Siegbert Tarrasch
Notable Games

Siegbert Tarrasch

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Notable Games

  • 1892.07.22 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsMarco, Georg 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Tarrasch Trap 17 moves DSB Kongress-07 Meisterturnier DSB Congress, Dresden 1892 — the celebrated "Tarrasch Trap" in the Ruy Lopez, where 11.Nxe5 and 12.Nxe4 spring a combination that wins a piece by move 17.
  • 1892 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsKuerschner, Max 1-0 French Defense: Schlechter Variation 20 moves Nuremberg club m2 A famous French Defense miniature against his Nuremberg rival Max Kürschner, finished by the queen sacrifice 19.Qg6+ hxg6 20.Bxg6#.
  • 1894.09.03 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsSchlechter, Carl 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Hedgehog Variation 36 moves DSB Kongress-09 Meisterturnier DSB Congress, Leipzig 1894 (which Tarrasch won) — a Ruy Lopez model of positional strangulation that he annotated in his classic Three Hundred Chess Games.
  • 1894.09.06 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsVon Scheve, Theodor 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack 30 moves DSB Kongress-09 Meisterturnier DSB Congress, Leipzig 1894 — a Queen's Gambit Declined crowned by the kingside breakthrough 26.Rxg7+ and a mating attack.
  • 1895 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsLasker, Emanuel 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall Defense 49 moves Hastings International Masters Hastings 1895 — a Ruy Lopez win over reigning World Champion Emanuel Lasker at the strongest tournament of its era.
  • 1895 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsWalbrodt, Carl August 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Tarrasch Variation 38 moves Hastings International Masters Hastings 1895 — a Ruy Lopez decided by the startling stinger 38.Rg4, one of the tournament's brilliancy-prize games.
  • 1896.08.07 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsCharousek, Rudolf Rezso 1-0 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack 17 moves Nuernberg InternationalesMeisterturnier Nuremberg 1896 — a 17-move kingside demolition of the young Rudolf Charousek with a pawn-storm attack.
  • 1896.08.05 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsSteinitz, William 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Nürnberg Variation 52 moves Nuernberg InternationalesMeisterturnier Nuremberg 1896 — a Ruy Lopez victory over former World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz at one of the great tournaments of the century.
  • 1898 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsPillsbury, Harry Nelson 1-0 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation 46 moves Wien Imperial Jubilee playoff-1pl Vienna Imperial Jubilee 1898 — a Ruy Lopez win over Harry Pillsbury; Tarrasch tied for first with Pillsbury and won the playoff for the title.
  • 1907.05.23 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsMarshall, Frank James 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred 57 moves Ostend Champion Ostend 1907 — a Ruy Lopez win over Frank Marshall at the tournament Tarrasch won ahead of Schlechter, Janowski, Marshall, Burn and Chigorin.
  • 1910.08.01 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsAlekhine, Alexander 1-0 Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation 51 moves DSB Kongress-17 Meisterturnier-16 Hamburg DSB Congress 1910 — a win over the young Alexander Alekhine, seventeen years before Alekhine became World Champion.
  • 1914.04.28 Nimzowitsch, Aron vsTarrasch, Siegbert 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Pseudo-Tarrasch 32 moves St Petersburg International Preliminary St Petersburg 1914 — playing Black against Aron Nimzowitsch, Tarrasch launched a bishop-pair attack and hunted the white king from g1 to d7, finishing 32...Bb5#.
  • 1920.08.06 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsBogoljubov, Efim 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense 28 moves Goteborg SSK 40th Anniversary Group A Göteborg 1920 — a Queen's Indian in which Tarrasch sacrifices to open lines and mates the future title challenger Efim Bogoljubow in 28 moves.
  • 1922.11.25 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsReti, Richard 1-0 Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack 40 moves Wiener Kongress Masters Vienna 1922 — a Caro-Kann against Richard Réti long admired as the "Dark Square Symphony" for its command of the dark squares.
  • 1922.12.24 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsEuwe, Max 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation 23 moves Den Haag DD Opgaven Toernooi-A The Hague 1922 — a Ruy Lopez win over the young Max Euwe, more than a decade before Euwe became World Champion, sealed by 23.Bxf7+.
  • 1889.07.16 Harmonist, Max vsTarrasch, Siegbert 0-1 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall Defense 46 moves DSB Kongress-06 Meisterturnier Breslau 1889 — a 46-move win with Black against Max Harmonist. Selected in Garry Kasparov, My Great Predecessors, Part I, game 47 (PDF page 318).
  • 1893.10.24 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsChigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Open, St. Petersburg Variation 63 moves Match Chigorin-Tarrasch +9-9=4 St Petersburg 1893 — a 63-move win with White against Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin. Selected in Garry Kasparov, My Great Predecessors, Part I, game 28 (PDF page 196).
  • 1905 Marshall, Frank James vsTarrasch, Siegbert 0-1 Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack 47 moves Match Tarrasch-Marshall +8-1=8 Nuremberg 1905 — a 47-move win with Black against Frank James Marshall. Selected in Garry Kasparov, My Great Predecessors, Part I, game 49 (PDF page 326).
  • 1908.09.14 Tarrasch, Siegbert vsLasker, Emanuel 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation 32 moves World-ch08 Lasker-Tarrasch +8-3=5 World Championship 1908, game 10 — a 32-move win with White against Emanuel Lasker. Selected in Garry Kasparov, My Great Predecessors, Part I, game 55 (PDF page 363).
  • 1923.07.14 Spielmann, Rudolf vsTarrasch, Siegbert 0-1 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation 26 moves Moravska Ostrava Masters Moravska Ostrava 1923 — a 26-move win with Black against Rudolf Spielmann. Selected in Garry Kasparov, My Great Predecessors, Part I, game 52 (PDF page 342).
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