TABLE HEPTATHLON
Match Tarrasch-Chigorin.
St. Petersburg, 1893.
La Stratégie. Septembre 1893.
Le grand évènement du jour est la nouvelle officielle
d'un match entre MM. le Dr Tarrasch et Tschigorine lequel
aura lieu à Saint - Pétersbourg dans les salons du Cercle des
Echecs vers le milieu du mois prochain ; le vainqueur sera
celui qui gagnera le premier dix parties , les cinq premières
nnlles ne comptant pas ; L'enjeu sera de 4.000 ou de 5.000
marks (5.000 fr . à 6.250 fr . ) ; quatre parties par semaine seront
jouées .
Ce match était depuis longtemps désiré par tous les amateurs
et quelle qu'en soit l'issue il comptera dans les annales
des échecs comme l'une des luttes les plus mémorables .
Nuova Rivista degli Scacchi.
Settembre 1893.
Al momento di mettere in macchina ci giunge la
notizia che il match Tarrasch -Tschigorine fu definitivamente
combinato ed ebbe principio il di 8 Ottobre.
Crediamo far cosa grata ai nostri amici e lettori riportando
subito la prima partita di questa importante sfida .
Ciò sarà loro un compenso pel ritardo nella pubblicazione
del presente fascicolo.
British Chess Magazine. October 1893.
The great event of the month , which we have much pleasure in
recording, is the official announcement of a match between M . Tschigorin
and Dr. Tarrasch , which was to begin at the rooms of the St. Petersburg
Chess Club about the end of September. The match will be for the stake of
5 ,000 marks ( £250 ), and ten games won will decide the victory. The first
five draws will not count, and five games will be played each week. This
is an encounter to which the chess world has long been looking forward
with eager desire , and it has our best wishes for its successful accomplish
ment. The quiet way in which the preliminaries have been conducted ,
without fuss or prolonged negotiations, augurs well for the earnestness of
the combatants , and is an example that might well be imitated elsewhere .
It will indeed be a battle of giants, and the interest excited by the contest
will only be equalled by its importance ; for whatever may be the result, it
will be one of the greatest matches in the annals of chess. We hear that
Dr. Tarrasch left for St. Petersburg on September 30th .
UK Chess Monthly. October 1893.
MATCH-DR. TARRASCH v . TCHIGORIN .
DR. TARRASCH announced in the Frankfurter Schachblatt that he had received a most
flattering letter from the vice - president of the St. Petersburg Chess Club , Prince Michael
Kantakusen, inviting him to play a match with Tchigorin, at St. Petersburg . Dr. Tarrasch
has accepted the invitation , and the match, which it is needless to add, will be the most
interesting ever played , was expected to come off in January next. Since then, however,
Reuter brought the following further and welcome news :-
St. Petersburg , September 19.-" A great international chess match is to take place at
the St. Petersburg Chess Club in the course of next week. The competitors are M. Tchigorin, the famous Russian player, and Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch, who has taken part in all the provincial chess tournaments of the past few years . He won distinction in England while playing at Manchester in 1890. The stake in the forthcoming match is 5,000 marks a side ( £250) , and the prize will be awarded to the player who first wins ten games , drawn games not being counted. MM. Tchigorin and Tarrasch will play five days a week, one game being finished each day."
Both sides intend to play, and the matter is settled in a business -like manner. This is
real warfare !
1st game
Tarrasch,Siegbert
Chigorin,Mikhail
[C80] St Petersburg m(1), 1893
[Miguel]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Ne7!? 9.a4! Rb8N [9...b4?!N × c4 10.c3 (10.c4) ; 9...Be6 10.Qe2 c6 11.c3 Ng6 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Bc2 Nc5 16.f4 Be7 17.f5+- Tarrasch-Taubenhaus 1-0. Nuremberg, 1892.] 10.axb5 axb5 11.Nd4 /\ 12.Nc6 Nc6 13.Bd5+/-/+- 11...Nc5 [11...c5? 12.Nxb5 Rxb5 13.Ba4 Bd7 14.f3+-] 12.Bg5 /\ 13.Nc6 12...Qd7 13.Nc3! [13.c3?! Nxb3 14.Nxb3 Nf5 15.Nd4 h6 16.Bf4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Be7+/=] 13...c6 [13...Nxb3!? 14.Nxb3 c6 15.Nc5+/- Qc7 16.Nd3 Ng6 17.Ne2 b4 18.Qd2 h6 19.Be3 c5 20.c3 Be7 21.cxb4 d4 22.Bf4 c4 23.e6! Nxf4 24.Ndxf4 Bxb4 25.Qxd4 0-0 26.Rfc1 Qd6 27.exf7+ Rxf7 28.Qxc4 Bb7 29.Rd1 Qc5 30.Qxc5 Bxc5 31.h4 Rf6 32.Rdc1 Bb6 33.Rc4 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Nh3 Rd8~~] 14.Qh5!? [14.Bxe7? Bxe7 15.f4 /\ f5-> 15...0-0 16.f5 Bd8 17.f6 Re8 18.Qh5 Nxb3 19.e6 Rxe6 20.Nxe6 Nxa1 21.Nxd8 Qxd8 22.Qg5 g6 23.Qh6 Qf8-/+] 14...Ng6 [14...Nxb3?? 15.e6!+-; 14...Ne6!? 15.Nxe6 (15.Ne4!? Ng6 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Nd2 (17.Ng3=) 17...Qf7 18.Be3+/-) 15...Qxe6 16.Ne4! (16.f4? Nf5 17.g4 h6 (17...Bc5+? 18.Kh1 Ne3 19.f5!+/- Qxe5?? 20.Bf4+-) 18.Ne4 Ne3 19.f5 hxg5! 20.Qxh8 Qxe5 21.Nxg5 Nxf1 22.Rxf1 f6 23.Nh7 Qd4+ 24.Rf2 Qd1+ 25.Kg2 Qxg4+ 26.Kf1 Ra8 27.Qxf8+ Kd7 28.Nxf6+ gxf6 29.Qf7+ Kd6 30.Qxf6+ Kc7 31.Qe5+ Kb6 32.Qg3 Qe4 33.Re2 Qxf5+ 34.Qf2+~~) 16...Nf5 17.Ra7 Qg6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Rfa1 Be6 20.Ra8+/-] 15.Rfe1 Ne6! 16.Be3?! [>=16.Nxe6! fxe6 17.Ne2 Bc5 18.c3 Qf7 19.Nd4 Nxe5 20.Qxf7+ Nxf7 21.Bf4 Rb7 22.Nxc6+/-] 16...Nxd4 [16...c5? 17.Ndxb5 d4 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Ba4+-] 17.Bxd4 Nf4? [17...Qg4!=; 17...c5? 18.e6! fxe6 19.Bxd5!+-; 17...Bb4!? 18.Rf1 Nf4 19.Qf3 Ne6 20.Be3~~] 18.Qf3?! [18.e6!! Nxe6 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Bxd5 Kd8 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Red1 Bd6 23.Bc5+-] 18...Ne6 19.Be3 Bb4!? /\ 20... Bc3 21.bc -/+ × Bb3 [>=19...Be7 20.Qg3 0-0 21.f4 Nc5~~] 20.Bd2 [20.Qg4 Bxc3! 21.bxc3 c5 22.Rad1 (22.Red1 c4=/+) 22...c4 23.Ba2 Ra8 24.Bb1 h5 25.Qe2 g6~~] 20...0-0 21.Qg3 /\ 22.Nd5 Bd2 23.Nf6+- 21...f5?? [21...Bc5 Chigorin 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.Rxe3<=> /\ Schwarz c5, Weiß f4] 22.Nxd5! cxd5 [22...Bxd2 23.Nf6+ Rxf6 24.exf6 Bxe1 25.Bxe6++-; 22...f4 23.Qg4+-] 23.Bxb4 Rd8 24.Bd6 Rb6 25.Bxd5+- /\ 26.Be6, 27.Bc7 25...Qf7 26.Qe3 Ra6 27.Rxa6 Bxa6 28.Qb6 Bc8 29.Bxe6+- 1-0
2nd game
Chigorin,Mikhail
Tarrasch,Siegbert
[C00] St Petersburg m(2), 1893
[Miguel]
1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nc3!?N Schwarz droht Nc6-d4 [3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nd4 5.Qd3 Be7 6.Nc3 Bf6 7.Nb5 Nxb5 8.Qxb5 Qb6 9.Qe2 d6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.c3 Bb5 12.d3 Qa6 13.c4 Bc6 14.0-0 h6 15.Be3 Qb6 16.Rab1 a5 17.a3 a4 18.Rfd1 e5 19.Nd2 Ne7~~ Chigorin-Tarrasch 0-1. St. Petersburg m(6), 1893.] 3...Nc6 4.Nf3 a6 [4...Nd4? 5.Nxd4 cxd4 6.Nb5 Qb6? (6...d5 7.Nxd4 dxe4 8.Qxe4+/-) 7.Qc4 Bc5 8.b4+/-] 5.g3 Nd4 6.Qd3 [6.Qd1 /\ d3, Be3, Bg2; 6.Nxd4 cxd4=/+ × Nc3] 6...Qb6 7.Bg2 Ne7 8.Nxd4 [8.Nd1?! Nec6 9.c3 c4! 10.Qb1-/+] 8...cxd4 9.Ne2 Nc6 /\ Nb4 10.c3! dxc3 [10...e5!? 11.cxd4 exd4 12.0-0 Bc5 13.Nf4 0-0 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.b4 Bxb4 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Qxa3 b5 18.Qd6~~; 10...Bc5?! 11.b4 Be7 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4+/- [+]] 11.bxc3 [11.dxc3 Bc5 12.0-0 a5=/+ Chigorin] 11...Bc5 12.0-0 0-0?! [12...e5! 13.Qc2 0-0~~] 13.Qc2 [13.Nf4 d6 14.Qc2 e5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.d3~~] 13...e5!~~ 14.Rb1 [14.Bb2 d6 15.Rad1 Bg4 16.d3 Rac8~~ (16...Kh8 /\ 17... f5-> 17.h3 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Qa5 19.d4~~) ] 14...Qa7 15.Bb2 [15.d4!? exd4 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Ba3 Rd8 19.Qc7 Re8 20.Bd6~~] 15...d6 16.Ba1?! [16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Rfd1 Qc5 21.Qd2 Be6 22.Rxb7~~; 16.a4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra1 Ba6 19.d4 Bb6 20.Rfb1~~] 16...Bg4 [16...f5? 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Nxd4 (18...Bb6?? 19.Qb3+) 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Qc4++-; 16...Be6 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Qxd4 21.Rxb7~~; 16...b5! 17.a4 Bd7 18.axb5 axb5 19.h3 Rfc8 20.Qd1 Na5-/+] 17.Nc1!? [17.d3 b5 (17...Kh8 /\ 18... f5; 17...f5?! 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Nxd4 22.Qd3 fxe4 23.Bxe4+/-) 18.h3 Bd7 19.Qd1 Rab8 20.d4 Bb6 21.Bb2 Na5 22.Ba3 Nc4 23.Bc1 Rbc8-/+; 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Qxd4 21.Rxb7 Rab8~~] 17...b5!-/+ 18.h3 Be6 19.Ne2 Rac8 /\ Nc6-b4-d3 20.Rbd1 Bb6 [20...Nb4!? 21.Qb1! (21.cxb4?? Bxf2+) 21...Bxa2 22.Qb2 Bxf2+ 23.Kh2 (23.Kh1?! Bc4 24.d4!? Nd3 25.Rxd3 Bxd3 26.Rxf2 Qb7-/+) 23...Bc4 24.d4 Nd3 25.Qb1! Be3 26.Rxd3 Bh6 27.Ng1 Kh8 28.Nf3 f6 29.Bb2 a5~~] 21.Qb2 Na5 [>=21...Ne7! 22.d4 f5-/+] 22.d3 [22.d4 Nc4-/+] 22...Kh8 [22...f5! 23.exf5 Rxf5 24.Nc1 Rcf8 25.Rd2 Qf7 -/+/-+ 26.Be4 Rf3 27.Kg2 (27.Bxf3? Qxf3 28.Kh2 Bxh3! 29.Kxh3 Rf6-+) 27...Nc4! (27...Qh5-+) 28.dxc4 Rxg3+ 29.Kxg3 Qf4+ 30.Kg2 Qxe4+ 31.f3 Qg6+ 32.Kh2 Rxf3 33.Rxf3 Qg1#] 23.g4 f6?! Eine Angriffsmarke! [>=23...Nc6 24.Ng3 Ne7 25.Qc2 Ng6 26.a4 Nf4-/+] 24.Ng3 Nb7?! [>=24...Nc6] 25.Kh2 [25.d4?! Na5 /\ 26... Nc4-/+; 25.Nf5 g6 26.Ne7 Rc7 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 f5 29.g5 Nd8-/+] 25...Nc5 26.Qd2 Na4 27.Rc1 Ba5 28.Rc2 Rc6 29.Rfc1 Rfc8 /\ 30... Qc7 31.Ne2 b4 32.c4?? b3 -+ 30.g5! fxg5! [30...Qc7? 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.Nh5~~ /\ 33.Qh6->] 31.Qxg5 Nxc3 /\ 32... b4 33.Bc3 bc -/+/-+ [31...h6!? 32.Qg6 Bf7 /\ 33... Nc3-/+/-+ (32...Qf7!? 33.Qxf7 Bxf7 34.Nf5 R8c7 35.c4 bxc4 36.dxc4 Rxc4 37.Rxc4 Bxc4 38.Nxd6 Bxa2 39.Rxc7 Bxc7 40.Bxe5 Kg8=/+) 33.Qg4 Qe7 34.c4 bxc4 35.Nf5 Qf6 36.dxc4 Nb6 37.c5 Rxc5 38.Rxc5 Rxc5 39.Rxc5 dxc5 40.f4 Nc4 41.Bf1 Bc7 42.Qg1 Nd2 43.Bg2 Qd8 44.Qxc5~~; 31...Bxc3!? 32.Nf5 /\ 33.Ne7 32...Qd7 33.Ne7 Bd2! 34.Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Qxd2 Rxc1 36.Qxc1 Qxe7 37.d4 Bc4=/+] 32.Bxc3 [32.Nf5!? Bd8 (32...Nxe4? 33.Rxc6 Nxg5 34.Rxc8+ Bg8 35.Rxg8+! (35.Ra8?? Nf3+! (35...Qb6 36.Rcc8+-) 36.Bxf3 Qxf2+ 37.Bg2 Qf4+ 38.Ng3 Qxc1-+) 35...Kxg8 36.Bd5+ Kf8 37.Rc8+ Bd8 38.Rxd8#) 33.Qd2 b4 34.Bxc3 Rxc3 (34...Qc7?? /\ 35... bc-/+/-+ 35.Bxe5 Rxc2 36.Rxc2 Qxc2 37.Qh6+-) 35.Nxd6 Rxc2 36.Rxc2 Rxc2 37.Qxc2 a5-/+] 32...Rxc3! [32...Bxc3?! 33.Nf5 /\ 34.Ne7 33...Qf7 34.Nxd6 Rxd6 35.Rxc3 Rxc3 36.Rxc3 b4 37.Rc2-/+] 33.Rxc3 Bxc3 [33...Rxc3 34.Rxc3 Bxc3 35.Qd8+ Bg8 36.Nf5 /\ 37.Ne7 36...Qf7 (<=36...Qxf2?! 37.Qf8 Qf4+ 38.Kh1 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+=) 37.Kg1 a5-/+] 34.Nf5 /\ 35.Rc3 Rc3 36.Qd8 Bg8 37.Ne7 +- 34...Qd7?! [34...b4! 35.Ne7 (35.Nxd6 Rf8! 36.Nf5 (36.Nc4 Rxf2 37.Nxe5? Qb8-+) 36...Bxa2-/+) 35...Rf8! 36.Nd5 Bxd5 (36...h6 37.Qg6 Bxd5 38.exd5 Qf7 39.Qxf7 Rxf7-/+) 37.exd5 Qf7-/+] 35.Bf3 [35.Ne7?! Rc7 36.Nd5 Bxd5 37.exd5 b4 38.Be4 Qe7! 39.Qg4 a5-/+] 35...b4?! [>=35...Qf7! 36.a3 a5 37.Qh4 Bxf5 38.exf5 d5-/+] 36.Rg1 Rf8! [36...Bxf5?! 37.exf5 Rf8 38.Bc6! Qa7 39.Rg2 a5 40.Qg4 Bd2 41.Bd5 Qc7 42.Kh1 a4 43.h4 Bf4 44.Rg1 Qe7 45.h5~~; 36...Rg8! 37.Bg4 (37.Ne7? /\ 38.Ng6 hg 39.Qh4# 37...h6 38.Qh4 Bxa2-/+) 37...a5 (37...Bxa2?! 38.Ne7 Qd8?! (38...h6 39.Qg6 Qe8! 40.Bf5= (40.Qxd6+/-) ) 39.Bf5! /\ 40.Bh7 +- 39...Bd2 40.Qxd2 Qxe7 41.Qxa2+/-) 38.Ne7 Bd2! 39.Ng6+ hxg6 40.Qxd2 Rf8-/+; 36...Bxa2?? 37.Ne7 Rg8 38.Ng6+ hxg6 39.Qh4#] 37.Nxg7! Bxa2! [37...Rg8? 38.Qh6!! (38.Qf6? Qf7! (38...Rxg7 39.Rxg7 Qxg7 40.Qxe6 Qf8=) 39.Qxe6 Qxf3! 40.Qf5 Rf8! 41.Qxf3 Rxf3 42.Nf5 a5-+) 38...Rxg7 39.Rxg7 Qxg7 40.Qxe6~~] 38.Nf5! /\ 38.Ne7 38...Qf7! 39.Qh6 /\ 40.Rg7 [39.Bh5 Qf6 40.Qc1 Rg8 41.Qc2 Rxg1 42.Kxg1 Be6 43.Bg4 Bg8-/+] 39...Qf6! [39...Rg8? 40.Rxg8+ Kxg8 41.Qg5+ Kf8 42.Qd8+ Qe8 43.Qf6+ Qf7 44.Qxd6+ Ke8 45.Bh5!+-] 40.Rg6! Qxg6?? [40...Bd2!! Harmonist 41.Rxf6 (41.Qxd2 hxg6) 41...Bxh6 42.Rxh6 b3 43.Bd1 b2 44.Bc2 Rc8 45.Rxd6 Rxc2 46.Rd8+ Bg8 47.Rb8= Chigorin (47.Ne7? Kg7 48.Rxg8+ Kf7-+) 47...a5 48.Kg2 a4 49.Ne3 Rc1 50.Rxb2 a3 51.Rc2 Ra1 52.Nf5 Chigorin (52.Nd5 a2 /\ 53... Rg1 -+ 53.Kf3 Bf7 /\ 54... Bh5 -+ 54.Rc8+ Kg7 55.Ra8 Rg1! 56.Rxa2 Bh5+ 57.Ke3 Re1+ 58.Kd2 Re2+-+; 52.Nc4 a2 53.Kf3 Kg7 54.Rb2 Bf7 55.Nxe5 Rb1 56.Rxa2-+ Ein schweres Endspiel.) 52...a2 53.Rc8 Rg1+ 54.Kxg1 a1Q+ 55.Kg2 Qa7! 56.Re8 Qd7 57.Rxe5 Qxd3 58.Ng3-+ Remis: Chigorin/0-1: Tarrasch] 41.Qxf8+ Bg8 42.Bh5! Qe6? [42...Qg5 43.h4! Qf4+ 44.Kg2+-] 43.Qg7# 1-0
3rd game
Tarrasch,Siegbert
Chigorin,Mikhail
[C66] St Petersburg m(3), 1893
[Miguel]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 d6 5.d4 Nd7!? 6.Nc3 [6.Bxc6?!N bxc6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Be3 Bd6~~] 6...Be7 7.Ne2N [7.Be3 0-0 8.Qe2 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bf6 11.Rad1 c6 12.Bc4 Re8 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Bd3 d5 15.f3 Qb6+ 16.Qf2 Qxb2 17.Qd4 dxe4 18.Rb1 Qa3 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Qe7 21.Rf3 b6 22.Bc4-/+ Minckwitz-Noa 1/2-1/2. Graz, 1880.] 7...0-0 8.c3 [8.Ng3 Bf6] 8...Bf6 9.Ng3 Ndb8! Played in original Steinitz-style. [9...a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nf5-> Chigorin (11.Nh5+/=) ] 10.h3 a6 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.Be3 Ne7 13.Qd2?! [>=13.Ng5! Bxg5![] (13...Ng6 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Qxg6 +/-/+-; 13...h6 14.Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.Ne6 Qe8 16.Nxc7 Qd8 17.Nxa8 +/-/+-; 13...Nb6 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxb6 cxb6 18.f4 Bf6 19.e5 Bh4 20.Qh5+ Ng6 21.f5+-) 14.Bxg5 h6 15.Be3+/-; 13.a4!? a5 14.Bb3 Ng6 15.Qc2+/-] 13...Ng6 14.Rad1 Qe8 15.Kh2(+) Kh8 16.Bb3 Be7 17.Ba4?! [17.Ne1 /\ 18.f4 17...Bh4 18.Nf5 Bd8 19.Nd3 Nf6 20.f3 Be6 21.Bc2+/-; 17.Nf5! /\ 18.g4, 19.Bc2 b6 /\ Bb7 17...Nf6! Chigorin 18.Bc2 b5 19.Rfe1 Bb7 20.d5 Bd8 21.g4 Ne7 22.Ng3 Rc8 23.a4+/-] 17...b5 18.Bc2 Nf6 [18...Nb6!? 19.b3 a5 20.Nf5 a4 21.Rfe1 Bf6+/-] 19.Ne1 [>=19.Nf5! Bb7 20.d5 c6 21.Bg5 Rd8+/-] 19...Ng8?! [>=19...d5! 20.exd5 e4 21.Bg5 Bd6~~] 20.f4?! [>=20.Nd3! a5 21.f4+/-] 20...exf4 21.Bxf4 Nxf4 White gets weaknesses on the black squares 22.Qxf4 Nh6 23.Nf3 f6! 24.e5?! /\ 25.Qe4 [>=24.Rde1+/=; 24.Qd2 /\ 25.Nh4 24...Be6 25.Nh4 d5!~~] 24...Be6 [24...f5!? 25.Rde1 Be6 26.Bb3 Bxb3 27.axb3 Qd8 28.e6+/-] 25.exf6! [25.Qe4?! f5 (25...Bg8!? 26.e6?! f5 27.Qb7 Bxe6 28.Qxc7 f4=/+) 26.Qf4 dxe5 27.dxe5 c5 28.Bb3 Qc6 29.Bxe6 Qxe6 30.Ng5 Qg6 31.Nf3 Qe6 32.Rfe1 Rae8~~] 25...Bxf6 26.Qe4 Bg8 27.Qd3 [27.Qxe8 Raxe8 28.a4 (28.a3 Bd5~~ Chigorin) 28...Bd5~~; 27.a4 g6 28.Rfe1 Qd7 29.Ne5 Qg7!~~] 27...Qd7 28.Rde1 g6 /\ 29... Bc4 29.Qd2 Bg7 30.b3?! Not necessary, if Bg8xa2 follws b2-b3. [30.a3 Rae8~~; 30.Bb3!? Bxb3 31.axb3 Rae8~~; 30.Ne4 Rae8 31.Neg5 Nf5 32.d5 (32.g4?! Ne7=/+) 32...Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Re8 34.Bb3 a5 35.a3 Bh6 36.Ba2 Qd8 37.h4~~] 30...Nf7! /\ Bh6-f4, Nd8-e6-f4 31.Qd3 Rae8 [31...Nd8 32.Nh4 /\ 33.Ng6 32...Rxf1 33.Rxf1 Qe8~~; 31...d5! 32.Ne2 Rae8 33.Nf4 Bh6 34.g3 Qd6=/+] 32.Ne4 [32.Rxe8 Rxe8 33.Re1 Rxe1 34.Nxe1 c5! 35.dxc5 Qc7! 36.cxd6 Nxd6 37.Ne2 Ne4+ 38.g3 Nxc3=/+] 32...Nh6!? 33.Re2 Nf5 34.Rfe1 Qd8 35.Ng3 [35.Nf2?! Bogoljubov 35...Rxe2 36.Rxe2 Bd5! 37.Ne4 c5! 38.dxc5 dxc5 39.g3 Qa8!-/+; 35.Neg5 Rxe2 36.Rxe2 Nh4! (36...Bd5?! 37.Ne6+/=) 37.Qe3 Bf6 38.Be4 Re8 39.Qf4 Nxf3+ 40.Nxf3 c5!=/+] 35...Rxe2 36.Qxe2 Nxg3 37.Kxg3 Qf6 [37...c5!-/+] 38.Qe4 [38.Kh2!? c5 /\ Bd5 39.Qe4 (39.dxc5? dxc5 40.c4 bxc4 41.bxc4 Qf4+-/+) 39...Bh6 40.Kg1 Bf4 41.dxc5 Bg3 42.Re3 dxc5 43.Qe7 Qxe7 44.Rxe7 Bd5 45.Be4 Bg8 46.Kf1~~; 38.Qd2! c5 39.Kh2 Rc8 40.Kg1=/+] 38...c5! [38...Bh6!?-/+] 39.dxc5?-/+ [39.Kh2! Bh6 40.Kg1 Bf4 41.dxc5 Qxc3 42.cxd6 Bxd6 43.Rd1 Bc7 44.Qe2=/+; 39.Qh4! Qxh4+ 40.Kxh4! Bf6+ 41.Kg3 Rc8 42.Re2=/+] 39...dxc5 40.c4? [40.h4 Qd6+ 41.Kh3 Bxc3 42.Qe7 Qf6 43.Re2 c4-/+; 40.Qe3 c4! 41.bxc4 Bxc4-/+] 40...Qd6+ 41.Kf2 bxc4 42.bxc4 Bd4+! [42...Qh2 /\ 43... Bd4 43.Rd1 Bd4+?? 44.Rxd4+-] 43.Ke2 [43.Kf1? Bxc4+-+] 43...Bxc4+ 44.Bd3 Bd5-+ Leichter Gewinn! 45.Qg4 Bxf3+!? [45...Bc3 /\ 46... Bf3, 47... Qh2 46.Rf1 (46.Rc1 Bxf3+ 47.gxf3 Qh2+-+) 46...Re8+ (46...Bxa2-+) 47.Kf2 Bxf3! 48.Qh4 Bc6-+] 46.gxf3 Qh2+ 47.Kd1 Qxa2? [47...Bc3! 48.Re2 Qh1+ 49.Kc2 Qa1 50.Qc4 Bd4 51.Re7 Rb8 52.Kd2 Qg1 53.Re2 (53.Re4 Qf2+ 54.Be2 Rb2+ 55.Kd3! Qe1 56.Re8+ Kg7 57.Qg8+ Kh6 58.Qf8+ Kh5 59.f4+ Rxe2 60.Rxe2 Qc3+ 61.Ke4 Qc4!-+ Klementz) 53...Rb4 54.Qd5 Bc3+ 55.Kxc3 Qc1+ 56.Rc2 Qe1+ 57.Rd2 Qa1+ 58.Kc2 Rb2+ 59.Kc3 Rxa2+-+] 48.Re7 /\ 49.Rh7, 50.Qg6, 51.Qh7# 48...Bg7 49.Qe4 Qb3+ 50.Ke2 Qb2+ 51.Kf1 c4? [51...a5! -/+/-+; 51...Qc1+ 52.Ke2 (52.Kg2 Qd2+ 53.Be2 Vgl. Anmerkung zum 54.Zug. 53...Qg5+ 54.Kf1 Bd4 55.Bd3 Qg1+ 56.Ke2 Bc3 57.Qh4 Qg2+ 58.Qf2 Qxh3 59.Qe3 Qh1 60.f4 Qh5+ 61.Qf3 Qh2+ 62.Qf2 Qh3 63.Qe3 Qg4+ 64.Qf3 Qh4 65.Qe4 a5-/+) 52...Qb2+ 53.Kd1 a5 54.Re8 Qa1+ 55.Ke2 a4 56.Rxf8+ Bxf8 57.Qf4 Be7 58.Qf7 Qe5+ 59.Kd2 a3 60.Bc4 Bg5+ 61.Kd1 Qd4+ 62.Ke2 Qb2+ 63.Kf1 Qc1+ 64.Ke2 Qd2+ 65.Kf1 Qd1+ 66.Kf2 Bh4+ 67.Ke3 Qd8 68.f4 Be1 69.Qe6 Bd2+ 70.Kf3 Kg7 71.Qe5+ Qf6 72.Ke4 Qxe5+ 73.Kxe5 Kh6 74.Ke4 Kh5 75.Bb3 Kh4 76.Be6 Kg3-+] 52.Bxc4 Qc1+ 53.Kg2 Qd2+ 54.Kg3? [54.Be2= Tarrasch 54...Bf6 55.Re6! (55.Re8? Rxe8 56.Qxe8+ Kg7 57.Qe4 a5 58.Kf1 Qc1+ 59.Kg2 Qg5+ 60.Qg4 Qd2 61.Kf1 (61.Qe4 a4-+) 61...Bd4-/+ /\ 62... Qc1-+ Chigorin) 55...Qg5+ 56.Qg4 Qd2~~] 54...Bd4! /\ 55... Qf2, 55... Qg5 55.Rxh7+ [55.Qe2 Qg5+-+; 55.Be2 Qe1+-+] 55...Kxh7 56.Qh4+ Qh6! [56...Kg7?? 57.Qe7+=] 57.Qxd4 Qg5+ 58.Kf2 Rd8! 59.Qa7+ Kh6 60.Qxa6 Qh4+ 61.Kg2 Rd2+ 62.Be2 Qe1-+ Dauer der Partie: 7h 0-1
La Stratégie. Octobre 1893.
MATCH TARRASCH - TSCHIGORINE
Pendant que nous recevons avec la plus grande courtoisie
possible nos bons amis les Russes, à Saint-Pétersbourg la
Russie et l'Allemagne sont engagées dans un combat singulier
... sur l'échiquier . Lutte amicale ou il n'y aura ni mort ni
blessé ; une petite piqûre d'amour-propre, largement compensée
par la gloire de la résistance pour le vaincu , voilà tout .
On peut même dire que le sort du vaincu sera envié : combien
de joueurs d'échecs voudraient être à sa place !
Il est impossible de prévoir l'issue de cette grande lutte et
les paris n'ont pu s'engager qu'à égalité . M. le Dr Tarrasch n'a
encore jamais joué de match international, mais le « record >>
sans précédent qu'il a établi dans les grands tournois auxquels
il a pris part , vainqueur consécutivement trois fois en
ne perdant qu'une seule partie sur 53 jouées , en fait un adversaire
bien redoutable même pour un Tschigorine .
Les pourparlers pour ce match ont été engagés à la suite
d'une invitation faite par les amateurs de la Havane pour que
le combat ait lieu chez eux pendant le mois de janvier prochain
. M. le Dr Tarrasch a décliné cette invitation à cause de
ses occupations professionnels pendant l'hiver , mais il a
manifesté le désir de se rencontrer avec M. Tschigorine pendant
l'été ou l'automne . Immédiatement le Cercle des Echecs
de Saint- Pétersbourg s'est mis à sa disposition et de part et
d'autre les conditions ont été très rapidement arrêtées . Les
principales clauses sont : le vainqueur sera le premier gagnant
dix ; les parties nulles ne comptent pas ; l'enjeu est de 5,000
mark ; il sera joué cinq parties par semaine ; le temps est de
15 coups par heure .
M. le Dr Tarrasch est arrivé à Saint- Pétersbourg le 6 octobre
; le même soir a eu lieu en son honneur , au Cercle des
Echecs un grand banquet de bienvenue . La 1re partie a été
jouée le 8 octobre, M. le Dr Tarrasch qui avait le Trait a joué
une Partie Lopez , défendue par 3 P.3TD, et a gagné la
partie au 28 coup .
La 2e partie jouée le 10 octobre , a été une Partie Française,
dans laquelle M. Tschigorine a adopté le coup extraordinaire
2.D2R et a gagné au 43e coup après une durée de 5 h . 1/2.
La 3e partie jouée le 12 octobre a été une Partie Lopez que
le champion russe a défendue par 3 C.3FR et qu'il a gagné
au 62 coup après une lutte de 7 heures.
D'après les dépêches reçues au moment où nous mettons
sous presse M. le Dr Tarrasch a gagné les 4 et 5e parties, la
situation est : M. le Dr Tarrasch gagne 3. M. Tschigorine gagne 2 .
British Chess Magazine. November 1893.
The great match at St. Petersburg is now an accomplished fact. Dr.
Tarrasch arrived there on October 6th , and was welcomed the same evening
by the chess club at a grand banquet. On the 8th the contest began, and
continued regularly afterwards at the pre-arranged rate of five games per
week , drawn games not counting in the score. It is singular that of the
first seven games played not one was drawn . At the time of our going
to press the score stood : Tarrasch 5, Tschigorin 4 , drawn 1.
UK Chess Monthly. November 1893.
MATCH-DR. TARRASCH v . TCHIGORIN .
THE match between Dr. Tarrasch and Tchigorin, announced in our last month's issue ,
commenced on Oct. 8, and at the time of our going to press , eleven games have been played, of which Dr. Tarrasch won six and Tchigorin four, and one game was drawn. So far the fight has been neck and neck, and is , therefore , exciting more interest than if it had been a one- sided affair . The only regret that is universally expressed is that the Doctor is
fighting so closely as to confine himself to two openings only, viz ., the Ruy Lopez and the
French Defence. However, Dr. Tarrasch has proved himself to be the first tournament
player living, and may be anxious to add to his reputation also that of a match player .
This is his first single combat against a first - class opponent.
La Stratégie. Novembre 1893.
MATCH ENTRE MM. LE Dr TARRASCH ET TSCHIGORINE
Cette lutte qui a été suivie avec un intérêt universel n'a
donné lieu à aucun incident, le combat de part et d'autre a été
acharné, mais courtois et digne des deux illustres champions .
Après la 22e partie , chacun gagnant 9 , suivant les conditions
le match a été déclaré nul .
M. le Dr Tarrasch a prouvé qu'il était aussi bon joueur de
matches que de tournois ; amateur , il avait à lutter contre un
professionnel que ses succès précédents ont placé presque
l'égal du Champion du monde des Echecs , et le résultat qu'il
obtient pour ce premier match le rendra bien redoutable pour
l'avenir lorsqu'il aura l'expérience de ce genre de lutte . Un moment
même ses amis ont pu espérer la victoire , car il avait
une avance de trois parties , 8 à 5, et il a fallu toute la science
de son adversaire pour tromper cette espérance.
M. Tschigorine, comme toujours , a fait preuve d'une grande
puissance de combinaisons ; il semble qu'il a voulu modifier
son jeu car dans plusieurs cas il a adopté la méthode Steinitz
de rentrer ses pièces, mais il n'a pas le calme , la patience , le
sangfroid de M. Tarrasch . La 11 partie qu'il a perdue en
laissant sa dame en prise, dans une position gagnée , a eu un
effet moral qui a failli lui être funeste .
Sauf deux parties , la 16e un Gambit du CR transformé en
Partie Viennoise et la 21e une Partie du PD, deux débuts
seulement ont été joués . Avec le trait M. le Dr Tarrasch a
adopté la Partie Lopez que le champion russe a défendue
deux fois par 3 C.3FR et huit fois par 3 P.3TD . L'autre
début a été la Partie Française dans laquelle M. Tschigorine
a introduit une nouvelle attaque , 2D.2R. Ce coup est généralement
blamé par les commentateurs , cependant il restera
discuté car M. le Dr Tarrasch n'a pu en tirer aucun avantage ;
sur les dix parties jouées avec ce début , M. Tschigorine en a
gagné 5, perdu 3 et 2 ont été nulles.
British Chess Magazine. December 1893.
Match : TARRASCH v . TscHIGORIN . — The great match at St.
Petersburg is over, and the result was a drawn battle. By the conditions it
was arranged that the first winner of ten games should be the victor, but
that should the two scores stand at nine won games each , drawn games not
being reckoned, the match should be broken off with honours equal. This
issue actually came to pass, and if we take into account the closeness of
the contest all through , and the unsatisfactory nature of a victory by a
single game in a match of this length and importance, we think it was the
best termination that could have been arrived at. It is remarkable that
only four drawn games occurred in the match , and none at all till the tenth
game. As to the quality of the play, it was in a large majority of the games
of a high order, as might be expected from the reputation of the two com
batants and their previous records, but there were some exceptions. In
a few instances we meet with mistakes which must have been the result of
over- strain and exhaustion "; and a few of the games, though not spoiled by
any blunder, were ordinary and dull, which may partly be accounted for by
the constant repetition of the same two openings . This repetition was not,
as far as we can learn, the fault of M . Tschigorin , for in all his previous
matches he has ever been ready to play the open game, as he was in this
match , and to adopt a variety of débuts. Dr. Tarrasch , however, of course
played to win , and naturally adopted those openings which were most
suited to his style, and which he thought would give him the greatest
chance against an ingenious and attacking opponent. As regards then the
two openings, the Ruy Lopez and the French , which were with one or two
exceptions invariably chosen by Dr. Tarrasch , the chess world has acquired
very little theoretical knowledge from the contest, the only novelty of any
importance being the adoption of Q - K 2 by M . Tschigorin for the attack
at the second move of the French game, which certainly did not warrant
by its success any change in this direction from the ordinary book modes of
attack . In order to prevent the same monotony in future matches , it has
been suggested that the names of a certain number of openings be written
on slips of paper, put into a bag , and played in the order in which they are
drawn, each player taking the attack and defence once in each opening .
This certainly would give liveliness and variety to great matches, but we fear
the proposition is not likely to be favoured by players of Dr. Tarrasch 's and
the modern school. It is reported that the Moscow Chess Club has offered
the two great masters very liberal terms if they will go there and play five
more games with each other, and that the offer has been accepted .
UK Chess Monthly. December 1893.
MATCH-TARRASCH v. TCHIGORIN.
It is no exaggeration to say that the match between Dr. Tarrasch and M. Tchigorin has
created no less an interest in the chess world than the memorable match between Steinitz and Zukertort-to a certain extent even more so , and for this reason . The styles of the latter were almost identical, and it was only a question whether Zukertort had retained his 1883 form or not . If so , the issue was doubtful ; if not, it was a foregone conclusion as a matter of course . In the present match, two eminent players of diametrically opposed styles met. Tarrasch " perfectly calm and correct," as Mortimer has it in " Gloriana," and Tchigorin not perfectly calm, and, perhaps , also not perfectly correct, but endowed with an undoubted lively imagination and fertility of resource . Dr. Tarrasch's record, compared with that of his opponent , entitled him to be considered the favourite . Public opinion was correct, and holds good even now that the result of the match is " honours divided ."
Dr. Tarrasch had the lead , and after a close examination of the games, the verdict must be
that Tchigorin managed to draw the match. If a second match were to be played between
them, Dr. Tarrasch would again be the favourite .
It will be readily admitted that Tchigorin's task was not an easy one . He had to
contend with an opponent who considers the Ruy Lopez for White , and the French Defence for Black, the vade mecum of a chess player. Happily, Tchigorin did not share the
Doctor's opinion , else the result might have been French Defences and nothing else .
The question naturally arises , why the Doctor did not adopt the close game at once ,
knowing how unsuitable this form of game is to Tchigorin's vivacious temperament ? He
only ventured once (in Game xxi . ) upon the Queen's Pawn opening , and achieved an easy victory. With the exception of this game, and the gambit in the sixteenth game, it was a case of toujours perdrix. The effect would have proved thoroughly enervating to
Tchigorin had he not ventured to vary the monotony, at the risk of imperilling the match,
with the 2 Q to K 2 variation in the French Defence, and the various defences of the Ruy
Lopez, which frequently lacking in soundness , were not devoid of originality . With the
exception of occasional cases of omission and commission, incidental to long contests, the games are fine specimens of the styles of both players . But we. cannot refrain from
expressing the opinion , that had the match been a shorter one , and played under different surroundings, that the Doctor would have won it. At the same time, Tchigorin deserves the highest possible praise for the tenacity and courage he displayed in drawing a match which was considered all but lost .
Nuova Rivista degli Scacchi.
Decembre 1893.
Match Tarrasch-Tschigorine
Come abbiamo annunciato nel precedente fascicolo questo interessantissimo
match fu combinato senza troppe difficoltà . Il dottor
Tarrasch si recò a san Pietroburgo nei primi giorni di Ottobre
e col giorno 8 dello stesso mese si cominciò la sfida . La posta venne
fissata a 5000 Marchi , naturalmente coperta da numerosi sottoscrittori
da una e dall'altra parte , e fu stabilito che per riescire vincitore
l'uno o l'altro dei contendenti dovesse guadagnare dieci partite,
nulla contando le patte.
signori Tarrasch e Tschigorine sono troppo ben conosciuti
dai nostri lettori , e non hanno bisogno di una novella presentazione .
L'uno e l'altro possono aspirare al campionato del mondo senza
peccare d'orgoglio . Perciò una lotta tra due avversari di tal forza
non poteva non destare un immenso interesse . E l'interesse fu mondiale
. Tutti i giornali più seri e più importanti d'Europa e d' America
riportarono quotidianamente non solo le notizie telegrafiche che
partivano da san Pietroburgo per tutte le direzioni concernenti il
match, ma riportarono integralmente tutte le partite ; le quali vennero
così esaminate , commentate e discusse in tutti i circoli scacchistici
e da tutti i giuocatori e dilettanti del mondo, quasi contemporaneamente
al giorno in cui furono giuocate.
A tanto interesse , a tanta aspettativa corrispose uno strano risultato
. Il match riescì patto avendo i due giuocatori guadagnato entrambi
nove partite !!
Diremo francamente che un tale esito che si rinnova adesso
troppo di sovente in sfide di grande importanza e che a riguardo
del sig . Tschigorine si avverò anche nella sua sfida contro il Gunsbeg,
non si dovrebbe permettere. Non si dovrebbe permettere prima di
tutto perchè si deve appagare la legittima curiosità di chi vuole vedere
uno o l'altro vincitore , quando questa curiosità si paga a migliaia
di Marchi . Secondariamente non si dovrebbe permettere (e i
giuocatori stessi dovrebbero essere di questo avviso) perchè un tale
risultato si presta alla malignità e gli scettici e i maligni abbondano
pur troppo !
A parte il suo esito finale questo match però riescì veramente
del massimo interesse e fu strenuamente e abilmente combattuto da
ambe le parti . Il maggior numero delle partite riescirono magistrali
e altamente istruttive . I giuocatori a dire il vero non brillarono
troppo per varietà di attacchi e di difese . Anzi non abbiamo visto
mai una sfida in cui l'uniformità della apertura sia stata mantenuta
da entrambi i giuocatori con tanta monotonia e con tanta costanza .
Il dott . Tarrasch non osò che una sola volta rispondere con P 4 R
a P 4 R del suo avversario , del resto egli sempre si attenne alla
difesa Francese di cui conosce tutti i segreti e le risorse . Contro la
difesa Francese, il sig . Tschigorine adottò costantemente un solo attacco
2. D 2 R, attacco abbastanza strano , ma altrettanto forte contro
il quale il dott. Tarrasch ha tentennato tra la spinta P 4 AD e
A 2 R come seconda mossa , trovandosi più male coll'ultimo sistema
e abbandonando il primo che non gli aveva dato cattiva prova .
Il sig. Tschigorine brillante e impavido giuocatore rispose sempre
con P 4 R alla prima mossa dell'avversario, e questi non si allontanò
che una sola volta dalla sua favorita apertura Ruy Lopez,
nella quale ottenne sempre delle eccellenti posizioni .
I giuocatori fecero quattro sole patte . Il dott . Tarrasch si mantenne
sempre in vantaggio di una , di due , anche di tre partite , ma
in fine il Tschigorine vincendo tre partite di seguito si portò a pari
punti , cioè otto per parte. Il dott. Tarrasch vinse la sua nona partita
ed allora fu stabilito che egli non potesse più perdere ; venne cioè
contemplato il caso che Tschigorine vincesse alla sua volta la nona
partita , dovendo in allora il match restare indeciso.
Così avvenne in fatto . Tschigorine vinse la sua nona partita , il
match fu dichiarato patto per comune accordo , e la posta venne divisa
tra le due parti , da buoni amici !