William Steinitz, The Modern Chess Instructor (1889)
Game 77 of 83
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Steinitz, William vs Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich
1889.01.22 · 1-0 · Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-Torre
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Steinitz, William vs Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich
1889.01.26 · 1-0 · Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-Torre
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The Modern Chess Instructor
White
Anderssen
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- 9.Nf3 In our Col. 1 we recommend here KKt—R3. The Kt on that square is merely threatened with an exchange for a B, which we believe is favorable for the first player. The doubling of his KRP amounts to little in view of his being a P ahead on the other wing and his obtaining two Bishops.
- 12…Nb7 12....Q—Q sq. proposed in our Col. 9 yields, we believe, a stronger attack than this move.
- 13…Qd6 Compare our Col. 11, where we suggest P—QR4 as the preferable move at this juncture.
- 20…Qe7 Leading to complications in which both parties display great ingenuity. But White's soundest play here was 21 P—KKt3, still threatening to win an additional P and giving Black no chance of instituting an attack against the King's side.
- 24.Kd1 Black conducts the attack with high-class ingenuity. The sacrifice of the Kt in addition to the R already given up was, we believe, quite sound if it had only been pursued properly.
- 25…Qxc3 White had evidently relied on this fine though simple-looking move for breaking the attack otherwise threatened. If, for instance, 26 KtxQBP, 26 B—K6; 27 Q—Kt4, 27 QxR ch.; 28 K—B2, 28 QxP ch. and wins. Yet White ought still to lose as will be seen.
- 26.Be3 A mere transposition of moves which does not appear to be of much importance at first sight costs Black an excellently played game. First: 26....PxP; 27 BxP!, 27 QxR ch., would have won. The most probable continuation was then 28 K—B2, 28 R—B sq. ch.; 29 Kt—B6, 29 RxKt ch.; 30 BxR, 30 QxR; 31 BxKt, 31 Q—Q6 ch.; 32 K—Kt2 (if 32 K—B sq., Black drives him to Kt2 by B—K6 ch.) 32....B—Q5 ch.; 33 K—B sq., 33 Q—B8 ch.; 34 Q—Q sq. (if 34 K—B2, 34 Q—K7 ch.; 35 K—Kt3, 35 Q—Q8 ch.; 36 K—Kt4,—if K—R3, Black drives the King into a mating or otherwise losing position by B—Kt7 ch. and Q—Q5 ch.—36....B—B6 ch.; 37 K—Kt5,—or 37 K—R3, 37 B—Kt7 ch., etc.,—37....Q—Q2 ch. and wins), 34....B—K6 ch.; 35 K—B2, 35 Q—B5 ch., followed by Q—Kt4 ch., winning the B.
- 28.Qa3 This beautiful move now wins by force.
- 29.Kc2 For if 29....Q—Q5; 30 R—Q sq., etc.