THE HASTINGS CONGRESS.
Another instructive game played in the Masters' Tournament:— Queen's Pawn Opening. WHITE BLACK C. V. Bardelehen. M. Tchigorin. IPQ4 IPQ4 2KtKB3 2BKts(a) 3PK3 " 3PK3 48K2 4KtQ2 SPQKt3 SKKtB3 6 B Xt 2 *■ ,?■ tj 5 7QKtQ2 7 P 33(b) BKtKS „.;xB 9QxB 9 Castles 10PKB4 IORBsq 11 Castle* 11 I'B4(c) 12QRBsq(d) 12 P x P 13PxP 15QR4 14KtQ3 .MBU6(e) 15BxB 15QxB 16 PB4 16 PQKt3 17PKKt4(0 17QOS 18KtK5(g) IBPxP 19RxP 19PQKt4 aOP.xli 20QxP.ch 21 X Usq 21 X xR 22Kt(Q2)83 22QxP 23 KtxKt 23 KtxKt 24QxP 24Kt83 25 KtKts 25 QB2 26KtxBP(h) 26QxKt 27QK5 27QQ2 23P.Ksq 28 OQ4, eh 29QxQ 29PxQ 30 R X 7 SO R B 8, eh Resigns. (a) Rarely played by any other butTchigorin. The same variation was played by him in the correspondence match between St. Petersburg and the British Chess Club. (b) Tchigorin knows this variation to perfection, as may be gathered from the excellent arrangement of his force*. The text move is made in anticipation of White's subsequent Xt X 5, where Bx B; Qx B prevent* a sortie of White's Q Q Xt 5. (c) Now he can allow 12 Q Kts. because 12. . . . Px P. and 13. . . . . RxP. (d) The attack drawing towards the Queen's side. 12. X RB sq seems advisable. (c) Forcing the exchange of bishops, thereby gaining Q B 6 for bis rook, and then to double rooks upon the weak Q B P. *^ Voiitioa BfUr Black's 26tb rnevs.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9305, 4 January 1896, Page 3
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