3 BxB makes White's weak Pawn

21 Kt x B B-R3 perfectly secure and enables
22 Kt-B4 him to proceed quietly
with his a�tack on Black's
An excellent move. to which
QBP.
the only reply was 22 • •
B x Kt, allowing White to
Q-B2
treble on to the QBP. Black
30 R-B5 B-Q6
evidently does not suspect
3 1 Q-Q2 KR-R2
what is coming.
3 2 Q-B3 Q-K2
33 R x BP RxR
Posi#on after White's 2211d
34 Q x R Q-R6
move.
35 Q-B5 I QxQ
36 R x Q K-B2
37 P-B3 K-K3
38 K-B2 K-Q3
39 K-Kr P-Kt 3
40 P-B4 P-14
4 1 P-R i P-Kt4

Praying, perhaps, for 42 BP x

P. P x P ; 43 R x KtP. R­
KBI. But Charousek makes
no mistake.

P-KB3 ? 42 RP x P PxP
23 Kt x KtP l ! Q-K1 43 R x KtP P-R5
44 K-Q2 R-Rr
If23 . . P x Kt, 24 Q x B, R x 45 Kt-B2 B-B8
Q : · 2 5 R x R eh. and White
wins easily. R-QKtI would have pro­
longed the game.
24 Kt-B4 KR-Kt 1
25 R-B3 R-Kt5
46 Kt-R3 K-K3
26 Q-R2 Q-R4
47 Kt-B4 BxP
2 7 Kt-R3 Q-Q4
48 R X B P-R6
28 Kt-Bz R-Kt2
49 R-R2 K-B4
29 Kt-R1
50 Kt-Q6 ch K-Kt5
T� strange-loo�ng move 51 Kt � P Resigns.
 TOURNAMENT GAMES
Kt1 ; 14 Q-KKt4, P-B4 ;
GAME 29 15 Q--Kt3, R-Kt3 ; 16 B­
Budapest, October 28, x896 R6--the Novo1:e Vremya sug­
gesting instead of the last
TWO KNIGHTS' move 16 B-Q5 eh, and if
DEFENCE K-RI ; 17 B-Kt5, P-B5 ;
White : Blaek : 1 8 Q x P, R x Q ; 19 B x
Q, &c.
TCHIGORIN CHAROUSEK
12 B x Q QR-Q1
I P-K4 P-K4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 Threatening if 1 3 B x Kt,
3 B-B4 Kt-B3 B x R ; 14 Kt-B3, B-R3,
4 P-Q4 PxP with some chances of success.
s Castles B-B41 But White is not to be
6 P-K5 P-Q4 caught.
7 B-QKt5
Position ajtet Black's 12th
Tchigorin does not again ven­ move.
ture on the real Max Lange,
his opponent being sure to
profit by bis experience in
Game 27.
Kt-K5
8 Kt X P Castles
The sound continuation is
8 . . B-Q:z, and if 9 B x Kt,
P X B (as in Mason-Loman,
Dresden, 1892). But Cha­
rousek was bound, by the
state of the score, to play for 1 3 P-QB4 I RxB
a win, not a draw. 1 3 Kt x P is bad because
• • ,

9 Kt x Kt P x Kt of 1 4 R X Kt, B X P ; IS
10 B x P B-R3 B-B3 l
II Q x P QxQ 14 P x R DxR
15 K x B Kt x P
A correspondence game, Tchi­
1 6 Kt-B3
gorin-Kolenko, 1899, con­
tinued 1 1 B x R ; x 2 Q x
• • Charousek had rightly judged
Kt, B-R3 : 13 Kt-B3, R- that he would be able to
 TWO KNIGHTS, DEFENCE 57
win one of the centre Pawns. in his subsequent play, seems
Tchigorin, however, has no well aware of it.
intention of trying to prevent
the loss, playing instead for 27 K-B4 K-B1
development of his pieces. 28 K-Kt5 K-Kx
29 K-R6 B-B4
Kt-Q6 30 K-Kt5 B--Ko
17 K-K2 Kt x KP 31 K-B6 K-QI
18 B-B4 R-KI 32 P-QKt4 P-KR4
19 B x Kt R x B ch 33 P-QR4 B-Q7 ?
20 K-Q3 R-R4 34 P-Kt5 P-R5
35 Kt-Q4 P-Kt4 ?
20 B-Kt5 looks best ; but
• •
36 Kt-B5 B-K8
it offcrs no prospect of a
win. Black's only other There are two versions of
course is to imitate White the ending at this point.
and bring his King to the The one given in Bachmann's
centre of the board. second edition has been
followed here.
B-Br ?
This move, blocking in his 37 Kt-R6
King, is difficult to under­ 37 P-Q6 is more forcible.
stand, except on the ground
that Black wishes to put his P-B3
Bishop out of the way of all 38 Kt-B5 B-Kt5
attack. 39 Kt-Q4 K-B1
22 P-KR3 R-R5 ch 40 Kt-K6 B-Q3
23 K-Q3 R-KB5 41 P-R5 B-Kt6
24. R-KI R-B7 42 P-Kt6 RP x P
25 R-K2 RxR 43 PxP PxP
26 Kt x R B-K2 44 P-Q6 BxP
45 KxB P-Kt4
Now all the chances are in 46 Kt-Q4 P-QKt5
White's favour ; and Black, 47 K-K6 Resigns.
 TOURNAMENT GAMES

SECTION Ill

BERLIN CENTRUM CLUB TOURNAMENT

January 1897

IN addition to the games recorded below, Charousek played

two drawn games in this tournament, with Bardelebeo and
Cohn.
The prize-list was : I C. von Bardeleben (4i) ; II., R.
.•

Charousek (4) ; III. and IV., \V. Cohn and J . Mieses (3l).

BxP
GAME 30
8 P-KKt4 B--K 2 I
Berlin, ]an. 19, 1897
See Game 56 for 8 . . Q-K3.
FALKBEER COUNTER
9 Kt x B Kt x Kt
GAMBIT
10 B-Kt2 Q-14 eh
Black : 1 1 K-Br Kt-Q3
White :
1 2 B-Q2 Q-Kt3
CHAROUSEK WALBRODT 1 3 R-KI Kt-B 1
I P-K4 P-K4 14 B-K3 P-QB4
2 P-KB4 P-Q4
Not, of course. Q x P, for
3 KP x P P-K5
then 1 5 B-B5.
'4 P-Q3
15 P-B3
See Game I 8 ; and compare
also Games 43 and 56. If 15 QB x P.
Q x B ; 16
B x P. Kt-K1.3 ; 1 7 Q -K4,
QxP l Castles ; 18 B x R, Kt X B.
5 Q-K2 Kt-KB3 White cannot take the Knight
6 Kt-Q2 with safety.
6 Kt-QB3 is better. See Castles
Game 18, second note. Cha­ Kt-B3
1 6 P-KR4
rousek made that move Q-B2
17 P-R5
against Cohn, Game 4 3. Kt-Kt3
1 8 P-Kt5
B-KB4 19 B-K4 P-B4
7 PxP
White was threatenin�
If 7 P-KKt3, Kt-B3 Q-QB2.
 VIENNA GAME 59

20 B-QB2 B-Q3 Kt-B3

B-Kz
20 Kt-&t was stronger.
• •

2 1 B-Kt3 eh K-R1 4 . . B--B 4 and 4 . B-Kt5

.

2 2 Kt-B3 QR-K1 ? (praised by Mason, but un­

Now White has a forced win.
Position after Black's 22nd
move.
spa.ringly condemned by Tar­
rasch) are the usual moves.
Mieses being an expert in
the Vienna Ga.me, Charousek
no doubt wished to take him
away from the books ; but
the effort does not meet with
success.

5 P-B4
6 P-B5

A move which has steadily

increased in favour in both
the Vienna and the analogous
forms of the King's Gambit
23 Kt-R4 R-B2 Declined. In this country
24 B x R QxB it has frequently been played
25 Q-Q3 Kt-Q4 by Mr. J . H. Blake, when
26 P-Kt6 Resigns. Black has moved 4 . . B-B4.
Against Charousek's line of
If 26 Kt x B ch,27 R x Kt,
• •
defence it seems even more
R X R : 28 P x Q, R x Q :
justified.
29 Kt-Kt6 eh, P x Kt ; 30
PX P dis. eh and mate next Kt-QR4
move.
The regular continuation
after 4 . . B-B4, when it is
GAME 81 often followed up by Kt x B
and P-B3.
B�rlin, Jan. 20, 1897
VIENNA GAME 7 Q-B3 Kt x B
8 P x Kt P-KKt3
White : Black :
The expediency of this is
MIESES CHAROUSEK doubtful. Either B-Q2-B3
I P-K4 P-K4 a.t once or P-B3 seems
i I\t-QB3 Kt-KB3 better.
 60 TOURNAMENT GAMES
9 P-KKt4 PxP 22 RXR RXR
10 KP x P B-Q2 23 B-B2 R-Kt5
24 P-D4 R-B5
This manceuvre with the 25 P-B6 dis.ch K-Q1
Bishop now is part of an in­ 26 BxB RxB
teresting combination, which, 27 Q-K3 Q-B6
however, is unsound. 28 K-Qz RxP
II P-Kt5 29 R-KKtr Q x P
1 2 Kt-Q5 Perhaps 29 K-Q2 was bet­
• •

An alternative was 12 P x Kt. ter, avoiding the exchange of

B x Q ; 13 P x B, Q x P ; 14 Kt Queens consequent upon the
X B, White getting hcavy text-move.
compensation for his Queen. 30 Q-Kt5 K-K2
P-K5 31 K-K3 P-KR4
32 Q x Q ch KxQ
Black must (and intended to) 33 R-BI eh K-Kt3
sacrifice a piece, for 1 2 Kt
• • 34 Kt-B4 eh K-Kt4
X Kt would involve fatal loss 35 KxP RxP
of time. 36 R-KtI eh K-R3
13 Q-B3 B x Kt There is no risk attached to
14 PxB R-KKtr this, for if 37 K-B5, R x P ;
15 P x Kt BxP 38 R-KR1, R-KB7 ; 39 R
16 Q-KR3 B-R5 ch -R4, 1{-Kt2, White having
no time for K-B6 with mat­
Black has little for bis piece
ing intent.
-a Pawn, an open file, and
the ability to Castle, while 37 R-KR1 RxP
his opponent cannot-but he 38 R x P ch K-Kt2
puts up a marvellously strong 39 K-B5 R-KB7
fight. 40 K-K4 R-B8
4 1 R-R3 P-�
17 K-Q t Q-B3
42 R-QKt3 P-Kt3
18 Kt-K2 Castles
43 Kt-K2 K-Br
19 B-K3 QR-K 1
44 Kt-Q4 K-K2
20 B-Q4
45 _ Kt-B6 ch K-Q2
To stop R-K4 . 46 R-KR3 R-K8 ch
47- K-Q3 R-Kr
Q-Kt4
2 1 R-KKtI Q-R4 White threatened R-R8.
 STEINITZ GAMBIT 6x
48 R-B3 R-KBt then P-B7, 64 R-Q7,
49 K-B3 P-B4 threatening mate in 2.
50 K-Kt3 P-B5
51 K-R4 R-BI
K-BI
52 K-Kt5 K-Kt2 If 63 . . P-B7, 64 Kt x R,
53 Kt-Q4 R-B2 P-B8 (Q), White mates in 3.
54 Kt-K6 R-B4
55 K-R4 64 Kt-B7 P-B7
65 R-B1 K-Kt2
Position after White's 55lh 66 KXP R-BI
move. 67 R-BI R-B6
68 Kt-Kt5 R-B3
69 Kt-Q4 R-B5
70 Kt-K6 R-B4
7I Kt-Q8 eh Resigns.

GAME 32
Berlin, ]anuary 21, 1 897
STEINITZ GAMBIT

White : Blaek :
P-K4
CHAROUS EX GuntAYER
A last, desperate, thro\v.
I P-K.t P-K4
White cannot, of course,
2 Kt-QB3 Kt-QB3
capture with the King, be­
3 P-B4 PxP
cause of 56 . . P-D3 eh.
4 P-Q4 Q-R5 ch
But Mieses plays this ending
5 K-K2 P-Q 3
·very steadily.
56 PxP K-Kt3 The more vigorous 5 . • P-Q4
57 R-B3 P-B6 is much stronger.
58 R-B6 ch K-Kt2
6 Kt-B3 B-KKt5
59 R x P ch K-Kt3
7 BxP Q-B3 ?
60 R-B6 eh K-Kt2
61 Kt-Q8 ch K-Kt1 This same move caused
6-2 P-Kt6 R-B1 Rosenthal's downfall against
63 Kt-K6 Steinitz, Baden, 1870, Steinitz
63 R x P is quicker, for if replying 8 Kt-Q5 l Cha-
62 TOURNAMENT GAMES
rousek's 8 K-K3, though To avoid an inconvenient
less aggressive, is also good. check.
8 K-K3 B x Kt RxP
9 PXB P-KKt4
10 B--Kt3 KKt-K2 Position after Blach's 29th
II Kt-Kt5 Castles mofll.
12 P-Q5 P-QR3
x 2 Kt-K.t was better, and
. •

if 13 Kt x RP eh, K-KtI ;
14 Kt-Kt5, B--R3, with a
strong game.
13 P X Kt P x Kt
14 P x P eh KxP
15 Q--Q3 Q x KtP
Very dangerous ; but if I5 . •

E-B3, 16 P-Q&J.
B-Kt2
30 B-Q7 l
If now P-B3, 17 KR-QKt1,
Q moves ; 18 R x P eh t and Very neat.
wins.
RxR
17 QR-QKtx Q-B6 31 B x Kt R{R5)-R4
18 R x P eh K-B3 32 BxR RxB
19 R-Kt3 B-Q5 eh 33 R x P eh R-Kt2
20 K-K2 Q x Q eh 34 R x R eh KXR
21 PXQ B--Kt3 35 K-Kt..J K-B3
22 P-� R-RI
23 R-R1 K-Kt2 It is useless to try to save
24 B--B2 Kt-B3 the KtP. But the game is
25 R(R1)-Kt1 R-RJ a dead loss with any move,
26 R-Kt5 K-R2 and Black might well have
27 R-QBr BxB resigned now.
This makes his King's plight 36 P-Q4 K-Kt4
worse. K-Kt2 was neces­ 37 KxP K-B5
sary. 38 P-Q5 K-Q5
28 K x B R-QKtI 39 K-B6 K-K6
29 K-Kt3 l 40 P-K5 Resigns.
 SICILIAN DEFENCE

II B-KB4 B-B3
GAME S3 1 2 P-QB3 R-K1
Berlin, ]anuat'y 27-28, 1897 1 3 Q-B2 P-KKt3
14 QR-KI KKt-K4
SICILIAN DEFENCE
1 5 B x Kt BxB
White : Black : 16 P-KB4 B-Kt2
HEINRICHSEN CHAROUSEK 1 7 K-RI B-Q2
18 Kt-B3 Q-B3
I P-K4 P-QB4 19 Q-Kt3 Q-Q3
20 R-QI
It is interesting to find Cha­
ronsek, in a position where The capture of the QKtP is
he needed a win (see note on obviously bad.
move 49 below), having re­ Kt-14
course to the Sicilian De­ 21 Q-B2 QR-B I
fence, and an old variation 22 Q---2
-Q Q-B2
of it. 23 QKt-Q4 Kt-B5
24 B x Kt QxB
2 Kt-KB3 P-K3
25 P-QR3 B-R5
3 P-Q4 PxP
26 QR-K1 R-K5
.. Kt x P Kt-KB3
27 Kt-KKt5 R-K2
5 B-Q3 Kt-B3
28 KKt-B3 QR-KI
6 B-K3 B--K 2
29 P-KKt3 R-K5
P-Q4 is often played here. 30 K-Kt2 B-Q2
Maroczy has tried P-QR3, 31 Kt-KKt5 R x R
followed by B-K2. The exchange of all the Rooks
certainly makes the game
7 Kt-QB3 Castles
more interesting, for, though
8 Castles P-Q4
Black stands better, it is
9 PxP PxP
difficult for him to do any­
10 QKt-K2 ? Kt-KKt5
thing with White's pieces
concentrated on the defence.
Black has now a good game.
White would have done better 32 R X R RxR
with 10 KKt-K2. If then 33 Q x R Q -Q6
10 Kt-KKt5,
• • 1 1 Kt x P I 34 Q -K7 Q-Q7 eh
If, instead, lO • • P-Q5, I I Kt 35. Q-K2 Q-BB
x P, 12 Kt x Kt ; 1 3 B x Kt­ If Black exchanged Queens
White in either case winning also, bis winning chances
a Pa,vn, as he has the threat would be small. But the
D x P ch. length of the game shows
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how difficult it was in any was imperative for Charousek
case. to score a win, owing to his
36 Q-QB2 Q-QR8 defeat by Mieses a week
earlier. Now P-Qs does
This is the only way in which
not win against correct play ;
Black can avoid the exchange,
�
b �t it g ves White the rope
for if 36 • • Q-KB, 37 Q-K2,
with which to hang himself.
&c.
50 Kt x B PxP
37 KKt-B3 B--Kt5
5I PxP
38 Q-Q2 Q-QKt8
If 5 I Kt-K8 eh, K-Br ; 52
39 Q-QB2 B x Kt ch
P X P, Q X BP ; 53 Q-Kt5 I,
40 KxB Q-B8 ch
Q-B5 Q-Q7 eh, and White cannot
41 Q-B2
42 Q-K2 Q-Br escape the draw. Can he
have hoped for anything
43 K-Kt2 K-Br
Q-B5 better ?
44 Q-K3
45 K-B2 B--B3 Q-Kt3 eh
46 Kt-B3 K-Kt2 52 Q-K3 Q x Kt
47 Kt-K5 Q-Kt6 53 Q-B5 P-Kt3
48 Q--K2 P-QR4 5 4 Q-K3
49 Kt-Q7 54 Q-K5 was the right
move. White gradually ad­
Position after White's 49th
move. justs the rope about his own
neck.
P-R4
55 K-K2 Q-B3
56 Q-Ks eh K-Kt r
57 K-K3 Q-R5
58 Q-K7 Q-Kt6
59 K-Q2 Q-Kt7 ch
60 K-Q3 Q x KRP
6 1 Q-K8 eh K-Kt2
62 Q-K3 Q-R6
63 K-B2 Q-B4 ch
64 K-Kt2 Q-Kt4 eh
P-Q5 I 65 K-B2 P-QR5
66 Q-K7 Q-B4 ch
The present game is an
67 K-B 1 Q-K3
example of a master-player
68 Q-Kt4 ? Q-K8 eh
trying to force a win against
69 K-B2 Q x KtP
a weaker opponent. This
was the last round, and it and Black won,
 RUY LOPEZ (FOUR KNIGHTS) 65

Sl!:CTION IV

THE BERLIN CONGRESS

September-Octobe,- 1 897

IN addition to the games recorded below, Charousek played

the foJlowing games in this tournament : v. Marco, September
-

14, drawn ; and v. Metger, September 23, drawn.

The prize-list was : I. , R. Charousek (141) ; II., C. A.
Walbrodt (14) ; III., J. H. Blackburne (13) ; IV., D. Janowski
(121) ; V., A. Burn (12) ; VI. and VII., S. Alapin, G. Marco,
and C. Schlechter (I 1 i), divided.

GAME 84 p. 174). And it was the

move he himself had played
Berlin, September lJ, 1897
against Tarrasch at Hastings I
RUY LOPEZ (FOUR
Kt x Kt
KNIGHTS) 7 P x Kt P-K5
8 P x Kt QP x P
White : Black :
WALBRODT CHAROUSEK In a match-game, Zukertort
v. Steinitz, 1886, the latter
I P-J4 P-K4
continued 8 . . P X Kt ; 9 Q
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
x P, QP x P. Tarrasch has
3 B-Kt5 Kt-B3
played 8 .. KtP x P. But the
4 Kt-B3 B-Kt5
text-move is the usual con­
5 Castles Castles
tinuation.
6 Kt-Q5
9 B-K2 P x Kt
Many analysts, including Pills­
10 B x P P-KB4
bury, have condemned this
move as premature. Albin This was Tarrasch's move
even ventured to say of it, against Albin, while Steinitz
when played one step earlier against Schiffers, also at
(before castling on both sides) Hastings, played 10 . B­ .

that ' we have now a complete Q3 ; I I P-Q4, P-KB4 .

analysis, which shows that In both these cases Black's
the game is lost for White ' I advance of the KBP was
(Hastings Tournament Book, commended. In the present
66 TOURNAMENT GAMES
game the move was called P - KKt4 : 21 Q - Kt4,
premature. P-KR4, and wins. If 20
This is a fine example of B x P. then of course B x P.
' annotation by result ' ; for
20 Q-K4 R-QI
Tarrasch and Steinitz won,
21 QR-Q1 B-B1
while Charousek lost. Pos­
22 R-Q3 P-KKt4
sibly Black's best continua­
23 B-K5 Q-Kt3
tion is 10 .. B-Q3, and if I I
24 Q x Q ch PxQ
P-Q4, P-QB4 .
25 R-R3 P-Kt3
I I P-Q4 B-Q3 26 P-QKt4 P-14
Here M.C.O. prefers I I . . Q­ 27 P x RP P x BP
B3 (p. 37, col. 4 1 . with the 28 P x P BxP
authors' continuation in foot­ 29 R-R4 KR-Q2
note (a)) . Threatening mate in 3, and
1 2 Q-Q3 therefore compelling White's
attention.
The position in the Schiffers
--Steinitz game being now 30 R-QB4
the same, Schiffers played Position after White's 3oth
l 2 P-B4 at once.
move.
Q-R5
with the intention of loosen­
ing White's K side position,
13 P-KKt3 Q-B3
14 P-B4 P-B5
Spirited play, though it is
questionable whether White's
P-B5 should not have been
prevented first.
15 P-B5 B-R6
16 B-Kt2 BXB BxP
17 K x B P-B6 eh
This ingenious-looking move
18 K-RI B--K2
is, nevertheless, declared by
19 B-B4 R-B2
Tarrasch to throw away
This enables Black to retain Black's winning chances,
his embarrassing Pawn on leaving him only a draw.
White's B3, for if 20 Q x P! ( It is �wious to note that
 RUY LOPEZ
eome analysts have credited GAME 35
Whiu with a win already I)
Tarrasch gives as Black's Berlin, September 15, r897
proper course 30 . . R-Q8 ; RUY LOPEZ
3 1 R-Br, R X R eh ; 32
R x R, R-Q7 ; 33 B x P, White : Black :
R x RP-and it must be ad­ SCHLECHTER CHAROUSEK
mitted that he makes out
I P-K4 P-K4
a good case.
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
31 RxP R-Q8 3 B-Kt5 Kt-B3
32 R-Br R x QR 4 Kt-B3 P-Q3

The best move is 4 . . B-Kt5,

R x R eh is better.
turning the game into a
33 R X R B-K6 Double Ruy Lopez. The
text-move is very cramping
And now P-B4 should have
to Black. �ker adopted
been played. At this stage
it in two of his match-games
in the game Charousek ap­
against Janowski in 1909,
pears to have lost his grip,
one of which he lost, while
and he throws away the draw
in the other Janowski made
after the win.
a blunder.
34 R-B1 P-Kt5
5 P-Q4 PxP
35 BxP R-Q7
36 P-QR.t R-R7 In both the games mentioned
37 B-Kt6 B-Q7 Lasker played 5 • • B-Q2.
If 37 . . B x B ; 38 P x B, 6 Kt x P B-Q2
R X P ; 39 R-QKt1, R-Rr; 7 Castles B-K2
40 P-R3, P x P ; .p K-R2. 8 B x Kt
and what can Black do-P­
R-KI is commonly played
Kt4 being met by 42 P­
Kt4 ? The game is lost any­ in similar positions (which
how. After the text-move may arise from either the
Walbrodt finishes prettily. Steinitz Defence to the Lopez
or the Four Knights). If
38 P-R6 RXP Black then castles. White
39 P-R7 K-Bz has to decide whether to
40 B-Q4 I R-RJ develop his QB on the K side
-tl R-RI B-R4 or in fianchetto, tlJe latter
42 B-Kt6 Resigns. course being better.
68 TOURNAMENT GAMES
PxB course Black's capture with
9 P-QKt3 Castles the Pawn is much better
IO B-Kt2 R-KI than 26 KB x P ; 27 B x B,
• .

I I KKt-K2 B-KBI P x B.
12 P-KB3
27 Kt-Kt3 B-Q2
Was this necessary ? 28 Kt-K4 K-K2
29 R-Kt3
P-Q4
13 Kt-Kt3 PxP If 29 Kt X KtP, B-B4 gives
Black a considerable ad­
Charousek does not fear the
va.ntage.
doubled isolated QBP with
his KB still on the board . P-Kt5
30 P x P R-B1 ch
I4 QKt x P Kt x Kt
31 R-B3
1 5 P x Kt
If 3 1 K moves, R-B5 .
He could have avoided the
isolation of the Pawn by r 5 BxP
Kt x Kt, B-KB4 ; 1 6 Kt­ 32 R X R KxR
l{t3, Q X Q ; 1 7 KR x Q, B x 33 B-R3 B-B4
P ; 1 8 KR-Q r, but probably 34 K-K3
he aimed at an open KB file.
Posit-ion afte,. White's 34th
B-K3 move.
16 Q-R5 P-KR3
17 QR-Q I

He must prevent Q--Q 7.

Q-Kt4
18 Q x Q PxQ
1 9 R-Q3 P-QB4
20 P-B4 KR-Q I
2 1 KR-QI RxR
22 R x R P-KB3
23 K-B2 K-B2
24 Kt-K2 B-QJ
25 P-KR3 R-KI K-K2
26 P-K5 PxP
Though B X Kt retained the
White. being embarrassed Pawn ahead, Black would
how to defend the weak KP. have little or no chance of
decided to get rid of it. Of winning. Alapin gives the
 FRENCH DEFENCE 69

following analysis : 34 . . B X that Black's winning outlook

Kt ; 35 K x B. K-K2 ; 36 is poor, and that a strong
K-B5 (not 36 K-Q5 . K­ centre is the strength of
Q2 ; 37 B X P, P-B3 eh), the defence in the French.
K-B2 ; 37 B-Kt2, P­
5 Kt x P QKt-Q2
Kt3 eh. The extra Pawn can­
not be made to tell. Lasker gives 5 . • B-K2 ; 6
B X Kt, P X B, followed by
35 B x P B x Kt
the advance of KBP and
36 B x B eh KxBl
QBP.
37 K x B P-B4
38 P-R3 P-14 6 Kt-KB3 B-K2
39 K-B5 P-Kt3 eh 7 Kt x Kt ch Kt x Kt
40 K-K4 K-K3 8 B-Q3 Castles
4 1 P-Kt3 K-Q3 9 B x Kt BxB
42 P-KKt4 K-K3 10 Q-K2
43 P-Kt5 K-Q3 By his last two moves \¥bite
44 K-QJ Drawn. gives notice of his intention of
making a violent attack on
the castled King. First he
removes Black's defending
GAME 86 Knight, and now he brin gs
Berli111 September 161 1897 his Queen into action.
FRENCH DEFENCE P-B4

White : Black : Not, of course, B x P, or else

1 1 Q-K4 wins a piece.
CHAROUSEK BURN

I P-K4 P-K3 I I Q-K4 P-KKt3

2 P-Q4 P-Q4 12 P-KJ4 PxP
3 Kt-QB3 Kt-l{B3 1 3 Castles QR Q-R4
4 B-KKt5 PxP 1 4 P-R5

vVhite is now committed to

The move recommended by
this, for if 1 4 K-KtI, P­
Lasker in Common Sense in
K4. threatening B--B4 and
Chess. It has also been called
B-K3. 1 4 • • P-K4 was
by some ' Bum's Defence,'
Black's best reply to the
Burn having adopted it with
text-move also.
some success both at Hastings
and in the present tourna­ Q x QRP
ment. Mason objected to it 15 P x P RP X P
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If BP x P. 16 R x P I 20 Q-R 7 ch K-Br
21 Q x P Q-R8ch
16 Q-B4 B--Kt2
22 K--Q2 Q-R4 ch
17 Q-14 R-KI 23 K-BI Q-R8 ch
1 8 Kt-Kt5 P-K4 24 K-Q2 Q-R4 ch
19 B X P 25 P-QKt4
This sacrifice seems perfectly Charousek refuses the draw
sound and offered many win­ which his opponent has tacitly
ning chances. offered him, and thereby,
as the game actually goes,
Posit·ion after White's l9th forfeits half a point. But
mov6. the disaster is due to his
29th move, while the text­
move is a pretty resource to
enable him to play K-K2.
He cannot do so yet on
account of the answer Q­
R3 eh, forcing the exchange
of Queens.
Q x P ch
26 K-K2 Q-K2

Position after Black's 26th

move.

PxB

If Black had refused the

sacrifice with 19 • . B-K3, the
continuation might be 20
B-R7 eh, K-BI ; 2 1 B­
Q3, Q-R8 eh ; 22 K-Q2,
Q x P ; 23 Kt-R7 eh, K­
Ktx ; 24 Kt-B6 eh, K-Bt .
For White to win the Ex­
change now seems doubtful
policy in view of Black's
27 R-R4
two extra Pawns and double
Bishops, so that a draw by 2 7 R-R8 eh would be de­
repetition of moves may be feated by B x R : 28 Kt­
necessary. R 7 eh, Q x Kt ; 29 Q x Q,
 QUEEN'S PAWN GAME
B-Kt2 + . White has two Kt-B6 eh, K-BI ; 34 Kt­
plausible alternatives : 27 R­ R7 eh.
R7 and 27 R-Q3 . For over-the-board analysis
the line chosen by Charousek
(1) 27 R-R7 equally with
was simpler than (2), and it
the text-move threaten to
should have led to the same
double Rooks. The probable
result.
continuation is 27 . . Q-B3 ;
28 R x B, B-Kt5 eh ; 29 B-K3
P-B3, Q x Q (not Q x R, 28 Kt-R7 eh K-KtI
because of 30 Kt-R7 eh) ; 30 29 QR-KR1 ?
R x Q, with rather faint draw­ White had still with 29 Kt­
ing chances. Kt5 a sure draw, the threat
being 30 R-R8 eh and mate
(2) Against 27 R-Q3, B­
next move-in consequence
Kt5 eh is useless, White
of which Black must submit
merely moving his King to
to 29 . . K-BI ; 30 Kt­
Bx. If 27 • • P-K5, 28 R­
R7 eh, K-Kt1 ; 3 1 Kt-Kt5.
KKt3, P-Q6 eh : 29 K-Br,
PxP; 30 K-K2 l Now Q-KB:z
Black is faced by the threats 30 Kt-B6 eh K-B1
of (a) 31 Kt-R7 eh, K-Kt I ; 3 t R-R8 eh K-K2
32 Kt-B6 eh, K-Bx ; 33 White resigns.
R-RS eh and mate next
move ; and of (b) 3 1 R-R8 A game of the greatest
eh, B x R : 32 Kt-R7 eh, interest, and, in spite of
winning the Queen and the Charousek's unfortunate mis­
game. To meet these threats take on move 29, of equal
Black can play 30 • • P-B8 credit to both players.
(Q) ; 31 R x Q (not 31 Kt­
R7 eh, because of K-Kt I ;
32 Kt-B6 eh, Q x Kt l ; 33 GAME 87
Q x Q. Q-B7 eh), B-Q2. If Be1'lin, Septembet' 18, 1897
now 32 R-B5 (threatening
QUEEN'S PAWN GAME
33 R-B5 eh, B X R ; 34 Q X
QB eh, K-Kh : 35 Q­ White : Black :
R7 ch, K-B1 ; 36 Kt-K6 ch,
&c.), KR-B1 l '\Vhite seems BLACKBURNE CHAROUSEK
therefore forced to have re­ I P-Q4 P-Q4
course to the drawing line, z Kt-KB3 P-K3
32 Kt-R7 eh, K-Kt1 ; 33 3 B-B4
B-Q3
 7z TOURNAMENT GAMES
In Game 140 Charousek and 20 Kt x B P x Kt
Halprin. consulting, made the 2 1 Castles Q-Ks
same reply to White's rather
R--Q6 is useless, because of
unusual 3rd move, their op­
2 2 Kt-B4. Cbarousek re­
ponents continuing 4 B-Kt3.
solves, therefore, to force the
4 BxB QxB exchange of Queens, and
5 QKt-Q2 Kt-KB3 make what use he can of his
6 P-B3 general positional superiority.
White proceeds on lines which Kt x Q
22 Q x Q
have since become rather
23 KR-Q1 P-KK4
fashionable, but fails to get
24 Kt-Q4 R-Q4
his Bishop to Q3· Black
meets the hostile develop­ Black prevented 24 Kt­
ment in the best way, viz. B4 ; but he cannot imme­
by a quick advance of P-K4. diately dislodge the Knight
from Q4 by P-QB4, for there
QKt-Q2
would follow 25 Kt-B6.
7 Q-B2 P-K4
25 Kt-B3 R-Q6
8 P-K3 Castles
26 Kt-Kx QR-Q t
9 PxP
27 Kt-B3 P-QB4
The initiative bas passed into 28 K-B1 P-Kt4
Black's bands, and it is 29 P-R3 P-QJ4
difficult to see what good 30 K-Kz P-QKt5
alternative there is to the 31 RP x P RP x P
text-move. 32 RxR RxR
Kt x P 33 PxP P-B6 1
10 B-K2 B-Kt5
If 33 . . P x P ; 34 R-R4, R­
t t P-KR3 B-R4
Kt 1 ; 35 Kt-Q4, P-B6 ; 36
1 2 Kt x Kt BxB I
P-QKt3, and Black can
13 KKt-B3 Q-R3
make no further progress.
14 Kt-Kt3 B-Q6
The text-move, on the other
Now White is in a very un­ hand, requires the greatest
comfortable position, from care.
which it takes him all his 34 P(Kt2) X P Kt x P eh
skill to extricate himself. 35 l{-K1 PxP
15 Q-Q1 P-QKt3 36 Kt-Q4 R-KtI
16 Kt-B1 B-B5 37 Kt-Kt3 K-Kt2
17 Kt-K5 QR-QI 38 R-R6 P-R4
18 Q-B2 Q-Kt2 39 P-Kt3 R-QB1
19 Kt-l{z KR-K1 ofO Kt-Q4
 QUEEN'S PAWN GAME 73

Not 40 R-Kt6, because of Kt-Kt8 ch

Kt-R7, and if 41 R-QR6, 5 1 K-K4 R-R5 ch
R-B7 52 K-Q3 R-RI
But now if 52 . • R X P. White
mates in 2 .
5 3 R-Kt7 eh K-R3
He can no longer keep the 54 R-KB7 R-KKtt
passed Pawn, and therefore 55 R x P eh
plays to win one of White's If 55 Kt-B8, R x Kt ; 56
in exchange. R x R, K-Kt2, 57 R-QR8.
P-R6 ; 58 R-R2, P-B4 ;
43 R x KtP R-RS ch
59 P x P, P-Kt5 and wins,
44 K-Q2 Kt-K5 ch
45 K-K2 R-R7 ch R-Kt3
46 K-B3 Kt x BP 56 R-BI R x Kt
47 R-Kt6 eh P-B3 57 R x Kt K-Kt2
48 P-Kt4 P-R5 58 K-K2 R-QR3
49 R-Kt7 Kt x RP 59 R-QKtr K-B3
60 K-B3 Drawn.
The end game, from this
point, is given in Black�
burne's Games o/ Chess.
GAME 88
Position after Black's 49tli Berlin, September 20, 1897
move.
White : Black :
TEICHMANN CuAROUSEK
The position after White's
58th move was as follows :

50 Kt-K6

If 50 Kt-B6, Kt-Kt8 eh ;
5 1 K-K4, R-R5 eh, win·
ning another Pawn.
74 TOURNAMENT GAMES
Cbarousek finished the game important one for Black.
prettily : But he might well delay it
here until he has castled
58 B--B6 1
and played R-Kr .
59 P x B
8 P x BP BxP
Obvious!y the Knight on Qi P-Qs ?
9 P-K4
cannot move.
With P x P Black could have
PxP forced exchanges, with a
6o Kt-KtI B x P eh
good game. The text-move
61 K-Ktx P-B7
subjects him quickly to an
White resigns. embarrassing attack.

I O Kt-Kt3 B-Kt3
11 PxP PxP
GAME 39 12 P-Ks Kt-Qz

Bet'liH, September 2r, 1897

13 B-KKt5 Q-B2
14 R-QBI Castles
QUEEN'S PAWN 15 R-Kr R-KI
GAME 16 B-KB4 Q-QI
17 Kt-Kt5
White : Black :
CHAROUSEK StiCHTING Position after White's 17th
move.
I P-Q4 P-Q4
2 P-K3 Kt-KB3
3 Kt-KB3 P-B4
4 P-B3 P-K3
5 B-Q3

Charousck here adopts a

modem method
devel­ of
opment though by his
3 Kt-KB3 he has precluded
himself from the early ' stone­
wall,' P-KB4.

Kt-B3
Rightly abandoning his KP
6 Castles B -Q3
for something better. If
7 QKt-Q2 P-�
Black replies 1 7 .. Kt-B1,
The move which the • stone­ then comes 18 Q-R5, P­
wall ' prevents, and a very Kt3 ; 19. Q-R6, with the
 QUEEN'S PAWN GAME 75
threat Kt-K4-B6. Or if Black relies on Bishops of
17 P-KR3 ; 18 Kt x BP
• . opposite colours in the end­
K x Kt ; 19 B--B4 eh, K­ ing. Otherwise be could
B1 ; 20 Q-B3. have played B-B2, keeping
his two Bishops.
KKt x P
18 Q-R5 P-KR3 35 Kt x B P x Kt
19 B-R7 eh K-B1 36 B-QB P-Kt4
37 P-QR3 P-B5 ?
If 19 K-Rr : 20 Kt x P eh,
• •

Kt X Kt ; 2 1 R X R eh, Q X R ; This lessens the value of his

22 B--Kt6. Q side Pawns. K-Q4 gives
fair drawing chances.
20 B-K4 l B--Kt5 . 38 B-R5 B-B- 7
21 Q--R.t P x Kt 39 B-Q2 P-B4 ?
Practically forced, in view This. Pawn was useful where
of the threat KB X Kt. it stood. Now White is
bound to get two passed
22 Q-R8 ch K-K2
Pawns on the K side.
23 B x P ch K-Q2
24 QxP R-KKtI 40 K-B2 B--Q6
25 B x Kt ch PxB 41 P-KKt4 K-B3
26 BxQ RxQ 42 K-Kt3 K-Kt3
27 B-B6 43 P-KR4 PxP
44 PxP B-K7
Best ; if 27 B x B. Kt-B6· eh, 45 P-R5 eh K-R2
and Black wins. 46 K-R4 B-Q8
Kt-Q6 47 P-Kt5 K-Kt2 ?
:.z8 BxR Kt x KR The final blunder. His only
29 R x Kt P-QB4 chance was 47 . . B-B7, when
30 B-B6 R-KI if 48 P-Kt6 eh, B x P ; 49
31 RXR KxR P x B eh, K x P ; 50 K-Kt4,
32 P-B3 B-B4 P-B6, and White is faced
with the problem of how to
B-K3 would have made avoid being left with a RP
the game much harder for and a Bishop which does
White, who could not then not command the queening
play Kt-B1 because of square.
33 . . P-Q6.
48 P-Kt6 K-B3
33 Kt-Q2 K-Q2 49 B--Kt5 eh K-Kt2
34 Kt-B4 K-K3 50 B-K7 l Resigns
 TOURNAMENT GAMES
For if 50 . . P-Q6, 51 B-Kt4, 1 2 K-B2 B-KKt5
and White's K goes to Kt5, 13 Kt-K6 B x QKt
5 1 . . K-R3 leaving a mate 14 Q x B Q-B4
on the move. 15 Q-K2 K-B2
16 R-Kt B-B3
1 7 K-Ktx K-Ktx

GAME 40 Now both players have castled

Berlin, September 22, 1897 in a roundabout manner.

BISHOP'S GAMBIT 1 8 P-QKt3 l{t-Q2

19 B-R3 KR-Br
White : Black :
Preparing for a Q side ad­
CHAROUSEK ENGLISCH ..
vance, which White, however,
P-K4 forestalls.
PxP
20 QR-Qt Kt-B1
P-KB4
21 P-B4 Kt-Kt3
The Classical Defence (Gian­ 22 B-Q6
utio's Counter Gambit),known
It is necessary to bring the
as far back as the time of
Bishop into more effective
Lopez.
play ; and it cannot move
4 Kt-QB3 off its present diagonal be­
cause of the threat of KR­
Q-K2 or P-Q3 is better.
Kx.
Q-R5 eh Q-Qz
5 K-Bx PxP 23 B-K5 R-B1
6 Kt x P P-B3
To exchange here would make
Marshall played 6 B-K2 ..
the draw only more probable ;
against Gunsberg, Vienna. e.g.,23 . . B x B ; 24 Kt x B ;
Gambit Tournament, 1903. Kt x Kt ; 25 Q x Kt, R-B 1 ;
2 6 P x P, P x J:> ; 27 Q-K6 eh,
7 Kt-Kl33 Q-R4
8 B X Kt and the extra Pawn is of
H X fi
9 P-Q4
little avail.
P-Q4
10 QKt-Kt5 24 Q-KB2 QR-Qi
25 P-B5 QR-Kr
The only move to keep the
' 26 R-K2 R-!{3
initiative in White s hands.
2 7 QR-K1 KR-K1
B-K2 28 P-QKt4 Q-K2
I I Q-Kl R-Br 29 Q-B1
 KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED 77
Necessary, in view of Black's Only the bolder among
next move. modem players, such as Tchi­
Kt-R5 gorin, Schiffers, Alapin, and
30 Kt x Kt B x Kt Charousek him.self, have ven­
tured to adopt it in a m.atch­
Englisch here proposed a game. Compare Games 2
draw, and, after a repetition and 15.
of moves, by White's Rook
and Black's Bishop, Charou­ Kt-KB3
sek agreed to it. Englisch
All Morphy's opponents re­
had still the gambit Pawn plied 4 . . B-KKt5, which is
in hand, and might have
inferior. See the second note
tried for more. But, apart
on Gamez, where it might have
from his habitual caution
been added that some con­
(which gained for him tirst
sider 4 . . Q-K2 better than
among players of the Vienna.
the text-move.
school the title of ' drawing
master '), he was already 5 PXP PxP
suffering from the malady 6 Kt x P Q-K2
which carried him off less 7 P-Q4 B-Q3
than a month later. 8 Kt-B3 Kt x P
9 B-K2 Castles
10 Castles P-QB4 ?

This allows \Vhite to get a

GAME 41
passed Pawn in the centre
Berlin, Septembet' 24, 1897 of the board.
KING'S GAMBIT
II QKt-Q2 Kt x Kt
DECLINED 12 B x Kt Kt-B3
13 P-Q5 Kt-K4
White : Black :
14 Kt x Kt B x Kt
CHAROUSEK JANOWSKI 15 B-KB4 BxB
I P-K4 16 RxB Q-K6 eh
z P-KB4 17 R-B2 B-Q2
3 Kt-KB3 1 8 Q-Kt3 P-QKt3
4 P-B3 19 P-QB4

A favourite move of Morphy's, White has now a decidedly

played by him, for instance, superior position, whether
in the 2nd and 4th match­ Black exchanges Queens or
games *1.gainst LOwenthal. not.
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QxQ RXP eh ; 43 K-Kt4, and
20 PxQ P-QJ 4 again White•s prospects are
21 B-Q3 KR-K1 excellent.
22 R-K2 RxR R-K1
23 BxR K-B1 41 R-KBr R-QKt1
24 B-Q3 P-R3
25 R-KBr P-B3 Janowski, no drawing player,
26 B-Kt6 K-K2 attempts a diversion. But
27 K-B2 K-Q3 if the Rook returns to K4,
28 K-B3 R-QKtx White can still play K-K3.
29 B-Q3 R-K1 42 K-K3 R-KB1
30 P-KKt4 R-1<4 43 B-B5 R-K1 eh
31 P-R3 P-R.4 44 K-Q2 BxB
32 K-B4 P-KR5 45 RxB R-KB1
33 R-KKt1 P-Kt.t eh 46 K-Q3 R-B2
34 K-B3 B-B1
47 K-B2 R-BI
35 B -14 48 K-Kt1 K-K2
White's King must cross the 49 R-B1 K-B2
board to further progress. 50 R-KI R-K1 I
B-Q2 If White were to exchange,
36 R-KBI K-K2 he would throw away the
fruit of his admirable man­
If 36 . . P-B4, 3 7 B x P.
ceuvres with the King. E.g.,
B X B ; 38 P x B, R x P eh ;
51 R x R. K x R ; 52 K-B2,
39 K-Kz. and Black dare
P-B4, and Black wins.
not exchange Rooks, while if
R-K4 eh, 40 J{-Q3, with Position after Black' s 5 oth
excellent prospects. move.
37 R-Q1 K-Q3
38 R-KB1 K-K2
39 R-Qr K-Q3
40 R-QR1
No doubt both players wanted
to gain time against the
clock by their last few moves .
Charousek now varies the
proceedings, ha.ving no wish
to draw. If 40 .. P-B4 ; 41
B x P, BxB; 42 P x B
 FALKBEER COUNTER GAMBIT 79
51 R-KR1 I R-K6 Charousek might, however,
52 K-R2 R-Q6 on his 6oth move have an­
53 K-R3 P-B4 nounced mate in 5 :-60. .
54 PxP K-B3 Q-Kt3 ; 6 1 K-B8 (if 6r K­
55 K-14 KxP K 7, mate in 2), K-Q3 ; 62 K
56 K-Kt5 R x P eh -KS, Q-R4 ; 63 K-Q8.
57 K-B6 RxP Q-R8 eh and mate next
58 R-QI R-K7 move.
59 P-Q6 R-Kt
The above ending is given
6o KxP P-Kt5
in Bachmann's collection. An
6I P x P eh KxP
earlier stage in the end game
62 K x RP P-R6
appears in the B.C.M., 1897.
63 P-Q7 R-QI
p. 42 I ; but the connecting
64 K-Kt6 Resigns.
moves, like the beginning of
the game. are missing.
GAME 42
Berlin, September 25, 1897
GAME 48
White : Black : Berlin, September 27. 1897
ALBIN CHAROUSE K
FALKBEER COUNTER
The Positi"on after JVhite's
GAMBIT
6oth move was as fallows :
White : Black :
CHAROUSEK COHN

I P-K4 P-K4
2 P-KB4 P-Q4
3 KP x P P-K5
4 P-Q3 Kt-KB3
See Game 18. White should
now play 5 P x P. Kt x P ;
6 Kt-KB3 l

The game concluded : 5 Q-K2 QxP

6 Kt-QB3
6o Q-K4 ch
61 K-B8 Q-R1 eh This is the best move here.
62 K-K7 Q-Q I eh For 6 Kt-Q2 see Ga.mes 30
White resigns. and 56.
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B-Q Kt5 25 B x Kt R-K7
7 B-Q2 B x Kt 26 B-QB3 P-B6
8 BXB QKt-Q2 27 R x Kt P-B7 ch
28 K-BI R-K8 ch
If 8 . . Castles, 9 B X Kt, P X P ;
29 KxP Resigns.
lo Q x P, Q x Q, n B x Q,
P x B, 12 Kt-K2, Kt-B3
(Game 18, second note) .

9 P-KKt4 Castles GAME 44

10 B-Kt2 PxP? Berlin, September 28, 1897

Q-Q3 was much better. SICILIAN DEFENCE

II BxQ PxQ White : Black :

12 B-B3 R-KI
CHAROUSEK SCHIFFERS
13 Kt x P Kt-K5
14 Castles l{R QKt-Il3 I P-K4 P-QB4
15 P-KR3 B-Q2 ? 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3 P-Q4 PxP
He should have cut off
4 Kt x P Kt-B3
White's QB, when a draw
5 Kt-QB3 P-K3
would have been the legiti­
6 P-QR3
mate result.

16 KR-Q1 B-B3 This move of Charousek's is

17 B-K5 QR-QI unusual at this stage . It is
true that it prevents :S-Kt5,
He cannot well save the QBP, but also it gives Black what
but Charousek does not want amounts practically to a move
it. in the opening.
1 8 Kt-Q'l
B--K2
Not seeing his danger, or else, 7 B-K2 Castles
in an extremely difficult posi­ 8 Castles P-Q4
tion, unable to find the way 9 PxP Kt x P
out. 10 QKt x Kt P x Kt

19 Kt x B P x Kt Black, having still his QB, is

20 R-KI Kt-Q7 not afraid to isolate his Pawn,
2 1 KB x P R-K3 especially as thereby he gets
22 B-Kt2 QR-K x the Bishop into play. Never­
23 P-Kt3 P-Kt4 theless, the weakness in the
24 KR-Q1 PxP centre comes into play on
 SICILIAN DEFENCE Sr

the 19th move, after the 20 B-KB2 Kt-B3

Bishop has disappeared. 21 P x P Q x KP
22 B--Kt1 Kt-K2
I I B-K3 B-B3
23 Q-Q3 P-KKt3
1 2 Q-Q2 B-K3
24 B-R2 K-Kt2
1 3 QR-QI R-BI
14 P--QB3 R-K1 The Pawn must fall eventu­
IS P-KB4 ally, but there seems no neces­
sity to yield it up at once.
If 15 Kt x Kt. P x Kt, 16 24 . . KR-Q1 is the natural
B x P , P-B4, with advantage. move.
But after the text-move,
White threatens 1 6 Kt x Kt, 25 B-Q4 Kt-B4
P x Kt ; 1 7 P-B5, B-Q2 ; 26 B-KB2 Q-K5
1 8 B x P, P-B4 ; 1 9 B-R6, 27 Q x QP QxQ
R-Rl : 20 B x P. R x B ; 2 1 28 R x Q R-B2
Q x P , with three passed 29 P-KKt4 Kt-K6
Pawns for a piece. Black 30 R-KI I Kt x R
therefore has to protect his 31 RxR R-Q2
QRP. 32 B-KKt3 P-KK�
P-QR3 Not 32 Kt-K6
. • because
16 Kt x B of 33 B-KB4, threatening

16 P-Bs would be answered mate.

by Kt X Kt ; 1 7 B x Kt, B x 33 K-B2 P-R3
B ch ; l8 Q x B, B x P. White
34 B x Kt RxB
allows Black to reinforce his 35 R-K2 K-B2
isolated Pawn, seeing that he K-K3
36 K-K3
can soon weaken it again.
37 R-Q2 R-Kt4
P x Kt 38 K--Q3 R--Q4 ch
1 7 B---Q3 Q-K2 39 K-B2 R-Kt4
1 8 B---Q Kt6
It was a lesser evil to ex­
Removing the Bishop from change the Rook than thus
danger, preparatory to the to play it back to a square
where it is open to Pawn
next move.
attack.
Kt-Kt1
19 P-B5 Q-Q3 40 R-Q6 eh K-K2
41 P-Kt4 B-K4
If 1 9 . . P-K4, 20 B-Kt1,
and the QP cannot be saved. He must prevent P-B4.
G
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But White has now an ea.sy Black has to submit to the
win. closing of his QB's diagonal,
as 7 . . B-B3 ; 8 B x B eh,
42 BxB RxB
Kt x B ; 9 Kt-K5 gives
43 R x KRP R-K7 ch
White a very superior posi­
44 K-Kt3 K-B2
tion.
45 P-QR.4 P-Kt4
46 P-R5 K-Kt2 8 B-Q3
47 RxP RxP
Had he now played B-Q3,
48 R-QKt6 Resigns.
Black would have had a very
fair ga.me. The rule that
Bla.ck's Bishop should develop
GAME 45 a.t K2 is not of universal
Berlin, Septembet' 29, I 897 application.
QUEEN'S GAMBIT 9 Castles Castles
DECLINED 10 Kt-K5 t QKt-Qz
I I P-B4 P-B4
White : Black :
12 Q-B3 Kt-KI ?
CHAROUSEK ALAPIN
Overlooking White's reply in
I P-Q4 P-Q4 his anxiety to drive off the
2 P-QB4 P-K3 !{night with P-B3. His
3 Kt-QB3 P-QKt3
best resource seems to be
A very inferior defence, which 12 R-K1, making room
• •

might effectively be met by for the QKt at BI and pre­

4 P-K4. Cha.rousek, how­ paring to withdraw KKt to
ever, is content to develop Qz. But White threatens
his game on Queen's Gam­ P-KK4, with a violent
bit Declined lines. Compare attack.
Game 49. 13 B x P ch I KxB
B-Kt2 14 Q-R3 eh K-Kt1
4 Kt-B3
15 Q x Kt Kt-Q3
5 P-K3
16 Q-R3 Kt-K3
Showalter suggests 5 Q-B2
17 . . Kt-B5 lo)ks stronger.
Kt-KB3 17 R-QI P-B5
6 PxP PxP 18 Kt x Kt P x Kt
For 6 • . Kt X P see Game 49. 19 B-Q2 Q-B1
20 P-Bs B-KB3
7 B-Kts eh P-B3 21 Q-R5
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Threatening B-Kt4 and also made in the first two hours) .
P-KKt4-Kt5 But Black recognised that he
was lost anyhow.
B x Kt
22 P x B P-B3
23 P-K6 Q--K 1
24 Q-Kt4 Q--R5
GAME 46
Berlin, September 30, 1897
Position after Black's 24th
CENTRE GAME
move.
White : Black :
WINAWER CHAROUSEK

I P-K4 P-K4
2 P-Q4 PxP
3 QxP Kt-QB3
4 Q-K3 B---Kt5 eh

Unusual, though it was tried

as early as the Berlin Tour­
nament of 1881. Its object
is to induce White to block
25 B-Kt4 l his QB3 with a Pawn. The
usual move is 4 . . Kt-B3.
A surprise for Black with
the other Bishop this time. 5 P-B3
Of course 25 . • Q x B is im­
possible. Best-being Charousck's im­
provement on the older 5 .••

KR-Q1
B-R4.
26 R x R ch RxR
27 B-K7 R-KBr 6 Kt-B3 Kt-B3
1 B-Kt5 Castles
Nothing el� will stop B x P. 8 Castles P-Q4
9 PxP
28 B x R KxB
29 Q-R5 Q--K 1 If 9 P-K5, Kt-KKt5, with
30 Q x Q eh Resigns. 10 • • P-B3 to follow.

The fact that White did not Kt x P

play 30 Q-R8 eh suggests 1 0 Q-K2 �3
that he was short of time I I R-QI R-KI
{thirty moves having to be 1 2 Q-B2
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12 Q-B1 is safer, but the with 1 8 Q-K2 because of
,

text-move need not lose. the reply Q-R4 eh. But

after the text-move he is
Position after White's 12th bound to give up his Queen
move. to stop mate.

R-Kt3
19 Q x R RP x Q
20 K-Kt3 R-K1
2 1 Kt-Kt3 P-14
22 P-QB4 Q-K4 eh
23 P-B4 Q x KtP
24 B-Q4 Q-B7
25 B-K3 Q-B6
26 R-QB1 R x B eh
27 PxR Q x P eh

White resigns.
B-KKt5
1 3 R x Kt

This is bad. Also if 13 GAME 4'1

Kt-Kt5, then Kt-B3 ; 14
Be�lin, Octobe., I, 1897
P-BJ, B-KB4 f ; 1 5 Q­
R4 ( 1 5 Q x B ? B-B4 eh ; RUY LOPEZ
16 Q x B, Q x R ch, and wins),
P-KR3 ; 16 Kt- KR3, White : Black :
B x Kt, and Black has a great CHAROUSEK CARO
advantage in position. But
1 3 QKt-Q2 seems playable: I P-K4 P-14
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
B x Kt 3 B-Kt5 P-KKt3
14. P x B B x P eh
15 K x B QxR One of the most difficult de­
1 6 B x Kt PxB fences for Black in the Lopez,
1 7 B-K3 when White meets it, as here,
with 4 P-Q4.
White must prevent R-K8.
4 P-Q4 PxP
R-K3 S B-Kt5 B-K2
18 Kt-Q2
Having played the Fian·
He cannot protect the Pawn chetto, Black errs in develop·
 RUY LOPEZ
ing the Bishop at K2 . 5 . •
Position aftn Black's 16th
P-B3 is correct. move.
6 BxB KKt x B

Steinitz once, using this de­

fence against Lipschutz, at
New York, captured here with
the Queen.

7 Kt x P Castles
8 Castles P-Q4
9 B x Kt PxB

This leaves the Knight

confined. Kt X B therefore
seems better.
1 7 P-QB3 QR-Kt r
10 Kt-QB3 P-QB4 1 8 P-QKt4 KR-Qr
I I Kt-Kt3 P-Q5 ? 1 9 KR-Qr

By his last two moves, Black Mieses suggests 19 KR-K1 ,

throws away a Pawn. After and if 1 9 . . KR-K1, 20 QR­
10 • • P-QB4 (in itself rather Q1 . Or if 19 . . R-Q7, 20
risky) Black should have Kt x P, B x Kt ; 21 R X B,
continued with 1 1 P-B5.
• •
R-B7 ; 22 R-QB4, R­
with the advance of the QP Q1 ; 23 P-Q&f., with ad­
to follow. (If I 2 Kt-R5, vantage to White.
P-QB3.) White can then
get little out of the position. R-Q3
:io K-Bx
12 Kt-R4 P-B4
If 20 R x R. P x R : 2 1 Kt­
13 QKt x P PxP
Kt3, R-QB1 ; 22 R-QB1,
14 Q x P QxQ
�K3, White's task is harder
1 3 Kt x Q Kt-B4
still.
16 Kt x Kt B x Kt
QR-Qt
After these exchanges White
2 1 K-KI QR-K1
will clearly have a difficult
22 R x R PxR
game to win, in spite of his
2 3 I<�Kt7
extra Pawn, Black's Bishop
having plenty of scope. The Kt-Kt3 at once best,
seems

subsequent play is very in­ for if then 23 . . R-QB1,

teresting. 24 K-Q2, followed by Kt-
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Q4· Nor is anything to be R-B2
feared from 23 P-K6. • . 47 Kt-RI R-B8
48 Kt-Kt3 R-KKt8
P-Q4
24 Kt-B5 K-B2 48 . . P-R8 (Q) gives better
25 K-Q2 K-B3 drawing chances.
26 K-K3 K-K4 49 R-B2 R x Kt
27 Kt-Kt3 R-QB1 50 RxP K-B2
28 R-QB1 P-Kt4 51 R-R8 R-Ktt
29 P-KR3 P-KI4 52 RxR KxR
30 Kt-Q4 B--Q2 53 K-K5 K-B2
31 P-B3 t 54 K-Q6 K-KI
Excc11ent. Black must now
Position after Black's 54th
submit to an isolated Pawn move.
in the centre.
P-R5
32 PxP PxP
33 P-B4 P-Kt5
34 PxP R-KKt1 I
35 R-QI RxP
36 Kt-K2 B-K3
37 R-Q4 B-B4
38 R-Q5 ch K-B3
39 P-B5 RxP
40 P-B6 R-Kt2

40 P-R6 is better. If then

• . 55 P-14
•JI P-B7, B-Kt5 l if 41
55 K-B6 is the only win­
R-Q1, P-R7 ; 42 R-KRr.
ning move, says Showalter
41 R-B5 P-R6 (A C M ) for in reply to the
. . . ,

42 P-B7 B-Br text-move Black might force

43 Kt-B3 P-R7 the draw by B-Kt2. He
44 Kt x P ch K-Kt3 gives the following variation
45 Kt-B2 R-K2 eh to prove the draw :-55 . .
46 K-Q4 B-Kt2 ; 56 P-Kt5, P-R3 ;
57 P-Kt6 (if P x P, B x P­
If 46 K-B3, R-B2 eh, a dead draw), P-R4 ; 58
followed by R x Kt and P K-B5, K-Q2 ; 59 K-Kt5,
queens. K-Q3 ; 6o K x P, K-B4.
 TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENCE
There seems no escape from Black has here the option
this, for a plausible alter­ of 6 . . B-K3 ; but he prefers
native, 56 P-B8(Q) eh, to complicate rather than
B x Q ; 57 K-B7, fails to simplify.
win against 57 . . B-K3 ;
7 B-K3
58 K-Kt7, P-R4 or 58
8 P-Q4
P-Kt5, B-Kt6
W�e of time and leading
K-B2 ? to a bad game for Bia.ck.
56 P-Kt5 K-KI Either 8 . . P x P ; 9 Kt x P.
57 P-R5 B-Kt2 Kt x P ; 10 Kt x Kt, P-Q4
58 P-R6 B-BI or 8 . . P x P : 9 Kt x P (if
59 P-Kt6 PxP QB x P, B x B : 10 Kt x B.
60 P-R7 Resigns. P-Q4) P-Q4 was safe.
9 Kt-Kt5 P-Q4

GAME 48 Not 9 . . Castles (or 9 . . B x

Kt eh ; 10 P x B, Castles)
Berlin, October 2, 1 897
because of P X P, &c.
TWO KNIGHTS'
DEFENCE 10 QP x P
The Deutschl Schach.reitung
White : Black :
(Jan. 1898) gives some ela­
ZINKL CHAROUSEK borate analysis to prove that
I P-K4 P-K.J 10 KPx P is better.
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 Kt X P
3 B-B4 Kt-B3 11 Kt x Kt PxB
4 P-Q3 B-B4 1 2 Q-R5
5 Kt-B3 P-Q3
6 P-KR3 White had in 12 Q x Q eh,
K x Q ; 1 3 Castles QR eh.
In the Giuoco Pianissimo, K-K1 ; 1 4 Kt-Q5 a good
which the opening has now continuation. but hopes for
become, there is no necessity something better still.
for this move, though it Q-Qz l
cannot actually be called 13 B-R6
wrong. 6 B-K3 is com­
monly played ; or 6 Kt-K2, Unsound, though. as the
or B-KKt5.
sequel shows, it is almost
good enough to draw. 13
Kt-Kz P-KKt4 was better.
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Position after JVhite's 13th improved White's chances of
move. a draw. Nor does it seem
the right policy on move 23
to give up the advantage of
Bishops of opposite colours.

B-Q2
22 K-B2 B-R5
23 B x Kt ?

Why not R-K2 ?

RxB
24 R x R PxR
25 R-KI R-Kt
26 R-K2
B x Kt ch
But now R-R4 is stronger.
14 K-B1
K-B2
If 14 P x B, Q-B3 wins a
2 7 Kt-B1 B-Q2
piece. And if 14 Kt X B, of
28 Kt-K3 B-K3
course P X B simply.
29 Kt-Kt4
Castles
1 5 Q--Kt5 Kt-Kt3 This lessens again White's
16 P x B chances of a draw •

If 16 Kt-B6 eh. P x Kt ; B x Kt
1 7 Q x P, B x KP, &c. 30 RP x B R-K3
31 R-K4 P-QKt4
Q-B4
32 P-R4
1 7 Kt-Kt3. Q x KP

Black sees and avoids the Another miscalculation.

trap 17 Q x QBP ? ; 18 Zinkl was under the impres­
B x P, K x B ; 19 Kt-R5 eh, sion that Black must answer
K-Kt � ; 20 Q-B6. 32 . P-B3, when he would
•

have continued 33 R-K I .

18 QxQ Kt x Q
32 R-Kt was his only re­
19 B-B4 R-Kt
source, so as to be able to play
20 R-Kr P-KB3 R-QR1 .
ZI P-B3
PxP
2 1 B x Kt. R x B ; 22 R x R, 33 R X BP R-QR3
P x R would scarcely have 34 R x P eh K-KI
 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 89
Not K-K3, because of 35 4 P-K3 Kt-KB3
R x KtP, P-R6 ; 36 R x 5 Kt-B3 1>-Kt2
KRP, P-R7 ; 37 R-R6 eh. 6 PxP Kt x P

35 R-Kt7 P-R6 Alapin played 6 . . P x P.

36 R-Kt1 P-R7 Tchigorin tries to keep the
37 R-QRr K-Q2 diagonal open for his QB.
38 K-K3 K-Q3 But the objection is that
39 K-K4 the Knight is now liable to
attack by P-K4.
No better is 39 K-Q2, K­
B4 ; 40 K-B1, K-B5 ; 7 B-Kt5 eh P-B3
4 1 K-Kt2, R-Kt3 eh ; 42 8 B-Q3 Kt-Qz
K-Br, R-Kt8 eh. 9 Castles B-Q3
IO P-14 Kt-Kt5
K-B4
40 K x P K-B5 Kt-Kz seems best. The
41 P-Kt5 KxP Knight still remains open
42 P-B4 KXP to attack at its new post.
43 P-B5 K-Kt7 I I B-QB4 P-QR4
44 R X P eh RxR 12 B-KKt5 1>-K2
45 P-B6 P x P ch 13 B-B4
46 P X P R-R8
By his last two moves White
White resigns. has got a good diagonal fo�
his Bishop.
Castles
GAME 49 14 P-QR3 Kt-R3
1 5 Q-K2 P-QKt4
Berlin, October 4, I 897
I6 B-Q3 P-Kt5
QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Kt-B2 was worth considera­
DECLINED
tion.
White : Black : 17 P x P Kt x P
CHAROUSEK TCHIGORIN 1 8 KR--Qr Kt-Kt3

I P-Q4 P-Q4 Kt x B is the natural move,

2 P-QB4 P-K3 and then Kt-B3.
3 Kt-QB3 P-QKt3 ? 19 Kt-K5
As played against Charousek If 1 9 B-Kt I, then B-R3,
by Alapin five days before. followed by Kt-B5 . More­
See Game 45. over, Charousek was at-
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tractcd by a bolder line. If Kt-B5 might well have
now 19 • • Kt x B, White's been played. There was also
Queen, after recapturing, is 24 P--QB4.
. •

excellently placed for coming

25 P-Ks PxP
into action on the K side.
1 9 • . Q x P, of course, would 26 QB x P
be risky-though Mason sug­
26 B-R.t, though it won
gests that this was a case
the Exchange, did so at too
where a little more risk
great a. cost, Black replying
might have been taken by
26 Q-Q2 : 27 B x R, R x B.
Black.
. •

B-Q3 Kt-B5
Kt-Q4
And, as a matter of fact, the
risk of massing pieces on the 27 • • Kt x B ; 28 P x Kt, P­
Q side when a K side attack B4 was much better.
is obviously commg is not
small. 28 B x Kt BP x B
29 B-Kt3 R-KB1
20 B-Kt1 Q-K2 30 P-Kt3 Kt-Kt3
2 I Q-R5 B x Kt
Kt--Q3 was stronger.
P-B3 seems the best move.
3 1 Kt-Kt5 Q-Q2
22 B x B P-Kt3
Position afte� Black's 31sl
There were numerous alter­ mova.
natives, such as 22 • • P-B3,
22 • • Kt--Q2 , 22 Kt-B5,
• •

or 22 • • P-R3, to be followed
by Kt-B5. The last is
Hoffer's suggestion . The
text-move is one usually
attended by danger in the
defence of the Queen's Gam­
bit Declined, though it has
a plausible look here.

23 Q-R6 P-B3
24 B-Kt3 KR-Q1 ?
32 Kt--Q6
Charousek at
once proves
the weakness of this. 24 • • The Knight has no means of
 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 91

getting away again, so that If 39 . . P-Kt7, 40 Q--R3 eh

Cha.rousek showed great con­ is immediately fatal.
fidence in ma.king this move.
40 Q--K3 R-B3
•P Q--Kt5 R-K3
33 P-� 42 Q-R4 eh R-R3
43 Q-Kt5
Now the disadvantage of
Black's P-KKt3 is obvious. No doubt the last two moves
But there were fair drawing of White were due to the
influence of the clock.
prospects, had Tchigorin con­
tinued 33 . . Kt-B1 and ex­ R-K3
changed Knights . 44 R x R QxR
45 B-K5 Q-Kt3
P-R5 ?
46 Q-J4ch Q-R3
34 P-R5 RP x P .
47 Q-K7 eh Resigns.
35 R x R Kt x R
36 P x P PxP There is a mate in three :-
37 Q x P ch Q-Kt2 47 . . K-Kt3 . . 48 Q-B7 eh,
38 Q x P ch K-R2 K-Kt.t ; 49 Q--B5 eh, K­
39 R-KI l Q-Q2 R5 ; 50 P-Kt3 mate.
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SECTION V

THE COLOGNE CONGRESS

A ugust 1898

IN addition to the games which follow, Charousek played games

v. Schifiers, August 2 (won) ;
v. Showalter, August 5 (won) ;
v. Steinitz, August 6 {lost) :
v. Cohn, August 9 (drawn) ; v.
Gottschall, August 12 (drawn) ; v. Burn, August 16 (drawn) ;
and v. Fritz, August 19 (won).
The prize-list was : I., A. Burn (ui) ; I I , III., and IV.,
.

R. Charousek, W. Cohn, and M. Tchigorin {1oi) ; V., W.

Steinitz (9i) : VI. and VII., C. Schlechter and J. W. Showalter
(9) ; VII I. , J. Berger (8) ; IX., D. Janowski (7t).

GAME 50 which White might have to­

wards castling on the Q side.
Cologne, August I, 1898
9 B-Kt3 P--Q&J
BISHOP'S OPENING 10 P--Q84 P-Kt5
I I Kt--QKt1 QKt-Q2
White : Black : 1 2 QKt-Q2 Kt-B4
13 Castles KR Kt x B
CHAROUSEK SCHALLOPP
14 Kt X Kt B-R3
I P-K4 P-K4
14 . . B-K3 was much better.
2 B-B4 Kt-KB3
15 Q-K1 Kt-K1
3 P-Q3 B-B4
4 Kt-QB3 P-Q3 1 5 . . Q-Kt3 would have kept
5 B-K3 BXB up the attack on the centre
Pawns.
This exchange is seldom good
16 Q-Kt3 P-Kt3
when one's opponent is the
1 7 R-B2 Kt-Kt2
better player.
18 QR-KBI P-KB4
6 PxB P-B3 Either too late-or else pre­
7 Q--K2 Castles mature I The advance leads
8 Kt-B3 P-QKt4 to loss of.the Pawn.

Checking any aspirations 19 Kt-� P-B5

 GIUOCO PIANO 93
Alapin suggests 19 Kt-14 :
. • Q-B4 and (when Black's
20 Q-R3, P-B5 ; 21 P­ Queen leaves the diagonal)
KKt3 (best), B-Bx ; 22 Q­ Q-K5. Black is helpless.
Kt:z, B-K3.
24 Kt x B Q-Kt3 eh
20 P X P PXP 25 Q-B2 Q x Q ch
26 K x Q
If now 20 . . Kt-R4. 2J P X P,
Kt x Q ; 22 R x R eh, Q x R ; Getting the King into the
22 R x Q eh, R x R : 23 P x centre as soon as possible.
Kt, and White has more than R x Kt
enough compensation for the 27 K-K3 K-Kt2
Exchange. 28 Kt-B3 Kt-B3
21 R x P RxR 29 Kt-Kt5 P-R3
22 Q x R Q-Bz ? 29 . . R-RI was the only
22 P-Kt4 is met by 23 Q­
• •
move to prolong the game.
B7 eh. But 22 . . Q-Q2 is 30 Kt-K6 eh K-B2
much better. 31 Kt-B5I P x Kt
Position after Black's 22nd All is over anyhow. If 3 1 • •
move. R-R1 or 2, 32 P-K5, P X
P ; 33 Kt-K4, &c.

32 P-K5 K-K3
33 R x Kt ch KxP
34 R x KtP Resigns .

GAME 51
Cologne, August 3, 1898
GIUOCO PIANO
White : Black :
CHAROUSEK SCHLECHTER
23 Kt-QB5 I Kt-14
I P-J4 P-K4
If 23 P-Kt4, 24 Q x KtP.
. • 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
P x Kt ; 25 Kt-B5, Q-Q2 ; 3 B-B4 B-B4
26 Kt-R6 eh, K-Rr ; 27 4 P-Q3 Kt-B3
R-B7, Q---5 -0 eh ; 28 K­ 5 Kt-B3 P-Q3
R1, Q x KtP ; 29 P-R3, 6 B-Kt5 P-KR3
and, in face of the threats 1 B-K3 BxB
94
Up to this the game is the
same (with a transposition)
as Charousek-Janowski, 5 7
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Knight if he wishes to dis­
lodge White's Queen ; for
after 26 Q-QB1 White is
. •

below. Janowski played the able to threaten 28 Kt-K7.

superior 7 • • B-Kt3.
Q-Q1
8 PxB Kt-QR4 26 Kt-K3 Q-QBr
9 B-Kt3 Kt x B 2 7 Kt-B5 B x Kt
10 RP x Kt Castles 28 R x B K-Kt1
I I Castles Kt-R2
1 2 Q---K 1 P-KB4 And now Black cannot shut
13 P x P BxP in the Queen by P-QKt3.
I4 Q---14 P-R3 because of 29 R-B7.

Black would have done better 29 Q-B2 Q-Q2

to accept White's offer of 30 P-R3 Q-K2
exchange of Queens, which 3 1 Q-R7
was doubtful policy.
Otherwise Black might play
I 5 Q---B4 eh K-r-Rt
3 1 . . R-KB1
16 Q-QKt4 R-QKh
1 7 R-B2 Kt-Kt.t Q-Q1
18 Kt x Kt Q x Kt 32 P-KK4 P-B4
19 QR-KB1 R-B2 33 K-R.2

If 19 Q x KP (, then 20 Kt­
33rd
. .

Position after White's

Q5, Q-R2 ; 2 I P-Q4, or
move.
20 • • Q-Kt4 ; 2 1 P-R4

20 Kt-QI

If 20 P-K4, B--R6 I It is
necessary first to enable the
Queen to return to the de­
fence.
Q-Kt3
2 1 P-K4 B--R6
22 Q-Q2 RxR
23 Q x R Q-Kt4
24 K-RI B-K3
25 Q-R7
Abandoned as a draw. White
This has the effect of forcing cannot extricate his Queen
Black to exchange Bishop for without expense on the Q side
 RUY LOPEZ 95
while Black cannot leave the move losing because of 1 I • •

hostile Queen where she is Kt--Q5 l White's best is 9

and tum his attention else­ P--Q4.
whither.
Castles
1 0 P-Q4 B-Kt5

Threatening 1 1 • • P--Q4 and

GAME 52
therefore forcing White's
Cologne. August 4. 1898 reply.
RUY LOPEZ
I I P-Q5 Kt-Kt1
1 2 P-R3 B-R4
White : Black :
1 3 P-Kt4 B-Kt3
ALBIN CHAROUSEK 1 4 B-B2 P-B3
I P-Kt P-}4
Again forcing White's reply.
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
and compelling him choose
3 l>-Kt5 P-QR3
between sacrificing a Pawn
4 l>-&J Kt-B3
(which he rightly does) and,
5 Q-K2
by 16 P-Kt4, giving him­
A rarely played variation, to self a hopeless Pawn-position.
which 5 . . P-QKt4 ; 6 B­
Kt3. B-B4 is the most 15 P x P QKt x P
usual answer. The line 16 Kt-R4 BxP
adopted by Charousek here 17 BxB Kt x B
was followed by Rotlevi 18 Q x Kt P-Q4
against Aljechin at Carlsbad, 19 Q-Kt2 B x Kt
1911. 20 P-Kt5 P-K5 !

B-K2 Soas to be able to meet 2 1

6 P-B3 P-QKt4 Q-Kt4 with Kt-K4.
7 B-Kt3
2 1 B-B4 P-B3
Aljechin played 7 B-B2 2 2 P-Kt6

The ingenious Roumanian

8 P-QR.t plays with his accustomed
9 P-R5 dash.

This is not good. Nor is

9 P x P. P x P ; 10 R x R, 23 P x P eh·
Q x R ; 1 1 Q x P-the last 24 Castles
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25 B-K3 Kt-B6 eh 46 K-Q2 Q-K4
29 K-R1 R-B2 47 K-B2 PxP
27 R-Q1 BxB 48 P x P
28 PxB P-Kt3
29 Kt-Q2 Kt-K4 Position afteY White's 48th
30 Q-Kt3 RxP move.
31 K-Kt2 RxP
32 R-RI RxR
33 R x R eh K-Kt2
34 Kt-Kt3 R-B1
35 Q-14 Q-Q2
36 Kt-Q4 R-KKt1
37 Q-B4 Kt-B2
38 Q-B7

Though sensational in appear­

ance, this move has as much
solid value as any at White,s
command. It is not a mere P-Q5 t
' twopenny trap, ' in the lan­
guage of the old school. This brings matters to a
conclusion.
R-Qr
49 KP x P
39 Q-Kt6
He cannot yet take the
Not 39 Q x Q, R x Q ; 40 RP, the threat of R-R7 eh
Kt-K6 eh, K-Ktr ; 4 I R­ being still on.
Q1, Kt-K4 I ; 42 Kt-B4,
P-Kt4 ; 43 Kt x P, K-Bz l 50 K-BI Q-R7
(Deutsche Schaclizei'tung). 51 Q-Kt7 P-K6
52 Q-Kt2 QxP
Q-Kt5 eh 53 Q-Kt3 R-KB3
R-Q3 Charousek gives his opponent
Q-Q2 no chance of 53 . . R-Kt3 ;
Stopping the threat 43 R­ 54 R-R7 eh, K x R ; 55
R7 ch I Q x Kt eh, K-R3 ; 56 Q­
B8 eh, prqlonging the game
42 Q-Kt8 P-B4 considerably.
-43 K-KI Q-Q1
54 R-BI R-Kt3
44 Q-R7 Q-B3
45 Kt-K:i P-Kt5 l White resigns.
 CARO-KANN DEFENCE 97
GAME 58 7 P-KR.t P-KR3
Cologne, A ugus' 8, 1898 8 B-Q3 BxB
9 Qx B Kt-Q2
White : Black : lo B-B4 KKt-B3
CHAROUSEK TCHIGORIN I I Castles QR Q-&t.
1 2 K-KtI Castles
1 3 Kt-Br
White's superiority in devel­
opment must be consider­
able if he can afford to spend
two moves in bringing this
Knight over to the Q side.
B-K2
14 Kt(B1)-Q2 Kt-B4
Kt-Q4-B5 is the natural
line. Von Popiel embarks,
instead, on a very elaborate
J'he game was adjourned
combination, which Charou­
in this position, Charousek
sek demolishes in his most
sealing the move K-Bs .
elegant and logical manner.
The result was a draw, Black
being unable to accomplish 15 Q-K2 Kt-Q4
anything with his two extra 16 P x Kt Kt x B
Pawns. 1 7 Q-K4 Kt-Q4
1 8 Kt-K5 KR-B1
19 Kt x KBP
GAME 54
Cologne, August lo, 1898 Position after White's 19th
nwve.
CARO-KANN DEFENCE
White : Black :
CHAROUSEK VoN POPIEL
I P-K4 P-QB3
2 P-Q4 P-Q4
3 Kt-QB3 P x P
4 Kt x P B-B4
This is an old continuation,
now generally abandoned in
favour of Kt-B3.
5 Kt-Kt3 B-Kt3
6 Kt-B3 P-K3
B
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Not, of course, R x Kt because 34 K-B:z P-QKt3
of 20 Q x P eh. The text­ 35 K-Q3 P-14
move is the key of Black's 36 P-R4 K-Q2
combination ; he cannot have 37 P-B3 K-Q3
seen the full force of White's 38 R-QKt1 K-B2
reply. 39 P-B4 K-B3
20 Kt-B4 J Kt-B6 eh 40 R-Kt5 B-K2
2 I P x Kt Q x P(B6) 41 P-KB5 P x P ch
22 Kt(B7)-K5 R-Q4 42 KxP PxP
43 R x BP B-B3
If 22 . . Q-Kt5 eh, 23 K-Bt, 44 P-B4 K-Q3
Q x P (not BX Kt, because 45 R-QKt5 K-B3
of 24 Kt-Q6 eh) ; 24 Kt­ 46 P-B5 B-Kt4
KKt6, KR-K1 ; 25 R x R 47 R-K5 ) B--B3
eh, R x R ; 26 Q X KP eh, 48 R-K6 eh K-B2
and all is over. 49 K-Kt5 B-Q5
23 RxR BP x R 50 R-B6 eh K-Q2
24 Q-B3 l Q-Kt5 ch If 50 . . K-Kt2 White can
25 Kt-Kt2 Q x Kt ch make the same reply as in
26 KxQ B x Kt ch the actual game, and where­
27 K-Kt3 RxQ ever the Bishop goes, he can
28 PxR B-Q5 be cut off from Qs next move.
E.g., 51 R-B4, B-Kt7 ; 52
The end of Black's combina
R-K4, B-B3 ; 53 R-K6,
tion is that he is the Exchange
B-Q5 ; 54 R-Q6, &c.
down ; and he cannot even
venture to pick up a Pawn S I R-B4 B-B4
with bis Bishop, for fear of 52 R-KKt4 K-K2
letting White's Rook into 53 R x P ch K-B3
bis defences. 54 R-Kt6 ch K x P
55 R x RP Resigns.
29 R-KKtI K-Qz
30 P-B3 B-B3
31 P-R5 K-B3 GAME 65
32 P-KB4 Cologne, A ugust 15, 1 898
__

Now White must lose a VIENNA GAME

Pawn ; but he bas the win
well in band. His method White : Black :
is admirable. CHAROUSEK HEINRICHSEN
KxP I P-K4 P-K4
33 R-KI K-Q3 2 Kt-QB3 Kt-QB3
 VIENNA GAME 99
Kt-B3 for the Bishop at B2, was
B-Kt5 stronger.

This is considered Black's 1 4 Q-R4

best defence. 15 QR-K1
1 6 Q-Kt3
5 Kt-K2 P-Q4
6 PxP Kt x P Not 16 Kt-B2 ; 1 7 B­
. •

7 Castles B-K3 B6, P-KKt3 ; 18 Q-B4,

when White must win.
The alternative is 7 . . Kt x
17 P-K!4 K-B1
Kt ; 8 P x Kt, B-K2, which
18 P-R5 P-KR3
seems better, because Black
19 B-KB4 Kt x B
has to play B-K2 anyhow,
20 Q x Kt B-K3
with a difficult game.
21 BXB RxB
8 Kt-K4 B-K2
9 B-Kt3
Position aftet' Black's 2rs'
move.
Otherwise Black would gain
a considerable advantage by

P-B4.
Kt-Q5

The Deutsche Schachzei'tung,

Oct. 1898, suggests in�tcad
9 . . P-B4 ; IO QKt-B3,
Kt X Kt ; 1 1 Kt X Kt, B X B ;
12 RP x B, Castles.

10 Kt x Kt P x Kt
I I Q--R5 Castles
1 2 Kt-Kt5 B x Kt 22 Q-B5 I

A better course was 12 . •

Kt-B3 ; 1 3 Kt x B, Kt x Q ;
14 Kt X Q, QR x Kt, when
White's Bishops would not
have had so much induence
on the game.
The importance of this move
soon becomes apparent. A
superficial inspection might
lead one to put the game down
as a draw after White's two
Bishops disappear.

13 B x B Q-Q2 R-B1
23 R-K4 K-KtI
13 • . P-KB3, making room 24 KR-K1 R-Kz
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If 24 . . R x R ; 2 5 Q x Q, GAME 66
R x R eh ; 26 K-R2, White
Cologne. August 17, 1898
wins through the weakness
of Black's Pawns. FALKBEER COUNTER
GAMBIT
25 Q x Q RxQ
26 R-K8 eh RxR White : Blaek :
27 R x R ch K-R2 CHAROUSEK BERGER
28 K-R2 P-KKt3
29 K-Kt3 K-Kt2 I P-K4 P-K4
2 P-KB4 P-Q4
Not 29 . . P x P, because 30 R 3 KP x P P-K5
-1{5 wins back the Pawn, 4 P-Q3 Kt-KB3
and Black's K side is broken See Ga.me 18.
up.
5 Q-K2 QxP
30 K-B4 K-B3 6 Kt-Q2
31 R-K5 P-Kt3
As played by Charousek in
32 K-14 R-Q3
Game 30. Better is 6 Kt­
QB3. as in Game 43.
Now if 32 • • P x P, 33 R x P,
R-K2 eh ; 34 K-B3. and B-KB4
again Black's K side position 7 PxP BxP
is against him. 8 P-KKt4 Q-K3

33 P-KB4 R-K3 For B B-K2 l see Game

• •

30. Berger. in a note to the

This hastens the end. After present game, gives as doubt­
33 . . P-KKt4 ; 34 R-K8, ful 8 . . Kt-B3 ; 9 B-Kt2.
White wins, but less quickly. Castles ; lo Kt X B, R-K1 ;
I I P-B4, while 10 Kt­ • •

34 P x P PxP Q5 ; I I Kt x Kt. Q-R4 eh

' 35 K-Q5 R x R eh is too complicated.
36 P x R eh K-K2
9 P-B5 Q-Kz
37 P-QKt4 l Resigns.
10 Kt x B Q x Kt
I I Q x Q eh Kt x Q
If 37 . . P x P, 38 K x P,
1 2 B-Kt2 Kt-Q3
followed by K-K4 and P­
1 3 B-B4 Kt-Q2
Q4. And if 3 7 . . P-KRt.
14 Castles
38 P X P, and after winning
the QP White goes back to If 14 B x Kt, B x B ; 15
stop Blaek's K side Pawns. B X P, R--QKt1 ; 16 B-Qs,
 TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENCE (GIUOCO PIANO) :roI
B-�, with advantage to GAME 67
Black.
Cologne, August 18, 1898
Castles
15 Kt-B3 P-KR.4 TWO KNIGHTS'
16 Kt-Kt5 P-KB3 DEFENCE
1 7 Kt-K6 (GIUOCO PIANO)
If 17 B x Kt, says Berger,
White : Black :
P x Kt ; 18 B x B, KR x B ;
, CHAROUSEK JANOWSKI
19 P x P, P-Kt5 .
R-KI I P-J4 P-K4
18 P-KR3 Kt-K.J 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
19 B x Kt PxB 3 B--B4 Kt-B3
20 KR-K1 PxP 4 P-Q3
21 PxP R-R5 Compare Games 4 and 6,
22 B--B3 which diverged from this
A better move seems to be game with 5 P-B3.
22 R x P. and if R x P, B-B4
23 B-R3. 5 Kt-B3 P-Q3
P-KKt3 6 B--KKt5 P-KR3
23 Kt x B 7 B-K3 B--Kt3
Now if 23 R x P, P x P ; 24 See Game 5 1 for 7 B X B.
P x P, B--R3 eh ; 25 K-Ktr,
8 Q-Qz B-Kt5
Kt x P, and White s advan­
9 Castles QR B-QR4
'

tage has gone.

R x Kt Threatening lo Q B x Kt ; 1 1
• •

24 P x P ? P X B, Kt-Q5, which White

accordingly has to prevent.
A blunder. 24 R-RI would
have been an embarrassing 10 Q--K2 Q-Qz
move for Black to meet.
II Kt-Q5 Kt x Kt
12 B x Kt Kt-K2
RXB 13 B--Kt3 P--QB4
White resigns. 14 P-B3 B-K3
15 Kt-Qz P-QKt4
If 25 P-Kt7, R X P ; 26 16 P-KB4 B--Kt3
R-Kt1, R (B6)-KKt6. The 17 BxB QxB
last move is apparently what 18 K-Ktr PxP
Charousek overlooked. 19 B x KBP Castles KR
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20 P-KKt4 P-QR4 29 Q-B3 Kt-B5
2 1 P-l{t5 P-14 30 K x P Q-Q2
2 2 P-B4 31 Q--Kt3 Q-R6

If 22 Q x P, P-B5 1 If Kt x P, 32 R x Kt. Q x R ;
33 Q x Q, RXQ ; 34 P­
P-QR5
QKt6.
23 KR-K1 I P-R6
24 BP x P PxP 32 B-Q6 Kt-K3
25 Kt-B4 B-R4 33 Q--Kt4 Kt-Q5
34 P-QKt6 Kt-B3
But for White's 2 3rd move, 35 Q-B5 Q-Q2
Black could now have played 36 P-Kt6 PxP
25 P-Q4, winning. As it
• .
37 B-B7 R-KB1
is, he pays dearly for the 38 Q-Q5 eh QxQ
exchange. 39 P x Q Kt-QI
40 K-Kt3 Kt-Kt2
26 B x P BxR
4 1 P-QR4 R-B4
27 QxB KR-Qr
42 B-K5 K-BI
28 B x P Kt-Kt3
43 K-Kt4 K-K2
With 2 8 . . KR x P ; 2 9 R x R. 44 R-QRI KR-BI
Q x Kt ; 30 R-QR3, R x R ; 45 R-KKtI K-B2
3 1 B x R. Q--Q6 eh ; 3 2 46 R-BI eh K-K2
K x P, Q x P eh, Black had 47 R x R RXR
drawing chances. 48 P-R5 Resigns.
 PART II

MATCH GAMES

As has been stated in the biographical introduction, we only

have (at present) certain knowledge of three matches in which
Charousek took part : (1) a. match v. Professor G. Exner
at Budapest in 1896 ; (2) a match v. Geza Maroczy at Buda­
pest in 1897 ; and (3) the quadrangular contest, practically a
small four-round tournament, also at Budapest, December
1 897-January 1898, in which he met Maroczy, Exner, and
A. Havasi. But there are a number of games which cannot
be referred to any of these matches, yet have been published
as ' match-games,' notably in The Field chess column under
the editorship of the late Leopold Hoffer. From these it
would appear that Charousek engaged in an earlier match with
Maroczy, and also in one or more against the Hungarian master
Gyula. Ma.kovetz. Even without the authority of Hoffer {who
had Charousek's manuscript record of his games to draw upon)
such matches would be probable, though they may not have
been of a formal character. In time, perhaps, we shall be
able to discover the facts.
It must be noted that we have not many games from the
known matches ; for there were ten with Exner in 1896,
fourteen with Maroczy in 1 897, and twelve (four against each of
the other players) in the quadrangular m.atch. Nor have we
many, even including the extra match-games referred to
above. The first six games in Part IV, however, and possibly
some others in the same section of the book, may be matc�­
�a�es!
104 MATCH GA.\fES
GAME 58 Black would appear to have
Budapest, i 895
hoped, when he made his
6th move, that White would
QUEEN'S PAWN GAME now play 9 P X Kt. But
(KING'S FIANCHETTO 1'faroczy finds a better
DEFENCE) line.

White : Black : 9 B-Kt5 eh KKt-Q2

MAROCZY CHAROUSEK 1 0 B-Kt5 P-B3
II PxP BxP
I P-Q4 P-KKt3 12 BxB QxB
2 P-K4 P-Q3 1 3 Q-B2 Q-Kt3
Pillsbury once said of this 14 Kt-R3 P-QR3
that it is • perhaps the least 15 B-B4 Kt-B3
objectionable of the Fian­ 16 Castles QR B-Q2
chetto openings,' with which 17 Kt-K5 B-K3
faint praise we may leave
The defence is admirable, in
it damned. :Mason tried it
a very difficult position.
against Marco at Hastings,
1895, though in that game 18 P-QKt4 QKt x P
White's first two moves were 19 KR-Kr R-Q1
reversed. The combination 20 R x R ch KxR
of the two moves is the 2 1 R x Kt Kt x R
' Indian Defence,' properly 22 Q X Kt Q--Kt8 eh
styled, having been a favour­ 23 K-Kt2 Q-B7 eh
ite with John Cochrane's 24 Kt-B2 BxB
celebrated Indian opponent, 25 Q x B K-BI
Moheschunder. See, for in­ 26 Q-K6 eh K-Kh
City
stance, a game in the 27 Kt-Q7 eh K-R1
of London Chess Magazine, 28 Q-Q5 Q-B4
March 1874, p. 39· 29 Kt-K3 QxQ

3 P-KB4 As he could not legitimately

P-QB3 at once is more usual. hope for a win, Black might
as well have played 29 . .
B-Kt2 Q-KB7 ch.
- 4 Kt-KB3 Kt-Q2
5 B-Q3 P-K4 30 Kt x Q R-Q1
6 P-B3 KKt-B3 3 1 Kt(Q5)-B6 P-Kt3
7 BP x P PxP 32 P-B4 K-Ktz
� PxP Kt-B4 33 K-B3 K-B:i
 EVANS GAMBIT
Position after Black's 33rd and once more Black's moves
movs. will be exhausted.
White took 2 h. 20 m., Black
I h. 20 m.

GAME 59
Budapest, 1895
EVANS GAMBIT

White : Black :
�UROCZY CHAR OUSEK
I P-K4 P-K4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
34 K-Q4
3 B-B4 B-B4
Beautifully calculated - 4 P-QKt4 BxP
White gives up the two 5 P-B3 B-R4
Knights for the Rook, to 6 P-Q.4 PxP
win by virtue of the opposi­ 7 Castles B--Kt3
tion. 8 PxP P-Q3
9 P-Q5 Kt-R4
R x Kt ch 10 B-Kt2 Kt-K2
35 Kt x R K x Kt II B-Q3 Castles
36 K-Q5 P-QRt 12 Kt-B3 Kt-Kt3
36 . . P-B3 eh ; 37 K-K5,
If 13 Kt-K2 P-QB4
K-K2 ; 38 P-QR4, Black 14 R-B1 P-B3
has ultimately to lose the 15 Q -Q2 R-Kt1
opposition again. The variation is an old and
well-known one, in which
37 P x P PxP
the balance of advantage
And now37 . . P-B3 eh ; 38 is with White. Here it is
K-K5, P x P ; 39 P-B5, more usual to play B-B2
K-K2 ; 40 P-QR4, leads at once, after which Black
to the same result. may, if he likes, proceed with
P-QR3 and P-Kt4.
38 K-B5 P-B3
16 Kt-Kt3 B-Bz
39 K-Kt6 K-Q3
1 7 Kt-B5 P-Kt4
40 P-B5 eh Resigns.
1 8 K-R1 P-B5
For if K-Q1. 41 P-QRf, 19 B-Kt1 ?
106 MATCH GAMES
He should have played B­ Q x R eh
K2, to prevent Bla.ck's power­ 41 KxQ PxR
ful P-Kt5. 42 P-K5 QP X P
P-Kt5 43 P-Q6 R-Kt2 ch
20 B-Q4 B-R3 44 K-B2 QR-Q2
21 KR-Kr P-B6 45 Q-Q3 K-R2
22 Q-Qr Kt-QB5 46 Q--Q5 P-R5
47 Q-B6 R-R2
Black bas now very much 48 K-K3 P-Kt6
the better of the game. If 49 PxP P-R6
23 B X RP, Kt-Kt7 ; 24 50 QxP P-R7
Q-Kt3, R-R r ; 25 B-Q4, 51 Q--R 1 K-R1
B-B5 ; 26 Q-B2, Kt­ 52 K-B2 KR-Q2
Q6, winning the Exchange 53 P-B4 RxP
(Hoffer) . 54 PxP R-Q8
23 KKt-� Kt x Kt 55 QxR P-R8(Q)
24 Kt x Kt B-Kt3 56 �Sch K-R2
25 Kt-B5 B--B1 57 QxP R-R7 ch
26 P-Kt4 B x Kt
27 KtP x B Kt-Q7 White resigns.
28 B-K3 BxB
29 RxB Kt x B
30 R x Kt Q-Bz
31 Q-B2 Q-B5 GAME 60
32 R-KKt3 KR-B1 Budapest, 1895
33 P-K&J P--Q&J
34 P-B3 Q-Qs HUNGARIAN DEFENCE
35 QR-Kt1 R-Kt2
White : Black :
36 Q-KKt2 KR-B2
CHAROUS EX MAROCZY
After this White is forced
to return to the defence and I P-K4 P-K4
stop P-B7. 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
37 Q-QB2 3 B-B4 B-K2
38 P-R5 4 P-B3
39 R-Kt6
In a game against �fakovetz,
40 R x BP
of which the first 20 moves
This loses ; but White has only are given in C.C., 128,
no resource against the threat col. 2, Charousek played the
of P-R5 and P-J{t61 s�ron�er 4 P-Q4· Here �e
 HUNGARIAN DEFENCE 107

develops on Giuoco Piano (or 22 P-R5 P-R3

Pianissimo) lines. 23 K-B1
Kt-B3 Removing the King out of
5 P-Q3 P-Q3 the way of possible diagonal
. checks.
6 B-Kt3
Q-Q3
As he has not played P-Q4,
24 Kt-R2 Kt-Q2
he bas now to guard against
25 Kt-Kt4 Kt-KB3
Kt-Q&t if he wishes to
26 B-R3 Kt x Kt
preserve the Bishop. 27 Q x Kt Q-KB3
Castles 28 R-KtI Kt-R3
7 P-KR3 P-Q4 29 BXB RxB
8 Q-K2 Q-Q3 30 R-R2 K-Rr
9 QKt-Q2 B-K3 31 P-B4 Kt-B4
IO B-B2 QR-QI
Position after Black's 3ut
I I Kt-BI KR-K1
move.
12 P-KKt4 Kt-Q2
13 Kt-Kt3 P-Q5
1 4 P-B4 Kt-Kt3
15 P-Kt3 P-QR.J
16 P-QI4 Kt-Kt5
1 7 B-KtI Kt-Q2
18 Kt-B5 B x Kt

Black plays boldly in opening

the KKt's file ; but he has
plenty of force available for
the defence.

19 KtP x B 32 R-KB2 I R-KKtI

20 Q-Q1
If Ktx KtP, 33 P x P, Q x
If he protects the KtP with KP ; 34 B-B2, Kt-B4 ;
B-B2, Black may continue 35 P-B6, R-KKt x ; 36 R
20 Kt(Kt5) X P eh ; 2 I B x
• • -B5, with a. winning attack.
Kt, Kt X KtP, with a pros­ Maroczy, however, avoids this
pect of a third Pa\vn for his and defends himself excel­
piece. lently.
B-B1 33 B--B2 R-Q3
Q-QKt3 34 Q-Kt3 Kt-. Qz
108 MATCH GAMES
35 Q-R2 PxP GAME 61
36 Q x P Q-K4 Budapest, 1 895
37 Q x Q Kt x Q
QUEEN'S GAMBIT
White could not well refuse DECLINED
the exchange of Queens ; but
White : Black :
after it the open :file is of
MAROCZY CHAROUSEK
little use to him, and he bas
to change his tactics. I P-Q4 P-Q4
2 P-QB4 P-K3
38 K-K2 R-QKt3 3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3
39 R(B2 )-Kt2 P-KB3 4 B-Kt5 QKt-Q2
40 R-QR1 R-Kt5 5 Kt-B3 B-Kz
41 R(Kt2}-Kt1 P-B3 6 P-K3 Castles
42 R (Kt1)-QB1 R-RI 7 R-BI P-B3
43 K-Q2 Kt-Kt5
The logical reply to White's
44 R-QRI Kt-K4
last move.
Though the Knight could not
8 B-Q3 PxP
have been dislodged from
K6, yet it could have exer­ The same remark applies
cised but little induence again.
there, and had no means of 9 BxP P-QK4
retreat.
But this cannot be good,
45 R(Kh)-QB1 Kt-B6 eh with the QBP left weak, the
46 K-K2 Kt-K4 opportunity for developing
47 K-Q2 K-KtI B to Ktz not being sufficient
48 B-Q1 K-BI compensation. Showalter
49 R-R2 K-K2 played the same move in
50 K-Bz P-QKt4 a match-game against Pills­
5 1 BP x P PxP bury. 9 . . l{t-Q4. as in
52 K-Q2 PxP Steinitz-Lasker, 18th match­
53 R x P RxR game, I 894, keeps the position
54 P x R K-Q3 quite level.
55 R-Kt1 Kt-B3
IO B-Q3 B-Kt2
56 R-Kt7 R-R2
57 R-Rt5 K-B2 Showalter, in the game men­
58 B-Kt3 R-Kt2 tioned above, played 10 . . P­
QR3, and then (after 10
Drawn. Castles) P-B4, getting rid
 FRENCH DEFENCE tog
of the Pawn weakness before White can now play P-R7,
playing B--Kt2. But Pills­ followed by the entry of the
bury might have adopted King into the game, winning
Maroczy's plan of B x Kt and speedily.
Kt-K.J to prevent that.
11 Castles P-QR3
12 B x Kt Kt x B GAME 62
13 Kt-K4 Kt-Q2 Budapest, 1895
14 Q-Kt3 R-BI
15 KR-Qr P-QB4 FRENCH DEFENCE
Losing the Pawn ; but Black White : Blaek :
has anyhow a bad game. CHAROUSEK MAROCZY
16 P x P Q-B2 I P-K4 P-K3
Of course he cannot recapture 2 P-Q4 P-Q4
at once. Nor yet can he 3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3
play 16 . . B x Kt ; 17 B x B, 4 B--KKt5 B--K2
B x P, because of 18 Kt-K5. 5 P-K5 KKt-Q2
6 BxB QxB
1 7 Q-R3 l P-B4 7 Kt-Kt5 Q-Qr
Not Kt or B x P, because of This move, Kt-Kt3, and
18 P-QKt4. Kt-B1 have all been called
18 QKt-Q2 P-14 the best move by various
19 B--B r B-QB3 masters ; and Alapin has
20 P-QKt4 P-QR4 even made the same claim
21 QXP QxQ for 7 . . K-Qt .
22 PxQ P-K5 8 P-QB3 P-QR3
23 Kt--Q4 Kt x P P-QB4
9 Kt-QR3
24 Kt x B R x Kt 10 Kt-B2 Kt-QB3
25 BxP QR-B1 I I P-KB4 Castles
26 Kt-Kt3 P-Kt3 P-QKt4
12 Kt-B3
27 Kt-Q4 Kt-Q6
28 B-B4 eh K-R1 P-B3 seems best here.
29 B x Kt PxB White's next move stops
30 K-Br RXR that manceuvre, for 13 . .
31 RxR B-Kt5 P-B3 would be answered
32 R-Q I P-Q7 by 14 P-B5 1 After White's
33 Kt-B6 B-B6 Kt-K3, in fact, Black is
34 P-R6 Resigns practically forced to advance
IIO MATCH GAMES
the KBP two squares, thus of time. Charousek prefers
cutting his KKt off from an ingenious counter-sacrifice,
action on the K side. which, like his opponent's
combination, has a flaw.
13 Kt-K3 P-B4
14 B---Q3 Q-K2 Kt-Kt7
15 Castles Kt-Kt3 24 B X BP PxB
16 P-KKt4 25 Kt-K3 Kt-B5
26 P x Kt
Now White has a big majority
of pieces on his right wing If 26 Kt x QP, Kt X QP, and
and attacks vigorously. Black wins. 26 Kt x BP is
.
P-Kt3 more difficult to meet. But
KtP x P after Q-K3 ; 27 P x Kt,
1 7 KtP x P
PxP Q x Kt ; 28 P x P, Kt x QP ;
1 8 K-RI
29 Kt x Kt, B x P eh, how
19 P x P K-Rl
is White to save the situa­
20 R-KKt1 Kt-B5
tion ?
2 1 Q-K2 B-Kt2
R-KKtt l ? Kt x QP I
22 P-Kt3
The move which spoils the
Position after Black's 22nd game for White, though it
move. will be seen that he need not
have lost.
27 Kt x Kt P x P dis. eh
28 Kt-B3 Q-R5
29 P-K6 Q-B3
He must prevent Q-Kt2 eh.
30 Kt-Kt2
30 Kt X KBP might have
been played, as Black cannot
recapture. The reply, how·
ever, is 30 P-B6, and if
• •

23 Kt-B2 3 1 Kt-Kt3, Q x BP.

If 23 P x Kt, QP x P wins. QR-Kx
23 Kt-Kt2, however, is 31 Kt-Kt5 P-R3
sounder than the text-move, 32 Kt-B7 eh K-Rz
Black having then no option 33 QR-K1 R x Kt
but to retire his Knight and 34 RxR R-KKt1
forgo his sacrifice, with loss 35 Kt-Kts eh P x Kt
 ENGLISH OPENING lit

36 P-K7 B x R eh pretty play. It occupied

37 QxB R-K1 eight hours and a half, of
38 PxP Q-Q3 which Charousek took ten
39 Q-R3 eh K-Kt2 minutes less than his op­
40 QXP ponent.

40 Q--R5 (and if R x P,
41 Q-R6 eh, Q x Q ; 42
GAME 63
R x R eh and wins) is upset
by the fact that Black can Budapest, 1895
check. ENGLISH OPENING
RxP
4 1 R-KB1 R-Qz White : Black :
42 R-B3 Q-Kz MAROCZY CHAROUSEK
43 P-KR4 R-Q7
44 Q-B4 R-Q6 I P-QB4 P-K4
45 R-Bz This allows White to have
If 45 R x R, Q-K8 eh ; 46 the Sicilian Defence with a
K-Kt2, Q-K7 eh ; 47 Q­ move in hand.
B2, Q x R, and a draw is 2 Kt--QB3 Kt-KB3
unavoidable. White plays to 3 P-KKt3 P-KKt3
win.
Q-Kt2 eh �K2 and B-Kt5 have
46 K-R2 Q--K2 been tried in this position,
47 P-R5 Q-Q3 the former by Lasker in a
48 Q x Q RxQ fine game against Tartakover,
Petrograd, 191 I .
Now Black wins the end
game through the superior 4 B-Kt2 B--Kt2
position of his King. 5 P--Q3 P-Q3
6 Kt-B3 Kt-B3
49 K-Kt3 P-B6 7 Castles Castles
50 K-Kt4 R-QB3 8 B-Q2 Kt-K2
51 P-R6 ch K-Kt3 9 P-QKt4 P-B3
52 R-Rz P-B7 IO P-KR3 Kt-K1
53 P-R7 R-B5 ch I I R-Ktt P-KB4
54 K-B3 P-BS(Q) 1 2 <;}-BI P-Q4
White resigns . 13 P x P Kt x P
If the Pawn queens, Black After this White gets a
has a forced mate. A most slight pull . Therefore 13 . .
interesting game, full of PxP seems better, and if
tI2 MATCH GAMES
1 4 B-Kt5. B-K3. It is 30 R x R R-B5
no use for White to proceed 3 1 P-R5 R-BB ch
15 B x Kt, Q x B ; 16 Kt­
KKt5. because of 16 . • B-R3. Inferior to R-R5 . See next
note.
14 P-Kt5 B-Q2
15 Kt x Kt P x Kt 32 K-R2 R-R8
1 6 Q-B5 Q-Kt3 I 3 3 R-B2 RxP
17 B-Kt4 34 R-B7 eh K-B3
35 R x P B-B5
t7 Q x Q would be disad­ 36 P-Kt6 P-R3
vantageous to White, in spite 37 .R-B7 B-Q6
of Black's doubled Pawns.
38 P-Kt7 R-Kt4
while 1 7 Q X P eh would 39 R-B6 eh K-Kt2
clearly lose the Queen by 40 R x P
B-K3.
P-K5 Now, as Hoffer points out.
18 P x P if Black had not checked on
QP x P
move 3 1 and White's King,
19 Kt-Kt5 QxQ
therefore. still stood on KtI.
The only way to break White could not make this.
White's attack. capture without losing his
20 B x Q P-KR3 Rook.1
2 1 KR-Q1 Kt-B3 RxP
22 B-K7 ? 41 R-R 1 R-Kt7
42 K-Kt 1 K-R3
Maroczy's one weak move in
the game. By 22 B x R, Drawn.
BxB ; 23 R x B. Kt x R ;
24 Kt-K6 he had at any
rate none the worst of it. GAME 64
P x Kt Budapest, 1895
23 B x Kt B--K3
INVERTED HUNGARIAN
24 B x B KxB
25 P---QR4 KR-B x White : Black :
26 R-Kt4 R-B7
MAR OCZY CHAROUSEK
27 P-K3 QR-QBI
28 QR-Q4 R-R7
29 KR-Qz RxR

1 White would therefore hllve been forc.cd to R-Rs,

play differently aga.illst 31 • •

though there seems no plausible alternative. E.f., 32 R-Q6, K-B2 ; u

P-R6.
P )( P ; 34 P x P (if 34 R x P, R >< R ; 3S P x R, B-Bs ; 36 B-B1 7, B x B ;
S7 K x B, K-K3 and wiAs), K-Ka must end in the )(15! of White's ORP,
 l{BP (BIRD'S) OPENING II3
An opening more rare than If K x B, 20 Q-Kt4 eh, Q x
attractive. Blackburne has Q (K-RI ; 2 1 Q x Q, B x
been known to play it. Q; 22 R x B) ; 21 Rx
B eh, K-Kt1 ; 2 2 Kt x Q,
Kt-KB3
and Black must win.
3 P-Q3 Kt-B3
RxR
4 Kt-QB3 B-Kt5
20 B-Q3 B-R6
The game is now a kind
White resigns.
of Lopez (Steinitz Defence),
with the colours changed There was still a fight left,
and the defending party a though there could be no
move in hand. reasonable doubt of the result.
If, e.g., 2 1 B x Kt ch, K x B ;
S Kt-B3 P-Q3 22 Q-Q3 eh, B-B4. And
6 Castles Castles if White does not capture the
7 B-Kt5 ? P-KR3 Knight, it comes into action
8 B-Q2 Kt-K2 with great effect at Kt4.
9 Q-B1 Kt-Rz
IO P-Q4
White tries to break the GAME 65
force of Black's obviously Budapest, 1895
impending attack.
KBP (BIRD'S) OPENING
P-KB4
I I KP x P White : Blaok :
MAROCZY CHAROUSRK
If r I QP x P, B x Kt ; 12
B x B, BP x P ; 13 Kt-Q2, I P-KB4 P-Q4
P-Q4 + 2 P-K3 P-KKt3

B x Kt The object of this move is

12 BxB P-Ks to prevent White getting an
IJ Kt-.R4 Kt x P immediate attack by P­
14 Kt x Kt B x Kt QKt3, B-Kt2, and B-Q3,
15 P-Q5 Q-Rs which was Bird's favourite
16 P-B3 plan. But when, in reply
to the Fianchetto, White de­
Why not Q-K3 ? velops on stonewall lines,
QR-K1 as here, Black's KB has very
17 P x P BxP little scope.
18 Q-Q2 B x KtP 3 Kt-KB3 B-Ktz
19 R x R ch 4 P-Q<J
l
II4 MATCH GAMES
Bird played this move against Position afte� White's 15th
Lee in the B.C.A. tournament move.
in London, 1892-the game
for which Lee was awarded
the brilliancy prize.
Kt-KB3

Lee played 4 . . Kt-Q2, and

after 5 P-B4, P-K3 ; 6
Kt-B3, KKt-B3 ; 7 P­
QKt3, the games diverged,
though a curious similarity in
the positions persisted into
the middle-game. Q-K2
P-K3 16 Q-B3 Q-K3
5 P-B4
6 Kt-B3 P-Kt3 Now if 16 . . Kt x P, 1 7 P x Kt,
7 B-Q2 B-Kt2 P-Qs ; 1 8 Kt-Q5 Q­ ,

8 PxP PxP Q2 ; 1 9 Kt-B6 eh and wins.

1 7 Q-Kt3 QR-Br
Unless Kt-K5 is intended
1 8 Kt-Kz Q-K2
later, there seems no very
good reason for thus blocking 1 8 P-B5 leaves little hope
• •

in the QB also. of getting the QB into play

again.
9 R-Br P-QR3
1 9 Kt-B4 KR-Q1
JO B-Q3 QKt-Q2
zo P-KR4 Kt-B1
1 1 Castles Castles P-KKt4
2 1 P-R5
12 P-KR3 P-B4
13 Kt-K5 Kt x Kt Kt-K3 was better.
22 P-R6 I B x RP
Hoffer suggests 13 • • Px P ; 23 Kt-R5 Kt-Kt3
14 P x P, Kt-K5. 24 Kt-B6 eh K-Kt2
25 R-B5 R-B2
x.� BP x Kt Kt-Q2
26 QR-Bx B-Br
x 5 Q-K4 27 Kt-Kt4 BxR
If Q-B3 at once, there is a 28 R x B R-B3
complicated variation open to 29 R-B6 KR-QB1
Black in 15 . . Kt x P ; 16 30 B X Kt Resigns.
P X Kt, P-Qs ; 1 7 Q x l3, For if 30 . . BP or RP x B, 3 1
P x K t ; 1 8 Q R x P, B x P, g-R3, &c,
 CENTRE COUNTER 11 5

GAME 66 i6 P-KKt3 Kt x Kt
17 Q x Kt Q-Q2
Budapest, 1895
18 P-Kt3 B-K2
CENTRE COUNTER 19 B-Kt2 B-B3 J
20 B-R1 .
White : Blaek :
CHAROUSEK MA.ROCZY He must be prepared for
Black's eventual P-B4, when
I P-K4 P-Q4
his Bishop will need other
2 PxP QxP
protection than the Queen's.
3 Kt-QB3 Q-QI
4 P-Q4 P-QB3 KR-Q1
5 B-K3 B-B4 21 Q-Q3 Q-B2
6 Kt-B3 Kt-B3 22 Q-K4 P-B4
7 B-Q3 23 P-B3 PxP
White has all four minor 24 PxP Q-Kt3
pieces out against Black's 25 K-R1 R-Q4
two, and should therefore 26 P-B5 QR-Q1
have an advantage. But 27 PxP Q x KP
Maroczy's careful defence pre­ 28 KR-K1
vents all danger. To exchange Queens would
BxB cost the centre Pawn, where­
8 QxB P-K3 as after the text-move White
9 Castles KR B-Q3 is able to save it cleverly.
IO QR-QI QKt-Q2 If Black forces exchanges in
II Kt-Q2 the centre on the 29th move,
he loses his QKtP.
Aiming at the establishment
of this Knight on Ks. sup­ Q-Q2
ported by P-B4. 29 Q-Kt2 P-QKt3
30 R-K4 P-Kt3
Castles •
B-}4
31 R-B4
12 Kt-B4 Kt-Kt3 32 R-K4 P-B4
This spoils White's plan, for 33 R-K2 B-B3
if 13 Kt-K5, B x Kt ; 14 P x 34 R{K2)-Q2 P-KR-4
B. Q X Q, and a draw is prac­ 35 B-Kt2 K-B2
tically certain. 36 Q-B3 B-Kt4
37 R-K2 B-B3
13 P-B4 Kt x Kt 38 R (K2)-Q2 B-Kt.J
1 4 Q x Kt Kt-Q4
1 5 B-Bt Q-B2 Drawn by repetition of moves.
II6 MATCH GAMES
GAME 67 slightly inferior. The best
Budapest, 1897 policy seems to be Kt-B2,
followed by K-RI and R­
RUY LOPEZ KKt1� line which he is
White : Black : later forced to adopt, after
serious loss of time.
MAROCZY CHAROUSEK
13 Q-B3 P-B4
I P-K4 P-K4
14 P-KKt4 Kt-B2
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
15 Kt-K4 QR-Qr
3 B-Kt5 P-QR3
B x Kt QP x B 16 R-B2 R-Q2
4
5 Kt-B3 17 P-KR4 KR-Q 1
18 P-Kt5 K-R1
Nowadays 5 P-Q4 is the 19 R-Kt2 P-B5
usual continuation in the
' Exchange Variation ' of the Charousek does not show
Lopez, but the text-move to ad vantage in this game.
was formerly common. It his manoouvres on the Q side
givcs more chance of variety being doomed to failure owing
to the play, whereas P-Q4 to White's pressure on the
leads almost invariably to other side.
exchange of Queens and a 20 QP x P KtP x P
heavy strategical game. 21 K-R2 R-KKtI
B-QB4 22 QR-KKtI QR�r
6 P-Q3 P-B3 23 P-Kt6 Kt-Q3
7 Castles 24 PxP KR-Bx
A good alternative is 7 Q­ Position after Black's 24th
K2, followed by B-Q2 and move.
Castles QR.
Q-K2
8 B-K3 BxB
9 PxB Kt-R3
B-Kt5 was safer, with a
view to castling on the Q
side.
1 0 Kt-KR4 Castles
I I Kt-B5 B x Kt
12 P X B P-QKt4
This does not improve Black's
position, which is already �5 R x P
 TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENCE 1 17

Decisive, because of the forced The opening is all recognised

win of the Exchange five book-play so far. The text­
moves later. move (in place of Kt-KB3)
QxR was first advocated by
26 R x Q KxR Steinitz in his Modern Chess
27 Kt-B5 K-RI Instructor (I 889), and was
28 Kt-K6 P-K5 employed by him in his corre­
29 Q-R5 R-QKtr spondence match with Tchi­
30 Kt x R R x Kt gorin thereafter. It has failed
3 1 Q-Kt6 P-B6 to convince the chess-world.
32 P x P Kt-B5
33 Q-Kt2 R-K1
34 Q-K2 Kt-K4 Steinitz in his analysis only
35 Q x P KxP took note of 9 . . B x Kt.
36 K-R3 P-B3 Charousek follows Tchigorin's
37 Q-Kt7 eh K-R3 line in the correspondence
38 P-QR4 R-KKtI match, the games diverging
39 Q-K7 Kt-Kt5 on move I I , when Steinitz
40 K-Kt3 Ktx Pdis.ch played Kt-B3.
4 1 K-B2 Kt-Kt5 eh
42 K-K2 P-K6 IO P-Q3 Castles
43 P-QR5 Resigns. I I Castles Kt-Kt2
1 2 K-RI P-Kt4

GAME 68 Preventing P-KB4. White

Hungary, ? 1890 should now have retired his
Knight. Doubtless, however,
TWO KNIGHTS'
he was following Steinitz's
DEFENCE
idea of giving up the Knight
White : Black : in order to get an open KKt
MAKOVETZ CHAROUSEJC file.

I P-14 P-K4 13P-QB3 B-Kt3

2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 14�K3 Kt-Q4
3 �B4 Kt-B3 15BxB QxB
4 Kt-Kt5 P-Q4 16Q-Q2 B x Kt
5 PxP Kt-QR4 17PxB Kt-B5
6 �Kt5 eh P-B3 18P-KR-4 Kt-B4
7 PXP PXP 19PxP PxP
8 B-K2 P-KR3 zo R-KtI QKt-K3
9 Kt-KR3 2I P-Q4 K-Kt2
tI8 MATCH GAMES
.

Black intends to take advan- White must prevent 28 R x

. •

tage of another open file. P eh ; 29 K X R, R-R1 eh ;

White cannot reply 22 P x P. 30 K-Kt3, R-R6 eh ; 3 1
for then QR-Q1 ; 23 Q K-Kt,h K-Kt3, &c.
-B2, Q x BP, &c. Q-R3
29 Q-B3 R-R6
22 B-B4 P-QB4
30 R x P ch K-B2
The point of this becomes If Black has declined the
clear two moves later. offer of the Exchange, still
23 B x Kt Kt x B less does he want the Rook
now. He wins the game in
24 P-Q5
fine style.
If Black had not played the 31 R-Kt3 R x P ch
Pawn up on his 22 nd move, 32 KxR R-Rr eh
White could now continue 33 K-Ktr Kt-K7 eh
24 R x P ch, Kt x R ; 25 Q 34 K-Kt2 Kt x Q
X Kt eh, with a forced draw 35 R x Kt R-Ktr eh
in hand. 36 K-Br P-B4
QR-Qr 37 Kt x P Q-KKt3
25 P-QB4 P-B3 38 K-K2 Q-Kt5 eh
26 Kt-B3 Kt-B5 White resigns.
27 Kt-K4 A piece must fall. If the
date assigned to this game in
Position after White's 27th The Field be correct, this is
move. the earliest example of Cha­
rousek's play in the present
collection.

GAME 69
Hungary, I 895

RUY LOPEZ

White : Black :
MA.KOVETZ CHAROUSEK
I P-K4 P-K4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3 B-Kt5 P-KKt3
R-KR1
28 R-Kt2 See Game 14.
 RUY LOPEZ tr9

4 P-Q4 PxP text-move lands White in

5 Kt x P B-Kt2 serious trouble.
6 B-K3 Kt x B
Lasker continued against 1 6 Q x Kt Kt-Kt5
Pillsbury, Hastings, 1895 : 1 7 Q-Kt5 Q-Q3
6 Kt x Kt, KtP x P (QP x Kt r8 Q-R:4
is Tarrasch's recommenda­ Position after White's 18th
tion in the tournament move.
book) ; 7 B-QB4. The same
exchange is possible for
several more moves in the
present game. But White
has very little to gain by it ;_
and Makovetz was not the
kind of player to seek after
�the accumulation of minute
advantages.'
Kt-B3
7 Kt-QB3 Castles
8 Castles Kt-K2
9 B--Kz R x Kt
9 P-B4 looks plausible, but A very pretty combination.
after 9 . . P-Q4 ; 10 P-K5, 19 PxR B-B3
Black's reply is Kt-Kt5. 20 Q-Kt3 B-K4
White plays to keep his 21 Q-Kt2 Kt x RP
Bishops. 22 KR-K1 Q-B3
P-Q4 23 R-K3
IO P-K5 Kt-Q2 Not R X B, of course, because
I I P-K6 of the reply Kt x P eh.
1 I P-B4 would be answered B-Q2
by P-QB4. The text-move 24 B-K2
is White's only resource.
24 Kt-K2 is worse still.
Kt-KB3 In fact, the position is hope­
12 P x P ch RxP less.
13 Kt-B3 P-B3 B-B5
14 Q--Q2 Kt-B4 25 K-RI ? Q-R5
15 B-Q3 ? 26 K-Ktr B-R6
Why not B-KKt5 ? The White resigns.
120 MATCH GAMES

GAME 70 More waste of time. B-K3

is a preferable alternative,
Budapest, 1896
though even then White has
SCOTCH GAME much the better game.

White : Black : 1 6 B--Kt5 I BxB

CHAROUSEK EXNER Black dare not play P-B3,

because then his QP becomes
I P-K4 P-�
extremely weak. On the
z Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
other hand, if he leaves his
3 P-Q4 PxP
Bishop to be taken, White's
4 B-QB4 P-Q3
Knight gets to B5 at once.
Black refuses the Gambit, 17 Kt x B R-K4
but gets a poor game. After 18 B x Kt PxB
White's next move comes 1 9 Kt-Q4 Q-KB1
about a. Philidor's Defence­ 20 Kt-Bs QR-Kr
a variation of it unfavourable 2 1 Q-B3
to Black, who has the wrong
Knight out. Position after White's 21st
move.
5 Kt x P Kt-B3

There is nothing better now

than 5 . . Kt X Kt ; 6 Q x Kt,
B-K3.
6 Kt-QB3 B-K2
7 Castles Castles
8 P-B3 R-K1
9 B-K3 B-B1 ?

As he merely wishes to bring

his QKt over to KKt3, why
not Kt-K1 ? He wastes
two moves with the Bishop, P-Q4
during which White makes Hoffer suggests, instead, 2 1 • •

important progress. R-B4 ; 22 Q x P, R-K3,

IO Q-Q2 Kt-K2 which certainly seem� to give
I I QR-Qr B-Qz Black better chances.
1 2 B-KKt5 Kt-Kt3 22 R x P RxR
1 3 Kt-Q5 B-K2 23 P x R R x R eh
14 Kt x B eh Q x Kt 24 Q x R Q-B4 eh
15 KR-Kx Q--Q r 25 Q-K3 Q x Q eh
 RUY LOPEZ 121

Obviously he cannot capture GAME 71

the QP, for then 26 Q-K8
eh wins the Queen ; and if Budapest, 1896
he takes the BP, then 26 RUY LOPEZ
Q-KB eh, Kt-B1 ; 27 Kt­
R6 eh, K-Kt2 ; 2 8 Q X P eh, White : Black :
K x Kt ; 29 Q x Kt eh, K­ EXNER CHAROUSEK
Kt3 ; 30 Q-K8 eh, when
by a series of checks White I P-K4 P-14
can work his Queen back to 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
Q4, with a Pawn up and a 3 B-Kt5 P-QR3
win in prospect. The ex· 4 B-R4 Kt-B3
change of Queens produces s Castles P-Q3
a more difficult end-game, 6 P-Q4 Kt-Q2
which Charousek, however,
A move of Tchigorin's, played
plays in admirable style, until
by him in this and similar
Black has not a move to
variations of the defence to
make.
the Lopez. For Charousek's
26 Kt x Q K-BI use of it, compare Games
27 K-B2 K-Kz 103 and 137.
28 Kt-B5 eh K-Q2
7 P-B3
29 K-K3 Kt-K4
30 P-QKt3 P-B3 This was the line adopted by
31 K-K4 P x P eh Winawcr against Schlechter in
32 KXP Kt-Kt3 the same position at Nurem­
33 P-Kt3 Kt-K4 berg, 1896, the continuation
34 K-K4 Kt-B3 being 7 B--K2 ; 8 B--K3,
• •

35 Kt-Q4 Kt-K2 Castles.

36 P-QB4 P-Kt3 B--K2
37 P-QKt4 P-QR3
8 Kt-KI Castles
38 P-QR3 Kt-B1 9 P-KB4 P x QP
39 Kt-B5 K-K3 to PxP P-Q4
40 P-KJ4 Kt-R2
11 PxP
41 Kt-Q4 eh K-Q3
42 K-Bs K-Kz If I I P-K5. P-QKt4.
43 P-R4 Kt-B1 threatening 12 Kt x QP,
• •

44 P-B5 l PxP when White cannot retake

45 PxP Kt-R2 in view of 1 3 . . B-B4. And
46 P-KR5 P-R4 if I I B x Kt, P x B ; 12 P­
47 P-R6 Resigns. K5, P-QB4 ; 13 P-B5 ?,
:I22 MATCH GAMES
PxP; 1 4 P-B6, Kt x BP ; 24 R x Q KR-Kt
1 5 P X Kt, B X P, with three 25 Kt-Kt3 KR-QB1
Pawns for a piece (Hoffer) . 26 R-B3 B x Kt
27 PxB B-Kt3
Kt-Kt5
28 R-Q7 P-Kt4
12 Kt-QB3 Kt-Kt3
29 P--QR3 R-Qt
1 3 Kt-B3 Kt x B
30 R-Q6 P-QR..t
14 Q x Kt B-KB4
31 B-Kt6 l R-K1
1 5 Q-Q1 Kt x QP
1 6 B-Qz Kt-Kt5 He cannot play R x R with­
The plan initiated by this out immediate loss of the
move turns out poorly for game. and has therefore to
Black. Instead of winning put up with an end-game
White's isolated Pawn. he in which \Vhitc has two

has to give up his QBP minor pieces against Rook

for it. and Pawn.

17 Kt-K2 l Kt-Q6 32 R x B RP x R
18 Kt-K5 P-B4 33 R x Kt RxP
34 R-K2 R-K3
Of course he cannot play
Kt x KtP without losing the Cha.rousek plays to convert
Knight ; nor Kt-Kt5, be­ his extra Pawn into a passed
cause of 19 B x Kt, B x B : Pawn ; but not all his skill
20 Q-Kt3. gaining a Pawn. can save the game.

And if 1 8 . . Kt x Kt, White

35 R x R PxR
unites his Pawns.
36 Kt-K4 R-R3
1 9 B-B3 PxP 37 B-B5 R-B3
20 B x P B-B3 38 P-QKt4 PxP
39 PxP R-B1
In this game-the only loss
40 K-B2 R-Ktx
against Exner we have found
4 1 Kt-Q6 K-R2
--Charousek is over-subtle.
42 K-K3 P-Kt4
Kt-B4 left him at any rate
43 K-K4 K-Kt3
a level game, whereas to the
44 K-K5 P-Kt5
text-move there is an excellent
45 KxP R-KR1
reply, and the game turns
46 Kt x P RxP
strong!y in favour of White.
47 P-Kt3 R-K7 ch
21 R-B3 J Kt-Kt5 48 K-Q7 R-Q7 ch
22 B-B5 Kt-B7 49 B-Q6 K-B4
23 R-QB1 Q x Q eh 50 Kt-B7 Resigns.
 KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED 123

GAME 72 The most likely drawing line ;

Budapest, 1896 and a draw is all Black can
hope for. He has still to
KING'S GAMBIT
fight hard for it.
DECLINED
18 Q x Q PxQ
White : Black : 19 B x B RP x B
EXNER CHAROUSEK 20 Kt-K5 Kt-Kt3
I P-K4 He is not afraid to get more
2 P-KB4
doubled Pawns.
3 Kt-KB3
4 P-B3 2 1 Kt-Q3 K-B2
22 KR-KKt1 K-B3
Compare Ga.mes 2 , 15, and 41, 23 Kt-Kt4
in all of which Charousek
plays this move as White. 23 R-Kt4 is met by J\-R4,
and if 24 R-Kt2, Kt-R5,
Kt-QB3
&c.
Not so good as Kt-KB3. Kt-K2
5 B-Kt5 B-KKt5 ? 24 R-Kt4 P-Kt4
6 Q-R4 B x Kt 2 5 QR-KKtr P-B4
7 B x Kt ch K-BI 26 Kt-Q3 P-R3
2 7 P-QR3 QR-QI
Best. White, however, has
28 P-KI4 KR-Kt1
the superior game in any case.
29 Kt-B2 Kt-B3
8 PxB Q-R5 ch
30 Kt-R3
9 K-Q 1 PXB
10 P-Q4 B-Kt3
Position after White's 3oth
1 1 BP x P PxP
move.
1 2 B-K3 Kt-K2
1 3 Kt-Q2 P-KB4
14 K-Kz P-B5
1 5 B-Bz Q-B3
16 P x P
1 6 Kt-Kt3, P x P ; 17 P X
P is Hoffcr's recommenda­
tion. Black cannot continue
P-B4 ; 18 P x P, Q x P ch ,
without losing his Bishop
after 19 K-BI.
QxP
1 7 Kt-B4 Q-QKt4 I
I24 MATCH GAMES
A fine piece of strategy, in 56 Kt-Q1 Kt-B4 eh
combination with move 32. 57 K-B2 K-R-t
White loses if he replies 3 1 KR 58 Kt-Kt2 K-Kt3
-Kt2, for then P-KKt5, &c. 59 Kt-Q3 and the game
was eventually drawn.
31 P x P eh PxP
32 R x KtP R-Q7 eh I
33 KxR Kt x P ch GAME '73
34 K-K2 Ktx R(Kt 5) Budapest, 1897
35 Kt x P R-KI
36 Kt-Q5 eh K-Kt3 QUEEN'S GAMBIT
37 Kt x P R x P ch DECLINED
38 K-Q3 P-B5 ch
White : Black :
39 K-B2 K-B4
40 Kt-B8 EXNER CHAROUSEK
I P-Q4 P-Q4
To 40 P-R4, R-K3 seems 2 P-QB4 P-K3
a sufficient answer ; for if 3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3
41 P-R5, R-K7 eh ; 42 K
4 Kt-B3 B-K2
·moves. R-K2 stops all 5 B-B4 Castles
danger. 6 P-K3 P-B4
R-K7 ch 7 B-Q3
41 K-B1 Kt-K5
It is a question for White to
42 K-Kt1 Kt-B4
consider whether he should
43 K-R1 Kt-Q6
play 7 QP X P. In reply to
44 R-QKt1 K-K3
the text-move Black might
45 Kt-R7 R-K4
well play 7 . . QP x P, as was
46 Kt-B6 R-R4
done in the game Johner­
47 Kt-Q4 ch K-Q3
Teichmann, Carlsbad, 1907.
48 K-R2 K-B4
49 R-KB1 K-Kt3 Kt-B3
50 R-B6 ch K-Kt2 8 Castles
5 1 R-B5 lloffer commends P-KR3, so
This is practically equivalent as to save the Bishop.
to ofiering a draw. Kt-KR.f
9 B--Kt3 Kt X B
RxR
ro BP x Kt
52 Kt x R K-Kt3
53 Kt-K3 K-B4 A decided!y unwise breach of
54 P-Kt4 ch P x P i.p. eh the rule that Pawns should
55 KxP K-Kt3 capture towards the centre.
 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 12 5

QP x P his opponent to force matters

11 BxP P-QR3 successfully on the other wing.
12 P-QR3 P-QKt4
22 Kt-B3 PxP
13 B--R2 R-R 2 l
23 PxP B-R3
14 PxP
24 B-Kt1 BXP
White is in difficulties. Per­ 25 Kt-K4
haps 1 4 P-Q5, to be followed
If 25 B x P eh, K x B ; 26 Kt
by P-K4, is best.
-Kt 5 eh, K-Kt1 ; 27 Q­
BxP R5, Kt-K4, and White's
1 5 Q-K2 Q-Kt3 assault is beaten off.
1 6 KR-Kx
B-K2
Why not the other Rook ? 26 B-Q3 Kt-Kt5
The ;KR might be of use on 27 B-KtI Kt-Q4
the open file. 28 Kt-Q4 P-Kt5
R-Q2 29 Q-B3 Q-B2
1 7 K-RI KR-Qr 30 Kt-Kt3 Kt-B6
31 B-B2 B-Kt2
Black has now an admirable
32 P-Kt4 B-Q4
development for attacking
33 Q-Kt3 P-K4
purposes.
34 Kt(K4)-Q2Kt-K7
Position after Black's I 7th 35 B x P ch KxB
move. 36 Q-B2 Q-B7
37 Q x Kt B x Kt
White resigns.

White took 2 h. 20 m., Black

1 h. 1 7 m. over the game.

GAME 74
Teteny, 1897

QUEEN' S GAMBIT
DECLINED
White : Blaok :
18 P-QKt4 �Kz
19 QR-QI RXR CHAROUSEK EXNER
20 RXR R x R eh I P-Q4 P-Q4
21 Kt x R P-QR4 t 2 P-QB4 P-K3
Black's bad K side enables 3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3
126 MATCH GAMES
4 B-Kt5 B--K2 This should have lost by
5 P-K3 Castles 16 . . B-R6 ; 1 7 R-B2, B­
6 Kt-B3 P-QKt3 B3. winning the Exchange.
7 PxP 1 6 P--QR4 was necessary.
There is no reason why this Black, however, misses his
simple and natural move opportunity and fails even
should not be made now to stop P-K.J. which he
instead of, as commonly, a might have done by 16 . .
move later, for Black has P-B4.
announced bis intention of P-QKt4 ?
playing B-Kh 17 P- 4K PxP
1 8 Kt x KP Kt-B3
PxP
19 Kt-B5 B x Kt
8 B-Q3 B-Kt2
20 P x B Q-K1
9 Castles QKt-Q2
2 1 Q-BI
Kt-K5 might be played now,
but would probably only Not wishing to exchange
lead to a transposition of Queens: he is compelled to
moves. provide otherwise against 2 1
·.Q-B3.
10 R-B1
RxP
Arriving at the same position
' The proverbial combina·
as Pillsbury-Tarrasch, Has­ tion,' says Hoffer, ' expected
tings. 1895. Pillsbury con­ by the stronger player, who
tinued 1 1 R-K1, which was sees farther ahead than his
declared to be loss of time. opponent.'
I I B-Ktx R-BI
12 Q-K2 Kt-K5 Position after Black's 2 rst
move.
Both blocking the White
KB's diagonal and stopping
P-K4.
1 3 B-B4 P-QR3
14 KR-Q1 Kt x Kt
15 P x Kt
15 R x Kt gave a freer game.
If then P x P, 16 R x R, Q x
R ; 1 7 R x P.
P-B5
16 Kt-Q2
 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 127

22 B-Q6 R-Kt4 30 R x R
23 P-B3 Q-K6 ch 3 1 Q-K5
24 K-RI Kt-R4
25 R-Kr Q-Kt3 Q-R5 is a little better.
26 QR-Qr R-QI
32 R-Q6
27 Q--K z
33 R--Q7
This and the next move com­
White announced mate in 5-
pletely spoil Black's plan.
34 Q-K8 eh, K-Kt2 : 35
P-Kt3 R X P eh, K-R3 ; 36 Q-K3
28 Q--K7 RxB eh, Kt-B5 ; 37 Q X Kt eh,
29 Q x R (Kt4) R x R K-R4 ; 38 R X P. mate.
 PART III

BLINDFOLD, SIMULTANEOUS, AND

ODDS GAMES
UNFORTUNATELY it is impossible to give many examples of
Charousek's skill at blindfold or ordinary simultaneous chess,
nor yet of his play at odds, for the reason that very few such
games of his have ever been published in accessible quarters.
Below will be found two blindfold games, one simultaneous,
and four at odds of Rook or Knight�nough to show that his
genius was as marked in these as in other branches of chess.

SECTION I
BLINDFOLD GAl\tIES

GAME 75 6 Kt x B Kt x Kt
7 P-B4 P-Q3
Budapest, 1 896
8 PxP PxP
GIUOCO PIANO 9 B-KKt5 Q-K2
1 0 P-B3 Kt-K3
White : Black : I I QB x Kt PxB
CHAROUSEK BROD Y I2 Kt-R3
I P-K4 P-K4 White must protect his
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 Bishop against Q-B4 eh.
3 B-B4 B-B4 An old game, Monck-Zuker­
4 Castles Kt-B3 tort (C.C., 1 1 r, col. 4), con­
5 P-Q4 BxP tinued 12 Kt-Q2.
The game has now become R-KKt1
a 1\tlax Lange, with an old­ 13 K-R1 B-Qz
fashioned defence in place 14 Q-B3 R-Kt3
f 5 P x P.
• • 15 Q-K3 Q-B4
K
 BLINDFOLD GAMES
r6 Q x Q Kt x Q A serious error of judgment.
1 7 QR-QI White's passed Pawn at KR5
makes the win certain.
White's advantage looks small
after the exchange of Queens, 29 PxP Kt-B5
but Charousek presses it 30 K-B3 Kt x P
admirably. The text-move 31 R-KRr Kt-B5
prevents Kt x P, for then 32 P-R5 P-QB4
r 8 B x P eh I 33 P-R6 R-R2
34 Kt-KB K-B3
B-K3 35 Kt x P R-RI
18 B x B Kt x B 36 P-R7 K-Q3
37 K-Kt4 K-K3
Px B was much stronger.
38 K-Kt5 P-R4
Now White's Knight comes
39 Kt-R5 l Kt x Kt
into action powerfully.
40 R x Kt K-K2
Position after Black's rBth 41 K-R6 K-Br
move. 42 RxP Resigns.

GAME 76
Miskolcz, Novembet' 16, 1897
RUY LOPEZ

White : Black :
FERENCZY CHAROUSEK
I P-K4 P-K4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3- B-Kt5 P-QR3
4 B--B4 .
19 Kt-B4 R-QI
A move no doubt designed
20 Kt-K3 P-B3
to throw the blindfolded
21 Kt-B5 R-Q2
player off the track-a plan
22 RXR KxR
which very seldom succeeds.
23 R-Q1 eh K-Bz
1\-forphy taught his opponents
24 P-KKt3 R-Kt5
many lessons on this point.
25 Kt-Q6 K-Kt3
26 K-Kt2 P-KR4 Kt-B3
27 P-KR3 R-Kh 5 P-Q3 B-B4
28 K-B2 P-R5 6 Kt-B3 P-Q3
 RUY LOPEZ 1 31

The game has now become a 19 Q x Q ch KxQ

Four Knights', Black having 20 Kt-R4 P-Kt6 l
the move P-QR3 thrown in. 21 Kt-B3 B x P ch
22 K-RI QR-KKtI
7 Castles B-KKt5 23 Kt-Kt1 B-Kt5
8 B-K3 Kt-Q5 24 B-B3 K-K2
9 B x Kt BxB 25 QR-QI P-KB4
IO Kt-Q5 Kt x Kt 26 PxP B x BP
1 1 B x Kt P-QB3
27 R-Q2 P-Q4
1 2 P-B3 B-Rz 28 P-Kt3 B-Kt5
1 3 B-Kt3 Q-B3 R-KB1
29 P-B4
Black has now decidedly the 30 P--QR.t KR-Ktt
better game.
Now White is compelled to
14 P-KR3 P-KR4 take the QB, since a sacrifice
1 5 Q-K2 of the Exchange on B3 is
threatened, with P-Kt7 eh
If 1 5 P x B, P x P and the to follow.
Knight cannot move without
31 PxB RP x P
Black forcing a mate by Q­
32 B x KtP RxB
R5, &c.
33 Kt-R3 R-KRr
P-KKt4 34 R-K2 R x Kt ch
1 6 B-Q1 B-K3 35 PxR P-Kt 7 ch
1 7 Q -Q2 P-Kt5 36 K-R2 P x R(Kt)ch
18 Q-Kt5 K-K2 I 37 K-RI R-I<t8 mate
 SIMULTANEOUS GAME
SECTfON I I
A SIMULTANEOUS GAME
GAME 77 K-R1
Miskolcz, 1897 16 QxQ PxQ
QUEEN'S GAMBIT 17 Kt-KKt5 P-KR3
DECLINED 18 Kt-K6 R-BI
19 QR-Kx Kt-Q2
White : Black :
B-R3 was necessary. After
CHAROUSEK HAVAS
the text-move loss is only a
I P-Q4 P-Q4 matter of time.
2 P-QB4 P-K3 20 B-Q3 R-B1
3 Kt-QD3 Kt-KB3
4 B-Kt5 B-K2 Kt-R5 would merely hold
5 P-K3 P-QKt3 the Pawn for a few moves,
This variation is fairly sound, as White would continue
provided it be not followed 2 1 P-B3, preparatory to P­
up by 6 (Kt-B3), QKt­ KKt3.
Q2, when it transposes into 21 Kt x R R x Kt
the Pittsburg variation ; and 22 P-B3 P-B4
even that is playable so long 23 P-Q5 QKt-K4
as B1ack replies to 7 P x P 24 B-Kt5 P-R3
with Kt x P. 25 B-B6 BxB
6 Kt-B3 B-Kt2 26 PxB Kt x QBP
7 PxP Kt x P 27 R-K6 KKt-K2
28 KR-K1 R-B2
But in the present case P x P
29 Kt-"R-4 P-QKt4
is better.
30 Kt x P P-QR4
8 BxB Kt x B 31 Kt-Kt7 Kt-Q4
9 B-Kt5 eh P-B3 32 R x Kt R x Kt
B-B3 gives a less cramped 33 R-B5 Kt-B5
game. 34 R x BP Kt-Q6
10 B-Q3 Castles 35 R-K2 P-R5
1 1 Castles Kt-Kt3 36 P-R4 R-Kt 1
1 2 P-14 P-KB4 ? 37 P-R3 P-Kt5
13 B- B4 Q-B3 38 PxP RxP
14 P x P QxP 39 R-B8 eh K-R2
1 5 Q-Ktt 40 P-Rs Kt-B5
It is noteworthy that Charou­ 41 R-14 RXR
sek was much less reluctant 42 Px R Resigns.
than Morphy to exchange This game was played sim·
Queens. ultaneously with 15 others .
 E VANS GAMBIT DECLINED r 33
SECTION III
GAMES AT ODDS
GAME 78 Now B-K3 seems best.
Kassa. 1897 17 B-KR6 Q-K4
KING'S KNIGHT'S Hoffer points out a pretty
GAl\itBIT drawing varia�ion (which,
however, as he says, could
White : Black : not be expected from a
CHAROUSEK KARACH player receiving a Rook) :
(Remove White's QR} 17 . . Kt-K4 : 18 B x R,
Kt x B ; 19 Q-Q8, Kt­
I P-K4 P-K4 B7 eh ; 20 K-Kt 1 B­
,
2 P-KB4 PxP K3 ; 2 1 Q x R. Kt-R6 eh :
3 Kt-KB3 P-Q4
22 P x Kt, Q-Q5. with
4 PxP QxP perpetual check.
If Black adopts the 3 . P-Q4
.
18 B-QB4 P-Kt3
defence, the best continuation
now seems to be Kt-KB3, If Kt-Kt3, 19 B x P eh, K­
as in a number of games R1 ; 20 B-K3 1
at Abbazia, 1912. But the 19 RxP I K-R1
text-move has the merit of 20 R x P ch KxR
simplicity, at which Black 21 B-Kt5 dis. eh K-Kt2
here obviously aims. 22 Q-R6 mat�
5 Kt-B3 Q-Q1
6 P-Q4 B-Q3 GAME 79
7 B--Q3 Kt-K2
Budapest, November 4. I 897
8 Castles Castles
9 Kt-K5 B x Kt EVANS GAMBIT
10 P x B Q--Qs eh DECLINED
I I K-Rr Kt-Kt3 White : Black :
1 2 Kt-K2 Q x KP
13 Kt x P Kt x Kt ? CHAROUSEK AIGNER
(Remove White•s QKt)
Removing a piece from the
defence when he urgently I P-14 P-K4
needs reinforcements. Kt­ 2 Kt-B3 · Kt-QB3
Q2 should have been played, 3 B-B4 B-B4
or else B-K3. 4 P-QKt4 B-Kt3
5 P-B3
14 B x Kt QxP
1 5 Q-R5 P-KKt3 An old and rarely seen varia­
16 0-R.4 Kt-02 tion .
1 34 ODDS GAMES
P-Q3 28 R-QKt8 . K-B2
6 P-Q3 P-KR3 29 R-K8 Kt-Kt1
7 P-QR4 P-Qf4 30 P-K5 Kt-Kt2 ? ?
8 P-Kt5 QKt-K2
A blunder of this magnitude,
It was necessary to retire however, was scarcely to be
to Ktr, Now a Pawn falls looked for.
at once.
3 1 R x Kt P-Kt5
9 Q-Kt3 B-K3 32 B-B8 Resigns.
10 B x B PxB
u QxP Q-Q2
GAME 80
Doubtless the odds-receiver Miskolcz, 1898
thought Charousek could not
afford to exchange. KING'S GAMBIT
DECLINED
12 Q x Q ch KxQ
13 K-K2 Kt-KB3 White : Blaok :
14 Kt-Q2 QR-KB1
CHAROUSEK FERENCZY.
15 P-B3 Kt-14
1 6 P-Kt3 P-Kt4 (Remove White's QKt)
17 Kt-B4 R-B2 I P-K4 P-K4
1 8 P-Q4 KR-KB1 2 P-KB4 Kt-QB3
1 9 R-BI PxP
In games at odds the ordinary
1 9 . . Kt-Kt3 was better. principles of development do
not always apply. But this
20 Kt x B P x Kt
is not a good way of declining
21 PxP R-B1
the Gambit, as Black is not
2 2 K-Q3 P-Q4 ?
likely to be able to castle
23 B---R3 PxP ?
on the Q side and it is more
Thus, with Black's help, \Vhite important, therefore, to get
has two passed Pawns
in the K side pieces out.
the centre. Counting on the 3 Kt-B3 P-Q3
almost inevitable blunders of 4 B--B4 Kt-B3
the inferior player, we may
B-Kt5 is better, now that
now look for White's victory.
Black has committed himself
24 P x P RxR to this kind of defence.
25 R x R R-KKtI Another alternative is 4 . .
26 R-B7 R-Kt2 B-K3, and if 5 B X B,
i1 R-B8 R-Kt3 ? PxB; 6 P x P, Kt x P,
 KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED 135
5 Kt-Kt5 P-Q4 If 18 . . Q-QB1, 19 Q-B3,
6 KP x P Kt x P Q-K3 ; 20 R-KB1, P­
Kt-QR.4 is the safest move. Q6 ; 2 1 P x P, B-B4 eh ;
22 P-Q4, B x P eh ; 23 K­
7 P-Q4 P x QP
Rr, R-KI ; 24 Q-Kt 3 eh,
8 Castles B-K2
Q-Kt3 ; 25 Q-Kt3 eh, and
Now QKt-K2 would have White mates in 2. If, in­
prevented White's sacrifice. stead of 23 R-Kr , R­
. •

9 Kt x BP K x Kt Kt1, then 24 Q-Kt3 eh,

10 Q-R5 eh K-BI Q-Kt3 ; 25 Q-Kt3 eh I
1 1 B x Kt P-KKt3 ?
19 R-KB1 , Q-Kt3
\Vhy not Q-K1 ? 20 Q-B3 R--Qr
1 2 Q-R6 eh K-Kr
And now if 20 P-Q6, 2 I
13 B x Kt eh PxB
• •

P x P, B-B4 eh ; 22 P­
1 4 P-B5 BxP
Q4, B x P ch ; 23 K-RI,
15 R x B PxR
and as in the variation in the
It is remarkable that White, previous note, Black has no
with only the Queen deve­ resource.
loped, and a Rook down,
2 1 Q-Kt3 eh R-Q4
should have such command
22 Q-Kt8 eh R-Qr
of the board .
23 Q x R ch BxQ
1 6 Q-R5 eh K-B1
24 R-B8 mate
17 B-R6 eh K-KtI
18 Q x P

Position after WMte's 18th GAME 81

move. Hungary, (?)
KING'S GAMBIT
DECLINED

White : Black :
CHAROUSEK KORCH-
MAROS
(Remove WMte's QKt)

If tµis Pf).wn is to be mQve<l

 ODDS GAMES
now, it should go to Q4. Position after Black's 13tls
Black handicaps himself by move.
a cramped game.

3 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
4 B-B4 Kt-B3

See the preceding game.

5 P-Q3 B-Kt5
6 P-B3 P-QR3 ?
7 Q-Kt3 Kt-QR4
8 B x P ch K-K2
9 Q-R4 P-B3
14 Q-Q4 eh K-KtI
K x B at once is much better.
15 P-K5 BxR
10 P x P D x l{t 16 Q-Kt4 eh B-Kt2
I I P x Kt eh KxB 1 7 Q-K6cb K-BI
12 Castles B-1{7 18 B-Kt5 I Q-Kt3 eh
13 P x P dis. eh K x P 1 9 P-Q4 B-B5
20 R-B1 eh I B x R
Now comes a very pretty 2 1 �K7 eh K-K1
finish against a weak de­ 22 B-B6 dis. eh Resigns .
fence. White mates in 2 moves.
 PART I V

CASUAL GAMES

01<· the fifty-two games included in this section, as has been

already stated, the first six, and possibly others also, may be
match-games ; but the question cannot be definitely decided
at present. It was originally intended to arrange the games
from 88 onwards in chronological order, where the dates could
be ascertained. When part of the book. however, was already
in the publisher's hands, a few more games were unexpectedly
discovered. In order to save considerable delay for rearrange­
ment and renumbering. these have been placed at the end of
the section.

5 Kt-B3 P-Q3
GAME 82
6 P-Q4 B-Q2
Budapest, 1897 or 1898
Kt-Q2, as frequently played
RUY LOPEZ by Tchigorin here (e.g. ,against
Janowski, London, 1 899) and
White : Black : in similar variations, was
also experimented with by
MAROCZY CHAROUSEK Charousek. See Games 7 1,
103, and 1 37. In Lasker­
I P-K4 P-K4
Walbrodt, Hastings, 1895,
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
6 . P x P ; 7 Kt x P, B--Q2
3 B-Kt5 Kt-B3
.

was played. Both this

4 Castles B--K2
and the present variation
Charousek usually, when have a strong resemblance to
playing the Berlin Defence, the Steinitz Defence to the
prefaced this move with Kt Lopez.
x J>. 7 P-QKt3
 CASUAL GAMES
Usually a strong move where Position after Black's 23rd
playable in the Lopez. Las­ move.
ker played it later in his game
with Walbrodt (after 8 KKt
-K2, Castles ; 9 Kt-Kt3,
Kt-K4 ? ; 10 B x B, Q x B).

Castles
8 B-Kt2 R-K1
9 P-Q5

Although this causes Black

to lose time with his QKt,
it nullifies the advantage of
White's Bishop in Fianchetto.
Now begins an interesting
Kt-Kt1 struggle for the upper hand.
10 B-Q3 P-B3
I I Kt-Q2 B-QBI 24 Kt x RP ? BxP
25 KR-BI < B-R5
Making room for the retired 26 P-Kt5
Knight ; but aiter White's
next move Black changes his This attempt to cut off
plan. the Bishop ends badly for
White.
1 2 Kt-B4 Kt-R3
IJ Kt-K3 Kt-B4 B-K2
1 4 P-QKt4 Kt x B 27 Q-B2 B-Kt4
1 5 Q x Kt Kt-Kt5 28 KR-K1 Q-B2
1 6 Kt-B4 B-B1 29 Kt-Ktz Q-14
30 P-Kt6 B-Kt4
The game is notable for its 31 P-QR4 B-R3
marches and countermarches. 32 R-R3 Q x QPj
� 33 P-R5 Q-Q7
.
1 7 - P-KB3 Kt-B3 34 P-Kt3 Q x Q ch
18 B-Bt PxP 35 KxQ B-Q7
19 P x P P-KKt3 36 R-Q1 B-Kt5
20 B-Kt5 P-KR3 37 R-� B-B4 ch
2 1 B x Kt QxB 38 K-Kt2 P-B4
22 Kt-Kt5 Q-QI 39 Kt-Q3 QR-Q�
iJ Q-K3 B-B4 40 R-.Rz P-K.'i
 FRENCH DEFENCE 1 39

41 P x P PxP In one of his match-games

42 Kt-B4 P-K6 against Tarrasch in I 894
Walbrodt played 8 . . P-KB4
Decisive.
and then, after 9 Q-R3, P­
43 Kt-K2 R-KBr B4 . . Maroczy avoids this
44 Kt-B4 QR-K1 variation, which did not turn
White resigns. out well for Walbrodt.

9 Q-R3 P-KKt3
lo P x P Kt-B3
GAME 83 I I P-B4 BxP
Budapest, 1897 or 1 898 1 2 Kt-B3 P-B3 l

FRENCH DEFENCE Excellent alike from the de·

fensive and the offensive
White : Black :
points of view.
CHAROUSEK MAROCZY
1 3 Q-R6 .
I P-K4 P-K3
2 P-Q4 P-Q4 White is faced by difficult
3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 problems on this and his
4 B-KKt5 B-K2 next two moves.
5 B x Kt BxB R-B2
6 P-K5 B-K2 Q XP
14 P x P
7 Q-Kt4 15 P-KKt3
Called by some Showalter's
Now Maroczy delivers a series
Attack, the move having been
of smashing blows.
played by Showalter against
Judd, and also against Lasker Position afteY White's l 5th
in their 1893 match. It was move.
not his invention, however,
occurring in a game Wern·
mers-Flechsig, published in
the Deutsche Schachzeitung,
1877.
Castles

Of the three moves open to

Black-the text, P-KKt3.
and K-Bt ?-this seems the
best.

8 B-Q3
 CASUAL GAMES
B-R6 1 3 P-Q4 PxP
16 Kt-QI B-B1 4 B-QB4 B-B4
1 7 Q-R4 Kt-Q5 5 Castles P-Q3
1 8 Kt x Kt Q x Kt 6 P-B3 B--KKt5
19 Q-Kt5 B-Q2 6 . . P x P, as
Better than
20 P-KR4 B-K2
played by von Popiel in
2 1 Q-R6 P-K4 I Game 20. Now we have
22 P-R5 Louis Paulsen's variation, to
If 22 P x P, attempting to which Anderssen's 7 P-QKt4
open a retreat for the Queen, is the best reply.
Black replies B-Kt5 eh ; 23 7 Q-Kt3 B x Kt
P-B3 , Q x B ; 24 P x B, 8 B x P eh K-Br
QR-KB1, &c. 9 PxB
P-KKt4
The older continuation is 9 B
23 B--J{t6 R-Kt2
x Kt, R x B ; 10 P x B.
Naturally not P x B, because
Kt-K4 ?
of 24 RP x P . 10 P x P BxP
24 P-B3 r r B x Kt RxB
If 24 P x KtP, B-KBr ; 2 5 12 P-B4
B x P eh, R x B, and White As the result of Black's 9th
can do no more. move White now gains time.
Q-Kt3 Kt-B2
25 P x KtP Q-Q1 1 3 Q-Q3 Q-B3
26 B--B2 B-QB1 I
B--Kt3 was better.
White resigns.
14 Kt-B3 P-KKt4
If 2 7 P-Kt6, B-Kt4 ; 28 15 Kt-Q5 t P x P dis. eh
P x P ch, K-R r . An elegant 16 K-R1 Q-Kt2
finish. 1 7 Kt x KBP R-K1
1 8 B-K3 BxP
GAME 84 19 R-K Kt1 BxR
Budapest, 1895 Black o n his last move had
SCOTCH GAMBIT decided to give up the Queen
for two Rooks and a Pawn.
WhUe : Black : But the position is against
CHAROUSEK MAROCZY his chances of success.

1 P-K4 P-K4 20 R x Q RxR

2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 2 1 Q-Kt3 K-Kh
 RUY LOPEZ
22 Kt-K6 R-Kt3 See Game 139. The idea of
23 Kt-Kt5 R-K2 the move is to withdraw the
24 P-B4 B-B3 Bishop from attack by 5 P­
25 Kt x Kt R x Kt Q4. P-Q4 is nevertheless
26 QxP R-K2 White's best course.
27 Q x RP K-Kt2
5 P-Q4 PxP
28 Q-Kt7 R-B2
6 PxP QKt-K2
29 P-Ql4 B-K4
30 P-B5 R-Kt5 This is part of the plan of
31 P-R5 P-B4 defence, of which the main
32 Q-Q5 R-R5 disadvantage is that it does
33 BxP R x P ch not lead to a very interesting
34 K-Ktr R-B2 game.
35 B-K3 R-B6
36 B-Kt5 R-QR6 7 Kt-B3 P-QB3
37 Q-Kt7 eh Resigns. 8 B-QB4 P-Q4
9 PxP Kt x P
After 37 . . K-Kt1 ; 38 Q­ 10 Kt x Kt P x Kt
B8 eh, K-B2 ; 39 Q-Q7 II B-Kt5 eh B-Q2
eh, K-Ktr ; 40 Q-Q8 eh, 12 Q-K2 eh Kt-K2
K-B2 ; 4 1 Q-K7 eh, K­ 13 Kt-K5 BxB
Kt1 ; 42 Q-K6 eh, K-R1 ; 14 Q x B ch K-BI
43 B-B6 eh, the Rook on
KR7 goes. Kt-B3 would lose a piece-
1 5 ){t x Kt, Q-Qz ; 16 Q­
K2 ch
GAME 85 15 Kt-Q7 eh K-Ktr
(?} Budapest, 1898 16 Kt x B Q x Kt
17 Q x Q PxQ
RUY LOPEZ
White : Black : The question now remains,
Can a draw be avoided ?
MAROCZY CHAROUSEK
18 B-K3 P-B3
I P-J4 P-K4
19 K-Q2 K-B2
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
20 KR-QB1 KR----QB 1
3 B-Kt5 B-B4
21 K-Q3 RxR
4 P-B3 B-Kt3
22 BxR K-K3
Cha.rousek had already intro­ 23 B-Q2 K-Q2
duced this move in a consulta­ 24 P-QR3 Kt-BJ
tion game the previous year. 25 R-K1 R-K1
 CASUAL GAMES
26 R x R KxR 39 P-R5 K-Kt4
27 P-QR4 K-Q2 40 K-Q3 K-R5
28 P-QKt4 4 1 K-B3 P-QKt4
4 2 P-B3 P-B4
Posit-ion after White•s 28tli 43 KtP x P P x BP
move. 44 P-R6 Kt-Kt1
45 K-Q3 Kt-B3
46 B-Kt5 P-Kt5
47 B-Qz Kt-Q r
White resigns.

White took I h. 38 m., Black

50 m . over this game.

GAME 86
Budapest. 1896
P-QKt4 I GIUOCO PIANO
A beautiful attempt to settle
White : Black :
the question about the draw.
Charousek plays to block the
MAKOVETZ CHAROUSEK
Q side against the operations I P-K4 P-14
of both King and Bishop. 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
Maroczy should not, however, 3 B-B4 B-B4
have captured. After 29 P­ 4 P-B3 Kt-B3
R5 Black's King also had no 5 P-Q3 P-Q3
scope on the Q side. 6 Castles
29 P x P Kt-R2 QKt-Q2, either now or after
30 P-Kt6 Kt-Bx B--K3, is better. Charousck,
3 1 P-Kt5 Kt-Q3 it may be noted, disregards
here the maxim that Black
The winning move.
should not be in a hurry to
32 B-Kt4 Kt x P
castle in the Giuoco Piano.
33 B-B8 P-Kt3
34 P-Kt4 Kt-Q3 Castles
35 P-R4 Kt-Br 7 B-Kt3 ? B--K3
36 B--B5 K-B3 8 B-B2 P-Q4
37 K-K3 Kt x P 9 PxP Kt x P
38 B-K7 Kt-Q 2 10 P-QKt4
 GIUOCO PIANO I43
Not 10 Kt x P, because of But Hoffer suggests 20 B­
B x P eh ; I I R x B, K t x Kt. K4 as affording temporary
But the text-move is not relief at least.
good either, being part of an
P-KKt3
unsound developme.nt on the
2 1 K-R1 Q--Q4
left wing.
22 Q-K4 Q-R4 I
B-Q3 23 Q x BP Q X P ch
II R-KI B-Kt5
24 Q x Q Kt x Q
1 2 P-Kt5 QKt-K2
1 3 P-B4 Kt-B5 This exchange of Queens
1 4 B x Kt PxB settles matters.
1 5 P-Q4 Kt-Kt3
1 6 P-B5 B-K2 2 5 KR-Q1 KR-Kx
1 7 Kt-B3 B-B3 26 B---Q3 Kt x QP
I 8 Kt-K2 27 Kt-Kt3 B-Kt2
28 QR-BI P-B4
White's Q side Pawns arc 29 Kt-B1 QR-QI
weak, and this submission to 30 Kt-K3 K-B 1
a shattered K side seems 3 1 B-Br B--R3
necessary if they are to be 32 R-B3 B x Kt
protected. 33 R x B RxR
B x Kt 34 P x R Kt-K3
19 P x B Kt-R5 35 R-BI R-Q4
36 P-B6 P-Kt3
Position after Black's 19th 37 P-QR4 R-14
move. 38 R-B3 R-K5
39 R-R3 Kt-B4
40 P-R5 PxP
41 R x P R-QR5 t
42 R x R Kt x R
43 K-Kt2 K-K2
44 K-B3 Kt-B6

White resigns.

White's King is cut off, and

Black's can therefore de­
molish the Q side Pawns .
Hoffer calls this game • the
20 Q-Q3
perfection of the modern
If 20 Kt x P, Bx P l &c. style.'
r44 CASUAL GAMES
GAME 87 Up to now both players have
Hungary, (?) followed exactly an off-hand
game Morphy-Boden in 1858
PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE
(M.G.C. 261). Boden here
castled. Makovetz appar­
White : Black :
ently prepares to attack
CHAROUSEK MAKOVETZ White should he castle QR.
I P-K4 P-K4
9 P-KR3 Castles
2 Kt-KB3 P-Q3
3 P-Q4 PxP Disregarding the obvious
3 . . Kt-KB3 is the standard threat in White's last move.
continuation nowadays.
io P-KKt4 P-QKt4
4 QxP I I J{t-K2 P-Q4
Morphy's favourite variation 12 P x P Kt-Kt5
in the days when Black re­
gularly played 3 . . P x P. It Not, of course, Kt x QP be­
was Lowenthal who did most cause of 1 3 B x P eh. Black
to demonstrate the superio­ has sacrificed a Pawn for
rity of 4 Kt x P. a speculative attack, which
comes to nothing.
B-Q2
Morphy once (7th match­ 1 3 Kt-B3 K-R1
game with Lowenthal) played x4 Castles QR P-B4
4 . . B-K3. Harrwitz again Now if 14 . . Kt x QP ; 1 5
(6th match-game with Mor­ Kt x Kt, Kt x Kt ; 1 6 B-K4,
phy) played 4 Kt-KB3.
. •
P-QB3 (Kt x B ? ; 1 7 P x
But the ordinary defence was Kt) ; 17 B x Kt, &c.
as in the text, or else 4 ..

Kt-QB3 ; 5 B-QKt5, B­ 15 P-Kt5 KKt x P

Q2. See Ga.me 90. 16 Kt x Kt Kt x Kt
5 B-K3 17 B -K4 Kt x B
18 Q x Kt R-R2
So as to be able to play Q­ 1 9 P-KR4 Q-R4
Qz when Black brings the 20 K-KtI B-K3
QKt to B3. 21 B-Q5 B--Kt5
Kt-QB3
6 Q-Q2 Kt-B3 Overlooking, or misjudging
7 B-Q3 B--K2 the strength of, White's
8 Kt-B3 P-QR3 reply.
 GIUOCO PIANO 1 45
Position after Black's 2rst This leads to the complete
move. tieing up of all Black's pieces.
There is, however, no way
of avoiding it sooner or later.

37 R-K6 R-Qr
38 P-B3 PxP

Hara kiri / - but all that

remains to him.

39 K-R2 P-R4
40 R-K4 Resigns.

Two Pawns must fall im­

mediately, and eventually all
three on the Q side. Mako­
22 Kt-K5 BxR
vetz rightly declines to pro­
23 R x B Q-Q 1
long the agony.
Preventing Kt x P eh.

24 Kt-B6 Q-B2
25 Kt x R
GAME 88
Q x Kt
26 P-KB4 Q-Q2 Kassa, 1892
27 Q-Q3 Q-Kt5 GIUOCO PIANO
28 R-Kt P-B5
29 Q-K2 QxQ White : Black :
30 R x Q B-Q3 ENGLANDER CHAROUSEK
Black probably hoped to I P-K4 P-K..t
draw now, with the Queens 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
off and Bishops of opposite 3 B-B4 B-D4
colours. But he has a fatal 4 Castles Kt-B3
weakness o n the Q side. 5 P-Q3 P-Q3
White plays, therefore, to 6 P-KR3
block the King out of the An old·fa.shioned move, for
game. which there is no need.
White plays a very timid
31 P-B5 P-R3
32 P-� game.
B-B5
33 P-Kt6 I BP x P Kt-K2
34 BP x P �Q3 7 B-K3 B-Kt3
35 B-B7 B-Kt6 8 Kt-B3 P-B3
36 P-KR5 D-Q3 9 B-Kt3 P-KR3
1.
 CASUAL GAMES
This move, on the other GAME 89
hand, has an appreciable
Kassa, 1892
object, as appears at once.
BISHOP'S GAMBIT
to Kt-K2 P-Kt4
II Kt-R2 Kt-Kt3 White : Black :
12 Kt-Kt3 Kt-B5
CHAROUSEK ENGLANDER
13 B x Kt ? KtP x B
14 Kt-R5 R-KKt1 I P-K4 P-K4
15 Kt x Kt ch Q x Kt 2 P-KB4 PxP
16 K-R1 B--Q2 3 B-B4 Kt-QB3
17 Q-K2 Castles 4 P-Q4 P-KKt4
Black has now a fine offensive See Game 2 1 .
position, as frequently hap­
5 P-KR4 B-Kt2
pens when White plays a
6 PxP QxP
purely <lefensive game.
7 Kt-K2 B-B3
r8 Kt-B3 Q-Kt3 8 QB x P QxP
19 R-KKtr Q-14 9 R-Ktr QxP
20 QR-K1 R-Kt2 10 Kt-B3 Q-B4
21 P-B3 QR-Kti 11 Kt-Q5 B-R5 ch
22 B-QI! QB x P I 12 B-Kt3 B x B ch
White's last move was a good 13 Kt x B Q-K3 ch
one, in so far as it enabled 14 K-B2 K-QI
him to fight for another 15 Q-Qz KKt-Kz
dozen moves ; but the attack All book hitherto, being a
is irresistible nevertheless. variation dating from the
23 PxB Q x P ch early seventies. . The text­
24 Kt-R2 R-Kt7 move is inferior to 15 . .

25 Q-Kt4 eh QR X Q P-Q3, and if 16 QR-K1,

26 B X R cb RXB Q-R3 •
27 RxR BxP
1 6 QR-K1 Q-Q3
28 R-Kt8 eh K-B2
17 Q-Kt5 Q-Kt3
29 R-K2 B-- Kt6
1 8 Q-R4 Q x P ch
30 R-Kt7 B x Kt
31 RxB Q-B8 eh Black swallows the bait and
32 R-Kh QxP is soon malle aware of the
33 R-K1 P-Q4 fact.
34 PxP P-K.s
1 9 K-B3 R-KI
White resigns. 20 Kt x Kt Kt x Kt
 PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE 147
21 R x Kt RxR 8 B-R4
22 R-K1 P-QB3
Steinitz prefers B-K3
23 Q x R ch K-B2
24 Q-K5 eh K-Kt3 Q-K2
P-K3 was much better. Harrwitz played 8 . . Kt-R3 ;
9 Kt-B3, Q-Q2 ?, soon
25 Q-B5 eh K-B2
getting a bad game. Baucher
26 Kt-B5 P-Kt4
played 8 . . Kt-R3 ; 9 Kt­
27 Q-Q6 eh K-Kt3
B3, B-K2, which is better,
28 Kt-1<3 Q-Kt3
but soon after made the same
29 Kt-Q5 eh K-R3
mistake of moving his Q to
30 B x P eh KxB
Q2, a square required for the
3 1 Q-Kt4 eh K-R3
QB.
32 Kt-B7 mate
9 Kt-B3 P-KR3
10 Castles QR P-KKt4
GAME 90 I I B--Kt3 B-Kt2
1 2 Q-Q3 Castles
Kassa, (?)
13 Kt-Q4 Q-Kz
PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE
D- Q2 was necessary.
White : Black : White's Knight comes in · at
CHAROUSEK ENGLANDER B5 with terrific effect.
I P-K4 P-� 1 4 Kt-B5 Q-B2
2 Kt-KB3 P-Q3 And now B-B1 was better .
3 P-Q4 PxP
15 B x P B-B1
4 QxP Kt-QB3
See the notes on Game 87. If P x B1 16 Q x P wins.

5 B--QKt5 B-Q2 16 Q-R3 B-Q2

6 B x Kt BxB 17 BxB QxB
7 B-Kt5 P-B3 18 Q-K3 K-Kt r
19 R-Q3 B x Kt
The move which Harrwitz 20 PxB Kt-K2
made against Morphy in their 21 R x R ch QxR
4th match-game and which 22 R-Qr Q-KB1
Baucher played against the 23 Kt-Kt5 P-Kt3
blindfolded Morphy at the
Kt-B3 was better.
Cafe de la Regence exhibition
on September 27, 1858. It Q-B1
is inferior to 7 Kt-B3.
. .
P-R3
 148 CASUAL GAMES
2 6 Kt-Q ..l R-QI 9 B XP B x Kt
27 R-KI Kt-Q4 10 Q-R5 Q-Q3
11 RxP
R x Kt was the only way to
prolong the game. After 1 1 Q x P eh, K-Q1 ;
1 2 Q-B8 eh, Q x Q ; 1 3
28 Kt-B6 eh K-RI
R x Q eh, K--Q2 ; 14 R x Kt,
29 Q -Q3 Resigns.
Hoffer (Field, Dec. 3, 1904)
If 29 . . R-Q2, 30 R-K8 I says that White has regained
the piece with a better posi­
tion. But Black's Pawns are
GAME 91 certainly not negligible.
Kassa, 1892 P-KKt3
Kt-KR3
KING'S KNIGHT GAMBIT
B-Kt5
White : Black :
TYRNAUER CHAROUSEK He should have played 1 4
Q-Br and if Kt x R, 1 5 Q x
I P-K4 P-K4
Kt eh, K-Q sq ; r 6 B x P.
2 P-KB4 PxP
3 Kt-KB3 B-K2 B -Kt6
4 B-B4 B-R5 ch 1 5 Q-B1 P-B3
5 P-Kt3 1 6 B x Kt PxB
1 7 P-K5 . Q-Kt5
The Three Pawns Gambit
variation of the Cunningham. Position after Black' s I 7th
move.
PxP
6 Castles P x P ch
7 K-R1 B-B3
P-Q4 at once was usual in
the days when this gambit
was played. The text-move
occurred in a game von der
Lasa-Herr J. (G. Selkirk's
Book of Chess, 1868), when
after 8 Kt-K5, Black played
D X Kt and was mated on the
2oth move.
18 P-B3
8 Kt-K5
Hofler suggests 18 Kt-B3,
This is Black's best move. against which he claims the
 DANISH GAMBIT 149

following to be the most fav­ 3 P-QB3 PxP

ourable variation for Black : 4 B-QB4 Kt-KB3
18 . . Q x QP ; 19 R-B8 eh, 5 Kt-B3 B-B4 ?
R x R ; 20 Q x R ch, K-Q2 ; The right course is 5 . . Kt X
2 1 Q-B7 eh, K-B3 ; 22 Q- . P, and if 6 Castles, P-QB3 ;
B6 eh, K-Q2 ; 23 Q-B7 eh 7 R-KI , P-Q4 ; 8 l{t X
and draws by perpetual check. P, P-KB4 ; 9 Kt X Kt, BP
1 8 . . Q x KtP, 18 . . Kt-B3 or x Kt ; lo R x P eh, B-K2+ .
Q2, and 18 . . B-B4 all lead to White i n the present game
a speedy win for White. brings off the trick, well
Q x KtP known to players of the
19 Q-B6 Kt-B3 Danish Gambit, of trans­
20 B-Kt5 B-B6 ch l posing moves in the open­
21 QxB QxR ing to confuse his opponent.
22 R x KtP R-KB1 Thus he escapes the variation
23 B-B6 5 Kt x P, Kt-B3 ; 6 J{t­
If 23 Q x B, R-B8 eh ; 24 B3, B-Kt5, which yields
K x P, Q x P eh ; 25 K­ Black an excellent game.
R3, R-R8 eh ; 26 K-Kt 4, 6 Kt x P P-Q3
Q-K7 eh ; 27 Q-B3, P­ 7 Castles Castles
Rt eh, and �itc's Queen is 8 Kt-KKt5 P-KR3 ?
lost.
Playing White's game by
R-QKt1
wasting time. Kt-B3 is
24 R x R eh Kt x R
necessary.
25 Q-Q3 Kt-Q2
26 Q-Kt5 RxB 9 Kt x P R x Kt
27 PxR Q x RP
Positi'on after Black's 9th
28 P-B7 ch K-BI
move.
White resigns.

GAME 92
Kassa, ApYil 1 893
DANISH GAMBIT
White : Black :
CHAROUSEK WOLLNER
l P-K4 P-K4
2 P-Q4 PxP
 CASUAL GAMES
10 P-K5 Kt-Kt5 as here, to a kind of King's
Gambit Deferred.
If Kt-KI , I I B-K3, with
P-K6 to follow. Kt-KB3
In Game 94 Charousek, as
I I P-K6 Q-R5
Black, plays Kt-QB3.
If I I . . QB x P, then B x B, 3 P-KB4 P-QJ
Q-R5 ; 1 3 B x R eh, K x Declining the gambit.
B ; 14 Q-B3 eh, K-Ktx ; Blackburne, playing Black
1 5 P-KR3 and wins. If against Alapin, Ostend, 1905,
1 1 . . R-K2, 1 2 Q x Kt, with continued 3 . . P-Q4 ; 4 BP x
a crushing attack. And if P, Kt x P ; 5 P-Q3, Kt­
1 1 R X P, I 2 P-K 7 dis.
• .
Kt4 ; 6 P-Q4, Kt-K5.
eh, R-B2 dis. eh ; 1 3 K­ ·
If 3 . . Kt x P ; 4 P-QJ,
Rr, &c. Kt-B4 ; 5 P x P, P-Q4 ;
12 P x R eh K-BI 6 P-Q4, Kt-K5, the same
position is reached. Or Black
13 B-B4 Kt x BP
may play 6 . . Kt-K3.
14 Q-K2 Kt-Kt5 dis. eh
15 K-Rr B-Q2 4 QKt-B3 B-Kt5
16 QR-K1 Kt-QB3 5 P-KR3 D x Kt
17 Q-K8 eh R x Q 6 BxB Kt-B3
18 P x R(Q) eh B x Q 7 Castles B-K2
19 B x P dbl. eh Mate. 8 B-B4 Kt-Q5
9 P-Q3 P-B3
10 B-K3 Kt-K3
Il Kt-K2 P-QR3 ?
GAME 93
Part of some idea which
Kassa, ApYil 1894 never matures.
ALAPIN'S OPENING 12 Kt-Kt3 PxP
13 B x P P-Q4
White : Black : 14 P x P Kt x P
CHAROUSEK ENGLANDER 15 B-K5 Castles
i6 Q-R5 B-B4 ch
I P-Kt I 7 K-R2 P-KKt3
2 Kt-K2 1 8 Q-Kt4 l Kt-K6
Seldom adopted in a serious Allowing the carrying out of
game by anyone but its a very beautiful combinatio n
supposed inventor, Simon which Charousek had planned
Alapin. It frequently leads, on his 16th move .
 ALAPIN•s OPENING 151

Posit,ion after Black's 18th Perhaps the best move is

move. 3 P-Q4, after which the
game may be converted into
a Scotch. Alapin himself
has tried 3 QKt-B 3 ; which
has the advantage, lacking
in t he text-move, of prevent­
ing 3 . . P-Q4 . 3 P-KB4
may of course be tried in
this variation too, and yields
some interesting continua­
tions. The foilowing I owe
to the suggestion of Mr. J . H .
White : 3 P-KB4, P x P ;
19 Q x Kt I Kt x R eh 4 Kt x P, Kt-B3 ; 5 Kt­
20 R x Kt PxQ B3, B-Kt5 ; 6 P-Q3 ,
2 1 B x P eh R-B2 P-Q4 ; 7 P x P, Kt-Q5 ;
22 R x R Q-K1 I 8 B-K2, Castles ; 9 Castles,
23 R-B6dis ehK-Kt2 B x Kt ; 1 0 P x B, Kt x
24 R-B4dis.chK-R3 B eh ; 1 1 Q X Kt, Kt X P ;
25 R-R4 eh K-Kt4 12 Kt x Kt, Q x Kt ; 1 3 B­
26 R-Kt4 eh K-R3 R3, R-Q 1 . Or perhaps at
27 Kt-B5 eh P x Kt move 6 . Castles ; 7 B-K2,
.

28 B--B4 eh K-R4 P-Q4.

29 R-Kt5 eh K-R3 P-Q4 l
30 R-Kt8 tlis. eh K-R4 4 PxP QxP
3 1 P-Kt4 eh P x P 5 P-Q4 PxP
32 B x P ch K-R5 6 PxP B-KKt5
33 B-Kt3 Mate . •
7 B--K3 Castles
8 QKt-B3 B-Kt5

GAME 94 Black has now a much supe­

Hunga,,y, (r) rior position.

ALAPIN'S OPENING 9 Q-Q2 QB x Kt

White : Black : ro B x B Q x KtP
II Castles B x Kt
PAPP CHAROUSEK
I2 Q x B
I P-K4 P-J4
2 Kt-K2 Kt-QB3 PxB was much better,
3 P-QB3 strengthening the QP.
 CASUAL GAMES
KKt-K2 it would have put an end
1 3 QR-KtI to the Ruy Lopez long ago I '
Yet there are many still
As he cannot follow up with
who hold that it can be played
i 4 R X P, this is mere waste
safely, in conjunction with
of time.
4 (P-B3.) P-B4, which it
Q-Q4 is interesting to find Charou­
1 4 B-QB4 Q-B6 sek playing here. .
15 R-QI Kt-Q4
i 6 B x Kt Q XB 4 P-B3
1 7 K-Ktt R-Q2 5 P-Q3
1 8 KR-Kt1 P-B4
19 P-B4 R-KI This is not '\Vhite's best
2 0 K-R1 QR-K2 continuation, though there
2 1 R-Kt3 R-K5 is no general agreement as
22 P-QR3 to which is the best 5 P­
,

Q4, 5 P x P, and 5 Kt x P
P-KR4 was compulsory. to (or 5 B x Kt, QP x B ; 6
stop Black's next crusWng Kt x P) all having support.
move.
Kt-B3
P-KKt4
6 B-QB4 P-Q3
White resigns. 7 Castles P-B5

For if 23 R-B3, Px P ; 24 A more modern line of play

B x P, R x P, &c. is to exchange this Pawn
off, preferably on move 5 .
Charousek's position after the
text-move is not all that
GAME 95 might be desired.
Budapest, 1896
8 P-QKt4 B-Kt3
RUY LOPEZ 9 P-QR4 P-QR3
White : Black : 10 QKt-Q2 Q-K2
II Q-Kt3 Kt-Qr
MAKOVETZ CHAROUSEK 12 P-Q4 P-KR4
I P-K4 13 Kt-R4
2 Kt-l{B3
Hoffer suggests 13 P x P,
3 �Kt5
P x P ; 1 4 Kt X P, Q x Kt ;
Hoffer remarke<l : ' If 3 B-­
. . 1 5 Kt-B3, Q-K2 ; I6 P­
B4 could be played safely, K5, Kt-Kt5 ; 1 7 B x P,
 RUY LOPEZ 153
with two Pawns for the Position afteY Black's 28th
piece and a fine · open move.
game ; or else 1 3 P x P,
P X P, ; 14 P-R..t, followed
by Kt-Kt5.

R-R3
14 PxP PxP
15 B-R3 P-Kt4

A counter on the K side is

obviously the right policy
against White's Q side con­
centration.

1 6 Kt-B5 B x Kt 29 R x P eh
17 P x B P-Kt5 The correct move was 29
1 8 P-Kt5 Q-I{t2 Kt x P, to which there is no
19 QR-K1 Kt-Q2 satisfactory reply. The text­
20 P-R5
move allows Charousek to
B-K6 is worth consideration. bring off a ' brilliancy.'
QxR I
PxP
30 Kt x Q P-R7 ch
21 P x B
31 K-Rr
B x P is sounder. If 3 rK-B2, Kt-K5 eh ;
32 K-B3, Kt X BP, and
Black must win. But now
22 }{t x P there is no escape from a mate.

Good. If in reply 23 Kt x Kt-K5

P, Kt x Kt ; 24 Q-Q5, Kt White resigns.
-B3 ; 25 B x P, R-QI ,
and Black can safely proceed
with his assault on the K
GAME 96
side. Budapest, 1896
RUY LOPEZ
23 R-Q1 P-R5
24 KR-Kr White : Black :
P-Kt6
25 B x P P-R6 WOLFF CHAROUSEK
26 BP x P BP x P I P-K4 P-K4
27 RP x P Kt x B 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
28 Q-Kt5 eh Kt-B3 3 B-Kt5 P-KKt3
1 54 CASUAL GAMF.S
See C-ames 14 �nd 69. P x Kt
Wolff's reply to this move 19 Q x Kt BxB
is tame, and decidedly in­ 20 P x B P-B6 1
ferior to either 4 P--Q4 or
This is the move which up ­
4 P-B3 . It was played,
sets White's calculations.
however, by Walbrodt.
2 1 KtP x P Kt-K4
4 P-Q3 B-Ktz
22 Q-R3 Kt x P ch
5 Kt-B3 P--Q3
23 K-Kt2 R-B3
6 Kt-K%
Not a promising scheme, The Rook is destined to be
seeing that the square KB5 very useful on this rank.
is closed to the Knight. 24 P X P QR-KB1
White's play is too slow and 25 P-Q5
Black is enabled to get a
Not 25 P-K5, because of
much better game than usual
the reply Q-Q4 I
with the Fianchetto Defence.
P-Kt4
Kt-B3
26 Q-Kt3 Q--Q2
7 Kt-Kt3 Castles
27 P-R3 R-R3
8 P-B3 P-Q4
28 P-Q4 BxP
9 Q-K2 Q -Q3
29 RxB Kt x R
io Castles B-K3
30 P-B3 R-Kt3
II B-K3
31 Q-Kt4 Q-B2
1 1 B x Kt, P x B ; 1 2 Kt x P 32 Kt-Kt3 P-R3
would be met not by 33 P-Kt4 K-R2
Q x Kt (allowing 1 3 P-KB4), 34 K-B2 R-KB3
but by Kt x P. White resigns.
Kt-KKt5
12 QR-Q1 P-B4
13 B-B1 P-B5 GAME 97
1 4 Kt-R1 P-QR3
Budapest, l 896
15 B-R-4 P-QKt4
1 6 B-B2 TWO KNIGHTS'
DEFENCE
More waste of time.
White : Black :
P-Q5
17 B-Kt3 QR-Qt HERMANN CH.�ROUSEK

18 Kt x QP I P-K4 P-K4
Now White makes an un­ 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
sound combination which 3 B-B4 Kt-B3
brings him to disaster. 4 Kt-B3
 1WO KNIGHTS' DEFENCE 1 55
In the Magyar Sakkusjag, 9 P--Q3 CMtlel
the magazine which he edited 10 P-KR3
in conjunction with Maroczy,
Charousek wrote an article Unnecessary. The pin should
in defence of this move,
be prevented rather by 10
which was formerly con­ Kt-K r , making way for P­
demned, but which he held B4 to meet Black's obviously
not to be disadvantageous to impending advance.
White. The gist of the argu­ P-B4
ment is that, in answer . to II R-KI B-Q2
4 · . Kt x P ; 5 Kt x Kt, P­ 12 Q-K2 Q-K1
Q4, \iVhite's move is 6 B­ 13 B-K3 ? Q-Kt3
Q3. If now 6 . . P-B4 ; 7 14 K-R1 P-B5
B-Kt5, BP X Kt (QP X Kt 15 B-Q2 Kt-Q5
is inferior because of 8 Kt x 16 Kt x Kt P x Kt
P, Q-Q3 I ; 9 Kt x Kt, P x 17 Kt-K4 P-B6
Kt ; Io B-K2, B-K3 ; 18 PxP
I I P-Q3+) ; 8 Kt x P, Q­
B3 I ; 9 P-Q4, with a level This looses at once, whereas
game. And if 6 . . P x Kt, 7 1 8 Q-B1 offered prospects
B x P, B-Q3 ; 8 P-Q4 I. of a much stouter resistance.
P X P ; 9 Kt x P, Kt X Kt ; Charousek now :finishes the
IO Q x Kt, Castles ; I I B­ game very neatly.
K3-or 9 . . B-Kt5 eh ; IO BxP
P-B3, Kt X Kt; II Q-&Jch. 19 R-KKtr Q-�
In both these variations 20 R-Kt5 Q-R5
White bas a good game. 21 K-Kt1 B-R7 ch
See British Chess Maga.tine,
22 K-RI B-B8 t
1 89 7, pp. 432-3.
23 Q-Q1
Kt X P
Naturally he must not block
5 Kt x Kt P-Q4
his King's flight-square by
6 BxP QxB
capturing. And if Q-K1,
7 Kt-B3 Q-Q1
Charousek's next move is
7 . . Q-R4 is sometimes equally effective.
played, as in the similar D-K7 I
positionin the CentreCounter;
but there, it must be noted, White resigns.
Bla.ck's QBP is not shut in
For if 24 Q x B, B-Kt6 dis.
by the Knight.
eh-and again the B.ight­
8 Castles square is blocked.
 CASUAL GAMES
IO B-Q3 · P-KB4
GAME 98 P-Kt4 t
I I P-KB4
Nuf'emberg, 1896 12 B x Kt BP x B
13 P-KKt3 PxP
TWO KNIGHTS'
14 B x P
DEFENCE
If i 4 P x P, P--B4 eh ; 15
White : Black : K-RI, Q-�5, with an even
ScHALLOPP CHAROUSEK stronger game than Black
actually got.
I P-14 P-K4 B-B4 ch
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 RxB l
1 5 K-RI
3 B-B4 Kt-B3 Q-R5
16 P x R
4 P-Q4 PxP
1 7 R-DI
5 Castles B-K2
Hoffer suggested 1 7 R-KtI
There is a considerable diver­ eh. B x R ; 1 8 Q X B eh, and
gence of opinion as to Black's if either K-R1 or B-Kt5,
right move here. Kt X P 19 Q-Kt3.
gives the most complicated, B-KKt5
P-Q3 the safest, game, r8 R-Kt1 BxR
while B-B4 invited the Max 19 Q x KB K-R1
Lange. Stcinitz disapproved 20 Kt-Q2
of the text-move.
Q-Kt3 is still playable.
6 P-K5
R-KKtI
l\iorphy in a game against 2 1 Q-Q4
Arnous de Riviere continued And now either Q-K3 or
6 Kt x P (M.G.C. 297). Tchi­ Q-Kt3 is necessary, prefer­
gorin suggests 6 R-KI, with ably the former.
the continuation 6 . . Castles ;
7 Kt x P. Kt x P ; 8 R x P-B4
Kt, P-Q4 ; 9 B X P. 22 Q K3
- P-Q5
23 Q x KP Q-B7
Kt-K5 24 Q-Kt2 Q x Kt I
7 Kt x P Castles \Vhite resigns.
If 7 . Kt x P, 8 Kt-B5,
.
This game is wrongly ascribed
Castles ; 9 Q-Q4, l{t x B ;
in Cook's Compendi°Hm to
10 Q x KKt, with advantage the Nuremberg Tourney. In
to White. their tourney game at Nurem­
8 R-Kr P-Q4 berg Schallopp beat Charou­
9 Kt x Kt P x Kt sek (Game 10).
 BISHOP'S GAMBIT 1 57

An end-game struggle is fore­

GAME 99
shadowed, in which White
Nuremberg, 1896 has a considerable advantage
BISHOP'S GAMBIT in Pawn-position.
18 B-Q2
White : Black : 19 Q-B2
CHAROUSEK PoRGES
As though to invite White
I P-K4 P-J4 to offer the exchange of
2 P-KB4 PxP Queens I Why not R-K7 at
3 B-B4 Kt-KB3 once ?
4 Kt-QB3 B-Kt5
20 Q-Q3 QxQ
More usual is 4 . . Kt-B3, to 21 Kt x Q R-K7
which White replies with Kt 22 R x R ch KxR
-B3. Black delays the devel­ 23 R-Qr Kt-K2
opment of his QKt unduly 24 K-Bt R-K5
in the present game. 25 R-Kr R x R eh
26 KXR K-B2
5 KKt-K2 Castles 27 B-B4 K-K3
6 Castles Kt x P 28 K-K2 Bxn
7 Kt x Kt P-Q4
8 BxP QxB After White's 27th move
9 P-Q3 B-KB4 Black cannot avoid an end­
game with Knights and Pawns
B-Kt5 would be more effec­ only, and it is better for him
tive. to capture first, so as to get
10 Kt x P Q-Qs ch his King farther up the
11 Kt-Bz Q-Q2 board.
12 Kt-R5 29 Kt x B ch K-B4
Possibly he contemplates Kt 30 K-B3 P-KJ4 ?
-Kt3 ; but Black's 13th Almost the 'vorst move he
move causes him to change could make. It plays White's
his mind. game and makes probable
a victory which otherwise
B-B4
might have been very hard
13 P-KR3 B-KKt3
to gain.
14 Kt-B4 Kt-B3
15 P-B3 QR-KI 3 1 P-Kt4 ch P x P ch
16 P-Q4 B--Q3 3z P x P ch K-B3
17 Kt x B BP x Kt 33 K-K4 K-Kt4
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34 Kt-K6 ch KxP A late acceptance of the
35 Kt x BP P-KKt4 Gambit, no doubt for the
36 P-:-Q5 K-R6 sake of variety. It saves
37 P-Q6 Kt-B3 White a move with the
38 Kt-K6 P-Kt5 Bishop, as compared with the
39 Kt x P I P-Kt6 nonnal defence of the Gam­
40 Kt-R5 P-Kt7 bit Declined ; but Charousek
·tl Kt-B4 eh K-R7 takes care, by his next two
42 Kt-K2 moves, to prevent White
having a strong centre.
Charousek's play with the
Knight is very instructive. 6 P-K3 P-B4
By its means he takes Black's 7 BxP PxP
King as far away as the 8th 8 Px P Castles
9 Castles Kt-B3
rank.
This stops White from trying
P-Kt8 (Q)
to exchange his isolated
43 Kt x Q K x Kt Pawn ; for if ro P-Q5 , Kt­
44 P-Q7 K-B7
QR4.
45 K-Q5 Kt-QI
46 K-Q6 P-Kt4 IO Q-Q2 Q-R4
47 P-Ri l PxP I I QR-Qr R-Qr
48 P-B4 K-K6 12 KR-Kr
49 P-B5 Kt-Kt2 eh Now is the time for Q-B4,
50 K-Q5 Resigns. which he plays later with
less effect, though it is still
the best move.
GAME 100 P-QR3
13 P-QR3 P-Kt4
Vienna, 1896 1 4 B-Rz B-Kt2
QUEEN'S GAMBIT 15 Q-B4 P-Kt5
16 Kt-K4
DECLINED
If 1 6 P x P, Kt x P, followed
White : Black : by B x Kt.
F.AHNDRICH CHAROUSEK Kt x Kt
1 7 R x Kt PxP
I P-Q4 P-Q4 18 BxB Kt x B
2 P-QB4 P-K3 19 Kt-Kt5 Q-KB4
3 Kt-QB3 B-K2 20 Q x Q Kt x Q
4 Kt-B3 Kt-KB3 2 1 R-B4 PxP
5 B-Kt5 PxP 22 Kt x KP
 EVANS GAMBIT 1 59
White's game now depends 3 B-B4
on the success of this com· 4 P-QKt4
bination-which is unsound. 5 P-B3
6 P-Q4
Position afte1' White's 22nd 7 Castles
mave.
Modern examples of the
Compromised Defence are
rare ; and Black here shows
his slight acquaintance with
it by a mistake on the very
next move.

8 Q-Kt3 P-Q4

Losing two Pawns. Q-B3

is the move.

9 BxP B-K3
ro B x D PxB
P x Kt
I I Q x P ch KKt-Kz
23 B x P eh K-RI
1 2 Kt-Kt5 Kt-Q5
24 B x Kt
1 3 Q-B7 eh K-Q2
If 24 R X Kt, R X P 1 14 R-QI ?

R-KBr Now White loses valuable

25 P-Kt3 P-Kt4 time, as his next move shows.
26 B-K4 RXR Why not 14 B-K3 ?
27 BxB R x QP
K-BI I
28 R-KtI R-QKt1
15 R-Br Kt-B7
White resigns. 16 B-R3 Kt-B3
17 QKt x P Kt x R
18 R-Qr Q x Kt
GAME 101
1 8 • • B X Kt ; I 9 R X Q eh. R
Berlin, January 22, 1897 x R would have left White's
EVANS GAMBIT Queen facing fearful odds.

White : Black : 19 Kt-Q5 Kt-B7

20 Kt-K7 eh Kt x Kt
CHAROUSEK K.V.
2 1 B x Kt Q-Kt4
I P-K4 P-K4 22 P-QR4 Q-K7
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 23 Q-Q5 P-B3
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A final blunder. 2 3B-Q7
. • 16 Kt-B5 PxP
would have forced White to 17 KKt x P B--.B4
play 24 Q X B, exchanging 18 K-Rt Q-Q2
Queens and losing ; or 24 19 Q-R3 QR-Qt
R-Ktr, Kt-Kt5, &c. After
the text-move, White mated Overlooking the force of
in three. The game was ob­ White's reply. 19 . . K-Rt
viously a skittle!
'
was necessary.

20 Kt-K6 t B-Br
21 Q-Kt4 I P-Kt3
GAME 102 22 Kt-R6 ch K-R r
Berlin, Febrr1a1y 1897 23 P-B5 QR-Kr

RUY LOPEZ 23 . . P x P ; 24 Kt x P, R­
Kh ; 25 Q x Kt I was im­
White : Black : mediately fatal.
R ICHTER CHAROUSEK
24 Kt x R B x Kt
I P-K4 P-K4 25 Q-14 P-Kt4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 26 Q-R5 P-Q5
3 B--Kt5 Kt-B3 27 Kt-Kt4 P-B4
4 Castles Kt x P 28 QR-Kr B--QR3
5 P-Q4 Kt-Q3 29 P-B4 B---QKt2
6 B x Kt KtP x B
Naturally he cannot . play
Though it resembles Lasker's
29 P x P i.p.
. •

' Common Sense ' defence,

this is inferior to 6 . . QP X B, 30 K-Ktt
the usual move here. White
also, on his next move, Preparing for Kt-B2.
departs from the ordinary
R-K2
line.
31 B-Br B-Kt2
7 Kt x P B-K2 32 Kt-B2 Kt-Q3
8 Kt-QB3 Castles 33 RxR QxR
9 P-B4 P-B3 34 Kt-Q3 Q-K5
10 Kt-B3 Kt-B2 35 Q-B3 QxQ
I I Kt-K2 P-Q4 36 PxQ Kt x KBP
1 2 Kt-Kt3 Kt-Q3 37 Kt x P B -B3
13 Q-Q3 B-Kt2 38 Kt-K6 B-Q2
1 4 P-Kt3 I P--QB4 39 Kt x B K x Kt
1 5 B-Kt2 Kt-K5 40 K-B2 K-Bz
 RUY LOPEZ 161
41 R-Kr B-B3 1895}, attracted Charousek's
42 B-R3 P-QR3 attention. Compare Game
43 B-B5 Kt-R5 71.
44 R-K7 ch Resigns.
8 Kt-K2
This game was no doubt also By 8 P-Q5, QKt-Ktr ;
a ' skittle,' being played at 9 B-K3 White could have
the Kaiserhof. given Black a very cramp('d
game, a possible continuation
being 9 . . P-QKt4 ; 1 0 B-­
GAME 103 Kt3, Kt-Kt3 ; I I Q-Q2,
Budapest, March 1897 QKt-Q2 ; 12 Kt-Kr, with
good attacking prospects.
RUY LOPEZ
Another line for White is
White : Black : 8 P-QR3, to prevent the
manreuvre actually adopted
MAKOVETZ CHAROUSEK
by Black in this game.
I P-K4 P-K4 P-QKt4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 9 B-Kt3 Kt-R4
3 B-Kt5 P-QR3 10 Kt-Kt3 Castles
4 B-&f Kt-B3 I I P-B3 Kt x B
5 Castles B-K2
This drawing of \Vhite's
6 Kt-B3
principal tooth in the Lopez,
A good move, perhaps the when it can be successfully
strongest at this stage. performed, generally shows
P-Q3 something wrong in White's
development.
P-QKt4 is usually played
1 2 P x Kt B-B3
first.
1 3 Kt-K1
7 P-Q4 Kt-Q2
If P-Q5 is to be played at
Morphy {blindfold} against all, it would seem advisable
Catley, in 1859, played P­ now rather than on the 15th
QKt4 now. The text-move, move, when Black's KB has
played by Tchigorin in a an open diagonal. But 13
similar variation to this (see B-K3 is probably a better
Game 146, first note) , and by move.
Tarrasch in another form of PxP
the opening {see his game 14 P x P P-B4
against Marco, Hastings, 15 P-Q5 R-KI
M
162 CASUAL GAMES
Now Black proceeds to win KR-Kt, R x R ch ; 26
a Pawn, though White could B x R, B-K5 ; 27 K-R2,
have held on to it by 16 Q-B4 ; 28 Q-Q4, Q-&J
P-B3. eh ; 29 K-Kt1, B x QP ;
30 Q x B, Q x Q ; 3 I R x Q,
16 P-B4 B-Q5 ch R x B eh. If, instead of 25
17 K-R1 Kt-B3 KR-K1, 25 B-B3, R-K7 ;
18 Kt-B2 Kt x KP 26 Q-Q4, P-B3 ; 27 KR­
19 Kt x B Kt x Kt ch K1, B-B7 ; 28 R x R, R x R ;
20 P x Kt P x Kt 29 R-Kr, R x R eh ; 30 B x
21 QxP B-B4 R, B x P ; 31 Q-K4 ; Q­
22 B-Q2 B2 ; or 3 1 Q-Kt6, B x P, &c.

2 2 B-K3, R-K5 ; 23 Q­ 24 KR-K1 Q-Kt2

Q2 ofiered better drawing 25 B-B3
chances.
25 P-KKt4, R x R eh ; 26
R-K5 R x R, B x P ; 27 Q-Q4 is
23 Q-B2 Q-Q2 Hofier's suggestion.

Position aftet' Black's 23rd QxP

move. 26 QR-QI Q-K3
27 RxR BxR
28 K-Ktr P-Q4
29 P-QKt4 Q-Kt5
30 R-RI P-K&J
31 K-R2 P-B3
32 B-Q4 ?
White's last chance was 32
R-K 1, with intent to chal­
enge exchange of Queens.
R-QB1
33 B-B5
Preparing to attack the hos­ R X P would of course be
tile QP, which cannot well fatal, R-B7 finishing the
be saved ; for if, e.g., 24 game.
QR-Qr, QR-K1 (uot B­ R-B3
Kt5, because of 25 QR­ 34 R-K1 P-B4
K 1 , QR-K1 ; 26 R X R, 35 R-QB1 K-R2
R x R ; 27 R-KI) ; i� 36 R-Kr R-R3
 VIENNA GAME

37 �K7 P-Q5 P-Q3

38 R-QB1 6 Kt-B3 B--K3
7 B-Kt3 QKt-Q2
If 38 B-R4, R-QB3 ; 39
8 Castles Castles
R-K2, P-Q6 ; 40 R-Q2,
9 P-Q4 ?
R-B7, and wins. And if
38 Q x P. P-R5 ; 39 B x P, This gives White the in­
R x B eh, and wins. ferior game. 9 Kt-K2 seems
P-Q6 best.
39 K-Kti R-K3 PxP
40 B-B5 P-R5 10 Kt x P BxB
.41 PxP B--R r 11 RP x B Q-Kt
42 Q-BI R-K7 12 Kt-B5 Q-K4
43 B-B2 RxP 13 Q-B3 P-KKt3
44 R-QI BxP 14 B-B4
White resigns.
If 1 4 B x Kt, Kt x B ; 15
Kt-Kt3, Black will be able
eventually to mass heavy
GAME 104 forces against the KP. But
Budapest. I 897 so he does in the actual
game. White's weak point is
VIENNA GAME
the insecurity of his Knights•
White : Black : positions.

CHAROUSEK MAKOVETZ Q-K3

15 Kt-Kt3 P-QKt4
I P-K4 P-K4 16 B-K3 P-Kt5
2 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 17 Kt-Ktr P-KR4
3 B-B4 B-B4
18 Kt-Q2 KR-K1
4 P-Q3 P-B3
19 BxB
The usual move is P-Q3,
It is difficult to suggest any­
P-B3 often following later.
thing better.
The transposition has the
effect of stopping the so­ Kt x B
called • gambit continuation ' 20 KR-K1 P-R5
of the Vienna.
.Makovetz ultimately won­
s B-KKt5
the only example in the
If 5 P-B4. B x Kt ; 6 R x present collection of a victory
B, Q-I{t3. for him over Charousek.
 CASUAL GAMES

GAME 105 Of course, if the King moves,

B-Kt.t wins the Queen.
Budapest, I 897 White might have resigned.
FRENCH DEFENCE QxQ
25 B-Q3 Q-B4
White : Black : 26 Il x Kt PxB
MAKOVETZ CHAROUSEK 2 7 Kt-B6 Q x QP
I P-K4 P-K3 A rather contemptuous re­
2 P-Q4 P-Q4 turn of the Queen, which
3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 Black does not require to
4 P-K5 KKt-Q2 win the game.
5 P-B4 P-QB4
28 B-R6 eh K-K2
6 Kt-Kt5 ?
29 RxQ KxR
P X P is necessary. The text­ 30 K-B2 B-R5
move gives Black the upper 31 Kt x P ch K-1{4
hand at once.
?\fore cat-and-mouse business!
P-QR3
32 Kt-B3 B-B3
7 Kt-Q6 eh B x Kt
33 B-Kt7 eh K x P
8 PxB Kt-QB3
34 B x R RxB
9 Kt-B3 PxP
10 Kt x P Q-Kt3 White resigns.
II B-K3 Kt-B3
12 l{t-B5 Q-R4 ch
13 B-Qz Q-R5
GAME 106
14 Kt x P eh K-Br
15 Kt-R5 Q-K5 ch Budapest, 1897
16 K-B2 Q-Q5 eh
FRENCH DEFENCE
17 K-KI Kt-K5
After this there is no saving White : Black :
the game for White. MAKOVETZ CHAROUSEK

1 8 Q-K2 QxP I P-K4 P-K3

19 R-Qr Kt-Q5 2 P-Q4 P--Q4
20 Q-Q3 Kt x P eh 3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3
2 1 K-K2 Kt-Q5 eh 4 P-K5 KKt-Q2
22 K-KI B-Q2 5 P-B4 P-QB4
23 P-B5 Kt-B7 eh 6 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
24 Q x Kt 7 Kt-QKt5
 KING'S KNIGHT'S GAMBIT 1 65

Compare the preceding game.

This manceuvre is no better 26 Kt-�
on the 7th than on the 6th 27 Kt-B3
move. And, as he docs not
Not 27 P-Kt3, for then
here continue with 8 Kt-Q6
Q x Kt. Black wisely de·
eh, White merely wastes two
clines to win the Knight
moves.
now, as White would in that
P-QR3 case obtain some attack.
8 Kt-B3 PxP P-B5
9 KKt x P B-B4 28 Kt-Kz B-B4
10 Kt x Kt P x Kt 29 Q-KKt3 B-K3
II D-Q3 P-B3 30 QR-Ktx B-Q4
12 Q-R5 eh K-Br JI R-R3 P-B6
13 B-Q2 B-R2 P x P ch PxP
32
14 Castles 33 RxR B x P ch I
The position on the Q side \.Vb.ite resigns.
is scarcely a promising one
into which to castle.
P-KB4 GAME 107
15 P-KKt4 P-Kt3 Budapest, 1897
16 Q--R3 Kt-D4 KING'S KNIGHT'S
17 PxP KP x P GAMBIT
i8 P-K6
White : Black :
Playing for attack at any
price and getting very little. CHAROUSEK MAKOVETZ
1 8 B-K3 was much sounder I P-K4 P-K4
policy. 2 P-KB4 PxP
BxP 3 Kt-KB3 P-Q4
19 Kt-K2 P-Q5 4 PxP QxP
20 K-Ktx Kt x B This capture is not advanta­
21 Q x Kt P-B4 geous. 4 . . Kt-KB3 ; 5 Kt
22 P-KR4 Q-Q4 -B31 P-B3 is Black's best
23 Q-QR3 K-B2 course, though Staunton's
24 P-R5 QR-QKtI 4. B-Q3 has much to be
.

25 Kt-B3 said for it.

Ingenious-looking ; but the 5 Kt-B3 Q-K3 ch
Knight has soon to return. 6 K-B2 I B-K2
166 CASUAL GAMES

7 P-Q4 Kt-KB3 28 R-K7 R-B2

8 B-Kt5 eh B--Q2 29 RxR QxR
9 R-K1 Q-QJ 30 B-K5 R-KKtI
10 Kt-K5 Castles 31 Q-Kt5 R-KI
11 BxP BxB 32 P-� K-Kt1
12 Kt x B Q--Kt3 33 P-R5 P-R3
13 Kt-R3 34 Q--Kt6 QxQ
35 PxQ R-K3
13 P-QR-4 seems the natural
36 P-Q5 Resigns.
move. Black might, and
should, have answered the
text-move with B X Kt.
GAME 108
Kt-Q4 Budapest, May 4, 1897
14 B-Kt3 Q x KtP ?
GIUOCO PIANO
15 QKt-B4 Q-B6
16 R-QKt1 Kt-QB3 White : Black :
17 Kt-K3 I Kt-Kt3 CHAROUSE K LEHNER
Black cannot play KKtx Kt, I P-K4 P-K4
for then 1 8 R x Kt, Q x QP ; 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
19 Kt x Kt, &c. 3 B-B4 B-B4
18 R x Kt RP x R 4 Castles Q-K2 ?
1 9 Kt-Q5 Q--&J This move, transferred from
20 Kt x Kt P x Kt the 4 P-B3 variation of the
� I Kt x B eh K-Rt Giuoco Piano, where it i s
22 R-K5 QxP at least safe, i s here spoilt
23 Q-Q3 P-KB4 by White's reply Kt-B3.
He must stop Q X P eh and There is nothing better than
mate next move. 4 · . P-Q3.

24 B-B4 Q-Bz 5 Kt-B3 Kt-B3

25 Kt x QBP Q-R4 6 Kt-Q5 Q-QI
26 Q-KB3 Q-R5 ch If Kt x Kt, 7 P x Kt, Kt­
27 Q-Kt3 Q-B3 R4 ; 8 Kt X P, and White
has a won game.
Black suffers whether he
accepts or declines the ex­ 7 P-Q3 Castles
change of Queens. Charou­ 8 B-KKt5 B-K2
sek plays the ending with 9 Kt x B ch Q x Kt
the neatest precision of the 10 Kt-&J P-Q3
modem school. I I P-B4
 EVANS GAMBIT DECLiNED
White has now. through his 2! R-Kh eh Q x R ch
opponent's loss of time, an 22 KxQ KR-K1
ideal attacking position. 23 P-B5 P-Q4
24 Kt-B3 PxP
P-KR3
25 PxP B---Kt5
12 P x P QKt x P
26 Kt-Kt5 Resigns.
1 3 B x Kt PxB
1 4 Q-R5 Kt x B If P X Kt, 2 7 P-B6 forces
mate next move.
Position after Black's 14th
move.
GAME 109
Budapest, I 897
EVANS GAMBIT
DECLINED

White : Blaek :
CIIAROUSEK LEHNER

I P-K4 P-K4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
� B-B4 B-B4
4 P-QKt4 B-Kt3
15 Q x P I Kt-14
5 P-QR4 P-QI4
16 R-B3 Kt x R ch
6 P-Kt5 Kt-Q5
If Kt-Kt3, 1 7 Kt-B5, 7 P-B3
B x Kt ; 18 P x B and wins.
Parting company with a
But 1 6 . . Kt-Kt5 afforded
match-game Bardeleben­
some relief. though it did
Blackbume, 1895, in which
not save the game.
this move was prefaced by
1 7 P x Kt Q-K4 7 Kt x Kt. B x Kt.
1 8 P-KB4
Kt x Kt eh
I8 K-R1 at once also wins, 8 Q x Kt Q-K2
necessitating B-Kt5. 9 Castles P-Q3
10 P-Q3 P-R3
Q x KtP
I I Kt-R3 Kt-B3
19 R-KB1 B-R6
1 2 B-Kt3 I B-Kt5 ?
20 K-R1 Q-Qs
1 3 Q-Kt3 P-Kt.i
Nothing else would prolong 1 4 Kt-B4 B-R2
the game. 1 5 Kt-K3 B-Q2
168 CASUAL GAMES
Black is now in a bad way Arriving at the position in
owing to his weak 1 2th and the famous game Tarrasch­
1 3th moves. Possibly his Yates, Hamburg. 1910.
best course is 1 5 . . B x Kt,
6 P-QR3
followed by B-K3.
Tarrasch continued 6 B-Q3·
1 6 R-Kt1 Kt-R4 A good alternative is 6 QP x
1 7 Q-B3 Kt-B5 P, B x P ; 7 P-QR3, and
1 8 Kt-Q5 Q-Q1 if P-QR4, 8 P x P, followed
by 9 B-l{t5 eh. The objec­
He should have exchanged
tion to 6 P-QR3, without
Knights.
a preliminary exchange of
19 P-Kt6 KBxP QP for BP, is that by 6 . .
20 Kt x B P-l{t5 BPx P ; 7 KP x P {if 7
21 Q-Qt P x Kt K Kt x P, Castles is still
22 B-R3 Q-B3 Black's best move), Castles ;
23 B--B4 and wins. Black gets an excellent game.
The continuation might be :
8 B-Kt5, Kt-B3 ; 9 R­
B 1 , R-Kt ; to B-Q3,
GAME 110
P x P ; I I B x BP, Kt-Q4-
Pelsocz, 1897 or 8 B-B4, R-KI ; 9
ZUKERTORT'S OPENING B-Q3 (if 9 R-BI , Q-R4),
P X P ; 10 B x BP, Kt-Q4.
(QUEEN'S PAWN GAME) The text-move, in fact, when
properly met, surrenders the
White : Black :
initiative.
CHAROUSEK KALNICZKY BP x P
I Kt-KB3 P-Q4 7 KP x P PxP
2 P-Q4 Kt-KB3 See previous note. Black
Now we have a form of the should Castle at once.
Queen's Pawn Game, of which 8 BxP Castles
a good deal was seen in the 9 Castles Kt-B3
Rice Memorial Toumament,
1 9 1 6, � ith both l{Kt's out
P-QR3, with a view to
at the start. P-QKt4 and B-Kt2, was
worth consideration. In­
3 P-K3 P-K3 stead, Black proceeds to
4 P-B4 P-B4 develop the Bishop on an
5 Kt-B3 B-K2 unfavourable square, whence
 ZUKERTORT'S OPENING
it can only be withdrawn 20 Kt-B5
for defensive purposes.
The Knight now enters the
1 0 P-QKt4 B-Q2 enemy's lines with great
1 1 B-Kt2 R-B 1 effect.
1 2 B-Kt3 B-KI
P-Kt3
A little more aggression would 2 1 Kt-K6 B X Kt
again have been better, e.g., 22 R x B PxP
B-Q3.
If 22 Kt-K2, White can
• •

1 3 Q-Q2 Kt-Q4
sacrifice the exchange for
This gives Black a weak the QP. And if 2 1 . . P­
Pawn, which costs him dear. KKt4, White doubles his
1 4 Kt x Kt P x Kt Rooks and dominates the
15 QR-K1 B-B3 board.

P-B3, followed by B-B2 23 KR x P Kt-K2

and R-K 1 , is Hoffer's sug­ 24 R-B1 R-B3
gestion. Black attempts to 25 R x R Kt x R
carry out much the same 26 Q-Q3 Kt-K2
plan, but the way which he 27 B-B2 Kt-Kt3
selects allows White to make 28 P-KR4 R-B2
an important rearrangement 29 P-R5 Kt-Br
of his forces. 30 B-Kt3 R-Q2
1 6 Kt-K5 P-KKt3 3 1 R-B5 Kt-K3
1 7 P-B4 B-Kt2 32 Q-KB3 Kt-Kt4
1 8 P-Bs P-B3 If 32 . . Kt-B2, 33 B-Bt,
1 9 Kt-Q3 B-B2 followed by B--K B4. The
Position after Black's 19th Pawn therefore must fall,
move. and with it goes the game.

33 Q X P eh ! RX Q
34 R x R QxR

3 4 · .Q-KBt, 35 R-Q8 dis.

eh ; Kt-B2 : 36 R x Q eh,
K X R offered slightly better
chances of drawing.

35 B x Q eh K-BI
36 K-B2 K-K2
37 K-K3 K-Q3
38 B-Kt3 B-R3
I70 CASUAL GAMES

39 K-Q3 l<t-K3 7 Kt-Q5 Kt x Kt

40 B x Kt KxB 8 P x Kt Kt-K2
4 1 K-B4 P-R3 9 P-Q4 PxB
42 P-Qs eh K-K2 10 P x B P-Q3
4 3 B-Q4 P-Kt4 eh
44 K-B5 B-B8 Black natura.lly cannot allow
45 K-B6 Resigns. P-Q6.

Kalniczky has made a very I I :B-Kt5 Q-Kt3

stubborn fight, though cling­ 12 P x P
ing to the defensive all
through. Calculating, perhaps, on his
Knight against Bishop and
Black's isolated Pawns for
the end-game. He might
GAME 111 have tried 1 2 B x Kt. K x B ;
Miskolcz, A ugust I I, 1897 1 3 Kt-Q4.

RUY LOPEZ PxP

1 3 B x Kt KxB
White : B lack : I.J Kt-Q4 B--Q2
HAVAS CHAROUSEK 1 5 P-KB4 P-B3
16 P x P ? BP x P
I P-K4
1 7 P-B3 KR-KB1
2 Kt-KB3
1 8 Q-B2 QxQ
3 :B-Kt5
4 Castles In the ending which follows,
Against the ' Classical De­ White's calculations are upset
fence ' to the Lopez 4 P-B3 by the power of the Bishop.
is the most usual reply.
1 9 Kt x Q R-B5
But \Vhi�e in this game care­
20 P-QR3 B--K 1
fully avoids that manreuvre,
21 Kt-K3 B---Bz
both now and on the 5th
22 R-KB1 P-KKt3
move. and plays the opening
23 QR-Q I QR-R5
in original style.
24 I<t-Bz R x R ch
Q-B3 25 KxR R-B5 eh
26 K-Kt I ? K-B3
Of doubtful value now. Kt
27 P-KKt3 R-B4
-B3 or P-Q3 is better.
28 Kt-K3 R-B6
5 Kt-B3 KKt-K2 29 R-Kx P-R4
6 R-KI P-QR3 30 P-B4 ?
 EVANS GAMBIT 171.
Position aftet' White's 3oth 6 Castles P-Q3
move. 7 P-Q4 B-Kt3
8 P-QR4

Compare Game 8.

Kt-�
This is inferior to both Kt­
B3, as in the game Tchigorin
-Lasker, Petrograd Quad·
rangular, 1895(and also Petro­
grad-Vienna correspondence
game, 1 897-8), and P x P ;
9 P X P, B -Kt5, as played
R x Kt l by Blackburne in Game 8.
Absolutely decisive. 9 B-R2 PxP
10 P x P B-K3
31 RxR PxP
32 P-Kt3 PxP B-Kt5 is better.
33 R x KtP BxP
34 R-Q3 K-K3 I I Kt-B3
35 R-QB3 B-B3
1 r P-Qs is a good alter­
36 K-B2 P-Q4
native, for if then Q-B3,
White resigns. 1 2 P-K5, with advantage.
BxB
12 R x B Kt-K2
GAME 112
1 3 K-RI Castles
Be1lin Chess Club. Sept. 1 4 P-Kt4
1897
Stopping P-KB4 and at the
EVANS GAMBIT same time beginning a. power­
ful assault on Black's K side.
White : Black :
Kt-Kt3
CHAROUSEK RICHTER
P-Q4 is better, or else
I P-K4 P-14
Q-Q2.
z Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3 B-B4 B-B4 15 P-R4 R-K1
4 P-QKt4 BxP 16 P-R5 Kt-BI
5 P-B3 B -R.( 17 B-Kt5 Q-Q2
 CASUAL GAMES
If P-KB3, 1 8 B-R4, threat­ 26 Kt x KtP I B-Kt4
ening the immediate advance
of the KtP. If 26 . . Q x Kt, 2 7 R-B7
Q-R1 ; 28 QR-KB2, Kt
18 Kt-R4 Kt-K3
-Kt2 (forced) ; 29 P x P,
But now P-KB3 is best, P x P (if B-R4 or Kt3 or
followed by P-Q4. Kt4, 30 Kt-K4) ; 30 Kt x P,
19 B-K3 Kt-QB5 B-Kt4 ? ; 3 1 Q x B l If
20 Kt-B5 Kt x B again 26 . . R-KB1, 27 R­
2 1 P x Kt P-QB3 B7, R x R ; 28 P x R eh,
K x P ; 29 R-B2 ch, B-B3 ;
He shoul<l have played 2 1 . .
30 P-K5, &c.
B-R4, with a view to 22 • •
Kt-Kt4. 27 R-B7 Q-B1
22 P-Kt5 B--Q t 28 Kt-B5 Kt-Qr
29 .Q x B l Kt x R
If Kt X KtP, 23 Q-Kt4,
Q-Q1 (White threatens to If P X Q, White mates in 2 .
check and win the Queen) ;
24 P-R6, P-Kt3 ; 25 Kt­ 3 0 P x Kt dbl. eh Resigns.
Kt7, R-KBt ; 2 6 QR-KB2,
followed by R-B6. Mate in 7 follows :-30 . .
23 Q-Kt4 P-Q4 K x P ; 3 1 Q-Kt7 eh, K­
K3 ; 32 Q-K5 eh, K-B2 ;
If B x P, 24 P-Q5.
33 Kt-Q6 eh, K-Br ; 34
24 P-Kt6 BP x P Q-B6 eh., &c.
25 RP x P P-R3

Position after Black' s 2 5th

move. GAME 113
Budapest, 1897

RUY LOPEZ

White : Black :

BRODY CHAROUSEK

I P-K4 P-K4
z Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3 B-Kt5 Kt-D3
4 Castles Kt x P
 RUY LOPEZ 173 .
5 P-Q4 B-K2 B-Q2
6 Q-K2 13 P-KB4 Kt-K3
Here Charousek himself, as Inviting White to advance­
\Vhite, played 6 R-K1 in which he does, to the great
Game 24. For 6 P x P sec enhancement of the interest
Games 1 1 5, 120. The text­ of the game.
move occurs also in Games 14 P-B5 Kt x Kt
134 and 144. 15 B x Kt P-B3
Kt-Q3 16 P-K6 B-Kx
17 Q-K3 Q-Q3
The generally commended 18 R-B3 P-B4
defence here. Hoffer in his 19 B-Ktz P-Qs
note at this point in the 20 Q-B2 B-B3
present game pronounced 6 . . 21 R-R3 P-QR4
P-Q4 to be the only defence, 22 Q-R4 P-R3
though elsewhere he describes 23 Q-Kt4 Q-Q4 I
it as ' just as ineffective as 24 R-Kt3 P-Kt4
any other of the defences
· 25 P x P i.p.
to the 6 Q-K2 variation.'
Position after White's 25th
7 B x Kt KtP x B move.
8 PxP Kt-Kt2
9 P-QKt3

For the more usual 9 Kt-Q4

sec Game 144.

Castles
IO B-Kt2 P-Q4
I I QKt-Q2

Pillsbury-Lasker, Petrograd,
Dec. 25, 1 895, continued I 1
P X P i.p., according to Mason
the best move.
1 2 Kt-Q4
For 12 P-B4 ? see Game
134 .
K-Kt2
Black has calculated well,
for. though this, like his
last move, is forced, he
extricates himself success­
fully from a very perilous-
174 CASUAL GAMES

looking position and remains GAME 114

with a win in hand.
Budapest, 1 897
26 Kt-B3
27 Q-R5 IRREGULAR OPENING

If 27 Q-B4, Hoffer points White : Black :

out, B-Q3 ; 28 Kt x P. CHAROUSEK BRODY
P x Kt (not B x Q ; 29 Kt x P
dbl. eh K-Kt1 ; 30 Kt­
.•
I P-QKt4
K7 mate) : 29 B x P eh, K­ Even rarer than I P-KKt4
Kt1 , &c. Or 29 Q x QP eh, -the ' Spike.'
Q X Q ; 30 B X Q eh, K­
Ktr ; 3 1 R-R3, B-B5, &c. P-Q4

P-KB5 Making the game an inverted

28 QxQ BxQ Polish Defence to the Queen's
29 R-R3 B x KP Pawn Opening.
30 R-KI R-B3 2 B-Kt2 P-K3
31 Kt x P BxR
32 R x B ch KxP What merit there is in the
33 PxB P x Kt opening lies in the fact that
34 BxP R-B3 Black cannot play P-K4 un­
35 P-B4 P-R5 less he does so on his first
36 B-K5 PxP move, where, however, it
37 PxP K-B4 is considered inferior to P­
38 B x QBP R-R7 Q4, as played by Brody.
39 R-K5 eh K-B3 3 P-K3 Kt-KB3
40 R-QR5 4 P-Kt5 B-Q3
White's ingenuity in forcing P-QR3 is probably the best
an exchange of Rooks is reply to White's last move.
wasted, owing to the fact
that after it his King is 5 Kt-KB3 QKt-Q2
hopelessly placed. 6 P-B4 P-QKt3
7 B-K2 B-Ktz
RxR 8 Castles Castles
41 BxR K-B4 9 Kt-B3 P-B3
42 B-Q8 K-K5
43 B-K7 R-Kt3 ch A better course seems to be
44 K-B1 K-B6 9 P x P ; 10 B x P, Kt-K.J.
. •

As he plays, Black gets both

White resigns. Bishops shut in.
 RUY LOPEZ 175

1 0 KtP x P QB x P
GAME 115
11 PxP PxP
12 R-Br P-QR3 Bu.dapcst, (.>) DeoembeY 1897
1 3 B-Q3 B-Kt2
14 B--KtI Kt-K4 RUY LOPEZ
1 5 Kt x Kt B x Kt White : Black :
1 6 P-B4 B-Q3
17 Kt-K2 R-B1 EXNER CHAROUSEK
1 8 Kt-Q4 RXR
19 Q x R Q-B2 I P-K4 P-K4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
Black has a very difficult 3 B-Kt5 Kt-B3
game, for he cannot keep the 4 Castles Kt x P
hostile Knight out of KB5 5 P-Q4 B-K2
without letting him in at
QB6. He thinks to save the Compare Games 24, n3, 120,
situation by the exchange 134, and 144. Charousek
of Queens, but finds that was rather partial to this
White has a surprise for defence.
him.
6 PxP
20 Kt-B5 QxQ
21 R x Q B-Kt1 See the note in Game 24,
22 Kt x P I K x Kt move 6.
If 22 Kt-K5, 23 Kt-B5
• •
P-Q4
(threatening mate), P-B3,
Hoffer declared 6 . . Castles
Black could at least have
made a better fight. best. For 7 QKt-Q2 in
reply to the text-move see·

23 P-Kt4 P-R3 Game 120.

24 P-Kt5 PxP
25 PxP R-B1 7 P x P i.p. Kt x P
26 B x Kt eh K-Kt1 8 B-- R.4 Castles
27 R-B1 R-B5 9 Kt-B3 B-Kt5
28 B-Q4 10 B--B4 B-B3
B--Q3
29 B-R7 eh KxB 11 Kt-Qs B-K4

If K-B1, 30 P-Kt6. 1 1 . . B x P ; 1 2 R -KtI, B­

Q5 is defeated by 13 R x P !
30 R x P eh Resigns.
But l I . . B X P ; 1 2 R-Kt1,
A game of an unusual type B-K4 deserves attention.
throughout. 13 R X P will not then answer.
 CASUAL GAMES

13 B x Kt. B x B ; 14 B x P in some notes to this game

seems White's best course. ( Deutsches Wochenschach,
1 899, p. 271), that he con­
12 B x Kt BxB
sidered the text-move in­
13 Kt x B PxB
ferior to 3 . . P-KB4 or 3 .
14 P-KR3 Q-B3
.

P-Q4 ; 4 P x P, Kt-KB3
15 PXB Q x Kt
16 Q-Q4 QxQ 4 P-KR4 P-Kt5
After these exchanges a draw 5 Kt-K5 B-Kt2
is practically sure.
Charousek dissented from the
1 7 Kt x Q KR-KtI common view that this move
18 P-QKt3 P-QB4 of Louis Paulsen's gives Black
19 Kt-K2 P-B5 an advantage.
20 P-KB3 P-KR4
21 Kt-B3 R-K1 6 P-Q4 Kt-KB3
22 KR-KI K-Br 7 Kt x KtP
23 K-B2 P-QB3
24 QR-Qr RxR B x P, B-Q3, Kt-QB3, and
25 RxR BP x P B-QB4 are all promising,
too.
Drawn
Kt x P
Charousek docs not appear 8 BxP Q-K2
to have exerted himself un­ 9 Q-K2 BxP
duly over this game, though IO P-B3 B-Kt2
it is not without interest
in the early part. 1 o . P-KR4 is essential to
.

that. Charousek gave I 1

Kt-K3 as the best reply,
GAME 116 • though 1 1 P x B, P x Kt ;
Cologne, August 20, I 898 1 2 Kt-B3 is also good, the
exchange being greatly 1n
KIESERITZKY GAMBIT White's favour.'
White : Black : II Kt-K3 t Q-K3
CHAROUSEK BURN 12 P-KKt3 Castles
13 B-R3 P-KB4
I P-K4 P-K4
14 Castles P--Q3
2 P-KB4 PxP
15 Kt-Q2 Kt x Kt
3 Kt-KB3 P-KKt4
16 Q x Kt Kt-B3
Charousek himself stated, 17 QR-K1 Q-Bl
 GIUOCO PIANO I77 ·

Position after Blach's 1 7th GAME 117

move.
On the Rhine, August 1898
GIUOCO PIANO

White : Black :
CHAROUSEK 5CHLECHTER

I P-K4 P-K4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3 B-B4 B-B4
4 P-B3 Kt-B3
5 P-Q4 PxP
6 P-K5 P-Q4
7 B-K2
1 8 B-Kt2 K-Rx
This innovation in place of
If 18 . . B-K3, 19 Kt x P I the usual B-QKt5 was not
and neither Queen nor Bishop due to Charousek, but to
can retake. Oscar Cordel, the Berlin ana·
19 Kt-Q5 I Kt-K4 lyst and writer upon chess.
20 B-Kt5 t P-B3 Kt-K5
2 1 Kt-B4 P-Q4 8 PxP B-Kt3

If 2 1 • • P-KR3, 20 B-K7. Maroczy here continued B­

Kt5 eh (Game 133).
22 P-R5 B-Q2
2 3 P-R6 B-B3 9 Castles Castles
24 B x B eh QxB 10 Kt-B3 B-Kt5
25 Kt-R5 Q-Q3
26 R x Kt 1 0 P-B4 ; II B-KB4,
QxR
. •

P-KR3 ; 1 2 P-KR.4, Kt­

2 7 R-Kr Resigns.
This game was published
in some quarters as though
it were a Cologne Tourna­
ment game. Charousek and
Burn met in that tourna­
ment on August 16, and drew.
The present game was an
off-hand skirmish played four
days later.
K2 ; 1 3 P-R5, Q-K1 ;
14 Kt-KR..t . K-R2 gives
a fairly level game. But
White has the option on
move 12 of playing R-Br,
which may lead to an
extremely interesting varia­
tion ; e.g., 1 2 R-B1 , P-Kt4 ;
13 Kt X QP, P X B ; 14 Kt
X KBP, QKt X P ; 15B-B4
 CASUAL GAMES
eh, K-R2 ; 1 6 l{t X Kt, The beginning of a powerful
B X Kt ; 1 7 B-K6 (I 7 Q attack.
-R5 is met by Q-Kt 4 l) P-Kt3
and if B x P eh, 1 8 K-R1, 22 P x P PxP
Q x Q ; 19 R x P ch, Q-Q2 ; 23 Kt-l(t3 Kt-Kt2
20 B x Q, B x B ; 21 P-K6. 24 K-R 1 K-R1
It is doubtful whether Black 25 R-KKtx R-K1
can now save the game .
26 R-Kt2 R-K3
27 QR-KKt1 P-B3
I I B-K3 Kt-K2 R-Kt3
28 Q-K2
12 Q-B2 Kt x Kt 29 Kt-R5 t RxR
30 Q x R D-Q1
Not 1 2 P-KB4, for
• • then
1 3 Kt x Kt, BP x Kt ; 14
Kt-l{t5 + Position after Black's 30/h
move.
1 3 P x Kt Kt-Kt3
14 Kt-Kt5 BxB

1 4 . . B-Q2, 1 5 P-KI34, P­
KD3 (not P-KR3 ; 16 Kt x
P) seems to yield Black a
stronger defence. If then
1 6 J{t x P, K x Kt ; 1 7 P-K6,
QB x P. White can apparently
only win his piece back at
the expense of a Pawn. And
if 16 P-K6, P x Kt ; 1 7 P­
B5. B-Kr , and again White 31 P-K6 I ?
comes out a Pawn down.
This pretty move won the
15 QxB P-KR3 game. But the odd point
16 Kt-R3 P-KB4 about it is that it should only
17 P-KB4 Q-Q2 have drawn . Sec next note.
18 Q-QB2 R-B2 Instead, 3 1 Q-Kt6 forced a
19 Kt-D2 Kt-B1 win. Black's best reply is
20 Kt-Rr Kt-K3 3 1 . Q-K3, whereon follows
.

3 2 Kt-l36, B x Kt ; 33 Q x
The manccuvrcs of these two
P eh, K-Kt1 ; 34 R-Kt6.
Knights arc a distinctive fea­
Black can only mark time
ture of the game.
here, e.g., 3·1 Q-K2 (un­
· .

2 1 P-Kt4 pinning} ; 35 P X B, Q-K5

 QUEEN,S GAMBIT DECLINED :r79
eh ; 36 R-Kt2, Q-Kt8 eh ; GAME 118
37 B-Ktr and wins.
Szekes FehArvar, I 898
QxP QUEEN'S GAMBIT
32 Kt x Kt QxB DECLINED
33 Kt-K6 Resigns
White : B ia.ck :
The argument is, if 33 . .
Q-K5, 34 Kt x B, R-Q2 ; EXNER CHAROUSEK
35 Q x Q, Q P x Q ; 36 Kt­ I P-Q4
K6, and the Knight escapes. z P-QB4
Or 33 . . Q-K5 ; 34 Kt x B, 3 Kt-QB3
Q X Q eh ; 35 K x Q, R-K2 ;
36 K-B2, K-Rz ; 37 R­ See Game l 7. 4 P-K4 is
Kt, and again the Knight the most forcible reply to
gets out. But both players this move. Exner here loses
overlooked that 33 . . B-Kt4 a move with the KP.
saved the game I 4 Kt-B3 Kt-B3
White, it may be noted, had 5 P-K3 QKt-Q2
an alternative 33rd move, Kt 6 B-Q3 B-Q3
x P. This practically forces 7 Castles Castles
33 . . Q-K5, but after 34 Q X 8 P-K4 P x KP
Q, P x Q ; 35 Kt x P, R x P ; 9 Kt x P Kt x Kt
36 R-Kt8 eh, K-R2 ; 10 B x Kt P-QB4
37 R x B, K x Kt, it is doubt­
ful whether 'VVhite has any This gives \Vhite the oppor­
advantage, for he has not tunity of securing a Pawn
time to go after Black's Q majority on the Q side by
side Pawns. II P x P-instead of which
he lets Black have the Pawn
This game was played on
majority and gives himsell
a steamer on the Rhine be­
an isolated QP.
tween Cologne and Coblentz,
during a pleasure trip at the l I P-Q5 ? Kt-B3
time of the Cologne Congress. 12 Q-B2 PxP
It is wrongly described in 13 PxP B-Kt5
Cook's Compendium, p. 107, 14 P-KR3 B-R4
as a Nuremberg Tourna� 15 Kt-Kt5 Kt x B
ment game. Charousek and
If 1 5 . . P-KR3, 16 Kt-R7.
Schlechter met in match
·games on four occasions only, 16 Kt x Kt B-Kt3
all four games being drawn. 1 7 P-B3 Q-B2
180 CASUAL GAMES
P-Kt3 30 B-K1 Q x QKtP
B-R7 ch 31 P x P B-K3
32 P-Kt7
Confining White's King to
the wing ; for if 20 l{-B2, Apart from the error on his
B X Kt, followed by 2 1 • • 25th move, \Vhite has hither­
Q-Kt6 ch. to played ingeniously. He
20 K-Rr P-B4 now makes a fatal blunder.
2 1 Kt-Kt5 P-B5 32 P-R4 was essential, and
if 32 . . B-Q4, 33 K-Rr­
Now the position is interest­ though even then the chances
ing and complicated. White of avoiding loss were small.
finds the best move in the
situation. BxP l
33 K x B R-R3 ch
Position after Black's 2 rst 34 B-R4 R x B ch
move. 35 K x R Q-B3 ch
and Black mates in four at
most.

GAME 119
PelslJcz, I g99
PETROFF'S DEFENCE

White : Black :
KALNICZKY CHAROUSEK
22 Q·-B4 Q-K4 P-K4
I P-K4
23 B-D2 Q x Kt
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3
24 KxB B-B2
3 Kt x P P-Q3
25 KR-Q1 ?
4 I<t-KB3 Kt x P
QR-Q1 was much better, 5 P-Q4 P-Q4
See move 28. 6 B---3 -Q B-K2
7 Castles Kt-Q3
QR-Qr
26 Q-R6 R-Q3 A variation which occurred
2 7 P-R5 R-Kt3 in a correspondence game,
28 R-KKtr Q x QP Paris-Marseilles, 1872, Mar­
29 �J x RP Q-Q7 seilles playing B-K3 on the
 RUY LOPEZ I8I
Btb move in place of Cha­ 23 K-R2 Q x Kt
rousek's P-QB3 . 24 R x B PxP
25 P x P
8 Kt-B3 P-QB3
9 Kt-K5 Castles Position after White's 25th
1 0 Q-R5 P-KB4 move.
I I P-B4

This allows Black also to

establish a Knight at Ks,
whereby he gains a great
advantage.

Kt-Q2
1 2 R-B3 Kt-B3
1 3 Q-R3 Kt(Q3)-K5
14 Kt-K2 Kt-Kt5
15 P-KKt3

White is almost suffocated.

P-KK4 t
and sees no relief but by
.
P-KR3. Now comes a beautiful finish.

B-K3 26 R-R3 PxP

16 Q--Kt2 Kt(Kt5)-B3 2 7 P-Kt5 P-B6 1
1 7 B-K3 R-B 1 28 Kt x P Kt-Kt5 eh
18 P-KR3 29 K-Ktx Q-Kt3 eh
White resigns.
Black having voluntarily
withdrawn the Knight, what
need is there of this ? It
would be better to prepare GAME 120
for Dlack's Q side advance Budapest, 1899
by 1 8 P-B3.
RUY LOPEZ

White : Black :
19 P-Kt3
20 P-KKt4 �fAKOVETZ CHAROUSEK
I P-K4 P-K4
Still P-B3 was the best
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
move.
3 B-Kt5 Kt-B3
P x QP 4 Castles Kt x P
2 1 Kt x P B-B4 5 P-Q4 B-K2
22 Kt x B B x B ch 6 PxP P-Q4
 RUY LOPEZ
difficult game, after 1 9 . . R­ 3 B-Kt5 P-QR3
Kt3 ; 20 B x BP. 4 B-R4 P-Q3 ·
5 P-Q4 B-Q2
20 R x R BxR 6 P-B3 Kt-B3
21 B x R BxB 7 B-B2
22 Kt-K5
This Bishop usually waits
If 22 R-K8 eh, K-R2 ; 23
to be driven. 7 QKt-Q2
R-QBS, B x P ; 24 R x P, p
was Lasker's move at this
-QB5, Black's Q side Pawns
point in his first game against
must win.
Steinitz in the Pctrograd
P-Kt5 Quadrangular Tournament,
23 P-B4 P-B5 1895, following by Castles
24 K-B2 P-B6 ! and R-Kx.
25 PxP P-Kt6
P-KKt3
26 R-K2 B x Kt
8 QKt-Q2
27 PxB B-Kt8 t
28 R-Ktz B-B7 Now it might be better to
29 K-K3 K-B2 play B--Kt5.
30 K-Q4
B--Kt2
K--Q2, with a view to sacri­ 9 Castles Castles
ficing the Exchange for the 10 P-Qs Kt-K2
passed Pawn, would not save I I Kt-KI Kt-R4
the game.
K-K3 Black's first aggressive move,
3 1 P-B4 P-Kt4 after a Steinitzian develop­
ment.
White resigns.
12 Kt-Q3 P-KB4
1 3 P-KB4 KKt x P
14 Kt x Kt P x Kt
GAME 121 15 R x P PxP
Hungary, (?) 16 Kt x P Kt-B4
RUY LOPEZ 1 7 Kt-Kt5

White : Black : Another example of ' the

MAKOVETZ CHAROUSEK proverbial combination, ex­
pected by the stronger player,
P-K4 who sees farther than his
Kt-QB3 opponent'.'
 CASUAL GAMES

Position aftet' White's I 7th GAME 122

move. Muan, 1 899
IRREGULAR FOUR
KNIGHTS' GAME

White : Black :
CHAROUSEK KAUFMANN

l P-K4 P-K4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3 Kt-B3 K Kt-K2

An ill-advised innovation, this

Knight being badly placed
when developed at Kt3, and
Q x Kt having to waste two more
18 R x Kt Q-R5 moves to get into play.
19 B-Kt5 Q-QB5
4 B-B4 Kt-Kt3
20 R x R ch RxR
5 P-Q3 B--K 2
21 Q-Q2 B-l{t4
6 P-KR4

This Bishop's action now de­ Charousek takes immediate

cides the game. advantage of his opponent's
error. 6 . . Kt x P is not play­
22 P-KR3 R-B8 ch able on account of 7 Kt x
23 RxR Q x R ch Kt, B x Kt ; 8 Q--R5.
24 K-R2 B-!4 ch
25 P-Kt3 B-K7 t P-Q3
26 B-K4 Q-B7 ch 7 P-Rs Kt-B1
27 K-RI QxP 8 P-R6 P-KKt3
28 QxB Q x P ch 9 Kt-Q5 Kt-K3
29 K-KtI Q-Kt6 ch 10 P-B3 B-Q2
30 B-Kt2 II P-QKt4 P-R3
12 P-� Castles
If 30 Q-Kt2, Q--KB eh ; 13 Castles K-RI
31 Q-B1 , Q x B, the win is 14 Kt-R2 P-B4 ?
still easier for Black, Bishops 15 P-B4 BP x P
of the same colour remaining. 16 QP x P PxP
17 Kt x KBP Kt x Kt
QxB 18 B X Kt Kt-li4

and Black won. B-B3 is necessary.

 PETROFF'S DEFENCE
19 B x Kt ch PxB 38 K-Kt5 or 37 . . Q-B4 eh ;
20 Q-Qs B-QB3 38 K-R4, B-Kt7 ; 39·
P-Kt4, P-Kt4 eh ; 40
Now if B-KB3, of course Q x P, Q--B 7 eh ; 4 1 K-R5,
2 I R x B, R x R ; 2 2 Q x KP, &c.
&c.
35 Q-B4 Q-Qr
21 Q x P eh B-B3
36 Kt-K8 l Q-K2
22 Q-Kt3 Q-Q3
23 Q-K3 QR-K1 Natu rally he does not take
24 QR-Q1 Q-14 the Knight.
25 Kt-Kt4 Q x BP
37 Kt x P PxP
Not 25 Q-KKt4, for then
• • 38 PxP P-Kt4
26 Q x Q, B x Q ; 27 P-K5 39 Q-B6 eh QxQ
and the KP is safe. The 40 PxQ K-Kt1
loss of the BP is a small 41 Kt-K6 Resigns.

matter in comparison.

26 R--Q3 QxB
27 I<t x B R-QI GAME 123
28 RXR RxR Meran, 1899
29 P-K5 Q-B7
30 Q-Kt5 R--Q8 PETROFF'S DEFENCE
JI R X R Q x R ch
32 K-Rz Q-Q1 Wblte : Black :
33 P-R5 Q-Kz KAUF.MANN CHAROUSEK
34 P-Kt3 P-Kt3
I P-K4 P-K4
If Q x KtP, White's best 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3
course appears to be to 3 Kt x P P-Q3
get his King into safety by 4 Kt-KB3 Kt x P
35 Q-K3, Q-Kt7 eh (if 5 P-B4
Q-BI, 36 P-Kt4, threaten­
ing P-Kt5 and Q-Q4 ; and Kaufmann's favourite move
if Q x P ? , 36 Q-Q4, Q-R7 in the Petroff. Marco has
eh ; 37 K-R3, Q-Kt7 eh ; copied it from Kaufmann,
38 K-Kt4, Q--B6 eh ; 39 playing it at Monte Carlo
K-R4, Q-R8 eh ; 40 K­ 1903, and Cambridge Springs,
Kt5, &c) . ; 36 K-R3, 1904 ; and Maroczy adopted
Q-Kt8 {Q-Kt7 eh is use­ it against Marshall, San
less} ; 37 K-Kt4, Q-Q8 eh ; Sebastian, 1 9 u . Although it
186 CASUAL GAMES
looks rather eccentric, there Position aftet' White's 15tll
is a good deal in its favour. move.
B-K2

5 . . P-Q4 ; P x P, Q x P ;
6
7 Kt-B3, Kt x Kt ; 8 KtP x
Kt, P-QB4 ; 9 B-Kt5 eh,
B--Q2 ; I o B X B eh, Kt X B ;
1 1 Castles is good for White.

6 Kt-B3 Kt-KB3

The games Marco-Maroczy,

Monte Carlo, 1903, and
Maroczy-Marshall, San
Sebastian, 19n, both con­ Q--Q3
tinued 6 . . Kt x Kt, the re­ 16 Castles KR
capture being made with the
KtP in the first case, in the By 16 Kt x B, Q x Kt ; 17
second with the QP. Q x P, Q x KtP ; 18 Castles,
or 1 7 . • Kt X P ; 18 Q-B6,
Q X KtP ; 19 Castles, White
Here Napier, against Marco, appears to maintain his ad­
Monte Carlo, 1903, played vantage.
7 . Castles, the continuation
.
B x Kt
being 8 B-Q3, B-Kt5 ; IJ P x B
9 P-KR3, B-&J ; 10
Castles, Kt-B3 ; I I B-K3, 17 Q x B, Kt x P ; 1 8 Q-B2
Q-Q2. (not 18 Q-B4, Kt x B, 19
P x Kt, B--R3), B-Kt2 ;
8 Q-Kt3 Castles
1 9 QR-Br is a better line
9 PxP QKt-Qz
for White, who gives up the
l o B--K3 Kt-Kt3
Exchange now without suffi­
I I B-QB4 P-QR4
cient justification.
1 2 P-QJ4 Kt x B
1 3 Q x Kt P-QKt3 B-R3
14 Kt-K5 18 Q-Kt3 BxR
19 RxB Kt-Kt5
White .fights hard to keep the
20 P-Kt3 KR-KI
extra Pawn.
21 P-QB4 Q-Kt3
B-QKt5 22 �B4 R-K7
1 5 Kt-Bq 2� B�P
 VIENNA GAMBIT DECLINED I87

Interesting complications
arise from 23 Kt-K5. Kt x
Kt ; 24 P x Kt or B x Kt, A rarely seen variation ; and

Q-B7 ; 25 Q-KB3, with that is its chief merit.

the threat of 26 P-Q6. 4 PxP P-Q3
White in either case stood a
better chance than with the Charousek turns the game
course which he adopted. into a gambit for Black,
aiming at rapid development,
Q-B4 White has nothing better
24 B-B4 P-KKt4 than 5 P X P, when might
25 B-K3 R-Kt follow 5 Q X P ; 6 Kt-B3,
26 P-Q6 Kt x B
. •

B-KKt5 ; 7 B-K2, Castles ;

\Vhite resigns. 8 P-Q3 Kt-B3 ; 9 B­
Kt5, KR-Kr ; 10 Q-Q2,
Hoffer gives the following
intending to castle Q side.
line as the probable con­
Black has little to show for
sideration which induced
his Pawn minu s.
Kaufmann to resign 1n a
position which is not 5 P-K6 Kt-B3
obviously lost :- 6 Kt-B3 Castles
27 Kt-K7 eh, R X Kt ; 28 7 P-Q4 I3-Kt5
P x R. Q-K5 ; 29 P-K8(Q) 8 P-Q5 ? Kt-K4
eh, Q x Q ; 30 P x Kt, Q-Ks ; 9 Kt x Kt P x Kt
31 R-B2, R x P ; 32 Q x P, 10 P x P eh RxP
R-K8 eh ; 33 R-B1, Q­ I I B-KKt5 P-KR3
K6 eh : 34 K-Kt2, R-K7 1 2 B :>< K t QxB
eh ; 35 K-R3, P-R4, 1 3 Q-Q2 B-Kt5
threatening P-l{t5 eh and
Having assisted Black in
R x P mate. developing all his pieces,
'iVhite is now prevented from
GAME 124 getting his King into safety.
(?) Meran, 1899 His best reply to the text­
move seems to be Q-Kt3,
VIENNA GAMBIT to be followed by B-K2.
DECLINED \Vhat he actually plays
White : Black : hastens the end.
KAUFMANN CHAROUSEK 1 4 B-B4 P-QKt4
I P-K4 P-K4 15 R-KBr PxB I
2 Kt-QB3 Kt-QB3 i6 R x Q RxR
188 CASUAL GAMES

17 P-KR3 QR-KB1 I 4 B x Kt QxB

18 PxB R-B8 ch 1 5 P-KKt4
19 K-K2 QR-B7 ch Absolutely fatal.
20 K-K3 B-B4 ch
21 Q-Q4 B x Q mate. B-Q3
16 B---Kt3 B-Kt3
17 Kt-Kt3 P-B4
GAME 125 18 P-Kt5 P-B5
Kassa, 1892 19 B-� B-�
SICILIAN DEFENCE 20 K-Kt2 Kt-K4
21 QKt x P Kt-Kt3
White : Black :
White resigns.
BROSZTEL CHAROUSEK

I P-1{4 P-QB4
GAME 126
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3 B-B4 Kassa, ( t ) 1892
In the past both Neumann EVANS GAMBIT
and MacDonnell experimented White : Blaek :
with this as White's 2nd
BROSZTEL CHAROUSEK
move against the Sicilian
Defence ; but the move is I P-K4 P-K4
not good in either place. 2 Kt-KB3 Kt--QB3
3 B-B4 B-B4
P-K3 4 P--QKt4 BxP
4 P-B3 5 P-B3 B-R4
And this is inferior to 4 6 Castles Kt-B3
Kt-B3, so aa to prevent 7 P-Q4 Castles
Black's immediate advance 8 PxP KKt x P
of the QP, whereby he gets 9 Q-Bz ?
a good open game. Vcry inferior to the usual
P-Q4 continuation 9 B--Q5. The
5 PxP PxP attack at once changes hands.
6 B-Kt3 P-Qs
P--Q4
7 Castles B-K2
lo B-R3 R-K1
8 P-Q3 Kt-B3
11 R-Qr B-K3
9 PxP PxP
12 B-Q3 Kt-Kt4
1 0 B-KB4 B-KKt5
13 Kt x Kt Q x Kt
I I QKt-Qz Castles
14 B x P ch
1 2 P-KR3 B-R4
1 3 K-Rz Kt-Q4 This produces a temporary
 SCOTCH GAME
equality of material, but This move was made by
leaves White with a hopeless Morphy in an off-hand game
game. against Barnes in 1858 (see
K-RI M.G.C., p. 242), Barnes de­
1 5 B-Q3 B-Kt3 clining the Pawn and win­
16 K-RI ning the game. Morphy also
made the move in a similar
White is completely at a loss
for a move. position (Black having played
Kt x P 3 Kt-QB3 in place of
. •

Kt x B r P--Q3) against Lord Cre­

1 7 B-QD1
18 B x Q mome in the blindfold exhi­
bition at the London Chess
Q x Kt would at least prolong Club on April 13, 1859.
the game.
Kt x P ch BxP
19 K-Kt1 Kt x R dis.ch 5 P-B3 B-R4
20 K-BI 6 B--B4 B-Kt3
7 P-Q4 B--Kt5 ?
If 20 K-RI, Kt-B7 eh ; 8 BP x P P xP ? ?
2 1 K-KtI, B-KB4, &c.
Black's 7th move was bad,
B-Kt5
but this is simply ruinous.
White resigns. The game must have been a
Against the threat of B-K7 very quick one, for Makovetz
eh and B-B7 mate White was really a fine player at
can do no better than give his best.
up his Queen for a Rook a.nd 9 B x P ch K-BI
a. Bishop, remaining with a to B-R3 ch Kt-K2
dead lost game. 1I Castles PxP
12 Q--Kt3 P-Kt3
GAME 127 13 BxP Resigns.
Budapest, 1 893
KING'S GAMBIT GAME 128
DECLINED Budapest, 1895
White : Blaek : SCOTCH GAME
CHAROUSEK MAKOVETZ
White : Black :
I P-K4 P-K4
CHAROUSEK MAKOVET.Z
2 P-KB4 B-B4
3 Kt-KB3 P-Q3 lP-K4 P-�
4 P--QKt4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
190 CASUAL GAMES
3 P-Q4 Kt x P 24 R-B6 Q-Ktt
4 Kt x Kt P x Kt 25 B-Br B-B3
5 QxP Kt-B3 26 P-K5 t PxP
27 P-R3 Kt-R3
Black has adopted the most
28 RxB I
uninteresting defence. which
promises nothing better tha.n Charousck has made excellent
a draw. He should have use of his opportunities, and
continued Kt - K2 - QB3. now delivers the finishing
As it is, he gives White a blow.
chance by cramping his own PxR
development. 29 Q x RP K-Kt2
6 B-QB4 P-Q3 30 P x P Resigns.
7 Kt-B3 B-K2
8 P-B3 Castles
GAME 129
9 Castles P-B3
10 B-K3 P-QKt4 Budapest, 1896
I I B-K2 Q-B2 ? KING'S GAMBIT
P-QR4 was necessary. And DECLINED
it was a mistake to exchange White : Black :
Pawns next move, when 1 2 • •

P-Kt5 offered some chances

CHAROUSEK MAKOVETZ
of a counter-attack if White I P-K4 P-14
took the Pawn. 2 P-KB4 B-B4
3 Kt-KB3 P-Q3
12 P-QR4 PxP
P-QR3 4 P-B3
13 R x P
14 R-QI P-B4 As played by Charousek
15 Q-Q2 Q-Kt3 against Janowski, Berlin,
16 P-QKt3 B-Kt2 1 897. See Game 4 1 and the
1 7 QR-Rt P-KR4 notes there.
A diversion on the K side l{t-KB3
which only produces a fresh 5 PxP PxP
weakness in Black's game. 6 Kt x P Castles
'

18 B-QB4 Rt-Q2 Hofier calls

this correct.
19 Kt-Q5 B x Kt Janowski played 6 . . Q-K2.
20 DXB R-Rz
7 P-Q4 B-Q3
21 P-KB4 Q-B2
22 Q-K2 Kt-B3 If 7 . . Kt x P, the continua­
23 RxP Kt-Kt5 tion would be 8 Kt-B3 I, B-
 GIUOCO PIANO
QJ, transposing into the actual
GAME 130
variation played . \Vhite
Budapest, 1896
could not, of course, play 8
P x B nor 8 B-Q3 without GIUOCO PIANO
losing the game. And if 8
White : Black :
Q--B3, B x P; 9 Q x Kt, B X
Kt, White is again hopeless. CHAROUSEK EXNER

8 Kt-B3 Kt x P I P-!{4 P-K4

9 B-Q3 P-KB4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
10 Castles Kt-Q2 ? 3 B-B4 B-B4
4 Castles P-Q3
P-KR3 was necessary.
5 P-B3 Kt-B3
1 1 B x Kt PxB
5 . . B-KKt5 is better.
1 2 Kt-Kt5 l
Unanswerable. If 12 • • R x R 6 P-Q4 PxP
eh, 13 Q x R, Kt-B3 ; 14 Q­ 7 PxP B-Kt3
B ch, &c. 8 Kt-B3 Castles
9 P-KR3
Position after J,Vhite's 12th
An old game, Hiber-De Vere,
move.
here continued 9 B-KKt5 ? ,
a move designed to stop
Black's KKt X P, which Cha·
rousek rightly does not fear. .

KKt x P
IO Kt x Kt P-Q4
11 BxP QxB
1 2 Kt-B3 Q-KR4
13 B-K3 P-B4 ?
14 P-Q5 Kt-K2
15 B x B RP x B
16 P-Q6
Kt-B3
Taking full advantage of
1 3 Q-Kt3 eh K-RI
Black's bad I 3th move, White
1 4 Kt-B7 eh R x Kt
now pulverises his Queen's
15 QxR P-B4
side and dominates the board.
16 B-Kt5 B-K2
17 Kt-Q2 PxP PxP
18 Kt x P PxP 17 QxP Kt-B3
19 Kt x Kt Resigns. 18 QR-Qx R-R4
192 CASUAL GAMES

19 R-Q5 RXR for which there was not the

20 Kt x R R-Q 1 least necessity.
21 Q-B7 R x Kt B x Kt
22 Q x B ch Kt-Qt 11 KB x B BxB
1 2 Kt x BP R x Kt
R-QI lost a little more
1 3 Q-R5 Q-K2
slowly.
14 P x B Kt-B3
2 3 Q-B4 Q-B2
A complete answer, leaving
24 Kt-Kt5 Resigns.
White with a Rook and
a doubled Pawn against two
Knights.
GAME 131
1 5 Q x R ch QxQ
Budapest, 1896 16 B x Q ch KxB
1 7 R-B2 Kt-K2
GIUOCO PIANO
1 8 QR-KB1 K-K3
White : Black : 1 9 P-B4 P-QR.t t
JACOBY CHAROUSEK 20 P-KKt3 Kt-B3
21 P-R3 P-R5
I P-ICJ P-K4 22 K-Kt2 Kt-Q!4
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 23 P-KKt.t P-R3
3 B-B4 B-B4 24 K-Kt3 Kt-Kt6
4 Castles Kt-B3 2 5 H.-B5 Kt-B4
5 P-Q3 P-Q3 26 R-Qr R-R3
6 Kt-B3
Black's Q side manoouvres
\Vhite plays on perfectly now meet with their reward,
sound Pianissimo lines, and the Rook's entry into
though his early castling the game decides it in his
would not commend itself favour.
to all the critics. He does
2 7 P-R4 R-Kt3
not seem to lose anything
28 P-Kt5 KKt x P ch
by it here.
29 P x Kt Kt x P ch
B-KKt5 30 K-Kt4 P-R4 ch
7 B--K3 Kt-Q2 31 K x P KxR
8 P-l{R3 B-K3 32 R-B1 eh K-K3
9 Kt-Q5 Castles 33 K-l{t6 RxP
10 Kt-Kt5 ? White resigns.

Now, however, he indulges If 34 R-KRI, R-KKt7 ;

in an unsound combination, and if 34 R-B7, R-KR7.
 SICILIAN DEFENCE 1 93

GAME 132 have played 1 8 . . B-B3 .

The only difference appears
B udapcst, 1896
to be that, but for the
SICILIAN DEFENCE exchange of Pawns, \Vhite
could not have ma.de his
White : Black : 2 1 st move-which in itself
KALNICZKY CHAROUSBK was inferior. Therefore by
playing 1 8 . . P X P Charousek
I P-K4 P-QB4
really gave his opponent more
2 Kt-KB3 P-!(3
chanc� to err I
3 Kt-B3 Kt-KB3
4 P-QR3 Kt-B3 19 BP x P
5 P-Q4 20 Kt-B3
PXP
6 Kt x P P-QR3 Not, of course, 20 Kt x P eh,
Doth players have now inter­ K-B2 ; 21 Kt-B4, B­
polated the move P-QR3 Kt4.
in an ordinary form of the K-B2
Sicilian. 6 B-K2 is better,
. •
2 1 P-K5 ?
as i n Game 44. This loses a Pawn. 2 1 R­
Q2 was correct.
7 B-K2
8 Castles BxB
22 R x B Kt-Kt5
Here White should have 23 Kt-K4 Kt x KP
played B-K3. Now Black 24 R-B3 eh Kt-B3
gets a strong attack against 25 R-Q2 P-Q4
the castled King. 26 Kt-Kt5 R-Qz

B-Q3
27 R-B2 P-Q5
2 8 R-QB4 P-Kt4
9 P-KKt3 Ktx Kt
29 R-B5 K-l{t3
10 Q X Kt P-QKt3
30 P-QKt4 Kt-Q I
I I B-K3 B--B4
3 1 R-Q2 P-B3
1 2 Q-Q2 B-Kt2
32 Kt-B3 P-K4
1 3 B-B3 P-KR4
1 4 QR-QI P-R5 The Pawns are obviousl y
1 5 ll X B QxB irresistible. The ending is
16 Q-Q6 Castles nevertheless a good examplo
1 7 Kt-14 QxQ of how to win a won game.
18 R x Q PXP
33 R-B3 Kt-K3
Hoffer calls this weak, and 34 R-K3 R-QB2
says that Cha.rousck should 35 R{K3)-K2 R-B6
0
I94 CASUAL GAMES

36 R-Q3 RxR GAME 133

37 PxR R-QB1
38 Kt-K1 R-B6 ? Budapest, 1 8g8
39 R-R2 Kt-B2 SCOTCH GAMBIT
40 K-B1 Kt-Q4
41 K-K2 R-B8 White : Black :
42 K-Q2 R-Kt8
CHAROUSEK MAROCZY
43 R-B2 Kt-B6
44 R-B1 R-Kt7 ch I P-K4 P-K4
45 R-B2 R-Kt6 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
46 Kt-B3 R x RP 3 P--Q4 PxP
47 Kt-� R-Kt6 4 B-QB4 B-B4
48 Kt-B5 RxP 5 P-B3 Kt-B3
49 Kt x KtP P-R4
50 P-R4 P-R5 The game is now a Giuoco
51 P-R5 P-R6 Piano.
52 P-R6 R-KtB 6 P-K5
53 R-BI P-R7 7 B-K2
.54 P-R7
See the note on this move in
Posi'ti'on after White's 54th Game n7, where the position
move. is the same as here now.

Kt-K5
8 PxP B-Kt5 eh
In Game 1 1 7 Schlechter
played B B-Kt3.
• •

9 B-Q2 Kt x B
1 0 QKt x l{t Castles
1 1 Castles P-B3
A move of which the effect
on White's centre soon be­
comes apparent.
Now comes an artistic finish. 12 P-QR3 B -�
13 Kt-Kt3 B-Kt3
RxR
P-R8(Q) R-QS eh 14 R-B1 Kt-K2
55
56 K-B2 15 B-Q3 B-Kt5
P-R8(Kt) eh I
16 Q-B2
57 J{-Ktz R-Kt8 eh
58 K-R3 Kt-B7Mate 16 P x P, B x Kt ; 1 7 Q x B,
 RUY LOPEZ 19 5
R x P : 18 Q-R3 has been 3 B-Kt5 Kt-B3
suggested. White fails to ob­ 4 Castles Kt x P
tain any real attack by the 5 P--Q4 B-K2
course which he adopts. 6 Q-K2 Kt-Q3
7 B X Kt KtPx B
B x Kt 8 PxP Kt-Kt2
17 PxB PxP 9 P-QKt3 Castles
18 PxP RxP 10 B-Kt2 P-Q4
19 K-R1 P-Kt3 II QKt-Q2 Kt-B4
20 Kt-Q2 R-B5 I2 P-B4
21 P-Kt4
1 2 Kt--Q4 is better, as in
To prevent P-B4. Game 1 13 . See that game
P-B3 for notes on the play up to
22 P-B3 Q-KB1 this point.
23 QR-K1 Q-R3
Kt-K3
24 Q-Kt3 QR-KB1
1 3 P-Kt3 ?
25 R-K2
25 Kt-K4 is White s last '
Kt-Q4 is still the right
chance. Even that fails, how­
move, and if then Kt-B5,
ever, against 25 . . Kt-B4. 14 Q-B3.

Kt-B4 P-B3
26 B x Kt KR x B 14 KR-Kx BP x P
2 7 P-K6 R-K1 15 Kt x P B-B4
16 QKt-B3
and Black won.
After this White gets into
Charousek was not. in an in­
great difficulties. The best
spired mood this game.
move appears to be r6 Kt­
Q3.
GAME 134
Budapest, r896 1 7 B-Q4
RUY LOPEZ
Hoffer suggests 1 7 Kt x Kt,
R x P ; 1 8 Q x R, D x Q eh;
White: Black :
19 K x B, Q x Kt ; 20 Kt­
JACOBY CHAROUSEK B3, Q-Qx ; 2 1 R-K5.

I P-K4 P-K4 BXB

2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 1 8 Kt x B Kt-R6 ch
 CASUAL GAMES
19 K-RI Kt x P ch back the Queen with a piece
20 K-KtI Kt-R6 eh ahead.
2 1 K-Rr PxP Q-Kt4
2 2 KKt x P( B6) B-Kt2 Clearing the rank for his
23 Q x P ch K-RI QR.
24 R-K6
25 Q-Kt5 QxQ
26 Kt x Q QR-K 1 1
He must prevent 24 . • Q x Kt ;
2 5 Q X Q, B X Kt eh, winning White resigns.
 PART v

CORRESPONDENCE AND CONSULTATION

GAMES

IN this division of the book are included two games from the
correspondence tournament for Hungarian players, organised
by the Pes11: !Urlap, of which details have been given in the
Biographical Introduction ; and ten consultation games, in
two of which Charousek alone opposed three players com­
bined, while in the other eight he also had allies against an
allied opposition. The majority of the latter eight games
will ·be found specially worthy of attention, and all were
minutely analysed by Marco and others at the time when
they were played.
I decided to put the correspondence games in the same
division with the consultation games, because in both of these
varieties of chess there is wont to be unusually careful con­
sideration of the result of moves, whether one brain or more
be engaged upon it.

GAME 135 form of the game. It is inter­

esting to watch Charousek's
Correspondence, July 1893- method of dealing with it.
May 1895
P-K3
BIRD'S OPENING 3 B--Kt2 P-QB4
4 P-K3 P-QR3
White : Black : 5 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
KoNYOVITS CHAROUSEK 6 B-Q3
The advantage of this, with­
I P-KB4 P-Q4
out the preliminary P--Q4,
2 P-QKt3
is doubtful. As Albin wrote
A good continuation in this in a note to the Bird-Janowski
 CORRESPONDENCE GAMES

game, Hastings, 1895, the de­ 1 7 R-B3

velopment of White's KP is
Otherwise Black would im­
the most difficult point in this
mediately push up the QRP.
opening.
But Black has an excel­
Kt-B3
lent idea of defending his ad­
7 Castles B-K2
vanced Pawn temporarily by
8 Kt-B3 Castles
other means.
9 P-QR3 P-QKt4
10 R-B1 B-Kt2 Kt-R4
I I Q-KI 1 8 Kt-K3 KB x P
The Queen looks as if she 19 B x B P-Kt5
were going into action on 20 Kt-K5
the K side. But the oppor­ 20 B x P, Q x B ; 2 I Kt-B4
tunity never arises. is surely stronger.
Kt-K 1
PxB
P-B5
PxR is inferior, for then
Hofler suggests the alter­ 2 1 Kt-B4, Kt x Kt ; 22 Kt

native 13 KP x P, P x P ; x Kt, Q moves ; 23 P x P,

and '\Vhite either gets back the
1 4 B-B5, with the inten­
exchange or wins a piece .
tion of getting the Bishop
eventually to Kt2. 2 1 QKt-B4 Kt x Kt
Q-Kt3 eh 22 Kt X Kt Q--Q5
14 K-RI P-Q5
Now Black can no longer
1 5 Kt-Q 1 P-Q6
hold his advanced Pa.wn­
16 BP X P P x KtP
or rather Pawns-with safety.
Position aftet' Blach's 16th But there is a third string,
move. which has an important bear­
ing on the result of the game.

23 R x P B-B3
24 Kt x P

Perhaps this is
premature.
24 Q-RI, Q x Q ; 2 5 R x Q
seems to give him a better
game than he actually ob­
tained.
Kt-Q3
25 Kt-B2 Q-Hi
 FRENCH DEFENCE 199

26 Kt-K3 P-1\4 GAME 186

27 R�B3 QR-BI Correspondence, 1894
28 Kt-B4 Kt-Kt4
29 R-BI P---QR4 FRENCH DEFENCE
30 B-Qr Kt-Q5 White : Black :
JI R-Rx P-R5
32 PxP PxP CHAROUSEK MAROCZY
33 BxP I P-K4 P-K3
\\7hite does not see what is 2 P-Q4 P-Q4
coming. 3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3
4 B-Kt5 B-K2
QR-K1
5 B x Kt BxB
34 Q-QI B x P ch 1 1
6 Kt-B3 Castles
35 KxB R-K7 ch
7 Q-Q 2
36 K-Kt3 Q-Kt2
37 R-B2 R-B3 This was the move made by
38 Kt-K5 R x Kt I Blackburne against Tarrasch
39 PxR R-Kt3 ch at Hamburg, 1885, the game
40 K-B4 Q-Q4 continuing the same as the
41 B-Q7 present one up to move 10.

Prepared, should Black con� P-134

tinue R-Kt5 eh, to give up 8 KP X P BP X P
his Queen, e.g., 42 Q X R, 9 Kt x P PxP
P x Q ; 4 3 B x P. with some 10 Castles
fight left in the game. Blackbume played io B-K2
QxB and (after Kt-B3) I 1 Kt­
42 R-R8 ch K-B2 Kt3, castling K side.
43 Q-QKtr R-Kt5 ch Kt-B3
44 K-K3 P-B5 ch I I Kt-B3 Q-R4
45 R x P ch RXR
Having a weak isolated QP,
46 Q-R2 eh
Black wishes to exchange
If 46 K x R, Q-B4 eh ; 47 it for White ' s QRP. White
K-K3, Q X KP eh ; 48 K­ makes no objection, having
B2, Q-K7 eh ; 49 K-Kt3, an excellent resource on move
Q-B6 eh, and mate· in two. 14.
K-Kt3 12 Kt x P QxP
13 Kt x B ch P x Kt
White resigns.
14 Q-B3 l B-B4
A n9table game t4roughout. 15 q-R3 qxq
 200 CONSULTATION GAMES

16 PxQ KR-Qx White's Bishop 1S out of

17 B-Kt5 Kt-14 play.
I8 KR-KI l{-BI P-J4 1
19 Kt-Q4 B-Kt3 2 7 P-Kt3 P-R5 l
20 B-K2 R-Q4 28 P x P
21 B-Kt4 R-K I If 28 P-Kt4, Black can reply
If Kt-B5, 22 B-K6 I, R­ Kt-B5 or P-B4. followed
QB4 ; 23 B x Kt, R X B ; by Kt-B5, in both cases
24 P-B4+. getting the superior game.

22 R x R eh KxR P-B4
23 P-KB4 B--K 5 29 B x BP RxP
30 B-Q3 Rxr
Position after Black's 23rd 31 R-BI RxP
move. 32 B-Kt6 P-B3
33 R x P ch K-Ktz
34 R-K6 Kt-B5
35 ll-K4 R-B7
36 B-Q3 Kt x P
37 R-K7 eh R-Bz
38 R x R ch KxR
39 K-Kt2
The draw is forced. If 39
P-B3, P-R3 ; 40 K-Kt2.
Kt-Kt4 ; 41 B x Kt, P x B,
and the result is the same.
Kt x P
24 R-K1 I
40 B x Kt Drawn .

It is necessary for \Vhite to

exercise care, for, a.part from GAME 137
B X KtP, Black threatens Kt Berlin Chess Club, Feb. 2,
-B5-K6. 1897
R x Kt VIENNA GAl\iE
25 B-B5 K-BI White : Black :
26 B x B CHAROUSEK CORDEL,
Hoffer points out the objec­ HEYDE, AND
tion to 26 R X B, viz. R-Q4 ; RICHTER
27 B-R3 (best), R-QB4, I P-K4 P-K4
threatening Kt-B5, and 2 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3
 VIENNA GAME 20I

3 P-B4 P-Q4 r 5 Kt-B3 R-Q2

4 BP x P Kt x P 1 6 R-Q r
5 Q-B3 Kt x Kt
A weak move which throws
An uncommon variation in away White's advantage.
comparison with 5 . . P-KB4 The Rook should have gone
and the old. but now again to K r .
not infrequently played. s .
R x R eh
.

Kt-QB3 . It was seen in

17 K x R P-B3
a game Hromadka - Sterk.
18 R-B4 PxP
Postyen, r9r2, Hromadka
19 R x B
answering with 6 KtP X Kt.
This alternative of capture If 1 9 Kt x P, then Kt x Kt ;
with QP or KtP often 20 R x B. Kt-B6 ! 1 9 B x P
presents itself to White in would lose outright .
the Vienna. Charousck de­
PxB
cides in favour of the free
20 P x P R-B1
QB rather than the united
2 r P-B5 Kt-K2
Pawns. P.-B3
22 Kt-Q4
6 QP X Kt Q-R5 eh Forced. R x P eh was threat­
ened.
Now we have a position like
one arising out of the defence 23 R-K5 K-Q2
with 5 . . Kt-QB3 ; 6 B­ 24 K-Q2 K--Q3
Kt5, Kt X Kt ; 7 KtP x Kt, 25 R-R5
Q-R5 ch.
This was unwise, taking
7 P-Kt3 Q-K5 eh White's Rook out of the
8 QxQ PxQ game (sec move 30) and leav­
9 B-Kt2 B-KB4 ing the initiative to Black.
IO B-B4 B-B4 z5 R-K6 eh was necessary.

10 P-KR3, to be followed
. • P-QR3
by P-KKt4 and D-Kt2, 2 6 P-Kt4 R-B3
is a preferable way of de­ 2 7 K--Q3 R-R3
veloping this Bishop. Now 28 Kt-B3 R-R6
Black loses a Pawn. 29 K-K4 Kt-Q4
30 R-B5 P-QKt4 I
1 r Castles Kt-B3
3 1 Kt-Kt5
1 2 R-K1 Castles QR
13 B x P BxB The sole desperate resource
14 R x B KR-K1 which remains.
202 CONSULTATION GAMES

R X RP Now R X Kt is impossible on
32 Kt-B7 eh K-B2 account of Black's capture
33 Kt-K5 R-K7 ch of the Knight with a check.
34 K-Q4 R-Q7 ch White sets a trap--if 43 . .
35 K-K.J Kt-K2 R x R, 44 P x R, Kt-K2 ;
36 P-� RxP 45 Kt-B6, P-R4 ; 46 K­
37 P x P RP X P B4, K-B3 ; 4 7 K-Kt5 .
38 P-B4 K-Ktz K xP ; 48 l{t X P, drawing
39 K-Q3 -but the allies do not fall
into it.
If 39 P x P, R x R : 40 P x R-B2
R, P x P, Black's two passed 44 R-Kt5 eh K-R3
Pawns win speedily. 45 R-Kt6 eh K-R2
R-B7 46 R x Kt R x Kt
40 P X P RxP 47 P-Kt5 R-KB2
41 K-K4 48 K--Q5 K-Kt2
49 R-K6 P-Kt4
41 P x P ch, Kt x P ; 42
50 K-B5 P-Kt5
R x Kt (if 42 Kt x Kt, R x R
5 1 R-Kt6 ch K-B1
wins), R x Kt leads to much
52 R-QR6 R-KKt2
the same kind of end-game
as actually occurred, with To stop 53 R-R8 eh and
White's forces more back- 54 R-KKt8.
ward. K-Kt1
5 3 P-Kt6
P-Kt3 P-Kt6
5 4 R-RI
42 P x P ch Kt x P
White resigns.
Position after Blach' s 42nd
movs.

GAME 188
Prague, 1897

GIUOCO PIANO
White : Black :
KoTRC CHAROUSEK
KVICALA, AND
SVEJ DA
I P-K4
2 J{t-KB3
43 Kt-Q7 3 B-B4
 GIUOCO PIANO 203

4 P-B3 Kt-B3 26 R-Kt3 Kt-Kt3

5 P-Q4 PxP 27 KR-Q3 P-B3
6 PxP B-Kt5 eh 28 Kt-B3 P-QB4
7 B-Q2 B X B ch
Now Black forces to an issue
8 QKt x B KKt x P
the question of the isolated
This is simpler than the im­ QP. The game is an admir­
mediate P-Q4 which expert able example of the strategy
opinion generally prefers. which is known as modem.
It has. however, its pretty
9 Kt X Kt P-Q4
points.
10 B-Q3 P x Kt
11 B x P Kt-K2 Positfon after Black' s 28th
Black in this variation isolates move.
the hostile QP : but he has
to be careful that \Vhite does
not get rid of it for one of his
own united Pawns on the
Q side.

1 2 Q-B2 P-QB3
1 3 Castles KR P-KR3
1 4 Kt-K5 Castles

Not Q x P, because of 15
Kt x QBP l

15 QR-Q1 29 P-Kt3 R-Q4

1 6 KR-K1 30 P-QR4 P-B5 !
17 P-B4 31 P x P Kt x P
32 R-QB1 Kt-Kt3
Of doubtful merit. If this
33 R-Kt3 R(Q1)-Q2
Pawn is to move, B3 is a
34 R-RI R-�
better square.
35 R-Kt5 R-Q4
BxB 36 R-Kt4 R-Q2
18 R x B Kt-Q4 37 R-Kt5
1 9 Q-B2 Kt-B3
White is willing to draw ; but
20 R-K2 Q-Q4 Black. of course, is not.
2 1 P-QR3 QR-Q I
22 Q-B3 KR-K1 RxR
23 R-K3 R-K3 38 P x R Kt-B1
24 P-KKt3 KR-Q3 39 R-QBx Kt-Q3
z5 Q x Q Kt x Q 40 P-Kt6
204 CONSULTATION GAMES

The Pawn sacrifice is un­ Charousek's suggestion. He

necessary, and helps Black tried the move again in
towards victory. 40 R-Kt 1 Game 85.
was the only good move, and
5 Castles
would have made Charousek's
task much harder. 5 P-Q4 at once (as i n Game
85) would have prevented
PxP
Black's P-Q3.
•P R-Kt 1 P-QKt4
42 K-B2 R-K2 P-Q3
43 R-Kt3 K-B2 6 P-Q4 B-Q2
44 P-Kt4 K-K3 7 Kt-R3
45 R-K3 eh K-Q2
46 R x R eh KxR This was suggested by Metger.
47 P-B5 l{-Q2 It seems best met by 7 . .
48 K-K3 K-B3 P x P ; 8 P x P, KKt-K2.
49 K-Q3 P-Kt5 By omitting the exchange
50 K-Q2 l{-Q4 of Pawns Black gets a bad
Pawn position on the Q
White resigns.
side three moves later.
The '\Vhite allies (who were
KKt-K2
three noted Bohemian pro­
8 Kt-B4 Castles
blemists) recognised that the
end is only a matter of time 9 P-QR4 P-QR3

now, their own moves being Had he exchanged Pawns

so limited. on move 7, Black would now
have the resource B--R 4.

GAME 139 lo Kt x B P x Kt
Berlin, September I 1 , 1897 II B-B4

RUY LOPEZ The Bishop should have gone

to Q3. and if then B-Kt5,
White : Black :
12 P-Q5 .
METGER, CHAROUSEK, B-Kt5
ScHIFFERS, MARCO, l '.l B--K3 P-Q4
AND AND 1 3 P x QP KKt x P
TEICHMANN SCHUTING 14 B x Kt QxB
I P-K4 P-K4 15 P x P B x Kt
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 16 Q x B QxQ
3 B-Kt5 B-B4 17 P x Q Kt x P
4 P-B3 B-l{t3 18 B x P Kt x P eh
 QUEEN'S PAWN GAME 205

19 K-Kt2 Kt-Q7 8 QKt-Q2 Kt-B3

20 KR-K1 9 P-B3 Q x P (B4)
Draw agreed. 1 0 B-Q3 Kt-KKt5

Marco observes that ' this

move and the retort are
The following three games
equally exotic.'
belong to the first series of
consultation games in which I I Kt-Kt5 QKt-K4
Charousek took part during
If r r . . Kt x KP, 1 2 Q-K2,
his visit to the Vienna Chess
Kt-B5 ; 1 3 B x Kt, P x B ;
Club in 1807.
1 4 K t-}4, with advantage.

GAME 140 1 2 QKt-B3 B-Q2

Vienna, October i897 If 12 • • Kt x BP, r3 K x Kt,

Kt-Kt5 eh ; 14 K-K1, and
QUEEN'S PAWN
Black has not enough for his
GAME
piece.
White : Black :
l J Kt x Kt Kt x Kt
MARCO CHAROUSEK 14 �K2 P-B3
AND AND 15 Kt-B3 Kt-B3
FAHNDRICH HALPIN 1 6 Q-B2 P-KKt3
1 7 Castles QR
I P---Q4 P-Q4
2 Kt-KB3 P-K3 White had the alternative 1 7
3 B--B4 B-Q3 Q x P eh, PxQ ; 18 R x R
The same moves occurred in eh, &c.
Game 37, Blackburne (\Vhite)
Castles QR
continuing with 4 B X B.
1 8 Kt-Q4 Kt-K2
4 B-Kt3 Kt-KB3 19 P-QB4 K-Ktr
5 P-K3 BxB 20 P x P Q-14
Black does not fear in this 2 1 K-Ktx Kt x P
game to give White an open 22 Q-Qz Q-Kt3
KR file, relying on Kt-KKt5 2 3 B-B4 Kt-Kt5
to stop the attack. Nor, 24 P-R3 Kt-R3
when the time comes, does 25 B x Kt PxB t
White venture to capture
Foreseeing that White must
the KRP. See moves 12-15.
play for the exchange of
6 RP x B P-B4 Queens, reuniting the doubled
7 PxP Q-R4 ch Pawns, in order to stop the
206 CONSULTATION GAMES

attack by P-K4, in con­ QKt4. but did not play it

junction with B-B4 eh or
B-R5 or KJ (Marco).
26 Q-Kt4 P-Ql4
27 Q x Q ch PxQ
28 P-Kt3
It looks as if White wishes
to play R-R6 and QR-Rx.
But if at once 28 R-R6,
then P-K4, followed by
29 B-B4 or Kt5, accord­
• •
because of the following vari­
ation : 37 . . P x P ; 38 P x P,
B-Kt4 ; 39 Kt-B3, B--BS ;
40 Kt-Q5, B x P ; 41 K­
K2, P-B4 ; 42 Kt-K3,
B-R6 - overlooking that
now 43 Kt-B4 eh regains
the Pawn. After the text­
move it does not seem possible
to save the game for White.

jng to the move of White's K-B4

Knight. 38 K-B3 B-Kt4
P-K4 39 Kt-B1 B--B8
29 Kt-K2 P-R4 40 Kt-Q3 eh K-Kt4
30 Kt-B3 B-B3 41 Kt-Kr P-Kt4
31 P-K4 R-Q5
Threatening 42 . . P-R5 ; 46
32 P-B3 KR-Qt
P x P, P x P ; 47 K moves,
33 K-B2 K-B2
B X P I, &c. To avoid this,
34 Kt-Kz R xR
White commits suicide an­
35 R x R RxR
other way.
36 K x R K-Q3
42 P-B4 KtP x P
Position aftet' Black's 36th
43 PxP P-R5 t
move.
44 PxP PxP
45 Kt-B3 BXP
46 Kt x KP
46 Kt x RP, B x P leaves
White's Knight a fast pri-
soner.
P-R6
47 Kt-Kt.1 BxP
48 K-Q4 B-B7
49 K-B3 B-B4
50 Kt-R2 K-B4
37 K-Q2 5 1 K-Q2 K-Qs
52 Kt-B1 B-K3
Marco states that \Vhite here
considered the move 37 P- White resigns.
 .

GAME 141 Not 10 Kt-KB3, because

• •

of I I Kt x Kt eh, Q X Kt ;
vi·enna, Oct.ober I3-I4, 1897
12 P-K5, Q x P (if B x P,
MUZIO GAMBIT 13 R-I<r) ; I3 Q x P eh,
K-Q1 ; I4 B x P, &c.
White : Black :
II BxP BxB
CHAROUSEK HALPRIN 1 2 Kt x B I BxB
AND AND
F.AHNDRICH MARCO I f now Kt-KB3 ; 13 Kt x B,
Kt x Q ; 14 Kt x Q, &c.
I P-K4 P-K4
2 P-KB4 PxP 13 Q-K5 eh K-BI
3 Kt-KB3 P-KKt4 I4 QxR BXR
4 B-B4 P-Kt5 I5 RXB Q-B3
5 Kt-B3 16 QxP
MacDonnell's Attack, as Position after White's 16th
played by MacDonnell in move.
his match with La Bour­
donnais.
P x Kt
6 QxP P-Q4
This was La Bourdonnais's
move, but it is inferior to
P-Q3. Black probably ex­
pected 7- B x P, which was
the Handbw;h continuation,
and against which 7 . P­ .

QB3 is effective.
_
7 Kt x P I Kt-QB3 Q x Kt
The best reply, 7 . . P-QB3 vVhite threatens 17 Kt-Kt6
now only leading to 8 Kt X P. eh ; and if Black, to stop
This occurred in Marshall this, plays 16 . . Kt-K2, then
-Maroczy, Vienna Gambit comes I 7 P-B3, Kt-K3 ;
Tournament, I90J, Maroczy 18 P-K5, Q-B4 ; I9 Kt X
continuing 8 . . B-R3 ? and Kt eh, Q x Kt ; 20 R-B6,
resigning on the 16th move. Q--Q4 or B5 (or Q x RP) ;
8 Castles B-Q3 21 P-K6, &c. If, instead
9 P-Q4 Kt x P of 17 . . Kt-K3, 1 7 . . QKt­
10 Q-R5 B-K3 B3, then 18 P-K5, Kt x P ;
208 CONSULTATION GAMES
19 Kt-Q3, Q-KKt3 ; 20 examine 28 Kt-Kt5 ;
. • 29
Q-R8 eh, &c. Or 19 . . Q P-B3, Kt x P or Kt-Q6 eh.
-Kt3 eh ; 20 K-RI , &c. It would appear as if the
Black must therefore give up former move might have
his Queen now. been risked.

17 R x Q Kt-K7 eh 29 P-B3 Kt-K2

1 8 K-B2 Kt x R Four moves made with the
1 9 P-KR..J R-Qr object of gaining time are
20 Q-B5 Kt-K3 here omitted.
Marco points out that after
30 P-K5 P�B3
20 R-Q7 eh ; 2 1 K-K x ,
31 K-K4 P-QB4
• •

R-K7 eh : 2 2 K-B r, Kt­

32 P-K6 I PxP
K3 ; 2 3 Q-QKt5, White
33 K-K5 Kt-Q4
gets a passed Pawn on both
34 P-B4 l
sides of the board. He must
win QKtP and QRP. Posi'tfon afte1' White's 3,�th
2 1 K-K3 P-Kt3
move.
2 2 P-KKt4 R�8
2 3 P-Kt5 Kt-K2
24 Q-Kt4

24 Q-B3 is stronger.

R-KB8
25 P-R5 Kt-B3
26 Q-Kt3

If 26 P-R6, Kt-K4 ; 27
Q-R4 I (27 Q-R5 or Kt2,
Kt-B 5 eh, and wins the
Queen). Kt-Kt3, with ad­
Kt-K6
vantage to Black.
Black, though he has a
R-B5
Knight against a Pawn, is
27 Q x R
entirely on the defensive, and
\\'hite feared Kt-K4 . has to play with great care.
34 . . Kt-Kt5 would lose,
Kt x Q
because of 35 K x P, Kt x P ;
28 K X Kt K-Kt2
36 P-R6 eh, K-Kt3 ; 37
Black was short of time, and P-R7, K x RP ; 38 K-B7,
could not therefore fully &c.
 VIENNA GAME
35 P-Kt3 K-B2 46 P-B6, P-Kt6 ; 4 7 P­
36 P-Kt6 ch K-K2 B7, P-Kt7 ; 48 P-Kt8 (Q)
37 K-B4 Kt-B4 eh, and wins.
38 K-Kt5 Kt-Q5
39 P-R3 41 P x RP PxP
42 P-R4 Kt-B6 eh
If 39 P--R6, Kt-B6 eh ; 43 K-R6 K-Bx
40 K-B4, Kt-R5 or 40 44 P-Kt7 eh
K-Kt4, Kt-K5 eh, Black
in both cases drawing, while If 44 K-R7, Kt-Kt4 eh ;
if 40 K-R5 ? , then 40 . . 48 K-R8, Kt-B2 eh l and
K-B3. 39 K-R6 loses draws.
through 39 . . K-B3 ; 40 K­ K-Ktx
R7, Kt-B4 ; 41 P-R6, 45 K-Kt6 P-K4
Kt-K2 ; 42 P-Kt7, K­ 46 P-R6 Kt-R5 eh
Bz ; 43 K-R8, P-K4, and 47 K-B6 Kt-B6
White cannot escape mate. Had Black played 47 . . P-K5
P-R3 48 P-R7 ch, K x P ; 49 K­
B7 would have won. The
Naturally not Kt x P. game was now abandoned as
a draw.
P-&J

If 40 P x P ; 41 P x P, P­
. •

� ; 42 P-B5, KtP x P ; GAME 142

43 P x RP, P-Bs ; 44 P­ Vienna, October 1897
Kt7, K-B2 ; 45 P-QR6,
Kt-B3 ; 46 K-R6, K­ VIENNA GAME
KtI ; 47 P-R7, Kt x P ; White : Black :
48 K-Kt6, and White mates
in two. If, instead of 42 • •
CHAROUSEK FAHNDRICH
KtP x P, 42 . . RP x P (a move AND AND
which Marco's analysis does MARCO HALPRIN
not notice), then 43 P-R6, I P-14 P-14
Kt-B6 eh (if K-B1, 44 2 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3
K-B6 wins ; and if P-Kt6 ; 3 B-B4 Kt-B3
44 P-R7, P-Kt7 ; 45 P­ 4 P-Q3 B-Kt5
R8 (Q), P-Kt8 {Q) ; 46 5 Kt-K2
Q-Kt7 eh, K-KI ; 47 Q x
Kt, and wins) ; 44 K-R5, 5 B-KKt5 is perhaps the
K-B3 ; 45 P-Kt7, K-B2 ; com1nonest move of recent
!'
2IO CONSULTATION GAMES
years, preventing Black's P­ 20 B-Q3
Q4.
Marco here suggests 20 R­
P-Q4 R3 as bringing about inter­
6 PxP Kt x P esting complications, neither
7 Castles Kt x Kt 20 . • P-R3 nor B X B being
8 Kt x Kt Castles adequate replies. But 20 • •
9 Q-R5 B x Kt P-KR4 ; 21 B-Q3, P-B4,
Black fears Kt-K4. he says, gives Black the better
game.
10 P x B B-I<3
I I B-QKt5 B-Kt3
21 B-B4 ch K-RI
If l I B x B, p x B, Black
·

2 2 QR-K1 PXP
gets a good square for his
23 B-K6 RxBt
Rook at B4.
Q-Q3 Black gets ample compensa­
12 P-QR4 KR-K1 tion for the Exchange.
13 B-R3 Q-Q4
14 KR KI
- P-B3 24 RXR PxP
15 R-K3 Q-Q2 25 Q-Kt3 Kt-Q5
26 R-K7 QxP
White threatens I 6 R-R3, 27 Q x P (B7)
B x R ; 1 7 B-B4.
White has an almost hopeless
16 P-Q4 B-B2
game. If he captures the
1 7 Q-R4 P-QR3 other Pawn he equally loses
18 B-Q3 B-Kt3 a piece after Kt-Kt4.
19 B-B4 eh B-B2
QxB
Position after Black's 19th Kt-K3 I
28 R-Q7
move. R-KKtr
29 Q x KtP
3o Q-Qs Kt-Br
3 1 R-QB7 BxP
32 Q-B3 B-R5
33 R X BP Q-Kt5
34 P-R4 Kt-Kt3
35 P-R5 Kt-K4
36 Q-Kt3 P-R3
37 R(K1)-QB1 B-Q2
38 R-B7 P-R4
39 Q-K3 Q-KR5
40 R(B1)-B5 R-Ktr
212 CONSULTATION GAMES
26 B-K3 B-1{2 Kt-Q4 eh, winning Black's
27 B-Kt6 R-QKt1 K side Pawns, and draw­
28 B-B7 R-QBI ing, even if it cost him his
29 B-Kt6 R-QKt1 Knight. Or if s 1 K-Q2 ;
• •

30 B-B5 BxB 52 Kt-Q4, B-B3 ; 53 Kt

31 Kt x B K-K2 -B5, P-Kt3 ; 54 Kt-Q4,
32 K-K3 R-QR1 and Black can do nothing.
33 Kt-Kt3 B-Q2 Decidedly the least interest­
34 P-Kt3 B-K3 ing game of the two series.
35 Kt-R5 White took 5 h. 4 m., Black
3 b. 40 m.
Not 35 Kt-B5, P-QR4
then giving Black the ad­
vantage. GAME 1 44
R-QB1 Vienna, October 20-2 1, 1897
36 K-Qz R-B2
37 R-QB1 K-Q3 RUY LOPEZ
38 R-B5 K-Q2
White : Blaek :
Of course if R X R, 39 Kt- MARCO CHAROUSRK
Kt7 eh. AND AND
39 P-B4 RxR ScHLECHTER FAHNDRICH
40 PxR K-B2
I P-K4 P-K4
41 K-B3 B-R7
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
42 PxP PxP
3 B-Kt5 Kt-B3
43 K-Kt4 B-Kt8
-f. Castles Kt x P
44 P-QR4 PxP
5 P-Q4 B-K2
45 Kt-B4 BxP
46 Kt x P B-B3 Compare Games 24, 1 13, 1 15.
47 Kt-B7 P-R4 ch 120, 134.
48 K-R3 B-Qz
6 Q-K2 Kt-Q3
White has been aiming at 7 B x Kt KtP x B
Kt-Kt5-K6 eh, but Black 8 PxP Kt-Kt2
easily stops this. 9 Kt-Q4
49 P-R4 Introduced by Winawer in
50 Kt-K5 a tie-match game against
Zukertort, Paris, 1878, and
Drawn.
still very frequently played.
White has only to play 5 1 Kt Alternatives are Kt-B3, R­
-B3, and if then K-B3, 52 Kr, P-B.4, and P-QKt3,
 RUY LOPEZ
for the last of which see Q-Q3
Game 1 13. 19 Q-Q4 Kt-Qx
20 P-Kt4 Kt-B2
Castles 21 R-K3 B-Q2
10 Kt-QB3 B-B4 22 Kt-Q2 QR-Kx
Commended in Lasker's 23 KR-K1 RxR
Common Sense in Chess, 24 RxR P-R-4
and played by him against Now Black counters very
Winawer at Nuremberg in strongly on the K side.
1896. 10.. . Kt- B4 (Zuker­
tort's move) was previously 25 P-KR3 Kt-R3
fashionable. 26 R-B3

I I B-K3 Q-KI To stop B x P.

12 P-B4 P-Q4 PxP
Lasker gives I 2 P--Q3 and
• •
P-Kt3 at once is very strong.
likes Black's position. Cha­
27 P x P P-Kt3
rousek and Fahndrich after
this game suggested that The Black players afterwards
1 2 B-Kt3 was best, reserv­
• • agreed that 27 Q-B3 ; 28
• •

ing the option of P-Q3 or 4. Q x Q, P x Q was their best

course.
13 QR-Kx B-Kt3
I4 Kt-Kt3 P-B3 28 R-R3 PxP
15 BxB RP x B 29 P-Kts Kt-Kt5
16 Q-Q2
If the Knight goes to B2,
Avoiding the draw which 30 Q-R4, Q-Kt3 ; 31 Kt­
would follow upon 16 P X P, K2 is a powerful threat.
Q x Q ; 17 R X Q, R X P ;
30 Kt-B3 Q-K3
1 8 R-K7, R-B2 ; 19 R­
31 P-Kt4
K8 eh, R-Bx, &c.
White has nothing to gain
PxP by checking.
17 RxP Q-QI
1 8 P-B5 K-B2
White's Knights are badly Black is bound to make pro·
posted for assisting in the vision against the advance
assault on the K side, which of White's Q side Pawns ;
this move shows to be in­ and this must be done by the
tended. King.
2I4 CONSULTATION GAMES

32 P-R4 K-KI the mistake was that after

33 P-R5 K-Qx 36 . . K-KtI there is not a
piece to be won ; and in
33 . . P x P ; 34 P x P, B-Bx
trying to do so White loses the
gives less hope of a definite
game.
issue to the game.
K-KtI
34 P x P K-B1
37 Kt-B5 ?
Black now offers a Pawn ,
This loses. Nor is 37 R-R8
intending, if it be accepted, to
good, because of R x R ; 38
play 35 . . P-B5 l
Q x R ch, B-KI (38 . . Q­
35 I<t-QR4 Q-K7 K I ; 39 Q x Q, B X Q ; 40 Kt
36 P-Kt7 eh -B5 probably draws), and
White has no satisfactory
Posi#on after T-Vh'ite's 36th
continuation. 37 Q - Q2
move
seems best.
.

Kt-K6
38 Kt x B eh

If 38 R-Kt3, Q-BB eh ;
39 K-R2, Q-B7 eh ; 40
K-Rr, Q x R ; 41 Kt x B eh,
K x P and Black wins.

KxP
39 Q-Q2 Q-B8 ch
40 K-R2 P-B5
4 1 Q x Kt
According to Marco, White
expected to win a piece or, This prolongs the game
if 36 . . K x P, to mate in though it leaves it with little
nine moves thus :-37 Kt-B5 further interest. The varia­
eh, K-B1 ; 38 Q-R 1 , K­ tions are pretty, and show the
Q 1 ; 39 P-Kt6, Kt-K6 ; great master's art. If 41
40 Q-R8 eh, B-B1 ; 41 Kt{Q7)-K5, then R-QR1
Kt-Kt7 eh, K-Q2 ; 42 R­ wins at once, for if 42 Kt­
R7 eh, K-1{3 ; 43 Kt-B5 Kt1 (42 Kt-K1, Q x R eh ;
eh, K-Q3 (if K-B3, 44 42 K x Q, R mates), R­
Q-RI eh, K x P ; 45 Q­ RS ; 42 Kt(K5)-B3, Kt­
Kt7 mate) ; 44 R-Q7 eh, Kt5 eh ; 43 K-R I , Q X H.
B x R ; 45 Q x R mate. But eh, etc. ; and if 42 R-R.t,
 RUY LOPEZ
R-RS ; 43 R x P, Q-R8 GAME 145
eh ; 44 K-Kt3, Kt-B8 eh. Vienna, October 22-23, 1897
Again, if 41 Kt(B3)-K5,
Q x R eh, &c. Lastly, if 41 RUY LOPEZ
Kt-Kt1 , Kt-Kt5 eh ; 4z White : Black :
K-RI, P-B6 ; 43 Kt X R,
P-B7 ; 44 R-Kt3, P x Kt CHAROUSEK MARCO
(Q) eh ; 45 R x Q, Q-R6 eh. AND AND
FAHNDRICH SCHLECHTER
PxQ
Q-B7 ch I P-K4 P-K4
42 Kt x R
43 K-Rt P-K7 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
44 P-Kt6 P-K8(Q)ch 3 B-Kt5 P-QR3
45 Kt x Q Q x Kt ch 4 B x Kt QP x B
46 K-Kt2 Q-Q7 ch 5 Kt-B3
47 K-B3 Q-B6 ch As played by Lasker in the
48 K-Kt4 Q x P ch tenth game of his second
49 K-Kt5 Q-K2 ch championship match with
50 K-R6 Q x Kt ch Steinitz, 1896. He after­
51 K-R7 wards (e.g., against Tarrasch
in 1908) returned to the 5
If 51 . . P-Kt7, 52 Q-B3, eh
P-Q4 which he had played
and either Pawn or Rook
in the thirteenth game of the
falls immediately.
1 894 match with Steinitz ; and
Q-B4 P-Q4 is generally regarded
52 R-R6 Q x RP as best.
53 K-R8 Q-Q7 B--QB4
54 K-R7 Q-Q6 Best. Steinitz tried B-Kt5
55 K-R8 Q-K6
in the game mentioned, and
56 K-R7 Q-K5
on another occasion P-B3.
57 K-R8 Q-K1 eh
58 K-R7 P-Q5 6 P-Q3 P-B3
59 P-Kt7 P-Q6 7 B-K3
60 P-1{t8(Q) Q x Q ch 7 Q--K2 has since been
61 K X Q P-B4 played as a preparatory move
White resigns. to this, e.g., in Teichmann­
Perlis, San Sebastian, 1912,
White consumed 4 h. 34 m. where the game ran 7 Q-K2,
over this game, Black 6 h. Kt-K2 ; 8 �K3, B-Q3 ;
23 m. 9 P-Q4. In the present
�t6 CONSULTATION GAMES

game White aims at an is 2 I . . QR-K1 ; 22 R--Q6,

attack on the open KB file. B-BI ; 23 R x P. R x P ;
but Black has no longer any
BxB
advantage.
8 PxB Kt-R3
9 P-Q4 ? 20 Q-Kt4 B-B1
21 Q -K2
But now the weakness of
the KP's is a serious matter 2 1 Kt-B5 seems better.
in the end-game. Schlechter KR-Q1
suggests 9 Castles, followed 22 P-Kt3 P-B6
by Kt-K2-Kt3.
Threatening P-B3, and if
Q-K2 P x P, R-Q7.
1 0 Q-K2 P-QKt4 I
23 Q-Q3 P-Kt5
This prevents a check from 24 Q-B4 P-QRi
the Queen after Black has 25 Q-B5
castled, restricts the move­
ments of White's QKt, makes Position after White's 25th
room for B-Kt2, and move.
threatens P-Kt5 , so in­
directly attacking White's
weak Pawns.
1l Castles KR Kt-B2
12 Q-B2 B-Kt2
13 Kt-KR4 Kt-Q3
14 Kt-B5 Kt x Kt
15 Q x Kt

If 15 P x Kt, P-B4 1
Castles KR
16 QR-Q t QR-QI K-B1 l
17 Kt-K2 P-B4
18 P-Q5 P-B5 l 1\farco's suggestion-a simple
19 Kt-Kt3 R-Q3 move, but exceedingIy effec­
tive. White's designs on
Not 19 . . P-B3, says Schlcch­
the Q side Pawns are now
ter, because of 20 Q-K6 eh,
thwarted. E.g., if 26 Q X RP,
Q x Q ; 21 P x Q. KR-K1 ;
R-R3, &c.
22 R x R. R x R ; 23 P-K7.
R-K1 ; 24 Kt-B5, B-R1 ; 26 P-QR3 R-R3
25 R-Q1 . Better, perhaps, 27 Q x Q ch KxQ
 RUY LOPEZ

28 R-RI P-Kt3 GAME 146

29 P x P PxP Vienna, October 1897
30 R x R BxR
3 1 R-R1 B-Kt4 RUY LOPEZ
32 R-R5 R-QKh White : Black :
33 K-B2 K-Q3
34 R-R1 K-B4 MARCO CHAROUSEK
35 Kt-K2 R-Qt AND AND
36 R-QI 5CHLECHTER FAIINDRICH
The gambler's last throw in l P-K4 P-K4
a hopeless position. See next 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
note. 3 B--Kt5 P-QR3
P-B3 4 B-R4 Kt-B3
37 P-Q6 B x Kt 5 Kt-B3 P-Q3
Avoiding complicat ions. 6 P-Q4 Kt-Q2
White perhaps speculated on Tchigorin's defence in this
37 · . R x P ; 38 Kt x P, P x
form of the Lopez, as played
Kt ; 39 P-Kt4 eh, K x P ; by him, for instance, against
40 R x R. But even then, Schalloppat Nuremberg, 1896.
after 40 K-R6 ; 41 K-Kr
For Charousek's use of the
. •

(all the Rook's moves are move in a similar variation,

equally useless), K-Kt7 ; 42
sec Games 71 and 103.
K-Q1 , B-R5, Black must
win. 7 PxP PxP
38 K x B RxP 8 �Kt3
39 R x R KxR White has adopted the best
40 K-Q3 K-B4 line to retain the initiative.
4 1 P-Kt4 K-l{t4
P-R3
White resigns.
Of doubtful value. Why not
The serious effect of White's
8 . . B-K2 If then 9
9th move is now apparent,
Kt-Qs, Castles ; 10 Kt x
for Black's (virtual) extra
B eh, Q x Kt ; 1 1 Castles,
Pawn must carry the day.
Kt-B4 ; 12 B--Kt5, Q­
If 42 P-Rt (42 P-R3,
Q2 ; 1 3 Q x Q, B x Q ; I 4
P-Kt4), P-QB.4 ; 43 P­
1>-Qs, Kt-K3, Black has
Kt5, P x P ; 44 P X P, P­
a good game.
B5 eh ; 45 P x P eh, K-B4 ;
46 K-K2, K x P, &c. 9 Il-K3 1>-Q3
White took 3 h. 50 m., lO Castles Castles
Black 2 h. 40 m. I I Kt-K2 Kt-�
 CONSULTATION GAJ.fES

1 2 Kt-Kt3 Kt x B 2 1 P-B3 B--Q3

1 3 RP x Kt Kt-KtI 22 K-B2 B-K3
1 4 Q-Q2 Q-B3 Draw agreed on.
This averts all danger from The position is certainly in
a Bishop sacrifice by White. favour of White, with 2 3
15 Kt-KI Kt-B3 Kt-R5 at his disposal, and
1 6 Kt-Q3 P-KKt4 the doubling of Rooks on
the KR tile to follow. But
To prevent P-KB4-which,
White accepted a draw,
however, according to Marco,
Marco explains, feeling that
was not contemplated by
it would have been unfair
White at present.
to let the result of the match
17 P-KR4 B-K2 depend on this one game.
But now if 1 7 P x P, 18 Kt
. .
And, moreover, in answer to
-K2, followed by P-KB4 . 23 Kt-R5, Q-K2 might
18 P x P PxP have been sufficient to save
1 9 Q-B3 Q-Kt2 the game. If 23 R-RI, Hoffer
20 B-B5 P-B3 suggests P-B4 for Black.

ADDENDUM
As the book goes to press, I am able to add the termination
of Game 24, Charousek-Tarrasch, Nuremberg, 1 896 (p. 48) :-
2 1 B-Kt5, R-K3 ; 22 B-K3, QR-K1 ; 23 B-B2,
R-K4 ; 24 Q-Kt4, P-I{R4 ; 25 Q -Q4, Q-B3 ; 26
R X R, R X R ; 27 Q-R7, Q-K2 ; 28 K-B r, K-R2 ;
29 B-Kt3, R-K3 ; 30 R-Q1, P-R5 ; 3 1 Il-D2, P-R6 ;
32 P-Kt3, Q-B3 ; 33 R-Kx (the only move to save the
game, Hoffer says), Q X BP ; 34 R X R, P X R ; 35 Q X
B, Q-Q8 eh ; 36 B-Kx, Q-B6 eh ; 3 7 B-B2, Q-QB eh ;
38 B-K1, Q-B6 eh ; 39 B-B2, Kt-1{4 ; 40 K-KI,
Kt-Kt5 ; 41 Q-Kt6, Q-K5 eh ; 42 K-Q1, Q-B6 eh ;
43 K-KI, Q-Ks eh ; 44 K-QI, Kt x p ; 45 P-B3,
Q--Kt8 eh ; 46 K-K2, Q X P eh ; 47 K-QI, Q-Kt8 eh ;
48 K-K2, Q-K5 eh ; 49 K-QI, Q-Kt8 eh ; 50 K-K2,
Q-K5 eh ; 51 K-Q1, Q-Kt8 eh ; 52 K-K2, Q-Kt7 eh ;
53 K-QI, Q-Kt8 eh ; 54 K-K2, Q-K5 eh ; 55 K-QI,
Kt-Kt5 ; 56 B-Ktr , P-R7 ; 57 QD X P, Kt-1{6 eh ;
58 K-Q2, Kt-B8 eh ; 59 K-Q 1 , Q-Kt5 eh ; 60 K-BI,
Kt X D ; 61 Q X RP, Q-K7 ; 62 B-Q 1, Q-K8 ; 63 Q X
KtP, Q X P eh ; 64 B-D2 eh, K-R3 ; 65 Q-K8, and a draw
was agreed. The defence against Tarrasch's ingenious sacrifice
was exceedingly difficult, and Charousek played it admirably.
 IND EX OF PLAYERS
The re/eretzces are to the numbers of the games.

AIGNER, 79 JACOBY,Dr., 131, 134

Alapin, Simon, 45 Janowski, David, 15, 41, 57
Albin, Adolf, 4, 25, 42, 52
K. v., IOI
BERGER, Professor Johann, 56 Kalniczky, Dr. G., n o, n9, 132
Blackburne, Joseph Henry, 8, Karach, 78
37 Kaufmann, Dr. Arthur, 122,
Brody, Dr. M., 75, n3, 114 123, 124
Brosztel, C., 125, 126 Konyovits, 135
Burn, Amos, 36, n6 Korchmaros, Dr., 81
Kotr�, Jan, 138
K vicala, Jan, 138
CARO, Horatio, 47
Cohn, Wilhelm, 43
Cordel, Oscar, 137 LASKER, Dr. Emmanuel, 18
Lehner, W. von, 108, 109

ENGL.ANDER, M., 88, 89, 90, 93

Englisch, Berthold, 40 MAKOVETZ, Gyula, 68, 69, 86,
Exner, Professor Gyozo (Victor), 87, 95, 103, 104, 105, 106,
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, I I 5, I I 8, 107, 120, 121, 127, 128, 129
130 Marco, Georg, 2, 1391 140, 141,
142, 143, 144, 145, 146
Maroczy, Geza, I7, 19, 58, 59,
F.1HNDRICH, Hugo, loo, 140, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 , 65 , 6� 67,
141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146 82, 83, 84, 851 I 33, I 36
Fcrenczy, G., 80 Metger, J., 139
.Mieses, Jacques, 31
GunuYER, F., 32
PAPP, J., 94
HALPRIN, Alexander, 1401 l .p,
Pillsbury, Harry Nelson, 12, 22
Popiel, Ignaz van, 20, 54
142
Forges, Moritz, 13, 99
Havas, Dr. L., 771 I I I
Heinrichscn , Arwed, 331 55
Hermann, D. J ., 97 RtcBTER, Bernhard, 102, 1 12 ,
Heyde, Albert, 137 137 .
220 INDEX OF PLAYERS
ScHALLOPP, Emil von, 10, 50, 98 Tchigorin, Michael M.anovitch,
Schiffers, Emanuel, 9, 44 , 139 6, 2 1, 26, 2 7, 28, 29, 49, 53
Schlechter, Carl, 7, 35, 5 1 , 1 17, Tymauer, 91
143, 144, 145, 146
Showalter, Jackson W., I
WALBRODT1 Carl August, 14,
Steinitz, Wihelm, 5
30, 34
Siichting, H., 39, 139
Winawer, Simon, 3, 23, 46
Svejda, Josef, 138
Wolff, Heinrich, 96
Wollner, 92
TARRASCH, Dr. Siegbert, 16,
24 , 48
Teichmann, Richard, I I , 38, 139 ZINKL. Adolf, -t8
 IN DEX OF OPENINGS
The t'e/e,sncss are to lhs numbers of the games.
Parentheses indicate that an opening is arrived at by transposition.

ALAPIN·s Opening, 93, 94 See also Falkbeer Counter

Gambit
B1Rn•s Opening, 65, 135 King's !{night's Gambit, 781
Bishop's Gambit, 5, 10, 18, 21, 9 1 , 107
26, 40, 89, 99
Bishop's Opening, 50 MAX Lange, (27)
Muzio Gambit, 141
CARO-KANN Defence, 54
Centre Counter, 66 PETROFP's Defence, 1 19, 123
Centre Game, 46 Philidor•s Defence, 87, 90

DANISH Gambit, 92 QuEEN's Fianchctto Opening,

19
ENGLISH Opening, 63 Queen•s Gambit Declined, 17,
Evans Gambit, 8, 59, 101, 112, 25, 28, 45, 49, 61, 73, 74, 77,
126 100, I 18, 143
Evans Gambit Declined, 79, Queen's Pawn Game, 7, 16,
109 37, 39, 58, (no), 140

FALKBEER Counter Gambit, RUY LOPEZ, 3, I I , 14, 23, 24,

I2, 30, 43, 56
Four Knights' Game, 9, (34) :
(irregular), 122
French Defence, 36, 62, 83 , 105,
106, 136
G1uoco Piano, (4), (6 ), 51 , (57),
75, 86, 88, 108, u7, 130, 131 ,
138
HUNGARIAN Defence, 60
INVERTED Hungarian, 64
Irregular Opening, II 4
KlESERITZKY Gambit, n 6
King's Gambit Declined, 1 , 2 ,
1 5, 4 1, rz, 8o, BJ, u7, 129.
34, 35, 47, 52 , 67, 69, 71, 82,
85, 95, 961 102, 103, I I I , I I J ,
u5, 120, 1 21 , 134, 139, 144 ,
145, 146
ScoTCH Gambit, 13, 20, 84. 133
Scotch Game, 70, 128
Sicilian Defence, 33, 44, 12,5,
132
Steinitz Gambit, 32
Two Knights' Defence, 4, 6,
27, 29, 48, 57, 68, 97, 98
VIENNA Gambit Declined, 124
Vienna Game, 22, 31, 55, 104,
137, 142
ZUKERTORT1S Opening, I 10