[Event "Duesseldorf"]
[Site "1st WSB Congress casual game"]
[Date "1861.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, Graf Conrad"]
[Black "Wuelfing, Otto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1861.??.??"]

{Georg Schnitzler from Duesseldorf and Otto Wuelfing from Elberfeld took the
initiative for a congress of chess players in Rheinland-Westfalen. The meeting
place became Duesseldorf, because it was located at a crossing of railroads.
Many players from Duesseldorf, Elberfeld, Koeln, Muehlheim, Duisberg, Crefeld
and Wesel travelled to the lovely Ananasberg in the Hofgarten on Sunday 21 ix
1861. Casual games were played. They went to the Europaeischen Hof in downtown
Duesseldorf for an afternoon banquet. At the end Alfred Schlieper proposed to
establish an annual chess congress and got an ovation. The Westdeutschen
Schachbund was founded. Hereafter, the friendly hostilities were resumed. A
special guest was the 80-years-old first-rate butcher Frank, who had fought
with the old war-horse Bluecher on the chessboard. A popular opponent was Graf
Conrad Vitzthum von Eckstaedt from Dresden. He played several games with the
three mentioned organisers.   Although top players participated in the early
congresses, the atmosphere was relaxed, because the players had fine jobs and
the stakes were low. 4-6 players took part in the main event. When the master
tournament was unfinished at the end of the official program, extra days were
added. A more professional mood was created, when the field increased to ten,
and chess clocks were used. Two games were played per day and a tight time
schedule was applied. A tradition of congress books started at once and
continued, though few copies were sold of the report about Duesseldorf 1861-62.
   Jan van Reek  } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Bg5 $2 ({
Correct is} 5. Nxd4) 5... Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. O-O Ne5 8. Qxd4 $4 (8. Nbd2 {
continues the development.}) 8... Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh3 10. Qxg7 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Nf6
12. Kh1 Rhg8 {Black plays for a quick mate.} 13. Qxf7 Bg2+ 14. Kg1 Bxf3+ 15.
Qxg8 Rxg8+ 16. Bxg8 Qg7# {Max Lange reported several games by the Count.} 0-1

[Event "Duesseldorf"]
[Site "2nd WSB Congress"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schultz, Georg"]
[Black "Lange, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

{The number of federation members had passed seventy in 1862. They could meet
from 7-8 ix. Eight players participated in the main group. They could not
finish the tournament. Max Lange was declared the winner. He wrote the
yearbooks for the congresses of 1862 and 1863.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4
4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 Qf6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qf3 $6 ({
L. Paulsen had played} 9. Qh5) 9... Ne5 $1 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qg3 c6 12. Kh1 $6
f5 13. Bg5 $6 (13. Be2 $1 {avoids positional problems.}) 13... Qf7 $1 14. exf5
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 $6 Bxf5 16. Qd2 d5 17. Rae1 h6 {Lange had a positional advantage
and won eventually.  Louis Paulsen gave a blind display on the second
afternoon. He won six and drew four games.} 0-1

[Event "Duesseldorf"]
[Site "3rd WSB Congress playoff"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lange, Max"]
[Black "Paulsen, Wilfried"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1863.??.??"]

{Chess friends met at the Ananasberg on Sunday 30 vii. Twelve players applied
for the main tournament. The number had decreased to three after two knockout
rounds of one game. Max Lange and Wilfried Paulsen ended equal in the third
round. In the meantime Louis Paulsen had started a blind exhibition on the
second afternoon. He won two, lost three and drew five after 14 hours of play!
Most people had left when the playoff started in the afternoon of 2 x. The
first try ended in a draw. game two began at 10 PM.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3
g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7 $5 6. d4 $5 ({Known is} 6. Nxg4 d5 {
(Mackenzie-Paulsen, London 1862).}) 6... Nf6 7. Bc4 $1 d5 $1 8. exd5 O-O 9.
Bxf4 Nh5 $5 {Wilfried continues in the style of the Kieseritzky Gambit.} 10.
Qd2 c5 $1 11. dxc6 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 ({Lange regards} 12. cxb7 Bxb7 {as risky.})
12... Nxc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c3 $6 ({Wiser is} 14. Nd2 $1 Re8+ 15. Kd1 $1)
14... c5 $1 15. dxc5 Re8+ 16. Kf2 Qe7 17. Nd2 $2 ({The doubtful} 17. b4 {
gives the only serious defence.}) 17... Qxc5+ 18. Kf1 Be6 19. Be2 f5 20. Bc4
Rad8 21. Bxe6+ Rxe6 22. Re1 Rde8 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. g3 $6 Bh6 $1 25. Qb8+ Kg7
26. Rh2 Qe3 (26... Qe7 $1 27. Rf2 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Bxd2 {finishes the game.}) 27.
Rf2 Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Bxd2 ({Best is} 28... Be3 $1 29. Ne4 $1 {(Lange), and now}
29... Bb6 $1) 29. Qxa7+ Kg6 30. h5+ $1 Kh6 31. Qf7 Re2 $4 {
Wilfried collapses in the early morning.} ({Black can still win by} 31... Qe4+
$1 32. Kh2 f4 33. Qf8+ Kxh5 34. Qf7+ Kg5 35. Qg8+ Rg6 36. Qd8+ Rf6 37. Qg8+ Kh5
38. Rxd2 fxg3+) 32. Qf6+ Kxh5 33. Qxf5+ Kh6 ({Or} 33... Bg5 34. Qxh7+ Bh6 35.
Qf7+ Kg5 36. Qf5# {(Lange).}) 34. Qf6+ Kh5 35. Qh4+ Kg6 36. Qxg4+ Kh6 37. Qxe2
{The game was finished on 6 AM in the Koelnische Hof. Max had won the first
prize of 25 Thaler. Wilfried got 12 Thaler (the combined entry fees). Their
congress ended on Thursday morning instead of Monday night.} 1-0

[Event "Duesseldorf"]
[Site "4th WSB Congress final"]
[Date "1864.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, Graf Conrad"]
[Black "Lange, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1864.??.??"]

{Eight players entered a knockout scheme (28-31 vii). Two favourites entered
the final.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
Qe7 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. h3 {Graf Conrad plays a quiet Variation.} 9... Bb6 10. b4 a6
11. a4 Nd8 $5 12. O-O g5 $5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Kh2 $5 ({Better is} 14. Nxe5 Nxg3
15. Nxd7) 14... Ng7 $5 15. Qe2 Nde6 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19.
Rxa1 O-O 20. d4 f6 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Qe6 23. Qxe6+ Nxe6 24. Rd1 $2 {
White will lose the control over the centre.} ({Right is} 24. d5 Nc5 25. Nd2)
24... exd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Ra8 27. f3 $2 Ra4 $2 (27... Ra5 {wins a pawn.
}) 28. d5 $2 (28. e5 {gives counter-play.}) 28... Rb4 29. Ra1 Rxb5 30. Ra8+ Kg7
31. h4 Bd4 32. Rd8 Rc5 33. h5 f5 34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. exf5 b5 36. Rh7 b4 37. Rxh6
b3 38. Re6 b2 {Lange won the congress for the third time in a row.} 0-1

[Event "Elberfeld"]
[Site "5th WSB Congress"]
[Date "1865.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Black "Pinedo, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1865.??.??"]

{The fifth congress was organised by the active chess club of Elberfeld. This
place became a part of Wuppertal later. Hoeing, Knorre, Neumann and Pinedo
played in the main group.} 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3 Ne7 5. Bg5 h6 6.
Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 a6 8. a4 Ng6 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. f4 Be7 11. O-O h5 12. f5 Nge5 13.
Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Ng3 g4 15. Nge2 Bf6 16. Bb3 Nc6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nf4 Nd4 19. Bc4
Rh6 20. Rb1 Be5 21. Nce2 Qg5 22. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Be3 24. Ne2 Bd7 25. Bb3 $2
Bc6 26. c4 $2 h4 {The Dutchman has a winning attack.} 27. a5 Ke7 28. Ba4 h3 29.
g3 b5 30. axb6 Bb7 31. Nf4 Qe5 $2 32. Qxg4 Rg8 $1 33. Qf3 $1 (33. Qxg8 $2 Qxe4+
34. dxe4 Bxe4+ 35. Rf3 Bxf3+ {and mate.}) 33... Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Qh5 35. b4 e5 36.
Qf5 Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Ke6 38. bxc5 dxc5 39. Rbf1 {Neumann won the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Koeln"]
[Site "6th WSB Congress"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, Graf Conrad"]
[Black "Paulsen, Wilfried"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

{The Austro-Prussian war was fought in 1866. Austrian forces were defeated and
Northern states could be unified thereafter. Only a local meeting of chess
players from Rheinland-Westfalen took place in that year.   A quartet played
in the main group of Koeln 1867. Two competitors scored 2/3 and had to carry
out a playoff.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7.
exd5 cxd5 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. h3 Kh8 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Nd2 $6
({Better is} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4) 13... Nd7 14. f4 $2 f6 $1 15. Bh4 Na5 16.
fxe5 fxe5 17. Nf3 (17. c4 dxc4 18. dxc4 Nc5 {is horrible.}) 17... Qxc3 18. Rae1
Nc6 19. Bg3 Rf5 20. Bf2 Raf8 21. Nh4 $2 Nd4 $1 22. Qe3 R5f6 23. Qc1 Rf4 24. g3
R4f6 25. Kg2 Nxb3 26. axb3 Bxh3+ $1 27. Kxh3 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Rf1 Qc5 30.
b4 Qf8 31. Rxf2 Qxf2 32. Qg5 Nf6 33. Nf5 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Qd1+ 36. Kg2
Qxc2+ {Wilfried Paulsen had won the congress.} 0-1

[Event "Aachen"]
[Site "7th WSB Congress playoff"]
[Date "1868.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Lange, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1868.??.01"]

{The intention was to organise a main event with foreign masters but only five
German experts arrived. However, the presence of Anderssen meant progress.
Draws had to be repeated. Anderssen and Lange scored three wins in four rounds.
A playoff occurred on the last day (of 1-6 vii).} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 {
Anderssen scored mixed results with this quiet opening.} 7... g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9.
Be3 O-O 10. g4 $5 Re8 11. Ne2 $2 d5 $1 12. Ng3 $6 Nxg4 $1 {Lightning strikes!}
13. Bg5 (13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Kf1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 {shows the pointe (Anderssen).}
) 13... Nf6 14. Qe2 Qd6 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. b3 c5 17. c4 dxe4 18. dxe4 Bb7 19. Qe3
Nxe4 $5 20. Nxe4 Qc6 $6 ({Better is} 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qe3 e4) 21.
Nfd2 f5 22. f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Re6 24. O-O-O $6 (24. h4 $1 {
chooses the right opportunism.}) 24... a5 $1 25. a4 Qb6 26. Qc3 Qb4 27. Qxb4
cxb4 28. Rde1 h6 29. Bh4 g5 30. Bg3 h5 31. Re2 Rd8 32. Rg1 Rg6 33. Bh4 Rd3 34.
Bxg5 Rxh3 35. Reg2 Kh7 36. Kd1 Bc8 37. Bd8 Bg4+ 38. Kc2 Rc6 39. Nf1 Rc3+ 40.
Kb2 Bh6 41. Rg3 Rc1 42. Rd3 Re1 43. Rd5 Re2+ 44. Ka1 Rxe4 45. Ng3 Rd4 46. Rxd4
exd4 47. Ne4 Bg7 48. Kb1 d3 49. Kc1 Bh6+ 50. Kb2 d2 51. Nf6+ Rxf6 52. Bxf6 d1=Q
53. Rxd1 Bxd1 54. Bd8 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "1st NSB Congress"]
[Date "1868.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Von Rothschild, Albert"]
[Black "Lange, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1868.??.31"]

{Formally a Schachbund is a federation of chess clubs but an annual meeting of
chess friends in practice. Gemuetlichkeit (geniality) ruled in the small
tournaments, casual games, lush banquets and Problem tourneys.  The
Norddeutschen Schachbund was founded in the spring of 1868. It brought
together northern clubs and thus followed the political example. The first
congress lasted from 31 v until 2 vi 1868. A knockout contest began with eight
men.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Bb6
8. cxd4 d6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 Bg4 $5 ({Theory is} 12...
Ng6 {(Kolisch-Paulsen, Bristol 1861).}) 13. Be2 $6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 $6 (14. Bxf3
Nc4 15. Bc1 {chooses a lesser evil.}) 14... Ng6 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. Na4 Nf4 17.
Nxb6 $4 {White blunders terribly.} ({He should play} 17. Kh1 {and hope for}
17... Bxf2 $2 18. Rg1 $1 Bxg1 19. Rxg1 f6 20. Bf1 Ng6 21. Rg4 Qh5 22. Qxa5 $11)
17... Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qg2# {Lange had won in the first round. He defeated
Schallopp and Schliemann hereafter.} 0-1

[Event "Altona"]
[Site "2nd NSB Congress playoff"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1869.??.??"]

{German players from other regions played in the master tournaments, like in
Aachen 1868. The prizes were 200, 100 and 50 Thaler. Only regional players
participated in the Hauptturnier. Formally the congress lasted from 25 until
27 vii 1869, but the Meisterturnier needed more time. Louis Paulsen and Adolf
Anderssen had scored four wins after five rounds. The first game of the
playoff was drawn. Game two was played on 2 viii!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Nxd5 $5 10.
exd5 Ne7 11. e4 ({Schallopp gives} 11. Nxe5 O-O $1 ({not} 11... Nxd5 $2 12.
Nxf7 $1)) 11... Ng6 12. d4 O-O $1 13. dxe5 Nxe5 $1 14. O-O ({The combination} 
14. Nxe5 $2 Qh4+ 15. Kf1 Qxe4 16. Nxd7 {(Schallopp)} 16... Rd8 $1 17. Nf6+ gxf6
18. Bb3 Be6 $1 {favours Black.}) 14... Qe7 15. Bb3 d6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qe2 Rae8
18. Rae1 Ng6 19. Qd2 Nh4 20. c3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Qh4 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Re5
24. Bc2 Rfe8 25. Rfe3 Kf8 26. c4 R8e7 27. b4 Ke8 28. Kf3 Kd8 29. Rc3 f5 30.
Rce3 $6 ({Right is} 30. Ree3 $1) 30... f4 $1 {
Black has gained a positional advantage.} 31. Kxf4 $2 ({Correct is} 31. Rc3 g5
32. Rc1) 31... Rf7+ 32. Kg3 Rg5+ 33. Kh2 Rf2 34. Bb3 Rgxg2+ 35. Kh1 Rh2+ 36.
Kg1 Rfg2+ 37. Kf1 Rg6 {White loses an important pawn.} 38. R1e2 Rh1+ 39. Kf2
Bxh3 40. Re1 Rh2+ 41. Kf3 Rb2 42. Rd3 Bf1 43. Rdd1 Bg2+ 44. Ke3 Rg3+ 45. Kd4
Rf2 46. c5 h5 47. Re3 Rxe3 48. Kxe3 Rf3+ 49. Ke2 h4 50. e5 h3 51. c6 bxc6 52.
dxc6 Rxb3 53. axb3 h2 54. exd6 h1=Q 55. dxc7+ Kxc7 56. Rxh1 Bxh1 57. Ke3 Kxc6
58. Kf4 Kb5 59. Kg5 Be4 60. Kf4 Bh7 61. Ke5 Kxb4 62. Ke6 Kxb3 {The congress
ended six days too late, but Anderssen still had three days for his journey to
the next event.} 0-1

[Event "Barmen"]
[Site "8th WSB Congress"]
[Date "1869.08.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Hein, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1869.??.06"]

{Originally the WSB congresses were planned for the first Sunday in September,
but the meeting moved to the summer holidays when it took more days. Barmen
1869 lasted from 6 until 13 viii. Several banquets were organised. A ball
became a great happening, when Anderssen led to polonaise of chess brothers
and sisters. His games were enjoyable too.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
b4 d5 5. exd5 Nxb4 6. O-O Nxd5 $5 7. Nxe5 c6 $5 ({Best is} 7... Ngf6 $1) 8. d4
Bb6 9. Nc3 $1 {Adolf has fun.} 9... Nge7 (9... Nxc3 $2 10. Qf3 $1 {
shows the pointe.}) 10. Ba3 Be6 11. Bxd5 $6 Bxd5 $2 (11... cxd5 {
closes the position (Schallopp).}) 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 ({Or} 12... Qxe7 13. Nxd5 cxd5
14. Ng6 $1) 13. Nxd5+ Qxd5 14. Re1 Kf8 15. c4 $6 Qd8 $6 (15... Qxd4 16. Qh5 $1
{(Schallopp), and now} 16... Qf4 $1 17. c5 $1 g6 18. Qe2 Bc7 {
gives a fine defence.}) 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. d5 Bc5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Rad1 Re8 20.
Rd7 1-0

[Event "Barmen"]
[Site "8th WSB Congress"]
[Date "1869.08.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1869.??.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Bb6 8.
cxd4 d6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qd2 f6 15.
Kh1 Bc7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Ng3 b5 18. Nf5 b4 19. Rg1 Bb6 $5 ({The theory is} 
19... Bxf5 20. exf5 Ne5 {(Anderssen-Steinitz, London 1866).}) 20. g4 $5 Ne5 $1
21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. g5 $5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qxd5 $2 (24... Qd6 {
defends more solidly.}) 25. gxf6 Rd8 26. Rcg1 Kh8 $6 (26... Rxf6 $5 27. Rxg7+
Kh8 28. R1g3 h6 29. Kg1 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Kxg7 {gives little hope.}) 27. fxg7+ Kg8
28. Qh6 Qd6 {Anderssen's courageous attack becomes a complete success.} 29.
Qxh7+ $1 {Anderssen won five games and got 100 Thaler. Van Minckwitz beat
Schallopp and Zukertort in a playoff for the secon prize of 50 Thaler.} ({
The pointe is} 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. f6+ $1 Kg8 31. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 32. Rh3+ Kg8 33.
Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Krefeld"]
[Site "9th WSB Congress"]
[Date "1871.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1871.??.??"]

{The first German super tournament was Baden-Baden 1870. When the event began,
war was declared. France started to fight against Prussia, Baden,
Wuertttemberg and Bavaria after the tounament had ended. The german states
were united in battle. No regional chess congress took place.   Another
regional congress was held from 4 until 7 viii 1871. Again the Allgemeines
Hauptturnier lingered on. The five rounds were finished on 10 viii.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Na5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3
O-O 10. Ne2 Nxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. Ng3 Ne8 13. Bd2 g6 $6 14. Ba5 $6 (14. Bh6 Ng7
15. Qd2 {reacts natural.}) 14... Qd7 15. b4 f6 16. c3 Ng7 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. d4
cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Bb6 Ne6 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Kh8 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Rc3
$2 {Anderssen misses a good chance.} ({Right is} 24. Ndf5 $1 Qxd1 $6 25. Rfxd1
gxf5 26. Rc7) 24... Bd6 25. Nde2 Rad8 26. Rd3 Qe7 27. Nc3 Bxg3 28. fxg3 b4 29.
Nd5 Qxe4 30. Rf4 Qe5 31. Rxb4 $2 (31. Nxb4 Qxb2 32. Rf2 Rxd3 33. Nxd3 {
only loses a pawn.}) 31... Bxd5 32. Rbd4 Bb3 $1 33. Rxd8 Bxd1 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35.
Rfd8 Ba4 36. R3d4 Bc6 37. Kh2 g5 38. Rd2 h5 39. R8d3 h4 40. Rc3 f5 41. Rf2
hxg3+ 42. Rxg3 f4 43. Rc3 f3+ 44. g3 Qe1 45. Rcc2 Be4 46. Rcd2 Bd3 {
Anderssen, Paulsen and Minckwitz scored four wins. A playoff was needed.} 0-1

[Event "Krefeld playoff"]
[Site "9th WSB Congress playoff"]
[Date "1871.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1871.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O c4 $1 8.
Be2 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Ne4 12. Nb5 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 a6 14. Nf3 $2
({Right is} 14. c3 $1 Ba5 15. Bd3 $1 axb5 16. b4) 14... Bg4 15. c3 Ba5 16. b4
Bxb4 17. cxb4 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bxb5 Nxb4 20. Qb3 Bxf3 21. Qxb4 Be4 22. f3
Bf5 23. Qc5 Qa5 24. Rc1 Be6 25. Bd3 Qd2 26. Qc3 Qg5 27. g3 g6 28. f4 Qh5 29.
Qe1 Re8 30. Qe5 Qf3 31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. Bxe2 Bd7 $1 {
The extra pawn on d7 needs protection.} 33. Bf3 Bc6 34. Rc5 Rd8 35. Kf2 f6 36.
h4 h6 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. f5 $5 g5 $1 39. hxg5 fxg5 $1 {
Paulsen created chances on the kingside.} 40. g4 Kf6 41. Rc1 $6 Re8+ $1 42. Kd3
$2 (42. Kf2 $1 {gives support to the kingside.}) 42... h5 $1 43. Rh1 $2 ({
Correct is} 43. gxh5 Kxf5 44. Rg1) 43... h4 $1 44. Ra1 Ke7 45. Kd2 Kd6 46. Ra3
Bb5 47. Rb3 Bc6 48. Ra3 h3 $1 {A diversion begins.} 49. Bh1 Rh8 50. Ke3 {
The king returns to his side.} 50... b5 51. Kf2 h2 52. Kg3 b4 $1 {
Black sacrifices a pawn for an undisturbed advance on the queenside.} 53. Rb3
Rb8 54. Kxh2 Ba4 55. Rh3 Rd8 $3 {The d-pawn has to be consolidated.} 56. Bg2
Bc2 57. Bf1 b3 58. Rh6+ Kc7 59. Rh7+ Rd7 60. Rxd7+ Kxd7 61. Bb5+ Kc7 62. Ba4
Bd1 $1 {Black threatens ..b2.  Anderssen had defeated Minckwitz and lost to
Paulsen in the playoff. His holiday had ended and he left during the last game
on 13 viii. When Paulsen-Minckwitz ended in a draw, Louis made a gesture of
great sportsmanship. He shared the first prize of 100 Thaler with Minckwitz.}
0-1

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "1st MSB Congress"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schurig, Bruno"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1871.??.27"]

{The Mitteldeutschen Schachbund was founded on 19 xi 1871. A congress took
place from 27 until 31. Anderssen was the prominent player.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4
exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. a3 Bg7 7. d4 Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bc4
Nbc6 10. Nf3 Qh5 11. e5 $2 g4 12. Ng1 f3 13. Bf4 ({Or} 13. gxf3 Rd8) 13... Be6
14. Bb3 Rad8 15. gxf3 Nxd4 16. fxg4 Bxg4 17. Qe1 Bh3+ 18. Kf2 Ng6 19. Nxh3 Qxh3
20. Qe4 Ne6 $2 ({Better is} 20... Nxb3 21. cxb3 f6 $1) 21. Be3 Nxe5 22. Rag1
Ng6 23. Rg3 Qh5 24. Bc4 Bd4 25. Nd5 $2 c6 26. Nf4 Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nexf4 28. Qxf4
Qc5+ 29. Kg2 Rd4 $1 30. Qf6 Qxc4 31. Rf1 Rd2+ 32. Kh1 Qe4+ {Adolf Anderssen
and Samuel Mieses score 4 1/2 out of 5. Anderssen won the playoff game. The
notation vanished.} 0-1

[Event "Altona"]
[Site "3rd NSB Congress"]
[Date "1872.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goering, Carl"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1872.??.24"]

{A master tournament happened from 25 until 28 vii 1872. It was a hot summer.
Anderssen, Goering, Schallopp, Pitschel and Neumann participated.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 {He plays the Goering Gambit!} 4... dxc3 5. Bc4 c2 $5
6. Qxc2 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Qf6 $6 8. O-O $1 Bxc3 9. bxc3 $6 (9. Bg5 Qg6 10. Qxc3 {
gains a plus.}) 9... Ne5 $2 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Ba3 $2 ({
A mighty attack is started by} 11. Qb3 $1 Qh5 12. Bf4 d6 13. e5 $1 Qf5 14. Bg3
{White charges in the centre.}) 11... d6 12. f4 Qa5 13. Bb4 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nh6
15. f5 $6 ({Better is} 15. e5) 15... Ng4 16. e5 $2 Nxe5 17. Bd5 c5 18. Ba3 Qa6
19. Bb2 c4 20. a4 Bd7 21. Ba3 O-O-O 22. f6 g6 23. Rf4 Bc6 24. Rd4 Bxd5 25. Rxd5
Qc6 26. Qe4 Nd3 27. Qd4 Rhe8 28. Bxd6 Re4 $1 {
Anderssen counterattacks forcefully.} 29. Qxa7 Qxd5 30. Qb8+ Kd7 31. Qc7+ Ke8
32. Be7 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nd1 34. Qg3 Qe5 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. Kf1 Rd2 {Anderssen-Neuma
nn occurred in the final round and was drawn. Anderssen won by half-a-point
before his adversary. Neumann suffered from a psychic illness and had played
his last tournament game.} 0-1

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "2nd MSB Congress"]
[Date "1876.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Goering, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1876.07.09"]

{It lasted five years until the second MSB Congress took place. The chess club
in Leipzig organised the event from 9-19 vii.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
4. b4 Bb6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Na3 Nf6 9. d3 Ne7 10. a5 Ba7 11. b5
axb5 12. Nxb5 Bb8 $1 ({Not} 12... Bb6 $2 13. Bh6) 13. Be3 O-O 14. h3 Bd7 15.
Ra2 $2 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 c6 17. Ba4 Rxa5 {Black has won a pawn.} 18. Rb2 b5 19. Bc2
Nd7 20. d4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 Ra6 23. dxe5 {
A sharp struggle has developed.} 23... Nxe5 $4 ({Right is} 23... Bxe5 $1 24.
Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qxe5 {(Schallopp)} 27... Re8 $1
28. Qg3 Qf6 {and Black has a positional advantage.}) 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qh5 $1
f5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qxf5 Bxc3 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Bxc3 Nxc3 30. Re1 Rb6 31. Rd2
Nd5 32. Re3 g6 33. Rf3+ Kg7 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Rd4 b4 36. Qe5 {Anderssen,
and Pitschel shared the first place in the master tournament with 3 1/2 out of
5. Anderssen won the playoff by two wins and gained 240 Mark.  Goering and
Pitschell did not continue and made the second prize of 120 Mark available for
a match between Anderssen and Paulsen. When the motion was carried and more
champagne was drank, Goering got fully excited and proposed an Anderssen
Jubilee for the next year. All sheared! The match was played in Cafe zum
Bienenkorb.} 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "match"]
[Date "1876.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1876.07.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Nd6+ $6 Ke7
$1 {Paulsen gives a smart response.} 8. Bf4 e5 $1 9. Nf5+ $5 Kf8 $1 10. Bg5 d5
$1 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Ne3 $6 (12. Ng3 {is more prudent.}) 12... Qa5 $6 (12...
Qd4 $1 {gains a positional advantage.}) 13. Nc4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Bd2
Qd4 16. c3 Qe4+ 17. Be3 Nd5 18. f3 Qh4+ 19. Bf2 Qd8 20. Qb3 Nf4 21. Rd1 Qe7 22.
g3 Ne6 23. Bg2 g6 24. O-O Kg7 25. Rfe1 Qc7 26. Rd5 f6 27. Nd6 Ng5 28. Nxc8
Rhxc8 29. Rb5 b6 30. f4 $1 {Anderssen intensifies the attack.} 30... Nf7 $1 ({
The pointe is} 30... exf4 $2 31. Rxg5 $1 fxg5 32. Bxc6 {(Schallopp).}) 31. fxe5
fxe5 32. Rf1 Nd6 $2 ({Right is} 32... Rf8) 33. Bxc6 Qxc6 34. Rxe5 Nf5 35. g4 $1
Qf3 36. Re7+ Kh8 37. gxf5 Qg4+ 38. Bg3 Rc4 39. fxg6 Rd8 40. Qxc4 $1 {The robust
mathematics teacher and diabetic bookkeeper were great friends. Anderssen won
their first match after the tournament London 1862. This time he started with
three wins, but the score became 4-5 in favour of Louis Paulsen eventually.} ({
See} 40. Qxc4 Qxc4 41. Be5+ Kg8 42. gxh7#) 1-0

[Event "Duesseldorf"]
[Site "10th WSB Congress"]
[Date "1876.09.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paulsen, Wilfried"]
[Black "Flechsig, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1876.09.09"]

{The WSB organised a small congress from 9-11 ix. Participants could travel by
Rhine steamer, like in the old days.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6
5. b5 Na5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. e5 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Ba3 Qd7
12. Nc3 Rad8 13. Na4 Rfe8 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. f4 c5
18. a4 d4 19. Ra3 Nc4 $6 20. Rh3 Qd5 $4 {
White will deliver mate or win a piece. Wilfried Paulsen won the congress.} 21.
Qd3 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "Anderssen Jubilee"]
[Date "1877.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1877.07.16"]

{Regional federations were the WSB (founded in 1861). NSB (1868), MSB (1871),
SSB (1874) and OSB (1877). Representatives of clubs came together in Leipzig
to celebrate Anderssen's fifty years in chess. A banquet took place in the
Trianonsaal of the Schuetzenhaus on 18 vii 1877. The Deutschen Schachbund was
established. A congress should occur every second year. Hermann Zwanzig became
the chief.  A master tournament was played from 16 until 23 vii 1877. Clocks
were used.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O d6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 5... O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 {
(Paulsen-Winawer, Baden-Baden 1870 and the next game).}) 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Nf5 O-O 9. Bg5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Nd4 11. Bd3 d5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 (12... Qxf6 $1
13. Nxd5 Qd6 14. Ne3 Nc6 {and Black has the initiative for a pawn.}) 13. Na4 $1
Qd6 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 $1 Rg8 {Black has no proper defence.}
17. Qxf6+ Rg7 18. c3 Nc6 19. Rae1 Rag8 20. Re3 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Rxg2+ 22. Kh1 cxd6
23. f6 Ne5 24. Bxh7 Ng4 25. Bxg8 Nxe3 26. Bxf7 {Paulsen won the tournament
with 9/11 and got 400 Mark. Anderssen defeated Zukertort in the playoff for
the second and third prizr (200 and 100 Mark).} 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "match"]
[Date "1877.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1877.07.23"]

{The third Anderssen-Paulsen match began after the playoff and lasted until 28
vii. Anderssen had scored three and Paulsen four wins before the final game
started.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7.
d4 Bd6 8. f4 $5 Nc6 9. e5 Be7 10. d5 $1 Bc5+ $5 ({Best is} 10... Nb4 11. exf6
Bc5+ {(Taylor-Rizzitano, New York 1984).}) 11. Kh1 {
The old battlrs fight again.} 11... Nd4 $2 ({Right is} 11... Nxd5 $1 12. Qxd5
d6 $1 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rb8 {
and Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7
14. Bd3 Bb6 ({Or} 14... d6 15. f5 Qe5 16. Bf4 $1 Qxd5 17. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 18. Bh6)
15. f5 f6 16. Ng3 c6 17. c3 Nb5 18. Qb3 Nd6 19. Bf4 Nf7 20. d6 Qd8 21. Rae1 Ba5
22. Bc4 b5 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Re7 Qf8 25. Rfe1 Ba6 26. Qa3 Qd8 27. b4 c5 28.
bxa5 Qc8 29. Qb3 c4 30. Qd1 Bb7 31. a6 Bc6 32. Nh5 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Kh8 34. Qg4
Qf8 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7 36. Rxg7 b4 37. cxb4 c3 38. Re7 Rf8 39. Kg1 c2 40. Re2 Ba4
41. Re1 Bb5 42. Bh6 Rc8 43. Nxf6 Bd3 44. Nxd7 Bxf5 45. Nc5 {
Paulsen had scored the decisive fifth win.} 1-0

[Event "Koeln"]
[Site "11th WSB Congress"]
[Date "1877.08.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wemmers, Carl"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1877.08.18"]

{Zukertort travelled from the Anderssenfeier to another congress. He played in
Cafe du Dome in Koeln from 18 until 21 viii.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
d3 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. h3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 c5 9. Qd2 h6 $1 10. Ne2 Rb8 11.
c4 $6 Ng8 $1 {Zukertort starts an incredible manoeuvre.} 12. g4 $2 ({
Mpre prudent is} 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. O-O) 12... Ne7 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. b3 Nd4 $1 {
The knight has reached a strong square.} 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nd5 c6 17. Nb4 Qb6
18. Nc2 d5 $1 19. exd5 cxd5 20. cxd5 $6 {White should not open his position.}
20... Bb7 21. O-O O-O 22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. Nb4 Rbd8 24. g5 h5 25. Nh4 a5 26. Nc2
Bxd5 {Black has regained the pawn with interest.} 27. f3 Rc8 28. Qf2 $2 Be6 29.
Kg2 Rc3 30. Qd2 Qa6 31. Rd1 Qc8 $1 32. Rf2 Bxh3+ 33. Kh2 Bd7 34. Na3 a4 35. Nc4
axb3 36. Nd6 Qb8 37. Ne4 ({Or} 37. Nxe8 e4+ {and ..e3 (Minckwitz).}) 37... Rc2
38. Qe1 Rxf2+ 39. Qxf2 Bc6 40. Rb1 bxa2 41. Qxa2 Qd8 42. Rg1 Bxe4 43. fxe4 Qa8
44. Qb3 Rb8 45. Qd1 Qa2+ 46. Rg2 Qb1 47. Qf3 Qc1 48. Rf2 Qxg5 49. Qxf7+ Kh7 50.
Nf3 Qf4+ 51. Qxf4 exf4 52. Ng5+ Kg8 53. Kh3 Rb5 54. Ne6 g5 55. Kh2 Kf7 56. Nd8+
Ke7 57. Nc6+ Kd7 58. Rc2 g4 {
Zukertort had scored 3 1/2 out of 5. He won the first prize and 200 Mark.} 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "12th WSB Congress"]
[Date "1878.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1878.??.28"]

{A master event was played in Frankfurt am Main from 27 vii until 3 viii 1878.
} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 $5 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb2 a6 $5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3
8. Bxc3 Be7 9. O-O f6 10. Bd3 $1 O-O 11. Re1 Qe8 $6 12. Be4 $6 (12. exf6 Bxf6
13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Ng5 Rh6 {favours White.}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bxe5
d6 15. Bg3 Qf7 16. c3 Ra7 $2 {The queen rook should stay on his side.} ({
More natural is} 16... d5 17. Bc2 Bd7 {(Gottschall).}) 17. d4 b6 18. Qd3 g6 19.
Rad1 Rd7 20. Qe3 Rdd8 21. Bf3 cxd4 22. Qxd4 b5 23. Qb6 Qg7 24. Bg4 Qf6 25. Rd3
h5 $1 26. Bf3 e5 27. h4 Kh8 28. Rd5 Kh7 29. Red1 Rfe8 30. R5d3 Rf8 31. Qc7 Rd7
32. Qc6 Rfd8 33. Qb6 Rf8 34. c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 Rdd8 36. Re3 Rf7 37. a4 Rd7 $2
38. Bc6 $1 Bd8 ({Or} 38... Rd8 39. Rf3 Qg7 40. Bxe5 $1) 39. Qb4 a5 40. Qb5 Rde7
$2 ({The a-pawn can be defended by} 40... Ra7 $1 41. c5 $1 Bc7) 41. c5 $1 Bc7
42. cxd6 Bxd6 43. Qxa5 Bg4 44. Rd2 Bc7 45. Qb5 Rf8 46. Be4 Rc8 47. Rc3 Bb6 48.
Rxc8 Bxc8 49. a5 Bd4 50. Rc2 Bf5 51. Rc6 Qg7 52. Qd3 Qf7 53. a6 Bxe4 54. Qxe4
Qf5 55. Qe2 Rf7 56. Rd6 Qc8 57. Qe4 Qf5 58. Qe2 Kg7 59. Rd5 Qb1+ 60. Kh2 Kh7
61. Rb5 Qa1 62. Rb7 Rg7 63. Qb5 $1 {It is zugzwang!} 63... Kh6 64. Qe8 Kh7 65.
Rb8 Kh6 66. Qh8+ Rh7 67. Qf8+ Rg7 68. Rb7 e4 69. Qh8+ {Louis Paulsen won by 8/
9 and gained 400 Mark. Anderssen got the third prize. He had played his last
tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "1st DSB Congress"]
[Date "1879.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Englisch, Berthold"]
[Black "Von Minckwitz, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1879.??.14"]

{The Deutschen Schachbund had been founded in Leipzig on 18 vii 1877. When the
next meeting took place in the Schuetzenhaus on 15 vii 1879, sixty-two clubs
had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat von Gottschall became
Chairman and Zwanzig the General Secretary. Twelve players participated in the
master tournament of Leipzig 1879. Thereafter the field increased and improved.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Nf3 f6 10. Bd2 f5 11. Bd3 d5 $6 ({Better is} 11... fxe4 {(Schallopp)
} 12. Nxe4 Bxd2 13. Nexd2 d5) 12. exd5 exd5 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Qd2 Be6
$6 ({Black misses} 15... Nce5 $1 16. Nxe5 Nxf4) 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18.
Ned4 Bd7 19. Rad1 Rf6 20. Bf1 Nge5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Nb3 Bc6 23. Qf4 Re8 24.
Re3 {Black plays a strange move.} 24... g5 $2 {He hopes to get an attack.} 25.
Qxg5+ Rg6 26. Qf4 ({He could even consider to play} 26. Qxf5 Bd7 27. Qf4 Rg4
28. Rg3 $1) 26... Kh8 27. Rg3 Reg8 28. Qd4 Qf6 29. f4 Nd7 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Re1
Kh7 32. Qxf6 Nxf6 33. Re6 Kg7 34. Nd4 Kf7 35. Re3 Re8 36. Rxe8 Bxe8 {
White has gained material and positional advantages.} 37. Bd3 Ke7 38. g3 Kd6
39. h3 Bd7 40. Kf2 Be8 41. Ke3 Bf7 42. Nf3 Be8 43. Ne5 Nd7 44. Nxd7 Bxd7 45.
Kd4 Be6 46. Be2 Bd7 47. Bf3 Be6 48. c4 dxc4 49. Bxb7 a5 50. a3 Bf7 51. Ba6 Bd5
52. Bxc4 Bg2 53. h4 Bf3 54. Bf7 Bh5 55. b4 axb4 56. axb4 Kc7 57. Bd5 Kd6 58. b5
Be2 59. b6 Bd1 60. b7 Kc7 61. Ke5 Bh5 62. Kf6 {English has played a solid game.
  The first congress lasted from 13 until 20 vii 1879. Eleven rounds were
played. No foreign masters participated. English won the event with 9 1/2
points and earned 600 Mark. Louis Paulsen became second and won 300 Mark.} 1-0

[Event "Braunschweig"]
[Site "13th WSB Congress"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Von Minckwitz, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1880.??.??"]

{The last regional congress occurred one year after the first national
congress. It took place in Braunschweig from 17 until 27 vii. The intention
was to organise a WSB Congress each year between the DSB events, but it was
discontinued due to the economical conditions in 1882.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd4 Qe7 8. f3 $1 Bc5 9. Qd3 h6
$6 10. Na4 d5 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. exd5 {A critical position has been reached.}
12... cxd5 $2 (12... O-O $1 13. Be3 Re8 $1 14. Kf2 Rxe3 $1 15. Qxe3 Qxc2+ 16.
Qe2 Qc5+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 13. Qe3+ $1 Qxe3+ 14. Bxe3 {
White has a superior endgame.} 14... O-O 15. O-O-O c6 16. Bd3 a5 17. Rhe1 Ba6
18. Bc5 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Bf5 g6 21. Bh3 Ng7 22. Re1 Nf5 $2 (22... Bc8 $1
{is necessary.}) 23. a4 Rd8 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Bb6 Rf8 26. Bxa5 Bc8 27. Bd2 Kg7
28. Re7 c5 29. Rc7 c4 30. b4 Be6 31. Bc3+ Kg6 32. a5 Rc8 33. Rb7 Ra8 34. b5 d4
35. Bb4 c3 36. b6 Bc8 37. Ra7 $5 Rxa7 38. bxa7 Bb7 39. Bc5 Kf6 40. Bxd4+ Ke6
41. Bxc3 h5 42. h4 Kd5 43. Kd2 Kc4 44. Be5 Kb5 45. Bc7 Kc6 46. Bb6 Kd5 47. Kd3
Ke5 48. Bc7+ Ke6 49. Kd4 Kd7 50. Bb6 Ke6 51. c4 Bc6 52. Kc5 Kd7 53. a6 Ba8 54.
Ba5 Ke6 55. Bc7 Kd7 56. Bb8 Ke6 57. Kd4 Kf6 58. Ke3 Ke6 59. Kf4 Kf6 60. Bc7 Ke6
61. Kg5 Kd7 62. Bb8 Ke6 63. Kxh5 Kf6 64. Kh6 Bc6 65. h5 Ba8 66. Kh7 Kg5 67. h6
Kf6 68. Kg8 Kg6 69. h7 {The event occurred in Hotel d'Angleterre and
Wilhelmgarten. Louis Paulsen won the first prize with a score of 8/9.} 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "2nd DSB Congress"]
[Date "1881.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1881.??.29"]

{Foreign masters were allowed to take part. The congress lasted from 28 viii
ubntil 17 ix 1881. One game was played per day. Fifteen moves had to be made
per hour. Blackburne started with a loss and a draw. Thereafter he ruled.} 1.
e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. dxc5 Bxc5
9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Bd3 f6 11. Qe2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Nf6 {
A prophylactic fight for the centre occurs.} 14. O-O O-O 15. Nd2 Rce8 16. h3
Bb5 17. c4 $5 Qb4 $5 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Rab1 g6 20. a3 Qd6 21. b4 b6 22. Rfe1 Nh5
23. Qe5 Qd7 $5 24. Bf1 Rf5 25. Qb2 Ref8 26. f3 Qd6 27. cxd5 exd5 $5 28. Qd4 Nf4
29. Ne4 Qd7 $6 ({More interesting is} 29... Nxh3+ $5 30. gxh3 Qf4 31. Kh1 Be8)
30. Nf2 Ne6 31. Qe3 Nf4 32. Ng4 Qg7 33. Qe7 R5f7 34. Qg5 Qd4+ $2 ({Right is} 
34... Kh8 $1) 35. Kh2 Rg7 36. Red1 $2 (36. Rbd1 $1 Ne6 37. Rxd4 Nxg5 38. h4 Nf7
39. Rf4 Bd7 40. Re7 {results in a pinning festival.}) 36... Ne6 37. Nh6+ Kh8
38. Rxd4 Nxg5 39. Re1 Rd7 40. Ng4 Kg7 41. h4 Nf7 42. Rc1 Bb7 43. Bb5 Re7 44.
Rd2 h5 45. Nf2 Ne5 46. Re2 a6 47. Rce1 Kf6 48. f4 Nc6 49. Rxe7 Nxe7 50. Bd7 $2
Rd8 $1 51. Bh3 Bc8 $1 52. Nd3 Bxh3 53. Kxh3 Nf5 $2 (53... Rc8 $1 {
gains a decisive advantage.}) 54. Rc1 Nd4 55. Ne5 Kf5 56. g3 Rd6 57. Kg2 Nb3
58. Rc3 Nd2 59. Rc1 $6 ({Better is} 59. Rd3 Ne4 60. Kf3) 59... b5 $1 60. Kf2 $2
{White should counterattack.} ({Right is} 60. Rc5 $1 Ke4 61. Nf7 $1 Rf6 62.
Ng5+ Kd4 63. Nf3+ Nxf3 64. Kxf3 Re6 65. Kf2 Ke4 66. Ke2 {
and White holds the rook ending.}) 60... Nc4 $1 61. Nf7 Rd7 62. Ng5 d4 63. Nf3
d3 64. Rd1 Rd6 65. Ne1 d2 66. Nf3 Rd3 67. Ke2 Re3+ 68. Kf2 Rxa3 69. Nxd2 Ra2
70. Ke1 Nxd2 71. Rxd2 Rxd2 72. Kxd2 Kg4 73. Ke3 Kxg3 74. Kd4 Kxh4 {
The Paulsen brothers no longer played a major role in the master tournament.}
0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "2nd DSB Congress"]
[Date "1881.09.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1881.??.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Bxd4 $5
8. cxd4 Qg6 9. O-O d5 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Qxe4 Bf5 $5 13. Qh4 Rad8 14.
Be2 Rd7 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Bh5 Qf5 18. Bf3 Ng6 19. Qg3 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Qb1 24. h3 Qxa2 25. Qxb7 h6
26. Kh2 Qa5 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Be4 $2 Bf5 $2 (28... Qd2 $1 29. Bxg6+ Kxg6 30. Ne3
Qxf2 31. Qxa7 Qxb2 {wins a pawn.}) 29. b4 $1 Qa1 30. Bxf5 Qxd1 31. Qxa7 Qd8 ({
Or} 31... Qd6+ 32. g3 Qxb4 33. Qxf7) 32. Qc5 $6 (32. Qxf7 Qd6+ 33. g3 {
wins quickly.}) 32... Qd2 33. b5 h5 34. b6 h4 35. b7 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 f6 37. Qc8
Qd2 $1 {Winawer has set a tricky trap.} 38. Bxg6+ $1 (38. b8=Q $4 Qc1+ 39. Kh2
Qf4+ {leads to perpetual check or stalemate.  Blackburne won the first prize
of the master tournament with a score of 14/16. He got 1200 Mark. Zukertort,
Chigorin and Winawer earned other prizes.   Kurt von Bardeleben gained the
master title in the Haptturnier and 200 Mark.}) 1-0

[Event "Nuernberg"]
[Site "3rd DSB Congress"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mason, James"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1883.??.16"]

{The third congress was played in the Gesellschaftshaus des Museum from 15
until 30 vii 1883. 120 participants had a great banquet (Festessen) on 19 vii.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Be2 Bxd4
$6 (7... d5 $1 8. exd5 Nxd5 {is okay (Reichhelm-Mackenzie, Philadelphia 1867).}
) 8. cxd4 d5 9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 $6 (10. d5 $1 Nb8 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Qxe4 {
gains an advantage.}) 10... Qg6 11. Ng5 Nd5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. O-O Bg4
15. a3 f5 16. Bc4 $2 Bxf3 $1 17. gxf3 {Winawer has obtained his pet weakening.}
17... Kh8 18. f4 Nce7 19. Rac1 g5 $5 20. f3 gxf4 21. Bf2 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Rg6 23.
Rce1 Rag8 24. Qe2 Rh6 25. Qe5+ Rg7 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Re5 Ne3 29.
d5 $1 Kg8 {Black avoids a trap.} (29... Nxf1 $4 30. Re8+ Rg8 31. Bd4+) 30. Re1
$2 ({Right is} 30. Bxe3 fxe3 {(Schallopp)} 31. f4 $1) 30... Rxd5 31. Re8+ $5
Kf7 32. Bxe3 Kxe8 33. Bxf4+ Re7 34. Rc1 c5 35. Rc2 Rd4 36. Bb8 b6 37. Kg2 f4 {
Winawer scored 14/18 and won the first prize of 1200 Mark.} 0-1

[Event "Nuernberg"]
[Site "3rd DSB Congress"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1883.??.16"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 g6 5. Be3 Nh6 $5 6. Qd2 $5 Nf5 7. Bd3
Bg7 8. Bxf5 $5 Bxf5 9. h3 h5 10. Nge2 Na6 11. a3 c6 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. O-O-O h4
14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Qd3 Qa5 $5 {Blackburne wants to fight.} 16. Qe4 e6 17. Bf4
O-O-O 18. Qe3 Nc7 19. Bxc7 $6 Qxc7 20. f4 $2 {
The pawns on the kingside become weak.} 20... Rh5 $1 21. Rhf1 Qb6 22. Ne2 c5
23. c3 cxd4 24. Nxd4 e5 $5 25. Nc2 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 $1 Qxe3 $1 ({The trap} 26...
Qxb2 $2 27. Qc5+ Kd7 {(Schallopp)} 28. fxe5 $1 Qb1+ 29. Kd2 Qxf1 30. Qd6+ {
ends with perpetual check.}) 27. Nxe3 Bh6 $1 28. Nd5 exf4 29. c4 Re5 30. Re1
Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Kd7 32. Ke2 f5 33. Kf3 g5 34. Nb4 Bg7 35. Nd3 Kd6 36. b3 Bd4 37.
Ke2 Be3 38. Kf3 b6 39. b4 a6 40. a4 Bd4 41. Ke2 Bc3 42. b5 $5 a5 {
Black would have advanced the a-pawn anyway.} 43. Kf2 Bd4+ 44. Ke2 Bg1 $1 45.
Kf3 Be3 $1 {Blackburne has played an outstanding endgame. It is zugzwang!} 46.
g4 ({Or} 46. Ke2 g4 47. Ke1 f3 48. Kf1 Ke6 $1) 46... hxg3 47. Kg2 Bd2 48. c5+
bxc5 49. b6 c4 50. Ne5 Kxe5 $1 51. b7 Ke4 {Blackburne gained 13 1/2 points and
800 Mark. Foreign masters earned well again. Nine prizes were available for
the master tournament. Losers got nothing.  Tarrasch from Nuernberg became the
local hero by winning the Hauptturnier. It meant the master title and an
admission to the master tournament. Sometimes the number two was invited as
well.} (51... Ke4 52. b8=Q f3+ 53. Kxg3 Bf4+ {
shows the pointe of the final combination.}) 0-1

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "4th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1885.??.13"]

{The congress lasted from 12 until 26 vii. Games were played in the Sagebiel
venue. Tarrasch led by half-a-point on Gunsberg, Mason, Englisch and Weiss and
one point before Blackburne, before the last round began.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qd2 $6 c5 $1 {
Tarrasch improves the theory.} 8. exd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 exd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nb3
Re8 12. O-O d4 {Black controls the centre.} 13. Na4 b6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c3 dxc3
16. Nxc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Qg5 Ne5 20. Bxb7 Rxd1 $4 ({Right is
} 20... f6 $1 21. Qe3 Qxb7) 21. Rxd1 Qxb7 22. Qxe5 $1 {
Siegbert's hopes are shattered.} 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "4th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Von Gottschall, Hermann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1885.??.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Be3 h6 8. Nbd2
Ne7 $5 9. Bc2 $5 Ng6 10. h3 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O $5 {
Gunsberg shows the ambition to battle after a quiet opening.} 12... c5 13. Rdg1
Qa5 14. Nc4 $2 {Subsequent blunders are made.} ({Correct is} 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4
Nh7 $1 16. g5 h5 17. Ne1 h4 18. Qh5 Rfc8 {and both sides assault.}) 14... Qc7
$2 ({The players regard} 14... Qxa2 $1 15. Kd2 {
as winning for White (Minckwitz), but} 15... b5 16. Ra1 Nxe4+ $1 17. dxe4 Qxc4
{turns the tables.}) 15. g4 b5 16. Ncd2 b4 17. c4 a5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 a4
20. Bd1 Rfb8 {
Black seems to attack, but he has no real threats on the queenside.} 21. Qf3
Be8 22. Qg3 Bd8 23. h4 Nf8 24. h5 Ra7 25. Ndf3 Rbb7 26. Nh4 Qc8 27. Nf5 Ne6 28.
Nxg7 $1 Nxg7 29. Nh7 Nfxh5 30. Bxh5 f5 31. Bxe8 f4 32. Qh2 {Gunsberg won
nicely. Englisch, Mason and Weiss drew. So the master tournament was won by
Gunsberg with 12/17. He gained 1000 Mark. Five players followed by
half-a-point. Time for a playoff lacked, because Blackburne and Mason had to
play a tournament in Hereford. The second to sixth prizes were shared. 
 Harmonist triumphed in the Hauptturnier.} 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "5th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mackenzie, George"]
[Black "Alapin, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1887.??.18"]

{The fifth congress occurred in the Zoo (Zoologischen Garten) of Frankfurt am
Main from 17 vii - 2 viii. A debate settled if Alapin, Schiffers and Von
Scheve were acknowledged masters. Their admission led to twenty-one players in
the master tournament, a record participation.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4.
d3 exf4 $5 5. e5 $2 Ng4 $5 ({Best is} 5... d4 $1 {
(Lombardy-Smyslov, Teeside 1975)} 6. exf6 dxc3 7. Qe2+ Be6 8. Qe5 Bb4) 6. Bxf4
d4 7. Ne4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Qd5 9. Be2 Ngxe5 10. O-O ({Zukertort played} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5
11. O-O {against Alapin in round two.}) 10... Bd6 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Qe1 O-O
13. Qg3 f6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Kh8 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Ne4 Qe6 18. Bh5 Re7 19. Bg5
Be8 20. Bd1 Bg6 $1 21. Nd2 $2 {The retreat helps Black.} 21... Rfe8 22. Bf4 Qa2
$1 23. b3 Qxa3 24. h4 Qa5 25. h5 Bf7 26. Ne4 Qd8 27. h6 {
A great fight is raging.} 27... Bg6 $6 (27... Be6 $1 28. hxg7+ Rxg7 {
keeps a great advantage.}) 28. hxg7+ Rxg7 29. Nxf6 Qxf6 $6 ({Right is} 29...
Bxd3 $1 30. Qxd3 Rf8) 30. Bxe5 Qxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Nxe5 $2 {Alapin collapses.} (
31... dxe5 32. Qh4 Kg8 {gives more resistance.}) 32. Qh4 Reg8 33. Qxd4 Bxd3 34.
cxd3 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 R2g3 36. Qh4 {Captain Mackenzie fought well on the
battlefield and chessboard. He won with a score of 15/20 and gained 1000 (Mark)
.} 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "5th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1887.??.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Re8 13. Nd4 $2 {
The pawn sacrifice is wrong.} 13... Nxe5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qd3 Nf6 $2 ({The active
} 15... Qh4 $1 16. h3 Nf6 {is needed.}) 16. f5 Bd7 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Rae1 c5 19.
Ne6 $1 {Tarrasch has staged an intense assault.} 19... Qb6 20. Qh3 $2 ({
Right is} 20. Qg3 $1 {(White threatens to sacrifice on g7)} 20... Nh5 $1 21.
Qh4 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 fxe6 23. fxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxh5 g6 25. Qxd5 Rae8 {
and Black survives the attack.}) 20... Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qh4
f6 24. Rxe4 Bxe6 25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Qf2 Kf7 27. Qe2 g6 28. fxe6+ Rxe6 29. Qc2
c4+ 30. Kf1 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Rd8 32. Qe2 Rd7 33. Rh4 h5 34. Re4 Qd8 35. Ke1 Qc7
36. g3 Qc6 37. Kf2 Qd5 38. h4 Qd3 39. Qxd3 Rxd3 40. Re2 g5 41. hxg5 fxg5 42.
Kg2 Kf6 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Kg2 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Rf2+ Ke4 47. Re2+ Re3 48. Rd2
h3+ 49. Kh2 Rd3 50. Re2+ Kf3 $1 {Weiss plays a great rook ending.} 51. Re6 Rd2+
52. Kxh3 Rxb2 53. Rxa6 Ke3 54. Rb6 Rxa2 55. Rxb5 Kd3 56. Kg3 Re2 57. Kf3 Re8
58. Kf2 Kxc3 59. Rb7 Kc2 60. Rb6 c3 61. Rb7 Kc1 62. Rb6 c2 63. Rb7 Re5 $1 64.
Rb8 Kd2 65. Rd8+ Kc3 66. Rc8+ Kb3 67. Kf3 Re1 68. Rb8+ Ka4 {Weiss and Blackburn
e shared the second and third prize.  Johann Bauer won the Hauptturnier.} 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "6th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Von Bardeleben, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

{The congress occurred in the Restaurant zum Muenchener Kindl from 14-28 vii.} 
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 $5 Nc6 $1 6. Bg5 Nb4 $1 {
They play a spectacular opening.} 7. cxd5 $2 (7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nc2+ 9. Rxc2
$1 Bxc2 10. e4 {gains a plus.}) 7... Nc2+ 8. Kd1 Nxa1 9. Qb5+ Qd7 $2 ({Right is
} 9... c6 $2 10. dxc6 a6 $1 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. c7 Rxb7 13. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 14. e4
Bg6 {and Black has won material.}) 10. Qxb7 Qc8 $6 ({Better is} 10... Rd8 $1)
11. Qc6+ Nd7 12. e4 Bd6 $2 (12... Bg4 {fights back.}) 13. exf5 O-O 14. Ba6 Qb8
15. Bb7 exf5 16. Kc1 Nb6 17. Bxa8 Nxa8 18. Qb5 Nb6 19. Kb1 f4 20. g3 Qc8 21.
Qd3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Ne4 Qb4 24. Nxd6 Rb8 25. Kxa1 Nxd5 26. Nc4 h6 27. Qxd5
{Burn won the second prize of 700 Mark.} 1-0

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "6th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 $5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. d3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Bg5 Nge7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Qd2 Qe8 11. Bh6 Nd8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ng3 c5 14. Qe3
Rc8 15. Nd2 Ng8 16. Nc4 Nf7 17. a4 Nf6 18. O-O g5 $2 {
Black has weakened the kingside.} ({He could have ended his passivity by} 18...
d5) 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Rfe1 Nh8 $6 21. Qd2 Qg6 $6 {
The availability of pieces for the defence of the kingside lessens.} 22. b4 $1
b6 23. b5 Nf7 24. a5 Nd7 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 h5 27. Rb7 g4 28. Nf1 Kh8 29.
Qe3 h4 30. Kh1 $1 {White prepares against the advance ..g3.} 30... d5 31. Nxb6
d4 32. Qe2 Nxb6 33. Rxb6 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Rb1 Nd6 36. b6 Nc8 37. f3 gxf3
38. Qxf3 Kg7 $2 ({Right is} 38... Nxb6 $1 39. Nd2 {(Gottschall)} 39... Qh6 $1)
39. Nd2 Rxb6 40. Rf1 Nd6 41. Nc4 {Tarrasch had taken a decisive lead in the
penultimate round, won the event with 13/17 and gained 1000 Mark. Breslau was
his birthplace and the city of Anderssen. Fireworks happened after the last
round. Siegbert was cheered during the banquet. Louis Paulsen had participated
for the last time and gained a prize.  Emanuel Lasker easily qualified in the
preliminary group of the Hauptturnier but met problems in the winners' section.
He defeated Ritter Emil von Feyerfeil in a playoff and became a master.} 1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "7th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Porges, Moritz"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1892.??.18"]

{The chess club of Dresden had made itself available as organiser for 1891.
'Dresden' advanced its availability by one year. The organiser Zwanzig was
celebrated during a great banquet.  The congress took place in the great hall
of the Philharmonie from 17 until 30 vii. Chess journalist Hoffer contributed
with humour to the opening.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4
Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 {
Kramnik will revive this line when he plays a match against Kasparov.} 10. b3
Be6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1+ Kc8 13. Rfe1 g5 $5 14. Ne4 b6 {
The tables are going to turn quickly.} 15. Nd4 $6 (15. Nd6+ $5 {(Tarrasch)}
15... Bxd6 16. exd6 Rd8 {leads to an equal position.}) 15... Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Kb7
17. Nf6 $6 a5 18. a4 $2 c5 19. Rd3 c4 $1 {The white queenside becomes weak.}
20. bxc4 Bxc4 21. Rd4 Be6 22. Ne4 Rhd8 23. Red1 Bf5 $1 24. f3 Bxe4 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. fxe4 Kc6 28. Ba3 b5 $1 29. axb5+ Kxb5 30. Kf2 Kc4 31.
Bb2 Be7 32. Kf3 a4 33. h4 a3 34. Ba1 Bb4 35. hxg5 hxg5 {
Tarrasch had triumphed over an important competitor.} 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "7th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1892.??.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. h4 Bg7 8. d4
Ne7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Kg1 Qg6 $5 ({Tarrasch played} 10... g4 {another time.}) 11.
Qd3 c6 12. h5 $5 Qh7 $1 {Black keeps pressure on the centre.} 13. Bb3 O-O 14.
Ne2 Bg4 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Bxf4 $2 ({The natural move is} 16. Rf1) 16... gxf4 17.
Nxf4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Qe3 Nc5 $5 20. c3 Nxb3 21. axb3 a6 22. Rh2 Rfe8 23.
Ne2 Nd5 24. Qf2 Nc7 25. Ng3 Ne6 26. Nf5 Ng5 27. Kh1 Kh8 28. Rg2 Bf6 29. Ne3 $6
(29. Qg3 $5 c5 30. Nd6 cxd4 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. Qd6 {gives fine counter-play.})
29... Ne6 30. Rg4 Bg5 31. Nf5 Rg8 32. Qh2 Bf6 33. Rag1 Rg5 34. f4 Rxf5 $5 35.
exf5 Qxf5 36. R1g2 Ng7 37. R4g3 Qb1+ 38. Rg1 Qe4+ 39. R1g2 Qb1+ 40. Rg1 Qe4+
41. R3g2 Rd5 42. f5 Rxf5 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Rd1 Rxh5+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Rf2 Bh4 {
Tarrasch won the master event with 12/16 before Makovetz and Porges. Paul
Lipke won the Hauptturnier.  Lasker challenged Tarrasch after the tournament.
Siegbert found it impertinent. He would be available for a match, when Emanuel
had won a master tournament. Instead, Lasker battled with Steinitz and won the
world championship.} 0-1

[Event "Kiel"]
[Site "8th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Walbrodt, Carl"]
[Black "Seuffert, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1893.??.28"]

{A national congress occurred in Seegarten from 27 viii until 3 ix. Zwanzig
led the general meeting for the last time.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 d5 $4 ({Well-known theory is} 6... b5) 7. Nxe5 Bd7 8.
Nxf7 $1 {The end reminds of the early regional congresses.} 8... Kxf7 9. Qh5+
Ke6 10. Bb3 Be8 ({Or} 10... Nb4 11. Re1 Kd6 12. Rxe4 dxe4 13. Qc5#) 11. Qg4+
Kf7 12. Qxe4 Be7 13. Bxd5+ Kf8 14. c3 {Von Bardeleben and Walbrodt shared the
victory shared the victory in the master tournament with 6/8. Hugo Suechting
won the Hauptturnier.} 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "9th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1894.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lipke, Paul"]
[Black "Schiffers, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1894.??.03"]

{The sixth congress took place in Hotel Fuerstenberg from 1 until 15 ix 1894.
Max Lange of the Leipzig club Augustea was elected as the new leader. He would
put much money in the chess organisation but failed to publish tournament
books. The scores of Leipzig 1894 were kept by Max Bluemich and later Heinrich
Wagner. Ken Whyld published the tournament book with historical notes in 1976.
} 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nh3 $5 O-O 8.
Ng5 h6 $2 9. h4 $1 {The white opening makes sense now.} 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Qd6
11. Ndf3 hxg5 $2 (11... Bd7 $1 12. Ne5 Be8 {defends properly (Lipke).}) 12.
hxg5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Bxg5 15. fxg5 Nxe5 16. Qh5 $1 f6 17. g6 Nxg6 18.
Qxg6 Rf7 19. Be3 {More pieces become available for the attack by development.}
19... b5 20. O-O-O Kf8 21. d5 $5 (21. Rh7 Bb7 22. Rdh1 {is more consistent.})
21... exd5 22. b4 Qe6 23. Rh7 Bb7 (23... Ke7 $1 {(Lipke)} 24. Rxg7 Rxg7 25.
Qxg7+ Qf7 26. Bc5+ Ke8 27. Qh8+ Kd7 28. Rf1 Bb7 29. Qh3+ {
and White has a decisive attack.}) 24. Bc5+ Ke8 25. Rxg7 Rc8 26. Rh1 {
Lipke won the second prize of 500 Mark.} 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "9th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1894.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Walbrodt, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1894.??.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Qd4 Bxc3+ ({
Even better is} 7... Qe7 {(Hemppe-Pitschel, Wien 1859).}) 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3
Re8 10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O Nxc3 $2 12. Qxc3 Rxe2 {Black has an awful position.}
13. Bb2 Qf8 $6 ({A lesser evil is} 13... f6 14. Nd4 Re8) 14. Nd4 Re4 15. Qd3
Qe7 16. Ne6 $5 (16. Ba3 $1 Qe8 17. Ne6 $1 {ends the game.}) 16... Re2 17. Nd4
$2 ({Right is} 17. Ba3 $1 Qd7 18. f5 $1 fxe6 19. fxe6 Qe8 20. Rf8+) 17... Re3
$1 18. Qd2 Na6 19. f5 f6 20. h3 Bh5 21. Ne6 Re4 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24.
Re3 Bf7 25. Ba3 Qd7 26. Rd3 c5 27. dxc6 $2 {
White expects to start a fatal combination.} 27... Qxc6 28. Nxg7 $5 Kxg7 29.
Rg3+ Bg6 $2 {Walbrodt misses the great escape.} ({Correct is} 29... Kh8 $1 30.
Qh6 Qb6+ 31. Kh2 Rg8 32. Be7 Rxg3 {(Tarrasch)} 33. Qf8+ $1 Rg8 34. Qxf7 Rxg2+
$1 35. Kxg2 Qc6+ {and Black can deliver perpetual check.}) 30. fxg6 hxg6 31.
Bc1 g5 $6 32. Bb2 Kg6 33. Rf3 Re6 34. Qd3+ Kg7 35. Rg3 Qc5+ 36. Bd4 Qa5 37. h4
Nc5 $2 38. Rxg5+ $1 Kf7 39. Qh7+ Ke8 40. Rg8# {Tarrasch won the master
tournament with a score of 13 1/2 out of 17 and gained 800 Mark.} 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "9th DSB Congress Hauptturnier"]
[Date "1894.09.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Lennep, Norman"]
[Black "Varain, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1894.??.03"]

{The Dutchmen Van Lennep and Vijzelaar participated in the Hauptturnier (four
groups of six players). Both men qualified for the winners' section of eight.
The race seemed to go between Varain and Lewitt, but Varain and Van Lennep
shared the first place eventually. The Dutchmen watched amazed how the Germans
drank from a limitless supply of beer on 11 ix.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7
4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 Ne8 $2 {Black chooses for passivity.} ({Better is} 
6... c6 7. e5 Nd5 {(Papadopoulos-Tringov, Tel Aviv 1964).}) 7. Nf3 a6 $6 8. Qd2
e6 $6 9. h4 Nf6 {The knight has to return for the defence.} 10. Ng5 Nh5 $6 11.
Bxh5 gxh5 12. Qe2 f6 {White has to make one good move.} 13. Qxh5 $1 fxg5 14.
hxg5 Qe7 15. Qxh7+ Kf7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. f5 exf5 18. Nd5 Qxe4 19. g6 Rf7 ({Or} 
19... Re8 20. Nf6+ $1) 20. gxf7+ Kf8 21. Qg6 Qxd5 22. Rh8+ {Van Lennep was the
first foreigner who won the master title of the Schachbund. He did not partake
in Nuernberg 1896.} ({The moves} 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. f8=Q+ Bxf8 24. Rh7+ Kd8 25.
Bg5+ Be7 26. Rxe7 {(Tijdschrift) are obvious.}) 1-0

[Event "Eisenach"]
[Site "10th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cohn, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Neuhaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

{The organisation of the 10th DSB Congress led to a confrontation between
'Nuernberg' and 'Leipzig'. Normally the congress costed 7000 Mark and the DSB
gave 1000 Mark. Tarrasch wanted higher prizes for the master group.
'Nuernberg' left the DSB and held a super tournament for 10,000 Mark. Emanuel
Lasker won. Max Lange led a Hauptturnier in the Gewerbehaus of Eisenach (19-30
vii 1896).} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 ({
Better is} 6... d6 {(Paulsen-Raphael, New York 1857).}) 7. Qd4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nf6 9. Bg5 $1 Nfg8 $2 {Black shows the level of the Hauptturnier.} ({Correct is
} 9... Nfxd5 $1 10. Bc4 c6 11. Bxd5 cxd5) 10. d6 $1 cxd6 11. Nxf7 $2 (11. Nc4
$1 {decides the game.}) 11... Kxf7 12. Bc4+ Kg6 $2 (12... d5 $1 13. Bxd5+ Kf8
14. Qf4+ Nf6 15. Bxf6 Nxd5 16. Qd6+ Ne7 17. Bh4 h6 {gives fighting chances.})
13. h4 Nf5 14. Qg4 Qe8+ 15. Be7+ {Wilhelm Cohn won the Hauptturnier with 6 1/2
out of 7 followed by 7/7 in the final.} 1-0

[Event "Koeln"]
[Site "11th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1898.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1898.??.31"]

{The congress was played in Cafe Rheinburg der Schiffbruecke from 31 vii until
19 viii. Burn, Chigorin, Janowsky, Schlechter, Schiffers, Showalter and
Steinitz came by train from Wien 1898.  Lange took the scores with him. He
died of dementia in 1899. The game notations were lost. Vlastimil Fiala
reconstructed a tournament book from published sources.  Steinitz played for
the first and only time in a German chess congress.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
Ne7 4. Qh5 $5 Ng6 5. Nc3 Qe7 $2 {Steinitz accepts a crammed position.} ({
A fighter avoids} 5... Qh4+ 6. Qxh4 Nxh4) 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qb4 $5 8. Qd5 Nd8 9.
a3 Qe7 10. O-O d6 11. Qh5 c6 12. Bd2 Ne6 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. d5 $1 Nd8 15. e5 $1
dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. dxc6 Be3 $5 19. Nf3 $2 ({Right is} 19. Bxe3
$1 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. cxb7 Bxb7 22. Rxf4 {(Euwe).}) 19... Bxd2 20. Ng5 $1
h6 21. Qxg6 hxg5 22. Nd5 Qxc6 $2 (22... fxg6 $1 23. Nxc7+ Kh7 {does not lose.})
23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qxg5 $2 {The tables turn by a blunder.} ({White can win by} 
24. Bxf7 $1 Nxf7 25. Nxc6 Bxe1 26. Ne7 Bd2 {(Euwe) and now} 27. Rd1 $1 Be3 28.
Qh5+ Nh6 29. Rd6 $1) 24... Qh6 $1 25. Qc5 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Bxe6 27. Re5 Be3 $1 28.
Qb5 g6 29. Qxb7 Kg7 $1 30. Qf3 Rad8 31. h3 Qh4 32. Nc6 Bg4 $1 33. Qxg4 Qxg4 34.
hxg4 Rh8+ 35. Rh5 gxh5 {Steinitz slugged a heroic battle.} 0-1

[Event "Koeln"]
[Site "11th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1898.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1898.??.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 $5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. O-O Be6
8. b3 c6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rad1 Be7 $6 ({Better is} 12...
Qa5 $1 {and the d-pawn cannot be captured.}) 13. c5 $1 dxc5 $2 (13... Qa5 $1
14. cxd6 O-O-O $1 15. Qg3 Bxd6 16. Qxg7 Bb4 17. Na4 Bd2 {
gives counter-play for a pawn.}) 14. Qg3 Bd6 15. Qxg7 Ke7 (15... Rf8 {
is no fun either.}) 16. Nf4 $1 {Black is crushed.} 16... Rg8 17. Ng6+ Kd7 18.
Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 19. Rd1+ Bd5 20. Qxe5+ Kd7 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rxd5+ Kc6 23. Ne7+
Kb6 24. Rd6+ {Steinitz could not concentrate at the end of two successive
tournaments.  Wilhelm Cohn led by 9/11, one point before Burn, Charousek and
Chigorin.} 1-0

[Event "Koeln"]
[Site "11th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1898.08.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1898.??.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Bb2 d5 12. Qh5 (12. Qf3 {
was played in Steinitz-Zukertort, New Orleans 1886.}) 12... Nf6 13. Qh4 Be6 14.
Rg5 $2 (14. Rae1 Ne4 15. Qh5 Nf6 {draws.}) 14... g6 15. Qh6 d4 $1 16. Ne2 Ng4
17. Rxg4 Bxg4 18. Nxd4 $2 Bg5 $1 19. Nf5 $1 {
White seems to have a strong attack, but Burn plays quietly.} 19... Bf6 $1 ({
Not} 19... Bxh6 20. Nxh6#) 20. Qh4 Bxb2 21. Ne7+ Kg7 {Burn, Chigorin and Cohn
led at the end of round thirteen. They won the next day.   Chigorin and Cohn
lost in the last round. Burn defeated Schallopp, won the master event with 11
1/2 out of 15.  Ottokar Pavelka won the Hauptturnier after a playoff.  Some
players took a Rhine steamer on the way home.} 0-1

[Event "Muenchen"]
[Site "12th DSB Congress playoff"]
[Date "1900.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

{The congress took place in Hotel Restaurant Kreuzbraeu from 21 vii 18 viii.
Maroczy, Pillsbury and Schlechter played a match of four games. Muenchen had a
fine turn of the century chess gala.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5
5. Nxe5 Nc6 $6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qe2 $1 Qe7 8. O-O g6 $2 ({Preferable is} 8...
Nd6 {(Showalter-Marshall, Paris 1900).}) 9. Bxe4 $2 (9. Re1 $1 {
gains a big advantage.}) 9... Qxe4 10. Qxe4+ dxe4 11. Re1 f5 $1 12. f3 Bg7 13.
c3 O-O 14. Bf4 (14. fxe4 $6 fxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 {favours Black (Schlechter).})
14... c5 $1 15. dxc5 Rb8 16. Re2 Ba6 17. Rf2 $4 ({Right is} 17. Rd2 $1 {
(Schlechter).}) 17... e3 $1 {Black plays a splendid move.} 18. Bxe3 Rfe8 19.
Bd2 Rxb2 20. Na3 Bf8 21. Be3 Rxe3 $1 22. Rxb2 Bxc5 23. Kh1 Bxa3 24. Rb8+ Kf7
25. h4 Bc5 26. c4 Rc3 27. Rd1 Rxc4 28. Rd7+ Ke6 29. Rxh7 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Bd6+ 31.
g3 Rc2+ 32. Kh1 Be2 33. Rb3 Bxg3 34. h5 f4 {
The shy Schlechter had gained confidence since his first DSB congress in 1894.}
0-1

[Event "Muenchen"]
[Site "12th DSB Congress playoff"]
[Date "1900.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bc2 Rf8 12. Nf1 Ne8 13. h3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ng3 Rf7 17. Ne4 h6 18. c4 b6 19. Be3 a5 20. Kh2 Nd7 21. Rg1 Nef6
22. Nfd2 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf6 24. Ng3 Qd7 25. Qc2 Nh7 26. Ne4 Qf5 27. Rac1 Raf8
28. a3 Bh4 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nf6 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. f3 Bg5 33. Qd2 $6 (33.
Bxg5 Qxg5 34. Ra1 {avoids the next difficulties.}) 33... e4 $1 34. fxe4 Qe5+
35. Kh1 Rf2 $1 36. Qc3 Qxc3 37. Rxc3 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Rc2 39. e5 $6 (39. c5 $1 {
returns the pawn in a better way (Schlechter).}) 39... dxe5 40. Rxe5 Rxc4 41.
d6 $6 ({Correct is} 41. Rb1) 41... cxd6 42. Rb5 Rc6 43. Ra1 Rf2 44. Ra3 Rd2 45.
Rf5 d5 46. Raf3 Rc1+ (46... Rg6 $1 {(Schlechter) might win.}) 47. Kh2 Rcc2 48.
Rf8+ Kh7 49. Rg3 Rc7 50. Rd8 b5 51. Rb8 Rd7 $1 52. Rxb5 d4 53. Rf3 d3 {
White seems to lose.} 54. Rc5 $2 ({But} 54. Rf1 $1 Re2 55. Rd1 d2 56. Ra5 $1
Rd6 57. Ra3 $1 {defends convincingly.}) 54... Re2 55. Rc3 d2 56. Rcd3 d1=Q {
Schlechter and Pillsbury shared the first prize after game three and four were
drawn.  The Hauptturnier was won by Rudolf Swiderski. Adolf Olland became
second.} 0-1

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "13th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1902.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olland, Adolf"]
[Black "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

{The congress took place in Kaiser-Cafe from 21 vii until 11 viii. New
president of the DSB became Rudolf Gebhardt.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. b3 $5 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O
11. Bb2 Re8 12. c4 Bf8 13. Qc2 d5 $6 14. e5 $1 Ng4 15. N4f3 f6 $2 {
Black weakens the control over the centre for the second time.} 16. exf6 Nxf6
17. Rfe1 Be7 $6 18. Ng5 $1 g6 19. Qc3 Rf8 20. Ndf3 h6 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Qd7
23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Qd3 Kh7 25. Ne5 $1 {White plays an elegant combination.}
25... Qxe6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 ({Or} 27... Nh7 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Qg7#)
28. Re3 Bd8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Rg3 Qd7 31. Qh6+ Qh7 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ {
Olland got a beauty prize for this game. He started with five wins and still
led with 6 1/2 out of 8. Many losses followed thereafter.} 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "13th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1902.08.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Von Popiel, Ignatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. h3
O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qe3 b5 14. Bf3 Qc7 15.
Rfe1 Rfe8 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb7 {White has the initiative.} 18. Bxf6 Bxf3
$4 {Black wants to exchange another piece.} ({Correct is} 18... Bxf6 19. Nd5
Kg7) 19. Bxg7 $1 Bxd1 20. Bh6 Bxc2 21. Qe5 {Janowsky won the master tournament
with 13 1/2 out of 17. He gained 1200 Mark, the prize of the Deutschen
Schachbund.  Walter John won the Hauptturnier.} (21. Qe5 f6 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23.
Qf7 Rg8 24. Rxe7 {shows the pointe.}) 1-0

[Event "Coburg"]
[Site "14th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1904.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Swiderski, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

{The Gesellschaftshaus was used for the national congress from 18 vii until 8
viii. Only members of the DSB were allowed. Still many German speaking
foreigners participated.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6.
Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Rc1 c5 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. exd4 $2 ({
Right is} 12. Nxd4) 12... dxc4 $1 13. Bxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 {
Black has crippled the kingside and raids.} 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 Qh4 17. Kh1
Nf4 18. Qe3 Kh8 19. Ba6 Rcd8 20. Bf1 $2 (20. Rg1 {is necessary.}) 20... f5 21.
Nd6 Rf6 22. Rc7 Kg8 $1 {
The king controls square f7. Now White has no defence against 23...Rh6.} 0-1

[Event "Coburg"]
[Site "14th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1904.07.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Von Bardeleben, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2 Re8 $6 ({
Schlechter prefers} 13... exd4 14. cxd4 c5) 14. d5 $1 Nc4 15. b3 Ncb6 16. Ne3
Nf8 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Be3 Bc8 19. Kh2 Rb8 $2 (19... Nf4 $1 {counters.}) 20. Qd2
Bd7 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. g4 Nf8 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Ng5 Kg8 25. Nf3 Kh8 26. h4 $1 g6
27. Ng5 $5 {Schlechter chooses a tactical solution.} 27... Bxf5 ({
Black could have tried} 27... gxf5 {but} 28. gxf5 Re7 29. Rg3 Qe8 30. Rdg1 {
leads to a strong attack on the open file.}) 28. exf5 Qd7 29. Ne4 Bd8 30. f6
Ne6 ({Or} 30... Qc8 31. Bxb6 Rxb6 32. Qh6) 31. dxe6 {The top prizes were
shared by Schlechter, Swiderski and Von Bardeleben. They scored 7 1/2 out of
12.} 1-0

[Event "Coburg"]
[Site "14th DSB Congress Hauptt. A"]
[Date "1904.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gregory, Bernhard"]
[Black "Neumann, Augustin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. e4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Bd7 9. f4 O-O 10. h3 Ne8 11. a3 Kh8 12. Kh2 {
They have played 'wait and see' during a few moves.} 12... f5 13. Bf3 e5 14.
Nde2 g5 $1 15. g3 $6 ({More solid is} 15. fxg5 f4 16. Bf2 Qxg5) 15... exf4 16.
gxf4 g4 17. Bg2 gxh3 18. Bf3 $1 {White has a sufficient defence.} 18... fxe4
19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. c3 Be6 21. b4 $6 Bc4 $1 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Rg1 Ne5 $1 {
Neumann starts a series of sacrifices and semi-sacrifices.} 24. Ng5 $2 ({
Right is} 24. Bh1 $1 {(Schlechter).}) 24... Qxg5 $1 25. fxe5 Qxe5+ 26. Bf4 Bxe2
$3 27. Bxe5 Bxe5+ 28. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nc7 $1 30. Qxe2 Rg3+ 31. Kh1 Rh3+ 32.
Kg2 Rh2+ 33. Kf1 ({Or} 33. Kf3 Rf8+ 34. Ke3 Nd5+ {(uses the knight)} 35. Kd2
Bxc3+) 33... Rf8+ 34. Ke1 Bxc3+ 35. Kd1 Rxe2 36. Kxe2 Bxa1 {Augustin Neumann
got the beauty prize for this game. He beat Milan Vidmar in the playoff at the
end of Hauptturnier A. Duras, Spielmann and Nimzowitsch also participated in
this group.} 0-1

[Event "Nuernberg"]
[Site "15th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1906.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

{The congress occurred from 23 vii until 12 viii in Cafe Central. Hoffer had
proposed a new rule for the time control. Overstepping the time cost one Mark
per minute. This rule was abolished during the event.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bg4 $5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Rxd8 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Be3 f5 $1 {
Marshall chooses aggressive moves.} 9. exf5 Bd6 $1 10. Nbd2 $1 Ne7 11. Ne4 (11.
O-O-O $1 Bxf5 12. Rhe1 {completes the development.}) 11... Bxf5 12. Nfd2 Nd5 $5
13. Bxa7 $6 {White accepts the challenge at last.} 13... Nb4 14. O-O c5 $1 15.
c3 $6 ({The enjoyable} 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Bb6 Ra8 17. Nc4 Ke7 18. Bc7 Ra6 19.
Rad1 Bxc2 20. Rxd6 Bd3 21. Re1 Bxc4 22. Rxe5+ Kf7 23. Rf5+ {
leads to a perpetual.}) 15... Nc6 16. Nxd6+ Rxd6 17. Nc4 Nxa7 18. Nxd6+ cxd6
19. b4 Kd7 20. a4 Nc6 21. bxc5 d5 22. Rfd1 d4 23. f4 $2 {
Duras has missed a trick.} ({Right is} 23. cxd4 exd4 24. Rd2 $1) 23... Bc2 24.
fxe5 d3 $1 {White is lost.} 25. Rd2 Nxe5 26. Rxc2 dxc2 27. Rc1 Ra8 28. Rxc2
Rxa4 29. h3 Rc4 30. Kf2 Nd3+ 31. Ke3 Nxc5 32. Ra2 Nb3 33. Rc2 Kd6 34. Kd3 Kd5
35. Rf2 Nc5+ 36. Ke2 Rxc3 37. Rf5+ Ke4 38. Rf7 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Ne6 40. Kg1 h5 41.
h4 Rc7 42. Rf2 Nf4 43. Kh2 Ng6 44. Ra2 Kf5 45. Ra5+ Ne5 46. Ra3 Kg4 47. Re3 Re7
48. Re4+ Kf5 49. Ra4 Ng4+ 50. Kh3 Re3+ 51. g3 Re2 52. Ra5+ Ne5 53. Ra3 g5 54.
hxg5 Ng4 55. Ra5+ Ke6 {
Marshall won the first prize with 12 1/2 out of 16 and got 2500 Mark.} 0-1

[Event "Nuernberg"]
[Site "15th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1906.08.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 $6 5. Bc4 $5 c6 6. Bb3 Ng6 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. O-O O-O 9. d4 $6 d6 10. Qd3 Bxc3 (10... Bg4 $1 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 {
gains a plus.}) 11. bxc3 d5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe4 14. Be3 Qe7 15. c4 Bf5
16. cxd5 Ng3 $2 {Wolf expects to win the exchange.} ({Right is} 16... Qxe5) 17.
Bg5 $3 Qxg5 18. Qxg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 $1 Be4 20. d6 $1 Rae8 21. d7 $1 Re7 22. Rxf7
Rexf7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rf1+ Ke7 25. Rxf8 Kxd7 26. Rf7+ {
White wins by a number of lovely moves.} 26... Ke6 27. Rxb7 Bxc2 28. Rxa7 Kxe5
29. Kf2 Kd4 30. a4 Kc5 31. a5 Kb5 32. Ke3 c5 33. Rc7 Bg6 34. a6 Kxa6 35. Rxc5
Kb6 36. Rc1 Be8 37. Kf4 Bc6 38. Ke5 Bxg2 39. Kd6 Be4 40. Ke7 h5 41. Kf7 g6 42.
Kf6 Bf5 43. Kg5 Be4 44. h4 {
Duras won the second prize of 1500 Mark. He got a beauty prize for this game.}
1-0

[Event "Nuernberg"]
[Site "Match"]
[Date "1906.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Johner, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

{The Hauptturnier started with five groups of ten people. Saviely Tartakower
had a difficult start but won the Siegergruppe with 6 1/2 out of 9 eventually.
Paul Johner began overwhelmingly and then scored 6/9. He challenged Saviely
for a match. The days of Paulsen and Anderssen were back.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 $5 Nc6 7. a3 $6 Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Bd3 f5
10. Qh3 Bb6 11. g4 $6 Nc5 $1 12. gxf5 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Rxf5 $6 (13... Qh4+ $1 14.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 15. hxg3 Nd4 16. Kd1 Nxf5 {takes advantage of white's opportunism.})
14. Nf3 a6 $6 (14... Bd7 15. Bd2 Be8) 15. Ne2 h6 $6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rf7
18. Rg1 Ne7 19. Nfd4 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21. O-O-O Qh4 22. Rg6 $1 Rf7 23. Rdg1
Kh8 24. f5 $1 {Tartakower's courage is rewarded.} 24... exf5 25. e6 Bxe6 ({Or} 
25... Re7 26. Qe5 Qe4 27. Qd6) 26. Qxe6 Raf8 27. Qxd5 Qxh2 28. Qd4 Rf6 29. Rxg7
{Tartakower won the match by three wins and two draws.} 1-0

[Event "Duesseldorf"]
[Site "16th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1908.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1908.??.??"]

{The congress took place in the Staedtischer Floragarten from 1 until 22 viii.
} 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O d6 9. Qe2 Na6 $6 {Spielmann does not want to castle.} 10. a3 Nc7 11. Rae1
b6 12. Nh4 Kd7 $2 ({Right is} 12... Bb7 $1) 13. Nf5 $1 {
An elegant combination decides the game.} 13... Qf8 ({Marshall has calculated} 
13... exf5 14. Bxf5+ Ke8 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 17. Bxf6) 14. Nxe7 Qxe7
15. Ne4 Rf8 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qf3 Ne8 18. Rxe6 $1 Qf7 ({The last pointe is} 
18... Kxe6 19. Qf5+ Kf7 20. Qxh7+ Ng7 21. Bg6+) 19. Re4 Bb7 20. Rh4 Ng7 21.
Rxh7 Rh8 22. Qh3+ {
Marshall scored 11 1/2 out of 15 and gained the first prize of 750 Mark.} 1-0

[Event "Duesseldorf"]
[Site "16th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1908.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Suechting, Hugo"]
[Black "Salwe, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "1908.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. a4 $5 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5
15. d5 $1 Nd8 $6 16. Nh2 Ne8 17. Ndf1 g6 $6 {Black gets a passive game.} 18.
Bh6 Ng7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 f6 21. Ne3 Nf7 22. Neg4 Ne5 23. Rf1 Bxg4 24. Nxg4
Nxg4 25. Qxg4 g5 $2 {He creates another weakness.} (25... Ra8 {
has the aim to continue the exchanges.}) 26. Be3 b4 27. h4 h5 28. Qe2 bxc3 29.
bxc3 g4 30. Qd3 Rb2 31. Bc1 Rb7 32. Bh6 (32. e5 $1 f5 33. Qc4 $1 Bxh4 34. exd6
Qxd6 35. Bf4 {starts a decisive attack.}) 32... c4 33. Qe2 Rb2 34. Ra4 Rc8 35.
Bc1 Rbb8 36. Be3 Ra8 37. Bd4 Rxa4 38. Bxa4 Qb7 39. Qe3 $2 (39. Qd2 $1 {
does not allow the next raid (Suechting).}) 39... Qb2 $1 40. Bc6 Rb8 41. Qh6
Qc2 42. Rxf6 $2 {White miscalculates.} 42... Bxf6 43. Qxf6 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 g3+ $1
45. Kxg3 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 Rb2 47. Qxg7+ Qxg7 48. Bxg7 Kxg7 49. Be8 Re2 50. Bxh5
Rxe4 51. Kg3 Re3+ 52. Bf3 Rxc3 53. Kf2 Kf6 $2 (53... Rd3 $1 {
prevents the exchange of the c-pawn.}) 54. h5 Kg5 55. Ke2 Rd3 56. Be4 Ra3 57.
Bf3 Kf4 58. Kd2 Ke5 59. h6 Ra7 60. Kc3 Rh7 61. Kxc4 Rxh6 62. Kd3 $2 ({Right is
} 62. Kb5 $1 {(Suechting)} 62... Rh4 63. Kc6 Rc4+ 64. Kd7 {
White avoids zugzwang.}) 62... Rh8 63. Ke3 Ra8 64. Kd3 Ra7 65. Kc3 Ra4 66. Kb3
Rf4 67. Kc3 Rd4 68. Kb3 Kf4 69. Kc2 Ke3 70. Kc3 Rh4 71. Bd1 Rh1 72. Bf3 Rc1+
73. Kb4 Rc5 74. Kb3 Kd3 75. Kb4 Kd4 76. Kb3 Rb5+ 77. Ka4 ({The manoeuvre} 77.
Kc2 Rb4 78. Kc1 Kc3 79. Kd1 Kd3 80. Be2+ Ke3 81. Bf3 Rc4 {
also leads to zugzwang.}) 77... Kc5 78. Bh5 Rb4+ 79. Ka3 Kc4 80. Be2+ Kc3 81.
Bf3 Rb5 82. Ka2 Rb4 83. Ka3 Rh4 84. Ka2 Kc2 {Black has achieved zugzwang!} 85.
g4 ({The pointe is} 85. Ka3 Rd4 {(Suechting).}) 85... Kc3 86. g5 Rh3 87. Bg4
Rg3 88. Be6 Rxg5 89. Kb1 Rg7 90. Bc8 ({Or} 90. Bf5 Rb7+ 91. Ka1 Rb2 92. Be6 Kb3
93. Bg4 Rf2 94. Bd1+ Kc4) 90... Rc7 $1 91. Be6 Kd4 {
The white king has been outmanoeuvred again.} 92. Kb2 Rc5 93. Kb3 Rxd5 94. Bxd5
Kxd5 95. Kc3 Ke4 96. Kd2 Kd4 97. Kc2 Ke3 98. Kc3 d5 99. Kc2 d4 100. Kd1 Kd3 {
The battle began poorly but finished with a great endgame.  Salwe was a
skilful fighter who won long games. He gained the second prize with 10 points.
Friedrich Koehnlein won Hauptturnier A. Alexander Alekhine became fourth.} 0-1

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "17th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1910.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]

{The congress happened in the Neues Logenhaus an der Moorweide from 17 vii
until 6 viii. Star of the master tournament was Carl Schlechter, who had
recently played 5-5 against Emanuel Lasker. The time limit was 30 moves in two
hours. Feasts were banquets and a boat trip.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4.
Bc4 c6 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Ng5 Bxg5 $2 {
The yound Alekhine misses the strongest defence.} ({Right is} 7... Nh6 $1 8.
Ne6 $1 fxe6 9. Bxh6 $1 Nb6 $1 10. Qh5+ Kf8 $1 {
and the king survives in an open position.}) 8. Qh5 Qf6 9. Bxg5 Qg6 10. Qh4 $6
(10. Qxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O {keeps a bigger positional advantage.}) 10... Nc5 11.
Be3 Be6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Ngf6 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Rd6 h6 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. b3
Ne8 $6 ({Better is} 17... Rfe8) 18. R6d3 f5 19. Bc5 $1 fxe4 20. Rd8 Rf4 21. Qh5
Qxh5 22. Bxh5 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Bf7 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Bxe8 Nd5 26. g3 Rf5 27. Nxe4
Nf6 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Bxa7 Rf8 30. Bg6 Ra8 31. Bb6 Rxa2 32. Kf1 Ra6 33. Bc7 c5
34. Bd3 {Schlechter started with four wins.} 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "17th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1910.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 $6 {Black takes over the initiative.} 10... dxc4 11. bxc4
cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Bb1 $2 ({Better is} 14. Ne5 $1) 14... Bxf3
15. gxf3 {White has a weak pawn structure.} 15... Bb8 $6 {
Nimzowitsch praises this move.} ({But} 15... Nfd5 $3 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 Qg5+
18. Qg4 Qh6 19. h4 Rxc4 {wins the game.}) 16. a3 Qc7 17. f4 $1 Qxf4 {
Black has only won a pawn.} 18. f3 Nc6 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Kh1 Ne7 $6 (20... Nh5 {
keeps an advantage.}) 21. Bc1 Qc7 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qg2+ Ng6 24. Ba2 Kh8 25.
f4 Nh4 26. Qh3 Nf5 27. d5 $1 {The hanging pawns gain strength.} 27... Rg8 28.
Bb2 Rg6 29. Rg1 $2 (29. Bb1 $1 {continues the attack correctly.}) 29... Rcg8
30. Rxg6 Rxg6 31. Rf1 Qc5 32. Qf3 Bd6 33. Qf2 Qxf2 34. Rxf2 Bc5 35. Rg2 Kg7 36.
Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Kg2 Bd4 $1 38. Bc1 Be3 39. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 40. Kf3 Nf5 41. Bb1 Nd6 {
The desirable blockade has been achieved.} 42. Bd3 e5 43. Kg4 f5+ 44. Kg3 f6
45. h4 Kf7 46. Be2 Ne8 47. Kf3 Ke7 48. Ke3 Ng7 49. Bf3 Kd6 50. Bd1 Nh5 51.
fxe5+ fxe5 52. Kd3 Kc5 53. a4 Nf6 54. Be2 Ne8 55. Kc3 Nd6 56. Bf1 e4 57. Kd2 f4
58. Kc3 f3 {Tarrasch and Nimzowitsch had fought one of their great battles.}
0-1

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "17th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1910.08.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. c3 Qb6 7. O-O e6 8. Qb3
Qxb3 9. axb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. b4 Bc7 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Nd2 Ke7 14. b5 Nb8
15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nb3 Nbd7 18. Ra4 Rhc8 19. Rfa1 Rc7 20. Bf1 Nh5 21.
Nc1 Nf4 22. Na2 g5 23. Nc1 Kd8 24. Nd3 f6 25. Kh1 Nf8 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Ra6 Rb7
28. Bh3 Ke7 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. Rga1 Ng6 31. Bf1 Ne7 32. Bh3 f5 33. Bf1 Nc8 34. Be2
Kf6 35. Rg1 Rg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. b3 Rb8 38. c4 Rb7 39. c5 Bb8 40. c6 Re7 41.
Ra1 Bd6 42. Rg1+ Kf8 43. Rg5 Rg7 44. Rxg7 Kxg7 45. Kg1 Kf6 46. Kf1 Ke7 47. Ke1
Kd8 48. Kd2 Kc7 49. Kc3 $6 {The little events are ended by an error.} ({
Better is} 49. b4 a6 50. bxa6 Na7 51. b5 $1 Nxb5 52. Nc5 $1 bxc5 53. Bxb5 Kb6
54. c7 $1 Kxc7 55. Bd7 $1) 49... a6 $1 50. bxa6 Na7 51. Ne1 $2 ({Right is} 51.
b4 $1 Kxc6 52. Ne5+ $1 Bxe5 53. b5+ $1 Kd6 54. dxe5+ Kxe5 55. Bd3 Kd6 56. Kb4 {
and White has kept his passed pawn.}) 51... Kxc6 52. Nc2 b5 53. Bd3 Kb6 54. Bf1
Kxa6 55. Bd3 Nc6 56. b4 Be7 57. Bf1 Kb6 58. Bd3 Bh4 59. Bf1 Bxf2 60. Bd3 Bg1
61. h3 Bf2 62. Be2 Bh4 63. Bf1 Bf6 64. Bd3 h6 65. Be2 Bh4 66. Kd2 Bf2 67. Kc3
Na7 68. Kd2 Nc8 69. Bd3 Nd6 70. Ke2 Bh4 71. Kd2 Nc4+ 72. Kc3 Bf6 73. Be2 Kc6
74. Ne1 Ne3 75. Nd3 Nc4 76. Ne1 Kd6 77. Nd3 Kc6 78. Nc5 Kd6 79. Nb7+ $6 ({
More solid is} 79. Nd3 $1) 79... Ke7 80. Nc5 Bh4 81. Nd3 Bg3 82. Kb3 Kf6 83.
Kc3 Kg5 84. Nc5 Be1+ 85. Kb3 Kf6 86. Nd3 Bd2 87. Nc5 h5 88. Bd3 Be3 89. Kc3 Bf2
90. Be2 Bh4 91. Nd3 Bg5 92. Bf1 Nd6 $1 93. Be2 Ne8 $1 94. Nc5 Nc7 95. Nd7+ Kg7
96. Ne5 Bh4 97. Nc6 $5 ({The plan of Duras was} 97. Nd3 $1 Bg3 98. Bf1 Kh6 99.
Kd2 Bh2 $1 100. Ne5 Bg1 $1 101. Nc6 Kg5 {and the black king can move to g3.})
97... Be1+ $1 98. Kb3 Kf6 99. Na7 Kg5 100. Nxb5 Na6 101. Nc3 Nxb4 $1 102. Kxb4
Kh4 103. Ba6 Kxh3 104. Bc8 h4 105. Bxe6 Kg2 106. Bxf5 h3 107. Bxh3+ Kxh3 108.
Kb3 Bxc3 109. Kxc3 Kg3 {Duras won the second prize.} 0-1

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "17th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 $5 Nf6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O d6 7. b3 $5 Re8
8. Bb2 Bd7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bf8 {Black drifts towards a passive position.}
11. e3 Bg4 $2 {Black loses time.} ({Correct is} 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 c6 {
(Lipke).}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Ne2 Ng4 15. Nd4 c5 $5 {
Nimzowitsch mentions courage.} 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Nf5 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nh4
Bh3 20. Rfe1 Re4 21. f3 Re8 22. Qf2 Bd7 23. Re2 g6 24. Rf1 Bg7 25. Qe1 a5 26.
Ng2 a4 27. b4 $5 cxb4 28. Qxb4 Rb8 29. Qa3 Qa6 30. Rc2 Be6 31. Qd3 d5 32. Nf4
dxc4 33. Qe2 a3 34. Rd1 h5 35. Rdd2 $2 (35. Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Qxc4 {still wins.})
35... Rb2 36. Kg2 Qc6 37. Rxb2 $1 axb2 38. Rxb2 Bxb2 39. Qxb2 c3 40. Qc2 Bc4 $1
{Schlechter begins a magnificent bishop manoeuvre.} (40... Bxa2 $2 41. Qxa2 c2
42. Nxg6 $1 Qxg6 43. Qxc2 {brings equal chances.}) 41. Kf2 Ba6 $1 42. e4 $4 (
42. a4 $1 Bb7 43. e4 Qb6+ 44. Ke2 Ba6+ 45. Nd3 Qg1 46. Qxc3 Qxh2+ 47. Ke3 Qxg3
{favours Black but continues the game.}) 42... Qb6+ 43. Kg2 Qb2 {Schlechter
won a vital game, drew the last two, scored 11 1/2 out of 16, won the first
prize of 2000 Mark and could take care of his mother. Nimzowitsch became third.
  Georg Rotlevi won the Hauptturnier.} 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "18th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levitsky, Stepan"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

{The event occurred in the Haus der Gesellschaft der Freunde from 14 vii until
8 viii. Small amounts of money for travel costs had become available in the
twentieth century. Again diners and a boat trip were enjoyed.  } 1. e4 e6 2. d4
d5 3. Nc3 c5 $6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 $6 ({An advantage brings} 6. Bb5
$1 {(Kreymbourg-Jaffe, New York 1911).}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. dxc5
Be6 10. Nd4 Bxc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bg4 $6 Qd6 13. Bh3 Rae8 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. Bxf6
Rxf6 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxd5 $1 Nd4 20. Qh5 $2 ({
Right is} 20. Qe4 $1 Rf4 $1 21. Qe5 $1) 20... Ref8 21. Re5 Rh6 22. Qg5 Rxh3 $1
23. Rc5 $1 Qg3 $3 {"Excited spectators showered the board with gold pieces",
Marshall told. Actually Alekhine and Saburov paid him a bet on the outcome of
the game.} ({The pointes are} 23... Qg3 24. Qxg3 (24. hxg3 Ne2#) (24. fxg3 Ne2+
25. Kh1 Rxf1#) {and} 24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxg3+) 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "18th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1912.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 {
Mieses has sacrificed a pawn.} 7... Nc6 $5 ({Rubinstein diverts from the usual
} 7... O-O) 8. Qh4 d6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Bd3 $5 (10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Rhe1 Qd7 12.
Qc4 O-O {will lead to exchanges.}) 10... Qd7 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Nd4 (12. Ne5 $5 {
(Felber-Braun, Long Island 1990) can be answered by} 12... Qe8 $1) 12... a6 13.
Bd3 Ne5 14. f4 $5 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 c5 $5 16. Rg3 $1 Kh8 $6 (16... Rae8 $1 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Bg4 19. Qh4 cxd4 {leads to interesting complications.}) 17.
Nf3 $2 (17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rh3 $1 {gains a plus.}) 17... Ng8 $2 ({More useful is
} 17... Rae8 $1) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ng5 Nh6 $5 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Rge3 Rfe8 $5 22.
Nce4 {Mieses attacks forcefully.} 22... Bf5 $2 ({Black draws by} 22... Bg4 $1
23. Nf6 gxf6 24. Qxh6 fxg5 $1 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qxg5+ ({because} 26. Re7 $4 Rxe7
27. Rxe7 Qf5 $1 {utilises the open square f5 well})) 23. Nf6 $1 gxf6 24. Qxh6
Bg6 $6 (24... fxg5 $5 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Re7 $1 {(Mieses)} 26... Bg6 27. Rxd7
Rxe1+ 28. Kd2 Rae8 {favours White.}) 25. Nxh7 $1 Bxh7 26. Rg3 $2 ({
The second knight sacrifice should be crowned by} 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. f5 $1)
26... Rxe1+ 27. Kd2 Re2+ $1 {White should not capture the rook.   Rubinstein
partook for the first time and played interesting games.} ({Right is} 27...
Re2+ 28. Kd1 Re1+ {(Tartakower).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "18th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1912.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 $6
8. Be3 Bxd4 $6 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 $6 10. Qxd4 {Pawn d5 has become fatally weak.}
10... Nf6 11. Bg2 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rd2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Rd7 16. h3
b6 17. g4 Rad8 18. Qe5 h6 19. f4 Qc5+ 20. Qd4 g6 21. g5 hxg5 22. fxg5 Qxd4+ 23.
Rxd4 Nh5 24. Nxd5 Kg7 25. e3 Ng3 26. Kf2 Nf5 27. R4d3 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Rc7 29. Bb3
Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Kf8 31. e4 Ng7 32. Rf3 Ne8 33. e5 Kg7 34. Ke3 Re7 35. Kd4 Nc7 36.
Rf6 Rd7+ 37. Ke4 Na6 38. Rd6 $2 ({
The unfavourable exchange of minor pieces can be avoided by} 38. Bc4 $1 Nc5+
39. Ke3 Re7 40. Kf4 Nd7 41. Rd6 $1 Nxe5 42. Bb5 $1 Kf8 43. Rd5 a6 44. Bxa6)
38... Nc5+ 39. Kf4 Nd3+ 40. Ke4 Nc5+ 41. Kd4 Nxb3+ 42. axb3 Rc7 43. e6 fxe6 44.
Rxe6 Kf7 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Rf2 Rc1 47. h4 Rh1 48. Rf4 $2 (48. Rc2 Rxh4+ 49. Ke5
{activates the white pieces.}) 48... Rh2 49. Kc3 Rh3+ 50. Kc2 b5 51. Rb4 a6 52.
Rf4 Kh8 53. Rf6 Kg7 54. Rf4 Kg8 55. b4 Kg7 56. Kc1 Rh2 57. Kb1 Rh1+ 58. Kc2 Rh3
59. Kd2 Rb3 60. Kc2 Rh3 61. Kb1 Rh1+ 62. Ka2 Rh3 63. b3 Rh2+ 64. Ka3 Rh1 65.
Rd4 Kf7 66. Rd7+ Ke6 67. Ra7 Kf5 68. Rh7 Kg4 69. Rh6 Kf5 70. Rh8 Kg4 71. Rh6
Kf5 72. Kb2 Rh2+ 73. Ka3 Rh1 74. Rh7 Kg4 75. Rg7 Kf5 76. Ra7 $2 {
Akiba makes a foolish effort to win.} 76... Rxh4 77. Rxa6 Re4 78. Rc6 Re5 79.
Rc5 Kf4 80. Kb2 Rxg5 81. Kc3 $2 {Rubinstein plays the natural move.} ({
White escapes by} 81. Rc6 $1 Kg4 82. Kc3 Kh5 83. Kd4 Rf5 84. Ke4 $1 {
He is just in time.}) 81... Rf5 82. Kd3 g5 83. Ke2 Ke4 84. Rc8 g4 85. Rg8 Kf4
86. Kf2 Ke4+ 87. Ke2 Kf4 88. Kf2 Rd5 89. Rf8+ Ke4 90. Rg8 Kd3 91. Rxg4 Kc3 92.
Ke1 Kxb3 93. Ke2 Kc3 94. Ke1 Rh5 95. Kd1 Rh1+ 96. Ke2 Rb1 97. Rg3+ Kc2 98. Rg5
Rxb4 99. Rc5+ Kb2 100. Kd2 Rb3 101. Rc2+ Kb1 102. Rc1+ Ka2 103. Rc8 b4 104.
Ra8+ Ra3 105. Rb8 b3 106. Kc3 Ra7 $1 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "18th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1912.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Levitsky, Stepan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12. Be3 Ne5 $5 (12... Qxd4 13.
Bxd4 Nc5 {drew in Berger - Janowsky, Muenchen 1900).}) 13. Rad1 Bc7 $6 ({
Less risk is taken by} 13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 {(Schlechter)} 15...
O-O $1 16. Bxg7 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Kxg7) 14. Qc5 b6 $2 15. Qb4 $2 ({
They have missed} 15. Bg5 $1 bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bxc6+) 15...
a5 16. Qc3 Bf5 $2 (16... O-O $1 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qc2 $1 {
and White has a positional advantage.}) 17. Bg5 Qe6 $6 18. Nd4 $1 Qd6 19. Bxf5
$1 {Rubinstein and Duras shared the first and second prize. Each player got
1750 Mark.} 1-0

[Event "Mannheim"]
[Site "19th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1914.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Flamberg, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

{Number nineteen occurred in the Ballhaus from 18 vii until 1 viii. The DSB
had 182 clubs at that time. Number twenty was planned as Bad Oeynhausen 1916.
History would become different.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5.
Nf3 Bg4 6. Qe2 Nc5 $6 ({Better is} 6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 c6 {
(Pillsbury-Dyckhoff, Hannover 1902).}) 7. d4 $1 Bxf3 ({Or} 7... Ne6 $5 8. Qb5+
$1 c6 $6 9. Qxb7 Bxf3 10. Be3 $1 {(Lebrun-Marchyllie, France 2002).}) 8. Qxf3
Qh4+ 9. g3 $1 Qxd4 10. Be3 Qxe5 11. O-O-O c6 12. Nxd5 $1 {Spielmann sacrifices.
} 12... cxd5 $2 (12... Bd6 $1 13. Bc4 O-O {escapes from the immediate threats.}
) 13. Rxd5 $6 (13. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Rhe1 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Nc6 17. Rxd5
{wins at once.}) 13... Qe6 $6 ({Black misses the opportunity} 13... Qc7 $1 14.
Bf4 $5 Qb6 15. Bxb8 Be7 $1 ({Spielmann continues with} 15... Rxb8 $2 16. Qf4
Rc8 17. Bb5+ $1 Qxb5 18. Re1+ Be7 19. Rxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qd6+ Ke8 21. Re5+ Ne6 22.
Rxb5 {and White wins}) 16. Be5 O-O) 14. Bc4 $1 Qe4 ({Or} 14... Ncd7 15. Re1 $1
Bb4 (15... Be7 16. Rc5 $1) 16. Bd2 $1) 15. Bxc5 $1 1-0

[Event "Mannheim"]
[Site "19th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1914.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Fahrni, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 {
Black has accepted the challenge.} 8. Nh3 Qe7 9. Nf4 Nf8 $2 ({
Theory will become} 9... Nc6 {(Unzicker-Donner, Lenzerheide 1964).}) 10. Qg4 $1
{White threatens to capture pawn d5.} 10... f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O $1 {
The position has been opened for a white attack.} 12... c6 13. Re1 Kd8 14. Rh6
$1 e5 15. Qh4 Nbd7 16. Bd3 $5 (16. f3 {prevents the next move.}) 16... e4 $1
17. Qg3 Qf7 18. Bxe4 $1 {The young star storms the fortress.} 18... dxe4 19.
Nxe4 Rg8 ({Alekhine has calculated} 19... Qxa2 20. Nxf6 $1 Nxf6 21. Rxf6) 20.
Qa3 $1 Qg7 21. Nd6 $1 Nb6 22. Ne8 Qf7 23. Qd6+ {White delivers mate in two.}
1-0

[Event "Mannheim"]
[Site "19th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1914.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carls, Carl"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 $5 g6 $5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nf3 Nf6
8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. h4 $5 Qd6 $1 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Bf3 Ne4 14.
Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Nd6 $2 ({Right is} 16. Nxb6 axb6) 16... Rd8 17. Ncxe4
Bf5 18. Qe3 Nd5 19. Qf3 {
White has made positional concessions for the win of a pawn.} 19... Nxf4 $1 20.
Qxf4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxd4 22. f3 Qb4+ 23. Kf2 f5 24. h5 fxe4 25. hxg6 Rf8 26.
gxh7+ Kh8 27. Qg5 exf3 {Alekhine led by 9 1/2, Vidmar followed with 8 1/2 and
Spielmann had 8 points.  Germany declared war on Russia during this round (1
viii 1914). Chess had to stop. Money was distributed among the players.
Alekhine got 1100 Mark. All Russians were interned and went to Triberg
eventually. Alekhine and Bohatirchuk could go home. Bogoljubow stayed in the
Black Forest and married a local beauty.  The Great War ended a fine tradition
of chess congresses.} 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "20th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Brinckmann, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]

{Mannheim 1914 had been ended after eleven rounds by the outbreak of the Great
War. Germany became exhausted by the warfare and an influenza epidemic.  When
the disaster had ended, the DSB dropped its leadership in the organisation of
international tournaments. The Schachbund gave priority to the preparation of
national events. Master tournaments became local occasions. The DSB organised
four Hauptturniere as Berlin 1920. Ehrhardt Post was the manager. A master
tournament followed in the same city at the end of that year as a regional
initiative by Kagan.   The congress occurred in the localities of the Berliner
Schachgesellschaft from 25 ix until 10 x. Berliner Tageblatt sponsored one of
the four Hauptturniere.   } 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. Qc1 Bf5 5. Nf3 Na6
6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O Nh5 10. Re1 Nxf4 11. exf4 Nc7 12. Ne5 h5
$4 ({Better is} 12... O-O) 13. Ndc4 $1 {The black queen is lost.} 13... dxc4
14. Nxc4 Bxd4 15. Nxb6 {
and White prevailed.
Saemisch won the first prize of 600 Mark.} 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "21st DSB Congress"]
[Date "1921.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Post, Ehrhardt"]
[Black "Schlage, Willi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]

{The congress was held in the Curio-Haus from 6 until 30 vii. The master event
had the level of a Hauptturnier.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5.
Nxe5 Qe7 6. Nf3 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nd5 10. Re1 f6 11. c4
a6 12. Nc3 Nxc3+ 13. Kd3+ $2 ({Correct is} 13. dxc3) 13... Ne4 $1 14. Rxe4+ Kf7
15. Kc3 b5 $1 16. d3 Bb7 17. Re2 Bd6 18. Be3 c5 19. Nd2 Rhe8 20. Rae1 Rac8 $2 (
{Both players missed} 20... Bxg2 $1 21. f3 Bh3 22. Ne4 Bf8 $1 23. Bxc5 (23.
Nxc5 Rxe3) 23... Rxe4 {and wins (Post).}) 21. g3 Be5+ 22. Kc2 d5 23. Bxc5 dxc4
24. dxc4 Rxc5 25. f4 bxc4 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Kc3 a5 28. Nxc4 Bd5 29. Rf2+ Kg6
30. b3 Bxc4 $2 {White gets an advantage.} 31. bxc4 Rec8 32. Re4 R8c6 33. Rg4+
Kh6 34. Rf7 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Re4 Rc5 37. Re2 $1 Kg5 38. Rb2 $1 Kf5 39. Rb5
{Black seems to be lost.} 39... Rxb5 $2 ({The counteraction} 39... Rc6 $1 40.
Rxa5 Ke4 41. a4 Rh6 42. Ra7 g5 43. Rg7 Rxh2 44. Rxg5 Ra2 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Rg7
Kf3 $1 {leads to survival chances for Black.}) 40. cxb5 Ke6 41. a4 Kd5 42. Kd3
e4+ 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. b6 Kd6 45. Kxe4 Kc6 46. Ke5 Kxb6 47. Kd6 {Post won the
first prize of 1000 Mark. He favoured to end money prizes actually.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Oeynhausen"]
[Site "22nd DSB Congress"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Post, Ehrhardt"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

{The national congress took place in the Kurhaus from 5 until 19 viii.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Qb3 Bc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O h5 11. h3 a6 12. e4 $4 Ng4 $1 {
Post has no chance against a real master.} 13. Bxg4 ({The pointe is} 13. hxg4
hxg4 14. g3 Qxg3#) 13... hxg4 14. Ne2 gxh3 15. g3 Qe5 16. Qd3 d5 17. exd5 cxd5
18. cxd5 Bb7 19. Kh2 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Ke7
24. b3 Bg2 25. Rfd1 g5 26. Rd2 Rxc1 27. Nxc1 g4 28. Ne2 Rc8 29. Rb2 Rd8 30. Nd4
e5 31. Ne2 Rd3 32. b4 Rxe3 33. a4 Bc6 34. a5 Bb5 35. Ng1 f5 36. Rd2 Rb3 37. Ne2
Bxe2 38. Rxe2 Ke6 39. Rc2 Rxb4 40. Rc6+ Kd5 41. Rxa6 Rb2+ 42. Kg1 Rg2+ 43. Kh1
Rxg3 {Post won the first prize of 600 Mark.} 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "23rd DSB Congress"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moritz, Bruno"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

{German and Austrian chess friends met in the Volksbildungsheim from 28 vii
until viii. Gruenfeld and Becker played in the master tournament. Prizes
vaporized during the deflation year.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5
5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Ba3
Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 {Gruenfeld plays an early example of his Defence.}
14. Bb4 $5 ({Theory will become} 14. e4 $1 {(Golz-Tukmakov, Zinnowitz 1967).})
14... cxb4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. b5 Qd7 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rc3 Rac8 19. Ba6 $2 ({
Right is} 19. Rfc1) 19... Bxf3 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 $1 21. Rxc8 ({
Moritz wanted to play} 21. Qc2 {Now he notices} 21... Qg4 $1 {(Dimer).}) 21...
Bxe2 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Rc1 e6 24. f3 b5 25. Kf2 Bc4 26. Rc2 a5 27. e4 Bd6 28.
g3 a4 29. Ke3 Bb4 30. f4 f5 31. e5 Kf8 {Gruenfeld won with 7 1/2 out of 9.} 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "24th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

{The congress took place in the Hermann-Loge from 18 vii until 2 viii. The
master event had a field like in the past. Chess benefited from the 'roaring
twenties'.} 1. e3 e5 2. c4 {Nimzowitsch plays the Van't Kruijs.} 2... Nf6 3.
Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Ne1 Ne7 10.
d3 c6 11. a4 Be6 12. a5 d5 13. c5 Qc7 14. Qa4 Ng6 15. Bd2 a6 16. g3 $6 {
White's position becomes passive.} ({Better is} 16. f3) 16... e4 $1 17. d4 h5
18. Ng2 Bg4 19. f3 $2 {Square e4 will become a weakness.} 19... exf3 20. Bxf3
Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Ne4 $1 22. Be1 Qd7 23. c4 Qg4 24. Rf1 Rad8 25. Qd1 dxc4 26. Qxg4
hxg4 27. Rc1 Ng5 $5 28. Rxc4 Nf3+ $5 29. Kh1 Rd5 $6 ({Better is} 29... Ne7 $1
30. Rc2 Nd5) 30. h4 Rd7 31. Rc2 Ne7 32. Rcf2 $6 {Nimzowitsch despairs too soon.
} 32... Nd5 33. Rxf3 $5 gxf3 34. Rxf3 Rde7 35. Bd2 Re4 36. Kg1 R8e6 37. Rf1 Kf8
38. Rb1 Re7 39. Kf2 Ke8 40. Rb3 Kd8 41. Ne1 R4e6 42. Nf3 Nf6 43. Ng5 Ne4+ 44.
Nxe4 Rxe4 45. Kf3 f5 46. Be1 Ke8 47. Bf2 Kf7 48. Rb1 g5 49. hxg5 Kg6 50. Rf1
Rh7 51. Rb1 Kxg5 52. Rb6 Ree7 53. Rb1 Kf6 $6 54. g4 $1 fxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Ke6 56.
Kf3 $6 (56. Bg3 $5 Reg7+ 57. Kf3 Rh3 58. Rg1 Kd5 59. Rg2 Kc4 {
brings insufficient relief to White.}) 56... Ref7+ 57. Kg2 Rhg7+ 58. Bg3 Kd5
59. Kh2 Ke4 60. Be5 Rg8 61. Kh1 Rh7+ 62. Bh2 Rgh8 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "24th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 $5 c4 12. Be2 h5 $6 {
Square g5 is made available for White.} ({The theory is} 12... Nc6 $1 {
(Maroczy-Spielmann, Berlin 1920).}) 13. Qf4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Ng5 b5 16. a3
a5 17. g4 Ra7 18. gxh5 gxh5 19. Rh3 $5 b4 $1 20. Rf3 bxc3+ $6 ({Better is} 
20... bxa3 21. Qf6 $1 {(Kramer)} 21... Qf8 $1 22. Nh3 Ne7 23. Nf4 Nf5) 21. Rxc3
Rb7 22. Rg1 Na7 23. Rcg3 Bd7 $2 (23... Nb5 {avoids a disaster (Kramer).}) 24.
Bxh5 $1 c3+ 25. Ke3 {
Bogoljubow scored 9 1/2 out of 11 and won the first prize of 1000 Mark.} ({
Reti resigned due to} 25. Ke3 Rxh5 26. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 27. Rg8+ Ke7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7
29. R1g7# {(Brinckmann).}) 1-0

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "24th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 cxd4 $5 6. Qxd4 e6 7. e3 $5 ({
Theory will become} 7. e4 $1 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 {(Polugaevsky-Keres, Tallinn 1973).})
7... Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. Nxc6 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Nd5 13.
Bd2 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb4 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Ke2 Ke7 18. Rc4 Na6 $2 ({
Problems are avoided by} 18... Nd5) ({or} 18... Nc6) 19. Rhc1 Rd7 20. f4 $1
Rhd8 21. Nd4 f6 22. a4 $1 e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Nf3 Ke6 25. b4 b6 26. R1c2 h6
27. h4 Rd6 28. h5 $1 {
Black cannot stop the restriction. A slight error follows.} 28... Rd5 $6 29.
Rg4 $1 R5d7 30. Rc6+ Rd6 31. Rg6+ Ke7 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxa7 Nxb4
35. Nxe5 Re6 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Nf5 Nd5 39. g4 Nf4+ 40. Kf3 Nd3 41.
Ra8+ Kf7 42. Rh8 Nc5 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rxh6 Rxh6 45. Nxh6+ Kf8 46. Nf5 Nxa4 47.
h6 Kg8 48. g5 Kh7 49. Kg4 Nc5 50. Kh5 Ne6 51. g6+ Kg8 52. h7+ Kh8 53. Kh6 {
Aaron Nimzowitsch scored 7 1/2 points and gained the second prize of 600 Mark.
Siegbert Tarrasch took part in German chess congresses from 1881 until 1925.
Von Holzhausen won the Hauptturnier.} 1-0

[Event "Magdeburg"]
[Site "25th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1927.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

{The congress happened in the Klosterberge-Garten from 16 until 31 vii.
Spielmann and Bogoljubow fought for the first place in the master tournament.} 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Nb6 8.
c3 a6 9. Na3 f6 $5 10. Qh5+ $5 g6 11. exf6 $6 ({Better is} 11. Qh6 fxe5 12.
dxe5) 11... Qxa3 $1 12. f7+ Kd7 $1 13. Qe5 Qf8 {
Black has found a remarkable defence.} 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Qf6 Qd8 16. Qg7 Rf8 17.
Ng5 Qe7 18. h4 $6 (18. f4 {controls square e5.}) 18... Nd8 19. Rh3 h6 20. Qxh6
Nxf7 21. Qxg6 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Kc6 $1 {Spielmann develops ingeniously.} 23. a4 Nc4
24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. a5 $5 {The heavy pieces get special entrances.} 25... Qd6 26.
Ra4 $5 Qd5 27. Re3 Kd6 28. f3 Qf5 $6 {White's opportunism gets rewarded.} ({
Black misses the opportunity} 28... Rf5 $1 29. Qg8 b5 $1 30. axb6 Bd7 31. Qh7
cxb6 $1) 29. Qh6 Bd7 30. Rxc4 Rh8 31. Qg7 Bc6 32. Qe5+ Qxe5 33. dxe5+ Ke7 34.
Rg4 Rad8 35. b4 Kf7 36. Rf4+ Kg7 37. Rf6 Bd5 38. Kf2 b5 39. Rd3 Rh5 $2 (39...
Bc4 {keeps the advantage.}) 40. Rxe6 $1 Rxg5 41. Rxa6 Rxe5 42. f4 Rf5 43. g3
Rd7 44. Rd4 Rh5 45. g4 Rh2+ 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. Rd3 c6 48. Ra8 Rf7 49. Rd8 $2 (49.
f5 $1 Kf6 50. Rg8 Re2 51. Kf4 Re4+ {draws.}) 49... Rg2+ 50. Kh3 Rg1 51. f5 $2 (
51. Re3 Rxf4 {only costs a pawn.}) 51... Kf6 $1 52. Rd6+ Ke7 {
Spielmann began with 9 1/2 points.} 0-1

[Event "Magdeburg"]
[Site "25th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1927.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bxc4 e5 5. Qb3 $5 Nh6 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 f5 8.
Nc3 Bd7 $1 9. Qd1 $6 ({More active is} 9. Be2) (9. Qxb7 $4 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nb4 {
leads to a disaster.}) 9... Qg5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. a3 Ng4 12. Qe1 h5 ({
White will survive} 12... Bd6 13. h3 Nh2 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Rxf3)
13. f4 Qh6 14. h3 g5 $1 15. d5 ({Or} 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Qg3 Be7 $1) 15... Nb8
16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Rf4 Bc5 $1 {The pressure increases.} 19. Qg3
Rh3 $6 {Leonhardt makes a wonderful mistake.} (19... Qh5 $1 20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21.
Ke2 Rh2 22. Rf1 Rxg2+ 23. Kd1 Rxg3 24. Rxh1 Rh3 {continues the attack.}) 20.
Ndxe4 $6 ({Best is} 20. gxh3 $5 Bxe3+ $1 {(Saemisch)} 21. Kf1 $1 Qxf4+ (21...
Bxf4 22. Ndxe4 $1) 22. Qxf4 Bxf4 23. hxg4 e3 24. Nf3 fxg4 25. Nd4 Rh8 26. Nce2
{favours White.}) 20... Rxg3 21. Nxg5 Rxe3 $1 22. Kf1 Rh8 23. g3 Rxg3 24. Ke1
Rh2 $2 ({Right is} 24... Re3+ $1 {(Gerbec)} 25. Kd1 $1 g3 26. Bxe3 Bxe3 27. Rf3
g2 28. Ke2 g1=Q 29. Rxg1 Bxg1 30. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Nc6 {
and an unclear position.}) 25. Rf1 Be3 26. Ne2 Rxe2+ $2 27. Kxe2 f4 28. Bxe3
Rxe3+ 29. Kd2 Re5 30. Rxf4 Ba4 31. Rf8+ {Leonhardt had reached the time
control of thirty moves in two hours, but he was lost. He played like Don
Quichotte and died of a heart attack during a game in 1934. We can understand
why.  Spielmann won the event with 11/13 and gained 1000 Mark. Bogoljubow
trailed by half-a-point and got 600 Mark.} 1-0

[Event "Duisburg"]
[Site "26th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wagner, Heinrich"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

{Germany was hit by another economical crisis. The ability to organise a chess
event can be regarded as positive, but the level suffered.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Qa5 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 a6 10.
Nf3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 $2 ({Better is} 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Qb4) 13.
dxe5 Qb4 14. f4 $2 {White misses a good chance.} (14. Nxb5 $1 Nd5 $1 15. e4
axb5 16. a3 Qa5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qg4 {brings White a positional plus.}) 14...
Qxb2 15. Rf2 Qxc3 16. Rc1 Qa3 17. exf6 g5 $1 18. f5 Rd8 19. fxe6 Rxd3 20. Rd2
c4 21. Bxg5 Bb4 22. Rxd3 Qxd3 23. Qh5 Qg6 24. Qg4 O-O 25. e7 Ra8 $2 ({Right is
} 25... h6 $1 26. exf8=Q+ Bxf8) 26. Qd7 $2 (26. Rd1 $1 Bxe7 $1 27. fxe7 Re8 28.
Rd6 Qb1+ 29. Rd1 Qg6 {leads to a perpetual.}) 26... Qxg5 27. Qd8+ Rxd8 28.
exd8=Q+ Bf8 29. Rc2 Qxe3+ 30. Rf2 Qe1+ {
Leonhardt became second before Saemisch.} 0-1

[Event "Duisburg"]
[Site "26th DSB Congress"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bluemich, Max"]
[Black "Ahues, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. cxd5 $5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Qb6 $5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Bb2 Bc5 10. Na3 Bf5 11. Nc2 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 O-O 13. a3 a5 14. Rad1
Rfe8 15. Rd3 Rac8 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Nxd4 $2 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 $1 {The congress
took place in the Staedtische Tonhalle of Duisburg in July 1929. Ahues became
the winner with 9/13. The banquet was visited by 550 persons. No tournament
book was made.} ({The pointe is} 18... Nxd4 19. Qxc8 Nxe2+ 20. Kh1 Nxf2#) 0-1

[Event "Swinemuende"]
[Site "27th DSB Congress playoff"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Roedl, Ludwig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

{The congress took place from in the Kurhaus from 31 v until 13 vi 1931.
Bogoljubow and Roedl shared the first place in the tournament. A playoff began.
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nc3 f5 $5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. cxd5 cxd5 $6
8. Nb5 $1 Qe7 $2 {Hereafter, Black has little chance.} ({Right is} 8... Bb8 $1
9. Bd2 Ne7 {(Browne-Young, San Francisco 1999).}) 9. Bd2 $1 Ngf6 10. Qb3 a5 11.
O-O O-O 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Bc3 $6 ({Better is} 14. Rc2 $1) 14... b6
15. Ne5 Ra7 16. Rc2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rfc1 Nxc3 $6 19. Qxc3 b5 20. Nxd7
Qxd7 21. Qc7 Rd8 $6 {Exchange is a lesser evil.} 22. Qe5 Qd6 23. Rc8 Qf8 24.
R8c7 Rdd6 25. h4 h6 26. Rb7 Rab6 $2 (26... Rdb6 $1 {prolongs the game.}) 27.
Rc8 $1 {Bogoljubow won three and drew four games. He became the winner of the
last DSB congress.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Oeynhausen"]
[Site "6th German championship"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich"]
[Black "Richter, Kurt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1939.??.09"]

{The Grossdeutschen Schachbund (GSD) was founded in 1931. When Hitler took
power in 1933, the DSB was dissolved. Bad Pyrmont 1933 counts as the first
German chess championship. The level sank deeply, when Otto Zander spoke
against the Jews. Emanuel Lasker and Jacques Mieses emigrated. Siegbert was
refused in the Tarrasch club.   When the Schachbund was founded in 1877, some
had wanted a broad federation with Austria. The wish came true by the
Anschluss in 1938. The Austrian Eliskases won the championships of 1938 and
1939. He stayed in Buenos Aires, when the Second World War began. The tragedy
for German chess was immense, when the great talent Klaus Junge fell in 1945. 
  } 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O h6 8.
Ne1 g5 $5 {Richter does not like a quiet game.} 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. b4
$5 {Eliskases has no patience either.} 11... Bh3 $5 (11... Bxd5 $5 12. cxd5
Nxb4 13. Nxb4 cxb4 {gives an alternative.}) 12. Nc7+ $5 Qxc7 13. Bxh3 cxb4 14.
Ne3 h5 15. Bg2 $1 h4 16. Nf5 $1 hxg3 $6 17. fxg3 $1 Ng4 18. h3 Qb6+ $2 {
Black lifts the protection of his king.} ({Right is} 18... Nh6 $1 {(Richter).})
19. d4 Nh6 20. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Bxg5+ Kd7 23. c5 $1 Qa6 24. Rf6
Qa3 25. Qb3 dxc5 26. dxc5 Qxb3 27. axb3 Ng8 28. Rd6+ Kc7 29. Rad1 Kb7 30. Rd7+
Ka6 31. Ra1+ Kb5 32. Be3 {The championship was played from 9 until 23 vii 1939.
Eliskases won with 11/15. It became his last German chess event. He stayed in
Argentina after the Chess Olympiad.} 1-0

[Event "Bromberg"]
[Site "8th German champ. playoff"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Junge, Klaus"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]

{Paul Schmidt and Klaus Junge shared the first place of a championship in Bad
Oeynhausen (3-17 vii 1941). The playoff occurred in Bromberg (21-24 x 1941).} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 $5 (9... gxf6 {was played in Euwe-Alekhine, Groningen 1937).})
10. e4 Bh7 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Qb3 a5 $5 ({Theory will become} 12... c5) 13. O-O
Nd7 $1 14. f4 $1 Rad8 15. Rad1 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Rf2 Bg6 {
The pawn centre has become a target.} 18. Na2 $2 (18. Rd3 $1 {
further activates a rook.}) 18... c5 $1 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Rdf1 Bxe4 $1 21. dxc5
Rd2 $1 22. Rxd2 Qxd2 23. Rf2 Qd4 24. Qxb4 $2 (24. Be2 {prolongs the game.})
24... Bd3 $1 25. Qxb7 (25. b3 Qa1+ {shows the pointe.}) 25... Bxc4 26. Qf3 Rb8
27. Kh1 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Qxb2 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ g6 31. Qe1 Bd5 32. Qf1 Kg7 33.
a5 Qxe5 {Paul Schmidt won the playoff. The great talent Junge fell in 1945.}
0-1

[Event "West Berlin"]
[Site "I. Int championship"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

{German chess revived quickly after the horrendous war was over. The first
closed championship was held in 1947. A new star became Wolfgang Unzicker. The
DSB was reestablished in 1950. Separate championships were organised in the
West and East until 1990. Thereafter, the efforts were combined.   A
remarkable initiative was taken by the DSB in the 1970's. Every second German
championship became an international tournament. The first was played from 17
ix until 5 x 1971.The events showed similarity to the master tournaments of
the past. However, the involvement of the Schachbund remained restricted to
one main event.   } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5
7. Be3 Qe7 8. d5 Nh5 9. Nd2 Nf4 10. Bf1 f5 11. g3 fxe4 12. Ndxe4 Bf5 13. Qd2
Bg4 $5 ({Heikki diverts from the more solid} 13... Nd7 {
(Donner-Penrose, Lugano 1968).}) 14. gxf4 $1 Bf3 15. fxe5 $1 (15. Rg1 {
can be played but Jan Hein wants action!}) 15... Bxh1 16. e6 {
Donner has a positional advantage.} 16... Nd7 $2 (16... Qh4 $1 17. Ng5 h6 18.
Nf7 Rxf7 19. exf7+ Kxf7 {shows courage.}) 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Ng3 Bf3 19. Qd3 h6 $6
({Slightly better is} 19... Bg4 20. h3 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qxe6+) 20. Bh4 g5 $6 21.
Nf5 $1 Qd8 22. Qxf3 gxh4 23. Be2 Re8 24. Qg2 Re7 25. O-O-O Kh8 26. Rg1 Qf8 27.
Nxh4 Kg8 28. Nf5 Kh8 29. Bd3 Ng8 30. Qg6 Be5 31. Ne2 Qf6 32. Nxe7 Qxe7 33. f4
Bf6 34. Ng3 Qg7 35. Nh5 Bxb2+ 36. Kb1 Qxg6 37. Rxg6 Bd4 38. f5 Rf8 39. f6 Rxf6
40. e7 Nxe7 41. Rxf6 {Donner became second by half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "West Berlin"]
[Site "I. Int championship"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 $5 {
Gligoric uncovered this move. White gives a pawn for restriction.} 10... cxb4
11. Nb5 a6 12. Qb3 bxa3 13. Nd6 Bc7 14. Bxa3 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Re8 16. Rfc1 Re6 $6
({My liking has} 16... Qb6 17. Qa3 Ne4) 17. Bf4 $5 h6 18. h3 Nf8 19. Bc7 Qe8
20. Ne5 g6 21. Be2 N8d7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bf4 g5 24. Be5 Qd8 25. Bf3 Ne4 26.
Bc7 Qd7 27. Be5 $6 ({White could strike with} 27. Bg4) 27... Qd8 28. Bxe4 dxe4
29. Rc7 Qe8 {The restriction cannot be lifted.} 30. Rac1 Rc6 31. R1xc6 bxc6 32.
Qc3 Be6 ({Not} 32... Bd7 $2 33. d5 $1 cxd5 34. Bh8 $1 {(Gligoric).}) 33. Rxc6
Rc8 34. d5 Rxc6 35. dxc6 Bc8 36. c7 {Andersson has a passive position.} 36...
Kh7 $2 (36... f5 $1 37. Qc5 Qd7 38. Bd4 Kf7 {fights for the last chance.}) 37.
Qd4 Qd7 ({No use has} 37... f5 38. Qd8 $1 {(Gligoric)}) 38. Qxe4+ Qf5 39. Qd5
Qd7 40. Qc5 Kg6 41. Bd4 g4 42. hxg4 Qxg4 43. Qd6+ Qe6 44. Qd8 f5 45. Qf8 a5 46.
f3 a4 47. Kh2 Kh5 48. e4 $1 fxe4 49. g4+ Kg5 50. Kg3 $1 {
Gligoric won the tournament with 10/15.} ({The pointe is} 50. Kg3 exf3 51. Qg7+
Qg6 52. Be3#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "II. Int. championship"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keene, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

{The event happened from 17 v until 2 vi 1973. A tournament book was published.
} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. h4
h5 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qe1 $5 ({Known is} 11. g4 $5) 11... b5 $1 12. e5
$1 Nd7 $2 ({Ok is} 12... b4 $1 13. Nb1 (13. exf6 $2 bxc3 14. fxg7 cxb2+ 15. Kc2
Bf5+) {and now} 13... Nd7) 13. g4 dxe5 14. gxh5 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4
Bxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd2 Qf6 (18... b4 19. Ne4 $1 {shows the pointe.}) 19. hxg6
fxg6 20. cxb5 Nf8 21. h5 Qxf3 22. Rf2 $5 {Spassky has fun at the cost of Keene.
} 22... Qg4 23. Ne4 {Boris met little resistance.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "II. Int. championship"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hecht, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
h3 d6 9. e5 Nd7 10. exd6 exd6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Rb1 Rb7 15.
Ne4 Nf7 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Ba5 Qd7 18. Bc3 Re6 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Ba5 Qf8 21. Bc3 d5
22. Ng3 Qd6 23. b3 Bh6 24. Rxe6 Bxe6 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. Re1 Bf8 27. Bb2 Bc8 28.
Qd2 Kg7 29. Ba3 Qd8 30. Qc3 Rb5 31. d4 Qa5 32. Qxa5 Rxa5 33. Bxc5 Bxc5 34. dxc5
Kf8 35. Nd4 Nd8 36. Nge2 Rxc5 37. Nf4 Ra5 38. a4 Bd7 39. f3 {
White has the initiative, because the black rook stands offside.} 39... c5 $2 (
{But} 39... Kf7 {prevents an inroad (Hecht).}) 40. Nde6+ $1 Nxe6 41. Nxe6+ Kg8
({The pointe is} 41... Kf7 $2 42. Nd8+ Kf8 43. Nb7 {(Hecht).}) 42. Nc7 $1 d4
43. Ne6 $1 c4 $6 (43... g5 $5 44. Kf2 h5 45. g4 h4 {
improves the black position, before an important decision is made.}) 44. Nxd4
Kf7 45. Kf2 h5 46. h4 Rd5 47. Ke3 g5 $5 48. g3 Re5+ 49. Kf2 cxb3 50. cxb3 Rxe1
$6 ({More resistance is offered by} 50... Rc5 $1 {(Hecht).}) 51. Kxe1 Ke7 52.
Kd2 Kd6 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. a5 a6 55. b4 Kd5 56. Kc3 gxh4 57. gxh4 Ke5 58. Kc4 $1
Kd6 59. b5 axb5+ 60. Nxb5+ Ke5 61. Kc5 Bc8 62. Kb6 Bh3 63. a6 Bg2 64. f4+ $1
Kxf4 65. Nd6 f5 66. Nb7 Kg3 67. a7 f4 68. a8=Q f3 69. Qb8+ {Boris met strong
resistance this time. Eventually Hecht, Andersson and Spassky won the
tournament.   The Dortmunder Schachtage followed immediately after the
championship. An event of ten masters was played from 3 until 9 vi. Heikki
Westerinen won before Andersson and Parma. An annual tradition had started.}
1-0

[Event "Mannheim"]
[Site "III. Int. championship"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

{Another championship was played from 15 until 30 iii 1975. A participant was
Ludek Pachman. As a result, the invitations to Eastern European countries were
refused. Only Yugoslavia remained neutral.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 d5 11.
e5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Be2 {A new move is played at last.} 13... Nb6 14. h4
Bd7 15. g4 Na5 16. b3 a6 $2 {Sosonko fails right after the opening.} 17. Nb1 $1
Nc6 18. g5 Qc5 $2 ({The sacrifice} 18... h5 {is needed.}) 19. gxh6 Qxd4 20.
Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bb5 ({Or} 21... gxh6 22. Rb4) 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. hxg7 Kxg7
24. Nc3 Rfc8 25. Kb2 Rc5 26. Rg1+ Kh7 27. Rb4 Rac8 28. Rg3 d4 29. Rxd4 Nd5 30.
Nxd5 Rxc2+ 31. Ka3 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rf2 33. Rg4 Rc7 34. Rxb5 Kh6 35. Rb6+ {
Walter Browne won with 11/15. Pachman followed by half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Site "IV. Int. championship"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

{The only international championship at grandmaster level was played fro 5
until 23 iii 1977. The Jubilee tournament celebrated the foundation of the DSB
in 1877. World champion Karpov was the main participant.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10.
f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Re8 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rb1
Nxd4 17. cxd4 Rec8 18. Bd2 Rc7 19. Ba5 b6 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. Rxb4 Bg4 22. Qe1 Bh5
23. Rb3 Qg4 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Qb4 Bg6 27. Qe7 a5 28. h3 Qe6 29. Qa3
h6 30. Rf2 Rc7 31. Kh2 Qc6 32. Bxg6 Qxg6 33. Qf3 Qe6 34. Qg3 Kf8 35. c3 Rc6 36.
Rf4 Rc4 37. Rg4 g5 38. Qd3 f5 39. exf6 Qxf6 40. Rg3 Kg7 41. Rf3 Qd6+ 42. Kg1 b5
43. h4 gxh4 44. Qf5 Qe7 45. Kh2 Rc6 46. Qxd5 Qd6+ $2 ({Right is} 46... Qc7+ {
(Timman).}) 47. Qxd6 Rxd6 {White plays a little move of incredible strength.}
48. a3 $3 Rc6 49. Kh3 Rc4 $5 (49... Rg6 50. Kh2 Rc6 {repeats a position.}) 50.
Kxh4 Kg6 $2 {Timman underestimates his chances.} ({The powerful} 50... b4 $1
51. axb4 axb4 52. Rg3+ Kh7 $1 53. cxb4 Rxd4+ 54. Rg4 Rd2 $1 55. Kg3 Rb2 {
brings the defending rook behind the passed pawn.}) 51. Kh3 Kg5 52. d5 Rc7 53.
d6 Rd7 54. Rd3 Kf5 55. Kh4 Ke4 56. Rd1 Ke5 57. Kh5 {
Karpov won the event with 12/15 and gained 10,000 Mark.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Site "IV. Int. championship"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. e5 $1 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be4 $1 (11. Nf3 f6 12. e6 Nb6 13. Bxc5 Bxe6
14. Qe2 {gives equal chances (Timman).}) 11... f6 {
A critical position of this opening has been reached.} 12. exf6 $2 ({
The forwards defence by} 12. e6 $1 Nb6 13. Bxc5 Nxc4 14. Qe2 Nd6 15. Bd5 {
gains a positional plus.}) 12... Nxf6 $1 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rc1 $2
({Better is} 15. Nf3 Rb8 16. Rd1 {
This position occurred in Graf-Lugovoi, Novgorod 1999.}) 15... e5 $1 {
Timman takes the initiative.} 16. Nge2 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nh5 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Rf1
Re8 20. Kf2 Bg4 21. Rce1 Re5 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. Bc1 Rf8+ 24. Kg1 Rfe8 25. Kf2 Rf5+
26. Kg1 Rfe5 27. Kf2 R5e6 {White suffers from a horrible pin.} 28. h3 Bxe2 29.
Nxe2 Bf6 30. Bd2 Bh4+ 31. g3 Rxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nxg3+ 34. Kf2 Nxf1+
35. Kxf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. b3 Be7 39. Bf4 g5 40. Bh2 h5 41. Bc7
Bf8 42. Bb8 Be7 43. Bc7 Bf8 44. Bd8 Bd6 45. Bb6 g4+ 46. hxg4+ hxg4+ 47. Ke3 Bh2
48. Kf2 Ke4 49. Bxc5 Be5 50. Ke2 g3 {
Timman became second with 10/15. It was an important step in his chess career.}
0-1

[Event "Muenchen"]
[Site "V. Int. championship"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

{The fifth international championship was played from ii until ii 1979. Karpov
and Adorjan had to leave the tournament for personal reasons.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Qf3 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6
10. f5 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. Bc4 d5 $2 13. exd5 Rxb2 {
Andersson plays a surprisingly hazardous opening.} 14. Kxb2 ({Even better is} 
14. d6 $1 {(Balashov).}) 14... Qa3+ ({Or} 14... Ba3+ 15. Kb1 Qxc3 16. Bc1 $1 {
(Balashov).}) 15. Kb1 Qxc3 16. Bb3 cxd5 17. Bg5 Qc7 $6 (17... Qb4 $5 18. Qg3 {
also favours White.}) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ba4+ Kf8 20. Qxd5 h5 21. Rhf1 Kg8 22.
Bb3 e4 23. Rf4 Kh7 24. Qxf7 Qxf7 25. Bxf7 Bb7 26. c3 Bg5 27. Rf2 e3 28. Re2 Rb8
29. Bb3 Ba6 30. Ree1 h4 31. Rd4 Bc8 32. Rb4 Bxf5+ 33. Bc2 Rf8 34. Re2 Kh6 35.
Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Kc2 Rf1 37. Rb7 a5 38. Rb5 a4 39. Rb4 a3 40. Rg4 Rf2 {
Ulf lost this game in an unfamiliar style.} 1-0

[Event "Muenchen"]
[Site "V. Int. championship"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bd3
e5 9. d5 Na5 $5 {Spassky trails the leader Huebner by one point before the
last round has begun. Now Boris can play for a win.} 10. Qe2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c6
$2 ({Theory is} 11... d6 {(Krueger-Iskov, Dortmund 1978).}) 12. Nf5 Ne8 13. f4
Qc7 $6 (13... d6 {is better again (Huebner).}) 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O $1 f6 ({
The pointe is} 15... Qxc3 16. Bb2 Qb4 {(Huebner)} 17. a3 Qb3 18. Nh6+ $1) 16.
Bf4 Qxc3 17. Rac1 Qa3 18. d6 Nb7 19. Ne7+ $6 (19. Rf3 $1 {
also wins, but Boris chooses the combinatory solution.}) 19... Kh8 20. e5 fxe5
21. Bxe5 Nf6 22. Bxh7 $1 {A Spassky sacrifice ruptures the hostile defence.}
22... Nxd6 ({A pointe is} 22... Nxh7 23. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ {
(Huebner).}) 23. Qf2 $2 (23. Bd3 $1 {wins the game easily.}) 23... Ng4 (23...
Nxh7 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Ne7+ {ends the game with perpetual check.}) 24. Qd4 Qe3+
$2 ({Huebner misses the escape} 24... Nxe5 $1 25. Qxe5 Nf7 $1 26. Qe4 Qc5+ 27.
Kh1 Ng5 28. Qh4 Nxh7 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ {and the familiar repetition occurs.
}) 25. Qxe3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nxe3 27. Rf3 $1 Nc8 28. Bg6 (28. Bg6 Nxe7 29. Bf7 {
leads to mate in two.  Spassky, Andersson, Balashov and Huebner had scored 8 1/
2 out of 13 at the end. Boris was regarded to be the champion.}) 1-0

[Event "Bochum"]
[Site "VI. Int. championship"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Schussler, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

{The tournament happened from iii until iv 1981.} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb4
4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Qb3 a5 7. e3 Nc6 $5 ({Theory is} 7... Ne4 $5 {
(Korchnoi-Huebner, Merano 1980).}) 8. a3 $5 a4 $5 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11.
Bd3 d6 12. Bg3 Re8 13. Nd2 e5 $5 ({An alternative gives} 13... Ne7 14. f3 b5 $1
) 14. d5 Ne7 15. f3 Nd7 16. Qc2 Kh8 $6 ({The immediate} 16... h6 {saves time.})
17. Ne4 h6 18. Bh4 Rf8 19. g4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. f4 $5 exf4 22. exf4 c6 $1 {
If White exchanges, his pawn structure will be poor for a potential endgame.
He chooses for a hazardous offence.} 23. O-O-O $1 cxd5 24. Rhe1 $1 f6 25. g5 $1
Ng8 26. Qe2 $5 dxc4 27. Bb1 $5 c3 $5 {Both sides play cutthroat moves.} 28.
gxh6 Nxh6 29. Qc2 $5 cxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Qb6+ 31. Ka1 f5 $1 32. Be7 $1 {
When Black stopped the mate threat by the battery, an inroad became possible.}
32... Be4 $2 ({Right is} 32... Rf7 $1 33. Rxd6 Qa5 34. Qd2 Qxd2 35. Rxd2 Re8
36. Rde2) 33. Qc3 d5 34. Bxe4 dxe4 ({Or} 34... fxe4 35. Bxf8 Rxf8 36. Rxd5 Rxf4
37. Rxc5) 35. Rd6 Qb3 36. Rxh6+ Kg8 37. Qxb3+ axb3 38. Bxf8 gxh6 39. Bxc5 Rc8
40. Rc1 {Kavalek had won an adventurous game. Eventually, he became the winner
with 12/15. Hort followed at 1 1/2 points.} 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "VII. Int. championship"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

{The championship was played in August 1983. Karpov started with a loss
against Hartmann. Thereafter he recuperated.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11.
Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qg3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Bg5 Bd6 15. Qh4 $5 ({Already known is} 
15. Qh3 $6 {(Shternberg-Voronov, Burevestnik Yurmala 1976).}) ({
My preference has} 15. Qd3 $1 c5 16. Bh4) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6
18. Re4 $2 ({Right is} 18. Rad1 $1 {(Karpov)} 18... c5 $1 19. b4 $1) 18... c5
19. Rh4 Kg7 20. Ne4 $5 Be7 21. Ng3 f5 22. Rh3 Bd6 {
Karpov has an extra pawn and gains other benefits.} 23. f4 $2 (23. Ne2 {
strives to exchange the dominant knight.}) 23... b5 $1 24. Bd3 c4 $1 {
Black gives the extra pawn for positional advantage.} ({No good is} 24... Kg6
$2 {due to} 25. Nxf5 $1 Nxf5 26. g4) 25. Bxf5 Rfe8 26. Be4 Rad8 27. Rf1 b4 28.
Kh1 c3 $1 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Nf5+ Nxf5 31. Bxf5 Bb4 $1 32. a3 Ba5 33. g4 Re2 $1
34. g5 h5 35. Rxh5 c2 36. Bxc2 Rxc2 37. f5 Bc7 38. g6 f6 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Re1
a5 0-1

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "VII. Int. championship"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 $1 ({Giorgadze improves on} 
12... Na7 {(Sajtar-Gadalinski, 1938).}) 13. Ne4 Nf5 (13... Ng6 $6 14. d6 cxd6
15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6 {
brings White a better endgame (Groszpeter-Boensch, Sochi 1984).}) 14. Be2 Nd6
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. O-O $1 (16. Rxc7 e4 17. Nd4 Qg5 18. g3 Bh3 {
gives Black ample counter-play (Hillarp Persson - Olaffsson, Reykjavik 1998).})
16... e4 17. Nd4 {
Karpov trails Giorgadze by half-a-point in the penultimate round.} 17... Re8 $2
{This move helps Tolya.} ({Right is} 17... Qg5 $1 18. Rfd1 Bh3 19. Bf1 Bg4 20.
Be2 {drawn (Roeder-Rizouk, Tunis 2000).}) 18. Rxc7 $1 Qg5 19. Rfc1 Bh3 20. Bf1
Bg4 21. Qb4 Rad8 22. Qb6 h5 ({Not} 22... Qxd5 $2 23. R7c5 Nc8 24. Qb4) 23. a4
h4 24. R7c5 Qf6 25. b4 Re5 26. h3 Bc8 27. b5 axb5 28. Nxb5 Kh7 29. Nd4 Rde8 30.
R1c2 Rg5 31. Ne6 $2 (31. Nb5 $1 {keeps the advantage.}) 31... Bxe6 32. dxe6
Rxe6 33. Rxg5 Qxg5 34. Qb4 g6 35. Be2 Qe7 36. Bg4 Nf5 37. Qb5 Nd6 38. Qb6 Nf5
39. Qb5 Nd6 40. Qd5 Re5 41. Qd4 Ne8 42. Qb2 f5 $6 ({More solid is} 42... Nd6)
43. Be2 Ng7 44. Rc8 Qd7 $2 (44... Rd5 45. Rb8 Rd7 {protects the pawns.}) 45.
Qxe5 Qxc8 46. Qe7 Qc1+ 47. Bf1 Qa1 48. Qxh4+ Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qd7 Qb1 51.
g3 b6 52. Kg2 Qb4 53. Bb5 Qc5 54. Bc6 Kh8 55. Qd8+ Kh7 56. Bd5 {Tolya has the
needed win. Both players drew in the last round.  Karpov won the championship
with 11/15.  The DSB had planted seven seeds. It became a full-grown tree in
Dortmund. The Schachtage were an annual event with many groups in the 1980's.
A super tournament crowns the occasion since 1992.   A standard formula exits
for annual super tournaments. Top ten players and other stars participate in
the main group of Dortmund, Linares and Wijk aan Zee. Many chess professionals
and amateurs participate in lesser groups. Hundreds of enthusiasts watch the
explication. Results appear in the media, especially internet. So everybody
gets something. Compared to the German chess congresses, the problem
tournament and solving competition have disappeared. Only Wijk aan Zee has a
collective dinner, the traditional pea soup.   } 1-0

