{PGN 70}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Marshall, Frank J.”] [Black “Janowsky, D.”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “D63”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, p. 190.”] [PlyCount “69”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.  Nc3 Nf6 4.  Bg5 Nbd7 5.  Nf3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7.  Rc1 {Marshall abandons his favorite variation Qc2.} Re8 {Janowsky also changes c5, played in the earlier games.} 8.  Bd3 dxc4 9.  Bxc4 a6 {Janowsky’s favorite manoeuvre, which might have been expected.  Therefore Marshall could have played cxd4 previous to Bd3.} 10.  O-O {a4 would have prevented the Bishop being dislodged; but as he manages eventually to prevent Black from keeping the majority of Pawns on the Queen’s side, there is nothing to be said against it—­except that he only keeps about an even game.} b5 11.  Bd3 Bb7 12.  Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 {This is compulsory, because of the threat c4, followed by b4.} Nxc5 14.  Bc2 {Bb1 might be followed by b4, when Qe1 would take up the place which the R at f1 intends to occupy; but the move would have been better, nevertheless.} Nd5 15.  Bxe7 Qxe7 16.  Nxd5 Bxd5 17. b3 Rac8 18. e4 Bb7 19. b4 {It is doubtful whether the advance might not have been dispensed with, because of the threat Nd7, Nb6, and Nc4 eventually.  But Marshall plays still for attack, not content with a draw in an even position.} Nd7 20.  Rfd1 Nf8 21. a3 Rc3 {Black has now the better game.} 22.  Bd3 Rec8 23.  Rxc3 Rxc3 24.  Qb2 Rc8 {Notes By L. Hoffer.—­Qc7 could be played here.} 25.  Rc1 Rd8 ({An alternative would be} 25...  Qf6 26. e5 Qd8 27.  Rxc8 Qxc8 28.  Qc2 Qxc2 29.  Bxc2 Nd7 {winning the King Pawn.}) 26.  Bb1 Nd7 {Qd6 or Qc7 could be played.  The text move gives White a chance to bring his Queen effectively into play.} 27.  Qd4 Nf6 28.  Qe5 Ng4 29.  Qf4 Nf6 30. h3 Ne8 31.  Ne5 Nd6 32.  Ng4 Nc4 {Ne8 would have been safer.} 33. e5 Kh8 34.  Nf6 gxf6 {Marshall did not expect this complaisance, and Janowsky would not have obliged him had he seen the fatal 35.  Qh4. 34...Nxe5 should have been played.} 35.  Qh4 {Marshall risked losing the game in trying to win.  His boldness was rewarded, but the verdict should be:  Don’t try it again.} 1-0

{PGN 71}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Lasker, Dr.”] [Black “Tarrasch, Dr.”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C12”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game I., p. 199.”] [PlyCount “55”]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.  Nc3 Nf6 4.  Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6.  Nf3 {The best line of play against the McCutcheon defence.  It was played in a game Sjoberg vs.  Giersing, Stockholm, 1906.} c5 {Out of place in this position.  Nd7 or Ne4, would be alternatives—­the former move in preference.} 7.  Bxf6 gxf6 8.  Qd2 Bxc3 9.  Qxc3 {This excellent move was probably not taken into consideration by Tarrasch when advancing c5.} Nd7 10.  Rd1 Rg8 ({If} 10... cxd4 11.  Rxd4 {and Black could not challenge the Queen with} Qc5 {because of} 12.  Bc4) ({Nor could} 10...  Ke7 {be played, because