Milan Vidmar
Notable Games

Milan Vidmar

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Notable Games

  • 1902.11 Vidmar, Milan Sr vsNeumann, Augustin 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Open, Richter Variation 24 moves Wien Amateur 1902/03 Vienna amateur tournament 1902/03, at seventeen, against Augustin Neumann in the Open Ruy Lopez. Vidmar lets his bishop go with 9.Nxe5 bxa4 10.d6, 12.Nxd6+ drives the black king to d8, and 15.Nxf7+ and 16.Nxh8 win a rook. 20.Rxe7+ and 24.Rxe7+ end the game.
  • 1906.07.26 Vidmar, Milan Sr vsTarrasch, Siegbert 1-0 Tarrasch Defense 38 moves DSB Kongress-15 Meisterturnier-14 German Chess Federation congress, Nuremberg 1906, against Siegbert Tarrasch in the Tarrasch Defense. White pushes the kingside pawns with 18.g4, 19.h4 and 20.g5, 23.Ng6+ and 24.Nh8+ chase the black king, 27.Nxg6 wins a pawn, and Tarrasch resigns after 38.Rxe4+.
  • 1907.09.07 Vidmar, Milan Sr vsTeichmann, Richard 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line 29 moves Karlsbad-01 International Masters Carlsbad 1907 against Richard Teichmann. At move 26 Black could not take on e5: 26...Qxe5 would lose to 27.Qxh7+ Nxh7 28.Rd8+ Nf8 29.Rh8+ Kxh8 30.Rxf8 mate. Tarrasch, annotating the game for a newspaper, recommended 26...Qxe5 and missed the mate. Teichmann played 26...Rg6, gave up the rook with 27...Rxg4+ 28.fxg4, and resigned after 29.Rxe3.
  • 1907.09.17 Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich vsVidmar, Milan Sr 0-1 King's Gambit 22 moves Karlsbad-01 International Masters Carlsbad 1907 against Mikhail Chigorin, in the King's Gambit. Black takes the f-pawn with 10...Bxf5, trades a bishop for a knight with 18...Bxf4 19.Qxd7, takes on h2 with 20...Bxh2+, and after 22.Qxd4 bxa4 he is a piece up. Chigorin resigns after 22 moves.
  • 1909.02.16 Vidmar, Milan Sr vsSchlechter, Carl 1-0 Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line 39 moves St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial Chigorin Memorial, St Petersburg 1909, against Carl Schlechter, who drew a world championship match with Emanuel Lasker the next year. The queens are off after 18.Nxe5 Qxe2 19.Bxe2, 33.Nxb4 wins a pawn, 37.Rcxb6 Rxb6 38.Rxb6 wins the knight, and Schlechter resigns after 39.Kf2.
  • 1911.03.06 Vidmar, Milan Sr vsJanowski, Dawid Markelowicz 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line 31 moves San Sebastian Int Masters-01 San Sebastián 1911, where Vidmar shared second place with Akiba Rubinstein behind José Raúl Capablanca, against Dawid Janowski. In the Orthodox Queen's Gambit Declined, 20.Bxe7 and 22.Rd6 take the d-file, 23.h4, 24.g4 and 26.h5 open the black king, and Janowski resigns after 31.Bf3.
  • 1911.09.04 Vidmar, Milan Sr vsMarshall, Frank James 1-0 Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line 33 moves Karlsbad-02 International Masters Carlsbad 1911 against Frank Marshall, in the Semi-Slav. 16.Nxe4 wins a pawn, and the passed d-pawn advances with 26.d6 and 32.d7 and promotes with 33.d8=Q.
  • 1918.04.22 Rubinstein, Akiba vsVidmar, Milan Sr 0-1 Indian Defense: Budapest Defense 24 moves Berlin Vier Meisterturnier Berlin 1918, a four-player double round-robin that Vidmar won, against Akiba Rubinstein. Vidmar answered 1.d4 with the Budapest Defense, and this win brought the opening to the attention of leading players. 16...Rxf4 gives up the exchange, 19...Nd2+, 20...Ne4+, 22...Rh6+ and 23...Rxh5+ drive the white king to h5, and Rubinstein resigns after 24...Bg6+.
  • 1922.08.18 Euwe, Max vsVidmar, Milan Sr 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System 46 moves British CF-15 London International London 1922, where Vidmar finished third behind Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine, against Max Euwe, the future World Champion. 21.Nxf7 gives up a knight for a pawn, the queens come off with 23.Qxe6+ Kxe6, and Euwe resigns at move 46 with king and pawns against Vidmar's knight and pawns.
  • 1925.12.28 Norman, George Marshall vsVidmar, Milan Sr 0-1 King's Indian Defense 19 moves Christmas Congress 1925/26-06 Premier Hastings 1925/26, where Vidmar shared first place with Alekhine, against George Marshall Norman in the King's Indian. 12...Nxd3+ 13.Kf1 leaves the white king in the center, 16...Qxc4 and 18...Nxf2 break in, and Norman resigns after 19...Bd4, a win in 19 moves.
  • 1926.03.24 Alekhine, Alexander vsVidmar, Milan Sr 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined 58 moves Semmering Panhans Semmering 1926, where Vidmar finished third, against Alexander Alekhine, who became World Champion the next year. Black gives up the exchange with 24...Rxd7 25.exd7 Qxd7, the queen raid 34...Qh3 and 35...Qxh2 reaches the white king, 42...Qxa5 takes a rook, and Alekhine resigns after 57...Qxa3+ 58.Kb6 Ne3.
  • 1927.03.03 Nimzowitsch, Aron vsVidmar, Milan Sr 0-1 Amar Opening 35 moves New York International Masters-02 New York 1927, where Vidmar finished fourth, against Aron Nimzowitsch. Black castles long and storms with 13...h5, 14...g5 and 15...h4, 23...Rxg4 and 24...h3 open the white king, and 26...Rxg2+ 27.Qxg2 hxg2 wins the queen for a rook. 31...Qxe1+ takes another rook, and Nimzowitsch resigns after 35...Qe4+.
  • 1929.08.16 Vidmar, Milan Sr vsMenchik, Vera 1-0 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni 88 moves Karlsbad-04 International Masters Carlsbad 1929 against Vera Menchik, the reigning Women's World Champion. 42.Qxd6 wins a pawn, 77.Rxg6 another, and the e- and g-pawns advance with 81.e6, 84.g6 and 85.g7+. After 86...f1=Q+ 87.Rxf1 Menchik resigns at move 88.
  • 1929.08.19 Vidmar, Milan Sr vsEuwe, Max 1-0 East Indian Defense 36 moves Karlsbad-04 International Masters Carlsbad 1929 against Euwe. Black counterattacks with 31...Bxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Rc2+, but 34.Re8+ Bf8 35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.Nf5+ ends the game: after 36...Kg8, 37.Qf8+ Kxf8 38.Rd8 is mate, and after 36...Ke8, 37.Qe7 is mate.
  • 1935.08.23 Vidmar, Milan Sr vsFine, Reuben 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation 60 moves Olympiad-06 Warsaw Olympiad 1935, on board one for Yugoslavia, against Reuben Fine. In the Orthodox Queen's Gambit Declined the queens come off with 26.Qxd8, 38.Nxe4 wins a pawn, 58.Kxb4 and 59.Nxf7 win two more, and Fine resigns after 60.Ne5.
  • 1947.10.15 Vidmar, Milan Jr vsVidmar, Milan Sr 0-1 English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation 33 moves YUG-ch03 Yugoslav Championship, Ljubljana 1947, against his son, Milan Vidmar Jr. The queens come off at move 10, 27...Bxh4 28.Nxh4 Rxh4 and 29...Rxh2 win kingside pawns, 30...Rxd3+ 31.Kxd3 Rxf2 trades a pair of rooks and wins another, and White resigns after 33...Ke7.
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