[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nyholm, Gustaf"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

{Gambits in open games were the popular openings in the nineteenth century.
This preference changed when Lasker became the world champion. Solid
positional play became the style of many new masters. Four gambit tournaments
were organised at the beginning of the twentieth century. The aim was to
revive the popularity of gambits.  The obligated opening of the international
Gambitturnir Wien 1903 was the King's Gambit Accepted. Baron Albert von
Rothschild contributed to the fund of 8000 Crowns. Ten masters played double
rounds in the premisses of the Wiener Schachklub from 2 until 26 v 1903. The
winner became the legendary gambit player Chigorin (13/18) before Marshall
(111/2) and Marco (11). Marco wrote the tournament book.   The success of Wien
1903 led to the organisation of an event for the King's Gambit Defence.
Professor Rice and the Wiener Schachklub made 1500 Crowns available. The event
was played in Vienna from 29 ix 1904 until 14 i 1905. Ten masters played
double rounds. Vidmar had to retire due to illness after six rounds. Maroczy
arrived on 17 xii 1904 and caught up many games. Schlechter (141/2/18) won the
tournament before Maroczy (14). Perlis (10) became third. Gilliam researched
the event.   The masters had to play the King's Gambit Accepted in Abbazia
(Opatija) 1912. Playing hall was the Casino des Etrangers from 14 i until 13
ii. Twelve men played double rounds. The gambit scored negatively in the event.
Rudolf Spielmann, knight of the King's Gambit, achieved an incredible 101/2/11
in the first cycle and won the first prize of 1000 Crowns. Duras became second.
E. Cohn and Reti shared the third place. Marco announced a tournament book but
it never appeared. Gilliam and others reconstructed the event later.  The
Kasino-Klub was established in Baden bei Wien on 23 ii 1914. A gambit event
was announced the next month. Ten masters played double rounds at Kaiser Franz
Ring 7 from 5 iv until 1 v 1914. The participants were allowed to play all
gambits, except for the Queen's Gambit. Only open games were started. Selected
openings by White were the Danish Gambit, King's Gambit, Scotch Gambit and
Evans Gambit. Black was allowed to refuse the gambit. Probably the opening's
choice was steered by beauty prizes for certain gambits. Spielmann (121/2/18),
Tartakower (111/2), Schlechter (11) and Breyer (101/2) won the prizes. 4925
Crowns were payed for prizes and consolation.   Fifty-six games have been
selected from the four tournaments. These encounters are presented by gambit. 
  DANISH GAMBIT  The Danish Gambit is reached by 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3.
Schlechter put forward the counter gambit 3. .. dxc3 4. Bc4 d5! Reti and
Tartakower followed this advise successfully.   } 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3
dxc3 4. Bc4 d5 $6 {He plays a defence advised by Schlechter.} 5. Bxd5 cxb2 6.
Bxb2 Nf6 7. Nf3 ({Right is} 7. Bxf7+ $1) 7... Bb4+ 8. Kf1 O-O $2 ({
More solid is} 8... Qe7 $1) 9. Qb3 $2 {White misses the presented chance.} ({
Great complications are began by} 9. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 $5 10. Qb3+ {(Marco)} 10...
Kg6 $1 11. Ne5+ $5 Kh5 12. Qxb4 Qd1+ 13. Qe1 Qxe1+ 14. Kxe1 Nxe4 15. f3 Nd6 16.
h4 $1) 9... Nc6 10. Nc3 ({The pointe is} 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qxb4 Rb8 $1 12. Qd4
Rxb2 $1) 10... Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bc4 c6 15. h4 b5
16. Be2 Be6 17. Qc2 Qc5 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. g3 a5 20. Qb1 Rd2 21. Nd5 Rxb2 22.
Qxb2 Qxd5 23. exd5 Bxb2 24. Rc2 Bxd5 {Reti got two beauty prizes for this game.
} 0-1

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nyholm, Gustaf"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 d5 $5 5. Bxd5 cxb2 6. Bxb2 Nf6 7. Bxf7+
$1 Kxf7 8. Qxd8 Bb4+ 9. Qd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 {A well-known theoretical line has
been played for the first time. Black achieves an equal endgame.} 10... Re8 11.
f3 Nc6 ({The enterprising} 11... c5 $5 {(Marco)} 12. e5 $1 Nc6 13. Nc4 Re7 14.
O-O-O {leaves the initiative to White.}) 12. Rc1 Be6 13. a3 Rad8 14. Ne2 Re7
15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 c5 19. Rd5 Rc8 20. Ke2 Rc6 21.
Rc1 g6 22. g4 a6 23. h4 b5 24. h5 c4 25. hxg6+ hxg6 26. Bc3 Nb6 27. Rd8 Rd7 28.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Rd1 Nc5 30. Rd5 Na4 31. Kd2 $4 ({Right is} 31. Bb4) 31... Nxc3
32. Kxc3 Rf6 33. Kd4 Rxf3 34. Ke5 Rxa3 35. Rd7+ Ke8 36. Ra7 Kd8 37. g5 Ra1 38.
Kd6 Rd1+ 39. Ke6 c3 0-1

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Breyer, Gyula"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

{KING'S GAMBIT DEFENCE  The opening 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 avoids the sharpness of
the accepted gambit, unless White chooses a risky variation.   } 1. e4 e5 2. f4
Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 $5 {White plays the sharp variation.} 4... f5 $5 {
And Black gives a pointed answer.} 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 $5 {
Breyer walks in novel terrain.} (6. d4 exd4 7. Bc4 fxe4 $5 8. Ne5 Nf6 9. Nf7
Qe7 10. Nxh8 {leads to a wild game (Stoltz - Spielmann, Stockholm 1932).}) 6...
Nc6 7. Bxg8 $5 ({More solid is} 7. Qe2) 7... Rxg8 8. Qe2 Qe7 $5 9. b4 Bb6 10.
a4 a6 11. Ba3 Qf6 12. b5 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qc4 Ne7 $2 ({Correct is} 14...
Be6 $1 15. Qe4 Na5) 15. bxa6 $1 O-O-O 16. a5 $1 Ba7 17. axb7+ Kb8 18. Bc5 Bd3
19. Bxa7+ $1 {Combinatory play decides the game.} 19... Kxb7 20. a6+ $1 Kc8 21.
Qg4+ Nf5 22. Bf2 e4 23. Nd4 g6 24. Nb3 h5 25. Qh3 Kb8 26. Nc5 Rge8 27. Be3 Nxe3
28. Qxe3 Re5 29. Kd1 Ka8 30. a7 Rdd5 31. Nxd3 exd3 32. Qh3 Rf5 33. Re1 Qf7 34.
c4 Rd8 35. Qe3 Qxc4 36. Qe4+ Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Rf2 38. Nc3 c6 39. Kc1 Rxg2 40. Re7
Rg1+ 41. Kb2 Rxa1 42. Kxa1 Rd4 43. Kb2 c5 44. Ka3 Rb4 45. Nd5 Rb1 46. Ka2 Rb7
47. Rxb7 Kxb7 48. Nf4 Kxa7 49. Kb3 Kb6 50. Kc3 Kc6 51. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 {
Black plays for a draw.} (6... Ng4 $5 {brings great complications.}) 7. Nd5
Nxd5 8. Bxd5 Qe7 9. c3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ba7 12. f5 Nd8 13. Bd2 c6 14.
Bb3 Kd7 15. O-O-O Kc7 16. g4 f6 17. Rh2 Rc8 18. Be1 Kb8 19. Kb1 Rc7 20. Rc1 Ka8
21. Re2 Re8 22. Ka1 Nf7 23. Bd2 Ng5 24. Bxg5 fxg5 25. Rf1 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Perlis, Julius"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. f5 h6 8. a3 Ne7
$6 {This passive move was made in Schiffers- Von Bardeleben, Frankfurt 1887.
If Black plays the King's Gambit Defence rightly, he will gain a slight
positional advantage.} 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 c6 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Nd1 Bxe3 13. Qxe3
Qxe3+ 14. Nxe3 c5 15. c4 Bd7 16. Ke2 Nc6 17. Ba2 Ke7 18. g4 Nd4+ 19. Nxd4 exd4
20. Nd5+ Nxd5 21. cxd5 Kf6 22. Kf3 h5 23. h3 hxg4+ 24. hxg4 Kg5 25. Bb3 $2 {
White spoils an equal endgame.} ({Correct is} 25. b4) 25... Rac8 $1 26. Rac1 c4
$1 27. dxc4 $2 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 bxc4 29. Bc2 $2 Rb8 $1 30. Rb1 d3 31. Bd1 c3 32.
Rc1 c2 33. Bxc2 Rc8 $1 {Maroczy showed his endgame technics.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Perlis, Julius"]
[Black "Neumann, Augustin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. f5 $5 {
White hopes to attack on the kingside.} ({More solid is} 7. Na4 {(Euwe).}) 7...
Nh5 (7... c6 $1 {gains a slight advantage (Mieses - Martinolich, Wien 1907).})
8. Na4 Nc6 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. c3 Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Qd6 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. g4 f6 17. Be3 $6 Qxd3 $1 18. Rd1 Qb5 19. c4 Qc6 $6 (
19... Qb4+ $1 20. Bd2 Qb6 {yields a plus.}) 20. h4 Rf7 21. g5 Nf8 22. Rd5 b6
23. Rg1 fxg5 24. hxg5 g6 $1 25. Rxe5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Qxf5 Re8 28. Rf1
Qxe4 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 $1 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 {
Schlechter simplifies.} ({More activity is shown by} 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 $5 Nd5 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 {(Marshall - Schlechter, Karlsbad 1907).}) 6... Qe7 7. d4 Bd6
8. Nf3 Nxe4 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Bd3 Qg4 14.
Nxd4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bc5 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Nf5 Bxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Be6 19. Be4 Rad8 20.
b3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Nc2 {
So far the game is identical to Schlechter - Marco, played in an earlier round.
} 23... f5 24. Bf3 Kf7 25. Nd4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Perlis, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 ({
The alternative is} 6... Nf6) 7. Bb5 Qf6 $5 8. Rf1 Nge7 9. fxe5 Qxf3 10. Rxf3
dxe5 11. d3 {The opening has led to equality.} 11... O-O 12. Bc4 $1 Na5 $2 13.
b4 $1 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Bg1 15. Kf1 Bh2 16. g3 {Got you!} 16... f5 17. Kg2 fxe4 18.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Bg5 Nf5 20. Kxh2 h6 21. Bd2 $2 (21. Bc1 $1 {(Marco)} 21... Nd6
22. c5 Nc4 23. Na3 Nxa3 24. Bxa3 Rf2+ 25. Kh1 $1 Rf3 26. Rg1 {
keeps sufficient material advantage.}) 21... Nd6 $1 22. Bc1 Nxc4 23. Na3 Nxa3
24. Bxa3 Rf2+ 25. Kg1 Rf3 26. Rb1 Rxg3+ 27. Kh2 Rxc3 28. Bb2 Rd3 $2 ({
Correct is} 28... Rc2+ 29. Kg3 c6 30. Bxe5 Rxa2 31. Re1 a5) 29. Bxe5 Rd2+ 30.
Kg3 Rxa2 31. Bxc7 Ra3+ 32. Kg4 e3 33. Re1 Ra4 $2 34. Bd6 $1 a5 35. Rxe3 axb4
36. Re4 Ra6 37. Bxb4 Rc6 38. Kg3 Rf6 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Re7 b6 41. Bc3 Rg6+ 42.
Kf4 Rg1 43. Rb7 Rf1+ 44. Kg4 Rg1+ 45. Kf3 Rg6 46. Bd4 h5 47. Rxb6 Rg5 48. Rb1
Rd5 49. Ke4 Ra5 50. Ra1 Rb5 51. Ra7 Rg5 52. Kf4 Rg2 53. Ra5 Kg6 54. Rb5 h4 55.
Rb1 Kh5 56. Rb8 Rd2 57. Rh8+ Kg6 58. Be3 Ra2 59. Rxh4 Ra4+ 60. Kg3 Ra3 61. Kf3
Kf7 62. Re4 Ra1 63. Rf4+ Kg8 64. Rb4 Ra6 65. Kg4 Re6 66. Bf4 Rg6+ 67. Bg5 Ra6
68. h4 Rc6 69. h5 Ra6 70. Bf4 Ra5 71. Rb7 Rc5 72. Rd7 Rb5 73. Be3 Rb4+ 74. Bd4
Kf8 75. Kf5 Ke8 76. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Hromadka, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 (6... Bb4+ {
was played in Anderssen - Klaus, Leipzig 1851.}) 7. Bb5 $1 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9.
Nc3 O-O 10. Kh1 Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. f5 $5 {White advances his broad centre.}
12... Nd7 $2 (12... c5 $1 13. d5 Qe8 {defends subtly.}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 f6
15. Rg3 Rf7 16. Bf4 Nf8 17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Qc4 Kh8 19. Rf1 Rd8 20. d5 cxd5 21.
Nxd5 c6 22. Nb4 $2 Bc5 $2 (22... d5 $1 23. Qxc6 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qb5 25. Nd3 Rd4
26. Qe2 Qxf5 {equalises.}) 23. Nxc6 Rc8 24. Nd4 d5 25. exd5 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxf5
27. Qd3 Qd7 28. Rd1 Qa4 29. Bd6 Qxa2 30. Bxf8 Rcxf8 31. Qb5 a6 32. Qb4 a5 33.
Qb5 Rc7 34. d6 Rcc8 35. d7 Rcd8 36. Ra3 Qe6 37. Rxa5 h6 38. Ra6 Qe3 39. Qd3
Qxd3 40. Rxd3 Rf7 41. Ra7 Re7 42. Rc7 Kh7 43. b4 Kg6 44. b5 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Kf7
46. Rb3 {The King's Gambit Defence creates the weakness f2. If White reacts
quietly, the weakness will be solved. He has to make an adventurous advance in
the centre for a battle.} 1-0

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

{FALKBEER'S COUNTER-GAMBIT  The gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 is answered by the
counter-gambit 2. .. d5. If White plays the opening correctly, he will gain a
slight advantage, but Black has sufficient compensation for the sacrificed
pawn.  } 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 {
Black has to proceed as a counter-gambit.} 4... Qxd5 $6 ({
The main line continues by} 4... Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5 $1 (
7... Qxd5 $6 {(Charousek - Pillsbury, Nuernberg 1896)}) 8. Nc3 $1 (8. g4 $2 O-O
$1 9. gxf5 Re8 {(Spielmann - Tarrasch, Maehrisch Ostrau 1923).}) 8... Qe7 9.
Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nxc3 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. bxc3 Be4 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 {
and Black will draw (Stoltz - Richter, Swinemunde 1932).}) 5. Nc3 $6 (5. Qe2 $1
Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 {gains a plus (Charousek - Cohn, Berlin 1897).}) 5... Bb4
6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne7 8. Qd2 (8. Bxg7 $6 Rg8 {would be risky.}) 8... O-O 9.
dxe4 Qxe4+ 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. O-O-O Ng6 12. Qd5 Qa4 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

{BISHOP'S GAMBIT  If Black accepts the King's Gambit, White can avoid the pawn
avalanche on the kingside by playing 3. Bc4.   } 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5
4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. g3 $5 {Chigorin has played his favourite move.} 6...
fxg3 $6 ({The preferable alternative is} 6... Qh6 $1 {
(Chigorin - Kulomsin, Moscow 1900).}) 7. Qf3 g2+ 8. Kxg2 Nh6 9. Qg3 $1 {
White forces a favourable exchange of queens.} 9... Bd6 10. Qxh4 gxh4 11. d4 {
He has achieved a slight advantage.} 11... Rg8+ 12. Kf1 Rg6 $5 (12... Ng4 {
was played in Chigorin - Didier, Monte Carlo 1901.}) 13. e5 Be7 14. Be4 Nf5 15.
Nc3 Rg4 16. Nge2 Nc6 17. Bf3 Rg8 $2 (17... Nfxd4 $1 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4
{brings counter-play.}) 18. Nb5 Bd8 19. c3 a6 20. Na3 f6 21. Bh5+ Ke7 22. exf6+
Kxf6 23. Nf4 Nfe7 24. Bd2 Bf5 25. Re1 Ng6 26. Kf2 h3 27. Rhg1 Kf7 28. Ref1 Kg7
29. Bg4 Rf8 30. Ke2 Bxg4+ 31. Rxg4 Rf5 32. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. Qf3 $6 ({
More natural is} 6. Nf3) 6... Nf6 $5 7. g3 $5 Qh6 8. d4 Nxd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. c4
{White tries to attack on all fronts.} 10... b6 $2 ({But} 10... Qg6 $1 11. gxf4
Bf5 $1 12. Nd2 Bxf4 {counters perfectly.}) 11. h4 $1 g4 12. Qe4+ Kd8 13. Ne2
Re8 14. Bxf4 Qf6 15. Qd3 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Bf5 17. Qd2 Re4 18. Ne2 $5 Qe7 $2 (18...
Rxe2 $1 19. Kxe2 Bxb1 20. Qe3 $1 Bf5 {continues a dynamic battle.}) 19. Kf2 Nd7
20. Nbc3 Nf6 21. Rhf1 $1 Bg6 22. Kg1 Re3 23. Rxf6 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Qxf6 25. Qxg4
Qe7 26. Qf3 Kd7 27. h5 Bc2 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Rxc2 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Re3 31. Re2 1-0

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flamberg, Alexander"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 {Black chooses for a soft approach.}
5. e5 $5 d5 $1 6. Be2 $6 ({Not} 6. Bb3 $2 Bg4 $1 7. Qd3 Nh5 8. Nh3 {
(Charousek - Chigorin, Budapest 1896)} 8... Qh4+ $1 9. Nf2 O-O-O) ({Right is} 
6. Bb5 $1 {(Loman - Euwe, Nijmegen 1921).}) 6... Ne4 $1 7. Bxf4 f6 $1 8. Nf3
fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bb4+ 11. c3 O-O $1 12. Bf3 Qg5 13. Nd2 $2 (13. cxb4
$1 Qe3+ 14. Qe2 Qc1+ 15. Qd1 Qe3+ {draws.}) 13... Rxf3 14. gxf3 Qh4+ 15. Ke2
Qf2+ 16. Kd3 {The game has a remarkable finish.} 16... Nxd2 $2 (16... Nc5+ $1
17. dxc5 Bf5+ 18. Ne4 Qxc5 {wins for Black.}) 17. cxb4 $2 ({Appropriate is} 17.
Qe2 $1 Ne4 18. Rhf1 {and White wins.}) 17... Nc4 0-1

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flamberg, Alexander"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qf3 $5 ({
White diverts from the usual} 6. Nf3) 6... O-O 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bg4 $6 (8...
c6 9. Bb3 g5 {plays for a win.}) 9. Qxf4 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nxd5 11. exd5 $2 (11.
Qxf7+ $1 Kh8 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. exd5 Bc5+ 15. d4 $1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4
Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 {brings White a plus.}) 11... Rxe2 12. Qxb4 Qg5 13. Rf2 Re1+ 14.
Rf1 Re2 15. Rf2 Rxf2 16. Kxf2 Qxd5 17. d3 Nd7 18. Bd2 a5 19. Qb3 Qf5+ 20. Kg1
Qc5+ 21. Kh1 b6 22. Rf1 Nf6 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Bxc3 Nd5 25. Re1 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Kf8
27. Kg1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 f5 31. c4 g5 32. d4 Kf6 33. Kf3
h5 34. h4 $2 (34. g3 $1 {closes the position for an entry by the black king.})
34... gxh4 35. Kf4 Kg6 36. d5 Kf6 37. a4 Kg6 38. Ke5 Kg5 39. Ke6 f4 40. c5 bxc5
41. Kd7 f3 0-1

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Black "Nyholm, Gustaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6 $5 {
Nyholm makes a solid move.} 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. d4 Ne7 8. c4 $5 {
Leonhardt likes to play bizarre moves.} ({Best is} 8. Bc4 $1 {
(Weinstein - Romanovsky, Triberg 1915).}) 8... c6 9. e5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 cxd5 11.
cxd5 O-O 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Kf2 Ng6 14. Qd4 $2 {White goes forwards again.} ({
Right is} 14. Bg3 Nxe5 $1 15. Bxe5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxe5 17. Nc3 {(Nyholm).})
14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qh4+ 16. Ke3 Nc6 $1 17. Qe4 ({The pointe is} 17. dxc6 Rad8
18. Qe4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Rd3+ {(Nyholm).}) 17... f5 $1 18. Bg3 Qh5 19. Qc4 f4+ 20.
Ke2 Ncxe5 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. d4 Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Nf3 Qh5 9. h4 h6 10. Qd3 ({The alternative is} 10. Kg1 $1 {
(Paulsen - Anderssen, Baden-Baden 1870).}) 10... Nbc6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nxd5
13. exd5 Ne7 $5 14. Qxb7 $5 {Maroczy accepts the challenge.} ({More solid is} 
14. Kg1 $1) 14... O-O 15. c3 $2 ({Preferable is} 15. Kg1 {again.}) 15... Rab8
16. Qxa7 $2 (16. Qxc7 Bg4 $1 17. Kf2 Nxd5 18. Qxa7 Rfe8 {
sets the stage for a black attack.}) 16... Bb5 $1 17. Qc5 Bxe2+ 18. Kxe2 g4 19.
d6 ({Or} 19. Ne1 $1 Rfe8 20. Kd2 Nf5 $1) 19... gxf3+ 20. gxf3 Nf5 21. dxc7 Ng3+
22. Kd2 Qxf3 23. Re1 Rbe8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Kc2 Qe4+ 26. Kb3 Qb7+ 27. Kc2 Qe4+
28. Kb3 Qb7+ 29. Kc2 Bf8 $3 {
Black prevents the check of a potential white promotion.} 30. Qc4 Re2+ 31. Bd2
Rxd2+ $1 32. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 33. Kd1 Qxa1+ 34. Kc2 Nf5 $1 35. Qa4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Qe2 fxe4 $2 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Qe5+ Qe7 7. Qxh8 Nf6
{Marshall has gone too far, even for a gambit tournament.} 8. Nc3 $5 ({
The known refutation is} 8. b3 $1 d5 9. Ba3 c5 10. Bxc5 $5 Qxc5 11. Qxf6 dxc4
12. Qxf4 {(G.R. Neumann).}) 8... c6 9. Bg8 $4 (9. d3 $1 d5 10. dxe4 $1 dxc4 11.
Bxf4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. O-O $1 Bxe2 15. Bh6 $1 {
elegantly wins for White.}) 9... d5 $1 {Black imprisons two white pieces.} 10.
Nge2 f3 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. Bxh7 $6 (12. Bxd5 fxg2 13. Rg1 Nbd7 $1 14. Rxg2 O-O-O {
brings a horrendous black attack.}) 12... Nxh7 13. O-O Nd7 14. gxf3 O-O-O 15.
Qd4 Qg5+ 16. Kh1 Qxf4 17. d3 Qh4 18. dxe4 Bc5 19. Qd2 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bxe4+ 21.
Nxe4 Qxe4+ 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Re8 24. Kf3 Ne5+ 25. Kg3 Bd6 26. Kg2 g5 27.
Re1 Rf8 28. Be3 Ng4 29. Bg1 b6 30. h3 Ngf6 31. Rad1 Nd5 32. c4 Nf4+ 33. Kh1 Kc7
34. Bh2 Nf6 35. Bxf4 gxf4 36. Re6 Ne8 37. a3 a5 38. h4 f3 39. h5 Rf5 40. b4
axb4 41. axb4 Bxb4 42. Kh2 Ng7 43. Re3 Rxh5+ {
Recklessness brought a thrilling triumph.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. h4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 h6 9. d4 Ne7 10. Qd3 Nbc6 11. Ne2 $5 {
Schlechter and Maroczy introduced this passive move in Wien 1903.} 11... f5 $5
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. e5 Nd5 $6 14. c4 Ba6 15. Qc2 Nb6 $6 16. b3 Rf8 $2 ({
Better is} 16... Bc8 17. Ba3 Qg6) 17. Ba3 $1 Rf7 18. Kg1 $2 (18. e6 $1 Rf6 19.
Kg1 Rxe6 20. hxg5 Qf7 21. Nxf4 {and White wins (Schlechter).}) 18... Qg6 19.
hxg5 hxg5 20. e6 $5 Qxe6 21. Nxg5 Qe3+ 22. Kf1 f3 23. Nxf3 Nxc4 $1 24. bxc4
Qxa3 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Rh3 Qa5 27. Rb3 c5 28. Rab1 $4 (28. Ng3 $1 {
regains the initiative.}) 28... cxd4 $1 29. Rb8+ Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ Kd7 31. Nf3 c6
32. Nd2 Kc7 33. Ra8 Bb7 34. Rg8 Qe5 35. Qd3 c5 36. Qg3 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 $1 {Black gains a plus without taking a risk.}
4. Nc3 Nc6 ({Best is} 4... c6 $1 {
(Spielmann - Bogoljubow, Karlsbad 1923). The pointe is} 5. Nf3 d5 $1) 5. d4 Bb4
6. Qd3 d5 $5 ({Reti diverts from} 6... O-O {
(Blackburne - Steinitz, Hastings 1895).}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O {
Black has little pressure.} 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qf5 13.
Qc3 Qf6 14. Bd2 Bg4 15. d5 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Ne5 18. Rxf4 Ng6 19. Rd4
Re2 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Bxd2 Rd8 22. Rb1 b6 23. Bc3 f6 24. a4 Ne5 25. Bxe5 fxe5
26. Kf2 $6 (26. Re1 $1 Re8 27. Kf2 {avoids the next problems.}) 26... Rf8+ 27.
Ke3 Rf4 28. Kd3 Kf7 29. a5 Ke7 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rb7 Kd6 32. Rxa7 Rd4+ 33. Ke3
Rc4 34. a6 Rxc2 35. Ra8 Rc3+ 36. Ke4 Rc4+ 37. Kd3 Ra4 38. a7 Kd7 39. Rg8 Rxa7
40. Rxg7+ Kd6 41. Rxh7 Ra4 42. Rh8 Rg4 43. g3 c4+ 44. Kc3 Kxd5 45. Rd8+ Kc5 46.
Re8 Re4 47. h4 Re3+ 48. Kc2 Rxg3 49. Rxe5+ Kd4 50. Rg5 Rh3 51. Rg4+ Kc5 52. Rg8
$1 Rxh4 53. Rf8 Rh3 54. Rg8 Rf3 55. Rh8 c6 56. Rg8 Rh3 57. Rf8 c3 58. Rf5+ Kb4
59. Rf4+ Kb5 60. Rg4 c5 61. Rf4 Re3 62. Rh4 Rf3 63. Rg4 Rh3 64. Rf4 c4 65. Rf8
Rh2+ 66. Kxc3 Rh3+ 67. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. d4 Bg7 7. c3 $5 {
Teichmann chooses for a slow advance in the centre.} 7... Ne7 8. Bc4 Nbc6 9.
Nd2 Bg4 10. Ngf3 Qh5 11. b4 $5 Ng6 $6 (11... Bd7 $1 {
clears a square for a pawn.}) 12. b5 Nd8 $5 13. Ba3 $1 Bd7 14. h3 $1 g4 $1 15.
Nh2 $1 f3 $2 ({Better is} 15... Bxb5 $1 16. hxg4 {(Marco), and now} 16... Bxc4+
$1 17. Nxc4 Qb5 18. Qb3 Qd7 {brings counter-play.}) 16. hxg4 fxg2+ 17. Kxg2
Nf4+ 18. Kg1 Qg5 19. Ndf3 $1 Qg6 20. Nh4 Qg5 $6 ({Satisfactory seems to be} 
20... Qxe4 $1 {but} 21. Qe1 $1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1+ Nde6 {(Marco)} 23. Nf5 $1 {
wins for White.}) 21. Nf5 h5 $5 22. Qf3 $1 Bxf5 23. exf5 hxg4 24. Qxg4 Rh5 25.
Re1+ Kd7 26. Re7+ Kc8 27. f6+ Qxg4+ 28. Nxg4 Rg5 29. Kf2 Rxg4 30. Kf3 Bxf6 31.
Kxg4 Bxe7 32. Bxe7 Nfe6 33. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 Ne7 8.
Nf3 Qh5 9. Qd3 c6 10. Bc4 Bg4 11. h4 h6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Kf2 $6 ({Preferable is
} 13. Kg1) 13... Rd8 $5 ({Marshall played} 13... O-O-O {in the same event.}) (
13... Nb6 $1 {gains a plus.}) 14. Qa3 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ng6 {
Both parties have amassed their troops for battle. White opens the hostilities.
} 17. e5 $1 Nxh4 18. Bf5 $1 Nd5 19. Be4 f6 $6 (19... f5 $1 20. Bxf5 Bf8 $1 21.
Qb3 Qf7 22. Be4 Nf5 {stabilises the defence.}) 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Rag1 Bf8 22.
Qb3 f5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nxf4 Qxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Nxf3 26. Nxd5 Nxg1 27. Nf6+ Kf7
28. Rxg1 {White has reached a favourable endgame.} 28... Be7 29. Nh5 Bg5 30.
Kf3 Rd8 31. Rd1 Rg8 32. Rg1 Rd8 33. c3 b5 34. Nf4 a5 35. Rd1 Rg8 $2 ({
Correct is} 35... a4 36. b3 Rb8 $1) 36. d5 cxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxf4 38. Kxf4 Ke6 39.
Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rb6 Rg2 41. Rxb5 Rf2+ 42. Ke3 Rg2 43. Kf3 Rc2 44. Rb6 a4 45. a3
Rd2 46. Ke3 Rc2 47. Rxh6 Rxb2 48. Ra6 Rb3 49. Rxa4 Rxc3+ 50. Kf4 Rh3 51. Ra7+
Ke6 52. Ra6+ Kd5 53. Rd6+ Kc5 54. Rd1 Rxa3 55. Kxf5 Rf3+ 56. Ke6 Re3 57. Rc1+
Kb6 58. Kd6 Rd3+ 59. Ke7 Re3 60. e6 Rh3 61. Kd7 Rd3+ 62. Ke8 Re3 63. e7 Rf3 64.
Rh1 Kc7 65. Rh7 Rf1 66. Rf7 Rh1 67. Rf2 Rh8+ 68. Kf7 Rh7+ 69. Ke6 Rh6+ 70. Rf6
Rh8 71. Rf8 Rh6+ 72. Kf5 {At last the resistance by Schlechter had been
overcome.   The Bishop's Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 brings no advantage
to White. If the old variation 3. .. d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4() 6. Kf1 is chosen, a
great turmoil begins. Sometimes White gains an advantage, because his
development in the centre is easy to handle and the black counteraction on the
kingside has its tactical difficulties. Suddenly a sharp forward thrust might
open the centre for white pieces, storming towards the black king. A quiet
line in the days of the gambit tournaments was 3. .. Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6. The
improvement 4. .. c6! would lead to a black plus in later days.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

{OTHER KING'S KNIGHT GAMBITS  If the King's Gambit Accepted 1. e4 e5 2. f4
exf4 is answered by 3. Nf3, the King Knight's Gambit arises. Other King's
Knight Gambits occur, when Black does not play .. d5 or .. g5. The Schallopp
Defence 3. .. Nf6 and the Gianutio Counter-Gambit 3. .. f5 are presented.   } 
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Nc3 ({
This defence is named after the dramatic game} 5. d4 d5 6. c4 Bg4 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Be7 $5 9. cxd5 $2 Bh4+ 10. Ke2 c6 $5 11. h3 $4 Ng3+ 12. Kd3 Bf5+ 13. Kc4
cxd5+ 14. Nxd5 Na6 $5 15. Nxh4 Qxd5+ $1 16. Kxd5 Be6+ 17. Kd6 Rd8# {
(Hein - Schallopp, Berlin 1863).}) 5... d5 6. d4 g5 $5 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 g4 8. O-O
{(Lowtzky - Nyholm, Abbazia 1912)} 8... Be6 {is ok for Black.}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O
g4 9. Bb5 $1 {White gives a minor piece on the f-file, a classical sacrifice
in the King's Gambit.} 9... gxf3 $2 (9... Be6 $1 10. Ne1 f3 $1 11. gxf3 g3 {
dashes.}) 10. Qxf3 Qh4 11. Nxd5 Kd8 12. Qc3 $2 (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxf4 {
gains a plus.}) 12... Bd7 13. Bxf4 Rg8 14. g3 Bh6 $5 15. e6 $5 Nxf4 $2 (15...
fxe6 16. Bxh6 Nxg3 $1 {and Black wins.}) 16. Rxf4 Qg5 17. exf7 Rf8 18. Bc4 Qg7
19. Re4 Qxf7 20. Nf4 Qg7 21. Ne6+ Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Qf6 23. Qe1 a5 24. Qe2 Ra6 25.
Bc4 $2 Nxd4 $1 26. Qg2 Rd6 27. Rf1 Qg7 28. Ree1 Kc8 29. c3 Nc6 30. Qe4 Rdf6 31.
Be6+ Kb8 32. Bf5 Bd2 33. Re2 Ne7 34. Bh3 Bg5 35. Rfe1 Nc6 36. Bg2 Qf7 37. h4
Bh6 38. b4 axb4 39. cxb4 Qg6 40. Qd5 Rd6 41. Qb5 Qxg3 42. Kh1 Qxh4+ 43. Kg1
Be3+ $1 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5 4. exf5 d5 5. d4 Bd6 $5 6. Bd3 {
This variation seems to be ideal for an easy draw, but that is an illusion.}
6... Qe7+ 7. Kf2 Qf6 $1 8. Re1+ Ne7 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3
$1 Nbc6 $6 ({The accurate} 12... Kh8 $1 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Nc6 15. Bd2 Ne7
{draws.}) 13. Ne4 $1 Qh6 14. f6 $1 Na5 $2 ({Black can fight by} 14... Rxf6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6) 15. Qb5 dxe4 16. fxe7 exf3 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 19. Qxf3
Qh4+ 20. Kf1 Bg4 21. Qf2 Qxh2 22. Bxf4 Qh1+ 23. Qg1 Qh4 24. Qe3 Nc6 25. Kg1 Qh5
26. Be5 Bb4 27. Rf1 Re8 28. Bb5 Bd7 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Qg3 Qg6 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32.
Rf7 Bd5 33. Rc7 Kh7 34. Kf2 Kh6 35. Kg3 Be7 36. Rh1+ Kg5 37. Bf4+ Kf6 38. Re1
g5 39. Bxg5+ Kxg5 40. Rexe7 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marco, Georg"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5 4. exf5 d5 5. d4 Bd6 $5 6. Bd3 Qe7+ 7. Kf2 Nf6 $2
({The correct move} 7... Qf6 $1 {was played in the previous game.}) 8. Re1 {
Suddenly the position is almost lost for Black.} 8... Ne4+ $2 ({Better is} 8...
Ng4+ 9. Kg1 Ne3 10. Bxe3 fxe3 11. Nc3 c6 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Nd1) 9. Kg1 Bxf5 10.
c4 O-O ({Or} 10... c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3) 11. cxd5 Nd7 12. Qc2 $1 Rae8 13.
Nc3 Ndf6 14. Bd2 $1 h6 15. Re2 $1 g5 16. Rae1 {
The beleaguerment of e4 has succeeded.} 16... g4 17. Nh4 Bh7 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19.
Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 f3 21. Qxg4+ Qg5 22. Qxg5+ hxg5 23. Nxf3 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5 4. exf5 d5 5. d4 Bd6 6. c4 $5 c6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Kf1 $4 ({Right is} 9. Qe2 {(Marco).}) 9... O-O $2 (9... dxc4 10.
Bxc4 Bxf5 {gains a great positional advantage.}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12.
Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5+ Kh8 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. g4 $5 fxg3 16. Bg5 $2 (16. hxg3 $1 Ne7
$6 17. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Qxg5 19. Qh1+ Qh6 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. f6+ {
starts a strong attack.}) 16... Nb4 $1 17. Qe4 $2 (17. Bxf6 Nxd5 18. Be5 Bxe5
19. Nxe5 {tries to survive.}) 17... Qxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Kg2
Raf8 21. Raf1 gxh2 22. Bd2 Nd3 23. Be3 Ne1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxf3 25. Rxh2 Bxh2 26.
Kxh2 Re8 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Nc3 $5 d6 $1 6. Bc4 Be6 ({
Mieses did} 6... Nc6 $1 {against Marshall.}) 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qe2 d5 9. d4 Nc6
10. g4 $5 {Pillsbury starts a risky but clever charge.} 10... fxg3 11. Ng5 g6
12. hxg3 $5 Qe7 $6 ({Better is} 12... Nxd4 13. Qf2 Be7 $1) 13. Qg4 Nd8 14. Be3
Rg8 15. O-O-O h6 $2 {Black misses a wonderful combination.} ({Right is} 15...
Bh6 $1) 16. Nge4 $1 Qg7 ({Or} 16... dxe4 17. Rxh5 $1 {(Marco).}) 17. Nc5 $5
Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxe5 19. Bxh6 Qxg3 20. Qe2 Nf4 21. Qd2 g5 22. Ne4 Ne2+ 23. Qxe2
dxe4 24. Qh5+ $5 Ke7 25. Rhg1 Qe3+ 26. Kb1 Nf7 27. Rdf1 $2 (27. Rgf1 $1 Ne5 28.
Rde1 {wins for White.}) 27... Nxh6 28. Qxh6 Rae8 $2 (28... Qd4 $1 29. Rxg5 Qh8
$1 30. Qxh8 Rxh8 31. Rg7+ Ke8 $1 32. Rxc7 Rd8 $1 {gives stubborn resistance.})
29. Rd1 $1 Qxc5 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Rgf1+ Qf5 32. Rxf5+ exf5 33. Rd7 f4 34. Qf7+
1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5 4. e5 $1 {White has taken the initiative.} 4...
g5 $5 ({More solid is} 4... d6 $1 5. Qe2 {(Alapin)} 5... dxe5 6. Nxe5 Ne7 $1)
5. d4 $1 ({Schlechter deters from} 5. Bc4 {(Anderssen - Mieses, Breslau 1867).}
) 5... g4 6. Bxf4 $1 gxf3 7. Qxf3 {
White has given a minor piece, similar to the Muzio Gambit.} 7... Qh4+ 8. g3
Qg4 9. Qe3 $1 Nc6 $6 ({Preferable is} 9... Ne7 10. Be2 Qg6) 10. Be2 Qg6 11. Nc3
Bb4 12. d5 Nd8 13. O-O-O a6 14. g4 $5 Ne7 $2 ({Schlechter has calculated} 14...
fxg4 15. h3 $1 {and the game remains exciting.}) 15. d6 $1 Ne6 16. dxe7 Bc5 17.
Qg3 Bxe7 18. gxf5 Qxf5 19. Be3 Bg5 20. Nd5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Kd8 22. Rhg1 Qf8 23.
Rdf1 Qc5 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Rg8 $1 {1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 brings the King
Knight's Gambit. The Schallopp Defence 3. .. Nf6 and Gianutio's Counter-Gambit
3. .. f5 can be answered by 4. e5! and White has taken the initiative.} 1-0

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cohn, Erich"]
[Black "Szekely, Jeno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

{ABBAZIA DEFENCE  If Black answers the King Knight's Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4
exf4 3. Nf3 by 3. .. d5, he makes the least compromising move. A name for the
opening is the Modern Defence. More usual is the Abbazia Defence, because it
was applied in this gambit tournament frequently.   } 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.
Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 $6 {A slight provocation is played.} 6. d4 $5 (6.
dxc6 Nxc6 {opens the game as well (Maroczy - Swiderski, Wien 1903).}) 6... Nxd5
7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxf4 Bg4 9. Be2 $6 (9. Bd3 $1 Be7 10. O-O {gains a plus.}) 9...
Bd6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 {Black has developed adequately.} 12. Rae1 Nd7 13.
c3 (13. c4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qe4 {exchange too.}) 13... Nf6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Bc4
Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Re8 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Re1+ 20. Rf1 Rxf1+ 21.
Bxf1 Ne4 22. g4 g6 23. Bd3 Ng5 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. Ke3 Kf6 26. a4 Ke6 27. b4 Kd5
28. c4+ Kd6 29. Bc2 b6 30. c5+ bxc5 31. bxc5+ Kd7 32. Bb3 a5 33. Kf4 f6 34. Ke3
Ne6 35. Ke4 Ng5+ 36. Ke3 Ne6 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. Bc4 Ng5+ 39. Ke3 Nf7 40. Bxf7 Kxf7
41. d5 $2 cxd5 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. c6 Kd6 44. c7 Kxc7 45. Kxd5 Kb6 $2 (45... Kd7 $1
46. Kc5 h5 $1 {wins for Black.}) 46. Kd6 h5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Ke6 Kc5 49. Kxf6
{This opening can lead to equality quickly by fast exchanges.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. d4 cxd5 7. Bxf4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Be2 {drew in Reti - Tartakower, Wien 1910.}) 9... Re8+
10. Be5 Be6 $2 ({Euwe advices} 10... Nc6 11. O-O dxc4 $1 12. Bxc4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5
Be6) 11. c5 $1 Ng4 12. O-O $1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne3 14. Bxh7+ $1 {
Reti finds a victorious response to the ultimate counteraction.} 14... Kh8 ({Or
} 14... Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Nf5 16. g4 g6 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Qe3 $1 f6 19. Nh4 $1 fxe5
20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Qh3+ Kg7 22. Rxf5) 15. Qd2 $1 Nxf1 16. Qh6 $1 f6 17. Qh5 Bg4
18. Qxg4 $5 (18. Qh4 $1 fxe5 19. Ng5 $1 {decides the game quickly.}) 18... Kxh7
19. Rxf1 Nd7 (19... Qd7 $1 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Nh4 $1 Qe6 22. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 23. Nf5
$1 {wins anyway.}) 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Ng5 Nf8 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. d4 {
The main line occurs.} 7... Bd6 $6 ({Theory brings equality by} 7... Be7 $1 8.
c4 Qe4+ 9. Be2 $1 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Bf1 Qc2 13. Qxc2 Bxc2 14.
Bxf4 {(Spielmann-Milner Barry, Margate 1938).}) 8. c4 $1 Qe4+ $6 ({Better is} 
8... Qe6+ $1 9. Kf2 O-O) 9. Kf2 $1 Bf5 10. c5 Be7 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Bc4 Be6 $2 (
12... Bg4 $1 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Qd2 Qf5 15. gxf3 g5 {offers tough resistance.})
13. Re1 Qg6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 b5 16. Rxe6 Qg4 17. Bd2 Kf8 18. Rae1 Bh4+ 19.
Nxh4 Qxh4+ 20. Kg1 Nd7 21. Bxf4 $1 1-0

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Fahrni, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 {
Black plays a solid move instead of the usual capture of pawn d5.} 6. Bc4 $5 {
Spielmann defends the centre.} 6... O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Bb3 $1 ({
He amends} 9. Ne2 $2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbxd5 {(Schulten - Morphy, New York 1857).})
9... Nb6 $6 (9... c6 $1 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3 Qb6 {counters in the centre.})
10. Qd3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Ba2 Bxf3 $6 ({Better is} 12... Qc8 $1 13. Ne5 Bf5) 13.
Qxf3 Qd7 14. Ne2 Qb5 $5 15. Nxf4 Bxf4 $2 16. Bxf4 $1 Qxb2 17. Qd3 $2 (17. c3 $1
Rac8 18. d6 cxd6 19. Rfb1 {wins knight b6.}) 17... Nbxd5 $1 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. c4
Ne7 20. Rab1 Qa6 21. Bg5 Ng6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rb5 Rad8 24. Rh5 Qd6 25. d5 Kg7
26. Qe3 Rh8 27. c5 Qe7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qc1 $4 b6 $4 (29... Qe2 {wins a piece.}
) 30. d6 cxd6 31. cxb6 Qe2 32. Qc7 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Qc3 Kg7 35. Rhf5 Rhf8
36. Rxf6 Qe5 37. Rxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kh8 39. Qxe5+ Nxe5 40. Rc7 Rb8 41. b7 Nc6
42. Bd5 Na7 43. Be6 1-0

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Nyholm, Gustaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Be2 $2 {
Spielmann refuses to exchange.} 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 O-O {
The extra pawn f4 has become a strength.} 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 b6 $1 11. c3 Bg4
12. Ne1 $6 (12. Bd3 $1 {fights for the initiative.}) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qh4
14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Rb1 $6 (15. Re1 {offers more resistance.}) 15... Rae8 $1 16.
Qf2 a6 17. Rd1 Re4 18. Rb2 Rfe8 19. Qf1 g5 20. c5 bxc5 21. Qxa6 g4 22. Qxc6
gxf3 23. Rf1 R8e6 24. Qa6 cxd4 25. gxf3 dxc3 26. Rg2+ Kf8 27. Qd3 Qc5+ 28. Kh1
Re1 29. Rfg1 Rxg1+ 30. Rxg1 Qf2 31. Qxc3 Re2 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qg5+
Kd7 35. Qg4+ Kc6 36. Qg2 Rxa2 37. Qh3 Re2 {The Abbazia or Modern Defence 1. e4
e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 lessens the confrontation in the game. Nevertheless,
an interesting battle might develop.} 0-1

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lowtzky, Moishe"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

{MUZIO AND QUAADE GAMBITS  1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5! answers the attack
in the centre by a counterattack on the kingside. If White answers 4. Bc4 g4 5.
0-0 or 4. Nc3 the Muzio or Quaade Gambit starts. The plan is to give up Nf3.  
} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O d5 ({
The main line of the Muzio Gambit} 5... gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. d3 Bh6 {
was not played in the four gambit events.}) 6. Bxd5 c6 $5 {
This move was popular in Abbazia 1912.} 7. Bxf7+ $1 {
White sacrifices the bishop in order to keep the knight.} 7... Kxf7 8. Ne5+ Ke8
9. d4 f3 $1 {Black wants to keep the f-file closed.} 10. gxf3 Bg7 11. f4 Qh4 $1
12. Qd3 $1 Nf6 13. Bd2 Rg8 14. Be1 Qh3 15. Bg3 Nh5 {
Black continues the counteraction.} 16. Rf2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Nd2 Rf8 19.
Re1 $6 ({More active is} 19. Nc4) 19... Nxg3 (19... Rd8 $1 {plays for a win.})
20. hxg3 Bxd4 $1 {Black forces a draw.} 21. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Qh4+ 23. Kg1
Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Rg2 Rxf4+ 28. Kg1 Qh6 29. Rh2
Qf6 30. Qxf6 Rxf6 31. Rxh7 Rf7 32. Rh8+ Rf8 33. Rh6 Ke7 34. e5 Rh8 35. Rxh8
Rxh8 36. Ne4 Be6 37. Kg2 Rh5 38. Nf6 Rh3 39. Re4 g3 40. Ng4 Bxg4 41. Rxg4 Rh2+
42. Kxg3 Rxc2 {Leonhardt defended well.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lowtzky, Moishe"]
[Black "Szekely, Jeno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O d5 6. Bxd5 c6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.
Ne5+ Ke8 9. d4 f3 10. gxf3 Bg7 11. f4 Ne7 ({Black gained a plus by} 11... Qh4
$1 {in the previous game.}) 12. c3 Ng6 $2 (12... Bxe5 $1 13. fxe5 Be6 $1 {
aborts the advance of centre pawns.}) 13. Nxg4 Qh4 14. f5 h5 15. Ne3 Nf4 16.
Qf3 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 Ng5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Rxf4 Bh6 20. Na3 Nd7 21. e5 $1 {
White has an overwhelming pawn centre.} 21... Nb6 22. Nac4 Nf7 23. Rf3 Bxe3 24.
Nxe3 Na4 25. c4 Ng5 26. Rg3 Ne4 27. Rg2 Rf8 28. b3 $1 Nb6 29. Ba3 Rh8 30. Rf1
a5 31. Rf4 Nc3 32. Bd6 a4 33. b4 a3 34. e6 Nd7 35. f6 Nxf6 36. Rxf6 Ne4 37. Rh6
Rf8 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 {The McDonnell Gambit stems
from the match McDonnell - De la Bourdonnais, London 1834.} 5... gxf3 6. Qxf3
d6 7. d4 Be6 {Black has captured the knight and plays a solid defence.} 8. Nd5
$5 {White decides to give a second piece.} (8. d5 {
was played in Dufresne - Anderssen, Berlin 1851.}) 8... c6 9. O-O cxd5 10. exd5
Bf5 11. Bxf4 Bg6 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Rae1+ Be7 14. Bxd6 Kf8 $2 ({Right is} 14...
Qb6 $1 15. Qa3 {(Tarrasch)} 15... Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Be4 17. Bd3 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Ngf6
{and Black defends well.}) 15. Rxe7 Nxe7 16. Re1 Kg7 $2 ({Better is} 16... Kg8
$1) 17. Bxe7 Qa5 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. Bf6+ $1 Kg8 {Capture leads to mate in one.}
20. Qe5 h6 21. Bxh8 f6 22. Qe7 Kxh8 23. Qxf6+ {Maroczy got a beauty prize.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d5 $6 ({
More solid in the McDonnell Gambit is} 6... d6 {(see the previous game).}) 7.
Nxd5 $5 c6 $6 ({More useful is} 7... Nc6) 8. Nxf4 Qf6 9. c3 Bh6 10. d4 Ne7 $6 (
{Better is} 10... Qh4+ 11. g3 Bg4) 11. O-O O-O $2 12. Nd5 $1 {
Black has missed this tactical blow.} 12... Nxd5 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Bxh6 Nbd7
15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. e5 {White wins after several black errors.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Marco, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O {This knight sacrifice has
already been mentioned by Polerio in the sixteenth century.} 5... d5 $5 6. Bxd5
gxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 $5 {Marco has accepted the Muzio Gambit in a strange way.} 8.
Qxf4 Nf6 9. Bb3 (9. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 10. e5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 {
proceeds in gambit style.}) 9... Qd4+ $1 10. Kh1 Be7 11. d3 Be6 12. Bd2 Nbd7
13. Bc3 Qb6 14. Qh6 $2 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. e5 {
continues the attack in the centre.}) 14... Rg8 $1 15. Bxf6 ({Marco analyses} 
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxf6 Qxb2 $1) 15... Rg6 16. Qxh7 Nxf6 17. Qh8+
Rg8 18. Qh6 Ng4 19. Qf4 Bd6 20. Qd2 Nxh2 21. Rf6 Nf1 $1 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 {
The Quaade Gambit has been named after the Dutch Captain Quaade.} 4... Bg7 5.
Bc4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nd5 h6 8. c3 Nf6 9. h4 {
Schlechter's calm play led to a position, similar to the Philidor Gambit.} 9...
g4 10. Nd2 Nh5 $6 (10... Nxd5 $1 11. exd5 Ne7 {defends well.}) 11. Nf1 $1 Bf6
$2 (11... Be6 12. Be2 f3 $1 13. gxf3 g3 {starts a more useful counteraction.})
12. Bxf4 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 Bxh4+ 14. g3 Bg5 15. Ne3 Bxf4 $6 16. gxf4 h5 17. Nxg4 $1
Bxg4 18. Qxg4 hxg4 19. Rxh8+ Ke7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Kf2 Rh8 22. Rg1 Rh2+ 23. Rg2
Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 f5 $1 25. exf5 Kf6 26. Kg3 Ne7 $1 27. Kxg4 $2 (27. Be6 Nxf5+ 28.
Bxf5 Kxf5 {(Marco)} 29. d5 $1 {brings a favourable pawn ending.}) 27... Nxf5
28. Kf3 Nh4+ 29. Ke4 c6 30. d5 c5 31. Bf1 Nf5 32. Bh3 Ne7 33. a4 Ng6 34. a5 Ne7
35. b4 b6 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Be6 Ng6 38. a6 Nh4 39. Bd7 Ng6 40. Kf3 Nf8 41. Bc8
Nh7 42. Kg4 Ke7 $1 43. Kf5 Nf6 $1 44. Be6 Nh5 45. Bc8 Nf6 46. c4 Nh5 47. Kg5
Nf6 48. Kg6 Ne4 49. Bf5 Nf6 50. Kh6 Ng8+ 51. Kg7 Nf6 52. Bg6 Ng4 53. Be4 Nf6
54. Bg6 Ng4 55. Bf5 Nf6 56. Kg6 Ne8 57. Be6 Nf6 58. Kf5 Nh5 59. Ke4 Nf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Flamberg, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O d5 {The Brentano Defence.} 6.
exd5 gxf3 7. Qxf3 Bd6 8. d4 $1 {Reti launched this move in Abbazia 1912.} 8...
Qf6 9. Qe4+ Qe7 $6 ({Better is} 9... Ne7 $1 10. Bxf4 {(Spielmann)} 10... Bf5 {
(see the next game).}) 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Bxf4 Qxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxf4 13. Rxf4 f5 $5 (
{More solid is} 13... Nh6 14. Re1 Kd8 15. d6 Rf8) 14. Rxf5 Ne7 15. Re1 $1 Nb6 (
{Reti had needed much time to calculate} 15... Nxf5 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Re8+ Kg7
18. Nxf5+ Kg6 19. Rxh8 Kxf5 20. Rxh7) 16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. Re5 Ng6 18. Ng5 $1 Nxe5
19. Rxe5 Bd7 $1 20. Nf7+ Kc8 21. Nxh8 Bxb5 22. Rh5 Bc4 $2 ({The subtle} 22...
Ba4 23. b3 Be8 $1 24. Rxh7 Nxd5 25. g4 a5 26. h4 a4 $1 {
activates all black pieces.}) 23. Rxh7 Bxd5 24. h4 Be4 25. Rg7 Bxc2 26. h5 a5
27. h6 a4 28. h7 Bxh7 29. Rxh7 Nc4 30. Nf7 Ra6 31. g4 Nxb2 32. Rh8+ Kd7 33.
Ne5+ Ke6 34. g5 Nd1 35. Rf8 Ne3 36. Kf2 Nd5 37. g6 {
Reti got a beauty prize for this game.} 1-0

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 gxf3 7. Qxf3 Bd6 8.
d4 Qf6 9. Qe4+ Ne7 $1 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 (10... Bf5 $1 11. Bxd6 Bxe4 12. Rxf6 cxd6
13. Nc3 Bxc2 14. Nb5 O-O $1 {gains a plus.}) 11. Rxf4 Bf5 12. Nc3 $1 {
Reti develops the knight ingeniously.} 12... Nd7 $2 (12... Bxe4 13. Rxf6 Bg6 $1
14. Nb5 Kd8 15. d6 {is regarded as better for White, but} 15... cxd6 16. Nxd6
Nd7 17. Rxf7 Kc7 18. Nb5+ Kd8 19. Nd6 {draws by a perpetual.}) 13. Qf3 O-O-O
14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Rxf5 Qxb2 17. Re1 Qxc2 18. Rxf7 Rhe8 19. Rxe8
Rxe8 20. h3 h5 21. Qf5 Re1+ 22. Kh2 Qxf5 23. Rxf5 a6 24. Rxh5 b5 25. Rh8+ Kb7
26. Rh7 Kc8 27. Rf7 b4 28. Na4 Re2 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Rxa2 31. c6 Kd8 32. h4
Ra5 33. Rd7+ Ke8 34. h5 Kf8 35. h6 Kg8 36. Rxc7 Rxd5 37. Rb7 Rh5+ 38. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Abbazia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 gxf3 7. Qxf3 Bd6 8.
d4 Ne7 9. Bxf4 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 O-O 11. Nc3 ({Reti played} 11. Nd2 {
against Freiman and Aurbach.}) 11... Ng6 12. Qe3 Kg7 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Ne4 f5 $1
15. Ng3 Nb6 16. Nh5+ Kh8 17. Qh6 Rg8 $2 ({Right is} 17... Rf7 18. Bb3 Qf8) 18.
d6 $1 Qf8 19. Re8 $1 {Reti showed another brilliancy.   The Muzio Gambit 1. e4
e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. 0-0 was answered by the Brentano Defence
5. .. d5. Black got a plus but was often crushed. The similar Quaade Gambit 4.
Nc3 and McDonnell Gambit 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 are dubious.} ({The pointe is} 19.
Re8) 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

{PHILIDOR GAMBIT  1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 leads to the
Philidor Gambit. Black does not attack the king's knight but strengthens his
kingside.   } 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 {
This position was reached in Von Bruehl - Philidor, London 1788.} 6. d4 d6 7.
Qd3 g4 8. Ng1 Qf6 9. c3 h5 {Pawn lines show the solidity, meant by Philidor.
The moves are known from Anderssen - Dubois, London 1862.} 10. Na3 Ne7 11. Ne2
Ng6 $2 ({Better is} 11... f3 $1 12. gxf3 Qxf3) 12. g3 $1 fxg3 (12... f3 13. Bg5
$1 f2+ 14. Kf1 Qf3 15. Qxf3 gxf3 16. Nf4 {favours White.}) 13. Rf1 $1 Qxh4 14.
Bxf7+ Kd8 15. Bxg6 $4 (15. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 16. Nxg3 Ne7 17. Bxh5 {
brings a white advantage.}) 15... g2+ 16. Rf2 Rf8 17. Be3 Bh6 18. Bxh6 g1=Q+
19. Nxg1 Qxf2+ 20. Kd1 Qxg1+ 21. Kc2 Rf2+ 22. Bd2 Qxa1 23. Qe3 Rxd2+ 24. Qxd2
Bd7 25. Qg5+ Kc8 26. Bf5 b6 27. Qg8+ Kb7 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Qd5+ c6 30. Qxd6 Rd8
31. d5 Rf8 $4 (31... Ka6 $1 32. dxc6 Qf1 $1 {wins for Black.}) 32. dxc6+ Ka8
33. cxd7 Rf2+ 34. Kb3 Qxb2+ 35. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6 7. hxg5 hxg5 8. Rxh8
Bxh8 9. Qd3 g4 $1 {Schlechter leaves Kolisch - Anderssen, Paris 1860.} 10. e5
$5 Bg7 $1 11. Qh7 Kf8 12. Nh4 Nh6 $1 13. g3 $1 dxe5 14. dxe5 Qxh4 $1 {
Carl counters wonderfully.} 15. gxh4 Bf5 16. Qxg7+ Kxg7 17. Bxf4 Nc6 18. Nd2
Re8 19. Bb5 f6 20. Nc4 fxe5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Bxe5+ Kg6 23. O-O-O Nf7 24. Bg3
Re2 25. Rd2 Re4 26. b3 Be6 27. Na5 Ne5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Nxc6 Re1+ 30. Rd1 Re3
31. Nxa7 g3 32. Nc6 g2 33. Kd2 Re4 34. Rg1 Bh3 35. a4 Rf4 36. Ke3 Rf1 37. Ne5+
Kh5 38. Nf3 Bg4 39. Rxg2 Rxf3+ 40. Kd4 Rf5 41. b4 Kxh4 42. c4 Rf4+ 43. Kc5 Be6
44. Rc2 Bd7 45. b5 Kg5 46. a5 Rf5+ 47. Kb4 Kf6 $2 ({Black should play} 47...
Rf1 {at once.}) 48. a6 Rf1 49. Ra2 $1 Bc8 50. Kc5 Rc1 51. Ra4 Ke7 52. Kc6 Bd7+
53. Kb7 Kd6 54. a7 {The Philidor Gambit leads to a cohesive defence by Black.}
1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marco, Georg"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

{KIESERITZKY AND ALLGAIER GAMBITS  1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4
leads to the Kieseritzky Gambit by 5. Ne5 or Allgaier Gambit by 5. Ng5. Both
men were coffeehouse players.   } 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5
Nf6 {This response to the Allgaier was popular at the beginning of the
nineteenth century.} 6. d4 $2 ({Theory is} 6. e5 $1 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nh5 8. Nc3 Ng3
9. Qc4 Nxh1 10. Nd5 Qxe5+ 11. Be2 Bd6 12. d4 Qg7 13. Ne4 {Then} 13... O-O $1 {
gains an advantage.}) 6... Qe7 $1 7. Nc3 ({Or} 7. e5 h6 8. Qe2 hxg5 9. exf6
Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5) 7... h6 $1 8. Bxf4 hxg5 9. Bxg5 Bh6 $1 {
Although white's attack has been refuted, interesting skirmishes follow.} 10.
e5 $5 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Rxh1 12. gxf6 Qe6 13. Qd3 d5 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Ne2 Na6 16.
Nf4 Qc6 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Nxd5 Qxb3 19. axb3 O-O-O 20. Nf4 c6 21. Bc4 Rxd1+ 22.
Kxd1 Be8 23. c3 Nc7 24. Ke2 Nd5 25. g3 Bd7 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Bxd5 Bb5+ 28. Bc4
Bxc4+ 29. bxc4 Kd7 30. Ke3 Rc8 31. b3 b5 32. c5 a5 33. Kd3 a4 34. bxa4 bxa4 35.
Kc4 Rb8 36. d5 a3 37. c6+ Kc7 38. Kc5 a2 39. d6+ Kc8 40. e6 a1=Q {
Maroczy played the end in a grand style.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marco, Georg"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 $1 {
Black counters immediately.} 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+ d5 8. Bxd5+ Kg7 9. d4 Qf6 $6
({Theory is} 9... f3 $1) 10. e5 Qg6 11. h5 Qf5 {
The black queen acts as main defender.} 12. Nc3 $1 (12. O-O $2 f3 $1 {
lost in Steinitz - Zukertort, London 1872.}) 12... Bb4 13. O-O f3 $1 14. Ne4
Qxh5 $2 (14... Ne7 $1 15. Ng3 Qd7 {brings great complications.}) 15. Ng3 Qh4
16. Rxf3 $1 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Nf6 18. exf6+ Kf8 19. Be3 $2 (19. Bf4 $1 Na6 20. Qe4
{won in Spielmann - Eljaschoff, Muenchen 1903.}) 19... Bd6 20. Nf5 Bh2+ 21. Kf1
Qxf6 22. g4 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Nc6 24. Qh5 Re8 25. Re1 Re7 26. Bf2 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1
Bf4 28. Be6 Rh7 29. c3 Rg7 30. d5 Qe5+ 31. Kd1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 {
This opening is mentioned as "Gambitto Grande" in ancient manuscripts.} 5...
Nf6 ({The old} 5... d6 $1 6. Nxg4 Be7 $1 7. d4 $5 Bxh4+ 8. Nf2 Qg5 {leads to an
initiative by Black (Von Heydebrand und der Lasa - Staunton, Brussels 1853).})
6. Bc4 (6. d4 d6 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. Bxf4 Qe7 9. Qe2 Bg7 {is no fun either.}) 6...
d5 $1 7. exd5 Bd6 ({The alternative is} 7... Bg7 $1) 8. d4 O-O 9. Bxf4 Nh5 10.
g3 f6 {The hard fighting on the kingside ends by a blunder.} 11. Nd3 $2 ({
Correct is} 11. Nxg4 $1 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Qe8+ 13. Kd2) 11... Nxg3 $1 12. Bxg3
Bxg3+ 13. Kf1 Qe8 14. Nc3 Qe3 15. Qe2 Qxd4 16. Qe4 Qb6 17. Kg2 f5 18. Qe7 Bd6
19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Rhf1 Qd4 21. Nf4 Rg8 22. Qh6 Nd7 23. Bd3 Bf8 24. Qh5 Nf6 25.
Qf7 Bd7 26. Nh5 Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Qe3 28. Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qh3+ 30. Kf2 Bc5+ 31.
Ke1 Rae8+ 32. Ne2 {Black can strive for the initiative or equality in the
Kieseritzky Gambit. The Allgaier Gambit seems to be unsound.} 0-1

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Breyer, Gyula"]
[Black "Fahrni, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

{SCOTCH AND GOeRING GAMBITS  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 was played in
Baden bei Wien 1914. 4. Bc4 led to the Scotch Gambit and 4. c3 brought the
Goering Gambit.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4 g6 $5 {
Black did not defend the gambit pawn. He chose for the Scotch Game.} 6. O-O Bg7
7. Be3 {The exchange of knights gains a plus.} 7... Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8
10. Rae1 $5 Ne5 (10... Nxe4 $1 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. c3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rxe1 14. Rxe1
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bf5 {leads to many exchanges.}) 11. Bb3 c5 $2 ({Right is} 11...
a6 $1) 12. Ndb5 $1 c4 13. f4 $5 Neg4 14. Bxc4 Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Ng4 16. Rd3 Qb6+
17. Kh1 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Rxd6 Rad8 22. Rxb6 Rxd2
23. Rxb7 Nh5 24. Rd1 Red8 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Rxa7 Nxf4 27. Rb7 Nxg2 28. a4 Nh4
29. Rb3 Rxc2 30. Nb5 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc2+ 32. Kg1 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Ke3 e5 35.
Kd3 Rc8 36. a5 Ra8 37. Ra3 Ng2 38. a6 Nf4+ 39. Ke3 Ne6 40. a7 Kf7 41. b4 Ke7
42. Ra6 Kd7 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Rxe6+ Kxe6 45. Nc7+ Kd7 46. Nxa8 1-0

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Hromadka, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 {
The Goering Gambit has been reached.} 6... Bb4 7. O-O ({Or} 7. e5 d5 8. exf6
dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 {White has enough for the pawn.} 8... O-O
({The alternative brings} 8... d6 9. e5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 {
(Yukhtman - Furman, Tbilisi 1959).}) 9. Qc2 $6 ({More active is} 9. Ba3 $1 {
(Zarnicki - Sorokin, San Martin 1994).}) 9... d6 10. e5 $1 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Rd3 Qg5 $6 (14... e4 15. Rd4 Qh4 {gains a plus.})
15. Qb3 Qh5 16. Rh3 Qg6 17. Rg3 Qh5 18. Rh3 Qg6 19. Rg3 Qh5 20. Rh3 Qg6 21. Rg3
Qh5 {White draws by a perpetual.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Nyholm, Gustaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 {The Scotch Gambit is played.}
5... d3 ({An alternative is} 5... dxc3 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Kf8 8. Qxc5+ Qe7 {
(Schlechter - Spielmann, same tournament).}) 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 $5 ({Theory is
} 7... a6 {(Hanstein - Von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Berlin 1841).}) 8. b5 Qe7
9. O-O Nd8 $2 {Nyholm plays a passive game.} ({Marco rejects} 9... Ne5 10. Nxe5
Qxe5 {due to} 11. Qb3 {but} 11... d5 $1 12. Bxd5 Be6 {defends well.}) 10. Nd4
$6 (10. Ba3 d6 11. e5 $1 {attacks even stronger.}) 10... d6 11. Nf5 Qf6 12.
Bxd3 Ne6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Be3 b6 17. f4 Bxe3+ 18. Ncxe3
Rc8 19. e5 Nxf5 20. exf6 Nxe3 21. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 d6 $5 6. cxd4 Bb6 {The transiti
on towards a passive line of the Giuoco Piano gives White a lasting advantage
in the centre.} 7. Nc3 ({Best is} 7. Bb5 $1 Bd7 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nc3 {and White e
xerts some pressure on the black position (Krakops - Pinter, Elista 1998).})
7... Nf6 8. O-O Bg4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 $5 Ne5 11. Be3 $6 Nfd7 $6 (11... Nxc4
$1 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Qxc4 O-O {keeps the battle going.}) 12. Be2 Bxe3 13. fxe3
Qg5+ 14. Kf2 Qh4+ 15. Kg2 Qg5+ 16. Kf2 Qh4+ {If Black accepts the pawn
sacrifice in the Scotch or Goering Gambit, White has a sufficient compensation.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Fahrni, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

{EVANS GAMBIT  The invention of Captain Evans 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
b4 was a main opening in the nineteenth century. The gambit was refused and
accepted in Baden bei Wien 1914.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 {
Refusal of the gambit pawn brings quiet positional play.} 5. a4 a6 6. Bb2 $5 ({
The customary move is} 6. c3 {(Morphy - Boden, London 1858).}) ({
More activity shows} 6. Nc3 $1 Nf6 7. Nd5 {(Kan - Botvinnik, Odessa 1929).})
6... d6 7. b5 Na5 $5 ({Preferable is} 7... axb5 8. axb5 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Nd4 {
(Tartakower - Schlechter, same tournament).}) 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd5
Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 f5 $6 ({Better is} 12... axb5 13. axb5 Nc4 $1 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8) 13. O-O O-O 14. d3 axb5 15. axb5 Qe8 16. c4 e4 $2 (16... Bc5 $1 17.
Bc3 b6 $1 {introduces the development of the knight.}) 17. Bh5 Qe7 18. Kh1 Qg5
19. f4 Qh6 20. Be2 Be3 21. g3 exd3 $6 (21... b6 $1 {
opens a square for the isolated knight (Schlechter).}) 22. Qxd3 Bc5 23. Bf3 Kh8
24. Rfe1 Rfe8 25. Re6 $1 Rxe6 26. dxe6 Bb6 27. Bxb7 Re8 28. Bd5 Qh5 29. Kg2 Kg8
30. e7+ Kh8 31. Re1 1-0

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Breyer, Gyula"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qa4 $2 {
Breyer delivers a doubtful novelty.} ({The exchanges by} 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+
Nxd8 9. Nxe5 {lead to equality.}) (7. Qb3 $1 Qd7 8. O-O {
seeks the attack Spielmann - Salwe, Wien 1908.}) 7... exd4 8. Bg5 (8. Nxd4 Nge7
9. Bg5 {gives an exchange of moves.}) ({More counteraction is brought by} 8.
Bb5 $1 Bb6 $5 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bb2) 8... Nge7 9. Nxd4
Qd7 $1 10. Bb5 a6 $1 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nf5 ({The pointe is} 12. Nxc6 Bb6 $1 {
(Marco).}) 12... f6 13. Be3 b5 14. Qd1 Qf7 15. O-O Bxf5 16. exf5 O-O 17. Qc2
Qc4 18. a3 Ne5 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Bd4 Re7 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Nd2 Qg4 23. Nf3 Rc5
24. Rd3 Qxf5 25. Nd4 Qe4 26. Qd2 Rg5 27. f3 Qd5 28. f4 Rg6 29. f5 Rg4 30. Kh1
Bxc3 31. Ne6 Bxd2 32. Rxd5 Ba5 33. a4 Bc3 34. Rad1 Rxa4 35. R5d3 Rc4 36. Rc1 b4
0-1

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Johner, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "237"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O {
They play sharp moves.} 7... b5 $2 {Black surprises.} ({Alternatives are} 7...
Nf6) ({and} 7... dxc3) 8. Bxb5 dxc3 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Qa4 Bb6 11. Qxc6+ $2 (11.
Bg5 $1 f6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Ne5 $1 {refutes the novelty.}) 11... Bd7 12. Qxc3 Qf6
13. e5 Qg6 14. Ba3 Ne7 15. Nbd2 Rd8 $2 16. Rac1 $2 (16. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 17. e6 $1
fxe6 18. Ne5 {utilises the second opportunity.}) 16... Be6 17. Nc4 $6 {
White allows a counteraction.} 17... Rd3 $1 18. Qb4 Nd5 19. Qa4+ Bd7 20. Qc2
Rc3 21. Qd2 $6 {The exchange of queens would be okay.} 21... Rd3 22. Nh4 Qe4
23. Qg5 Qg4 24. Qxg4 Bxg4 {Black has active pieces in the endgame.} 25. h3 Be6
26. Kh2 g5 27. Nf3 g4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Ng5 Rg8 30. Ne4 Rg6 31. Rfe1 Nf4 32.
Nf6+ Kd8 33. Nxb6 axb6 34. Re3 Bf5 35. Rxd3+ Bxd3 36. Rd1 Rxg2+ {
Black wins a pawn.} 37. Kh1 Rg6 38. Bc1 Rh6+ 39. Kg1 Ne2+ 40. Kg2 Nxc1 {
Keeps it.} 41. Rxc1 c5 42. f4 c4 43. Rc3 Kc7 44. Ne8+ Kc6 45. Nd6 b5 $5 {
And returns it.} 46. Nxf7 Rg6+ 47. Kf2 b4 48. Rc1 Kd5 49. Nd6 Rg8 50. Rd1 h5
51. Kf3 h4 52. Nf5 Rh8 53. Ne3+ Kd4 54. e6 b3 $2 (54... h3 $1 {
gives a simple win (Marco).}) 55. Nxc4 $1 Kxc4 56. axb3+ Kc3 57. e7 h3 58. f5
h2 59. f6 Bg6 60. Rh1 Kd4 61. Kg3 Ke5 62. Rxh2 Rg8 63. Re2+ Kxf6 64. Kf4 Bf7
65. b4 Be6 66. Ke4 Kxe7 67. Kd4 Kd6 68. Re5 Rb8 69. b5 Ra8 70. Rg5 Ra4+ 71. Kc3
Rc4+ 72. Kd3 Bd5 73. b6 Rb4 74. Rg6+ Be6 75. Kc3 Rxb6 76. Rh6 Kc5 77. Kd2 Kd4
78. Rh4+ Ke5 79. Rh5+ Bf5 80. Kc3 Rc6+ 81. Kb4 Rc1 82. Rg5 Kf4 83. Rh5 Be4 84.
Rh8 Ke5 85. Rd8 Bd5 86. Rh8 Kd4 87. Rh4+ Be4 88. Rh3 Rg1 89. Rh4 Rb1+ 90. Ka5
Ke5 91. Rg4 Bd5 92. Rb4 Rc1 93. Rb5 Ra1+ 94. Kb6 Kd6 95. Ra5 Rb1+ 96. Rb5 Rc1
97. Rb2 Rc8 98. Rb4 Bc4 99. Ka7 Kc5 100. Rb8 Rc6 101. Rb1 Rh6 102. Rb2 Rh1 103.
Rc2 Rb1 104. Rc3 Rb4 105. Ra3 Kc6 106. Ra5 $1 ({Right is} 106. Rh3 $1) 106...
Bd5 $2 ({Black misses the win} 106... Rb7+ 107. Ka8 Re7 $1 108. Rh5 Kb6 109.
Rh6+ Be6) 107. Ra6+ Kc7 108. Rb6 Ra4+ 109. Ra6 Rh4 110. Rb6 Ra4+ 111. Ra6 Re4
112. Rb6 Re8 113. Rb7+ $1 Kc6 114. Rb6+ Kc5 115. Rb5+ $1 Kc4 116. Rb8 Re6 117.
Rb1 Kc5 118. Rc1+ Bc4 119. Rc2 {The Evans Gambit still lives! If Black refuses
the pawn, White controls more territory and calm positional play begins. If
the sacrifice is accepted, White has to avoid major exchanges and will be able
to gain the initiative by creative play.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fahrni, Hans"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

{TWO KNIGHTS  Several games in Baden bei Wien 1914 started with the Scotch
Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4. The answer 4. .. Nf6 led to the
Two Knights.   } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {
The Max Lange Attack arises.} 6. e5 d5 {Black has accepted the challenge.} 7.
exf6 (7. Bb5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 {simplifies somewhat.}) 7... dxc4 8. fxg7 ({
More usual is} 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5) 8... Rg8 9. Bg5 Be7 $1 ({Tartakower betters
} 9... Qd6 $2 {(Paulsen - Mackenzie, London 1863).}) 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 $1 11. Re1+
Be6 12. Re4 f5 $1 13. Rh4 Kf7 $1 14. Rxh7 Rxg7 15. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {
Black has kept his central pawns.} 16. Nbd2 Qf6 17. Qe2 c3 18. bxc3 dxc3 19.
Nb3 Re8 20. Qb5 Bc8 21. Nbd4 a6 22. Qc5 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qe5 24. Qxc3 Kf8 $1 25.
Qd2 c5 26. Nb3 $6 f4 27. Rf1 $6 b5 28. Qc1 Kf7 $1 29. Qd1 Bb7 30. Qd7+ Re7 31.
Qh3 $2 (31. Qg4 $1 {prevents further restraint.}) 31... Kg8 $1 32. Qh4 c4 33.
Nc1 f3 34. g3 Rd7 35. a3 Rd4 36. Qh6 Rd6 37. Qh4 Bc8 38. Na2 Kg7 $1 39. Nc3 Rd4
40. Ne4 Rxe4 41. Qd8 Re1 0-1

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fahrni, Hans"]
[Black "Opocensky, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qc4 $5 {A theoretical position has occurred.} 9. Nxe4 (9. Nd2 Qa6 10. Nd5
Qa5 11. c4 {is seen as Schlechter's refutation, but} 11... Bf5 $1 12. Nb3 Qxe1+
$1 13. Qxe1 O-O-O {is okay.}) 9... Be6 10. b3 Qd5 11. Bg5 $5 h6 ({Best is} 
11... Bb4 $1) 12. Bf6 $1 Qa5 $2 (12... Ne7 $1 13. Bxd4 O-O-O {
neutralises the threats.}) 13. Nxd4 gxf6 (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 $1 c5 15. Qe5 $1
{also brings a decisive white attack.}) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nxf6+ Kf7 16. Qd7+
Be7 17. Qxe6+ Kg7 18. Nd5 Rhe8 19. b4 $1 Nxb4 ({Or} 19... Bxb4 $1 20. Qf6+ Kg8
21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qxh6+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kf8 (23... Kg7 24. c3 $1) 24. Re3 $1 Rxe3
25. fxe3) 20. Nxe7 Qg5 21. Re3 Kh7 22. Qe4+ {Fahrni got the Albert Hallgarten
prize for the best Scotch Gambit (Two Knights).} 1-0

[Event "Baden bei Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Johner, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 $5 {Johner plays an eminent novelty.} (8... Qd8 9. Rxe4+ Be7 10. Nxd4
f5 11. Rf4 O-O {shows solidity (Mortimer - Pillsbury, Monte Carlo 1902).}) 9.
Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 {Black has returned his extra
material. Euwe treats this position as the highlight of the Two Knights.} 12...
Qd5 ({The main answer has become} 12... Bd6 $1 {
(Jacobson - Johner, Copenhagen 1916).}) 13. Qe2 d3 $2 ({Alright is} 13... Bd6 {
(Canal - Monticelli, Venice 1948).}) 14. cxd3 Qxd3 15. Qxd3 $2 (15. Bg5 $1 Qxe2
16. Rxe2 Rd3 17. Re8+ Kd7 18. Rae1 h6 $1 19. Bd2 Nd4 $1 20. Ne5+ Kxe8 21. Nxd3+
Kf7 {brings a white edge.}) 15... Rxd3 {The Two Knights has an interesting and
extensive theory.   Spielmann achieved great successes with the King's Gambit
in Abbazia (Opatija) 1912 and Baden bei Wien 1914. His victories stopped in
Karlsbad 1923 and Maehrisch Ostrau 1923, where he opened majestically six
times and scored +1, -5. His article <->Vom Krankenlager des Koenigsgambits'
(from the sickbed of the King's Gambit) describes his misfortune. The King's
Gambit had become a less popular opening.   Nowadays, gambits are unpopular in
general. However, the Scotch and Evans Gambits can be regarded as serious
alternatives for the Ruy Lopez.} 1/2-1/2

