German Chess Congresses and

Championships

(1861-1983)

◦ Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, Graf Conrad
• Wuelfing, Otto
Duesseldorf
1st WSB Congress casual game
1861

0-1

C44 (JvR)

Georg Schnitzler from Duesseldorf and Otto
Wuelfing from Elberfeld took the initiative for a
congress of chess players in Rheinland-Westfalen.
The meeting place became Duesseldorf, be-
cause it was located at a crossing of railroads.
Many players from Duesseldorf, Elberfeld, Koeln,
Muehlheim, Duisberg, Crefeld and Wesel trav-
elled to the lovely Ananasberg in the Hofgarten on
Sunday 21 ix 1861. Casual games were played.
They went to the Europaeischen Hof in downtown
Duesseldorf for an afternoon banquet. At the end
Alfred Schlieper proposed to establish an annual
chess congress and got an ovation.

The West-

deutschen Schachbund was founded. Hereafter, the
friendly hostilities were resumed. A special guest
was the 80-years-old first-rate butcher Frank, who
had fought with the old war-horse Bluecher on the
chessboard. A popular opponent was Graf Conrad
Vitzthum von Eckstaedt from Dresden. He played
several games with the three mentioned organisers.
Although top players participated in the early con-
gresses, the atmosphere was relaxed, because the
players had fine jobs and the stakes were low. 4-
6 players took part in the main event. When the
master tournament was unfinished at the end of the
official program, extra days were added. A more
professional mood was created, when the field in-
creased to ten, and chess clocks were used. Two
games were played per day and a tight time sched-
ule was applied. A tradition of congress books
started at once and continued, though few copies
were sold of the report about Duesseldorf 1861-62.
Jan van Reek
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.d4 exd4 4.

B

c4 d6 5.

B

g5?

Correct is 5.

N

xd4

5...

B

e7 6.

B

xe7

Q

xe7 7.O–O

N

e5 8.

Q

xd4??

8.

N

bd2 continues the development.

8...

N

xf3+ 9.gxf3

B

h3 10.

Q

xg7 O–O–O 11.

N

c3

N

f6 12.

K

h1

R

hg8 Black plays for a quick

mate. 13.

Q

xf7

B

g2+ 14.

K

g1

B

xf3+ 15.

Q

xg8

R

xg8+ 16.

B

xg8

Q

g7# Max Lange reported sev-

eral games by the Count.
0-1

◦ Schultz, Georg
• Lange, Max

Duesseldorf
2nd WSB Congress
1862

0-1

C45 (JvR)

The number of federation members had passed
seventy in 1862. They could meet from 7-8 ix.
Eight players participated in the main group. They
could not finish the tournament. Max Lange was
declared the winner. He wrote the yearbooks for
the congresses of 1862 and 1863.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.d4 exd4 4.

N

xd4

B

c5

5.

N

f5

Q

f6 6.

N

c3

N

ge7 7.

B

d3 d6 8.O–O O–O

9.

Q

f3?!

L. Paulsen had played 9.

Q

h5

9...

N

e5! 10.

N

xe7+

Q

xe7 11.

Q

g3 c6 12.

K

h1?!

f5 13.

B

g5?!

13.

B

e2! avoids positional problems.

13...

Q

f7!

14.exf5

N

xd3 15.

Q

xd3?!

B

xf5

16.

Q

d2 d5 17.

R

ae1 h6 Lange had a positional

advantage and won eventually. Louis Paulsen gave
a blind display on the second afternoon. He won
six and drew four games.
0-1

◦ Lange, Max
• Paulsen, Wilfried
Duesseldorf
3rd WSB Congress playoff
1863

1-0

C39 (JvR)

Chess friends met at the Ananasberg on Sunday
30 vii. Twelve players applied for the main tour-
nament. The number had decreased to three after
two knockout rounds of one game. Max Lange and
Wilfried Paulsen ended equal in the third round. In
the meantime Louis Paulsen had started a blind ex-
hibition on the second afternoon. He won two, lost
three and drew five after 14 hours of play! Most
people had left when the playoff started in the af-
ternoon of 2 x. The first try ended in a draw. game
two began at 10 PM.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.

N

f3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.

N

e5

B

g7!?

6.d4!?

Known is 6.

N

xg4 d5 (Mackenzie-

Paulsen, London 1862).

6...

N

f6 7.

B

c4! d5! 8.exd5 O–O 9.

B

xf4

N

h5!?

Wilfried continues in the style of the Kieseritzky
Gambit. 10.

Q

d2 c5! 11.dxc6

N

xf4 12.

Q

xf4

Lange regards 12.cxb7

B

xb7 as risky.

12...

N

xc6 13.

N

xc6 bxc6 14.c3?!

1

Wiser is 14.

N

d2!

R

e8+ 15.

K

d1!

14...c5! 15.dxc5

R

e8+ 16.

K

f2

Q

e7 17.

N

d2?

The doubtful 17.b4 gives the only seri-
ous defence.

17...

Q

xc5+ 18.

K

f1

B

e6 19.

B

e2 f5 20.

B

c4

R

ad8 21.

B

xe6+

R

xe6 22.

R

e1

R

de8 23.

R

xe6

R

xe6 24.g3?!

B

h6! 25.

Q

b8+

K

g7 26.

R

h2

Q

e3

26...

Q

e7!

27.

R

f2

R

e1+ 28.

K

g2

B

xd2 finishes the game.

27.

R

f2

Q

e1+ 28.

K

g2

B

xd2

Best is 28...

B

e3! 29.

N

e4! (Lange), and

now 29...

B

b6!

29.

Q

xa7+

K

g6 30.h5+!

K

h6 31.

Q

f7

R

e2??

Wilfried collapses in the early morning.

Black can still win by 31...

Q

e4+!

32.

K

h2 f4 33.

Q

f8+

K

xh5 34.

Q

f7+

K

g5 35.

Q

g8+

R

g6 36.

Q

d8+

R

f6

37.

Q

g8+

K

h5 38.

R

xd2 fxg3+

32.

Q

f6+

K

xh5 33.

Q

xf5+

K

h6

Or 33...

B

g5 34.

Q

xh7+

B

h6 35.

Q

f7+

K

g5 36.

Q

f5# (Lange).

34.

Q

f6+

K

h5 35.

Q

h4+

K

g6 36.

Q

xg4+

K

h6

37.

Q

xe2 The game was finished on 6 AM in the

Koelnische Hof. Max had won the first prize of 25
Thaler. Wilfried got 12 Thaler (the combined entry
fees). Their congress ended on Thursday morning
instead of Monday night.
1-0

◦ Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, Graf Conrad
• Lange, Max
Duesseldorf (3)
4th WSB Congress final
1864

0-1

C54 (JvR)

Eight players entered a knockout scheme (28-31
vii). Two favourites entered the final.
1.e4 e5 2.

B

c4

B

c5 3.

N

f3

N

c6 4.c3

N

f6 5.d3 d6

6.

B

g5 h6 7.

B

h4

Q

e7 8.

N

bd2

B

d7 9.h3 Graf

Conrad plays a quiet Variation.

9...

B

b6 10.b4

a6 11.a4

N

d8!?

12.O–O g5!?

13.

B

g3

N

h5

14.

K

h2!?

Better is 14.

N

xe5

N

xg3 15.

N

xd7

14...

N

g7!? 15.

Q

e2

N

de6 16.

B

xe6

B

xe6 17.b5

axb5 18.axb5

R

xa1 19.

R

xa1 O–O 20.d4 f6

21.

N

c4

B

xc4 22.

Q

xc4+

Q

e6 23.

Q

xe6+

N

xe6

24.

R

d1? White will lose the control over the cen-

tre.

Right is 24.d5

N

c5 25.

N

d2

24...exd4 25.

N

xd4

N

xd4 26.cxd4

R

a8 27.f3?

R

a4?

27...

R

a5 wins a pawn.

28.d5?

28.e5 gives counter-play.

28...

R

b4 29.

R

a1

R

xb5 30.

R

a8+

K

g7 31.h4

B

d4 32.

R

d8

R

c5 33.h5 f5 34.

R

d7+

K

f8

35.exf5 b5 36.

R

h7 b4 37.

R

xh6 b3 38.

R

e6 b2

Lange won the congress for the third time in a row.
0-1

◦ Neumann, Gustav
• Pinedo, J.
Elberfeld
5th WSB Congress
1865

1-0

B20 (JvR)

The fifth congress was organised by the active
chess club of Elberfeld. This place became a part
of Wuppertal later. Hoeing, Knorre, Neumann and
Pinedo played in the main group.
1.e4 c5 2.

B

c4 e6 3.

N

c3 d6 4.d3

N

e7 5.

B

g5

h6 6.

B

h4 g5 7.

B

g3 a6 8.a4

N

g6 9.

N

ge2

N

c6 10.f4

B

e7 11.O–O h5 12.f5

N

ge5 13.

B

xe5

N

xe5 14.

N

g3 g4 15.

N

ge2

B

f6 16.

B

b3

N

c6

17.fxe6 fxe6 18.

N

f4

N

d4 19.

B

c4

R

h6 20.

R

b1

B

e5 21.

N

ce2

Q

g5 22.

N

xd4

B

xd4+ 23.

K

h1

B

e3 24.

N

e2

B

d7 25.

B

b3?

B

c6 26.c4? h4

The Dutchman has a winning attack. 27.a5

K

e7

28.

B

a4 h3 29.g3 b5 30.axb6

B

b7 31.

N

f4

Q

e5?

32.

Q

xg4

R

g8! 33.

Q

f3!

33.

Q

xg8?

Q

xe4+ 34.dxe4

B

xe4+

35.

R

f3

B

xf3+ and mate.

33...

B

xf4 34.

Q

xf4

Q

h5 35.b4 e5 36.

Q

f5

Q

xf5

37.

R

xf5

K

e6 38.bxc5 dxc5 39.

R

bf1 Neumann

won the tournament.
1-0

◦ Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, Graf Conrad
• Paulsen, Wilfried
Koeln (1)
6th WSB Congress
1867

0-1

C26 (JvR)

The Austro-Prussian war was fought in 1866. Aus-
trian forces were defeated and Northern states
could be unified thereafter. Only a local meeting
of chess players from Rheinland-Westfalen took
place in that year. A quartet played in the main

2

group of Koeln 1867. Two competitors scored 2/3
and had to carry out a playoff.
1.e4 e5 2.

B

c4

N

f6 3.

N

c3 c6 4.d3

B

b4 5.

N

f3

O–O 6.O–O d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.

B

b3

N

c6 9.

B

g5

B

e6 10.h3

K

h8 11.

Q

e2

B

xc3 12.bxc3

Q

c7

13.

N

d2?!

Better is 13.

B

xf6 gxf6 14.

N

h4

13...

N

d7 14.f4? f6! 15.

B

h4

N

a5 16.fxe5 fxe5

17.

N

f3

17.c4 dxc4 18.dxc4

N

c5 is horrible.

17...

Q

xc3 18.

R

ae1

N

c6 19.

B

g3

R

f5 20.

B

f2

R

af8 21.

N

h4?

N

d4! 22.

Q

e3

R

5f6 23.

Q

c1

R

f4 24.g3

R

4f6 25.

K

g2

N

xb3 26.axb3

B

xh3+!

27.

K

xh3

R

xf2 28.

R

xf2

R

xf2 29.

R

f1

Q

c5

30.b4

Q

f8 31.

R

xf2

Q

xf2 32.

Q

g5

N

f6 33.

N

f5

Q

f1+ 34.

K

h2

Q

e2+ 35.

K

g1

Q

d1+ 36.

K

g2

Q

xc2+ Wilfried Paulsen had won the congress.

0-1

◦ Anderssen, Adolf
• Lange, Max
Aachen
7th WSB Congress playoff
1868.08.06

0-1

C77 (JvR)

The intention was to organise a main event with
foreign masters but only five German experts ar-
rived. However, the presence of Anderssen meant
progress. Draws had to be repeated. Anderssen and
Lange scored three wins in four rounds. A playoff
occurred on the last day (of 1-6 vii).
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 a6 4.

B

a4

N

f6 5.d3

d6 6.

B

xc6+ bxc6 7.h3 Anderssen scored mixed

results with this quiet opening.

7...g6 8.

N

c3

B

g7 9.

B

e3 O–O 10.g4!?

R

e8 11.

N

e2? d5!

12.

N

g3?!

N

xg4! Lightning strikes! 13.

B

g5

13.hxg4

B

xg4 14.

K

f1 dxe4 15.

N

xe4

f5 shows the pointe (Anderssen).

13...

N

f6 14.

Q

e2

Q

d6 15.

Q

d2

R

b8 16.b3

c5 17.c4 dxe4 18.dxe4

B

b7 19.

Q

e3

N

xe4!?

20.

N

xe4

Q

c6?!

Better is 20...

B

xe4 21.

Q

xe4 f5 22.

Q

e3 e4

21.

N

fd2 f5 22.f3 fxe4 23.fxe4

R

e6 24.O–O–O?!

24.h4! chooses the right opportunism.

24...a5! 25.a4

Q

b6 26.

Q

c3

Q

b4 27.

Q

xb4 cxb4

28.

R

de1 h6 29.

B

h4 g5 30.

B

g3 h5 31.

R

e2

R

d8 32.

R

g1

R

g6 33.

B

h4

R

d3 34.

B

xg5

R

xh3 35.

R

eg2

K

h7 36.

K

d1

B

c8 37.

B

d8

B

g4+ 38.

K

c2

R

c6 39.

N

f1

R

c3+ 40.

K

b2

B

h6 41.

R

g3

R

c1 42.

R

d3

R

e1 43.

R

d5

R

e2+

44.

K

a1

R

xe4 45.

N

g3

R

d4 46.

R

xd4 exd4

47.

N

e4

B

g7 48.

K

b1 d3 49.

K

c1

B

h6+ 50.

K

b2

d2 51.

N

f6+

R

xf6 52.

B

xf6 d1=

Q

53.

R

xd1

B

xd1 54.

B

d8

B

f4 0-1

◦ Von Rothschild, Albert
• Lange, Max
Hamburg (1)
1st NSB Congress
1868.05.31

0-1

C51 (JvR)

Formally a Schachbund is a federation of chess
clubs but an annual meeting of chess friends
in practice.

Gemuetlichkeit (geniality) ruled in

the small tournaments, casual games, lush ban-
quets and Problem tourneys. The Norddeutschen
Schachbund was founded in the spring of 1868. It
brought together northern clubs and thus followed
the political example.

The first congress lasted

from 31 v until 2 vi 1868. A knockout contest be-
gan with eight men.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

c4

B

c5 4.b4

B

xb4 5.c3

B

a5 6.d4 exd4 7.O–O

B

b6 8.cxd4 d6 9.d5

N

a5

10.

B

b2

N

e7 11.

B

d3 O–O 12.

N

c3

B

g4!?

Theory is 12...

N

g6 (Kolisch-Paulsen,

Bristol 1861).

13.

B

e2?!

B

xf3 14.gxf3?!

14.

B

xf3

N

c4 15.

B

c1 chooses a lesser

evil.

14...

N

g6 15.

Q

d2

Q

h4 16.

N

a4

N

f4 17.

N

xb6??

White blunders terribly.

He should play 17.

K

h1 and hope for

17...

B

xf2? 18.

R

g1!

B

xg1 19.

R

xg1

f6 20.

B

f1

N

g6 21.

R

g4

Q

h5 22.

Q

xa5

17...

Q

g5+ 18.

K

h1

Q

g2# Lange had won in the

first round. He defeated Schallopp and Schliemann
hereafter.
0-1

◦ Paulsen, Louis
• Anderssen, Adolf
Altona (2)
2nd NSB Congress playoff
1869

0-1

C77 (JvR)

German players from other regions played in the
master tournaments, like in Aachen 1868.

The

prizes were 200, 100 and 50 Thaler. Only regional

3

players participated in the Hauptturnier. Formally
the congress lasted from 25 until 27 vii 1869,
but the Meisterturnier needed more time. Louis
Paulsen and Adolf Anderssen had scored four wins
after five rounds. The first game of the playoff was
drawn. Game two was played on 2 viii!
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 a6 4.

B

a4

N

f6 5.

N

c3

B

b4 6.

N

d5

B

c5 7.d3 h6 8.

B

e3

B

xe3 9.fxe3

N

xd5!? 10.exd5

N

e7 11.e4

Schallopp gives 11.

N

xe5 O–O! ( not

11...

N

xd5? 12.

N

xf7! )

11...

N

g6 12.d4 O–O! 13.dxe5

N

xe5! 14.O–O

The combination 14.

N

xe5?

Q

h4+ 15.

K

f1

Q

xe4 16.

N

xd7 (Schallopp) 16...

R

d8!

17.

N

f6+ gxf6 18.

B

b3

B

e6!

favours Black.

14...

Q

e7 15.

B

b3 d6 16.h3

B

d7 17.

Q

e2

R

ae8

18.

R

ae1

N

g6 19.

Q

d2

N

h4 20.c3

N

xf3+

21.

R

xf3

Q

h4 22.

Q

f2

Q

xf2+ 23.

K

xf2

R

e5

24.

B

c2

R

fe8 25.

R

fe3

K

f8 26.c4

R

8e7 27.b4

K

e8 28.

K

f3

K

d8 29.

R

c3 f5 30.

R

ce3?!

Right is 30.

R

ee3!

30...f4! Black has gained a positional advantage.
31.

K

xf4?

Correct is 31.

R

c3 g5 32.

R

c1

31...

R

f7+ 32.

K

g3

R

g5+ 33.

K

h2

R

f2 34.

B

b3

R

gxg2+ 35.

K

h1

R

h2+ 36.

K

g1

R

fg2+ 37.

K

f1

R

g6 White loses an important pawn. 38.

R

1e2

R

h1+ 39.

K

f2

B

xh3 40.

R

e1

R

h2+ 41.

K

f3

R

b2 42.

R

d3

B

f1 43.

R

dd1

B

g2+ 44.

K

e3

R

g3+ 45.

K

d4

R

f2 46.c5 h5 47.

R

e3

R

xe3

48.

K

xe3

R

f3+ 49.

K

e2 h4 50.e5 h3 51.c6

bxc6 52.dxc6

R

xb3 53.axb3 h2 54.exd6 h1=

Q

55.dxc7+

K

xc7 56.

R

xh1

B

xh1 57.

K

e3

K

xc6

58.

K

f4

K

b5 59.

K

g5

B

e4 60.

K

f4

B

h7 61.

K

e5

K

xb4 62.

K

e6

K

xb3 The congress ended six days

too late, but Anderssen still had three days for his
journey to the next event.
0-1

◦ Anderssen, Adolf
• Hein, Richard
Barmen
8th WSB Congress
1869.08.07

1-0

C51 (JvR)

Originally the WSB congresses were planned for
the first Sunday in September, but the meeting
moved to the summer holidays when it took more

days. Barmen 1869 lasted from 6 until 13 viii.
Several banquets were organised. A ball became
a great happening, when Anderssen led to polon-
aise of chess brothers and sisters. His games were
enjoyable too.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

c4

B

c5 4.b4 d5 5.exd5

N

xb4 6.O–O

N

xd5!? 7.

N

xe5 c6!?

Best is 7...

N

gf6!

8.d4

B

b6 9.

N

c3! Adolf has fun. 9...

N

ge7

9...

N

xc3? 10.

Q

f3! shows the pointe.

10.

B

a3

B

e6 11.

B

xd5?!

B

xd5?

11...cxd5 closes the position (Schal-
lopp).

12.

B

xe7

K

xe7

Or 12...

Q

xe7 13.

N

xd5 cxd5 14.

N

g6!

13.

N

xd5+

Q

xd5 14.

R

e1

K

f8 15.c4?!

Q

d8?!

15...

Q

xd4 16.

Q

h5!

(Schallopp), and

now 16...

Q

f4! 17.c5! g6 18.

Q

e2

B

c7

gives a fine defence.

16.

Q

f3

Q

c7 17.d5

B

c5 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.

R

ad1

R

e8 20.

R

d7 1-0

◦ Anderssen, Adolf
• Zukertort, Johannes
Barmen
8th WSB Congress
1869.08.08

1-0

C51 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

c4

B

c5 4.b4

B

xb4 5.c3

B

a5 6.d4 exd4 7.O–O

B

b6 8.cxd4 d6 9.d5

N

a5 10.

B

b2

N

e7 11.

B

d3 O–O 12.

N

c3

N

g6

13.

N

e2 c5 14.

Q

d2 f6 15.

K

h1

B

c7 16.

R

ac1

R

b8 17.

N

g3 b5 18.

N

f5 b4 19.

R

g1

B

b6!?

The theory is 19...

B

xf5 20.exf5

N

e5

(Anderssen-Steinitz, London 1866).

20.g4!?

N

e5!

21.

B

xe5 dxe5 22.

R

g3

R

f7

23.g5!?

B

xf5 24.exf5

Q

xd5?

24...

Q

d6 defends more solidly.

25.gxf6

R

d8 26.

R

cg1

K

h8?!

26...

R

xf6!? 27.

R

xg7+

K

h8 28.

R

1g3

h6 29.

K

g1

Q

xf3 30.

R

xf3

K

xg7 gives

little hope.

4

27.fxg7+

K

g8

28.

Q

h6

Q

d6

Anderssen’s

courageous attack becomes a complete success.
29.

Q

xh7+! Anderssen won five games and got

100 Thaler. Van Minckwitz beat Schallopp and
Zukertort in a playoff for the secon prize of 50
Thaler.

The pointe is 29.

Q

xh7+

K

xh7 30.f6+!

K

g8 31.

B

h7+!

K

xh7 32.

R

h3+

K

g8

33.

R

h8#

1-0

◦ Anderssen, Adolf
• Paulsen, Louis
Krefeld
9th WSB Congress
1871.08

0-1

C71 (JvR)

The first German super tournament was Baden-
Baden 1870.

When the event began, war was

declared. France started to fight against Prussia,
Baden, Wuertttemberg and Bavaria after the touna-
ment had ended. The german states were united
in battle. No regional chess congress took place.
Another regional congress was held from 4 until
7 viii 1871. Again the Allgemeines Hauptturnier
lingered on. The five rounds were finished on 10
viii.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 a6 4.

B

a4 d6 5.d3 b5

6.

B

b3

N

a5 7.

N

c3

N

f6 8.O–O

B

e7 9.h3 O–O

10.

N

e2

N

xb3 11.axb3 c5 12.

N

g3

N

e8 13.

B

d2

g6?! 14.

B

a5?!

14.

B

h6

N

g7 15.

Q

d2 reacts natural.

14...

Q

d7 15.b4 f6 16.c3

N

g7 17.bxc5 dxc5 18.d4

cxd4 19.cxd4 exd4 20.

B

b6

N

e6 21.

B

xd4

N

xd4 22.

N

xd4

K

h8 23.

R

c1

B

b7 24.

R

c3? An-

derssen misses a good chance.

Right is 24.

N

df5!

Q

xd1?! 25.

R

fxd1

gxf5 26.

R

c7

24...

B

d6 25.

N

de2

R

ad8 26.

R

d3

Q

e7 27.

N

c3

B

xg3 28.fxg3 b4 29.

N

d5

Q

xe4 30.

R

f4

Q

e5

31.

R

xb4?

31.

N

xb4

Q

xb2

32.

R

f2

R

xd3

33.

N

xd3 only loses a pawn.

31...

B

xd5 32.

R

bd4

B

b3!

33.

R

xd8

B

xd1

34.

R

xf8+

K

g7 35.

R

fd8

B

a4 36.

R

3d4

B

c6

37.

K

h2 g5 38.

R

d2 h5 39.

R

8d3 h4 40.

R

c3 f5

41.

R

f2 hxg3+ 42.

R

xg3 f4 43.

R

c3 f3+ 44.g3

Q

e1 45.

R

cc2

B

e4 46.

R

cd2

B

d3 Anderssen,

Paulsen and Minckwitz scored four wins. A play-
off was needed.
0-1

◦ Anderssen, Adolf
• Paulsen, Louis
Krefeld playoff (2)
9th WSB Congress playoff
1871.08.12

0-1

C11 (JvR)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.

B

d3 c5 5.exd5

exd5 6.

N

f3

N

c6 7.O–O c4! 8.

B

e2

B

b4 9.

B

d2

O–O 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3

N

e4 12.

N

b5

N

xd2

13.

N

xd2 a6 14.

N

f3?

Right is 14.c3!

B

a5 15.

B

d3! axb5

16.b4

14...

B

g4 15.c3

B

a5 16.b4

B

xb4 17.cxb4 axb5

18.

R

xa8

Q

xa8 19.

B

xb5

N

xb4 20.

Q

b3

B

xf3

21.

Q

xb4

B

e4 22.f3

B

f5 23.

Q

c5

Q

a5 24.

R

c1

B

e6 25.

B

d3

Q

d2 26.

Q

c3

Q

g5 27.g3 g6 28.f4

Q

h5 29.

Q

e1

R

e8 30.

Q

e5

Q

f3 31.

Q

e2

Q

xe2

32.

B

xe2

B

d7! The extra pawn on d7 needs pro-

tection.

33.

B

f3

B

c6 34.

R

c5

R

d8 35.

K

f2 f6

36.h4 h6 37.

K

e3

K

f7 38.f5!? g5! 39.hxg5 fxg5!

Paulsen created chances on the kingside.

40.g4

K

f6 41.

R

c1?!

R

e8+! 42.

K

d3?

42.

K

f2! gives support to the kingside.

42...h5! 43.

R

h1?

Correct is 43.gxh5

K

xf5 44.

R

g1

43...h4!

44.

R

a1

K

e7 45.

K

d2

K

d6 46.

R

a3

B

b5 47.

R

b3

B

c6 48.

R

a3 h3! A diversion be-

gins. 49.

B

h1

R

h8 50.

K

e3 The king returns to

his side. 50...b5 51.

K

f2 h2 52.

K

g3 b4! Black

sacrifices a pawn for an undisturbed advance on
the queenside.

53.

R

b3

R

b8 54.

K

xh2

B

a4

55.

R

h3

R

d8!! The d-pawn has to be consoli-

dated. 56.

B

g2

B

c2 57.

B

f1 b3 58.

R

h6+

K

c7

59.

R

h7+

R

d7 60.

R

xd7+

K

xd7 61.

B

b5+

K

c7

62.

B

a4

B

d1! Black threatens ..b2. Anderssen

had defeated Minckwitz and lost to Paulsen in the
playoff. His holiday had ended and he left during
the last game on 13 viii. When Paulsen-Minckwitz
ended in a draw, Louis made a gesture of great
sportsmanship. He shared the first prize of 100
Thaler with Minckwitz.
0-1

◦ Schurig, Bruno
• Anderssen, Adolf
Leipzig
1st MSB Congress
1871

0-1

C33 (JvR)

The Mitteldeutschen Schachbund was founded on

5

19 xi 1871. A congress took place from 27 until
31. Anderssen was the prominent player.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.

B

c4 d5 4.

B

xd5

Q

h4+ 5.

K

f1

g5 6.a3

B

g7 7.d4

N

e7 8.

N

c3 O–O 9.

B

c4

N

bc6

10.

N

f3

Q

h5 11.e5? g4 12.

N

g1 f3 13.

B

f4

Or 13.gxf3

R

d8

13...

B

e6 14.

B

b3

R

ad8 15.gxf3

N

xd4 16.fxg4

B

xg4 17.

Q

e1

B

h3+ 18.

K

f2

N

g6 19.

N

xh3

Q

xh3 20.

Q

e4

N

e6?

Better is 20...

N

xb3 21.cxb3 f6!

21.

B

e3

N

xe5 22.

R

ag1

N

g6 23.

R

g3

Q

h5

24.

B

c4

B

d4 25.

N

d5?

c6 26.

N

f4

B

xe3+

27.

Q

xe3

N

xf4 28.

Q

xf4

Q

c5+ 29.

K

g2

R

d4!

30.

Q

f6

Q

xc4 31.

R

f1

R

d2+ 32.

K

h1

Q

e4+

Adolf Anderssen and Samuel Mieses score 4 1/2
out of 5. Anderssen won the playoff game. The
notation vanished.
0-1

◦ Goering, Carl
• Anderssen, Adolf
Altona (4)
3rd NSB Congress
1872.07.26

0-1

C44 (JvR)

A master tournament happened from 25 until 28 vii
1872. It was a hot summer. Anderssen, Goering,
Schallopp, Pitschel and Neumann participated.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 He plays the

Goering Gambit! 4...dxc3 5.

B

c4 c2!? 6.

Q

xc2

B

b4+ 7.

N

c3

Q

f6?! 8.O–O!

B

xc3 9.bxc3?!

9.

B

g5

Q

g6 10.

Q

xc3 gains a plus.

9...

N

e5? 10.

N

xe5

Q

xe5 11.

B

a3?

A mighty attack is started by 11.

Q

b3!

Q

h5 12.

B

f4 d6 13.e5!

Q

f5 14.

B

g3

White charges in the centre.

11...d6 12.f4

Q

a5 13.

B

b4

Q

b6+ 14.

K

h1

N

h6

15.f5?!

Better is 15.e5

15...

N

g4 16.e5?

N

xe5 17.

B

d5 c5 18.

B

a3

Q

a6

19.

B

b2 c4 20.a4

B

d7 21.

B

a3 O–O–O 22.f6

g6 23.

R

f4

B

c6 24.

R

d4

B

xd5 25.

R

xd5

Q

c6

26.

Q

e4

N

d3 27.

Q

d4

R

he8 28.

B

xd6

R

e4! An-

derssen counterattacks forcefully. 29.

Q

xa7

Q

xd5

30.

Q

b8+

K

d7 31.

Q

c7+

K

e8 32.

B

e7

N

f2+

33.

K

g1

N

d1 34.

Q

g3

Q

e5 35.

Q

xe5

R

xe5

36.

K

f1

R

d2 Anderssen-Neuma nn occurred in the

final round and was drawn. Anderssen won by

half-a-point before his adversary. Neumann suf-
fered from a psychic illness and had played his last
tournament game.
0-1

◦ Anderssen, Adolf
• Goering, Carl
Leipzig (2)
2nd MSB Congress
1876.07.10

1-0

C51 (JvR)

It lasted five years until the second MSB Congress
took place. The chess club in Leipzig organised the
event from 9-19 vii.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

c4

B

c5 4.b4

B

b6 5.O–O

d6 6.a4 a6 7.c3

B

g4 8.

N

a3

N

f6 9.d3

N

e7 10.a5

B

a7 11.b5 axb5 12.

N

xb5

B

b8!

Not 12...

B

b6? 13.

B

h6

13.

B

e3 O–O 14.h3

B

d7 15.

R

a2?

B

xb5

16.

B

xb5 c6 17.

B

a4

R

xa5 Black has won a

pawn. 18.

R

b2 b5 19.

B

c2

N

d7 20.d4 d5 21.exd5

N

xd5 22.

B

d2

R

a6 23.dxe5 A sharp struggle has

developed. 23...

N

xe5??

Right is 23...

B

xe5!

24.

N

xe5

N

xe5

25.

B

xh7+!

K

xh7 26.

Q

h5+

K

g8

27.

Q

xe5

(Schallopp)

27...

R

e8!

28.

Q

g3

Q

f6 and Black has a positional

advantage.

24.

N

xe5

B

xe5 25.

Q

h5!

f5 26.

B

xf5

R

xf5

27.

Q

xf5

B

xc3 28.

Q

e6+

K

f8 29.

B

xc3

N

xc3

30.

R

e1

R

b6 31.

R

d2

N

d5 32.

R

e3 g6 33.

R

f3+

K

g7 34.

R

f7+

K

h6 35.

R

d4 b4 36.

Q

e5 Ander-

ssen, and Pitschel shared the first place in the mas-
ter tournament with 3 1/2 out of 5. Anderssen won
the playoff by two wins and gained 240 Mark. Go-
ering and Pitschell did not continue and made the
second prize of 120 Mark available for a match be-
tween Anderssen and Paulsen. When the motion
was carried and more champagne was drank, Go-
ering got fully excited and proposed an Anderssen
Jubilee for the next year. All sheared! The match
was played in Cafe zum Bienenkorb.
1-0

◦ Anderssen, Adolf
• Paulsen, Louis
Leipzig (1)
match
1876.07.14

1-0

B45 (JvR)

1.e4 c5 2.

N

f3 e6 3.

N

c3

N

c6 4.d4 cxd4 5.

N

xd4

N

f6 6.

N

db5

B

b4 7.

N

d6+?!

K

e7!

Paulsen

gives a smart response. 8.

B

f4 e5! 9.

N

f5+!?

K

f8!

10.

B

g5 d5! 11.exd5

Q

xd5 12.

N

e3?!

6

12.

N

g3 is more prudent.

12...

Q

a5?!

12...

Q

d4! gains a positional advantage.

13.

N

c4

B

xc3+ 14.bxc3

Q

xc3+ 15.

B

d2

Q

d4

16.c3

Q

e4+ 17.

B

e3

N

d5 18.f3

Q

h4+ 19.

B

f2

Q

d8 20.

Q

b3

N

f4 21.

R

d1

Q

e7 22.g3

N

e6

23.

B

g2 g6 24.O–O

K

g7 25.

R

fe1

Q

c7 26.

R

d5

f6 27.

N

d6

N

g5 28.

N

xc8

R

hxc8 29.

R

b5 b6

30.f4! Anderssen intensifies the attack. 30...

N

f7!

The pointe is 30...exf4? 31.

R

xg5! fxg5

32.

B

xc6 (Schallopp).

31.fxe5 fxe5 32.

R

f1

N

d6?

Right is 32...

R

f8

33.

B

xc6

Q

xc6 34.

R

xe5

N

f5 35.g4!

Q

f3

36.

R

e7+

K

h8 37.gxf5

Q

g4+ 38.

B

g3

R

c4

39.fxg6

R

d8 40.

Q

xc4!

The robust mathemat-

ics teacher and diabetic bookkeeper were great
friends. Anderssen won their first match after the
tournament London 1862.

This time he started

with three wins, but the score became 4-5 in favour
of Louis Paulsen eventually.

See 40.

Q

xc4

Q

xc4 41.

B

e5+

K

g8 42.

gxh7#

1-0

◦ Paulsen, Wilfried
• Flechsig, Ernst
Duesseldorf
10th WSB Congress
1876.09.09

1-0

C51 (JvR)

The WSB organised a small congress from 9-11 ix.
Participants could travel by Rhine steamer, like in
the old days.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

c4

B

c5 4.b4

B

b6 5.b5

N

a5 6.

B

e2

N

e7 7.d4 exd4 8.

N

xd4 d5 9.e5

O–O 10.O–O

B

e6 11.

B

a3

Q

d7 12.

N

c3

R

ad8

13.

N

a4

R

fe8 14.

N

xb6 axb6 15.

B

xe7

R

xe7

16.

N

xe6

Q

xe6 17.f4 c5 18.a4 d4 19.

R

a3

N

c4?!

20.

R

h3

Q

d5?? White will deliver mate or win a

piece. Wilfried Paulsen won the congress. 21.

Q

d3

1-0

◦ Paulsen, Louis
• Zukertort, Johannes
Leipzig (2)
Anderssen Jubilee
1877.07.16

1-0

C48 (JvR)

Regional federations were the WSB (founded in
1861).

NSB (1868), MSB (1871), SSB (1874)

and OSB (1877). Representatives of clubs came
together in Leipzig to celebrate Anderssen’s fifty
years in chess. A banquet took place in the Tri-
anonsaal of the Schuetzenhaus on 18 vii 1877.
The Deutschen Schachbund was established. A
congress should occur every second year. Hermann
Zwanzig became the chief. A master tournament
was played from 16 until 23 vii 1877. Clocks were
used.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.

B

b5

B

c5

5.O–O d6?!

Preferable is 5...O–O 6.

N

xe5

N

xe5

7.d4

B

d6 (Paulsen-Winawer, Baden-

Baden 1870 and the next game).

6.d4 exd4 7.

N

xd4

B

d7 8.

N

f5 O–O 9.

B

g5

B

xf5

10.exf5

N

d4 11.

B

d3 d5 12.

B

xf6 gxf6?

12...

Q

xf6!

13.

N

xd5

Q

d6 14.

N

e3

N

c6 and Black has the initiative for a

pawn.

13.

N

a4!

Q

d6 14.

N

xc5

Q

xc5 15.

Q

g4+

K

h8

16.

Q

h4!

R

g8 Black has no proper de-

fence.

17.

Q

xf6+

R

g7 18.c3

N

c6 19.

R

ae1

R

g8 20.

R

e3

Q

d6 21.

Q

xd6

R

xg2+ 22.

K

h1

cxd6 23.f6

N

e5 24.

B

xh7

N

g4 25.

B

xg8

N

xe3

26.

B

xf7 Paulsen won the tournament with 9/11

and got 400 Mark. Anderssen defeated Zukertort
in the playoff for the second and third prizr (200
and 100 Mark).
1-0

◦ Paulsen, Louis
• Anderssen, Adolf
Leipzig (9)
match
1877.07.28

1-0

C48 (JvR)

The third Anderssen-Paulsen match began after the
playoff and lasted until 28 vii.

Anderssen had

scored three and Paulsen four wins before the fi-
nal game started.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5

N

f6 4.

N

c3

B

c5

5.O–O O–O 6.

N

xe5

N

xe5 7.d4

B

d6 8.f4 !?

N

c6 9.e5

B

e7 10.d5!

B

c5+!?

Best is 10...

N

b4 11.exf6

B

c5+ (Taylor-

Rizzitano, New York 1984).

11.

K

h1 The old battlrs fight again. 11...

N

d4?

Right is 11...

N

xd5!

12.

Q

xd5 d6!

13.

B

xc6 bxc6 14.

Q

xc6

R

b8 and

Black has sufficient compensation for
the pawn.

7

12.exf6

Q

xf6 13.

N

e4

Q

e7 14.

B

d3

B

b6

Or 14...d6 15.f5

Q

e5 16.

B

f4!

Q

xd5

17.

N

f6+! gxf6 18.

B

h6

15.f5 f6 16.

N

g3 c6 17.c3

N

b5 18.

Q

b3

N

d6

19.

B

f4

N

f7 20.d6

Q

d8 21.

R

ae1

B

a5 22.

B

c4

b5 23.

B

xf7+

R

xf7 24.

R

e7

Q

f8 25.

R

fe1

B

a6

26.

Q

a3

Q

d8 27.b4 c5 28. bxa5

Q

c8 29.

Q

b3 c4

30.

Q

d1

B

b7 31.a6

B

c6 32.

N

h5

R

xe7 33.

R

xe7

K

h8 34.

Q

g4

Q

f8 35.

Q

xg7+

Q

xg7 36.

R

xg7

b4 37.cxb4 c3 38.

R

e7

R

f8 39.

K

g1 c2 40.

R

e2

B

a4 41.

R

e1

B

b5 42.

B

h6

R

c8 43.

N

xf6

B

d3

44.

N

xd7

B

xf5 45.

N

c5 Paulsen had scored the

decisive fifth win.
1-0

◦ Wemmers, Carl
• Zukertort, Johannes
Koeln
11th WSB Congress
1877.08.21

0-1

C65 (JvR)

Zukertort travelled from the Anderssenfeier to an-
other congress. He played in Cafe du Dome in
Koeln from 18 until 21 viii.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5

N

f6 4.d3 d6 5.

B

xc6+

bxc6 6.h3 g6 7.

N

c3

B

g7 8.

B

e3 c5 9.

Q

d2 h6!

10.

N

e2

R

b8 11.c4?!

N

g8! Zukertort starts an

incredible manoeuvre. 12.g4?

Mpre prudent is 12.

N

g3

N

e7 13.O–O

12...

N

e7 13.

N

c3

N

c6 14.b3

N

d4! The knight

has reached a strong square.

15.

B

xd4 cxd4

16.

N

d5 c6 17.

N

b4

Q

b6 18.

N

c2 d5! 19.exd5

cxd5 20.cxd5?! White should not open his po-
sition. 20...

B

b7 21.O–O O–O 22.

R

ae1

R

fe8

23.

N

b4

R

bd8 24.g5 h5 25.

N

h4 a5 26.

N

c2

B

xd5 Black has regained the pawn with inter-

est.

27.f3

R

c8 28.

Q

f2?

B

e6 29.

K

g2

R

c3

30.

Q

d2

Q

a6 31.

R

d1

Q

c8!

32.

R

f2

B

xh3+

33.

K

h2

B

d7 34.

N

a3 a4 35.

N

c4 axb3 36.

N

d6

Q

b8 37.

N

e4

Or 37.

N

xe8 e4+ and ..e3 (Minckwitz).

37...

R

c2 38.

Q

e1

R

xf2+ 39.

Q

xf2

B

c6 40.

R

b1

bxa2 41.

Q

xa2

Q

d8 42.

R

g1

B

xe4 43.fxe4

Q

a8 44.

Q

b3

R

b8 45.

Q

d1

Q

a2+ 46.

R

g2

Q

b1

47.

Q

f3

Q

c1 48.

R

f2

Q

xg5 49.

Q

xf7+

K

h7

50.

N

f3

Q

f4+ 51.

Q

xf4 exf4 52.

N

g5+

K

g8

53.

K

h3

R

b5 54.

N

e6 g5 55.

K

h2

K

f7 56.

N

d8+

K

e7 57.

N

c6+

K

d7 58.

R

c2 g4 Zukertort had

scored 3 1/2 out of 5. He won the first prize and
200 Mark.
0-1

◦ Paulsen, Louis
• Anderssen, Adolf
Frankfurt (3)
12th WSB Congress
1878.07.29

1-0

B40 (JvR)

A master event was played in Frankfurt am Main
from 27 vii until 3 viii 1878.
1.e4 c5 2.b3!?

e6 3.

N

f3

N

c6 4.

B

b2 a6!?

5.

B

e2

N

f6 6.e5

N

d5 7.

N

c3

N

xc3 8.

B

xc3

B

e7 9.O–O f6 10.

B

d3! O–O 11.

R

e1

Q

e8?!

12.

B

e4?!

12.exf6

B

xf6 13.

B

xf6

R

xf6 14.

N

g5

R

h6 favours White.

12...

N

xe5 13.

N

xe5 fxe5 14.

B

xe5 d6 15.

B

g3

Q

f7 16.c3

R

a7? The queen rook should stay on

his side.

More natural is 16...d5 17.

B

c2

B

d7

(Gottschall).

17.d4 b6 18.

Q

d3 g6 19.

R

ad1

R

d7 20.

Q

e3

R

dd8 21.

B

f3 cxd4 22.

Q

xd4 b5 23.

Q

b6

Q

g7

24.

B

g4

Q

f6 25.

R

d3 h5!

26.

B

f3 e5 27.h4

K

h8 28.

R

d5

K

h7 29.

R

ed1

R

fe8 30.

R

5d3

R

f8

31.

Q

c7

R

d7 32.

Q

c6

R

fd8 33.

Q

b6

R

f8 34.c4

bxc4 35.bxc4

R

dd8 36.

R

e3

R

f7 37.a4

R

d7?

38.

B

c6!

B

d8

Or 38...

R

d8 39.

R

f3

Q

g7 40.

B

xe5!

39.

Q

b4 a5 40.

Q

b5

R

de7?

The a-pawn can be defended by 40...

R

a7! 41.c5!

B

c7

41.c5!

B

c7 42.cxd6

B

xd6 43.

Q

xa5

B

g4

44.

R

d2

B

c7 45.

Q

b5

R

f8 46.

B

e4

R

c8 47.

R

c3

B

b6 48.

R

xc8

B

xc8 49.a5

B

d4 50.

R

c2

B

f5

51.

R

c6

Q

g7 52.

Q

d3

Q

f7 53.a6

B

xe4 54.

Q

xe4

Q

f5 55.

Q

e2

R

f7 56.

R

d6

Q

c8 57.

Q

e4

Q

f5

58.

Q

e2

K

g7 59.

R

d5

Q

b1+ 60.

K

h2

K

h7

61.

R

b5

Q

a1 62.

R

b7

R

g7 63.

Q

b5!

It is

zugzwang!

63...

K

h6 64.

Q

e8

K

h7 65.

R

b8

K

h6 66.

Q

h8+

R

h7 67.

Q

f8+

R

g7 68.

R

b7 e4

69.

Q

h8+ Louis Paulsen won by 8/ 9 and gained

400 Mark. Anderssen got the third prize. He had
played his last tournament.
1-0

◦ Englisch, Berthold
• Von Minckwitz, Johannes
Leipzig (1)
1st DSB Congress

8

1879.07.14

1-0

B46 (JvR)

The Deutschen Schachbund had been founded in
Leipzig on 18 vii 1877. When the next meeting
took place in the Schuetzenhaus on 15 vii 1879,
sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess
federation. Hofrat von Gottschall became Chair-
man and Zwanzig the General Secretary. Twelve
players participated in the master tournament of
Leipzig 1879. Thereafter the field increased and
improved.
1.e4 c5 2.

N

f3 e6 3.

N

c3

N

c6 4.d4 cxd4 5.

N

xd4

a6 6.

B

e2

B

b4 7.O–O

N

ge7 8.

B

g5 O–O 9.

N

f3

f6 10.

B

d2 f5 11.

B

d3 d5?!

Better is 11...fxe4 (Schallopp) 12.

N

xe4

B

xd2 13.

N

exd2 d5

12.exd5 exd5 13.

N

e2

B

d6 14.

B

f4

N

g6 15.

Q

d2

B

e6?!

Black misses 15...

N

ce5!

16.

N

xe5

N

xf4

16.

R

fe1

Q

c7 17.

B

xd6

Q

xd6 18.

N

ed4

B

d7

19.

R

ad1

R

f6 20.

B

f1

N

ge5 21.

N

xe5

N

xe5

22.

N

b3

B

c6 23.

Q

f4

R

e8 24.

R

e3 Black plays a

strange move. 24...g5? He hopes to get an attack.
25.

Q

xg5+

R

g6 26.

Q

f4

He could even consider to play 26.

Q

xf5

B

d7 27.

Q

f4

R

g4 28.

R

g3!

26...

K

h8 27.

R

g3

R

eg8 28.

Q

d4

Q

f6 29.f4

N

d7 30.

R

xg6 hxg6 31.

R

e1

K

h7 32.

Q

xf6

N

xf6 33.

R

e6

K

g7 34.

N

d4

K

f7 35.

R

e3

R

e8

36.

R

xe8

B

xe8 White has gained material and

positional advantages. 37.

B

d3

K

e7 38.g3

K

d6

39.h3

B

d7 40.

K

f2

B

e8 41.

K

e3

B

f7 42.

N

f3

B

e8 43.

N

e5

N

d7 44.

N

xd7

B

xd7 45.

K

d4

B

e6

46.

B

e2

B

d7 47.

B

f3

B

e6 48.c4 dxc4 49.

B

xb7

a5 50.a3

B

f7 51.

B

a6

B

d5 52.

B

xc4

B

g2 53.h4

B

f3 54.

B

f7

B

h5 55.b4 axb4 56.axb4

K

c7 57.

B

d5

K

d6 58.b5

B

e2 59.b6

B

d1 60.b7

K

c7

61.

K

e5

B

h5 62.

K

f6 English has played a solid

game. The first congress lasted from 13 until 20
vii 1879. Eleven rounds were played. No foreign
masters participated. English won the event with
9 1/2 points and earned 600 Mark. Louis Paulsen
became second and won 300 Mark.
1-0

◦ Paulsen, Louis
• Von Minckwitz, Johannes
Braunschweig
13th WSB Congress
1880

1-0

C47 (JvR)

The last regional congress occurred one year after
the first national congress. It took place in Braun-
schweig from 17 until 27 vii. The intention was to
organise a WSB Congress each year between the
DSB events, but it was discontinued due to the eco-
nomical conditions in 1882.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.d4 exd4 4.

N

xd4

N

f6

5.

N

c3

B

b4 6.

N

xc6 bxc6 7.

Q

d4

Q

e7 8.

f3!

B

c5 9.

Q

d3 h6?!

10.

N

a4 d5 11.

N

xc5

Q

xc5

12.exd5 A critical position has been reached.
12...cxd5?

12...O–O! 13.

B

e3

R

e8!

14.

K

f2

R

xe3! 15.

Q

xe3

Q

xc2+ 16.

Q

e2

Q

c5+

leads to perpetual check.

13.

Q

e3+!

Q

xe3+ 14.

B

xe3 White has a supe-

rior endgame. 14...O–O 15.O–O–O c6 16.

B

d3

a5 17.

R

he1

B

a6 18.

B

c5

R

fe8 19.

R

xe8+

N

xe8

20.

B

f5 g6 21.

B

h3

N

g7 22.

R

e1

N

f5?

22...

B

c8! is necessary.

23.a4

R

d8 24.

B

xf5 gxf5 25.

B

b6

R

f8 26.

B

xa5

B

c8 27.

B

d2

K

g7 28.

R

e7 c5 29.

R

c7 c4

30.b4

B

e6 31.

B

c3+

K

g6 32.a5

R

c8 33.

R

b7

R

a8 34.b5 d4 35.

B

b4 c3 36.b6

B

c8 37.

R

a7!?

R

xa7 38.bxa7

B

b7 39.

B

c5

K

f6 40.

B

xd4+

K

e6 41.

B

xc3 h5 42.h4

K

d5 43.

K

d2

K

c4

44.

B

e5

K

b5 45.

B

c7

K

c6 46.

B

b6

K

d5 47.

K

d3

K

e5 48.

B

c7+

K

e6 49.

K

d4

K

d7 50.

B

b6

K

e6

51.c4

B

c6 52.

K

c5

K

d7 53.a6

B

a8 54.

B

a5

K

e6

55.

B

c7

K

d7 56.

B

b8

K

e6 57.

K

d4

K

f6 58.

K

e3

K

e6 59.

K

f4

K

f6 60.

B

c7

K

e6 61.

K

g5

K

d7

62.

B

b8

K

e6 63.

K

xh5

K

f6 64.

K

h6

B

c6 65.h5

B

a8 66.

K

h7

K

g5 67.h6

K

f6 68.

K

g8

K

g6

69.h7 The event occurred in Hotel d’Angleterre
and Wilhelmgarten. Louis Paulsen won the first
prize with a score of 8/9.
1-0

◦ Paulsen, Louis
• Blackburne, Joseph
Berlin (4)
2nd DSB Congress
1881.09.01

0-1

C02 (JvR)

Foreign masters were allowed to take part. The
congress lasted from 28 viii ubntil 17 ix 1881. One
game was played per day. Fifteen moves had to be
made per hour. Blackburne started with a loss and
a draw. Thereafter he ruled.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3

N

c6 5.

N

f3

B

d7

6.

B

e3

Q

b6 7.

Q

d2

R

c8 8.dxc5

B

xc5 9.

B

xc5

Q

xc5 10.

B

d3 f6 11.

Q

e2 fxe5 12.

N

xe5

N

xe5

13.

Q

xe5

N

f6 A prophylactic fight for the cen-

tre occurs.

14.O–O O–O 15.

N

d2

R

ce8 16.h3

9

B

b5 17.c4!?

Q

b4!?

18.

Q

e2

B

c6 19.

R

ab1

g6 20.a3

Q

d6 21.b4 b6 22.

R

fe1

N

h5 23.

Q

e5

Q

d7!? 24.

B

f1

R

f5 25.

Q

b2

R

ef8 26.f3

Q

d6

27. cxd5 exd5!? 28.

Q

d4

N

f4 29.

N

e4

Q

d7?!

More

interesting

is

29...

N

xh3+!?

30.gxh3

Q

f4 31.

K

h1

B

e8

30.

N

f2

N

e6 31.

Q

e3

N

f4 32.

N

g4

Q

g7 33.

Q

e7

R

5f7 34.

Q

g5

Q

d4+?

Right is 34...

K

h8!

35.

K

h2

R

g7 36.

R

ed1?

36.

R

bd1!

N

e6 37.

R

xd4

N

xg5 38.h4

N

f7 39.

R

f4

B

d7 40.

R

e7 results in a

pinning festival.

36...

N

e6 37.

N

h6+

K

h8 38.

R

xd4

N

xg5 39.

R

e1

R

d7 40.

N

g4

K

g7 41.h4

N

f7 42.

R

c1

B

b7

43.

B

b5

R

e7 44.

R

d2 h5 45.

N

f2

N

e5 46.

R

e2

a6 47.

R

ce1

K

f6 48.f4

N

c6 49.

R

xe7

N

xe7

50.

B

d7?

R

d8! 51.

B

h3

B

c8! 52.

N

d3

B

xh3

53.

K

xh3

N

f5?

53...

R

c8! gains a decisive advantage.

54.

R

c1

N

d4 55.

N

e5

K

f5 56.g3

R

d6 57.

K

g2

N

b3 58.

R

c3

N

d2 59.

R

c1?!

Better is 59.

R

d3

N

e4 60.

K

f3

59...b5! 60.

K

f2? White should counterattack.

Right is 60.

R

c5!

K

e4 61.

N

f7!

R

f6

62.

N

g5+

K

d4 63.

N

f3+

N

xf3 64.

K

xf3

R

e6 65.

K

f2

K

e4 66.

K

e2 and White

holds the rook ending.

60...

N

c4! 61.

N

f7

R

d7 62.

N

g5 d4 63.

N

f3 d3

64.

R

d1

R

d6 65.

N

e1 d2 66.

N

f3

R

d3 67.

K

e2

R

e3+ 68.

K

f2

R

xa3 69.

N

xd2

R

a2 70.

K

e1

N

xd2 71.

R

xd2

R

xd2 72.

K

xd2

K

g4 73.

K

e3

K

xg3 74.

K

d4

K

xh4 The Paulsen brothers no

longer played a major role in the master tourna-
ment.
0-1

◦ Blackburne, Joseph
• Winawer, Szymon
Berlin (10)
2nd DSB Congress
1881.09.09

1-0

C45 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.d4 exd4 4.

N

xd4

B

c5

5.

B

e3

Q

f6 6.c3

N

ge7 7.

B

b5

B

xd4!?

8.

cxd4

Q

g6 9.O–O d5 10.

N

c3 dxe4 11.

Q

c2

O–O 12.

Q

xe4

B

f5!?

13.

Q

h4

R

ad8 14.

B

e2

R

d7 15.

R

ac1

B

e6 16.

R

fd1

R

fd8 17.

B

h5

Q

f5

18.

B

f3

N

g6 19.

Q

g3

N

xd4 20.

B

xd4

R

xd4

21.

Q

xc7

R

xd1+ 22.

R

xd1

R

xd1+ 23.

N

xd1

Q

b1 24.h3

Q

xa2 25.

Q

xb7 h6 26.

K

h2

Q

a5

27.

Q

b8+

K

h7 28.

B

e4?

B

f5?

28...

Q

d2!

29.

B

xg6+

K

xg6 30.

N

e3

Q

xf2 31.

Q

xa7

Q

xb2 wins a pawn.

29.b4!

Q

a1 30.

B

xf5

Q

xd1 31.

Q

xa7

Q

d8

Or 31...

Q

d6+ 32.g3

Q

xb4 33.

Q

xf7

32.

Q

c5?!

32.

Q

xf7

Q

d6+ 33.g3 wins quickly.

32...

Q

d2 33.b5 h5 34.b6 h4 35.b7

Q

f4+ 36.

K

g1

f6 37.

Q

c8

Q

d2! Winawer has set a tricky trap.

38.

B

xg6+!

38.b8=

Q

??

Q

c1+ 39.

K

h2

Q

f4+ leads

to perpetual check or stalemate. Black-
burne won the first prize of the master
tournament with a score of 14/16. He
got 1200 Mark. Zukertort, Chigorin and
Winawer earned other prizes. Kurt von
Bardeleben gained the master title in the
Haptturnier and 200 Mark.

1-0

◦ Mason, James
• Winawer, Szymon
Nuernberg (6)
3rd DSB Congress
1883

0-1

C45 (JvR)

The third congress was played in the Gesellschaft-
shaus des Museum from 15 until 30 vii 1883. 120
participants had a great banquet (Festessen) on 19
vii.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.d4 exd4 4.

N

xd4

B

c5

5.

B

e3

Q

f6 6.c3

N

ge7 7.

B

e2

B

xd4?!

7...d5!

8.exd5

N

xd5

is

okay

(Reichhelm-Mackenzie,

Philadelphia

1867).

8.cxd4 d5 9.

N

c3 dxe4 10.

N

xe4?!

10.d5!

N

b8 11.

Q

a4+ c6 12.

Q

xe4

gains an advantage.

10...

Q

g6 11.

N

g5

N

d5 12.

Q

d2 O–O 13.

N

f3

Q

d6 14.O–O

B

g4 15.a3 f5 16.

B

c4?

B

xf3!

17.gxf3 Winawer has obtained his pet weaken-
ing.

17...

K

h8 18.f4

N

ce7 19.

R

ac1 g5!? 20.f3

gxf4 21.

B

f2

R

g8+ 22.

K

h1

R

g6 23.

R

ce1

R

ag8

24.

Q

e2

R

h6 25.

Q

e5+

R

g7 26.

Q

xd6

R

xd6

27.

B

xd5

N

xd5 28.

R

e5

N

e3 29.d5!

K

g8 Black

avoids a trap.

10

29...

N

xf1?? 30.

R

e8+

R

g8 31.

B

d4+

30.

R

e1?

Right is 30.

B

xe3 fxe3 (Schallopp)

31.f4!

30...

R

xd5 31.

R

e8+!?

K

f7 32.

B

xe3

K

xe8

33.

B

xf4+

R

e7 34.

R

c1 c5 35.

R

c2

R

d4 36.

B

b8

b6 37.

K

g2 f4 Winawer scored 14/18 and won the

first prize of 1200 Mark.
0-1

◦ Winawer, Szymon
• Blackburne, Joseph
Nuernberg (8)
3rd DSB Congress
1883

0-1

B01 (JvR)

1.e4 d5 2.exd5

Q

xd5 3.

N

c3

Q

d8 4.d4 g6 5.

B

e3

N

h6!? 6.

Q

d2!?

N

f5 7.

B

d3

B

g7 8.

B

xf5!?

B

xf5 9.h3 h5 10.

N

ge2

N

a6 11.a3 c6 12.

N

g3

Q

d7 13.O–O–O h4 14.

N

xf5

Q

xf5 15.

Q

d3

Q

a5!? Blackburne wants to fight. 16.

Q

e4 e6

17.

B

f4 O–O–O 18.

Q

e3

N

c7 19.

B

xc7?!

Q

xc7

20.f4? The pawns on the kingside become weak.
20...

R

h5! 21.

R

hf1

Q

b6 22.

N

e2 c5 23.c3 cxd4

24.

N

xd4 e5!?

25.

N

c2

R

xd1+ 26.

K

xd1!

Q

xe3!

The trap 26...

Q

xb2?

27.

Q

c5+

K

d7

(Schallopp) 28.fxe5!

Q

b1+ 29.

K

d2

Q

xf1 30.

Q

d6+ ends with perpetual

check.

27.

N

xe3

B

h6! 28.

N

d5 exf4 29.c4

R

e5 30.

R

e1

R

xe1+ 31.

K

xe1

K

d7 32.

K

e2 f5 33.

K

f3 g5

34.

N

b4

B

g7 35.

N

d3

K

d6 36.b3

B

d4 37.

K

e2

B

e3 38.

K

f3 b6 39.b4 a6 40.a4

B

d4 41.

K

e2

B

c3 42.b5!? a5 Black would have advanced the

a-pawn anyway.

43.

K

f2

B

d4+ 44.

K

e2

B

g1!

45.

K

f3

B

e3! Blackburne has played an outstand-

ing endgame. It is zugzwang! 46.g4

Or 46.

K

e2 g4 47.

K

e1 f3 48.

K

f1

K

e6!

46...hxg3 47.

K

g2

B

d2 48.c5+ bxc5 49.b6 c4

50.

N

e5

K

xe5! 51.b7

K

e4 Blackburne gained 13

1/2 points and 800 Mark. Foreign masters earned
well again. Nine prizes were available for the mas-
ter tournament. Losers got nothing. Tarrasch from
Nuernberg became the local hero by winning the
Hauptturnier. It meant the master title and an ad-
mission to the master tournament. Sometimes the
number two was invited as well.

51...

K

e4 52.b8=

Q

f3+ 53.

K

xg3

B

f4+

shows the pointe of the final combina-
tion.

0-1

◦ Blackburne, Joseph
• Tarrasch, Siegbert
Hamburg (17)
4th DSB Congress
1885

1-0

C13 (JvR)

The congress lasted from 12 until 26 vii. Games
were played in the Sagebiel venue. Tarrasch led
by half-a-point on Gunsberg, Mason, Englisch and
Weiss and one point before Blackburne, before the
last round began.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.

B

g5

B

e7 5.

B

xf6

B

xf6 6.

N

f3 O–O 7.

Q

d2?! c5! Tarrasch im-

proves the theory.

8.exd5 cxd4 9.

N

xd4 exd5

10.

B

e2

N

c6 11.

N

b3

R

e8 12.O–O d4 Black con-

trols the centre. 13.

N

a4 b6 14.

R

ad1

Q

c7 15.c3

dxc3 16.

N

xc3

B

xc3 17.bxc3

B

b7 18.

B

f3

R

ad8

19.

Q

g5

N

e5 20.

B

xb7

R

xd1??

Right is 20...f6! 21.

Q

e3

Q

xb7

21.

R

xd1

Q

xb7 22.

Q

xe5! Siegbert’s hopes are

shattered.
1-0

◦ Gunsberg, Isidor
• Von Gottschall, Hermann
Hamburg (17)
4th DSB Congress
1885

1-0

C77 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 a6 4.

B

a4

N

f6 5.d3

d6 6.c3

B

d7 7.

B

e3 h6 8.

N

bd2

N

e7 !? 9.

B

c2!?

N

g6 10.h3

B

e7 11.

Q

e2 O–O 12.O–O–O!?

Gunsberg shows the ambition to battle after a quiet
opening. 12...c5 13.

R

dg1

Q

a5 14.

N

c4? Subse-

quent blunders are made.

Correct is 14.

K

b1 b5 15.g4

N

h7! 16.

g5 h5 17.

N

e1 h4 18.

Q

h5

R

fc8 and

both sides assault.

14...

Q

c7?

The players regard 14...

Q

xa2! 15.

K

d2

as winning for White (Minckwitz), but
15...b5 16.

R

a1

N

xe4+! 17.dxe4

Q

xc4

turns the tables.

15.g4 b5 16.

N

cd2 b4 17.c4 a5 18.g5 hxg5

19.

N

xg5 a4 20.

B

d1

R

fb8 Black seems to at-

tack, but he has no real threats on the queen-
side. 21.

Q

f3

B

e8 22.

Q

g3

B

d8 23.h4

N

f8 24.h5

R

a7 25.

N

df3

R

bb7 26.

N

h4

Q

c8 27.

N

f5

N

e6

28.

N

xg7!

N

xg7 29.

N

h7

N

xh5 30.

B

xh5 f5

11

31.

B

xe8 f4 32.

Q

h2 Gunsberg won nicely. En-

glisch, Mason and Weiss drew. So the master tour-
nament was won by Gunsberg with 12/17.

He

gained 1000 Mark. Five players followed by half-
a-point. Time for a playoff lacked, because Black-
burne and Mason had to play a tournament in Here-
ford. The second to sixth prizes were shared. Har-
monist triumphed in the Hauptturnier.
1-0

◦ Mackenzie, George
• Alapin, Simon
Frankfurt (6)
5th DSB Congress
1887

1-0

C29 (JvR)

The fifth congress occurred in the Zoo (Zoologis-
chen Garten) of Frankfurt am Main from 17 vii - 2
viii. A debate settled if Alapin, Schiffers and Von
Scheve were acknowledged masters. Their admis-
sion led to twenty-one players in the master tour-
nament, a record participation.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

c3

N

f6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 exf4!? 5.e5?

N

g4!?

Best is 5...d4! (Lombardy-Smyslov, Tee-
side 1975) 6.exf6 dxc3 7.

Q

e2+

B

e6

8.

Q

e5

B

b4

6.

B

xf4 d4 7.

N

e4

N

c6 8.

N

f3

Q

d5 9.

B

e2

N

gxe5 10.O–O

Zukertort played 10.

N

xe5

N

xe5 11.

O–O against Alapin in round two.

10...

B

d6 11.

N

xd6+ cxd6 12.

Q

e1 O–O 13.

Q

g3

f6 14.a3

B

d7 15.

N

d2

K

h8 16.

R

ae1

R

ae8

17.

N

e4

Q

e6 18.

B

h5

R

e7 19.

B

g5

B

e8 20.

B

d1

B

g6!

21.

N

d2?

The retreat helps Black.

21...

R

fe8 22.

B

f4

Q

a2! 23.b3

Q

xa3 24.h4

Q

a5

25.h5

B

f7 26.

N

e4

Q

d8 27.h6 A great fight is

raging. 27...

B

g6?!

27...

B

e6! 28.hxg7+

R

xg7 keeps a great

advantage.

28.hxg7+

R

xg7 29.

N

xf6

Q

xf6?!

Right is 29...

B

xd3! 30.

Q

xd3

R

f8

30.

B

xe5

Q

xf1+ 31.

R

xf1

N

xe5?

Alapin col-

lapses.

31...dxe5 32.

Q

h4

K

g8 gives more re-

sistance.

32.

Q

h4

R

eg8 33.

Q

xd4

B

xd3 34.cxd3

R

xg2+

35.

K

h1

R

2g3 36.

Q

h4 Captain Mackenzie fought

well on the battlefield and chessboard. He won
with a score of 15/20 and gained 1000 (Mark) .
1-0

◦ Tarrasch, Siegbert
• Weiss, Miksa
Frankfurt (14)
5th DSB Congress
1887

0-1

C82 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 a6 4.

B

a4

N

f6 5.O–O

N

xe4 6.d4 b5 7.

B

b3 d5 8.dxe5

B

e6 9.c3

B

c5

10.

N

bd2 O–O 11.

B

c2

N

xd2 12.

Q

xd2

R

e8

13.

N

d4? The pawn sacrifice is wrong. 13...

N

xe5

14.f4

N

g4 15.

Q

d3

N

f6?

The active 15...

Q

h4!

16.h3

N

f6 is

needed.

16.f5

B

d7 17.

B

g5

B

e7 18.

R

ae1 c5 19.

N

e6!

Tarrasch has staged an intense assault.

19...

Q

b6

20.

Q

h3?

Right is 20.

Q

g3! (White threatens to

sacrifice on g7) 20...

N

h5!

21.

Q

h4

B

xg5 22.

Q

xg5 fxe6 23.fxe6

R

xe6

24.

Q

xh5 g6 25.

Q

xd5

R

e8 and Black

survives the attack.

20...

N

e4 21.

B

xe4 dxe4 22.

B

xe7

R

xe7 23.

Q

h4

f6 24.

R

xe4

B

xe6 25.

R

fe1

R

ae8 26.

Q

f2

K

f7

27.

Q

e2 g6 28.fxe6+

R

xe6 29.

Q

c2 c4+ 30.

K

f1

R

xe4 31.

R

xe4

R

d8 32.

Q

e2

R

d7 33.

R

h4 h5

34.

R

e4

Q

d8 35.

K

e1

Q

c7 36.g3

Q

c6 37.

K

f2

Q

d5 38.h4

Q

d3 39.

Q

xd3

R

xd3 40.

R

e2

g5 41.hxg5 fxg5 42.

K

g2

K

f6 43.

K

f2

K

f5

44.

K

g2 h4 45.gxh4 gxh4 46.

R

f2+

K

e4 47.

R

e2+

R

e3 48.

R

d2 h3+ 49.

K

h2

R

d3 50.

R

e2+

K

f3!

Weiss plays a great rook ending.

51.

R

e6

R

d2+ 52.

K

xh3

R

xb2 53.

R

xa6

K

e3 54.

R

b6

R

xa2 55.

R

xb5

K

d3 56.

K

g3

R

e2 57.

K

f3

R

e8

58.

K

f2

K

xc3 59.

R

b7

K

c2 60.

R

b6 c3 61.

R

b7

K

c1 62.

R

b6 c2 63.

R

b7

R

e5! 64.

R

b8

K

d2

65.

R

d8+

K

c3 66.

R

c8+

K

b3 67.

K

f3

R

e1

68.

R

b8+

K

a4 Weiss and Blackburn e shared the

second and third prize.

Johann Bauer won the

Hauptturnier.
0-1

◦ Burn, Amos
• Von Bardeleben, Curt
Breslau (7)
6th DSB Congress
1889

1-0

D06 (JvR)

The congress occurred in the Restaurant zum
Muenchener Kindl from 14-28 vii.
1.d4 d5 2.

N

f3

N

f6 3.c4

B

f5 4.

N

c3 e6 5.

Q

b3!?

N

c6! 6.

B

g5

N

b4! They play a spectacular open-

ing. 7.cxd5?

12

7.

R

c1 dxc4 8.

Q

xc4

N

c2+ 9.

R

xc2!

B

xc2 10.e4 gains a plus.

7...

N

c2+ 8.

K

d1

N

xa1 9.

Q

b5+

Q

d7?

Right is 9...c6? 10.dxc6 a6! 11.

Q

xb7

R

b8 12.c7

R

xb7 13.cxd8=

Q

+

K

xd8

14.e4

B

g6 and Black has won material.

10.

Q

xb7

Q

c8?!

Better is 10...

R

d8!

11.

Q

c6+

N

d7 12.e4

B

d6?

12...

B

g4 fights back.

13.exf5 O–O 14.

B

a6

Q

b8 15.

B

b7 exf5 16.

K

c1

N

b6 17.

B

xa8

N

xa8 18.

Q

b5

N

b6 19.

K

b1 f4

20.g3

Q

c8 21.

Q

d3 c5 22.dxc5

Q

xc5 23.

N

e4

Q

b4 24.

N

xd6

R

b8 25.

K

xa1

N

xd5 26.

N

c4 h6

27.

Q

xd5 Burn won the second prize of 700 Mark.

1-0

◦ Tarrasch, Siegbert
• Gunsberg, Isidor
Breslau (16)
6th DSB Congress
1889

1-0

C46 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

N

c3 g6!? 4.

B

c4

B

g7 5.a3

d6 6.d3

B

e6 7.

B

xe6 fxe6 8.

B

g5

N

ge7 9.

N

e2

O–O 10.

Q

d2

Q

e8 11.

B

h6

N

d8 12.

B

xg7

K

xg7

13.

N

g3 c5 14.

Q

e3

R

c8 15.

N

d2

N

g8 16.

N

c4

N

f7 17.a4

N

f6 18.O–O g5? Black has weakened

the kingside.

He could have ended his passivity by
18...d5

19.

Q

e2

R

d8 20.

R

fe1

N

h8?! 21.

Q

d2

Q

g6?!

The availability of pieces for the defence of the
kingside lessens. 22.b4! b6 23.b5

N

f7 24.a5

N

d7

25.axb6 axb6 26.

R

a7 h5 27.

R

b7 g4 28.

N

f1

K

h8 29.

Q

e3 h4 30.

K

h1! White prepares against

the advance ..g3.

30...d5 31.

N

xb6 d4 32.

Q

e2

N

xb6 33.

R

xb6

R

b8 34.

R

xb8

R

xb8 35.

R

b1

N

d6 36.b6

N

c8 37.f3 gxf3 38.

Q

xf3

K

g7?

Right

is

38...

N

xb6!

39.

N

d2

(Gottschall) 39...

Q

h6!

39.

N

d2

R

xb6 40.

R

f1

N

d6 41.

N

c4 Tarrasch had

taken a decisive lead in the penultimate round, won
the event with 13/17 and gained 1000 Mark. Bres-
lau was his birthplace and the city of Anderssen.
Fireworks happened after the last round. Siegbert
was cheered during the banquet. Louis Paulsen had
participated for the last time and gained a prize.

Emanuel Lasker easily qualified in the preliminary
group of the Hauptturnier but met problems in the
winners’ section.

He defeated Ritter Emil von

Feyerfeil in a playoff and became a master.
1-0

◦ Porges, Moritz
• Tarrasch, Siegbert
Dresden (6)
7th DSB Congress
1892

0-1

C67 (JvR)

The chess club of Dresden had made itself avail-
able as organiser for 1891. ’Dresden’ advanced its
availability by one year. The organiser Zwanzig
was celebrated during a great banquet.

The

congress took place in the great hall of the Philhar-
monie from 17 until 30 vii. Chess journalist Hoffer
contributed with humour to the opening.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5

N

f6 4.O–O

N

xe4

5.d4

N

d6 6.

B

xc6 dxc6 7.dxe5

N

f5 8.

Q

xd8+

K

xd8 9.

N

c3 h6 Kramnik will revive this line

when he plays a match against Kasparov. 10.b3

B

e6 11.

B

b2

B

e7 12.

R

ad1+

K

c8 13.

R

fe1 g5!?

14.

N

e4 b6 The tables are going to turn quickly.

15.

N

d4?!

15.

N

d6+!?

(Tarrasch) 15...

B

xd6 16.

exd6

R

d8 leads to an equal position.

15...

N

xd4 16.

R

xd4

K

b7 17.

N

f6?! a5 18.a4?

c5 19.

R

d3 c4!

The white queenside becomes

weak.

20.bxc4

B

xc4 21.

R

d4

B

e6 22.

N

e4

R

hd8 23.

R

ed1

B

f5!

24.f3

B

xe4 25.

R

xd8

R

xd8 26.

R

xd8

B

xd8 27.fxe4

K

c6 28.

B

a3

b5! 29.axb5+

K

xb5 30.

K

f2

K

c4 31.

B

b2

B

e7

32.

K

f3 a4 33.h4 a3 34.

B

a1

B

b4 35.hxg5 hxg5

Tarrasch had triumphed over an important com-
petitor.
0-1

◦ Winawer, Szymon
• Tarrasch, Siegbert
Dresden (15)
7th DSB Congress
1892

0-1

C33 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.

B

c4 d5 4.

B

xd5

Q

h4+ 5.

K

f1

g5 6.

N

f3

Q

h5 7.h4

B

g7 8.d4

N

e7 9.

N

c3 h6

10.

K

g1

Q

g6!?

Tarrasch played 10...g4 another time.

11.

Q

d3 c6 12.h5!?

Q

h7! Black keeps pressure

on the centre. 13.

B

b3 O–O 14.

N

e2

B

g4 15.

B

d2

N

d7 16.

B

xf4?

13

The natural move is 16.

R

f1

16...gxf4 17.

N

xf4

B

xf3 18.gxf3

R

ad8 19.

Q

e3

N

c5!? 20.c3

N

xb3 21.axb3 a6 22.

R

h2

R

fe8

23.

N

e2

N

d5 24.

Q

f2

N

c7 25.

N

g3

N

e6 26.

N

f5

N

g5 27.

K

h1

K

h8 28.

R

g2

B

f6 29.

N

e3?!

29.

Q

g3!? c5 30.

N

d6 cxd4 31.

N

xe8

R

xe8 32.

Q

d6 gives fine counter-play.

29...

N

e6 30.

R

g4

B

g5 31.

N

f5

R

g8 32.

Q

h2

B

f6 33.

R

ag1

R

g5 34.f4

R

xf5!?

35.

exf5

Q

xf5 36.

R

1g2

N

g7 37.

R

4g3

Q

b1+ 38.

R

g1

Q

e4+ 39.

R

1g2

Q

b1+ 40.

R

g1

Q

e4+ 41.

R

3g2

R

d5 42.f5

R

xf5 43.

Q

b8+

K

h7 44.

R

d1

R

xh5+

45.

K

g1

Q

e3+ 46.

R

f2

B

h4 Tarrasch won the

master event with 12/16 before Makovetz and
Porges. Paul Lipke won the Hauptturnier. Lasker
challenged Tarrasch after the tournament. Siegbert
found it impertinent. He would be available for
a match, when Emanuel had won a master tour-
nament. Instead, Lasker battled with Steinitz and
won the world championship.
0-1

◦ Walbrodt, Carl
• Seuffert, Paul
Kiel (4)
8th DSB Congress
1893

1-0

C80 (JvR)

A national congress occurred in Seegarten from 27
viii until 3 ix. Zwanzig led the general meeting for
the last time.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 a6 4.

B

a4

N

f6 5.O–O

N

xe4 6.d4 d5??

Well-known theory is 6...b5

7.

N

xe5

B

d7 8.

N

xf7! The end reminds of the

early regional congresses. 8...

K

xf7 9.

Q

h5+

K

e6

10.

B

b3

B

e8

Or 10...

N

b4 11.

R

e1

K

d6 12.

R

xe4

dxe4 13.

Q

c5#

11.

Q

g4+

K

f7 12.

Q

xe4

B

e7 13.

B

xd5+

K

f8

14.c3 Von Bardeleben and Walbrodt shared the vic-
tory shared the victory in the master tournament
with 6/8. Hugo Suechting won the Hauptturnier.
1-0

◦ Lipke, Paul
• Schiffers, Emanuel
Leipzig (4)
9th DSB Congress
1894.09.05

1-0

D00 (JvR)

The sixth congress took place in Hotel Fuersten-
berg from 1 until 15 ix 1894.

Max Lange of

the Leipzig club Augustea was elected as the
new leader.

He would put much money in the

chess organisation but failed to publish tournament
books. The scores of Leipzig 1894 were kept by
Max Bluemich and later Heinrich Wagner. Ken
Whyld published the tournament book with histor-
ical notes in 1976.
1.d4 d5 2.e3

N

f6 3.

B

d3 e6 4.

N

d2 c5 5.c3

N

c6

6.f4

B

e7 7.

N

h3!? O–O 8.

N

g5 h6? 9.h4! The

white opening makes sense now. 9...cxd4 10.exd4

Q

d6 11.

N

df3 hxg5?

11...

B

d7! 12.

N

e5

B

e8 defends prop-

erly (Lipke).

12.hxg5

N

e4 13.

B

xe4 dxe4 14.

N

e5

B

xg5

15.fxg5

N

xe5 16.

Q

h5! f6 17.g6

N

xg6 18.

Q

xg6

R

f7 19.

B

e3 More pieces become available for the

attack by development. 19...b5 20.O–O–O

K

f8

21.d5!?

21.

R

h7

B

b7 22.

R

dh1 is more consis-

tent.

21...exd5 22.b4

Q

e6 23.

R

h7

B

b7

23...

K

e7! (Lipke) 24.

R

xg7

R

xg7 25.

Q

xg7+

Q

f7 26.

B

c5+

K

e8 27.

Q

h8+

K

d7 28.

R

f1

B

b7 29.

Q

h3+ and White

has a decisive attack.

24.

B

c5+

K

e8 25.

R

xg7

R

c8 26.

R

h1 Lipke won

the second prize of 500 Mark.
1-0

◦ Tarrasch, Siegbert
• Walbrodt, Carl
Leipzig (7)
9th DSB Congress
1894.09.07

1-0

C31 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.

N

c3

N

f6 5.d3

B

b4

6.dxe4

N

xe4 7.

Q

d4

B

xc3+

Even

better

is

7...

Q

e7

(Hemppe-

Pitschel, Wien 1859).

8.bxc3 O–O 9.

N

f3

R

e8 10.

B

e2

B

g4 11.O–O

N

xc3? 12.

Q

xc3

R

xe2 Black has an awful po-

sition. 13.

B

b2

Q

f8?!

A lesser evil is 13...f6 14.

N

d4

R

e8

14.

N

d4

R

e4 15.

Q

d3

Q

e7 16.

N

e6!?

16.

B

a3!

Q

e8 17.

N

e6! ends the game.

14

16...

R

e2 17.

N

d4?

Right is 17.

B

a3!

Q

d7 18.f5!

fxe6

19.fxe6

Q

e8 20.

R

f8+

17...

R

e3!

18.

Q

d2

N

a6 19.f5 f6 20.h3

B

h5

21.

N

e6

R

e4 22.

R

ae1

R

xe1 23.

R

xe1

R

e8

24.

R

e3

B

f7 25.

B

a3

Q

d7 26.

R

d3 c5 27.dxc6?

White expects to start a fatal combination.
27...

Q

xc6 28.

N

xg7!?

K

xg7 29.

R

g3+

B

g6?

Walbrodt misses the great escape.

Correct is 29...

K

h8!

30.

Q

h6

Q

b6+

31.

K

h2

R

g8 32.

B

e7

R

xg3 (Tarrasch)

33.

Q

f8+!

R

g8 34.

Q

xf7

R

xg2+!

35.

K

xg2

Q

c6+ and Black can deliver

perpetual check.

30.fxg6 hxg6 31.

B

c1 g5?! 32.

B

b2

K

g6 33.

R

f3

R

e6 34.

Q

d3+

K

g7 35.

R

g3

Q

c5+ 36.

B

d4

Q

a5

37.h4

N

c5?

38.

R

xg5+!

K

f7 39.

Q

h7+

K

e8

40.

R

g8# Tarrasch won the master tournament

with a score of 13 1/2 out of 17 and gained 800
Mark.
1-0

◦ Van Lennep, Norman
• Varain, Ernst
Leipzig (13)
9th DSB Congress Hauptturnier
1894.09.13

1-0

B07 (JvR)

The Dutchmen Van Lennep and Vijzelaar partici-
pated in the Hauptturnier (four groups of six play-
ers). Both men qualified for the winners’ section of
eight. The race seemed to go between Varain and
Lewitt, but Varain and Van Lennep shared the first
place eventually. The Dutchmen watched amazed
how the Germans drank from a limitless supply of
beer on 11 ix.
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.

B

e3

B

g7 4.

N

c3

N

f6 5.

B

e2

O–O 6.f4

N

e8? Black chooses for passivity.

Better

is

6...c6

7.e5

N

d5

(Papadopoulos-Tringov,

Tel

Aviv

1964).

7.

N

f3 a6?! 8.

Q

d2 e6?! 9.h4

N

f6 The knight

has to return for the defence.

10.

N

g5

N

h5?!

11.

B

xh5 gxh5 12.

Q

e2 f6 White has to make

one good move.

13.

Q

xh5!

fxg5 14.hxg5

Q

e7 15.

Q

xh7+

K

f7 16.

Q

h5+

K

g8 17.f5 exf5

18.

N

d5

Q

xe4 19.g6

R

f7

Or 19...

R

e8 20.

N

f6+!

20.gxf7+

K

f8 21.

Q

g6

Q

xd5 22.

R

h8+ Van

Lennep was the first foreigner who won the mas-
ter title of the Schachbund. He did not partake in
Nuernberg 1896.

The moves 22.

R

h8+

K

e7 23.f8=

Q

+

B

xf8 24.

R

h7+

K

d8 25.

B

g5+

B

e7

26.

R

xe7 (Tijdschrift) are obvious.

1-0

◦ Cohn, Wilhelm
• Neuhaus
Eisenach
10th DSB Congress
1896

1-0

C47 (JvR)

The organisation of the 10th DSB Congress led to a
confrontation between ’Nuernberg’ and ’Leipzig’.
Normally the congress costed 7000 Mark and the
DSB gave 1000 Mark.

Tarrasch wanted higher

prizes for the master group. ’Nuernberg’ left the
DSB and held a super tournament for 10,000 Mark.
Emanuel Lasker won. Max Lange led a Haupt-
turnier in the Gewerbehaus of Eisenach (19-30 vii
1896).
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.d4

B

b4 5.d5

N

e7 6.

N

xe5

N

xe4

Better is 6...d6 (Paulsen-Raphael, New
York 1857).

7.

Q

d4

B

xc3+ 8.bxc3

N

f6 9.

B

g5!

N

fg8? Black

shows the level of the Hauptturnier.

Correct is 9...

N

fxd5!

10.

B

c4 c6 11.

B

xd5 cxd5

10.d6! cxd6 11.

N

xf7?

11.

N

c4! decides the game.

11...

K

xf7 12.

B

c4+

K

g6?

12...d5! 13.

B

xd5+

K

f8 14.

Q

f4+

N

f6

15.

B

xf6

N

xd5 16.

Q

d6+

N

e7 17.

B

h4

h6 gives fighting chances.

13.h4

N

f5 14.

Q

g4

Q

e8+ 15.

B

e7+ Wilhelm

Cohn won the Hauptturnier with 6 1/2 out of 7 fol-
lowed by 7/7 in the final.
1-0

◦ Janowsky, Dawid
• Steinitz, William
Koeln (7)
11th DSB Congress
1898.08.08

0-1

C33 (JvR)

15

The congress was played in Cafe Rheinburg der
Schiffbruecke from 31 vii until 19 viii. Burn, Chig-
orin, Janowsky, Schlechter, Schiffers, Showalter
and Steinitz came by train from Wien 1898. Lange
took the scores with him. He died of dementia in
1899. The game notations were lost. Vlastimil
Fiala reconstructed a tournament book from pub-
lished sources. Steinitz played for the first and only
time in a German chess congress.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.

B

c4

N

e7 4.

Q

h5!?

N

g6

5.

N

c3

Q

e7? Steinitz accepts a crammed position.

A fighter avoids 5...

Q

h4+ 6.

Q

xh4

N

xh4

6.d4

N

c6 7.

N

f3

Q

b4!? 8.

Q

d5

N

d8 9.a3

Q

e7

10.O–O d6 11.

Q

h5 c6 12.

B

d2

N

e6 13.

R

ae1

Q

c7 14.d5!

N

d8 15.e5! dxe5 16.

N

xe5

B

c5+

17.

K

h1 O–O 18.dxc6

B

e3!? 19.

N

f3?

Right is 19.

B

xe3!

Q

xe5 20.

Q

xe5

N

xe5 21.cxb7

B

xb7 22.

R

xf4 (Euwe).

19...

B

xd2 20.

N

g5! h6 21.

Q

xg6 hxg5 22.

N

d5

Q

xc6?

22...fxg6!

23.

N

xc7+

K

h7 does not

lose.

23.

N

e7+

K

h8 24.

Q

xg5? The tables turn by a

blunder.

White can win by 24.

B

xf7!

N

xf7 25.

N

xc6

B

xe1 26.

N

e7

B

d2 (Euwe) and

now 27.

R

d1!

B

e3 28.

Q

h5+

N

h6

29.

R

d6!

24...

Q

h6! 25.

Q

c5

N

e6 26.

B

xe6

B

xe6 27.

R

e5

B

e3!

28.

Q

b5 g6 29.

Q

xb7

K

g7!

30.

Q

f3

R

ad8 31.h3

Q

h4 32.

N

c6

B

g4! 33.

Q

xg4

Q

xg4

34.hxg4

R

h8+ 35.

R

h5 gxh5 Steinitz slugged a

heroic battle.
0-1

◦ Schlechter, Carl
• Steinitz, William
Koeln (11)
11th DSB Congress
1898.08.15

1-0

C28 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

c3

N

c6 3.

B

c4

N

f6 4.d3

N

a5!?

5.

N

ge2

N

xc4 6.dxc4 d6 7.O–O

B

e6 8. b3 c6

9.

Q

d3

B

e7 10.

B

g5 h6 11.

B

xf6

B

xf6 12.

R

ad1

B

e7?!

Better is 12...

Q

a5! and the d-pawn can-

not be captured.

13.c5! dxc5?

13...

Q

a5!

14.cxd6 O–O–O! 15.

Q

g3

B

xd6 16.

Q

xg7

B

b4 17.

N

a4

B

d2

gives counter-play for a pawn.

14.

Q

g3

B

d6 15.

Q

xg7

K

e7

15...

R

f8 is no fun either.

16.

N

f4! Black is crushed. 16...

R

g8 17.

N

g6+

K

d7

18.

R

xd6+!

K

xd6

19.

R

d1+

B

d5

20.

Q

xe5+

K

d7

21.

N

xd5

cxd5

22.

R

xd5+

K

c6 23.

N

e7+

K

b6 24.

R

d6+ Steinitz could

not concentrate at the end of two successive
tournaments. Wilhelm Cohn led by 9/11, one point
before Burn, Charousek and Chigorin.
1-0

◦ Janowsky, Dawid
• Burn, Amos
Koeln (13)
11th DSB Congress
1898.08.17

0-1

C67 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5

N

f6 4.O–O

N

xe4

5.

R

e1

N

d6 6.

N

xe5

B

e7 7.

B

d3

N

xe5 8.

R

xe5

O–O 9.

N

c3 c6 10.b3

N

e8 11.

B

b2 d5 12.

Q

h5

12.

Q

f3

was

played

in

Steinitz-

Zukertort, New Orleans 1886.

12...

N

f6 13.

Q

h4

B

e6 14.

R

g5?

14.

R

ae1

N

e4 15.

Q

h5

N

f6 draws.

14...g6 15.

Q

h6 d4! 16.

N

e2

N

g4 17.

R

xg4

B

xg4

18.

N

xd4?

B

g5! 19.

N

f5! White seems to have a

strong attack, but Burn plays quietly. 19...

B

f6!

Not 19...

B

xh6 20.

N

xh6#

20.

Q

h4

B

xb2 21.

N

e7+

K

g7 Burn, Chigorin and

Cohn led at the end of round thirteen. They won
the next day. Chigorin and Cohn lost in the last
round. Burn defeated Schallopp, won the master
event with 11 1/2 out of 15. Ottokar Pavelka won
the Hauptturnier after a playoff. Some players took
a Rhine steamer on the way home.
0-1

◦ Pillsbury, Harry
• Schlechter, Carl
Muenchen (1)
12th DSB Congress playoff
1900.08.14

0-1

C43 (JvR)

The congress took place in Hotel Restaurant

16

Kreuzbraeu from 21 vii 18 viii. Maroczy, Pills-
bury and Schlechter played a match of four games.
Muenchen had a fine turn of the century chess
gala.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

f6 3.d4

N

xe4 4.

B

d3 d5 5.

N

xe5

N

c6?! 6.

N

xc6 bxc6 7.

Q

e2!

Q

e7 8.O–O g6?

Preferable

is

8...

N

d6

(Showalter-

Marshall, Paris 1900).

9.

B

xe4?

9.

R

e1! gains a big advantage.

9...

Q

xe4 10.

Q

xe4+ dxe4 11.

R

e1 f5! 12.f3

B

g7

13.c3 O–O 14.

B

f4

14.fxe4?! fxe4 15.

R

xe4

B

f5 favours

Black (Schlechter).

14...c5! 15.dxc5

R

b8 16.

R

e2

B

a6 17.

R

f2??

Right is 17.

R

d2! (Schlechter).

17...e3! Black plays a splendid move. 18.

B

xe3

R

fe8 19.

B

d2

R

xb2 20.

N

a3

B

f8 21.

B

e3

R

xe3! 22.

R

xb2

B

xc5 23.

K

h1

B

xa3 24.

R

b8+

K

f7 25.h4

B

c5 26.c4

R

c3 27.

R

d1

R

xc4

28.

R

d7+

K

e6 29.

R

xh7

R

c1+ 30.

K

h2

B

d6+

31.g3

R

c2+ 32.

K

h1

B

e2 33.

R

b3

B

xg3 34.h5

f4 The shy Schlechter had gained confidence since
his first DSB congress in 1894.
0-1

◦ Schlechter, Carl
• Pillsbury, Harry
Muenchen (2)
12th DSB Congress playoff
1900.08.15

0-1

C87 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 a6 4.

B

a4

N

f6 5.O–O

d6 6.d4

B

d7 7.

R

e1

B

e7 8.c3 O–O 9.

N

bd2

R

e8 10.d5

N

b8 11.

B

c2

R

f8 12.

N

f1

N

e8

13.h3 f5 14.exf5

B

xf5 15.

B

xf5

R

xf5 16.

N

g3

R

f7 17.

N

e4 h6 18.c4 b6 19.

B

e3 a5 20.

K

h2

N

d7 21.

R

g1

N

ef6 22.

N

fd2

N

xe4 23.

N

xe4

N

f6 24.

N

g3

Q

d7 25.

Q

c2

N

h7 26.

N

e4

Q

f5

27.

R

ac1

R

af8 28.a3

B

h4 29.b4 axb4 30.axb4

N

f6 31.

N

xf6+

Q

xf6 32.f3

B

g5 33.

Q

d2?!

33.

B

xg5

Q

xg5 34.

R

a1 avoids the next

difficulties.

33...e4! 34.fxe4

Q

e5+ 35.

K

h1

R

f2! 36.

Q

c3

Q

xc3 37.

R

xc3

B

xe3 38.

R

xe3

R

c2 39.e5?!

39.c5! returns the pawn in a better way
(Schlechter).

39...dxe5 40.

R

xe5

R

xc4 41.d6?!

Correct is 41.

R

b1

41...cxd6 42.

R

b5

R

c6 43.

R

a1

R

f2 44.

R

a3

R

d2 45.

R

f5 d5 46.

R

af3

R

c1+

46...

R

g6! (Schlechter) might win.

47.

K

h2

R

cc2 48.

R

f8+

K

h7 49.

R

g3

R

c7

50.

R

d8 b5 51.

R

b8

R

d7! 52.

R

xb5 d4 53.

R

f3

d3 White seems to lose. 54.

R

c5?

But 54.

R

f1!

R

e2 55.

R

d1 d2 56.

R

a5!

R

d6 57.

R

a3! defends convincingly.

54...

R

e2 55.

R

c3 d2 56.

R

cd3 d1=

Q

Schlechter

and Pillsbury shared the first prize after game three
and four were drawn. The Hauptturnier was won
by Rudolf Swiderski. Adolf Olland became sec-
ond.
0-1

◦ Olland, Adolf
• Wolf, Heinrich
Hannover (3)
13th DSB Congress
1902.07.23

1-0

C79 (JvR)

The congress took place in Kaiser-Cafe from 21
vii until 11 viii. New president of the DSB became
Rudolf Gebhardt.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 a6 4.

B

a4

N

f6 5.O–O

d6 6.d4 exd4 7.

B

xc6+ bxc6 8.

N

xd4

B

d7

9.b3!?

B

e7 10.

N

d2 O–O 11.

B

b2

R

e8 12.c4

B

f8 13.

Q

c2 d5?!

14.e5!

N

g4 15.

N

4f3 f6?

Black weakens the control over the centre for
the second time. 16.exf6

N

xf6 17.

R

fe1

B

e7?!

18.

N

g5! g6 19.

Q

c3

R

f8 20.

N

df3 h6 21.

N

e6

B

xe6 22.

R

xe6

Q

d7 23.

R

ae1

R

ae8 24.

Q

d3

K

h7 25.

N

e5! White plays an elegant combina-

tion. 25...

Q

xe6 26.

Q

xg6+

K

h8 27.

Q

xh6+

K

g8

Or 27...

N

h7 28.

N

g6+

K

g8 29.

Q

g7#

28.

R

e3

B

d8 29.

Q

g6+

K

h8 30.

R

g3

Q

d7

31.

Q

h6+

Q

h7 32.

N

g6+

K

g8 33.

N

e7+ Olland

got a beauty prize for this game. He started with
five wins and still led with 6 1/2 out of 8. Many
losses followed thereafter.
1-0

◦ Janowsky, Dawid
• Von Popiel, Ignatz
Hannover (17)
13th DSB Congress
1902.08.11

1-0

B72 (JvR)

17

1.e4 c5 2.

N

c3

N

c6 3.

N

f3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.

N

xd4

B

g7 6.

B

e3 d6 7.

B

e2

N

f6 8.h3 O–O 9.

Q

d2

a6 10.

R

d1

B

d7 11.O–O

N

xd4 12.

B

xd4

B

c6

13.

Q

e3 b5 14.

B

f3

Q

c7 15.

R

fe1

R

fe8 16.e5!

dxe5 17.

B

xe5

Q

b7 White has the initiative.

18.

B

xf6

B

xf3?? Black wants to exchange an-

other piece.

Correct is 18...

B

xf6 19.

N

d5

K

g7

19.

B

xg7!

B

xd1 20.

B

h6

B

xc2 21.

Q

e5

Janowsky won the master tournament with 13 1/2
out of 17.

He gained 1200 Mark, the prize of

the Deutschen Schachbund. Walter John won the
Hauptturnier.

21.

Q

e5 f6 22.

Q

e6+

K

h8 23.

Q

f7

R

g8

24.

R

xe7 shows the pointe.

1-0

◦ Schlechter, Carl
• Swiderski, Rudolf
Coburg (6)
14th DSB Congress
1904.07.25

0-1

D60 (JvR)

The Gesellschaftshaus was used for the national
congress from 18 vii until 8 viii. Only members of
the DSB were allowed. Still many German speak-
ing foreigners participated.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.

B

g5

N

bd7 5.e3

B

e7 6.

N

f3 O–O 7.

B

d3 b6 8.O–O

B

b7 9.

R

c1

c5 10.

Q

e2

R

c8 11.

R

fd1 cxd4 12.exd4?

Right is 12.

N

xd4

12...dxc4! 13.

B

xc4

B

xf3 14.gxf3

N

h5 Black has

crippled the kingside and raids.

15.

B

xe7

Q

xe7

16.

N

e4

Q

h4 17.

K

h1

N

f4 18.

Q

e3

K

h8 19.

B

a6

R

cd8 20.

B

f1?

20.

R

g1 is necessary.

20...f5 21.

N

d6

R

f6 22.

R

c7

K

g8! The king con-

trols square f7. Now White has no defence against
23...Rh6.
0-1

◦ Schlechter, Carl
• Von Bardeleben, Curt
Coburg (12)
14th DSB Congress
1904.07.25

1-0

C92 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 a6 4.

B

a4

N

f6 5.O–O

B

e7 6.

R

e1 b5 7.

B

b3 d6 8.c3 O–O 9.h3

B

b7

10.d4

N

d7 11.

N

bd2

B

f6 12.

N

f1

N

a5 13.

B

c2

R

e8?!

Schlechter prefers 13...exd4 14. cxd4 c5

14.d5!

N

c4 15.b3

N

cb6 16.

N

e3

N

f8 17.

N

f5

N

g6 18.

B

e3

B

c8 19.

K

h2

R

b8?

19...

N

f4! counters.

20.

Q

d2

B

d7 21.

R

ad1

Q

c8 22.g4

N

f8 23.

R

g1

K

h8 24.

N

g5

K

g8 25.

N

f3

K

h8 26.

h4!

g6

27.

N

g5!? Schlechter chooses a tactical solution.

27...

B

xf5

Black could have tried 27...gxf5 but
28.gxf5

R

e7 29.

R

g3

Q

e8 30.

R

dg1

leads to a strong attack on the open file.

28.exf5

Q

d7 29.

N

e4

B

d8 30.f6

N

e6

Or 30...

Q

c8 31.

B

xb6

R

xb6 32.

Q

h6

31.dxe6 The top prizes were shared by Schlechter,
Swiderski and Von Bardeleben. They scored 7 1/2
out of 12.
1-0

◦ Gregory, Bernhard
• Neumann, Augustin
Coburg
14th DSB Congress Hauptt. A
1904.08.02

0-1

B73 (JvR)

1.d4 c5 2.e4 cxd4 3.

N

f3

N

c6 4.

N

xd4 g6 5.

N

c3

B

g7 6.

B

e3 d6 7.

B

e2

N

f6 8.O–O

B

d7 9.f4

O–O 10.h3

N

e8 11.a3

K

h8 12.

K

h2 They have

played ’wait and see’ during a few moves. 12...f5
13.

B

f3 e5 14.

N

de2 g5! 15.g3?!

More solid is 15.fxg5 f4 16.

B

f2

Q

xg5

15...exf4 16.gxf4 g4 17.

B

g2 gxh3 18.

B

f3! White

has a sufficient defence. 18...fxe4 19.

N

xe4

Q

e7

20.c3

B

e6 21.b4?!

B

c4! 22.

Q

d2

R

d8 23.

R

g1

N

e5! Neumann starts a series of sacrifices and

semi-sacrifices. 24.

N

g5?

Right is 24.

B

h1! (Schlechter).

24...

Q

xg5!

25.fxe5

Q

xe5+ 26.

B

f4

B

xe2!!

27.

B

xe5

B

xe5+ 28.

K

xh3

R

xf3+ 29.

K

g2

N

c7!

30.

Q

xe2

R

g3+ 31.

K

h1

R

h3+ 32.

K

g2

R

h2+

33.

K

f1

Or 33.

K

f3

R

f8+ 34.

K

e3

N

d5+ (uses

the knight) 35.

K

d2

B

xc3+

33...

R

f8+

34.

K

e1

B

xc3+

35.

K

d1

R

xe2

36.

K

xe2

B

xa1 Augustin Neumann got the

beauty prize for this game. He beat Milan Vidmar
in the playoff at the end of Hauptturnier A. Duras,
Spielmann and Nimzowitsch also participated in
this group.
0-1

18

◦ Duras, Oldrich
• Marshall, Frank
Nuernberg (1)
15th DSB Congress
1906.07.23

0-1

C62 (JvR)

The congress occurred from 23 vii until 12 viii in
Cafe Central. Hoffer had proposed a new rule for
the time control. Overstepping the time cost one
Mark per minute. This rule was abolished during
the event.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 d6 4.d4

B

g4!? 5.dxe5

dxe5 6.

Q

xd8+

R

xd8 7.

B

xc6+ bxc6 8.

B

e3 f5!

Marshall chooses aggressive moves. 9.exf5

B

d6!

10.

N

bd2!

N

e7 11.

N

e4

11.O–O–O!

B

xf5 12.

R

he1 completes

the development.

11...

B

xf5 12.

N

fd2

N

d5!? 13.

B

xa7?! White ac-

cepts the challenge at last. 13...

N

b4 14.O–O c5!

15.c3?!

The enjoyable 15.

N

xd6+ cxd6 16.

B

b6

R

a8

17.

N

c4

K

e7

18.

B

c7

R

a6

19.

R

ad1

B

xc2 20.

R

xd6

B

d3 21.

R

e1

B

xc4 22.

R

xe5+

K

f7 23.

R

f5+ leads

to a perpetual.

15...

N

c6

16.

N

xd6+

R

xd6

17.

N

c4

N

xa7

18.

N

xd6+ cxd6 19.b4

K

d7 20.a4

N

c6 21.bxc5

d5 22.

R

fd1 d4 23.f4? Duras has missed a trick.

Right is 23.cxd4 exd4 24.

R

d2!

23...

B

c2 24.fxe5 d3!

White is lost.

25.

R

d2

N

xe5 26.

R

xc2 dxc2 27.

R

c1

R

a8 28.

R

xc2

R

xa4 29.h3

R

c4 30.

K

f2

N

d3+ 31.

K

e3

N

xc5 32.

R

a2

N

b3 33.

R

c2

K

d6 34.

K

d3

K

d5

35.

R

f2

N

c5+ 36.

K

e2

R

xc3 37.

R

f5+

K

e4

38.

R

f7

R

c2+ 39.

K

f1

N

e6 40.

K

g1 h5 41.h4

R

c7 42.

R

f2

N

f4 43.

K

h2

N

g6 44.

R

a2

K

f5 45.

R

a5+

N

e5 46.

R

a3

K

g4 47.

R

e3

R

e7

48.

R

e4+

K

f5 49.

R

a4

N

g4+ 50.

K

h3

R

e3+

51.g3

R

e2 52.

R

a5+

N

e5 53.

R

a3 g5 54.hxg5

N

g4 55.

R

a5+

K

e6 Marshall won the first prize

with 12 1/2 out of 16 and got 2500 Mark.
0-1

◦ Duras, Oldrich
• Wolf, Heinrich
Nuernberg (16)
15th DSB Congress
1906.08.10

1-0

C65 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5

N

f6 4.d3

N

e7?!

5.

B

c4!? c6 6.

B

b3

N

g6 7.

N

c3

B

b4 8. O–O

O–O 9.d4?! d6 10.

Q

d3

B

xc3

10...

B

g4! 11.a3

B

xc3 12.bxc3

Q

a5

gains a plus.

11.bxc3 d5 12.

N

xe5

N

xe5 13.dxe5

N

xe4

14.

B

e3

Q

e7 15.c4

B

f5 16.cxd5

N

g3? Wolf ex-

pects to win the exchange.

Right is 16...

Q

xe5

17.

B

g5!!

Q

xg5 18.

Q

xg3

Q

xg3 19.fxg3!

B

e4

20.d6!

R

ae8 21.d7!

R

e7 22.

R

xf7

R

exf7

23.

B

xf7+

K

xf7 24.

R

f1+

K

e7 25.

R

xf8

K

xd7

26.

R

f7+ White wins by a number of lovely moves.

26...

K

e6 27.

R

xb7

B

xc2 28.

R

xa7

K

xe5 29.

K

f2

K

d4 30.a4

K

c5 31.a5

K

b5 32.

K

e3 c5 33.

R

c7

B

g6 34.a6

K

xa6 35.

R

xc5

K

b6 36.

R

c1

B

e8

37.

K

f4

B

c6 38.

K

e5

B

xg2 39.

K

d6

B

e4

40.

K

e7 h5 41.

K

f7 g6 42.

K

f6

B

f5 43.

K

g5

B

e4

44.h4 Duras won the second prize of 1500 Mark.
He got a beauty prize for this game.
1-0

◦ Tartakower, Saviely
• Johner, Paul
Nuernberg (1)
Match
1906.08

1-0

C11 (JvR)

The Hauptturnier started with five groups of ten
people. Saviely Tartakower had a difficult start but
won the Siegergruppe with 6 1/2 out of 9 eventu-
ally. Paul Johner began overwhelmingly and then
scored 6/9. He challenged Saviely for a match. The
days of Paulsen and Anderssen were back.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.e5

N

fd7 5.f4 c5

6.dxc5!?

N

c6 7.a3?!

B

xc5 8.

Q

g4 O–O 9.

B

d3

f5 10.

Q

h3

B

b6 11.g4?!

N

c5! 12.gxf5

N

xd3+

13.

Q

xd3

R

xf5?!

13...

Q

h4+!

14.

Q

g3

Q

xg3+ 15.hxg3

N

d4 16.

K

d1

N

xf5 takes advantage of

white’s opportunism.

14.

N

f3 a6?!

14...

B

d7 15.

B

d2

B

e8

15.

N

e2 h6?!

16.

B

e3

B

xe3 17.

Q

xe3

R

f7

18.

R

g1

N

e7 19.

N

fd4

N

f5 20.

N

xf5

R

xf5

21.O–O–O

Q

h4 22.

R

g6!

R

f7 23.

R

dg1

K

h8

24.f5! Tartakower’s courage is rewarded. 24...exf5
25.e6

B

xe6

Or 25...

R

e7 26.

Q

e5

Q

e4 27.

Q

d6

26.

Q

xe6

R

af8 27.

Q

xd5

Q

xh2 28.

Q

d4

R

f6

29.

R

xg7 Tartakower won the match by three wins

and two draws.
1-0

19

◦ Marshall, Frank
• Spielmann, Rudolf
Duesseldorf (7)
16th DSB Congress
1908.08.10

1-0

A83 (JvR)

The congress took place in the Staedtischer Flor-
agarten from 1 until 22 viii.
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.

B

g5 c6 5.f3 exf3

6.

N

xf3 e6 7.

B

d3

B

e7 8.O–O d6 9.

Q

e2

N

a6?!

Spielmann does not want to castle. 10.a3

N

c7

11.

R

ae1 b6 12.

N

h4

K

d7?

Right is 12...

B

b7!

13.

N

f5!

An elegant combination decides the

game. 13...

Q

f8

Marshall

has

calculated

13...exf5

14.

B

xf5+

K

e8

15.

B

xc8

R

xc8

16.

R

xf6! gxf6 17.

B

xf6

14.

N

xe7

Q

xe7 15.

N

e4

R

f8 16.

N

xf6+ gxf6

17.

Q

f3

N

e8 18.

R

xe6!

Q

f7

The last pointe is 18...

K

xe6 19.

Q

f5+

K

f7 20.

Q

xh7+

N

g7 21.

B

g6+

19.

R

e4

B

b7 20.

R

h4

N

g7 21.

R

xh7

R

h8

22.

Q

h3+ Marshall scored 11 1/2 out of 15 and

gained the first prize of 750 Mark.
1-0

◦ Suechting, Hugo
• Salwe, Georg
Duesseldorf (7)
16th DSB Congress
1908.08.10

0-1

C98 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 a6 4.

B

a4

N

f6 5.O–O

B

e7 6.

R

e1 b5 7.

B

b3 d6 8.c3 O–O 9.h3

N

a5

10.

B

c2 c5 11.d4

Q

c7 12.

N

bd2

N

c6 13.a4!?

R

b8 14.axb5 axb5 15.d5!

N

d8?!

16.

N

h2

N

e8 17.

N

df1 g6?! Black gets a passive game.

18.

B

h6

N

g7 19.f4 exf4 20.

B

xf4 f6 21.

N

e3

N

f7

22.

N

eg4

N

e5 23.

R

f1

B

xg4 24.

N

xg4

N

xg4

25.

Q

xg4 g5? He creates another weakness.

25...

R

a8 has the aim to continue the ex-

changes.

26.

B

e3 b4 27.h4 h5 28.

Q

e2 bxc3 29.bxc3 g4

30.

Q

d3

R

b2 31.

B

c1

R

b7 32.

B

h6

32.e5!

f5 33.

Q

c4!

B

xh4 34.exd6

Q

xd6 35.

B

f4 starts a decisive attack.

32...c4 33.

Q

e2

R

b2 34.

R

a4

R

c8 35.

B

c1

R

bb8

36.

B

e3

R

a8 37.

B

d4

R

xa4 38.

B

xa4

Q

b7

39.

Q

e3?

39.

Q

d2! does not allow the next raid

(Suechting).

39...

Q

b2! 40.

B

c6

R

b8 41.

Q

h6

Q

c2 42.

R

xf6?

White miscalculates. 42...

B

xf6 43.

Q

xf6

Q

d1+

44.

K

h2 g3+!

45.

K

xg3

Q

g4+ 46.

K

h2

R

b2

47.

Q

xg7+

Q

xg7 48.

B

xg7

K

xg7 49.

B

e8

R

e2

50.

B

xh5

R

xe4 51.

K

g3

R

e3+ 52.

B

f3

R

xc3

53.

K

f2

K

f6?

53...

R

d3! prevents the exchange of the

c-pawn.

54.h5

K

g5 55.

K

e2

R

d3 56.

B

e4

R

a3 57.

B

f3

K

f4 58.

K

d2

K

e5 59.h6

R

a7 60.

K

c3

R

h7

61.

K

xc4

R

xh6 62.

K

d3?

Right is 62.

K

b5! (Suechting) 62...

R

h4

63.

K

c6

R

c4+ 64.

K

d7 White avoids

zugzwang.

62...

R

h8 63.

K

e3

R

a8 64.

K

d3

R

a7 65.

K

c3

R

a4 66.

K

b3

R

f4 67.

K

c3

R

d4 68.

K

b3

K

f4

69.

K

c2

K

e3 70.

K

c3

R

h4 71.

B

d1

R

h1 72.

B

f3

R

c1+ 73.

K

b4

R

c5 74.

K

b3

K

d3 75.

K

b4

K

d4

76.

K

b3

R

b5+ 77.

K

a4

The manoeuvre 77.

K

c2

R

b4 78.

K

c1

K

c3 79.

K

d1

K

d3 80.

B

e2+

K

e3

81.

B

f3

R

c4 also leads to zugzwang.

77...

K

c5 78.

B

h5

R

b4+ 79.

K

a3

K

c4 80.

B

e2+

K

c3 81.

B

f3

R

b5 82.

K

a2

R

b4 83.

K

a3

R

h4 84.

K

a2

K

c2 Black has achieved zugzwang!

85.g4

The pointe is 85.

K

a3

R

d4 (Suechting).

85...

K

c3 86.g5

R

h3 87.

B

g4

R

g3 88.

B

e6

R

xg5

89.

K

b1

R

g7 90.

B

c8

Or 90.

B

f5

R

b7+ 91.

K

a1

R

b2 92.

B

e6

K

b3 93.

B

g4

R

f2 94.

B

d1+

K

c4

90...

R

c7! 91.

B

e6

K

d4 The white king has been

outmanoeuvred again.

92.

K

b2

R

c5 93.

K

b3

R

xd5 94.

B

xd5

K

xd5 95.

K

c3

K

e4 96.

K

d2

K

d4 97.

K

c2

K

e3 98.

K

c3 d5 99.

K

c2 d4

100.

K

d1

K

d3 The battle began poorly but fin-

ished with a great endgame. Salwe was a skil-
ful fighter who won long games. He gained the
second prize with 10 points. Friedrich Koehnlein
won Hauptturnier A. Alexander Alekhine became
fourth.
0-1

20

◦ Schlechter, Carl
• Alekhine, Alexander
Hamburg (1)
17th DSB Congress
1910.07.18

1-0

C41 (JvR)

The congress happened in the Neues Logenhaus an
der Moorweide from 17 vii until 6 viii. Star of the
master tournament was Carl Schlechter, who had
recently played 5-5 against Emanuel Lasker. The
time limit was 30 moves in two hours. Feasts were
banquets and a boat trip.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3 d6 3.

N

c3

N

d7 4.

B

c4 c6 5.d4

B

e7

6.dxe5 dxe5 7.

N

g5

B

xg5? The yound Alekhine

misses the strongest defence.

Right is 7...

N

h6!

8.

N

e6!

fxe6 9.

B

xh6!

N

b6! 10.

Q

h5+

K

f8! and the

king survives in an open position.

8.

Q

h5

Q

f6 9.

B

xg5

Q

g6 10.

Q

h4?!

10.

Q

xg6 hxg6 11.O–O–O keeps a big-

ger positional advantage.

10...

N

c5 11.

B

e3

B

e6 12.

B

e2

N

d7 13.O–O

N

gf6 14.

R

ad1 O–O 15.

R

d6 h6 16.

R

fd1

N

b6

17.b3

N

e8?!

Better is 17...

R

fe8

18.

R

6d3 f5 19.

B

c5! fxe4 20.

R

d8

R

f4 21.

Q

h5

Q

xh5 22.

B

xh5

R

xd8 23.

R

xd8

B

f7 24.

R

xe8+

B

xe8 25.

B

xe8

N

d5 26.g3

R

f5 27.

N

xe4

N

f6

28.

N

xf6+

R

xf6 29.

B

xa7

R

f8 30.

B

g6

R

a8

31.

B

b6

R

xa2 32.

K

f1

R

a6 33.

B

c7 c5 34.

B

d3

Schlechter started with four wins.
1-0

◦ Tarrasch, Siegbert
• Nimzowitsch, Aaron
Hamburg (6)
17th DSB Congress
1910.07.23

0-1

E14 (JvR)

1.d4 d5 2.

N

f3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3

N

f6 5.

N

c3

N

c6

6.

B

d3

B

d6 7.O–O O–O 8.b3 b6 9.

B

b2

B

b7 10.

Q

e2?! Black takes over the initiative.

10...dxc4 11.bxc4 cxd4 12.exd4

R

c8 13.

R

ad1

N

b4 14.

B

b1?

Better is 14.

N

e5!

14...

B

xf3 15.gxf3 White has a weak pawn struc-

ture. 15...

B

b8?! Nimzowitsch praises this move.

But 15...

N

fd5!!

16.

N

xd5

N

xd5

17.

Q

e4

Q

g5+ 18.

Q

g4

Q

h6 19.h4

R

xc4 wins the game.

16.a3

Q

c7 17.f4!

Q

xf4 Black has only won a

pawn. 18.f3

N

c6 19.

N

e4

R

fd8 20.

K

h1

N

e7?!

20...

N

h5 keeps an advantage.

21.

B

c1

Q

c7 22.

N

xf6+ gxf6 23.

Q

g2+

N

g6

24.

B

a2

K

h8 25.f4

N

h4 26.

Q

h3

N

f5 27.d5! The

hanging pawns gain strength. 27...

R

g8 28.

B

b2

R

g6 29.

R

g1?

29.

B

b1! continues the attack correctly.

29...

R

cg8 30.

R

xg6

R

xg6 31.

R

f1

Q

c5 32.

Q

f3

B

d6 33.

Q

f2

Q

xf2 34.

R

xf2

B

c5 35.

R

g2

K

g7

36.

R

xg6+ hxg6 37.

K

g2

B

d4!

38.

B

c1

B

e3

39.

B

xe3

N

xe3+ 40.

K

f3

N

f5 41.

B

b1

N

d6 The

desirable blockade has been achieved. 42.

B

d3 e5

43.

K

g4 f5+ 44.

K

g3 f6 45.h4

K

f7 46.

B

e2

N

e8

47.

K

f3

K

e7 48.

K

e3

N

g7 49.

B

f3

K

d6 50.

B

d1

N

h5 51.fxe5+ fxe5 52.

K

d3

K

c5 53.a4

N

f6

54.

B

e2

N

e8 55.

K

c3

N

d6 56.

B

f1 e4 57.

K

d2 f4

58.

K

c3 f3 Tarrasch and Nimzowitsch had fought

one of their great battles.
0-1

◦ Schlechter, Carl
• Duras, Oldrich
Hamburg (14)
17th DSB Congress
1910.08.03

0-1

B13 (JvR)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.

N

f3

N

c6 5.

B

d3

B

g4 6.c3

Q

b6 7.O–O e6 8.

Q

b3

Q

xb3 9.axb3

B

xf3 10.gxf3

B

d6 11.b4

B

c7 12.

B

e3

N

f6

13.

N

d2

K

e7 14.b5

N

b8 15.

N

b3

B

d6 16.

N

c5

b6 17.

N

b3

N

bd7 18.

R

a4

R

hc8 19.

R

fa1

R

c7 20.

B

f1

N

h5 21.

N

c1

N

f4 22.

N

a2 g5

23.

N

c1

K

d8 24.

N

d3 f6 25.

K

h1

N

f8 26.

B

xf4

gxf4 27.

R

a6

R

b7 28.

B

h3

K

e7 29.

R

g1

K

f7 30.

R

ga1

N

g6 31.

B

f1

N

e7 32.

B

h3 f5

33.

B

f1

N

c8 34.

B

e2

K

f6 35.

R

g1

R

g7 36.

R

xg7

K

xg7 37.b3

R

b8 38.c4

R

b7 39.c5

B

b8 40.c6

R

e7 41.

R

a1

B

d6 42.

R

g1+

K

f8 43.

R

g5

R

g7

44.

R

xg7

K

xg7 45.

K

g1

K

f6 46.

K

f1

K

e7

47.

K

e1

K

d8 48.

K

d2

K

c7 49.

K

c3?! The lit-

tle events are ended by an error.

Better is 49.b4 a6 50.bxa6

N

a7 51. b5!

N

xb5 52.

N

c5!

bxc5 53.

B

xb5

K

b6

54.c7!

K

xc7 55.

B

d7!

49...a6! 50.bxa6

N

a7 51.

N

e1?

Right is 51.b4!

K

xc6 52.

N

e5+!

B

xe5

53.b5+!

K

d6 54.dxe5+

K

xe5 55.

B

d3

K

d6 56.

K

b4 and White has kept his

passed pawn.

21

51...

K

xc6 52.

N

c2 b5 53.

B

d3

K

b6 54.

B

f1

K

xa6 55.

B

d3

N

c6 56.b4

B

e7 57.

B

f1

K

b6

58.

B

d3

B

h4 59.

B

f1

B

xf2 60.

B

d3

B

g1 61.h3

B

f2 62.

B

e2

B

h4 63.

B

f1

B

f6 64.

B

d3 h6

65.

B

e2

B

h4 66.

K

d2

B

f2 67.

K

c3

N

a7 68.

K

d2

N

c8 69.

B

d3

N

d6 70.

K

e2

B

h4 71.

K

d2

N

c4+

72.

K

c3

B

f6 73.

B

e2

K

c6 74.

N

e1

N

e3 75.

N

d3

N

c4 76.

N

e1

K

d6 77.

N

d3

K

c6 78.

N

c5

K

d6

79.

N

b7+?!

More solid is 79.

N

d3!

79...

K

e7 80.

N

c5

B

h4 81.

N

d3

B

g3 82.

K

b3

K

f6 83.

K

c3

K

g5 84.

N

c5

B

e1+ 85.

K

b3

K

f6

86.

N

d3

B

d2 87.

N

c5 h5 88.

B

d3

B

e3 89.

K

c3

B

f2 90.

B

e2

B

h4 91.

N

d3

B

g5 92.

B

f1

N

d6!

93.

B

e2

N

e8!

94.

N

c5

N

c7 95.

N

d7+

K

g7

96.

N

e5

B

h4 97.

N

c6!?

The plan of Duras was 97.

N

d3!

B

g3

98.

B

f1

K

h6 99.

K

d2

B

h2! 100.

N

e5

B

g1! 101.

N

c6

K

g5 and the black king

can move to g3.

97...

B

e1+!

98.

K

b3

K

f6

99.

N

a7

K

g5

100.

N

xb5

N

a6 101.

N

c3

N

xb4!

102.

K

xb4

K

h4 103.

B

a6

K

xh3 104.

B

c8 h4 105.

B

xe6

K

g2 106.

B

xf5 h3 107.

B

xh3+

K

xh3 108.

K

b3

B

xc3 109.

K

xc3

K

g3 Duras won the second

prize.
0-1

◦ Nimzowitsch, Aaron
• Schlechter, Carl
Hamburg (15)
17th DSB Congress
1910

0-1

A29 (JvR)

1.c4 e5 2.g3!?

N

f6 3.

B

g2

B

e7 4.

N

c3 O–O

5.

N

f3

N

c6 6.O–O d6 7.b3!?

R

e8 8.

B

b2

B

d7

9.d4 exd4 10.

N

xd4

B

f8 Black drifts towards a

passive position. 11.e3

B

g4? Black loses time.

Correct is 11...

N

xd4 12.

Q

xd4 c6

(Lipke).

12.

N

xc6 bxc6 13.

Q

c2

B

d7 14.

N

e2

N

g4

15.

N

d4 c5!?

Nimzowitsch mentions courage.

16.

B

xa8

Q

xa8 17.

N

f5

N

e5 18.

B

xe5

R

xe5

19.

N

h4

B

h3 20.

R

fe1

R

e4 21.f3

R

e8 22.

Q

f2

B

d7 23.

R

e2 g6 24.

R

f1

B

g7 25.

Q

e1 a5 26.

N

g2

a4 27.b4!? cxb4 28.

Q

xb4

R

b8 29.

Q

a3

Q

a6

30.

R

c2

B

e6 31.

Q

d3 d5 32.

N

f4 dxc4 33.

Q

e2 a3

34.

R

d1 h5 35.

R

dd2?

35.

N

xe6

Q

xe6 36.

Q

xc4 still wins.

35...

R

b2 36.

K

g2

Q

c6 37.

R

xb2! axb2 38.

R

xb2

B

xb2 39.

Q

xb2 c3 40.

Q

c2

B

c4! Schlechter be-

gins a magnificent bishop manoeuvre.

40...

B

xa2?

41.

Q

xa2 c2 42.

N

xg6!

Q

xg6 43.

Q

xc2 brings equal chances.

41.

K

f2

B

a6! 42.e4??

42.a4!

B

b7 43.e4

Q

b6+ 44.

K

e2

B

a6+ 45.

N

d3

Q

g1 46.

Q

xc3

Q

xh2+

47.

K

e3

Q

xg3 favours Black but contin-

ues the game.

42...

Q

b6+ 43.

K

g2

Q

b2 Schlechter won a vital

game, drew the last two, scored 11 1/2 out of 16,
won the first prize of 2000 Mark and could take
care of his mother. Nimzowitsch became third.
Georg Rotlevi won the Hauptturnier.
0-1

◦ Levitsky, Stepan
• Marshall, Frank
Breslau (6)
18th DSB Congress
1912

0-1

C10 (JvR)

The event occurred in the Haus der Gesellschaft
der Freunde from 14 vii until 8 viii. Small amounts
of money for travel costs had become available in
the twentieth century. Again diners and a boat trip
were enjoyed.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.

N

c3 c5?! 4.

N

f3

N

c6 5.exd5

exd5 6.

B

e2?!

An

advantage

brings

6.

B

b5!

(Kreymbourg-Jaffe, New York 1911).

6...

N

f6 7.O–O

B

e7 8.

B

g5 O–O 9.dxc5

B

e6

10.

N

d4

B

xc5 11.

N

xe6 fxe6 12.

B

g4 ?!

Q

d6

13.

B

h3

R

ae8 14.

Q

d2

B

b4 15.

B

xf6

R

xf6

16.

R

ad1

Q

c5 17.

Q

e2

B

xc3 18.bxc3

Q

xc3

19.

R

xd5!

N

d4 20.

Q

h5?

Right is 20.

Q

e4!

R

f4! 21.

Q

e5!

20...

R

ef8 21.

R

e5

R

h6 22.

Q

g5

R

xh3! 23.

R

c5!

Q

g3!!

"Excited spectators showered the board

with gold pieces", Marshall told.

Actually

Alekhine and Saburov paid him a bet on the out-
come of the game.

The pointes are 23...

Q

g3 24.

Q

xg3 and

( 24.hxg3

N

e2# ) ( 24.fxg3

N

e2+

25.

K

h1

R

xf1# ) 24...

N

e2+ 25.

K

h1

N

xg3+

0-1

22

◦ Mieses, Jacques
• Rubinstein, Akiba
Breslau (6)
18th DSB Congress
1912.07.20

1/2-1/2

C24 (JvR)

1.e4 e5 2.

B

c4

N

f6 3.d4 exd4 4.

N

f3

N

xe4

5.

Q

xd4

N

f6 6.

B

g5

B

e7 7.

N

c3 Mieses has sac-

rificed a pawn. 7...

N

c6!?

Rubinstein

diverts

from

the

usual

7...O–O

8.

Q

h4 d6 9.O–O–O

B

e6 10.

B

d3!?

10.

B

xe6 fxe6 11.

R

he1

Q

d7 12.

Q

c4

O–O will lead to exchanges.

10...

Q

d7 11.

B

b5 O–O 12.

N

d4

12.

N

e5!? (Felber-Braun, Long Island

1990) can be answered by 12...

Q

e8!

12...a6 13.

B

d3

N

e5 14.f4!?

N

xd3+ 15.

R

xd3

c5!? 16.

R

g3!

K

h8?!

16...

R

ae8!

17.

B

xf6

B

xf6 18.

Q

xf6

B

g4 19.

Q

h4 cxd4 leads to interesting

complications.

17.

N

f3?

17.

N

xe6 fxe6 18.

R

h3! gains a plus.

17...

N

g8?

More useful is 17...

R

ae8!

18.

B

xe7

Q

xe7 19.

N

g5

N

h6!?

20.

R

e1

Q

d7

21.

R

ge3

R

fe8!? 22.

N

ce4 Mieses attacks force-

fully. 22...

B

f5?

Black draws by 22...

B

g4!

23.

N

f6

gxf6 24.

Q

xh6 fxg5!

25.

Q

f6+

K

g8

26.

Q

xg5+ ( because 26.

R

e7??

R

xe7

27.

R

xe7

Q

f5! utilises the open square

f5 well )

23.

N

f6! gxf6 24.

Q

xh6

B

g6?!

24...fxg5!?

25.

Q

f6+

K

g8 26.

R

e7!

(Mieses)

26...

B

g6 27.

R

xd7

R

xe1+

28.

K

d2

R

ae8 favours White.

25.

N

xh7!

B

xh7 26.

R

g3?

The second knight sacrifice should be
crowned by 26.

Q

xf6+

K

g8 27.f5!

26...

R

xe1+ 27.

K

d2

R

e2+!

White should not

capture the rook. Rubinstein partook for the first
time and played interesting games.

Right is 27...

R

e2+ 28.

K

d1

R

e1+ (Tar-

takower).

1/2-1/2

◦ Rubinstein, Akiba
• Duras, Oldrich
Breslau (7)
18th DSB Congress
1912.07.22

0-1

D33 (JvR)

1.c4 e6 2.

N

c3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.

N

f3

N

c6 6.g3 cxd4 7.

N

xd4

B

c5?! 8.

B

e3

B

xd4?!

9.

B

xd4

N

xd4?! 10.

Q

xd4 Pawn d5 has become

fatally weak.

10...

N

f6 11.

B

g2

B

e6 12.O–O

O–O 13.

R

fd1

Q

e7 14.

R

d2

R

fd8 15.

R

ad1

R

d7 16.h3 b6 17.g4

R

ad8 18.

Q

e5 h6 19.f4

Q

c5+ 20.

Q

d4 g6 21.g5 hxg5 22.fxg5

Q

xd4+ 23.

R

xd4

N

h5 24.

N

xd5

K

g7 25.e3

N

g3 26.

K

f2

N

f5 27.

R

4d3

B

xd5 28.

B

xd5

R

c7 29.

B

b3

R

xd3 30.

R

xd3

K

f8 31.e4

N

g7 32.

R

f3

N

e8

33.e5

K

g7 34.

K

e3

R

e7 35.

K

d4

N

c7 36.

R

f6

R

d7+ 37.

K

e4

N

a6 38.

R

d6?

The unfavourable exchange of minor
pieces can be avoided by 38.

B

c4!

N

c5+ 39.

K

e3

R

e7 40.

K

f4

N

d7

41.

R

d6!

N

xe5 42.

B

b5!

K

f8 43.

R

d5

a6 44.

B

xa6

38...

N

c5+ 39.

K

f4

N

d3+ 40.

K

e4

N

c5+ 41.

K

d4

N

xb3+ 42.axb3

R

c7 43.e6 fxe6 44.

R

xe6

K

f7

45.

R

f6+

K

g7 46.

R

f2

R

c1 47.h4

R

h1 48.

R

f4?

48.

R

c2

R

xh4+ 49.

K

e5 activates the

white pieces.

48...

R

h2 49.

K

c3

R

h3+ 50.

K

c2 b5 51.

R

b4 a6

52.

R

f4

K

h8 53.

R

f6

K

g7 54.

R

f4

K

g8 55.b4

K

g7 56.

K

c1

R

h2 57.

K

b1

R

h1+ 58.

K

c2

R

h3

59.

K

d2

R

b3 60.

K

c2

R

h3 61.

K

b1

R

h1+

62.

K

a2

R

h3 63.b3

R

h2+ 64.

K

a3

R

h1 65.

R

d4

K

f7 66.

R

d7+

K

e6 67.

R

a7

K

f5 68.

R

h7

K

g4

69.

R

h6

K

f5 70.

R

h8

K

g4 71.

R

h6

K

f5 72.

K

b2

R

h2+ 73.

K

a3

R

h1 74.

R

h7

K

g4 75.

R

g7

K

f5

76.

R

a7? Akiba makes a foolish effort to win.

76...

R

xh4 77.

R

xa6

R

e4 78.

R

c6

R

e5 79.

R

c5

K

f4 80.

K

b2

R

xg5 81.

K

c3? Rubinstein plays

the natural move.

White escapes by 81.

R

c6!

K

g4

82.

K

c3

K

h5 83.

K

d4

R

f5 84.

K

e4! He

is just in time.

23

81...

R

f5 82.

K

d3 g5 83.

K

e2

K

e4 84.

R

c8 g4

85.

R

g8

K

f4 86.

K

f2

K

e4+ 87.

K

e2

K

f4 88.

K

f2

R

d5 89.

R

f8+

K

e4 90.

R

g8

K

d3 91.

R

xg4

K

c3 92.

K

e1

K

xb3 93.

K

e2

K

c3 94.

K

e1

R

h5

95.

K

d1

R

h1+ 96.

K

e2

R

b1 97.

R

g3+

K

c2

98.

R

g5

R

xb4 99.

R

c5+

K

b2 100.

K

d2

R

b3

101.

R

c2+

K

b1 102.

R

c1+

K

a2 103.

R

c8 b4

104.

R

a8+

R

a3 105.

R

b8 b3 106.

K

c3

R

a7! 0-

1

◦ Rubinstein, Akiba
• Levitsky, Stepan
Breslau (9)
18th DSB Congress
1912.07.24

1-0

D30 (JvR)

1.d4 d5 2.

N

f3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.e3

N

f6 5.

B

d3

B

d6

6.

N

bd2

N

bd7 7.e4 dxe4 8.

N

xe4

N

xe4 9.

B

xe4

e5 10.O–O exd4 11.

Q

xd4

Q

f6 12.

B

e3

N

e5!?

12...

Q

xd4 13.

B

xd4

N

c5 drew in

Berger - Janowsky, Muenchen 1900).

13.

R

ad1

B

c7?!

Less risk is taken by 13...

N

xf3+

14.

B

xf3

Q

xd4 15.

B

xd4 (Schlechter)

15...O–O! 16.

B

xg7

B

xh2+ 17.

K

xh2

K

xg7

14.

Q

c5 b6? 15.

Q

b4?

They have missed 15.

B

g5!

bxc5 16.

B

xf6 gxf6 17.

N

xe5 fxe5 18.

B

xc6+

15...a5 16.

Q

c3

B

f5?

16...O–O! 17.

N

xe5

B

xe5 18.

Q

c2! and

White has a positional advantage.

17.

B

g5

Q

e6?! 18.

N

d4!

Q

d6 19.

B

xf5! Rubin-

stein and Duras shared the first and second prize.
Each player got 1750 Mark.
1-0

◦ Spielmann, Rudolf
• Flamberg, Alexander
Mannheim (1)
19th DSB Congress
1914.07.20

1-0

C29 (JvR)

Number nineteen occurred in the Ballhaus from 18
vii until 1 viii. The DSB had 182 clubs at that time.
Number twenty was planned as Bad Oeynhausen
1916. History would become different.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

c3

N

f6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5

N

xe4 5.

N

f3

B

g4 6.

Q

e2

N

c5?!

Better is 6...

N

xc3 7.dxc3 c6 (Pillsbury-

Dyckhoff, Hannover 1902).

7.d4!

B

xf3

Or 7...

N

e6!? 8.

Q

b5+! c6?! 9.

Q

xb7

B

xf3 10.

B

e3!

(Lebrun-Marchyllie,

France 2002).

8.

Q

xf3

Q

h4+ 9.g3!

Q

xd4 10.

B

e3

Q

xe5

11.O–O–O c6 12.

N

xd5!

Spielmann sacrifices.

12...cxd5?

12...

B

d6! 13.

B

c4 O–O escapes from

the immediate threats.

13.

R

xd5?!

13.

B

xc5!

B

xc5

14.

B

b5+

K

f8

15.

R

he1

Q

g5+ 16.

K

b1

N

c6 17.

R

xd5

wins at once.

13...

Q

e6?!

Black

misses

the

opportunity

13...

Q

c7!

14.

B

f4!?

Q

b6 15.

B

xb8

B

e7!

( Spielmann continues with

15...

R

xb8? 16.

Q

f4

R

c8 17.

B

b5+!

Q

xb5 18.

R

e1+

B

e7 19.

R

xe7+

K

xe7

20.

Q

d6+

K

e8 21.

R

e5+

N

e6 22.

R

xb5

and White wins ) 16.

B

e5 O–O

14.

B

c4!

Q

e4

Or 14...

N

cd7 15.

R

e1!

B

b4 ( 15...

B

e7

16.

R

c5! ) 16.

B

d2!

15.

B

xc5! 1-0

◦ Alekhine, Alexander
• Fahrni, Hans
Mannheim (11)
19th DSB Congress
1914.08.01

1-0

C13 (JvR)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.

B

g5

B

e7 5.e5

N

fd7 6.h4

B

xg5 7.hxg5

Q

xg5 Black has ac-

cepted the challenge. 8.

N

h3

Q

e7 9.

N

f4

N

f8?

Theory will become 9...

N

c6 (Unzicker-

Donner, Lenzerheide 1964).

10.

Q

g4!

White threatens to capture pawn d5.

10...f5 11.exf6 gxf6 12.O–O–O! The position has
been opened for a white attack.

12...c6 13.

R

e1

K

d8 14.

R

h6! e5 15.

Q

h4

N

bd7 16.

B

d3!?

16.f3 prevents the next move.

16...e4! 17.

Q

g3

Q

f7 18.

B

xe4! The young star

storms the fortress. 18...dxe4 19.

N

xe4

R

g8

24

Alekhine

has

calculated

19...

Q

xa2

20.

N

xf6!

N

xf6 21.

R

xf6

20.

Q

a3!

Q

g7 21.

N

d6!

N

b6 22.

N

e8

Q

f7

23.

Q

d6+ White delivers mate in two.

1-0

◦ Carls, Carl
• Vidmar, Milan Sr
Mannheim (11)
19th DSB Congress
1914.07.01

0-1

A13 (JvR)

1.c4 e6 2.g3!? g6!? 3.

B

g2

B

g7 4.d4 d5 5.cxd5

exd5 6.

N

c3 c6 7.

N

f3

N

f6 8.

B

g5 O–O 9.

Q

d2

R

e8 10.h4!?

Q

d6!

11.

N

e5

N

bd7 12.

B

f4

Q

e7 13.

B

f3

N

e4 14.

B

xe4 dxe4 15.

N

c4

N

b6

16.

N

d6?

Right is 16.

N

xb6 axb6

16...

R

d8 17.

N

cxe4

B

f5 18.

Q

e3

N

d5 19.

Q

f3

White has made positional concessions for the win
of a pawn. 19...

N

xf4! 20.

Q

xf4

B

xe4 21.

N

xe4

R

xd4 22.f3

Q

b4+ 23.

K

f2 f5 24.h5 fxe4 25. hxg6

R

f8 26.gxh7+

K

h8 27.

Q

g5 exf3 Alekhine led

by 9 1/2, Vidmar followed with 8 1/2 and Spiel-
mann had 8 points. Germany declared war on Rus-
sia during this round (1 viii 1914). Chess had to
stop. Money was distributed among the players.
Alekhine got 1100 Mark. All Russians were in-
terned and went to Triberg eventually. Alekhine
and Bohatirchuk could go home.

Bogoljubow

stayed in the Black Forest and married a local
beauty. The Great War ended a fine tradition of
chess congresses.
0-1

◦ Saemisch, Fritz
• Brinckmann, Alfred
Berlin
20th DSB Congress
1920

1-0

D00 (JvR)

Mannheim 1914 had been ended after eleven
rounds by the outbreak of the Great War. Ger-
many became exhausted by the warfare and an in-
fluenza epidemic. When the disaster had ended,
the DSB dropped its leadership in the organisa-
tion of international tournaments. The Schachbund
gave priority to the preparation of national events.
Master tournaments became local occasions. The
DSB organised four Hauptturniere as Berlin 1920.
Ehrhardt Post was the manager. A master tour-
nament followed in the same city at the end of
that year as a regional initiative by Kagan. The

congress occurred in the localities of the Berliner
Schachgesellschaft from 25 ix until 10 x. Berliner
Tageblatt sponsored one of the four Hauptturniere.
1.d4 d5 2.

B

f4 c6 3.e3

Q

b6 4.

Q

c1

B

f5 5.

N

f3

N

a6 6.c3 g6 7.

N

bd2

B

g7 8.

B

e2

N

f6 9.O–O

N

h5 10.

R

e1

N

xf4 11.exf4

N

c7 12.

N

e5 h5??

Better is 12...O–O

13.

N

dc4!

The black queen is lost.

13...dxc4

14.

N

xc4

B

xd4 15.

N

xb6 and White prevailed.

Saemisch won the first prize of 600 Mark.
1-0

◦ Post, Ehrhardt
• Schlage, Willi
Hamburg (9)
21st DSB Congress
1921.07.27

1-0

C48 (JvR)

The congress was held in the Curio-Haus from 6
until 30 vii. The master event had the level of a
Hauptturnier.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.

B

b5

N

d4

5.

N

xe5

Q

e7 6.

N

f3

N

xb5 7.

N

xb5

Q

xe4+

8.

Q

e2

Q

xe2+ 9.

K

xe2

N

d5 10.

R

e1 f6 11.c4 a6

12.

N

c3

N

xc3+ 13.

K

d3+?

Correct is 13.dxc3

13...

N

e4!

14.

R

xe4+

K

f7 15.

K

c3 b5!

16.d3

B

b7 17.

R

e2

B

d6 18.

B

e3 c5 19.

N

d2

R

he8

20.

R

ae1

R

ac8?

Both players missed 20...

B

xg2! 21. f3

B

h3 22.

N

e4

B

f8! 23.

B

xc5 ( 23.

N

xc5

R

xe3 ) 23...

R

xe4 and wins (Post).

21.g3

B

e5+ 22.

K

c2 d5 23.

B

xc5 dxc4 24.dxc4

R

xc5 25.f4 bxc4 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.

K

c3 a5

28.

N

xc4

B

d5 29.

R

f2+

K

g6 30.b3

B

xc4?

White gets an advantage. 31.bxc4

R

ec8 32.

R

e4

R

8c6 33.

R

g4+

K

h6 34.

R

f7

R

c7 35.

R

xc7

R

xc7 36.

R

e4

R

c5 37.

R

e2!

K

g5 38.

R

b2!

K

f5

39.

R

b5 Black seems to be lost. 39...

R

xb5?

The counteraction 39...

R

c6! 40.

R

xa5

K

e4 41.a4

R

h6 42.

R

a7 g5 43.

R

g7

R

xh2 44.

R

xg5

R

a2 45.

K

b3

R

a1

46.

R

g7

K

f3! leads to survival chances

for Black.

40.cxb5

K

e6 41.a4

K

d5 42.

K

d3 e4+ 43.

K

e3

K

e5 44.b6

K

d6 45.

K

xe4

K

c6 46.

K

e5

K

xb6

47.

K

d6 Post won the first prize of 1000 Mark. He

favoured to end money prizes actually.
1-0

25

◦ Post, Ehrhardt
• Leonhardt, Paul
Bad Oeynhausen (7)
22nd DSB Congress
1922

0-1

A32 (JvR)

The national congress took place in the Kurhaus
from 5 until 19 viii.
1.d4

N

f6 2.

N

f3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.

N

c3 cxd4 5.

N

xd4

B

b4 6.

Q

b3

B

c5 7.e3

N

c6 8.

N

xc6 bxc6 9.

B

e2

Q

c7 10.O–O h5 11.h3 a6 12.e4??

N

g4! Post has

no chance against a real master. 13.

B

xg4

The pointe is 13.hxg4 hxg4 14.g3

Q

xg3#

13...hxg4 14.

N

e2 gxh3 15.g3

Q

e5 16.

Q

d3 d5

17.exd5 cxd5 18.cxd5

B

b7 19.

K

h2

Q

xd5

20.

Q

xd5

B

xd5 21.

B

e3

B

xe3 22.fxe3

R

c8

23.

R

ac1

K

e7 24.b3

B

g2 25.

R

fd1 g5 26.

R

d2

R

xc1 27.

N

xc1 g4 28.

N

e2

R

c8 29.

R

b2

R

d8

30.

N

d4 e5 31.

N

e2

R

d3 32.b4

R

xe3 33.a4

B

c6

34.a5

B

b5 35.

N

g1 f5 36.

R

d2

R

b3 37.

N

e2

B

xe2 38.

R

xe2

K

e6 39.

R

c2

R

xb4 40.

R

c6+

K

d5 41.

R

xa6

R

b2+ 42.

K

g1

R

g2+ 43.

K

h1

R

xg3 Post won the first prize of 600 Mark.

0-1

◦ Moritz, Bruno
• Gruenfeld, Ernst
Frankfurt (5)
23rd DSB Congress
1923

0-1

D94 (JvR)

German and Austrian chess friends met in the
Volksbildungsheim from 28 vii until viii. Gruen-
feld and Becker played in the master tournament.
Prizes vaporized during the deflation year.
1.d4

N

f6 2.c4 g6 3.

N

f3

B

g7 4.

N

c3 d5 5.cxd5

N

xd5 6.e3 O–O 7.

B

c4

N

xc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.O–O

Q

c7 10.

Q

e2

N

c6 11.

B

a3

N

a5 12.

B

d3 b6

13.

R

ac1

B

b7 Gruenfeld plays an early example

of his Defence. 14.

B

b4!?

Theory will become 14.e4!

(Golz-

Tukmakov, Zinnowitz 1967).

14...cxb4 15.cxb4

N

c6 16.b5

Q

d7 17.bxc6

B

xc6

18.

R

c3

R

ac8 19.

B

a6?

Right is 19.

R

fc1

19...

B

xf3 20.

B

xc8

Q

xc8! 21.

R

xc8

Moritz wanted to play 21.

Q

c2 Now he

notices 21...

Q

g4! (Dimer).

21...

B

xe2 22.

R

xf8+

B

xf8 23.

R

c1 e6 24.f3 b5

25.

K

f2

B

c4 26.

R

c2 a5 27.e4

B

d6 28.g3 a4

29.

K

e3

B

b4 30.f4 f5 31.e5

K

f8 Gruenfeld won

with 7 1/2 out of 9.
0-1

◦ Nimzowitsch, Aaron
• Reti, Richard
Breslau (2)
24th DSB Congress
1925

0-1

A28 (JvR)

The congress took place in the Hermann-Loge
from 18 vii until 2 viii. The master event had a field
like in the past. Chess benefited from the ’roaring
twenties’.
1.e3 e5 2.c4 Nimzowitsch plays the Van’t Kruijs.
2...

N

f6 3.

N

c3

N

c6 4.

N

f3

B

b4 5.

B

e2 O–O

6.O–O

R

e8 7.a3

B

xc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.

N

e1

N

e7

10.d3 c6 11.a4

B

e6 12.a5 d5 13.c5

Q

c7 14.

Q

a4

N

g6 15.

B

d2 a6 16.g3?!

White’s position be-

comes passive.

Better is 16.f3

16...e4! 17.d4 h5 18.

N

g2

B

g4 19.f3? Square e4

will become a weakness. 19...exf3 20.

B

xf3

B

xf3

21.

R

xf3

N

e4! 22.

B

e1

Q

d7 23.c4

Q

g4 24.

R

f1

R

ad8 25.

Q

d1 dxc4 26.

Q

xg4 hxg4 27.

R

c1

N

g5!? 28.

R

xc4

N

f3+!? 29.

K

h1

R

d5?!

Better is 29...

N

e7! 30.

R

c2

N

d5

30.h4

R

d7 31.

R

c2

N

e7 32.

R

cf2?! Nimzow-

itsch despairs too soon.

32...

N

d5 33.

R

xf3!?

gxf3 34.

R

xf3

R

de7 35.

B

d2

R

e4 36.

K

g1

R

8e6

37.

R

f1

K

f8 38.

R

b1

R

e7 39.

K

f2

K

e8 40.

R

b3

K

d8 41.

N

e1

R

4e6 42.

N

f3

N

f6 43.

N

g5

N

e4+

44.

N

xe4

R

xe4 45.

K

f3 f5 46.

B

e1

K

e8 47.

B

f2

K

f7 48.

R

b1 g5 49.hxg5

K

g6 50.

R

f1

R

h7 51.

R

b1

K

xg5 52.

R

b6

R

ee7 53.

R

b1

K

f6?! 54.g4!

fxg4+ 55.

K

xg4

K

e6 56.

K

f3?!

56.

B

g3!?

R

eg7+ 57.

K

f3

R

h3

58.

R

g1

K

d5 59.

R

g2

K

c4 brings in-

sufficient relief to White.

56...

R

ef7+

57.

K

g2

R

hg7+

58.

B

g3

K

d5

59.

K

h2

K

e4 60.

B

e5

R

g8 61.

K

h1

R

h7+

62.

B

h2

R

gh8 0-1

◦ Bogoljubow, Efim
• Reti, Richard
Breslau (6)
24th DSB Congress
1925

1-0

C12 (JvR)

26

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.

B

g5

B

b4 5.e5

h6 6.

B

d2

B

xc3 7.bxc3

N

e4 8.

Q

g4 g6 9.

B

d3

N

xd2 10.

K

xd2 c5 11.h4!?

c4 12.

B

e2 h5?!

Square g5 is made available for White.

The theory is 12...

N

c6!

(Maroczy-

Spielmann, Berlin 1920).

13.

Q

f4

N

c6 14.

N

f3

Q

e7 15.

N

g5 b5 16.a3 a5

17.g4

R

a7 18.gxh5 gxh5 19.

R

h3 !? b4! 20.

R

f3

bxc3+?!

Better is 20...bxa3 21.

Q

f6! (Kramer)

21...

Q

f8! 22.

N

h3

N

e7 23.

N

f4

N

f5

21.

R

xc3

R

b7 22.

R

g1

N

a7 23.

R

cg3

B

d7?

23...

N

b5 avoids a disaster (Kramer).

24.

B

xh5! c3+ 25.

K

e3 Bogoljubow scored 9 1/2

out of 11 and won the first prize of 1000 Mark.

Reti resigned due to 25.

K

e3

R

xh5

26.

N

xf7!

Q

xf7

27.

R

g8+

K

e7

28.

Q

xf7+

K

xf7 29.

R

1g7# (Brinck-

mann).

1-0

◦ Nimzowitsch, Aaron
• Tarrasch, Siegbert
Breslau (9)
24th DSB Congress
1925

1-0

D41 (JvR)

1.

N

f3

N

f6 2.c4 c5 3.

N

c3 d5 4.cxd5

N

xd5 5.d4

cxd4!? 6.

Q

xd4 e6 7.e3!?

Theory will become 7.e4!

N

xc3

8.

Q

xc3 (Polugaevsky-Keres, Tallinn

1973).

7...

N

c6 8.

B

b5

B

d7 9.

B

xc6

B

xc6 10.

N

e5

N

xc3 11.

N

xc6

Q

xd4 12.

N

xd4

N

d5 13.

B

d2

B

c5 14.

N

b3

B

b4 15.

R

c1

R

d8 16.

B

xb4

N

xb4

17.

K

e2

K

e7 18.

R

c4

N

a6?

Problems are avoided by 18...

N

d5

or 18...

N

c6

19.

R

hc1

R

d7 20.f4!

R

hd8 21.

N

d4 f6 22.a4! e5

23.fxe5 fxe5 24.

N

f3

K

e6 25.b4 b6 26.

R

1c2 h6

27.h4

R

d6 28.h5! Black cannot stop the restric-

tion. A slight error follows. 28...

R

d5?! 29.

R

g4!

R

5d7 30.

R

c6+

R

d6 31.

R

g6+

K

e7 32.

R

xg7+

K

f8 33.

R

xd6

R

xd6 34.

R

xa7

N

xb4 35.

N

xe5

R

e6 36.

N

g6+

K

g8 37.

N

e7+

K

f8 38.

N

f5

N

d5

39.g4

N

f4+ 40.

K

f3

N

d3 41.

R

a8+

K

f7 42.

R

h8

N

c5 43.

R

h7+

K

g8 44.

R

xh6

R

xh6 45.

N

xh6+

K

f8 46.

N

f5

N

xa4 47.h6

K

g8 48.g5

K

h7

49.

K

g4

N

c5 50.

K

h5

N

e6 51.g6+

K

g8 52.h7+

K

h8 53.

K

h6 Aaron Nimzowitsch scored 7 1/2

points and gained the second prize of 600 Mark.
Siegbert Tarrasch took part in German chess con-
gresses from 1881 until 1925. Von Holzhausen
won the Hauptturnier.
1-0

◦ Leonhardt, Paul
• Spielmann, Rudolf
Magdeburg (10)
25th DSB Congress
1927.07.28

0-1

C14 (JvR)

The congress happened in the Klosterberge-Garten
from 16 until 31 vii. Spielmann and Bogoljubow
fought for the first place in the master tournament.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.

B

g5

B

e7 5.e5

N

fd7 6.

B

xe7

Q

xe7 7.

N

b5

N

b6 8.c3 a6 9.

N

a3

f6!? 10.

Q

h5+!? g6 11.exf6?!

Better is 11.

Q

h6 fxe5 12.dxe5

11...

Q

xa3!

12.f7+

K

d7!

13.

Q

e5

Q

f8 Black

has found a remarkable defence.

14.

N

f3

N

c6

15.

Q

f6

Q

d8 16.

Q

g7

R

f8 17.

N

g5

Q

e7 18.h4?!

18.f4 controls square e5.

18...

N

d8 19.

R

h3 h6 20.

Q

xh6

N

xf7 21.

Q

xg6

N

xg5 22.hxg5

K

c6! Spielmann develops inge-

niously. 23.a4

N

c4 24.

B

xc4 dxc4 25.a5!? The

heavy pieces get special entrances.

25...

Q

d6

26.

R

a4!?

Q

d5 27.

R

e3

K

d6 28.f3

Q

f5?!

White’s opportunism gets rewarded.

Black misses the opportunity 28...

R

f5!

29.

Q

g8 b5!

30.axb6

B

d7 31.

Q

h7

cxb6!

29.

Q

h6

B

d7 30.

R

xc4

R

h8 31.

Q

g7

B

c6

32.

Q

e5+

Q

xe5 33.dxe5+

K

e7 34.

R

g4

R

ad8

35.b4

K

f7 36.

R

f4+

K

g7 37.

R

f6

B

d5 38.

K

f2

b5 39.

R

d3

R

h5?

39...

B

c4 keeps the advantage.

40.

R

xe6!

R

xg5 41.

R

xa6

R

xe5 42.f4

R

f5 43.g3

R

d7 44.

R

d4

R

h5 45.g4

R

h2+ 46.

K

g3

R

c2

47.

R

d3 c6 48.

R

a8

R

f7 49.

R

d8?

49.f5!

K

f6 50.

R

g8

R

e2 51.

K

f4

R

e4+

draws.

49...

R

g2+ 50.

K

h3

R

g1 51.f5?

51.

R

e3

R

xf4 only costs a pawn.

27

51...

K

f6! 52.

R

d6+

K

e7 Spielmann began with 9

1/2 points.
0-1

◦ Bogoljubow, Efim
• Leonhardt, Paul
Magdeburg (13)
25th DSB Congress
1927.07.31

1-0

A09 (JvR)

1.

N

f3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3

N

c6 4.

B

xc4 e5

5.

Q

b3!?

N

h6 6.d4 e4 7.

N

fd2 f5 8.

N

c3

B

d7!

9.

Q

d1?!

More active is 9.

B

e2

9.

Q

xb7??

R

b8 10.

Q

a6

N

b4 leads to

a disaster.

9...

Q

g5 10.O–O O–O–O 11.a3

N

g4 12.

Q

e1 h5

White will survive 12...

B

d6 13.h3

N

h2

14.f4 exf3 15.

N

xf3

N

xf3+ 16.

R

xf3

13.f4

Q

h6 14.h3 g5! 15.d5

Or 15.hxg4 hxg4 16.

Q

g3

B

e7!

15...

N

b8 16.fxg5

Q

xg5 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.

R

f4

B

c5! The pressure increases. 19.

Q

g3

R

h3?!

Leonhardt makes a wonderful mistake.

19...

Q

h5!

20.

K

f1

Q

h1+ 21.

K

e2

R

h2 22.

R

f1

R

xg2+ 23.

K

d1

R

xg3

24.

R

xh1

R

h3 continues the attack.

20.

N

dxe4?!

Best is 20.gxh3!?

B

xe3+! (Saemisch)

21.

K

f1!

Q

xf4+ ( 21...

B

xf4 22.

N

dxe4!

) 22.

Q

xf4

B

xf4 23.hxg4 e3 24.

N

f3

fxg4 25.

N

d4

R

h8 26.

N

ce2 favours

White.

20...

R

xg3 21.

N

xg5

R

xe3! 22.

K

f1

R

h8 23.g3

R

xg3 24.

K

e1

R

h2?

Right is 24...

R

e3+! (Gerbec) 25.

K

d1!

g3 26.

B

xe3

B

xe3 27.

R

f3 g2 28.

K

e2

g1=

Q

29.

R

xg1

B

xg1 30.

N

e6!

B

xe6

31.dxe6

N

c6 and an unclear position.

25.

R

f1

B

e3 26.

N

e2

R

xe2+?

27.

K

xe2 f4

28.

B

xe3

R

xe3+ 29.

K

d2

R

e5 30.

R

xf4

B

a4

31.

R

f8+ Leonhardt had reached the time control

of thirty moves in two hours, but he was lost. He
played like Don Quichotte and died of a heart at-
tack during a game in 1934. We can understand
why. Spielmann won the event with 11/13 and
gained 1000 Mark. Bogoljubow trailed by half-a-
point and got 600 Mark.
1-0

◦ Wagner, Heinrich
• Leonhardt, Paul
Duisburg (3)
26th DSB Congress
1929

0-1

D51 (JvR)

Germany was hit by another economical crisis.
The ability to organise a chess event can be re-
garded as positive, but the level suffered.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.

N

c3

N

f6 4.

B

g5

N

bd7 5.e3 c6

6.

B

d3

Q

a5 7.

B

h4 dxc4 8.

B

xc4 b5 9.

B

d3 a6

10.

N

f3

B

b7 11.O–O c5 12.

N

e5

N

xe5?

Better is 12...cxd4 13.exd4

Q

b4

13.dxe5

Q

b4 14.f4? White misses a good chance.

14.

N

xb5!

N

d5! 15.e4 axb5 16.a3

Q

a5

17.exd5

B

xd5 18.

Q

g4 brings White a

positional plus.

14...

Q

xb2 15.

R

f2

Q

xc3 16.

R

c1

Q

a3 17.exf6

g5!

18.f5

R

d8 19.fxe6

R

xd3 20.

R

d2 c4

21.

B

xg5

B

b4 22.

R

xd3

Q

xd3 23.

Q

h5

Q

g6

24.

Q

g4 O–O 25.e7

R

a8?

Right is 25...h6! 26.exf8=

Q

+

B

xf8

26.

Q

d7?

26.

R

d1!

B

xe7! 27.fxe7

R

e8 28.

R

d6

Q

b1+ 29.

R

d1

Q

g6 leads to a perpet-

ual.

26...

Q

xg5 27.

Q

d8+

R

xd8 28.exd8=

Q

+

B

f8

29.

R

c2

Q

xe3+ 30.

R

f2

Q

e1+ Leonhardt became

second before Saemisch.
0-1

◦ Bluemich, Max
• Ahues, Carl
Duisburg (5)
26th DSB Congress
1929

0-1

A13 (JvR)

1.

N

f3

N

f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.cxd5!? exd5

6.d4

N

c6 7.

B

g2

Q

b6!?

8.O–O cxd4 9.

B

b2

B

c5 10.

N

a3

B

f5 11.

N

c2

B

xc2 12.

Q

xc2 O–O

13.a3 a5 14.

R

ad1

R

fe8 15.

R

d3

R

ac8 16.

R

c1

N

e4 17.

N

xd4?

B

xd4 18.

B

xd4

N

xd4!

The

congress took place in the Staedtische Tonhalle of
Duisburg in July 1929. Ahues became the winner
with 9/13. The banquet was visited by 550 persons.
No tournament book was made.

The pointe is 18...

N

xd4 19.

Q

xc8

N

xe2+ 20.

K

h1

N

xf2#

28

0-1

◦ Bogoljubow, Efim
• Roedl, Ludwig
Swinemuende (2)
27th DSB Congress playoff
1931

1-0

D30 (JvR)

The congress took place from in the Kurhaus from
31 v until 13 vi 1931.

Bogoljubow and Roedl

shared the first place in the tournament. A play-
off began.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.

N

f3 e6 4.e3

N

d7 5.

N

c3 f5!?

6.

B

d3

B

d6 7.cxd5 cxd5?! 8.

N

b5 !

Q

e7? Here-

after, Black has little chance.

Right is 8...

B

b8! 9.

B

d2

N

e7 (Browne-

Young, San Francisco 1999).

9.

B

d2!

N

gf6 10.

Q

b3 a5 11.O–O O–O 12.

N

xd6

Q

xd6 13.

R

ac1

N

e4 14.

B

c3?!

Better is 14.

R

c2!

14...b6 15.

N

e5

R

a7 16.

R

c2

B

a6 17.

B

xa6

R

xa6 18.

R

fc1

N

xc3?! 19.

Q

xc3 b5 20.

N

xd7

Q

xd7 21.

Q

c7

R

d8?! Exchange is a lesser evil.

22.

Q

e5

Q

d6 23.

R

c8

Q

f8 24.

R

8c7

R

dd6 25.h4

h6 26.

R

b7

R

ab6?

26...

R

db6! prolongs the game.

27.

R

c8! Bogoljubow won three and drew four

games. He became the winner of the last DSB
congress.
1-0

◦ Eliskases, Erich
• Richter, Kurt
Bad Oeynhausen (6)
6th German championship
1939

1-0

A35 (JvR)

The Grossdeutschen Schachbund (GSD) was
founded in 1931. When Hitler took power in 1933,
the DSB was dissolved. Bad Pyrmont 1933 counts
as the first German chess championship. The level
sank deeply, when Otto Zander spoke against the
Jews. Emanuel Lasker and Jacques Mieses emi-
grated. Siegbert was refused in the Tarrasch club.
When the Schachbund was founded in 1877, some
had wanted a broad federation with Austria. The
wish came true by the Anschluss in 1938. The Aus-
trian Eliskases won the championships of 1938 and
1939. He stayed in Buenos Aires, when the Second
World War began. The tragedy for German chess
was immense, when the great talent Klaus Junge
fell in 1945.

1.

N

f3

N

f6 2.c4 c5 3.g3

N

c6 4.

B

g2 e5 5.

N

c3

d6 6.d3

B

e7 7.O–O h6 8.

N

e1 g5!?

Richter

does not like a quiet game. 9.

N

c2

B

e6 10.

N

d5

Q

d7 11.b4!?

Eliskases has no patience either.

11...

B

h3!?

11...

B

xd5!? 12.cxd5

N

xb4 13.

N

xb4

cxb4 gives an alternative.

12.

N

c7+!?

Q

xc7 13.

B

xh3 cxb4 14.

N

e3 h5

15.

B

g2! h4 16.

N

f5! hxg3?! 17. fxg3!

N

g4

18.h3

Q

b6+?

Black lifts the protection of his

king.

Right is 18...

N

h6! (Richter).

19.d4

N

h6 20.

B

xc6+!

bxc6 21.

N

xe7

K

xe7

22.

B

xg5+

K

d7 23.c5!

Q

a6 24.

R

f6

Q

a3

25.

Q

b3 dxc5 26.dxc5

Q

xb3 27.axb3

N

g8

28.

R

d6+

K

c7 29.

R

ad1

K

b7 30.

R

d7+

K

a6

31.

R

a1+

K

b5 32.

B

e3 The championship was

played from 9 until 23 vii 1939. Eliskases won
with 11/15. It became his last German chess event.
He stayed in Argentina after the Chess Olympiad.
1-0

◦ Junge, Klaus
• Schmidt, Paul
Bromberg (4)
8th German champ. playoff
1941

0-1

D17 (JvR)

Paul Schmidt and Klaus Junge shared the first place
of a championship in Bad Oeynhausen (3-17 vii
1941). The playoff occurred in Bromberg (21-24
x 1941).
1.d4

N

f6 2.c4 c6 3.

N

c3 d5 4.

N

f3 dxc4 5.a4

B

f5

6.

N

e5 e6 7.f3

B

b4 8.

B

g5 h6 9.

B

xf6

Q

xf6!?

9...gxf6 was played in Euwe-Alekhine,
Groningen 1937).

10.e4

B

h7 11.

B

xc4 O–O 12.

Q

b3 a5!?

Theory will become 12...c5

13.O–O

N

d7!

14.f4!

R

ad8 15.

R

ad1

N

xe5

16.fxe5

Q

g5 17.

R

f2

B

g6 The pawn centre has

become a target. 18.

N

a2?

18.

R

d3! further activates a rook.

18...c5! 19.

N

xb4 axb4 20.

R

df1

B

xe4! 21.dxc5

R

d2! 22.

R

xd2

Q

xd2 23.

R

f2

Q

d4 24.

Q

xb4?

24.

B

e2 prolongs the game.

24...

B

d3! 25.

Q

xb7

29

25.b3

Q

a1+ shows the pointe.

25...

B

xc4 26.

Q

f3

R

b8 27.

K

h1

R

xb2 28.

R

xb2

Q

xb2 29.

Q

a8+

K

h7 30.

Q

e4+ g6 31.

Q

e1

B

d5

32.

Q

f1

K

g7 33.a5

Q

xe5 Paul Schmidt won the

playoff. The great talent Junge fell in 1945.
0-1

◦ Donner, Jan Hein
• Westerinen, Heikki
West Berlin
I. Int championship
1971

1-0

E92 (JvR)

German chess revived quickly after the horren-
dous war was over. The first closed championship
was held in 1947.

A new star became Wolf-

gang Unzicker.

The DSB was reestablished in

1950. Separate championships were organised in
the West and East until 1990. Thereafter, the ef-
forts were combined. A remarkable initiative was
taken by the DSB in the 1970’s. Every second Ger-
man championship became an international tour-
nament. The first was played from 17 ix until 5
x 1971.The events showed similarity to the master
tournaments of the past. However, the involvement
of the Schachbund remained restricted to one main
event.
1.d4

N

f6 2.c4 g6 3.

N

c3

B

g7 4.e4 O–O 5.

B

e2

d6 6.

N

f3 e5 7.

B

e3

Q

e7 8.d5

N

h5 9.

N

d2

N

f4

10.

B

f1 f5 11.g3 fxe4 12.

N

dxe4

B

f5 13.

Q

d2

B

g4!?

Heikki diverts from the more solid
13...

N

d7

(Donner-Penrose,

Lugano

1968).

14.gxf4!

B

f3 15.fxe5!

15.

R

g1 can be played but Jan Hein

wants action!

15...

B

xh1 16.e6 Donner has a positional advan-

tage. 16...

N

d7?

16...

Q

h4!

17.

N

g5 h6 18.

N

f7

R

xf7

19.exf7+

K

xf7 shows courage.

17.

B

g5

N

f6 18.

N

g3

B

f3 19.

Q

d3 h6?!

Slightly better is 19...

B

g4 20.h3

B

xe6

21.dxe6

Q

xe6+

20.

B

h4 g5?!

21.

N

f5!

Q

d8 22.

Q

xf3 gxh4

23.

B

e2

R

e8 24.

Q

g2

R

e7 25.O–O–O

K

h8

26.

R

g1

Q

f8 27.

N

xh4

K

g8 28.

N

f5

K

h8

29.

B

d3

N

g8 30.

Q

g6

B

e5 31.

N

e2

Q

f6 32.

N

xe7

Q

xe7 33.f4

B

f6 34.

N

g3

Q

g7 35.

N

h5

B

xb2+ 36.

K

b1

Q

xg6 37.

R

xg6

B

d4 38.f5

R

f8

39.f6

R

xf6 40.e7

N

xe7 41.

R

xf6 Donner became

second by half-a-point.
1-0

◦ Gligoric, Svetozar
• Andersson, Ulf
West Berlin
I. Int championship
1971

1-0

E53 (JvR)

1.d4

N

f6 2.c4 e6 3.

N

c3

B

b4 4.e3 O–O 5.

B

d3

c5 6.

N

f3 d5 7.O–O

N

bd7 8.a3

B

a5 9.cxd5 exd5

10.b4!?

Gligoric uncovered this move.

White

gives a pawn for restriction. 10...cxb4 11.

N

b5

a6 12.

Q

b3 bxa3 13.

N

d6

B

c7 14.

B

xa3

B

xd6

15.

B

xd6

R

e8 16.

R

fc1

R

e6?!

My liking has 16...

Q

b6 17.

Q

a3

N

e4

17.

B

f4!? h6 18.h3

N

f8 19.

B

c7

Q

e8 20.

N

e5

g6 21.

B

e2

N

8d7 22.

N

xd7

Q

xd7 23.

B

f4

g5 24.

B

e5

Q

d8 25.

B

f3

N

e4 26.

B

c7

Q

d7

27.

B

e5?!

White could strike with 27.

B

g4

27...

Q

d8 28.

B

xe4 dxe4 29.

R

c7

Q

e8 The restric-

tion cannot be lifted. 30.

R

ac1

R

c6 31.

R

1xc6

bxc6 32.

Q

c3

B

e6

Not 32...

B

d7? 33.d5! cxd5 34.

B

h8!

(Gligoric).

33.

R

xc6

R

c8 34.d5

R

xc6 35.dxc6

B

c8 36.c7

Andersson has a passive position. 36...

K

h7?

36...f5!

37.

Q

c5

Q

d7 38.

B

d4

K

f7

fights for the last chance.

37.

Q

d4

Q

d7

No use has 37...f5 38.

Q

d8! (Gligoric)

38.

Q

xe4+

Q

f5 39.

Q

d5

Q

d7 40.

Q

c5

K

g6

41.

B

d4 g4 42.hxg4

Q

xg4 43.

Q

d6+

Q

e6

44.

Q

d8 f5 45.

Q

f8 a5 46.f3 a4 47.

K

h2

K

h5

48.e4! fxe4 49.g4+

K

g5 50.

K

g3! Gligoric won

the tournament with 10/15.

The pointe is 50.

K

g3 exf3 51.

Q

g7+

Q

g6 52.

B

e3#

1-0

◦ Spassky, Boris
• Keene, Raymond
Dortmund (1)
II. Int. championship

30

1973

1-0

E84 (JvR)

The event happened from 17 v until 2 vi 1973. A
tournament book was published.
1.c4

N

f6 2.

N

c3 g6 3.d4

B

g7 4.e4 O–O 5.

B

e3

d6 6.f3

N

c6 7.

N

ge2

R

b8 8.h4 h5 9.

Q

d2

R

e8

10.O–O–O a6 11.

Q

e1!?

Known is 11.g4!?

11...b5! 12.e5!

N

d7?

Ok is 12...b4!

13.

N

b1 and now (

13.exf6? bxc3 14.fxg7 cxb2+ 15.

K

c2

B

f5+ ) 13...

N

d7

13.g4 dxe5 14.gxh5 exd4 15.

N

xd4

N

xd4

16.

B

xd4

B

xd4 17.

R

xd4 e5 18.

R

d2

Q

f6

18...b4 19.

N

e4! shows the pointe.

19.hxg6 fxg6 20.cxb5

N

f8 21.h5

Q

xf3 22.

R

f2!?

Spassky has fun at the cost of Keene.

22...

Q

g4

23.

N

e4 Boris met little resistance.

1-0

◦ Hecht, Hans Joachim
• Spassky, Boris
Dortmund (2)
II. Int. championship
1973

1-0

B31 (JvR)

1.e4 c5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.

B

b5 g6 4.O–O

B

g7 5.

R

e1

N

f6 6.

N

c3 O–O 7.

B

xc6 bxc6 8.h3 d6 9.e5

N

d7

10.exd6 exd6 11.d3

R

b8 12.

B

g5 f6 13.

B

f4

N

e5

14.

R

b1

R

b7 15.

N

e4

N

f7 16.

B

d2

R

e8 17.

B

a5

Q

d7 18.

B

c3

R

e6 19.

Q

d2

Q

d8 20.

B

a5

Q

f8

21.

B

c3 d5 22.

N

g3

Q

d6 23.b3

B

h6 24.

R

xe6

B

xe6 25.

Q

e2

B

d7 26.

R

e1

B

f8 27.

B

b2

B

c8

28.

Q

d2

K

g7 29.

B

a3

Q

d8 30.

Q

c3

R

b5 31.d4

Q

a5 32.

Q

xa5

R

xa5 33.

B

xc5

B

xc5 34.dxc5

K

f8 35.

N

d4

N

d8 36.

N

ge2

R

xc5 37.

N

f4

R

a5

38.a4

B

d7 39.f3 White has the initiative, because

the black rook stands offside. 39...c5?

But 39...

K

f7 prevents an inroad (Hecht).

40.

N

de6+!

N

xe6 41.

N

xe6+

K

g8

The pointe is 41...

K

f7? 42.

N

d8+

K

f8

43.

N

b7 (Hecht).

42.

N

c7! d4 43.

N

e6! c4?!

43...g5!? 44.

K

f2 h5 45.g4 h4 improves

the black position, before an important
decision is made.

44.

N

xd4

K

f7 45.

K

f2 h5 46.h4

R

d5 47.

K

e3

g5!? 48.g3

R

e5+ 49.

K

f2 cxb3 50. cxb3

R

xe1?!

More resistance is offered by 50...

R

c5!

(Hecht).

51.

K

xe1

K

e7 52.

K

d2

K

d6 53.

K

d3

K

e5 54.a5

a6 55.b4

K

d5 56.

K

c3 gxh4 57.

gxh4

K

e5

58.

K

c4!

K

d6 59.b5 axb5+ 60.

N

xb5+

K

e5

61.

K

c5

B

c8 62.

K

b6

B

h3 63.a6

B

g2 64.f4+!

K

xf4 65.

N

d6 f5 66.

N

b7

K

g3 67.a7 f4 68.a8=

Q

f3 69.

Q

b8+ Boris met strong resistance this time.

Eventually Hecht, Andersson and Spassky won the
tournament. The Dortmunder Schachtage followed
immediately after the championship. An event of
ten masters was played from 3 until 9 vi. Heikki
Westerinen won before Andersson and Parma. An
annual tradition had started.
1-0

◦ Browne, Walter
• Sosonko, Gennadi
Mannheim (14)
III. Int. championship
1975

1-0

B64 (JvR)

Another championship was played from 15 until
30 iii 1975. A participant was Ludek Pachman. As
a result, the invitations to Eastern European coun-
tries were refused. Only Yugoslavia remained neu-
tral.
1.e4 c5 2.

N

f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.

N

xd4

N

f6 5.

N

c3

N

c6 6.

B

g5 e6 7.

Q

d2

B

e7 8.O–O–O O–O

9.f4 h6 10.

B

h4 d5 11.e5

N

d7 12.

B

xe7

Q

xe7

13.

B

e2 A new move is played at last. 13...

N

b6

14.h4

B

d7 15.g4

N

a5 16.b3 a6? Sosonko fails

right after the opening.

17.

N

b1!

N

c6 18.g5

Q

c5?

The sacrifice 18...h5 is needed.

19.gxh6

Q

xd4 20.

Q

xd4

N

xd4 21.

R

xd4

B

b5

Or 21...gxh6 22.

R

b4

22.

B

xb5 axb5 23.hxg7

K

xg7 24.

N

c3

R

fc8

25.

K

b2

R

c5 26.

R

g1+

K

h7 27.

R

b4

R

ac8

28.

R

g3 d4 29.

R

xd4

N

d5 30.

N

xd5

R

xc2+

31.

K

a3 exd5 32.

R

xd5

R

f2 33.

R

g4

R

c7

34.

R

xb5

K

h6 35.

R

b6+ Walter Browne won with

11/15. Pachman followed by half-a-point.
1-0

◦ Karpov, Anatoly
• Timman, Jan
Bad Lauterberg (3)
IV. Int. championship
1977

1-0

B83 (JvR)

31

The only international championship at grandmas-
ter level was played fro 5 until 23 iii 1977. The Ju-
bilee tournament celebrated the foundation of the
DSB in 1877. World champion Karpov was the
main participant.
1.e4 c5 2.

N

f3

N

c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.

N

xd4

N

f6

5.

N

c3 d6 6.

B

e2 e5 7.

N

b3

B

e7 8.O–O O–O

9.

K

h1

B

e6 10.f4 exf4 11.

B

xf4 d5 12.e5

N

e4 13.

B

d3

N

xc3 14.bxc3

R

e8 15.

N

d4

Q

d7 16.

R

b1

N

xd4 17.cxd4

R

ec8 18.

B

d2

R

c7 19.

B

a5 b6 20.

B

b4

B

xb4 21.

R

xb4

B

g4

22.

Q

e1

B

h5 23.

R

b3

Q

g4 24.

R

c3

R

xc3

25.

Q

xc3

R

c8 26.

Q

b4

B

g6 27.

Q

e7 a5 28. h3

Q

e6 29.

Q

a3 h6 30.

R

f2

R

c7 31.

K

h2

Q

c6

32.

B

xg6

Q

xg6 33.

Q

f3

Q

e6 34.

Q

g3

K

f8 35.c3

R

c6 36.

R

f4

R

c4 37.

R

g4 g5 38.

Q

d3 f5 39.exf6

Q

xf6 40.

R

g3

K

g7 41.

R

f3

Q

d6+ 42.

K

g1 b5

43.h4 gxh4 44.

Q

f5

Q

e7 45.

K

h2

R

c6 46.

Q

xd5

Q

d6+?

Right is 46...

Q

c7+ (Timman).

47.

Q

xd6

R

xd6 White plays a little move of in-

credible strength. 48.a3!!

R

c6 49.

K

h3

R

c4!?

49...

R

g6 50.

K

h2

R

c6 repeats a posi-

tion.

50.

K

xh4

K

g6?

Timman underestimates his

chances.

The powerful 50...b4!

51.axb4 axb4

52.

R

g3+

K

h7!

53.cxb4

R

xd4+

54.

R

g4

R

d2! 55.

K

g3

R

b2 brings the

defending rook behind the passed pawn.

51.

K

h3

K

g5 52.d5

R

c7 53.d6

R

d7 54.

R

d3

K

f5 55.

K

h4

K

e4 56.

R

d1

K

e5 57.

K

h5 Karpov

won the event with 12/15 and gained 10,000 Mark.
1-0

◦ Huebner, Robert
• Timman, Jan
Bad Lauterberg (11)
IV. Int. championship
1977

0-1

E81 (JvR)

1.c4

N

f6 2.

N

c3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4

B

g7 5.f3 O–O

6.

B

e3 a6 7.

B

d3 c5 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.e5!

N

fd7

10.f4

N

c6 11.

B

e4!

11.

N

f3 f6 12.e6

N

b6 13.

B

xc5

B

xe6

14.

Q

e2 gives equal chances (Timman).

11...f6 A critical position of this opening has been
reached. 12.exf6?

The forwards defence by 12.e6!

N

b6

13.

B

xc5

N

xc4 14.

Q

e2

N

d6 15.

B

d5

gains a positional plus.

12...

N

xf6!

13.

B

xc6 bxc6 14.

Q

xd8

R

xd8

15.

R

c1?

Better is 15.

N

f3

R

b8 16.

R

d1 This po-

sition occurred in Graf-Lugovoi, Nov-
gorod 1999.

15...e5! Timman takes the initiative. 16.

N

ge2 exf4

17.

B

xf4

N

h5 18.

B

g5

R

f8 19.

R

f1

R

e8 20.

K

f2

B

g4 21.

R

ce1

R

e5 22.

B

d2

R

d8 23.

B

c1

R

f8+ 24.

K

g1

R

fe8 25.

K

f2

R

f5+ 26.

K

g1

R

fe5

27.

K

f2

R

5e6 White suffers from a horrible

pin. 28.h3

B

xe2 29.

N

xe2

B

f6 30.

B

d2

B

h4+

31.g3

R

xe2+ 32.

R

xe2

R

xe2+ 33.

K

xe2

N

xg3+

34.

K

f2

N

xf1+ 35.

K

xf1

K

f7 36.

K

e2

K

e6

37.

K

f3

K

f5 38.b3

B

e7 39.

B

f4 g5 40.

B

h2 h5

41.

B

c7

B

f8 42.

B

b8

B

e7 43.

B

c7

B

f8 44.

B

d8

B

d6 45.

B

b6 g4+ 46.hxg4+ hxg4+ 47.

K

e3

B

h2

48.

K

f2

K

e4 49.

B

xc5

B

e5 50.

K

e2 g3 Timman

became second with 10/15. It was an important
step in his chess career.
0-1

◦ Balashov, Yuri
• Andersson, Ulf
Muenchen
V. Int. championship
1979

1-0

B82 (JvR)

The fifth international championship was played
from ii until ii 1979. Karpov and Adorjan had to
leave the tournament for personal reasons.
1.e4 c5 2.

N

f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.

N

xd4

N

f6 5.

N

c3

e6 6.

B

e3

B

e7 7.f4

N

c6 8.

Q

f3 e5 9.

N

xc6 bxc6

10.f5

Q

a5 11.O–O–O

R

b8 12.

B

c4 d5? 13.exd5

R

xb2 Andersson plays a surprisingly hazardous

opening. 14.

K

xb2

Even better is 14.d6! (Balashov).

14...

Q

a3+

Or 14...

B

a3+ 15.

K

b1

Q

xc3 16.

B

c1!

(Balashov).

15.

K

b1

Q

xc3 16.

B

b3 cxd5 17.

B

g5

Q

c7?!

17...

Q

b4!? 18.

Q

g3 also favours White.

18.

B

xf6

B

xf6 19.

B

a4+

K

f8 20.

Q

xd5 h5

21.

R

hf1

K

g8 22.

B

b3 e4 23.

R

f4

K

h7 24.

Q

xf7

Q

xf7 25.

B

xf7

B

b7 26.c3

B

g5 27.

R

f2 e3

28.

R

e2

R

b8 29.

B

b3

B

a6 30.

R

ee1 h4 31.

R

d4

B

c8 32.

R

b4

B

xf5+ 33.

B

c2

R

f8 34.

R

e2

K

h6

32

35.

B

xf5

R

xf5 36.

K

c2

R

f1 37.

R

b7 a5 38.

R

b5

a4 39.

R

b4 a3 40.

R

g4

R

f2 Ulf lost this game in

an unfamiliar style.
1-0

◦ Spassky, Boris
• Huebner, Robert
Muenchen (15)
V. Int. championship
1979

1-0

E45 (JvR)

1.d4

N

f6 2.c4 e6 3.

N

c3

B

b4 4.e3 b6 5.

N

e2

B

a6

6.

N

g3 O–O 7.e4

N

c6 8.

B

d3 e5 9.d5

N

a5!?

Spassky trails the leader Huebner by one point be-
fore the last round has begun. Now Boris can play
for a win. 10.

Q

e2

B

xc3+ 11.bxc3 c6?

Theory is 11...d6 (Krueger-Iskov, Dort-
mund 1978).

12.

N

f5

N

e8 13.f4

Q

c7?!

13...d6 is better again (Huebner).

14.fxe5

Q

xe5 15.O–O! f6

The pointe is 15...

Q

xc3 16.

B

b2

Q

b4

(Huebner) 17.a3

Q

b3 18.

N

h6+!

16.

B

f4

Q

xc3

17.

R

ac1

Q

a3

18.d6

N

b7

19.

N

e7+?!

19.

R

f3! also wins, but Boris chooses the

combinatory solution.

19...

K

h8 20.e5 fxe5 21.

B

xe5

N

f6 22.

B

xh7!

A Spassky sacrifice ruptures the hostile defence.
22...

N

xd6

A pointe is 22...

N

xh7 23.

B

xg7+!

K

xg7 24.

Q

g4+

K

h8 25.

N

g6+ (Hueb-

ner).

23.

Q

f2?

23.

B

d3! wins the game easily.

23...

N

g4

23...

N

xh7 24.

N

g6+

K

g8 25.

N

e7+

ends the game with perpetual check.

24.

Q

d4

Q

e3+?

Huebner misses the escape 24...

N

xe5 !

25.

Q

xe5

N

f7! 26.

Q

e4

Q

c5+ 27.

K

h1

N

g5 28.

Q

h4

N

xh7 29.

N

g6+

K

g8

30.

N

e7+ and the familiar repetition oc-

curs.

25.

Q

xe3

R

xf1+ 26.

R

xf1

N

xe3 27.

R

f3!

N

c8

28.

B

g6

28.

B

g6

N

xe7 29.

B

f7 leads to mate in

two. Spassky, Andersson, Balashov and
Huebner had scored 8 1/ 2 out of 13 at the
end. Boris was regarded to be the cham-
pion.

1-0

◦ Kavalek, Lubomir
• Schussler, Harry
Bochum
VI. Int. championship
1981

1-0

A40 (JvR)

The tournament happened from iii until iv 1981.
1.c4 e6 2.

N

c3 b6 3.d4

B

b4 4.

N

f3

B

b7 5.

B

f4

N

f6 6.

Q

b3 a5 7.e3

N

c6!?

Theory

is

7...

N

e4!?

(Korchnoi-

Huebner, Merano 1980).

8.a3!?

a4!?

9.

Q

c2

B

xc3+ 10.

Q

xc3 O–O

11.

B

d3 d6 12.

B

g3

R

e8 13.

N

d2 e5!?

An alternative gives 13...

N

e7 14.f3 b5!

14.d5

N

e7 15.f3

N

d7 16.

Q

c2

K

h8?!

The immediate 16...h6 saves time.

17.

N

e4 h6 18.

B

h4

R

f8 19.g4

N

c5 20.

N

xc5

bxc5 21.f4!? exf4 22.exf4 c6! If White exchanges,
his pawn structure will be poor for a potential
endgame.

He chooses for a hazardous offence.

23.O–O–O! cxd5 24.

R

he1!

f6 25.g5!

N

g8

26.

Q

e2!? dxc4 27.

B

b1!? c3!? Both sides play

cutthroat moves. 28.gxh6

N

xh6 29.

Q

c2!? cxb2+

30.

K

xb2

Q

b6+ 31.

K

a1 f5!

32.

B

e7!

When

Black stopped the mate threat by the battery, an
inroad became possible. 32...

B

e4?

Right is 32...

R

f7! 33.

R

xd6

Q

a5 34.

Q

d2

Q

xd2 35.

R

xd2

R

e8 36.

R

de2

33.

Q

c3 d5 34.

B

xe4 dxe4

Or 34...fxe4 35.

B

xf8

R

xf8 36.

R

xd5

R

xf4 37.

R

xc5

35.

R

d6

Q

b3 36.

R

xh6+

K

g8 37.

Q

xb3+ axb3

38.

B

xf8 gxh6 39.

B

xc5

R

c8 40.

R

c1 Kavalek

had won an adventurous game. Eventually, he be-
came the winner with 12/15. Hort followed at 1 1/2
points.
1-0

33

◦ Lobron, Eric
• Karpov, Anatoly
Hannover (6)
VII. Int. championship
1983

0-1

C42 (JvR)

The championship was played in August 1983.
Karpov started with a loss against Hartmann.
Thereafter he recuperated.
1.e4 e5 2.

N

f3

N

f6 3.

N

xe5 d6 4.

N

f3

N

xe4 5.d4

d5 6.

B

d3

B

e7 7.O–O

N

c6 8.

R

e1

B

g4 9.c4

N

f6 10.

N

c3

B

xf3 11.

Q

xf3

N

xd4 12.

Q

g3 dxc4

13.

B

xc4 O–O 14.

B

g5

B

d6 15.

Q

h4!?

Already

known

is

15.

Q

h3?!

(Shternberg-Voronov,

Burevestnik

Yurmala 1976).

My preference has 15.

Q

d3! c5 16.

B

h4

15...h6 16.

B

xf6

Q

xf6 17.

Q

xf6 gxf6 18.

R

e4?

Right is 18.

R

ad1!

(Karpov) 18...c5!

19.b4!

18...c5 19.

R

h4

K

g7 20.

N

e4!?

B

e7 21.

N

g3 f5

22.

R

h3

B

d6 Karpov has an extra pawn and gains

other benefits. 23.f4?

23.

N

e2 strives to exchange the domi-

nant knight.

23...b5! 24.

B

d3 c4! Black gives the extra pawn

for positional advantage.

No good is 24...

K

g6? due to 25.

N

xf5!

N

xf5 26.g4

25.

B

xf5

R

fe8 26.

B

e4

R

ad8 27.

R

f1 b4 28.

K

h1

c3! 29.bxc3 bxc3 30.

N

f5+

N

xf5 31.

B

xf5

B

b4!

32.a3

B

a5 33.g4

R

e2! 34.g5 h5 35.

R

xh5 c2

36.

B

xc2

R

xc2 37.f5

B

c7 38.g6 f6 39.

R

h7+

K

g8 40.

R

e1 a5 0-1

◦ Karpov, Anatoly
• Giorgadze, Tamaz
Hannover (14)
VII. Int. championship
1983

1-0

D55 (JvR)

1.d4

N

f6 2.c4 e6 3.

N

c3 d5 4.

N

f3

B

e7 5.

B

g5

O–O 6.e3 h6 7.

B

xf6

B

xf6 8.

Q

d2

N

c6 9.

R

c1

a6 10.

B

e2 dxc4 11.

B

xc4 e5 12.d5

N

e7!

Giorgadze

improves

on

12...

N

a7

(Sajtar-Gadalinski, 1938).

13.

N

e4

N

f5

13...

N

g6?! 14.d6 cxd6 15.

Q

xd6

Q

xd6

16.

N

xd6 brings White a better endgame

(Groszpeter-Boensch, Sochi 1984).

14.

B

e2

N

d6 15.

N

xf6+

Q

xf6 16.O–O!

16.

R

xc7 e4 17.

N

d4

Q

g5 18.g3

B

h3

gives Black ample counter-play (Hillarp
Persson - Olaffsson, Reykjavik 1998).

16...e4 17.

N

d4 Karpov trails Giorgadze by half-

a-point in the penultimate round. 17...

R

e8? This

move helps Tolya.

Right is 17...

Q

g5!

18.

R

fd1

B

h3

19.

B

f1

B

g4 20.

B

e2 drawn (Roeder-

Rizouk, Tunis 2000).

18.

R

xc7!

Q

g5 19.

R

fc1

B

h3 20.

B

f1

B

g4

21.

Q

b4

R

ad8 22.

Q

b6 h5

Not 22...

Q

xd5? 23.

R

7c5

N

c8 24.

Q

b4

23.a4 h4 24.

R

7c5

Q

f6 25.b4

R

e5 26.h3

B

c8 27.b5 axb5 28.

N

xb5

K

h7 29.

N

d4

R

de8

30.

R

1c2

R

g5 31.

N

e6?

31.

N

b5! keeps the advantage.

31...

B

xe6

32.dxe6

R

xe6

33.

R

xg5

Q

xg5

34.

Q

b4 g6 35.

B

e2

Q

e7 36.

B

g4

N

f5 37.

Q

b5

N

d6 38.

Q

b6

N

f5 39.

Q

b5

N

d6 40.

Q

d5

R

e5

41.

Q

d4

N

e8 42.

Q

b2 f5?!

More solid is 42...

N

d6

43.

B

e2

N

g7 44.

R

c8

Q

d7?

44...

R

d5 45.

R

b8

R

d7 protects the

pawns.

45.

Q

xe5

Q

xc8 46.

Q

e7

Q

c1+ 47.

B

f1

Q

a1

48.

Q

xh4+

K

g8 49.

Q

d8+

K

h7 50.

Q

d7

Q

b1

51.g3 b6 52.

K

g2

Q

b4 53.

B

b5

Q

c5 54.

B

c6

K

h8 55.

Q

d8+

K

h7 56.

B

d5 Tolya has the

needed win. Both players drew in the last round.
Karpov won the championship with 11/15. The
DSB had planted seven seeds. It became a full-
grown tree in Dortmund. The Schachtage were an
annual event with many groups in the 1980’s. A
super tournament crowns the occasion since 1992.
A standard formula exits for annual super tourna-
ments. Top ten players and other stars participate in
the main group of Dortmund, Linares and Wijk aan
Zee. Many chess professionals and amateurs par-
ticipate in lesser groups. Hundreds of enthusiasts
watch the explication. Results appear in the me-
dia, especially internet. So everybody gets some-
thing. Compared to the German chess congresses,

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the problem tournament and solving competition
have disappeared. Only Wijk aan Zee has a collec-
tive dinner, the traditional pea soup.
1-0

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