Erich Eliskases
Notable Games

Erich Eliskases

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Notable Games

  • 1929.09.23 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vsHoelzl 1-0 Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation 43 moves Innsbruck Innsbruck 1929, at sixteen, the year he shared the Austrian title. 36.Bxf5 wins a pawn, 41.Qg5 and 42.Qxe7 break into the black camp, and 43.Re5 ends it.
  • 1932.09.21 Spielmann, Rudolf vsEliskases, Erich Gottlieb 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation 32 moves Match Eliskases-Spielmann +3-2=5 The 1932 match with Rudolf Spielmann, the first of three matches Eliskases won against him. With Black: Spielmann attacks with 12.f5, 13.e6 and 18.Rxf6, but the black rooks break in on the e-file, and 30...Bxd4+ and 32...Ra3+ end it.
  • 1933.07.02 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vsGruenfeld, Ernst 1-0 Italian Game: Classical Variation 53 moves Moravska Ostrava Moravská Ostrava 1933 against Ernst Grünfeld. 27.Nf5 gxf5 28.gxf5 opens the g-file, 30.Rxg7+ and 31.Bxg7 follow, and the d-pawn reaches d7 in 53 moves.
  • 1935.06 Euwe, Max vsEliskases, Erich Gottlieb 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation 42 moves Match/Training Eliskases-Euwe +2-0=0 A 1935 training match with Max Euwe, who became World Champion later that year; Eliskases won both games. With Black in the Queen's Gambit Declined, the g-pawn runs all the way to f2 with check, 26...gxf2+, and 42...Ra5 ends it.
  • 1935.08.21 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vsLaurine, Leho 1-0 Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Symmetrical Line 27 moves Olympiad-06 The Warsaw Olympiad of 1935, playing for Austria against Leho Laurine of Estonia. The queens come off at move 8 and the knights take over: 21.Nxb7, 23.Rxd7 and 25.Nd6+, in 27 moves.
  • 1937.09.22 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vsCapablanca, Jose Raul 1-0 Slav Defense: Czech Variation 82 moves Semmering und Baden bei Wien Semmering–Baden 1937 against José Raúl Capablanca, the former World Champion, won in the kind of ending that was Capablanca's own strength. Bishop against bishop from move 36; the white king walks to g6, and 82.Bxh5 ends it.
  • 1937.09.24 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vsKeres, Paul 1-0 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Vienna Variation 59 moves Semmering und Baden bei Wien Semmering–Baden 1937, two rounds later, against Paul Keres, who won the tournament. A rook ending in which the c-pawn queens: 49.c6+, 55.c7 and 56.c8=Q.
  • 1938.06.21 Euwe, Max vsEliskases, Erich Gottlieb 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line 50 moves Noordwijk Masters Noordwijk 1938, the best result of his career, won ahead of Keres and Euwe. With Black against Euwe in the same Queen's Gambit as in 1935, varied with 16...Rad8; the black a- and b-pawns run, and 50...Rc5+ decides.
  • 1938.03.23 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vsFrydman, Paulino 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation 20 moves Lodz International-02 Łódź 1938 against Paulino Frydman. The classic bishop sacrifice, 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qc2+, ends it in 20 moves.
  • 1939.01.15 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vsBogoljubov, Efim 1-0 Slav Defense: Modern Line 24 moves Match Eliskases-Bogoljubow +6-3=11 The 1939 match with Efim Bogoljubov, twice a challenger for the World Championship, which Eliskases won +6−3=11. In this game the white pieces converge on the king: 21.e5, 23.Bf6 and 24.Nf5.
  • 1939.09.01 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vsKeres, Paul 1-0 Zukertort Opening 41 moves Olympiad-08 Final A The Buenos Aires Olympiad, 1 September 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland, playing top board for Germany against Keres. A rook ending in which the white g- and h-pawns outrun the black b-pawn, and 41.g8=Q ends it.
  • 1947.04.28 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vsEuwe, Max 1-0 Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, Bogoljubow Variation 68 moves Buenos Aires/La Plata International Buenos Aires–La Plata 1947 against Euwe, the former World Champion. A bishop-against-knight ending in which 56.b6 axb6 57.axb6 creates a passed pawn and the white king walks to d6.
  • 1960.06.28 Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vsFischer, Robert James 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense 58 moves Buenos Aires International Buenos Aires 1960 against the seventeen-year-old Bobby Fischer. 30.e6 and 32.exf7+ break through, and the knight wins the ending against the bishop: 52.Nxg7 and 55.Nxf6.
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