A game played by the winner of the Minor Tournament, Herr Maroczy (Black) against Rev. J. Owen (White), who tied with him in his section. Notes by I. Gunsberg.

1. 3.e3 Against this defence we should be inclined to play 3. P to K 4.
2. 3…d6 Rightly taking advantage of White's passive move and preparing to play P to K 4.
3. 5…Bg4 As a rule Black does not gain much through the capture of this Knight, though in the present instance Black has some prospect of embarrassing the White Queen after re-taking his Bishop by playing P to K B 4 later on. For that purpose Black would have done better to have also made the preparatory move of 7. Q to B sq instead of P to Q B 3.
4. 9.Nc4 This Knight passes a most unfortunate existence for the whole of this game. He has no prospects of developing on B 4. His proper place should have been B 2, to strengthen the centre, and to enable White to stop the coming advance of the King's Bishop's Pawn by playing such moves as P to K 4 and P to K Kt 4, &c.
5. 10.d5 This only results in Black's favour by allowing him freer scope on the Queen's side.
6. 25.Be4 How splendidly Black has developed his game on both wings may be seen from the position. Black threatened P to B 6, but the text move is hardly calculated to improve White's defence. B to Kt sq would have been better. The worst of White's position is that he cannot play P to B 3, as that would create a weak spot on his King's Knight's file.
7. 26.g4 When in difficulties it is right to make a counter-demonstration, even though it is a bad one, for the onus of proving it to be bad is thrown on the other side; but Black in this instance takes advantage of his opportunity in a masterly manner.
8. 27…Nxe4 With the obvious intention of sacrificing a Piece, he enters on a very long-headed combination, in which he gives up his Queen for two Rooks.
9. 34.Qg4 Owing to Black's admirable disposition of his forces it would have been quite useless for White to have attempted to defend the Knight's Pawn by Q to K 2 or Q to Kt sq. White therefore adopts the right course by endeavouring to bring his Queen and Knight into Black's game. On second consideration we think, nevertheless, that there was a good deal of play in 34. Q to Kt sq, threatening Kt to B 3.
10. 35…Bf4 Played with great courage and intrepidity. Of course, Black saw that White threatened his Rook by a series of checks; but he deliberately submits to it, and steers with a great deal of confidence into a mating combination.
11. 39.Nxd6 This was fatal, but Black's last move was such a fine one that White had not much choice of moves left. Black's object was twofold—first, to get the White Knight away so that it should not be able to stop the Black Knight's Pawn from Queening by playing Kt to B 3; secondly, to compel the White Queen to play to Kt sq, where she could be captured by R to Q 6, ch, followed by R to Kt 6, ch. But 39. Kt to B 3, R to Q 6, ch; 40. K to Kt 2, R x Kt; 41. P to B 5 gives White a faint prospect of being able to draw. But with Kt x P, Black wins speedily with a clever move of K to R 4. The game on the whole is exceedingly well played by Black.