[Event "GotM #89"] [Site "Nuremberg"] [Date "1883.07.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Schwarz, Jacques"] [Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C21"] [Annotator "Connaughton,Ken"] [PlyCount "34"] [GameId "505253419924"] [EventDate "1883.07.15"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 0,34,29,-28,38,-9,34,38,-38,67,-27,29,-16,54,-54,77,-64,148,-144,144,-137,169,-169,238,-213,244,-168,617,-789,789,-953,29995,-29996,29997,-29998,29999,-29999]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Game} e5 {Closed Game} 2. d4 {Center Gambit} exd4 {Center Game} 3. c3 {[#] Danish Gambit} Qe7 {A sideline in this position these days, but one that scores highly. 3...dxc3, 3...d5 and 3...d3 are much more routinely employed and give Black a safer game even if White has a small annoying edge.} (3... dxc3 {is the main continuation.}) (3... d5 {is another popular option.}) (3... d3 {is the third main idea.}) (3... Nc6 {along with 3...Nf6 and 3...d6 are the other less successful sidelines.}) (3... Nf6) (3... d6) 4. f3 $2 {[#] makes this a unique game.} (4. cxd4 {was best here.} Qxe4+ 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nf3 Nd5 8. Qd2 (8. Bd3)) (4. Qxd4 {was also possible}) ({He also had} 4. Bd3) ({Or} 4. Qe2) 4... d5 {continuing to pile on e4. Will attacking before development be a masterstroke or a catastrophe?} 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 (6. Qxd5 Be6 7. Qd3 Nf6) 6... dxe4 7. fxe4 (7. Qxe4 Bd7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Ne2 Nf6) (7. Bxc6+ bxc6) 7... Nf6 8. e5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nf3 {The pawn seems more secure now and White will soon castle.} Rd8 {Now Black's pieces spring into action.} 11. Qe3 Ng4 12. Qg5 $1 {Giving himself the moment required to bring his King to safety.} Qd7 {Avoiding the exchange and holding the Knight.} 13. O-O {[#] The danger seems to have passed. The King has been swept to his castled position and it is Black who must address his King's security.} Bc5+ {[#] This resource however hands the edge back to Black who controls the dark diagonal. And with this move the assault on the King's stronghold begins.} 14. Kh1 {And of course the Knight will come in, in this familiar pattern.} Nf2+ {The White Queen sits on a very vulnerable post at g5, but Black will exploit his majority of 2 heavies vs 1 in the battle for control of the home rank of White.} 15. Rxf2 (15. Kg1 {was no better:} Ne4+ 16. Kh1 (16. Be3 Nxg5 17. Bxc5 $19) 16... Nxg5 $19) 15... Qd1+ $1 {Important to play this before taking the Rook.} (15... Bxf2 {would have allowed.} 16. h3) 16. Ng1 Qxg1+ $3 {The touch of a master. Who among us amateurs would not have simply taken the Rook?} (16... Bxf2 {wins anyway but the textmove is far more eloquent.}) 17. Kxg1 Rd1# {[#] Clearly the pinned Rook cannot help, a beautiful #.} 0-1