Horace F. Cheshire, The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 (1896)
Game 171 of 232
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Site
Hastings
Date
1895.??.??
Round
13
White
Albin, Adolf
Black
Schiffers, Emanuel Stepanovich
Result
1-0
Notes by R. Teichmann.
- 2…e6 This way of playing the Sicilian defence is rather old-fashioned, the usual continuation nowadays being the ' King's Fianchetto,' leaving the King's Pawn unmoved.
- 7.Bd3 Here I prefer 7. Kt x Kt, Kt P x Kt; 8. P to K 5, Kt to Q 4 (best); 9. B to Q 2, with a splendid development.
- 11.O-O Giving up a Pawn for an ingenious attack. Kt x Kt would obviously have led to a drawn position.
- 13…Bd7 It is evident that Castling would lose a Piece by B x B, threatening B x P, ch, if Queen retakes.
- 18.Qb4 18. R to Q sq appears to be a much stronger continuation of the attack. Black could then neither exchange Queens nor Castle, and if 18.... P to K B 4; 19. Q to Q Kt 4, P to Q B 4; 20. Q to Kt 2 (!), and if now B to B 3; 21. R x Kt P, with a winning game.
- 19.Qe4 If now Q to Kt 2, Black simply Castles and is out of danger, threatening besides B to B 3.
- 22.Bxc4 A risky course; but with a Pawn behind in the end game this seems to be his best chance of obtaining a draw. He wins nearly all the Black Pawns.
- 33.Rxh5 This is a decisive mistake. P to Q R 3 would have given him very good chances of drawing at least.
- 40.c4 The play hereabouts is extremely interesting and very difficult for both sides.
- 43.Rh6+ This, however, is a very bad mistake which loses a whole Rook. With R x R he ought to have won. The remainder is plain sailing for White.