Notable Games
Siegbert Tarrasch
15 celebrated games · 331 in the full archive
◈The games that made the legend
Tarrasch – Marco · 1892 · 1–0
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.
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Tarrasch – Kuerschner · 1892 · 1–0
A famous French Defense miniature against his Nuremberg rival Max Kürschner, finished by the queen sacrifice 19.Qg6+ hxg6 20.Bxg6#.
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Tarrasch – Schlechter · 1894 · 1–0
DSB Congress, Leipzig 1894 (which Tarrasch won) — a Ruy Lopez model of positional strangulation that he annotated in his classic Three Hundred Chess Games.
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Tarrasch – Von Scheve · 1894 · 1–0
DSB Congress, Leipzig 1894 — a Queen's Gambit Declined crowned by the kingside breakthrough 26.Rxg7+ and a mating attack.
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Tarrasch – Lasker · 1895 · 1–0
Hastings 1895 — a Ruy Lopez win over reigning World Champion Emanuel Lasker at the strongest tournament of its era.
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Tarrasch – Walbrodt · 1895 · 1–0
Hastings 1895 — a Ruy Lopez decided by the startling stinger 38.Rg4, one of the tournament's brilliancy-prize games.
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Tarrasch – Charousek · 1896 · 1–0
Nuremberg 1896 — a 17-move kingside demolition of the young Rudolf Charousek with a pawn-storm attack.
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Tarrasch – Steinitz · 1896 · 1–0
Nuremberg 1896 — a Ruy Lopez victory over former World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz at one of the great tournaments of the century.
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Tarrasch – Pillsbury · 1898 · 1–0
Vienna Imperial Jubilee 1898 — a Ruy Lopez win over Harry Pillsbury; Tarrasch tied for first with Pillsbury and won the playoff for the title.
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Tarrasch – Marshall · 1907 · 1–0
Ostend 1907 — a Ruy Lopez win over Frank Marshall at the tournament Tarrasch won ahead of Schlechter, Janowski, Marshall, Burn and Chigorin.
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Tarrasch – Alekhine · 1910 · 1–0
Hamburg DSB Congress 1910 — a win over the young Alexander Alekhine, fourteen years before Alekhine became World Champion.
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Nimzowitsch – Tarrasch · 1914 · 0–1
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#.
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Tarrasch – Bogoljubow · 1920 · 1–0
Göteborg 1920 — a Queen's Indian in which Tarrasch sacrifices to open lines and mates the future title challenger Efim Bogoljubow in 28 moves.
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Tarrasch – Reti · 1922 · 1–0
Vienna 1922 — a Caro-Kann against Richard Réti long admired as the "Dark Square Symphony" for its command of the dark squares.
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Tarrasch – Euwe · 1922 · 1–0
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+.
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