{PGN 68}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Montgomery, H. P.”] [Black “McAdam, W. R.”] [Result “1-0”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game II., p. 184.”] [SetUp “1”] [FEN “rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq — 0 1”] [PlyCount “65”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3.  Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6.  Qc2 O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. b5 Ne7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10.  Nxe5 Ng6 11.  Nf3 Qe7 12. d3 Nd5 13.  Be2 Ne3 14.  Bxe3 Bxe3 15. d4 f5 16. e5 f4 17.  Bc4+ Kh8 18. h4 Bf5 19.  Qe2 Qa3 20.  Bb3 Ne7 21.  Ng5 Bg6 22. h5 Bf5 23. h6 g6 24. g4 Qa5 25.  Qc4 Bxg4 26. d5 Nxd5 27.  Rc1 Bxc1 28.  Qxd5 Qxc3+ 29.  Kf1 Be2+ 30.  Kxe2 Qe3+ 31.  Kf1 Bd2 32.  Qg8+ Rxg8 33.  Nf7# 1-0

{PGN 69}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Pillsbury, H. N.”] [Black “Schlechter, Carl”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “D55”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, p. 188.”] [PlyCount “88”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.  Nc3 Nf6 4.  Bg5 Be7 5.  Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 b6 7.  Rc1 {Notes by W. Steinitz.—­White’s game has been modelled chiefly after Steinitz’s favorite attack.} ({Preferable is} 7. cxd5 exd5 8.  Bb5 Bb7 9.  Ne5 $40) 7...  Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9.  Bd3 O-O 10.  O-O c5 11.  Bb1 {As often shown in my annotations in similar positions, it is absolutely injurious to White’s game to allow three well-supportable Pawns against two to be established on the Queen’s side.  The prospect of a King’s side attack on which White speculates is quite unreliable in comparison to the disadvantage on the Queen’s side to which he is subjected.  At any rate, Pawns ought to be exchanged first, and thus Black’s centre weakened.} Ne4 {It was better to make sure of his superiority on the Queen’s side by c4 at once.} 12.  Bf4 Nxc3 13.  Rxc3 c4 14.  Ne5 f5 {He had sufficient force on the King’s side to ignore any hostile attack in that direction, and systematic operations on the other wing, commencing with b5, were most in order.} 15.  Kh1 Nxe5 16.  Bxe5 Bd6 17. f4 Bc8 {The combination of this with the next five moves, more especially with the two closely following, is full of high ingenuity, which, however, is wasted on an imaginary danger.  For all purposes of defence it was only necessary to advance g6 at the right time, and then to play Rf7, followed by Bf8 eventually.  The Queen’s wing was still the proper point of attack to which he should have directed his attention more promptly.} 18.  Qh5 a6 19.  Rf3 Ra7 20.  Rh3 g6 21.  Qh6 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rg7 23.  Rf3 b5 24.  Rc1 Qe7 {For aggressive purposes on the Queen’s side, the Queen was better placed at c7.} 25.  Rcf1 Rff7 26. h4 Be6 27. g4 {This rash attack and Black’s timid reply were only to be accounted for as results of time pressure on both sides.} Qd7 {There was not the slightest danger in capturing the Pawn with a Pawn ahead, while this loses one.} 28. gxf5 gxf5 29.  Qh5 Rg6 30.  Bxf5 Bxf5 31.  Rxf5 Rxf5 32.  Rxf5 b4 33.  Qf3 c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35.  Rf8+ Kg7 36.  Rb8 Qe7 37.  Qf4 h5 38. e6 {A fatal miscalculation.} (38.  Rc8 {led to a most probable draw, for if} Rg4 39.  Qf6+ {etc.}) 38...  Rxe6 39.  Rc8 Re4 {Black seizes his opportunity with scientific exactitude.} 40.  Rc7 Rxf4 41.  Rxe7+ Rf7 42.  Re5 c2 43.  Rg5+ Kh6 44.  Rg1 Rb7 0-1