1.
e4
e5
2.
Nf3
Nc6
3.
Bb5
a6
4.
Ba4
Nf6
5.
Nc3
Bb4
6.
Nd5
Be7
7.
d3
d6
8.
Nb4
Bd7
9.
Nxc6
Bxc6
10.
Bxc6+
bxc6
11.
O-O
O-O
12.
Qe2
c5
13.
c3
Nd7
14.
d4
exd4
15.
cxd4
Bf6
16.
Be3
cxd4
17.
Bxd4
Re8
18.
Qc2
Bxd4
19.
Nxd4
Nc5
20.
f3
Qf6
21.
Rfd1
Reb8
22.
Rab1
a5
23.
Kh1
Rb6
24.
Ne2
Ne6
25.
Nc3
Rc6
26.
Qa4
Rc5
27.
Nd5
Qd8
28.
Rbc1
Rxc1
29.
Rxc1
c5
30.
Rd1
Nd4
31.
Qc4
Rb8
32.
b3
Rc8
33.
Rxd4
cxd4
34.
Ne7+
Qxe7
35.
Qxc8+
Qf8
36.
Qxf8+
Kxf8
37.
Kg1
Ke7
38.
Kf2
d5
39.
e5
Ke6
40.
Ke2
Kxe5
41.
Kd3
h5
42.
a3
h4
43.
b4
axb4
44.
axb4
Kd6
45.
Kxd4
Kc6
46.
b5+
Kxb5
47.
Kxd5
Kb4
48.
Kd4
Kb5
49.
Ke5
Kc4
50.
Kf4
Kd4
51.
Kg4
Ke5
52.
Kxh4
Kf4
53.
Kh5
Kf5
54.
g3
Kf6
55.
Kg4
Kg6
56.
Kf4
Kf6
57.
Ke4
Ke6
58.
Kd4
Kd6
59.
Kc4
Kc6
60.
f4
Kd6
61.
Kd4
Ke6
62.
Kc5
Ke7
63.
Kd5
Kd7
64.
Ke5
Ke7
65.
f5
f6+
66.
Kd5
Kd7
67.
h3
Ke7
68.
Kc6
Ke8
69.
h4
Ke7
70.
Kc7
Ke8
71.
Kd6
Kd8
72.
Ke6
Ke8
73.
h5
Kf8
74.
h6
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Site
Breslau
Date
1889.07.17
Round
5
White
Black
Berger, Johann Nepomuk
Result
1-0
Score
A game from the early days of chess science. Breslau, 1889.
- 10…bxc6 Tarrasch with 8. Kt-Kt4, B-Q2; 9. KtxKt, BxKt; 10. B-K3 gave Black a doubled pawn, whose weakness, however, must be considered for the present as problematic.
- 12…c5 This move would to-day be considered bad. The weakness of the doubled pawn appears when Black advances; while an advance by White (in the centre) would not reveal it; on the contrary, after P-Q4, PxP, Black’s P at QB3 would attack White’s outpost station in the Q file! (One can see how much easier thinking is made by the system.) Right was, therefore, R-K1 and B-B1 and await events.
- 13.c3 To be able at any cost to play P-Q4 as quickly as possible. We know to-day that the central attack is by no means the only one to bring happiness. The right course was Kt-Q2-B4, followed after due preparation by P-QKt4 or P-KB4, leaving the centre passive.
- 19…Nc5 On this position of the Knight the whole fate of the game now hangs. If this Knight be driven away, Black’s QBP may become weak.
- 21…Reb8 White has the Q file with a point at Q5. The K file is of no value to Black, partly because of White’s protected KP, partly, however, because his Rooks have been told off to stop P-QKt4.
- 23.Kh1 The idea of this subtle move is to use the centre as a weapon of attack. The threat now (after K-R1) is P-K5, QxP; Kt-B6, which before would have failed because of Q-K6 ch. Of positive value, however, there is little in this K move, for in any case Black would have to play R-Kt2, if only to double the Rooks. (We see that Black operates in the QKt file against the thrust P-QKt4.)
- 23…Rb6 Not good, for White suddenly becomes strong in the Q file (the outpost station at Q5 will now be occupied with attack on the R at Kt3). More in place would be R-Kt2 (given by Steinitz) or some passive move (say P-KR3).
- 25…Rc6 It is intelligible that Berger should regard Kt-Q5 as not conducive to his comfort, nevertheless, it would have been better to retreat in good order with 25. ... Q-Q1; 26. Kt-Q5, R-Kt2; followed by QR-Kt1.
- 28.Rbc1 White’s manœuvre (Q-R4, R-QB1) is clear as daylight. White wishes to control the QB file, which is still in dispute, in order at the proper moment to play his trump Q-QB6.
- 29…c5 Puts his QB2 out of danger, but now his P at Q3 is become a delicate child. Black, however, already stood unfavourably; he had in fact neglected the QKt file.
- 31.Qc4 White wishes to exchange the Kt say by Kt-B3-K2, in order then to be able to attack the Q pawn to his heart’s content. This attack must succeed, for the protecting pieces can easily get into uncomfortable positions. From our point of view it is of interest to notice how the White pieces have their eyes fixed on the point Q5 (Q-QB4!). What happens is that if one is in possession of such a point as Q5 here is, one embarks on protracted manœuvring with the point in question as base. That is to say one’s own pieces come and go over the point Q5, the poor Black QP is attacked now in one way, now in another, and at last Black loses his wind, that is, he cannot keep pace with this tacking to and fro, which is intelligible enough since he not only has no base on which to pivot, but is in addition cramped for space (see II, v, on manœuvring against an enemy weakness). True, in this game it does not come to the sort of struggle we have sketched, for Black makes a mistake, which takes the game out of the path of its logical development.
- 34.Ne7+ Not 34. QxR, QxQ; 35. Kt-K7 ch, because then the QP would queen.
- 37.Kg1 And White won the pawn ending by means of the ‘remoter’ passed pawn. The ending is used as an illustration to I, iv, § 6 on privileged passed pawns. See Diagram LVIII.
[Event "DSB Kongress-06 Meisterturnier"] [Site "Breslau"] [Date "1889.07.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"] [Black "Berger, Johann Nepomuk"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd5 Be7 7. d3 d6 8. Nb4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13. c3 Nd7 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bf6 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Re8 18. Qc2 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. f3 Qf6 21. Rfd1 Reb8 22. Rab1 a5 23. Kh1 Rb6 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Nc3 Rc6 26. Qa4 Rc5 27. Nd5 Qd8 28. Rbc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 c5 30. Rd1 Nd4 31. Qc4 Rb8 32. b3 Rc8 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Ne7+ Qxe7 35. Qxc8+ Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Kg1 Ke7 38. Kf2 d5 39. e5 Ke6 40. Ke2 Kxe5 41. Kd3 h5 42. a3 h4 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 Kd6 45. Kxd4 Kc6 46. b5+ Kxb5 47. Kxd5 Kb4 48. Kd4 Kb5 49. Ke5 Kc4 50. Kf4 Kd4 51. Kg4 Ke5 52. Kxh4 Kf4 53. Kh5 Kf5 54. g3 Kf6 55. Kg4 Kg6 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. Ke4 Ke6 58. Kd4 Kd6 59. Kc4 Kc6 60. f4 Kd6 61. Kd4 Ke6 62. Kc5 Ke7 63. Kd5 Kd7 64. Ke5 Ke7 65. f5 f6+ 66. Kd5 Kd7 67. h3 Ke7 68. Kc6 Ke8 69. h4 Ke7 70. Kc7 Ke8 71. Kd6 Kd8 72. Ke6 Ke8 73. h5 Kf8 74. h6 1-0