[Event "Augsburg"] [Site "Augsburg GER"] [Date "1946.09.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Romanas Arlauskas"] [Black "Paul Troeger"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C05"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1946.09.25"] {C06: French Tarrasch Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {The Tarrasch Variation became popular during the 1970s and early 1980s when Anatoly Karpov used it. It's less aggressive than 3.Nc3, but it seeks a small, safe advantage. Of necessay, white can defend the d-Pawn with c3 and it avoids the Wimawer (3.. .Bb4) of white does not care to face it. On the other hans it develops the N to a less aggressive square and it blocks the dark-square B so white will lose a tempo getting it into play.} Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 O-O 14. Bb2 { So far this is all book.} Ng4 {The purpose for this move is to sacrifice the exchange next move...a totally misguided idea.} (14... Rae8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Nd4 Ncxe5 {Black stands well. Besel,W-Werbeck,T (2265) Germany 1993}) 15. Nc3 Rxf3 {Black has overestimated the strength of his attack.} 16. Qxf3 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qe5 {Black's attack looks very intimidating and it's easy to see why 15...Rxf3 was enticing.} 18. Qg3 {[%mdl 2048] This puts the quietus on black's attack.} Nxh2 19. Qh3 Nxf1 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 {Even more forceful was 21. Bx1 which vacates d3 for a R-lift (Rd3) bringing the R into play.} 21. Kxf1 Qg5 {[%mdl 8192] Black is still under the impression that he has an attack. Better was 21...Be8 which would, at least, have left him in the game.} 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qxa8 Qh5 24. Qxb7 {Black resigned, He is going to lose material.} (24. Qxb7 Ke7 25. Bb5 Nb8 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Nxd5+ exd5 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5) 1-0