Gyula Breyer
Notable Games

Gyula Breyer

17 celebrated games · 86 in the full archive
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Notable Games

  • 1911 Lasker, Emanuel vsBreyer, Gyula 0-1 Danish Gambit Declined: Sörensen Defense 25 moves Budapest Budapest 1911, with Black in a simultaneous exhibition given by Emanuel Lasker, the World Champion. 17.Bxe4 Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Qg6+ opens the white king, and 21...Rxh2+ 22.Kxh2 Qh5+ leads to mate with 25...Qh3#.
  • 1912.05.22 Breyer, Gyula vsBalla, Zoltan 1-0 Three Knights Opening 14 moves Bad Pistyan Bad Pistyan 1912 against Zoltán von Balla, over in fourteen moves. 7.Nxd5 Nxd5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxg6+ Kd7 11.Bxd5 strips the black king, and 14.Qf5+ ends it.
  • 1912.08.10 Steiner, Bernat vsBreyer, Gyula 0-1 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer Variation 39 moves HUN CF-02 Hauptturnier Temesvár 1912, the first round of the Hungarian championship that Breyer won, with Black against Bernát Steiner in the Breyer Variation of the Vienna Gambit, 5...Be7. 27...Rxd5 gives up the exchange for the white bishop, and after 37...b4 38.cxb4 c3 the c-pawn decides.
  • 1913.06.13 Asztalos, Lajos vsBreyer, Gyula 0-1 Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line 27 moves Debrecen Masters Debrecen 1913 with Black against Lajos Asztalos. Black lets the exchange go with 22.Nxa5 Rxa5 23.Qxa5 and goes for the king: 23...Nf3+ 24.Kh1 Qh5 25.Qe1 Bxg3, and 27...f2 ends it.
  • 1914.07.28 Breyer, Gyula vsTarrasch, Siegbert 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical Defense 41 moves DSB Kongress-19 Meisterturnier-18 Mannheim 1914, the German Chess Federation congress cut short by the outbreak of the First World War, against Siegbert Tarrasch in the Open Ruy Lopez. 21.Rxe7 Bxe7 22.Nf5 gives up the exchange for a knight aimed at the black king; it checks from e7 and g6, and 41.Re8+ finishes the game.
  • 1914.07.29 Mieses, Jacques vsBreyer, Gyula 0-1 French Defense: Exchange Variation 32 moves DSB Kongress-19 Meisterturnier-18 Mannheim 1914 with Black against Jacques Mieses, a study player here, in a French Exchange in which White castles long. Black doubles rooks on the d-file with 27...Rd5 and 29...Rfd8, and 31...Rd2+ 32.Rc2 Qxc3+ finishes it.
  • 1914 Spielmann, Rudolf vsBreyer, Gyula 0-1 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation 29 moves Baden Baden 1914 with Black against Rudolf Spielmann, a study player here, in the Open Variation of the Two Knights Defense. 25.Nb5 Qxb5 26.Qxf3 Rg4+ 27.Kh1 Rf4 chases the white queen, and 29...Rxf2 ends it.
  • 1917.06 Havasi, Arthur vsBreyer, Gyula 0-1 Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Krause Variation 30 moves Budapest Five Masters 2R Budapest 1917 with Black against Havasi. Black castles long and pushes the kingside pawns with 17...g4, 19...f3 and 21...h4; 24...Bxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Qh2+ drives the king out, and 28...Ne4+ 29.Bxe4 Qxe2+ wins the rook.
  • 1917.07 Breyer, Gyula vsEsser, Johannes 1-0 Slav Defense 47 moves Budapest Five Masters 2R Budapest 1917 against Johannes Esser. White gives up a knight with 10.Ng5 and 12.e5 hxg5 13.hxg5, plays the quiet 14.Kf1, then sacrifices a rook with 17.Rh7+ Kxh7 18.Qh5+ and a bishop with 19.Bxg6. After 32.Bh6+ Kxh6 33.Ke2 the other rook comes to the h-file, and 40.Rh7+ Kxh7 41.Qxf6 wins the queen.
  • 1918.12 Breyer, Gyula vsHavasi, Kornel 1-0 Indian Defense 31 moves Budapest Five Masters 2R Budapest 1918 against Kornél Havasi. White castles long and opens the h-file, and the d-pawn runs from d4 to d7: 21.d5, 23.d6 and 27.d7. 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.Be8+ ends it.
  • 1920.12.05 Reti, Richard vsBreyer, Gyula 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation 38 moves Berlin International Berlin 1920, the tournament Breyer won by a point, with Black against his friend Richard Réti, a study player here. In a Sicilian Dragon Black's h-pawn goes all the way from h7 to g2 (8...h5, 9...h4, 14...h3, 18...hxg2), 27...Bxd1 wins the exchange, and the game ends after 38...Re6.
  • 1920.12.06 Breyer, Gyula vsMaroczy, Geza 1-0 Indian Defense: Knights Variation 32 moves Berlin International Berlin 1920 against Géza Maróczy, a study player here. White advances on the kingside with 17.h4, 19.h5 and 20.g4; 28.Rf8+ Qxf8 29.Qxh5+ Kg8 30.Bxg5 wins back a pawn and a bishop for the rook, and 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Qxf3 wins the queen.
  • 1920.12.09 Breyer, Gyula vsBogoljubov, Efim 1-0 Caro-Kann Defense 44 moves Berlin International Berlin 1920 against Efim Bogoljubov, a study player here and later twice a challenger for the world title, in a Caro-Kann met by 2.d3. After 38.e5 and 41.Nb5+ the queens come off with 42.Qxb4 Nxb4, and the game ends after 44.Ne8.
  • 1920.12.13 Breyer, Gyula vsTarrasch, Siegbert 1-0 French Defense: Classical Variation 75 moves Berlin International Berlin 1920 against Tarrasch again. After 29...Bf3+ 30.Rxf3 exf3 31.Qxf5 gxf5 32.c7 White is behind in material but has a pawn on the seventh rank; 39.Bxc8 and 42.Bxc7 win the material back, and the rook-against-bishop ending is won at move 75.
  • 1921 Breyer, Gyula vsOppenheimer, Albert 1-0 Caro-Kann Defense 18 moves Breyer sim Košice 1921, a game from the blindfold simultaneous exhibition on 25 boards that set a world record. 8.g4 and 9.g5 go forward before White has castled, and 13.Qf6+ Nxf6 14.gxf6+ Kh7 15.fxe7 Qxe7 16.Bxe7 leaves White two pieces up.
  • 1921.05.17 Strobl, Otto vsBreyer, Gyula 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack 22 moves Wiener SK Meisterturnier Vienna 1921, his last tournament, with Black against Otto Strobl. 18...exd4+ checks the white king, still in the center, and 21...Qxe1+ 22.Kxe1 Rc1# gives up the queen for mate.
  • 1921.06.29 Euwe, Max vsBreyer, Gyula 0-1 Nimzowitsch Defense: Breyer Variation 30 moves Wiener SK Meisterturnier Vienna 1921 with Black against Max Euwe, World Champion from 1935 to 1937, in the Breyer Variation of the Nimzowitsch Defense, 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 Nf6. 13.Nf7 Na5 14.Nxd8 Nxc4 gives up the exchange; after 19.Rf8+ Bxf8 20.Qxf8+ Qd8 the knights take over, and 30...Nxg3+ ends it.
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