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8 | #R |    | #B |    | #K | #B |    | #R |
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7 |    | #P |    |    | #P | #P | #P | #P |
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6 | #P |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
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5 |    |    | #P |    | ^B |    |    |    |
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4 |    |    | ^B |    |    |    |    |    |
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3 |    |    | ^P |    |    |    |    |    |
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2 | ^P | ^P | ^P |    |    | ^P | ^P | ^P |
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1 |    |    |    | ^R | ^K |    |    | ^R |
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A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H

Diag. 141

11.  B-B7 B-Kt5 12.  P-B3 QR-B1 13.  B-Kt6 B-B4 14.  B-Kt3 P-K4 15.  B-R4ch K-K2 16.  P-QB4

Here White could have won a pawn at once by R-Q5.  If then K-K3, 17.  P-QB4.

16. ...  P-B3 17.  K-B2 K-B2 18.  B-Q7!  BxB 19.  RxBch B-K2 20.  KR-Q1!

The pawns can wait. 20.  RxP would not have been profitable because of R-QKt1.

20. ...           K-K3
21.  RxP          B-Q3

Black might have resigned here.  It is only a question of time.

          22.  B-R7 R-B3

Otherwise there follows R-Kt6.

23.  RxP P-QR4 24.  R-Kt7 R-R1 25.  R-Q5 P-R4 26.  P-QR4 P-R5 27.  P-QKt3 R(R1)-QB1 28.  R-Kt5 Resigns.

Game No. 29

White:  Teichmann.  Black:  Spielmann.

Sicilian Defence (see p. 215).

1.  P-K4 P-QB4
2.  Kt-QB3 P-K3
3.  KKt-K2

This comes to the same as Kt-B3, as after P-Q4, PxP the Knight recaptures.  If, however, Black plays P-Q4 there is a certain advantage for White to have the Kt at K2, e.g. 3. ...  P-Q4; 4.  PxP, PxP; 5.  P-Q4.  If now Black does not exchange pawns, White is able to bring his KB to bear on the centre after P-KKt3 and B-Kt2.

          3. ...  Kt-QB3

White can exchange this Knight later on, and thus make P-K5 possible as soon as he should deem it advisable to drive the Black Knight from his KB3, where the same is bound to develop sooner or later.  It is perhaps wise to prevent P-K5 by Q-B2 instead of the move in the text.  This is an old defence, introduced by Paulsen.  Though it retards the development of Black’s minor pieces, it produces a strong defensive position, and the opening of the QB file gives attacking chances on the Queen’s side.  The defence might run like this:  3. ...  P-QR3; 4.  P-Q4, PxP; 5.  KtxP, Q-B2; 6.  B-K3, Kt-KB3; 7.  B-K2, B-K2; 8.  Castles, P-QKt4 followed by B-Kt2, P-Q3, QKt-Q2, etc.