[Event "Wien"]
[Site "Casual game"]
[Date "1897.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Landesmann, E."]
[Black "Trebitsch, Leopold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

{Leopold Trebitsch (1842-1906) was an Austrian industrialist, a silk producer.
Chess was his hobby and he became a Maecenas of the Wiener Schachgesellschaft.
He donated the large sum of 100,000 Krone to his club for a series of
tournaments. Nine events were played from 1907 until 1918. Eleven events
followed from 1926 until 1938. He died a short time before the first
tournament began. Later it was called the first Leopold Trebitsch Memorial.
One game by him remained known.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5.
Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. h3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 Ng6 10. c3 Be6 11. Bb3 Qd7 12.
Ng3 Bxh3 $2 13. gxh3 Qxh3 14. Nf5 (14. Ng5 $1 {refutes the attack.}) 14... Ng4
15. Qe2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. d4 Rae8 18. Rfe1 c6 19. Nxd6 Re5 $5 20. Nxf7 $2
Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxe5+ $2 Nxe5 23. dxe5 f3 $1 24. Qf1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Bxf2
26. Qxf2 Qxf2 27. Rg1 Qh4# {The game had a spectacular finish.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Perlis, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

{1.TREBITSCH  The tournament took place in Wien from 10 til 26 January 1907,
though Trebitsch had died in the past month. Participants lived in 
Austria-Hungary and Germany.   } 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nf6 5.
Nxc3 Bb4 $5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Ng5 $5 Nc6 8. O-O h6 $5 9. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+
Kxf7 11. Qb3+ Kf8 12. e5 $1 {
White has compensation for the sacrificed material.} 12... Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nh7
14. Be3 d5 15. Rad1 $5 {Mieses avoids exchanges.} 15... Kg8 16. f4 Bf5 17. Qb3
Be4 $5 (17... Na5 $1 18. Qxd5+ Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Nc4 20. Bf2 Nf8 {is alright.}) 18.
Qxb7 Ne7 19. Bxa7 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Nxc8 21. Bd4 Rxa2 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nf8 24.
g4 Ne6 25. Ra8 Nxd4 26. Rxc8+ {The attack continues in the endgame.} 26... Kh7
$2 (26... Kf7 $1 27. Rxc7+ Ke8 $5 28. f5 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Nxe5 30. Rxg7 d4 {
survives.}) 27. Kf2 $1 h5 28. h3 hxg4 29. hxg4 c6 30. f5 Nb5 31. e6 $1 d4 32.
e7 Nd6 33. Rd8 {
Mieses had started the best tournament of his life with a successful assault.}
1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Ne5 $5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4
Bc7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. e4 e5 $6 (17... Bb6+ $1 18. Kh1 Rfd8 {
equalises.}) 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 $2 ({
The prudent Schlechter and Maroczy often drew.} 19... Rae8 $1 {(Marco)} 20.
fxe5 Bxe5 {might have led to the usual result. Now pawn f7 lacks protection.})
20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxh7+ $1 {Schlechter strikes decisively.} 21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+
Kg8 23. Bxe5 f6 ({The pointe is} 23... Qxe5 24. Qxf7+) 24. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Rd3
Qh7 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qf3 (27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rf4 $1 {delivers mate.}) 27... Qf7
28. Qg4 {Schlechter got the second beauty prize for this game (100 Kronen from
Rothschild).} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Perlis, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Kh8 13. Nf1 Ng8 {
This passive manoeuvre was played in Duras - Chigorin, Nuernberg 1906.} 14. Ng3
$5 ({Duras continued by} 14. Ne3) 14... g6 $2 {
Black should play on the other flank.} 15. b3 Bf6 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Qd2 f5 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nh5 Rd8 ({The point is} 20... f4 $2 21. Bxc5 $1
Qxc5 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. b4) 21. Qc1 f4 22. Bd2 Bb7 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne4 Bf8 25.
Bxf4 $5 {A phenomenon occurs: Maroczy makes a speculative sacrifice.} 25...
exf4 26. Nxf4 Bd6 $2 {Perlis defends poorly.} (26... Qf7 $1 27. Ng3 Ne7 28. Ne6
Rd6 {resists stubbornly.}) 27. Ne6 Qf7 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Qe3 Qg7
31. f3 Bc8 32. Qe5 Rf6 33. Kh2 c4 34. Rad1 Be6 35. b4 Nc6 36. Qg3 Qf8 $6 37.
Rd6 Bf5 38. Rxf6 Qxf6 39. Bxf5 Qxf5 40. Qd6 Nce7 41. Qxa6 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qd2 43.
Re4 Qxc3 44. Qxb5 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 c3 46. Qe5+ Kh7 47. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bd6 $5 9. Rb1 Ne7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qb3 Bc6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4+
Bc6 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. e4 b6 18. e5 Be7 19. Qb3 $2 {
White loses time. Black starts an attack on the queenside.} 19... Rac8 $1 20.
Bf4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Na5 22. Qa2 Qc4 23. Rb2 Qxa2 24. Rxa2 Rc4 25. Rd1 Rfc8 26.
Kf1 Rc2 $6 (26... Ra4 $1 {aims at pawn a3.}) 27. Rd2 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Rc4 29. Ke2
Ra4 30. Rc2 $1 Nc4 31. Nd2 $1 Nxa3 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Bg5 f6 $1 34. d5 $4 (34.
exf6 Nb5 35. Be3 Kf7 36. fxg7 Bxg7 37. Nf3 {suffices for a draw.}) 34... fxg5
$1 35. dxe6 Ra5 $1 36. Nf3 Rc5 $1 37. Rd8 Rc7 38. Rd7 Rxd7 39. exd7 Be7 40. Nd4
Kf7 41. Kd3 a5 42. Ke4 a4 43. Kd5 Nb1 44. Nf5 Nc3+ 45. Kc6 Bd8 46. Kb7 a3 47.
Kc8 a2 48. Kxd8 a1=Q 49. Kc7 Qa7+ 50. Kc6 Qa8+ 51. Kc7 Nb5+ 52. Kxb6 Qd8+ 53.
Kc6 Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 O-O $5 ({Known is
} 6... Ne7 {(Tarrasch - Pillsbury, Wien 1898).}) 7. O-O d5 8. Nc3 d4 9. Bxc6
bxc6 10. exd4 exd4 11. Ne2 Ng4 $5 12. Qd2 Qd6 $2 {Wolf hopes for an attack.} ({
Solid is} 12... c5) 13. h3 $1 Ne3 14. Rf2 c5 15. c3 $1 {D4 falls.} 15... f5 16.
cxd4 fxe4 ({Or} 16... cxd4 17. Nfxd4 f4 18. Rc1) 17. Qxe3 exf3 18. dxc5 $1 Qc6
19. Rxf3 Bb7 20. Rg3 Rae8 21. Qd4 Qh6 22. Nc3 Rd8 23. Qb4 Bc6 24. Ne4 Rf4 25.
Re1 Rdf8 26. Kh2 Qh4 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Ng5 $5 R4f5 ({No hope brings} 28... Bxg2
29. Nf7+ $1 Kg8 30. Kxg2 R4xf7 31. Rf1) 29. Ne6 Rg8 30. Qc3 Rf6 31. Ng5 Rgf8
32. Rg4 Rf2 33. Ne4 Qh6 34. Nxf2 Rxf2 35. Re6 Rf6 36. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 37. Qd4 Qf6
38. Rf4 Qe7 39. Qd7 $1 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berger, Johann"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. a3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 {
Schlechter refuses the offer of a draw. The old master becomes angry.} 11. Be2
Re8 12. O-O Ne5 $2 {Schlechter blunders a pawn.} ({Correct is} 12... Bc7 {
(Chekhov - Gavrikov, Vilnius 1978).}) 13. Nxd5 Nfg4 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5
16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. Nf4 Be4 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Rc3 a5 22.
bxa5 Ra4 23. g3 Nxa5 24. Rb1 Rc4 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 {
Black gets drawing chances, if the last pawns on the queenside are exchanged.}
26. a4 $1 Nd6 27. Ne2 Kf8 28. Nd4 Ke7 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. Nb5 Nxb5 $5 31. Rxb5 Rc7
32. Kf3 Kd6 33. a5 Re7 {The desirable exchange cannot be made.} 34. Rg5 f6 35.
Rh5 g6 36. Rb5 Rc7 37. g4 Ke6 38. h4 f5 39. gxf5+ gxf5 40. Kf4 Rc4+ 41. Kg5 $1
Rg4+ 42. Kh5 Rg2 43. f4 Rg3 ({Or} 43... Rg7 44. Kh6 Rc7 45. Rb6+ Kd5 46. Kg5
Ke4 47. Re6+ Kf3 48. Kxf5) 44. Rxb7 Rxe3 45. a6 $1 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 $5 {
The position has become close to the modern Caro-Kann.} 3... dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Nh4 e6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {
The position has become close to the modern Caro-Kann.} 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Qd2 Nd5
13. Ne4 $6 ({Better is} 13. O-O-O Nxf4 14. Qxf4) 13... Qh4 $1 {
Duras assaults the vulnerable pieces.} 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Rd8 $5 16. Bg3 $6
(16. Be5 $1 Qe4+ 17. Kf1 $1 {brings counter- play.}) 16... Qe4+ 17. Kf1 Nb6 18.
c3 c5 19. Rd1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rc8 21. Qe2 Qf5 22. Be5 O-O 23. g4 $5 Qc2 24. Rd2
$2 {White gives a pawn.} (24. h4 {aims at a difficult endgame.}) 24... Qb1+ 25.
Kg2 Qxa2 26. h4 Qd5+ 27. f3 Nc4 28. Rd3 Qb5 29. Rd2 Qa4 30. b3 $5 Qxb3 31. Rd3
Qb5 32. h5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 gxh5 34. Qe3 $5 (34. Rxh5 Rc3 $1 {leads to exchanges.}
) 34... Rc2+ 35. Kg3 Qb2 36. Rxh5 Rg2+ 37. Kf4 f6 38. Qc5 fxe5+ {
Duras was catching up on Mieses.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 $5
O-O-O 8. Nd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qf5 10. Nb3 e6 11. a3 Bd6 12. O-O-O Nd5 {
Black has the initiative.} 13. Na4 $5 e5 $1 14. dxe5 Bxe5 (14... Nxe3 $1 15.
Qxe3 Bxe5 {gains a small advantage.}) 15. Nac5 Nb6 16. a4 a5 17. g4 $1 ({Not} 
17. Nxb7 $2 Kxb7 18. Nc5+ Kb8 19. Qa6 Qc8 $1) 17... Qf6 $1 18. c3 Rhe8 $2 (
18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {prevents the next combination.}) 19.
Nxb7 $1 {Duras plays a spectacular move.} 19... Rxd1+ ({The pointe is} 19...
Kxb7 20. Nc5+ Kb8 21. Qa6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qb7#) 20. Rxd1
Bxc3 21. N7c5 Nb4 22. g5 $1 Qe5 23. Nxa5 $1 h5 24. bxc3 Qxc3+ 25. Kb1 Qxc5 26.
Rd8+ $3 {Duras was awarded the first beauty prize (150 Kronen). Le Lionnais
called this game Jiu Jitsu.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 $5 5. Bc4 c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Ne2 dxc3
8. Qb3 Na5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qxc3 Rc8 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qg3 Bb4+ 13. Nbc3 O-O
14. O-O Rc6 $2 ({Correct is} 14... Re8) 15. Rd1 Nc4 16. Qh3 Ncb6 $6 17. Be3
Bxc3 18. bxc3 $5 Qe7 19. Nd4 Rg6 $6 (19... Rxc3 $2 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. f3 Rc2 22.
Bd4 {wins for White.}) ({Preferable is} 19... Rd6 20. Nf5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qe4
22. Bh6 $1 Re8 23. Rf1 Re5) 20. Nf5 Qa3 21. Bd4 Nd5 22. Bxg7 Nf4 23. Qf3 Nxg2
24. Bxf8 $2 {Black has a strong intermediate move.} ({Alright is} 24. Kh1 $1)
24... Qxf8 $2 (24... Ne1+ 25. Qg3 Rxg3+ 26. hxg3 Nxf8 {
takes advantage of the blunder.}) 25. Kh1 Ne5 26. Qe4 Ng4 27. Qxg2 b5 28. Rg1
Ne3 29. Qe4 Nxf5 30. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. cxd4 Nxd5 6. Bc4 Be6 $5 ({
Wolf played} 6... c6 {in the previous round.}) 7. Ne2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7
10. f4 $2 f5 $1 {Black has gained a positional advantage.} 11. Ng3 c6 12. Re1
Rf6 13. Nc3 N7b6 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Qf3 a5 16. Rxe6 $6 (16. Bd2 $5 {
proceeds the development.}) 16... Rxe6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Qf6
20. Nxf5 Rd8 21. Qxa5 {Mieses has captured three pawns for the exchange, but
he lacks in development, and Spielmann can kick off a strong counteraction.}
21... g6 $1 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Qc3 Rc8 $1 24. Qd2 Qh4 25. g3 Qxh6 26. d5 Re4 27.
b3 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Rce8 29. Bb2+ Kg8 30. d6 Qh5 31. Qc3 Re1+ $1 ({The pointe is} 
31... Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qf3#) 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Perlis, Julius"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. c5 $5 Bxf4 8.
exf4 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 $1 10. b4 a5 $1 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qc1 Ba6 13. Ne5 $5 Bxd3 14.
Nxd3 Nd7 {Tartakower counters excellently.} 15. O-O Qf6 $6 {
Now, Saviely shows too much ambition.} (15... axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Qa8 {
levels.}) 16. Ne2 $1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 {
Suddenly Perlis attacks on the queenside.} 18... Rb8 $2 (18... Nd2 $1 19. Re1
Nc4 {brings adequate support.}) 19. b5 $1 Qd8 $6 (19... bxc5 $1 20. Qa7 Rd8 21.
bxc6 c4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Qf8 {defends firmly.}) 20. bxc6 $1 Ndf6 21. Qa7
Ne8 22. Ne5 h6 23. Qf7+ Kh7 24. Qg6+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Kh7 26. Qxf5+ Kg8 27. Qf7+
Kh7 28. Nd7 {
Tartakower played his first international tournament with a mixed success.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c6 $5 ({Vidmar had played} 11... Rd8 {
in their previous game (Nuernberg 1906).}) 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. h3 Re8 14. Ng5 Nxg5
15. Bxg5 Nd7 16. Qf3 f6 17. Bd2 Nf8 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. f4 Ng6 20. f5 Ne7 21. dxe5
dxe5 22. Qh4 Ng8 23. Kh1 b6 24. Rg1 Bb7 25. Rae1 Rad8 26. Bc1 Qf7 27. a3 Re7
28. Be2 $2 (28. g4 $1 {moves a bayonet forwards.}) 28... c5 29. Bh5 Qc4 30. Bg6
h6 $1 {
The white attack has no strength on the kingside. Black will invade elsewhere.}
31. Re3 Red7 32. Bh5 Qa4 33. Re2 Rd1 34. Rge1 Ba6 35. Re3 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Qxc2
37. Kh2 Rd3 38. Rxd3 Bxd3 39. Bf3 Ne7 40. Bd2 Qa4 41. Bxh6 $1 Nxf5 $1 42. Bc1 (
{Or} 42. exf5 gxh6 43. Qd2 Qf4+) 42... Nd6 43. Qh4+ Kg8 44. Bg4 (44. Qg4 $1 Qe8
$1 45. Bh6 Qf7 {defends well.}) 44... Qxe4 45. Be6+ Nf7 46. Qh5 Qg6 47. Qf3 Be4
48. Qe2 f5 49. Bb3 f4 50. Kh1 Kf8 51. Bxf7 Kxf7 52. Bb2 Qf5 53. Kg1 f3 54. Qf2
Qg6 55. g3 Bc6 56. Kh2 Qe4 57. Bc1 Qe2 58. Qxe2 fxe2 59. Bd2 e4 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "1.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

{Mieses was leading by half-a-point on Duras. 
} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3
Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Ng5 Bxe2 $5 (8... Rxd4 9.
Qe1 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e5 $5 {occurred in Suechting - Loman, Stockholm 1906.}) 9.
Nxe2 Ng4 $2 ({Correct is} 9... Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nxf7 Rxd4 12. Qe2 Rg8) 10.
Qd3 $2 ({Carl Schlechter misses} 10. Bd2 $1 Qd5 11. Nc3 Qf5 12. Nxf7 $1 Qh5 13.
h3 $1 Qxf7 14. Qxg4+ {and he has gained a pawn.}) 10... Nh6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Be3
e6 13. c4 $5 {He wants to win.} 13... Ne5 $5 14. Qc2 Neg4 15. c5 Qc6 16. Bd2 e5
$1 17. Nf3 $5 {Schlechter gives a pawn.} 17... exd4 18. Nexd4 Qxc5 19. Qa4 $1
Bd6 20. h3 Nh2 $5 21. Rfc1 $1 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Qb6 23. Be3 Qa6 24. Qc2 $6 (24.
Qxa6 bxa6 25. Bxa7 {brings chances in the endgame.}) 24... Rhe8 25. Nd4 $5 Qa5
26. b4 $5 Qe5 $1 {Mieses choses for a counteraction.} 27. Nf3 Qe4 28. Qa4 a6
29. Ba7 $2 Nf5 30. Re1 Qxb4 31. Qxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kd7 {Mieses had won the
first prize of 1000 Krone. The final scores became: Mieses 10, Duras 9,
Maroczy, Tartakower and Vidmar 81/2, Schlechter 71/2, Berger and Perlis 61/2,
Martinolich, Spielmann and H. Wolf 6, Albin and Loewy 3, Prokes 2.} (32... Kd7
33. Rae1 b6 {imprisons a bishop.}) 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "2.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krejcik, Joseph"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

{2.TREBITSCH  The remarkable feature of the second tournament was the first
win by Reti in an international event. They played in Wien from December 1909
until January 1910.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nge2 Be7 6.
O-O O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Re8 10. b3 Bf8 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. f4 c6
13. Ba3 Qc7 {Both players have taken a solid position.} 14. Rad1 Rd8 $5 ({
More durable is} 14... Bg4 15. Rd2 Rad8) 15. e5 $1 Ne8 $1 {
The black position is less pregnable than it seems.} 16. f5 $2 (16. exd6 $1
Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 {equalises.}) (16. Ne4 Bg4 17. exd6 Bxd1 {(Golombek)} 18.
Rxd1 {brings an unclear game.}) 16... Bxf5 $1 17. Rxf5 dxe5 18. Qa4 b5 $1 19.
Qa6 Bxa3 $1 20. Qxc6 $2 (20. Qxa3 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 b4 {favours Black (Golombek).})
20... Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rd8 22. Nc3 Bc5+ 23. Kf1 b4 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Bd5 Nf6 26.
Bc4 a6 $1 27. Qxa6 Qd7 $1 28. Bd3 e4 29. Rxc5 exd3 30. Nd6 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 Qe6+
0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "2.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Meitner, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd4 c5 $5 ({Okay is} 10... Bc5 {
(Burn - Harmonist, Breslau 1889).}) 11. Nf5 $1 d6 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nxd6 cxd6
14. Qf3 $1 {Reti aims his queen on the weak knight.} 14... Rb8 $5 15. Bf4 Be6 (
{More activity brings} 15... Bf5 $1) 16. Rad1 Qb6 $2 (16... Qf6 $1 {
supports the defence.}) 17. Qg3 $1 Kh8 (17... Qxb2 $5 18. Bh6 Bg4 $1 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Qxg4+ Kh8 21. Qf3 $1 {leads to a strong white attack.}) 18. Ne4 $1
Rbd8 19. Nxd6 {White has won a pawn.} 19... Rd7 20. Ne4 Rfd8 $5 (20... Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 {(Golombek)} 21... Bf5 {prolongs the resistance.}) 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Be5
$1 f6 {White pulverizes the defence line.} 23. Nxf6 $1 Qd8 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25.
Re1 {Final scores were: Reti 12/14, Tartakower 101/2, Perlis 10, Loewy 8,
Krejcik 61/2, Meitner and Schenkein 31/2, Strobl 2.   Schlechter played the
world championship against Lasker.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "3.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Perlis, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]

{3.TREBITSCH  The third event happened in Wien from 8 December 1910 until 14
January 1911. It became a competition between vice-wold champion Schlechter
and coming man Spielmann. Perlis, Tartakower and Reti were their best
opponents. Eight players carried out double rounds.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10.
Nc3 Nf6 $5 ({Preferable is} 10... Nxc3 $1 11. bxc3 Be6 {
(Leonhardt - Koehnlein, Hamburg 1910).}) 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qe5+ Be6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5
14. Rd1 Qf6 15. Qe4 Be7 $2 ({Correct is} 15... Qg6 $1 {(Schlechter)} 16. Qxg6
hxg6 17. Nxd5 Bd6) 16. Rxd5 $2 (16. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 O-O {(Goldman)} 18.
axb5 $1 axb5 $2 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rh5 $1 {wins for White.}) 16... O-O 17. axb5
Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Rae8 19. Nxf6+ $2 (19. bxa6 Qe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22.
Be3 Rc7 23. Ra5 {wins.}) 19... Bxf6 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Kf1 axb5 22. Ra5 Rb8 23.
Bf4 Bd8 24. Ra7 Rc8 $1 25. Rb7 b4 26. b3 Kf8 27. Ke2 Be7 28. Ke3 Ke8 $2 (28...
f5 {stops the entry by the white king.}) 29. Ke4 $1 c4 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Bxb8
cxb3 32. cxb3 Kd7 33. Kd5 g6 34. Be5 h5 35. h3 Bf8 36. Bd4 Bh6 37. Bc5 Bd2 38.
f3 g5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 f6 41. Kc4 Ke6 42. Bxb4 Bf4 43. Bc3 f5 44. Kc5 fxg4
45. fxg4 Bd6+ 46. Kc6 Be7 47. Bd4 Bb4 48. Be3 Be7 49. Bc5 Bf6 50. b4 Ke5 51. b5
Ke4 52. b6 Be5 53. Bd6 Bd4 54. b7 Ba7 55. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "3.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. Nxd4 f6 $6 {Normally the knights are exchanged.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4
fxe5 12. Bxe5 Rb8 13. Qe2 Nf6 $6 ({More useful is} 13... Bf6 $1) 14. Nd2 $1 {
The black queen's bishop suffers from restriction.} 14... Bb4 $6 ({
The crucial variation} 14... d6 $5 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bb3+ d5 17. Qxe7 cxd4 18. Qe5
Bb7 19. Qxd4 Qd6 {gives counteraction for a pawn.}) 15. c3 $1 Ba5 $5 16. Nc4
Bb6 17. Nxb6 Rxb6 18. Bd4 Rb8 19. b4 Bb7 20. Bc2 Qe8 21. Qd3 Qf7 22. Re3 c5 23.
Bxf6 gxf6 24. bxc5 Bd5 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Rh3 h5 27. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "3.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Qc7 $6 ({The standard move} 4... Be7 {
occurred in Hanham - Delmar, New York 1889.}) 5. f4 $5 d5 $6 (5... d6 6. Nf3
Be7 {proceeds solidly.}) 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Kd8 $2 ({The last chance brings} 
7... Nc6 8. fxe5 Bg4 9. Nf3 Nd7) 8. fxe5 $1 Bg4 9. Nf3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qa5+ 11.
Nc3 Bb4 12. exf6 $1 gxf6 {Tartakower has no strong counteraction.} ({
The pointe is} 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 $1 Qxc3+ 14. Kf2 Qxa1 15. Qe7+ Kc8 16. Qc5+
Nc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6+ Kb8 19. Bf4+ {and mate.}) 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nxd5 Bxd2+
15. Qxd2 Qxb5 16. c4 Re8+ 17. Kd1 Qa4+ 18. b3 Qa3 19. Qf4 Re7 20. Qxf6 Nc6 21.
Re1 Rc8 22. Qh8+ Kd7 23. Rxe7+ Nxe7 24. Nb6+ Kc7 25. Nxc8 Nxc8 26. Qe5+ Kb6 27.
d4 Qb2 28. Qc5# 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "3.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 {
Black got an advantage, after White has lost tempi.} 12... Bxg3 $5 (12... Qc7 {
happened in Von Minckwitz - Weiss, Graz 1880.}) 13. fxg3 Qb6 14. Kh2 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. b3 f5 17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. Bf4 Raf8 {White has to stop the offensive.
} 19. Ne5 $2 (19. Nh4 $1 R5f7 20. Nf3 $1 {prevents .. g5.}) 19... Nxe5 20. Bxe5
Rf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 22. Kg1 Rf5 23. Bf4 g5 $1 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Be1 Qf7 26. Qe2
h5 27. Kg2 Qg6 28. c4 g4 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Rc1 Rf8 31. Rc7 Qf5 (31... gxh3+ 32.
Kxh3 Ng5+ 33. Kg2 Qf5 {also attacks.}) 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Rxb7 $5 Qh5 34. Kg1
Ng5 35. Qe7 Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Ke3 Qg1+ 38. Kd3 Qxd4+ 39. Kc2 ({Or} 39. Ke2
Ng1#) 39... Nxe1+ 40. Kb1 Qd3+ 41. Kb2 Qd2+ 42. Ka3 Qa5+ 43. Kb2 Rf2+ {
The final standings became:   Schlechter and Spielmann 10/14, Perlis 8,
Tartakower 71/2, Reti 51/2, S.R. Wolf and Schenkein 31/2, Krejcik 1 (withdrawn)
.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "4.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Albin, Adolf"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

{The fourth event occurred from December 1911 until January 1912. Six men
fought double rounds in the Wiener Schachklub.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3
Nc6 4. Bc4 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 {This opening is known
from Staunton - Von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Brussels 1853.} 8... Qe7 $5 {
Schlechter plays similar to the Metger Variation of the Four Knights.} 9. Bb3
Kh8 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bh4 Rg8 12. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 13. Ne1 g5 14. f3 Ne7 {
Albin makes passive moves, while the black position slowly improves.} 15. g3 $5
Bd7 16. Ng2 Rg7 17. Ne3 Qg6 18. g4 Rh7 19. d4 f6 20. Rf2 Qe8 21. Rg2 Ng6 22.
Nd5 Qd8 23. Rf1 Bc6 24. Ne3 Nf4 25. Rg3 h5 $1 26. gxh5 Nxh5 27. Rh3 Bd7 28. Nf5
$2 ({Preferable is} 28. Ng4) 28... Bxf5 29. exf5 Nf4 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Be6 Qe7
32. d5 Kg7 33. Kh1 Rh8 34. Rg1 Qe8 35. Rb1 b6 36. Rb4 Rh3 37. Rc4 Rxf3 $5 38.
Rxc7+ Kh6 39. Qd1 Rf2 40. c4 ({Or} 40. Rf7 g4 $1 41. Rxf6+ Kg5) 40... Re2 41.
Bf7 Qb8 42. Re7 Qc8 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "4.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Bf4 Ne5 $5 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 {
happened in Duras - Treybal, Praha 1909.}) 11. Bf1 a6 12. Qd2 Qc8 13. Rad1 c5
$5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 Bf8 $5 16. Bc4 $1 b5 17. Nd5 $1 {
D5 and b6 have become strong squares.} 17... Nxd5 $6 ({Not} 17... bxc4 18.
Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qxd7) ({Best is} 17... Bxh3 18. Nb6 $1 Qg4 19. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 20.
Ng5+ Kg6 21. Nxh3) 18. Bxd5 Ra7 19. c4 bxc4 $6 20. Qc3 Qb8 21. Qxc4 Bb5 22. Qc2
Rc8 23. a4 Bc6 24. Nd2 Rd7 25. Nc4 Bxd5 26. exd5 Bd6 $2 ({Reti misses} 26... f6
{under time pressure.}) 27. Qf5 $1 Rdd8 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Qb3 $6 {
Black should have exchanged the queens.} 30. d6 $1 Qxa4 31. d7 Ra8 32. Qd5 h6
33. b3 Qb5 34. Re7 Rf8 35. Rxf7 Rfd8 ({Or} 35... Rxf7 36. Qxa8+) 36. Re7+ {
Carl won both games against Richard and netted 500 Kronen by the tournament
win. The final result became: Schlechter 7/10, Reti 6, Loewy and Perlis 51/2,
Albin 4, S.R. Wolf 2.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "5.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lowy, Leopold"]
[Black "Hrdina, Josef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1913.??.??"]

{5.TREBITSCH  The fifth installment took place from 18 November until 23
December 1913. The prizes were 600, 400, 300, 200 and 100 Kronen. Schlechter
won without a loss. A group for amateurs was won by Ernst Gruenfeld before
Otto Strobl. Earlier that year, the Trebitsch Fund had supported a club
jubilee.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7.
dxe5 Nxe5 {
Many variations of the Ruy Lopez and Four Knights were already known.} 8. Nd4
$5 O-O 9. f4 $5 Nc6 10. Nf5 $5 Re8 11. Bd3 $5 Bf8 $6 (11... Bxf5 12. exf5 d5 $1
{attacks in the centre.}) 12. b3 $5 g6 13. Ng3 $6 (13. Ne3 $1 {
prevents the next move.}) 13... Ng4 $1 14. Nce2 $2 (14. h3 $1 Bg7 $1 15. Nge2
$1 Nd4 $1 16. Rb1 $1 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 {ousts the intruder.}) 14... d5 $1 15. exd5
Bc5+ $1 16. Kh1 Nxh2 $1 17. Ne4 ({The pointe is} 17. Kxh2 Qh4#) 17... Rxe4 $1
18. Bxe4 Nxf1 19. Qe1 Nd4 20. Ng1 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Nf5 $1 23. Ne2
N5g3+ $1 {Black will deliver mate soon.   The engineer Hrdina got a beauty
prize for the finest game in his only chess tournament. He fell on the
Galician front against the Russians in December 1914.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "5.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Albin, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1913.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Be7 6. a4 $5 Rb8 $6 ({
More active is} 6... Bb7 $1 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Qxa8) 7. axb5 axb5 8. O-O d6
9. c3 Bf6 $5 10. d3 $5 h6 11. Re1 g5 12. Nfd2 $5 {
Schlechter avoids the rampaging pawns cautiously.} 12... h5 13. Nf1 g4 14. Ne3
Nge7 15. Nd2 $1 Kf8 $5 16. Ndf1 Rh7 17. Bd2 Kg8 18. Ng3 $1 Kh8 19. Nd5 $1 {
The attack has begun.} 19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. d4 $5 Ng6 {
Albin keeps the position closed.} 22. Bc2 Qg8 $6 23. Ne4 $1 Bd8 24. Bg5 (24.
dxe5 $1 Nxe5 25. Bf4 h4 26. Bxe5+ dxe5 27. d6 $1 {opens the centre.}) 24...
Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Rg7 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Ne4 f5 $1 28. Nc5 $2 Qf7 $2 (28... Re7 $1 {
takes over the offensive.}) 29. Qd4 Qg6 (29... Nf3+ $5 30. gxf3 gxf3+ 31. Kh1
dxc5 32. Qxc5 {brings no decisive assault for Albin.}) 30. Rxe5 $1 {
Schlechter counters masterfully.} 30... dxe5 31. Qxe5 Qg5 32. Re1 Rb6 $2 (32...
h4 $1 {prepares the advance of the g- pawn.}) 33. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 34. dxe6 Qe7 35.
Bxf5 Kg8 36. g3 Rg5 37. Ra1 Rb8 38. Rd1 Rf8 ({Or} 38... Rd8 39. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 40.
exd7 Qxe5 41. d8=Q+ {(Goldman).}) 39. Rd7 Rgxf5 40. Qxf5 Rxf5 41. Rxe7 Re5 42.
Rxc7 Kf8 43. b4 Ke8 44. e7 Kf7 45. Kg2 Rf5 46. Ra7 Rf3 47. h4 Rxc3 48. Rb7 Rb3
49. Rxb5 Kxe7 50. Rxh5 Rxb4 51. Rf5 Rb8 52. Rf4 Rg8 53. f3 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "5.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1913.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 fxe4 6. Nxe5 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. b4 $5 ({Known is} 10. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 11. Qg4+ Kh8 12. Qxe4
fxe5 13. Qxe5+ {
and White captured on a5 (Leonhardt - Marshall, Scheveningen 1905).}) 10...
Bxb4 11. Nxe4 Qe8 $2 (11... d5 $1 {develops the queenside.}) 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13.
Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 b6 15. Nd3 Qf7 16. Qc3 $5 d5 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19.
Nf4 Rae8 $2 20. Qf3 $2 (20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Qf3 $1 Rd8 22. Nh5 $1 {gains a pawn.}
) 20... c6 21. Nh5 Kh8 $5 22. Nxf6 Rxe1 23. Nxd7 Rxf1+ (23... Rxf3 24. Rxe1 Rc3
{(Goldman)} 25. f4 $1 Rxc2 26. f5 $1 {wins quickly for White.}) 24. Kxf1 Rxf3
25. gxf3 Nc4 26. Nb8 $5 Na3 27. Nxc6 Nxc2 28. Ke2 Na3 29. Ke3 a5 30. Kf4 Nb5
31. Ke5 Nc3 32. a3 a4 33. Nb4 b5 34. Kd6 $5 h5 35. h4 Kg7 36. Ke6 Nb1 37. f4 $1
Nd2 ({Not} 37... Nxa3 $2 38. f5 $1) 38. f5 Nf3 39. Kxd5 $5 Kf6 40. Ke4 Nxh4 41.
Nd5+ Kf7 42. Nc3 $6 {White attacks on the wrong side.} (42. Ne3 $1 Kf6 43. Kf4
{leads to zugzwang.}) 42... Kf6 43. Nxb5 $2 (43. Nd5+ $1 Kf7 44. Ne3 {
returns on the right track.}) 43... Nxf5 44. d5 (44. Kf4 h4 45. Kg4 Ke6 46. d5+
$5 Kxd5 $1 47. Kxf5 h3 48. Nc3+ Kc4 {draws.}) 44... h4 45. f4 h3 46. Kf3 Ne3
47. Kg3 Nxd5 48. Nd4 {Spielmann escaped from a hopeless knight ending.  
 Standings after the last round: Schlechter 14/18, Spielmann 131/2, Tartakower
13, Reti 12, Hrdina 10, Albin 91/2, Schara 61/2, Loewy 51/2, Strohl 31/2,
Kirschen 21/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "6.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaufmann, Arthur"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

{6.TREBITSCH  The sixth Memorial was played from 12 November until 31 December
1914. So the Great War had started already. Eight men carried out double
rounds. It was one of the strongest events. Schlechter and the local master
Kaufmann competed for the first of five prizes.   } 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2
e6 4. d4 d5 $5 (4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 {
occurred in Teichmann - Spielmann, Leipzig 1914.}) 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be3 c4 $1 7.
g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Be6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 {Kaufmann has a solid position.
} 11... h6 $5 12. Nf4 $1 Qd7 13. Qd2 Rae8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4 {
The weakness e6 becomes immobile.} 15... Bd8 16. Kh1 Ba5 17. Bg1 Nd8 $5 18. b4
cxb3 $6 {Black should not open the game.} ({Better is} 18... Bc7) 19. cxb3 Nf7
20. b4 Bb6 21. Re2 Nd6 22. Rae1 Rf7 23. Qd3 Qc8 $6 (23... Rfe7 {
overprotects the weakling.}) 24. Bh3 $1 Rc7 $2 {
Spielmann allows a fine combination.} (24... Rfe7 {defends.}) 25. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5
26. Rxe6 $1 Ree7 ({The alternative is} 26... Ne7 {(Marco)} 27. a4 $3 Rc3 28.
Qd2 $1 Rc2 29. Qd1 $1 Qc6+ 30. d5 $1 Qxd5+ 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33.
Be6+ $1 {and White wins a pawn.}) 27. Qb3 $1 Rxe6 28. Qxd5 {
Kaufmann got 40 Kronen extra.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "6.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd6
8. O-O $5 Ne7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. f4 $2 {The white centre will become weak.} 10...
O-O-O $1 11. Be3 Rhe8 12. Nb3 Nd5 $1 {
Schlechter has a plus in the middle game without queens.} 13. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 14.
e5 Bf8 $5 15. Bc5 Bxc5+ 16. Nxc5 Bf5 17. Rf2 b6 $1 18. Nd3 (18. Nxa6 $6 c5 $1
19. b4 Kb7 20. b5 d4 {imprisons a knight (Schlechter).}) 18... c5 $1 19. Rd2
Kc7 20. Nf2 g5 $1 21. g3 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rg8+ 23. Kf1 Rg6 24. Rad1 Kc6 25. Nh1 $5
Bh3+ 26. Kf2 f6 $2 27. Rg1 Rxg1 28. Kxg1 fxe5 29. fxe5 Re8 30. Re2 Rf8 31. Ng3
Kd7 32. e6+ $5 {White gives his last centre pawn in a hopeless position.} 32...
Bxe6 33. Re5 Rf6 34. Rg5 Rg6 35. Rxg6 hxg6 36. Kg2 Kd6 37. Kf3 Ke5 38. h4 d4
39. h5 $5 gxh5 $1 ({The pointe is} 39... gxh5 40. Nxh5 Bxa2 41. b3 Bb1) 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "6.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4
8. O-O Qxe5 9. d4 Qd5 10. Re1 Be6 11. Ng5 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qg4 Qxd4 14.
Qxe6+ Qd7 $1 ({Rudolf improves on} 14... Kb8 $2 15. Bg5 $1 {
(Teichmann - Spielmann, Leipzig 1914).}) 15. Qxd7+ Rxd7 16. Re8+ Rd8 17. Rxd8+
Kxd8 18. b3 Bc5 19. Bb2 Rf8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Rd2 g6 22. Kf1 Rf5 23. f3 Bd6 24.
Kf2 Ra5 $1 ({Not} 24... Bxh2 $2 25. g3 Rg5 26. Rd8+ $1 Kxd8 27. Bf6+ Kd7 28.
Bxg5) 25. a4 Rh5 ({The aggressive line} 25... b5 $1 26. Bc3 b4 27. Bg7 Bxh2 $1
28. Bf8 Bd6 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc5 {forces a draw.}) 26. h3 b5 27. Bc3 Rh4
$5 28. g4 $1 Bf4 $1 (28... Rxh3 $2 29. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 30. Kg2 {
loses matter (Marco).}) 29. Rd8+ $1 Kxd8 30. Bf6+ Kd7 31. Bxh4 c5 $2 {
Hereafter, the bishop ending is lost.} (31... Kd6 $1 32. Ke2 Kc5 33. Be1 bxa4
34. bxa4 Kd4 $1 {keeps the white king outside.}) 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bg3 $1 Bc1
34. c4 $1 c6 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Kd3 Bg5 37. Ke4 Bf6 38. Bf2 Kd6 39. f4 $1 Bc3 40.
h4 Bf6 41. f5 gxf5+ 42. Kxf5 $1 Bd4 43. Bg3+ {Slowly, Black is outmanoeuvred.}
43... Ke7 44. h5 Kf7 45. g5 bxc4 46. bxc4 Be3 47. g6+ hxg6+ 48. hxg6+ Kg8 49.
Bf4 Bd4 50. Bh6 Bg1 51. Ke6 $1 Bf2 52. Kd7 Bd4 53. Kxc6 {
White has netted a pawn at last.} 53... Bf2 54. Kd5 Bg1 55. Ke4 $1 Bh2 56. Bf4
$1 {
The future endgame composer got a prize of 40 Kronen for this bishop ending.} (
56. Bf4 Bg1 57. Be3 {wins easily, because Black has to exchange the bishops
and White will triumph with his c-pawn.}) 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "6.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Albin, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

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. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Ne7 13. Nd4 $1 ({
The expert Schlechter betters on} 13. Bg5 {(Breyer - Chodera, Koeln 1911).})
13... Qd7 14. Bc2 $1 g6 (14... Ng6 $5 {brings misery too.}) 15. Bg5 $1 Nf5 16.
Qd2 Be7 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Bf6 $5 (18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qxd5 {
wins a pawn, but Carl wants the king.}) 18... Rfe8 19. b4 c6 20. Rae1 Bf8 21.
h3 Bg7 22. f3 $1 ({Not} 22. g4 $4 Bxg4 $1 $11 {(Goldman).}) 22... Be6 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. f4 h6 25. g4 Qc7 26. f5 {The white pieces are ideally placed.} 26...
Bc8 27. Qe3 g5 28. Rf2 Bd7 29. h4 $1 f6 $5 ({Or} 29... gxh4 30. Rh2 Qd8 31. f6+
) 30. exf6+ Kxf6 31. hxg5+ hxg5 32. Ne6 Bxe6 33. fxe6+ Kg6 34. Ref1 Re7 35.
Qd3+ Kg7 36. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "6.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Kaufmann, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d3 $5
{Schlechter applies his quiet approach to the Ruy Lopez.} 8... Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O
10. Nf1 Nh5 $5 11. d4 $5 h6 12. Ne3 Kh7 (12... Nf4 $5 {
will be played in Blees - Van der Sterren, Antwerp 1999.}) 13. Nd5 Rc8 $5 14.
Be3 f5 $5 ({Prudence shows} 14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8) 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. dxe5
Nxe5 (16... Bg4 $5 17. e6 $1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qh4 {leads to a confusing position.}
) 17. Nxe5 dxe5 ({Not} 17... Bxe5 $2 18. f4 $1 {(Reti).}) 18. Bc5 Rf7 19. Ne7
$1 Qf8 20. g4 $1 Rd8 {A critical position has been reached.} 21. Qe2 $6 ({
Best is} 21. Qb3 Rxe7 $1 22. gxh5 b6 $1 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. hxg6+ Bxg6 25. Bc6)
21... Nf4 22. Qf3 $2 (22. Qe3 $1 Rd3 $1 23. Nxf5 Rxe3 24. Bxf8 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1
Bxf8 26. Ng3 {battles.}) 22... Be6 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Bf6 $1 25. Nc6 Qxc5
26. Nxd8 Bxd8 27. Re4 Qc6 28. Rd1 Bh4 $1 {Dr Kaufmann played a match against
Reti after the tournament and won by 41/2-11/2.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "6.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O a6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 $5 (8... dxc6 $1 {was played in Maroczy - Chigorin, Monte Carlo 1902.
}) 9. Ba4 Bb7 $2 {Reti lifts protection of pawn d7.} ({Better is} 9... Bb4 $1
10. Re1 Re8) 10. e5 $1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qg4 $1 {White threatens Bh6.}
12... f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 $2 14. Qxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxd7 Rd8 16. Bg4 Rb6 17. Bf4 Rf8
18. Be5 Rg6 19. Bh3 a5 20. Rad1 Bc5 21. Bd4 Bd6 22. Rfe1 c5 23. Be5 Rb8 24. Bf5
Rh6 25. b3 Kf7 26. c4 d4 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28. Re5 g6 29. Bd3 Rc8 30. Rde1 Rc7 31.
f4 Rf6 32. f5 Kg7 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rg5 Rcf7 35. h4 Kh6 36. Ree5 a4 37. Rxc5
axb3 38. axb3 Re7 39. Rce5 Rxe5 40. Rxe5 Rf4 41. Rg5 Rxh4 42. Rxg6+ Kh5 43. Rg7
Be4 44. Bxe4 Rxe4 45. Kf2 Re3 46. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "6.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 Bc5 4. fxe5 d6 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 $1 {
Schlechter improves a sharp line of the Vienna.} ({Known is} 6... a6 {
(Paulsen-Fritz, Breslau 1889).}) 7. Ne2 $6 {Spielmann starts a long manoeuvre.}
({Better is} 7. Bb5) 7... O-O-O $1 8. c3 f5 9. d4 fxe4 {
Black opens the centre after the white stratagem.} 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Qc2 e3 12.
Qe4 $2 (12. Ne4 $1 Bb6 13. Bxe3 {defends well.}) 12... Qxg5 13. Bxe3 (13. dxc5
Qh4+ $1 14. g3 Rd1+ $1 15. Kxd1 Bxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Qxe4 {costs the queen.}) 13...
Qh4+ 14. g3 Qh5 15. dxc5 Nf6 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qg5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rhe8 {Schlechter
gained 600 Kronen and scored 111/2/14 points, ahead of Kaufmann 11, Reti and
Spielmann 81/2, Albin 7, Krejik 51/2, Schenkein and Strobl 2.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "7.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1915.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marco, George"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1915.??.??"]

{7.TREBITSCH  Number 7 was executed in the Wiener Schachklub from 30 October
until 17 December 1915. Six men carried out three cycles. Von Popiel had to
withdraw in the third cycle, while Schlechter showed his superiority at the
final stage. Spielmann and Tartakower could not partake, cause they served on
the front.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4
7. Re1 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bb3 c5 12. Qe4 Nc7 13. c4
bxc4 $5 (13... Rb8 {was played in Passmore - Leonhardt, London 1904.}) 14. Bc2
$1 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qxc4 Bb7 17. f4 $6 (17. Nc3 $1 Bg5 18. Be4 $1 {
keeps a plus.}) 17... d5 $1 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Rxe8+ $2 ({Preferable is} 19. Nc3
$1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qh4 $1 {(Marco)} 21. Rd1 $1 Re8 22. Qf1 Qxh6 23. Rxd6 Qh4 24.
Rd1) 19... Qxe8 20. Qc3 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Nd2 Re8 23. Nf3 Nb5 24. Qb3 $6 ({
Or} 24. Qc4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qd6) 24... c4 $1 {Schlechter strikes.} 25. Qa4 ({
The point is} 25. Qxc4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qc5+) 25... Qd6 26. Rf1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Re2 {
Marco entered one time. He only wrote the reports in the Wiener Schachzeitung
the other times.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "7.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1915.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1915.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Qd2 Re8 9. h3 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. Nf5 $1 {
Schlechter takes the initiative on the king- side in the Exchange Variation.}
12... b4 13. Ne2 $1 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Neg3 Nb6 16. Nxg7 $5 Kxg7 17. Bh6+
Kh8 $1 18. Qg5 {The sacrifice reaches close to the win.} 18... f6 $2 ({But} 
18... f5 $1 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ {only brings perpetual check (Marco).}) 19.
Qxf6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Nh5 $1 Bf8 22. Nf6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Rd8 24. Nxh7 $1 Qg7
({Not} 24... Qxh7 25. Qf6+) 25. Qh4 Bf5 26. Ng5+ $1 Kg8 $1 ({The pointe is} 
26... Bh7 27. Ne6 $1) 27. g4 Rd5 $2 (27... Bd7 $1 28. Rae1 Rf8 29. Rxe4 Rae8 {
defends well against the white offensive.}) 28. gxf5 Rxd4 (28... Rxf5 29. Kh1
Rxg5 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1 {loses the queen (Goldman).}) 29. Kh1 e3 30. f4 Qd7
31. Ne4 Kf8 32. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "7.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1915.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schubert, Frantisek"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1915.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nd4 h6 13. Be3 Ng4 $5 (13... Qd7 {
happened in Schubert - Dobias, Mlada Boleslav 1913.}) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bh3 $5
({Preferable is} 15. Bf4 $1) 15... Nxe3 $1 {Schlechter seems to blunder.} 16.
Bxe6+ Kh8 17. fxe3 Bg5 $1 {The grandmaster has carried out a great riposte.}
18. Nxd5 $5 (18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Nxd5 Rd8 $1 20. Qf1 Qe8 {
slightly favours Black.}) 18... Qd6 19. Bh3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 $2 (20. Bxf1 Rd8 21.
Bg2 {(Goldman)} 21... Nb4 $1 22. Qb3 Nxd5 23. Rd1 Qa6 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5
Qxe2 26. h4 Bxe3+ {equalises.}) 20... Rd8 21. Bg2 Ne7 22. h4 $2 (22. e4 $1 Bxc1
23. Qxc1 {organises a strong position.}) 22... Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxe3 24. Rc3 Qxg3
{Schlechter received a beauty prize of 100 Kronen for this game.   Schubert
had replaced Albin, when the old master had to retire after the first round
due to health reasons.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "7.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1915.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Von Popiel, Ignatz"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1915.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 $5 {
Blackmar's centre gambit changes into passive play.} 4... Qxd1+ 5. Nxd1 Nc6 6.
Bf4 Nge7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. e6 $2 ({Correct is} 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Nge2) 8... Bxe6 9.
Bxc7 Nd5 $1 {Reti starts an attack despite the missing queens.} 10. Bxc6+ bxc6
11. Bg3 Bc5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. a3 a5 15. b3 Rfe8 16. c4 Nf6 17. Ndc3
$2 (17. Bc7 $1 Rd3 18. Bxa5 Ra8 19. Bc3 Rxa3 20. Rxa3 Bxa3 21. Ne3 {
offers a fine resistance.}) 17... Bg4 18. Bc7 Rd2 19. Rfe1 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 e3 $1
{Reti breaks the hostile defence line.} 21. fxe3 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Rxe3 23. Kf1
Rxb3 24. Bxa5 Ng4 $1 {Reti got a beauty prize of 100 Kronen.   Von Popiel had
left Poland, when the Russians occupied his country.   The final standings
became: Schlechter 10/14, Reti 8, Kaufmann 7, Marco 61/2, Schubert 6, Von
Popiel 2.   Schlechter got a total of 600 Kronen, so he could work on the
Bilguer under hard circumstances.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "8.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaufmann, Arthur"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]

{8.TREBITSCH  Only three persons participated from 21 November 1916 until 6
January 1917. They played six games against each other. Schlechter had made a
great achievement by writing his edition of the Bilguer from 1912 until 1916. 
  } 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. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Re1 $5 O-O 12. Nf1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bg4 {
Black has taken the initiative.} 14. Bf4 Bc5 15. Ne3 Be6 $5 16. Qd3 h6 17. Rad1
d4 $1 18. Qe4 Qe8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qe6 21. Qh5 $5 Rfd8 22. Bg3 Rd5 23. Re2
Rad8 24. Ne1 d3 $1 25. Nxd3 (25. Rxd3 $1 Bd4 26. Kf1 $1 Bxb2 $1 27. c4 $1 bxc4
28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxb2 cxb3 {brings great complications.}) 25... Nb4 26. Qf3
Nxd3 27. cxd3 Qd7 28. e6 $5 fxe6 29. h3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Qxd3 31. Rxe6 Qxf3 32.
gxf3 Rd3 {Schlechter has a positional advantage.} 33. Rxa6 Rxb3 34. Rc6 Bd4 35.
Rxc7 Rxb2 36. Rd7 Bc3 37. Bb8 $1 b4 38. f4 b3 39. Be5 $1 {
Schlechter praises the fine defensive play.} 39... Rb1+ 40. Kg2 ({
The critical line} 40. Kg2 b2 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Rb7 Rc1 43. Bxc3 b1=Q 44. Bg7+
Kg8 45. Rxb1 Rxb1 46. Bxh6 {leads to a draw (Goldman).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "8.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Kaufmann, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Ngf6 7. Bd3 b6 $6 {
Kaufmann awaits a difficult defence.} 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bf4 Nxe4 11.
Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Ne5 $1 c5 $2 ({Right is} 
15... h6) 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kf8 ({The pointe is} 17... Kxh7 $2 18.
Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxf7+ Kh7 20. Rd3 $1) 18. Be4 cxd4 19. f4 $5 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rd8 21.
Rd3 Qc7 22. g4 $5 g6 23. g5 Bg7 24. Rfd1 Rac8 ({Or} 24... Bxe5 $5 25. Qxe5 Qxc4
26. f5 $1 gxf5 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. g6 $1) 25. Rxd4 Qc5 26. Kg2 Rxd4
27. Rxd4 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Ke7 30. Kf3 Rh8 31. h4 Rc8 32. Ke4 Rc5 33.
b4 Rc8 34. Kd3 Rc7 35. Kc3 Rc8 36. Kb3 Rc7 37. Ka4 Rc8 38. Kb5 Ke8 39. Ka6 Rc7
40. a4 Ke7 41. a5 bxa5 42. Kxa5 Rc6 43. c5 Rc7 44. Ka6 Ke8 45. Kb5 Rc8 46. c6
Rc7 47. Kc5 Rc8 48. b5 Rc7 49. b6 {
This win became decisive in the event, because the other outcomes were equal.}
1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "8.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]

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. Qd3 Ne7 $5 ({The usual reaction is} 10... O-O) 11. Nd4 Bb6 $5
12. Bc2 Nf5 13. Be3 c5 $6 ({Preferable is} 13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qh4) 14. Nxf5
Bxf5 15. Rd1 $1 Ng3 $2 (15... O-O $1 16. Qxd5 Qh4 17. Rf1 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Bxc2 {
regains the pawn.}) 16. Qd2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Ne4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qd2
d4 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 {
White has an extra pawn in the ending.} 24... Rc8 25. Rad1 O-O 26. h4 Rc2 27.
e6 Re8 28. Rd8 Rc8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd6 a5 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Rc6 Rd8 33. Ke2
Ke7 34. Rc5 Rb8 35. Re5 Rc8 36. Rxb5 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Kxe6 38. a4 g6 39. g3 h5 40.
b3 Kd6 41. Kxe4 Rxf2 42. Rxa5 Kc6 43. b4 Rb2 44. Rc5+ Kd6 45. Rc4 Rb3 46. Kf4
Kd5 47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. Rb5 Kc6 49. g4 Rh3 50. Kg5 hxg4 51. Kxg4 Ra3 52. Rc5+ Kd6
53. a5 Kd7 54. Rc4 Ke6 55. Rc6+ Kf7 56. a6 Ra1 57. b5 Ra5 58. Rc7+ Kf6 59. a7
g5 60. Rc6+ {Vidmar lived in Wien, got his doctorate engineering and returned
to Ljubljana in 1919.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "8.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Kaufmann, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Bb3 exd4 $5 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f4 Bg4 14. Nf3 (
14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Nf5 {takes the initiative.}) 14... Nxb3 (14...
Rad8 $1 15. Qc2 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 h6 {leads to a black initiative.}) 15. Qxb3 h6
16. e5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 hxg5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. fxg5 fxg5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Ne4 Be6
$2 (21... Qg6 22. Nxc5 b6 23. Nd3 Qg7 {keeps a defendable position.}) 22. Qc3
Qe3 $5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 $2 (23... Kh8 24. Qc2 Qh6 25. Qxc5 {
brings a great white advantage.}) 24. Ne8+ $1 {White mates in a few moves.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "8.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Bg5
Bxf3 $2 ({Preferable is} 8... Be7 {(Salwe - Fahrni, Karlsbad 1911).}) 9. Bxf3
Nxd4 10. Bxd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qa4+ $1 b5 $5 {
Schlechter starts a counteraction.} ({Doubtful are} 12... Qd7 $2 13. Bxf7+) ({
and} 12... Kf8 $6 13. O-O-O) 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. O-O-O $1 Nxb5 16.
Qxb5 Rb8 17. Qc4 Rxb2 18. Rd5 $1 Rb4 $5 19. Qxc5 Rb8 20. Kd2 $1 Rc8 21. Qb5 a6
22. Qd3 $1 Rc3 (22... Bc3+ 23. Ke3 Bf6 24. Rd1 {brings no perpetual.}) 23. Qe4
Qc6 24. Rb1 g6 25. Rb4 Qc8 26. Qb1 Kg7 27. Rb3 Rc7 28. e4 Qe6 29. Qd3 Qc6 30.
Ke2 Qc1 31. Qd1 Qc4+ 32. Qd3 Qa4 33. a3 Rc4 34. Kf3 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxb3+ 36. Rd3
Qb1 37. Kg2 {The final result was close: Schlechter 61/2, Vidmar 6, Kaufmann
51/2.. Schlechter had won a chess event for the last time.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "9.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1917.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1917.??.??"]

{9.TREBITSCH  The last wartime Trebitsch tournament took place from 30
November 1917 until 5 January 1918. Four men played four cycles. A sea
blockade caused shortages of food. As a result, Schlechter looked very thin
and he suffered from a cold.  } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qb3 Bxf3 $6 ({
Tartakower diverts from} 4... Qc8) 5. Qxf3 $6 ({More active is} 5. exf3 $1 Nc6
6. Be3) 5... Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nc3 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O
Rb8 12. Bf4 Nfd7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. b4 hxg5
18. bxc5 e4 19. Rad1 b6 20. c6 Qd8 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. f3 exf3 23. Bxf3 Qd6 24. e4
f4 25. gxf4 gxf4 26. Kh1 Kg7 27. Rg1 Rh8 28. Rg2 Rh6 29. Rf1 Rbh8 30. Bg4 Be5
31. Rf3 Qc5 32. Qd3 Qb4 33. h3 Qe1+ 34. Rg1 Qa5 35. Rg2 g5 36. Qe2 Kf6 37. Rb3
Rh4 38. Bd7 Qc5 39. Be6 Qd4 40. Qc2 a6 41. Rd2 Qc5 42. Rg2 b5 43. cxb5 Qxc2 44.
Rxc2 g4 $1 {Black starts an attack on the kingside.} 45. Kg1 $1 Rxh3 46. Rxh3
Rxh3 47. Bxg4 Bd4+ 48. Kf1 Rh1+ 49. Ke2 Ke5 $5 ({Tartakower dislikes} 49...
axb5 50. Bf3) 50. Bf3 $5 (50. bxa6 $1 Rh2+ 51. Kd3 Rxc2 52. Kxc2 Kxe4 53. Be6
f3 54. Kd2 {draws.}) 50... Rh2+ 51. Kd3 $2 ({Correct is} 51. Kd1 $1 Rh3 52. b6
$1 Bxb6 53. Ke2 {and White seems to hold the fort.}) 51... Rh3 52. Ke2 axb5 53.
a3 Rh2+ 54. Kd3 Rxc2 $5 55. Kxc2 Bc5 56. Be2 $6 (56. Kd3 $5 Bxa3 {and}) (56.
Kb3 Kd4 $1 {also favour Black.}) 56... Kxe4 57. Bxb5 Kxd5 58. Kd3 Bxa3 59. Ba4
e5 60. Bb3+ Kxc6 61. Bd1 Kc5 62. Bf3 Bb2 63. Bg2 Kb5 64. Bd5 c6 65. Be4 c5 66.
Bd5 Kb4 {Saviely fought as Lt Althof on the front and as Tartakower in Wien.
He defeated Schlechter twice in lengthy games.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "9.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1917.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1917.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bg5 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 Rb8 11. b3 h6 12. Bh4 Nh7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rae1
Rbe8 15. Qe3 Nf6 16. Nf3 c5 17. e5 Ng4 18. Nd5 Nxe3 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Rxe3 d5
21. Rc3 c4 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Rb1 Bg4 24. Rxc4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rxe5 26. Rxc7 Ra5
27. Rb2 Rd8 28. f4 g6 29. c4 Rd4 30. c5 Rxf4 31. Rc2 Rfa4 32. c6 Rxa2 33. Rxa2
Rxa2 34. Rb7 Rc2 35. c7 Kg7 36. Rxa7 Kf6 37. Kg2 Ke6 38. Kf3 {
No great events have occurred so far.} 38... Rc6 $4 39. Ra6 $1 {
Grave blunders happened in Schlechter's games.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "9.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1917.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1917.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 $5 ({
Known in the Ponziani is} 6. Nxd7 {(Kennedy - Dubois, London 1862).}) 6... Bxc6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qa4 $5 Qd5 $1 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 $5 Qe6 11. d4 $2 ({
More solid is} 11. b3) 11... exd3 $1 12. Bd2 $5 Bc5 $1 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Be3 Bxe3
$6 (14... O-O $1 15. Nd2 Rfe8 {gains even more advantage.}) 15. Rxe3 O-O 16.
Nd2 f5 17. Qa3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Rd6 $6 (18... Qf6 $1 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb2 {
keeps a plus.}) 19. Qxa7 Qf6 20. Qa3 Qd4 21. Nf3 Qxc4 22. Rexd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3
Qxa2 24. Ne5 $2 ({Correct is} 24. Qc2) 24... Nxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 26. Kg1 ({
The pointe is} 26. Qe2 Qxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Re8) 26... Qxe5 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Qxc6 h6
29. Rc1 f4 $1 30. Qxc7 Qe3+ 31. Kf1 f3 32. Qc2 h5 33. g3 f2 34. Qd1 Qe4 $1 (
34... Qe4 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 {leaves no defence.}) 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "9.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1917.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Asztalos, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1917.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 f5 7. Ne5 Qh4 8. O-O
Bd6 $1 (8... Nd7 {took place in Ed. Lasker - Breyer, Scheveningen 1913.}) 9. f4
Nd7 10. Rf3 Bxe5 $6 ({Better is} 10... O-O) 11. fxe5 $1 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Bd2
b6 14. Raf1 Bb7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 a6 $2 ({Right is} 16... Ba6 $1) 17. Nd6
$1 Nxd6 18. Bb4 $1 Rf7 19. Bxd6 Qd8 20. g4 $1 g6 21. Rg3 Rg7 22. Qg2 fxg4 23.
Rxg4 Qe8 24. h4 $1 {Black has no defence against h4-h5.   Vidmar defeated
Tartakower once and Asztalos four times. Final results: Vidmar 8/12 (600
Kronen), Tartakower 7, Schlechter 51/2 and Asztalos 31/2.   Everything went
wrong after this event. The Wiener Schachklub invested 75,000 Kronen of the
Trebitsch Fund in war bonds in 1916. This property lost its value in 1918 and
no tournament could be organised after the Great War. Schlechter further
weakened and he died in December 1918.   The Trebitsch Memorial had been a
great event for Austrian-Hungarian and German players. Schlechter took part in
eight installments and won six times. It showed him in his best and worst
times.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "10.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wolf, Alfred"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1919.??.??"]

{10.TREBITSCH  There was some money left in the Trebitsch Fund, when the Great
War was over. Therefore, the tenth event could be organised in 1919/20. Little
details are known about the tournament.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bd7 $5 (7... Bb6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8
10. Nxe5 Be6 {
levelled in Chigorin - Pillsbury, London 1899. Gruenfeld wants an active game.}
) 8. Qb3 Qf6 $5 9. Ng5 $2 {
White should attack the black queen instead of pawn f7.} (9. Bg5 $1 Qg6 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Bd5 {gains a slight advantage.}) 9... Nh6 $1 10. f4 $1 exd4 $1
11. e5 $1 Qe7 12. e6 $2 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Re1 $6 (14. Bxe6 Bb6 15. Kh1 Nf7
16. f5 O-O {favours Black.}) 14... O-O-O 15. Bxe6+ Kb8 16. Bd2 Bb6 17. Kh1 Rhe8
18. Na3 Qf6 19. g4 $5 Qh4 $1 {Results: Gruenfeld and Tartakower 71/2/9, Strobl
6, Blumenfeld 51/2, Gruber 5, Waluszcyk 31/2, Schenklein 3, Wolf and Horowitz
21/2, Gerbec 2.} ({Black can win by} 19... Qh4 20. g5 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 Ng4 22. Re2
Nf2+ 23. Kg2 d3) 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "11.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

{11.TREBITSCH  Oskar Trebitsch, the son of Leopold, had already donated a lot
of money to the Trebitsch Memorial. He made a another sum available in 1926.
Only chess players from Wien participated in the new events. Spielmann,
Gruenfeld, Becker and Mueller became important players. Tournament number ten
was played from January until March 1926.   } 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4.
e3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. b4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 $5 ({
Spielmann played} 9... Ne4 {against Reti in Teplitz-Schoenau 1922.}) 10. O-O e5
11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd4 $5 Bd7 13. Qc2 Neg4 $5 14. h3 Nh6 $5 {
Spielmann has wild plans.} 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Qc3 $6 (17. e4 $1 Qd8
18. e5 $1 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 21. Bxe5 {attacks.}) 17... Qe5
18. f4 Qh5 $1 19. N4f3 $6 (19. Qc2 {prevents the following problems.}) 19...
Bxh3 $1 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Re2 $6 ({Better is} 21. Bf1 $1 Qg3+ 22. Bg2 Nhg4 23.
Re2 Rxe3 $1 24. Nf1 $1 Rxc3 25. Nxg3 Rc4) 21... Bxf4 $1 {
Spielmann sacrifices another piece.} 22. exf4 $2 ({Right is} 22. Rae1 $1 Rxe3
$1 23. Rxe3 Nhg4 $1 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 $1 25. R3e2 Be3+ $1 26. Qxe3 Nxe3 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Rxe3 Qxh7 {and White has made a subtle escape.}) 22... Rxe2 23. Bxe2
Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Nhg4 $1 25. Rf1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Re8 $1 28. Qd3 Qh3+ 29.
Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Ne3 $1 32. Ne1 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35.
Kh1 Nxf1 36. Bxf1 Re3 37. Qf5 Rxe1 38. Be5 Qg4 $1 39. Qxg4 Nxg4 40. Kg2 Rd1 {
Spielmann won a beauty prize.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "11.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Black "Hoenlinger, Baldur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e4 O-O $5 7. Bxc4 c6 $2
{Black raises his passivity.} ({Activity shows} 7... h6 8. Be3 c5 $1 9. dxc5 $5
Ng4) 8. O-O $1 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rad1 Re8 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Bxg5 13. Nfxg5 h6
$5 14. Nf3 $1 a5 15. Rfe1 {White just develops his pieces.} 15... Nb8 $5 16.
Qd2 Ba6 17. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 $2 (17... exd5 $1 18. Nf6+ $2 gxf6 19. Qxh6 Re6 $1 {
occupies the vacated square and Black seems to survive.}) 18. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 19.
Qxh6 fxe5 ({Or} 19... Nd7 20. Re3 $1) 20. Ng5 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Re3 $1 f5 23.
Qg6+ {Black will be mated shortly.   Final standings: Spielmann 81/2/11 (500
Schilling), Gruenfeld 8, Lokvenc 7, Becker and Koenig 61/2, S.R. Wolf 6, Von
Rethy 51/2, Hoenlinger and Mueller 41/2, Strobl and Gruber 4, Wahle 1.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "12.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1927.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

{12.TREBITSCH  The twelfth installment was played in the Wiener Schachklub,
March - April 1927. A fast race between Becker and Gruenfeld developed.   } 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Rxe4+ Be6 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Qe7 $6 {
Becker attacks by a gambit variation of the Two Knights.} (10... Qc8 {
occurred in Canal - Johner, Trieste 1923.}) 11. Ne4 Rd8 $5 12. Bg5 $1 Rxd4 13.
Qxd4 Qd7 14. Qxa7 f6 15. Bf4 Qc8 $6 ({Preferable is} 15... c6 $1 16. Qa8+ Kf7
17. Re1 Rg8 $1) 16. Qa5 c6 17. Re1 Kf7 18. Bd6 Qd7 $2 (18... Bd5 $1 19. Bxf8
Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxf8 21. Rxc4 Re8 {gives a pawn for a counter.}) 19. Bxf8 Rxf8
20. Nc5 Qd8 21. Qb4 Bd5 22. Nxb7 Qd7 23. h3 Kg8 24. Qe7 Qf5 $5 25. Qxf8+ $1
Kxf8 26. Re8+ Kxe8 27. Nd6+ Kd7 28. Nxf5 c3 $1 29. b3 Be4 30. Ne3 Kd6 31. f3
Bg6 32. Kf2 Kc5 33. a3 Kd4 34. g4 Bf7 35. Nf5+ Ke5 36. Ke3 $1 ({Avoids} 36.
Nxg7 $4 Bxb3 $1) 36... g5 37. b4 Bg6 38. a4 Be8 39. Nd4 c5 40. bxc5 Bxa4 41. c6
Kd6 42. Kd3 Bxc6 43. Nxc6 Kxc6 44. Kxc3 h5 45. gxh5 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "12.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1927.04.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bf5 $6 5. Bd3 Qd7 $5 (5... Bg6 $6 {
happened in Bogoljubow - Tarrasch, Breslau 1925.}) 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nb6 9. exd6 exd6 10. Re1+ Ne7 $2 ({Black should play} 10... Be7 {
and suffer less horribly.}) 11. a4 Qc6 12. b3 h6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. a5 Nd7 15.
d5 Nc5 16. Qd1 Qd7 17. b4 Na6 18. b5 Nc5 19. Be3 Ng6 20. Na4 Be7 21. a6 $1 b6
22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Nc6 Nxa4 (23... Nxc6 24. bxc6 Qe8 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. Qg4+ {
costs the black queen.}) 24. Nxa7+ Kb8 25. Nc6+ Nxc6 26. bxc6 Qc8 27. Qxa4 Rde8
28. a7+ Ka8 29. Rab1 Bd8 30. Rb3 (30. c5 $1 dxc5 31. Bxc5 $1 {decides the game.
}) 30... Re5 31. Reb1 Rhe8 32. Kf1 g5 33. Qa3 f5 34. f3 f4 35. Bd4 Re2 36. c5
$2 {This move occurs too late.} 36... dxc5 37. Bxc5 g4 $1 38. Bf2 Rd2 39. fxg4
Qxg4 40. Rf3 Qc8 41. Rxf4 Rxd5 42. Kg1 Be7 43. Qf3 Red8 44. Rc4 $2 Qf5 $1 45.
Qxf5 Rxf5 {The pressure on Black has vanished.} 46. g4 Rfd5 47. Be3 Bg5 48.
Bxg5 Rxg5 49. Re1 $2 b5 $1 {A counteraction begins on the queenside.} 50. Rf4
Kxa7 $1 51. Kf2 Kb6 52. Re6 h5 53. gxh5 Rxh5 54. h4 Rd3 55. Rf8 $5 Rxh4 56.
Rb8+ Ka5 57. Rb7 $5 Rh2+ 58. Kg1 Rc2 $1 59. Re1 Rxc6 60. Ra1+ Kb4 61. Rb1+ Rb3
62. Rxb5+ Kxb5 63. Rxb3+ Kc4 64. Rb1 Kd3 $1 {
A theoretical win has been reached.} 65. Kf2 Kd2 66. Rb2+ Rc2 67. Rb7 Kd3+ 68.
Kf3 c5 69. Rd7+ Kc3 70. Ke3 Ra2 71. Rd1 c4 72. Rc1+ Kb3 73. Kd4 Rd2+ 74. Ke3
Rd6 75. Rb1+ Kc2 76. Rb8 c3 77. Rb7 Re6+ 78. Kf2 Re5 $1 79. Kf3 Kd3 80. Rd7+
Kc4 81. Rc7+ Rc5 $1 82. Rxc5+ Kxc5 83. Ke2 Kc4 84. Ke1 $5 Kb3 {Gruenfeld won
in the last round as well and conquered the tournament.   Final standings:
Gruenfeld 9/11, Becker 81/2, Mueller 7, Gruber 61/2, Lokvenc, L. Steiner and S.
R. Wolf 6, Takacs 51/2, Beutum and Hoenlinger 31/2, Lewit 21/2, Duenmann 2.}
0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "13.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1928.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Takacs, Sandor"]
[Black "Steiner, Endre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

{13.TREBITSCH
The thirteenth event was played from March until April 1928.
} 
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 d6 $5 {
The opening has an ultra modern style.} 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Qc8 9. Re1 Bg7 10. b3
h5 11. Bb2 h4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 $6 ({Preferable is} 12... Bxc6) 13. Ne4 $1 Nh5 14.
Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Qd4 {White has taken the initiative.} 15... Kf8 16. Ng5 $5 Rh5 $2
{Black should not counterattack.} (16... f6 $1 17. Nf3 hxg3 18. hxg3 Kf7 $1 {
consolidates the black position.}) 17. Qf4 $1 Qe8 $5 18. e4 $2 (18. g4 $1 Rh8
19. c5 $1 {attacks the centre.}) 18... e5 $1 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Nf3 hxg3 21. fxg3
Bg4 22. Rad1 Ne8 23. Qf2 c5 $6 24. Rd3 Bxf3 $6 {Black makes positional errors.}
25. Rxf3 Rd8 26. Rf1 Rd7 27. h4 Rh7 28. Bh3 Rc7 29. Qd2 Qd8 30. Be6 $1 Kg8 31.
Bd5 Kf8 $2 32. Qf2 {Probably time pressure raged.} (32. Qh6+ $1 {
wins immediately.}) 32... Qe7 33. Qd2 Kg8 34. a3 Qd7 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 Kf8
37. Kg2 Kg8 38. b5 Kf8 39. Bc6 Qe7 40. Rd3 Rxc6 41. bxc6 Qc7 42. c5 Qxc6 43.
cxd6 Qd7 44. Qa5 Rxh4 45. gxh4 Qg4+ 46. Rg3 Qxe4+ 47. Kh3 g5 48. Qe1 Qxh4+ 49.
Kg2 Qd4 50. Qd1 Qb2+ 51. Rf2 Qb7+ 52. Kg1 Qd7 53. Qd5 Nxd6 54. Rxf7+ Qxf7 55.
Qxd6+ Qe7 56. Rf3+ Ke8 57. Qc6+ {Takacs made a great start in the tournament.}
1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "13.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1928.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Black "Takacs, Sandor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

{
Gruenfeld trails by one point on Takacs. So he has to win in the last round. 

} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3
Re8 9. Qc2 a6 10. h3 {White postpones Bd3.} 10... h6 11. Bf4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5
13. Be2 $5 ({Gruenfeld played} 13. Bd3 {against Becker in round seven.}) 13...
c5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 $5 16. Qxe4 Ra7 17. Qc2 $5 Bb7 $1 18. O-O cxd4 19.
exd4 Bd5 20. Rfd1 Qa8 21. a5 $5 b3 22. Qd3 Nb8 $6 {
Suddenly Takacs starts to make strange moves.} ({More solid is} 22... Nf6 $1)
23. Ne5 $1 Nc6 $6 ({Black could accept the risk of} 23... Bxg2 $1 24. Qg3 Be4
25. Bxh6 Bf6) 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Qxb3 $5 Rb7 $2 ({This time} 25... Bxg2 $1 26.
Qg3 Bd5 27. Bxh6 Bf6 {is forced.}) 26. Qg3 $1 Rxb2 27. d5 $1 Rxe2 28. dxc6 Kf8
29. Qd3 $1 Ra2 30. Qh7 $1 f5 31. Be5 $1 {They shared the victory before the
pack.   Final result: Gruenfeld and Takacs 61/2/10, Hoenlinger, Kmoch, Lokvenc,
Tartakower 6, Becker 41/2, Doery, E. Steiner 4, Mueller 3, Beutum 21/2.} (31.
Be5 Bf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rd7 {leads to mate.}) 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "14.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

{14.TREBITSCH  Number fourteen lasted from November 1929 until January 1930.
The event was won by Spielmann and Kmoch. Gruenfeld did not play well, but he
triumphed in a great game against Spielmann.   } 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Bc5 7. Nf3 b6 $5 ({Spielmann did} 7... Nc6 {
versus Menchik in Karlsbad 1929.}) 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7
$5 12. a3 $5 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. O-O-O Nxg3 15. hxg3 O-O-O 16. Qa4 {
White has the initiative.} 16... Kb8 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Rc8 19. Kb1 Na5 20.
c5 $1 {Gruenfeld sacrifices a pawn for an attack on the king.} 20... Bxg2 21.
cxb6 $5 axb6 $1 22. Qb5 $5 Qd6 $2 {White's aggression has success.} ({
The counter} 22... Bxh1 $5 23. Qxb6+ Bb7 24. Qxa5 {(Kmoch)} 24... Qd6 $1 25.
Na4 Qc7 26. Nb6 d6 {favours Black.}) 23. Rhg1 Bb7 24. d5 $5 {
Gruenfeld plays another stouthearted move.} 24... exd5 $2 (24... Rc5 $1 25.
dxe6 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxb5 27. exd7 Rf5 28. d8=Q+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kc7 30. Rh8 Rxf2
31. Rxh6 {leads to simplification.}) 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc6 27. Rxd7 Rhe8
$5 (27... Qxb5 $6 28. Bxb5 f5 29. Re1 {looks grim for Black.}) 28. Qxc6 Nxc6
29. Bf3 g4 $5 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxf7 Re2 32. Rd1 Kc8 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kxc1 {
White has a won rook ending.} 34... h5 $5 35. Rf5 Re1+ 36. Kd2 Rh1 37. Ke3 Rh2
$5 (37... Rb1 38. b4 Rb3+ 39. Kf4 Rxa3 40. Kg5 $1 {wins for White.}) 38. a4 Kb7
39. b4 h4 $5 40. gxh4 Rxh4 41. a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 Rh6 43. Kf4 Rg6 44. Kg3 $1 Ka6
45. Rf4 $1 Kxa5 46. Rxg4 Rf6 47. Rd4 Kb5 48. f4 Kc5 49. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "14.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kmoch, Hans"]
[Black "Gerbec, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

{
Kmoch was successful by playing solidly in 1929. He won and drew eight times.

} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 h6 $5 9. Bd2 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qc7 $5 12. g3 $1 O-O-O $6 ({
Preferable is} 12... O-O 13. Bf4 Bd6) 13. Bg2 {
The black queen has become vulnerable.} 13... e5 $2 {
Gerbec should not open the centre.} (13... g5 $5 {makes an aggressive move.})
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bh3+ $1 Nd7 {
Black has been forced into restriction.} 17. Qa4 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Bxa5 19. Rhe1 Ba6
20. a3 $5 c5 21. Nb5 $5 {Kmoch can win in several ways.} 21... Bxb5 22. cxb5
Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 g6 24. Rd6 Kc7 25. Rc6+ Kb8 26. Re7 f5 27. Rxg6 Rhe8 28. Rxe8
Rxe8 29. Bxf5 Ne5 30. Rxh6 {Final standings: Spielmann and Kmoch 12/16 (700
Schilling each), Mueller 11, Hoenlinger 101/2, Gruenfeld and Beutum 10, Koenig
91/2, Lichtenstein 9, Lokvenc 8, Glass and Krejik 71/2, Gruber and S. Wolf 7,
Gerbec 51/2, Igel 41/2, Laimer 31/2, Schenkein 11/2.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "15.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1931.05.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Mueller, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

{15.TREBITSCH  Felix Klein supported Oskar Trebitsch as sponsor. The event
happened from May to June 1931. Prof Becker played the main role.   } 1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Nxe4 f5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nge2 $6 (
{The standard move is} 8. Nf3) 8... c6 $6 {
There is insufficient reason to guard against d4-d5.} 9. g3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nd7 11.
O-O-O Nb6 12. Bg2 Nd5 13. h3 Qf6 14. f4 Rd8 15. g4 $1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Rd6 $2 17.
Rhg1 $1 {Becker utilises the passive opposition.} 17... Qd8 18. Qg3 Qf6 19. Qc3
Qd8 {The players took a timeout.} 20. Bf3 Kh8 21. Rd3 a5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Bh5
$1 Qf8 24. Rdg3 Bf6 25. Qc5 Rd8 26. Qxf8+ Rxf8 27. Bxf7 $1 {
Strong moves are elementary.} 27... Bd7 28. Bc4 b5 29. Bd3 a4 30. a3 Be6 31.
Re3 Rae8 32. Kd2 Bd8 33. c3 Bc7 34. h4 Rf6 35. Rg5 Ref8 36. Rh3 Bd8 37. Ng1 Rh6
38. h5 $1 Rg8 39. Nf3 Rf6 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. Rg3+ Kf8 {
Becker has an extra pawn and a superior position.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "15.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1931.05.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Black "Becker, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

{Gruenfeld and Becker were leading, when the penultimate round began. 
} 1. d4
e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qb3 Nc6 $5 {
Koenig exchanged the bishops in round ten.} 8. O-O Ne4 $5 9. cxd5 Nxd2 10.
Nbxd2 exd5 11. e3 Rd8 12. a3 Ba5 13. Nb1 $5 Qf6 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Rfc1 c6 16. Na4
$6 {Gruenfeld moves guardians away from the defence.} 16... Ng6 17. Ne1 h5 18.
Nc5 h4 $1 19. Qd1 hxg3 20. hxg3 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qh6 22. Nh2 Rb8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Rc3
Ne7 25. a4 Rd6 26. Nf1 $6 Rg6 $1 27. Nd3 Qh7 28. Ra2 Bf5 29. Ne5 Rh6 30. Rb2 f6
31. Nd3 Kf7 $1 32. f3 Rh8 33. Nf2 Rg6 34. f4 Be6 35. Qf3 $2 ({
Right is the counter by} 35. b5 $1 Ba5 36. Rc1 Bd7 37. bxc6 Bxc6 38. e4 $1)
35... Nf5 $1 36. b5 $6 {White advances too late.} 36... Nxg3 $5 37. bxc6 $5 b6
$1 38. Qd1 Ne4 39. Nxe4 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Rxg2+ 41. Ke1 Rxb2 {Becker also won the
last game.   Final result: Becker 11/13 (800 Schilling), Hoenlinger 101/2,
Gruenfeld 10, Koenig 91/2, L. Steiner 8, Glass 7, Lokvenc, Mueller 61/2,
Lichtenstein 5, Beutum, S.R. Wolf, Boros 4, Kunert 3, Metanomski 2.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "16.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1932.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Kmoch, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]

{16.TREBITSCH  Schachklub Hietzing was the main organizer in 1932. It remained
a chess tournament for players of Vienna.   The sixteenth tournament happened
in December 1932. Eliskases and Rubinstein Jr were new faces but Becker ruled
again.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. c3
O-O 8. d4 Bd7 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 $5 (11... Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 {
occurred in Yates - Bogoljubow, Bad Kissingen 1928.}) 12. Qxf3 Bf6 13. Be3 Qe7
14. Bc2 Rfe8 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... Bg5 $1) 15. d5 $1 Ncb8 $5 ({
The pointe is} 15... Na5 16. Nd2 $1 b5 17. b4) 16. c4 a5 17. Nc3 Na6 18. Ba4
Red8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. a3 $6 Bg5 $1 {Kmoch can make this exchange anyway.} 21.
b4 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 axb4 $2 23. axb4 Rdd8 24. Ra4 $1 {
White occupies the open file.} 24... Qf8 25. Rd2 f5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Rda2 Rac8
28. Ne4 h6 29. c5 $5 dxc5 30. bxc5 Nb8 ({Or} 30... Rxd5 31. c6 $1 Rcd8 32. cxb7
) 31. Qb3 Qf7 32. Rd2 Nc6 $5 {Kmoch makes a last try.} 33. Qg3 $2 (33. Qxb7 $1
Rb8 $5 34. dxc6 $5 Rf8 35. Rb2 Rxb7 36. cxb7 Rb8 37. Ra8 {wins.}) 33... Ne7 $2
({He misses the counteraction} 33... Nd4 $1 34. d6 cxd6 35. Nxd6 Qb3 $1) 34. d6
Nc6 35. Ra3 Kh7 36. Rf3 Qg6 37. Qh4 Nd4 38. Rg3 Qf5 39. Qe7 Rg8 40. Rxd4 $1
exd4 41. Rf3 Qg6 42. d7 $1 {Becker captures a rook or plays Nf6+.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "16.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1932.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Mueller, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 g6 6. h4 $5 (6. Bg5 {
also brought an edge (Thomas - Nimzowitsch, Karlsbad 1929).}) 6... h5 7. Qg3
Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nh3 Nh6 10. Qd3 Qc8 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Qf3 Bxg5
14. hxg5 Rh7 15. Rh4 $5 Qd8 $1 16. Qf4 Qe7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. g4 Rdh8 19. Rdh1
Nb8 $1 {The knight moves towards the rooks.} 20. gxh5 gxh5 21. Qe3 Nd7 22. f4
Nf8 $1 23. f5 c6 $1 24. f6 Qb4 25. Qe2 Ng6 $1 {
Mueller has secured his position well.} 26. a3 Qc4 27. Qxc4 dxc4 28. R4h2 c5 $2
(28... h4 $1 {would complete the defensive manoeuvres.}) 29. dxc5 Nxe5 30. cxb6
axb6 31. Rh4 Kb8 $5 32. R1h3 Ng6 $2 33. Rxc4 Rd8 34. Ne4 h4 35. Rb3 $1 Kb7 36.
Nc5+ Kc6 37. Nxe6+ Kd5 38. Rxh4 $1 {Final results: Becker 9/11, Gruenfeld 71/2,
Eliskases, Hoenlinger 7, Glass, Mueller and Robitschek 6, Kmoch, Podhorzer 41/
2, Igel, Palda 31/2, Rubinstein Jr 11/2.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "17.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1933.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

{17.TREBITSCH  Spielmann, Gruenfeld and Mueller fought for victory in November
and December 1933.   Simon was not the son of Akiba.   } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10.
h4 c5 11. Bxh7+ $5 {Spielmann brings an interesting novelty.} 11... Kxh7 12.
Ng5+ Kh6 $1 {Black avoids a quick mate.} 13. Qd3 g6 $1 14. h5 $5 Bxg5 $2 {
While the white queen was standing on c2, Boris took bishop g5 with his king
in Teschner - Spassky, Riga1959!} 15. hxg6+ Kg7 16. Rh7+ Kf6 $1 {
They play a fascinating game.} 17. O-O-O c4 18. Qe2 Ke7 19. f4 Bf6 20. e4 $1
dxe4 21. Nxe4 Kd7 (21... Qd5 $2 22. Nxf6+ Kxf6 23. Re1 {asks for troubles.})
22. d5 Na6 ({Or} 22... Qe7 23. g4 $1) 23. g7 Rg8 (23... Bxg7 $2 24. Qg4+ Kc7
25. Qxg7 {wins for White.}) 24. Rh6 Bxg7 25. Rd6+ Kc7 26. Qxc4+ Kb8 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Kb1 Nc7 $2 (28... Bf8 29. g4 Nc5 30. Ng5 {favours White.}) 29. d6 $1
Ne6 30. f5 Bxe4+ $5 31. Qxe4 Nc5 32. Qc6 Rc8 33. Qd5 Rd8 34. Qxf7 Rd7 35. Qg8+
Kb7 36. Qd5+ Kb8 37. Qc6 a5 38. Qxb6+ Nb7 39. Qc6 Rd8 40. Qc7+ Ka7 {
Spielmann is going to play 41. Rd5.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "17.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1933.12.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Black "Podhorzer, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {
This position happened in Alekhine - Capablanca, Buenos Aires (6) 1927.} 13...
N5f6 $5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bd3 Rd8 16. Rhd1 Bd7 17. Ke2 Kf8 18. Ne5 Ke7 19. a3
Be8 20. Rd2 Nd7 $5 {Black chooses for a passive defence.} 21. Nc4 Nb6 22. Na5
Rd7 (22... Rab8 $1 {makes a more natural move.}) 23. b4 a6 24. Be4 Rc7 25. Rdc2
Rd8 26. Nb3 Na4 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 h6 $2 (28... f6 $1 29. f4 Bg6 {
liberates the bishop.}) 29. f4 f6 30. h4 Bf7 31. a4 $1 Rdc8 32. b5 $1 axb5 33.
axb5 Be8 34. b6 $1 Rd7 35. Ra1 Kd6 36. Ra7 Rb8 37. Kd2 Re7 38. Raa5 Bf7 39. Kc3
Ree8 40. Bf3 Ra8 {White is ready for a charge in the centre.} 41. e4 $1 Rxa5
42. e5+ $1 Kd7 43. Rxa5 Rb8 44. Kb4 Be8 45. Kc5 Ke7 46. Ra7 Bd7 47. g4 $1 Be8
48. Be2 Bd7 49. Bd3 Bc8 50. Ba6 Kd7 51. exf6 gxf6 52. g5 $1 {
The final offensive begins on the kingside.} 52... fxg5 53. fxg5 hxg5 54. hxg5
Ke7 55. Bd3 Bd7 56. g6 e5 $5 ({The bastion also falls by} 56... Be8 57. Ba6 $1
Bxg6 58. Rxb7+ Rxb7 59. Bxb7) 57. dxe5 Ke6 58. g7 Kxe5 59. Rxb7 $1 {
Gruenfeld played a standard game.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "17.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1933.12.06"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mueller, Hans"]
[Black "Kopetzky, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e4 dxe4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 $2 ({Better is} 9... Nc6 $1 10. Nxe4 Qf4) 10. Nxe4 Qb6 11.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 $2 (13... O-O-O {
develops in the right way.}) 14. Nf5 $5 Ne5 15. Qe2 {
These moves were played by Alekhine in a simultaneous display.} 15... Qe6 $2
16. Qb5+ $1 Rd7 17. Ned6+ $1 {White has a decisive attack.} 17... Kd8 ({
The pointe is} 17... Bxd6 18. Nxg7+) 18. Nxb7+ Rxb7 19. Qxb7 Qxf5 20. Rad1+ Ke8
21. Rc1 Be7 22. Qb5+ {Mueller won in the last three rounds and caught up with
Gruenfeld.   Standings: Gruenfeld and Mueller 101/2/15, Spielmann 10, Glass
and Hoenlinger 91/2, Becker 9, Koelnhofer and Podhorzer 8, Schwinner 71/2,
Fuss 7, Beutum and Rubinstein Jr 61/2, Igel 6, Palme 5, Palda 31/2, Kopecsky 3.
} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "18.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1934.12.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Glass, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

{18.TREBITSCH
Becker ruled the event in December 1934 and January 1935. 
} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. a3
$5 Nd4 $1 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bd2 Qd8 ({Less passivity shows} 10... Qb6 $1) 11.
Nb5 {Black should protect square c7.} 11... Bc5 $2 ({Right is} 11... Be5 $1)
12. b4 $1 Be7 $6 ({Slightly better is} 12... a6 $5 13. bxc5 axb5 14. cxb5) 13.
Bf4 $1 O-O ({Or} 13... d6 14. c5 $1 e5 15. cxd6 $1) 14. Bc7 $1 Qe8 15. Nd6 Bxd6
16. Bxd6 a5 17. b5 Qd8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. e3 b6 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. O-O Qc5 22. Qb2
Qh5 23. f3 $1 e5 24. Qf2 Re8 25. e4 Re6 26. c5 Qg6 27. Bc4 Re8 28. c6 dxc6 29.
Qxb6 Bc8 30. bxc6 Nh5 31. Rfd1 Nf4 32. Ra2 Be6 33. Bxe6 Nxe6 34. c7 h6 35. Qb8
1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "18.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1934.12.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Felix"]
[Black "Becker, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. c3
Bc5 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. Nxh5 Bxh5 11. Be3 Bb6 12. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 13. Qd2 $2 f5 $6 ({
Even better is} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 f5) 14. Ne1 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 $5 f4 16. Qd2 $1
f3 17. gxf3 $2 (17. g3 {tries to create a fortress.}) 17... Qh4 $1 18. f4 Rxf4
(18... Bf3 $3 19. Nxf3 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qxf3+ 21. Kg1 Rxf4 {wins quickly.}) 19. f3
Raf8 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ $5 21. Rxf2 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Rxf3 24. Rd1 Kf7 25.
Kg2 Rf4 26. b4 g5 27. Rb1 g4 28. Rb3 Ke6 29. Ra3 Kd7 30. Rxa7 Rf3 31. a4 Kc8
32. Ra8+ Kb7 33. Rh8 Rxd3 34. Rxh7 Rxc3 35. Rg7 Rc4 36. Rxg4 Rxb4 37. h4 Rxa4
38. h5 Ra8 39. Kh3 c5 40. Kh4 Kb6 41. h6 c4 42. Kh5 Kc5 43. h7 Rh8 44. Kg6 c3
45. Kg7 Rxh7+ 46. Kxh7 c2 47. Rg7 c6 48. Rg1 Kd4 49. Kg6 Kxe4 50. Kf6 Kd3 51.
Ke6 e4 52. Kxd6 e3 53. Kc5 e2 {Results: Becker 111/2/15, Glass, Mueller,
Gruenfeld 10, Fuss, Hoerlinger 91/2, Gerschenkron, Kolnhofer, Podhorzer 81/2,
Beutum 7, Fischer, Stoeckl 6, Igel 51/2, Lenner, Weiss 31/2, Rosenberger 21/2.}
0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "19.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich"]
[Black "Lichtenstein, Bernhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

{19.TREBITSCH  One of the strongest Trebitsch Memorial was played in November
and December 1935. "Everybody in Vienna" participated.   } 1. e3 d5 2. f4 Nf6
3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Qe2 $5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 Be7
10. O-O Bb5 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ba6 $6 {The bishop moves offside.} ({Better is
} 12... Bc6) 13. d3 O-O 14. Rf3 Rad8 15. Rh3 g6 $5 16. Nc3 Rd6 $6 17. g4 Rfd8
18. g5 $1 Ne8 $2 (18... Nd7 19. Ng4 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qa3 {
prolongs the game.}) 19. Ne4 $1 Rxd3 20. Nxd3 Bxc4 21. Nef2 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Rxd3
23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxa2 25. Rxb7 c4 26. Qd7 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 Qa2+ 28. Kf3 Nd6
29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "19.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h3 a5 $5 12. g4 {
The white attack looks unstoppable.} 12... b5 $6 (12... a4 $1 {
becomes a novelty in Gasztonyi - Szilagyi, Budapest 1964.}) 13. Rdg1 a4 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Be7 16. Ne5 $1 Qd6 17. h4 b4 $6 {
Spielmann shows desperation, because he has little counter-play.} 18. Nxa4 Ba6
19. Kb1 $6 ({White misses the brilliancy} 19. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 20. g6 fxg6 21.
Rxg6 Bf6 22. Rh6 $1 gxh6 23. Qg6+ Bg7 24. Qxd6) 19... Bb5 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Bxb5
cxb5 22. Ned3 Nd7 23. g6 fxg6 24. Nxb4 Nb6 25. h5 g5 26. Qf5 Qd6 27. f4 Rf8 28.
Qe5 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Nc4 31. Rh2 Nxe3 32. Rd2 Nc4 33. Re2 d4 34. e6
Ne3 35. Nc2 Nf5 36. e7 Rfe8 37. Re5 g6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rxg5 Kf7 40. Rgxf5+ $1
{Eliskases makes another attempt to win after a weak segment.} 40... gxf5 41.
Nxd4 Rxe7 42. Rxf5+ Ke8 43. Nxb5 Re1+ 44. Kc2 Rxa2 {
White is better, but Black only has to exchange a rook for two pawns.} 45. Kb3
Raa1 $1 46. c6 Rac1 47. c7 Re6 48. Rh5 Rb6 $5 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51.
Rh8+ Kd7 52. Rd8+ Ke7 53. Rb8 Rxb5+ $1 54. Rxb5 Kd7 55. Kb4 Kd6 $2 ({Right is} 
55... Rxc7 $1 {and Black reaches an elementary theoretical draw.}) 56. Rh5 Rxc7
57. Rh6+ Kd5 58. Ka5 $1 Ra7+ 59. Kb6 $1 Ra4 60. Kb5 $1 {
A subtle manoeuvre decides the game.} 60... Ra8 61. b4 Rb8+ 62. Ka5 Ra8+ 63.
Ra6 Rc8 64. b5 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "19.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Black "Gereben, Erno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 $5 ({More active is} 12.
Rc1 {in the Cambridge Springs.}) 12... Bd7 13. e4 b5 14. e5 $5 bxc4 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bxc4 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Be8 19. Rfd1 Qb6 20. Qc3 a5 21. Qe3 a4
22. Rd2 Qb4 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Rcc2 Qa5 $5 25. Nc5 $1 Rd6 26. g3 h6 27. Kg2 Qa7
28. Rc3 Rbd8 $5 29. Ra3 $1 Bg5 30. f4 Bf6 31. Rxa4 {
Black has to calculate well.} 31... Qc7 $2 (31... Bxd4 $1 32. Rxa7 Bxe3 33.
Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Ra8 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Bxc5 36. Rxe8+ Kh7 {draws.}) 32. Be2 Qe7 33. Ne4
c5 34. Nxd6 Bxa4 35. dxc5 Bc6+ 36. Bf3 Qc7 37. b4 Rb8 38. a3 Ra8 39. b5 Bxf3+
40. Qxf3 Rd8 41. Qc6 Qa5 42. Rd3 Qa4 43. Rf3 Qc2+ 44. Rf2 Qc1 45. Qe4 Qxa3 46.
Rc2 Be7 47. Nb7 Rc8 48. c6 Kf8 49. Qc4 Qe3 50. Nc5 Ke8 51. Nd7 Bd8 52. Re2 Qa3
53. b6 Qd6 54. Rc2 Bxb6 55. Nxb6 Rc7 56. Na8 Rc8 57. c7 {Final standings:
Eliskases and L. Steiner 8/11, Becker, Mueller and Spielmann 61/2, Glass and
Gruenfeld 6, Gereben 51/2, Lichtenstein 4, Fuss 31/2, S.R. Wolf 3, Kolnhofer
21/2.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "20.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1936.10.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1936.??.19"]

{The event was played in October and November 1936. 
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 O-O 10.
Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. b4 a5 15. bxa5 $1 ({Known is
} 15. Rb1 {(Akiba Rubinstein - Becker, Karlsbad 1929).}) 15... Rxa5 16. Rb1 $2
({Correct is} 16. e4 $1) 16... c5 $1 17. Ne5 $5 cxd4 18. exd4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rc5
$1 20. Qb4 Qg5 21. f3 Qxe5 22. Qxb6 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxc4 24. Qxb7 Qxa2 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 25. Rb2 Qc4 26. Re1 Re5 $5 27. Rbb1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1
Rd8 29. Qb6 Qd4 30. Qxd4 $5 Rxd4 {The rook ending of four against three pawns
on one flank would be drawn, if the h-pawn stood on the fourth rank.} 31. h3 h5
32. Re2 g6 33. Kg1 Kg7 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Ra2 Rb4 36. Ra5 $2 {
The rook should stay on the second rank.} 36... Rb2+ $1 37. Kg3 h4+ $1 38. Kxh4
Rxg2 39. f4 $1 {White defends the weakened kingside.} 39... Rg1 40. Rb5 Rg2 41.
Ra5 Rd2 $1 42. Kg4 Rd5 $1 43. Ra7 g5 $1 44. h4 gxf4 $1 {
Rubinstein creates two passed pawns.} 45. Kxf4 Kg6 46. Kg4 Rd4+ 47. Kg3 f6 48.
Ra8 Kf5 49. Rg8 Rd3+ 50. Kg2 e5 51. Rg7 Rd2+ 52. Kh3 Rd1 53. Kg2 Rd8 54. Kf3
Rh8 55. Kg3 Rh6 56. Re7 Rg6+ 57. Kf3 Rg4 58. Rh7 e4+ 59. Ke3 Rg3+ 60. Kf2 Kf4
61. Rf7 e3+ 62. Kf1 f5 63. h5 Rh3 64. Kg2 Rxh5 65. Ra7 Rg5+ 66. Kf1 Kf3 67. Ra2
e2+ {Simon played the rook ending like his namebearer.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "20.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1936.10.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Friedmann, Henryk"]
[Black "Glass, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1936.??.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Re8 $5 (8... e5 $1 {befell in Mikenas - Tartakower, Lodz 1935.}) 9. Qc2 e5
10. d5 Nb8 $5 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Nh4 g6 $2 ({
Better is} 15... Nc5 16. Be2 $5 Nf4) 16. g3 $1 Nc5 17. Be2 $1 Ng7 18. b4 $1 Nd7
{The black knights have been thrown back.} 19. f3 Nf8 20. O-O f5 21. Ng2 g5 22.
Bf2 fxe4 $6 (22... f4 $1 {closes the kingside.}) 23. fxe4 Bh3 24. Be3 Nd7 25.
c5 b6 $6 26. c6 $1 Nf8 27. Qd1 h6 28. Bh5 Nxh5 29. Qxh5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qh7 31.
Qg4 Qg7 32. h4 Nh7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rf5 {Black is going to lose a pawn.} 34...
Qg6 35. Bxg5 Re7 36. Qh4 Rf7 37. Raf1 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Re8 39. Qh6 Qxh6 40. Bxh6
Re7 41. g4 Rf7 42. g5 Rg7 {Standings: H.Friedmann 111/2/15, Opocensky 101/2,
Becker, Michel and Spielmann 10, Lokvenc and Rubinstein Jr 9, Hoenlinger 71/2,
Weinstock 7, Bruckner and Fuester 61/2, Fuss and Glass 6, Keller 41/2, Igel
and Donegan 3.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "21.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1937.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adam, Hermann"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1937.??.13"]

{21.TREBITSCH  The last Trebitsch tournament was dominated by L. Steiner and
Rubinstein Jr in December 1937 and January 1938.   } 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5
exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Bd6 6. Nbc3 Nb4 7. Bf4 Nxd3+ 8. Qxd3 Ne7 9. O-O c6 10.
Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Rae1 O-O 13. f4 g6 14. Qd2 Rae8 15. Nd1 Nf5 16. Nxf5
Bxf5 17. Ne3 Re4 $2 18. g4 $5 {Adam enlivens the dull French Exchange opening.}
18... Bc8 19. Nc4 $1 Qe6 20. f5 $1 Rxg4+ 21. Kh1 Qf6 22. Ne5 $2 (22. fxg6 Bf5
23. gxh7+ {equalises.}) 22... Qg5 23. Qf2 Bxf5 $6 (23... Re4 $1 {
gains even more advantage.}) 24. Nxg4 Qxg4 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Be4+ 27. Kg1
f5 {The bishop dominates the centre.} 28. Rf2 Kg7 29. b3 b5 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rd2
Rb8 32. Ra1 $2 (32. c4 $5 {opens files for the rooks.}) 32... a5 33. a4 b4 $1
34. Rc1 c5 $1 35. c4 $5 bxc3 36. Rxc3 cxd4 37. Rxd4 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Rd2 g5
40. Rb2 (40. Rc5 $5 Rxb3 41. Rxa5 Rb1 $1 42. Ra7 h5 {also favours Black.})
40... Kd6 41. Rh3 Rb7 42. Rh5 g4 43. h3 g3+ $5 ({The text is okay, but} 43...
gxh3 44. Rxh3 f4 {looks obvious.}) 44. Kxg3 Kc5 45. Kf4 Kb4 46. Re2 (46. Rh6 d4
47. Ra6 d3 {brings no relief.}) 46... Kxb3 47. Rxe4 dxe4 48. Rxf5 {
Rubinstein conducts another rook ending. The e-pawn decides the game.} 48...
Re7 $1 49. Ke3 ({The pointe is} 49. Rxa5 e3 50. Rb5+ Ka2 $1) 49... Kxa4 50. Rf8
Kb4 51. Rb8+ Ka3 52. h4 a4 53. Rb6 Ka2 54. h5 a3 55. h6 Ka1 56. Rb3 Ka2 57. Rb6
Ka1 58. Rb3 a2 59. Rb6 Re5 $1 60. Rb7 Re6 61. Rxh7 Rb6 62. Rf7 Rxh6 63. Kd2
Rd6+ 64. Kc2 Rc6+ 65. Kd2 e3+ $5 66. Kxe3 Rc3+ 67. Kd2 Kb2 68. Ra7 Rb3 {
Simon played another fine ending.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "21.Trebitsch"]
[Date "1937.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Podhorzer, David"]
[Black "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1937.??.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 $1 ({Lajos played} 11... gxf6 12. Nxc4
Na6 {in round five (S. Rubinstein - L. Steiner).}) 12. a5 $6 Rd8 13. a6 $2 Nxa6
{Thank you!} 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Rxa6 $1 bxa6 16. Nxc6 Qf8 $1 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 {
Steiner has won pawns and commands the two bishops.} 18. h3 f5 19. Nc3 Qd6 20.
Qa4 Be8 21. Qa2 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kh2 Bb5 $1 {
The queen has been imprisoned.} 25. Bf3 Rc1 26. g4 g6 27. Kg2 a5 28. h4 Kg7 29.
h5 g5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Bb7 Kf6 32. Ba8 g4 33. Bd5 Kg5 34. b3 $5 c3 $1 35. Bc4
Bc6+ 36. f3 f4 37. Bd3 Bc5 38. e3 ({Or} 38. Qxa5 Rg1+ 39. Kh2 g3+ 40. Kh3 Bd7+
41. Bf5 Bxf5#) 38... Bxf3+ {Final standings: L. Steiner 81/2/11, S. Rubinstein
7, Becker, Glass and Mueller 61/2, Podhorzer and Weil 6, Adam and Hoenlinger
51/2, Weinstock 4, Bacher 31/2, Donegan 1/2.   The Wiener Schachklub had 600
members in the heydays of Baron Albert von Rothschild and Leopold Trebitsch.
Chess revived in Wien after the Great War. Schachklub Hietzing became the main
group. Later the membership decreased due to the economic depression.   The
"Anschluss" (unification of Germany and Austria) in 1938 led to the end of the
chess clubs, because the Trebitsch family, Spielmann and other members were
Jewish. They migrated or were persecuted. The Aryan Gruenfeld experienced a
lot of troubles by his Jewish name.} 0-1

