Notes by R. Teichmann.

1. 5.Nc3 At this juncture P to Q B 3 is preferable; it has been played very successfully in this Tournament against the Steinitz defence to the Ruy Lopez.
2. 6.d5 We do not like this early advance of the Queen's Pawn, but White seems to have had a preconceived plan of a very early attack.
3. 7.Ng5 This in connection with the somewhat adventurous-looking sally of the Queen next move forms a novel kind of attack in this opening, which even if not quite correct certainly makes the defence very difficult.
4. 10…h6 But this is a strange mistake, which loses the game very soon. The natural move Kt to Q 2 and to B 3 would have enabled Black to drive the White Pieces back with a good development of his own. White could not, of course, capture the King's Rook's Pawn; e.g. Kt to Q 2; 11. Kt X R P, B to K 2; 12. Q Kt to B sq, winning a Piece.
5. 11.Ne6 White takes immediate advantage of Black's weak move and finishes the game with a few powerful strokes.
6. 12…Kd7 A futile attempt to save the game. But P x Kt; 13. Q x Kt, ch, Q to B 2; 14. Q X P, ch, would also have left him with a bad game and a Pawn minus.
7. 15…fxe6 If P to B 3, then 16. Kt to K 2 and to Q 4, to B 5, or almost anything, all the Black Pieces being blocked in.
8. 26.Qxf7 For he is quite helpless against the threatened Kt to Kt 7 or Kt to B 6, if the Black Knight should move.